Recaps

Lin Xuan and his companions found the Danyue Sect's hidden headquarters beneath a lake on an unremarkable island. After revealing a barrier that Zen Master Jinhong identified as the Tiangang Five Elements Array, Jin Yi attacked it despite the master's warning.

• The blond old man and Elder Qiu left their warship to investigate where the Li Family cultivators had disappeared.
• Zen Master Jinhong led Lin Xuan, Jin Yi, and Fairy Mingquan to a small crescent-shaped island and explained that its ordinary appearance concealed the Danyue Sect's secret headquarters.
• Jinhong revealed that the array's entrance lay at the bottom of the lake, and Fairy Mingquan gave Lin Xuan a Water-Avoiding Bead.
• The group descended through the deep lake, where Jinhong struck the rocky lakebed and exposed an azure barrier.
• Jin Yi dismissed the barrier and punched it, ignoring Jinhong's warning.

Lin Xuan and the others tried to break the Tiangang Five Elements Array after brute force failed, following Master Jinhong’s plan to unite the five elements. As they began fusing five carefully balanced balls of vitality, a thunderous boom interrupted them.

• The array produced a Void Shadow that copied Jin Yi’s punch and sent him crashing into a rock.
• Master Jinhong explained that brute force would require a late-stage Dongxuan cultivator and proposed breaking the restriction by uniting the five elements.
• Master Jinhong set up a small formation and gave each cultivator a colored Formation Flag and a Jade Slip containing the incantation.
• Lin Xuan and the others chanted the incantation, drawing five kinds of vitality into matching balls of light.
• The five cultivators sent the balls of light toward one another to begin the fusion, but a thunderous boom sounded.

Lin Xuan and the others broke the restriction guarding the Danyue Sect’s underground treasure vault, while Lin concealed that his Second Nascent Soul had survived. They descended to a trapped stone door, which opened after destroying Fairy Mingquan’s puppet and released a white light that swallowed them.

• An Ancient Beast attacked while the five cultivators were breaking the restriction, and Lin Xuan’s Second Nascent Soul fought it as the others completed the array.
• The five cultivators broke the azure light curtain and revealed bluestone steps; Lin claimed his Second Nascent Soul had perished and accepted the others’ offer of a larger share of the treasure.
• Lin Xuan secretly remained unharmed and pretended to be weak as the group descended into the underground hall.
• Fairy Mingquan sent her Puppet Warrior to push the stone door, but black lightning destroyed it as the door opened.
• White light poured from behind the stone door and swallowed Lin Xuan and the others.

Lin Xuan led the group to search the Danyue Sect’s hidden realm, persuading them to begin with ordinary disciples’ quarters rather than the grandest buildings. Their first search uncovered only low-quality items, leaving the group to continue looking for the sect’s real treasures.

• Lin Xuan and his companions entered an independent space beneath the lake and saw the Danyue Sect’s vast mountain complex.
• Lin Xuan argued that the group should search the ordinary disciples’ residences first, warning that the most conspicuous buildings might be traps.
• Xianmu Yi Lan, Fairy Mingquan, and Zen Master Jinhong agreed to search together, and Jin Yi abandoned his suggestion to split up.
• Fairy Mingquan opened a nearby building, where the group found only plain furnishings and an ordinary meditation cushion.
• The group searched the second floor and found several Ancient Treasures, but they were low-quality items meant for Core Condensation Realm cultivators.

Lin Xuan persuaded the group to keep searching the Danyue Sect’s buildings after the others wanted to leave, and they found three chests in one of them. The first held a fragmentary map, while the second contained five powerful Dharma Treasures and seven top-grade Spirit Stones; the final chest remained unopened.

• Lin Xuan collected the low-value items in the first building after the others declined them.
• Jin Yi argued that the group should stop searching, but Lin Xuan persuaded everyone to continue exploring the buildings.
• The group found three chests beside a stone bed on the second floor of another building.
• The first chest contained a pitch-black Jade Slip that appeared to show a fragment of a map.
• The second chest held five powerful Dharma Treasures and seven top-grade Spirit Stones, prompting Jin Yi to urge Master Jinhong to open the last chest.

Lin Xuan and the others negotiated how to divide the treasures in the chest, including two Shangqing Zhengyuan Pills and a mysterious Jade Slip. Lin Xuan appeared to accept the least desirable share, but secretly got the Jade Slip he had wanted along with seven Top-grade Spirit Stones.

