Recaps

Huang Xiao carried the Demon God's warning about the Sea Vortex Grand Formation and Zuo Qiu Yi to Xuan Yuanjun. The Demon God and his allies debated why Jiang Hengdao had urged Zuo Qiu Yi to take his own life, and the Demon God decided Zuo Qiu Yi should die before Jiang Hengdao could benefit from him.

• Jiang Hengdao taunted the Demon God and said he would later visit the Sea Vortex Grand Formation.
• The Demon God told Huang Xiao to urge Xuan Yuanjun to focus on breaking the formation and to mention Zuo Qiu Yi.
• After Huang Xiao left, the Demon God, Xun Wuying, and Shentu Kuanglang discussed why Jiang Hengdao had raised the possibility of Zuo Qiu Yi taking his own life.
• The Demon God said Zuo Qiu Yi should die, arguing that an early death would leave Jiang Hengdao no opportunity to benefit from him.
• The Demon God warned that Zuo Qiu Yi could become a hidden danger if he fell into Jiang Hengdao's hands.

Xuan Yuanjun and the others discussed Jiang Hengdao’s warning that Zuo Qiu Yi should die, suspecting it was meant to divide them from the Demon God’s group. Xuan Yuanjun chose to hold firm and preserve the alliance, while Huang Xiao reported that Zhu Qingquan had begun recasting the Inscribed Formation.

• Xun Wuying and Shentu Kuanglang concluded that the Demon God still favored letting Zuo Qiu Yi die because keeping him alive could benefit Jiang Hengdao.
• Huang Xiao told Xuan Yuanjun that Jiang Hengdao had urged Senior Immortal Alchemist to take his own life, leaving Xuan Yuanjun uncertain how the Demon God’s group would respond.
• Zuo Qiu Yi insisted that he would live to see Jiang Hengdao’s downfall, while Xuan Yuanjun suspected Jiang Hengdao was trying to provoke conflict between their groups.
• Xuan Yuanjun said he would not sacrifice Zuo Qiu Yi to preserve the alliance and reasoned that the Demon God would not risk facing Jiang Hengdao alone.
• Huang Xiao reported that Zhu Qingquan had begun recasting the Inscribed Formation, and Xuan Yuanjun said the work could still be completed in time.

Huang Xiao returned from discussing the Inscribed Formation with Xuan Yuanjun, while Zhao Yunhui stayed behind to study formations with her sisters. After Demon Phoenix gathered wine for the weapon spirits, Huang Xiao joined Xuan Yuanjun and the others on their journey to the Vortex Grand Formation to seek insight into the Great Dao.

• Zuo Qiu Yi and Xuan Yuanjun decided that Zhu Qingquan would need to fuse additional indispensable formations, despite the added difficulty.
• Zhao Yunhui stayed to practice the Combined Strike Method with her sisters as Xuan Yuanjun and the others left to investigate the Vortex Grand Formation.
• Huang Xiao returned to the island and advised Demon Phoenix to tolerate the Supreme Demon Saber's saber soul, then told him that Jiang Hengdao had activated the grand formation.
• Huang Xiao gave Demon Phoenix more than a dozen jars of wine, which Demon Phoenix took to share with the saber and sword souls.
• After two days, Huang Xiao traveled with Xuan Yuanjun and the others to the Vortex Grand Formation to study the Great Dao and seek insight into his treatises.

Huang Xiao and the others confirmed that Jiang Hengdao’s formation was transmitting spiritual energy from the Immortal Spirit Domain to the Creation Sect, which they believed housed the final Core Grand Formation. When the Demon God demanded that Zuo Qiu Yi die to deny Jiang Hengdao his Longevity True Qi, Xuan Yuanjun rejected the demand.

• The Vortex Grand Formation stabilized, and Xuan Yuanjun explained that Jiang Hengdao had begun its second stage: transmitting spiritual energy from the Immortal Spirit Domain.
• Xuan Yuanjun estimated that the grand formation might be fully activated within five years, though he warned that this was an optimistic estimate.
• The formation’s spiritual energy density increased, and Zhao Yunhui confirmed that the Creation Sect had received the transmitted energy.
• Huang Xiao concluded that the Creation Sect was the location of the final Core Grand Formation, and the Demon God and his companions arrived.
• The Demon God demanded that Zuo Qiu Yi kill himself to prevent Jiang Hengdao from obtaining Longevity True Qi, but Xuan Yuanjun refused and questioned whether the sacrifice would help.

