Recaps

Huang Xiao helped Ke Zhenyi win the Reserve Demon General Token, then learned that Kui Yong's enmity with Ma Tie'an had put him in danger. After killing Zhuo Mengshen and clearing the Soul-Reaping Sect, Huang Xiao returned to defend the Fierce Mountain Gang against Hu Pursuing Wind and Yao Fengrong.

• Huang Xiao thwarted Hu Pursuing Wind and Yao Fengrong by sending the Reserve Demon General Token to Ke Zhenyi, who won the contest.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian selected the Origin Demon Heart Method, the Hundred Refinements Force, and Demon Shadow from the manuals Huang Xiao had obtained.
• Ren Dongju warned Huang Xiao that Ma Tie'an could send unaffiliated forces against him because he had inherited Kui Yong's cultivation methods.
• Zhuo Mengshen accepted an order to kill Huang Xiao and attacked him with Tong Juyu, using the Bronze Key to torment Huang Xiao's divine sense.
• Huang Xiao broke through to the Upper Ancient Realm and killed Zhuo Mengshen with a divine sense attack and the Minghong Saber, while Huo Lian broke through and killed Tong Juyu.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian killed the attacking Soul-Reaping Sect leaders, and Huang Xiao led the Fierce Mountain Gang to clear their sect.
• Huang Xiao found a document in Zhuo Mengshen's secret chamber that linked the Bronze Key to a hidden treasure site, but its faded map was too vague to locate.
• Huang Xiao returned to confront Hu Pursuing Wind and Yao Fengrong, wounded Hu Pursuing Wind, and ordered his disciples to retreat as he continued fighting both opponents.

Huang Xiao and Huo Lian searched for Hu Pursuing Wind and Yao Fengrong’s cultivation ground, finding a Spirit-Gathering Divine Formation and a rich inkstone deposit. After the formation trapped them until the auction passed, they escaped a Jianghu ambush and drew Mu Yan’s group and other pursuers into a prolonged chase.

• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian defeated Hu Pursuing Wind and Yao Fengrong, then found certificates linking their hidden valuables to the Xinglong Money House.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian merged the Fierce Mountain Gang and the Wild Ox Sect under the Wild Ox Sect name, then traveled to Monan City to deposit manuals and inspect the valuables.
• Huang Xiao borrowed five hundred million taels from Zhao Chang and killed Xu Zhantong, taking thirteen bank drafts worth a total of 1.3 billion taels.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian followed the Ling Tong Sect’s information to a valley, where they found a concealed passage, an inkstone crystal deposit, and a Spirit-Gathering Divine Formation.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian activated the formation to cultivate, but it bound them until its spirit crystals ran out and caused them to miss the auction.
• Mu Yan and Yang Sen waited outside as Jianghu fighters entered the formation, while Huang Xiao and Huo Lian cultivated until the formation’s energy was spent.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian emerged, fought through the crowd, and fled as six primordial ancient realm experts demanded Kui Yong’s cultivation method.
• Mu Yan and three Heart-Devouring Sect Grand Elders joined the pursuit, and Huang Xiao and Huo Lian slowed down after more than two hours as Huang Xiao agreed it was time to act.

Huang Xiao and Huo Lian killed Qi Heng, seized the Spirit-Gathering Divine Formation manuals, and brought Lu Mu under Huang Xiao’s control. After Huang Xiao subdued several powerful attackers and ended the siege of the Wild Ox Sect, he and Huo Lian returned to Inkstone Mountain to plan a new home around the formation.

• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian killed Mu Yan and his men, then left Monan City and learned that the Demon God Sect allowed challengers to seize Demon General status by destroying its holders.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian reached the Heart-Devouring Sect, slipped through its strengthened formations, and killed Qi Heng while he cultivated in the Spirit-Gathering Divine Formation.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian captured Lu Mu and took his manual for the formation’s fourth and fifth layers, then forced him to serve the Wild Ox Sect under Huang Xiao’s control.
• Lu Mu reinforced the Wild Ox Sect’s defenses as Jianghu fighters besieged it, while Huang Xiao kept Qi Heng’s head and delayed claiming the Demon General title.
• Huang Xiao used the sect’s formations to separate the attackers, subdued Meng Hengjing and several other experts, and compelled them to serve the Wild Ox Sect.
• Meng Hengjing and the other subdued experts helped the Wild Ox Sect defeat the besiegers, while Huang Xiao told them they could become Grand Elders if they truly joined.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian returned to Inkstone Mountain and planned to build the Wild Ox Sect’s new home around the main and auxiliary formations needed for the Spirit-Gathering Divine Formation’s fifth layer.

Huang Xiao relocated the Wild Ox Sect to Inkstone Mountain, where he uncovered a valuable spirit crystal and began building a fortified headquarters. After surviving a fight with Zhao Wei and earning a Demon General Token, Huang Xiao joined forces with Ke Zhenyi and Liu Wangtai as unrest threatened the Demon Domain.

• Huang Xiao chose Inkstone Mountain as the Wild Ox Sect’s new home, and Lu Mu helped him locate a suitable site and plan its formations.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian discovered a massive spirit crystal beneath an inkstone cliff, concealed it, and started construction on Wild Ox Peak while Lu Mu set up formations.
• Huang Xiao traveled alone to the Demon God Sect with Qi Heng’s head, fought off challengers, and helped Liu Wangtai reach the Sect’s protected area with a Demon General’s head.
• Zhao Wei confronted Huang Xiao for Kui Yong’s cultivation method, injured him in a duel, and left after He Da intervened.
• Elder Yang awarded Huang Xiao, Liu Wangtai, and Wang Kuo Demon General Tokens, but Wang Kuo was left outside the protected area and killed by challengers.
• Huang Xiao and Ke Zhenyi brought Liu Wangtai to the Wild Ox Sect, where Ke Zhenyi proposed an alliance and explained Zhao Wei’s ambitions and the Demon God Sect’s threat to unsuccessful disciples.
• Ke Zhenyi discussed his search for sword-forging ores and examined Minghong Saber, while Huang Xiao said Different Flames might strengthen its damaged soul.