Recaps

Heng Hua used divination and the Seven Sages Heaven-Misting Illusion Art to thwart Wei Chongwei’s attempt to locate Fu Xiangfeng and conceal the Colorful-Luan Spirit Ship. Meanwhile, Yan Qianyu prepared to attack Coiling Dragon Island, and Heng Hua continued building a Golden Crab Armored Soldier.

• Hengshou reflected that Heng Hua had learned numerous evil arts from books and credited Fu Danwei with keeping him from becoming an evil cultivator.
• Heng Hua began crafting a Golden Crab Armored Soldier and said his divination suggested the puppet master could no longer trouble him.
• Yan Qianyu joined the Profound Heart Altar’s demonic formation and planned to destroy Coiling Dragon Island and take a Fu Family descendant’s body.
• Wei Lingzheng asked Wei Chongwei to help investigate Fu Xiangfeng, and Wei Chongwei began divining his location.
• Heng Hua identified Wei Chongwei’s probing, disrupted his divination, and used the Seven Sages Heaven-Misting Illusion Art to hide the ship’s tracks.

Wei Chongwei’s divinations against Fu Xiangfeng and Fu Liuhui were thwarted, while the Fu family’s enemies began plotting to corrupt Fu Danwei and seize Fu Henghua. The demons learned that Fu Henghua had left Coiling Dragon Island and ordered both brothers brought back as targets for possession.

• Wei Chongwei failed to divine Fu Xiangfeng, and Fu Liuhui used the Hair-Coiling Curse to repel his attempt to locate her.
• Wei Chongwei discovered that his nephew had fabricated a rebellion to seize a ruler’s consort, then decided to invite the Fu Family to Skyhanging Isle and prevent them from obtaining life-extending medicine for Fu Danwei.
• Fu Henghua concealed the boat’s trail with the Seven Sages Heaven-Misting Illusion Art, then used sunlight to guide the Colorful-Luan Spirit Ship after disabling its Water Chart Compass.
• Liu Yuli and Fang Zichu plotted to damage Fu Danwei’s spirit, provoke him into possessing Fu Henghua, and then exploit the conflict to pull him into the Demon Dao.
• Liu Yuli learned that Fu Henghua had left the island and ordered his followers to bring back both Fu Henghua and Fu Xiangfeng, intending to use one as a spare target.

Heng Hua crafted a jade crab puppet and used it as a vessel for his mind ape while continuing to refine his cultivation method. After an hour of practice, he went to help restore the water map and encountered an unusually well-equipped young cultivator with Fu Xiangfeng.

• Heng Hua repaired a jade crab puppet with demonic Dao totems, but Xiaoyu refused to help him use blood sacrifice to give it vitality.
• Heng Hua infused the puppet with the river clam demon’s essence, tested its hidden leg-swords on Xiaoyu, and concealed his mind ape inside it.
• Heng Hua found that the Soul-Hosting Spell let the mind ape remain in the puppet for a long time, then pondered how to settle the Five Elements in his cultivation method.
• When the mind ape grew restless, Heng Hua used the Eight Trigrams Furnace to calm it, then set off to help restore the water map.
• Heng Hua saw Fu Xiangfeng drinking tea with a well-equipped red-clothed youth and asked who the young man was.

Heng Hua tried to avoid a calamity around Azure Sluice Island, but Fu Xiangfeng rushed to Fu Xuanxing’s aid after the youth became embroiled in a fight. Heng Hua joined the rescue, and the group fled aboard the spirit ship as more pursuers closed in.

• Fu Xuanxing introduced himself as a cultivator from the Golden Fang Water Region and asked Heng Hua for directions to Azure Sluice Island.
• Heng Hua divined that Azure Sluice Island faced a bloodshed calamity, changed the ship’s route, and persuaded Fu Xiangfeng not to go there.
• Fu Xuanxing appeared ahead with enemies pursuing him, and Fu Xiangfeng left the ship to help him fight three True Flame Realm cultivators.
• Heng Hua realized Fu Xuanxing had likely tried to avoid involving them, then ordered Xiaoyu and Hengshou to help rescue Fu Xiangfeng and the others.
• Fu Xiangfeng forced Fu Xuanxing and the wounded old man onto the spirit ship, while Heng Hua blocked the pursuers with wind, ice, and a wall of fire.

