Recaps

Li Yueyin’s Shattered Moon Remnant Light failed to stop the Heavenly Intent Salamander, which swallowed her and broke free of the Demon-Imprisoning Tower. Chen Beiwu revealed the Heavenly-Illuminating Mirror and used it to suppress and seal the Salamander, leaving it captured.

• Li Yueyin revealed the Shattered Moon Remnant Light and tried to negotiate with the Heavenly Intent Salamander, but it rejected her offer and swallowed her after shattering her attack.
• The Heavenly Intent Salamander broke free of the Demon-Imprisoning Tower and demanded that Chen Beiwu submit, but he challenged it and revealed his Spirit Transformation Late-Stage cultivation.
• Chen Beiwu brought out the Heavenly-Illuminating Mirror, alarming the Salamander, which recognized the weapon and tried to flee.
• Chen Beiwu used the mirror’s Heavenly Illumination to strip away the Salamander’s enhanced form and reduce its strength.
• Chen Beiwu activated Heavenly Lock and Heavenly Annihilation, sweeping the weakened Salamander into the mirror and sealing it.

Chen Beiwu fed Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and Xuele portions of the captured Heavenly Intent Salamander, and their cultivation surged as Iron Egg awakened a sealing Profound Ability. Meanwhile, Purple Palace True Venerable’s remnant will acted on the Demon Venerable’s orders, while the Spirit Transformation cultivators trapped in the Demon-Imprisoning Tower faced a dangerous demand for sacrifices.

• Chen Beiwu cut fresh Yuan Belly from the Heavenly Intent Salamander, cooked it, and shared one plate each with Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and Xuele while keeping the creature alive for his plans.
• After eating, Chen Beiwu and the three Companion Beasts gained substantial cultivation, so Chen Beiwu stayed to guard them while they digested the meat.
• Purple Palace True Venerable’s remnant will reported Chen Zi’ang’s anomalies to the Demon Venerable, who ordered him to eliminate the Great Shang Spirit Transformation cultivators without alerting the dynasty’s higher-ups.
• Golden Sword True Venerable’s Fate-Twisting Formation Disk failed inside the Demon-Imprisoning Tower, and Purple Palace True Venerable’s remnant will demanded that the trapped cultivators provide sacrifices to unseal the path to the tower’s top.
• Golden Egg’s Dao Practice rose to 34,000 years, while Iron Egg’s surged to 36,000 years and awakened Sun and Moon in the Sky, a fifth-tier sealing Creation Origin Art.
• Golden Egg proposed raising the Heavenly Intent Salamander for a continuing supply of meat, but Chen Beiwu rejected the idea and preserved its Heavenly Heart for his plan to contract a Jade Purity Immortal Beast Legacy Species.

After Xuele’s breakthrough, Chen Beiwu followed a strange mist to the top of the Demon-Imprisoning Tower and discovered that Purple Palace True Venerable’s remnant thought planned to use him in an Ancient Demon reincarnation ritual. Chen Beiwu bargained for the Zique Pearl, obtained it, and escaped, while the Demon Venerable’s reaction hinted that his disappearance had brought an unexpected gain.

• After refining Heavenly Intent Salamander meat, Xuele advanced to the Late Demon Venerable Realm, awakened four slaughter Profound Abilities, and shared a powerful Taiyi Sword Intent with Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu followed the mist through the tower and found Spirit Transformation Venerables imprisoned as sacrifices around a Half-Step Ancient Demon corpse.
• Purple Palace True Venerable’s remnant thought appeared, revealed that Chen Beiwu was meant to help complete the Ancient Demon transformation ritual, and trapped him with a Twelfth-Grade Ancient Demon Lotus.
• Chen Beiwu demanded the Zique Pearl and threatened to resist; after the Demon Venerable instructed the remnant thought to yield, it gave him the pearl.
• Chen Beiwu used a sudden spatial displacement to escape, leaving the Purple Palace Remnant Thought unable to track him; a voice from the depths of its Sea of Consciousness celebrated an unexpected windfall.

Chen Beiwu escaped the Purple Palace Cave Abode with the Zique Pearl, only for Purple Palace Demon Venerable to possess his body and attack him and his companions. Chen Beiwu and the three beasts resisted the possession, and Purple Palace Demon Venerable brought out the Demon-Subduing Stele as the battle continued.

