Recaps

Huo Lian linked the formations to Kui Yong’s true body and concluded that activating them would require a blood sacrifice. The group decided to kill the Tomb Clan people in the area for their blood, while Xuan Tu mourned that he could not rescue the trapped divine beasts.

• Huo Lian examined the formations while Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly told Xuan Tu to wait before rescuing the divine beasts.
• After three shichen, Huo Lian said linking the formations near the slumbering Hall Masters and the exit could reveal Kui Yong’s approximate location.
• Huo Lian explained that the formations would need more power than the group could provide, and that the divine beasts’ depleted essence blood would not be enough.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly proposed sacrificing the Tomb Clan people, and Huo Lian agreed that their blood might activate the formations.
• Fan Zhuolang suggested killing the Tomb Clan people and bringing their bodies, and Huo Lian advised killing them without spilling their blood.
• Wu Xuancang agreed to find the Tomb Clan people so the group could begin the blood sacrifice.

Huo Lian and the others used essence blood to reverse Kui Yong’s formations and opened a possible route to his true body. The pillar of light collapsed before they could enter, and Huo Lian concluded that Kui Yong had severed the formation, confirming that he had a true body.

• Huo Lian and the others killed the Tomb Clan members stationed in the Land of Slumber and collected their essence blood.
• Huo Lian mixed the collected blood with Divine Beast essence blood and activated a Reversal Formation, while the imprisoned Divine Beasts’ cries faded away.
• The reversed formations created a pillar of light that Huo Lian believed could lead to Kui Yong’s true body, and the group agreed to risk going through it.
• Before the pillar stabilized, it violently collapsed, and Huo Lian was injured and spat out blood.
• Huo Lian said Kui Yong had forcibly severed the formation, and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly called this conclusive evidence that Kui Yong had a true body.

After Kui Yong destroyed the formation, Huo Lian and the others left the Tomb Clan Territory and learned that Kui Yong’s true body was likely sleeping somewhere within a hundred li of it on Mist Mountain. Since searching such a vast area seemed nearly impossible, they decided to prepare for Kui Yong’s emergence while sending disciples from across the Jianghu to look for clues.

• Xuan Tu asked Huo Lian to reactivate the light pillar, but the group discovered that Kui Yong had destroyed the formation and the exit was open.
• Huo Lian warned the others that the abandoned territory could still hide traps, so the seven of them withdrew.
• Huo Lian said he sensed Kui Yong’s true body on Mist Mountain, probably within a hundred li of the Tomb Clan Territory.
• Xuan Tu suggested they return to preparing for Kui Yong’s emergence, while Huo Lian urged them to search the area in case they found clues.
• Wu Xuancang and Leng Guhan agreed to mobilize disciples from their own and other Jianghu sects to search for Kui Yong.

Huo Lian and the others parted ways after failing to locate Kui Yong, while Wu Xuancang questioned whether Huo Lian would truly risk everything to fight him. Kui Yong, hiding in the Land of Slumber in Pang Yi’s body, discovered their attempt to trace his formation and cut its connection to prevent them from reaching him.

• Leng Guhan agreed to make preparations, and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly left for the Imperial Remnant Manor to try strengthening her internal power with Divine Beasts’ essence blood.
• After the group departed, Wu Xuancang asked Huo Lian whether he would stake everything on fighting Kui Yong, and Huo Lian vanished without answering.
• Kui Yong revealed that Pang Yi’s Divine Sense had collapsed and that he had returned to his true body’s Land of Slumber in Pang Yi’s failing body.
• Kui Yong sensed Huo Lian and the others tracing his formation toward his hiding place and realized he was too weak to face them.
• Kui Yong severed the connection to the formation in the Tomb Clan Territory, blocking Huo Lian and the others from teleporting to him.

Kui Yong withdrew his Divine Sense from Pang Yi's dying body and returned to his original body, intent on escaping before the Soaring Immortal Fruit ripened. Huo Lian weighed his chances against Kui Yong, then left the formation to seek Huang Xiao and pursue another stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration.

