Recaps

Heng Hua freed the Heart Ape from Five Elements Mountain and traveled with Zhou Xiao and their companions to Sword-Sealing Island, where they arrived to observe Four-Sights Mountain Hermit's tribulation. The chapter left Heng Hua heading to Four Scenery Mountain Crossing after meeting Du Huaiyuan.

• Heng Hua broke apart Five Elements Mountain, released the Heart Ape, and watched it defeat the Shadowwind Tiger with the reforged Golden Cudgel.
• Heng Hua discussed the Six Thieves and the coming journey to Firegate Island with Zhou Xiao, who hoped to learn from Four-Sights Mountain Hermit's Thunder Tribulation.
• The White Dragon Ship crossed the Flame Waters, passed Nine Suns Island, and reached Sword-Sealing Island.
• Heng Hua treated Fu Zigui's fire-poison damage, gave him a Heart-Calming Formula, and advised him on using the Sky Hound's power to break through.
• Heng Hua met Du Huaiyuan, declined to discuss the trading house's dividends, and said he had come to observe Four-Sights Mountain Hermit's tribulation.
• Heng Hua left the main hall and headed for Four Scenery Mountain Crossing.

Fu Henghua and his companions visited Four Scenery Mountain Crossing and learned how the Four Scenery Elder planned to survive his tribulation by having disciples defeat incarnations tied to the four arts. As the tribulation began, Heng Hua watched from Sword-Sealing Island while Fu Yaozhen and the other disciples faced the test.

• Fu Yaozhen led Fu Henghua, Fu Xuanxing, and Zhou Xiao around Wind Zither Terrace, Chess Blossom Valley, Snowscript Peak, and Moon-Painting Lake, where they judged the disciples’ ability to challenge the Four Scenery Elder’s incarnations.
• Fu Henghua explained that the Four Scenery Elder would use the mountain as a barrier against heavenly lightning, then rely on disciples to defeat four incarnations and erase his soul-consciousness imprint.
• Fu Yaozhen said she could barely defeat the zither incarnation, while the chess disciples planned to challenge the Elder as a team and a Golden Core cultivator would assist with painting.
• Fu Henghua told Xiaoyu to protect Fu Yaozhen and several zither cultivators during the tribulation, warning that Four Scenery Tower might fall apart if the Elder failed.
• On the nineteenth day of the tenth month, Fu Henghua watched from Sword-Sealing Island as thunderclouds gathered over Four Scenery Tower and the tribulation began.

As the Four Scenery Elder’s Thunder Tribulation battered Four Scenery Mountain Crossing, Fu Henghua watched the four inheritors confront the elder’s obsessions with zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Fu Yaozhen suppressed the zither obsession, but the chess challenge remained unresolved, so Ji Mingfeng asked Henghua to seek help from the cultivators at Erlong Ravine.

• The mountain-guarding formation absorbed and deflected the Thunder Tribulation while Henghua estimated how long it could hold and considered the Fu Family’s virtuous merit and fortune.
• Zhou Xiao watched Ji Yunshu contest the calligraphy incarnation, spirit painters struggle to capture the Water Moon, and chess masters face the flower-shadow incarnation.
• Fu Yaozhen played Summoning Wind and Thunder, combined it with Henghua’s Zhen and Xun trigrams, and suppressed the Four Scenery Elder’s zither obsession without destroying it.
• Several chess masters were suppressed by the Heaven-and-Earth Exquisite Game, until three mad chess players weakened the flower shadow; the expelled Ji Yun arrived and challenged his master for control of Four Scenery Tower.
• Ji Mingfeng defeated Ji Yun, gave Henghua an Erlong Ravine Landscape Painting, and urged him to ask the two cultivators at Erlong Ravine to help break the chess game.

