Chapter Summaries

After achieving Spirit Transformation, Zhou Chun received guidance from Venerable Changchun and tried to claim the Nine Heavens Wind-Thunder Fan as his Dao-guarding treasure, but its artifact spirit rejected him. He returned to Kunwu Peak, where he received visitors and prepared to choose another treasure.

• Venerable Changchun explained the dangers of overusing Great Dao Law, shared secrets about the Human Race and other powers, and told Zhou Chun he could choose an ownerless Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure.
• Divine Venerable Taigeng advised Zhou Chun to avoid the Thousand Mountains Painting and consider the Nine Heavens Wind-Thunder Fan or the Great Roc Soaring Firmament Sword.
• Zhou Chun tried to refine the Nine Heavens Wind-Thunder Fan, but its proud artifact spirit mocked him and refused to acknowledge him as its master.
• Zhou Chun returned to the Yu Kingdom, gave Luo Qingni Immortal Pine Sap, and told Zhou Xinyuan to receive several Grand Cultivators while turning away other visitors.
• Six Grand Cultivators congratulated Zhou Chun, and True Person Bingling offered Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow, but Zhou Chun declined the gift and ended the audience.
• True Person Bingling gave Zhou Xinyuan the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow as a deposit and asked him to reserve three Fifth Rank Flood Dragon scales.

After achieving Spirit Transformation, Zhou Chun strengthened the Zhou Family, learned the Heaven and Earth Purifying Divine Jar’s ancient history, and obtained the Great Roc Soaring Firmament Sword. He settled into cultivating on Kunwu Peak as news of his advancement spread, leaving True Person Cangyue terrified about the Moon Wheel Sect’s future.

• Zhou Chun gave True Person Bingling’s Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow to True Person Bing Ming for the Six-Winged Ice Silkworms and fed Lord Mountain-Bearer ancient Yellow Dragon Grass to aid his recovery.
• Zhou Chun met the artifact spirit Unmarked, who recounted the Heaven and Earth Purifying Divine Jar’s history and its powers to purify evil forces and protect the Primordial Spirit.
• Zhou Chun visited his family’s ancestral tomb, then hired True Person Xuan Wei to design the Heavenly Origin Returning Formation and migrated six Spirit Veins into the Kunwu Mountain Range.
• Zhou Chun persuaded the sword spirit Lingxiao to leave the Myriad Blades Sword Cave with him, promising to master Sword Intent before formally claiming the Great Roc Soaring Firmament Sword.
• Zhou Chun returned to Kunwu Peak to comprehend the Sword Dao and revise his cultivation method as news of his Spirit Transformation spread, elevating the Zhou Family to a Human Saint Land.
• True Person Cangyue learned of Zhou Chun’s advancement and feared what it would mean for the Moon Wheel Sect.

Zhou Chun settled into Spirit Transformation, refined the Great Roc Soaring Firmament Sword, and strengthened the Zhou Family while cultivating in seclusion. At Snow Dragon Ridge, one of the Six-Winged Ice Silkworms survived a Heavenly Tribulation and emerged as a new white dragon-like beast that acknowledged True Person Bing Ming as its master.

• The Golden Horn Dragon Saint learned that Zhou Chun had achieved Spirit Transformation and that the Demon Saint Qing Luan had been slain, then reconsidered the planned counterattack against the Human Race.
• Zhou Chun advanced his swordsmanship and cultivation research, while one Six-Winged Ice Silkworm absorbed the other three and cocooned itself.
• Zhou Chun comprehended Sword Intent, refined the Great Roc Soaring Firmament Sword, and gained access to its powerful sword arts.
• The Zhou Family completed the Heavenly Origin Returning Formation, Zhou Chun designated Kunwu Peak's surroundings as restricted grounds, and he passed the patriarch position to Zhou Xinyuan.
• After twelve years, the transformed Six-Winged Ice Silkworm endured a Heavenly Tribulation, emerged as a white insect-dragon beast, and bowed to True Person Bing Ming as its master.

