Recaps

Shi Wujian challenged Chen Beiwu in the grand tournament, using his time-based techniques and the rare Time Worm, but Chen Beiwu revealed the Primordial Origin Dharma Form and defeated him. The match ended with Shi Wujian collapsed and the Time Worm unconscious.

• Before the tournament, Shi Wujian refused True Venerable Yunguang's pill and resolved to use Chen Beiwu as a whetstone to advance his cultivation.
• Shi Wujian and Chen Beiwu began their duel, and Chen Beiwu's Jade Void Scarlet Radiance Seal destroyed Shi Wujian's apparent body, which was a Revolving Return to Nothingness duplicate.
• Shi Wujian used Heavenly Time Killing Manifestation and summoned the Time Worm while his other techniques and beasts battled Chen Beiwu's companions.
• Chen Beiwu broke free of Shi Wujian's temporal restraint, revealed the Primordial Origin Dharma Form, and overwhelmed Shi Wujian and the Time Worm with its power.
• The spectators watched Shi Wujian's defeat, while True Venerable Yunguang remained calm.

Shi Wujian broke through to Nascent Soul Perfection and unleashed the Dragon of the Ten Directions, but Chen Beiwu answered with a breakthrough of his own and defeated him with Northern Emperor Slaying Immortals. Chen Beiwu stood with his saber at Shi Wujian’s neck, ending their duel.

• Shi Wujian awakened the Anchoring the Scene Profound Ability, recovered from his injuries, and advanced to Nascent Soul Perfection.
• Shi Wujian merged with the Time Worm and summoned the Dragon of the Ten Directions, overwhelming the arena with its temporal power.
• Chen Beiwu survived the dragon’s temporal attack using his Shared Cultivation divine weapons and appeared before Shi Wujian in Gilded Armor.
• Chen Beiwu revealed that he had also broken through in battle and unleashed his Northern Emperor Slaying Immortals saber strike.
• Chen Beiwu severed the Dragon of the Ten Directions’ head and placed his saber against Shi Wujian’s neck.

Chen Beiwu won the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament undefeated and received the champion’s reward, a Heaven-Connecting Pill, after visiting the Lunar Saintess at Guanghan Palace. He left the tournament with plans to gather more fortune for his Companion Beasts, while the pill’s unusual power and escape speed were revealed.

• Chen Beiwu defeated Shi Wujian, who conceded and vowed to win next time, and Guang Elder Yu declared Chen the tournament champion.
• Chen Beiwu returned to his family and friends, then toured the Lunar Grotto-Heaven with Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing while Zhiling clung jealously to him.
• Chen Beiwu examined the three wisps of purple fortune he had gained and decided he needed more to help his Companion Beasts advance toward the Demon Venerable realm.
• The remaining contests concluded with Shi Wujian in second place, Che Zhengyuan third, Zhu Wu fourth, and Xuanyuan Yu fifth.
• Gu Mingxi escorted Chen Beiwu to Guanghan Palace, where he met the Lunar Saintess, Gu Qinghan, and received the tournament’s champion reward: a Heaven-Connecting Pill.

Chen Beiwu learned that Chen Qin had become a living dead after a Fifth-Realm Demon Venerable consumed her cultivation, and Gu Qinghan advised him to forge the Primordial Myriad Tribulations Body before advancing to Spirit Transformation. On the return journey, he learned he might be placed tenth on the Jade Purity Golden Register Sequence and heard about the privileges that came with the ranking.

• Gu Qinghan revealed that Chen Qin’s souls had mostly dissipated and said Fate-Reversing Soul Grass might restore them, while Chen Beiwu asked to take her away and pursue another treatment.
• Gu Qinghan asked Chen Beiwu not to take the Heaven-Connecting Pill before forging the Primordial Myriad Tribulations Body, explaining that it could preserve his chance to pursue Void Refinement.
• Chen Beiwu left Guanghan Palace with Chen Qin, then arranged for his parents and the two women, including Xu Lingling, to stay at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect while he prepared to rejoin his fellow disciples.
• Wei Huiwen told Chen Beiwu that the sect leadership intended to rank him tenth on the Jade Purity Golden Register Sequence, and Yu Zhaohua said the rumor was likely true after his tournament victories.
• Yu Zhaohua described the top ten’s cultivation domains, access to fifth-tier resources, and ability to subdue Creation Origin Beasts, while the top five could enter the Jade Purity Mountain Range’s Core Secret Region.
• Chen Beiwu considered aiming for the top five after forging the Primordial Myriad Tribulations Body and decided to delay visiting the Huang Household Branch Line while his movements drew attention.

