Recaps

The merfolk prince accepted Granny Priestess’s advice to serve the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, believing it would secure his clan’s future. After raising his cultivation, Ying Huaixu investigated the Falling Star Giant Beasts, but both sides mistook the other’s retreat for a sign of overwhelming strength, and he fled after seeing the encounter’s terrifying difficulty rating.

• Granny Priestess persuaded the merfolk prince that yielding his dignity to the Divine Firmament Sword Sect could protect the Merfolk Clan for generations, and he embraced the role of their bootlicking ally.
• Ying Huaixu disguised himself, received Spirit Stones from Xiao He, and raised his cultivation to Spirit Sea, seventh level.
• Ying Huaixu approached the Falling Star Giant Beasts, who sensed the fruit he carried and tried to flee; when he stopped to buy materials, their leader mistook his actions for a deceptive feint.
• The smaller Falling Star Giant Beasts sensed Ying Huaixu’s strength, and their leader led them away to grow stronger.
• Ying Huaixu saw a raid difficulty rating of five enormous flaming skulls and several Falling Star Giant Beasts, then ran while complaining to his Heavenly Dao friend and checking his fifty-six Revival Pills.

Ying Huaixu assessed his chances against the Falling Star Giant Beasts, checked Ye Ningshuang and his allies' strength, and worked out a plan for the raid. His allies believed the enemy would be forced to come to them, while Ying Huaixu remained wary and checked his Revival Pills.

• Ying Huaixu concluded that raising his cultivation realm by completing the Merfolk Clan's main quest was the only way to improve his chances against the raid Boss.
• Ying Huaixu visited Ye Ningshuang, who said she could fight the large Falling Star Giant Beast herself.
• Ying Huaixu told Huang Tianqi, Qiu Shiyi, and Chen Zhiyuan about the Boss, and they said they could handle the smaller beasts and wait for the enemy to make its move.
• Qiu Shiyi and Chen Zhiyuan reasoned that the beasts were targeting Ying Huaixu or Ye Ningshuang and would likely support the West Sea King in the merfolk civil war.
• Ying Huaixu agreed to trust his allies, then grew wary of feeling at ease and checked his Revival Pills.

The Falling Star Giant Beast was forced by the Mile-High Heaven Clan to hunt Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang, so he went to the West Sea King's territory to prepare for the merfolk civil war. There, he and An Ruoyun supplied the West Sea King with different ores, leaving the king to wonder what powerful enemy they were preparing to face.

• The Falling Star Giant Beast's underlings refused to attack Ying Huaixu or Ye Ningshuang, while the Mile-High Heaven Clan threatened to destroy his race unless he succeeded.
• The Falling Star Giant Beast strengthened himself and his underlings, then decided to join the merfolk civil war as a way to reach Ying Huaixu and the others.
• An Ruoyun gave the West Sea King Blood Crystals and ordered him to have his clansmen absorb them before carrying out their role.
• The Falling Star Giant Beast arrived at the undersea palace, took the West Sea King's seat, and gave him several Storage Bags of unfamiliar ores to absorb.
• The West Sea King sensed the ores might evolve his clansmen's bloodline and feared the powerful enemy behind the opportunity.

Ying Huaixu saw the West Sea merfolk transformed into Falling Star Little Beasts and rushed to strengthen the East Sea merfolk by turning them into dragonfolk and feeding them Blood Crystals. As both sides prepared for a bloody battle, the West Sea King sent away the clan’s children and decided to gamble on his new backing.

• Ying Huaixu learned that the West Sea merfolk had mutated into Falling Star Little Beasts and raised the West Sea instance’s difficulty.
• Ying Huaixu used Black Dragon blood, its soul, and medicinal herbs to transform the East Sea merfolk into dragonfolk, then intensified their mutations and gave them Blood Crystals to refine.
• The Falling Star Giant Beast ordered its underlings to accelerate the West Sea merfolk’s refinement and contributed its own resources.
• The West Sea King sent away some of the clan’s children and regretted how the conflict had reached the brink of a bloody battle.
• The West Sea King concluded that his actions might have been retribution, but decided his clan still had a chance to survive with its new backing.