Heng Hua helped resolve the four artistic obsessions at Four Scenery Mountain Ferry, allowing Duan Sijing to overcome his tribulation and become a Fourth-Turn Golden Core Tribulation Immortal. As the lightning dispersed, Four Scenery Elder offered to take Heng Hua as his disciple in chess.

• Heng Hua entered Four Scenery Mountain Ferry ahead of a Thunder Beast, while Ji Yun followed him inside.
• Heng Hua traveled between the four sites as Ji Yun, Fu Yaozhen, Ji Mingfeng, and True Person Ye Long worked to free Duan Sijing from the chess, zither, painting, and calligraphy obsessions.
• At Chess Blossom Valley, Heng Hua used his Constellation Chess Game and projected memories of Kaiyang Zi and Luo Shenkong to overcome the chess obsession.
• Ji Yunshu, Ji Mingfeng, and Fu Yaozhen resolved the remaining obsessions, and Duan Sijing's tribulation ended.
• Duan Sijing's Origin Core swallowed the Thunder Beasts and thunderbirds as he attained the Fourth-Turn Golden Core realm, and Heng Hua recorded the event.
• Four Scenery Elder appeared before Heng Hua and offered to teach him chess if Heng Hua accepted him as his master.

Heng Hua explored Four Scenery Tower’s Scripture Library, copied its books, and found an empty redwood box resembling his mother’s dowry chest. As he set out for Firegate Island with Fu Yaozhen and Ji Mingfeng, the Six Desires Demon Pearl stirred, unsettling both Heng Hua and Ji Mingfeng.

• Duan Sijing repaired Mountain Ferry, brought Ji Mingfeng into Four Scenery Tower, and let Heng Hua use the Scripture Library.
• Fu Yaozhen guided Heng Hua through the library, where he copied its books into the Divine Luo Heavenly Tome and found an empty redwood box like his mother’s chest.
• Duan Sijing said the box came from the ruins of the Golden Rain Immortal Palace, while Ji Mingfeng insisted his debt to Duan Sijing was settled and left Four Scenery Tower.
• Ji Mingfeng joined Heng Hua and Fu Yaozhen on their journey toward Firegate Island, saying he had business with the Divine Moon Sect and connections to the Zhu Family.
• Fu Xuanxing suppressed the stirring Six Desires Demon Pearl with Separation Flame, while Heng Hua and Ji Mingfeng sensed its demonic energy and tried to conceal their unease.

Fu Henghua sent Lord Jin to meet the Dragon Girl, a kind-hearted castaway who had spent thirty years rescuing people in the Flame Waters, and arranged for her to cultivate. The Dragon Girl carried the White Dragon Ship toward Yanlong, where her presence triggered a strange reaction in Fu Xuanxing and led Heng Hua to question the boy's origins and reflect on Fu Tongjun's lack of bloodline talent.

• Fu Xuanxing struggled to steer the White Dragon Ship after the Six Desires Demon Pearl trapped most of the crew in the Heavenly Demon Illusory Realm, and Heng Hua emerged from seclusion to reassure him that help would come.
• Lord Jin recalled meeting the Dragon Girl, who had rescued people in the Flame Waters for thirty years while living alone on an Immovable Reef.
• Heng Hua learned the Dragon Girl's past, taught her a cultivation method through Lord Jin, and helped Lord Jin calm its restless thoughts with a trace of Dao Virtue.
• The Dragon Girl carried the White Dragon Ship toward Yanlong and swallowed a jade slip Heng Hua threw to her, while Fu Xuanxing's Separation Flame and golden left pupil briefly appeared at the sight of her.
• Heng Hua questioned Fu Xuanxing about his reaction to the Dragon Girl and discussed Fu Tongjun's lack of bloodline talent, prompting Fu Xuanxing to suggest that her hostility had come from fighting for dignity.

Fu Tongjun reflected on her rivalry with Fu Henghua and set out with Fu Liuhui, while Heng Hua and his companions dispelled a Heavenly Demon illusion realm aboard the White Dragon Ship. Ji Mingfeng confronted questions about his past-life identity, then departed toward the Southern Region as the others continued toward Firegate Island.