• Kui Yong wondered whether Huo Lian and the others had uncovered his original body's secret, then decided to return to it and pursue the Soaring Immortal Fruit.
• Kui Yong's Divine Sense left Pang Yi's body, which collapsed and stopped breathing, and returned to Kui Yong's original body.
• Huo Lian returned to the Transcendent Immortal Escort Agency and considered how Pang Ji, Huang Xiao, and the others might help oppose Kui Yong.
• Huo Lian sat beside the inactive formation for five days, reflecting on the uncertain odds and his inability to return to the Central Plains.
• Huo Lian resolved to attempt the seventh stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration and left to find Huang Xiao on the island.

Huo Lian told Huang Xiao and Ou Jin how Pang Ji’s newfound strength had jolted the experts at the Land of Slumber, inspiring Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly to cultivate further. He said several old experts had little chance of improving, but Wu Xuancang, Leng Guhan, and possibly Huo Lian himself could still grow stronger.

• Huo Lian returned to the island and told Huang Xiao and Ou Jin what had happened during the journey.
• Huo Lian explained that Pang Ji’s overwhelming strength had jolted Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and inspired her to cultivate at the Imperial Remnant Manor.
• Huo Lian said Fan Zhuolang, Zuo Qiu Shu, and Xuan Tu had likely reached the limits of their talent.
• Huo Lian predicted Wu Xuancang could break through and Leng Guhan could continue improving because of his opportunities and Ruthlessness Dao.
• Huo Lian said he had also been jolted and was using different flames, as Huang Xiao did, to seek further improvement in internal power.

Huang Xiao helped Huo Lian temper his body with blade-forging flames so they could better withstand the backlash of Heavenly Demon Disintegration. After three months of cultivation, Huo Lian could barely unleash the seventh stage, while Huang Xiao remained focused on reaching the eighth stage before facing Kui Yong.

• Huo Lian asked Ou Jin to step away and told Huang Xiao he wanted to use the blade-forging flames to strengthen his body, with Huang Xiao guiding the process through his heart fire.
• After three days of attempts, Huo Lian succeeded in tempering his body with the flames, but only while near Huang Xiao's heart fire aura.
• Huang Xiao decided the eighth stage was his minimum goal for facing Kui Yong, while recognizing that the ninth stage might be needed to defeat him.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian cultivated beside the Minghong Saber for three months as they used the flames to build vitality in their bodies.
• Huo Lian said Huang Xiao was confident of the seventh stage and might still reach the eighth or ninth, while Huo Lian himself could barely manage the seventh and had no time to attempt the eighth.

After more than three months of cultivation, Huang Xiao prepared to demonstrate his improved strength to secure the Soaring Immortal Fruit. He and Huo Lian agreed that Huang Xiao should use the sixth stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration, though it remained uncertain whether Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the others would accept his claim to the fruit.

• Huo Lian warned that his seventh-stage technique could only be used once and that Pang Ji remained formidable after absorbing Kui Yong's internal power.
• Huang Xiao said he had steadily improved his other cultivation methods and strengthened his divine sense during his retreat.
• Huo Lian told Huang Xiao to leave seclusion and show the others his strength so they would honor the agreement about the Soaring Immortal Fruit.
• Huang Xiao worried Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the others might have improved enough to demand a share of the fruit, but Huo Lian argued their current breakthroughs were likely their limits for now.
• Huang Xiao ruled out using the seventh or eighth stage to prove himself because of the cost, and Huo Lian agreed that demonstrating the sixth stage should suffice.

Huo Lian and Huang Xiao returned from Ou Jin’s island and learned that the Jianghu had remained quiet while the Demon Hall stayed under Pang Ji’s control. They headed for the Divine Beast Holy Land, where Huo Lian planned to settle the matter of the Soaring Immortal Fruit with Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the others.

• Ou Jin gave Huang Xiao an Imitation Saber before Huang Xiao and Huo Lian left the island.
• Huo Lian revealed that he had linked sensing formations between the island and the Divine Beast Holy Land to monitor activity there.
• Huo Lian and Huang Xiao contacted an agent of the Three Immortal Mountains and learned that no major events had occurred, though news from inside the Demon Hall remained scarce.
• Huo Lian and Huang Xiao discussed Pang Ji’s hold over the seven former Hall Masters and the possibility that Kui Yong might launch a surprise attack.
• Huo Lian and Huang Xiao sent word summoning Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the others to the Divine Beast Holy Land so Huo Lian could settle the matter of the Soaring Immortal Fruit.