Chen Beiwu received his Jade Purity Golden Register rewards and learned that forging the primordial myriad tribulations body would earn him access to the sect’s secret forbidden zone. The Jade Purity Sect Leader revealed that the sleeping Heaven-Mending Eagle there might save Chen Qin without destroying her cultivation foundation.

• Profound Subtlety True Venerable warned Great Vast True Venerable that Chen Beiwu’s rise might be connected to the coming Two-World War and discussed whether Chen Beiwu could gain the immortal beast legacy species’ recognition.
• Chen Beiwu met the Jade Purity Sect Leader, took tenth place in the Golden Register, and chose Huncheng Peak as his cultivation ground.
• Chen Beiwu selected a Primordial Five-Elements Ancestor Leaf as his reward instead of a creation treasure, intending to help Xuele improve her bloodline.
• The Jade Purity Sect Leader offered Chen Beiwu access to the Jade Purity secret forbidden zone if he forged the primordial myriad tribulations body, and Chen Beiwu accepted the challenge.
• The Jade Purity Sect Leader assessed Chen Qin’s condition and explained that the sleeping Heaven-Mending Eagle could restore her soul while preserving her cultivation foundation.

Chen Beiwu learned why the Heaven-Mending Eagle might recognize him only if he forged the Primordial Myriad Tribulations Body, then settled into his new Huncheng Peak abode and absorbed a rare wisp of Nine Fortunes, Three Origins fortune. He weighed using the fortune to help Xuele advance or to seek a cultivation opportunity, but kept it for now and began cultivating.

• The Jade Purity Sect Leader explained that Immortal Beast Legacy Species descended from Heaven-Quasi Immortal Beasts and said Chen Beiwu might earn the Heaven-Mending Eagle’s regard by forging the Primordial Myriad Tribulations Body.
• The Violet Firmament Venerable told the Yuyue Guardian that healing the female cultivator in Chen Beiwu’s Ice Coffin would cost more than Chen Beiwu could bear, so he had chosen another path for her treatment.
• Chen Beiwu entered Huncheng Peak and spotted a wisp of Nine Fortunes, Three Origins fortune on its cliffside terrace, which Nine-Breath Chaos absorbed.
• Chen Beiwu merged purple Qi into the fortune and found that two strands increased its length by about a third, making it impractical to reproduce without spending many strands.
• Chen Beiwu considered using the fortune to help Xuele become an Origin-Returning Vine or to gain a cultivation opportunity, but decided to save it and began circulating the Primordial Origin Immortal Technique.

Chen Beiwu arranged for the Shangyu Huang Household to return the Huang main lineage’s belongings and examined the Taiyi Supreme Northern Fortune Divine Statue. After it initially showed no response, he sensed an anomaly in its connection to the Nine Fortunes, Three Origins fortune.

• Chen Beiwu gave Chen Dong two Calamity-Breaking Golden Elixirs and urged him to notify Chen Beiwu before attempting a Golden Core breakthrough, while Huang Xiaoling declined to keep cultivating.
• Chen Beiwu told Huang Xiaoling he had a fifty percent chance of becoming a Spirit Transformation Venerable and discussed recovering the Taiyi Supreme Northern Fortune Divine Statue from the Shangyu Huang Household.
• Shi Wujian learned that the Shangyu Huang Household was not a vassal of the Shi Clan, but ordered his maid to retrieve the Huang main lineage’s belongings and send them to Huncheng Peak.
• Shi Wujian told his maid that Chen Beiwu had helped him reach a higher understanding during their tournament fight, and that he intended to repay the favor by defeating Chen Beiwu in their next battle.
• Chen Beiwu received the returned belongings and identified the Taiyi Supreme Northern Fortune Divine Statue among them, but it showed no response to his examination.
• Chen Beiwu noticed an anomaly in the Nine Fortunes, Three Origins fortune within Chaos Heaven and Earth and realized the statue held something more.

Chen Beiwu deciphered the fortune inscriptions on the Taiyi Supreme Northern Fortune Divine Statue and learned that the Huang Household's ancestor had been a former Nine-Breath Chaos bearer who fled a powerful Dao Venerable and later founded a path of cultivation on Heavenly Abyss Star. The inscriptions taught Chen Beiwu an ancient immortal method, but he resolved to treat it only as a reference and proceed cautiously as he considered forging his own cultivation path.