After completing the Golden Cauldron Divine Manual, Zhou Chun visited Divine Venerable Taigeng and learned why the Human Race could not safely strike at the Other Races before the Turbid Fiendish Energy dissipated. He then went to Yuanyang Temple to confront Venerable Yuanyang, whose disciples claimed he was in secluded death cultivation, and insisted on seeing the site himself.

• Zhou Chun learned that the white exotic beast carried the ancient Aurora Ice Butterfly Beast bloodline and made it his sixth Demon King spirit pet, leaving it in Bingyi Country with True Person Bing Ming.
• After twenty years of research, Zhou Chun completed the Golden Cauldron Divine Manual, refined his techniques, and restored the vitality of the Myriad Transformation Golden Cauldron and the Universe Suppressing Spirit Pagoda.
• Zhou Chun sparred with Divine Venerable Taigeng and asked about the Other Races; Taigeng explained the risks of attacking their territory and said the Human Race would ultimately prevail.
• Zhou Chun told Divine Venerable Taigeng he intended to visit Yuanyang, and Taigeng agreed that he should investigate what Yuanyang was plotting.
• Zhou Chun arrived at Yuanyang Temple and publicly demanded to see Venerable Yuanyang, alarming the temple's disciples and visitors.
• True Person Xuan Yan said Venerable Yuanyang had entered secluded death cultivation, but Zhou Chun insisted on seeing the place and made Xuan Yan lead him inside.

Zhou Chun visited Yuanyang Temple and pressured its Nascent Soul cultivators into trading their Pure Yang Barrier Breaking Pill for a Spirit Transformation Xin, using the encounter to vent his anger at Venerable Yuanyang. He then visited Venerable Xuanwu in the Far West before setting out for the Heavenly Fire Sect.

• Zhou Chun questioned True Person Xuan Yan about Venerable Yuanyang and the World-Destroying Moon Wheel, then demanded Yuanyang Temple's Pure Yang Barrier Breaking Pill for True Person Qingni.
• Zhou Chun gave True Person Xuan Yan a Spirit Transformation Xin in exchange for the pill, and left Yuanyang Temple after confirming the trade.
• True Person Xuan Yan and the other Yuanyang Temple true persons cursed Zhou Chun in private after he departed.
• Zhou Chun visited Venerable Xuanwu, whose true body was bound to the Far West by his connection to an earth vein, and stayed as a guest for less than half a month.
• Zhou Chun left Venerable Xuanwu's cave abode and headed for the Heavenly Fire Sect.

Zhou Chun investigated the Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl, gave Luo Qingni a Pure Yang Barrier Breaking Pill, and watched the Moon Wheel Sect collapse before war erupted between the Human Race and the Other Races. When he rushed to aid the retreating forces at Changchun Valley, the Golden Horn Dragon Saint sent his Dragon God Pearl avatar to intercept him.

• Zhou Chun discovered that the Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl had nearly reached the limit of a Spirit Treasure but lacked the rare material needed to become a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure, then returned to Kunwu Mountain and gave Luo Qingni a Pure Yang Barrier Breaking Pill.
• Zhou Zhiying challenged True Person Cangyue, and after Zhou Chun refused to meet Cangyue, the Moon Wheel Sect dispersed and eventually vanished from Jing Kingdom.
• Over the following decades, the Zhou Family gained eight Golden Core cultivators, while Luo Qingni approached the Nascent Soul Late Stage barrier and the Human Race prepared for an invasion by the Other Races.
• The Multi-Winged Tribe and Triangular Tribe invaded Great Zhou Country, the Myriad Beast Wilderness sent a vast army into the Far West, and Zhou Chun went to the Tianling Realm to investigate the Demon Race’s movements.
• The Golden Horn Dragon Saint joined the fighting in Great Zhou Country, helping the Other Races seize Sky Abyss Immortal City and force Divine Venerable Taigeng and Venerable Green Robe to retreat toward Changchun Valley.
• Zhou Chun rushed to reinforce them, but the Golden Horn Dragon Saint unleashed his Dragon God Pearl avatar to intercept him.

