Recaps

After Han Xuanji’s insight exposed the hidden danger at Sacred Forest Peak, the Immortal Venerables rewarded him and Immortal Lord Yunmiao. The sect then ordered Yunmiao to have Han investigate everyone in the Heavenly Palace, and Yunmiao delivered Han’s rewards while concealing his worries about the consequences.

• Immortal Lord Yunmiao told the Immortal Venerables that Han Xuanji deserved credit, and Immortal Venerable Yuheng granted Han three days in the Myriad Laws Dao Source Pool and a hundred years at the Seeking the Dao Cliff.
• Immortal Venerable Yuheng also rewarded Yunmiao with Dao-Evolving Purple Gold Pills and ordered him to have Han investigate everyone in the Heavenly Palace for the Free Heavenly Devil’s thought-seeding technique.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao agreed to the Immortal Venerables’ decree, then worried that the investigation could bring Han misfortune.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao returned to the Myriad Phenomena Garden, where Su Ming recounted how Sacred Forest Peak’s disciples had fled and the sect was investigating Immortal Lord Sacred Forest’s disciples.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao gave Han Xuanji the Myriad Laws Dao Source Token and told him that his disciple token had been granted a hundred years at the Seeking the Dao Cliff.

Han Xuanji entered the Myriad Laws Dao Source Pool and used a hundred saved check-ins to obtain a haul of Chaos treasures, a bloodline trait, and powerful techniques. He set aside the rewards he could not yet use and began cultivating the Chaos Body-Tempering True Instruction during his three-day stay.

• A Golden Immortal elder guided Han Xuanji into the Myriad Laws Dao Source Pool, where he absorbed its dense Chaos Qi and gained clearer insights into cultivation.
• Han Xuanji checked in at the seven-star location and received the Chaos Dao Embryo, then spent his saved check-ins until the system barred further attempts.
• Han Xuanji counted his hundred rewards, including ninety-seven innate wonders, seven Chaos Divine Crystals, numerous Chaos Dao Fruits, the Chaos Tree Seed, and other treasures.
• Han Xuanji gained the Immortal Emperor Descendant trait, which strengthened him and gave him a blood-burning secret method capable of briefly raising his combat power to the Mystic Immortal level.
• Han Xuanji decided not to accept the difficult Chaos Divine Light inheritance or use the Chaos Tree Seed yet, and chose to study the Chaos Body-Tempering True Instruction in the pool.

Han Xuanji fused the Chaos Dao Embryo in the Myriad Laws Dao Source Pool, reaching Perfected True Immortal and gaining a supreme aptitude that could let him be reborn in chaos. After three days of tempering his body, he left the pool and returned to the Myriad Phenomena Garden to receive a Great Firmament Divine Ability inheritance.

• Han Xuanji fused the Chaos Dao Embryo, and his cultivation surged from Sixth Layer of True Immortal to Perfected True Immortal.
• Han Xuanji discovered that his Immortal Embryo Dao Bone trait had become Chaos Dao Embryo, granting him supreme aptitude and the potential to be reborn in chaos.
• Han Xuanji cultivated the Chaos Body-Tempering Instruction in the Myriad Laws Dao Source Pool for three days while the guarding elders sensed a commotion but did not enter.
• Jiang Hao arrived at the pool seeking to repair his damaged Dao foundation, studied Han Xuanji as he left, and wondered who the seemingly unfathomable disciple was.
• Jiang Hao entered the Myriad Laws Dao Source Pool and vowed not to be defeated, while Han Xuanji returned to the Myriad Phenomena Garden to receive a Great Firmament Divine Ability inheritance.

Han Xuanji received the Chaos Divine Light inheritance, gaining profound insights but finding he could not yet activate the Great Firmament Divine Ability. He checked in at the Seeking the Dao Cliff and entered sudden enlightenment, where Ji Tianxing, Jiang Yuan, and the other Pill Lineage True Disciples later spotted him.

• Han Xuanji accepted the inheritance and wandered through primordial chaos, witnessing the birth and destruction of the universe and gaining insights into its Principles.
• Han Xuanji formed a Chaos Divine Light seed in his Purple Mansion Dantian but could not activate it with his current True Immortal cultivation.
• Han Xuanji went to the Seeking the Dao Cliff and used his system check-in reward to enter sudden enlightenment.
• Several days later, Ji Tianxing, Jiang Yuan, Li Qianluo, and the other Pill Lineage True Disciples arrived and recognized Han Xuanji beneath the cliff.

