Recaps

Jing Jiu and Fang Jingtian entered the Hidden Peak and began a deadly battle over the Green Mountain Sect’s lineage. As the sect gathered to watch from Heavenly Light Peak, Nan Wang tried to turn their anxious wait into a wager.

• Jing Jiu and Fang Jingtian passed Corpse Dog and entered the Hidden Peak, where Jing Jiu said the loser would remain imprisoned.
• Fang Jingtian recalled meeting Jing Jiu long ago, declared that he wanted Jing Jiu dead, and unleashed sword intent shaped like a bare plum branch.
• Zhao Layue realized Big One was gone, while Nan Wang recognized the two had gone to fight to the death in the Hidden Peak.
• Nan Wang used sword strings to reach Heavenly Light Peak Summit, and Green Mountain disciples gathered there to watch the hidden battlefield.
• A muffled boom shook Origin Turtle’s stone stele, and Nan Wang suggested placing bets on which fighter would win.
• Zhao Layue summoned the Unthought Sword and set it down beside Nan Wang.

As Jing Jiu and Fang Jingtian fought to the death in Hidden Peak, Green Mountain disciples bet on Jing Jiu, trusting his record of never losing. Big One nearly tried to intervene, but Corpse Dog stopped him and carried him to a mountain filled with statues of Green Mountain cultivators who had died during realm breakthroughs.

• Zhao Layue, Yuan Qu, Ping Yongjia, and Zhuo Rusui placed wagers on Jing Jiu, and the other bettors also favored him over Fang Jingtian.
• As night fell, Zhao Layue noticed Origin Turtle watching the battle with pain and annoyance.
• Big One judged that Jing Jiu was beginning to lose ground and prepared to ambush Fang Jingtian.
• Corpse Dog pinned Big One down, refusing to interfere in the fight between Jing Jiu and Fang Jingtian.
• Big One loudly claimed to be hungry, so Corpse Dog carried him to a bare mountain whose caves held statues of Green Mountain experts who had died during failed breakthroughs.

Jing Jiu defeated Fang Jingtian and left him imprisoned on Hidden Peak, then negotiated with Snow Ji and returned to Heavenly Light Peak as Green Mountain's Sect Master. He left the sect to deal with the succession of Cloud-Traveling Peak and returned to Divine End Peak, where its sealing Sword Formation dispersed.

• Big One watched Corpse Dog dig up and eat a Nether Department powerhouse's corpse, then spent the long wait trapped inside Corpse Dog's mouth as the fighting continued.
• Jing Jiu planted the Bamboo Flute in the ground, and flowers spread across the mountains around the badly wounded Fang Jingtian.
• Jing Jiu offered Fang Jingtian a way to cultivate anew, told him to remain on Hidden Peak, and visited Snow Ji to propose a trade and ask for her help in a few days.
• Jing Jiu emerged alone from Hidden Peak, and he told Nan Wang that Fang Jingtian was still alive before the gathered disciples bowed to him as Sect Master True Person.
• Yuan Qu told Jin Sidao that Ping Yongjia would succeed him as Cloud-Traveling Peak Master and that he must prepare for the handover.
• Jing Jiu returned to Divine End Peak, where the sealing Sword Formation dispersed in a burst of Sword Intent and mist-like arrows.

Ping Yongjia defeated Jin Sidao and was recognized as Sword Peak’s new master. Several days later, Jing Jiu sat with Zhao Layue and Gu Qing as Gu Qing finished reporting on Green Mountain’s affairs, and Jing Jiu asked whether things on Gu Qing’s end had been settled.

• Ping Yongjia nervously accepted Jin Sidao’s challenge to decide who would become Sword Peak’s master, while Zhao Layue said she would not interfere.
• Ping Yongjia used his formless sword body to seize Jin Sidao by the neck twice, winning the contest and receiving the All Emptiness Sword.
• Jin Sidao left the square in anger, while Zhao Layue praised Ping Yongjia and Green Mountain’s sword intent rose in welcome.
• Several days later, Gu Qing reported on the Imperial Court’s allocations and Green Mountain’s internal affairs, but Jing Jiu showed little interest.
• Jing Jiu asked Gu Qing whether the matters on his end had been settled.

Jing Jiu discussed the Sect Master's inauguration and Ping Yongjia’s future with Gu Qing and Zhao Layue, then considered the threat posed by Yin San. In a village, Yin San explained that he was following his own path to destroy the world, while reflecting on whether he had ever found or lost the Way.

