Arc 22The Three Wells Below

Fu Henghua and his allies fought demonic forces across the Southern Continent while investigating the Demon God’s Mouth beneath Red Peak. Fu Xuanhe and Wukong uncovered the Three-Well System’s sacrifices, as Fu Henghua lost contact with his incarnation and prepared to investigate the threat below.

  • Walker Sun seized Hong Chen and Solitary Night City, while Fu Yaozhen’s group escaped demonic pursuers and entered Crimson Abyss territory under the White River Sect’s name.
  • Fu Xuanxing was poisoned with Dragonbane Blood Venom, and Fu Henghua exposed Yuan Yue’s possession of Sima Xin, pursued him, and contained his Demon Pearl.
  • Fu Yaozhen’s group learned how the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect protected Longevity Villages, then reached Red Peak and saw the sealed abyss beneath it.
  • Fu Henghua’s allies discovered that Crimson Abyss was suppressing the Demon God’s Mouth, and Fu Henghua deployed Dharma Form Puppets to fight demonic Grandmasters and secure permission for his group to remain.
  • Fu Henghua and Yu Xiaolei defeated Ji Shiyu at Yin Mountain, but heavenly lightning killed Ji Shiyu before Fu Henghua could claim his demonic soul.
  • Wukong and Fu Henghua attacked Blood River Palace, where Fu Henghua seized the Blood River Treasure Lotus and made a Blood Lotus Emperor Throne, while Fu Xuanhe rejected his plan and fought him.
  • Fu Henghua and Fu Xuanhe entered the Nether Well and found evidence that the Three-Well System gathered souls and sacrifices for a possible resurrection.
  • Fu Xuanhe and Wukong uncovered forced deaths and Golden Core extraction in the Three Wells, while Fu Henghua lost contact with his incarnation and learned that the opening beneath Red Peak might reach a layer ruled by Witch Gods.
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Ch. 535Five Immortals Bestow Grace and Enter the Immortal Soil

Walker Sun used the Myriad Demons Ranking and Demon Emperor Banners to seize Solitary Night City and capture Hong Chen’s family. Meanwhile, Fu Yaozhen’s group entered the Nine-Bend Lake warzone, escaped a suspicious Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect camp, and continued into Crimson Abyss territory under a new cover identity.

  • Walker Sun controlled Hong Xu into killing Hong Yin, overcame Hong Chen’s resistance with Demon Emperor Banners and Heavenly Grandmasters, and captured Hong Chen and Solitary Night City in the gourd.
  • Fu Xuanhe arrived at the ruined city, rejected Walker Sun’s proposed alliance, and left to pursue his own plan against the demonic path.
  • Fu Yaozhen, Fu Xuanxing, Fu Tongjun, Hengshou, and Yuwen Chunqiu rescued five Spiritual Perception Sect disciples from demonic cultivators while posing as members of the Golden Mist Sect.
  • A Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect cultivator brought the group to camp, where Fu Yaozhen suspected they would be detained and interrogated.
  • Fu Xuanxing obtained a Six Jia Earth-Walking Talisman through the Taiji Treasure Realm, and the five escaped underground before a Tribulation Immortal could seize them.
  • Fu Yaozhen’s group entered Crimson Abyss territory and chose to travel under the name of the White River Sect after gathering information with Gu insects.

Ch. 536Red Dragon Encounters an Ambush and Falls Victim to a Strange Poison

Fu Henghua investigated the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect’s history and debated whether its reputation for tyranny reflected the whole sect. Meanwhile, Fu Tongjun’s group uncovered a plot against the sect, then an ambush left Fu Xuanxing poisoned by Dragonbane Blood Venom, a poison Fu Henghua had helped develop.

  • Fu Henghua read that Fu Tongjun’s group had discovered White River Sect and Autumn Yin Manor conspiring with demonic cultivators to leak the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect’s defenses.
  • Zhongli Zihan showed Fu Henghua an earth-vein memory of a Crimson Abyss Tribulation Immortal killing a Golden Mist Sect cultivator, while Fu Henghua argued that the sect’s present conduct still needed investigation.
  • Fu Tongjun used a restored Heartlink Gu to record Autumn Yin Manor’s plans, and Fu Yaozhen led the group toward Red Peak to observe the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect.
  • Fu Yaozhen rescued an injured Crimson Abyss cultivator, but Fu Xuanxing and Fu Tongjun were ambushed by five Golden Core cultivators; the attackers’ exploding bodies released a blood mist that poisoned Fu Xuanxing.
  • Fu Yaozhen identified the poison as Dragonbane Blood Venom, and Fu Henghua realized it was the new dragon poison he had helped research in Donglai.

