Arc 24Puppet Wars and Scarlet Lectures

Fu Henghua advanced puppet arts on both sides of the war, secretly opened the Demon Tome, and expanded Wukong Incarnation’s influence while aiding the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect. His lectures opened new cultivation paths but intensified the sect’s divisions, and he entered seclusion after its elders erased records of his Yin-Yang teachings.

  • Li Ruxin deployed Spirit Orbs against the demons while Fu Henghua helped develop opposing puppets, driving repeated exchanges of techniques and countermeasures.
  • Fu Henghua secretly opened the Demon Tome, hid a duplicate aboard the Red Dragon ship, and questioned its Book Spirit about the Feng Clan and the Earth Abyss.
  • Yu Danqing’s Elephant Emperor helped reclaim the Eastern Sea Warzone while Fu Henghua impersonated a Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect cultivator and helped recover the northeastern strongholds.
  • Fu Henghua treated wounded cultivators, demonstrated Five-Colored Stone against the Earth Abyss, and gained access to the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect’s library.
  • Fu Henghua impersonated Fu Xuanhe to repel five families demanding the Fu Family’s Talisman Belt technique, then secured Wen Rong’s promise of protection.
  • Wukong joined the demonic campaign, arranged ransom exchanges, and cursed Wen Rong after learning that the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book threatened his incarnation.
  • Fu Henghua established Supreme Clarity Peak and taught Great Scarlet, Earthly Fiend, and Yin-Yang methods, helping disciples advance while provoking disputes among the sect’s elders.
  • Fu Henghua entered seclusion after the Tribulation Immortals erased records of his Yin-Yang teachings, suffered backlash during contemplation, and sent insights to Li Pu.
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Ch. 586Gathering All Wisdom Into One

Li Ruxin offered the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect plans for a simplified External Mechanical Body, and Fu Henghua used the resulting spread of Spirit Orbs to encourage innovation on both sides of the war. A month later, the Immortal Dao forces turned the new technique against the demons, while Dragon Daoist agreed to help the Five Aggregates Demon Lord counter it.

  • Li Ruxin gave Cao True Person the Heavenly Origin Profound-Spirit Sphere blueprint and offered to share the simplified technique while reserving the complete crafting art for the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect.
  • Bu Xuan and the other Tribulation Immortals debated whether spreading the art would strengthen the sect or provoke an arms race, then considered the threat of the demonic path developing its own puppets.
  • Fu Henghua explained to Xiaoyu that he wanted both immortal and demonic cultivators to refine the art, and Xiaoyu showed him a drop of Three Luminaries Divine Water obtained with Yang Dai's help.
  • One month later, Li Ruxin's Spirit Orbs helped Immortal Dao formations trap demonic Grandmasters, and Li Ruxin killed one with the Profound-Spirit Amplification Art as the Immortal Dao forces pushed the demons back.
  • Dragon Daoist reassured the Five Aggregates Demon Lord that the Spirit Orbs were no threat, then agreed to help counter them after Fu Danyu's disguised junior brother spoke with him.

Ch. 587The Snipe and Clam Fought, While the Fisherman Profited

Fu Henghua used the conflict between the demonic and immortal paths to test new puppet techniques while advancing his plans to study both sides and secure resources for repairing the Earth Abyss. The chapter ended with Fu Hongluan arranging for the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect to buy the Fu Family’s protective and medical talisman bandages.

  • Dragon Daoist explained that the Nine-Faced Demon Emperor would take years to complete, and the Five Aggregates Demon Lord agreed to let demon disciples learn the Dharma Idol Puppet Art while the factory continued its work.
  • Hong Changyi and Fu Henghua outfitted three demon disciples with puppet skeletons that could contaminate and seize control of the immortal path’s Heavenly Origin Profound-Spirit Spheres.
  • The three skeleton soldiers attacked beneath the Heaven-Piercing Bone Walls, disabling many Spirit Orbs and injuring the cultivators linked to them; Fu Henghua observed that the Demon Emperor grew stronger by absorbing other Dharma Form Puppets.
  • Li Ruxin prepared to protect the Spirit Orbs with talismans and secret treasures, and Fu Hongluan offered the Fu Family’s lower-cost Clearheart Tranquilizing Talisman Cords instead.
  • Yang Dai inspected the Fu Family’s Talisman Belt Factory and agreed to buy its protective bandages as well as its supplies for stopping bleeding and treating injuries.