• Jing Jiu told Gu Qing to keep his feelings from Zhen Tao and said Gu Qing could return to Chaoge City after preparing the inauguration ceremony.
• Jing Jiu dismissed Gu Qing’s concern about bringing out the Heaven-Bearing Sword, saying the scabbard was in his hands.
• Jing Jiu gave Ping Yongjia a booklet and told him he could do what he liked with the All Emptiness Sword, easing his worries about becoming a Peak Master.
• Jing Jiu told Zhao Layue that he had to deal with Yin San first because the Zhongzhou Sect would wait to see which of them survived.
• Yin San told the Profound Yin Ancestor that he was following his own river and had prepared for years to destroy the world.
• Yin Phoenix reported that Fang Little Four had been locked up in Hidden Peak again, while Yin San silently watched the distant Green Mountain peaks and wondered whether he had found or lost the Way.

Yin San massacred the Liu Clan village and left with Profound Yin Ancestor and Yin Phoenix, declaring himself True Person Taiping and his war against Jing Jiu. As the continent searched for him through winter, the chapter ended with representatives gathering at One-Thatch Studio as Bu Qiuxiao moved toward becoming a sage.

• Yin San explained why cultivators with descendants opposed him, then killed Old Master Liu and the Liu Clan villagers with a pebble.
• Yin San declared that he was True Person Taiping and departed with Profound Yin Ancestor and Yin Phoenix, heading away from Green Mountain.
• Liu S sui returned to the village days later, where Zhao Layue identified the massacre as a declaration of war against the young master.
• True Person Taiping vanished while Green Mountain, the Imperial Court, and the Pure Heaven Bureau searched for him and fought Never-Old Forest remnants.
• The following spring, representatives of the sects and Imperial Court gathered at One-Thatch Studio as Bu Qiuxiao approached sagehood.

Liu S sui and Little Lotus watched Zhongzhou Sect elder Ren Qianzhu arrive at the Thousand-Li Wind Corridor, unaware at first that he served the Never-Old Forest. As True Person Taiping planned to exploit the coming changes around Bu Qiuxiao’s ascension and unleash a catastrophe, he entered their inn in the guise of a Red Robe Youth.

• Little Lotus prepared lotus-leaf rice to comfort Liu S sui, and they watched Ren Qianzhu arrive with Zhongzhou Sect disciples.
• Liu S sui recognized Ren Qianzhu and explained that the Zhongzhou Sect had sent him to repair relations with One-Thatch Studio.
• Ren Qianzhu met a Red Bird and admitted that he could not locate the Fire Carp or learn how to control it.
• The Red Bird planned to approach Bu Qiuxiao, steal his Sage’s Qi, break One-Thatch Studio’s formation, and use the great wind to ignite the Nether River.
• Liu S sui considered warning One-Thatch Studio but put down his brush and sword, fearing what his actions would mean for those close to him.
• True Person Taiping entered the inn as a Red Robe Youth and reminded Little Lotus that she had once helped him gather lotus flowers.

True Person Taiping confronted Liu S sui and tried to persuade him that their similar hardships made them alike, but Liu S sui rejected his ideals and insisted Jing Jiu had left him free to choose. Over dinner, True Person Taiping revealed that he had arranged the Demon Core and Blood Demon Sect method that shaped Liu S sui’s past, and said he had come to claim the consequences.

• True Person Taiping met Liu S sui and Little Lotus, and Liu S sui agreed to let Little Lotus prepare a meal rather than fight him.
• True Person Taiping compared his past hardships with Liu S sui’s and tried to explain that Jing Jiu’s protection had shaped Liu S sui’s beliefs.
• Liu S sui condemned True Person Taiping for killing everyone in the village, especially the children, and refused to accept his reasoning.
• Liu S sui told True Person Taiping that neither he nor Jing Jiu could influence him, because Jing Jiu had always let him choose for himself.
• During dinner, True Person Taiping suggested he had arranged the Ghost-Eyed Ling, Demon Core, and Blood Demon Sect method at Turbid Waters, then said he had come to claim Liu S sui as the fruit of those causes.

True Person Taiping attacked Liu S sui and Little Lotus at the inn, but a bone flute drove him away. After they reached the One-Thatch Studio gravely injured, Liu S sui told Xi Yiyun what had happened and agreed to leave for the Green Mountain Sect Master's inauguration while Little Lotus stayed behind.