Ch. 537Heavenly Demon's Annihilating Aura Runs Rampant

Fu Henghua discovered that Yuan Yue had possessed Sima Xin and used the Annihilation Method, then pursued him after learning Fu Xuanxing was critically poisoned with Dragonbane Blood Venom. His companions remained behind to repair the blessed land and find treatment for Fu Xuanxing while Fu Henghua and Xiaoyu chased Yuan Yue.

  • Fu Henghua released immortal qi from his Great Scarlet Origin Pearl, exposing Sima Xin as possessed by Yuan Yue of the Heavenly Sage Hall.
  • Yuan Yue revealed his Annihilation Method and resisted attacks from Fu Henghua, Dragon Daoist, Zhongli Zihan, Xiaoyu, and Yu Danqing before escaping through the blessed land's barrier.
  • Fu Henghua chased Yuan Yue and told his companions to retrieve bandages from his room to suppress Fu Xuanxing's Dragonbane Blood Venom.
  • Dong Moyang and the others broke open Fu Henghua's spatial embroidered box and found the marked bandages and antidotes for Fu Xuanxing.
  • Yu Danqing began repairing the box's spatial dimension after Fu Pengming gave him its measurements.

Ch. 538Creation's Fury Darkens Heaven

Fu Henghua pursued Yuan Yue across the battlefield, destroying demonic camps and defeating him with overwhelming Five Elements Dao Arts before sealing him in a brocade box. Afterward, Yu Danqing discovered counterfeit demonic tokens hidden in the box, while Fu Henghua’s Wukong Incarnation prepared to take its simulated Mysterious Bright Demon Palace to fight the Heavenly Demon Sect.

  • Li Ruxin, Xiaoyu, Zhongli Zihan, and their companions found Fu Henghua’s wind-walled execution of a demonic camp, and Zhongli Zihan helped kill its captives.
  • The group followed Fu Henghua past a Five Elements Mountain suppressing two demonic commanders, then watched him attack another camp while pursuing Yuan Yue.
  • Yuan Yue sacrificed his Heavenly Demon shell to wield Myriad Spells Extinguished, but Fu Henghua overwhelmed him with Five Elements Dao Arts and sealed his Demon Pearl in a brocade box.
  • Fu Henghua told his companions that Yuan Yue was contained but difficult to kill, then led them away to continue rescuing Fu Xuanxing.
  • Yu Danqing found counterfeit Blood Demon and Heavenly Demon tokens hidden in Fu Henghua’s medical brocade box, but returned them without Fu Henghua noticing.
  • After learning that Yuan Yue had been captured, Fu Henghua’s Wukong Incarnation decided to take its simulated Mysterious Bright Demon Palace to fight the Heavenly Demon Sect.

Ch. 539Immortality Dwelling Beside the Immortal Mountain

Fu Henghua devised a sealed spirit-talisman bandage to help Fu Xuanxing resist an improved Dragonbane Blood Venom, and Fu Xuanxing’s group traveled with Qiu Guiqiu toward the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect to seek a Tribulation Immortal’s aid. Along the way, they stopped at Longevity Village, where Qiu Guiqiu explained that such communities of Spiritfolk had been devastated by the demonic path.

  • Hengshou told Fu Henghua that Fu Xuanxing’s Dragonbane Blood Venom was suppressed but needed a specific antidote, and Fu Henghua found that the poison had been improved to target both dragon and human blood.
  • Fu Henghua tested Xue Kai and Ge Liu’s antidote, discovered it would make Fu Xuanxing’s blood turn ink-green and could kill him, then made a bandage empowered by his blood and sealed it with the Fu Henghua Seal.
  • Fu Tongjun replaced Fu Xuanxing’s bandages with Fu Henghua’s spirit-talisman bandage, and Fu Yaozhen arranged for Qiu Guiqiu to guide them to the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect for treatment.
  • Qiu Guiqiu led the group toward the sect, but they agreed to rest overnight in a village because the mountain gate opened only during the day and Fu Xuanxing was traveling with difficulty.
  • Fu Yaozhen noticed that the village contained many cultivators, and Qiu Guiqiu explained that Longevity Villages housed Spiritfolk whose communities had been wiped out across much of the realm by the demonic path.

Ch. 540Red Peak's Mighty Heavens Suppress the Nine Netherworlds

Qiu Guiqiu brought Fu Yaozhen, Fu Xuanxing, and their companions to Longevity Village, where the villagers’ loyalty to the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect contrasted with the sects’ growing hostility. The group reached the Crimson Abyss ancestral court and learned that its floating Red Peak Range was suppressing a dangerous abyss beneath it.

