Recaps

Wei Yidao gave Huang Xiao the tenth- and eleventh-stage Heavenly Demon Skill manuals and told him he could earn the twelfth stage by proving himself as a candidate for Hall Master. With the succession struggle expected in about five years, Huang Xiao left to see his new residence and the mysterious treasure waiting there.

• Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao that he would withhold the twelfth stage until Huang Xiao proved himself worthy to succeed him as Hall Master.
• Wei Yidao explained that Huang Xiao would likely face Pang Yi in a deadly contest, and that the Hall Master succession was expected in roughly five years.
• Huang Xiao found the tenth-stage manual filled with verified insights from past Hall Masters and learned Wei Yidao would personally answer his cultivation questions every six months.
• Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao that mastering the tenth and eleventh stages could bring him to the martial and enlightenment realms, then sent him to his new residence to discover a treasure suited to demonic cultivation.
• Yue Cheng and Yin Huju escorted Huang Xiao from the Main Hall after collecting their rewards, and they looked puzzled when Huang Xiao asked whether they knew about the treasure.

Huang Xiao moved into a residence once used by Wei Yidao and learned that the mysterious treasure prepared for him was a replica of the Supreme Demon Wall. He was granted access to a treasure previously reserved for the Hall Master, and the chapter ended as he learned of its exclusive importance.

• Yue Cheng and Yin Huju brought Huang Xiao to his new mountain-top residence and hinted that the Hall Master had prepared an extraordinary treasure for him.
• Huang Xiao learned that Elder Qin Lu was an Enlightenment Realm expert and met him in the residence’s quiet chamber.
• Qin Lu revealed a stone tablet covered by golden-yellow silk, which Huang Xiao recognized as resembling the Supreme Demon Wall.
• Qin Lu explained that the tablet was a replica wall containing Demonic Qi sealed by a formation, allowing demonic arts to be cultivated more effectively.
• Qin Lu told Huang Xiao that only Wei Yidao had been permitted to use the replica wall before Huang Xiao was granted access.

Huang Xiao received a Replica Wall and learned to release and seal its supreme demonic qi, which stirred the heavenly demon true qi left in his dantian by the Masked Old Man. As he cultivated to consolidate his new Void Martial Realm, he discovered that his heart fire might now affect the supreme demonic qi.

• Qin Lu explained that Huang Xiao's Replica Wall held the richest supply of supreme demonic qi among the Three Great Halls' replicas and taught him how to operate its formation.
• When the wall released its demonic qi, Huang Xiao sensed the Masked Old Man's heavenly demon true qi stirring in his dantian, then shut the formation by tapping its nine points in reverse order.
• Yue Cheng and Yin Huju discussed whether the God-Burying Hall might give Pang Yi access to the Main Hall's Replica Walls, but Huang Xiao chose to cultivate while waiting for the spirit-gathering formation.
• Huang Xiao reopened the Replica Wall and realized that the Masked Old Man's heavenly demon true qi shared an aura with the supreme demonic qi, prompting him to suspect a connection to the previous Hall Master.
• Huang Xiao used the supreme demonic qi to refine his heavenly demon true qi and, as his heart fire flared, sensed that it could affect the supreme demonic qi.

Huang Xiao discovered that his heart fire could separate the Previous Hall Master's essence blood aura from Supreme Demonic Qi, reversing its refinement, but he initially lacked the strength to refine the weakened qi. When the foreign aura entered his heart and intensified his heart fire, he finally began refining the remaining strand of Supreme Demonic Qi, though the process stopped when his fire ran out.

• Huang Xiao isolated the Supreme Demonic Qi in his meridians and used his heart fire to draw the Previous Hall Master's essence blood aura out of it, weakening the qi and reversing its refinement.
• Huang Xiao realized he might use heart fire to undo an opponent's refined true qi, but judged that he lacked the strength and speed to do so in battle.
• Huang Xiao dispersed most of the Supreme Demonic Qi but kept the weakened strand, then tried and failed to refine it with his existing heart fire.
• The foreign essence blood aura escaped into Huang Xiao's flesh and flowed into his heart, where it was consumed with his own aura to ignite a much stronger heart fire.
• Huang Xiao directed the stronger fire at the remaining Supreme Demonic Qi and began refining it, but the process stopped when the heart fire was exhausted.

Huang Xiao refined a small trace of Supreme Demonic Qi, cultivated with the Replica Wall, and received an Imitation Saber before seeking guidance on his saber techniques. Yue Cheng demonstrated the gap between them in a spar, leaving Huang Xiao shaken but with new insight.