Ch. 588Nine Faces of the Demon Emperor Display Their Divine Might

The demon cultivators deployed the Sorrow-Faced Machine God against the immortal forces, beginning an escalating contest between the Nine-Faced Demon Emperor’s puppets and the Immortal Dao. As the battle improved the combatants’ abilities and advanced Dharma Form Puppet research, Fu Henghua seized the chance to search for the Demon Tome aboard the Four-Dragon Ship.

  • The Spirit Orbs destroyed the skeleton soldiers, prompting Meng Long to obtain the Sorrow-Faced Machine God from the masked man and control it with a Yin Demon avatar.
  • Meng Long used the Sorrow-Faced Machine God’s sorrow domain to freeze and defeat immortal cultivators, until Zhongli Zihan, Li Ruxin, and Yang Dai devised ways to counter its effects; two days later, the Sword of Returning Ten Thousand Rivers shattered the puppet.
  • The masked man introduced the Joy-Faced Machine God, and Li Ruxin later found counters for its effects and those of other Demon Emperor faces as the Immortal Dao and demonic path continued testing their techniques.
  • The contest strengthened Li Ruxin, Zhongli Zihan, and other cultivators while Yu Danqing and Fu Henghua gained experience creating Dharma Form Puppets.
  • After Dong Moyang left to investigate an ancient civilization, Hengshou and Xiaoyu tried to dissuade Fu Henghua from seeking the Demon Tome, but he declared that he would search for it and read it while the others were away.

Ch. 589Seeking the Demon Tome by Every Means

Fu Henghua searched the dragon ships, found the hidden Demon Tome, and broke through several layers of seals to open it. The Tome then asked how it had ended up in his hands and which branch of the Feng Family he came from.

  • Fu Henghua used Ghost-Hidden Yin Insects to search the four dragon ships and found a faint trace of aura beneath a vat on the Red Dragon Ship.
  • Fu Henghua retrieved the golden casket and used the Divine Luo Heavenly Tome to calculate a key that opened it, revealing a Cosmic Bag sealed by the Myriad Forms Palace.
  • Fu Henghua froze the casket’s warning incantations, then used Daoist Wukong’s Myriad Demons Ranking to undo the Cosmic Bag’s Heavenly Net Incantation.
  • The Taixuan Nine-Heavens Seal on the Demon Tome repelled Daoist Wukong’s power, so Fu Henghua sealed the Taiji Diagram with his own blood and removed the outer seal.
  • Fu Henghua opened the Demon Tome, and it asked which branch of the Feng Family he came from and how its book had reached his hands.

Ch. 590Youxuan Devil Disciples Spread Across the World

Fu Henghua suppressed the genuine Demon Tome, forged a convincing duplicate, and turned to the cultivation manuals Xiaoyu had brought back. Meanwhile, Daoist Wukong’s growing influence spread through the demonic warzones, and Fu Henghua prepared to draw Five Aggregates Demon Lord deeper into a plan involving the Demon Emperor Dharma Form.

  • Fu Henghua sealed the talking Demon Tome, then worked with Hengshou and Xiaoyu to make a golden-paper duplicate and hide it aboard the Red Dragon ship.
  • Xiaoyu gave Fu Henghua a collection of Southern Continent cultivation manuals, which kept him occupied while she and Hengshou discussed the risks of his plans and Daoist Wukong’s rising influence.
  • Five Aggregates Demon Lord ordered his camp searched for Youxuan Devil Palace infiltrators after learning that Daoist Wukong had spread powerful Heavenly Demon methods and attracted many followers.
  • Five Aggregates Demon Lord pressed Meng Long to master the Hundred Refinements Sect’s puppet techniques for the Nine-Faced Demon Emperor Dharma Form.
  • After studying Xiaoyu’s manuals, Fu Henghua concluded that Southern Continent cultivation and Donglai shared ancient roots, sent the Cloud-Swallowing Myriad Qi Art to Brother Fang, and planned to send Jade Seal Sect reinforcements against Five Aggregates Demon Lord.

Ch. 591Golden Crow Leads the Way to Welcome the Heroes

Yu Danqing led the Hundred Refinements Sect away from the Five Aggregates Demon Lord and posed as a Jade Seal Sect elder to join the immortal path’s campaign in the Eastern Sea Warzone. Meanwhile, Fu Henghua prepared to enter the Northeastern Warzone disguised as a Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect cultivator, planning to imitate the sect’s foundational Myriad Peaks Great Scarlet Book.

