Arc 5The Luo River Rebirth
Zhou Yi joined Dan Ding Sect, took a quiet post at Repentance Cliff, and built ties with fellow disciples while preparing for dangerous assignments. After killing the Luoshui Serpent Demon, he found its hidden spirit land, rebuilt his cultivation over decades, and left the He Family searching the same river for a water demon.
- Zhou Yi entered Dan Ding Sect as an independent cultivator, chose a secluded Cave Estate, and took the Blackwind Cave post at Repentance Cliff.
- Zhou Yi befriended Jiang Kang, studied the Sect Competition and sect factions, and joined Fang Chengfeng’s Purple Cloud Gathering to trade Foundation Establishment Pills for Spirit Stones and an array inheritance.
- After Jiang Kang left the sect, Zhou Yi accepted the long-uncompleted Luoshui Serpent Demon assignment, gathered eight Foundation Establishment cultivators, and lured the demon out with a river god sacrifice.
- Zhou Yi and the other cultivators trapped and killed the serpent demon, then he returned to the Luo River to search for its spirit land and reunited with Yellow Ox.
- Yellow Ox led Zhou Yi to Prime Minister Turtle, who revealed the serpent demon’s hidden Cave Estate, where Zhou Yi built a base and planted spirit herbs.
- Zhou Yi dispersed and rebuilt his cultivation over thirty years, returned to Dan Ding Sect as Zhou Can, and taught Thunder Methods while watching Xiao Tiezhun’s rise.
- Zhou Yi later broke through to Foundation Establishment for the fourth time, while He Dong and the He Family began searching the Luo River after sensing aquatic demon aura.