Chapter Summaries

Peng Tao learned that the Dongfang Clan supported Qiwu and Ling Rui’s marriage, while Dongfang Yinghao and Liu Yanqing found a way to locate the last Divine Wind Spirit Core. Liu Yanqing began condensing the scattered Core Wind into a physical Spirit Core.

• Dongfang Zonggan told Peng Tao that Venerable Ziyu had approved the Dongfang Clan’s proposal and that Peng Tao could inform the Fuyao Sect’s elders.
• Dongfang Yinghao and Liu Yanqing found four more Divine Wind Spirit Cores but could not locate the tenth through Liu Yanqing’s wind resonance.
• Dongfang Yinghao used a centipede-shaped puppet to amplify his mental power and discovered that the final Core Wind was scattered throughout the Place of Hidden Treasures.
• Liu Yanqing gathered the scattered Core Wind with her wind arts while Dongfang Yinghao assisted her by transferring true essence.
• Liu Yanqing compressed the gathered wind into a small sphere and began turning it into a tangible Divine Wind Spirit Core.

Liu Yanqing nearly refined the Divine Wind Spirit Core, but its violent resistance pushed her to the brink of exhaustion, and she chose to stop rather than risk injuring herself. A mysterious breeze then restored the Spirit Core, and two familiar figures appeared, one taking the crystal and the other drawing the wind breath from Liu Yanqing.

• The Core Wind resisted Liu Yanqing’s refinement, swelling and sending a wisp of wind breath into her body.
• Dongfang Yinghao supplied Liu Yanqing with true essence as she struggled against the Core Wind for an hour.
• Near exhaustion, Liu Yanqing stopped the refinement and let the almost-formed Spirit Core turn insubstantial.
• Peng Tao and Dongfang Zonggan praised Liu Yanqing’s judgment as Peng Tao prepared to intervene.
• A mysterious breeze gathered the dispersing Spirit Core, and two familiar figures appeared before Liu Yanqing and Dongfang Yinghao.
• The bluish-faced man formed the wind mass into a Spirit Core crystal, while the woman drew the wisp of wind breath from Liu Yanqing.

Yun Xiwu and Yang Lingrui returned after twelve years, reunited with Liu Yanqing and Dongfang Yinghao, and revealed the rare Void Nether Divine Wind and Yang Lingrui’s title, “Sever Karma.” Their senior escorts realized Yang Lingrui might make history in Azure Waves, while Peng Tao resolved to promote his marriage to Yun Xiwu.

• Yun Xiwu brought Liu Yanqing and Dongfang Yinghao out of their shock, and Yang Lingrui gave Liu Yanqing the final Divine Wind Spirit Core as a first-meeting gift.
• Yun Xiwu and Yang Lingrui greeted Peng Tao and Dongfang Zonggan, who welcomed them back and asked about their True Self Cave Heaven titles.
• Yun Xiwu explained how Yang Lingrui’s Three Rhyme Divine Wind had merged with her Azure Nether Divine Wind to form the adaptable Void Nether Divine Wind.
• Yun Xiwu revealed that her title was “Clear Void,” and the four seniors praised the title and marveled at the power of her new Divine Wind.
• Peng Tao heard Yang Lingrui’s title, “Sever Karma,” and decided to push for his marriage to Yun Xiwu, while Peng Tao and Dongfang Zonggan recognized the significance of his potential in the Killing Dao.

Peng Tao left the Unreturning Wind Cave after learning of Dongfang Zonggan’s plans, while Dongfang stayed to guide the young cultivators exploring the realm. Yang Yuanhong emerged from seclusion at the Twelfth Layer of Spiritual Connection, received guidance from Chen Yang, and departed for the Central Region as tensions between the Righteous and Demonic Paths continued to build.

• Peng Tao discussed matters with Dongfang Zonggan, then left the Unreturning Wind Cave while Dongfang watched over the four young cultivators.
• Yang Yuanhong opened his eyes on Longyin Peak after reaching the Twelfth Layer of Spiritual Connection and earning the title “Dragon Martial.”
• Chen Yang praised Yang Yuanhong’s cultivation, gave him Blood Sun’s idol, and told him about the Divine Path Steles and opportunities to advance his dragon body.
• Yang Yuanhong bid farewell to Wu Tong and Yang Lingqing, transformed into a dragon, and flew toward the Central Region before the younger Yang Clan members could see him.
• The Righteous and Demonic Paths continued preparing for conflict in the Southwest, while the Righteous Path strengthened defenses along its other borders, including the sea defenses guarded by East Sea Penglai Palace.

