Recaps

Su Changqing and Chen Yun joined forces against White Plain, using an illusion and Chen Yun’s hidden insect egg to attack her. Chen Yun’s claw tore away half the skin and flesh of White Plain’s cheek, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Su Changqing warped the space around White Plain with his illusion technique while Chen Yun activated the hidden insect egg and took on a bloodthirsty appearance.
• Chen Qing recognized the object on Chen Yun as a Void Egg, and Kagura revealed that her faction had helped wipe out the group behind it.
• White Plain realized Su Changqing’s distorted world was a highly realistic illusion but could not detect its flaw with her senses.
• Su Changqing warned Chen Yun not to trust what he saw inside the illusion, and Chen Yun entered while relying on the position he had fixed beforehand.
• Chen Yun resisted the illusion’s false image of White Plain and clawed at her, tearing away half the flesh and skin of her cheek.

White Plain turned Chen Yun’s reversed-senses formation against him and seized the advantage after he tried to bite her. She poisoned the artery in his neck, leaving him weakening as she smiled at his fear.

• White Plain recognized that the formation reversed her sense of direction, while Chen Yun’s poisoned claws wounded her.
• White Plain calmly gouged out her remaining eye, unsettling Su Changqing and briefly unnerving Chen Yun.
• Chen Yun lunged for White Plain’s neck, but she seized both his hands despite being blind.
• Chen Yun stretched his neck and tried to bite her, forgetting that the formation reversed directions.
• White Plain tore into the artery in Chen Yun’s neck and revealed that she had poisoned him too.

Chen Yun and Su Changqing tried to escape White Plain’s array, but Chen Qing realized White Plain had deliberately let Chen Yun go so she could track him to Su Changqing. The chapter ended as White Plain sprang after them and Su Changqing saw that he could not escape.

• Chen Yun was terrified by White Plain, but Su Changqing’s Southern Brightness Li Fire forced her to release him and retreat.
• Su Changqing directed Chen Yun toward an exit, and Chen Yun rushed out of the array while both men expected to wear White Plain down from a distance.
• Chen Qing explained that White Plain had blinded herself, used the array to attack Chen Yun, and let him go so she could locate both men.
• White Plain tracked Chen Yun by scent and pounced on him and Su Changqing as they met outside the array.
• Su Changqing saw White Plain close to within ten meters and realized he had no chance to escape.

Su Changqing and Yun Ke’er tried to treat Chen Yun after White Plain nearly killed him, while a Void Worm inside Chen Yun struggled to seize control of his body. White Plain caught up and asked them to hand Chen Yun over, leaving her motives unclear.

• Yun Ke’er rescued Su Changqing and Chen Yun after White Plain disappeared into a spatial trap.
• Su Changqing discovered that Chen Yun’s blood resisted freezing, and Yun Ke’er warned that toxins in his body prevented his wounds from healing.
• Su Changqing asked Yun Ke’er to remove the toxins, unaware that the Void Worm inside Chen Yun feared the treatment would destroy his remaining defense.
• Yun Ke’er prepared to use a spiritual scalpel, but noticed that White Plain had broken her protective formation and returned.
• White Plain asked Yun Ke’er to hand Chen Yun over, and Chen Yun opened his eyes with a terrifying light in them.

White Plain demanded that Su Changqing surrender Chen Yun, whom she sensed was dangerous, while Chen Qing and Kagura sought to stop the trial over the threat of an Ancient Demon. The Celestial Master Mansion refused to let anyone leave and revealed a massive force and killing formation around the hall, leaving Chen Qing to ask Kagura what she could do.

• Su Changqing offered White Plain the Azure Dragon Rune and asked her to spare them, but she insisted that Chen Yun must die.
• White Plain explained that her instincts warned her Chen Yun was dangerous, and Su Changqing prepared to fight rather than hand him over.
• Chen Qing suspected Chen Yun was an Ancient Demon whose awakened talents could endanger everyone, and he agreed with Kagura to suspend the trial.
• When Chen Qing asked the Four Saints Guard to summon the Celestial Master, the guard refused to let anyone leave and threatened to kill anyone who tried.
• Thousands of Four Saints Guard members and a killing formation were revealed around the Hall of Rectitude and Harmony, and Chen Qing asked Kagura for help.