• Chen Beiwu placed the Zique Pearl in Chaos Heaven and Earth and began examining it, triggering the Twelfth-Grade Ancient Demon Lotus mark and allowing Purple Palace Demon Venerable to take over his body.
• Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and Xuele attacked Purple Palace Demon Venerable to protect Chen Beiwu, breaking through his defenses and disrupting his Abyssal Demon Qi.
• Chen Beiwu discovered Purple Palace Demon Venerable's demon soul in his Sea of Consciousness and fought back with his Primordial Spirit, while the Demon Venerable demanded the Heavenly Abyss Dragon-Suppressing Cauldron.
• Chen Beiwu joined with the three beasts through their Companion Beast Contracts and used Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation to battle Purple Palace Demon Venerable to a standstill.
• Purple Palace Demon Venerable grew apprehensive at Chen Beiwu's resilience and summoned the Demon-Subduing Stele.

Chen Beiwu used the Heavenly Abyss Dragon-Suppressing Cauldron and Nine-Breath Chaos to thwart Purple Palace True Venerable’s attempt to seize the artifact, while the Wu River Dragon King withdrew to continue its reincarnation plans. After examining the Zique Pearl, Chen Beiwu gained the Fortune-Casting Heavenly Art, which could create treasures that gather fortune and evolve Companion Beast bloodlines.

• Purple Palace True Venerable attacked Chen Beiwu with the Demon-Subduing Stele, but Chen Beiwu revealed the Heavenly Abyss Dragon-Suppressing Cauldron and crushed his demonic apparition.
• Chen Beiwu let Nine-Breath Chaos consume the remaining Demonic Qi and Purple Palace True Venerable’s phantoms, while Purple Palace True Venerable escaped with part of the cauldron’s power marked by his black blood.
• The Wu River Dragon King learned that its Demon Soul Clone had been lost, then moved the Purple Palace Cave Abode into the Wu River’s water veins to continue its reincarnation ritual elsewhere.
• Chen Beiwu explained that Purple Palace True Venerable had already used the Zique Pearl’s heavenly purple Dao marrow, but the pearl could still help a Spirit Transformation peak True Venerable become a Cultivation Magnate when combined with Qianyuan crystal.
• Nine-Breath Chaos bestowed the Fortune-Casting Heavenly Art on Chen Beiwu, allowing him to forge Fortune Supreme Treasures that gather fortune and help Companion Beast bloodlines evolve.

Chen Beiwu learned that his fortune was insufficient to activate the Casting Fortune Heavenly Art, then returned to the Immortal Alliance and reunited with Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing. He joined Yuyue Guardian to enter an Emperor Sequence Middle Thousand World for a treasure-hunting wager, but their passage was attacked before they arrived.

• Chen Beiwu discovered that he could refine a fortune supreme treasure using objects bearing the fortune of heaven and earth, then returned to the Immortal Alliance and learned that Gu Qinghan had found a dead egg suspected to descend from Demon Emperor Baxia.
• Chen Beiwu met Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect Reception Department, then spent a week helping them cultivate and said their Dao Companion Union Ceremony would coincide with his Spirit Transformation ceremony.
• Liang Tiancheng reported that the Emperor Sequence Middle Thousand World contained a Dao resonance suggesting a half-step Void Refinement cultivator, and Yuyue Guardian invited Chen Beiwu to explore it with her.
• Chen Beiwu agreed to a one-year treasure-hunting contest with Yuyue Guardian, with the winner receiving one condition from the loser, subject to restrictions.
• After the Two-World Gate was opened, Yuyue Guardian escorted Chen Beiwu into the passage, where she broke through an attack by hostile natives and calmed the spatial turbulence.

