Arc 22The Northern Darkness Rises

Li Yunjing led the Luozhen Sect through the defeat of the Conquest Alliance, the awakening of a tenth Ancestral Vein, and the death of the Savage Wilderness Supreme, then advanced into the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm. He claimed a powerful bear and entered an ancient sword cultivator’s cave abode as rival groups arrived and split up inside its maze.

  • The Blackwater Mystic Serpent attacked Luozhen Island, but Fang Hexuan destroyed it, prompting the Luozhen Conquest Alliance to prepare an assault.
  • Li Yunjing advanced the Northern Dark True Spirit into the tenth Ancestral Vein, then used its power to defeat the invading alliance and secure the Luozhen Sect’s victory.
  • Li Yunjing broke through to the Dao Union Initial Realm as the Ancestral Vein transformed the sect’s territory into a Blessed Land and he ordered the sect to expand.
  • The Savage Wilderness Supreme emerged from its seal and attacked Tianyuan, but Li Yunjing destroyed its hidden heart while the Northern Dark True Spirit held it back.
  • The Northern Dark True Spirit absorbed the Savage Wilderness Ancestral Vein’s remnant soul, and Li Yunjing established the Karmic Luck Pavilion and later advanced to the Dao Union Middle Stage.
  • Li Yunjing recovered the Luozhen Sect’s damaged founding token, upgraded the Trial Tower and Karmic Luck Pavilion, and formed a Primordial Dao Seed.
  • Li Yunjing entered the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm, subdued the Hei Feng Devil Bear, and learned about the Eastern Domain’s factions and demon kings.
  • Li Yunjing explored True Lord Taichu’s cave abode and received the Primordial Beginning Sword Instruction’s inheritance as rival demon kings and cultivators arrived and separated into the abode’s passages.
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Ch. 526Emerging to Stir Up a Storm

True Lord Chiyan crushed the talisman seal that held the Blackwater Mystic Serpent, freeing its soul to attack Azure Jiao Marsh and the Luozhen Island Grotto-Heaven. Fang Hexuan confronted the serpent and trapped its poison bead in a domain of purple lightning.

  • True Lord Chiyan found and crushed the talisman seal in his grandmaster’s cave abode, hoping to see how the Luozhen Sect would respond.
  • The Blackwater Mystic Serpent’s soul emerged from a palace beneath Azure Jiao Marsh and unleashed poisonous waters that ravaged the marsh’s veins and surroundings.
  • Li Yunjing joined Fang Hexuan and the others at the Stargazing Platform as Azure Jiao explained how a human fire cultivator had once defeated and sealed the serpent.
  • The Blackwater Mystic Serpent struck the Luozhen Island Grotto-Heaven’s mountain-protecting formation, and Fang Hexuan flew out to stop it.
  • Fang Hexuan restrained the serpent’s tail with golden threads and blasted it with purple divine lightning, but the serpent retaliated with its natal poison bead.
  • Fang Hexuan opened the Divine Firmament Lightning Domain and trapped the poison bead inside a net of purple lightning.

Ch. 527A Killing and Preparations for the Final Assault

Fang Hexuan killed the Blackwater Mystic Serpent but suffered injuries from using his Divine Ability. After learning that the Luozhen Sect had thwarted their plot, the Luozhen Conquest Alliance ordered an all-out assault in three days, and Li Yunjing prepared to defend Luozhen Island Grotto-Heaven.

  • Fang Hexuan destroyed the Blackwater Mystic Serpent with the Divine Firmament Evil-Slaying Sword and collected its purified poison pearl.
  • Li Yunjing supported the injured Fang Hexuan, who said the serpent’s appearance was likely connected to the Luozhen Conquest Alliance.
  • Wan Tianshu and the Departing Fire Sect’s Dao Union True Lords received intelligence that nothing had happened at Azure Jiao Marsh and realized their plan had failed.
  • True Lord Chiyan urged an immediate change of strategy, and Wan Tianshu ordered the alliance to launch an all-out assault on the Luozhen Sect in three days.
  • Li Yunjing learned of the coming assault and vowed to defend Luozhen Island Grotto-Heaven with the Luozhen Sect’s disciples.