Fu Henghua treated the gravely wounded Zhou Xiao, a transmission elder of the Mysterious Subtle Sect, while weighing the danger his pursuers posed. After Zhou Xiao recognized the Fu brothers and explained why Fu Danwei needed an Earth-Grade Immortal-Tier Soul-Formation Method, he asked whether they knew Fu Henghua.

• Fu Henghua used golden needles to stabilize Zhou Xiao, whose Golden Core had shattered, and warned Fu Xiangfeng not to involve their family in the pursuers' conflict.
• Zhou Xiao revealed that he was a transmission elder and offered to help deduce a Soul-Formation Method, but said he needed to know the cultivator's condition.
• Fu Xiangfeng asked Zhou Xiao about deducing a method for their grandfather, and Fu Henghua refused to bring him to Coiling Dragon Island because of the calamity surrounding him.
• After Fu Henghua treated Zhou Xiao again, Zhou Xiao learned that the brothers were descendants of Fu Danwei, the Dragon Sword Immortal, and said he needed an Earth-Grade Immortal-Tier method to help him.
• Zhou Xiao explained that he could not deduce the required method himself, then asked whether the brothers' generation included someone named Fu Henghua.

Fu Henghua concealed his identity while learning that the Mysterious Subtle Sect knew of his Heaven-Penetrating Wisdomheart and arranged to travel with the gravely wounded Zhou Xiao. After divining the dangers ahead, Henghua began treating Zhou Xiao in exchange for Soul Formation secret arts to help his grandfather.

• Fu Henghua claimed to be Fu Tongjun when Zhou Xiao asked about Little Six and explained that the sect had learned of Henghua's Wisdom Heart through Dong Moyang.
• Fu Xiangfeng and Fu Henghua recognized Dong Moyang as Fu Xuanhe's former drinking companion, who had gained insight after speaking with Henghua.
• Henghua used divination to learn that traveling with Zhou Xiao would bring seven groups of pursuers, then delayed a lightning-wielding attacker with a water-mist net and Mirage Tower Illusion Art.
• Henghua offered to seal Zhou Xiao's scattered core essence and prolong his life, asking for Soul Formation secret arts in return so he could help his grandfather.
• Zhou Xiao agreed to teach as much as he could, while refusing to pass on the Mysterious Subtle Sect's core methods.

Fu Henghua negotiated with Zhou Xiao, who swore not to harm anyone aboard the ship and promised to teach him cultivation methods and arts. Li Nanxing and his followers caught up to pursue Zhou Xiao, and after revealing Zhou Xiao had been expelled by his sect, Li Nanxing hurled the spirit ship toward the Immovable Reef to begin their duel.

• Zhou Xiao agreed to teach Fu Henghua in exchange for treatment, then swore by the Donglai Golden Ranking not to harm anyone aboard the ship.
• Li Nanxing arrived with several cultivators and declared that he would kill Zhou Xiao over their old rivalry.
• Li Nanxing's follower revealed that Zhou Xiao had been expelled by the Mysterious Subtle Sect and was under a life-or-death pursuit order.
• Fu Xiangfeng tried to protect Zhou Xiao, while Fu Henghua invoked the Dragonreach Waters' rules against fighting over the water.
• Li Nanxing seized the Colorful-Luan Spirit Ship with a hand of vital energy and hurled it toward the Immovable Reef, where he challenged Zhou Xiao to a duel.

Fu Henghua used Fu Danwei’s Coiled Dragon Token to strip Li Nanxing of the Primordial Copper Divine Cauldron’s advantage and restrain him, allowing the group to escape. The group sailed toward Earthflame Island, where Heng Hua planned to seize the cauldron, while Li Nanxing sent pursuers after them.