Chen Beiwu and his companions entered the Kongming Realm to hunt for treasures, while the Kongming Ancestor ordered the Spirit Transformation Venerables into seclusion rather than confront them. When the Shadow Leopard ambushed Golden Egg, Chen Beiwu intervened to help turn the fight, and Golden Egg dissolved most of the demon venerable’s body, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Kongming Ancestor recalled his failed attempt and ordered Heavenly Void Cave sealed, sending its Spirit Transformation Venerables into seclusion.
• Chen Beiwu arrived in the Kongming Realm with Guardian Yuyue and their companions, then split up with Yuyue to search for treasures.
• Chen Beiwu found Huayu Year Marrow and gave it to Xuele to nourish the Taiyi Origin Grove.
• After three months of treasure hunting, Chen Beiwu appeared beside Golden Egg as the Shadow Leopard ambushed it near a Kongqing Vine.
• Golden Egg fought back with Three Offices and Three Rivers Dragon Court, but the Shadow Leopard tried to flee with the vine.
• Chen Beiwu shattered the Shadow Leopard’s True Form with Clear Source One Finger, allowing Golden Egg’s Three Rivers Water to dissolve most of its body.

Chen Beiwu subdued the Shadow Leopard, learned the Kongming Realm’s history and the value of the Kongji Mother Tree, then followed the captive toward the Kongming Ancestor. As Yuyue fought six defenders near the tree, the Ancestor invited Chen Beiwu to Gushan Pavilion and sought a chance to negotiate, where Chen Beiwu’s Heaven and Earth Manifestation began to stir.

• Golden Egg pinned the wounded Shadow Leopard while Chen Beiwu suppressed its Primordial Spirit, searched its memories, and learned about the Kongming Realm and its Kongji Mother Tree.
• Chen Beiwu explained that the two worlds’ time flow would equalize through the Jade Purity Two-World Gate, and identified the tree as the valuable quasi-sixth-tier Dao wood Biming Kongsang.
• Chen Beiwu forced the Shadow Leopard to lead him toward the Kongji Mother Tree, while Yuyue found the tree and fought six cultivators using the Great Proving Kongji Chaos-Spirit True Formation.
• The Kongming Ancestor considered using Chen Beiwu as a hostage but sensed danger, then used the Shadow Leopard’s arrival at Gushan Pavilion to invite Chen Beiwu to watch a supposed thousand-year phenomenon.
• Chen Beiwu accepted the Kongming Ancestor’s invitation and sat at the pavilion, where his Heaven and Earth Manifestation began responding to heavenly timing and earthly advantage.

Chen Beiwu and the Kongming Ancestor watched the Guyuan Blessed Land’s deadly trial for Demon Kings as Zhiling entered the contest and consumed the Dragon-Nurturing Fruit. Zhiling’s bloodline transformed into an unexpected ancestral form resembling the Three-Aspects Void Fox, leaving it dismayed as it began its path toward becoming a Demon Venerable.

• The Kongming Ancestor offered Chen Beiwu rare Bitterheart Tea and asked him to introduce him to the Immortal Alliance.
• The Kongming Ancestor revealed the Guyuan Blessed Land’s Dragon-Nurturing Fruit trial, where Demon Kings fought and died to nourish the fruit.
• Chen Beiwu brought Zhiling into the contest, and Zhiling’s cry killed the competing Demon Kings while sparing the three remaining strongest beasts.
• The Kongming Ancestor used the gathered essence to ripen the Dragon-Nurturing Fruit, and Chen Beiwu allowed Zhiling to eat it.
• Zhiling’s bloodline transformation projected an ancestral form resembling the Three-Aspects Void Fox instead of the Eight-Tailed Void Fox it wanted to become.

Chen Beiwu helped Zhiling restore her bloodline transformation and advance through her Demon Venerable calamities, while Kongming Ancestor’s Dao demonstration also brought Chen Beiwu close to the peak of his cultivation stage. Zhiling survived her bloodline calamity with help from mysterious Void Heavenly Fox marrow blood, emerging as a mid-stage Demon Venerable whose crystal-like heart carried the aura of her father.

• Chen Beiwu used his Clear Source Origin Xi to change Zhiling’s Three-Aspected Dragon Fox phantom into an Eight-Tailed Void Fox phantom, while Yuyue Guardian prepared to confront the six Kongming Realm powerhouses attacking her.
• Kongming Ancestor demonstrated the Kongming Great Dao to Chen Beiwu, helping him reach the limit of the late stage of Spirit Transformation.
• Zhiling refined her bloodline phantom, surged to 18,000 years of Dao Practice, and began her bloodline calamity after Chen Beiwu prepared a Creation Return-to-Venerable Pill and Five-Colored Vine for her.
• The Eight-Tailed Void Fox asked Dao Venerable Guangcheng for help with its daughter’s breakthrough, and Guangcheng gave it a quarter-drop of Void Heavenly Fox marrow blood.
• During her bloodline calamity, Zhiling was pierced by a silver-white crystal that remade her body; after three months, she emerged with a completed Bloodline True Form and the strength of a mid-stage Demon Venerable.
• Zhiling told Chen Beiwu that the crystal carried a little of her father’s aura, prompting him to investigate its origin.

