Recaps

Xiao Jin helped the Mercenary Guild expand and strengthen its leadership before the Wind Thunder Pavilion attacked. Heavenly Fire Venerable defeated the invading leaders, and Liu Ling ordered Xiao Jin to pursue the fleeing survivors while protecting a woman from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Xiao Jin defeated Granny Xuan Hua and Yan Luotian, then forced the Mulan Three Elders to surrender and contribute the Three Beasts Savage Art to the Mercenary Guild.
• Xiao Jin returned to the Misty Cloud Sect with Qing Lin, and Gu He helped Qing Lin reach the Dou Emperor level before she joined Liu Ling’s guild as its second vice president.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable accepted the position of Grand Elder, and the Mercenary Guild expanded across the surrounding nations as the Wind Thunder Pavilion decided to attack it.
• Venerable Thunder and Venerable Yellow Springs gathered more than forty Dou Zong experts and led their forces toward Scarlet Cliff Fortress, where Liu Ling assembled the guild’s defenders and allies.
• The invaders broke the fortress barrier, but Heavenly Fire Venerable confronted Venerable Thunder and Venerable Yellow Springs, driving Yellow Springs away and defeating Thunder.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable killed Venerable Thunder after learning that the Wind Thunder Pavilion served the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, then warned Liu Ling to leave the clan’s woman unharmed.
• The South and West Pavilion masters and Tian Lei Zi fled, and Liu Ling ordered Xiao Jin to stop them as Xiao Jin struck the first two with golden sword qi and pursued Tian Lei Zi with Golden Phantom.

Liu Ling strengthened the Mercenary Guild while Xiao Yi Xian built the Heavenly Poison Sect and defeated Ice River Valley’s leaders. After discovering powerful survivors beneath the valley, Gu He rescued Xiao Yi Xian and brought her to the Nine-Colored Realm, where she advanced rapidly in cultivation.

• Liu Ling defeated the Wind Thunder Pavilion leaders, imposed terms on the survivors, and raised the Mercenary Guild to a first-rate faction.
• Xiao Yi Xian confronted Ice Venerable in Xuantian City, defeated him and Tian Shuangzi, and established the Heavenly Poison Sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian took over Ice River Valley and, with Gu He and Little Silver, entered the sealed Ice River Tomb to explore the Black Water Cold Lake.
• Gu He and Xiao Yi Xian discovered preserved powerful corpses, then awakened Bing Kuang, Ice River Valley’s seventh Valley Master, and another Battle Saint.
• Gu He sent Xiao Yi Xian to safety and destroyed his projection to stop Bing Kuang and the Martial Ancestor from pursuing her.
• Gu He rescued Xiao Yi Xian and Little Silver, took them to the Nine-Colored Realm, and advised Xiao Yi Xian to avoid Ice River Valley’s experts.
• Gu He transferred cultivation to Xiao Yi Xian, raising her from Four-star to early Seven-star Dou Zun, and gained forty-nine years of cultivation from the system.

Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Poison Sect and helped the Mercenary Guild prepare to expand into the Central Plains, while the Soul Hall uncovered Ice River Valley’s hidden experts. The arc left Hun Miesheng and Bing Yu locked in battle as Gu He watched from afar.

• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, reunited with Yun Yun and Little Yu Chen, and later visited the Poison Sect to support Hua An’s plans for the Mercenary Guild.
• Gu He investigated Ice River Valley, but Bing Kuang and Bing Li killed Mo Yu, Qiu Di, and the Great Heavenly Venerate when Soul Hall forces excavated beneath the ice.
• Gu He broke through to Three-star Battle Saint and told Gu You to leave Ice River Valley alone, while Xiao Yi Xian ordered the Poison Sect to support the Mercenary Guild and manage the Poison Sage Ruins.
• Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Liu Ling and Qing Lin, reassured Liu Ling about the Central Plains, and helped him decide to establish the Mercenary Guild in its Northern Region.
• Hun Miesheng led the Soul Hall to Ice River Valley, where Bing Li drew on the Black Water Cold Lake and fought him after reaching the peak of Four-star Battle Saint.
• Hun Miesheng revealed his Five-star Battle Saint strength and wounded Bing Li, but Bing Yu arrived and took over the fight.
• Bing Yu struck Hun Miesheng with a black axe, and Hun Miesheng answered with Soul Burial Technique before a final black line pierced the mist and wounded Bing Yu.

Liu Ling expanded the Mercenary Guild and strengthened his ties with Gu He, while Gu He turned the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s search for him into a chance to control one of its elders. He then seized control of the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master and headed to the Corpse Burial Mountain Range, where figures emerged inside the Black Giant Hall.

• Bing Yu stopped Bing Kuang from pursuing the wounded Hun Miesheng, while Gu He decided to destroy the Human Hall and seize its Soul Origin after Gu You departed.
• Liu Ling hosted a Northern Region banquet, recruited Bai Changshou by reviving Bai Changming, and expanded the Mercenary Guild across the region.
• Gu He transmitted cultivation energy to Liu Ling, who rose to Five-star Dou Zun, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin also advanced.
• Liu Ling accepted the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s request to investigate Gu He, then secretly gave Gu He the clan’s Spatial Jade Slip.
• Gu He and Zi Yan summoned Crimson Phoenix, defeated and bound her, then sent her back to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan as his controlled agent.
• Gu He and Zi Yan ambushed the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master with Gu You, captured his soul, and bound him using the Ancient Puppet Seed Art.
• Gu He read the Vice Hall Master’s memories, ordered him to recover and return to the Earth Hall, then traveled alone to the Corpse Burial Mountain Range.
• Gu He concealed the Human Hall beneath a larger spatial barrier and saw more than a dozen black-mist figures rise inside the Black Giant Hall.