• Heng Hua realized Li Nanxing borrowed Golden Core power through a False Core and a blood-refined bronze cauldron, then planned to take the cauldron away.
• Heng Hua revealed Fu Danwei’s Coiled Dragon Token and used its golden dragon to overwhelm Li Nanxing’s copper dragon, forcing Li Nanxing into the water and restraining him.
• Li Nanxing recognized Fu Danwei’s name card but continued the pursuit, using the bronze cauldron to send other cultivators after Zhou Xiao’s group.
• Fu Xiangfeng explained that the Coiled Dragon Token could restrain Li Nanxing for about a day, and Heng Hua said they needed to defeat the pursuers before nightfall.
• Hengshou changed course toward Earthflame Island, where Heng Hua intended to take Li Nanxing’s cauldron and let Zhou Xiao finish him.

Heng Hua and his companions captured Xu Wenyu with a Ruyi Golden Hoop and persuaded him to help repel Zhou Xiao’s pursuers without killing them. After learning Li Nanxing’s cultivation method and hearing Zhou Xiao’s divination, Heng Hua began reconsidering how to reach the Mysterious Embryo Realm through the Taiji Dao.

• Heng Hua sent Hengshou to help Fu Xuanxing and Fu Xiangfeng defeat Xu Wenyu, then used the Ruyi Golden Hoop to subdue him.
• Heng Hua bound the Golden Hoop to Xu Wenyu and persuaded him to help stop the people pursuing Zhou Xiao in exchange for removing it later.
• Heng Hua said he could not use the hoop to restrain Li Nanxing, and Zhou Xiao explained Li’s character and taught Heng Hua the Grand White Mystic Gold Art.
• Zhou Xiao divined that seven groups representing greed, wrath, delusion, love, hate, desire, and malice were tied to his tribulation and Heng Hua’s Foundation Establishment.
• Watching Fu Xuanxing use the Two Forms Sword Technique, Heng Hua realized Taiji and yin-yang might offer another way to achieve the fivefold reunion of the Mysterious Embryo Realm.

Heng Hua deduced a new Foundation Establishment mental art based on Taiji and the Five Elements, then used hair puppets and divination to respond to threats near his group. The chapter leaves the Wei Family and Profound Heart Altar cultivators facing one another as Fu Liuhui escapes and Heng Hua anticipates trouble from the Heavenly Demon Lineage.

• Heng Hua entered an epiphany, then used Zhou Xiao's Golden Puppet and the Heart Ape to deduce the Creation's Epoch-Reunion Art through Taiji, yin and yang, and the Five Elements.
• Heng Hua completed the art's central thesis to Foundation Establishment Perfection, and Zhou Xiao explained that the Golden Puppet could store its Dao intent and unleash a strike.
• Heng Hua turned Wei Lingzheng's hair into a temporary Dao Soldier and told Xiaoyu to prepare more hair puppets.
• Wei Chongwei used the Lesser Sumeru Dust Illusion Art to reconstruct events at Immovable Reef and discovered the direction of the Colorful-Luan Spirit Ship.
• Fu Liuhui noticed the Wei Family searching for Heng Hua and used witchcraft to warn him; Heng Hua sensed her signal, the Wei Family, and approaching demonic qi, then used a curse and fate substitution to redirect the threat.
• Fu Liuhui fled as cultivators from the Profound Heart Altar arrived and encountered Wei Chongwei's party, with both sides readying their magical treasures.

Heng Hua discovered that Zhou Xiao’s Demonic Beast was the Heavenly Demon Six-Desires Pearl, which had awakened and plunged people aboard the Colorful-Luan Spirit Ship into a demonic illusion. As water demons gathered around the ship, Heng Hua prepared to find help and seal the Pearl.

• Wei Chongwei and the Profound Heart Altar demon cultivators agreed to observe each other and consider joining forces against the Fu Family.
• Heng Hua sent a Wind-Riding Sound Transmission to Fu Liuhui, told her to meet him near Turtle-Burial Reef, and advised her how to feed the young spirit beast.
• The Heavenly Demon Six-Desires Pearl’s demonic influence struck Heng Hua as Zhou Xiao’s room filled with black qi and the ship’s prisoners became its nourishment.
• Heng Hua learned from Fu Xuanxing that Zhou Xiao had taken the Demonic Beast to Firegate Island to destroy the Heavenly Demon Six-Desires Pearl.
• Heng Hua and Fu Xuanxing saw water demons gathering around the ship and decided to set up a formation before seeking help to seal the Pearl.