Xuan Yuanjun refused the Demon God's demand to kill Zuo Qiu Yi and then discussed whether to change their target from the Vortex Grand Formation to the Creation Sect. He kept their agreed-upon target, while warning that Jiang Hengdao might activate his grand formations within five years.

• The Demon God argued that Zuo Qiu Yi had to die to thwart Jiang Hengdao, but Xuan Yuanjun refused and said he would not stop the Demon God from acting on his own.
• The Demon God accused Xuan Yuanjun of risking their failure, then turned his attention to changes in the Vortex Grand Formation.
• Xuan Yuanjun explained that the formation was relaying spiritual energy from the Immortal Spirit Domain to the Creation Sect, and the Demon God argued this did not prove the Creation Sect was the core target.
• Xuan Yuanjun said he would not change their chosen location and maintained that breaking the Vortex Grand Formation was important to thwarting Jiang Hengdao.
• Xuan Yuanjun estimated that Jiang Hengdao would activate the grand formations within five years and said they needed a few more years before beginning to break the Vortex Grand Formation.

Xuan Yuanjun and the Demon God prepared for Jiang Hengdao’s Grand Formation to reach full activation, gathering allies and arranging Inscribed Formations across both domains. More than four years later, the preparations were complete, but Jiang Hengdao’s whereabouts remained unknown as the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth reached a critical balance.

• Xuan Yuanjun and the Demon God agreed to work together against Jiang Hengdao and to settle who was stronger during the battle.
• Xuan Yuanjun asked the Demon God to spare Du Mei, and the Demon God agreed.
• More than four years passed, and the Demon God, Zhu Qingquan, and other allies gathered at the Vortex Grand Formation while Inscribed Formations were set up across the Immortal Spirit Domain and the Desolate Domain.
• Xuan Yuanjun said the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth had reached a balance between the domains, making Jiang Hengdao’s full activation of the Grand Formation unavoidable.
• The Demon God asked whether Jiang Hengdao had arrived, and Xuan Yuanjun said he did not know; the Demon God wondered if Jiang Hengdao had gone to the Creation Sect or remained inside the Grand Formation at the Last Spirit Land.

Xuan Yuanjun concluded that Jiang Hengdao was likely inside the Vortex Grand Formation, and the group prepared to break it. When Jiang Hengdao revealed himself and announced that his Grand Formation was nearing full activation, Xuan Yuanjun activated the Inscribed Grand Formations, beginning their attempt to unravel it.

• Xuan Yuanjun said Jiang Hengdao might have teleported into the Vortex Grand Formation, with the formation's ongoing transport of Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth masking his arrival.
• Xuan Yuanjun removed the isolation formation and arranged the seven great Inscribed Formations, along with separate formations formed by himself and the Minghong Saber.
• The group noticed the Vortex Grand Formation had stopped transporting Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth, and considered whether Jiang Hengdao had intervened or the domains' energy levels had equalized.
• Jiang Hengdao laughed from within the Vortex Grand Formation, confirmed he was there, and warned the group that it was too late to stop him.
• The Demon God urged Xuan Yuanjun to act, and Zuo Qiu Yi pushed him to set aside his misgivings.
• Xuan Yuanjun activated the Inscribed Grand Formations, starting the group's attempt to unravel Jiang Hengdao's Grand Formation.

Xuan Yuanjun and the others activated the Inscribed Grand Formation, which accelerated the transfer of Spiritual Energy within Jiang Hengdao’s Vortex Grand Formation. While they fought Jiang Hengdao to protect the formation, Huo Lian and Wu Xuancang suspected the apparent interference was part of a trap, leaving them unsure whether to stop the formation.

• Xuan Yuanjun added Inugami and Dragon Fang to the auxiliary formation, and the Inscribed Grand Formation began affecting the Vortex Grand Formation.
• Jiang Hengdao appeared and attacked, so Xuan Yuanjun, the Demon God, Ji Xuanying, and the others fought him to protect their formation.
• Jiang Hengdao blasted back Xun Wuying and the other fighters, while the Vortex Grand Formation continued transferring Spiritual Energy at an alarming pace.
• Huang Xiao questioned whether the changes were normal, and Huo Lian and Wu Xuancang concluded that Jiang Hengdao might have fooled them because he had not tried to destroy the Inscribed Grand Formation.
• Huo Lian warned that stopping the activated formation would be difficult and could end their chance to break Jiang Hengdao’s formation.