Su Changqing tried to protect Chen Yun from White Plain, but Chen Yun revealed his malice and lured White Plain into Su Changqing’s ring of flames. White Plain realized she had been trapped, with her wind techniques intensifying the fire and leaving her little time to act.

• Su Changqing sent Yun Ke'er away and surrounded himself with powerful southern brightness Li fire as White Plain attacked.
• White Plain charged at Su Changqing, but Chen Yun suddenly appeared behind him and held him at knifepoint.
• White Plain sensed something was wrong and forced her way through Su Changqing’s flames to reach Chen Yun.
• Shen Qi explained that White Plain was a top-tier sorcerer whose wind techniques would feed the flames, while Chen Qing recognized the danger.
• Chen Yun shoved Su Changqing aside and retreated at increased speed, leaving White Plain burning and trapped between pursuing him and trying to shed her skin.

White Plain was outmaneuvered by the Ancient Demon occupying Chen Yun and nearly burned to death, but Yun Ke'er rescued her with a precise spatial array. As Chen Yun approached the injured White Plain and Su Changqing, Chen Qing and Kagura were stunned by Yun Ke’er’s ability to use the ancient array Prism after only two years of spell practice.

• White Plain’s instincts drove her to pursue Chen Yun through the dragon flames, while Chen Qing realized the Ancient Demon had exploited her instincts and that she was unlikely to survive.
• White Plain unleashed her full strength for one last attempt to catch Chen Yun, but he evaded her and she accepted that the flames would consume her.
• Yun Ke’er transferred White Plain out of the flames with a spatial array, leaving Su Changqing amazed by her precise control.
• White Plain woke beside Yun Ke’er and learned that her burns were severe, while Su Changqing realized Chen Yun was approaching.
• Kagura questioned Chen Qing about Yun Ke’er’s use of Prism, and Chen Qing revealed that she had practiced spells for only two years.

Yun Ke'er trapped Chen Yun in a shifting spatial array, revealing that she had mastered Prism, an advanced form of Refracting Mirror. The group learned how her spell kept Chen Yun running in circles, but the threat remained as she continued holding the array.

• Chen Qing reflected on Prism’s extreme difficulty and was astonished that Yun Ke'er had learned it under Ziyue in less than a year.
• Chen Yun raced through multiplying afterimages but could not get closer to Yun Ke'er and the others, realizing that a spatial array had trapped him.
• Chen Yun recognized the array’s sophistication and grew eager to consume Yun Ke'er, White Plain, and Su Changqing for their genes.
• Su Changqing urged Yun Ke'er to stay focused, while White Plain questioned how the array could trap Chen Yun despite his ability to track them by scent and airflow.
• Yun Ke'er explained that her advanced version of Refracting Mirror let her cut and switch between spaces, constantly changing the layout and replacing exits.

Yun Ke'er used precise spatial swaps to trap Chen Yun and then captured the dangerous insect attached to him. White Plain and Su Changqing were left stunned by her confidence and success.

• White Plain realized Yun Ke'er was repeatedly swapping spaces to keep Chen Yun trapped and asked whether she could maintain the formation for an hour.
• Yun Ke'er said she would catch the threat immediately, while Chen Ying learned that Ke'er had slipped away from the group and the linking formation.
• Yun Ke'er shattered the space containing Chen Yun, and he raced through its fragments toward White Plain and Su Changqing.
• White Plain opened her eyes to find Chen Yun lying nearby with a huge, ice-sealed hole in his chest and Yun Ke'er holding the insect that had been attached to him.

Yun Ke'er captured the red worm controlling Chen Yun by calculating its speed and using spatial magic to cut its Blood Spell connection to him. After learning how she did it, White Plain and the gathered families recognized calculation as a powerful combat skill, while Chen Baifeng worried the worm might point to danger in the South Sea.