Heng Hua and Fu Heyi fought the Heavenly Demon Six-Desires Pearl’s illusions and defended the spirit skiff while waking the others with Clearheart Talismans. After Fu Xiangfeng wounded the Carp King and Heng Hua’s flute calmed the demons, Fu Xuanxing sealed the brass furnace in Zhou Xiao’s room, ending the demonic aura.

• Heng Hua convinced Fu Heyi that he had been trapped in an illusion, and the two raised the Positive-Negative Wind Armor Formation against the attacking fish demons.
• Heng Hua fused Clearheart Talismans to weaken the demonic qi, while Fu Xuanxing freed the prisoners and Fu Xiangfeng broke out of his illusion.
• Heng Hua used another fused talisman to clear more demonic qi, and Fu Xiangfeng drove it from the skiff before wounding the Carp King with Fu Xuanxing’s help.
• Heng Hua’s talisman light awakened Hengshou, Xiaoyu, and Xu Wenyu from their illusions, and the three joined him aboard the spirit skiff.
• Heng Hua played the Spirit-Calming Demon-Subduing Melody, calming Zhou Xiao and the fish demons, while Fu Xuanxing sealed the brass furnace and stopped the demonic aura.

After sealing the Heavenly Demon Pearl, Fu Henghua and Fu Heyi planned to use the Southern Li Dark Sparrow Formation to cripple Li Nanxing on Earthflame Island. Fu Xuanxing revealed his talent for crafting specialized tools, allowing them to expand the formation across the entire island.

• Fu Heyi learned why Zhou Xiao and Fu Xuanxing were being hunted, agreed to travel with them, and gave Fu Henghua twelve flags for the Southern Li Dark Sparrow Formation.
• Fu Heyi hurried the group to Earthflame Island, where Fu Henghua assigned the imprisoned cultivators to prepare the formation and persuaded them to help by offering cultivation guidance.
• Zhou Xiao and Fu Heyi revised the plan for using the Secret Mantra Golden Register and Earthflame Island's fire to refine Li Nanxing's bronze cauldron into Crimson Origin Gold Essence.
• Fu Xuanxing demonstrated his artifact-crafting skill by making carts that dug trenches and inscribed patterns, so Fu Henghua decided to form the entire island into a formation.

Fu Henghua’s group used Earthflame Island’s formations to trap Li Nanxing and unleash their prepared countermeasures. The island became a formation disk that refined its metal into Crimson Origin Gold Essence, targeting Li Nanxing’s Bronze Cauldron as the battle continued.

• Li Nanxing reached Earthflame Island and tried to uproot it with a giant Origin Copper hand, but discovered it was a submerged volcanic region protected by ancient formations.
• Fu Henghua and the others activated the Return Wind, Turn Fire Formation, which repelled Li Nanxing’s attacks until he forced a crack in its barrier and entered.
• Li Nanxing used a Duality Stabilizing Talisman to counter Zhou Xiao’s magnetic arts, but Fu Henghua activated the Southern Li Dark Sparrow Formation and filled the island with Separation Flame.
• Fu Xiangfeng and Fu Xuanxing blocked Li Nanxing’s flying swords while Fu Henghua deployed thirteen Crimson Origin Golden Registers and the Talisman Fusion Technique.
• The Golden Registers transformed Earthflame Island into a formation disk that refined its metal into Crimson Origin Gold Essence and began melting the Bronze Cauldron and other metal objects.

Heng Hua trapped Li Nanxing and helped Zhou Xiao defeat him, then used the Crimson Origin Eight-Trigrams Furnace to draw out Li Nanxing’s gold qi and teach him a Five-Elements cultivation method. Li Nanxing survived, regained his cultivation through the new method, and bowed to Heng Hua as his teacher.

• Li Nanxing attacked Heng Hua, but the Golden Register resisted his control of the bronze cauldron while the Return Wind, Turn Fire Formation trapped him.
• Heng Hua helped Zhou Xiao use the Golden Firmament Mystic Thunder Formation and Duality Reversal Art to capture Li Nanxing beneath the Duality Jade Pillar.
• A volcanic eruption sent an iron tablet into the bronze cauldron, spilling Crimson Origin Gold Essence over Li Nanxing and turning his body into metal as he tried to refine the elixir.
• Heng Hua and Fu Xuanxing transformed the bronze cauldron into a Crimson Origin Gold-Essence Furnace and used it to draw the gold qi from Li Nanxing.
• Heng Hua taught Li Nanxing a Five-Elements Core-Synthesis method, which halted his decline and let his cultivation begin to recover.
• Li Nanxing emerged from the furnace and bowed to Heng Hua, thanking him for saving his life and helping him attain the Dao.