Ying Huaixu and the Falling Star Giant Beast prepared for a deadly showdown while powerful figures across the Hongmeng World targeted the Divine Firmament Sword Sect. After the Heavenly Dao intervened during Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang’s talk of destroying the world, preparations settled, and the confrontation with the Falling Star Giant Beast was about to begin.

• Ying Huaixu and the Falling Star Giant Beast strengthened their forces, equipped them with Supreme-Quality Magic Treasures, and spent their remaining resources crafting Talismans and refining pills.
• Zhuang Mu ordered the Divine Firmament Sword Sect to abandon its compensation scheme and kill cultivators above the Spirit Sea Realm who emerged from other sects, then sent He Xixiang to guard the Starry Sky.
• He Xixiang’s appearance forced the other mighty beings to reveal themselves, while they resolved to ensure Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang died in the coming affair.
• Ying Huaixu learned that other sects had bought up supplies and medicinal herbs, and he asked Ye Ningshuang whether they should destroy the world instead of saving it.
• Purple lightning struck several merchant associations, and the Mile-High Heaven Clan’s mighty beings suppressed the disturbance; Ying Huaixu saw an image of a hand placing a piece on a game board after his Game System malfunctioned.
• Ying Huaixu assured Ye Ningshuang he had only been joking, but after their preparations settled, the moment of his showdown with the Falling Star Giant Beast arrived.

Ying Huaixu’s Dragon People fought the Falling Star Beast Horde to a draw, but a healing formation and a berserk battle tactic shaped the day’s clash. The Falling Star Leader decided to challenge Ying Huaixu directly the next day, while Ying Huaixu’s group assigned opponents for the coming decisive battle.

• The Dragon People and the Falling Star Beast Horde clashed, alarming the Mile-High Heaven Clan, which ordered the Falling Star Leader to kill Ying Huaixu in exchange for restoring his race’s freedom.
• Chen Zhiyuan’s Rejuvenation Formation healed the Dragon People, so the Falling Star Leader made his beasts berserk to counter them.
• After a day of fighting with casualties on both sides and no victor, the Falling Star Leader decided to fight Ying Huaixu personally the next day.
• Ying Huaixu estimated that the Falling Star side had eight ground leaders, while his group had only five fighters.
• Ye Ningshuang assigned the opponents: Ying Huaixu would face the leader, Ye Ningshuang and Huang Tianqi would each take two, Chen Zhiyuan would take two, and Qiu Shiyi would take one.

Ying Huaixu and the Falling Star Leader began their duel while their companions fought below, but both leaders spent much of the battle trading talismans and Talisman Treasures. After their treasures ran out, they boosted themselves with pills and began exchanging attacks directly.

• The Falling Star Leader planned to hold Ying Huaixu off while his followers attacked Ying Huaixu's companions, and judged Qiu Shiyi the easiest target.
• Ying Huaixu, Ye Ningshuang, and the others met the Falling Star Giant Beasts on the battlefield, and Ying Huaixu and the Falling Star Leader clashed before flying into the sky.
• Ye Ningshuang and the others fought the remaining Falling Star Giant Beasts while Ying Huaixu and the Falling Star Leader hurled talismans and defensive talismans at each other.
• Ying Huaixu and the Falling Star Leader used multiple Talisman Treasures, including summoned beasts that fought until the treasures shattered.
• Ying Huaixu drew Frost Annihilation and activated his Sword Scabbard and a Giant Strength Pill as the Falling Star Leader took pills and entered a berserk state.
• The Falling Star Leader launched Meteorite Spears at Ying Huaixu, who countered with Frost Sword Qi, and both attacks shattered on impact.

Ying Huaixu and the other cultivators fought the Falling Star Giant Beasts across Baoyue Province, with several battles turning against the beasts. The beasts used Blood Sacrifices to empower their fighters, breaking Huang Tianqi’s Spatial Power and Chen Zhiyuan’s formations as Ye Ningshuang threatened to kill one of them.

