Recaps

Eldest Brother explained the history of the Soaring Immortal Grass and how the Demon Hall and Imperial Remnant Manor attacked the Divine Beast Holy Land. He began recounting the slaughter of their ancestors, leaving the painful history unfinished.

• Eldest Brother said Senior Immortal Alchemist had used an unripe Soaring Immortal Fruit to refine a Longevity Pill and gained his alchemical mastery from the Longevity and Imperishability Scripture.
• Eldest Brother explained that Senior Immortal Alchemist sealed the Soaring Immortal Land and planned to water the Soaring Immortal Grass with spiritual liquid made from dragon qi.
• Eldest Brother said the First Demon Hall Master cut off the dragon vein qi, then later loosened the seal only enough to let a little qi reach the Soaring Immortal Grass.
• Eldest Brother told his siblings the grass needed about ten thousand years to ripen and that the land's seal would open when it ripened.
• Eldest Brother began describing how the First Hall Master of the Demon Hall and the Manor Lord of Imperial Remnant Manor led an assault that killed countless of their forebears.

Eldest Brother revealed that their forebears surrendered to the Demon Hall and Imperial Remnant Manor ten thousand years earlier to save the Divine Beast Holy Land’s younger generations. After Eldest Brother revived Hong Yi, the four brothers and sisters prepared to question him about the outside world.

• Eldest Brother told Second Brother, Third Brother, and Fourth Younger Sister that their forebears at the Shattering-Void Realm or above were taken by the Demon Hall and Imperial Remnant Manor as the price of peace.
• Third Brother and Fourth Younger Sister swore revenge, while Second Brother urged caution and Eldest Brother warned that the Dragon Vein Qi and the Soaring Immortal Grass could herald a new age of conflict.
• The four siblings debated Hong Yi’s fate and agreed to keep him alive so they could learn what had happened outside the Divine Beast Holy Land.
• Eldest Brother used his Dragon Qi to calm the turbulent energy in Hong Yi’s meridians and wake him.
• Hong Yi awoke among the four strangers, realized his true qi was sealed despite remaining in his Dantian, and struggled to understand where he was.

Hong Yi told the four clan chiefs what he knew about the Demon Hall and its coming Thousand-Year Period. A disturbance then brought Demon Phoenix’s parents before the chiefs after they were pulled into the formation and captured.

• Hong Yi woke on a jade bed, unable to move or use his internal power, and told the four seniors that he knew little about the outside world.
• At the eldest brother’s prompting, Hong Yi explained the Demon Hall, the previous Demon Hall Master’s survival, and the coming Thousand-Year Period.
• A crash outside interrupted the conversation, and the four seniors left Hong Yi behind to investigate.
• The four revealed themselves as the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Clan Chiefs and calmed the agitated divine beasts while they awaited news.
• Two divine beasts brought Demon Phoenix’s parents before the clan chiefs after the pair had triggered the formation and been captured.
• The First Clan Chief ordered the guards to let the phoenixes stand and asked that they be treated without force.

Demon Phoenix's parents reached the Divine Beast Holy Land and learned that the formation had loosened but still could not be crossed from inside. After revealing that humans had imprisoned them and drained their essence blood, they learned from the Fourth Clan Chief that their damage was permanent and could not be healed.

• Demon Phoenix's parents told the Fourth Clan Chief that they had entered through the formation by accident, and the First Clan Chief said it had loosened but still would not let the divine beasts leave.
• Male Phoenix explained that he and Female Phoenix had come searching for the legendary Divine Beast Holy Land, and the gathered divine beasts confirmed they had found it.
• The Fourth Clan Chief noticed that Demon Phoenix's parents' essence blood was almost exhausted and asked them to assume human form.
• Male Phoenix said humans had imprisoned them for nearly a thousand years and extracted their essence blood, prompting the divine beasts and the Fourth Clan Chief to condemn their tormentors.
• The Fourth Clan Chief examined the pair and told the First Clan Chief and Second Clan Chief that their depleted essence blood had caused permanent damage and could not be restored.

