Recaps

Yue Wen sought Ao Ligun as his mentor and discovered the elder was hiding from a crowd of creditors. After Ao Ligun gave him an incomplete True Dragon Water-Repelling Art as the first step of a challenge, Yue Wen asked Da Long to restore it.

• Yue Wen and the other apprentices chose their mentors, and Yue Wen traveled to Ao Ligun's home on the outskirts of the city.
• Yue Wen found creditors surrounding Ao Ligun's courtyard and met the elder disguised as one of them.
• Ao Ligun warned Yue Wen to give up, then gave him three days to learn the True Dragon Water-Repelling Art before attempting to hunt a Thunder Tiger Whale in the Raging Thunder Domain.
• Yue Wen realized the art lacked the dragon-breath prerequisite and asked Da Long whether he could restore it.
• Da Long recognized the sigil as a weakened technique he had once modified for humans, and Yue Wen persuaded him to complete it for four hundred ninety-nine Evil-Suppressing Money.

Yue Wen mastered the True Dragon Water-Repelling Art overnight and traveled with Ao Ligun to the Raging Thunder Domain, where he entered its deadly currents. Elsewhere inside a Thunder Tiger Whale, a merman elder and a mermaid girl tried to grow Pearl Flowers so they could protect themselves and live freely in the Human Realm.

• Yue Wen told Ao Ligun he had mastered the True Dragon Water-Repelling Art, astonishing the elder with how quickly he had learned it.
• Ao Ligun opened the Dragon Hall's Grand Formation and escorted Yue Wen out, warning him that intervening in the challenge would mean failure.
• Yue Wen used the True Dragon Water-Repelling Art to travel through the seabed currents without obstruction and reached the Raging Thunder Domain.
• Yue Wen entered the domain, where golden lightning raged across a vast stretch of water.
• Inside a Thunder Tiger Whale, a merman elder and a mermaid girl dug a patch of soil and hoped to grow Pearl Flowers for protection.

Yue Wen attacked a Thunder Tiger Whale in the Raging Thunder Domain, then sheltered inside its internal grotto-heaven from its lightning blast and discovered a Pearl Flower. He learned that two merfolk had planted it, but after seeing their seeds, he claimed they also had a fated connection with him.

• Yue Wen studied the Thunder Tiger Whale’s feeding habits and attacked it as it returned to the middle reaches of the Raging Thunder Domain.
• Yue Wen used several sword techniques to pierce the whale’s hide and wound it deeply.
• Yue Wen flew through the wound into the whale’s internal grotto-heaven to escape its outward-spreading lightning storm.
• Yue Wen found a Pearl Flower growing on an island and approached it to pick the spirit treasure.
• A merfolk girl told Yue Wen that she and an old merfolk had planted the flower and that it had not ripened.
• Yue Wen inspected the merfolk girl’s seeds and declared that she, too, had a fated connection with him.

Yue Wen rescued two merfolk, killed the thunder tiger whale, and passed Ao Ligun’s challenge to become his student. Ao Ligun agreed to tell Yue Wen what happened at Snake Mountain Tiger Tomb, revealing that he had lost his closest comrades and beloved there.

• Yue Wen offered the merfolk grandfather and granddaughter a safe place to farm in exchange for half their pearl harvest, then brought them into a Secret Realm.
• Yue Wen cut through the thunder tiger whale’s internal Grotto-Heaven and killed the beast with the Brass Greatsword.
• Ao Ligun recognized the Brass Greatsword as a powerful Spirit Treasure and wondered about Yue Wen’s background.
• Yue Wen asked Ao Ligun if he had passed the challenge, and Ao Ligun accepted him as his student while warning he could not reveal Yue Wen’s parents’ whereabouts.
• Yue Wen asked Ao Ligun about the Snake Mountain Tiger Tomb expedition, and Ao Ligun agreed to tell him, admitting he had lost his trusted comrades and beloved there.

Ao Ligun recounted how a mission to Snake Mountain Tiger Tomb ended in a demonic blood outbreak that killed his team and Situ Ling. He left Yue Wen with unanswered questions about the East Sea Hall Lord, whose information had led them to the tomb.