• Little Lotus attacked True Person Taiping to protect Liu S sui, but a crimson feather pierced her and pinned her to the wall.
• True Person Taiping restrained Liu S sui and overwhelmed his attempts to fight back until the bone flute flew out and made him flee.
• Before daybreak, Liu S sui and Little Lotus traveled through the Thousand-Li Wind Corridor to the One-Thatch Studio, where Xi Yiyun treated their injuries.
• Liu S sui told Xi Yiyun that True Person Taiping had tried to control his mind and that he suspected the visit was connected to his master's becoming a sage.
• Xi Yiyun urged caution before the Green Mountain Sect Master's inauguration, and Liu S sui agreed to go while Little Lotus remained at the studio.

The Profound Yin Ancestor joined Fruitful Accomplishment Temple’s Sutra Lecture Hall Chief Seat and a Water-Moon Convent Shitai to prepare to break the formation at the Heavenly Access Well. Meanwhile, the Yin Phoenix summoned Yaoshou to the Great Whirlpool, and White True Person set her plans against Green Mountain in motion by paying respects to the forebears beneath a strange starry sky.

• The Profound Yin Ancestor returned to Fruitful Accomplishment Temple, where the Sutra Lecture Hall Chief Seat revealed he had long studied the Heavenly Access Well’s formation.
• The Profound Yin Ancestor, the Sutra Lecture Hall Chief Seat, and a Water-Moon Convent Shitai went to the Heavenly Access Well to break its formation and attack the Thirty-Three Heavens from below.
• The Yin Phoenix summoned countless Yaoshou to the Great Whirlpool using True Person Taiping’s divine soul imprint and talisman runes hidden in its feathers.
• A giant on a distant island woke to the Yin Phoenix’s faint cry, and elven warriors flew out to scold him for his rumbling mutter.
• White True Person told True Person Tan she would wait for Taiping or Jingyang to die before acting, then went to a hidden formation of black stones and paid respects to the forebears as Bai Yuan.

White True Person urged the Bairen Immortal to return to Chaotian Continent and stop Jing Jiu and the Green Mountain Sect, while the chapter shifted to Green Mountain preparing for Jing Jiu’s long-delayed succession ceremony. Liu S sui reunited with the sect and joined Jing Jiu, Zhao Layue, and the others for a hotpot meal.

• White True Person asked the Bairen Immortal to return, warning that Jing Jiu’s rise and the Green Mountain Sect’s actions threatened the continent.
• The Bairen Immortal asked who would receive her and reminded White True Person that returning would end her chance to ascend again.
• Liu S sui arrived early at Green Mountain, met Guo Nanshan and the others, and repaired Elder Bai Rujing’s old bamboo chair.
• Liu S sui greeted Jing Jiu and Zhao Layue on Divine End Peak, then made tea and repaired Jing Jiu’s chair while the others prepared for the succession ceremony.
• Jing Jiu rested on the repaired chair as Big One settled on his shoulder and the Green Mountain disciples gathered around him.
• The group shared hotpot, with Liu S sui slicing meat and Zhao Layue and the others quickly emptying the pot.

Jing Jiu accepted the sect’s ceremonial requirements but rejected the robes, while Zhao Layue and Liu S sui discussed his freedom to leave and what he wanted from life. Liu S sui then explored Green Mountain and ended the day sharing a quiet, distant look with Nan Wang.

• Yuan Qu reminded Jing Jiu that the Heaven-Bearing Sword had to appear at the ceremony, and Jing Jiu agreed to bring it out.
• Jing Jiu rejected the ceremonial robes, while Zhao Layue told Liu S sui that he could leave and he said he wanted to travel freely.
• After three days, Liu S sui left Divine End Peak to explore Green Mountain, silenced the noisy apes, and visited Qingrong Peak.
• Liu S sui obtained Pear Blossom Wine and drank it at Autumn Whisper Terrace while looking toward Nan Wang atop Qingrong Peak.

Liu S sui visited Green Mountain’s peaks, observing Ping Yongjia and reclaiming hidden medicinal resources before traveling to Hidden Peak. There, he looked upon Fang Jingtian and asked that his body be preserved for future Green Mountain disciples to use if he died.

