Arc 61The Jade Slip and the Phoenix
Huang Xiao survived a succession of battles over the Jade Slip, relying on his new flame-refined true qi before the Masked Old Man claimed him as a disciple of the Heavenly Demon Hall. The arc ended with Demon Phoenix battling Jiang Wei and the Heavenly Evil Sect beside the lava lake.
- Huang Xiao killed Jia Kong and several attackers, then crippled Xiang Guiqing before Elder Gu took Xiang Guiqing’s Jade Slip.
- Yue Cheng and Yin Huju arrived to aid Huang Xiao, but more factions targeted him for his Jade Slip and he fought Hu Kelie, Yong Xing, and Xiang Guiqing.
- Sword God Yi challenged Huang Xiao, wounded him badly, and drove him to draw on Flame Essence to refine his true qi.
- Wang Jiu arrived and killed Sword Pavilion experts while Huang Xiao and Fan Zhongkun escaped, but a God-Burying Hall elder soon demanded Inugami from Fan Zhongkun.
- The Masked Old Man stopped the Demon Hall elders, revealed that he was the former Hall Master, and declared Huang Xiao one of his disciples.
- The Masked Old Man instructed Huang Xiao to refine his true qi in secret, took the Minghong Saber for safekeeping, and brought Demon Phoenix to the lava lake to absorb Flame Essence.
- The Masked Old Man argued that the Ancient Evil Blades belonged to the Three Great Evil Dao Lineages, while Demon Phoenix summoned a magma phoenix against the crowd.
- Demon Phoenix used the magma phoenix to kill Heavenly Evil Sect experts, then attacked Jiang Wei as the Masked Old Man told Wang Jiu not to intervene.