Chapter Summaries

Divine Venerable Taigeng overwhelmed the Sixth Tier Barbarian Saint while the Human Race gained the upper hand across the battlefields. Zhou Chun caught up with the fleeing human traitor Lin and fought him, but Lin used his Spirit Treasure to create an opening and escape again.

• Divine Venerable Taigeng shattered the Barbarian Saint’s axe and pierced his body with the Heavenly Crystal Spirit Slaying Sword, then trapped him within a sword-art formation despite the Dark Annihilation Soul-Slaying Blade.
• Zhou Chun and Nangong Wuqing helped turn the battle against the Fifth Rank aliens, and the Human Race’s forces routed them after their numbers dwindled.
• Zhou Chun merged with Silver Dragon Lord and caught the fleeing traitor Lin, who defended himself with an azure Spirit Treasure flag.
• Zhou Chun summoned Lord Mountain-Bearer and joined Silver Dragon Lord in attacking Lin, but Lin used the flag’s wind domain and centrifugal force to escape once more.

After the Human Race drove the Other Races from the Cloud Ridge Mountain Range, Zhou Chun learned that his battlefield merits had earned him three requests from Divine Venerable Taigeng. He asked for help advancing his cultivation, a protective treasure, and assistance subduing the azure banner Spirit Treasure, and Taigeng agreed to all three.

• Zhou Chun returned to the Cloud Ridge Mountain Range with the azure banner Spirit Treasure after the Lin cultivator escaped, and learned that Divine Venerable Taigeng had driven the Barbarian Saint toward the Sky Savage Plains.
• Zhou Chun found that Phoenix Origin Lord remained too weak to restore the Heavenly Annihilation Four Symbols Formation soon, then spent several days supporting other battlefields as the Other Races retreated.
• Zhou Chun thanked Nangong Wuqing for his help and learned that Divine Venerable Taigeng's avatar and True Person Gu Xuan had both been injured while killing powerful Other Races opponents.
• Divine Venerable Taigeng praised Zhou Chun's battle record and granted him three requests, more than he gave the other cultivators.
• Zhou Chun asked for a mid Nascent Soul breakthrough aid, a protective treasure, and help subduing the azure banner, and Divine Venerable Taigeng promised a Pure Yang Barrier Breaking Pill, sealed Sword Qi, and immediate help with the Spirit Treasure.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhou Chun receives help from Divine Venerable Taigeng to cleanse and refine a spiritual treasure, the Hundred Rivers Gathering Wind Banner.
• Divine Venerable Taigeng seals a strand of his sword qi within Zhou Chun's left arm.
• Zhou Chun learns that the beast bones he possesses can be used to refine spiritual treasures that aid cultivation.
• Zhou Chun and Nangong Wuqing return to Jing Country, where they plan to face the Dragon Abyss Marsh demons.
• A massive beast tide erupts from the Dragon Abyss Marsh, surpassing any previous beast tide in scale and intensity.

Character Developments

• Zhou Chun gains a spiritual treasure and a powerful weapon in the form of Divine Venerable Taigeng's sealed sword qi.
• Nangong Wuqing expresses confidence in facing the Dragon Abyss Marsh demons, likely due to his recent victory against the foreign races in the Sky Savage Plains.
• Zhou Chun becomes more determined to protect his family and their territory, given the impending threat of the beast tide.

Significant Themes

• The power of spiritual treasures and their potential growth and versatility.
• The importance of cultivators' personal strengths and techniques in determining their effectiveness in battle.
• The threat posed by the Dragon Abyss Marsh demons and the need for the human race to defend against their invasion.

Character Interactions

• Zhou Chun interacts with Divine Venerable Taigeng, who helps him refine a spiritual treasure and seals a strand of his sword qi within Zhou Chun.
• Zhou Chun and Nangong Wuqing travel together, discussing their plans to face the Dragon Abyss Marsh demons and the potential rewards of obtaining fifth-tier Demonic Cores.
• The interactions between the various demonic beasts and Demon Kings in the beast tide, demonstrating their hierarchical structure and coordination.