• Fu Tongjun recalled how she had striven to surpass Fu Henghua, then invited Fu Liuhui to travel with her and look for Fu Xuanxing.
• Heng Hua, Ji Mingfeng, Fu Yaozhen, and another companion joined forces to dispel the Heavenly Demon illusion realm surrounding the White Dragon Ship.
• The group rested on Coldfire Island, where Heng Hua examined Yanlong's fortunes and Fu Yaozhen sensed a change in the Southern Region.
• Ji Mingfeng saw a vision of a palace and demonic cultivators, then asked Heng Hua whether someone who recovered past-life memories remained the same person.
• Heng Hua answered Ji Mingfeng with the example of replacing parts of the White Dragon Ship, and Ji Mingfeng laughed before flying away toward the southern route.
• Heng Hua and Fu Xuanxing wondered at Ji Mingfeng's direction, then continued toward Firegate Island.

Fu Henghua used his Constellation Chess Game to turn the Southern Region’s devils and water demons against one another while his companions trained. The group reached the Zhu Family’s territory, where Heng Hua recognized that Firegate Island faced a flood dragon attack and prepared to help.

• Xiaoyu asked Fu Henghua about the past two days, and he told her about meeting and enlightening the dragon maiden.
• Fu Henghua revealed that his chessboard let him manipulate fates and arrange for water demons to attack the Demon Palace’s cultivators, while he used a self-made meteor to stop one from escaping.
• A Golden Core Cultivator’s pressure cracked the chessboard, but a golden piece appeared and restored it; Heng Hua explained that Senior Duan had stopped Ji Yun from reaching him.
• Fu Xuanxing and Hengshou left the ship to fight water demons and devil cultivators while Fu Henghua guided their training through the chessboard.
• Upon entering the Zhu Family’s core territory, Fu Henghua warned the group that a Flood Dragon King was preparing to attack Firegate Island and said they needed to help the Zhu Family.

Yu Luan reached the Dragonreach Waters and joined Heng Hua’s defenders on Rainclear Islet as water demons and Blood Demon Hall cultivators closed in. The attack began, and Fu Xuanxing confronted the water demons’ half-demons while Heng Hua held the northern route.

• Yu Luan was attacked by Blood Demon Hall cultivators while flying over the Dragonreach Waters, but Fu Xuanxing and Hengshou rescued her and Xiaoyu brought her to Rainclear Islet.
• Yu Luan gave Heng Hua a jade bottle containing a snowflake and agreed to help defend the island; Heng Hua assigned her and Zhou Xiao to guard the western route.
• Heng Hua set up a chessboard to track the battle as the water demons and demonic cultivators began attacking Rainclear Islet.
• Xiaoyu explained that the frogmen, fishmen, and snake demons were half-demons created through forbidden methods, and Fu Xuanxing killed them with a sweeping sword strike.
• Xiaoyu used the Cloud Tide Flask to collect the carp demons, while Hengshou and Fu Xuanxing fought the other attackers as more water demons swarmed ashore.

Fu Henghua and his allies fought off water demons and Blood Demon Hall attackers while Fu Yaozhen concealed her fear of a future in which he became a Demon Emperor. Jin Xian'e arrived to help, but warned that nine Flood Dragon Kings threatened the Zhu Family in the Southern Region.

• Fu Yaozhen used her zither to heal and empower the western-route fighters, while Heng Hua killed three Peak Mystic Womb demons with his improved Five Elements Mountain Method.
• Zhou Xiao fought eight Blood Demon Hall cultivators, and Heng Hua trapped three demon cultivators in a mirror realm before turning them into puppets to aid Fu Xuanxing's group.
• Fu Yaozhen recalled visions of Heng Hua becoming a Demon Emperor and explained that she had altered events to reduce the chance of that future and keep everyone alive until they reached Firegate Island.
• Jin Xian'e and a black-robed companion arrived and forced the hidden Golden Core demon cultivators back, but Jin Xian'e revealed that nine Flood Dragon Kings threatened the Zhu Family.