• Zen Master Jinhong opened the chest and revealed two Jade Boxes, one of which held a Shangqing Zhengyuan Pill that could improve the odds of advancing in the Lihe Realm.
• Zen Master Jinhong claimed one pill, and Fairy Mingquan claimed the other in exchange for giving up her share of the remaining treasures.
• Lin Xuan, Xianmu Yi Lan, and Jin Yi argued over how to divide the five Ancient Treasures and the mysterious Jade Slip.
• Zen Master Jinhong proposed that Lin Xuan take the Jade Slip and seven Top-grade Spirit Stones as one share, and Lin Xuan agreed on the condition that he chose his Ancient Treasure first.
• Lin Xuan chose the Gourd Artifact-shaped treasure, then secretly rejoiced that he had secured the Jade Slip and seven Top-grade Spirit Stones.

Lin Xuan discovered that a Jade Slip held an incomplete map of the Sea of Ruins' fifth layer and quietly kept it while searching the buildings with Master Jinhong and the others. Meanwhile, two Dongxuan Realm elders investigated the Li Family cultivators' disappearance and began searching the surrounding islands for whoever had defeated them.

• Lin Xuan used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye and Heavenly Eye Technique to uncover the Jade Slip's hidden map of the Sea of Ruins' fifth layer.
• Lin Xuan concealed his discovery and took the Jade Slip as Master Jinhong led the group through the remaining buildings.
• The group found only items suited to Core Condensation Realm cultivators, which Lin Xuan collected, and then moved on to other buildings.
• Two Dongxuan Realm elders arrived where the Li Family cultivators had vanished and found signs that the island had sunk after a battle.
• The Daoist-robed elder and the golden-haired elder concluded that the Li Family cultivators had likely been killed and searched the surrounding area with their divine sense.
• After finding nothing nearby, the two elders agreed to search the islands for the people responsible.

Lin Xuan and the others reached the final palace and attacked its powerful barrier after hearing cultivators inside. Meanwhile, two Dongxuan Realm cultivators found the broken array beneath the lake but could not damage the hall’s stone door.

• Lin Xuan and the others found the palace’s barrier resisted Zen Master Jinhong’s lightning strike.
• The group heard repeated booms from inside and realized other cultivators had entered ahead of them.
• Jin Yi urged everyone to break the barrier, and the cultivators attacked it together, with Lin Xuan joining in.
• The golden-haired old man and Old Monster Qiu traced signs of human cultivators to the lake bottom and followed the stone steps into the hall.
• Old Monster Qiu struck the stone door with Sword Qi, but it showed no damage.

Old Monster Jin identified the stone door as a Gate of Alien Space and began preparing to open it with Qiu’s help. Inside the Xuyu Space, Lin Xuan and the others found the treasures already taken, followed the thief’s route to the second floor, and debated whether to pursue him or inspect the third floor.

• Old Monster Jin explained that the stone door connected to a Xuyu Space and said he could break its seal, then brought out treasures and Thunder Beads for the task.
• Jin Yi led the group into the first-floor hall, where they found opened chests and realized someone had taken the contents.
• Master Jinhong used the Teleportation Array to bring the group to the second floor, where Fairy Mingquan recognized the remains of a Heavenly Wolf Three Talents Array.
• The group found a hole blasted through the second-floor wall and worried that the thief might be a Dongxuan Realm cultivator.
• Lin Xuan suggested they inspect the third floor instead of risking pursuit, reasoning that the thief had probably not reached it yet.

Lin Xuan and the others broke through the third-floor barrier and found an offering table with a Jade Box inside a shrine. As Jin Yi argued to open it, Lin Xuan and Xianmu Yi Lan urged caution, leaving the group divided over what to do next.

• Lin Xuan and the others abandoned the chase and joined Zen Master Jinhong in attacking the untouched third-floor barrier.
• After half a day of attacks, the group broke through the barrier and entered a small hall centered on an offering table and shrine.
• Fairy Mingquan spotted a Jade Box inside the shrine, and Jin Yi reached for it.
• Lin Xuan stopped Jin Yi and warned that the Jade Box's placement among offerings was suspicious.
• Xianmu Yi Lan supported Lin Xuan's caution, but Jin Yi dismissed their concerns and offered to open the box and split its contents.

Jin Yi retrieved a jade box from a shrine and uncovered a legendary Medicine Spirit, setting off a dispute among the five cultivators over its worth and who should claim it. As they debated whether to auction or consume the pill, Master Jinhong accused Jin Yi of making a move.

• Jin Yi used his Demon Transformation divine ability to overcome the shrine’s restriction and take the Jade Box.
• Fairy Mingquan recognized the box as Nine Heavens Yang-Returning Jade, a precious material Lin Xuan needed for his Fire Sword.
• Jin Yi opened the box and removed a small bottle, releasing a pill that struggled to escape inside a ball of golden light.
• Lin Xuan and the others suspected the pill was a Medicine Spirit, said to be capable of dramatically increasing a cultivator’s power.
• The five debated whether to auction the pill or use it, but Master Jinhong suddenly confronted Jin Yi.