  • Qiu Guiqiu and his companions received a warm welcome in Longevity Village, whose villagers explained their gratitude for the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect’s protection and offered the group spiritual food.
  • Fu Yaozhen and Fu Tongjun learned that the Crimson Abyss had redistributed former sect territories to mortals, whose descendants had become Spiritfolk and favored their protectors.
  • White River Sect cultivators tried to claim Clear Valley Village and impose rent, but Qiu Guiqiu invoked his sect’s authority and drove them away after Yuwen Chunqiu and Qiu Guiqiu protected the village chief from harm.
  • Fu Yaozhen told Fu Henghua that someone connected to Fu Xuanxing’s origins had arranged attacks against him, and she planned to meet that person at Heavenfeather Mountain while Fu Henghua stayed hidden.
  • Qiu Guiqiu led the group to the Red Peak Immortal Palace, where they saw a sealed abyss beneath the mountain range that the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect guarded against breaking free.

Ch. 541Demon God's Mouth Devours All Living Beings

Fu Henghua’s group learned that the abyss beneath Crimson Peak was the Demon God’s Mouth, the origin of the Southern Continent’s demonic path. Yu Danqing urged them to return to Donglai and report the danger, while Heng Hua and the others questioned the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect’s role in containing it.

  • Hengshou crossed the Welcome Immortals Rainbow Bridge, where a spatial barrier cut off his messages to the Taiji Treasure Realm.
  • After seeing Hengshou’s image, Yu Danqing urged the group to return to Donglai, but Heng Hua and the others restrained him and tried to make him explain what lay beneath Crimson Peak.
  • Wukong’s incarnation defeated Ling Daoqiu with Heavenly Thunder Pearls and questioned him about the secrets beneath Crimson Peak.
  • Helian Jin revealed that the area beneath Crimson Peak held the origin of the Nanyanfu Continent’s demonic path, and Yu Danqing reacted when Heng Hua identified the threat as Demon Gods.
  • Yu Danqing explained that Crimson Abyss was suppressing the Demon God’s Mouth, and Dragon Daoist and Heng Hua questioned why the sect had driven away the Southern Continent’s other major immortal sects.
  • Yu Danqing insisted that they return to Donglai immediately and send word about the Demon God’s Mouth.

Ch. 543Earth Abyss: Ten Thousand Zhang Deep, No Bird Could Fly

Fu Xuanxing’s group sought treatment at Red Abyss while the sect fought repeated attacks from monsters rising out of the Earth Abyss. Fu Tongjun helped the wounded with her gu, but Red Abyss’s physicians could not cure Fu Xuanxing’s poison without a Tribulation Immortal; the chapter ended with Chai Kangping recognizing the group’s talisman arts as originating in Donglai and sending word to Yang Dai.

  • Qin Shouyuan told Qiu Guiqiu that Red Abyss had suffered heavy losses, and he sent her group to Heavenly Moon Tower for help with Fu Xuanxing’s poison.
  • Fu Tongjun used her gu to remove poison, baleful intent, and dead flesh from several patients, earning an invitation to assist Heavenly Moon Tower’s medical cultivators.
  • Chai Kangping found that Fu Xuanxing’s poison could likely be removed only by a Tribulation Immortal, while repeated Yin-Extinguishing Bird larvae erupted from the Earth Abyss and were destroyed by Red Abyss cultivators.
  • Fu Yaozhen offered Heavenly Moon Tower talisman bandages, and Chai Kangping recognized their methods as Donglai arts.
  • Chai Kangping learned that Yang Dai was away and sent him the bandages, asking whether he knew Fu Xuanxing, Fu Yaozhen, and Fu Tongjun.

Ch. 544Water Mirror Flowing, Refining the Flood Demon

Yang Dai learned that Fu Henghua and others had reached the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect, while Fu Hongluan remained in the Eastern Sea Warzone. At Black Moon Reef, Fu Henghua persuaded the gathered cultivators to stay by creating an experimental automaton puppet for Zhongli Zihan, who brought it to the battlefield at Nine-Bend Lake.