Zhiling attained the Demon Venerable realm, revealing a powerful ethereal flower true form and new abilities that strengthened Chen Beiwu. Chen Beiwu accompanied Kongming Ancestor to Heavenly Void Cave, where Yuyue was attacking the Kongji Mother Tree for its core treasure, and recognized her as a Six Paths of Reincarnation Beast.

• Zhiling's father sent her an unknown treasure that helped transform her bloodline, and Zhiling absorbed her Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation as she reached the Demon Venerable realm.
• Chen Beiwu found that Zhiling's new ethereal flower true form had raised her Attribute Meridian to 99 in every element and granted her the confinement ability Falling Flowers Form a Prison.
• Kongming Ancestor said someone was forcing their way into his treasury, and Chen Beiwu offered to accompany him, suspecting Yuyue Guardian was responsible.
• Yuyue devastated Heavenly Void Cave's defenders as she pursued the Kongji Mother Heart at the core of the Kongji Mother Tree.
• Kongming Ancestor appeared before Yuyue, and Chen Beiwu recognized her as a Six Paths of Reincarnation Beast with formidable life-and-death abilities.

Yuyue defeated Kongming Ancestor and spared him after Chen Beiwu urged her to accept his submission, but the Kongji Mother Tree awakened and revealed a hidden Sixth-Realm Demon Saint. Dao Venerable Guangcheng identified the presence as Jian Heavenly Immortal Wood, the Ancient Demon Realm elder known as the Heaven-Seeing Great Sage.

• Yuyue challenged Kongming Ancestor over the Kongji Mother Tree, and he revealed his true form as a Great Void Retreating Walker.
• Yuyue used Six Paths Rotation to defeat Kongming Ancestor, and Chen Beiwu stopped her from killing him by proposing his submission to the sect and Immortal Alliance.
• Yuyue sensed that the Kongji Mother Tree was alive, and it trapped her, Chen Beiwu, and Kongming Ancestor while draining Kongming Ancestor's power.
• A Sixth-Realm Demon Saint's will awakened, and Dao Venerable Guangcheng appeared to confront it.
• Dao Venerable Guangcheng identified the hidden being as Jian Heavenly Immortal Wood, the Ancient Demon Realm Royal Court elder known as the Heaven-Seeing Great Sage.

Chen Beiwu and Yuyue Guardian witnessed the Heaven-Seeing Great Sage negotiate with the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, trading the Jian Heavenly Immortal Seedling for a chance to survive. After Yuyue won their wager, Chen promised to help her break through to Void Refinement if he ever became a Dao Venerable, and she gave him the Kongji Mother Heart.

• Dao Venerable Guangcheng confronted the Heaven-Seeing Great Sage, then the Primordial Origin Dao Venerable arrived and offered to save him if he joined the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.
• The Heaven-Seeing Great Sage admitted he was dying and agreed to hand over the Jian Heavenly Immortal Seedling in exchange for the Primordial Origin Dao Venerable's help.
• Dao Venerable Guangcheng rewarded Chen Beiwu with two points of Jade Purity Immortal Merit for bringing an utmost Demon Venerable into the sect, then left with the Great Void Retreating Walker.
• Yuyue Guardian claimed the Kongji Mother Heart and won her wager with Chen Beiwu, then asked him to help her break through if he attained Void Refinement.
• Chen Beiwu agreed, and Yuyue gave him the Kongji Mother Heart as a memento of their promise.

After returning from the Kongming Realm, Chen Beiwu received a Biluo Heavenly Pill and chose to cultivate in seclusion rather than explore the Ancient Yao Realm. He refined the Kongji Mother Heart to reach Spirit Transformation peak, then reconsidered his plans to conquer the Southern Wild Region because a hidden Void Refinement Dao Venerable might pose a threat.