• Ying Huaixu and the leader of the Falling Star Giant Beasts traded devastating Divine Abilities, ravaging Baoyue Province and alarming observers across the Primordial Chaos Immortal Realm.
• Huang Tianqi fought two Falling Star Giant Beasts and increasingly used Spatial Power to banish and injure them, while Chen Zhiyuan trapped two others in formations but could not kill them.
• Chen Zhiyuan set up a Support Formation for Qiu Shiyi, helping him resume his struggle against a Falling Star Giant Beast.
• The giant beasts answered their leader’s roar by offering Blood Sacrifices, empowering one fighter in each pair to Half-Step Dao Seal and restoring them to full strength.
• The empowered beasts shattered Huang Tianqi’s Spatial Power and Chen Zhiyuan’s formations, while Ye Ningshuang wounded a giant beast and seized its wings with black-mist hands.
• The other giant beasts rushed to rescue Ye Ningshuang’s opponent before its death could change the battle.

Ye Ningshuang fought the Falling Star Giant Beasts while Huang Tianqi and Chen Zhiyuan endured their sacrificial blasts. As Ye Ningshuang faced the fused clan beast, Ying Huaixu confronted the Falling Star Leader, who revealed a spare body; Ying Huaixu then prepared to fight with his fists.

• A Falling Star Giant Beast sacrificed himself to strengthen another, but Ye Ningshuang repelled the beast’s attacks with her black mist and sword energy.
• Blood energy from the Western Sea empowered the remaining beasts, and two of them exploded, leaving Qiu Shiyi unconscious and Huang Tianqi and Chen Zhiyuan unable to fight.
• Ye Ningshuang emerged unscathed and faced a giant beast formed from the Falling Star Clan, trading powerful blows with it.
• Ying Huaixu and the Falling Star Leader exhausted their spiritual power as they fought with falling stars and the moon.
• The Falling Star Leader revealed a spare body and claimed Ying Huaixu was depleted, but Ying Huaixu put away his sword and announced he was also a Fist Cultivator.

Ying Huaixu defeated the Falling Star Giant Beast leader in a one-on-one fight, revealing the strength he had developed after being ambushed by the Azure Fox Lady’s group. After killing the giant beast and thwarting his attempt to self-destruct, Ying Huaixu turned toward Ye Ningshuang.

• The Falling Star Giant Beast leader attacked Ying Huaixu, but Ying Huaixu shattered his beam and battered him with punches and Frost Annihilation.
• The giant beast armored himself and fought back, but Ying Huaixu overwhelmed him in close combat and forced him to retreat.
• Xiaoxue appeared and activated Frost Wolf King's Blessing, boosting Ying Huaixu’s attributes as he prepared a decisive attack.
• Ying Huaixu shattered the giant beast’s shield and punched a hole through his chest.
• When the giant beast tried to make another move, Xiaoxue froze him and Ying Huaixu punched him to pieces, preventing him from self-destructing.
• Ying Huaixu returned Xiaoxue to the pet slot and looked toward Ye Ningshuang.

Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang defeated the Fusion Beast, and Ying Huaixu received a massive first-clear reward that left him worried about the dangers ahead. In Starry Sky, He Xixiang watched over the two rising talents before Zhuang Mu called her back and said Ying Huaixu was being followed in secret.

• Ye Ningshuang burned her Spirit Sea, trapped the Fusion Beast in black fog, and swallowed the bead it became.
• Ying Huaixu received the team instance's first-clear rewards and opened a Mystery Gift Box containing spirit treasures, pills, talismans, and a pet training pack.
• Ying Huaixu reviewed the raid and resolved to support the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, while worrying that the Star Sea Grand Secret Realm might exceed the Spirit Sea Realm.
• He Xixiang watched Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang's success as other sects' powerful figures left with hostile expressions.
• He Xixiang stayed behind to guard against attacks, but Zhuang Mu called her back and told her that people had been sent to follow Ying Huaixu in secret.

Zhuang Mu told He Xixiang to guard the Divine Firmament Sword Sect rather than attack its enemies, while the Great Sun Saint Lord kept the secret realm’s details from Xu Yaoyang. Xu Yaoyang urged the Great Sun Sacred Ground to stay out of any attack on the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, and the Saint Lord agreed.