• White Plain recognized the red worm as the source of Chen Yun's vicious aura, while the Nie Family gloated over Chen Yun's condition and Chen Baifeng worried about the ancient stone that had changed his son's aptitude.
• Chen Qing told Chen Baifeng that he had sent word to Jiangnan to investigate the South Sea, fearing there could be more dragon-blood hosts like Chen Yun.
• The captured worm demanded to know what Yun Ke'er had done, and she explained that she had separated it from Chen Yun by cutting the Blood Spell linking them.
• Yun Ke'er explained to White Plain and Su Changqing that she had calculated Chen Yun's speed and cut at the right moment, causing him to run into the spatial blade.
• White Plain marveled at Yun Ke'er's calculated fighting method, and the family elders decided calculation should become a compulsory subject in their families.

A mysterious woman confronted the South Sea Dragon King about his failing preparations to revive Ancient Demons, and he ordered a desperate sacrifice to accelerate General Dragon Whale’s recovery. After Chen Qing warned of a grave crisis in the South Sea, Ao Zhen was chosen to investigate, accompanied by Murong Yunji and Wei Gongzhan.

• A dark figure slipped into the South Sea Dragon Palace and reprimanded the South Sea Dragon King for delays in preparing three Ancient Demons and securing blood food.
• The South Sea Dragon King realized an Ancient Demon inside Chen Yun had been separated from its host and was near death.
• The South Sea Dragon King ordered a Yaksha general to kill half the flood dragons and refine Blood Crystal Stones so General Dragon Whale could leave seclusion within three days.
• Tian Heng and Wei Gongcheng told Ao Zhen that Chen Qing had warned of a grave crisis in the South Sea involving the Ancient Demons and the Dragon King.
• Ao Zhen recalled the South Sea Dragon King as a kindly elder, while Wei Gongcheng and Shen Er warned her not to trust that impression.
• Shen Er recommended that Wei Gongzhan accompany Ao Zhen and Murong Yunji on the investigation.

Chen Ying saved Chen Yun from the Ancient Demon Worm and reorganized the group as the injured competitors withdrew. As the others set off for different gates, Chen Yun remained behind with Su Changqing, hiding a bloodthirsty gleam while a voice inside him screamed for them not to leave.

• Chen Ying treated Chen Yun and learned that his mother had obtained the Ancient Demon Worm from the South Sea Dragon Palace, prompting Chen Baifeng to suspect his son's behavior had changed.
• Chen Yun and Su Changqing withdrew from the competition, and Chen Ying awarded the contested Azure Dragon Rune to White Plain.
• Chen Ying decided to take the sealed worm fragment outside for experienced seniors to examine, while White Plain agreed to report other runes and explained that Zhang Xiaoyun saw her as prey.
• White Plain departed to face Zhang Xiaoyun, while Chen Ying sent Yun Ke'er to the Vermilion Bird Gate and Shen Yuan to the Black Tortoise Gate.
• Chen Ying left Chen Yun in Su Changqing's care as the others searched for runes, but Chen Yun revealed a bloodthirsty gleam as a voice inside him screamed for them not to go.

The Ancient Demon manipulated Chen Yun into accepting the idea that it could take over his life, then tricked Su Changqing into leaving so it could prepare to form a cocoon. As Shen Yuan and the others departed, Shen Yuan suspected Chen Yun was still under the demon’s control and rushed back.

• The Ancient Demon persuaded Chen Yun that replacing him could fulfill his family’s expectations, while planning to hide and form a cocoon using Chen Yun and Su Changqing’s bodies.
• Chen Yun asked Su Changqing for water, then sent him northwest to fetch more.
• On the way back, Shen Yuan told a companion that Chen Yun had seemed too polite and had shifted blame onto his mother.
• Shen Yuan recalled Chen Yun’s history of fighting anyone who insulted his mother and concluded his behavior had been suspicious.
• Shen Yuan used a spatial technique to return and told his companion to summon Dean Chen and Yun Ke'er.

Shen Yuan suspected Chen Yun was dangerous, but hesitated after Su Changqing returned with water, allowing the Ancient Demon to pierce his heart. The demon then froze when Shen Yuan spoke despite the attack, leaving his plan to take over Shen Yuan’s body uncertain.