• Huang Xiao refined a tenth of the Supreme Demonic Qi, stored it in his dantian, and continued cultivating until his one-day use of the Replica Wall ended.
• Huang Xiao obtained an Enlightenment Realm Imitation Saber and learned that Pang Yi had mastered the Sixth Form of the God-Burying Demon Saber Technique.
• Yue Cheng took Huang Xiao to the rear Martial Arts Arena and asked him to demonstrate the Fifth Form of the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber Techniques.
• Huang Xiao attacked Yue Cheng, who blocked him with the Fourth Form and sent him staggering back with a light saber tap.
• Huang Xiao acknowledged that he was far too lacking, while recognizing that Yue Cheng's demonstration had given him considerable insight.

Huang Xiao accepted Yue Cheng’s plan to rebuild his saber foundations through half a month of intensive training with a uniquely heavy saber. After the elders left, he tried wielding it with only one-tenth of his internal power, and its weight immediately forced him to struggle to lift it.

• Yin Huju and Yue Cheng advised Huang Xiao to consolidate the first five forms rather than pursue the Sixth Form, and Yue Cheng offered to train him for half a month.
• Yue Cheng gave Huang Xiao a black saber forged from ten-thousand-weight iron and inscribed with a Weight-Increasing Formation.
• Yin Huju explained that the saber had been left by the previous Hall Master and was intended to strengthen the wielder through long-term practice.
• Yue Cheng required Huang Xiao to use the saber for an hour within half a month, allowing him only one-tenth of his internal power.
• After Yin Huju and Yue Cheng left, Huang Xiao reduced his internal power and tried to lift the saber, but its tip crashed to the ground before he laboriously raised it.

Huang Xiao struggled to train with the heavy saber and used Vitality Recovery Pills to restore his strength. Yin Huju warned him against relying on the pills, and Huang Xiao realized he needed to persevere without them as he continued preparing to meet Yue Cheng’s half-month standard.

• Huang Xiao found that his depleted internal power left him unable to perform the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber Techniques properly with the heavy saber.
• A disciple delivered Vitality Recovery Pills from Yue Cheng, and Huang Xiao swallowed one to quickly restore his strength.
• Huang Xiao switched to repeated basic downward saber swings and took five pills as he trained for more than five shichen.
• Huang Xiao went to ask Yin Huju how many pills he could safely take, hoping to increase his daily dose.
• Yin Huju told Huang Xiao that four pills was the maximum for him and explained that the pills were a temptation meant to teach him perseverance rather than dependence.
• Huang Xiao understood Yin Huju’s guidance, thanked him, and resolved not to rely on the pills.

Huang Xiao trained to resist relying on recovery pills and learned from Yin Huju how to coordinate his saber swings and breathing. After returning to his quarters to bathe, he rejected Chao Lingyi’s attempt to seduce him, but let her help him dress and sent her to order food.

• Huang Xiao refused to depend on the Origin-Returning Pills and accepted Yin Huju’s advice to use no more than one a day.
• Yin Huju showed Huang Xiao how to synchronize his saber’s angle, speed, force, and his breathing, and Huang Xiao practiced the technique.
• Huang Xiao returned to his bedroom to bathe and relax, while maidservants replenished the hot water.
• Chao Lingyi approached Huang Xiao, who seized her hands and told her he knew what she wanted but was not Chao Jue.
• Chao Lingyi cried, then helped Huang Xiao dry and dress after he got out of the bath.
• Huang Xiao asked Chao Lingyi to have the kitchen prepare food and wine, and she hurried off to carry out his order.

Chao Lingyi received a secret order from her father’s people to get close to Huang Xiao and investigate him, but she concealed the message until she chose to reveal it. Huang Xiao learned that the infiltrators were from outside the Demon Hall and demanded an explanation.

• Chao Lingyi met a maidservant in a secluded garden and received a hidden message from her father’s people.
• Chao Lingyi revealed that the message ordered her to get close to Huang Xiao and investigate him, then hid the paper instead of burning it.
• Chao Lingyi served Huang Xiao a meal, and he warned her not to flaunt their supposed intimacy or scheme against him.
• Chao Lingyi insisted she had despised Chao Jue, then admitted she had committed a capital offense and showed Huang Xiao the message.
• Huang Xiao asked whether the infiltrators came from the God-Burying Hall or the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, and Chao Lingyi said they were not from the Demon Hall.