• Zhuang Mu explained that He Xixiang needed to guard the Divine Firmament Sword Sect because other sects might target Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang.
• He Xixiang asked which ancestor she should kill, but Zhuang Mu warned that striking first could start a war and endanger Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang.
• Xu Yaoyang, having reached Spirit Sea great perfection with help from a branch taken from the Great Sun Sacred Ground’s secret realm, asked the Great Sun Saint Lord about the realm.
• The Great Sun Saint Lord said he could not reveal the secret realm’s secrets, but assured Xu Yaoyang that it benefited rather than harmed the world.
• Xu Yaoyang advised the Great Sun Sacred Ground to stay out of any attack on the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, and the Great Sun Saint Lord followed his suggestion.

Xu Yaoyang questioned the cost of relying on Secret Realms and went to seek answers from Ying Huaixu. Meanwhile, Ying Huaixu strengthened his companions until Huang Tianqi reached his limits and Qiu Shiyi prepared to break through to the Dao Seal Realm.

• Xu Yaoyang decided that Secret Realms might be foreign species serving a hidden controller, abandoned his branch, and left to find Ying Huaixu.
• Ying Huaixu revised the Divine Firmament Sword Sect's techniques with Chen Zhiyuan's Yellow-Skinned Book, creating the Book of All Wonders-Supreme-Grade, which greatly boosted the others but conflicted with Ying Huaixu's own cultivation.
• Ying Huaixu fed Chen Zhiyuan and Qiu Shiyi enhanced Blood Luo Pills until they absorbed them, while Huang Tianqi used Dao Stones to improve his stats and control over space.
• Huang Tianqi declared that he had reached his limit, and Ying Huaixu urged Qiu Shiyi to delay breaking through so Ying Huaixu could join his Heavenly Tribulation.
• Chen Zhiyuan demonstrated that he could enter the Dao Seal Realm and immediately return to the perfected Spirit Sea stage.

Ying Huaixu gave Qiu Shiyi the Tear of the Deep Sea and arranged for the Dragonfolk Clan to move to Divine Firmament Sword Sect territory. As the main quest diverged from the game’s storyline, Xu Yaoyang arrived with a request and began trying to clear up a misunderstanding before discussing it.

• Ying Huaixu took the Tear of the Deep Sea from the Dragonfolk treasury and gave it to Qiu Shiyi, but told him to wait before entering seclusion.
• Ying Huaixu and Zhuang Mu agreed to move the Dragonfolk Clan into Divine Firmament Sword Sect territory because the sect lacked people to manage Baoyue Continent.
• The Dragonfolk Clan readily packed up and left for the sect the next day.
• Ying Huaixu worried that his changes to the storyline had made the main quest unpredictable and wondered what awaited him in the Star Sea Secret Realm.
• Xu Yaoyang arrived to ask Ying Huaixu for help, while Ye Ningshuang watched him with open hostility.
• Xu Yaoyang hesitated to discuss the Great Sun Scripture in front of Ye Ningshuang and began trying to clear up the misunderstanding first.

After Huang Tianqi explained Xu Yaoyang’s pure yang body, Ying Huaixu became less wary and agreed to help Xu Yaoyang revise the Great Sun Scripture. Chen Zhiyuan examined the scripture with the Yellow-Skinned Book and was shocked by what it revealed.

• Huang Tianqi told Ying Huaixu that Xu Yaoyang’s pure yang body prevented him from having lustful thoughts, easing Ying Huaixu’s suspicions.
• Xu Yaoyang met with Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang and asked for help modifying his cultivation technique.
• Xu Yaoyang explained that he believed cultivation methods from their world could eventually surpass foreign techniques and agreed that Chen Zhiyuan needed to be involved.
• Xu Yaoyang demonstrated the Great Sun Scripture, and Chen Zhiyuan and the others began studying it.
• Chen Zhiyuan used the Yellow-Skinned Book to examine the Great Sun Scripture and stared at its deduction in disbelief.