  • A Red-Feathered Golden Crow arrived over the Eastern Sea battlefield, where Li Ruxin greeted the Jade Seal Sect reinforcements while the Hundred Refinements Sect hurried to evacuate its volcano factory.
  • Yu Danqing and his companions escaped the Five Aggregates Demon Lord after the Jade Palace Golden Towers emerged from the collapsing volcano, and the Devil Lord let them leave with the Demon Emperor Dragon Bone and unfinished machine bodies behind.
  • Yu Danqing met Dong Moyang’s group, disguised himself as a middle-aged Jade Seal Sect elder, and joined the immortal path’s leaders as they agreed to fight the demonic path in revenge for the supposedly dead Bai Yu.
  • Fu Henghua watched the staged mourning and alliance negotiations through Sha Jinshang’s transmitted recording, then decided to focus on clearing the Northeastern Warzone and selected five companions to pose as Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect cultivators.
  • Fu Henghua arranged for Fu Pengming to impersonate him and revealed that he would imitate the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect’s Myriad Peaks Great Scarlet Book, alarming the others because it was the sect’s foundational cultivation method.

Ch. 592Grand Clarity Misty Great Scarlet Heaven

Fu Henghua and his companions, disguised as Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect disciples, launched a surprise attack on the demon camp at Phoenix Orchid Valley. Fu Henghua unleashed his Pure Clarity Great Scarlet Scripture to suppress the demon forces, while Yu Xiaolei killed one of the enemy Grandmasters; the chapter ended with Fu Henghua sensing a new Void Domain expert in the Eastern Sea Warzone.

  • Zhang Xuanchu's group entered Phoenix Orchid Valley, where Rong Yunbiao warned that the fighting over the northeastern strongholds remained deadlocked.
  • Fu Henghua revealed to Ying Ruhong that he and his companions were impersonating injured Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect disciples, then led the group in an attack on the demon camp.
  • Sun Sun and Wuma Dan fought through the demon cultivators as Fu Henghua confronted Yuwen Pu, the camp's strongest expert.
  • Fu Henghua raised eighteen mountains and summoned the Great Scarlet Heaven, which shattered Yuwen Pu's venom dragons and purified demonic qi from the camp.
  • Yu Xiaolei killed the other demon Grandmaster and pursued Yuwen Pu while Fu Henghua sent his companions to help finish the battle.
  • Fu Henghua sensed a fifth Void Domain expert appear in the Eastern Sea Warzone and anticipated that the conflict there had begun.

Ch. 593Dao Pill Ingenious Elephant Emperor

The Jade Seal Sect’s Dharma Form Puppets overwhelmed the demonic forces at the Eastern Sea Warzone, breaking through the Heaven-Piercing Bone Walls and scattering their cultivators. Yu Danqing then revealed a powerful Elephant Emperor that destroyed three enemy Machine Gods, while the Immortal Dao forces moved to finish the battle.

  • Duan Xun used the Red-Feathered Golden Crow’s Sun True Fire, aided by Li Ruxin, to burn through a Heaven-Piercing Bone Wall while Fang Dongyuan’s Primordial Unity Treasure Elephant Sphere protected him from the blast.
  • Sha Jinshang crystallized demonic cultivators with the Quicksand Water Mirror as Yuwen Chunqiu, Wu Cuifeng, and Yuan Xiao attacked with the Five-Headed Dragon Ring, Azure Qilin Jade Peak, and Myriad Treasures Immortal Peak.
  • Bao Mufeng used the Northern Dipper Star Scroll to manipulate enemy positions, while Ouyang Ming aided Zhongli Zihan against Meng Long.
  • Yu Danqing unveiled the Elephant Emperor, whose Great Dao pressure shattered the Machine Gods of Meng Long, the Joy-Faced cultivator, and the Rage-Faced cultivator, forcing the Grandmasters to flee.
  • Cao True Person and another Tribulation Immortal tied down the enemy Devil Lords as the Elephant Emperor’s Emperor of Forms Realm swept across the battlefield and erased the gathered Five Yin Demons.

Ch. 594Immortal Might Sweeps the Six Harmonies Unopposed

Fu Henghua and Yu Danqing used their Dao Domains to crush demonic forces in the Northeastern and Eastern Sea warzones, while revealing models of the Golden Core Realm that informed Fu Henghua’s cultivation theory. The chapter ended with the immortal path reclaiming Phoenix Orchid Valley, Dragon-Hiding Mountain, and Nine-Bend Lake, as Five Aggregates Demon Lord escaped and Demon Lord Ji Ge was abducted.