Heng Hua recovered a Crimson Talisman Scripture and discovered more Essence of Wutu Earth beneath the volcano, along with a box of books containing forbidden arts. After sharing a secret art with Fu Xuanxing, he began investigating the books aboard the spirit ship.

• Heng Hua accepted the Crimson Talisman Scripture and learned that opening it required Cloudflame True Qi, while Zhou Xiao urged him to preach the scripture and revive the Immortal Palace lineage.
• Heng Hua examined the Essence of Wutu Earth, then secretly left the ship to search the volcano while Xiaoyu and Hengshou watched the outsiders.
• Fu Xuanxing joined Heng Hua at the volcanic crater, entered the lava to retrieve a mass of black mud, and revealed his fire-repelling constitution.
• Heng Hua and Fu Xuanxing opened the mud and found more Essence of Wutu Earth surrounding a redwood box filled with preserved mortal books.
• Heng Hua gave Fu Xuanxing the Spirit-Sensing Communion Mystic Art and discovered that the books contained forbidden arts, including instructions for refining the Evil Soul Cult's Mother-Child Yin-Yang Stele.

Heng Hua learned that the redwood box contained forbidden evil arts and might conceal the Eight Extremes Scripture, a Heavenly Book, while Zhou Xiao warned him about its dangers. After Zhou Xiao left, Li Nanxing arrived and asked Heng Hua whether he wanted to establish a sect.

• Zhou Xiao told Heng Hua that nine redwood boxes had hidden evil arts and the Eight Extremes Scripture, with the complete text in one box.
• Zhou Xiao identified Heng Hua's box as likely inherited from Cloudflame Immortal Palace and warned that reading its books could corrupt the soul.
• Zhou Xiao revealed that the Mysterious Subtle Sect had translated 351 evil techniques from its own box without finding the Heavenly Book.
• Heng Hua asked about the lost Golden Rain and Thunderclap redwood boxes, and Zhou Xiao told him not to seek them out or cultivate evil arts.
• After Zhou Xiao departed, Li Nanxing arrived and asked Heng Hua whether he wanted to establish a sect.

Heng Hua refused to found a sect but let Li Nanxing teach a few trusted friends his cultivation methods, explaining how virtue and transmission fortune could help cultivators avoid tribulations. At his first lecture on Earthflame Island, Zhou Xiao arrived just as Heng Hua was about to begin.

• Heng Hua explained to Li Nanxing that sects guarded their teachings partly to protect their fortune from the misdeeds of disciples and reduce the tribulations of their patriarchs.
• Heng Hua refused to found a sect or spread his teachings widely, but permitted Li Nanxing to pass them to a few close friends.
• Heng Hua taught Li Nanxing the preliminary cultivation method and named the combined cultivation system the Lesser Celestial Immortal Formula.
• At dawn, Li Nanxing prepared Earthflame Island for Heng Hua's lecture with rosy clouds, green grass, and a temporarily calmed volcano, while Fu Xiangfeng added flowers and cleared the smoke.
• Heng Hua took his seat to lecture on the Cloudflame Crimson Talisman Scripture as Rogue Cultivators and river porpoises gathered, and Zhou Xiao arrived asking to listen.

Heng Hua founded the Cloudflame lineage by teaching the gathered cultivators and appointing seven disciples to inherit its methods. Afterward, he confronted Ji Mingfeng, who revealed that he was a Golden Core spirit painter seeking rare pigments and offered to stop pursuing Zhou Xiao in exchange for help.