Han Xuanji cultivated at Seeking the Dao Cliff while Jiang Hao reforged his Immortal King Bone into a more powerful immortal bone. The Immortal Venerables decided to hold the Seven Lineages Martial Competition a hundred years early and invite other forces to expose hidden Devil Race spies.

• Jiang Yuan, Zhao Yuan, Li Qianluo, and Su Ming saw Han Xuanji at Seeking the Dao Cliff and wondered how he had obtained enough contribution points to cultivate there.
• Han Xuanji continued comprehending the Great Dao Principles, while Zhao Yuan kept his distance and felt wary of him.
• Jiang Hao used the Nirvana Samsara Scripture and the Myriad Laws Dao Source Pool to reforge his Immortal King Bone and awaken the Divine Light of the Ruins of Return.
• Jiang Hao left the pool resolved to announce his return and eventually challenge Su Ming and the mysterious heaven's chosen he had met.
• Immortal Venerable Tianji, Immortal Venerable Yuheng, Immortal Venerable Yuxuan, Immortal Venerable Creation, and Immortal Venerable Nine Cosmoses agreed to hold the Seven Lineages Martial Competition a hundred years from then and invite outside forces to help identify Devil Race spies.

Han Xuanji reached the Mystic Immortal realm at the Seeking the Dao Cliff and decided he would try to avoid taking part in the Seven Lineages Martial Competition. As he continued stabilizing his cultivation, Su Ming broke through again, while the departing disciples discussed the competition’s unprecedented scale.

• Han Xuanji completed his breakthrough to the Mystic Immortal realm after half a year of cultivation and gained greater power over the Principles around him.
• Han Xuanji read Immortal Lord Yunmiao’s message asking him to enter the Seven Lineages Martial Competition and help investigate Devil Race spies, then resolved to avoid competing if possible.
• Han Xuanji resumed stabilizing his realm and pondered how to form his Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.
• Su Ming broke through again at the Seeking the Dao Cliff, astonishing Jiang Yuan, Zhao Yuan, Ji Tianxing, and the others.
• Jiang Yuan, Zhao Yuan, and the other visitors left the cliff as their allotted time ended and discussed the competition’s outside factions, scrutiny, and Ten Great True Disciples selection.

Su Ming and Li Changsheng set out to eliminate devils in a dangerous lower-realm world, prompting Han Xuanji to check on the Great Void Spirit Realm and foresee a greater devil calamity. Back at the Seeking the Dao Cliff, Han Xuanji discovered that the Chaos Divine Crystal could nourish and transform his Ninth-Grade Azure Lotus, strengthening his soul.

• Su Ming invited Li Changsheng to join him on a sect mission to wipe out devils in a small world, and Li Changsheng agreed despite the danger.
• After Su Ming left, Han Xuanji used the Heavenly Divination Technique to see that the Great Void Spirit Realm was thriving, but foresaw a more perilous devil calamity ahead.
• Han Xuanji remembered the Chaos Divine Crystal and examined it, whereupon the Ninth-Grade Azure Lotus in his sea of consciousness reacted to it.
• Han Xuanji brought the crystal to his brow, and the Azure Lotus absorbed its chaos Qi, growing stronger and sending vital force into his soul.

After a hundred years at Seeking the Dao Cliff, Han Xuanji comprehended the fourth level of the Extreme Heaven Sword Dao and advanced to the eighth layer of the Mystic Immortal Realm. He returned to Purple Firmament Peak for the Seven Lineages Martial Competition and reunited with Su Ming.

• Han Xuanji nurtured the growing Azure Lotus and continued cultivating and studying the Sword Dao at Seeking the Dao Cliff.
• After a hundred years of study, Han Xuanji reached the Return to the Ruins Realm, the fourth level of the Extreme Heaven Sword Dao, and advanced to the eighth layer of the Mystic Immortal Realm.
• Han Xuanji's Ninth-Grade Azure Lotus had grown into a Twelfth-Grade Azure Lotus, and he decided to leave Seeking the Dao Cliff because his allotted time was up and the sect had assigned him a task for the Seven Lineages Martial Competition.
• Han Xuanji returned to Purple Firmament Peak while disciples discussed the competition and the powerful outsiders expected to attend.
• Su Ming visited Han Xuanji after a hundred years apart, having reached the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Su Ming visited Han Xuanji after surviving a century of battles in the lower realm and shared a red stone containing an ancient Dao-comprehension inheritance. After Han Xuanji taught him the method, Li Changkong arrived as a newly advanced True Immortal and challenged Han Xuanji to draw his sword.