  • Yang Dai received a message that Fu Xuanxing, Fu Henghua, and others had arrived at the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect, then left to receive them while Fu Hongluan stayed behind.
  • At Black Moon Reef, Fu Henghua declared that the Fu Family would remain, and cultivators from several allied groups chose to stay as well.
  • Yu Linshan gave Fu Henghua a jade board designed as the core of an automaton puppet, and Fu Henghua used his mana and Zhongli Zihan's immortal sword to create a temporary Sea King Aspect.
  • Fu Henghua sent Zhongli Zihan into the puppet and explained that its Water-Mirror Shift Technique let it travel between water surfaces.
  • Zhongli Zihan shifted to the battlefield at Nine-Bend Lake and unleashed tens of millions of water pillars against the demonic cultivator army.

Ch. 545Thousand Hands, Thousand Eyes Become Thousand Tribulations

Fu Henghua’s Dharma Form Puppets helped Zhongli Zihan and Xiaoyu defeat a demonic Grandmaster at Nine-Bend Lake, convincing Yu Danqing to let the group remain in Nanyanfu Continent for now. The allies withdrew after the battle, while the danger beneath the Demon God’s Mouth remained unresolved.

  • Zhongli Zihan used Fu Henghua’s Sea King Dharma Aspect to battle the Blade Demon at Nine-Bend Lake, reflecting his blade light and fighting him with water swords.
  • Fu Henghua explained that the Sea King Dharma Aspect had elemental weaknesses, then sent Xiaoyu and Li Ruxin to support Zhongli Zihan with their own Dharma Form Puppets.
  • Xiaoyu used her Thousand-Eyed Divine Statue to purify the lake’s demonic qi, blind demonic cultivators, and trap the battlefield’s demonic Grandmasters in her Thousand-Tribulation Three Realms Domain.
  • While the Blade Demon was trapped, Zhongli Zihan used the power of Nine-Bend Lake to cleave him in half, after which Li Ruxin rescued Xiaoyu and Zhongli Zihan.
  • Fu Henghua persuaded Yu Danqing to let the group stay for three years if they killed three demonic Grandmasters within a month, but Yu Danqing required them to flee if the threat beneath the Demon God’s Mouth emerged.

Ch. 546Mass Cultivators Get to Work Refining Gold Essence

Zhongli Zihan returned to Black Moon Reef as Fu Henghua organized the mass refining of Gold Essence and designed Dharma Form Puppets for the coming battle against two demonic-path Grandmasters. Fu Henghua secured a promised supply of Gold Essence from the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect and proposed using Five Elements Mountain to seal the Demon God's Mouth, though Yang Dai warned the Earth Abyss was too vast for the plan to be judged from afar.

  • Zhongli Zihan learned that the furnaces were producing materials for Yu Danqing's and Daoist Tian's mechanism puppets, then delivered the Saber Demon's spirit-artifact-grade demonic saber to Fu Henghua for purification.
  • Zhang Xiyue and Fu Xuange planted Jade Yao Spirit Branches for Dragon Daoist's puppet, while Yu Linshan and Sima Xin purified Demonic Metal in a pool.
  • Fu Henghua, Zhao Ziming, and Yuan Xiao tested local Gold Essence and discovered that its properties differed from Donglai materials, so Fu Henghua assigned formulas for the twenty-eight kinds needed to forge the Hundred-Talisman Mystic Crystal.
  • Fu Henghua recorded Zhongli Zihan's feedback on the Sea King Dharma Aspect and sent Yu Linshan instructions to improve the Jade Seal, then began designing the Hundred-Talisman Mystic Crystal around its vulnerable central axis.
  • Fu Henghua spoke with Hengshou and Yang Dai, learned Fu Xuanxing's poison remained untreated, and arranged for the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect to send Gold Essence for his project.
  • Fu Henghua showed Yang Dai a Five-Colored Stone and proposed building a Five Elements Mountain beneath Red Peak to seal the Demon God's Mouth, but Yang Dai urged him to inspect the immense Earth Abyss himself.

Ch. 547A Fabricated Tale of Wuwang Deceiving the Myriad Demons

Fu Henghua’s allies launched a staged assault in the Eastern Sea, using Dharma Form Puppets and fabricated identities to draw out the Heavenly Demon Sect’s forces. The clash left the demon cultivators uncertain about the attackers’ origins as they sought help from the Starwheel Devil Palace.