• Ao Ligun agreed to tell Yue Wen what happened at Snake Mountain for five hundred thousand in talisman currency.
• Ao Ligun explained that the East Sea Hall Lord sent him and Situ Ling to retrieve a secret art from the Tiger Heavenly Emperor’s tomb, and they joined Yue Teng and Xu Qingwen, Yue Wen’s parents, on the expedition.
• The team found a blood-written message reading “I don’t want to die,” retrieved a book, and discovered that one member had disappeared into a pool of Divine Realm blood.
• The blood-corrupted team member attacked the group, and demon snakes swarmed the tomb as the survivors tried to escape.
• Situ Ling succumbed to demonic corruption and killed the remaining team members, but briefly regained control and took a Dragon Spear meant for Ao Ligun, then fell among the snakes.
• Yue Wen asked where the Hall Lord had obtained his information, and Ao Ligun looked panicked and avoided the question.

Ao Ligun told Yue Wen how Situ Ling died in Snake Mountain Tiger Tomb and how the Dragon Hall spy was murdered, leaving him suspected and disillusioned. Yue Wen planned to investigate the mole by examining the Vajra Spike, and the Heart-Ripping Woman confirmed that the elder who accompanied her to Snake Mountain was Ao Yuanren.

• Ao Ligun explained that a Demon Race spy had supplied false information about Snake Mountain Tiger Tomb, and that he found the spy murdered with an ancient Vajra Spike after Situ Ling died.
• Ao Ligun said the deaths made him a suspect and drove him to abandon his search for the Dragon Hall mole, who might also have been responsible for Yue Wen's parents disappearing.
• Ao Ligun told Yue Wen that winning the coming Celestial Phenomenon Realm contest could earn him access to the Dragon Hall Treasury of Treasures and a chance to inspect the Vajra Spike.
• Yue Wen obtained a map of Snake Mountain Tiger Tomb from Ao Ligun and paid him fifty million in Human Realm Currency after returning to the Dragon Hall.
• Yue Wen contacted the Heart-Ripping Woman through the Demon Emperor Hide and asked for the name of the Dragon Hall elder who had accompanied her to Snake Mountain.
• The Heart-Ripping Woman remembered that the elder's name was Ao Yuanren.

Yue Wen uncovered conflicting accounts of two expeditions to Snake Mountain and learned that the Heart-Ripping Woman might be the supposedly deceased Xue Huifang. After hearing of a Cat Demon and Fox Demon who had tried to enter Snake Mountain, he turned to check on the merfolk living in Nagiko’s secret realm.

• Yue Wen asked the Heart-Ripping Woman to recall her identity, and she claimed to be Dragon Hall Thousand-Scale General Xue Huifang, who had explored Snake Mountain with Ao Yuanren.
• Yue Wen confirmed with Ao Ligun that Xue Huifang had supposedly died in battle and that he and Situ Ling had led a later expedition to Snake Mountain, where Situ Ling died.
• Yue Wen pieced together that both expeditions may have encountered his parents, leaving him uncertain about their repeated appearances and the East Sea Hall Lord’s motives.
• Duan Shousheng reported that a Cat Demon and Fox Demon had tried to enter Snake Mountain, and the Two-Headed Flood Dragon seemed to recognize the Cat Demon.
• Yue Wen entered Nagiko’s secret realm and asked the merfolk grandfather and granddaughter whether they were satisfied with their new soil; the girl said their plot was too small to grow Sun and Moon Pearls.

Yue Wen settled Old Man Yu and Yu Xiaomei into Immortal Dew Valley to grow pearl flowers alongside the Wood Demons Squad, then heard how his companions’ Dragon Hall admission tests had gone. Big White arrived at the group’s lodging, where Yue Wen announced that he would begin cultivating with them.

• Yue Wen welcomed Old Man Yu and Yu Xiaomei to Immortal Dew Valley, assigned them land for pearl flowers, and introduced them to the Wood Demons Squad and Black Silver Puppets.
• Yue Wen encouraged the overworked wood demons, rewarded them with spirit liquid, and checked the growth of the valley’s crops.
• Yue Wen learned that Jiang Hongxiu and Xing'er had passed their admission tests, Qi Dian had endured Mu Wanjiang’s foul fish challenge, and Liu Yuanjun was still attempting Lin Changqing’s test.
• Jiang Hongxiu opened the door to find Big White, who reunited with Xing'er and Yue Wen after traveling to Dragon Hall by himself.
• Yue Wen told Big White that he would train in demon cultivation techniques, and Big White was surprised to learn he would have to cultivate.

Yue Wen arranged an intensive cultivation schedule for Big White and prepared himself and his teammates for the Heavenly Phenomenon Fruit Contest. Meanwhile, a black-robed Dragon Hall spy negotiated with Blue Throne for a Dao Source Profound Crystal, and Yue Wen chose the Ancient Battlefield Sea as his next place to hunt evil spirits.