Huo Lian brought Huang Xiao to the Divine Beast Holy Land to demonstrate his strength, but Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, Wu Xuancang, and Leng Guhan had grown far stronger and doubted Huang Xiao could face Kui Yong. The others rejected Huo Lian’s assurances and questioned whether Huang Xiao should still receive the Soaring Immortal Fruit.

• Huo Lian and Huang Xiao arrived at the Divine Beast Holy Land, where Wu Xuancang challenged Huang Xiao to demonstrate his strength.
• Huang Xiao used the sixth stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration and exchanged a palm strike with Wu Xuancang, who drove him back despite acknowledging his improvement.
• Huo Lian pointed out that Wu Xuancang had also grown stronger, and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly argued that Huang Xiao could not defeat Kui Yong.
• Huang Xiao said his true strength exceeded what he had shown but that using it caused severe aftereffects, while Huo Lian offered to vouch for him.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly refused to trust Huo Lian’s assurance, and Zuo Qiu Shu said Huang Xiao could no longer be allotted the Soaring Immortal Fruit.

Huo Lian revealed that he had mastered a stable sixth stage of his forbidden art and briefly demonstrated the seventh stage, persuading Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly to concede. As the group discussed Huang Xiao’s strength and need for the Longevity Pill, the formation Kui Yong had created began to ripple violently.

• Huo Lian challenged Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and revealed that he could now use his forbidden art’s sixth stage at will, tripling his strength.
• Huo Lian explained that Huang Xiao could use the seventh stage and was nearing the eighth, while Huang Xiao privately admitted he could not yet safely use the eighth stage.
• Huo Lian briefly unleashed the seventh stage, forcing Wu Xuancang and the others to retreat before he stopped and said he could use it only once in his current condition.
• Huo Lian told Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly that Huang Xiao was their best hope against Kui Yong, and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly conceded.
• The group noticed that Kui Yong’s previously invisible formation had begun rippling with violent fluctuations.

Huang Xiao and the others felt the formation around the Divine Beast Holy Land grow unstable, suggesting the Soaring Immortal Fruit would ripen sooner than expected. Unable to break the formation and facing Kui Yong’s likely arrival, they discussed how to delay him and buy Huang Xiao more time.

• Huang Xiao noticed Spiritual Energy tremble with the formation, but Huo Lian warned that the disturbance did not mean it would break immediately and suggested the fruit might ripen early.
• Huo Lian and the others examined the formation for three shichen, confirmed it had become unstable, and failed to find a way to break it.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly warned that Pang Ji and Kui Yong could sense the disturbance, and Huo Lian agreed Kui Yong might soon emerge from the Land of Slumber.
• Huo Lian said they had little chance against Kui Yong because Huang Xiao still needed time, while Xuan Tu urged them to find a way to keep Kui Yong from easily obtaining the fruit.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly argued that Kui Yong would claim the fruit after they were forced to retreat, leaving everyone troubled by the timing.

Huo Lian and the others decided to contact Zhu Fancheng inside the weakening formation and ask him to teleport the Soaring Immortal Fruit away if he obtained it. Zhu Fancheng agreed, though he could not control where the teleportation would lead, and Leng Guhan urged him to destroy the fruit if Kui Yong found him first.

• Xuan Tu proposed contacting Zhu Fancheng inside the formation and having him teleport the Soaring Immortal Fruit away if he obtained it.
• The group debated the risks of Kui Yong detecting the fruit and whether teleporting it or destroying it would be their best chance.
• Huo Lian worked for half a day and established faint contact with Zhu Fancheng inside the formation.
• Zhu Fancheng said he could teleport the fruit, perhaps with someone accompanying it, but could not determine their destination or distance.
• The group accepted the plan, and Leng Guhan told Zhu Fancheng to destroy the Soaring Immortal Fruit if Kui Yong found him first.