Heng Hua learned that a Nine Dragons Stirring the Sea Formation threatened the Southern Region and prepared a way to counter it while helping Sun Zhuoyun break his curse. As the group reached Scarlet Sun Island, demonic cultivators and a deep-water jellyfish attacked, but a White Dragon Horse arrived and drove the water demon back.

• Heng Hua identified the nine formation eyes as the group learned that the Nine Dragons Stirring the Sea Formation could help the water demons overwhelm the Zhu Family.
• Heng Hua used three Taiyin talismans to dispel Sun Zhuoyun’s curse, and Sun Zhuoyun gave him the Dragon-Subduing Golden Needle Method.
• Heng Hua and Fu Xuanxing designed nine Dragon-Subduing pillars and made a diagram to persuade the Zhu Family to receive them on Scarlet Sun Island.
• The Flood Dragon King attacked the White Dragon Ship, and Sun Zhuoyun used his flying swords to drive it back as the Zhu Family hesitated to help the approaching group.
• Three Blood Demon cultivators attacked Jin Xian’e and Zhou Xiao while a Peach Blossom Jellyfish assaulted the ship, and Heng Hua stopped Fu Xuanxing from leaping into the water.
• A White Dragon Horse struck the jellyfish with lightning, forced it to retreat, and then charged at the three demonic cultivators.

Fu Henghua brought the Zhu Family a plan to counter the Nine Dragons Stirring the Sea Formation and sought Millennial Flint Essence in exchange. With the Zhu Family facing hidden Demon Palace attackers and a three-day window created by snowfall, the two sides began negotiating, and Zhu Zhenghe offered access to Flame Valley if they accepted Fu Henghua’s plan.

• The White Dragon Horse arrived, reunited with Fu Xuanxing, and explained to Fu Henghua why he had returned late from their earlier rescue mission.
• Fu Henghua used a snowflake from the Immortal Algae Palace to freeze demons across the surrounding islands and announced that he had come to help the Zhu Family.
• Zhu Zhenghe revealed that Zhu Old Devil had infiltrated Firegate Island and wounded Zhu Zhengming, while the Zhu Family still could not locate the hidden Demon Palace cultivators.
• Fu Henghua presented the Golden Pillars Subduing Dragon Diagram and offered to exchange it for three pieces of Millennial Flint Essence, warning that the snowfall would last only until the twenty-fifth.
• Zhu Zhenghe offered the group a chance to search Flame Valley for Flint Essences if the Zhu Family chose Fu Henghua’s plan.

The Zhu Family agreed to trade the Crimson Origin Golden Register and Flint Essence with Fu Henghua’s group, while the Mysterious Bright Demon Palace debated the Jiang bloodline’s claim to Emperor Jiang’s Treasury. The hall masters learned that Fu Henghua’s abandoned-infant daughter was heading to Demon-Subduing Cliff with a girl who might claim Gu Demon’s inheritance.

• Zhu Zhengxiong reported that the Fire Spirit saw equal fortune and misfortune in the plan, and Zhu Zhengming eventually agreed to proceed with caution.
• Zhu Zhenghe instructed Ziheng to have Fu Henghua sign a contract and supervise the refinement of the nine Dragon-Escaping Pillars, then bring him to Flame Valley at dawn.
• The Blood Demon Hall Master revealed that he had obtained the Heavenly Demon Treasury and was using its resources to prepare for his tribulation.
• The hall masters argued over whether Emperor Jiang’s descendant should inherit the Profound Palace and the Profound Radiance True Canon, while the Blood Demon and Seven Kills Hall Masters opposed the Jiang bloodline’s return.
• The Mystic Feminine Hall Master suggested that Wujian might return, and the hall masters considered how his return could affect the Profound Palace.
• Shadow Demon reported that Fu Henghua’s abandoned-infant daughter had gone to Demon-Subduing Cliff with a girl who might obtain Gu Demon’s inheritance, prompting the hall masters to react with alarm.