Huang Xiao questioned Chao Lingyi after she revealed that the Mixed Demon Sect had ordered her to investigate him. Chao Lingyi explained her resentment toward the sect and suspected it had gained the God-Burying Hall’s backing, leaving Huang Xiao to consider the danger of its scheme.

• Huang Xiao questioned Chao Lingyi, who admitted the Mixed Demon Sect had ordered her to get close to him and report on his training, strength, and cultivation.
• Chao Lingyi told Huang Xiao that the order might have come from her father and uncles, since her grandfather Chao Hun had been mysteriously absent from the sect for decades.
• Chao Lingyi urged Huang Xiao to report the Mixed Demon Sect to Wei Yidao, then described how its members had abducted and abused her mother, who died after years of torment.
• Chao Lingyi explained that she had been sent to serve Chao Jue, resisted his advances, and feared being returned to the Mixed Demon Sect after his death.
• Chao Lingyi said the Mixed Demon Sect had found a new backer, and Huang Xiao reasoned that it was likely the God-Burying Hall, which could protect the sect while it spied on him.

Huang Xiao explained why the Heavenly Demon Hall would not destroy the Mixed Demon Sect over its allegiance to the God-Burying Hall, then promised to seek justice if he became Hall Master. Meanwhile, Li Bai secretly entered Bishui Palace and confronted Pei Lingsha, leaving their reunion tense.

• Huang Xiao told Chao Lingyi that the Mixed Demon Sect would face a penalty but would not be wiped out, and he could not help her with it yet.
• Chao Lingyi asked Huang Xiao to promise to destroy the Mixed Demon Sect in the future, and he agreed if he became Hall Master.
• Huang Xiao told Chao Lingyi to stop using seductive tricks and focus on her duties as a maidservant, then devoted himself to consolidating his Heavenly Demon Demon Saber Techniques.
• Li Bai evaded Bishui Palace's guards and formations and reached the secluded courtyard where Zhangsun Youyue was practicing swordsmanship.
• Pei Lingsha concealed Zhangsun Youyue in a formation, then confronted Li Bai and cut off a lock of his hair when he entered her chamber.
• Li Bai addressed Pei Lingsha as his junior sister and said urgent circumstances had brought him to Bishui Palace to discuss an important matter.

Li Bai visited Pei Lingsha at Bishui Palace to discuss the changes in the mystic domains and reveal that a former Demon Hall Master was still alive. Pei Lingsha feared the coming Thousand-Year Period could bring two Demon Hall Masters and wondered whether the Demon Hall had deliberately spared its enemies in past conflicts.

• Pei Lingsha confronted Li Bai for sneaking into Bishui Palace, then put away Moye and spoke with him privately.
• Li Bai and Pei Lingsha discussed how the Penglai and Bishui Mystic Domains had both changed after the Longevity Death Formation was broken, along with changes to Moye and the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss.
• Li Bai revealed that his patriarch had confirmed the previous Demon Hall Master was alive, and said he had personally seen him in Chaotic Province.
• Pei Lingsha recalled how the Demon Hall's past assault had devastated Bishui Palace and other great powers, while the Sword Pavilion later rose under Leng Guhan.
• Li Bai and Pei Lingsha worried about the coming Thousand-Year Period, especially the possibility that the injured former Demon Hall Master could join the new Hall Master.
• Pei Lingsha urged preparation for the worst and questioned whether the Demon Hall had deliberately left survivors after its nine previous victories.

Li Bai discovered that Huang Xiao’s Seventh Form of Transcendent Immortal Swordsmanship shared the lineage of his own, leading him and Pei Lingsha to acknowledge that they came from the same place. The chapter ended with Li Bai asking Pei Lingsha to explain Huang Xiao’s connection to the Heavenly Demon Hall.

• Li Bai and Pei Lingsha discussed the Demon Hall’s plans, the younger generation, and Li Chaoxun’s unsettled temperament.
• Pei Lingsha told Li Bai that Huang Xiao had taught Zhangsun Youyue the Seventh Form of Transcendent Immortal Swordsmanship, which Li Bai had not taught to anyone.
• Li Bai asked Zhangsun Youyue to demonstrate the Seventh Form and recognized that it shared the lineage of his swordsmanship.
• After Zhangsun Youyue left, Pei Lingsha revealed that she had guessed Li Bai and the Patriarch came from the same place, and Li Bai confirmed it.
• Li Bai recognized Huang Xiao’s name and asked Pei Lingsha to explain the young man’s connection to the Heavenly Demon Hall.

