Recaps

Lin Heng overcame the Metal Clan Saint Emperor by controlling his mind and making him wound himself, then confronted the Thought Avatar controlling the Fire Separation Saint Emperor. After hearing Lin Heng’s history with the Eight Great Imperial Clans, the avatar inferred that Mu Chen had sent him and asked what he thought of the request.

• The Metal Clan Saint Emperor tried to kill Lin Heng, but Lin Heng’s mental power seized control of him.
• Lin Heng ordered the Metal Clan Saint Emperor to stab himself repeatedly, then left him alive and injured.
• Lin Heng dealt with the Thought Avatars controlling three more Saint Emperors within half a day, leaving the Fire Separation Saint Emperor and Water Race Saint Emperor.
• Lin Heng found the Fire Separation Saint Emperor drinking tea and sat down to speak with the Thought Avatar controlling him.
• Lin Heng recounted his feud with the Eight Great Imperial Clans and explained why he had saved them.
• The Thought Avatar deduced that Mu Chen had sent Lin Heng, and Lin Heng asked what it thought of the request.

The Thought Avatar of Love gave Lin Heng its spiritual power after hearing his ambition to create a universe beyond Primordial Chaos. Lin Heng then went to confront the Six Desires Thought Avatar, which had possessed the Water Race Saint Emperor, and found her amplified allure unsettling.

• The Thought Avatar of Love asked Lin Heng about his dream, and he declared that he wanted to create a universe more powerful than Primordial Chaos and rule through the eternal ages.
• The Thought Avatar of Love entrusted Lin Heng with its spiritual power so Mu Chen’s dream could continue, then the Fire Separation Saint Emperor awoke and gave Lin Heng a token and a promise of help.
• Lin Heng realized that only the Six Desires Thought Avatar remained and that it had possessed the Water Race Saint Emperor.
• Lin Heng found the Water Race Saint Emperor beside a waterfall, where her appearance, movements, and voice briefly unsettled him.
• Lin Heng concluded that the Six Desires Thought Avatar had magnified the Water Race Saint Emperor’s natural allure rather than using a charm technique.

Lin Heng resisted the Six Desires Thought Avatar’s attempt to tempt him through the Water Race Saint Emperor and judged the avatar unworthy of Mu Chen. He left the avatar in the forbidden land to reflect, refusing to destroy or recruit it.

• Lin Heng recognized that avoiding the Water Race Saint Emperor had allowed her to plant a heart demon, so he faced her directly.
• The Water Race Saint Emperor tried to seduce Lin Heng, but he calmly praised her beauty without being tempted.
• Lin Heng exposed the Six Desires Thought Avatar’s creation as an ideal woman based on its own desires and said Mu Chen would not have accepted her.
• Lin Heng revealed that he was Mu Chen’s successor and that the Seven Emotions Thought Avatar had submitted to him.
• Lin Heng refused to destroy or take in the Six Desires Thought Avatar and left it in the forbidden land to reflect, telling it that it was not worthy of Mu Chen.

Lin Heng accepted the Six Desires Thought Avatar’s spiritual power after the Water Race Saint Emperor embraced him, then sent her away and began signing in at places connected to Mu Chen. He collected rewards at all eight locations while the Saint Emperor followed, puzzled by his brief stops.

• Lin Heng’s criticism drove the Six Desires Thought Avatar to embrace him and transfer its purified spiritual power to him in order to help fulfill Mu Chen’s wish.
• The Water Race Saint Emperor regained control of herself, denied hugging Lin Heng, and accused him of trying to claim the forbidden land’s treasures.
• Lin Heng signed in at Carefree Peak in the Third Heaven and received a billion-year-old spirit herb.
• Lin Heng visited the eight places where Mu Chen’s Thought Avatars had stayed and obtained a reward at each, including First-Class Primordial Chaos Spirit Treasure battle armor.
• The Water Race Saint Emperor followed Lin Heng from place to place, puzzled by his brief stops.

Lin Heng left the forbidden land after eliminating the Thought Avatar controlling the Water Race Saint Emperor, who refused to come out because she wanted its treasures. After she was rescued, Lin Heng led the leaders of the Thirteen Factions in destroying the forbidden land and the evil thoughts within it.