• Shen Yuan questioned Chen Yun’s sudden ability to fetch water while Dong Fang began to suspect something was wrong.
• Su Changqing returned with water, making Shen Yuan hesitate about his suspicions.
• Chen Ying suddenly appeared and pierced through Shen Yuan’s heart as Dong Fang and Su Changqing watched in horror.
• Chen Baifeng and Chen Qing realized the Ancient Demon had pretended to be weak to mislead anyone observing from outside.
• The Ancient Demon planned to take over Shen Yuan’s body and use his techniques to defeat Yun Ke’er and White Plain.
• Shen Yuan spoke after the Ancient Demon crushed his heart, startling the demon.

Shen Yuan revealed how he had trapped Chen Yun in a prepared spatial array and sealed him in a fragment. After learning the Azure Dragon Gate had opened, Shen Yuan worried that White Plain might not escape Zhang Xiaoyun unharmed.

• Chen Yun discovered that his hand was trapped in a spatial rune on Shen Yuan’s body, while Shen Yuan explained that the apparent heart he had crushed was a realistic decoy inside another space.
• Shen Yuan used a Space Trap to compress Chen Yun into a fragment, then rejected Chen Yun’s offer of immortality in exchange for release.
• Su Changqing thanked Shen Yuan and asked how he had suspected Chen Yun; Shen Yuan said Chen Yun’s attempt to blame his mother had seemed out of character.
• Chen Yun realized that Shen Yuan, whom he had once looked down on, had understood him better than Su Changqing had.
• A dragon’s roar and azure light signaled that the Azure Dragon Gate had opened, and Shen Yuan worried about White Plain facing Zhang Xiaoyun.

Chen Qing realized that the Celestial Master Mansion’s trial might exploit hidden weaknesses in every major power, while Chen Baifeng feared the South Sea Dragon Palace could turn against his family. As the Four Saints Gates opened, Ziyue confronted the old Celestial Master and demanded the truth he had promised.

• Chen Qing warned Chen Baifeng and the other elders that the Celestial Master Mansion’s selection was a trap and questioned why it would risk provoking the world’s major powers.
• Chen Qing asked what precautions Chen Baifeng had taken against the South Sea Dragon Palace, and Chen Baifeng realized his family had relied on the Dragon Palace while allowing its forces to grow stronger.
• Chen Qing considered how Jiangnan, Great Jin, the Northern Lands, and the South Sea families each depended on powerful allies or leaders, and suspected the Celestial Master Mansion had long planned to exploit those vulnerabilities.
• The old Celestial Master announced that the Four Saints Gates were opening and sent Zhang Zhiyun and Murong Ziyi to their assigned areas.
• Ziyue challenged the old Celestial Master to tell her the truth he had promised at the final trial, and he asked where she wanted him to begin.

Ziyue questioned Celestial Master Zhang about the Warlock Dynasty and learned that its members were Ancient Demons who had secretly fought the reincarnating powers that dominated the world. Celestial Master Zhang revealed that the Reincarnator whose memories inspired their plan was the world’s creator, Pu Yunchuan.

• Ziyue demanded to know why the Warlock Dynasty’s people remembered her, and Zhang Xiaoyun said she had once praised his potential.
• Ziyue recognized Zhang Xiaoyun as the child from her buried memories, while his eyes and Celestial Master Zhang’s turned scarlet.
• Celestial Master Zhang revealed that he and the Warlock Dynasty were Ancient Demons, and explained how reincarnators infiltrated the world and nearly wiped out their clan.
• Celestial Master Zhang said the Ancient Demons founded the Warlock Dynasty to find a power capable of opposing the Four Great Guilds and preventing their revival.
• Celestial Master Zhang revealed that an Ancient Demon had devoured the world’s creator and learned its secrets from his memories: his name was Pu Yunchuan.

Ziyue learned that Pu Yunchuan’s death had enabled the Ancient Demons to identify and capture Reincarnators, and the old Celestial Master hinted that she was now their princess. Meanwhile, Ao Zhen’s group traveled inconspicuously toward South Sea City, where Ao Zhen sensed that something was wrong as they reached the dock.