Li Bai told Pei Lingsha that only four outsiders had crossed into the Martial World in over a thousand years, including Huo Lian and the unnamed boy. He explained how Huo Lian became Demon Hall Master and suggested that Huo Lian’s injury and long absence had weakened his influence, leaving Pang Ji dominant within the Demon Hall.

• Li Bai told Pei Lingsha that crossing into the Martial World was extremely difficult and that the boy made four outsiders in over a thousand years.
• Pei Lingsha realized that Huo Lian had been the other outsider who arrived around the same time as Li Bai’s Patriarch.
• Li Bai explained that Huo Lian had replaced the Heavenly Demon Hall’s candidate, Pang Ji, and won the contest for Demon Hall Master.
• Pei Lingsha and Li Bai discussed how Pang Ji’s past defeat and the new age restrictions could help Pang Yi become the next Hall Master.
• Pei Lingsha wondered whether Huo Lian’s survival threatened Pang Ji, and Li Bai said Huo Lian seemed distant from the Demon Hall and had lost influence while injured.

Li Bai explained to Pei Lingsha that Huang Xiao had reached the Martial World through an ancient Grand Formation whose formation eye was his broken saber, which might be connected to the Demon Hall's Supreme Demon Saber. They concluded Huang Xiao was now inside the Heavenly Demon Hall, where the contest for Hall Master could decide whether he emerged at all.

• Pei Lingsha and Li Bai discussed how the Demon Hall trusted outsiders like Huo Lian, unlike other sects.
• Li Bai said Huang Xiao must have entered the Martial World through a route other than reaching the Martial Realm and likely learned the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber Techniques from the Heavenly Demon Hall.
• Li Bai revealed that Huang Xiao's rust-covered broken saber had been the formation eye of an ancient Grand Formation that brought him to the Martial World.
• Pei Lingsha wondered whether Huang Xiao's saber was the missing Supreme Demon Saber, but Li Bai said Huo Lian could not have returned to their former world and the formation was far older than Huo Lian's time there.
• Li Bai suggested Huang Xiao's saber might be more than an imitation and could be connected to the genuine Supreme Demon Saber.
• Pei Lingsha proposed having Huang Xiao captured, but Li Bai warned that he was inside the Heavenly Demon Hall and might not emerge until the contest for Hall Master ended.

Li Bai and Pei Lingsha discussed how to draw Huang Xiao and the Demon Hall’s other candidates into another contest, and Li Bai planned to persuade Leng Guhan to arrange a younger-generation competition for the Jade Slips. They also considered Huo Lian’s danger as the Thousand-Year Period approached, then turned to Chao Xun, Huang Xiao, and Youyue’s uncertain relationship.

• Pei Lingsha urged Li Bai to find a way to lure Huang Xiao out, and Li Bai proposed watching the Demon Hall’s next move and tracking Liu Chongming, who possessed a Jade Slip.
• Li Bai planned to visit the Sword Pavilion and persuade Leng Guhan to arrange a contest for the Longevity Pill Manual’s Jade Slips, giving the Demon Hall a reason to send its candidates out.
• Li Bai explained that Huo Lian was seeking a route home, and he and Pei Lingsha reasoned that Pang Ji’s new Hall Master might view the former Hall Master as a threat.
• Pei Lingsha speculated that Huang Xiao might upset Pang Yi’s succession just as Huo Lian had once displaced Pang Ji, but Li Bai doubted the comparison.
• Li Bai said he would meet Chao Xun, who had been training hard after encountering other young experts, while Pei Lingsha worried that Huang Xiao might complicate Chao Xun and Youyue’s relationship.

Li Bai agreed to deal with Huang Xiao, then visited Bishui Palace publicly and was welcomed by its Palace Master. Zhangsun Youyue was summoned from confinement to meet him, where Li Chaoxun and the palace disciples had also gathered.

• Pei Lingsha argued that Huang Xiao, as a member of the Demon Hall, should be captured and killed, and Li Bai agreed to handle him himself.
• Li Bai decided to visit the Sword Pavilion the next day, then embraced Pei Lingsha and carried her into her bedroom.
• Five days later, Zhangsun Youyue waited under confinement at her residence, hoping Senior Li's arrival would help her regain her freedom.
• Xiao Qing told Zhangsun Youyue that Li Bai had publicly visited Bishui Palace, and Pei Yi soon arrived to escort Zhangsun Youyue to meet him.
• Zhangsun Youyue and Pei Yi entered the main hall, where Li Bai sat with the Palace Master and Li Chaoxun listened to his instructions.