Jiang Hengdao revealed that the Vortex Grand Formation was imitating the aura of Another Realm and had weakened his opponents far less than they expected. He explained that their attempt to break the formation and their use of the Seven Great Treasures and peerless divine weapons had served his plan, and he was preparing to complete its final step at the Creation Sect.

• The Vortex Grand Formation released an imitation of Another Realm's aura, suppressing Jiang Hengdao's opponents' internal power.
• Xuan Yuanjun recognized that the aura was an imitation and reminded his allies that they still retained most of their strength.
• Jiang Hengdao said the aura could not be strengthened further but claimed it was enough to defeat them.
• Jiang Hengdao revealed that he would activate the Grand Formation's final step at the Creation Sect.
• Jiang Hengdao accused Xuan Yuanjun and the Demon God of helping his plan by drawing their attention to the formation and bringing the Seven Great Treasures and peerless divine weapons.
• Xuan Yuanjun and the others realized they had fallen into Jiang Hengdao's trap, while he laughed at their defeat.

Jiang Hengdao revealed that he had used the Inscribed Grand Formations to transfer all the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth from the Immortal Spirit Domain to the Desolate Domain. After stopping the formations, he expanded the Vortex Grand Formation to trap his opponents, leaving Huang Xiao and the others outside to face the threat of their deaths.

• Zuo Qiu Yi forcibly stopped the Inscribed Grand Formation, but Jiang Hengdao revealed that he had already transferred all the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth he needed.
• Xuan Yuanjun realized that he had misjudged Jiang Hengdao's plan, while Jiang Hengdao admitted that his apparent battle had distracted everyone from the formations.
• Jiang Hengdao said he had to travel to the Creation Sect to activate the final grand formation and warned his opponents that they had only a little time left.
• Jiang Hengdao activated the Vortex Grand Formation, expanding it until Xuan Yuanjun, the Demon God, and the other experts were trapped inside.
• Jiang Hengdao told Huang Xiao and the others that they would die in agony once the grand formation was activated.

Jiang Hengdao trapped Xuan Yuanjun and the others in the damaged Vortex Grand Formation and gave them ten days before he sacrificed them to activate his grand formation. Xuan Yuanjun revealed a tiny Inscribed Formation containing nine origin flames, and the group gathered beneath it to begin their attempt to survive.

• Jiang Hengdao left Xuan Yuanjun and the others trapped, warning them that he would activate his grand formation in ten days and sacrifice them.
• Xuan Yuanjun urged Huang Xiao to reach the Creation Sect in seven or eight days and seek a chance to help them.
• Xuan Yuanjun told the trapped group that breaking the formation was impossible but that another way to survive remained.
• Xuan Yuanjun produced a tiny Inscribed Formation and said everyone, including Huang Xiao's group, had to combine their power.
• The Inscribed Formation activated above them, and Xuan Yuanjun revealed that it contained nine kinds of origin flame.

Xuan Yuanjun explained how his Inscribed Formation could merge with the Vortex Grand Formation and weaken the force of Jiang Hengdao’s formation, giving the group a chance to survive. The group prepared to endure the coming impact, while the Demon God insisted that surviving would not be enough if Jiang Hengdao escaped to another world.

• The Demon God questioned whether Xuan Yuanjun’s Inscribed Formation could protect them, and Xuan Yuanjun explained that they could only test it when Jiang Hengdao activated the Grand Formation.
• Xuan Yuanjun said he had prepared the formation as a contingency against Jiang Hengdao, and Zhu Qingquan explained that it was tailored to the Vortex Grand Formation.
• Xuan Yuanjun revealed that the nine great origin flames would help the Inscribed Formation draw on the Vortex Grand Formation’s power and merge with it, weakening the coming impact.
• Xuan Yuanjun warned that the formation could not completely shield them from the world-opening Grand Formation, and the Demon God said they would give it everything they had.
• The Demon God worried that Jiang Hengdao might escape after they survived, while Shentu Kuanglang said they should let him go; the Demon God angrily refused to accept that outcome.

Xuan Yuanjun explained his plan to use a small Inscribed Formation merged with the Vortex Grand Formation to disrupt Jiang Hengdao’s attempt to activate the Cross-Realm Grand Formation. He sent Huang Xiao and the others to the Creation Sect to help Yunhui build a formation that could teleport spiritual energy back, leaving their success dependent on catching Jiang Hengdao at a critical moment.