  • Fang Dongyuan studied Yu Danqing’s Myriad Forms Sphere, recognizing it as a model of the Golden Core Realm that could also advance his own Hunyuan Dao.
  • Fu Henghua helped Yu Xiaolei defeat Yuwen Pu, then led the Red Abyss Sect forces in reclaiming Phoenix Orchid Valley and launching assaults on Dragon-Hiding Mountain and Nine-Bend Lake.
  • Yu Danqing’s Myriad Forms Realm overwhelmed the demons and their Demon-Faced Machine Gods, while his Myriad Forms Sphere joined the Tribulation Immortals in attacking the Devil Lords.
  • Five Aggregates Demon Lord broke through the Myriad Forms Realm and escaped, while an unseen Heavenly Demon abducted Demon Lord Ji Ge with a gourd.
  • Fu Henghua used the Great Red Heaven and Great Scarlet Origin Pearl to suppress the remaining demons, and the immortal path reclaimed Dragon-Hiding Mountain and Nine-Bend Lake.

Ch. 595Creation Revealed Through Flesh Regrowth and Bone Refinement

Fu Henghua healed wounded cultivators in Phoenix Orchid Valley, secured a large deal for Bone-Regrowing Pills, and traveled to Red Peak to meet the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect. The chapter ended as he used the Five Elements Mountain Method to create new land above the Earth Abyss, drawing the attention of a Tribulation Immortal.

  • Zhang Xiyue and Fu Shishi discussed relocating the Donglai group to Changming Mountain, while Zhang Xiyue reported that the Eastern Sea Warzone had been recovered.
  • Fu Henghua switched identities with Fu Pengming, then used his Creation Secret Art and Five-Colored Lotuses to treat the wounded at Phoenix Orchid Valley.
  • Fu Henghua regenerated a cultivator's severed arm with a Bone-Regrowing Pill and arranged a Crimson Abyss order for three hundred pills.
  • Fu Henghua secretly told Yu Danqing that the group already had five hundred Bone-Regrowing Pills, then earned payment for treating wounded cultivators across several camps.
  • Fu Henghua arrived at Red Peak and used the Five Elements Mountain Method to create land above the Earth Abyss, prompting Rong Yunbiao to summon a Tribulation Immortal.

Ch. 596The Splendid Scenery from the Mountaintop

Fu Henghua demonstrated that his Five-Colored Stone could withstand the Earth Abyss and discussed his Pure Clarity Great Scarlet Scripture with Wen Rong, while the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect weighed the value of his gift against its own mountain-centered cultivation path. The chapter leaves Bu Xuan willing to let Fu Henghua browse the sect library, then recounts how the Pure Clarity Great Scarlet Scripture later helped a founder of the Three Saints Palace attain the Great Scarlet Dao Fruit.

  • Wen Rong examined Fu Henghua's Five-Colored Stone and estimated that it could resist the Earth Abyss for at least a thousand years, though the sect lacked the resources to make enough stones.
  • Wen Rong escorted Fu Henghua across a grand Immortal-Welcoming Bridge and discussed the Crimson Abyss Dao arts, discovering that Fu Henghua had independently reconstructed much of the sect's ancient cultivation method.
  • A giant skeletal hand erupted from the Earth Abyss and attacked the repaired cliff, but the Five-Colored Stone held firm as the sect's Tribulation Immortals destroyed the hand.
  • Fu Henghua gave Wen Rong the Pure Clarity Great Scarlet Scripture to show Bu Xuan, who judged that its Taixuan-influenced path was unlike the Crimson Abyss sect's mountain-based methods but preserved it as an alternate inheritance.
  • Bu Xuan instructed Wen Rong to let Fu Henghua browse the sect library, recognizing his goodwill and the value of sharing mountain methods.
  • A later account described how the discarded Crimson Abyss disciple who became the Cavern Spirit patriarch used the Pure Clarity Great Scarlet Scripture to cultivate anew and attain the Great Scarlet Dao Fruit.

Ch. 597Books Hidden in the Mountain's Belly Nurture Dao Qi

Fu Henghua explored the Red Abyss Sect’s vast library, used a Demon Tome to learn about the wider world and the Earth Abyss, and negotiated the Fu Family’s assistance with Bu Xuan. The chapter left Fu Henghua preparing to consult his fellow cultivators about possibly sacrificing their Dharma Form Puppets to help seal the Earth Abyss.