• Chen Beiwu used three-origin fortune to read the statue's inscriptions, which revealed that its writer had failed to attain Void Refinement after uncovering a higher existence's scheme to devour immortal seedlings.
• Chen Beiwu learned that the writer had escaped Myriad Origin Star with Nine-Breath Chaos, then sought to recover and avenge himself by teaching cultivation and exploring beast taming on Heavenly Abyss Star.
• Chen Beiwu grew wary that cultivation methods and borrowed Dao fruit power might expose prodigies to powerful beings, so he considered creating his own method instead of relying fully on the Primordial Origin Fundamental Immortal Arts.
• The statue's inscriptions revealed the ancestor's Taiyi Chaos Cavern Nine Profundities Supreme All-Encompassing Eight Assemblies Infinite Northern Fortune Immortal Scripture, and Chen Beiwu received its teachings while guarding his mind with Great Mystery Guarding the One.
• Chen Beiwu decided to use the ancient scripture only for comparison and verification, then watched the inscriptions dissolve into five strands of purple Qi that Nine-Breath Chaos absorbed.

Chen Beiwu decided to expand the Mirror Moon Sect into the Profound Evolution Realm and traveled there alone through the Three Ruins. In the Miasma Ruins, he witnessed two Foundation Establishment cultivators use a Poison Charm Corpse to kill a Golden Core cultivator and confronted them about their identities.

• Chen Beiwu returned to Yuezhen City, learned that the Heavenly Saint Sect and Eight Desolations Sect were fighting for influence, and rejected their offers of alliance.
• Chen Beiwu announced that he would conquer the Profound Evolution Realm alone and asked Shu You to collect cultivation methods for his own research.
• Chen Beiwu traveled by merchant flying boat to the Northern Evolution Realm, then used his Heavenly Foot Divine Ability to enter the Miasma Ruins.
• Chen Beiwu followed a Golden Core old man and two Foundation Establishment cultivators, noticing their unusual fortunes as they advanced through the ruins.
• A Poison Charm Corpse killed the Golden Core old man after the two Foundation Establishment cultivators stopped near its territory.
• Chen Beiwu revealed himself and told the two Foundation Establishment cultivators that their identities seemed unusual.

Chen Beiwu learned from Li Xianzong and Ma Wenli that the Thousand Gu Sect had fallen and uncovered the existence of the Heavenly Cicada Gu in Corpse King Cave. As Chen Beiwu used Li Xianzong’s Thousand-Sound Gu to find the cave, Tie Musheng and two Nascent Soul late-stage True Lords also reached its entrance and prepared to kill whoever had gone ahead.

• Ma Wenli and Li Xianzong tried to use the Thousand Gu Sect Legacy as bait, but Chen Beiwu saw through their plan and immobilized them.
• Chen Beiwu read Li Xianzong’s memories and learned that the Thousand Gu Sect had fallen after a subordinate sect revolted, and that the Heavenly Cicada Gu was hidden in Corpse King Cave.
• Chen Beiwu explained that Li Xianzong carried a Thousand-Sound Cicada that could locate Corpse King Cave and briefly calm its Heavenly Corpse King.
• Tie Musheng sent Li Xingyuan to locate the cave, then destroyed a Poison Drought Corpse with a gesture.
• Chen Beiwu became lost in the Miasma Ruins until Golden Egg altered Li Xianzong’s consciousness, prompting him to reveal the Thousand-Sound Gu and lead Chen Beiwu to an ancient stone door.
• Tie Musheng sensed someone had entered Corpse King Cave and ordered his companions to kill them.

Chen Beiwu led Li Xianzong and his companions through Heavenly Corpse Cave, overcame a Thread-Cutting Gu, and reached the burial chamber containing the Heavenly Cicada Life-Extending Gu. As they examined the fifth-tier formation, Tie Musheng sensed Chen Beiwu and fled with the other Nascent Soul True Lords.