The chapter explained the Dragon Descendants’ Dragon Body cultivation and their hatred of the Demonic Path after losing a perfected Dragon Body cultivator. Murong Qiuhan returned to the East Sea defense camp after hunting demonic cultivators, then continued cultivating, aware of the gap between herself and the strongest Heavenly Talents.

• The chapter described how the Dragon Descendants used the dangerous Nine Tribulations Dragon Transformation Art to cultivate Acquired Dragon Bodies, and noted that a perfected Dragon Body cultivator besides Long Yuan had died in a Demon Sect ambush.
• Murong Qiuhan returned to a Water Camp after hunting three demonic cultivators in an undersea rift gorge and gave their heads, sealed Primordial Spirits, and location to a Penglai Palace True Person.
• The Penglai Palace cultivators praised Murong Qiuhan for passing the True Dragon Trial and growing stronger on the sea defense line.
• Murong Qiuhan returned to her underwater cave abode and resumed cultivating, remembering the overwhelming pressure of a Dragon Lord and the distance she still had to overcome.

Murong Qiuhan joined Long Heng, Long Che, and two undercover cultivators at a concealed Penglai Palace hideout to plan a strike against Demonic Dao forces at Niliu Abyss. After learning the enemy had brought spirit treasures designed to counter dragon-body cultivators, she questioned the plan and proposed moving the treasures before setting the ambush.

• Murong Qiuhan received a Demon Extermination Secret Order and traveled from the Water Camp to a concealed hideout in the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons.
• Murong Qiuhan met Long Heng, Long Che, the undercover cultivator Hu, and Qin, who had spent decades working among the demonic forces.
• Qin revealed that Demon Soil had sent new spirit treasures to Niliu Abyss to target Penglai Palace's dragon-descendant cultivators and those with dragon bodies.
• Qin proposed ambushing the arriving secret-art cultivators, seizing the treasures, and helping Hu infiltrate the demonic forces while Qin escaped by feigning death.
• Murong Qiuhan warned that the treasures could leave the dragon-bodied fighters vulnerable and suggested moving them before the ambush.

Murong Qiuhan and her companions infiltrated Niliu Abyss with help from the cultivator surnamed Qin, intending to move the Demonic Dao spiritual treasures. They reached the hidden chamber without raising an alarm, but found its treasure boxes empty.

• Murong Qiuhan, Long Heng, Long Che, and the cultivator surnamed Qin agreed to enter Niliu Abyss and relocate the spiritual treasures.
• The four used Qin's coastal defense map to evade the demonic cultivators and entered the abyss, where the crushing pressure barely hindered them.
• Murong Qiuhan noticed the hooded cultivator was unaffected by the currents' pressure and suspected he was a powerful body cultivator from Kudhan Temple.
• The four found a weak point in the Sea-Churning Grand Formation and crossed it without triggering the formation.
• They reached the secret chamber and found more than ten treasure boxes, but every box was empty and lacked the protective restrictions Qin had described.

Murong Qiuhan, Long Heng, Long Che, and their cloaked companion were ambushed in the dark chamber by Qin, a gray-robed Old Devil, and eighteen Demonic Dao cultivators. Long Heng and Long Che’s joint attack was crushed by a dragon-catching net, leaving the four trapped.

• Murong Qiuhan sensed the ambush and tried to flee, but spell-light blocked the stairs, so she regrouped with Long Heng and the others.
• Qin and the gray-robed Old Devil appeared with eighteen Demonic Dao cultivators and urged the four to surrender.
• Long Heng and Long Che unleashed their Twin Dragons Emerging from Water technique while Murong Qiuhan and the cloaked cultivator attacked the surrounding Demonic Dao cultivators.
• Murong Qiuhan pierced one opponent with ice spikes, and the cloaked cultivator sent another flying.
• The Old Devil tapped his bone staff, summoning ghostly shadows and opening a dragon-catching net above the chamber.
• The net’s chilling influence destabilized Long Heng and Long Che, and eighteen demonic shadows defeated their Dragon Shadows and waterspout art.