  • Fu Henghua completed the Hundred-Talisman Mystic Crystal and Dragon God Jade puppets, while he and three exhausted cultivators began building Yu Xiaolei’s Extreme Thunder Jade Seal as a safeguard.
  • Zhongli Zihan led the operation team to the Eastern Sea, where the group used a Jade Court Mountain model to establish a hidden temporary camp.
  • Zhongli Zihan attacked the Mirage-Demon Dragon Sea and provoked the Heavenly Demon Sect, prompting the Five Aggregates Demon Lord to send Meng Luo and Yu Dan to investigate.
  • Wukong secretly inscribed the two demons’ names on the Myriad Demons Ranking, while the Five Aggregates Demon Lord sensed a possible threat but found nothing.
  • Xiaoyu and the Thousand-Eyed Divine Statue disrupted the devil-cloud formation and helped reveal a dodecahedral puppet, which fought alongside the Flood Demon against the island’s defenders.
  • Daoist Tian and Xiaoyu claimed to represent rival sects from Wuwang Continent, leading Meng Luo and Yu Dan to contact the Five Aggregates Demon Lord and seek a way to reach the Starwheel Devil Palace.

Ch. 548Heaven-Piercing Bone Walls Stretching a Thousand Miles

Meng Luo and Yu Danqing watched the outsiders’ battle as the Dragon God Jade and the Hundred-Talisman Mystic Crystal attacked the Demon Dao’s forces and transformed the Heaven-Piercing Bone Walls into jade. Fu Henghua’s plans helped Yang Dai’s forces break the walls’ defenses, while his Wukong Incarnation destroyed Devil Lord Xuankou’s Divine Sense; the chapter ended with a sword striking at Meng Luo as the battle continued.

  • The Five Aggregates Demon Lord restrained his subordinates and watched the outsiders’ battle, while Meng Luo and Yu Danqing noticed whirlpools draining life force from the sea.
  • Dragon Daoist brought the Dragon God Jade to the Heaven-Piercing Bone Walls, where it absorbed vital essence, turned demonic cultivators into jade statues, and began petrifying the walls.
  • Yang Dai led the immortal cultivators in an assault on the walls, while the Wukong Incarnation killed the demonic cultivators at an altar and destroyed Devil Lord Xuankou’s Divine Sense.
  • Meng Luo and Yu Danqing tried to persuade the Dragon God Jade to move, but Dragon Daoist counterattacked when Meng Luo attempted to shift it away from the walls.
  • The Hundred-Talisman Mystic Crystal attacked Meng Luo with talismans, and a hidden sword lunged at him despite his attempt to evade it.

Ch. 549When Your Act Ends, Mine Begins

Wukong fought Meng Luo and the Demon Dao forces while the others carried out Fu Henghua’s plan to pose as outsiders from Wuwang Continent and enter the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect. The group settled into the warzone with their identities concealed, preparing to draw out more demonic Grandmasters over the next two days.

  • Wukong used the Myriad Demons Gourd and Heavenly Evil Sword against Meng Luo, then escaped Five Aggregates Demon Lord’s demonic realm as a Tribulation Immortal intervened.
  • Hong Changyi and Li Ruxin disrupted Wukong’s attempt to capture the demonic cultivators, and Yu Dan died after reflected Five-Elements Radiant Feathers pierced him; Wukong seized Yu Dan’s demonic soul.
  • Yang Dai and Xiaoyu presented the group as rival factions from Wuwang Continent and persuaded the other Dharma Form users to enter the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect under Fu Hongluan’s hospitality.
  • Fu Henghua’s plan kept the group’s Donglai origins hidden while positioning them to lure and defeat demonic Grandmasters; Yu Danqing’s group had two days to secure one more Grandmaster kill.

Ch. 550Sneaking Through Chen Cang to Reach Yin Mountain

Fu Hongluan received Fu Henghua’s request to establish Spirit Talisman Bandage production at Heavenfeather Mountain as Zhongli Zihan’s group fought in the Eastern Sea Warzone. After Fu Henghua and Yu Xiaolei secretly killed the third devil Grandmaster, they attacked Ji Shiyu at Yin Mountain, where Fu Henghua summoned the Heavenly Court through his Myriad Gods in Motion art.

  • Fu Hongluan discovered Fu Henghua’s letter and discussed the Spirit Talisman Bandage production plan and the arrival of Fu Xuanxing’s group with Fu Tian'er.
  • Zhongli Zihan’s group and Dragon Daoist’s group fought devil cultivators with their Dharma Form Puppets, but failed to draw out a devil Grandmaster before Yu Danqing’s deadline.
  • Dong Moyang informed the group that Fu Henghua and Yu Xiaolei had killed a Grandmaster by exhausting his eight substitution treasures, and showed them Yu Xiaolei’s recording.
  • Fu Henghua and Yu Xiaolei traveled to Yin Mountain, where Fu Henghua concealed their approach, opened the blood barrier, and sent the Land God to protect Yu Xiaolei.
  • Fu Henghua confronted Ji Shiyu and summoned his Myriad Gods in Motion, filling the sky above Yin Mountain with the Heavenly Court and its deities.