• Lin Heng finished checking in at the eight Thought Avatar locations and left the forbidden land, while the Water Race Saint Emperor stayed behind to claim its supposed treasures.
• Ao Zhantian and the seven Saint Emperors questioned Lin Heng about the Water Race Saint Emperor, and he explained that she was safe but had chosen to remain inside.
• Lin Heng warned that the forbidden land’s unsuppressed evil thoughts could take form, and the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor and Fire Separation Saint Emperor went inside to retrieve the Water Race Saint Emperor.
• The Water Race Saint Emperor emerged and learned that Lin Heng had told the truth; embarrassed by her suspicions, she could not meet his eyes.
• Lin Heng led the leaders of the Thirteen Factions in forming a great formation, whose flames broke the seal and burned the evil thoughts into nothingness.

After stabilizing his spiritual power in seclusion, Lin Heng drew the attention of the Water Race Saint Emperor and the Saint Emperor of the Wood Clan, who each decided to visit him. The two Saint Emperors arrived at the Battle Heaven Pavilion together, where a guard’s integrity impressed them.

• Lin Heng returned to the Battle Heaven Pavilion and entered seclusion to stabilize his spiritual power and prepare to cultivate Mu Chen’s spiritual secret technique.
• The Water Race Saint Emperor, moved by her memories of Lin Heng saving her, prepared a generous gift and set out alone for the Battle Heaven Pavilion.
• The Saint Emperor of the Wood Clan decided to visit Lin Heng after recalling their encounter and left her palace without preparing a gift.
• The Water Race Saint Emperor and the Saint Emperor of the Wood Clan arrived at the Battle Heaven Pavilion at nearly the same time and gave different reasons for their visits.
• The Water Race Saint Emperor offered a guard one hundred thousand Source Stones to announce her arrival, but the guard refused the ring and went to report both Saint Emperors.

The Water Race Saint Emperor and the Saint Emperor of the Wood Clan visited the Battle Heaven Pavilion to thank Lin Heng, but found him in seclusion and sought out his mother, Liu Ling'er, instead. They bowed to Liu Ling'er and called themselves her juniors, leaving her and the pavilion disciples bewildered.

• The Water Race Saint Emperor and the Saint Emperor of the Wood Clan arrived at the Battle Heaven Pavilion to offer thanks and gifts, but Situ Jiannan told them Lin Heng was in seclusion.
• The Water Race Saint Emperor asked where Liu Ling'er was so she could visit and leave her gift, and the Saint Emperor of the Wood Clan decided to accompany her.
• At Ninefold Heaven, Liu Ling'er heard that two Saint Emperors had come and went out to meet them with Battle Heaven Pavilion disciples.
• Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin bowed to Liu Ling'er and addressed her as Auntie, stunning Liu Ling'er and the watching disciples.
• Liu Ling'er helped the two Saint Emperors up and invited them inside.

The Eight Great Imperial Clans’ Saint Emperors reacted with alarm after Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin visited Liu Ling'er, while Ao Zhantian and Qin Hongmian discussed what the visit meant for Lin Heng. The other Saint Emperors agreed to wait until the two women returned before confronting them, and Qin Hongmian advised the Ascenders to watch Lin Heng rather than intervene.

• Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin visited Liu Ling'er, and spies spread news of their visit across the First Heaven.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor and the Heaven Yang Clan Saint Emperor urged the Eight Great Imperial Clans to retrieve the two women, while the Earth Yin Clan Saint Emperor proposed killing them.
• The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor persuaded the others to wait until Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin returned to the First Heaven, then question them and kill them if they intended to submit to the Battle Heaven Pavilion.
• Ao Zhantian told Qin Hongmian that the other Saint Emperors had gathered at the Lei Clan to discuss the visit.
• Qin Hongmian told Ao Zhantian to watch Lin Heng and offer help only if he chose to oppose the other Saint Emperors.

Liu Ling'er welcomed Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin, who sought to grow closer to her and Lin Heng, while Lin Heng realized his mother was encouraging them as potential daughters-in-law. The two women volunteered to cook dinner, but ended up baffled by everything in the Battle Heaven Pavilion's kitchen.