• The old Celestial Master told Ziyue that Pu Yunchuan’s spellcraft and method for identifying Reincarnators had helped the Ancient Demons create the Warlock Dynasty after they absorbed his memories.
• Ziyue realized that Pu Yunchuan’s death had led to the Reincarnators’ capture and suffering, then sank into despair.
• Celestial Master Zhang urged Ziyue to stop despairing and called her “Your Highness,” leaving her stunned.
• Ao Zhen explained to Wei Gongzhan that their group was traveling by merchant ship to avoid detection and conserve blood and qi.
• Murong Yunji questioned why Chen Qing was involving himself in South Sea affairs, while Ao Zhen noted the South Sea Dragon King’s suspicious lack of ambition.
• As the ship reached South Sea City’s dock, Ao Zhen sensed that something was wrong.

Murong Yunji and Ao Zhen sensed a sinister presence as their ship approached the South Sea, while Wei Gongzhan spoke with Chen Zhuo, a Chen Household heir who questioned their cargo and their plans. After Chen Zhuo left, Ao Zhen identified him as the likely source of the strange aura and warned that a major event might soon unfold.

• Murong Yunji and Ao Zhen felt an unsettling presence as the ship neared the harbor.
• Wei Gongzhan met Chen Zhuo, who offered to buy the Jiangnan goods and questioned why the ship would remain in the South Sea.
• Wei Gongzhan told Chen Zhuo that he and the two young ladies were visiting relatives, and Chen gave him a jade pendant to use at the Chen Residence.
• Ao Zhen said Chen Zhuo was the likely source of the strange aura and confirmed he had not detected her concealed presence.
• Wei Gongzhan explained that their visit had a cover prepared through the Zhou Household, and Ao Zhen warned that something big might happen soon.

Chen Zhuo investigated the Jiangnan ship and ordered surveillance of the Li Household after learning its relatives were connected to the cargo. Meanwhile, Ao Zhen sensed that at least ten thousand members of the aquatic races had come ashore near the Li Residence.

• Chen Zhuo ordered an inquiry into the Jiangnan ship’s passengers and their relatives, then explained to the steward why he was wary of outsiders.
• Chen Zhuo dined with his mother and concealed his resentment over her favoring his elder brothers and giving his eldest brother a chance to change his fate.
• A woman speaking in Chen Zhuo’s mind told him that the compatriot parasitizing his eldest brother had encountered trouble and that His Highness the Dragon King was summoning him.
• Before leaving, Chen Zhuo ordered agents to watch the Li Household and act immediately if anything happened.
• At the Li Residence, Ao Zhen sensed that at least ten thousand aquatic races had come ashore, while Murong Yunji could detect nothing.

Ao Zhen and Wei Gongzhan investigated signs of a major South Sea Dragon Palace operation, while South Sea’s noble elders faced thousands of aquatic tribesmen approaching the city. The chapter ended with the elders believing their dragon-bloodline defenses could hold the approaching force.

• Ao Zhen sensed more than ten thousand aquatic tribesmen ashore and inferred that at least a thousand flood dragons had returned.
• Ao Zhen explained that Dragon Transformation was open to other races partly because dragons needed more warriors, prompting Wei Gongzhan to question whether the Dragon Palace might be controlling human nobles through something parasitic.
• Wei Gongzhan urged Ao Zhen to withdraw and report their findings, but Ao Zhen warned that trouble had already found them.
• The elders of South Sea’s major noble families gathered above the city gate as the aquatic tribesmen approached, and Third Elder Chen wondered why the Dragon Palace had sent no warning.
• The elders transformed into flame dragons and challenged the aquatic tribesmen, then took confidence from their numbers and the city’s defenses.

Wei Gongzhan, Murong Yunji, and Ao Zhen learned that sea clans had surrounded South Sea City and begun massacring civilians, then decided to confront the Chen Household over its suspected betrayal. As the city elders activated the defensive formation, the Chen elders suddenly demanded that Ye Qing be brought to them.