Murong Qiuhan unleashed her hidden Dynasty technique to fight off the gray-robed Old Devil and the cultivator surnamed Qin, but the Old Devil’s Dragon Slaying Staff broke through her defenses. The hooded cultivator caught the killing blow, revealing his strength, and offered the Old Devil a chance to live if he killed Qin.

• The gray-robed Old Devil ordered the Eighteen Sons of Yin-Yang to attack Murong Qiuhan and the hooded cultivator while Long Heng and Long Che remained trapped in the dharma net.
• Murong Qiuhan activated her dragon body and fought alongside the hooded cultivator, but the Old Devil swallowed her incarnation and the demonic cultivators rapidly recovered from their wounds.
• Murong Qiuhan unleashed her Sole Supremacy techniques, repeatedly regenerating under their golden light as she charged the Old Devil despite Qin and the demonic cultivators encircling her.
• The Old Devil struck Murong Qiuhan with his Dragon Slaying Staff, shattering her domain and preventing her from reassembling her dragon body.
• The hooded cultivator caught the staff before it hit Murong Qiuhan, then told her she had grown stronger and offered to spare the Old Devil if he killed Qin.

After more than ten years in secluded cultivation, Yang Yuanhong confronted Luo Mo and the cultivator surnamed Qin in the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons. He killed the Eighteen Sons of Yin-Yang, but Luo Mo suppressed his dragon body, leaving Qin eager to seize him.

• The cultivator surnamed Qin considered betraying Luo Mo, but the two decided to join forces against the hooded Yang Yuanhong.
• Yang Yuanhong seized one of the Eighteen Sons of Yin-Yang and crushed him, causing the other seventeen to die through their shared-life technique.
• Yang Yuanhong dismissed the technique as a trick and crushed the demonic cultivator with his dragon-claw arm.
• Luo Mo recognized Yang Yuanhong's dragon body and used a black-and-white pill to suppress it, severing Yang Yuanhong's connection to its power.
• The cultivator surnamed Qin praised Luo Mo and urged him to capture Yang Yuanhong while his strength was diminished.

Yang Yuanhong’s dragon body was suppressed, but the gray-robed Old Devil could not wrest the Dragon Spine bone staff from him. Yang Yuanhong revealed that his strength came from a separate path of body tempering, leaving his enemies unable to explain his power.

• The cultivator surnamed Qin trapped Yang Yuanhong in a Purple Water prison while the gray-robed Old Devil tried to use the Dragon Slaying Staff against him.
• The cultivator surnamed Qin tried to identify Yang Yuanhong, considering whether he could be the Vaulting Dragon Lord, but dismissed the possibility based on outdated assumptions.
• Yang Yuanhong held the Dragon Spine bone staff as it trembled, and the gray-robed Old Devil admitted he could not take it back because Yang Yuanhong was too strong.
• Yang Yuanhong explained that although the Old Devil had sealed his dragon-body methods, he had cultivated strength through body tempering and received an opportunity from Venerable Daohé.

Yang Yuanhong rescued Long Heng and Long Che while the Old Devil and the cultivator surnamed Qin fought in the sea abyss. After Qin drew in more power than he could withstand and attacked, Yang Yuanhong killed him with a controlled punch and carried the Old Devil away alive.

• The Old Devil tricked the cultivator surnamed Qin with a false body, then attacked him with refined ghost souls as Yang Yuanhong broke the Purple Water Cage.
• Yang Yuanhong rescued Long Heng and Long Che, gave Murong Qiuhan a crimson child figurine for protection, and sent her into the sea abyss with them.
• The cultivator surnamed Qin drew upon the sea abyss's power, overwhelmed the Old Devil, and unleashed a force that destroyed much of the trench.
• Yang Yuanhong rescued the unconscious Old Devil and realized he could trace the sea abyss's power to locate an ancient sea creature's relic.
• As the power overwhelmed Qin's body and mind, Yang Yuanhong bowed to him before killing him with a precise punch that crushed Qin and the power around him.