• Golden Egg triggered a Thread-Cutting Gu ambush, and Chen Beiwu destroyed the Gu and part of the cave wall before it regenerated under the Heavenly Corpse King’s Corpse Qi.
• Li Xingyuan and Tie Musheng arrived at the cave, identified signs of a powerful Chi Dragon Demon King, and pursued the visitors.
• Chen Beiwu’s group reached a burial chamber where the Heavenly Cicada Life-Extending Gu rested atop a Purple-Gold Coffin inside a fifth-tier formation.
• Chen Beiwu ordered Xinling to record the formation while he placed a Ten Directions Gate anchor and sensed four approaching Nascent Soul True Lords.
• Tie Musheng perceived Chen Beiwu and Aji through the Earth-Deficiency Gu, panicked, and fled with the three other True Lords.

Chen Beiwu defeated Tie Musheng at the Heavenly Corpse Cave and demanded that the Desolate Gu Sect become subordinate to the Mirror Moon Sect. After seeing Chen Beiwu’s overwhelming power, Tie Musheng accepted the demand but warned that the sect’s supreme elders might not follow his lead.

• Zhiling subdued the fleeing thin cultivator, while Iron Egg defeated the Gu-Capturing True Lord and planted a Burning Sun Ember Seed in him.
• Golden Egg stopped Li Xingyuan, who offered his knowledge of the Heavenly Cicada Gu and its sealing formation, then ordered him to follow.
• Tie Musheng met Chen Beiwu at the stone gate and rejected his demand that the Desolate Gu Sect become a subordinate force of the Mirror Moon Sect.
• Chen Beiwu destroyed Tie Musheng’s Heavenly Gu Six Remnants defenses and killed him with the Cavern Truth Calamity-Heaven Finger, then restored him to life.
• Tie Musheng bowed to Chen Beiwu and agreed to submit, while noting that the sect’s supreme elders might resist.

Chen Beiwu forced Tie Musheng to secure the Mirror Moon Sect’s status as the Profound Evolution Realm’s upper sect within three years, then sent Li Xingyuan to break the Heavenly Corpse Cave’s formation. When Li Xingyuan opened the Purple-Gold Coffin, the Heavenly Corpse King emerged and attacked him, leaving him unable to resist.

• Chen Beiwu gave Tie Musheng three years to make the Desolate Gu Sect acknowledge the Mirror Moon Sect as its upper sect, and Tie Musheng agreed.
• Li Xingyuan offered Chen Beiwu his allegiance and revealed his knowledge of the formation and the Heavenly Cicada Gu.
• After a month, Li Xingyuan partly dismantled the formation and explained that he could open a passage by luring the Heavenly Corpse King away from the Four Sacred Pillars.
• Li Xingyuan used the Heavenly Corpse Token to open the Purple-Gold Coffin, while Chen Beiwu refused Tie Musheng’s offer to use the Corpse-Suppressing Stele.
• The Heavenly Corpse King vanished from the coffin and appeared to attack Li Xingyuan, who could neither evade nor defend himself.

Chen Beiwu captured the Heavenly Corpse King, secured the Heavenly Cicada Gu, and examined an Emperor Script that revealed ancient sect destructions and a failed migration. The chapter left him questioning why an Ancient Teleportation Formation failed before the Heaven-Severing and Earth-Isolating Grand Formation existed.

• Aji suppressed the Heavenly Corpse King, and Xuele sealed him inside the Five-Qi Origin Forest to try to refine him into a puppet.
• Li Xingyuan used the Heavenly Corpse Token to open a passage into the burial chamber, where Chen Beiwu sensed Emperor Script on the coffin lid.
• Chen Beiwu received the Thousand Gu Sect's secret method and cultivated while Li Xingyuan guarded the entrance and Tie Musheng left with his followers.
• The Heavenly Cicada Gu hatched after six days, flew to Chen Beiwu, and fell asleep before it had matured.
• Chen Beiwu examined the Emperor Script and witnessed records of sects destroyed in years 9961 and 9963 of the Great Wilderness Era, including a failed attempt to migrate to the Eastern Land.
• Chen Beiwu questioned why the Ancient Teleportation Formation had failed in year 9963, before the Heaven-Severing and Earth-Isolating Grand Formation was established.

Chen Beiwu investigated the Heavenly Star Path and learned about the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect before visiting it to discuss bringing it under his influence. The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect prepared for his arrival amid fears that the Desolate Gu Sect might threaten its secret Immortal-Eating Banquet.

