Recaps

Li Yan revealed that the Little Purple Divine Dragon Elephant had cultivated a poison-based method that let it defeat the Snow Mosquito King, then manipulated the King into wanting the same training. The Snow Mosquito King pleaded for the method, and Li Yan was still weighing whether to teach it as the chapter ended.

• The Little Purple Divine Dragon Elephant drained the Snow Mosquito King's strength with poison, stopped its stomp just short of killing him, then slapped him away after he called it “Grandson.”
• Li Yan explained that the Elephant had cultivated its poison ability over several months without his help, and said the method carried severe risks.
• The Snow Mosquito King challenged Li Yan's claim that he had sought the Elephant's consent, insisting that its own resolve and loyalty deserved recognition.
• Li Yan praised the Snow Mosquito King's ambition and bloodline, making it eager to learn the method so it could dominate the Northern Sea Demon-Suppressing Tower.
• The Snow Mosquito King reminded Li Yan that he had said it should improve its abilities to help him, while Li Yan hesitated before answering.

Li Yan explained the risks of “A Thousand Beasts Devour the Dao” to the Snow Mosquito King, who insisted on cultivating it, then began the little Purple God Dragon-Elephant’s second stage of training. The chapter described the dangerous poison-refining technique and why Li Yan could control its poison more precisely than other cultivators.

• Li Yan warned the Snow Mosquito King that abandoning “A Thousand Beasts Devour the Dao” midway could kill him, but the Snow Mosquito King vowed to persist and returned to Tuban to prepare.
• Li Yan told the little Purple God Dragon-Elephant that his second cultivation stage would begin immediately, leaving him horrified.
• The chapter explained how “A Thousand Beasts Devour the Dao” introduced poison into a beast’s Dantian for gradual refinement, and how even a slight dosing error could cripple or kill the beast.
• Li Yan chose the little Purple God Dragon-Elephant as his first subject because his soul could recover and strengthening the Great Dragon-Elephant Array had become urgent.
• Li Yan found that introducing poison into the little Purple God Dragon-Elephant’s soul was easier to control than the technique’s records suggested, because his poisons responded to him like an extension of his own body.

Li Yan and Bai Rou hurried to the front mountain after learning that the Nascent Soul ancestors and Golden Core cultivators had returned from battle, while Bai Rou still had no news of Elder Chi. They met Sun Guoshu along the way and joined the gathered cultivators beneath Ancestor Gongsun, where Li Yan spotted the Azure Sixteen Team.

• Li Yan received orders to assemble at the front mountain and learned from Bai Rou that Wei Zhongran and the other cultivators were returning, though she had heard nothing about Elder Chi.
• Bai Rou flew to Li Yan’s cave, and Li Yan tried to reassure her that Elder Chi’s experience and life-saving methods would protect him.
• Li Yan and Bai Rou met Sun Guoshu, who had been unable to choose among three cultivation methods, and Li Yan advised him to prioritize advancing from the outer sect.
• Li Yan, Bai Rou, and Sun Guoshu reached the front mountain, where Gongsun Changxing’s sword intent caused pain to cultivators who looked toward him.
• A book attendant from Azure Sixteen Team called Li Yan over, and Li Yan invited Bai Rou to join him.

Li Yan and the other cultivators emerged from Fengliang Mountain’s protective formation and saw the devastation left by the great battle. A colossal Northern Nether Mountain Divine Tiger arrived carrying Master Liaoyuan and a host of Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, revealing that the continent’s greatest powerhouses had joined the conflict.

• Bu Luo joked with Li Yan and Wuye while the cultivators gathered after returning from the battlefield.
• Gongsun Changxing ordered the restrictive formation deactivated, exposing a battlefield strewn with corpses and wreckage.
• A Golden Core Realm cultivator rebuked those who vomited at the sight of the dead.
• Li Yan and the others sensed a powerful aura on the horizon and withdrew their divine sense.
• A giant Northern Nether Mountain Divine Tiger appeared, carrying Master Liaoyuan and more than twenty Nascent Soul Realm cultivators at its head.

Li Yan watched Master Liaoyuan and the victorious cultivators return to Windcool Mountain, where Liaoyuan revealed the immense casualties from the battle. The golden canopy displayed the dead and gravely wounded, leaving the assembled cultivators stunned and grieving.