Jin Yi swallowed the Medicine Spirit and endured the attacks of Lin Xuan, Xianmu Yi Lan, Zen Master Jinhong, and Fairy Mingquan behind a powerful protective barrier as his cultivation rapidly rose. Meanwhile, two Dongxuan Realm cultivators opened the Gate of Alien Space and began preparing a Teleportation Array to enter safely.

• Jin Yi swallowed the treasure while the others were discussing how to divide it, prompting Lin Xuan, Xianmu Yi Lan, Zen Master Jinhong, and Fairy Mingquan to attack him together.
• The Gate of Alien Space opened, but the blond old monster stopped the old man in Daoist robes from entering and explained that they needed a Teleportation Array to avoid the spatial force.
• A gray barrier protected Jin Yi from the four cultivators' attacks after he swallowed the Medicine Spirit.
• Jin Yi screamed and writhed in agony as his cultivation surged from early Lihe Realm to the middle stage and then the late stage.
• Lin Xuan and the others continued their futile assault, fearing Jin Yi would become a threat if his cultivation kept rising.

As Jin Yi’s breakthrough threatened everyone, Lin Xuan and the others unleashed their strongest treasures against the gray barrier, but failed to break it. Lin Xuan tried to flee with the shrine’s treasures, only to be confronted by Fairy Mingquan.

• Lin Xuan revealed the Landscape Fan, while the monk, Fairy Mingquan, and Xianmu Yi Lan used their powerful treasures and abilities to attack the gray barrier.
• Their combined strike failed to damage the barrier as Jin Yi’s aura continued rising toward the limit of the Dongxuan Realm.
• Lin Xuan headed for the staircase and used a ray of light to take the offering table and shrine with him.
• Zen Master Jinhong attacked Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan’s Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire destroyed the glowing hand and forced the monk to retreat.
• Fairy Mingquan appeared in Lin Xuan’s path and demanded that he leave the treasures behind.

Lin Xuan escaped the third floor with Xianmu Yi Lan and Zen Master Jinhong as Jin Yi suddenly advanced to the Dongxuan Realm. Jin Yi emerged from the ruined hall holding Fairy Mingquan captive and prepared to kill the survivors.

• Lin Xuan attacked Fairy Mingquan with Sword Qi and a falling emerald mountain, then fled up the staircase; Xianmu Yi Lan and Zen Master Jinhong followed.
• Jin Yi's cultivation surged as he absorbed the Medicine Spirit, and he broke through to the Dongxuan Realm while Fairy Mingquan failed to escape.
• Jin Yi unleashed his power, destroying the great hall as Lin Xuan and the others turned back and realized Jin Yi had advanced.
• Jin Yi appeared above the ruins holding an unconscious woman and told Zen Master Jinhong that he would kill them to silence witnesses.

Jin Yi claimed to have reached the Dongxuan Realm and demanded that Lin Xuan, Xianmu Yi Lan, and the Old Monk surrender or die. They joined forces against him, but Jin Yi proved his strength and rapidly regenerated after Xianmu Yi Lan cut off his arm.

• Jin Yi offered to spare Lin Xuan, Xianmu Yi Lan, and the Old Monk only if they surrendered a soul and spirit to be sealed, then demanded that they kill themselves when they refused.
• Lin Xuan attacked Jin Yi with the Landscape Fan, while the Old Monk summoned an Ancient Demon and Xianmu Yi Lan prepared to fight alongside them.
• Jin Yi used gathered heaven-and-earth vital energy to catch Lin Xuan's enormous mountain peak and then hurled it toward the charging Ancient Demon.
• Jin Yi threw Fairy Mingquan in front of Xianmu Yi Lan's sword, but the blade passed through her harmlessly before Jin Yi tried to catch it with his transformed arm.
• Xianmu Yi Lan's Immortal Sword severed Jin Yi's arm, but Jin Yi reattached it and regenerated, leaving the Old Monk terrified of the Golden Moon Toad's True Spirit ability.

Jin Yi transformed his power into impure True Spirit qi and attacked Lin Xuan and the others with illusionary copies. Lin Xuan exposed the trick and helped the group resist, but Jin Yi killed the Ancient Demon and continued toward Master Jinhong.