Ch. 528Promotion, Hope of Becoming an Ancestral Vein

With the Luozhen Conquest Alliance approaching, Li Yunjing began activating the Flying Dragon Ascension to Immortality Formation to help the Northern Dark True Spirit advance into an Ancestral Vein. The first signs of the transformation shook the Tianyuan Continent, but the advancement had only just begun as the enemy army neared.

  • Fang Hexuan warned that the Luozhen Sect was badly outnumbered by the Luozhen Conquest Alliance's Dao Union True Lords.
  • Li Yunjing returned from Flying Dragon Ridge and revealed that the Northern Dark True Spirit could advance into an Ancestral Vein using the formation there.
  • Li Yunjing tasked Fang Hexuan and the others with defending the sect while he activated the formation at Flying Dragon Ridge's main peak.
  • Li Yunjing fused the Earth Northern Dark Vein-Suppressing Seal with the formation, causing black light and a dragon silhouette to appear as the ridge trembled.
  • The Northern Dark True Spirit sensed its chance to advance, and Li Yunjing restored himself with the Transcendence and Ascension to Immortality Instruction before continuing to activate the formation.

Ch. 529Success, the True Spirits All Arrived

The Northern Dark True Spirit enlisted the other nine Ancestral Vein True Spirits to help him withstand the Heavenly Dao’s tribulation and advance. An Ancestral Dragon phantom appeared, allowing him to become Tianyuan’s tenth Ancestral Vein and leaving the continent with the potential to become an Immortal Realm.

  • The Northern Dark True Spirit told Li Yunjing that he needed the other Ancestral Vein True Spirits’ support, and all nine arrived at Flying Dragon Ridge.
  • The nine Ancestral Vein True Spirits poured their origin power into the Northern Dark True Spirit, causing Spiritual Qi across Tianyuan to triple and many cultivators to break through.
  • The Northern Dark True Spirit faced a deadly lightning tribulation, but an Ancestral Dragon phantom appeared and dispelled the black clouds.
  • The Northern Dark True Spirit successfully became the tenth Ancestral Vein, and Li Yunjing gained command over the power of its ten-thousand-li territory.
  • The Hengshan Black Tortoise True Spirit said the other Ancestral Veins might need Li Yunjing’s help in the future before the nine True Spirits departed.
  • The Luozhen Sect disciples felt their cultivation rise and celebrated the change in the grotto-heaven.

Ch. 530Arrival, Come Out and Die

The Luozhen Conquest Alliance invaded Luozhen Island, only to find Li Yunjing had turned Azure Jiao Marsh into the Northern Darkness Ancestral Vein’s core domain. The alliance suffered devastating losses as Fang Hexuan and Mu You confronted its leaders, and the battle continued.

  • Wan Tianshu led the Luozhen Conquest Alliance into Azure Jiao Marsh and threatened the Luozhen Sect, while Fang Hexuan ordered the mountain-protecting formation opened.
  • The alliance landed on Luozhen Island, where the grotto-heaven entrance closed and the Northern Darkness Ancestral Vein sealed the entire territory, suppressing the invaders’ cultivation.
  • Li Yunjing revealed that the Northern Dark Earth Vein had ascended into the tenth Ancestral Vein, and the Northern Darkness True Dragon killed more than half the alliance’s cultivators with a single strike.
  • The Northern Darkness True Dragon shattered the Departing Fire Sect patriarch’s flame giant and gravely wounded him with a Water Dragon Cannon.
  • Fang Hexuan confronted Wan Tianshu, while Mu You engaged two other Dao Union Perfection cultivators.

Ch. 531Victory, Tianyuan Shaken

Li Yunjing and the Luozhen Sect defeated the Luozhen Conquest Alliance, killing its leaders and sparing coerced cultivators on condition that they serve the sect for fifty years. News of the victory and the awakened Northern Darkness Ancestral Vein spread across Tianyuan Continent, leaving rival sects seeking the Luozhen Sect’s favor.