  • Rong Yunbiao brought Fu Henghua, Fu Xuange, and Hengshou to their villa, then left with Hengshou while more than a hundred Stellar Soul war generals guarded the estate.
  • Fu Henghua and Fu Xuange visited Dawn Book Peak, where Fu Henghua studied fire incantations and Fu Xuange waited as his brother read for two days.
  • Fu Henghua secretly questioned the Demon Tome’s Book Spirit, learning about the Feng Clan, the Yuanyu Ocean Region, and the history of the Earth Abyss passages.
  • Bu Xuan met Fu Henghua at the library, praised his interest in ancient texts, and accepted the Fu Family’s proposed employment terms for the Jade Seal Sect.
  • Bu Xuan asked whether Fu Henghua’s Dharma Form Puppets could be used to fill the Earth Abyss if other materials proved insufficient; Fu Henghua agreed in principle but requested compensation and time to consult his fellow cultivators.
  • After Bu Xuan left, Fu Henghua asked the Demon Tome’s Book Spirit about the Earth Abyss, and it warned him to alert his elders if the Demon God’s Mouth seal was failing.

Ch. 598Hearts in Turmoil, Men's Hearts Treacherous

Fu Henghua uncovered the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect’s competing lineages and suspected that their internal schemes were behind the pressure on his family at Heavenfeather Mountain. He left for the mountain, where Fu Tian’er was facing five families demanding the Talisman Belt technique, and his arrival unsettled them.

  • Fu Henghua read the books at Dawn Book Peak, then learned from Fu Xuange and Fu Bozhao that five families were pressuring the Fu Family to surrender its Talisman Belt technique.
  • Fu Henghua explained that the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect was divided among competing Dao lineages and suspected the families’ campaign was entangled in those struggles.
  • Fu Henghua asked Fu Xuange to claim he had entered seclusion and quietly left for Heavenfeather Mountain.
  • Bu Xuan discussed Red Abyss’s internal divisions with Wen Rong, condemned the pressure on the Fu Family, and sent Wen Rong to secretly protect Fu Henghua.
  • Fu Tian’er rejected the five families’ demands and offered to accept donated materials instead, while the elders threatened him with the promise of settling old grievances.
  • Fu Xuanhe strode into the meeting, and the elders of the five families turned pale.

Ch. 599An Evil Guest Meets an Even Greater Evil

An impostor posing as Fu Xuanhe crushed the five-family alliance, forced its members to roll down Heavenfeather Mountain, and punished the Wang Family patriarch. After the visitors left, Luo Xue revealed that the man was not Fu Xuanhe, while Fu Tongjun and Fu Yaozhen worried that he was the Evil Sovereign’s crown prince.

  • The young man claiming to be Fu Xuanhe subdued the five families’ cultivators and dismissed their request for the Fu Family’s Talisman Belt techniques.
  • The young man produced the Wang Family patriarch, ordered Wang Ziming to slap Hong Yue and a Wang clansman, and threatened to reduce the patriarch’s cultivation.
  • The young man forced the five families to roll down Heavenfeather Mountain and stopped draining the Wang Family patriarch’s mana after they complied.
  • Luo Xue told the others that the man in the Cultivation Hall was not Fu Xuanhe and described his aura as different from a True Talisman’s.
  • Fu Tongjun and Fu Yaozhen agreed that the man was not Fu Xuanhe and arranged calming meals, incense, tea, and zither music for him.

Ch. 600Feigning Strength by Borrowing the Tiger's Hide

Heng Hua confronted Wen Rong over the Crimson Abyss Sect’s hostility toward the Fu Family and invoked the family’s ties to the Feng Clan to secure a promise of restraint. Meanwhile, Wukong gathered Heavenly Demon and Blood Demon disciples at the Youxuan Devil Palace and prepared to meet two Demon Lords.

  • Heng Hua presented Fu Dange, Fu Baitang, and Fu Xueke to Cao Biyan and Lan Hefu, who found their foundations suited to Crimson Abyss’s arts and took all three youths back to the sect.
  • Wen Rong sent Qu Xuejin away and explained that Zhang Xuanchu was backed by Song Yuan’s faction, while Heng Hua challenged the sect’s failure to protect Fu Xuanhe and the Fu Family.
  • Heng Hua revealed the Fu Family’s connection to the Feng Clan and its awakened guardian Wind Sovereign, prompting Wen Rong to promise that Song Yuan would not target the family again.
  • Heng Hua thanked the Demon Tome’s senior for information about the Feng Clan but declined the offer to cultivate demonic arts to summon its true body.
  • Wukong declared that the Heavenly Demon and Blood Demon paths would lead the Youxuan Devil Palace, then learned that the Five Aggregates Demon Lord and Four Dharma Demon Lord had arrived at Yinlong Mountain.

Ch. 601The Five Heavenly Devil Lords Display Their Schemes

Walker Sun met the Heavenly Demon Lords at Yinlong Mountain, negotiated their cooperation, and agreed to join the war in the Right Continent while pursuing his own plans. Three days later, Youxuan Devil Palace attacked the Myriad Peaks Realm and devastated the Hong Family, leaving the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect suspecting Fu Henghua despite his presence at Red Peak.