• Yuyue gave Chen Beiwu the Kongji Mother Heart, and the two spared the surviving peak Demon Venerables for the sect to judge.
• The Violet Firmament Venerable rewarded Chen Beiwu with a Biluo Heavenly Pill to help him attract the Heaven-Mending Eagle, but Chen Beiwu declined to explore the Ancient Yao Realm.
• Chen Beiwu used the Kongji Mother Heart to cultivate, while Xuele and his other companion beasts helped him refine its vast power.
• Chen Beiwu broke through to Spirit Transformation peak and suspected that Aji's continued sleep prevented his dharma image from becoming a true primordial unity dharma image.
• Chen Beiwu considered ambushing Zhen Yuanzi and resuming his plan to unify the Southern Wild Region, but he decided to proceed cautiously in case a Void Refinement Dao Venerable was hidden there.

Chen Beiwu and his companion beasts strengthened their cultivation before he returned to the Southern Wasteland and learned that the Eight Desolations Sect and Heavenly Saint Sect were pushing to establish the Southern Heaven Alliance. He decided to claim its leadership, then vanished toward the Profound Evolution Realm as Zhen Yuanzi sensed danger and activated his defenses.

• Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Zhiling, and Xuele refined the companion-beast contract’s feedback, with Zhiling stabilizing her foundation and awakening two true-form profound abilities.
• Chen Beiwu revealed that he had awakened Dharma-Image Calamity Transformation and chose to investigate the Southern Wild Region before pursuing the Heaven-Mending Eagle or Manifestation Bow.
• Shu You told Chen Beiwu that the Eight Desolations Sect and Heavenly Saint Sect planned to establish the Southern Heaven Alliance and deny territory to those who refused to join.
• Chen Beiwu suspected the alliance had a hidden purpose, accepted the invitation, and declared his intention to become its leader.
• Chen Beiwu vanished toward the Profound Evolution Realm, where Zhen Yuanzi sensed danger and activated the formations guarding his lair.

Chen Beiwu and his companions ambushed Zhen Yuanzi inside Guixu Mountain, killed him with the Heavenly Abyss Dragon-Suppressing Cauldron, and captured his escaping dragon form. After claiming Zhen Yuanzi’s treasures, Chen Beiwu found a strange Jade Slip in his Storage Ring.

• Chen Beiwu used the Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability to locate Zhen Yuanzi near a lake, then sent Xuele through the mountain’s formations to scout.
• Chen Beiwu and Xuele infiltrated Zhen Yuanzi’s cave, where Chen Beiwu ordered Zhiling to isolate the area and the others to prepare an attack.
• Zhen Yuanzi shattered Chen Beiwu’s decoy clone and trapped the real Chen Beiwu, but Chen Beiwu struck from behind with the Heavenly Abyss Dragon-Suppressing Cauldron and killed him.
• Zhen Yuanzi transformed into a purple-gold dragon and tried to flee, but Chen Beiwu activated the cauldron’s power and captured him, exhausting himself and his companions.
• Chen Beiwu recovered, searched Zhen Yuanzi’s Storage Ring, and found a Grand Void Transforming the Spirit Pill and a peculiar Jade Slip.

Chen Beiwu claimed the Manifestation Bow after drawing it to its limit and awakening its power, gaining a weapon capable of threatening Cultivation Magnates. After spending half a month learning its archery Dao method, he offered to help the bow spirit restore its former peak, leaving it uncertain whether to trust him.

• Chen Beiwu discovered that Zhen Yuanzi's jade slip contained Xuanhuangzi's Supreme Bright Mysterious Yellow Heaven-Fusing Dao Register, a cultivation and self-sealing method, then returned to the Immortal Alliance.
• Chen Beiwu entered the Manifestation Bow's trial and, with help from his Dharma Image and Iron Egg, drew the bow far enough to awaken its ancient resonance and claim it.
• Yuyue confirmed that Chen Beiwu had subdued the Manifestation Bow, while Seven-Treasure True Venerable warned him to nourish the weapon with a Demon Venerable's blood.
• Chen Beiwu returned to Huncheng Peak and spent half a month comprehending the first two levels of the Ancient Huang Fallen-God Yi Heavenly Dao Instruction.
• Chen Beiwu asked the Manifestation Bow Spirit whether it wanted to return to its former peak and offered to help, leaving the spirit hesitant but considering his promise.