• Li Yan recognized Zhu Luan and Mo Gu among the Phantom Sect’s returning late Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Gongsun Changxing welcomed Master Liaoyuan and the returning cultivators, while the gathered cultivators bowed in reverence.
• Master Liaoyuan’s gentle sweep of his robe suppressed the cultivation of thousands and made them raise their heads.
• Master Liaoyuan unfurled a golden canopy listing seventeen fallen Nascent Soul cultivators and many others who were gravely injured.
• Master Liaoyuan announced the battle’s casualties, and Li Yan noticed that Huchen Patriarch was gravely injured and unconscious.

Li Yan and Bai Rou examined the casualties revealed by the golden sky curtain and learned that several cultivators they knew had fallen or been gravely wounded. Liaoyuan announced Fengliang Mountain’s reported victories and warned that the war would continue; as the cultivators returned to their posts, Li Yan spotted the battered but living Elder Chigong aboard the Nether Mountain Divine Tiger.

• Li Yan and Bai Rou searched the casualty list and were relieved that Wei Zhongran and Elder Chigong were not named, but Li Yan recognized fallen Wangliang Sect elders Hua Xin and Peng Wuxing and wounded Mei Fengshan.
• Li Yan saw that cultivators from the other great sects had also fallen or been gravely wounded, including Hang Wu, Sword King Xiahua, Monk Yisong, and Hua Siwang.
• Liaoyuan reported Fengliang Mountain’s battlefield losses and described how a gravely wounded Devil Race Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator and three Fengliang Mountain cultivators had all died in a self-detonation.
• Liaoyuan told the gathered cultivators that the war would continue, then withdrew the golden curtain and flew toward Fengliang Mountain’s rear aboard the Nether Mountain Divine Tiger.
• Li Yan spotted Wei Zhongran and Elder Chigong among the returning Wangliang Sect cultivators; Elder Chigong smiled and nodded to Bai Rou despite his severe injuries.

After returning from battle, Li Yan received a visit from Zuo Qiudan, the renowned pill master and an old friend of his master, Wei Zhongran. Zuo Qiudan thanked Li Yan for saving Bu Luo and disciplined Bu Luo before explaining that he had other matters to attend to.

• Wei Zhongran told Li Yan to meet him that night after he handled urgent post-battle duties.
• Li Yan returned to his cave residence and learned from Bai Rou that Elder Chigong's soul was unharmed, though his body would take years to recover.
• Bu Luo arrived with Zuo Qiudan, whom Li Yan recognized from the Northern Underworld Demon-Suppressing Tower and Red Maple Pool.
• Li Yan welcomed Zuo Qiudan, who praised his modest accommodations and said he was friends with Wei Zhongran.
• Zuo Qiudan thanked Li Yan for saving Bu Luo and announced that he would take one magical treasure from Bu Luo's bamboo basket to curb his troublemaking.
• Bu Luo tried to defend himself and sought Li Yan's help, but Li Yan stayed silent as Zuo Qiudan said this was their third meeting and his first deliberate visit.

Li Yan met Zuo Qiudan, an old traveling companion of his master Wei Zhongran, and received extensive guidance on pill refinement after revealing his unusual knowledge of poison. Zuo Qiudan praised Li Yan’s potential and gave him two Dustless Pills as a gift to help with his future Core Formation.

• Zuo Qiudan learned that Li Yan was Wei Zhongran’s disciple and confirmed that Li Yan had recently reached the False Core realm.
• Zuo Qiudan asked about Li Yan’s pill-refining skills, and Li Yan explained that he could barely refine first-grade pills but understood poison deeply.
• Li Yan and Zuo Qiudan discussed pill refinement, with Buluo occasionally adding insights, and Zuo Qiudan corrected Li Yan’s mistaken ideas and shared advanced formulas.
• Zuo Qiudan praised Li Yan’s potential in the Dao of pills and ended their long conversation to meet with Wei Zhongran and other friends.
• Zuo Qiudan gave Li Yan a bottle containing two Dustless Pills as a gift for his future Core Formation.

Li Yan received two exceptionally rare fourth-grade Dustless Pills from Zuo Qiudan and realized the gift carried both gratitude and a request to protect Buluo. After storing the pills for Long Chen Ying and Zhao Min, Li Yan noticed a sound-transmission talisman fly into his cave.