  • Supreme Demon Lord stopped Five Aggregates Demon Lord and Four Dharma Demon Lord from fighting, then gathered them with Li Miaoqing and Walker Sun at Yinlong Mountain.
  • Walker Sun asserted his claim to Ji Ge and Yinlong Mountain, while the Demon Lords discussed his plan to use nine Demon Lords to prove the Demon Emperor Dao and urged him to spare their Heavenly Demon lineage.
  • Five Aggregates Demon Lord presented puppet designs, and the other Demon Lords bought the technical materials before warning Walker Sun that the designs could feed his Nine-Faced Machine God.
  • The Demon Lords agreed that Walker Sun would join Four Dharma Demon Lord in the Central Warzone, while Supreme Demon Lord planned an oath against infighting and promised Walker Sun a way around it.
  • Walker Sun ordered Jiuyin Mystic Lord to recruit Yinlong Mountain's remnants and told Hong Xu to prepare for a blood sacrifice of the Hong Family.
  • Three days later, Walker Sun led Youxuan Devil Palace into the Myriad Peaks Realm, where the Hong Family suffered especially heavy losses, and Crimson Abyss investigators suspected Fu Henghua had secretly arranged the attack.

Ch. 602Heng Hua's Kindness Invited Bullying

Wukong’s Young Lord Youxuan secured a station in the Central Warzone and planned to ransom captured immortal cultivators to sow discord among the Immortal Dao. Meanwhile, Heng Hua learned that Wen Rong intended to use the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book to curse-kill Youxuan, leaving him scrambling to find a defense.

  • Demon Lord Wu Yao hosted Wukong, Sword Demon Lord, and the Four Dharma Demon Lord after their victory, then assigned each of them a secret realm to guard.
  • Sword Demon Lord chose an icy mountain, the Four Dharma Demon Lord selected a southeastern realm, and Wukong claimed a northeastern realm near Ji Donglin’s territory.
  • Wukong ordered Hong Xu to document the surviving captives and Jiuyin Mystic Lord to arrange ransom demands, pairing lineage cultivators with former rogue cultivators to provoke discord within the Immortal Dao.
  • Wen Rong revealed that he would join the war and showed Heng Hua the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book, explaining that it could target Youxuan’s soul using a trace of his aura.
  • Heng Hua praised the technique aloud but realized it threatened his incarnation and began searching for a way to counter it.

Ch. 603Changing Blood and Bone to Shed the Demonic Body

Heng Hua sought a way to protect Wukong Incarnation from Wen Rong’s Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book without exposing his secrets, and used the Hong Family corpses to awaken Hong Xu’s hidden demonic bloodline. After learning more about bloodline transformation and the Nine Netherworlds from the Demon Tome, Heng Hua asked how demonic arts could counter the curse.

  • Heng Hua reasoned that Wukong Incarnation could not safely endure Wen Rong’s curse and considered using a substitute to bear it first.
  • Wukong Incarnation called Hong Xu to the palace and used bloodworms to extract spiritual factors from the preserved Hong Family corpses.
  • Hong Xu swallowed the resulting demon pearl and transformed into a Black-Winged Celestial who controlled black flames and Nether Spirit Power.
  • Heng Hua consulted the Demon Tome, which explained how blood exchange and bone renewal could awaken demonic bloodlines and described the Nine Netherworlds’ influence on the Southern Continent.
  • Heng Hua asked the Demon Tome how demonic cultivation could defend against the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book, hoping to protect Hong Xu as well as Wukong Incarnation.

Ch. 604White Cloud Marsh's Immortal Dao Ransom

Wen Rong and De Feng recognized that Young Lord Youxuan’s ransom scheme could drain Crimson Abyss’s wealth and strain its ties with the immortal cultivators, while Youxuan explained that the payments would transfer spirit jade from the Right Continent. After several peaceful exchanges at White Cloud Marsh, Wen Rong realized the deals had kept him away while four Devil Lords attacked the Immortal Dao Encampment.

  • Wen Rong read Young Lord Youxuan’s ransom demand and learned that his Yutian protectors had captured many cultivators as his personal spoils.
  • De Feng concluded that refusing to pay would alienate Crimson Abyss’s allies and arranged for Wen Rong to attend the ransom exchange and seek a chance to curse Youxuan.
  • Young Lord Youxuan told Wu Yao and the other Devil Lords that ransom payments would move spirit jade from the Right Continent, while dismissing the fate of ordinary demonic cultivators.
  • Jiuyin Mystic Lord and Wen Rong completed several ransom exchanges at White Cloud Marsh, while Young Lord Youxuan remained absent.
  • Jiuyin Mystic Lord revealed that Youxuan and three Devil Lords had gone to attack the Immortal Dao Encampment, and Wen Rong hurried back to aid De Feng.