• Liu S sui left Qingrong Peak after drinking Pear Blossom Wine and went to Cloud-Traveling Peak to observe Ping Yongjia meditating in a cliff opening.
• Liu S sui found a seven-leaf lotus leaf and a bottle of elixirs in abandoned places on Shiyue Peak, consumed them, and crossed a hidden Stone Bridge to Past Arrival Peak.
• Liu S sui visited Twofold Forgetting Peak, where the Nondual Sword flew toward Shangde Peak, and Gu Han defended his right to keep the treasured sword.
• Liu S sui stood on a rock at Shangde Peak, gazed across Green Mountain, and then entered the Sword Prison and passed through the door to Hidden Peak.
• Liu S sui looked toward the unconscious Fang Jingtian through the wildflowers and told an unseen listener to leave his body on Stone Mountain so Green Mountain disciples could eat his flesh if he died.

Green Mountain held Jing Jiu’s sect master grand ceremony as representatives from across the Cultivation World gathered, including True Persons Tan and Bai of the Zhongzhou Sect, who appeared to seek peace. Jing Jiu arrived to begin the ceremony while Green Mountain displayed its strength before the assembled guests.

• The Fruitful Accomplishment Temple chief and a Shitai from Water-Moon Convent concealed themselves near the Heavenly Access Well as they eroded its talismans and cliff scriptures, while the Profound Yin Ancestor sat in the deep sea surrounded by dark aura.
• Representatives from the cultivation sects and the imperial court gathered on Heavenly Light Peak, and the Zhongzhou Sect’s Cloud Boat arrived before retreating when Green Mountain opened its sword formation.
• True Person Tan landed on the summit and exchanged greetings with True Person Guangyuan and Nan Wang, while True Person Bai appeared in a mass of mist.
• Zhuo Rusui questioned whether True Person Tan had ever seen his wife’s face, and the assembled figures took the Zhongzhou Sect’s restraint as a sign that it sought peace.
• True Person Guangyuan, Nan Wang, and Green Mountain’s elders and disciples summoned their swords, displaying the sect’s formidable strength.
• Jing Jiu walked onto the summit with Zhao Layue, Gu Qing, Yuan Qu, and Zhuo Rusui, while Liu S sui stood behind him.

Jing Jiu completed the Green Mountain Sect Master inauguration ceremony by taking the Heaven-Bearing Sword Scabbard and receiving the homage of the cultivation world. Liu S sui then stepped forward and asked to take his place.

• The Great Marsh Magistrate praised Jing Jiu, and representatives of the sects and Divine Emperor Jing Yao paid their respects during the ceremony.
• Jing Jiu sat in the Sect Master's chair after the final edict was read and the ceremony's earlier rites were completed.
• Jing Jiu took out the Heaven-Bearing Sword Scabbard, and the Green Mountain disciples and visiting cultivators bowed to him.
• Liu S sui remained standing while everyone else paid their respects, then stepped forward and told Jing Jiu, "Let me do it instead."

Jing Jiu revealed that True Person Taiping had taken control of Liu S sui’s body and contested him for the Heaven-Bearing Sword. The Water-Moon Convent Abbess failed to force Taiping out, leaving Jing Jiu and Taiping facing off with control of the sword still unresolved.

• Liu S sui argued with himself over the hundred and forty-nine years since leaving Green Mountain, and Jing Jiu explained that he had met the child Liu S sui after his own ascension failed.
• Liu S sui claimed the Heaven-Bearing Sword was still his, then smiled as True Person Taiping and revealed himself to be Taiping controlling Liu S sui’s body.
• Zhao Layue and the Green Mountain disciples prepared to attack, while elders who remained loyal to Taiping greeted him as their sect master and patriarch.
• Jing Jiu released the scabbard and moved toward the cliff as he and Taiping contested control of the Heaven-Bearing Sword; the Water-Moon Convent Abbess came to intervene.
• The Water-Moon Convent Abbess struck Taiping to drive him from Liu S sui’s body, but her attack failed and she retreated injured; Taiping reminded Jing Jiu that the same method would not work twice.

Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping fought over the Heaven-Bearing Sword as Taiping revealed that he had controlled Liu S sui through Two Hearts Communication. The Green Mountain Sword Formation awakened around them, leaving their struggle isolated from outside interference and its outcome unresolved.