Zhou Chun and Divine Venerable Taigeng fought the Golden Horn Dragon Saint and his allies, then retreated with Venerable Green Robe to Changchun Valley. There, Venerable Changchun revealed an unknown Sixth Rank being was watching the valley, and Taigeng asked to borrow the Heavenly Punishment Demon Slaying Sword to help defend the Human Race.

• Zhou Chun fought the Golden Horn Dragon Saint’s Dragon God Pearl avatar while Divine Venerable Taigeng struck the Saint with the Heavenly Crystal Spirit Slaying Sword, badly injuring him.
• The Golden Horn Dragon Saint joined the attack on Zhou Chun, who unleashed the Great Roc Soaring Firmament Sword’s full power until Divine Venerable Taigeng rescued Venerable Green Robe.
• The three Human Race cultivators retreated toward Changchun Valley, and Venerable Changchun’s Heavenly Punishment Demon Slaying Sword drove off their pursuers.
• Venerable Changchun told Zhou Chun and Divine Venerable Taigeng that an unknown Sixth Rank existence was secretly watching Changchun Valley and that Venerable Green Robe needed more than half a month to recover.
• After they discussed the lack of allies, Divine Venerable Taigeng asked Venerable Changchun to lend him the Heavenly Punishment Demon Slaying Sword.

Zhou Chun and Divine Venerable Taigeng returned to Great Zhou Country and devised an offensive strategy against the Other Races, but were forced into battle by three Sixth Rank foes. After a three-day stalemate, Taigeng used the Heavenly Punishment Demon Slaying Sword to severely wound Golden Horn Dragon Saint, who fled.

• Venerable Changchun lent Divine Venerable Taigeng the Heavenly Punishment Demon Slaying Sword, and Taigeng warned Zhou Chun to be cautious about using Great Dao Law.
• Zhou Chun and Divine Venerable Taigeng reached the Nine Yuan Sword Sect and learned that the Other Races had devastated strongholds while Green-Faced Demon Bees spread across Great Zhou Country.
• Zhou Chun proposed offensives into the Triangular Tribe and Multi-Winged Tribe hinterlands, attacks on Dragon Abyss Marsh, and sending Taigeng's incarnation to recruit Lingfeng; Taigeng approved and issued orders.
• Golden Horn Dragon Saint, the Multi-Winged Tribe powerhouse, and the Triangular Tribe powerhouse attacked Zhou Chun and Taigeng, forcing them into a prolonged battle.
• After three days and nights, Divine Venerable Taigeng wielded the Heavenly Punishment Demon Slaying Sword, pierced Golden Horn Dragon Saint, and severed one of his dragon claws.
• Golden Horn Dragon Saint called to Huo Lan and Lei Zhen that he was withdrawing, then fled while Taigeng fought on.

Zhou Chun and Divine Venerable Taigeng struggled to contain the allied forces attacking Great Zhou Country while arranging counterattacks on the other fronts. The Human Race won breathing room after Venerable Lingfeng attacked the Multi-Winged Tribe’s Sacred Hall and Divine Venerable Taigeng’s forces routed the Dragon Abyss Marsh demons, while Venerable Changchun prepared to join the war.