  • Li Yunjing killed the Daozhen Sect's grand elder, while Fang Hexuan destroyed Wan Tianshu's Li Fire Treasure Fan and the Northern Dark True Spirit crushed him.
  • Li Yunjing ordered the execution of the alliance's chief culprits and let ordinary cultivators surrender, while the Northern Dark True Spirit killed the remaining core leaders.
  • Li Yunjing ordered captured cultivators who had killed Luozhen Sect disciples to be beheaded and made the remaining captives serve the Luozhen Sect for fifty years.
  • The Luozhen Sect defeated the alliance, and Li Yunjing returned to his cave abode to cultivate toward the Dao Union realm.
  • News of the victory and the awakened Northern Darkness Ancestral Vein spread across Tianyuan Continent, prompting former alliance members to beg forgiveness and neutral sects to seek friendly ties.

Ch. 532Secluded Cultivation, Attempting Dao Integration

Li Yunjing entered secluded cultivation in the Northern Darkness Ancestral Vein, relying on the Northern Dark True Spirit, abundant Spiritual Qi, and Earth Vein Essence to advance his cultivation and master the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture. With the support of ten Ancestral Veins, he shattered the barrier to the Dao Integration Realm, leaving his breakthrough underway.

  • Li Yunjing began secluded cultivation with the Northern Dark True Spirit's help, drawing Spiritual Qi from the Northern Darkness Ancestral Vein.
  • The Northern Dark True Spirit gathered more than ten thousand pieces of Earth Vein Essence for Li Yunjing to refine and strengthen his body and soul.
  • Li Yunjing advanced the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture from its sixth level to its twelfth, reaching great mastery and sensing an opportunity to break through.
  • Li Yunjing began assailing the Dao Integration Realm barrier as the Northern Dark True Spirit and nine other Ancestral Vein True Spirits lent him power.
  • Ten Ancestral Veins illuminated the Tianyuan Continent, and Li Yunjing shattered the Dao Integration Realm barrier with his Primordial Spirit.

Ch. 533Emerging from Seclusion, an Immortal City

Li Yunjing emerged from two years of seclusion after reaching the Dao Union Initial Realm and receiving the Heavenly Dao’s blessing. He explored the newly built Luozhen Immortal City, then reunited with Shui Yao, who told him how long he had been away.

  • Li Yunjing broke through to the Dao Union Initial Realm, and the Heavenly Dao’s merit blessing strengthened him and the Luozhen Sect’s territory.
  • Li Yunjing thanked the Northern Dark True Spirit for its help and left his cave abode to see how the sect had changed.
  • Li Yunjing discovered the bustling Luozhen Immortal City and explored its commercial, cultivation, residential, and teleportation districts.
  • Li Yunjing considered making the city’s trial tower an upgradeable sect building.
  • Shui Yao greeted Li Yunjing and told him he had been in seclusion for two years.

Ch. 534New Additions, Great Changes

Li Yunjing toured Luozhen Immortal City while Shui Yao explained Luozhen Sect’s expanded disciple system and the changes brought by the Northern Dark True Spirit’s advancement into an Ancestral Vein. The sect’s territory had become a superb cultivation ground, attracting Rogue Cultivators seeking refuge.

  • Shui Yao told Li Yunjing that Grandmaster Fang had built Luozhen Immortal City after the Northern Dark Earth Vein advanced into an Ancestral Vein.
  • Shui Yao explained Luozhen Sect’s new four-rank disciple system, improved curriculum, special classes, and regular competitions.
  • Shui Yao introduced several of the sect’s eighteen True Disciples, including Qin Feng, Lin Wan'er, and the Demon Race disciple Mo Jiao.
  • Shui Yao reported that the Northern Dark True Spirit had transformed the sect’s ten-thousand-li territory into a Blessed Land with richer Spiritual Qi, more Spirit Veins, and new resources and special cultivation sites.
  • Shui Yao told Li Yunjing that Luozhen Sect’s territory had become one of Tianyuan Continent’s rare cultivation grounds, drawing Rogue Cultivators seeking refuge.

Ch. 535Anticipation, Five Years

After breaking through to the Dao Integration Realm, Li Yunjing learned how the Luozhen Sect had expanded during his seclusion and set ambitious goals for its next five years. He left the sect resolved to eventually destroy the Daozhen Sect and oversee the Luozhen Sect’s further growth.