Male Phoenix and Female Phoenix told the Four Clan Chiefs that they had sought the Divine Beast Holy Land to save their child, Demon Phoenix, from Huo Lian. Huo Lian revealed that he had secretly followed them there and claimed he had paved the way for Demon Phoenix, leaving his parents uncertain whether to trust him as the Third Clan Chief moved to attack.

• Male Phoenix told the Four Clan Chiefs that the Demon Hall and Imperial Remnant Manor had imprisoned him and Female Phoenix, and Female Phoenix explained that they had sought help for their child.
• The First Clan Chief sensed an outsider nearby and called for him to show himself.
• Huo Lian appeared, and Male Phoenix and Female Phoenix recognized him as the former Demon Hall Master who had followed them.
• Huo Lian said he had used the phoenixes to find the Divine Beast Holy Land and offered to spare Demon Phoenix if his parents obeyed him.
• The Third Clan Chief challenged Huo Lian, but the First Clan Chief ordered his younger brother to stand down.

Huo Lian met with the Four Clan Chiefs and revealed that he had come seeking the Soaring Immortal Grass. The First Clan Chief explained that the Demon Hall’s First Hall Master had cut off the Dragon Vein Qi that nourished it, leaving its growth uncertain.

• The First Clan Chief stopped the Third Clan Chief from confronting Huo Lian and dismissed the surrounding Divine Beasts.
• Huo Lian asked to be treated as a guest, so the First Clan Chief took the head seat and welcomed him into the mountain cave.
• Huo Lian confirmed that he wanted the Soaring Immortal Grass and Soaring Immortal Fruit, which he believed could help someone attain the Dao and become an immortal.
• The First Clan Chief explained that the Immortal Alchemist’s seal remained intact and that the Demon Hall’s First Hall Master had cut off most of the Dragon Vein Qi that nourished the grass.
• Huo Lian said he would have removed Dragon Fang earlier if he had known it was obstructing the Dragon Qi, and the First Clan Chief realized that Huo Lian had undone the seal on the Ancestors’ resting place.

Huo Lian demanded that the divine beasts take him to the Soaring Immortal Land, suspecting they had hidden the Soaring Immortal Grass and Fruit. When the clan chiefs resisted, he threatened to kill them all, and the four chiefs rose against him in anger.

• Huo Lian concluded that the First Hall Master had kept the Dragon Burial Ground's connection to the Soaring Immortal Grass secret to protect the dragon vein qi.
• The First Clan Chief explained that the Soaring Immortal Land would remain sealed unless the Soaring Immortal Fruit ripened and its aura reached the land.
• Huo Lian accused the divine beasts of hiding the Soaring Immortal Grass and Fruit and demanded to inspect the Soaring Immortal Land.
• The Third Clan Chief refused, so Huo Lian threatened to return repeatedly until he had slaughtered every divine beast.
• Male Phoenix told the clan chiefs that Huo Lian had once fought several preceding Demon Hall Masters and reclusive experts alone.
• Huo Lian declared that the divine beasts would benefit him alive or dead, prompting all four clan chiefs to stand and glare at him with killing intent.

Huo Lian negotiated with the four divine beast clan chiefs, explaining that they could not escape the formation until the Soaring Immortal Fruit ripened and proposing an alliance for the coming Thousand-Year Period. The eldest clan chief considered Huo Lian’s offer to receive the Soaring Immortal Grass and Fruit, then asked his brothers to trust his decision.

• Huo Lian told the clan chiefs he would spare them only while keeping them alive offered greater benefits, and the eldest agreed to take him to the Soaring Immortal Land.
• Huo Lian explained that the four divine beasts could not escape the formation until the Soaring Immortal Fruit ripened, though outside help might make breaking it possible.
• Huo Lian said he wanted an alliance to survive the Demon Hall’s approaching Thousand-Year Period and demanded the Soaring Immortal Grass and Fruit in exchange for helping the clan.
• The eldest clan chief noted they could ally with the reigning Hall Master instead, but Huo Lian warned that powerful outsiders would treat the divine beasts as treasures, as their forebears had been treated.
• The eldest clan chief considered Huo Lian’s proposal, and his three brothers told him they would accept whatever he decided.