Yang Yuanhong rescued Murong Qiuhan and her companions at Niliu Abyss, then led them into its crushing depths to escape arriving demonic cultivators. As Murong Qiuhan reflected on his strength, Yang Yuanhong recalled the paths of former and current heavenly talents, ending with what he had learned about Long Zhu.

• Yang Yuanhong gathered the Dragon Capturing Net, carried Old Demon of Dragon Slaying, and fled deeper into Niliu Abyss to avoid demonic reinforcements.
• Murong Qiuhan and the others reached the abyssal bottom, where she thanked Yang Yuanhong for saving them and recognized that he had endured the pressure with his body alone.
• Murong Qiuhan drew inspiration from Yang Yuanhong's strength and resolved to keep advancing on her Dao Path.
• Yang Yuanhong remembered the achievements of Luo Qianchou, Ling Shuang, and Mo Yunzhou, who had advanced to new stages of their Dao Paths.
• Yang Yuanhong recalled reports about Xuanyuan Xinghe and Long Zhu, including the speculation that Long Zhu had been injured while proving her True Intent.
• Yang Yuanhong remembered that he had learned more about Long Zhu's circumstances from Long Yuan after reaching Penglai Palace.

Yang Yuanhong and Long Yuan discussed the paths and likely rankings of the era’s leading cultivators after testing their strength at Penglai Palace. They agreed on the top three Heavenly Talents but disagreed over who deserved fourth place.

• Long Yuan told Yang Yuanhong that Long Zhu had secretly visited Penglai Palace to seek a word from Ninth Abyss Venerable, though he did not know what she had learned.
• Yang Yuanhong reflected on Rui Qingxue’s preparations to prove her Daozhen and Xiao Huai’s growing power as he defended Demon Suppression Pass.
• Long Yuan described how losing to Chi Tian had shaken him, then led him to rebuild his Dao heart and complete his dragon-body advancement.
• Yang Yuanhong and Long Yuan fought to a draw before Penglai Palace’s dragon-descendant cultivators, though Long Yuan knew Yang Yuanhong had held back his full strength.
• Long Yuan and Yang Yuanhong predicted Xiao Huai, Long Zhu, and Chi Tian would lead the coming Heavenly Talent Ranking, but Long Yuan favored Yang Yuanhong for fourth while Yang Yuanhong favored Nangong Jinghe.

Long Yuan and Yang Yuanhong discussed the Golden Roll rankings and the stories behind several cultivators’ strength. Yang Yuanhong revealed that Yang Lingrui was seeking a Killing Dao opportunity in a northern icy grotto, leaving Long Yuan impressed by his prospects.

• Long Yuan judged Nangong Jinghe worthy of fourth place after learning how he had fought the First Demon Child, and accepted Yang Yuanhong in fifth.
• Long Yuan considered himself and Yun Xiwu candidates for sixth and seventh, then recalled how Yun Xiwu had guarded Yang Lingrui in the Unreturning Wind Cave for twelve years.
• Yang Yuanhong explained that the Fuyao Sect and Lingxiao Dao Academy had arranged a Killing Dao inheritance opportunity for Yang Lingrui after he abandoned the Wind Dao.
• Yang Yuanhong said Yang Lingrui had reached a northern icy grotto, where two accomplished True Intent cultivators were protecting him as he comprehended the opportunity.
• After their conversation lasted more than half a day, Long Yuan and Yang Yuanhong returned to their cave dwellings, and Yang Yuanhong felt exhilarated thinking of the gathered heroes.

Yang Yuanhong led Murong Qiuhan and the others through an evacuation passage, then investigated an undersea cave where a mysterious backflow force originated. With Blood Sun Venerable God's help, he began revealing the hidden source of the force, which appeared as a long, slender tentacle.

• Blood Sun Venerable God sent Yang Yuanhong a map marking the evacuation passage and the undersea cave.
• Yang Yuanhong cleared the blocked passage, shielded its entrance, and sent Murong Qiuhan, two dragon-blooded cultivators, and Old Devil back toward Penglai Palace.
• Yang Yuanhong went to the cave and found that Demonic Dao cultivators had excavated its vast interior but failed to uncover the source of the backflow force.
• Yang Yuanhong asked Blood Sun Venerable God to investigate, and Blood Sun identified the hidden source as the remnant body of an innate living being.
• Blood Sun used the Blood Refining Divine Technique to make the invisible force visible, revealing a long, slender tentacle-like object.