• Chen Beiwu saw Emperor Script reveal that Venerable Teng Yuan had left the Heavenly Star Path as an escape route for later Thousand Gu Sect disciples, but he found no clue to its location among the Profound Evolution Realm’s forbidden lands.
• Chen Beiwu asked Li Xingyuan about the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect and learned it had a strong reputation for healing, fair trade, and helping weaker cultivators.
• Lan Xinyi and the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s Grand Elders examined Chen Beiwu’s visiting card and the Desolate Gu Sect’s military movements, then postponed the Immortal-Eating Banquet and prepared to receive him.
• Chen Beiwu arrived at Ten Thousand Poisons Valley with Li Xingyuan, and Lan Xinyi welcomed him at the Mountain Gate while assessing his strength.

Chen Beiwu visited the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect to propose that it join the Mirror Moon Sect, but Lan Xinyi refused. After the Jade Ridge King Serpent vanished, the sect blamed Chen Beiwu and attacked him, only to discover his overwhelming saber arts and Taiyi Immortal Art.

• Chen Beiwu warned Lan Xinyi that the Heaven-Severing and Earth-Isolating Grand Formation might collapse and asked her to acknowledge the Mirror Moon Sect as the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect's upper sect, but she refused.
• Chen Beiwu left the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, and the Jade Ridge King Serpent vanished from its mountain stronghold.
• Lan Xinyi and the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect's cultivators pursued Chen Beiwu, accusing him of taking the King Serpent and surrounding him with a powerful formation and six Nascent Soul experts.
• Chen Beiwu used the Cold Origin Dragon Saber to sever He Suxin's body, forcing his Nascent Soul to flee, while the other attackers recoiled from his saber intent.
• Lan Xinyi attacked Chen Beiwu with Flower-Touching Ten-Thousand Corrosions, but his Azure Radiance Ten-Thousand Spirits Wall repelled her, and he declared that he would suppress them before finding the real culprit.

Chen Beiwu and the Mirror Moon Sect fought the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, and he defeated Lan Xinyi in their three-move wager. Lan Xinyi accepted the loss and agreed that her sect would follow the wager’s terms.

• Li Xingyuan pretended to be defeated by Guo Tianyu and Deng Buming, while Chen Beiwu recognized his act and told him to fight properly.
• Iron Egg attacked Zhao Zhixin inside the Ten Thousand-Gansu Poison Dissolving-Soul Profound Formation, and Zhiling created an opening that let Chen Beiwu destroy its formation pivot and Zhao Zhixin’s Dharma Form.
• Lan Xinyi arrived and wagered that she could withstand three of Chen Beiwu’s moves without stepping back, agreeing that her sect would follow the Mirror Moon Sect if she lost and that both sides would address the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s disrespect.
• Chen Beiwu’s first two saber strikes wounded Lan Xinyi and shattered her Dharma Form, but she held her ground with her Erosion True Intent.
• Chen Beiwu unleashed his full Immortal-Slaying Saber Intent, forcing Lan Xinyi to stumble backward before delivering a third strike, and Lan Xinyi conceded the wager.

Chen Beiwu defeated the Ten Thousand Poisons Fairy and negotiated the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s subordination to Mirror Moon while allowing Lan Xinyi to remain its Sect Master. As they investigated the stolen Jade Ridge King Serpent, Lan Xinyi revealed that sealed Spirit Transformation Venerables in Guixu Mountain might be responsible, and Chen Beiwu questioned why Mirror Moon’s records omitted those secrets.

• Chen Beiwu seized the Ten Thousand Poisons Fairy’s fortune, then had Xuele heal He Suxin as Lan Xinyi led him to the sect hall.
• Chen Beiwu and Lan Xinyi agreed that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect would become subordinate to Mirror Moon in seven days, with Lan Xinyi retaining leadership and the sect keeping some autonomy.
• Lan Xinyi explained that the Jade Ridge King Serpent had vanished and described its rare bloodline and near-fifth-tier strength; Chen Beiwu went with her to inspect Poison Dragon Ravine.
• Lan Xinyi named the Desolate Gu Sect, the Cangmo Sect, and Guixu Mountain’s dormant elders as suspects in the serpent’s theft.
• Lan Xinyi revealed that sealed Spirit Transformation Venerables in Guixu Mountain sometimes sought creation-beast bloodlines for longevity pills, and Chen Beiwu wondered whether the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape had sealed itself to avoid them.
• Chen Beiwu asked Lan Xinyi why Mirror Moon Sect’s records contained no secrets about Guixu Mountain.