Huo Lian agreed to the First Clan Chief’s revised terms for the Soaring Immortal Grass and Fruit, then headed with the Four Clan Chiefs toward the Soaring Immortal Land. The journey left the story with Huo Lian ready to answer the chiefs’ questions as they approached the forbidden area.

• Huo Lian accepted that the divine beast race would do its utmost to protect the Soaring Immortal Fruit and wait for him, but he would seize it himself if they failed to hold it.
• Female Phoenix realized that she and Male Phoenix could not leave the Divine Beast Holy Land, and Huo Lian promised to look after Demon Phoenix while the Fourth Clan Chief said he would try to extend their lives by a few years.
• The Four Clan Chiefs escorted Huo Lian toward the guarded Soaring Immortal Land as nearby divine beasts wondered who their unfamiliar companion was.
• Huo Lian refused the Third Clan Chief’s attempt to provoke him into testing the formation and learned the walk to the Soaring Immortal Land would take about an hour.
• The First Clan Chief asked Huo Lian about matters from the divine beast race’s past, and Huo Lian agreed to answer what he could.

Huo Lian explained how heartbreak turned the former Manor Lord of Imperial Remnant Manor against the Immortal Alchemist and led her to join forces with the Demon Hall in attacking the Divine Beast Holy Land. He also revealed that the Demon Hall's First Hall Master had survived for ten thousand years using the Imperishability Chapter, while the Longevity Chapter remained missing.

• Huo Lian told the Clan Chiefs that the Manor Lord of Imperial Remnant Manor had once been a righteous cultivator and the Immortal Alchemist's lover, but became a demon after he abandoned her.
• Huo Lian explained that the Manor Lord allied with the Demon Hall's First Hall Master to attack the Divine Beast Holy Land, targeting the people and things connected to the Immortal Alchemist while the First Hall Master sought the Soaring Immortal Grass and Fruit.
• Huo Lian revealed that the Demon Hall's First Hall Master was still alive after ten thousand years, having used methods including Dragon Vein Qi, Divine Beast essence blood, and the Imperishability Chapter.
• Huo Lian said the Demon Hall's First Hall Master had searched unsuccessfully for the Longevity Chapter and had not attacked Imperial Remnant Manor because he knew it was not there.
• The Fourth Clan Chief suggested the Immortal Alchemist might have protected the Manor Lord, but Huo Lian argued that the First Hall Master would have attacked her if he believed she possessed the Longevity Chapter.

Huo Lian and the four clan chiefs reached the formation surrounding the Soaring Immortal Land and found it too difficult to break. Huo Lian considered whether Zhu Fancheng might be able to help, but kept the thought to himself and left the question unresolved.

• Huo Lian told the clan chiefs that his search for the Longevity Chapter had found only the Longevity Pill Manual, leaving him doubtful that the chapter had ever been passed down.
• The Third Clan Chief argued that the divine beasts could avenge their ancestors against the Demon Hall, while Huo Lian said he would rather find a way to stay alive.
• The First Clan Chief led Huo Lian and the others to the vast, mist-shrouded formation surrounding the Soaring Immortal Land.
• Huo Lian compared the formation to the Longevity Death Formation and explained that it had been broken only after generations of formation masters studied it.
• Huo Lian wondered whether Zhu Fancheng might know enough about formations to break the seal, but decided to consider carefully before letting an outsider in.
• Huo Lian told the Second Clan Chief that he knew his limits and could do nothing against a formation like this.

Huo Lian learned that the formation seal in the Soaring Immortal Land remained intact, though the influx of Dragon Vein Qi might hasten the Soaring Immortal Grass’s ripening. Inside the land, Qingfeng saw milky liquid nourish a mysterious plant until it grew a flower bud, while he remained trapped and worried about finding Huang Xiao and the others.