• Zuo Qiudan gave Li Yan two improved Dustless Pills and left with Buluo, who explained that Zuo had refined only five pills and had given him two earlier.
• Li Yan examined the pills and recognized that they were fourth-grade, far more potent than ordinary Dustless Pills and valuable enough to attract deadly attention.
• Li Yan decided to preserve the pills for Long Chen Ying and Zhao Min, while resolving to continue looking after Buluo.
• Li Yan understood that Zuo Qiudan had offered the pills and guidance partly to entrust Buluo to his care.
• As Li Yan prepared to check on the Snow Mosquito King in Tuban, a sound-transmission talisman crashed into the restrictions outside his cave and flew inside.

Li Yan met Shuang Qingqing at Bai Rou’s cave abode, where she teased him and Bai Rou before asking about a senior from Small Bamboo Peak. Shuang Qingqing hoped Li Yan might know something about the person who had once come from his peak.

• Bai Rou summoned Li Yan to her cave abode at Shuang Qingqing’s request, and Li Yan recognized that Bai Rou was happy because Elder Chi Gong’s injuries had improved.
• Li Yan met Shuang Qingqing, who was surprised by his rapid rise to the False Core realm and judged that he had strong chances of forming a core.
• Shuang Qingqing teased Li Yan about the Thousand Net Ancient Ape and made him remain bowed until Bai Rou pleaded for him.
• Shuang Qingqing told Li Yan that she wanted to ask about a senior from Small Bamboo Peak.
• Shuang Qingqing hoped Li Yan could find clues in Small Bamboo Peak’s jade slips and ancient texts about the person, who had seemingly ascended to the Immortal-Spirit Realm.

Shuang Qingqing questioned Li Yan about Gu Jiuqi, a long-vanished Small Bamboo Peak master whose fate remained unknown. After unsettling Li Yan and Bai Rou, she promised Li Yan a powerful puppet in exchange for every record he could recall, and he began recounting them.

• Shuang Qingqing asked Li Yan whether he knew Gu Jiuqi, and Li Yan explained that the former Small Bamboo Peak master had vanished tens of thousands of years earlier.
• Li Yan suspected Shuang Qingqing might have known Gu Jiuqi personally, and she froze his spiritual power while warning him against wild guesses.
• Bai Rou stepped between Shuang Qingqing and Li Yan, after which Shuang Qingqing released him and claimed she had only been testing them.
• Li Yan said Gu Jiuqi had left behind his peak master's token and a jade slip before disappearing, while his soul lamp went out a century later without revealing whether he had ascended or died.
• Shuang Qingqing explained that Gu Jiuqi had once cared for an important Woodflow Sect item and promised to refine Li Yan a powerful puppet if he shared everything he knew.
• Li Yan accepted the offer and began recounting the Phantom Sect's records about Gu Jiuqi as Shuang Qingqing questioned him for details.

Li Yan answered Shuang Qingqing’s questions about the Woodflow Sect before leaving to meet his master, Wei Zhongran. He learned that Shuang Qingqing had healed Elder Chigong’s injuries at Bai Rou’s request, then waited outside Wei Zhongran’s cave as night fell.

• Shuang Qingqing questioned Li Yan at length about the Woodflow Sect, and he carefully avoided revealing anything he considered too sensitive.
• Li Yan left Shuang Qingqing’s cave, and Bai Rou told him that Elder Chigong’s injuries had greatly improved after Shuang Qingqing intervened.
• Bai Rou explained that she had pleaded with Shuang Qingqing to help Elder Chigong, who would now recover after several years of secluded recuperation.
• Li Yan learned that Elder Chigong and the other severely injured cultivators would leave Windcool Mountain that night.
• Li Yan flew to Wei Zhongran’s cave, found his master absent, and sat down to meditate while waiting.

Li Yan received rare Third Rank Jade-Horned Snake remains as a reward for his mission and learned how his actions had helped protect Fengliang Mountain during the battle. With the final materials needed for his natal magical treasure in hand, he planned to return to the sect and begin forging it.

• Wei Zhongran gave Li Yan a Storage Pouch containing the remains of a peak Third Rank Jade-Horned Snake that had failed its tribulation.
• Li Yan realized Ancestor Mo Qing had protected him during the mission because Wei Zhongran had asked him to intervene.
• Wei Zhongran explained that Li Yan's mission destroyed a dangerous treasure before it could threaten the battlefront and the defenses near Yinmo Cliff.
• Li Yan decided to return to the sect with Elder Chigong and the others to forge his natal magical treasure.
• As he flew away, Li Yan thought about Small Bamboo Peak, Zhao Min, Chen Ying, Li Wuyi, and Lin Daqiao.