Ji Mingfeng destroyed Demon-Subduing Cliff, triggering the Seven-Star Formation and restoring his memories as Wujian Hall Master while Fu Tongjun claimed the Gu Demon inheritance. The seven stars bestowed Demon Emperor Destinies and marks on several people, leaving Fu Tongjun worried about Fu Henghua at Firegate Island.

• The Mysterious Bright Demon Palace discovered that Fu Henghua might become a demon, and Zhang Yue foresaw him destroying the thirteen halls and turning the hall masters into monsters.
• Fu Tongjun and Fu Liuhui met Ji Mingfeng at Demon-Subduing Cliff, where he combined sea maps to tear open the cliff and reveal a Gu King beneath its bones.
• Ji Mingfeng explained that the cliff was one of seven sites in the Seven-Star Demon Suppression formation, and Fu Tongjun fought the Gu King for its inheritance.
• The Seven Northern Dipper Stars shone, shifting the fortunes of the immortal and demon paths and granting seven Demon Emperor Destinies.
• Ji Mingfeng recovered his memories as Wujian Hall Master, while Fu Tongjun killed the Gu King and gained a purple mark; Ji Mingfeng gained a green scroll mark.
• At Firegate Island, Fu Henghua noticed a blue mark on his hand and complained that it was ugly.

Heng Hua and Fu Xuanxing entered Flame Valley to cast a spell and destroy the Heavenly Demon Six-Desires Pearl, while Fu Yaozhen helped the Zhu Family repel a water demon assault. In the valley, Liu Yuli and Hall Master Zhu confronted Heng Hua, who summoned Heavenly Demon puppets and resisted the pearl’s influence; Hall Master Zhu then offered him the next Heavenly Sage Hall Master position.

• Heng Hua and Fu Xuanxing entered Flame Valley in fire-repelling robes and followed a summoned Nuo flame toward the central fire pool.
• Heng Hua used his own lifespan to cast the Fire Register and create artificial fire spirits, then replenished the lost life force through his cultivation.
• Three flood dragons led a water demon army against Firegate Island, while Fu Yaozhen used her Spirit Sight to help Zhu Zhenghe defend the islands and protect Xiaoyu and Hengshou.
• Heng Hua and Fu Xuanxing reached the fire pool, where Liu Yuli and Hall Master Zhu appeared and disrupted Heng Hua’s Nuo fire.
• Heng Hua summoned Sha Ming and two other Heavenly Demon puppets to attack Liu Yuli, then used the Spirit-Suppressing Treasure Jade to resist the Six-Desires Pearl’s evil aura.
• Hall Master Zhu offered Heng Hua the position of the next Heavenly Sage Hall Master if he joined his sect.

Fu Henghua used the Return Heaven, Turn Sun Talisman to rewind Flame Valley by an hour, then faced Hall Master Zhu and Liu Yuli with the Heavenly Demon Six-Desires Pearl. After revealing that he had recognized the pearl as a sentient Black Artifact, he struck it and cast it into the fire pool, leaving its fate uncertain.

• The Shadow Demon Hall Master and Liu Yuli attacked Fu Henghua and Fu Xuanxing while Hall Master Zhu battled Zhu Zhengming and the Totem Spirit.
• Fu Xuanxing activated the Return Heaven, Turn Sun Talisman, reversing Flame Valley by an hour and trapping the Shadow Demon Hall Master outside its boundary.
• Remembering the previous turn, Zhu Zhengming protected Fu Henghua and Fu Xuanxing as Fu Henghua cultivated the Heavenly Demon Myriad Mysteries Codex and fought Hall Master Zhu and Liu Yuli.
• Fu Henghua used the Profound Radiance True Canon to drain Liu Yuli's Heavenly Demon qi while Zhu Zhengming and the Totem Spirit fought Hall Master Zhu.
• Fu Henghua cast the Heavenly Demon Six-Desires Pearl into the fire pool and struck it with the Myriad Illusory Heavenly Demon Finger, revealing that he had known it was a sentient Black Artifact.