Ch. 605The True Manifestation of Yutian's Hua Transformation

Wen Rong fought Wukong Incarnation’s Six Desires Demonic Realm but escaped when True Person De Feng’s Purifying Whisk broke through it. After Wen Rong returned to camp, he discovered that Young Lord Youxuan had secretly cursed him, leaving his allies unsure whether he could resist the growing drowsiness.

  • Wen Rong entered Wukong Incarnation’s illusion and battled the Six Desires Demons, but the shifting Desire Realm overwhelmed his defenses.
  • True Person De Feng left his duel with Sword Demon Lord to use his Purifying Whisk, allowing Wen Rong to escape while the Immortal Dao forces withdrew after suffering heavy losses.
  • Wen Rong told True Person De Feng that he had captured a trace of Young Lord Youxuan’s aura, and De Feng prepared to use the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book to curse him.
  • Wukong Incarnation placed Wen Rong’s aura in a peachwood doll and began a curse ritual, while ordering Jiuyin Mystic Lord to gather spirit jade for a Dharma Form Puppet.
  • True Person De Feng found Wen Rong asleep the next day, and Wen Rong discovered curse-blood specks had fouled his protective talismans and that he was struggling to stay awake.

Ch. 606Crimson Sky Establishes a Manor, Opening Pure Clarity

Fu Dange, Fu Xueke, and Fu Baitang completed Red Abyss’s mountain-path trial and entered the sect’s tutelage, while Fu Henghua was invited to lecture on the Dao. After establishing Supreme Clarity Peak and announcing his lecture, Heng Hua left Red Abyss eager to learn from him and to seek aid for the growing threat beneath the Earth Abyss.

  • Bu Xuan and the Red Abyss elders learned that Wen Rong had been cursed, and Song Yuan set out for the battlefield to rescue him.
  • Fu Dange comprehended the Coiling Mountain Path’s record of Red Abyss history, while Fu Xueke found insight in mountain-and-water arts and Fu Baitang persevered up the path.
  • Fu Hengua helped Fu Baitang and the other two complete their trial, and the elders arranged for Fu Dange to study under Wang Yu, Fu Xueke under Tian Shishan, and Fu Baitang under Wen Rong.
  • Shan Lingqing invited Fu Henghua to lecture, and Heng Hua agreed to teach the Great Scarlet Scripture and the Seventy-Two Earthly Baleful Arts.
  • Fu Henghua transformed a barren peak into Supreme Clarity Peak and announced that he would lecture there the next morning.
  • Bu Xuan celebrated the new paths and talents Fu Henghua had brought to Red Abyss, then resolved to press him to prepare the Five-Colored Stone against the Demon God’s Mouth.

Ch. 607Refining Yin and Yang Beneath Supreme Clarity Peak

Fu Henghua lectured Red Abyss disciples on the Great Scarlet Scripture, cultivation methods, Earthly Fiend arts, and Donglai Dao arts, drawing attention to his profound attainments and helping several suppressed outer disciples refine their foundations. As his lecture turned toward yin-yang methods, Shan Lingqing realized Fu Henghua was secretly promoting the Grand Mystery Heavenly Scripture, while a separate battle ambush against Song Yuan failed.

  • Shan Lingqing and other Red Abyss cultivators gathered beneath Supreme Clarity Peak to hear Fu Henghua lecture, and Fu Henghua appeared with natural heavenly phenomena that astonished the sect's elders.
  • Fu Henghua explained the Great Scarlet Dao Fruit and a data-based method for deriving personalized Great Scarlet cultivation methods, which Dongfang Changyun and a few other outer disciples began applying.
  • Song Yuan survived an ambush by the Wukong Incarnation and the Four Dharma Demon Lord, regenerated his severed arm through his natal immortal mountain, and recognized how the mountain preserved his body and vitality.
  • Fu Henghua's explanation of the Heart Mountain helped Dongfang Changyun cleanse and reinforce his foundation, though Wang He could not secretly pass him the Foundation Establishment method after Bu Xuan intervened.
  • Fu Henghua lectured on Earthly Fiend divine abilities and then introduced Donglai Dao arts, shifting from the Five Elements to yin-yang methods and manifesting a Taiji Diagram.
  • Shan Lingqing recognized Fu Henghua's yin-yang lecture as a covert promotion of the Grand Mystery Heavenly Scripture and raged as Bu Xuan rushed toward Supreme Clarity Peak.