After the group lost contact with those inside the formation, the eight debated whether to flee or stay and face Kui Yong. They decided to wait together for him to appear for the Soaring Immortal Fruit, while Xuan Tu wondered whether the Immortal Alchemist had foreseen Kui Yong’s arrival.

• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly warned Zhu Fancheng not to take the Soaring Immortal Fruit for himself, and Zhu Fancheng said he would not dare consume it directly.
• Xuan Tu gave instructions, and the First Clan Chief pledged to follow them and cooperate with Zhu Fancheng.
• Huo Lian said the group had exhausted its chance to contact those inside the formation, and Xuan Tu said their main objective was to get the Soaring Immortal Fruit out.
• Fan Zhuolang and others argued for withdrawing, while Leng Guhan, Huo Lian, Huang Xiao, and Xuan Tu argued that they needed to face Kui Yong; the group voted to stay.
• The group decided to remain together and wait for Kui Yong, and Xuan Tu speculated that the Immortal Alchemist’s prediction of a momentous event might have referred to Kui Yong.

Huang Xiao and the others debated the Immortal Alchemist’s unfinished business with Kui Yong while Zhu Fancheng worked out how to protect the Soaring Immortal Fruit. Zhu Fancheng still hoped to build a formation that could send both a person and the fruit away, but the plan required precise timing and scarce materials.

• Zuo Qiu Shu and the others questioned why the Immortal Alchemist had not dealt with Kui Yong, and Huang Xiao suggested he had left the matter unfinished when he disappeared.
• Huo Lian proposed laying warning formations outside the Divine Beast Holy Land, and Xuan Tu agreed that they should prepare what they could.
• Zhu Fancheng told the Four Clan Chiefs that limited materials and other restrictions left him uncertain about the formation, though he promised to do his best.
• Zhao Yunhui suggested teleporting only the Soaring Immortal Fruit if sending a person with it proved impossible, but Demon Phoenix objected that they might never find it.
• Zhu Fancheng said he would still try to send a person with the fruit, and Zhao Yunhui explained that the formation had to seize the ripe fruit and teleport it before Kui Yong arrived.

Zhu Fancheng, Zhao Yunhui, and the others planned how to seize and protect the Soaring Immortal Fruit, while Demon Phoenix and Hong Yi prepared to fight the Demon Hall. Outside the Divine Beast Holy Land, Huang Xiao began removing the Demon Refining Formula’s influence as the elders set up formations and awaited Kui Yong.

• Zhao Yunhui explained that formations and other preparations were needed to beat Kui Yong to the Soaring Immortal Fruit, and Zhu Fancheng asked her to assist him.
• Demon Phoenix argued that the group should keep the fruit from outsiders and give it to Huang Xiao, while Xiao Yan and Hong Yi warned that they might not be able to protect it.
• Demon Phoenix declared that he was prepared to die fighting the Demon Hall, and Hong Yi pulled him away after Jiang Liuli told him to keep cultivating.
• Outside the Divine Beast Holy Land, Huo Lian and the others set up formations while Huang Xiao sat aside and began neutralizing the Demon Refining Formula.
• Wu Xuancang and Xuan Tu discussed Huang Xiao’s potential and the possibility that they might not have much time left.

Huang Xiao concealed his aura after neutralizing the Demon Refining Formula, hoping to deceive Kui Yong and survive the coming confrontation. Pang Ji arrived with seven former hall masters, and Huo Lian’s words made them question whether Pang Ji had betrayed the First Hall Master.

• Huang Xiao neutralized the Demon Refining Formula and used the Spirit Turtle Fetal Breath Art to conceal his aura from Kui Yong.
• Huo Lian and the others returned after setting up formations, while Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly urged Huang Xiao to survive and grow stronger.
• The group worried about Kui Yong’s threat and about the people and divine beasts inside the Divine Beast Holy Land.
• Pang Ji arrived with the seven former hall masters, and Huo Lian confronted him about their earlier attack on the Main Hall of the Demon Hall.
• Huo Lian said they would have let Pang Ji devour Kui Yong’s internal power if they had known the truth, prompting Pang Ji and the former hall masters to react with confusion and suspicion.