Bishui Palace prepared to trade its Jade Slip of the Longevity Pill Manual to the Sword Pavilion and seek Liu Chongming’s Jade Slip in a contest restricted to younger disciples. The Palace Master appointed newly advanced Li Chaoxun to lead Bishui Palace’s team, while Li Bai and Pei Lingsha’s separate plan to obtain Huang Xiao’s broken saber remained unknown to the others.

• The Palace Master introduced Li Bai as the Three Immortal Mountains’ representative for coordinating against the Demon Hall’s approaching thousand-year period.
• The Palace Master announced that Bishui Palace would hand its Jade Slip to the Sword Pavilion in exchange for an agreement allowing younger disciples to compete, and ordered the palace to pursue Liu Chongming’s Jade Slip.
• Li Bai and Pei Lingsha planned to exchange the Jade Slip arrangement for Huang Xiao’s broken saber, unaware that Huo Lian had already taken Huang Xiao’s Minghong Saber.
• The Palace Master named Li Chaoxun to lead Bishui Palace’s disciples in the contest and revealed that he had advanced to the Void Martial Realm.
• Li Chaoxun asked whether the contest would exclude experts above the Void Martial Realm, and the Palace Master confirmed that mostly half-step Martial Realm and Void Martial Realm disciples would compete after the factions finalized the rules in about a month.

Zhangsun Youyue was given one month to reach Li Chaoxun’s former strength, and Li Bai agreed to train her. Meanwhile, Huang Xiao showed major progress with the heavy saber, but Yue Cheng disarmed him during their sparring match.

• Zhangsun Youyue interrupted the Palace Master and vowed to break through, prompting the Palace Master to set a one-month strength test and threaten five years of solitary confinement if she failed.
• Li Chaoxun and others appealed for Zhangsun Youyue, and Li Bai offered to guide her and other young Bishui Palace disciples for a month.
• Zhangsun Youyue thanked Li Chaoxun for his support and resolved to use Li Bai’s Transcendent Immortal Swordsmanship to find a breakthrough.
• Huang Xiao fought Yue Cheng with the Ten-Thousand-Catty Iron Heavy Saber, demonstrating how much he had improved in half a month.
• Huang Xiao evaded Yue Cheng’s fifth-form strike and counterattacked, but Yue Cheng caught the heavy saber with his left hand and sent it flying into the arena floor.

Huang Xiao completed consolidating the first five forms after half a month of training, impressing Yue Cheng and Yin Huju with his perseverance and saber insight. He began preparing to learn the Sixth Form, aiming to master it within ten days, while Chao Lingyi continued helping him recover.

• Huang Xiao finished consolidating the first five forms with six Vitality Recovery Pills left, and Yue Cheng acknowledged his progress before leaving after their sparring match.
• Yin Huju asked about Huang Xiao's final saber strike, and Huang Xiao explained that he had spotted a small mistake in Yue Cheng's technique while Yue Cheng suppressed his strength.
• Huang Xiao told Yin Huju that he expected to master the Sixth Form within half a month at most, and Yin Huju predicted he could do it in ten days.
• Huang Xiao continued practicing with the heavy saber after Yin Huju left, then accepted a massage from Chao Lingyi.
• Huang Xiao thanked Chao Lingyi for her help over the past half month and offered her a towel as she finished the massage.

Huang Xiao learned that Lou Feishang had used the Void Transformation Pill to temporarily reach the Void Martial Realm, risking his foundation for a chance at a true breakthrough. At the Heavenly Demon Hall, Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao that the Main Hall had issued an order and revealed that Pang Yi had become the Hall Master of the Yi Demon Hall.

• Chao Lingyi asked Huang Xiao whether he could begin practicing the Sixth Form, and he said he would continue strengthening his earlier forms.
• Yin Huju summoned Huang Xiao to meet Wei Yidao and told him that Lou Feishang had temporarily reached the Void Martial Realm using the forbidden Void Transformation Pill.
• Yin Huju explained that the pill could either let Lou Feishang stabilize a true breakthrough or leave him with weakened internal power and a ruined future.
• Huang Xiao and Yin Huju arrived at the Main Hall, where Wei Yidao praised Huang Xiao’s improved strength and said the Main Hall had sent an order concerning him.
• Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao that Pang Yi had become the Hall Master of the Yi Demon Hall, leaving Huang Xiao confused about what that hall was.