• Divine Venerable Taigeng recovered from his injuries while Zhou Chun directed the defense of Great Zhou Country, where the Alien Allied Forces destroyed Thunder Cliff Valley and Yellow Dragon Fortress.
• True Person Bingling and the other Human Race cultivators raided the Wilderness Expanse, then withdrew when the Beast Kings mobilized, while Human forces from the Far West burned Triangular Tribe settlements and drew its Sixth-Rank powerhouse away.
• Zhou Chun and Divine Venerable Taigeng held off the returning Triangular Tribe powerhouse and the Multi-Winged Tribe powerhouse until the latter sensed an attack on his Sacred Hall and rushed back.
• Venerable Lingfeng looted the Multi-Winged Tribe’s Sacred Hall, defeated the remnant soul guarding it, and fought Lei Zhen for two days before escaping near the Nine Yuan Sword Sect.
• Divine Venerable Taigeng’s avatar and Human allies defeated the Dragon Abyss Marsh Beast Kings, slew more than twenty Fifth-Rank Beast Kings, and swept the Wilderness Expanse to prevent another Beast Tide.
• Venerable Changchun exposed and defeated a Sixth-Rank Wind Demon Lion at Changchun Valley, then prepared to join the war once Venerable Green Robe’s injuries stabilized.

Zhou Chun, Divine Venerable Taigeng, and the Nine Yuan Sword Sect fought to hold off four Sixth Rank Other Races powerhouses while waiting for Venerable Changchun. Their defenses nearly collapsed, but Venerable Changchun arrived just as Taigeng prepared to sacrifice his Dao Body.

• Divine Venerable Taigeng and Zhou Chun learned that Venerable Changchun was coming, but the Wind Demon Lion and the Golden Horn Dragon Saint's Second Primordial Spirit joined the battle, leaving them outnumbered four to two.
• Zhou Chun warned Ye Qingxuan to prepare the Nine Yuan Sword Sect for a retreat, and Ye Qingxuan rallied the sect's Nascent Soul cultivators and retrieved its Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure Flying Sword.
• Zhou Chun and Divine Venerable Taigeng fought the four Sixth Rank powerhouses, then retreated to the Nine Yuan Sword Sect's mountain gate as Taigeng's injuries worsened.
• Ye Qingxuan used the sect's Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure Flying Sword to defend the formation, but the enemy attacks destroyed five sword steles, killed three Nascent Soul cultivators, and crippled the formation.
• Zhou Chun and Divine Venerable Taigeng charged out to draw the enemies away from the sect, and Taigeng prepared to sacrifice his Dao Body to help them escape.
• Venerable Changchun arrived, startling the four Other Races powerhouses and promising to punish them for coveting his treasure.

Venerable Changchun’s arrival turned the battle against the Alien Allied Forces, and his investigation uncovered a ritual to restore Demon Saint Qing Luan that he stopped before it could succeed. Zhou Chun led the Human Race’s counterattack into the Dolan Grasslands, where Lei Zhen threatened him to halt the advance; Zhou Chun agreed to stop at Muli Lake and killed Lei Zhen’s possessed Saint Mage.

• Venerable Changchun trapped the Wind Demon Lion, crippled Lei Zhen’s Dao body, and helped Zhou Chun drive back the other Sixth Rank fighters.
• Venerable Changchun investigated Dragon Abyss, destroyed the blood sacrifice ritual for Demon Saint Qing Luan, and wounded her again.
• Zhou Chun promised to restore the devastated Nine Yuan Sword Sect and arranged help against the spreading Green-Faced Demon Bees.
• Venerable Changchun hunted the Wind Demon Lion for half a month, while Zhou Chun led the Human Race armies into the Dolan Grasslands and ravaged Multi-Winged Tribe settlements.
• Lei Zhen possessed a Multi-Winged Saint Mage to threaten Zhou Chun, who halted the army at Muli Lake and killed the possessed Saint Mage.

After the war, Zhou Chun organized the Human Race’s recovery, strengthened the Zhou Family, and helped Ye Qingxuan advance his Sword Dao while waiting for the Turbid Fiendish Energy to disperse. When it finally vanished, the world’s spiritual energy surged, granting cultivators and Demonic Beasts a rare opportunity and signaling that a Spiritual Energy Tide might arrive within a century.