• Xuan Yuanjun said Jiang Hengdao’s journey to the Creation Sect would take two days and that he likely could not detect their actions while traveling.
• Xuan Yuanjun argued they should let Jiang Hengdao see them making a final stand so he would underestimate them and focus on crossing into another realm.
• Xuan Yuanjun told Huang Xiao and the others to help Yunhui rebuild the Inscribed Grand Formation at the Creation Sect using genuine supreme treasures and divine weapons.
• Xuan Yuanjun assured the group that Jiang Hengdao would probably spare Yunhui and the other juniors because of his arrogance.
• Xuan Yuanjun revealed that Yunhui’s formation could reverse the flow of spiritual energy through the Vortex Grand Formation and disrupt Jiang Hengdao while he activated it.

Xuan Yuanjun and the others tasked Huang Xiao’s group with preparing a formation to disrupt Jiang Hengdao’s plan, while Zuo Qiu Yi remained essential to their efforts. Huang Xiao and the others left for the Creation Sect, and the trapped seniors were left to face the coming danger.

• The Demon God agreed that Huang Xiao and the others could delay Jiang Hengdao, and Xuan Yuanjun instructed them to relay formation plans to Yunhui and help modify the Inscribed Formation.
• The Demon God raised Jiang Hengdao’s words about Zuo Qiu Yi, but Xuan Yuanjun rejected them, and the Demon God agreed to stop pressing the issue.
• The Demon God asked Zuo Qiu Yi to disperse his cultivation if defeat became inevitable; Zuo Qiu Yi vowed not to let Jiang Hengdao obtain his Longevity True Qi.
• Xuan Yuanjun insisted that Zuo Qiu Yi stay because no one could replace his formation skills, and the Demon God rebuked Shentu Kuanglang for questioning his role.
• Huang Xiao asked to leave, and Xuan Yuanjun explained they could not use his Teleportation Formation without exposing it to Jiang Hengdao.
• Huang Xiao, Huo Lian, and the others set off at full speed for the Creation Sect.

Xuan Yuanjun and the others prepared to power the small inscribed formation against Jiang Hengdao, while Zhao Yunhui and the women learned that the formation’s Supreme Treasures and Divine Weapon Imitations were ruined. Zhao Yunhui proposed modifying the formation to send the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth back, leaving the remaining defenders ready to help.

• Xuan Yuanjun told the group to keep feeding True Qi into the small inscribed formation, and Du Mei agreed to join them because she wanted to live.
• Zhu Qingquan revealed that he had used almost all the Zhu Family’s accumulated Origin Flame in the formation, and the group laughed together despite their grim situation.
• Zhao Yunhui told the women that Jiang Hengdao would likely arrive soon, and they worried that Xuan Yuanjun and the others had failed to stop him.
• Zhao Yunhui explained that the inscribed formation was ruined because its Supreme Treasures and Divine Weapon Imitations could no longer be used.
• Ao Zhen offered the Divine Beast Clan chiefs’ help, and Zhao Yunhui suggested modifying the formation to transport the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth back again.

Zhao Yunhui and the others stayed in the Desolate Domain to build a formation that could redirect spiritual energy from the Creation Sect’s grand formation, despite the risk that Jiang Hengdao might arrive. After Zhao Yunhui activated it, the formation began drawing in spiritual energy, while the people of the Desolate Domain celebrated the change without knowing disaster was approaching.

• Yan Xi suggested taking shelter, but Zhao Yunhui, Zuo Qiu Shu, Xiao Yan, Ao Zhen, and the others chose to stay and help prepare the formation.
• Zhao Yunhui assigned tasks, and the group forcibly collected scarce formation materials from the Desolate Domain’s major sects and great powers.
• Zhao Yunhui sensed a faint disturbance in the Creation Sect’s grand formation and suspected Jiang Hengdao had entered, but she continued working.
• On the afternoon of the third day, Zhao Yunhui finished the formation, and the assembled experts took their positions.
• Zhao Yunhui ordered everyone to begin, and their true qi activated the formation, which started absorbing spiritual energy from the Creation Sect’s grand formation.
• The Desolate Domain’s people celebrated the increased spiritual energy, unaware that disaster was about to descend.

Zhao Yunhui and the others tried to weaken Jiang Hengdao’s grand formation by draining Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth from the Creation Sect’s formation, but they soon exhausted themselves. The group gave up further attempts and realized Jiang Hengdao had likely entered the formation five days earlier.