Ch. 551The Myriad Ways of Erudition Give Birth to Creation

Fu Henghua used the Cloud Scroll and his army of Dao Gods to overwhelm Ji Shiyu with successive attacks, forcing him to spend two life-substitution treasures. Ji Shiyu recognized Fu Henghua’s advantage and prepared to draw him into a fight on ground where the Blood Demon Great Dao excelled.

  • Fu Henghua’s Dao Gods annihilated the heavenly soldiers with a Great Dao Spirit Note, which shattered Ji Shiyu’s Nether Armor Soul Ring and briefly froze everyone’s consciousness.
  • Ji Shiyu unleashed the Blood River, transformed captured heavenly soldiers into demonic troops, and tried to break out while Fu Henghua’s five elemental armies sealed Yin Mountain.
  • Fu Henghua’s Wind and Thunder Gods formed Heavenly Swords, and his other Dao Gods joined them in striking Ji Shiyu until he used his cherished jade pendant to avert death.
  • Ji Shiyu summoned blood-colored Sword Qi to fend off the remaining gods, while Zhongli Zihan and the others recognized that Fu Henghua’s broad Dao knowledge and Cloud Scroll made him dangerous once his myriad gods took the field.
  • Ji Shiyu resolved to force Fu Henghua to abandon his advantages and fight on ground suited to the Blood Demon Great Dao as Fu Henghua’s third wave of attacks arrived.

Ch. 552All Creation United as One

Fu Henghua used his Creation Dao arts to destroy Yin Mountain and repeatedly break through Ji Shiyu’s life-saving methods. Ji Shiyu managed to send a final message and preserve a path to rebirth as Fu Henghua continued his assault.

  • Fu Henghua projected the Donglai World over Yin Mountain, then unleashed Myriad Gods Annihilation and turned the mountain and Ji Shiyu’s body into crystal before exploding them.
  • Ji Shiyu survived by using a Blood Godspawn, but Yin Mountain’s destruction also shattered his Blood-Spirit Demon Pearl and Thousand-Yin Demon Banner.
  • Fu Henghua summoned the Yin and Yang gods to form a Yin-Yang Mirror, whose light destroyed another of Ji Shiyu’s life-saving treasures.
  • Fu Henghua revealed his Great Scarlet Origin Pearl and used it to destroy Ji Shiyu’s restored body again.
  • Ji Shiyu sacrificed another secret treasure to complete a blood seal carrying a message and his life imprint into the Blood River.

Ch. 553Only the Golden Core Makes an Immortal Patriarch

Fu Henghua used his newly realized Jade Cauldron True-Insight Elixir Canon and the Fallen Demon True Register to drain Ji Shiyu’s power and restore Yin Mountain, but heavenly lightning killed Ji Shiyu before Fu Henghua could claim his demonic soul. Back in the underground blessed land, Fu Henghua reflected on his Creation Dao and the others discussed his strength before Yu Danqing allowed the juniors to remain in the Southern Continent under concealed identities.

  • Fu Henghua trapped Ji Shiyu’s demon-tainted blood in an eight-hundred-li furnace and refined it along with the underground river of blood.
  • Fu Henghua used the Fallen Demon True Register to drain Ji Shiyu’s restored power and then the stellar power of three lifetimes, rebuilding Yin Mountain’s earth veins as Ji Shiyu was bound to its summit.
  • Heavenly lightning struck and killed Ji Shiyu before Fu Henghua could harvest his demonic soul, and Yu Xiaolei mistook Fu Henghua’s silence for regret over killing him.
  • On the way back, Fu Henghua considered how his many Heavenly Books illuminated different paths toward the Creation Dao Fruit.
  • After the group watched the battle, Yu Danqing described Fu Henghua’s strengths and limitations, while Fu Shishi asked to remain in the Southern Continent.
  • Yu Danqing allowed the juniors to associate with the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect under the name Wuwang Continent and warned them not to expose their origins.

Ch. 554Brothers Reunite in Myriad Souls City

Fu Henghua’s Wukong Incarnation went to Myriad Souls City to find Fu Xuanhe after Blood River Palace’s defenses blocked his attempt to infiltrate it. He entered the heavily guarded city and reached the pleasure district where Fu Xuanhe was said to spend time.