• Su Ming recounted how he and Li Changsheng had slain a True Immortal devil and obtained a Golden Immortal inheritance in the lower realm.
• Su Ming gave Han Xuanji a mysterious red stone, and Han Xuanji used his Double Pupils to uncover its hidden inheritance imprint.
• Han Xuanji activated the stone and learned the Scripture of Dao Comprehension in the Great Void.
• Han Xuanji passed the sacred method to Su Ming, who absorbed it and thanked him before leaving to prepare for the Seven Lineages Martial Competition.
• Han Xuanji heard rumors that the Heavenly Emperor of High Antiquity would return and that reincarnated Heavenly Court experts were gathering to rebuild it.
• Li Changkong arrived after breaking through to the True Immortal realm and challenged Han Xuanji to draw his sword.

Li Changkong tested his improved sword Dao against Han Xuanji and was swiftly defeated, then gained new insight from Han Xuanji’s explanation of the sword’s relationship to the Great Dao. As the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace filled with powerful guests for the martial competition, Jiang Yuan wondered whether Han Xuanji would take part.

• Li Changkong unleashed his sword strike, but Han Xuanji’s simple counter stopped it before his brow and forced him to admit defeat.
• Han Xuanji explained that the highest sword principle came from understanding the workings of heaven and the Great Dao, leaving Li Changkong deeply shaken and enlightened.
• Powerful guests arrived at the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace, including the Myriad Laws Holy Son, the Buddhist Son Shengxin, the Jade Pool Holy Maiden, and Jiang Lingxiao.
• Jiang Yuan observed the gathering prodigies and wondered whether Han Xuanji would make a move, sensing that Han Xuanji far surpassed him.

Han Xuanji watched the Seven Lineages Martial Competition begin while detecting powerful figures whose plans revealed that many factions were maneuvering behind the contest. The Immortal Venerables reflected on the coming age of prodigies and the possibility of attaining Daluo.

• Han Xuanji declined to compete, while Immortal Lord Yunmiao reflected on his disciple’s calm and detachment from the sect.
• Han Xuanji detected several powerful cultivators affected by devil thoughts and learned that Jin Yuntian was guarding Golden Crow prodigy Jin Zizai, who sought to help establish a Demon Race Heavenly Court.
• Han Xuanji identified Daoist Ten Thousand Stars as a Taiyi Golden Immortal of the Star Palace searching for Sovereign Ziwei’s reincarnation and stellar-destined prodigies.
• The Seven Lineages Martial Competition began, and Su Ming told Han Xuanji he would not let him lose face before departing to compete.
• Immortal Venerable Yuheng and Immortal Venerable Tianji discussed the rise of prodigies across the Upper Realm and the possibility that this age could produce a Daluo.

Jiang Hao revealed that his Immortal Bone had been reborn through nirvana when he defeated Crown Prince Xiyuan and announced his return as a powerful prodigy. After the Heavenly Immortal Realm matches, Su Ming and Jiang Hao stood to compete for a place in the final, while Immortal Lord Yunmiao wondered whether he had failed Han Xuanji as a master.

• Jiang Hao faced Crown Prince Xiyuan, whose mockery and overwhelming physical power led the crowd to expect an easy victory.
• Jiang Hao met Crown Prince Xiyuan's punch head-on and revealed his restored, strengthened Nirvana Immortal Bone.
• Jiang Hao fought Crown Prince Xiyuan in a fierce contest and defeated him with a powerful fist seal.
• Su Ming affirmed to Han Xuanji that he was confident and would not waste his senior brother's guidance.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao reflected that he had taught Han Xuanji little and began doubting himself as a master.
• After the Heavenly Immortal Realm matches, Su Ming and Jiang Hao became the finalists competing for a place in the final.