Li Yan was caught in a catastrophic attack that destroyed Windcool Mountain and fled through the collapsing mountains amid a deadly stone rain. After escaping the wreckage, he learned that the Devil Race had arrived and saw human and devil Nascent Soul cultivators halt their battle at the command of figures believed to be Spirit Transformation cultivators.

• As Li Yan flew toward his cave abode, an explosion struck Windcool Mountain, shattered his spiritual power, and brought down the mountain around him.
• Li Yan activated his Windcool Mountain token, recognized that enemies had breached the area, and fled through the stone rain while cultivators around him fell.
• Li Yan escaped beyond the grand formation to a forest east of Windcool Mountain, where his Divine Sense recovered but could not penetrate the dust-covered center.
• A voice announced that the Devil Race had arrived and ordered Nascent Soul Realm cultivators to form ranks and meet the enemy.
• The dust cleared to reveal Windcool Mountain in ruins and hundreds of dead cultivators, while human and devil Nascent Soul cultivators withdrew from battle under the command of figures high above.

After a Spirit Transformation strike destroyed Windcool Mountain, Li Yan and the surviving cultivators regrouped, only to discover a hidden force of Nascent Soul cultivators emerging behind them. The scene shifted to the Spirit Transformation leaders of the Desolate Moon Continent confronting Demon General Tutai and three silent Great Masters over the revealed Yin Demon Cliff Rift.

• Li Yan regrouped with Wei Zhongran, Bai Rou, Gong Yuantai, and the surviving members of Azure Sixteen Squad after the destruction of Windcool Mountain.
• A dozen Nascent Soul cultivators, including two late-stage grand cultivators, emerged from underground behind the Windcool Mountain survivors.
• Tutai told Divine Monk Daling, Su Changyang, and Zhantian that he had found the Yin Demon Cliff Rift by sensing demon qi and accused them of concealing it by relocating three sites.
• Tutai demanded that the Desolate Moon Continent cultivators surrender, while Divine Monk Daling identified the ancient immortal art Dao Transforms Helplessness as the force behind the attack.
• The middle of the three black-robed Great Masters revealed his face and asked Divine Monk Daling whether his praise was a plea.

The Great Master confronted Divine Monk Daling and the other Spirit Transformation cultivators, revealed that he knew of their efforts to awaken a powerful wolf Demon Beast, and prepared to fight them. Li Yan arrived with reinforcements at Fengliang Mountain as battle began, startling his seniors with his rapid rise to the False Core stage.

• The Great Master rejected Daling’s appeal and announced that he would fight Daling, Su Changyang, Zhantian, and the hidden Yuan Du.
• The Great Master exposed the four cultivators’ plan to break the restrictions around the late fifth-rank wolf Demon Beast’s retreat and explained how he had attacked Fengliang Mountain after devil qi escaped from Yinmo Cliff.
• Li Yan recognized his sect seniors and other familiar cultivators among the reinforcements, alongside transformed Demon Beasts from the secret realm.
• Master Liaoyuan shouted for the cultivators to attack, and the Nascent Soul fighters rose into the sky as the Golden Core cultivators charged.
• Lin Daqiao, Wei Chituo, Li Wuyi, and the others recognized Li Yan’s False Core cultivation and were stunned by his rapid progress.

Li Yan and the Desolate Moon Continent’s forces fought the Devil Race and foreign cultivators as the Spirit Transformation battle raged overhead. The chapter ended with Great Master releasing his Spirit Transformation cultivation, prompting Great Decree to warn that everyone could be forced out of the Desolate Moon Continent.

• Zhao Min and Gong Chenying saw Li Yan return at the Pseudo-Core realm, while their squad joined the battle.
• Su Changyang, Tutai, Great Master, and the other Spirit Transformation cultivators fought their opponents above Windcool Mountain as the continent’s forces gained a numerical advantage below.
• Wei Zhongran and Zuo Qiudan coordinated to cut through enemy cultivators, while Li Yan left his squad’s command to Gong Yuantai and hunted low-ranking devils alone.
• Tutai shouted to Great Master when the three aerial battlefields drew close together.
• Great Master withdrew from Great Decree and Yuandu, then released his Spirit Transformation cultivation, and Great Decree warned that the cultivators would be squeezed out of the Desolate Moon Continent.