• Liu Ling'er chatted happily with Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin, who asked about Lin Heng and offered to visit her often.
• Lin Heng arrived worried about his mother and was startled to find her on friendly terms with the two Saint Emperors.
• Liu Ling'er said she would be delighted if Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin became her daughters-in-law, and they reacted shyly but positively.
• Liu Ling'er accepted the women's offer to visit and invited them to stay for dinner, while Lin Heng listened as she shared stories and ways of keeping him in line.
• Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin volunteered to cook, then stared blankly at the kitchen because neither knew how to prepare a meal.

Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin tried to cook for Liu Ling'er, but Lin Heng prepared the meal and brought the former enemies together for a warm dinner. After leaving the Ninefold Heaven, the two women were taken to the Lei Clan's sacred grounds to face the other six Saint Emperors over their visit to the Battle Heaven Pavilion.

• Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin asked their clansmen how to cook, then wrecked the kitchen while attempting to prepare a meal.
• Lin Heng took over, cooked five dishes and a soup, and asked the two women to let Liu Ling'er believe they had made the food.
• Liu Ling'er recognized Lin Heng's cooking but praised it without exposing him, and the four shared a pleasant dinner.
• Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin left the Ninefold Heaven, but the other six Saint Emperors intercepted them and took them to the Lei Clan's sacred grounds.
• The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor questioned Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin about their visit to the Battle Heaven Pavilion as the others looked on with hostility.

Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin defended their decision to thank Lin Heng, provoking the Fire Separation Saint Emperor and nearly bringing the Saint Emperors into a deadly confrontation. The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor stopped the escalating dispute, and the hall fell silent as he considered how to resolve it.

• Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin rejected the other Saint Emperors’ demands to explain why they had visited Liu Ling'er and Lin Heng.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor accused Miao Shanrou of disgracing the Saint Emperors, and Lin Miaoyin and Miao Shanrou retorted that Lin Heng had saved them in the Third Heaven’s forbidden land.
• Miao Shanrou threatened to detonate her soul if the Fire Separation Saint Emperor continued pressing her, causing the Heaven Yang Clan Saint Emperor and others to urge restraint.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor dismissed Miao Shanrou’s threat, but Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin began gathering power to detonate themselves.
• The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor warned the two women to stop and reminded the Fire Separation Saint Emperor that they were in the Lei Clan; the women paused, and the hall fell silent.

In the Lei Clan's great hall, the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor questioned Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin about their connection to Lin Heng and relayed the Lei Clan ancestor's stance. The other Saint Emperors accepted that they should target Lin Heng only if they could kill him, while leaving the two women alone.

• The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor asked Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin whether they had visited Battle Heaven Pavilion to see Lin Heng, and both admitted they had.
• Miao Shanrou and Lin Miaoyin said they would fight for the Eight Great Imperial Clans against the Ascenders, but hesitated when asked to choose between the clans and Battle Heaven Pavilion.
• The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor told the women that the Lei Clan ancestor would not interfere as long as they remembered their identities, and they left the hall.
• The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor told the other Saint Emperors to kill Lin Heng if they could and leave him alone if they could not, while ensuring the Eight Great Imperial Clans did not fall apart.
• The other Saint Emperors accepted the Lei Clan ancestor's instruction, and the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor went to the Lei Clan's sacred ground.

The Lei Clan Ancestor reassured the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor about the Eight Great Imperial Clans and revealed that Eldest Senior Brother believed Lin Heng could surpass the limits of the Nine Heavens. Fearing Lin Heng might rise above him, the Lei Clan Ancestor gave his son a powerful map to use in a carefully planned attempt to kill Lin Heng.