Chen Zhiyuan, Huang Tianqi, and the others transformed Xu Yaoyang’s painful Yang-Harvesting Demonic Art into the Sun-Swallowing Scripture, restoring his body and greatly increasing his strength. Xu Yaoyang agreed to delay his breakthrough so Ying Huaixu could join his heavenly tribulation, but Ying Huaixu instead broke through instantly and revealed he planned to shield Xu Yaoyang with another Thunder-Attracting Talisman.

• Chen Zhiyuan and the others discovered that Xu Yaoyang had mastered the Yang-Harvesting Demonic Art by mistaking its corrupt energy for a heart demon and slaying it.
• Chen Zhiyuan and Huang Tianqi helped modify Xu Yaoyang’s technique into the Sun-Swallowing Scripture, which nourished his Pure Yang Body and strengthened him.
• Xu Yaoyang’s restored strength let him defeat Huang Tianqi in a spar by using Ten Suns in the Sky.
• Ying Huaixu asked Xu Yaoyang to postpone his breakthrough so Ying Huaixu could take part in his heavenly tribulation, and Xu Yaoyang agreed.
• Ying Huaixu instantly advanced to the ninth layer of the Spirit Sea realm, then used himself to shield Qiu Shiyi from the heavenly tribulation and produced another Thunder-Attracting Talisman.

Ying Huaixu used Qiu Shiyi’s heavenly tribulation to advance his own progress, but Qiu Shiyi broke through to the Dao Seal Realm before Ying Huaixu could finish. Xu Yaoyang then underwent a tribulation that manifested as a divine version of Ying Huaixu, and he also entered the Dao Seal Realm.

• Ying Huaixu redirected Qiu Shiyi’s tribulation lightning through himself, while Qiu Shiyi endured the strikes and was repeatedly blasted into charcoal.
• When Ying Huaixu revealed he needed about ninety-three more strikes, Qiu Shiyi broke through to the Dao Seal Realm and the tribulation ended.
• Ying Huaixu showed Qiu Shiyi the Lightning-Repelling Talisman Treasures he had prepared, then went to see Xu Yaoyang undergo his tribulation.
• Xu Yaoyang’s tribulation manifested as a divine version of Ying Huaixu, whose icy sword qi and descending moon overwhelmed Xu Yaoyang’s sun.
• Xu Yaoyang entered the Dao Seal Realm, and Huang Tianqi explained that the tribulation’s likeness to Ying Huaixu reflected heaven and earth’s acknowledgment of his yin.

Ying Huaixu used Huang Tianqi’s newfound ability to locate Heavenly Tribulations, causing a wave of bizarre tribulation deaths among the Thousand Mechanisms Sect in Baoyue Province. His actions completed the Main Quest, but its new follow-up task left him confused because the Star-Seizing Holy Son and Holy Maiden had been captured.

• Huang Tianqi took Ying Huaixu’s advice, broke through to the Dao Seal Realm, and learned to sense Heavenly Tribulation fluctuations through space.
• Huang Tianqi led Ying Huaixu and the others to a Thousand Mechanisms Sect disciple’s tribulation, where a lightning dragon killed the disciple.
• More Thousand Mechanisms Sect members died in bizarre Heavenly Tribulations, prompting An Ruoyun to order the sect to leave Baoyue Province and regroup in Pinglan Province.
• Ying Huaixu’s actions raised his Heavenly Tribulation progress to 35% and completed the Main Quest, which awarded rewards and began a mission to rescue the Star-Seizing Holy Son and Holy Maiden.
• Ying Huaixu wondered what the Thousand Mechanisms Sect’s plan had been and was bewildered that the Star-Seizing Holy Son and Holy Maiden had been captured.

Ying Huaixu asked Qiu Shiyi to demonstrate the gap between Spirit Sea and Dao Seal, then learned how Dao Palaces transformed power and granted cultivators unique abilities. The explanation left Ying Huaixu wondering whether his own breakthrough would follow the rules of players or those of the real world.