Great Master trapped Da Ling, Su Changyang, Zhantian, and Yuandu in golden light that severed their connection to heaven and earth and devoured their blood essence. As they struggled to escape, Tutu prepared to use the Lesser Realm-Breaking Pearl and a black bow to open the Yin Demon Cliff fissure.

• Great Master formed two golden rings, using one to halt the opening black gate in the clouds and the other to trap Da Ling, Su Changyang, Zhantian, and Yuandu.
• The golden light cut the four off from the power of heaven and earth and began devouring their blood essence; Da Ling, Su Changyang, and Zhantian lent spiritual power to sustain Yuandu.
• Zhantian urged the others to break out, and they saw that Great Master was struggling to maintain the art and could control the light only within roughly three hundred zhang.
• Tutu rose above the ground with the Lesser Realm-Breaking Pearl and a black curved bow, drawing in spiritual qi as he prepared to open the Yin Demon Cliff fissure.
• Da Ling and the others recognized Tutu's plan and struggled toward the golden light's edge while ordering their sects to withdraw, take over the battle lines, and defend the fissure.

The four patriarchs remained trapped in golden light as Devil Marshal Tutai fired a Lesser Realm-Breaking Pearl toward the fissure at Yinmo Cliff, forcing Fengliang Mountain’s cultivators to retreat and defend. The pearl reached the fissure without activating, and Tutai was shocked as the battlefield’s fate remained uncertain.

• Daling, Su Changyang, and Zhantian struggled toward the edge of the golden light while Yuandu could barely resist its effects.
• The Sixth Master and the Eleventh Master escaped their restraints, and Devil Marshal Tutai fired the Lesser Realm-Breaking Pearl toward Yinmo Cliff.
• Four voices ordered the cultivators to fall back and defend, while the Sixth Master and the Eleventh Master killed two Nascent Soul Cultivators in a single encounter.
• Zhu Luan flew up to delay the two Spirit Transformation cultivators, while Mo Gu and Mo Qing retreated; Liaoyuan and Qian also rose to fight.
• The Sixth Master and the Eleventh Master ordered their forces to pursue the fissure and revealed their intent to capture the white-armored dragon scorpion alive.
• Shuang Qingqing moved toward Bai Rou, preparing to escape, but the pearl did not activate after falling into the fissure, and Tutai’s laughter stopped in shock.

A mysterious gray-robed old man seized Tu Tai’s Lesser Realm-Breaking Pearl, struck down Sixth Master and Eleventh Master, and rescued Liaoyuan and his companions. He revealed Great Master had sacrificed three hundred years of his lifespan to use an ancient immortal art, leaving Great Master shaken and wondering how much the old man knew about his clan.

• Tu Tai was shocked when the Lesser Realm-Breaking Pearl disappeared, while Sixth Master and Eleventh Master overwhelmed Liaoyuan, Zhu Luan, the old man, and the White-Armored Dragon Scorpion.
• Liaoyuan and the others unleashed their last defenses, but Sixth Master and Eleventh Master suppressed them and prepared to kill them.
• A gray-robed old man appeared, attacked Sixth Master and Eleventh Master with a mind-breaking strike, and suppressed the surging power within Liaoyuan and his companions.
• The old man revealed that he held Tu Tai’s pearl, while Great Master lost control of his golden rings and the sky gate vanished.
• The gray-robed old man identified Great Master’s Sun Moon Year Wheel and said its use had cost him three hundred years of lifespan.
• Great Master feared the old man had learned about his clan’s history in turbulent space after hearing him question the clan’s motives.

A mysterious gray-robed elder appeared at Yin Demon Cliff, subdued Great Master and Tu Tai, and was recognized by Su Changyang as the legendary Chi Mei Envoy of the Phantom Sect. The battle below halted as Li Yan realized the elder was Uncle Gu, the quiet Treasure Pavilion keeper from Small Bamboo Peak, though his true identity remained a mystery to the others.

• The gray-robed elder appeared with the Small Boundary-Breaking Pearl and prevented Great Master and Tu Tai from activating it.
• Su Changyang recognized the elder as the Chi Mei Envoy, and the elder confirmed his identity while mentioning their past connection.
• Da Ling, Zhan Tian, and Yuan Du recalled legends describing the Chi Mei Envoy as the Phantom Sect's strongest guardian.
• The elder turned his attention toward Great Master and Tu Tai as the fighting below fell silent.
• Li Yan recognized the elder as Uncle Gu, the seemingly feeble keeper of Small Bamboo Peak's Treasure Pavilion, while Wei Zhongran and Zhao Zhi also remained unaware of his identity.

