Arc 30Variant Purge and Second Descent
Dongfang Yueming escaped the Taibai Sword Sect's confinement, advanced through Saint King and Emperor cultivation, and eradicated the Variants from the Crimson Profound World before ascending. His second descent placed him in a spirit-rootless orphan's body among boys recruited by female cultivators who offered the Pure Yang Spirit-Nurturing Art.
- Dongfang Yueming obtained cultivation methods through Abbess Jingxu and the Scripture Pavilion, fused Heaven-Grade abilities, and raised Hong Gui, Baihu, and Lu Qingxue through Law Sharing.
- Dongfang Yueming left the Taibai Sword Sect with his companions as the Variant king turned its sect master into a puppet, killed Elder Song, and ordered a hunt for them.
- Dongfang Yueming killed Blood-Handed Asura, defeated the Heavenly Profound Sect patriarch, and seized Saint King methods from Raging Sand Valley and six other sects.
- Dongfang Yueming reached Peak Saint King Perfection, returned to the Taibai Sword Sect, and killed the corrupted sect master and the Variant king while saving Ancestor Taibai.
- Dongfang Yueming fused Emperor methods, erased eighteen attacking Variants, and reached Top-tier Perfected Emperor Realm before purging the Crimson Profound World with his companions.
- Dongfang Yueming raised Hong Gui, Baihu, and Lu Qingxue to Emperor Realm Perfection, ascended, and began his second descent in the body of an orphan captured by Black Wind Stronghold bandits.
- Ziyuan killed the bandits and brought the boys to her sect, where Hong Yao tested their spiritual roots and offered the rootless recruits the Pure Yang Spirit-Nurturing Art.
- Dongfang Yueming questioned the limits of Pure Yang Roots, and Ji Meiniang revealed the Supreme-Grade Pure Yang Root and promised further instruction and a night in her Nine Yin Hall to qualifying recruits.