• Ying Huaixu asked Qiu Shiyi whether the gap between Spirit Sea and Dao Seal was truly enormous, and Qiu Shiyi cautiously released his pressure for him to feel.
• Qiu Shiyi explained that Dao Seal cultivators condensed Dao Palaces tied to their attributes and Great Dao, transforming their Divine Abilities and granting preliminary control over Dao principles.
• Qiu Shiyi demonstrated his Spirit Water Dao Palace by slicing off a distant mountain peak and making rain nurture plants and spirit mushrooms.
• Xu Yaoyang explained that Dao Palace Divine Abilities varied and depended on comprehension, citing Lü Qingyi's transformation of her seemingly harmful Burden ability into a source of overwhelming strength.
• Xu Yaoyang said Qiu Shiyi's Weak Water-forged Dao Palace made him powerful enough that even Xu Yaoyang might not defeat him, surprising Ying Huaixu.
• Ying Huaixu recognized that NPC Dao Palaces differed from player Dao Palaces and wondered which rules would govern his own breakthrough.

Ye Ningshuang reached the Dao Seal Realm and formed a Giant Tower Dao Palace with the Divine Abilities Black Domain and Communing with the Divine. Meanwhile, He Xiuyuan returned to the Divine Firmament Sword Sect after reaching Dao Seal, only to be repeatedly defeated in the Illusory Dream Trial and find himself still ranked below Qin Erniu.

• Ye Ningshuang repeatedly condensed and destroyed her Dao Palaces before combining them into a Giant Tower Dao Palace with Black Domain and Communing with the Divine.
• Black Cat told Black Shadow that Ye Ningshuang's Twin Spirit Seas made her a one-person army, and Black Shadow abandoned hope of matching her.
• Ye Ningshuang opened her eyes after reaching Dao Seal and told Ying Huaixu about Black Domain, while keeping Communing with the Divine secret.
• Ying Huaixu grew eager to reach Dao Seal and went to join another Heavenly Tribulation.
• He Xiuyuan returned to the Divine Firmament Sword Sect with a supreme-quality Dao Palace and the Great Severing Divine Ability, then cleared Azure Fox's Illusory Dream.
• He Xiuyuan was instantly defeated in Ying Huaixu's Illusory Dream and failed to beat Qiu Shiyi, Huang Tianqi, Chen Zhiyuan, or Qin Erniu, who teased him about remaining below him in the rankings.

He Xiuyuan adopted Qin Erniu’s new cultivation technique, rose above his old rank as the Spirit Sea Realm benchmark, but still lost to Qin Erniu in the Dao Seal Realm. Meanwhile, the Thousand Mechanisms Sect struggled with deadly Heavenly Tribulations and demanded proof of its cooperation’s value from the Mile-High Heaven Clan, which offered an Ancient God’s heart.

• Qin Erniu gave He Xiuyuan a new cultivation technique, and He Xiuyuan soon used it to defeat nearly everyone in his realm except Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang.
• He Xiuyuan challenged Qin Erniu in the Dao Seal Realm but lost to Qin Erniu’s endlessly escalating Berserk ability, while the sect’s disciples began measuring their strength in units of He.
• He Xiuyuan met Pill Peak’s Honorary Elder, an alchemy genius brought back by Sister Ying, and decided to join Qin Erniu on a trip to gather spirit herbs and sell spoiled pills.
• The Thousand Mechanisms Sect’s disciples continued dying under Heavenly Tribulations, and An Ruoyun told the sect master she could not investigate while handling the plan involving the Mile-High Heaven Clan.
• The Thousand Mechanisms Sect’s master confronted the Mile-High Heaven Clan and threatened to end their cooperation unless they showed its benefits, so the clan offered him an Ancient God’s heart.

Tang Yinchuan suspected the Mile-High Heaven Clan’s gift was dangerous and persuaded the Thousand Mechanisms Sect’s ancestors to hide the sect’s true leadership behind an expendable figurehead. An outer disciple was made Sect Master without warning and decided to enjoy the position while he could.

• Tang Yinchuan put away the suspicious ancient god's heart and went to ask the Thousand Mechanisms Sect’s ancestors to let him step down.
• The ancestors refused to let Tang Yinchuan abandon the trouble with the Mile-High Heaven Clan, so he proposed placing an unimportant disciple in the public role of Sect Master while they stayed behind the scenes.
• The ancestors accepted Tang Yinchuan’s plan but required him to remain involved in the sect’s affairs.
• After an outer disciple completed the process of leaving the sect, a steward declared him the new Sect Master and brought him to the main hall.
• The new Sect Master realized he had likely been chosen as a disposable figurehead, then took two maids to the bedchamber to enjoy his unexpected position.