Chen Beiwu formed a shared-cultivation bond with the Manifestation Bow and sent it into the Chaos Heaven and Earth space. At the Southern Heaven Alliance assembly, Shu You demanded that Chen Zi'ang lead the alliance, and an unseen attacker killed Ning Xuanji in front of the assembled sects.

• Chen Beiwu persuaded the Manifestation Bow Spirit to perform Artifact Spirit Shared Cultivation, then sent the bow into the Chaos Heaven and Earth space.
• Shu You led the Mirror Moon Sect to Lu Divine Mountain, where Ning Xuanji and Bai Tianxing proposed forming the Southern Heaven Alliance.
• Shu You supported the alliance but challenged the sect leaders to decide who should lead it; Su Xinghe appeared and proposed choosing the strongest.
• Bai Tianxing yielded his claim, and Shu You declared that only Mirror Moon Sect master Chen Zi'ang could lead the alliance; Su Xinghe backed her.
• Ning Xuanji challenged Chen Zi'ang's qualifications, but a silver attack shattered his Dharma Image and killed him before the assembled cultivators.

Chen Beiwu killed the Eight Desolations True Venerable and secured leadership of the Southern Heaven Alliance. After establishing the alliance and its rules, he drew the Southern Wild Region’s Fortune together, causing his Fortune Status to transform as a new phenomenon appeared.

• Chen Beiwu revealed himself after killing the Eight Desolations True Venerable, leaving the gathered Sects stunned by his power.
• Shu You proposed Chen Beiwu as leader of the Southern Heaven Alliance, and Bai Tianxing and the other Sect leaders accepted.
• Chen Beiwu set three alliance rules protecting internal disputes, each Sect’s resources, and the alliance’s unity against outside enemies.
• The Sect leaders signed the covenant, and Chen Beiwu declared the Southern Heaven Alliance established.
• Fortune from the Southern Wild Region gathered around Chen Beiwu’s Purple-Gold Canopy, which transformed into auspicious purple-gold clouds and surpassed Gu Qinghan’s Fortune Status.
• Chen Beiwu felt his Spiritual Terrace clear as nine phenomena manifested above Chaos Heaven and Earth.

Chen Beiwu awakened the Bear Heaven and Answer Fortune Divine Ability after forming the Nine Fortunes Crown, then consolidated control of the Southern Heaven Alliance and planned to use Fortune-Casting Heavenly Art to restore the Manifestation Bow Spirit. Meanwhile, Great Desolation True Venerable and Gu Li suspected Chen Zi'ang was Taiyi's reincarnation and resolved to prepare to confront him.

• Chen Beiwu formed the Nine Fortunes Crown, awakened Bear Heaven and Answer Fortune, and learned that activating its strongest effects required Nine Fortunes, Three Origins Fortune.
• At the Eight Desolations Sect, Chen Beiwu spared Bai Tianxing and the elders but ordered the Heavenly Saint Sect and Eight Desolations Sect to submit lists of cultivators opposed to the alliance; he assigned Shu You to manage alliance affairs.
• Chen Beiwu told the Manifestation Bow Spirit that Fortune-Casting Heavenly Art might restore it to the ranks of Quasi-Dao Artifacts, but chose to focus first on the Heavenly Abyss Dragon-Suppressing Cauldron and conserve his Fortune.
• Great Desolation True Venerable awakened within Guixu Mountain, and Gu Li reported that Chen Zi'ang might carry Taiyi's familiar presence.
• Great Desolation True Venerable revealed he had refined Senior Xuan's finger bone and was close to reaching Half-Step Void Refinement; he and Gu Li agreed to suppress and kill Taiyi's reincarnation for Senior Xuan's reward.

Chen Beiwu learned about the powerful ancient figures sealed in Guixu Mountain and turned his attention to acquiring recognition from other sects’ Dao artifacts. He traveled with Xuele toward the Mysterious Sword Pavilion, where Sword Lord Xiaoyao received news of Chen Zi'ang’s rise and sensed his arrival.