Golden Profound Saint Grandson prepared the Demon Race forces in Cloud Prefecture for war while explaining the Dragon Saint’s cautious strategy. Zhou Chun returned to a militarized Green Lotus Mountain Range, learned that Venerable Yuanyang had summoned him to the Moon Wheel Sect, and headed to the Blazing Sun Sect to seek Phoenix Origin Lord’s help.

• Golden Profound Saint Grandson received 300,000 Dragon Court Soldiers and gave protective Golden Dragon Scales to the Fire Flood Dragon King and Auntie Youyu.
• Golden Profound Saint Grandson told the Beast Kings that the Demon Race would use the war to test humanity and seize Nascent Souls and treasures, while the Fire Flood Dragon King apologized for questioning the Dragon Saint’s plan.
• Zhou Chun returned to find the Green Lotus Mountain Range turned into a defensive fortress under Heavenly Spirit Alliance control.
• True Person Xuanzhen told Zhou Chun that Venerable Yuanyang had summoned him to the Moon Wheel Sect in three days to discuss resisting the Demon Race.
• Zhou Chun accepted the summons, informed the Heavenly Spirit Alliance cultivators at Green Lotus Peak, and left for the Blazing Sun Sect to ask Phoenix Origin Lord for help.

Zhou Chun prepared the Zhou Family for the coming demon invasion and attended Venerable Yuanyang’s meeting at the Moon Wheel Sect, where Yuanyang called on the Human Race cultivators to hold the defensive line. The chapter ended with Zhou Chun asking where that line would be and what the defenders should do if it failed.

• Zhou Chun questioned True Person Ziyang about the Moon Wheel Sect’s connection to Venerable Yuanyang, but Ziyang said he knew nothing and agreed that the connection might have begun through Silver Moon’s plot against the Golden Horn Dragon King.
• Phoenix Origin Lord completed her nirvana and recovered to her previous condition, though her remaining strength was limited by her loss of true Fire Phoenix feathers.
• Zhou Chun persuaded Zhou Mingde to stay with the Zhou Family only if he took a Jiazi Longevity Pill, then gave Zhou Daoyi supplies to distribute among the younger family members.
• Zhou Chun apologized to Luo Qingni for involving her in the war and gave her the Spirit Treasure Hundred Rivers Gathering Wind Banner to refine for defense.
• Zhou Chun entered the Moon Wheel Sect despite its elders’ hostility and joined more than forty Nascent Soul cultivators awaiting Venerable Yuanyang.
• Venerable Yuanyang warned that a million-strong demon army was advancing and asked the cultivators to hold the defensive line, prompting Zhou Chun to ask where it would be established and what they should do if it fell.

Zhou Chun learned that Venerable Yuanyang intended to retreat if the defensive line fell and refused to honor Divine Venerable Taigeng’s promise of a Pure Yang Barrier Breaking Pill. As the demon armies began their coordinated invasion, Zhou Chun prepared the Green Lotus Mountain Range’s defenses and used Lord Mountain-Bearer to inflict heavy casualties on Fire Flood Dragon King’s advancing force.

• Zhou Chun asked Venerable Yuanyang about retreat plans, and Yuanyang confirmed that the Human Race would withdraw if its defensive line was breached.
• True Person Xuanzhen asked whether the Flood Dragon clan’s inherited Spirit Treasure could empower a fifth-tier high-grade Flood Dragon King, and Venerable Yuanyang assured him that Golden Horn Dragon Saint would not hand it over.
• Venerable Yuanyang assigned Zhou Chun to defend the Zhou Family’s stronghold, then refused to give him the Pure Yang Barrier Breaking Pill promised by Divine Venerable Taigeng.
• Zhou Chun returned to the Green Lotus Mountain Range, organized its Nascent Soul cultivators, and sent Wood Sprite Mu Sang to gather intelligence as the demon armies prepared to attack on four routes.
• Fire Flood Dragon King led an army of Beast Kings, Dragon Court Soldiers, and beast troops toward the Green Lotus Mountain Range, while Zhou Chun received no immediate promise of reinforcements.
• Zhou Chun ordered Lord Mountain-Bearer to trigger disasters beneath Fire Flood Dragon King’s army, killing thousands of Demonic Beasts before Lord Mountain-Bearer escaped underground.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lord Mountain-Bearer's harassment slows down the eastern demon army's advance.
• The central and western demon armies attack the human strongholds, with the central army assaulting True Person Xuanzhen's stronghold.
• Zhou Chun leads a counterattack against the demon army outside Green Lotus Peak but is forced to retreat due to the Fire Flood Dragon King's intervention.
• Zhou Chun requests reinforcements but receives no response from Venerable Yuanyang.
• The demon army intensifies its assault on the mountain protecting grand formation, bringing it to the brink of collapse.