• Huo Lian asked the First Clan Chief whether breaking the Dragon Burial Ground seal had affected the formation seal in the Divine Beast Holy Land, and learned that the Dragon Vein Qi might speed the Soaring Immortal Grass’s ripening.
• Qingfeng watched milky liquid overflow its hollow and flow along a formation-guided route to the flowering plant.
• Qingfeng saw the plant grow lush and tall, then noticed a pale green flower bud releasing a delicate fragrance.
• Qingfeng read more writing about someone who had severed the mortal world and all affections, but rejected that path because he still valued his bonds with others.
• Qingfeng wondered how he could escape and find Huang Xiao and the others, then felt comforted by the plant and returned to meditation.

Huang Xiao warned Demon Phoenix to stop tempering his body with supreme demonic qi because its aura still escaped uncontrollably. He proposed using Demon Phoenix’s refined flames to refine the aura, and Demon Phoenix prepared to try the method but seemed to need more Heart Fire.

• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix continued cultivating beside the pool, but Huang Xiao still could not control thirty percent of the supreme demonic qi.
• Huang Xiao noticed that Demon Phoenix’s black feathers had grown back, then warned him that the demonic qi aura leaking from his body could draw attention and might harm him.
• Huang Xiao insisted that Demon Phoenix stop tempering his body until he could conceal the aura, and Demon Phoenix reluctantly agreed.
• Huang Xiao proposed that Demon Phoenix use his refined flames to refine the escaping demonic qi aura, and Demon Phoenix eagerly agreed to try.
• Demon Phoenix looked embarrassed, and Huang Xiao realized he did not have enough Heart Fire.

Huang Xiao repeatedly kindled his Heart Fire to help Demon Phoenix refine his flames and control the Demonic Qi aura left by body tempering. Demon Phoenix gained control over his tempered body and felt that Entering Dao Realm strength was within reach.

• Demon Phoenix told Huang Xiao that the Heart Fire he had supplied was nearly used up, and Huang Xiao explained that he could not teach him how to kindle Heart Fire of his own.
• Huang Xiao let Demon Phoenix sense the process as he repeatedly kindled Heart Fire and supplied it to refine Demon Phoenix's flames.
• Demon Phoenix used his refined flames to burn and conceal the Demonic Qi aura leaking from his body, bringing it under control despite consuming most of his refined flames.
• Huang Xiao said he had reached a cultivation bottleneck and hoped for an enlightenment that would let him control three-tenths of the Supreme Demonic Qi.
• Demon Phoenix said controlling the aura made him feel stronger and more comfortable, and he believed Entering Dao Realm strength was near.

Over two months in the pool, Huang Xiao advanced the Demon-Controlling Art to a little over thirty percent while Demon Phoenix grew powerful enough to defeat him. Huo Lian returned earlier than expected, praised Demon Phoenix’s aura control, and found both of them greatly improved.

• Demon Phoenix urged Huang Xiao to exceed thirty percent mastery and advised him to rest after he admitted he was unsure he could fully master the Demon-Controlling Art in time.
• Huang Xiao rested for three days while supplying Demon Phoenix with Heart Fire, and Demon Phoenix’s strength rose rapidly.
• After another half month, Huang Xiao had unleashed a little over thirty percent of the Supreme Demonic Qi’s power, while Demon Phoenix could enter the pool and had become far stronger than Huang Xiao.
• Huang Xiao said he could now handle Chen Mu as he had been, and Demon Phoenix judged his strength to be near the peak of the Enlightenment Realm.
• Huo Lian appeared after two months, sensed their improvements, and praised Demon Phoenix for his perfect control over his aura.

Huo Lian told Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix to leave the Evil Water Region soon, explaining that he would break its formation and announce a contest for its treasures. Huang Xiao faced a new challenge as Huo Lian limited participants to the Entering Dao Realm and warned that some might still defy the rule.