Fu Henghua was dragged into the Six Desires Pearl’s Heavenly Demon Illusory Realm, where his overwhelming arrogance manifested as Sumeru Heart Mountain and helped him form the Unfettered Heavenly Demon Golden Core. Hall Master Zhu escaped the realm, then seized Fu Xuanxing as leverage, only to discover the Dragon-Subduing Sword on him.

• Fu Yaozhen directed Scarlet Sun Island’s defense as demonic qi erupted from Firegate Island and earthquakes shook the surrounding waters.
• Fu Xuanxing sealed the fire pool with Separation Flame Fist and Yin-Yang Astral Wind, then jumped in and glimpsed Fu Henghua atop a demon mountain.
• Fu Henghua’s demonic nature suppressed the Six Desires Pearl spirit, Hall Master Zhu, and Liu Yuli as he transformed the realm into Transformation-at-Ease Heaven and formed the Unfettered Heavenly Demon Golden Core.
• Hall Master Zhu escaped the Desire Realm, returned to the fire pool, and grabbed Fu Xuanxing to take him to the Divine Temple.
• The Shadow Demon Hall Master tried to warn Hall Master Zhu, whose captive Fu Xuanxing released sharp Sword Qi and revealed the Dragon-Subduing Sword.

Fu Henghua broke free of the Transformation-at-Ease Demon Realm by confronting his arrogance, then fought Liu Yuli with his Five Elements arts and a sword formation. As Henghua’s strongest technique began stripping away Liu Yuli’s demonic core, Fu Xuanxing feared the battle would destroy Flame Valley and the Eternal Firestone.

• Hall Master Zhu and the Shadow Demon Hall Master abandoned their attack on Firegate Island, then joined Zhu Zhengming in responding to a golden bamboo shoot that revealed the Yansheng Dragon King’s Divine Sense.
• In the Transformation-at-Ease Demon Realm, Fu Henghua reflected on his arrogance, shattered his Heavenly Demon Golden Core, and collapsed Sumeru Heart Mountain with the Five Elements Mountain Method.
• Henghua learned that Liu Yuli had delivered the Heavenly Demon Myriad Transformations Scripture to Coiling Dragon Island and gave him a chance to survive three attacks.
• Henghua’s first two attacks wiped out Liu Yuli’s summoned demons and struck him with the Five Elements Mountain, but Liu Yuli endured them with his Golden Core.
• Henghua formed the Five Elements Demon-Slaying Sword Formation and began shaving strands of black mist from Liu Yuli’s demonic core, while Fu Xuanxing warned that Flame Valley and the Eternal Firestone were in danger.

Fu Henghua killed Liu Yuli by destroying his Yin Spirit, advanced to the fifth level of Foundation Establishment, and forged twelve zodiac rings while the Fu and Zhu families fought the water demons. Fu Xuanxing drew the Dragon-Subduing Sword to slay a golden dragon, and Hall Master Zhu revealed that the Demon Emperor Destiny belonged to the Mysterious Subtle Sect boy, not Fu Henghua.

• Heng Hua trapped Liu Yuli in the Five-Element Sword Formation and destroyed his Yin Spirit, keeping his Heavenly Demon Golden Core.
• Fu Xiangfeng brought reinforcements and offered the Zhu Family the Spirit Realm Formation, while Fu Henghua entered the True Fire Realm and advanced to the fifth level of Foundation Establishment.
• Fu Henghua burned a fish dragon, forged twelve zodiac rings from Black Artifacts, and refined them with Liu Yuli's Golden Core.
• Fu Xuanxing drew the Dragon-Subduing Sword and killed the golden dragon, while Fu Danwei's stored sword strike warned the Dragon King against sending another Divine Sense.
• Zhang Yue claimed Fu Henghua possessed the Demon Emperor Destiny, but Hall Master Zhu corrected him and identified the Mysterious Subtle Sect boy as its bearer.