Su Ming defeated Jiang Hao in a fierce contest by using Gods and Devils Visualization to suppress the Divine Light of the Ruins of Return and land a decisive sword strike. As the crowd celebrated, a gentle voice told Han Xuanji that his fate was unusual.

• Jiang Hao and Su Ming exchanged attacks, with Jiang Hao relying on his powerful body and Su Ming evading him with profound swordsmanship and movement.
• Jiang Hao unleashed the Divine Light of the Ruins of Return from his Nirvana Immortal Bone, dimming Su Ming’s sword light and threatening to overwhelm him.
• Su Ming summoned Gods and Devils Visualization to suppress Jiang Hao’s Divine Light of the Ruins of Return, then pierced through it with Extreme Heaven One Sword, break the law.
• Jiang Hao admitted defeat, and the presiding elder declared Su Ming the winner after Jiang Hao acknowledged that Su Ming had held back his final strike.
• A gentle voice spoke beside Han Xuanji’s ear, saying that his fate was unusual.

Daoist Ten Thousand Stars invited Han Xuanji to join the Star Palace because of his Big Dipper Star Fate, but Han declined and accepted a jade talisman instead. As the Seven Lineages Martial Competition reached its final day, the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace struggled in several realms, and its leaders discussed the purpose of the event and Han Xuanji’s absence from the competition.

• Daoist Ten Thousand Stars praised Han Xuanji’s Big Dipper Star Fate and invited him to study the Dao of Stars, but Han refused to leave his sect.
• Daoist Ten Thousand Stars gave Han Xuanji a powerful jade talisman with no obligation attached, then departed.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao explained the Star Palace’s ancient origins and warned Han Xuanji to judge its entanglements for himself.
• The Seven Lineages Martial Competition reached its final day, with the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace taking three of the top four places in the Heavenly Immortal realm but losing many True Immortal and Mystic Immortal matches.
• The Spirit Void Heavenly Palace’s senior figures said the competition was meant to reveal the outside forces’ plans, and the head of the Talisman Lineage asked why Han Xuanji had not competed.

The Spirit Void Heavenly Palace’s Immortal Venerables agreed to name Han Xuanji their Dao Child and devote resources to his growth. After the Seven Lineages Martial Competition, Han Xuanji met the seven lineage heads and began revealing the Devil Race’s infiltrators.

• The Immortal Venerables praised Han Xuanji’s talent and agreed to name him the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace’s Dao Child.
• The Seven Lineages Martial Competition ended, and disciples discussed the outside talents who had outperformed the palace’s own competitors.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao summoned Han Xuanji to the Spirit Void Palace to report what he had learned at the competition.
• Han Xuanji paid his respects to the seven lineage heads and described how the Devil Race had secretly infiltrated sects and lineages.
• Han Xuanji identified Daoist Cangyan and other figures whose souls had been assimilated by devil thoughts.

Han Xuanji exposed a widespread infiltration of the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace, and the Immortal Venerables confirmed his warning and arranged a covert investigation. They appointed him Dao Child, granting him the position’s benefits while keeping the title secret, and the chapter ended with Immortal Lord Yunmiao waiting for him outside the palace.

• Immortal Venerable Tianji verified Han Xuanji’s claims that members of the palace had been infiltrated by the Free Heavenly Devil.
• Immortal Venerable Yuheng ordered the lineage heads to secretly watch the suspects, reduce their authority, and investigate the entire palace.
• The seven lineage heads appointed Han Xuanji Dao Child and promised him access to the sect’s resources and secret realms.
• Han Xuanji accepted the position after Immortal Venerable Yuheng agreed to keep his title private, and he promised to help the sect when needed.
• The Immortal Venerables discussed the approaching calamity and Immortal Venerable Yuxuan vowed to slay some of the Free Heavenly Devil’s clones.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao waited outside the palace and realized from Han Xuanji’s pleased expression that he had succeeded.

After Han Xuanji was appointed Dao Child, Immortal Lord Yunmiao learned the news and urged him to keep the position secret until he was stronger. Han Xuanji began using his new access to explore the sect’s secret realms and rapidly advanced his understanding of spacetime in the Spacetime Grotto.