• Jin Yi reattached his severed palm and transformed into a toad-like form wrapped in golden True Spirit qi.
• Jin Yi split into four images and charged the group, but Lin Xuan used his Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye and Heavenly Eye Technique to identify the real one.
• Lin Xuan warned Master Jinhong and attacked Jin Yi with the Landscape Fan, while Master Jinhong launched his Buddhist Prayer Beads.
• Jin Yi blocked the attacks with his shield and charged toward Master Jinhong, but the Ancient Demon appeared and struck at him.
• Jin Yi overpowered the Ancient Demon's attacks, smashed through its claw, punched through its chest, and tore off its head.
• Jin Yi left the Ancient Demon's body behind and continued toward Master Jinhong.

Jin Yi killed Zen Master Jinhong and Fairy Mingquan, leaving Lin Xuan and Xianmu Yi Lan facing the Dongxuan Realm cultivator. As Lin Xuan prepared his treasures, Xianmu Yi Lan revealed a beastlike transformation and drew a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

• Jin Yi shattered Zen Master Jinhong's defenses and dissolved him with True Toad Poison.
• Fairy Mingquan fled in panic, but Jin Yi's golden claw struck her and his flames burned her Nascent Soul to charcoal.
• Lin Xuan concealed his fear while his Second Nascent Soul searched for an exit, having escaped the final hall with the Demonic Fate Sword after plundering its treasures.
• Jin Yi demanded that Lin Xuan and Xianmu Yi Lan surrender, while Lin Xuan summoned the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, Hundred Spirit Bell, Three-Eyed Corpse Crows, Landscape Fan, and Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.
• Xianmu Yi Lan fused with a fierce-beast-like Void Shadow, strengthened his aura, and drew a long blade that Lin Xuan recognized as a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

Lin Xuan and Xianmu Yi Lan faced Jin Yi after Xianmu Yi Lan revealed a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, but Jin Yi’s sudden rise to Dongxuan proved to be only a temporary Nanke Dream. With Jin Yi weakened back to Lihe Realm, he attacked Lin Xuan while trying to escape.

• Xianmu Yi Lan dodged Jin Yi’s lightning-fast attack with his wings and struck back with his Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, slicing a mountain in half.
• Jin Yi’s power rapidly fell from Dongxuan Realm to Lihe Realm, leaving him drained as Lin Xuan realized the Medicine Spirit’s boost had been a brief illusion.
• Lin Xuan and Xianmu Yi Lan mocked Jin Yi, who threatened them while recognizing he was trapped and outmatched.
• Jin Yi threw talismans at Xianmu Yi Lan and charged at Lin Xuan, hoping to exploit him as a way to escape.

Lin Xuan killed Jin Yi and claimed the Nine Heavens Yang-Returning Jade, then faced off against Xianmu Yi Lan over the treasure. Their standoff ended when two Dongxuan Realm cultivators entered the Xuyu Space and pursued them, leaving Lin Xuan fleeing with a powerful enemy on his trail.

• Lin Xuan defeated Jin Yi in a clash of fists, seized his Storage Bag, and destroyed his Nascent Soul with Sword Qi.
• Xianmu Yi Lan attacked Lin Xuan and demanded the Nine Heavens Yang-Returning Jade, but Lin Xuan refused and revealed his formidable treasures and Dharma Image.
• A thunderous explosion announced the arrival of two Dongxuan Realm cultivators, so Lin Xuan and Xianmu Yi Lan fled in different directions.
• The Golden-Haired Elder and the Taoist-Robed Elder entered the Xuyu Space and decided to pursue Lin Xuan and Xianmu Yi Lan, each taking one target.
• Lin Xuan sensed that the Golden-Haired Elder had locked onto his aura, while the Second Nascent Soul still had not found an exit.

Lin Xuan absorbed the Nascent Soul’s collected treasures and tried to escape, but a powerful Dongxuan Realm Taoist-Robed Elder caught up with him. After questioning Lin Xuan about the destruction of the Li Family, the elder ordered him to return to the Holy City, leaving Lin Xuan startled by the revelation of the elder’s origin.

• A Nascent Soul carrying seven or eight full Storage Bags rejoined Lin Xuan, who took the bags and absorbed it into his body.
• Lin Xuan fled through the space but stopped when the Taoist-Robed Elder’s divine sense locked onto him and the elder arrived before him.
• The Taoist-Robed Elder asked whether Lin Xuan’s group had destroyed the Li Family, and Lin Xuan admitted it before inventing a story about their conflict.
• The elder said he had been ordered to capture the Li Family cultivators alive and demanded that Lin Xuan return with him to the Holy City to face the City Lord.
• The elder threatened to capture Lin Xuan, explaining that his resemblance to the elder’s deceased son had made him hesitate, and Lin Xuan reacted with surprise upon hearing that the elder came from the Holy City.