Character Developments

• Zhou Chun demonstrates strategic thinking and bravery, leading a counterattack against the demon army despite the risks.
• The Fire Flood Dragon King shows cunning and adaptability, anticipating Zhou Chun's moves and countering them effectively.
• The Nascent Soul stage cultivators, particularly those from the Green Lotus Mountain Range, show varying degrees of courage and commitment, with some retreating when faced with the Fire Flood Dragon King's onslaught.

Significant Themes

• Bravery vs. Caution: Zhou Chun's decision to lead a counterattack shows bravery, but it also involves a significant risk. The Nascent Soul stage cultivators' reactions to this decision highlight the tension between bravery and caution in the face of overwhelming odds.
• Adaptability: Both Zhou Chun and the Fire Flood Dragon King demonstrate adaptability, adjusting their strategies based on the changing battlefield situation.
• Leadership and Followership: Zhou Chun's actions as a leader are met with varying responses from his subordinates, ranging from support to hesitation and retreat.

Character Interactions

• Zhou Chun interacts with the other Nascent Soul stage cultivators, seeking their input and cooperation in defending Green Lotus Peak. Their responses range from supportive to hesitant and self-preserving.
• The Fire Flood Dragon King interacts with the other demon kings, coordinating their attacks and adapting their strategy to counter Zhou Chun's moves.
• Zhou Chun interacts with Venerable Yuanyang, requesting reinforcements but receiving no response, highlighting the lack of support from higher authorities.

Zhou Chun and the Zhou Family repelled the Beast Kings’ attacks and Wu Yuzhu devastated the enemy army with poison, but the Fire Flood Dragon King unleashed the Blood Fiend Horn to drive a huge horde into another assault. Silver Dragon Lord countered the treasure’s effect with a powerful dragon roar, drawing the Fire Flood Dragon King’s fury as he attacked.

• Zhou Chun trapped the Fire Flood Dragon King in the Heavenly Annihilation Four Symbols Formation while he and the other cultivators fought the Beast Kings and Dragon Court Soldiers.
• Wu Yuzhu used the Hundred Poisons Divine Banner to poison the enemy forces, then escaped back into the Zhou Family mountain gate with an escape talisman.
• Silver Dragon Lord and the other spirit pets withdrew from battle, and Silver Dragon Lord survived the Fire Flood Dragon King’s attack by using the Indestructible Thunder Body.
• The Fire Flood Dragon King gathered poisoned beast corpses and used the Blood Fiend Horn to empower the surviving Demonic Beasts before ordering them to attack.
• Silver Dragon Lord’s Thunder Dragon’s Roar dispelled the Blood Fiend Horn’s amplification and incapacitated the horde, so the enraged Fire Flood Dragon King charged at him.

After the eastern Beast Tide attack stalled, Zhou Chun’s forces held the Zhou Family mountain gate while the central and Feng Kingdom defenses collapsed. Venerable Yuanyang sent reinforcements to the east and ordered Blazing Sun Sect to abandon its stronghold and destroy its formation, leaving True Person Ziyang to accept the sect’s sacrifice.

• Zhou Chun had Zhou Daoyi repair the Heavenly Yi Azure Dragon Formation and used Wood Mulberry’s Profound Light of Life and Death to treat the Nascent Soul cultivator surnamed Chen.
• The Fire Flood Dragon King resumed his assault after three days, but Zhou Chun and the defenders held off the Beast Kings without letting them break the formation.
• The "Golden Profound Saint Grandson" joined the central attack, destroyed the stronghold’s defenses, and enabled the Demon Race to kill most of the cultivators fleeing in flying boats.
• After the central stronghold fell, Zhou Chun proposed drawing Beast Kings into a flawed formation to cover a retreat, but he and the family elders waited for Venerable Yuanyang’s decision.
• The Demon Race breached Feng Kingdom’s Jingyang Sect, prompting Venerable Yuanyang to abandon the west and send Divine Venerable Taigeng’s avatar to reinforce Zhou Chun.
• Venerable Yuanyang ordered Blazing Sun Sect to retreat and detonate its formation to release Poisonous Fiend Qi, and True Person Ziyang accepted the order as his sect’s calamity.