• Bai Tianxing told Chen Beiwu about five ancient monsters in Guixu Mountain, including Star-Lifting Old Monster Cang Jiayi, Heart Sword True Venerable Bai Tianyi, Great Desolation True Venerable Ning Wuque, Grand Void Formation Lord Zhen Yuanzi, and Sole Gu True Venerable Gu Li.
• Chen Beiwu learned of Ning Wuque’s ties to the Eight Desolations Sect and Gu Li’s rumored origins, then sent Bai Tianxing to deal with the cultivators on his list.
• Chen Beiwu proposed visiting the Mysterious Sword Pavilion so Xuele could seek recognition from its Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword, and promised to accompany Xuele.
• Sword Lord Xiaoyao and the Mysterious Sword Pavilion elders discussed forming an alliance of the Five Sects against threats from other regions.
• Sword Lord Xiaoyao received news that Chen Zi'ang had become Southern Heaven Alliance Leader and crushed Eight Desolations True Venerable in one strike, and suspected Chen Zi'ang had arrived when the sect’s Dao artifact warned him.

Chen Beiwu awakened the Taiyi Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate Dao Register at Profound Sword Mountain and urged Li Xiaoyao to reunite the Five Lineages. Li Xiaoyao led him to the Sword Mound Abyss, where the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword set a test: Chen Beiwu had to find it among countless swords, with only three guesses.

• Chen Beiwu climbed Profound Sword Mountain's jade steps and awakened a sword intent that revealed the Taiyi Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate Dao Register.
• Xuele caught a strand of chaos sword light, and Chen Beiwu learned that the sword intent contained a supreme method for reaching the sixth realm of the Sword Dao.
• Chen Beiwu told Li Xiaoyao about the Dao Register and proposed reuniting the Five Lineages to face threats from other regions.
• Li Xiaoyao explained that the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword controlled the Mysterious Sword Pavilion and led Chen Beiwu to the Sword Mound Abyss.
• Li Xiaoyao challenged Chen Beiwu to identify the pavilion's foundational treasure among countless swords, allowing him three guesses.

Chen Beiwu found the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword and learned that it would let him reunite the Taiyi Dao Sect’s Five Lineages only if he helped heal its four Dao Injuries. The sword spirit offered powerful rewards for healing the first three injuries, but revealed that the first came from a terrifying Primordial Chaos Dao Artifact whose name could kill Chen Beiwu if he learned it.

• Xuele followed his Taiyi Bloodline True Form into Sword Mountain, chose a decoy ancient sword, then pulled out a Rusty Sword as Chen Beiwu took over the search.
• Chen Beiwu followed the flow of Fortune and chose a rusted iron rod that revealed itself as the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword, transporting him into a vast inner world.
• The sword spirit, Taiyi, agreed to give Chen Beiwu the Mysterious Sword Pavilion but demanded that he heal its four Dao Injuries, offering escalating rewards for healing the first three.
• Taiyi explained that its injuries came from Xuanhuangzi’s four Primordial Chaos Dao Artifacts and showed Chen Beiwu the first injury’s source: a terrifying saber whose name could sever his Dao and slay his spirit.
• Chen Beiwu and his four companions realized that helping Taiyi could put his life in danger.

The Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword offered Chen Beiwu a future alliance to seize the Nine-Dragon Divine Fire Cover, but warned him to grow stronger before approaching the other sects. Three years later, Chen Beiwu prepared support for his dao companions' breakthroughs and arranged a Gold-Honing Melody performance to help his parents reach Golden Core.

• The Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword explained that the Nine-Dragon Divine Fire Cover's Origin fire could heal his Dao Injuries and offered to help Chen Beiwu subdue it after he reached Spirit Transformation Perfection.
• The Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword warned Chen Beiwu against approaching three other sects or refining the Heavenly One Northern Nether Mirror for Shared Cultivation, and Sword Lord Xiaoyao agreed to rebuild the Taiyi Dao Sect with the Mirror Moon Sect.
• Chen Beiwu spent three years cultivating, then arranged secluded cultivation cave abodes and gave Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing pieces of Five-Colored Vine for their impending breakthroughs.
• Chen Beiwu planned to return to Pingchen County to support his parents' Golden Core breakthroughs and hoped eventually to raise them to Nascent Soul.
• Chen Dong and Huang Xiaoling received an elaborate welcome at the Cloud Sound Pavilion, where Su Miao explained that Chen Beiwu had invited the Great Spirit Heavenly Sound True Venerable to perform the Spirit Transformation Gold-Honing Melody.
• Two figures appeared through a tear in the Void as the appointed performance time approached.