• Zhao Yunhui’s formation began drawing some Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth from the Creation Sect’s formation, but the others struggled to keep supplying True Qi.
• Zuo Qiu Shu and the others collapsed, and Ao Zhen urged everyone to recover and make more attempts rather than wait helplessly.
• The group tried activating the formation several more times, but each attempt drained them further while removing only a limited amount of energy.
• Zhao Yunhui and Ao Zhen agreed to stop when everyone had reached their limits and could no longer sustain the formation.
• Jiang Liuli asked why Jiang Hengdao had not arrived after seven days, and Zhao Yunhui said she had sensed someone enter the formation five days earlier.

Huang Xiao returned to Zhao Yunhui with news that Senior Xuanyuan and the others were trapped in the Vortex Grand Formation but had found a way to coordinate with her and delay Jiang Hengdao. Zhao Yunhui prepared to resume breaking the formation as Jiang Hengdao was expected to activate it fully within three days.

• Zhao Yunhui reasoned that Jiang Hengdao was already inside the formation, while the others despaired over their inability to interfere with it.
• Huang Xiao, Dugu Sheng, Hong Yi, and Li Bai returned safely and told everyone that Senior Xuanyuan and the others were trapped in the Vortex Grand Formation.
• Huang Xiao delivered Senior Xuanyuan's plan to Zhao Yunhui, who said the two locations could work together to transmit spiritual energy and delay Jiang Hengdao.
• Zhao Yunhui warned the group that Jiang Hengdao might activate the Grand Formation earlier than the three days he had announced, and urged them to keep breaking it.

Zhao Yunhui activated an Inscribed Formation at the Creation Sect, successfully sending Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth into the Vortex Grand Formation. Xuan Yuanjun estimated the effort would hinder Jiang Hengdao and leave them at least two days, though the extra time remained uncertain.

• Huo Lian taunted Jiang Hengdao, but he gave no response, reassuring Huang Xiao and the others that their plan might proceed without interference.
• Huang Xiao and the others gave the Seven Great Treasures and Divine Weapons to Zhao Yunhui, who worked with the Zhu Family experts to modify the Inscribed Formation.
• Zhao Yunhui activated the formation, which drew a large amount of Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth from the Creation Sect and began transporting it out.
• Xuan Yuanjun sensed the formation's response, adjusted the Small Inscribed Formation, and helped the group in the Vortex Grand Formation receive the transported energy.
• Xuan Yuanjun estimated they had at least two days before Jiang Hengdao's grand formation was fully activated, leaving the group uncertain whether they could gain more time.

Xuan Yuanjun and the others continued using their formations to draw spiritual energy of heaven and earth away from the Creation Sect, buying time and accelerating the Vortex Grand Formation’s transformation. Jiang Hengdao noticed their efforts but remained confident that his grand formation would prevail, while Huang Xiao and the others were left uneasy that he still had not acted.

• Xuan Yuanjun explained that the group’s efforts had bought at most another half day and that they needed to gather more spiritual energy before using it.
• Half a day later, Xuan Yuanjun told the Demon God and the others to resume transmitting their true qi as he merged the small inscribed formation into the Vortex Grand Formation.
• The Demon God realized Zhao Yunhui and the other juniors had both delayed Jiang Hengdao and helped the formation merge faster, impressing him with their performance.
• Jiang Hengdao sensed the changes and Xuan Yuanjun’s attempt to obscure his probing, but dismissed their efforts and remained focused on Zuo Qiu Yi and his own plans.
• After a day passed without Jiang Hengdao acting, Huang Xiao and the others felt somewhat reassured that the Inscribed Grand Formation remained active, though they still feared they had not truly threatened him.

Zhao Yunhui improved the formation to channel the Desolate Domain’s abundant Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth toward Xuan Yuanjun and the others, while the group prepared for Jiang Hengdao to activate his Grand Formation. As they waited for the final battle, Huang Xiao continued studying the Treatise on Seeking the Dao and the Treatise on Enlightenment, hoping to comprehend the Treatise on Attaining the Dao.

• Huang Xiao asked Zhao Yunhui to transfer more Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth from the Desolate Domain, and she adjusted the Inscribed Formation to help Xuan Yuanjun and the others draw it in faster.
• Zhao Yunhui, Huo Lian, Zuo Qiu Shu, and Ao Zhen acknowledged that they could not stop Jiang Hengdao, but that the group might have time to fight back after he activated his Grand Formation.
• Zhao Yunhui told everyone to keep the formation active and prepare, so Ao Zhen, Huang Xiao, and the others sat down to restore their strength.
• Demon Phoenix asked Huang Xiao how likely they were to survive, and Huang Xiao said their hope was almost nonexistent unless Senior Xuanyuan and the others survived.
• Huang Xiao continued studying the Treatise on Seeking the Dao and the Treatise on Enlightenment, hoping to comprehend the Treatise on Attaining the Dao.