• Ji Mingfeng identified the Duality Stabilizing Talisman as the reason he had sought Li Nanxing, then joined Heng Hua's gathering to hear the Dao.
• Heng Hua expounded the Cloudflame Immortal Method, and Cheng Yuliang converted his cultivation to reach the fourth level of Foundation Establishment.
• Li Nanxing attacked Ji Mingfeng with the Crimson Origin Eight-Trigrams Furnace, but Ji Mingfeng blocked the strike with his landscape painting and promised to help Li Nanxing's younger sister.
• Heng Hua selected seven cultivators to inherit the Cloudflame Immortal Method, and the group swore to unite and establish the Cloudflame lineage.
• Heng Hua questioned Ji Mingfeng about his schemes against Zhou Xiao, and Ji Mingfeng admitted he wanted a Golden Core-grade pigment from the Mysterious Subtle Sect to advance his spirit painting.

Heng Hua helped Ji Mingfeng find a way to complete his Western Sea Chart without rare pigments, enabling Ji Mingfeng to advance his cultivation. As Heng Hua and the others sailed north, Ji Mingfeng stayed behind to confront pursuing enemies and promised to send Xu Wenyu after them with a protective object.

• Heng Hua learned that Ji Mingfeng needed rare pigments to finish the Western Sea Chart, and Zhou Xiao confirmed that the Mysterious Subtle Sect’s Nine-Hued Clear-Heaven Pigments had been used up.
• Ji Mingfeng told Heng Hua that Color Alchemists had nearly vanished and explained how the scarcity of Spirit Painters had caused Color Refinement to decline.
• Heng Hua suggested that Ji Mingfeng paint the Western Sea as seven separate scrolls and merge them with the Talisman Fusion Technique.
• Ji Mingfeng completed the composite painting, manifested the Western Sea over the waters, and rejoiced that his Dao was complete.
• When Wei Family ships and devilish qi approached, Ji Mingfeng sent Heng Hua, Zhou Xiao, Fu Xuanxing, Fu Xiangfeng, Fu Heyi, Xiaoyu, and Hengshou north aboard the Colorful-Luan Spirit Ship.
• Ji Mingfeng held Xu Wenyu back and asked him to catch up the next day with an object to ward off tribulations, while Ji Mingfeng prepared to defend Earthflame Island and confront the newcomers.

Fu Henghua’s party evaded pursuers in Yanlong while Ji Mingfeng and Li Nanxing fought the Wei Family, demonic cultivators, and the Origin Fire altar master. When a black-clad warrior intercepted the ship, Fu Henghua recognized her as an Immortal Maiden cursed into a man’s form and offered three ways to restore her; meanwhile, another “Fu Henghua” in Yuanming Waters prepared to return to the Fu Family.

• Fu Heyi stabilized the Colorful-Luan Spirit Ship, and Fu Henghua identified the pursuers as Wei Family members allied with demonic cultivators.
• Ji Mingfeng and Li Nanxing attacked the pursuers, but the Origin Fire altar master appeared, prompting Ji Mingfeng to send Li Nanxing and Xu Wenyu toward Earthflame Island while he faced the demonic cultivator.
• Fu Henghua’s party sailed north to avoid further pursuers, but a black-clothed man intercepted them and struck Fu Xuanxing into the water.
• Fu Henghua recognized that the black-clothed man was an Immortal Maiden transformed by a curse and offered three ways to restore her maiden form.
• The Immortal Maiden asked Zhou Xiao about undoing the curse, and Zhou Xiao said it required either a Nascent Soul Cultivator or the Yin-Yang Heaven-Earth Mirror.
• In Yuanming Waters, a woman calling herself Fu Henghua told a tavernkeeper she planned to return to her hometown and visit the Fu Family.

Heng Hua examined Jin Xian'e and identified the curse that had changed her and her Dao partner’s sexes, then offered several ways to undo it. When a Lin Clan ship approached amid the hunt for Zhou Xiao, Heng Hua used spirit painting to restore Jin Xian'e’s female appearance for one day, and she turned to confront the newcomers.

• Heng Hua used the Immortal-Spirit Reflection Method to examine Jin Xian'e and learned that her Senior Brother had cursed her and her Dao partner after she rejected him.
• Heng Hua identified the Spirit-Transferring Yin-Restoring Curse and described three possible remedies, including purifying it with the Moon-Seizing Divine Invocation over three full moons.
• Jin Xian'e told Heng Hua that the Lin Clan of Watergate Island had arrived and that the Demon Palace had learned Zhou Xiao carried the Six Desires Pearl.
• Heng Hua painted Jin Xian'e’s original appearance and used spirit painting to transform her back into a beautiful woman for one day.
• Jin Xian'e saw the approaching ocean tower and swung her sword, ordering its occupants to get out.