• Zhou Chun secured Venerable Changchun’s support for postwar rewards, took charge of the Dolan Grasslands and Great Zhou Country, and established the Zhou Family’s presence around Muli Lake.
• Zhou Chun oversaw the eradication of the Green-Faced Demon Bee Insect Calamity, rewarded Ye Qingxuan with a Spirit Transformation Xin, and promised him the Great Roc Soaring Firmament Sword to aid his cultivation.
• Over the following decades, Zhou Chun and his allies grew stronger, the Zhou Family expanded, and the Turbid Fiendish Energy continued to recede.
• Zhou Chun returned to the Yu Kingdom with Ye Qingxuan to await the Turbid Fiendish Energy’s final dispersal and notified his friends and spirit pets of the possible opportunity.
• Five-colored spiritual clouds appeared worldwide as the Turbid Fiendish Energy vanished, helping Phoenix Origin Lord advance and allowing Ye Qingxuan to draw out the first faint power of the Metal Element Great Dao Law.
• Zhou Chun warned Ye Qingxuan to prepare for Spirit Transformation before the Spiritual Energy Tide arrived, and Ye Qingxuan returned the Great Roc Soaring Firmament Sword.

Zhou Chun witnessed the Human Race’s rise as the Great Dao and spiritual energy grew more active, while Ye Qingxuan achieved Spirit Transformation and new threats emerged among the Other Races. After helping guard Venerable Changchun through years of attacks, Zhou Chun saw him break through to the late Spirit Transformation realm.

• Over the decades after the Turbid Fiendish Energy dissipated, the Zhou Family gained new cultivators and beasts, Zhou Chun became an Artifact Refining Grandmaster, and Ye Qingxuan achieved Spirit Transformation.
• Zhou Chun visited Ye Qingxuan, shared insights and information about Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures, and later mourned Nangong Wuqing, who died in the Vital Energy Tribulation.
• Zhou Xinyuan’s Ink Flood Dragon survived its tribulation and became the Zhou Family’s eighth Fifth-Rank Beast King before the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy Tide swept across the world.
• Zhou Chun, Divine Venerable Taigeng, and Ye Qingxuan went to Changchun Valley to protect Venerable Changchun as he attempted to break through, while Divine Venerable Taigeng told them that Venerable Guanghan was also seeking a breakthrough.
• The Golden Horn Dragon Saint, Ice Fire Demonic Ape, Huo Lan, Lei Zhen, and Wind Demon Lion attacked Changchun Valley, but Venerable Lingfeng joined the defenders and the Other Races were forced to retreat.
• Eight years after the guardians arrived, Venerable Changchun broke through to the late Spirit Transformation stage, causing the plants around Changchun Valley to grow wildly and terrifying the invading Sixth Rank powerhouses.

Venerable Changchun broke through to late Spirit Transformation, repelled the alien experts, and revealed that heaven and earth restricted his power. He awakened the ancient Venerable Yuan, who promised to take him to the Upper Realm and gave him a secret technique to unleash his full strength, in exchange for the corpses of Sixth Rank aliens.

• Venerable Changchun attacked the fleeing aliens from afar, killed Lei Zhen, and bound the Ice Fire Demonic Ape, who self-detonated and devastated the land around Changchun Valley.
• Venerable Lingfeng left after declaring his debt to Venerable Changchun repaid, while Divine Venerable Taigeng, Zhou Chun, and Ye Qingxuan congratulated Changchun on his breakthrough.
• Divine Venerable Taigeng confided that Venerable Changchun had abandoned their plan to sweep away the alien races, and Zhou Chun and Ye Qingxuan urged him to temper his expectations and remain cautious.
• Venerable Changchun admitted to himself that heaven and earth restricted his power, then traveled to Sinister Spirit Canyon to awaken Senior Venerable Yuan.
• Senior Venerable Yuan promised to take Venerable Changchun to the Upper Realm and taught him a secret technique that could unleash his full strength at the cost of accelerating heaven and earth's rejection.
• Senior Venerable Yuan asked Venerable Changchun to send him the corpses of the Sixth Rank alien beings he killed so he could reconstruct his Dao Body.

