Chapter Summaries

Ling Shuang and Mo Yunzhou destroyed the Earth Fiend Demonic Claw’s physical form and attacked its escaping intent, but three strands remained trapped in the sky as Ling Shuang prepared her next sword strike. The chapter ended with her own Meishan phenomenon of wind, snow, and plum blossoms appearing around the gathered cultivators.

• Ling Shuang used lightning in place of true fire to damage the demonic claw, then summoned the Qingke and Yusun swords to destroy its physical form inside Mo Yunzhou’s formation.
• Xuanyuan Xinghe explained that the Earth Fiend Demonic Claw had perfected form, intent, and spirit, and that its intent and spirit still had to be destroyed.
• Ling Shuang shielded the unconscious cultivators and joined the three Demon Lords and Rui Qingxue in striking the demonic qi as it condensed into intent.
• Mo Yunzhou trapped three fleeing strands of remnant intent while Ling Shuang used Long Zhu’s dragon jade and a flying sword to reveal and weaken them.
• Ling Shuang activated her own Meishan cultivation art, and a cold wind, flying snow, and sword-intent plum blossoms appeared as she readied another attack.

Ling Shuang led the prodigies in a desperate effort to destroy the demonic claw’s spirit, drawing its hidden divine consciousness out with herself as bait. After stabbing it with a blood sword, she prepared to finish it with Yang Yuanhong, whose strength was being reinforced by the gathered power of the others.

• Mo Yunzhou and the righteous-path cultivators called for Ling Shuang to draw her sword, and she scattered the demonic intent with Proud Snow Lingering Frost.
• Ling Shuang asked Yang Yuanhong to use Dragon Transformation Ascends Sword, while the gathered prodigies poured their power into him.
• Ling Shuang exposed herself to the demonic qi to lure the claw’s elusive divine consciousness closer.
• Ling Shuang spat out a tiny blood sword that struck the hidden divine consciousness, while the exhausted prodigies fell back onto the sword vessel.
• Mo Yunzhou was left as the only cultivator still lending power to Yang Yuanhong as Ling Shuang prepared to continue.

Ling Shuang and Yang Yuanhong destroyed the demonic claw with the Peerless Startling Swan sword, but a Mad God’s presence threatened the exhausted cultivators. Chen Yang stopped Wu Chang from intervening after spotting Luo Qianchou approaching in a bone boat with Nangong Jinghe and a Blood Corpse.

• Ling Shuang and Yang Yuanhong fused their strength to unleash the Peerless Startling Swan, wiping out the demonic qi and awakening the unconscious righteous-path cultivators.
• Yang Yuanhong fell into a deep slumber, and Ling Shuang carried him as the survivors thanked the prodigies for defeating the Demonic Dao villains.
• An unknown pressure spread across the sword vessel, and blood qi began contaminating the exhausted cultivators while Ling Shuang lacked the sword intent to help them.
• Wu Chang prepared to intervene against the Mad God, but Chen Yang told him to wait and watch a bone boat approaching the sword vessel.
• Luo Qianchou asked Nangong Jinghe to lend him the Gold Ring and admitted he had risked a death calamity and destroyed his Dao Body to capture him.

Chen Yang learned that Void Realm cultivators faced strict limits on descending to the Lower Realm and inferred that Luo Qianchou and Nangong Jinghe were competing over Divine Dao relics unique to Canglan Continent. He suspected the purple star and the Treasures of Creation were tied to their opportunity, and concluded that rival factions among the Void Realm powers might keep one another in check.

• Nangong Jinghe dismissed Luo Qianchou’s warning and challenged him to take the Gold Ring, while accusing him of competing for the same opportunity.
• Wu Chang realized that Nangong Jinghe and Luo Qianchou were Void Realm cultivators and was relieved Chen Yang had stopped him from revealing himself.
• Chen Yang concluded that barriers and rules prevented Void Stepping cultivators from freely descending or involving Lower Realm factions in their disputes.
• Chen Yang connected the opportunity to the Divine Dao relics scattered across Canglan Continent and wondered whether the purple star had revealed its nature.
• Chen Yang inferred that the Void Realm cultivators were divided over who should claim the relics and hoped their factions would keep each other in check.