  • Fu Henghua and Fu Pengming planned new Dharma Forms, while Fu Henghua delayed sending the younger members to the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect until he learned more about its past.
  • Yu Danqing proposed raids behind the Northeastern Warzone to seize supplies, and agreed to help design Dharma Form Puppets for the group.
  • After Ji Shiyu died, Ji Donglin learned that an Immortal Dao sword cultivator had attacked the Sword Demon’s disciples, then led Blood River Palace’s forces toward the Right Continent to seek revenge.
  • Wukong tried to infiltrate Blood River Palace but found its defenses too strong, so he sent crows to locate Fu Xuanhe and learned that he was in Myriad Souls City.
  • Wukong entered Myriad Souls City, sensed its formidable defenses and many Grandmasters, and arranged for Fu Henghua to give more lectures in Donglai.
  • Wukong found the pleasure district where Fu Xuanhe was said to frequent and saw its courtesans welcoming an honored guest.

Ch. 555Red Candle Curtains and Fragrant Tents at Drunken Spring Tower

Fu Henghua, disguised as Wukong, investigated Myriad Souls City’s Human Pill trade while following Fu Xuanhe, who was searching for the hidden workshop. After deciding to infiltrate the inner city and rescue its captives, Fu Xuanhe agreed to seek the Nine Nether Soul-Suppressing Banner with Shen Yan.

  • Duan Yue brought Wukong and Hong Xu to Drunken Spring Tower, where Wukong recognized that its floors refined Peach Blossom Baleful Intent for the Enchanting Demons.
  • Wukong overheard two cultivators discuss luring people from the Myriad Peaks Realm into Myriad Souls City to make Human Pills, then learned from Helian Jin how the pills were produced.
  • Wukong followed Fu Xuanhe as he investigated the city and concluded that the Human Pill workshop was likely inside the inner city.
  • Shen Yan of Autumn Moon Manor approached Fu Xuanhe and proposed joining him to rescue the workshop’s captives, explaining that the Nine Nether Soul-Suppressing Banner could help them enter the inner city.
  • Fu Xuanhe agreed to leave for Blood River Palace with Shen Yan to obtain the banner.

Ch. 556The Dragon King Cast Talismans to Shroud Heaven and Earth

Fu Henghua’s Wukong Incarnation attacked Blood River Palace’s forbidden ground while Fu Xuanhe fought his way through the palace to find the Nine Nether Soul-Suppressing Banner. The chapter ended with Fu Xuanhe discovering that the figure left at the entrance was an illusion and rushing deeper into the palace to retrieve the treasure before confronting his brother.

  • Fu Xuanhe and Fu Henghua infiltrated Blood River Palace under concealment talismans, and Fu Xuanhe entered the main hall while Fu Henghua left an illusion at the entrance.
  • Helian Jin told Fu Henghua about the Blood Lotus Flower and the three Grandmasters guarding the Blood River Forbidden Ground, prompting Fu Henghua to lead twelve Heavenly Grandmasters in an assault.
  • Fu Henghua’s forces battled the three Blood Demon Grandmasters as heavenly soldiers sealed the forbidden ground against outside aid.
  • Blood River Palace’s cultivators raised the alarm when Fu Xuanhe attacked, and Fu Xuanhe used his Five-Element talismans and Nine-Dragon Talisman Technique to overpower two Grandmasters.
  • Fu Xuanhe shattered the illusion at the entrance, realized Fu Henghua had left, and hurried deeper into Blood River Palace to seize the Nine Nether Soul-Suppressing Banner.

Ch. 557Blood Sea Boundless, the Life Emperor Throne Rises

Fu Henghua seized control of Blood River Palace with the Blood Lotus Emperor Throne, binding its Blood Demons and turning them against Ji Donglin. As Fu Xuanhe confronted him over his methods, Fu Henghua proposed joining forces against Myriad Souls City's Human Pill workshops, but Fu Xuanhe attacked instead.

  • Fu Henghua tortured the captured Blood Demons until one revealed that their Jade Eye had come from an extraterritorial cultivator, then broke apart Ji Donglin's descending Divine Sense and collected the Soul Lotuses in the forbidden ground.
  • Helian Jin helped Wukong retrieve the Blood River Treasure Lotus, which Fu Henghua transformed into a Blood Lotus Emperor Throne that summoned Blood River Palace's cultivators and bound their demonic souls.
  • Wukong used the throne to draw Blood Demons from across the region into its Blood Sea, while Ji Donglin killed several of his disciples and rushed back toward Blood River Palace.
  • Fu Henghua reshaped captured demonic souls into Blood Demons, manipulated them into hating Ji Donglin and the other Devil Lord, and recruited them as servants beneath his throne.
  • Fu Henghua considered spreading Blood Lotus artifacts among demonic sects, but his true self warned him against using Black Artifacts on immortal cultivators.
  • Fu Xuanhe arrived on nine talisman dragons, accused Fu Henghua of using him to enter Blood River Palace, and rejected his offer to help destroy Myriad Souls City's Human Pill workshops by attacking him.