After the Blazing Sun Sect was destroyed and True Person Ziyang sacrificed himself, the Demon Race redirected reinforcements toward the Green Lotus Mountain Range, prompting Venerable Yuanyang to reinforce Zhou Chun. As the renewed siege threatened the Heavenly Yi Azure Dragon Formation, Zhou Chun led a counterattack and faced the Blood Flame Flood Dragon King.

• True Person Ziyang detonated the Blazing Sun Sect's formation core and sacrificed himself, killing two Beast Kings and more than a hundred thousand Demonic Beasts as the mountain gate was destroyed.
• Venerable Yuanyang praised True Person Ziyang, treated True Person Baiyang, and promised the Blazing Sun Sect an Infant Transformation Pill, while Zhou Chun reflected on the destruction of Jing Kingdom's old powers.
• Golden Profound Saint Grandson recalled Auntie Youyu and pressured Fire Flood Dragon King to request reinforcements, then sent five Beast Kings and nearly a hundred thousand Demonic Beasts toward the Green Lotus Mountain Range.
• Venerable Yuanyang sent Nangong Wuqing and four other Nascent Soul cultivators to reinforce Zhou Chun, and Fire Flood Dragon King waited for his own reinforcements before resuming the siege.
• As the Heavenly Yi Azure Dragon Formation came under mounting pressure, Zhou Chun and Nangong Wuqing planned a sortie; Zhou Chun then led the attack and fought the Blood Flame Flood Dragon King.

Zhou Chun killed the Blood Flame Flood Dragon King with Divine Venerable Taigeng’s Sword Qi and helped the defenders retreat into the Mountain Protecting Grand Formation. After the Beast Kings halted their assault, Zhou Chun divided the dragon’s spoils among the cultivators and discovered that its storage artifact held a wealth of treasures.

• The Blood Flame Flood Dragon King trapped Zhou Chun with a fiery rope and charged, but Zhou Chun unleashed Divine Venerable Taigeng’s Sword Qi and killed him.
• Zhou Chun secured the Blood Flame Flood Dragon King’s Demonic Core and corpse, then escaped into the formation as the Fire Flood Dragon King tried to stop him.
• The Beast Kings attacked the formation, and Zhou Chun sent Lord Mountain-Bearer out to injure the Dragon Turtle; Nangong Wuqing then wounded the Fire Flood Dragon King with his spear, forcing the attackers to withdraw.
• Luo Qingni, Zhou Mingde, and Zhou Daoyi suffered from the formation’s backlash, while Zhou Chun arranged for Wood Mulberry to help the damaged Evergreen Tree and reassured the injured elders.
• Zhou Chun divided the Blood Flame Flood Dragon King’s corpse, giving Nangong Wuqing most of its vital blood and distributing the remaining materials among the Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Zhou Chun inspected the dragon’s treasures, kept the fire-rope magic treasure for himself, and found a trove of rare spirit materials in its storage artifact.

Zhou Chun inspected the Blood Flame Flood Dragon King’s valuable spoils, aided the wounded, and learned that the Golden Winged Tiger was ready to undergo its tribulation. As the Zhou Family struggled to withstand renewed attacks, the Demon Race launched its assault on Moon Wheel Sect, where Divine Venerable Taigeng’s avatar began fighting Golden Profound Saint Grandson.