• The Lei Clan Ancestor told the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor that the Eight Great Imperial Clans would endure regardless of the Ascenders’ strength.
• The Lei Clan Ancestor ordered the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor to watch the Fire Separation Saint Emperor, while his son claimed he would soon match the man’s strength.
• The Lei Clan Ancestor revealed that Eldest Senior Brother had stopped him from acting against Lin Heng and believed Lin Heng would one day break through the limits of the Nine Heavens.
• The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor suggested leaving Lin Heng alone, but the Lei Clan Ancestor’s jealousy of Eldest Senior Brother’s regard for Lin Heng led him to consider killing him.
• The Lei Clan Ancestor gave the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor the Ten Thousand Li Rivers and Mountains Map and warned him to attack Lin Heng only when confident, leaving no chance for his resurrection.

The Fire Separation Saint Emperor brooded over his failed ambition to command the Eight Great Imperial Clans, then heard Makeduolang offer a way to transcend the Nine Heavens in exchange for opening a passage. He attacked Makeduolang after realizing the offer involved outsiders, but spared him, leaving the possibility of a deal open.

• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor resented having to obey the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor despite surpassing him in strength, and feared the Lei Clan Ancestor.
• Makeduolang appeared and told the Fire Separation Saint Emperor that someone could help him realize his ambition.
• Makeduolang offered to let the Fire Separation Saint Emperor transcend the Nine Heavens if he opened a passage for the outsiders.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor recognized the outsiders’ involvement, seized Makeduolang, and threatened him.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor withdrew his Origin of Fire and threw Makeduolang aside, while Makeduolang prepared to give him a way to accept the deal without losing face.

Makeduolang persuaded the Fire Separation Saint Emperor to consider helping the otherworlders open a passage in exchange for a chance to transcend the Nine Heavens. After meeting his ancestor in a hidden cave, Makeduolang reported that the Fire Separation Saint Emperor demanded a convincing show of sincerity.

• Makeduolang praised the Fire Separation Saint Emperor and urged him to help the otherworlders so he could rule the Eight Great Imperial Clans and transcend the Nine Heavens.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor gave Makeduolang one day to bring proof of the otherworlders' sincerity, threatening him if he failed.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor planned to use the otherworlders to gain power, then kill them and seal the passage.
• Makeduolang entered a cave filled with skeletal remains and contacted his ancestor through a blood offering to a stone wall.
• Makeduolang told his ancestor that the Fire Separation Saint Emperor had agreed to cooperate but wanted a substantial show of sincerity.

Makeduolang secured a jade token from his ancestor to offer the Fire Separation Saint Emperor in exchange for cooperation, while Lin Heng told Liu Ling'er about his plans to fight the outsiders. Lin Heng left his mother worried about the coming battle but confident that reaching the Sovereign Realm would let him defeat the outsiders.

• Makeduolang guaranteed that the Fire Separation Saint Emperor would cooperate, and his ancestor gave him a jade token containing methods for breaking through the Nine Heavens' limitations and cultivating mental power.
• Makeduolang left the cave, privately boasting that he would soon rise above those who had looked down on him.
• Liu Ling'er asked Lin Heng whether he was interested in Miao Shanrou or Lin Miaoyin, and Lin Heng said he had never thought of them romantically.
• Lin Heng told Liu Ling'er he might soon leave the Nine Heavens and promised to marry and stay by her side if he returned.
• Lin Heng warned Liu Ling'er about a coming great battle and explained that he intended to wipe out the outsiders.
• Lin Heng reassured Liu Ling'er that he would wait until he reached the Sovereign Realm before confronting the outsiders.

Lin Heng investigated his unease about the foreign races and learned that their bloodlines might have survived within the Great Sun Race and the Duomeng Ant Race. He ordered Situ Jiannan to investigate the two races and entered seclusion to strengthen himself before a possible invasion.

• Lin Heng asked Situ Jiannan about recent events and heard that foreign races had briefly probed the Heaven-Seizing Battlefield before being driven back.
• Situ Jiannan explained that the Nine Heavens had once purged descendants of the foreign races, but suspected bloodlines might have survived among the Great Sun Race and the Duomeng Ant Race.
• Lin Heng wondered whether the two races had secretly colluded with the foreign races and feared another invasion of the Nine Heavens.
• Lin Heng ordered Situ Jiannan to investigate suspicious activity by the two races and authorized him to mobilize the Battle Heaven Pavilion's army if needed.
• Lin Heng entered the time spirit treasure to improve his strength, hoping to avert the danger he sensed.