• Huang Xiao told Huo Lian that he had mastered the Demon-Controlling Art, and Demon Phoenix said Huang Xiao could unleash thirty percent of the Supreme Demonic Qi's power.
• Huo Lian praised Huang Xiao's progress but said Pang Yi remained a formidable rival for the Demon Hall Master's Seat.
• Huo Lian said he would break the Evil Water Region's formation and spread news to stir up the Jianghu, prompting Huang Xiao to worry about Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli beneath the region.
• Demon Phoenix worried that powerful old experts would come for the treasures, so Huo Lian set a rule limiting participants to the Entering Dao Realm.
• Huo Lian warned that rule-breakers would die and said the major powers would join forces to hunt down anyone who violated it.

Huo Lian sent Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix out of Mist Mountain, leaving them to return to the Transcendent Immortal Escort Agency and await news. After they escaped the mountain’s dangers, they encountered an old man Huang Xiao recognized.

• Huo Lian told Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix to return to the Transcendent Immortal Escort Agency and wait for news, and instructed Huang Xiao to keep only three wisps of supreme demonic qi.
• Huang Xiao used the excess supreme demonic qi to temper his body, then followed Huo Lian to the outskirts of Mist Mountain.
• Huo Lian left Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix to make their own way out, assuring them that his formation protected both sabers at the agency.
• As they traveled, Huang Xiao told Demon Phoenix that only one of his three remaining wisps was indestructible supreme demonic qi, and they agreed to keep it secret.
• After three dangerous days crossing Mist Mountain, Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix reached its actual outskirts and came face-to-face with an old man Huang Xiao knew.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix met Craftsman God Ou Jin on Mist Mountain, where Ou Jin learned about the major events he had missed while living in seclusion. The chapter ended as Huang Xiao began to reveal why the Patriarch was searching for Ou Jin.

• Demon Phoenix recognized Ou Jin as the Craftsman God, and Ou Jin said he had stayed away from Jianghu while living on Mist Mountain.
• Ou Jin asked whether Huang Xiao had made a name for himself, and Demon Phoenix told him Huang Xiao was a candidate for Demon Hall Master.
• Huang Xiao recounted recent events, including the recovered Three Ancient Evil Blades, which Ou Jin said he wanted to examine alongside Huo Lian's Supreme Demon Saber.
• Huang Xiao told Ou Jin that the Patriarch was also looking for him, then asked whether Ou Jin remembered the saber he had carried when they first met.

Huang Xiao revealed that his Minghong Saber held the soul of the Supreme Demon Saber, while its true blade was with his Patriarch, Huo Lian. Ou Jin agreed to help reunite and reforge the saber, seeing it as a chance to learn from a divine weapon before forging his own.

• Demon Phoenix told Ou Jin that Huang Xiao's saber contained the soul of the Supreme Demon Saber, and Huang Xiao explained that the blade and soul were separated between two sabers.
• Huang Xiao said both sabers were with his Patriarch, Huo Lian, who wanted Ou Jin's help bringing the true Minghong Saber back into the world.
• Ou Jin agreed to go to Huo Lian and examine the sabers because he believed their craftsmanship could teach him how to forge his own divine weapon.
• Ou Jin explained that his Ou Family had preserved a saber blank for over ten thousand years, tempering it continually in fire.
• Huang Xiao praised Ou Jin's forging skill and said his confidence came from more than the extraordinary saber blank.

Ou Jin explained that the Ou Family’s saber blank was nearly ready to forge and that the God-Burying Hall coveted it. Though Huang Xiao warned him of the danger, Ou Jin agreed to join them to examine the Supreme Demon Saber while Huo Lian was away.

• Ou Jin said the saber blank had been carefully tempered for generations and would be ready to forge in a few years.
• Ou Jin revealed that only he knew the blank’s secret location and said he would never surrender it to the God-Burying Hall.
• Huang Xiao warned Ou Jin that the God-Burying Hall and the Pang Family might take extreme measures as the Thousand-Year Period approached.
• Huang Xiao suggested keeping their meeting and his patriarch’s involvement secret, but Ou Jin insisted on pursuing the chance to reforge the Supreme Demon Saber.
• Ou Jin agreed to return with Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix to inspect the two sabers at the Transcendent Immortal Escort Agency while Huo Lian was away.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix left Mist Mountain for Qinyang City, while Ou Jin chose to travel separately so he could avoid exposing himself and see the two Minghong Sabers. Huang Xiao reached the Transcendent Immortal Escort Agency and found the sabers peacefully housed in a formation, where they reacted to his arrival.