Jiang Hengdao activated the Vortex Grand Formation, forcing Xuan Yuanjun and the others to channel their True Qi into a small Inscribed Formation as the world’s Spiritual Energy grew violent. When Heaven and Earth Origin Flame appeared, the formation absorbed it and grew stronger, turning Jiang Hengdao’s attempt to exhaust them to Xuan Yuanjun’s advantage.

• Xuan Yuanjun told the group to pour their True Qi into the small Inscribed Formation once Jiang Hengdao activated the Vortex Grand Formation.
• Jiang Hengdao began the formation’s final step, and Xuan Yuanjun and the others channeled their True Qi into the small Inscribed Formation as the vortex expanded and battered it.
• Jiang Hengdao taunted the group, and Xuan Yuanjun warned everyone to guard their emotions against the formation’s mind-bewildering effects.
• Heaven and Earth Origin Flame appeared inside the Vortex Grand Formation, and Xuan Yuanjun and Zhu Qingquan adjusted the small formation to draw it in.
• The small Inscribed Formation absorbed the Origin Flame and became more stable, while Xuan Yuanjun realized Jiang Hengdao’s plan had unexpectedly strengthened their defenses.

Xuan Yuanjun and the others realized Jiang Hengdao had prepared the formation’s attacks in advance, while the heaven and earth origin flame had helped their small inscribed formation merge more deeply with the Vortex Grand Formation. As the formation expanded and drew the Ancient World’s spiritual energy toward the Creation Sect, an unusual aura suppressed their internal power and made their struggle harder.

• Zuo Qiu Yi and Xuan Yuanjun explained that Jiang Hengdao’s voice and the formation’s attacks had been arranged beforehand, not directed at them in person.
• Xuan Yuanjun said Jiang Hengdao was gathering the Ancient World’s spiritual energy in the formation at the Creation Sect to break the barrier between the two worlds.
• Dark clouds, lightning, wind, and rain spread across the Ancient World as its spiritual energy surged toward the Desolate Domain.
• The Vortex Grand Formation continued to expand, increasing the strain on the small inscribed formation and steadily consuming the group’s true qi.
• An unusual aura spread through the Vortex Grand Formation and suppressed the group’s internal power, reducing the true qi they could channel into their formation.

Jiang Hengdao’s grand formation widened the passage between the Ancient World and Another Realm, allowing the Otherworldly Aura to suppress those trapped inside and threaten people outside. Huang Xiao and his companions prepared to attack Jiang Hengdao when the formation collapsed, while Zhao Yunhui warned that the aura had already reached the Vortex Grand Formation at sea.

• Xuan Yuanjun explained that a crack had opened between the two realms but the barrier had not yet been completely broken, as the Small Inscribed Formation shook under the growing suppression of their internal power.
• Huang Xiao and his companions waited outside the Creation Sect as Jiang Hengdao’s formation drained the surrounding Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth and stirred their blood and qi.
• Zhao Yunhui explained that the grand formation would collapse after it opened the passage, and Huo Lian and Ao Zhen urged everyone to attack Jiang Hengdao at that moment.
• Zhao Yunhui told Zuo Qiu Shu that the Otherworldly Aura had already been transmitted to the Vortex Grand Formation, though she insisted Senior Xuanyuan and the others could hold out.
• Demon Phoenix appeared before Huang Xiao and the others and said the aura felt comfortable, prompting Baili Zhen to question why it did not suppress him.

The group discovered that the otherworldly aura weakened some Divine Weapons but restored and strengthened those whose souls came from that world, giving them hope against Jiang Hengdao. They watched his Cross-Realm Grand Formation and learned it would eventually fail from its enormous energy consumption, though they could not predict when.

• Demon Phoenix revealed that the Supreme Demon Saber’s might had been suppressed by the aura, while the other Divine Weapons were recovering.
• A Zhu Family expert explained that the aura affected the Supreme Demon Saber because its soul was nurtured in this world, while the souls of the other peerless Divine Weapons came from the other world.
• Demon Phoenix returned to communicate with the Divine Weapons as their power continued to grow, and Huang Xiao urged everyone to recover their strength for the fight against Jiang Hengdao.
• Huo Lian and Zhao Yunhui warned that they could not detect the formation’s collapse in advance, but said its immense consumption meant it could not last long.
• Ao Zhen and the others took heart from the possibility that Jiang Hengdao would suffer backlash when his formation broke apart.