Pang Ji revealed that he had killed Kui Yong and devoured his internal power, but Huo Lian and the former Hall Masters told him that the Kui Yong he killed was only a body seized ten thousand years earlier by a surviving divine beast. Pang Ji doubted their account as they urged him to wait and join them against Kui Yong’s true body.

• Pang Ji told the seven former Hall Masters that he had killed Kui Yong by devouring his internal power, and claimed they were free from returning to the Tomb Clan Territory.
• Pang Ji questioned why Huo Lian spoke for the group, and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly said Huo Lian still had her respect.
• Huo Lian proposed that they join forces, then told Pang Ji that Kui Yong was not dead.
• Xuan Tu and Zuo Qiu Shu explained that Kui Yong’s true body was likely a divine beast and an Ancient War survivor who had possessed another body ten thousand years earlier.
• Huo Lian explained that Pang Ji had devoured the possessed body’s internal power, while Kui Yong’s true body remained alive; Pang Ji hesitated but doubted their story.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and Huang Xiao warned Pang Ji that Huo Lian could defeat him, and Pang Ji rebuked Huang Xiao.

Huo Lian persuaded Pang Ji to wait for the Soaring Immortal Fruit to ripen, warning that Kui Yong’s true body might still exist and turn the Seven Former Hall Masters against him. Huo Lian estimated that the formation would collapse in about ten days, while Qingfeng learned the fruit might ripen even sooner.

• Huo Lian and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly warned Pang Ji that Kui Yong’s return could leave him isolated and that the Seven Former Hall Masters might abandon him.
• Xuan Tu urged Pang Ji to wait for the Soaring Immortal Fruit, and Pang Ji agreed to remain until it ripened before making his move.
• Huang Xiao reminded Huo Lian that Pang Ji should watch the Seven Former Hall Masters, but Pang Ji dismissed the warning and reassured them.
• Huo Lian estimated that the formation would collapse in about ten days, and Pang Ji welcomed the prospect of obtaining the fruit sooner.
• Qingfeng asked the Soaring Immortal Fruit whether it would ripen in just a few more days.

As the Soaring Immortal Fruit neared ripeness, Qingfeng worried about escaping with his companion while the others prepared a formation to seize the fruit. Zhu Fancheng chose Zhao Yunhui to leave with it, but the Fourth Clan Chief demanded a convincing reason for the choice.

• Qingfeng learned his companion would ripen within ten days and promised to do everything he could to protect him from the people waiting outside.
• Qingfeng watched his companion’s fruit grow red and release a fragrance while the mist around them began to disperse.
• After nine days, Zhu Fancheng and Zhao Yunhui completed a formation that might let one person leave with the Soaring Immortal Fruit if it activated successfully.
• The Demon Phoenix asked when the fruit would ripen and who would leave with it, and Zhu Fancheng said he had chosen Zhao Yunhui.
• The Fourth Clan Chief questioned Zhu Fancheng’s choice and challenged him to justify sending his disciple despite her limited individual strength.

Zhu Fancheng and Zhao Yunhui warned the Four Clan Chiefs that pursuing the Soaring Immortal Fruit could bring disaster, but the chiefs insisted on taking control of it. Zhu Fancheng agreed to let the Fourth Clan Chief replace Zhao Yunhui in the formation, then warned her that its teleportation could cost her life.

• Zhu Fancheng argued that Zhao Yunhui was the best choice to handle the formation because she had helped set it up and knew it well.
• Zhao Yunhui challenged the Four Clan Chiefs’ motives and warned them that seeking the Soaring Immortal Fruit could repeat the Divine Beast Holy Land’s tragedy from ten thousand years ago.
• The First Clan Chief said the Divine Beast Clan had to claim the fruit to protect its future, while Demon Phoenix argued that they could trust Huang Xiao; the Fourth Clan Chief silenced and immobilized him.
• The First Clan Chief demanded Zhu Fancheng’s cooperation and threatened the lives of Zhao Yunhui and the others if he resisted.
• Zhu Fancheng agreed to let one of the chiefs replace Zhao Yunhui, and the Fourth Clan Chief volunteered.
• Zhu Fancheng warned the Fourth Clan Chief that the formation’s teleportation might endanger her life, leaving her hesitant.