• Han Xuanji told Immortal Lord Yunmiao that the sect had appointed him Dao Child but that he intended to keep it quiet.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao celebrated the appointment, warned Han Xuanji to stay low-profile, and urged him to live up to the sect’s expectations.
• Han Xuanji began signing in at places rich in Dao resonance and received ten-thousand-year soul-nurturing divine wood at the Heart-Nurturing Hall.
• Han Xuanji used his Dao Child token to enter the Spacetime Grotto and signed in to obtain Spacetime Fragments and the Spacetime Dao Body trait.
• Han Xuanji absorbed a Spacetime Fragment and used his Double Pupils to study the grotto’s time and space, greatly accelerating his comprehension of the Spacetime Principle.

Han Xuanji advanced his understanding of the Spacetime Principle in the Spacetime Grotto before returning to his cultivation chamber to review his insights. Meanwhile, Immortal Venerable Yuxuan and a powerful figure of the Jiang Household retaliated against the Free Heavenly Devil by attacking his incarnations.

• Han Xuanji spent several years in the Spacetime Grotto, gaining spacetime insights and raising his comprehension beyond that of many cultivators at his level.
• Han Xuanji used his Dao Child token to leave the grotto and returned to Purple Firmament Peak, where nearly three years had passed outside.
• Han Xuanji reviewed his insights in the Myriad Phenomena Garden and compared them with his understanding of other Great Daos.
• Immortal Venerable Yuxuan went to the Long River of Death Qi and struck an incarnation of the Free Heavenly Devil with his sword.
• Immortal Venerable Yuxuan warned the Free Heavenly Devil against harming Spirit Void Heavenly Palace disciples and then departed.
• A powerful figure of the Jiang Household suppressed and killed another incarnation of the Free Heavenly Devil.

News spread that Immortal Venerable Yuxuan and the Jiang Household had struck hard against the Devil Race, restoring the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace’s morale. At the Myriad Phenomena Garden, Han Xuanji welcomed Su Ming, Jiang Hao, and Li Changsheng, then impressed the two visitors with his deep knowledge of the Dao.

• News spread that Immortal Venerable Yuxuan had injured the Free Heavenly Devil's incarnation and a Jiang Household expert had destroyed a Taiyi member of the Devil Race, renewing excitement within the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace.
• Su Ming visited Han Xuanji after breaking through and introduced him to Jiang Hao and Li Changsheng.
• Su Ming wondered whether the sect's attack was linked to the theft of Jiang Hao's immortal bone, and Jiang Hao explained that the Devil Race had also been pursuing other old schemes against the Jiang Household.
• Han Xuanji deflected Su Ming's questions about the sect's intelligence and urged the group to focus on cultivation.
• Over several days, Han Xuanji discussed the Dao with Su Ming, Jiang Hao, and Li Changsheng, and Jiang Hao and Li Changsheng thanked him for his guidance.

After twenty years of secluded cultivation, Han Xuanji reached the perfection of the Mystic Immortal realm and began breaking through to the Golden Immortal realm. His breakthrough brought him to the River of Fate, where his origins baffled powerful figures and the system detected an eight-star sign-in location.

• Han Xuanji cultivated at the Seeking the Dao Cliff as the Heavenly Palace investigated its disciples and the upper realm descended into conflict.
• The three Immortal Venerables discussed the Free Heavenly Devil, Han Xuanji's progress, and the growing Demon Court.
• Han Xuanji reached perfection in the Mystic Immortal realm and began his breakthrough in the Myriad Phenomena Garden.
• Han Xuanji formed a Golden Immortal Dao Fruit and found his divine soul in the River of Fate, where he saw the fates of living beings and scenes from his past.
• A youth with the Divine Pupils of Fate failed to glimpse Han Xuanji's origins, while other experts sensed the disturbance and could not divine its source.
• The system detected the River of Fate as an eight-star sign-in location, and Han Xuanji silently chose to sign in.

Han Xuanji obtained the Divine Pupils of Fate, saw a possible calamity threatening the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace, and continued strengthening his cultivation. Years later, forces from the Heavenly Demon Realm invaded the Great Void Spirit Realm, prompting the Nine Provinces Continent’s strongest cultivators to respond.