After the battle, Fu Xuanxing’s Dragon-Subduing Sword and Demon Emperor Mark drew the Fu siblings’ attention, while Fu Henghua concealed the marks on him and Fu Tongjun. The group agreed to consult their elders, then Fu Henghua and Fu Xuanxing went to oversee the Zhu Family’s Dragon-Escaping Pillar and retrieve the Eternal Firestone.

• Fu Yaozhen saved Fu Xuanxing from falling into the water and recognized the Demon Emperor Mark on his hand as the mark he had taken from Fu Henghua.
• Fu Xiangfeng and the others examined the Dragon-Subduing Sword, and Fu Henghua reasoned that his father and grandfather had placed it in the Southern Bright Li Fire Sword Scabbard to nurture it.
• Fu Tongjun revealed her and Fu Liuhui’s encounter at Demon-Subduing Cliff, and Fu Yaozhen used Spirit Sight to see possible Demon Emperor forms for Fu Xuanxing and Fu Tongjun.
• Fu Henghua concealed the Demon Emperor Marks on Fu Xuanxing and Fu Tongjun, and the group agreed not to spread word of them before consulting their elders.
• Xiaoyu told Fu Henghua that the Zhu Family had invited them to oversee the Dragon-Escaping Pillar’s forging, so Fu Henghua left with Fu Xuanxing to retrieve the Eternal Firestone.

Fu Henghua used Fu Xuanxing’s immortal-fire sword sheath and his own deductions to find eight Eternal Firestones in Flame Valley, giving three to the Zhu Family. He then sold Flame Valley stones as Divination Stones on Firegate Island, where his fortune-telling drew a crowd after one cultivator broke through to Foundation Establishment.

• Zhu Lixing led Fu Henghua, Fu Xuanxing, Xiaoyu, and Hengshou into the Zhu Family’s artifact-refining pool, where the family was forging Dragon-Escaping Pillars using the Dragon-Subduing Spirit Restriction Fu Henghua had provided.
• Fu Henghua cast fortune-enhancing spells on Fu Xuanxing and used the Nanquan Divine Fire in his sword sheath to locate Millennial Flint Essence among Flame Valley’s rocks.
• Fu Henghua’s group searched Flame Valley, finding ordinary Flint Essence Stones and eight Eternal Firestones; Fu Henghua kept five and gave three to Zhu Lixing’s family.
• Fu Henghua set up a Divination Stones stall on Firegate Island, selling stones and offering divinations while Zhu Lixing helped attract customers in exchange for a share of the profits.
• A customer opened a stone containing flint, then received Fu Henghua’s guidance and broke through from the ninth layer of Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, drawing an excited crowd.

Fu Henghua visited Vermilion Sun Hall, where he recognized the Zhu Family’s outdated Great Fire Calendar and avoided being drawn into improving it. As the Zhu Family captured the nine Flood Dragons to refine a treasure, Yansheng Dragon King sent two aides to find a red-clad youth bearing the aura of his race, and Henghua encountered an old man and a child seeking a cultivation method.