Zhu Fancheng prepared the Fourth Clan Chief to enter the formation and take the Soaring Immortal Fruit, while urging Zhao Yunhui to leave before the danger intensified. As the formation began to break, Pang Ji dismissed the warnings about Kui Yong, though Huo Lian and the others remained certain Kui Yong was nearby.

• Zhu Fancheng explained the formation’s precautions to the Fourth Clan Chief, who agreed to enter when he drew the Soaring Immortal Fruit into it.
• Zhu Fancheng told Zhao Yunhui to leave with the others, and she promised to go after a little while, worried about her master’s safety.
• Pang Ji, Huo Lian, Xuan Tu, and their companions waited nine days for the formation to show signs of breaking.
• A thud came from the formation, and Pang Ji prepared to seize the Soaring Immortal Fruit before attacking Huo Lian’s group.
• Huo Lian and the others warned Pang Ji that Kui Yong was nearby, but Pang Ji suspected they were trying to distract him.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly challenged Kui Yong to reveal himself, and Huo Lian’s group remained convinced he was present.

Kui Yong appeared in his true body and revealed that he knew Huang Xiao had uncovered his past as a survivor of the Ancient War. After learning Huang Xiao and Huo Lian possessed six supreme treasures, Kui Yong declared that he would take them and seek the secret of gathering all seven.

• Kui Yong appeared near Huo Lian, Huang Xiao, and the others in the form of the familiar Kui Yong whose internal power Pang Ji had devoured.
• Kui Yong questioned Huang Xiao about the memory images, and Huang Xiao admitted he had seen them after stealing the Supreme Demon Core from the Supreme Demon Wall.
• Huo Lian explained how he and Huang Xiao had replaced the Supreme Demon Core to conceal its theft, angering Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and shocking Pang Ji.
• Zuo Qiu Shu recognized the box Huang Xiao had used and asked whether Huang Xiao had obtained her lost Supreme Demon Pearl.
• Fan Zhuolang revealed that Huang Xiao and Huo Lian had six supreme treasures, and Kui Yong announced that he intended to take them all.

Huang Xiao and Huo Lian’s concealed Supreme Treasures became a point of conflict as Kui Yong prepared to fight them before the Soaring Immortal Fruit ripened. Kui Yong struck first, tearing Fan Zhuolang’s still-beating heart from his chest.

• Huang Xiao admitted he had obtained the Supreme Demon Pearl, while Huo Lian denied possessing the Supreme Evil Crystal and kept the secret of the seventh treasure hidden.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly warned Huang Xiao to protect the six Supreme Treasures, and Kui Yong said he would kill them before the Soaring Immortal Fruit ripened.
• Kui Yong confronted Pang Ji about the power he had taken from Kui Yong’s possessed body, and Pang Ji agreed to join forces against him.
• The Seven Former Hall Masters sided with Kui Yong as he chose Fan Zhuolang as his first target.
• Kui Yong appeared behind Fan Zhuolang and tore out his heart, leaving him bleeding in Zuo Qiu Shu’s arms.

Kui Yong killed Fan Zhuolang and revealed that he had come from another world, where a powerful Demon God had once kept him in check. He chose to remain in the Martial World as its strongest ruler and prepared to kill the others.

• Fan Zhuolang died after asking Huang Xiao to avenge them, and Kui Yong crushed the heart he had torn out.
• Zuo Qiu Shu tried to attack Kui Yong, but Xuan Tu restrained her and warned her that she was no match for him.
• Kui Yong explained that he had slaughtered the Divine Beast Holy Land because its inhabitants were weak, and he discussed Zuo Qiu Yi’s disappearance and the possibility of another world.
• Huang Xiao and the others learned that Kui Yong had served a powerful Demon God as a demon general and had obtained the Supreme Demon Saber and Supreme Demon Core.
• Kui Yong said he preferred ruling the Martial World to returning to his former world, then warned the group that he would kill them and hinted that he would torment some of them first.