Chen Beiwu exposed Zhao Zhixin as the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect traitor who had sent the Jade Ridge King Serpent to the Cangmo Sect in exchange for Spirit Transformation pill formulas. Chen Beiwu offered to spare Zhao Zhixin if he taught Iron Egg to refine the Nine Deaths Exchanging for Truth Pill, but Zhao Zhixin would rather die than teach a Demon King.

• Lan Xinyi summoned five Ten Thousand Poisons Sect grand elders, and Chen Beiwu questioned them about the Jade Ridge King Serpent's disappearance.
• Chen Beiwu singled out Zhao Zhixin and accused him of betraying the sect for two Spirit Transformation pill formulas; Lan Xinyi drew her Emerald Serpent Profound Sword on him.
• Chen Beiwu used his Heavenly Eye to reveal that Zhao Zhixin had sent the King Serpent to Heavenly Sand Cliff and obtained the formulas from the Cangmo Sect.
• Zhao Zhixin explained that he had betrayed the sect for a chance to refine Nine Deaths Exchanging for Truth Pills and attain Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Beiwu offered to spare Zhao Zhixin if he explained his dealings with the Cangmo Sect and taught Iron Egg to refine the pills.
• Zhao Zhixin realized Iron Egg was a black hound and refused to teach a Demon King, saying he would rather die.

Chen Beiwu and Lan Xinyi pursued the Cangmo Sect after learning it had taken the Jade Ridge King Serpent, while the sect prepared to protect its secret plan to restore Yellow Dragon True Lord. After Iron Egg detected Cangmo Sect disciples, Chen Beiwu used their translocation tokens to follow them toward the hidden sect.

• Zhao Zhixin agreed to guide Iron Egg in alchemy and revealed his dealings with the Cangmo Sect.
• Chen Beiwu learned that the Jade Ridge King Serpent's trail ended at Heavenly Sand Cliff and decided to find the Cangmo Sect.
• Zhai Cang ordered the Cangmo Sect to consolidate its forces and keep its disciples inside while Yellow Dragon True Lord attempted to use the serpent's bloodline to pursue Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Beiwu and Lan Xinyi spent half a month searching the Desert Ruins until Iron Egg detected two Cangmo Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Chen Beiwu used Golden Egg's illusion to make the two cultivators activate their translocation tokens, then Zhiling carried Chen Beiwu and Lan Xinyi into the void after them.

Chen Beiwu and his companions broke into Cangmo Sect, where he killed True Lord Hengsha and the sect’s leaders opened a passage to lure them inside. Following Golden Egg’s sense of a powerful dragon beneath the sect, they found a dying Submerged-Gold Horned Dragon whose bloodline and essence had already been extracted.

• Chen Beiwu emerged with Lan Xinyi and Zhiling, then killed True Lord Hengsha with one finger while Xuele captured Hengsha’s Nascent Soul.
• Cangmo Sect’s Deputy Sect Master proposed suppressing Chen Beiwu and Lan Xinyi inside the grand hall, but Zhai Cang chose to use the formation to delay them until his master completed seclusion.
• Golden Egg sensed a powerful dragon beneath Cangmo Sect, and Zhiling opened a spatial passage toward it.
• Chen Beiwu and his companions followed Zhiling’s passage instead of the route Cangmo Sect had opened for them.
• Chen Beiwu found a dying Submerged-Gold Horned Dragon and realized its bloodline and essence had already been extracted.

Chen Beiwu and his allies defeated the Cangmo Sect’s defenders and learned that the Jade Ridge King Serpent had been eaten by the Submerged-Gold Horned Dragon. They tracked down Yellow Dragon True Lord in Sky-Masking Cave, where he trapped them inside the Ninefold Evolving Yellow Sand Sky-Shrouding Grand Formation.

• Zhai Cang and six Cangmo Sect cultivators ambushed Chen Beiwu, but Aji swiftly incapacitated them while Lan Xinyi’s emerald cauldron blocked their attacks.
• Aji killed the Submerged-Gold Horned Dragon and took its heart; Chen Beiwu questioned the surviving Cangmo Sect cultivators about the Jade Ridge King Serpent.
• Shi Jin revealed that the horned dragon had eaten the Jade Ridge King Serpent and that Yellow Dragon True Lord had drained the dragon’s essence blood.
• Golden Egg used his Great Expansion Determining Truth Profound Ability on Zhai Cang and discovered that Yellow Dragon True Lord was hiding in Sky-Masking Cave.
• Chen Beiwu and Lan Xinyi entered the cave, where Yellow Dragon True Lord attacked them and activated the Ninefold Evolving Yellow Sand Sky-Shrouding Grand Formation, trapping them in Yellow Sand Purgatory.