Luo Qianchou captured a frenzied Divine Path creature in his pagoda and began refining it while Chen Yang and Wu Chang discussed the need for the Union of Immortals and Gods. The righteous cultivators were pulled from the Blood Demon Blessed Land by Venerable Daohé, while Nangong Jinghe and Luo Qianchou prepared to go their separate ways.

• Luo Qianchou captured the god above the blood clouds in his pagoda and sent flames inside to refine it.
• Wu Chang acknowledged the need for the Union of Immortals and Gods, and Chen Yang urged him to keep the blessed land and remain cautious.
• Chen Yang returned to his avatar as the bloody Baleful Intent dispersed around the sword boat.
• A giant hand reached through a rift and gathered all the righteous-path cultivators in the Blood Demon Blessed Land.
• Nangong Jinghe announced he was heading northwest, and Luo Qianchou let him go while warning him to keep cultivating.
• Venerable Daohé found the righteous cultivators and pulled them out of the Blood Demon Blessed Land into the Canghai Grotto-Heaven.

After rescuing survivors from the Blood Demon Blessed Land, Venerable Daohé learned that only about thirty percent of the cultivators had survived, leaving many factions devastated by the loss of their geniuses. He sent the grieving elders back to the battlefield and kept Ling Shuang and the other top geniuses behind to explain what had happened.

• Dongfang Yinghao rescued the unconscious Yang Yuanhong, whose body and mind had been dangerously overdrawn, and the Dongfang ancestors took them to Ziyun Mountain for recovery.
• The rescued cultivators told the elders that killing had granted cultivation inside the Blood Demon Blessed Land and that Ling Shuang had gathered the righteous cultivators against the demonic attack.
• Venerable Daohé confirmed that no more survivors could be found, and the elders mourned the heavy losses, including Ji Wanyue and both Kudhan Temple geniuses.
• Ling Shuang returned the recovered heads and the shattered Golden Toad Treasure Mirror to Kudhan Temple and the Sanyuan Dynasty.
• Venerable Daohé urged the grieving elders to take their anger to the battlefield, and they departed to fight the Demonic Path forces.
• Venerable Daohé kept Ling Shuang and the other top geniuses aboard the whale to hear what they had not been able to explain earlier.

After entering Venerable Daohé’s grotto-heaven, Ling Shuang and the others met Chi Tian, a Blood Corpse whom Luo Qianchou had accepted as a Dao Academy disciple. Ling Shuang recognized Chi Tian’s rare Innocent Dao Heart, and the group recounted the Blood Demon Blessed Land crisis to Venerable Daohé, who left after hearing their account.

• Ling Shuang and the others mistook Chi Tian for a threat, but Chi Tian explained that he had come with his senior brother and meant no harm.
• Luo Qianchou introduced Chi Tian as a newly accepted Dao Academy disciple, and Long Zhu and the others welcomed him and gave him gifts.
• Ling Shuang noticed that Chi Tian possessed an Innocent Dao Heart, and Venerable Daohé confirmed that he had recognized it too.
• Ling Shuang admitted he envied Chi Tian’s talent but promised to help him as a fellow Daoist.
• Everyone told Venerable Daohé what had happened in the Blood Demon Blessed Land, and Venerable Daohé left after listening to their account.

Venerable Daohé retaliated against the Demonic Dao for its losses by attacking the Earth Fiend Demon Soil, forcing four Demonic Path Venerables to intervene. He defeated three of their True Profound attacks and remained poised to press his vengeance further.

• Venerable Daohé appeared in the Vast Sea Demonic Land and crushed the demonic cultivators at the Earth Fiend Demon Cave into dust.
• Bai Di sensed the attack and saw Venerable Daohé destroy the Earthly Baleful Demon Soil, while Earth Fiend Old Ancestor rose to confront him.
• Venerable Daohé declared that he sought a life for a life and moved to strike the true body of the Earth Fiend Demon Cave.
• Three more Demonic Path Venerables arrived and blocked his attack, but Venerable Daohé invoked his True Profound and faced all four.
• Venerable Daohé dispelled the western, eastern, and northern Venerables’ True Profound arts, injuring them and declaring their Dao inferior to his.