• The Li Household head reported that sea clans had surrounded South Sea City and killed many civilians, while Ao Zhen identified the attackers who had tried to assassinate the group as Night Shrimp.
• Wei Gongzhan reasoned that Chen Zhuo and possibly the whole Chen Household were allied with the South Sea Dragon Palace, threatening the city’s ability to activate its formation.
• Murong Yunji understood that the group needed to stop the Chen Household if the formation was to work, and Ao Zhen agreed they should go there.
• At the south gate, the elders gathered to defend the city and said Ye Qing was preparing the Chen Household’s Fire Dragon Pearl while they began activating the formation.
• After the elders’ blood strengthened the formation’s flames, two Chen elders shouted for Ye Qing to be brought over immediately.

The Chen Household’s formation strained to hold back the Ghost Shark General, while Ao Zhen and Wei Gongzhan suspected the South Sea Dragon Palace had made a desperate wager. At the Chen Residence, Ye Qing discovered the Flame Dragon Pearl was missing and learned that her youngest son had taken it.

• Chen Tiannian and another Chen elder fed their heart’s blood into the formation as the Ghost Shark General appeared in the southern sky.
• The elders recognized the Ghost Shark General and sent for Ye Qing, fearing the formation could not stop it without a true dragon sorcerer.
• Ao Zhen identified the Ghost Shark General and speculated that the South Sea Dragon Palace had sacrificed at least a thousand flood dragons to revive it.
• Wei Gongzhan suspected the South Sea Dragon Palace’s goal involved Chen Zhuo, and Ao Zhen hurried with him toward the Chen Household.
• Ye Qing discovered the Flame Dragon Pearl was missing, killed a guard in anger, and demanded to know who had taken it.
• Ye Qing’s youngest son confessed that he had taken the Flame Dragon Pearl, and she turned on him with killing intent.

Chen Zhuo confronted Ye Qing over her decision to give his only chance to become a warlock to his eldest brother, then trapped her in red threads that drained her life. As Murong Yunji and Ao Zhen’s group entered the Chen Residence seeking help against the attack outside, they found Ye Qing dead and Chen Zhuo transformed, while Ao Zhen realized South Sea City was doomed.

• Ye Qing mistook Chen Zhuo’s strange behavior for possession and threatened the presence speaking through his body, but he revealed that he resented her for giving his chance to become a warlock to Laoda.
• Chen Zhuo accused Ye Qing of assuming he did not care about his lack of talent and short lifespan, and she embraced him, promising not to give up on him.
• Chen Zhuo wrapped Ye Qing in red threads and drained her life, while an unknown force tore apart the guards who tried to intervene.
• Murong Yunji and her companions arrived at the Chen Residence to warn the elders that a powerful enemy was attacking and the city’s protective formation was close to collapse.
• Ao Zhen forced a Chen Household elder to lead them to the underground treasury, where they found Ye Qing’s shriveled corpse and Chen Zhuo dressed in bright red.
• The Chen Household elders demanded to know what Chen Zhuo had done, while Ao Zhen realized South Sea City was finished.

Chen Zhuo confronted Ao Zhen and Wei Gongzhan after killing Ye Qing, while the force inside him revealed its ancient origins. Wei Gongzhan concluded that the group had to defend the city and implied Chen Zhuo was their only chance, leaving Chen Zhuo startled that he had guessed correctly.

• Wei Gongzhan recalled how Ye Qing had defended Chen Zhuo when he was a child and said he had envied the family love she showed him.
• Chen Zhuo rejected Wei Gongzhan's account, raised his power, and asked who Ao Zhen was.
• A voice within Chen Zhuo identified Ao Zhen as the West Sea's foremost general, while Chen Zhuo's parasite invoked the Demon Buddha and alarmed her.
• Ao Zhen weighed whether to fight or retreat as Murong Yunji questioned whether Chen Zhuo had killed Ye Qing of his own free will.
• Wei Gongzhan argued that the group had to kill Chen Zhuo and hold the city, then said their only chance lay with Chen Zhuo.
• Chen Zhuo hid his shock when Wei Gongzhan appeared to understand what he could do.