Lin Xuan pretended to submit to the Taoist-Robed Elder’s demand to return to the Holy City, then tricked him into opening a box packed with powerful talismans. The talismans engulfed the elder, buying Lin Xuan time to launch his next attack.

• Lin Xuan feigned fear and agreed to return to the Holy City with the Taoist-Robed Elder.
• The elder demanded Lin Xuan’s Storage Bag, and Lin Xuan claimed he had treasures to offer instead.
• Lin Xuan presented an ancient-looking Jade Box, flattering the elder until his vigilance relaxed.
• The elder opened the box and found a thick stack of talismans inside.
• Lin Xuan distracted the elder, and the talismans erupted in ice, lightning, and flames around him.

Lin Xuan launched a succession of attacks to keep the Taoist-Robed Elder from counterattacking. After the Hundred Dragon Fangs and a Qilin formed from the Broken Sword struck the elder, Lin Xuan prepared to use True Spirit Strike.

• Lin Xuan used talismans, Sword Qi, and the Hundred Spirit Bell's Three-Eyed Corpse Crows to keep the Taoist-Robed Elder on the defensive.
• The Taoist-Robed Elder scattered the talisman attacks and Sword Qi with a gale, then formed a shield from heaven-and-earth origin qi.
• Lin Xuan unleashed the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring's Hundred Dragon Fangs, forcing the elder to withstand the dragons with his magical-power shield.
• Lin Xuan channeled the Broken Sword to form a silver Qilin, which charged into the elder while the Hundred Dragon Fangs kept him occupied.
• Lin Xuan raised his hand to use True Spirit Strike rather than let the elder regain the initiative.

Lin Xuan unleashed True Spirit Strike against the Taoist-Robed Elder while Xianmu Yi Lan revealed a demonic transformation and fought the Golden-Haired Elder. After Xianmu Yi Lan destroyed the elder’s summoned lion, the elder asked whether he was connected to Lord Heavenly Demon.

• Lin Xuan gathered his spiritual power into a miniature White Tiger and sent it roaring toward the Taoist-Robed Elder.
• Xianmu Yi Lan used his Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure to hold off the Golden-Haired Elder, but the elder’s golden claw destroyed his protective Dharma Treasures.
• Xianmu Yi Lan summoned seven Blood-colored Runes, transformed with demonic markings and black wings, and faced the elder’s attack.
• Xianmu Yi Lan used black qi from a vortex to bind and annihilate the elder’s summoned lion.
• The Golden-Haired Elder asked whether Xianmu Yi Lan had wiped out the Li Family cultivators, and Xianmu Yi Lan admitted they had blocked his path to wealth.
• The Golden-Haired Elder asked Xianmu Yi Lan what relationship he had with Lord Heavenly Demon.

After Lin Xuan’s attacks destroyed the Taoist-Robed Elder’s fleshly body, the elder’s Dongxuan Realm Nascent Soul fought on using a Void Shadow and powerful treasures. Lin Xuan narrowly escaped surprise attacks, but a sword strike pierced his shield and continued toward his head.

• Lin Xuan restored his magic power with Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and saw that his attacks had left the Taoist-Robed Elder maimed and near death.
• The Taoist-Robed Elder exploded his fleshly body, revealed his Nascent Soul, and formed a Void Shadow to fight Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan attacked with the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring, a Long Spear, and the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire, while the Nascent Soul countered with a Jade Ruyi.
• The Nascent Soul’s sudden fireball and Sword Qi forced Lin Xuan to evade and raise the Black Gold Dragon Scale Shield.
• The Sword Qi split Lin Xuan’s shield and kept slashing toward his head, leaving him unable to teleport away in time.

Lin Xuan used the Five Dragon Seal and Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to break through the Taoist-Robed Elder's defenses, then fought him with the Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image and Demonic Fate Sword. Their clash opened a fissure to the seawater outside the Xuyu Space, and Lin Xuan struck it with the Long Spear in an attempt to escape.

• Lin Xuan accidentally blocked the Taoist-Robed Elder's sword light with the Five Dragon Seal and used its mist to approach him.
• Lin Xuan's sword attacks and talismans failed against the Jade Ruyi's light curtain, but his gray Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire corroded it away.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image and battered the Taoist-Robed Elder's Nascent Soul until it abandoned its Void Shadow and teleported away.
• Lin Xuan attacked the Nascent Soul with the Demonic Fate Sword, and their Sword Qis collided, opening a small spatial fissure that revealed seawater beyond the Xuyu Space.
• Lin Xuan poured his magical power into the Long Spear and struck the fissure with a five-colored blade of light.