  • Shui Yao told Li Yunjing that the Northern Darkness Ancestral Vein had turned the sect into a Blessed Land and that the Great Wilderness Reclamation Corps had secured mines, a spirit medicine garden, an ancient secret realm, and allied tribes.
  • Alligator Dragon and Fire Dragon congratulated Li Yunjing on his breakthrough and reported that the Ancestral Vein had strengthened their cultivation and bloodlines.
  • Fang Hexuan, Nangong Chengyu, Wang Qianxue, and other senior members gathered to celebrate Li Yunjing’s successful entry into the Dao Integration Realm.
  • Li Yunjing recalled the Daozhen Sect’s role in the Luozhen Sect’s past decline and vowed to settle their grudge in the future.
  • Li Yunjing ordered the sect to expand its territory to one hundred thousand li and build its defenses and ranks of cultivators over the next five years.

Ch. 536Straightening the Veins, the Savage Wilderness Supreme

Li Yunjing learned that the Savage Wilderness Supreme, an ancient being sealed after trying to sacrifice Tianyuan, had escaped the Ten Thousand Spirits Forbidden Zone. As the Supreme attacked Luozhen Immortal City, Li Yunjing and the Northern Dark True Spirit fought to defend it.

  • Li Yunjing used the Northern Dark Vein-Suppressing Seal to restore earth veins, while the Northern Dark True Spirit warned him about the sealed Savage Wilderness Supreme.
  • The Northern Dark True Spirit revealed that the Savage Wilderness Supreme had once survived an assault by Tianyuan's greatest powers and been sealed instead of killed.
  • The seal shattered, and the Savage Wilderness Supreme emerged from the Ten Thousand Spirits Forbidden Zone as millions of vicious beasts surged across Tianyuan.
  • The Savage Wilderness Supreme sent an axe beam toward Luozhen Immortal City, and Li Yunjing and the Northern Dark True Spirit intercepted it.
  • The Northern Dark True Spirit's tail barely hurt the Savage Wilderness Supreme, who struck the dragon with his massive axe.

Ch. 537Immortal, His Heart

The Northern Dark True Spirit battled the Savage Wilderness Supreme, whose apparent immortality came from the Indestructible Scripture and a heart hidden away from his body. Guided by the Five Spirits Lord, Li Yunjing reached the heart in the Ten Thousand Spirits Forbidden Zone and fought his way toward it, but the heart unleashed a powerful shock wave.

  • The Northern Dark True Spirit crushed the Savage Wilderness Supreme's head, but the Supreme regenerated and wounded the dragon with his axe.
  • As the Northern Dark True Spirit weakened, the Five Spirits Lord told Li Yunjing that the Supreme's life depended on his hidden heart and marked its location on the Northern Dark Vein-Suppressing Seal.
  • Li Yunjing followed the seal into the Ten Thousand Spirits Forbidden Zone while the Northern Dark True Spirit held the Supreme back.
  • Li Yunjing found the Supreme's enormous heart floating in a blood pool and cut through its attacking tentacles with Seven Slaughters Sword Intent.
  • When Li Yunjing approached the heart, it beat violently and sent a powerful shock wave toward him.

Ch. 538Death and the Karmic Fortune Divine Beast

Li Yunjing shattered the Savage Wilderness Supreme’s heart, killing him and ending the savage beast tide. The Northern Dark True Spirit absorbed the Savage Wilderness Ancestral Vein’s remnant soul, grew vastly stronger, and asked to merge with the Luozhen Sect’s karmic fortune as its Karmic Fortune Divine Beast.

  • Li Yunjing used the Northern Dark Vein-Suppressing Seal to crack the Savage Wilderness Supreme’s black heart, then restored himself and struck again as the Supreme rushed to stop him.
  • Li Yunjing shattered the heart, causing the Savage Wilderness Supreme to crumble into ash and die.
  • Fang Hexuan organized Luozhen Sect disciples to counterattack after the savage beast tide fell into chaos.
  • The Northern Dark True Spirit absorbed the Savage Wilderness Ancestral Vein’s remnant soul and increased its strength more than tenfold.
  • The Northern Dark True Spirit told Li Yunjing it could now fight a Loose Immortal on its own territory and proposed becoming the Luozhen Sect’s Karmic Fortune Divine Beast.