• Yue Wen decided to give Big White a cultivation method and supernatural powers, then assigned him a grueling six-day training schedule; Jiang Hongxiu objected, but Yue Wen defended the plan.
• Yue Wen warned Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian to resume intensive cultivation so the team would be ready for the Heavenly Phenomenon Fruit Contest.
• A black-robed Dragon Hall spy spoke with Blue Throne about the failed assassination and demanded the promised Dao Source Profound Crystal by the next day.
• The spy and Blue Throne agreed to hide the crystal near the Ancient Battlefield Sea, where a demon creature's presence would not attract attention.
• Yue Wen returned to cultivating and searched for nearby places to hunt; he settled on the Ancient Battlefield Sea to earn Evil-Suppressing Money.

Yue Wen helped Big White begin cultivating with the Demon Dao Profound Transformation Art, then obtained the Righteous Mind Dragon Transformation Art from Ao Ligun and asked Da Long to complete it. Da Long agreed that the art could let Yue Wen transform into a True Dragon, and they settled on a price of 499 talisman currency.

• Yue Wen took Big White to the Scripture Repository, where it studied the Demon Dao Profound Transformation Art and entered its visualization, though its swollen belly turned out to mean it needed to pee.
• Yue Wen met Ao Ligun, who gave him the talisman seal for the Righteous Mind Dragon Transformation Art after Yue Wen insisted he would study the True Dragon Remnant Arts on his own.
• Yue Wen brought the art to Da Long, who explained it had originally been made for dragonkin rather than True Dragons and offered to complete it so Yue Wen could transform into a True Dragon.
• Yue Wen haggled with Da Long over the fee, then agreed to pay 499 talisman currency.

Yue Wen mastered the Righteous Mind Dragon Transformation Art and left the Dragon Hall to hunt evil spirits for Evil-Suppressing Money. In the Ancient Battlefield Sea, he killed a weak nightmare wraith fish, then discovered a powerful Sixth Realm flame demon.

• Liu Yuanjun returned after passing Lin Changqing's challenge, while Qi Dian, Zhao Xing'er, and Jiang Hongxiu discussed their progress with the Righteous Mind Dragon Transformation Art.
• Yue Wen transformed into a huge dragon, smashed through Jiang Hongxiu's room, and shocked his companions with how quickly he had mastered the art.
• Yue Wen paid Ao Ligun to open the Dragon Hall's Grand Formation so he could travel to the Wasteland Zone and earn Evil-Suppressing Money.
• Yue Wen reached the Ancient Battlefield Sea, stealthily approached a monstrous fish, and killed it with a surprise punch from the Blazing Sun Fist.
• Yue Wen sensed dense demonic qi and spotted a towering Sixth Realm flame demon in the Ancient Battlefield Sea.

Yue Wen ambushed and killed a Sixth Realm Flame Demon near the Dragon Hall, hoping to learn why it had come to the East Sea. After preventing its self-destruction and collecting its remains, he found a Deep-Blue Little Box among its belongings.

• Yue Wen spotted the Flame Demon near the Dragon Hall, but it detected his hiding and attacked him with a greatsword.
• Yue Wen used Sealing Dao Rhythm, the Soul-Settling Mirror, a pill, and Shadow Talismans to weaken and outmaneuver the Flame Demon.
• Yue Wen struck the Flame Demon from behind and demanded to know why it had come to the East Sea.
• The Flame Demon began to self-destruct, so Yue Wen killed it with Dragon King's Edict: Dragonflame Slash before it could explode.
• Yue Wen collected nearly seven hundred pieces of Evil-Suppressing Money, let Little Black Snake feed, and decomposed the demon's remains.
• Yue Wen picked up the Flame Demon's Volcano Stone Greatsword and discovered a Deep-Blue Little Box among its belongings.

Yue Wen discovered that a flame demon’s box contained a huge piece of dao source profound crystal and a Following Talisman that could lead its owner to the box. Suspecting the crystal was payment to a Dragon Hall mole connected to the Night Demon’s arrival, he decided to use the marker to draw the owner out.

• Yue Wen took the flame demon’s belongings to the Black-Gold Great Hall and asked Da Long to appraise them.
• Da Long identified the sword as a low-grade demonic artifact and warned that the box’s emblem carried a Following Talisman linked to a powerful cultivator.
• Yue Wen opened the storage artifact and recognized its large, irregular crystal as dao source profound crystal, a treasure valuable enough to put his life at risk.
• Yue Wen suspected the crystal was payment for a Dragon Hall member who had helped the Demon Race, potentially giving him a lead on his parents’ disappearance.
• Da Long explained that Yue Wen could not identify the marker’s owner directly, so Yue Wen attached a wisp of insight dao rhythm to the emblem to provoke a response.