• True Person Taiping revealed that he had controlled Liu S sui through Two Hearts Communication and explained that his scheme had shaped Xi Yiyun's actions and Little Lotus's feelings.
• Jing Jiu recognized that Taiping had taken the Heaven-Mending Pill and Seven-Leaf Lotus, then used the Heaven-Bearing Sword to pierce the Green Mountain Grand Array toward the Thunder Domain.
• True Person Taiping stopped the Heaven-Bearing Sword's power and repelled the Nondual Sword, sending it flying into Sword Peak's cliff.
• Flying swords across Green Mountain rose and clashed in two opposing groups, while Ping Yongjia suffered from the chaotic Sword Intent.
• The Great Marsh Magistrate attacked Taiping with the Eight-Directions Wind-and-Rain Banner, but the Green Mountain Sword Formation cut apart the rain and damaged the banner.
• The Green Mountain Sword Formation enveloped Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping, while disturbances spread across Green Mountain's peaks as their contest for the formation's control continued.

As True Person Taiping’s blood sacrifice formed the Heavenly Access Killing Formation, seawater began pouring through a breach into the Netherworld. The Nether Master revealed that he had anticipated the catastrophe and shared Taiping’s ambition to eliminate ordinary people, leaving Tong Yan horrified.

• Nan Wang ordered everyone to scatter as Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping continued their confrontation at Green Mountain.
• Yin Phoenix’s summoned Yaoshou and the sailors of a Penglai treasure ship were swept into the Great Whirlpool, where their blood formed the Heavenly Access Killing Formation.
• The awakened Giant headed into the sea toward the Great Whirlpool while the Elves fled after an old female Elf warned them of danger.
• The formation redirected seawater into the Netherworld, where it fell from a tear in the sky and struck the Nether River.
• The seawater ignited the Nether River, killing the High Priest’s army and releasing poisonous green smoke that began rising toward the Mortal World.
• The Nether Master told Tong Yan that the catastrophe was a harvest of ordinary people and affirmed that he was True Person Taiping’s student, terrifying Tong Yan.

The Nether Master and the True Person launched a plan to flood the Netherworld, drive winds through it, and poison the mortal world with green smoke. Tong Yan confronted the Nether Master and struck him with an ancient bell, while the danger to the surface continued to grow.

• The Nether Master explained that the True Person’s plan sent seawater and winds into the Netherworld to produce poisonous green smoke.
• A red feather cut Bu Qiuxiao’s finger, and his blood turned the winds at One-Thatch Studio red and reversed their direction, breaking the formations suppressing the Netherworld passage.
• The Nether Master told Tong Yan that the poisonous smoke would rise through the Heavenly Access Well and kill ordinary people across the world.
• At the East Sea, the Profound Yin Ancestor struck the Heavenly Access Well, broke six of its Thirty-Three Heavens, and inhaled green smoke that killed a sea turtle.
• Tong Yan revealed an ancient bell and rang it, knocking the Nether Master into a cliff and making him spit blood.

Tong Yan wounded the Nether Master with the Jingyun Bell and escaped using the Thousand-Li Seal. At Green Mountain, True Person Taiping explained his plan to destroy the mortal world and his beliefs about the realms beyond ascension while he continued fighting Jing Jiu for control of the Heaven-Bearing Sword.

• Tong Yan rang the Jingyun Bell twice, severely wounded the Nether Master, and escaped with the Thousand-Li Seal.
• True Person Taiping told Jing Jiu that the Nether River would flood the mortal world and that the gathered cultivators would survive the destruction.
• True Person Taiping dismissed the deaths of mortals and told Nan Wang that he sought to destroy the world because ascension led to a cold realm inhabited by powerful beings.
• Zhao Layue challenged True Person Taiping's certainty, while he asked True Person Tan to confirm his claims and continued contesting Jing Jiu for the Heaven-Bearing Sword.
• The Green Mountain Sword Formation weakened under the struggle, and True Person Taiping lamented that the world was too weak as rain fell across the peaks.

True Person Taiping explained his plan to transform the world by killing mortals and forcing cultivators into labor, arguing that the world needed to prepare for its barrier to collapse. Jing Jiu rejected Taiping’s plans and, as the world faced destruction, revealed a bamboo tile that was Yin Phoenix’s Life Tablet and shattered it.

• Zhao Layue questioned True Person Taiping about the Outsider Heavenly Demons, and he explained that ascenders drained the world’s spiritual energy and could weaken its barrier.
• True Person Taiping proposed killing mortals, making cultivators handle necessary labor, and eliminating children unable to cultivate.
• Jing Jiu called Taiping’s plans idiotic and explained that he had never tried to calculate Taiping’s actions, because he would simply confront and defeat whoever came to him.
• True Person Taiping challenged Jing Jiu to identify anyone who could save the world, and Jing Jiu said the world’s own strength would bring someone forward.
• Jing Jiu produced a One Bamboo, identified it as Yin Phoenix’s Life Tablet, and shattered it with a raindrop.