Yang Yuanhong recovered a tentacle relic connected to the dragonkind path and removed the force sustaining the pressure in Niliu Abyss. As the demon cultivators above prepared to investigate, Azure Viper Immortal arrived, drawn by the dragonkind opportunity rumored to lie below.

• Yang Yuanhong and Blood Sun Venerable God recognized the tentacle’s dragonkind aura, while the narration revealed that Zhuang Xuanji’s notes had guided the Dao Academy to the relic.
• Yang Yuanhong stored the tentacle for a Path Enlightenment Realm cultivator from Penglai Palace to examine and left the cave, causing the pressure in the sea abyss to begin fading.
• Demon cultivators above Niliu Abyss noticed the change but said they would need at least ten days before they could descend safely.
• Azure Viper Immortal appeared and frightened the demon cultivators, who bowed and explained that the abyss’s pressure had prevented them from investigating.
• Azure Viper Immortal vanished after hearing their explanation, and the narration revealed that he had come to Niliu Abyss to seek its dragonkind opportunity while traveling through the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons.

Qing Hui searched the sea abyss for the righteous cultivators and cornered Yang Yuanhong, while the Blood Sun Venerable God urged him to seize Qing Hui’s unusual bloodline. Qing Hui captured a decoy, but Yang Yuanhong’s final move revealed that he had marked Qing Hui with blood and begun to refine him.

• Qing Hui descended to the sea abyss, sent incarnations to investigate the underwater cave and guard the hidden passage, and searched the area with his serpent bloodline senses.
• The Blood Sun Venerable God recognized Qing Hui’s dragon-tainted bloodline as valuable and persuaded Yang Yuanhong to attack him.
• Qing Hui inferred that righteous cultivators remained nearby, raised a spatial barrier, and threatened to poison them while waiting for reinforcements.
• A dark-red figure escaped through a hole in the barrier, but Qing Hui and his incarnations blocked the routes and captured another fleeing figure.
• Qing Hui knocked the young cultivator unconscious, then noticed blood on his hand as the cultivator opened his eyes and said, “Refine!”

Yang Yuanhong and the Blood Sun Venerable God exploited Green Viper’s caution to disable his techniques and land a single decisive punch. Green Viper was injured, and Blood Sun collected his blood as the confrontation continued.

• Green Viper crushed the apparent body and, finding no Primordial Spirit, turned the remains into a blood-red crystal and sealed off the surrounding routes.
• Yang Yuanhong and Blood Sun’s plan used false bodies to make Green Viper keep his avatars away while Yang Yuanhong hid beneath the ground.
• Blood Sun struck Green Viper with the Blood Refining Technique, briefly severing his connection to his techniques.
• Yang Yuanhong used his one-chance opening to punch Green Viper in the mouth and nose, injuring himself from the recoil.
• Blood Sun activated the Blood Fusion Divine Art and collected the blood spilling from Green Viper.

Yang Yuanhong and Blood Sun Venerable God escaped Azure Viper’s attack by detonating buried blood cores, but Azure Viper damaged their route through the dark abyss and pursued them with spatial and poison techniques. As Blood Sun fought to buy Yang Yuanhong time, Azure Viper’s secret treasure unexpectedly supplied Blood Sun with divine power.

• Blood Sun Venerable God severed Azure Viper’s connection to his Daoist Magic and detonated buried blood cores, letting Yang Yuanhong follow their marked route toward the dark abyss.
• Azure Viper merged his three incarnations and took control of the Sea Abyss, while Yang Yuanhong found the entrance damaged and began digging through the stones.
• Blood Sun Venerable God confronted Azure Viper’s spatial compression and poison techniques as Yang Yuanhong excavated the passage.
• Azure Viper suspected Blood Sun was a soul-enshrining artifact and used a stone secret treasure bestowed by the Young Lord against him.
• Blood Sun Venerable God absorbed the secret treasure’s divine power, replenishing his strength while Yang Yuanhong continued digging.