Ch. 608The Crimson Abyss First Patriarch Appears in the Mortal World

Fu Henghua lectured on Dao arts at Supreme Clarity Peak, drawing the Crimson Abyss elders’ suspicion before his Pure Clarity Realm manifested their Founding Patriarch. The next day, he taught Foundation Establishment methods, turned disciples’ tribulations into treasures, and again called forth the Patriarch’s projection.

  • Fu Henghua explained yin-yang Dao arts from several lineages, prompting the hidden Tribulation Immortals to recognize familiar Taixuan methods and suppress their anger as disciples benefited.
  • After the lecture, Fu Henghua fled into the Star Origin Hall and used his Pure Clarity Realm to block the pursuing elders, who saw the Crimson Abyss First Patriarch manifested inside Great Scarlet Palace.
  • The following morning, Fu Henghua limited the lecture to three thousand attendees and denied knowing about either the Patriarch’s manifestation or the Taixuan Dao Art.
  • Fu Henghua taught nine Foundation Establishment methods, helping Dongfang Changyun and other disciples break through.
  • Fu Henghua seized the disciples’ tribulation clouds and refined them into spirit treasures, then expanded the Pure Clarity Realm until the Founding Patriarch’s projection appeared to hear his lecture on the Great Scarlet Dao Fruit.

Ch. 609I Understand Red Abyss Better Than You (Seven Thousand Words)

Fu Henghua’s sermon revealed Dao projections in the Pure Clarity Realm, and he used a stumbling Creation technique to preserve a spiritually awakened stone. When Red Abyss disciples challenged his Yin-Yang teachings, he argued that mountains were the cosmic pillar separating Yin and Yang, convincing Gongsun Qing'a that Twin Swallows Peak had a distinct orthodox path.

  • Fu Henghua showed the audience that the Dao projections in the Pure Clarity Realm were powerless imprints, then used an incomplete Creation art to keep a spiritually awakened stubborn stone from collapsing.
  • Fu Henghua taught the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Arts and Yin-Yang Foundation Establishment methods, prompting Wang He and Bu Xuan to worry that his teachings would undermine the Red Abyss Daoist Sect.
  • Wang He confronted Fu Henghua outside Star Origin Hall, but Dao projections of Wang He’s mother and patriarch appeared, and Gongsun Qing'a arrived to defend the study of Yin-Yang Dao arts at Twin Swallows Peak.
  • Fu Henghua formed a Nine Heavens and Ten Underworlds Panorama and argued that mountains were the cosmic pillar separating clear and turbid, making the Mountain God the Heaven-Opening God.
  • Gongsun Qing'a recognized Fu Henghua’s conception as a distinct path for Twin Swallows Peak and declared his lineage the orthodox Crimson Abyss tradition before promising that its disciples would attend the next lecture.

Ch. 610Pure Clarity's Main Dao Transformed into Myriad Forms

Fu Henghua’s three-day lectures left the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect divided over whether to study the Supreme Profound Dao, while his teachings earned him merit and awakened a stone sprite. After suffering backlash while exploring the connection between Supreme Clarity and Yin-Yang, he sent his insights to Li Pu, who saw a way to resolve his school’s internal divisions.

  • Fu Henghua told Fu Xuange that he had taught the Red Abyss group to gain virtuous fortune and observe how they responded to the Supreme Profound Dao.
  • Shan Lingqing and the elders confirmed that Yin-Yang and Creation methods could both help them comprehend the Yueshen Dao Fruit, deepening disagreement between Wang He and Bu Xuan over whether to study the Grand Mystery Heavenly Scripture.
  • At his third lecture, Fu Henghua taught the Great Scarlet Golden Core method and demonstrated divine powers, while Gongsun Qing'a urged Twin Swallows Peak’s disciples to preserve the Supreme Profound Dao teachings.
  • After the lecture, Red Abyss’s Tribulation Immortals confiscated and erased records of the Yin-Yang methods, prompting Gongsun Qing'a to denounce them before a merit-infused sprite emerged from a stubborn stone.
  • Fu Henghua entered seclusion, suffered backlash while contemplating Supreme Clarity and Yin-Yang, and sent his insights to his mirror friend on Heavenly Eye Continent.
  • Li Pu read Fu Henghua’s insights and concluded that a unified Supreme Clarity Dao God could help settle divisions within his school.
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