• Fu Henghua sold his Divination Stones, earned Bright Moon Pearls, and accepted Zhu Zhengtong’s invitation to Vermilion Sun Hall.
• Zhu Zhengtong showed Fu Henghua the Zhu Family’s Dharma Platform and explained how the family had devised its Great Fire Calendar after the Divine Continent sank.
• Zhu Zhengtong and Fu Henghua discussed Dharma derivation until explosions signaled that Zhu Zhengming had completed the Dragon-Escaping Pillars.
• Yansheng Dragon King ordered the Black Tortoise and Purple Eel to find a red-clad youth with the aura of his race, while the Zhu Family began breaking the Nine Dragons Stirring the Sea Formation.
• Fu Henghua declined to witness the treasure’s refinement and told Hengshou that the Zhu Family wanted his help with its calendar, which he considered outdated.
• An old man and a child arrived seeking Zhu Zhengtong, and Fu Henghua asked whether the elder had come to transmit a cultivation method.

Fu Henghua transferred cultivation to Bao Mufeng and repaired his dantian, revealing his efforts to make amends for his past actions. Tianshu Zi concluded his three-year observation but deferred deciding whether the Heavenly Yi Sect would accept Henghua, just as visitors from the Jade Sage Pavilion arrived.

• Fu Henghua transferred part of a dying elder’s cultivation to the elder’s grandson, then learned from Zhu Zhengtong that claims of harm from such transfers were often used to solicit gifts.
• Fu Xiangfeng brought Fu Henghua to help Bao Lingya transfer his cultivation to Bao Mufeng, and Fu Henghua used Creation True Essence to repair Bao Mufeng’s dantian.
• Tianshu Zi revealed that the Heavenly Yi Sect had watched Fu Henghua for three years to judge his character and had arranged for Bao Mufeng to test whether Henghua would make amends.
• Fu Henghua accepted Tianshu Zi’s jade pendant containing insights into the Nine Mysterious Heavenly One Divination Art, while Tianshu Zi postponed any decision about accepting him as a disciple.
• Tianshu Zi saw cultivators from the Jade Sage Pavilion approaching and asked Fu Henghua whether he would handle them himself.

Fu Henghua punished Jade Sage Pavilion envoys Xu Yue and Feng Yin after Xu Yue insulted him, then rejected their attempt to draw him to the sect. Tianshu Zi offered Henghua a mirror that could help him make a name for himself in Central Heaven.

• Feng Yin and Xu Yue questioned Fu Henghua about the revived Profound Void Sect and presented him with spirit pills as thanks, while Xu Yue repeatedly insulted him.
• Fu Henghua attacked Xu Yue, defeated his techniques, knocked down his cultivation, and forced him to consume the pills; Tianshu Zi and Yu Luan helped bring the confrontation to an end.
• Feng Yin apologized and left with Xu Yue, who proposed using Chang Yue to mediate and lure Henghua to Jade Sage Pavilion.
• Tianshu Zi warned Henghua that Jade Sage Pavilion might try to recruit him and advised him to make a name for himself instead.
• Tianshu Zi gave Henghua a mirror intended to help him connect with Central Heaven and potentially join a major event there.

Fu Henghua entered the Celestial Profound Dao Platform with the mirror Tianshu Zi had given him, shared his cultivation insights, and helped create a new finger technique with other cultivators. He left with Cloud Elixirs and fresh inspiration, while Fang Dongyuan prepared to use the technique in an upcoming Dao battle.

• Fu Henghua explored the Celestial Profound Dao Platform and read cultivation insights, then posted his own Evergreen Scripture method in a public comment.
• Tianshu Zi explained the North Pole True Saint Method and the competing systems of immortal cultivation realms to Bao Mufeng, then taught him the Shattering Star Finger Technique.
• Fu Henghua created the Little Five-Elements Soul-Rending Finger and discussed it with other cultivators under the alias Bodhi.
• Tianshu Zi joined the discussion as Golden Ao, and the group combined their insights to create the Five-Star Celestial Origin Finger Technique, which they listed for twenty Cloud Elixirs.
• Golden Ao sent Fu Henghua one hundred Cloud Elixirs, and Golden Nizi sent him thirty more.
• Fang Dongyuan began cultivating the new finger technique in preparation for the Purple Sovereign Pavilion's Dao battle assessment in three months.