Golden Horn Dragon Saint secured a promise of protection from Spirit Venerable, while Zhou Chun investigated Venerable Yuanyang’s absence and sought a tribulation treasure for Phoenix Origin Lord. He offered the Heavenly Fire Sect a chance to trade its Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl for Phoenix Origin Lord’s help resolving Sky Fire Peak’s hidden danger, leaving True Person Liehuo to decide.

• Golden Horn Dragon Saint descended into the Land of Guixu and received a blue crystal from Spirit Venerable, who promised to protect the Flood Dragon clan until ascension but would not fight other races for them.
• Zhou Chun learned that the Triangular Tribe had exterminated the Multi-Winged Tribe and was relocating people and supplies to avoid the Human Race.
• Zhou Chun infiltrated Yuanyang Temple and found no sign of activity around Venerable Yuanyang’s cave, concluding that Venerable Yuanyang was absent or something had happened to him.
• Phoenix Origin Lord finished refining Demon Saint Qing Luan’s blood pearl, reached the Fifth-Rank pinnacle, and condensed a tenth true Fire Phoenix feather that let her wield the Great Dao Law of Fire.
• After discussing how to obtain a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure for Phoenix Origin Lord’s tribulation, Zhou Chun summoned True Person Liehuo and proposed exchanging the Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl for Phoenix Origin Lord’s help resolving the danger beneath Sky Fire Peak.
• Zhou Chun offered additional conditions if the Heavenly Fire Sect agreed to the exchange, and True Person Liehuo sat in deep contemplation without giving an answer.

Zhou Chun helped the Heavenly Fire Sect transform its inherited Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl into a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure, then joined the Human Race’s Deity Transformation Venerables in a campaign to eliminate the other races. After Venerable Changchun and Divine Venerable Taigeng killed the Wind Demon Lion, Zhou Chun and Venerable Guanghan headed to help surround Huo Lan.

• True Person Liehuo agreed that the Heavenly Fire Sect would exchange the Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl for Zhou Chun’s protection for two thousand years and his promise to cultivate a Nascent Soul stage cultivator for them.
• Zhou Chun obtained the Qing Luan skeleton from Venerable Green Robe, then learned from Divine Venerable Taigeng that Phoenix Origin Lord could use her tenth true feather to guide the pearl’s advancement.
• Phoenix Origin Lord fused the Qing Luan Bone and her true feather into the Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl, which survived its tribulation and became a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure compatible with her.
• After Venerable Guanghan revealed that his attempt to reach mid Spirit Transformation had failed, the five Human Race Deity Transformation Venerables agreed to sweep away the other races and divided their targets.
• Venerable Guanghan gave Zhou Chun her ice-law insights and asked him to safeguard her future successor and the Arctic Ice Heart Lock; Zhou Chun agreed.
• Venerable Changchun and Divine Venerable Taigeng tracked down and killed the Wind Demon Lion, then joined Zhou Chun and Venerable Guanghan as they rushed to surround Huo Lan.

Zhou Chun and the Human Race cultivators killed Huo Lan, then moved against the remaining threats to the Human Immortal Cultivation World. At Dragon Abyss Marsh, they attacked the Golden Horn Dragon Saint, but a powerful creature rose from the water and threatened to change the battle.

• Huo Lan fled after learning of the Wind Demon Lion’s death, but Zhou Chun, Venerable Guanghan, and Ye Qingxuan caught and surrounded him.
• As Huo Lan neared Dao Transformation, Venerable Changchun arrived and led the group in killing him; Venerable Changchun took Huo Lan’s corpse, while Zhou Chun kept the Triangular Tribe’s scarlet saber.
• The Human Race cultivators returned to Triangular Tribe Territory, killed Fifth Rank beings, and issued an edict calling for frontier expansion before heading to the former Moon Wheel Sect mountain gate.
• After two days of rest, Venerable Changchun and the other four Human Race Spirit Transformation cultivators went to Dragon Abyss Marsh to confront the Golden Horn Dragon Saint.
• The Golden Horn Dragon Saint defended himself with the Dragon God Pearl as the five attacked, until a fearsome aura rose from beneath the water and a gigantic creature emerged.