Ch. 539Return, a New Building

Li Yunjing agreed to make the Northern Dark True Spirit the Luozhen Sect’s Karmic Fortune Divine Beast and ordered the construction of a Karmic Luck Pavilion. After the sect expanded and grew stronger, the pavilion was completed and registered as an upgradable building, though it still required the sect’s founding token to be enshrined before it could be upgraded.

  • Li Yunjing agreed to prepare for the Northern Dark True Spirit to become the Luozhen Sect’s Karmic Fortune Divine Beast and decided to build a new sect building for karmic fortune.
  • Li Yunjing returned to Luozhen Immortal City with the Northern Dark True Spirit, where Mo Xuan and the others welcomed him after the Savage Wilderness Supreme’s death and the fighting ended.
  • Li Yunjing ordered the construction of a Karmic Luck Pavilion with a statue of the Northern Dark True Spirit, then directed the sect to rest and recuperate.
  • Over the next half year, the Luozhen Sect expanded its territory, gathered the Savage Wilderness Supreme’s resources, strengthened its ancestral vein, and improved its cultivation and training systems.
  • The Northern Dark True Spirit expanded the Northern Darkness Ancestral Vein, and Li Yunjing advanced to the Dao Union Middle Stage as the sect’s disciples and city prospered.
  • After the Karmic Luck Pavilion was completed, Li Yunjing registered it as an upgradable building and learned that its upgrade required the sect’s founding token to be enshrined there.

Ch. 540The Token Is in the Hidden Cache

Li Yunjing learned that the Karmic Luck Pavilion required the Luozhen Sect's founding token, a sword lost when the sect left Black Mountain. After discovering the sword was in the sect's hidden cache, he arranged for Fang Tong to retrieve the cache's inheritances and bring them back to Azure Jiao Marsh.

  • Li Yunjing asked Nangong Chengyu about the founding token, and Nangong Chengyu said it was a bonded Law Treasure sword that vanished when the Luozhen Sect left Black Mountain.
  • Li Yunjing realized the sword might be among the Luozhen Sect's inheritances in the hidden cache on Black Mountain.
  • Li Yunjing found Fang Hexuan fishing at the Jin Household, and Fang Hexuan confirmed the founding token was in the hidden cache but badly damaged and without spirituality.
  • Li Yunjing asked Fang Tong to lead a group to Black Mountain and bring back the hidden cache's contents.
  • Fang Tong agreed, and Li Yunjing told him to deploy Fleet No. 1 for the mission.

Ch. 541The Fleet, Upgrading Buildings

Li Yunjing mobilized a flying-ship fleet for the trip to retrieve a hidden cache, then upgraded the Trial Tower in Luozhen Immortal City. The tower gained rewards for successful trials, and Li Yunjing saw that its next level could grant Law Artifact fragments.

  • Fang Tong questioned whether mobilizing a fleet was excessive, but Li Yunjing insisted that he send one.
  • Li Yunjing left the Discipline Hall and decided to upgrade the Trial Tower while Fang Tong traveled to Black Mountain and Azure Jiao Marsh.
  • Li Yunjing examined the Trial Tower’s daily rankings, which listed cultivators by cultivation level and rewarded those who held a place on a list.
  • Li Yunjing added the Trial Tower to the upgrade system and raised it from lv0 to lv1, unlocking rewards and temporary cultivation bonuses for completed trials.
  • Li Yunjing read the lv2 effects, including a chance to obtain Law Artifact fragments, and expressed surprise at the game-like reward.

Ch. 542Fortunately, the Primordial Dao Seed

Li Yunjing upgraded the Trial Tower and discovered its points exchange offered Luozhen Sect members vastly greater treasures than outsiders. After gaining the Primordial Dao Seed Divine Ability, he began its painful cultivation by breaking apart his Primordial Spirit.

  • Li Yunjing upgraded the Trial Tower to level two and found that its next upgrade required more sect facilities and disciples to exchange for complete First-Rank Law Artifacts.
  • Li Yunjing examined the exchange list and saw that Luozhen Sect members could obtain treasures as powerful as a Semi-Immortal Artifact, while outsiders had access only to lower-grade rewards.
  • Li Yunjing returned to his Grotto-Heaven and spent a month cultivating, during which he obtained the Primordial Dao Seed Divine Ability.
  • Li Yunjing studied the Divine Ability's five realms and began condensing his first Dao Seed by painfully breaking apart his Primordial Spirit.