An Ruoyun tried to weaken the Divine Firmament Sword Sect by spreading rumors that Ying Huaixu controlled heavenly tribulations, while she set up conspicuously easy-to-break formations in Pinglan Province. Ying Huaixu wondered how the Thousand Mechanisms Sect had learned of his actions, and Huang Tianqi suggested they had simply blamed him by chance.

• An Ruoyun ordered the Thousand Mechanisms Sect disciples to claim Ying Huaixu had strengthened others’ heavenly tribulations, hoping to provoke people against him and the Divine Firmament Sword Sect.
• An Ruoyun learned a new sect master had approved resources and authority for her, and she concluded Tang Yinchuan was using her to prepare for either outcome.
• An Ruoyun arranged crude, conspicuous formations in Pinglan Province and gave no explanation when her disciples questioned them.
• Ying Huaixu asked how the Thousand Mechanisms Sect had discovered his involvement in the tribulations, and Xu Yaoyang swore he had not revealed it.
• Huang Tianqi said the Thousand Mechanisms Sect had likely blamed Ying Huaixu because his actions had killed its disciples, and warned that the Divine Firmament Sword Sect’s refusal to explain itself would draw more hatred.

Ying Huaixu discovered that no one in Pinglan Province would undergo tribulation, leaving his heavenly tribulation progress stuck at 97%, but the Divine Firmament Sword Sect assigned him to rescue the Star-Seizing Sect’s abducted Holy Son and Holy Maiden. Suspecting the mission was a setup aimed at him, he stocked up on treasures and supplies, and learned that disciples from other sects were also heading to Pinglan Province.

• Ying Huaixu learned that no one in Pinglan Province was undergoing tribulation, leaving him unable to complete his breakthrough.
• Qiu Shiyi told Ying Huaixu that the sect had ordered them to rescue the Star-Seizing Sect’s Holy Son and Holy Maiden, who had been abducted by the Thousand Mechanisms Sect.
• Ying Huaixu asked Zhuang Mu about the situation and suspected the rescue mission was a setup meant to keep him in Pinglan Province; Zhuang Mu agreed but said the sect had no one else available.
• Ying Huaixu selected supreme-quality spirit treasures and scarce death-substitution items for his companions, then gathered spirit stones, talismans, and pills for the mission.
• Ying Huaixu proposed visiting the Nether Capital Merchant Guild to buy more supplies, while Xu Yaoyang asked the Great Sun Saint Lord for life-saving items.
• The Great Sun Saint Lord told Xu Yaoyang that disciples from the Great Sun Sacred Ground and other sects were also heading to Pinglan Province.

Xu Yaoyang told Ying Huaixu that other sects’ Holy Sons and Saintesses were coming to Pinglan Province for the Star-Seizing Sect’s secret realm, while the Great Sun Saint Lord refused to explain why. The Third Prince of the Ancestral Dragon Sacred Land then warned Ying Huaixu that the secret realm threatened only his sect.

• The Great Sun Saint Lord said an agreement prevented him from intervening in many matters, and Xu Yaoyang suspected he had been chosen as Holy Son because he would act against the Saint Lord.
• Xu Yaoyang told Ying Huaixu that other sects’ Holy Sons and Saintesses were coming to Pinglan Province, and Ying Huaixu asked Huang Tianqi, Chen Zhiyuan, and Qiu Shiyi to analyze why.
• Huang Tianqi and Chen Zhiyuan reasoned that the secret realm’s dangers and rewards had increased, while other sects seemed poorly prepared.
• The Third Prince of the Ancestral Dragon Sacred Land approached Ying Huaixu, offered him a severed arm, and thanked him for creating the Dragonfolk Clan.
• The Third Prince’s little sister said the secret realm posed no danger to the other sects and that only Ying Huaixu’s sect was in danger.