Lin Heng cultivated within the time spirit treasure to prepare his soul for the Sovereign Realm, while the Fire Separation Saint Emperor agreed to help Makeduolang open a passage for the outsiders. The Fire Separation Saint Emperor asked for three years to arrange it and planned to create a crisis on the Heaven-Seizing Battlefield.

• Lin Heng used Mu Chen's inheritance as a guide while sensing the nature of all things and strengthening his soul.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor decided to cooperate with the outsiders despite his misgivings about betraying his duty.
• Makeduolang gave the Fire Separation Saint Emperor a jade token, and the Saint Emperor verified its information.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor asked for up to three years to prepare before opening the plane passage.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor told Makeduolang to have the outsiders send many attackers to the plane passage so he could justify sending people there.
• Makeduolang agreed to report the plan to the outsiders, then cursed the Fire Separation Saint Emperor after he left.

Dijiang and Zhu Rong overheard the Fire Separation Saint Emperor plotting with Makeduolang and decided to let the foreigners become a trial for Lin Heng while secretly tipping off Situ Jiannan. The Fire Separation Saint Emperor learned that he needed an Origin Soul Spirit to break through the Nine Heavens’ restrictions, leaving him dependent on the foreigners despite receiving their mental power cultivation method.

• Dijiang stopped Zhu Rong from attacking the Fire Separation Saint Emperor, explaining that Lin Heng needed the foreigners to temper his strength.
• Dijiang told Zhu Rong to leave clues about Makeduolang for Situ Jiannan to discover, so the secret would pressure Lin Heng to cultivate.
• Zhu Rong agreed and left to arrange the clues while Dijiang urged Lin Heng to grow stronger before the foreigners’ battlefield in three years.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor studied the jade token and found that an Origin Soul Spirit was essential to the formation that could break the Nine Heavens’ restrictions.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor realized the foreigners had offered him a method he could not use without their help, but he resolved to master the mental power cultivation method and advance partway toward that realm.

After reaching the limit of his soul realm inside the time spirit treasure, Lin Heng realized that its simulated world could not help him break through to Sovereign and left after advising his companions that all things were alive. Back in the Battle Heaven Pavilion, he heard Situ Jiannan’s suspicions that Makeduolang might share the otherworlders’ power of invisibility, and Ao Zhantian agreed to investigate him.

• After more than 200,000 years without progress, Lin Heng realized the time spirit treasure’s simulated world was preventing him from reaching Sovereign.
• Lin Heng told the Good and Evil Doppelgangers and Sun Yuan, “All things are alive,” then left the treasure.
• Situ Jiannan reported that Makeduolang, a Duomeng Ant Race cultivator, had rapidly risen to the Heavenly Firmament Saint Realm and once killed several opponents of equal strength in an instant.
• Situ Jiannan suspected Makeduolang could turn invisible because the Duomeng Ant Race carried the otherworlders’ bloodline, and Lin Heng found the theory plausible.
• Lin Heng asked Ao Zhantian to investigate Makeduolang, and Ao Zhantian said he had suspected the man before and would look into him in secret.

Lin Heng left the Battle Heaven Pavilion and cultivated in the open, using the living mountain range to seek a breakthrough in soul cultivation. The Lei Clan Ancestor recognized Lin Heng’s goal and warned the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor that attacking him could leave the Imperial Clans isolated and vulnerable.

• Lin Heng set up a defensive grand array on a mountain peak and used his soul power to observe the changing life around him as he pursued the Sovereign Realm.
• The Lei Clan Ancestor examined Lin Heng’s cultivation and realized he had reached Heavenly Firmament Venerable Realm Great Perfection in soul cultivation and was attempting a breakthrough.
• The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor proposed that the Saint Emperors surround Lin Heng, but the Lei Clan Ancestor pointed out that the Water Race and Wood Clan might refuse and that the Firmament Hall and Mortal World Inn could intervene.
• The Lei Clan Ancestor reprimanded his eldest son for prioritizing the clans’ pride over their survival and explained that the Ancestors’ restrictions prevented either side from starting a great war.
• The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor understood that the Ascenders did not attack because the Ancestors’ restrictions restrained them as well.