Ch. 543Cultivation Complete, Fang Tong Returns

Li Yunjing successfully condensed a Primordial Dao Seed and awakened a Divine Ability that let him plant, reclaim, and strengthen spirit herbs by moving energy through them. After Fang Tong returned from Black Mountain with the founding token, he told Li Yunjing that the hidden trove had collapsed.

  • Li Yunjing stopped trying to force the Dao Seed into shape and instead nurtured a wisp of Taiyi Clear Qi, forming a Primordial Dao Seed amid a golden auspicious cloud that enriched the Grotto-Heaven.
  • Li Yunjing used the new Divine Ability to plant a spirit herb, reclaim its energy, and grow a stronger, second-tier herb in its place.
  • Li Yunjing considered using the Divine Ability to destroy another Dao Realm for its energy, then rejected the idea because of the burden of killing.
  • Li Yunjing received Fang Tong's message that he had returned from Black Mountain with the founding token and went to the Discipline Hall.
  • Fang Tong gave Li Yunjing the sword serving as the founding token and revealed that taking the Three Sun Wheels had caused the hidden trove to collapse.

Ch. 544Upgrading and Exploring Primordial Beginning

Li Yunjing upgraded the Karmic Luck Pavilion, unlocking stronger sect benefits and a future blessing for disciples, then checked the teleportation array before preparing to explore the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm. He found that the array met its upgrade requirements and decided to raise it to lv8 to reduce the risk of Time Sickness.

  • Li Yunjing told Fang Tong to take the Three Sun Wheels to Grandmaster Fang and left the Discipline Hall.
  • Li Yunjing upgraded the Karmic Luck Pavilion to lv1 and saw that lv2 would increase disciples' chances of Foundation Establishment.
  • Li Yunjing upgraded the Karmic Luck Pavilion to lv2 and discovered that lv3 would let him grant monthly karmic luck blessings to up to three disciples.
  • Li Yunjing planned to explore the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm now that the Luozhen Sect had Dao Union cultivators.
  • Li Yunjing checked the teleportation array, found its lv8 requirements fulfilled, and decided to upgrade it to reduce the chance of Time Sickness.

Ch. 545Teleportation, Hei Feng Devil Bear

Li Yunjing upgraded the teleportation array to lv8 and traveled to the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm, where he encountered a Hei Feng Devil Bear in the Falling Star Mountain Range. Their battle began, and Li Yunjing countered the bear’s attacks with his Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture techniques.

  • Li Yunjing saw that lv9 would allow temporary teleportation anchors, but the array did not yet meet its upgrade requirements.
  • Li Yunjing informed the disciples that he was leaving on business and teleported to the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm.
  • Li Yunjing confirmed that he could use his full strength and teleport back to the Luozhen Sect without being suppressed.
  • A Hei Feng Devil Bear confronted Li Yunjing and demanded that he leave its territory, but Li Yunjing challenged it to a fight.
  • The Hei Feng Devil Bear struck Li Yunjing with a giant palm, but his Dao shield repelled the blow.
  • The Hei Feng Devil Bear unleashed its corrosive breath, and Li Yunjing purified it with Qingwei Divine Lightning.

Ch. 546Subjugation and Basic Information

Li Yunjing trapped the Hei Feng Devil Bear and used the Primordial Dao Seed to subjugate it, then questioned it about the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm. He learned about its five domains and the factions and powerful figures in the Eastern Domain.

  • Li Yunjing trapped the Hei Feng Devil Bear in a five-element cage after countering its Bloodline Divine Ability.
  • Li Yunjing planted the Primordial Dao Seed in the Hei Feng Devil Bear, rewriting its life imprint and forcing it to submit.
  • The Hei Feng Devil Bear called Li Yunjing its lord after he restored the life origin he had drained from it.
  • Li Yunjing asked the Hei Feng Devil Bear for basic information about the Primordial Beginning Dao Realm.
  • The Hei Feng Devil Bear explained that the realm had five domains, with the Holy Domain strongest, and that the Eastern Domain had three supreme first-rate factions and three Return to Origin Realm Demon Kings known as the Three Kings of the Eastern Domain.