Yue Wen brought a suspected Dragon Hall spy’s treasure to the Azurefall Profound Gate and secured Venerable Xuanting’s help in setting a trap. When the spy followed the Dao-rhythm trace Yue Wen had planted, he found himself face-to-face with Venerable Yuezun.

• Yue Wen returned to the Dragon Hall with Ao Ligun’s help, then asked Perfected One Nagiko to take him to the Azurefall Profound Gate.
• Perfected One Nagiko flew Yue Wen into the Azurefall Realm and brought him to Venerable Xuanting at the Immortal-Inheriting Hall.
• Yue Wen explained his plan to catch the Dragon Hall spy, and Venerable Xuanting approved acting without notifying the Dragon Hall.
• Venerable Xuanting told Yue Wen he could keep the Dao source profound crystal, while Perfected One Nagiko joked about robbing him on the journey back.
• At daybreak, the hooded spy retrieved the empty storage gemstone and followed the yin metal Dao-rhythm trace to Venerable Yuezun.

Venerable Yuezun captured Ao Libai in the East Sea Dragon Hall after tracing his yin metal dao rhythm, and Venerable Xuanting negotiated for the Dragon Hall to host the interrogation with Yuezun present. Afterward, the Void Dragon King met the masked Man in Blue, who had helped expose Ao Libai, and asked which Dragonkin clan he came from.

• Venerable Yuezun manifested the Profound Soul Palace and seized Ao Libai, accusing him of colluding with the Demon Race and attempting to assassinate the Azurefall Profound Gate Patriarch's disciple.
• The East Sea Hall Lord objected to Yuezun taking Ao Libai away, and their dispute escalated until Venerable Xuanting proposed that the interrogation take place in the Dragon Hall with Yuezun participating.
• The East Sea Hall Lord accepted Xuanting's proposal, and the Dao Lords withdrew their powers without fighting.
• Jiang Hongxiu, Xing'er, Qi Dian, and Liu Yuanjun witnessed the confrontation, while Big White continued cultivating in the Villa.
• The Void Dragon King praised the masked Man in Blue for helping expose Ao Libai and asked about his connection to the fox demon and his Dragonkin origins.

The Man in Blue helped Ao Yuanchi expose Ao Libai as a Demon Race collaborator, then refused the Void Dragon King's offer to join the East Sea Dragon Hall and left under the name Azure Dragon Society. Ao Weilian told Yue Wen what Ao Libai had confessed, while Yue Wen remained suspicious that the mole's collusion went back years and involved higher-ups.

• Ao Yuanchi offered the Man in Blue a position in the Dragon Hall, but the man declined and revealed that he belonged to the Azure Dragon Society.
• Ao Yuanchi realized that Ao Libai's arrest had weakened rival Ao Yuanzhong and planned to use the upheaval to advance his own faction.
• Ao Weilian apologized to Yue Wen for the trouble caused by bringing Venerable Yuezun to the Dragon Hall, and Yue Wen pretended to accept the apology.
• Ao Weilian reported that Ao Libai confessed to accepting a treasure to help the Demon Race bring Night Demons in to assassinate the Living Immortal's disciple, though he claimed it was his first offense.
• Yue Wen doubted Ao Libai's claim and worried that the Dragon Hall's investigation might not expose higher-ups who had ordered the earlier crimes.
• Ao Weilian went to sort through ancestral tablets after Venerable Yuezun destroyed the Family Clan's ancestral temple, and privately wondered if Yue Wen brought bad luck wherever he went.

Yue Wen used Dao Source Profound Crystal powder to cultivate, comprehended the Yin Water Dao Rhythm of Penetration, and learned that his good fortune came with dangers tied to his standing as the Human Race’s foremost Heavenly Prodigy. He bought the Forging Realm Chapter of the True Dragon Method, then triggered a mysterious song from the Demon-Suppressing Ancient Painting.