• Zhou Chun catalogued the Blood Flame Flood Dragon King’s treasures, including Great Abyss Cold Iron, Dragon Blood items, and high-quality Soul Cleansing Spirit Water, while setting aside the Fire Attribute Demonic Core for later consideration.
• Zhou Chun reviewed the sortie’s casualties, sent Wood Mulberry to heal the injured, and distributed Blood Flame Flood Dragon meat to the cultivators who had fought.
• Golden Profound Saint Grandson learned that Zhou Chun had killed the Blood Flame Flood Dragon King, consulted Golden Horn Dragon Saint, and then discussed the danger of Divine Venerable Taigeng and a mysterious Human Race treasure with Venerable Yuanyang and Taigeng’s avatar.
• The Golden Winged Tiger awakened with enough power to trigger a Heavenly Dao Lightning Tribulation, and Zhou Chun gave him several magic treasures to refine before arranging for him to travel to the rear and undergo it.
• The Fire Flood Dragon King resumed continuous attacks on Green Lotus Mountain Range, while Zhou Chun worried that the damaged Heavenly Yi Azure Dragon Formation and the Zhou Family’s limited support could not endure them.
• Golden Profound Saint Grandson led thirty-three Beast Kings in an assault on Moon Wheel Sect; Divine Venerable Taigeng’s avatar confronted him, wounded him with a sword strike, and met his attack with the repaired Golden Dragon-Headed Spear.

Zhou Chun’s counterattack at Green Lotus Peak severely wounded two Beast Kings and secured the mountain range against an imminent breach, while the Demon Race’s assault on Moon Wheel Sect continued. The chapter ended with Venerable Yuanyang reporting that Daoist Friend Tianyi had been injured and the Multi-Winged Tribe’s old monster had displayed abnormal strength.

• Zhou Chun persuaded two early Nascent Soul cultivators to use their trump cards in exchange for dragon horns and Phoenix Origin Lord’s Natal Essence Blood.
• Zhou Chun led another counterattack, and the two cultivators used Earth Lung Poisonous Fiend Qi and Vast Yang True Fire to cripple the Sword Dragon Fish Demon King and severely wound the Catfish Demon King.
• Fire Flood Dragon King sent a Fourth High Rank Venom Flood Dragon after Wu Yuzhu, but Luo Qingni helped the Human Race cultivators retreat into the formation.
• Zhou Chun’s forces withdrew after the battle, having prevented the Demon Race from gaining a decisive advantage at Green Lotus Peak.
• The Golden Profound Saint Grandson ordered Fire Flood Dragon King to contain the Green Lotus Mountain Range and continued the assault on Moon Wheel Sect, while Fire Flood Dragon King’s forces settled into fighting every three days.
• Divine Venerable Taigeng’s avatar returned from defeating the Golden Profound Saint Grandson, and Venerable Yuanyang warned that Daoist Friend Tianyi had been injured by an unusually powerful Multi-Winged Tribe monster.

Zhou Chun’s Golden Winged Tiger survived its tribulation and became a Fifth-Rank Beast King, but the crisis at Moon Wheel Sect soon forced Zhou Chun and Divine Venerable Taigeng’s avatar to reconsider the war. Zhou Chun revealed that Feihu’s breakthrough gave him a chance to defeat the demons besieging the Zhou Family, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Divine Venerable Taigeng and Venerable Yuanyang learned that Heavenly Unity Divine Venerable had been injured by the Multi-Winged Tribe’s master of Myriad Laws Return to One, and Venerable Changchun’s avatar helped keep the threat at bay.
• Golden Winged Tiger underwent his tribulation in Yang Kingdom, with Zhou Zhiqian guarding him and True Person Yun Bing and the Nascent Soul cultivator surnamed Hu keeping their distance; Feihu rejected their requests for Imperial Flow Nectar and consumed it all.
• Zhou Chun sensed Feihu’s successful breakthrough but kept the news secret while Moon Wheel Sect remained under siege and its defenders grew increasingly strained.
• The Ice Fire Demonic Ape destroyed the body of a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator and headed toward the Green Lotus Mountain Range, prompting Divine Venerable Taigeng’s avatar to pursue it while Venerable Yuanyang prepared True Person Cangyue to wield the World-Destroying Moon Wheel.
• Zhou Chun and Nangong Wuqing joined Divine Venerable Taigeng’s avatar in battle against the Ice Fire Demonic Ape and retreated with him to Green Lotus Peak when more Demon Kings arrived.
• Zhou Chun told Divine Venerable Taigeng’s avatar that Feihu had become a Fifth-Rank Beast King and that he could reassemble the Heavenly Annihilation Four Symbols Formation, potentially defeating the Fire Flood Dragon King and changing the course of the war.