Ch. 558The Harmless Little Demon Emperor

Fu Henghua and Fu Xuanhe joined forces to investigate the wells beneath Myriad Souls City after escaping attacks from Blood River Palace and the Scarlet Thunder Devil Lord. As the new moon arrived, they prepared to seek the Nether Well and find the route to the Human Pill Workshop.

  • Fu Henghua absorbed Fu Xuanhe’s talisman attacks with the Myriad Demons Gourd, but Fu Xuanhe trapped him with a vast sealing formation until Fu Henghua shattered it with the Heavenly Evil Sword and escaped.
  • Ji Donglin returned to Blood River Palace, found it devastated, and pursued Fu Xuanhe while Fu Henghua escaped; Fu Henghua then broke through the Scarlet Thunder Devil Lord’s ambush and evaded pursuit into Myriad Souls City.
  • Fu Henghua disguised himself as Fu Xuanhe and waited at Drunken Spring Tower, where the real Fu Xuanhe returned two days later after escaping Ji Donglin.
  • Fu Henghua explained that Myriad Souls City had a Life Well, a Soul Well, and a Nether Well, and that they could use the Nether Well’s appearance on a moonless night to locate the others.
  • Fu Henghua persuaded Fu Xuanhe to tour Myriad Souls City, made him pay for shopping, and offered his candied hawthorn to a crying child, but Fu Xuanhe resisted his attempts to win brotherly affection.
  • The new moon arrived, and Fu Henghua and Fu Xuanhe prepared to seek the Nether Well.

Ch. 559All Living Beings Toil Like Lambs

Fu Xuanhe and Wukong entered the Nether Well, uncovered Jianyuan Demon Emperor’s sacrifice-and-resurrection system, and learned that Southern Continent’s Great Demon Calamities had fed cultivators to beings beneath the Earth Abyss. They left the Soul Well’s trapped spirits behind them as they escaped, while the reason the three Demon Emperors still sought to reopen the sealed abyss remained unknown.

  • A youth revealed that wells filled with water could open into the Nether Well, and Fu Xuanhe and Wukong entered it after their scouts failed to return information.
  • Wukong and Fu Xuanhe found an altar holding Jianyuan Demon Emperor’s sword intent and determined that the Three-Well System fed souls and sacrifices into a possible resurrection.
  • Fu Xuanhe used 365 star talismans to make a Star Bridge from the Nether Well into the Soul Well, where he and Wukong encountered the trapped souls of cultivators.
  • Fu Xuanhe told Wukong that Southern Continent’s Great Demon Calamities had secretly supplied cultivators, including disciples from the six immortal sects, as food for beings underground.
  • Fu Xuanhe explained that Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect had once cooperated with the demonic order before sealing the abyss beneath Red Peak, though the three Demon Emperors still seemed determined to break the seal.

Ch. 560Nine Heavens and Nine Earths, Demon Gods' Evil

Wukong Youth and Fu Xuanhe investigated the Three Wells Grotto-Heaven, uncovering how its demon cultivators exploited villagers and turned immortal cultivators into Human Pills. Meanwhile, Fu Henghua learned that the danger beneath Red Peak might connect to the Nine Underworlds and the Witch Gods, then began preparing for the tribulation others had foreseen.

  • Wukong Youth and Fu Xuanhe found that Villages No. 125 through 129 forced residents over forty to die in ways that produced materials for Hunger Demons and Plague Demon Pills.
  • Wukong Youth and Fu Xuanhe discovered that Blood Spirit Demon Seeds caused immortal cultivators to form extractable Golden Cores, and Fu Xuanhe attacked the demon cultivators while Wukong Youth prepared to seal the Life Well.
  • Fu Henghua lost contact with his incarnation inside the Three Wells Grotto-Heaven and discussed the Heavenly Crystal Jade Eye and mechanism designs with his Taiji friend through a mirror.
  • Fu Henghua's friend warned that the danger beneath Red Peak might lead to a layer ruled by Witch Gods and advised him to investigate which layer the opening reached.
  • Fu Henghua learned a method to bring forth the Heavenly Eye, then used the Divine Luo Heavenly Tome to reveal a Fierce sign as he considered the coming tribulation.
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