• Yue Wen swallowed Dao Source Profound Crystal powder, made rapid cultivation progress, and comprehended the Dao Rhythm of Penetration in the Great Dao of Yin Water.
• Yue Wen worried that his recent string of good fortune concealed danger, and Da Long explained how heaven-and-earth fortune favored the strongest genius while attracting threats and challenges.
• Yue Wen resolved to defend his position in the upcoming Four Seas Dragon Palace competition and bought the Forging Realm Chapter of the True Dragon Method from Da Long for fifteen ninety-nine.
• Yue Wen tested the Dao Rhythm of Penetration on Magical Artifacts and the Demon-Suppressing Ancient Painting, piercing the painting’s formations and triggering a song about the Demon-Expelling Melody.

Yue Wen entered Jiang Mingyue’s ancient painting through his own Dao rhythm and gained demon-slaying power, then cultivated to the peak of the Appearance Realm. As the Dragon Hall election and the investigation into the Demon Race continued, he went to meet Thousand-Scale General Gong Yao.

• Yue Wen experienced Jiang Mingyue’s creation of the Demon-Expelling Melody and learned how she preserved it in a painting with her soulflame.
• Yue Wen comprehended a wisp of demon-slaying power, then secluded himself and used Dao Source Profound Crystal powder to cultivate, reaching the Appearance Realm peak in under a month.
• Ao Lizhi and Hong Baixi campaigned for Ao Libai’s vacant Council seat, each seeking support from their respective factions.
• Ao Libai’s interrogation revealed that he had taken bribes from a Demon Race agent and that the Demon Race planned to abduct Jiang Hongxiu in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.
• Yue Wen visited a smithing compound and asked to see Thousand-Scale General Gong Yao.

Yue Wen commissioned a Frostcloud Sword Formation from Gong Yao and learned that the Dragon Hall treated him with deference because the Azurefall Profound Gate had intervened for him. He received an offer of free cultivation resources, while six Southern Sea Dragon Hall prodigies endured lava training to prepare to defeat him.

• Yue Wen harvested the mature Sword-Leaf Frostcloud Grass and delivered food to the merfolk grandfather and grandson in Immortal Dew Valley.
• After Ao Ligun said he owed Gong Yao money, Yue Wen went to Gong Yao’s workshop and asked her to refine a Frostcloud Sword Formation from his 108 leaves.
• Gong Yao warmly welcomed Yue Wen and agreed to make the formation for free, explaining that he could collect it in a few days.
• Jiang Hongxiu told Yue Wen that the Dragon Hall feared provoking him because Venerable Yuezun had arrested Ao Libai after his attempt to have Yue Wen assassinated.
• Ao Weilian offered Yue Wen ten Dragonheart Soul-Soothing Fruits for free and access to Elder Ao Yuanren’s Plantation.
• Six prodigies in the Southern Sea Dragon Hall endured a lava pool as their trainer urged them to keep striving to defeat Yue Wen.

Meng Yuheng goaded his fellow cultivators into enduring Dragon Flame Valley, but Dongfang Jianqi discovered he was protected from the flames and the others attacked him. Meanwhile, Yue Wen received an extravagantly upgraded Frostcloud Sword Formation from Gong Yao and wondered what she wanted from him.

• Xie Ping, Shen Yaoguang, and Yu Xiaobao each tried to leave Dragon Flame Valley, but Meng Yuheng stirred their pride and loyalty until they returned to enduring the heat.
• Dongfang Jianqi discovered that silk protected Meng Yuheng from the dragon flames, and Xie Ping, Shen Yaoguang, and Yu Xiaobao lunged at him in anger.
• Jiang Hongxiu delivered Gong Yao’s one-hundred-and-eight-blade Frostcloud Sword Formation to Yue Wen, who deployed it and saw its power.
• Jiang Hongxiu explained that Gong Yao had added heaven-fallen violet spirit gold and heaven-void dipper qi, materials worth many times the sword formation itself.
• Yue Wen worried about the reason for Gong Yao’s lavish gift and wondered whether she had taken a liking to his good looks.

Yue Wen and the East Sea Dragon Hall apprentices learned the rules and dangers of the upcoming Celestial Phenomenon Realm contest. In the Demon Realm, a king learned that three rival demons had been selected to hunt humans there and heard how they were being trained to cooperate.

• Yue Wen continued consolidating his cultivation and gathered a dozen strands of Demon-Slaying Power before the Celestial Phenomenon Realm opened.
• Ao Yuanren took over as instructor and explained the Celestial Phenomenon Realm's inhabitants, cultivation limits, fruit contest, and dangers to the apprentices.
• Ao Yuanren warned that the other Dragon Halls might target the East Sea Dragon Hall because Yue Wen had made enemies, and urged the apprentices to prioritize returning safely.
• In Emperor Star City, a woman reported to the Blue Throne that Leng Que, Lin Kuangdao, and Golden Vulture Lady would hunt humans in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.
• The woman explained that the Golden Throne was building unity among the three demons by having them study, fight, and plunder humans together.