• Ou Jin agreed to go to Qinyang City to see the sabers, saying he did not want to miss the chance a second time, but he would travel separately from Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix left Mist Mountain, concealed their movements, and returned safely to the Transcendent Immortal Escort Agency.
• Huang Xiao entered the formation in the dry well and found the two Minghong Sabers placed together with their auras isolated by a formation.
• Huang Xiao's Minghong Saber reacted happily to his arrival, while the patriarch's saber sensed him and showed intense hostility.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix discussed the search for the Divine Beast Holy Land and decided to investigate Hu Wei’s younger brother to obtain his cultivation method. They planned to ask Wei Yidao for help and also investigate He Fu before they had to leave for the Evil Water Region.

• Demon Phoenix told Huang Xiao that his parents had been missing for three months while searching for the Divine Beast Holy Land, and Huang Xiao encouraged him to keep hoping they would find it.
• Demon Phoenix reunited with the Minghong Saber and reminded Huang Xiao to pursue Hu Wei’s younger brother’s cultivation method.
• Huang Xiao realized that Wei Yidao, the Heavenly Demon Hall’s Hall Master, could investigate Hu Wei’s younger brother’s background, and he decided to send him a message.
• Demon Phoenix suggested they use the time before the Evil Water Region news spread to seek Hu Wei’s younger brother, asking Wei Yidao for reinforcements if necessary.
• Huang Xiao remembered that He Fu had deceived Hu Wei, and he and Demon Phoenix agreed to investigate He Fu as well.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix investigated Hu Xi’s strength while weighing the risks of leaving their hidden location and pursuing his cultivation method. Huang Xiao decided they would wait three more days for Ou Jin and further news from Heavenly Demon Hall, then set out on their own if neither arrived.

• Huang Xiao sent a coded request to Heavenly Demon Hall for information about Hu Xi and He Fu, despite the risk of exposing his absence.
• Demon Phoenix tried to carry the Minghong Saber through the stone gate, but a formation prevented him from taking it outside.
• Heavenly Demon Hall reported that Hu Xi’s strength was unknown but likely near the peak of the Enlightenment Realm or newly in the Entering Dao Realm, while He Fu was at the middle level of the Enlightenment Realm.
• Huang Xiao decided to wait three more days for Ou Jin and further information from the Hall Master before setting out with Demon Phoenix alone.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix waited for news about Hu Xi, but when none came, they prepared to go to the Demon Spirit Sect. Ou Jin arrived but could not enter the courtyard or see the sabers, so Huang Xiao left the Patriarch a letter before departing.

• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix discussed the risks of confronting Hu Xi and waited two more days in the well.
• Ou Jin arrived at the courtyard disguised and revealed that he could not pass through its formation to meet them or see the sabers.
• Huang Xiao told Ou Jin they might leave soon and promised to leave the Patriarch a letter; Ou Jin said he would stay in Qinyang City for no more than a month.
• After three days passed without news from the Heavenly Demon Hall, Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix decided to set out for the Demon Spirit Sect.
• Huang Xiao placed his letter to the Patriarch between the two Minghong Sabers in the formation.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix traveled to Jing Province to meet Hu Xi and investigate the Demon Spirit Sect, bringing a Dao Realm-level Imitation Saber. In Nanshui City, they heard that a mysterious murderous fiend had killed numerous Jianghu experts, leaving the martial world on edge.

• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix decided to seek Hu Xi and tested how well Huang Xiao could wield the Dao Realm-level Imitation Saber before agreeing to bring it.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix left the Transcendent Immortal Escort Agency on the fifth morning and traveled for five days and nights to Jing Province.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix reached Nanshui City, where Huang Xiao booked a private courtyard and Demon Phoenix flew in separately to avoid drawing attention.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix learned that a murderous fiend had killed experts from many sects, including Enlightenment Realm and Entering Dao Realm fighters.