Zhou Chun welcomed Golden Winged Tiger’s breakthrough and learned of his powerful new spatial abilities as the human forces prepared a counterattack. The World-Destroying Moon Wheel killed six Beast Kings and badly wounded the Ink Abyss Giant Python, then Zhou Chun’s group launched its own assault on the Demon Race camp, where Winged Mountain Lord began hunting for openings.

• Divine Venerable Taigeng’s avatar backed Zhou Chun’s plans, while Venerable Yuanyang appeared at Moon Wheel Sect to bolster the defenders’ morale.
• Golden Winged Tiger returned to Zhou Chun, received the honored title Winged Mountain Lord, and described the divine abilities he had awakened after becoming a Beast King; Mu Sang received the title Lu Yuanjun.
• True Person Cang Yue activated the World-Destroying Moon Wheel, which killed six Fifth-Rank Beast Kings and wounded the Ink Abyss Giant Python before Cang Yue recalled it and suffered a loss of lifespan and cultivation.
• After learning that Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures were difficult to control and costly to deploy, Zhou Chun agreed with Divine Venerable Taigeng’s avatar to begin the counterattack.
• Twelve Nascent Soul stage cultivators advanced on the Demon Race camp, and Zhou Chun released his five Demon King spirit pets before the fighting began.
• Divine Venerable Taigeng’s avatar engaged the Ice Fire Demonic Ape, Nangong Wuqing attacked Fire Flood Dragon King, and Zhou Chun, Silver Dragon Lord, and Winged Mountain Lord joined the battle against the Beast Kings.

Zhou Chun and his allies routed the Beast Kings, killing the Great Lizard Demon King and Giant Crab Demon King and driving the Fire Flood Dragon King into Divine Venerable Taigeng’s pursuit. When the Ice Fire Demonic Ape returned and attacked, Zhou Chun and Nangong Wuqing trapped it in the Heavenly Annihilation Four Symbols Formation, but its overwhelming strength began breaking through their defenses.

• Winged Mountain Lord, Luo Qingni, and Lu Yuanjun killed the Great Lizard Demon King, then Winged Mountain Lord joined the Silver Dragon Lord to kill the Giant Crab Demon King.
• The Beast Kings’ morale collapsed, and the Fire Flood Dragon King, Black Flood Dragon King, and others began fleeing.
• Zhou Chun’s allies slowed the Fire Flood Dragon King’s escape until Divine Venerable Taigeng’s avatar caught and attacked him.
• The Ice Fire Demonic Ape returned to attack Zhou Chun’s group, and Nangong Wuqing struggled to survive its powerful strikes.
• Zhou Chun’s spirit pets formed the Heavenly Annihilation Four Symbols Formation around the Ice Fire Demonic Ape, but it resisted the formation’s suppression and shattered its domain with a devastating ice-and-fire attack.
• Winged Mountain Lord blocked the destruction wave with a Spatial Barrier, but the Ice Fire Demonic Ape continued overpowering the group, prompting Nangong Wuqing to urge Zhou Chun to retreat.

Zhou Chun and his allies repelled the Ice Fire Demonic Ape, then exploited the Fire Flood Dragon King's injury to rout the demonic beast army in the Green Lotus Mountain Range. The victory left the Golden Profound Saint Grandson weighing whether to continue the campaign as Divine Venerable Taigeng's avatar guarded against him and the Ice Fire Demonic Ape.

• Nangong Wuqing withdrew from the fight, forcing Zhou Chun and his spirit pets to hold back the Ice Fire Demonic Ape until the other cultivators escaped.
• The Ice Fire Demonic Ape broke out of the Heavenly Annihilation Four Symbols Formation and pursued the retreating fighters, but Silver Dragon Lord and Lord Mountain-Bearer helped the group reach safety.
• Zhou Chun rallied more than ten Nascent Soul stage cultivators to defend the Zhou Family mountain gate, and the Ice Fire Demonic Ape retreated when Divine Venerable Taigeng's avatar arrived.
• Zhou Chun learned that Divine Venerable Taigeng had gravely wounded the Fire Flood Dragon King, then led the cultivators in pursuing and killing demonic beasts as the enemy army collapsed.
• Zhou Chun reported that the counteroffensive had killed or gravely wounded several Beast Kings and devastated the eastern demonic army, while Venerable Yuanyang discussed possible reinforcements with Divine Venerable Taigeng's avatar.
• The Golden Profound Saint Grandson considered whether to divide his forces and grew more hostile toward Zhou Chun, but the Golden Horn Dragon Saint refused to intervene or support his request.