The Northern Darkness Mysterious Kun drove the Human cultivators from Dragon Abyss Marsh, and Venerable Yuan identified it as an Upper Realm water-element divine beast. Venerable Changchun grew wary of Venerable Yuan’s motives and turned to other plans; five years later, he freed Venerable Xuan Wu and set a ten-year deadline to attack the Yuanmo Realm with Zhou Chun’s help.

• The Northern Darkness Mysterious Kun attacked the five Human Spirit Transformation cultivators, forcing Venerable Changchun to lead their retreat from Dragon Abyss Marsh.
• Venerable Yuan identified the giant beast as a Northern Darkness Mysterious Kun and urged Venerable Changchun to target the demonic cultivators and the Giant God Clan instead.
• Venerable Changchun questioned Venerable Yuan’s reasons for collecting Sixth Rank corpses and decided not to rely entirely on him.
• Zhou Chun resumed cultivation as Human cultivators reclaimed Other Race territories, and the Silver Dragon Lord advanced to an Upper-grade Fifth Rank Beast King.
• Venerable Changchun severed Venerable Xuan Wu’s bond with the earth veins, freeing him at the cost of damage to his Dao foundation.
• Venerable Changchun told Zhou Chun he would attack the Yuanmo Realm in ten years and reminded him of his promise to help.

Zhou Chun waited for Phoenix Origin Lord to advance, then helped her become the Glazed Demon Saint before setting out to find Venerable Yuanyang. At Yuanyang Temple, he discovered that Venerable Yuanyang had vanished and demanded an item he had used.

• Zhou Chun cautioned Phoenix Origin Lord to prepare carefully, while Zhou Yuanxin received an Infant Transformation Pill and Zhou Rongjiu took over managing the Zhou Family.
• Phoenix Origin Lord endured the Vital Energy Tribulation, Heart Demon Tribulation, and Forty-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, becoming the Glazed Demon Saint.
• Venerable Changchun postponed the planned attack on the Yuanmo Realm for three years and asked Zhou Chun to involve Venerable Yuanyang.
• After the Glazed Demon Saint stabilized her cultivation, she traveled with Zhou Chun to Yuanyang Temple, where they found Venerable Yuanyang absent and his cave dwelling abandoned.
• Zhou Chun destroyed the cave dwelling, retrieved a damaged scarlet banner bearing the power of the Great Dao Law of Fire, gave it to the Glazed Demon Saint, and demanded an item Venerable Yuanyang had used from True Person Xuan Yan.

Zhou Chun followed clues to the Blazing Sun Sect and found Venerable Yuanyang transformed into a white fire phoenix in a strange Nirvana state. After Zhou Chun and the Glazed Demon Saint defeated him, the Glazed Demon Saint swallowed his Nascent Soul and body, while Zhou Chun seized the Samadhi True Fire Gourd to investigate what had happened.

• Zhou Chun used Venerable Yuanyang's remaining possessions to deduce that he had gone southwest, then traced him to a location near the Blazing Sun Sect.
• Zhou Chun warned the Blazing Sun Sect's two Nascent Soul cultivators, who evacuated their disciples before he and the Glazed Demon Saint searched the sect's Underground Fire Vein.
• The Glazed Demon Saint found a huge white-flamed egg, and Zhou Chun recognized its aura as Venerable Yuanyang's.
• The Glazed Demon Saint attacked the egg, and Zhou Chun wounded the white fire phoenix that emerged; Yuanyang briefly regained consciousness and revealed himself.
• Zhou Chun and the Glazed Demon Saint overwhelmed Yuanyang, and the Glazed Demon Saint swallowed his Nascent Soul and then his recovering body.
• Zhou Chun suppressed the Samadhi True Fire Gourd, intending to question its spirit about Yuanyang's transformation.