Wei Yidao established three new halls beneath the Three Great Halls and named Huang Xiao the master of Free and Easy Hall. He then ordered Huang Xiao to compete for Liu Chongming’s Jade Slip under an agreement that barred experts above the Void Martial Realm, while Yin Huju objected to Huang Xiao leaving so soon.

• Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao that Pang Yi and Lou Feishang had become masters of newly established halls and offered Huang Xiao the same role.
• Huang Xiao rejected the name Xiao Demon Hall and chose Free and Easy Hall, which Wei Yidao approved.
• Wei Yidao assigned Yin Huju and Yue Cheng to establish Free and Easy Hall, with its membership still undecided.
• Wei Yidao ordered Huang Xiao to compete for the Jade Slip held by Liu Chongming and explained that experts above the Void Martial Realm would be barred from interfering.
• Wei Yidao said Huang Xiao would set out within days, and Yin Huju protested that sending him away so soon could limit his growth.

Huang Xiao agreed to leave the Heavenly Demon Hall and pursue the upcoming contest, while Wei Yidao arranged protection and discussed the Mixed Demon Sect’s betrayal with him. Wei Yidao gave Huang Xiao the Heavenly Demon Order to collect supreme-grade Demon Spirit Armor as he prepared to depart.

• Yin Huju argued that Huang Xiao should stay in the Heavenly Demon Hall, but Huang Xiao accepted Wei Yidao’s decision to send him away and explained that he wanted to avoid relying too heavily on resources.
• Wei Yidao said Huang Xiao would leave for part of the next five years, ordered Qin Lu to protect him secretly, and assigned Yin Huju and Yue Cheng to guard him openly.
• Wei Yidao urged Huang Xiao to contend with Pang Yi, Sword God Yi, and Li Chaoxun for recognition as the leading young expert, and Huang Xiao agreed to challenge them.
• After Yin Huju left, Huang Xiao told Wei Yidao what Chao Lingyi had revealed about the Mixed Demon Sect, and Wei Yidao confirmed that he already knew of its betrayal.
• Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao to keep Chao Lingyi’s allegiance secret and gave him the Heavenly Demon Order to collect a piece of supreme-grade Demon Spirit Armor.

Huang Xiao learned that the Hall Master had granted him top-grade Demon Spirit Armor and went with Yin Huju to collect it from the Thousand Treasures Pavilion. There, Yin Huju challenged Liu Chen and Lu Yi over Lu Yi’s visit and the bundle he was carrying.

• Yin Huju explained that top-grade Demon Spirit Armor was a rare treasure, usually reserved for Enlightenment Realm experts, and that Liu Chen only had temporary use of one piece.
• Qin Lu learned that Huang Xiao had been granted top-grade Demon Spirit Armor and reacted with surprise before advising him to keep working hard.
• Huang Xiao and Yin Huju reached the Thousand Treasures Pavilion, where they encountered Liu Chen and Lu Yi, a Regent Elder from the God-Burying Hall.
• Yin Huju demanded that Lu Yi show written authorization to visit the pavilion and prove that the bundle he carried could be removed under its rules.

Yin Huju challenged Lu Yi over his visit to the Heavenly Demon Hall, but Lu Yi showed his God-Burying Order and left after arguing that he had followed the proper procedure. Huang Xiao then used his Heavenly Demon Order to claim a supreme-grade Demon Spirit Armor, leaving Liu Chen visibly shaken as he led them into the Nine-Story Pavilion.

• Yin Huju blocked Lu Yi and questioned his authority to take a treasure from the Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
• Lu Yi showed his God-Burying Order and said he had registered his visit; Liu Chen confirmed he had allowed Lu Yi inside.
• Lu Yi taunted Huang Xiao about Chao Jue before leaving, while Liu Chen offered to escort Yin Huju and Huang Xiao to select treasures.
• Yin Huju revealed that the Hall Master had ordered Enlightenment Realm treasures for Huang Xiao, and Huang Xiao showed his Heavenly Demon Order as proof.
• Liu Chen escorted Huang Xiao and Yin Huju into the Nine-Story Pavilion, where Huang Xiao requested supreme-grade Demon Spirit Armor.
• Liu Chen's expression changed sharply at the request, and he struggled to respond.