Shuang Qingqing recognized the Phantom Sect’s gray-robed protector as Gu Jiuqi, an ancient peak master whose identity and history shocked the cultivators around them. Gu Jiuqi turned to fight Great Master while Su Changyang and two others prepared to hold off Tutuai, and Li Yan’s group reached the Yin Demon Cliff fissure as the battle resumed.

• Shuang Qingqing recognized the gray-robed old man as Gu Jiuqi, and the Phantom Sect cultivators realized he had once been a renowned peak master over forty thousand years earlier.
• Gu Jiuqi and Shuang Qingqing exchanged private words, with Gu Jiuqi postponing questions about her damaged soul and past until after the Devil Race invasion was dealt with.
• Gu Jiuqi attacked Great Master and told Su Changyang, Da Ling, and Zhan Tian to hold off Tutuai while he fought.
• The battle erupted again, and Li Yan and the others flew to the northern side of Windcool Mountain, where they saw the Yin Demon Cliff fissure and the wounded cultivators fighting below.

Li Yan and the Phantom Sect cultivators entered the Yin Devil Cliff Rift as the Devil Realm launched a desperate assault, and Zhu Luan ordered them to support Ten-Step Academy while staying within fifty zhang of the cliff. As Li Yan descended into the devilish fog, Mei Hongyu recognized him from an earlier encounter and silently wished him safety.

• Zhu Luan told Li Yan and the Phantom Sect cultivators that the Devil Realm was battering the barrier and ordered them to help Ten-Step Academy without descending more than fifty zhang.
• Li Wuyi warned Li Yan to join forces with the others, while Gong Chenying urged him to be careful; Li Yan also saw Zhao Min and Li Changting prepare to descend.
• Wei Chi Tuo led Gong Chenying, Lin Daqiao, and Li Yan beneath the cliff, where dense devilish qi stirred violent thoughts until Li Yan steadied his mind.
• Mei Hongyu recognized Li Yan as the young man she had known as Young Master Jiang, recalled their encounter, and hoped he would survive before descending into battle.
• Gong Chenying warned Li Yan that the devilish fog could overwhelm the mind and advised him to replenish spiritual power with spirit stones rather than absorb too much spiritual qi.

Li Yan and his companions descended into the Yin Devil Abyss Rift and were immediately attacked by multiple devil cultivators and a devil beast. As the battle spread across the rift, they realized the unprecedented surge of enemies likely marked the Devil Realm’s coordinated assault on the barrier.

• Li Yan watched Li Wuyi fight a devil head and recognized that his senior brother’s combat strength had nearly reached the mid-stage Golden Core Realm.
• Li Yan descended in formation with Lin Daqiao, Gong Chenying, and Wei Chi Tuo, and they were attacked from several directions.
• Wei Chi Tuo blocked a devil soldier’s saber strike, while Gong Chenying evaded an assassin’s spike and counterattacked with a powerful kick.
• Li Yan struck a slender attacker emerging from the mist, while Lin Daqiao was driven back by a devil beast’s claw.
• The group heard battles erupt throughout the rift and realized that an unprecedented wave of devil cultivators had arrived.
• Li Yan and the others concluded that Zhu Luan Patriarch’s prediction of a coordinated assault on the barrier was likely correct.

As the cultivators fought the demonic forces at Yinmo Cliff, Li Yan killed a powerful demonic commander with uncanny speed, stunning Gong Chenying and the others. The battle continued as Lin Daqiao asked what cultivation realm Li Yan had reached.

• Li Changting and Zhao Min fought with their gu insects while discussing the Ten-Step Academy’s losses and Li Yan’s strength.
• Li Changting teased Zhao Min that Li Yan’s rapid improvement might come from a technique for harvesting yin to replenish yang, while Zhao Min secretly watched Li Yan kill a demonic cultivator.
• A gaunt demonic commander attacked Li Yan with two blue chains, but Li Yan vanished from their path and split the commander in two before he could scream.
• Gong Chenying wounded the urn-shaped demonic cultivator with a kick, while Wei Chituo and Lin Daqiao continued fighting their own opponents.
• After witnessing Li Yan’s swift kill, Lin Daqiao asked him what cultivation realm he was really in.