Chen Beiwu and Lan Xinyi confronted Yellow Dragon True Lord over the Jade Ridge King Serpent, but Chen Beiwu’s immense Dharma Form and powerful talisman forced the Cangmo Sect leader to negotiate. They settled on compensation and Cangmo’s submission to the Mirror Moon Sect, while Chen Beiwu prepared to inspect the sect’s treasury.

• Chen Beiwu summoned his fifty-two-thousand-zhang Primordial Origin Dharma Form, astonishing Yellow Dragon True Lord and causing him to halt the grand formation and apologize.
• Lan Xinyi demanded the Jade Ridge King Serpent’s heart blood and a Cangshen Pill, while Yellow Dragon True Lord offered Chen Beiwu a Dragon-Rising Pill and recognized Mirror Moon as Cangmo’s upper sect.
• Chen Beiwu demanded Abyss-Suppressing Horned Dragon life-bound essence blood and threatened to fight, displaying a Divine Firmament Demon-Slashing Origin Talisman that made Yellow Dragon True Lord surrender the requested compensation.
• Lan Xinyi accepted the heart blood and Cangshen Pill, and Chen Beiwu accepted the dragon essence blood and Dragon-Rising Pill before declaring the king serpent dispute settled.
• Chen Beiwu said Mirror Moon would not interfere in Cangmo’s internal affairs but would inspect its treasury and set its ten-year tribute; Lan Xinyi departed to cultivate, and Chen Beiwu planned to review the treasury before secluded cultivation.

Chen Beiwu received the dangerous Mountain-Opening Heaven-Splitting Art, strengthened Mirror Moon Sect’s position, and began seeking a cultivation path beyond the Primordial Origin Fundamental Immortal Arts. The Jade Purity Sect Leader then learned that the Two-World War was approaching and that Great Luo Heaven would open the Heavenly Ruins.

• Lan Xinyi gave Chen Beiwu the Mountain-Opening Heaven-Splitting Art, a perilous Spirit-Transformation method, as thanks for his help with the missing King Serpent.
• Zhai Cang guided Chen Beiwu through the Cangmo Sect treasury, where Chen Beiwu collected resources and copied valuable cultivation methods and inheritances.
• After the Ten Thousand Poisons and Cangmo sects formally honored Mirror Moon as their upper sect, Chen Beiwu gained fortune and helped Golden Egg and Xuele refine treasures.
• Chen Beiwu studied the Mountain-Opening Heaven-Splitting Art for ten years but found that its risky approach did not suit him, so he used the Nine Fortunes, Three Origins fortune to seek a new cultivation path.
• A Dao Venerable Edict appeared in Jade Purity Hall, and the Jade Purity Sect Leader told Qinghe and Yuyue that the Two-World War was near and Great Luo Heaven would open the Heavenly Ruins.

Yuyue sought permission to enter the Heavenly Ruins and became interested in contracting Chen Beiwu, while the Jade Purity Sect prepared to compete for its limited entry places. After Golden Egg broke through to Perfection Demon King, Chen Beiwu discovered it had awakened Furnace Method-Derivation, a profound ability that could create methods and help it forge a unique path of dragon transformation.

• Yuyue asked the Jade Purity Sect Leader to enter the Heavenly Ruins, and he explained that guardians could enter only by shared cultivation with eligible cultivators.
• The Sect Leader offered Yuyue and Qinghe the option of selecting a Nascent Soul True Lord from the Jade Purity Golden Register Sequence, and Yuyue decided she wanted Chen Beiwu.
• Su Miao refused Yue Shan's offer to withdraw from the contest for a Heavenly Ruins place and suggested he could persuade Chen Beiwu with a rare Origin Pill.
• Golden Egg used the Three-Aspect Melting Furnace and rare resources to reach Perfection Demon King, transforming into a true Horned Dragon with fifth-tier dragon blood.
• Chen Beiwu examined Golden Egg's awakened Furnace Method-Derivation ability, while Zhiling teased Golden Egg about using it to deduce a Supreme Immortal Technique.