• Han Xuanji fused with the Divine Pupils of Fate and saw black threads linking his providence to the Demon Court, the Devil Race, and an unknown calamity.
• Han Xuanji recognized that the vision was uncertain, resolved to reach the Daluo realm, and later deduced his Divine Abilities to the Golden Immortal level.
• A rift opened above the Endless Sea in the Great Void Spirit Realm, and powerful beings from the Heavenly Demon Realm emerged, intent on killing the realm’s inhabitants and taking its origin.
• Li Taiqing, Lin Potian, Lu Fan, Nangong Wenjian, and the Nine Provinces Continent’s other top experts sensed the invasion and prepared to face the crisis.

The Heavenly Demon Realm invaded the Nine Provinces to avenge its fallen warriors, and Han Xuanji watched as his former companions fought to defend their homeland. After foreseeing how the battle would unfold, Han Xuanji contacted Immortal Lord Yunmiao and received the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace’s support, then reflected on how much the mortal world had changed since his ascension.

• Lu Fan identified the invaders as members of the Heavenly Demon Realm, and Li Taiqing and the others resolved to protect the Nine Provinces in Han Xuanji’s absence.
• The Nine Provinces cultivators gathered at the East Sea and formed their defenses as the demons crossed the rift and attacked.
• Li Taiqing, Lu Fan, Lin Potian, and Bai Ye fought the invading forces, while Li Taiqing challenged an Immortal Ascension Seventh Layer demon with the Nine Tribulations Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• Han Xuanji sensed the invasion, used his Divine Pupils of Fate to see the battlefield, and decided not to intervene immediately after deducing what would happen.
• Han Xuanji contacted Immortal Lord Yunmiao, who assured him the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace would support the lower realm, and he watched the mortal world with a sense of how much time had passed.

Li Taiqing unleashed the Sword Qi Han Xuanji had left in a jade gourd, turning back the Demon Race’s assault, but the demonic deaths enabled Xue Yan to descend as an immortal. Su Ming arrived to confront Xue Yan, who invoked the Golden Crow Divine Race, and Su Ming prepared to fight.

• Li Taiqing used the jade gourd to unleash Han Xuanji’s Sword Qi, annihilating waves of demons and rallying the Nine Provinces cultivators.
• The golden-robed man ordered the Demon Race to keep attacking, using their deaths to help Xue Yan anchor his descent from the upper realm.
• Xue Yan’s arrival threatened to overwhelm the cultivators, but the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace disciples activated a formation to block him.
• Su Ming appeared to assist the disciples and confronted Xue Yan, who warned him that the Golden Crow Divine Race stood behind the attack.
• Su Ming gripped his rusty sword and declared that Xue Yan had earned a path to death by angering his senior brother.

Su Ming arrived in the turbulent void outside the Great Void Spirit Realm and killed the True Immortal demon Xue Yan with one sword. The surviving humans realized an upper-realm ally had intervened, while the golden-robed leader in the Heavenly Demon Realm was left furious and fearful.

• Li Taiqing and the other survivors wondered whether Han Xuanji or another upper-realm expert had stopped the demon immortal, unaware that Han Xuanji was watching them.
• Xue Yan attacked Su Ming with blood flames in the void, but Su Ming drew his sword and killed him with a single strike.
• Spirit Void Heavenly Palace disciples recognized Su Ming as the chief's personal disciple and speculated about why he had come to their aid.
• Li Taiqing identified the falling blood as that of a Demon Race immortal, while the golden-robed man in the Heavenly Demon Realm raged over Xue Yan's death.

Su Ming drove the Demon Race from the Great Void Spirit Realm, then narrowly escaped a Golden Crow Mystic Immortal’s ambush when an unseen power stopped the attack. Han Xuanji traced the attacker and killed him before Su Ming returned to the upper realm.

• Su Ming threatened the remaining Demon Race forces, and the golden-robed man ordered them to retreat from the Great Void Spirit Realm.
• The surviving cultivators celebrated their victory as Li Taiqing concluded that the Demon Race had tried to steal the realm’s source.
• A Golden Crow Mystic Immortal launched a hidden attack on Su Ming, but an unseen force froze and dissolved the golden feather just before it struck him.
• Han Xuanji used the Wheel of Fate to find the attacker and struck him with the Myriad Tribulations Seal, killing him in his hidden grotto-heaven.
• Su Ming returned to the upper realm and sped toward Purple Firmament Peak, reflecting on the insights he had gained.