Venerable Daohé’s attack nearly crippled Bai Di’s Spirit Eye, but Daohé was wounded and forced to flee, and the Demonic Path ultimately benefited from the war despite its retreat. After the fighting ended, Changge Sect prepared to move northwest, while Dongfang Yingcai led a group toward Pine Mountain.

• Venerable Daohé used a feint to strike at Bai Di, but the Earth Fiend Old Ancestor severed his arm and Venerable Youhun stabbed him from behind before Daohé escaped beneath the Demon Soil.
• Bai Di survived the attack with the deity’s help, dismissed his attendants, and concealed himself after declaring that he had won a great victory.
• Bai Di withdrew from command, and after three months of fighting the righteous forces drove the Demonic Path back into the Demon Soil, though the Demonic Path gained more from the war.
• Changge Sect chose the Northwest as its destination, and Liu Qing and Cui Wangxue received a letter from Yang bearing the Dongfang Family seal.
• Two True Persons and their Spiritual Connection cultivators greeted Dongfang Yingcai as Young Lady, and she led them toward Pine Mountain.

After the Blood Demon Blessed Land calamity, Yang Yuanhong learned that the cultivation he had gained made an immediate breakthrough unavoidable, so he stayed on Ziyun Mountain. The Dongfang Family agreed to protect his Northwest family, setting up Dongfang Yingcai’s later journey to Pine Mountain.

• Many surviving Central Region prodigies entered seclusion, while factions began concealing or investigating the cultivation gains and deaths linked to the Blood Demon Blessed Land.
• Yang Yuanhong discovered that the dormant cultivation gained from the Startling Swan Sword could no longer be suppressed, and Chen Yang advised him to break through on Ziyun Mountain.
• Yang Yuanhong revealed his Northwest origins to the Dongfang Family and explained his concern that his small family would lack protection while he cultivated.
• The Dongfang Family promised to look after the Yang Family, citing its influence and an agent already placed in the Northwest.
• After thanking the Dongfang Family, Yang Yuanhong sent a message to Dongfang Yingcai, leading to Dongfang Yingcai later bringing Donglai Sect cultivators to Pine Mountain.

The Yang Family prepared for the western expedition with powerful protectors while the Tiger Chasing Dynasty scrambled to understand why the Donglai Sect had come to Pine Mountain. Yang Lingqing told Xuan Zhou that she knew no more than he did, leaving the dynasty’s suspicions unresolved.

• Yang Yuanhong arranged protection and contacted allies before entering the Purple Qi Cave Heaven to cultivate.
• The Donglai Sect’s unexpected visit alarmed the Tiger Chasing Dynasty, which sent Xing Jiuli and Tao Yuan to Pine Mountain ahead of them.
• Yang Lingrui received Xing Jiuli and Ji Ci at the Treasure Pavilion while Yang Lingqing met with Xuan Zhou and Yang Yuanliu.
• Xuan Zhou asked Yang Lingqing about the Yang Family’s connection to the Donglai Sect, but she said she knew only that the sect had sent notice of its visit.

Yang Lingqing and Xuan Zhou discussed the Donglai Sect’s mysterious origins and its possible ties to Central Region powers, while Yang Lingqing kept Yang Yuanhong’s secret letter hidden. Three days later, Dongfang Yingcai arrived at Pine Mountain and declared that she had come only for the Yang Family, dismissing the Tiger Chasing Dynasty’s representatives.

• Yang Yuanliu argued that the Donglai Sect seemed like a power planted in the Northwest, and Xuan Zhou worried that it might have undisclosed ties to the Central Region.
• Yang Lingqing concealed her knowledge of Yang Yuanhong’s letter, which revealed his connection to Dongfang Yingcai and the Yang Family’s plans to establish itself independently.
• Xuan Zhou tested Yang Lingqing with a heart-detecting spiritual treasure but found no sign that she knew the Donglai Sect’s purpose.
• Three days later, Xing Jiuli and Tao Yuan greeted the Donglai Sect’s cultivators as they arrived at Pine Mountain with Dongfang Yingcai.
• The Dynasty’s representatives were astonished by Dongfang Yingcai’s early Core Condensation cultivation and the deference shown to her by the Donglai Sect’s True Persons.
• Dongfang Yingcai told the gathered cultivators that she had come solely for the Yang Family and asked those with no other business to leave.