Yue Wen and the other Dragon Hall apprentices gathered in the Southern Sea and entered the Celestial Phenomenon Realm for a contest to collect Celestial Phenomenon Fruits. After meeting the realm’s lord and their guide, Xiao Peng, the group began their trial, while Ao Yuanren told the other elders that Yue Wen’s presence put them at ease.

• Yue Wen reunited with Meng Yuheng at the Southern Sea Dragon Hall as the East, Southern, and Northern Sea groups gathered.
• Liang Baitong tried to approach Jiang Hongxiu, but Xing'er threatened him with her Silver Staff before he went to greet the Northern Sea group.
• Xue Hanyang and Wu Jiguang declared that they had come to seek revenge, while the Famous Sword Middle School disciples described their grueling training in the Western Sea.
• The Southern Sea elder activated the teleportation formation before the apprentices were ready, sending them into the snowy Celestial Phenomenon Realm.
• The Celestial Phenomenon Kingdom Lord welcomed the human geniuses, introduced Fish Chancellor, and assigned Xiao Peng and his white treasure elephant to guide the East Sea team.
• After the apprentices departed, Ao Yuanren reassured the Southern Sea elder that Yue Wen’s presence made him feel at ease.

The Four Seas Dragon Palace teams climbed Appearance Cliff Mountain to search for Celestial Phenomenon Fruit, with Yue Wen and Meng Yuheng planning traps for their rivals. At the summit, three demons revealed they had entered the mountain to hunt the contestants and planned to ambush them by the fruit that night.

• Xiao Peng explained that ripe Celestial Phenomenon Fruit would reveal images of their Dharma Forms under the full moon, but would not fall until daybreak.
• Yue Wen proposed setting traps near the fruit so rival contestants would suffer while searching for it.
• Meng Yuheng told the Southern Sea team that he had prepared extra traps, and the group agreed to focus on winning the fruit.
• Leng Que learned from a bird that the Four Seas Dragon Palace teams were climbing the mountain in separate groups.
• Golden Vulture Lady urged Leng Que and Lin Kuangdao to wait for nightfall and ambush the contestants beside the Celestial Phenomenon Fruit.

Shi Miaozhen’s Northern Sea Dragon Hall team planted eight explosive fake Celestial Phenomenon Fruits on Appearance Cliff Mountain while the Western Sea team prepared Meng Youjun to attack the other contestants. At the summit, the three Demon Race assassins activated their Demon Forms and began their hunt.

• Lin Youqing grafted a fake fruit onto a pine, and Shi Miaozhen infused it with moonlight essence to create an explosive trap for approaching contestants.
• Shi Miaozhen’s team discussed their deceptive tactics and set out to plant all eight fake fruits before searching for the real ones.
• Meng Youjun and the other Western Sea contestants formed an array that used their combined power to create his golden Divine Body, which he took up the mountain to attack rival teams.
• Meng Youjun used his supernatural powers to locate more than a dozen glowing fruit images, then headed up the mountain to find contestants instead of collecting fruit.
• Leng Que, Lin Kuangdao, and Golden Vulture Lady summoned and merged with their Demon Forms before beginning their hunt.

The East and Southern Sea Dragon Hall teams planted traps around ripe Celestial Phenomenon Fruits while the Northern Sea team waited for their plan to work. Three demons triggered the traps, and the chapter ended as a second trap struck them with Heavenly Thunder.

• Yue Wen planted Three Talents Heaven-Shaking Thunder around a palace-shaped fruit, while Meng Yuheng set a blade-and-talisman trap around another fruit.
• Yue Wen and Meng Yuheng each prepared more traps after their teams found additional ripe fruits, and Yue Wen warned his team that the unusually frequent discoveries seemed deliberate.
• Shi Miaozhen's Northern Sea team watched from a secluded peak after Lin Youqing marked the real ripe fruits and reported that their decoys had likely caught others.
• Leng Que, Lin Kuangdao, and Golden Vulture Lady approached a palace-shaped fruit, triggering Yue Wen's trap and leaving Lin Kuangdao and Golden Vulture Lady wounded by iron spikes.
• The three demons found another ripe fruit and landed far from it, but their arrival triggered a trap and dozens of bolts of Heavenly Thunder struck the ground.