Bu Qiuxiao abandoned his chance to become a sage to defend One-Thatch Studio, but his blood unexpectedly became sage’s blood and sealed the Netherworld Passage. In White City, the Zen Child persuaded the Snow Nation Queen not to interfere, while a wounded hand reached for Cao Yuan’s iron blade.

• An azure bird snatched the red feather that had been intensifying the blood-red winds at One-Thatch Studio.
• Bu Qiuxiao awoke from his meditation and used his blood to try to seal the collapsing passage into the Netherworld.
• Bu Qiuxiao’s blood shone like vermilion, stabilized Bell Mountain, and revealed that he had become a sage.
• The Zen Child used the Light Mirror to contact the Snow Nation Queen and warned her that True Person Taiping planned to destroy the world and the Snow Nation’s creatures.
• The Snow Nation Queen agreed to refrain from acting after the Zen Child offered her a favor, and a scarred hand grasped the iron blade in the Small Temple.

A battered Tong Yan returned from the Netherworld and used the scripture character “disintegrate” to attack the masters guarding the Heavenly Access Well as Profound Yin Ancestor tried to stop him. At the Great Whirlpool, a Buddha statue descended through a breach in the sky, raised the Iron Blade against the Heavenly Access Killing Formation, and became a saint.

• A scarred giant lifted the blade, then burst from the Small Temple and flew into the Void Realm.
• Profound Yin Ancestor emerged from the Heavenly Access Well and encountered the injured Tong Yan, who had returned with the Thousand-Li Seal.
• Tong Yan seized the character “disintegrate” from the cliff scriptures and used it to destroy the Shitai from Water-Moon Convent.
• Profound Yin Ancestor attacked Tong Yan with demonic flame, but Tong Yan escaped its first strike and appeared beside the Sutra Lecture Hall Chief Seat.
• Yin Phoenix presided over the Heavenly Access Killing Formation as Yaoshou fed the Great Whirlpool and strengthened it with their blood.
• A Buddha statue broke through the sky, descended to the Great Whirlpool, raised the Iron Blade against the formation, and became a saint.

Cao Yuan reached the Great Whirlpool and fought the Yin Phoenix’s yaoshou assault, revealing himself as the Buddha hidden in Fruitful Accomplishment Temple. After killing countless yaoshou and strengthening the Heavenly Access Killing Formation with their blood, he declared that protecting others was simply what made him himself.

• Cao Yuan revealed himself as the golden Buddha in the Great Whirlpool and faced the Yin Phoenix, who was presiding over the Heavenly Access Killing Formation.
• The Yin Phoenix commanded the yaoshou to charge, and Cao Yuan cut down wave after wave with his iron blade.
• Cao Yuan continued fighting until the yaoshou assault temporarily ceased, while their blood formed the Heavenly Access Killing Formation above him.
• The Yin Phoenix warned that the formation grew stronger with each blood sacrifice and questioned whether Cao Yuan’s death for mortals was worthwhile.
• Cao Yuan killed another group of high-tier yaoshou and told the Yin Phoenix that fighting for others was what made him himself.

Cao Yuan faced Yin Phoenix at the Great Whirlpool, but Jingyang’s control through the Life Tablet weakened Yin Phoenix before Giant struck it away. Giant then reached the whirlpool and addressed Cao Yuan as “A Jia.”

• Yin Phoenix used the Heavenly Access Killing Formation’s Blood Lines to attack Cao Yuan, but his scripture ring blocked them.
• Cao Yuan told Yin Phoenix he would try to block the passage at the bottom of the Great Whirlpool, prompting Yin Phoenix to come down and kill him.
• Yin Phoenix emerged from the Sun empowered by countless Yaoshou Blood Sacrifices and flew toward Cao Yuan.
• The Emerald Green Bamboo Tablet shattered, causing Yin Phoenix terrible pain through its connection to the Life Tablet; Yin Phoenix realized Jingyang had likely used its tail feather to restore that control.
• Cao Yuan struck Yin Phoenix with a blade as it fled, and a giant club then smashed it toward the horizon.
• Giant arrived at the Great Whirlpool, slowed the seawater’s flow, and asked Cao Yuan, “A Jia?”