Dongfang Yingcai forced the Tiger Chasing Dynasty cultivators to withdraw from Pine Mountain, and a message from the Imperial Capital revealed that her influence extended even over True Intent cultivators. The Dynasty left the Yang Family to face her alone, while Xuan Zhou learned that multiple Donglai Sect True Intent cultivators had arrived in the capital.

• Dongfang Yingcai told the Tiger Chasing Dynasty cultivators to leave Pine Mountain, and Xing Jiuli challenged her demand.
• Dongfang Yingcai used wooden Thought Transmission artifacts to receive a message carrying the aura of a True Intent cultivator.
• Xing Jiuli received a decree from the Imperial Capital, and Tao Yuan agreed to withdraw the Dynasty cultivators.
• Tao Yuan told the departing cultivators that Tiger Chasing could not provoke Dongfang Yingcai and sent Xuan Zhou the message.
• Xuan Zhou learned that multiple Donglai Sect True Intent cultivators had descended upon the Tiger Chasing Imperial Capital.

Dongfang Yingcai revealed that Donglai Sect had two True Intent cultivators, prompting the Tiger Chasing Emperor to abandon the Yang Family rather than risk the dynasty. After the threat passed, Yingcai met Yang Lingqing and Yang Lingrui privately and greeted them as her aunt and uncle, leaving Lingrui confused about their connection.

• Donglai Sect’s two True Intent cultivators revealed their strength, and the Tiger Chasing Emperor ordered Xing Jiuli and the others to withdraw from the Yang Family’s affairs.
• Donglai Sect’s sect master told the Tiger Chasing Grand Preceptor that Yantian Palace’s divinations had marked the Yang Family as a catalyst in a Central Region clan’s plans.
• The Donglai Sect cultivators rejected the Grand Preceptor’s offer of cooperation and promised not to threaten the Tiger Chasing Dynasty.
• After Xing Jiuli and the others left, Dongfang Yingcai entered the Yang Family Forbidden Ground and privately greeted Yang Lingqing and Yang Lingrui as her aunt and uncle.
• Yang Lingqing offered Yingcai Sweet Cakes, and Yingcai recognized the familiar taste while Yang Lingrui wondered whether the two women had met before.
• Yang Lingrui asked Yingcai to clear up his confusion about their connection.

Dongfang Yingcai explained how Yang Yuanhong and the Dongfang Family staged the Donglai Sect’s raid so the Yang Family could leave the Tiger Chasing Dynasty with its reputation intact. She then met Yang Guanfeng and paid respects at Yang Linghu’s grave, where she reassured him about Yang Yuanhong.

• Dongfang Yingcai recounted how Yang Yuanhong’s plan made the Yang Family appear abandoned by Tiger Chasing and gave them a proper reason to become independent.
• Yang Lingrui praised Yang Yuanhong’s scheme, while Yang Lingqing credited Dongfang Yingcai’s careful arrangements.
• Dongfang Yingcai met Yang Guanfeng, who thanked her for the Dongfang Family’s support of the Yang Family.
• Yang Guanfeng brought Dongfang Yingcai to Yang Linghu’s grave, where she worshiped and told him that Yang Yuanhong was capable, powerful, and ranked on the Heaven's Pride Golden Ranking.

After learning that Yang Yuanliu had been left behind at Pine Mountain, Zou Zhongyi rushed to the Immortal Patrol Division to plead with Xuan Zhou. Xuan Zhou summoned him into a council hall full of young Dynasty cultivators connected to the Yang Family, and prepared to address their shared concerns.

• News spread that the Donglai Sect had seized Pine Mountain and the Dynasty had abandoned the Yang Family.
• Zou Zhongyi learned that Yang Yuanliu had not returned from Pine Mountain and hurried to the Immortal Patrol Division headquarters.
• Zou Zhongyi demanded to see Xuan Zhou and argued that Yang Yuanliu deserved to be saved, despite a Law Enforcer's warning to stop making a scene.
• Xuan Zhou agreed to receive Zou Zhongyi and summoned him into a council hall where Wen Zishu, Zi He, Hong Yao, He Shenglai, Shen Yue, Xiao Yize, Qiu Ran, and Feng Lan were gathered.
• Xuan Zhou said he understood that everyone had come over the same matter and would explain it to them all.