Fu Henghua and the others learned that Turtle-Burial Reef held a way to extend Zhou Xiao’s life, but a careless mention of the Yansheng Dragon King’s title provoked the suppressed True Dragon across Yanlong. The Four-Gate Isles’ formation calmed the storm, and the chapter ended with the Fu Family reaffirming its duty to guard Yanlong until the dragon could be slain.

• Fu Henghua invited Fu Xiangfeng and Fu Xuanxing to take Zhou Xiao to Turtle-Burial Reef, where he could perform a rite to extend Zhou Xiao’s life by nine days.
• Fu Henghua told Fu Heyi that the Living Yama might force Zhou Xiao’s potential to erupt and help him form a Golden Core, though they did not know where to find him.
• Fu Xuanxing noticed the Four-Gate Isles’ formation layout and spoke the Yansheng Dragon King’s title, triggering a tremendous storm across Yanlong.
• At Earthflame Island, the Origin Fire Altar Master also taunted Yansheng, while Ji Mingfeng reinforced the island’s seal and the Wei Family cultivator feared the dragon’s awakening.
• The Four-Gate Isles activated their pillars and calmed the Dragon King’s fury; the Heavengate Island staff also ordered cultivators from beyond the domain to leave.
• Fu Danwei reflected on the losses his family had suffered and vowed that Yanlong’s younger generation would eventually slay the dragon, while Zhou Xiao acknowledged the Fu lineages’ burden of guarding it.

Fu Henghua traveled through the Northern Domain while considering his heart tribulations and dealing with the Yang and Xiao families over the Heavenly Demon Six-Desires Pearl. He revealed a secret formula that could suppress the Xiao Family’s cultivation methods, leaving Xiao Zhenghe and his clansmen stunned.

• Fu Xiangfeng drove off cultivators following the group, then went to greet the Yang Family’s triplet sisters, who competed over him.
• Fu Henghua realized Erlong Ravine was linked to one of his heart tribulations and chose to take the shortcut through it to Turtle-Burial Reef.
• Fu Henghua spotted the Xiao Family’s Yuming Mountain Ferry, disguised himself as Fu Maiyuan, and boarded with Fu Xuanxing and Jin Xian'e.
• Xiao Zhenghe told Fu Henghua that the Mysterious Subtle Sect, Demon Palace, and black market were pursuing the Heavenly Demon Six-Desires Pearl, and offered to share benefits if the Xiao Family obtained it.
• Fu Henghua recited a secret formula that Xiao Zhenghe recognized as a technique for suppressing the Xiao Family’s Eighteen-Story Pavilion Method and Heart-Burning Tribulation Method.

Fu Henghua used the Heart-Calming Formula and a false show of Fu Danwei’s presence to win the Xiao Family’s restraint, but the Lin Clan blocked the way and demanded a contest over the Heavenly Demon treasure. Heng Hua staged a bizarre beheading contest, then used the resulting delay to flee through Erlong Ravine at night, where the final enemies awaited.

• Fu Henghua demonstrated the Heart-Calming Formula to the Xiao Family, and Xiao Zhenghe agreed to negotiate for it rather than seize the Heavenly Demon Six-Desires Pearl.
• Xiao Zhenghe warned Jin Xian'e and Fu Henghua that the Lin Clan had invited a Great Golden Core Adept to target them.
• Fu Henghua revealed that Xiaoyu had impersonated Fu Danwei using a portrait and the Coiled Dragon Token to deter the Xiao Family.
• The Lin Clan challenged Fu Henghua’s party to seven contests for the right to keep the Heavenly Demon treasure, and Heng Hua began by cutting off his own head.
• After Lin Yuanchang left to summon contestants, Fu Henghua ordered his companions to escape, and Fu Heyi launched the ship while Fu Xiangfeng damaged the Lin Clan’s ships.
• Fu Henghua guided the ship through Erlong Ravine’s reefs and currents as Jin Xian'e cut away the mountain behind them.