The Lei Clan Ancestor explained why he and his third junior brother had not moved against Lin Heng, while Ao Zhantian and Qin Hongmian watched Lin Heng approach the Sovereign Realm. Qin Hongmian warned that Lin Heng’s rise beyond the Nine Heavens could bring disaster, and Ao Zhantian was left troubled by the prospect of the Ascenders becoming his enemy.

• The Lei Clan Ancestor told the Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor that he and his third junior brother feared both Lin Heng’s future strength and their eldest senior brother’s protection of him, so the Lei Clan had stayed silent.
• Ao Zhantian and Qin Hongmian watched Lin Heng cultivate through the Mystic Light Mirror, and Qin Hongmian judged that he was close to reaching the Sovereign Realm.
• Ao Zhantian suggested Lin Heng could become a powerful ally to the Ascenders and might eventually surpass the Nine Heavens, prompting Qin Hongmian to reveal her unease.
• Ao Zhantian asked Qin Hongmian whether the situation could still be changed, and she urged him to persuade Lin Heng to remain within the Nine Heavens.
• Qin Hongmian left the back garden, while Ao Zhantian watched her go, troubled by the possibility that Lin Heng and the Ascenders’ backer would become enemies.

After two foreign assaults on the Heaven-Seizing Battlefield, the Thirteen Factions met to prepare for a wider war. The Fire Separation Saint Emperor offered the Fire Clan’s formation to secure the plane passage and presented a costly materials list, leaving Qin Hongmian and the others stunned.

• Foreign forces attacked the Heaven-Seizing Battlefield twice within a few months, and the Nine Heavens forces drove them back at heavy cost.
• The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor and Qin Hongmian urged the factions to unite against the foreigners and prepare for a possible great war.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor proposed using the Fire Clan’s Azure Firmament Origin-Locking Formation to guard the plane passage.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor handed Qin Hongmian a prepared list of materials needed for the formation.
• Qin Hongmian was shocked by the list and passed it to Ao Zhantian, who asked whether there was a problem.

The twelve factions agreed to provide the Fire Clan with materials for the Azure Firmament Origin-Locking Formation after the Fire Separation Saint Emperor warned that the outsiders’ next assault could be far more dangerous. He secured a plan to withdraw the Fire Clan if the formation failed, while secretly intending to help the outsiders enter the Nine Heavens.

• Ao Zhantian and the other leaders read the Fire Clan’s enormous list of requested resources and fell silent.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor argued that the outsiders’ attacks might escalate and said the Fire Clan would guard the planar passage to reduce the Nine Heavens’ losses.
• The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor pledged the Lei Clan’s share, and Qin Hongmian agreed that the Ascenders would contribute as well.
• The Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor proposed dividing the costs among the twelve factions, and the Fire Separation Saint Emperor warned that the formation might not hold forever.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor said the Fire Clan would defend the Heaven-Seizing Battlefield but retreat if the formation failed, leaving the other factions to fight.
• The factions accepted his terms because they trusted the formation and believed the planar passage would prevent the outsiders’ strongest experts from entering.

The Fire Separation Saint Emperor revealed his deal with Makeduolang to the Fire Clan’s Sovereign experts, who supported his bid to break beyond the Nine Heavens. He met Makeduolang that night, saying the Fire Clan was ready and asking when the promised Origin Soul Spirit would be delivered.

• Yan Xifan and the other Fire Clan experts questioned the Fire Separation Saint Emperor about the cost of maintaining the Azure Firmament Origin-Locking Formation.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor told the gathered experts about his deal with Makeduolang and the chance to break through the Nine Heavens’ limitations.
• The Fire Clan experts examined the jade token’s cultivation method and agreed that the Fire Separation Saint Emperor should pursue the breakthrough first.
• The Fire Separation Saint Emperor promised to seek Origin Soul Spirits for the others if he succeeded, and the clan agreed to cooperate with the foreigners.
• That night, the Fire Separation Saint Emperor met Makeduolang and said he had arranged everything, then asked when Makeduolang would deliver what he had promised.