Xuan Zhou explained that Tiger Chasing could not openly oppose the Donglai Sect, whose two True Intent Cultivators had even intimidated three Central Region powers. He Shenglai proposed using the True Intent Formless Manifestation to seek a way to help the Yang Family, and the young cultivators prepared to visit Pine Mountain to speak with a Donglai prodigy.

• Xuan Zhou confirmed that the Donglai Sect had two True Intent Cultivators in the imperial capital, crushing the group’s hopes of protecting the Yang Family by force.
• Xuan Zhou revealed that three Central Region powers had backed down after meeting the Donglai Sect’s experts, leaving Zi He and the others without hope of outside support.
• He Shenglai proposed using the True Intent Formless Manifestation as a bargaining chip and said his patriarch had approved the plan.
• He Shenglai and Shen Yue planned to visit Pine Mountain under the pretext of discussing the Dao and negotiate with a young Donglai female cultivator.
• Zi He, Xiao Yize, and the other young cultivators volunteered to accompany them.

He Shenglai and Shen Yue traveled to Pine Mountain to meet Dongfang Yingcai and discuss the Dao, hoping to help the Yang Family. Their joint fight against Dongfang Yingcai’s puppets left them close to defeat until a mysterious breeze restored their composure and true essence.

• Xuan Zhou secured permission for He Shenglai and Shen Yue to spar and discuss the Dao with Dongfang Yingcai, while the other Dynasty cultivators were restricted to observing.
• Zou Zhongyi guided the group’s ferry to Baishi City, where Gao Hui welcomed them and worried over the Yang Family’s fate.
• Shen Yue negotiated entry to Pine Mountain, and Dongfang Yingcai received He Shenglai and Shen Yue at the Treasure Pavilion.
• Dongfang Yingcai summoned two Twelfth Layer Essence Condensation puppets and explained that she was not yet on the Gold Ranking.
• He Shenglai and Shen Yue fought Dongfang Yingcai and her growing array of puppets together, and a cool breeze suddenly replenished their true essence.

Yang Lingrui secretly aided He Shenglai and Shen Yue during their battle with Dongfang Yingcai’s puppets, revealing that the Yang Family might retain its freedom under Donglai Sect. After witnessing the prodigy’s strength, several Dynasty cultivators reconsidered their ambitions and the dangers facing their families and sects.

• Yang Lingrui’s concealed wind sorcery restored He Shenglai and Shen Yue’s true essence, and Dongfang Yingcai adjusted the puppets’ attacks to give them room to recover.
• He Shenglai and Shen Yue realized Dongfang Yingcai knew about Yang Lingrui’s aid and inferred that the Yang Family had not been imprisoned by Donglai Sect.
• Dongfang Yingcai’s fire spell filled the battlefield with smoke, while Qiu Ran and Feng Lan recognized the gulf between Dynasty cultivators and Central Region prodigies and began worrying about their powers’ survival.
• Xiao Yize anxiously hoped He Shenglai and Shen Yue could withstand Donglai Sect’s pressure and help protect Yang Lingshu.
• Wen Zishu decided to pursue a breakthrough to Spiritual Connection and visit the Central Region, while Hong Yao resolved to master Golden Profound Thunder.

Zi He noticed that Dongfang Yingcai was deliberately giving He Shenglai and Shen Yue opportunities to strengthen themselves, then learned the reason behind the staged contest. He Shenglai and Shen Yue won new insights before the match ended in a draw, while Yang Lingrui continued secretly aiding them with his Divine Wind.

• Zi He used his eye technique to notice Dongfang Yingcai feeding moves to He Shenglai and Shen Yue, whose auras were growing stronger.
• Zi He considered the signs and hoped that the Yang Family's situation was less dire than the Dynasty believed.
• Yang Lingrui secretly sent gentle winds toward the battlefield and reflected on how his wind inheritance had advanced into the Two Forms Divine Wind.
• Yang Lingrui and Dongfang Yingcai's group arranged the contest to send a subtle message to Yang Family sympathizers and give He Shenglai and Shen Yue a chance to learn.
• He Shenglai and Shen Yue struck Dongfang Yingcai's puppets with their strongest attacks, and she called the match a draw.
• He Shenglai and Shen Yue recognized that the contest had deepened their understanding of their Dao paths.