Ch. 547Plans and a Sudden Change

Li Yunjing learned why the Hei Feng Devil Bear had become an enemy of the Myriad Demon Hall and planned to bring the Eastern Domain under the Luozhen Sect. A sudden Spiritual Qi Tide then revealed an ancient cave abode rising from beneath the earth.

  • The Hei Feng Devil Bear told Li Yunjing that the Myriad Demon Hall’s master had lured demons in to devour those with Special Bloodlines, then framed the Three Kings of the Eastern Domain and expelled them.
  • Li Yunjing planned to recruit the bear’s two brothers, take the Three Kings as pet beasts, and bring the Eastern Domain’s factions under the Luozhen Sect.
  • Li Yunjing planned to conquer the four domains before joining forces with the Immortal Alliance to attack the Holy Domain and gather resources for Tianyuan’s sixth province.
  • A Spiritual Qi Tide erupted across the mountains, shaking the earth, filling the valleys with Spiritual Qi, and drawing the Eastern Domain’s attention.
  • An enormous fissure opened, and an ancient cave abode made of Black-Yellow Stone rose from beneath the earth.

Ch. 548Ruins: Entering Within

Li Yunjing and Hei Feng entered a newly emerged cave abode left by a powerful High Antiquity sword cultivator. They reached a vast underground hall, where a towering statue of the cultivator stood at its center.

  • Li Yunjing sensed the cave abode ruins and rode the Hei Feng Devil Bear to reach them before other Eastern Domain experts arrived.
  • Li Yunjing asked the Hei Feng Devil Bear to take human form, named him Hei Feng, and led him to the stone gate.
  • Li Yunjing opened the gate with his spiritual power and warned Hei Feng to stay close and avoid touching anything.
  • Li Yunjing examined the murals and runes in the passage, concluding that the cave abode's owner had been an exceptionally powerful sword cultivator.
  • Li Yunjing and Hei Feng entered an enormous underground hall and saw a hundred-zhang white jade statue of the High Antiquity cultivator.

Ch. 549Everyone Arrives, True Lord Taichu

Li Yunjing obtained the Primordial Beginning Sword Instruction and learned that the cave abode belonged to True Lord Taichu, who had died after being ambushed by three Dao Lords. As powerful figures from across the Eastern Domain arrived, Li Yunjing and Hei Feng explored the cave abode’s pill room while rival demon kings entered the main hall.

  • Li Yunjing received the Primordial Beginning Sword Instruction’s inheritance imprint and planned to combine it with his existing sword art for the Luozhen Sect.
  • Li Yunjing read True Lord Taichu’s journal, learning about his death, the three Dao Lords who ambushed him, and the cave abode’s other chambers.
  • Hei Feng sensed his two sworn brothers approaching, and Li Yunjing chose to explore the pill room before confronting the arrivals.
  • Azure Scale King and Golden Wing King entered the cave abode and wondered why Hei Feng had not arrived.
  • Blood Wolf King entered with Black Bear King and Venomous Snake King, then taunted Azure Scale King and Golden Wing King.

Ch. 550Courting Death, Splitting Up

The Three Kings of the Eastern Domain, the Myriad Demon Hall demons, and three human cultivators confronted one another over a newly discovered cave abode. They agreed to explore separate passages and divide their findings later, but True Lord Taichu’s restrictions separated them as soon as they entered.

  • The Black Bear King and the Azure Scale King traded threats over the Black Bear King’s past defeat by the Hei Feng Devil Bear.
  • The Blood Wolf King and the Golden Wing King argued over who had the right to claim the cave abode, while the Azure Scale King stopped the Golden Wing King from fighting before Hei Feng arrived.
  • True Lord Qingyun, Fairy Hongling, and True Lord Bishui arrived, and the three groups prepared to fight over the cave abode.
  • True Lord Bishui proposed a temporary truce to explore separately, and the Blood Wolf King agreed after realizing the other groups might join forces against him.
  • True Lord Qingyun’s group took the right passage, the Blood Wolf King’s group took the rear passage, and the Eastern Domain kings took the left passage.
  • The cave abode’s restrictions distorted space and blocked Divine Sense, separating the groups inside the maze-like passages.
Arc 22 of 32
Arc 22 of 32