Zhou Chun pursued the Demonic Beast forces invading the Human Race’s rear, then fought the Black Flood Dragon after she attacked several sects. Unable to capture her, he decided to propose striking the Demon Race’s lairs through an Underground Waterway.

• Zhou Yuanxin and Wang Shengnan lured the Demonic Beasts from Nine Peaks Ridge, killed the two that remained, and pursued the ones that fled.
• The Golden Profound Saint Grandson divided the Demon Race army, sending forces into the nations behind Jing Country while leading an assault on Moon Wheel Sect.
• Zhou Chun left the Green Lotus Mountain Range to intercept the invading forces, but learned the Black Dragon Girl had breached Mirror Sect and was attacking the Human Race’s rear.
• Zhou Chun caught up with the Black Dragon Girl and three other Demon Kings, but they scattered; he pursued the Black Flood Dragon back toward Jing Country and fought her with his spirit pets.
• The Black Flood Dragon escaped after Zhou Chun failed to trap her, and he considered using the Underground Waterway to attack the Flood Dragon clan’s lairs and force the Demon Race to withdraw.

Zhou Chun led a retaliatory raid through the Wilderness Expanse, plundering Beast King lairs for spirit materials, rare plants, spirit-bee colonies, and Demonic Beast offspring while Lu Yuanjun refined a fifth-tier Spirit Wood into a Dao Soldier. The raid drew the attention of the Demon Race, and an enraged Sky Peng Demon King arrived demanding that Zhou Chun return his son.

• Venerable Yuanyang approved Zhou Chun’s proposal to raid Dragon Abyss Marsh, while Divine Venerable Taigeng promised protection for Human Race cultivators who earned merit in the war.
• Zhou Chun entered the Wilderness Expanse with Lu Yuanjun, Winged Mountain Lord, and Phoenix Origin Lord, then raided Beast King lairs and seized Demonic Beast materials, spirit plants, and valuable treasures.
• At a bear demon’s lair, Zhou Chun found Flower King Bees, rare spirit trees, and a large Earth Origin Essence Jade vein, while the Demon Race began investigating the attacks.
• Zhou Chun killed a Golden Crown Black Peng and captured its young, gathering 153 Demonic Bird eggs and a Spirit Eye Stone from the Sky Peng Demon King’s lair.
• Lu Yuanjun refined a fifth-tier Fragrant Nanmu Wood into a powerful Dao Soldier, but the Sky Peng Demon King arrived and demanded that Zhou Chun return his son.

Zhou Chun killed the pursuing Sky Peng Demon King and entered Dragon Abyss to raid a Black Flood Dragon King's lair. After plundering its treasures, he headed for another target, unaware that the Flood Dragon clan had already pinpointed his whereabouts and dispatched its experts.

• The Sky Peng Demon King tracked Zhou Chun through the bloodline sense to his descendants, but Zhou Chun lured him into a trap and killed him with the Heavenly Annihilation Four Symbols Formation.
• Zhou Chun entered Dragon Abyss with Silver Dragon Lord and followed information from a captured Dragon-Blooded Beast to an unguarded Black Flood Dragon King's lair.
• Zhou Chun killed the female Black Flood Dragon guarding the lair and plundered its treasure chamber, spirit plants, aquatic creatures, and other valuables before collapsing the cave.
• The Flood Dragon clan learned of the Black Flood Dragon's death through its Soul Beads and sent word to the fifth-tier high-grade Flood Dragon King presiding over the Dragon Court.
• Unaware that the clan had discovered his location and sent experts after him, Zhou Chun set out to raid another Flood Dragon King's lair.