Recaps

The Ling Clan joined the Heavenly Star Sect’s campaign against the Crimson Gold Bear Race while Yan Kingdom’s allied clans defended their territory from successive demon beast attacks. The fighting left White Cloud City facing Crimson Burst Old Bear’s army as Spirit Array Old Ancestor and Mo Qianqiu moved against Serpent Dragon Lake.

• Flying Eagle True Person demanded cultivators from the Ling Clan for the Heavenly Star Sect’s campaign, and Yan Siyi secured twenty Foundation Establishment Pills and a Third Rank Middle Grade formation in return.
• Yan Siyi and Ling Pengyun traveled to Extinguish Bear City, where Ling Pengyun accepted commissions to refine Beast Puppets and the first beast tide struck the city.
• Heavenly Star True Lord and the Crimson Fire Phoenix wounded the Crimson Gold Bear Demon Emperor and forced the demon army to retreat, while Liu Haochan later killed the Crimson Kite Bear Empress with a hidden formation.
• Ling Penglin and Ling Chengxin defended Purple Scorpion Mountain from the Ice Snow White Lion Race until Ling Yunhong and Zhao Yuanqian arrived with reinforcements and killed the Lion King and Queen.
• Ling Yunhong and Zhao Yuanqian agreed to strengthen ties between their clans, divide the battle spoils, and establish a Third Rank Communication Array.
• The Crimson Gold Bear forces prepared to attack Yan Kingdom as Eastern Demonic Domain cultivators invaded Heavenly Star Country, leaving the Heavenly Star Sect unable to send reinforcements.
• Ling Yunhong brought the remaining Golden Core defenders to White Cloud City, where Liu Haochan used the city’s arrays and Ling Yunhong’s demon corpses to hold off Crimson Burst Old Bear’s army.
• Spirit Array Old Ancestor and Mo Qianqiu went to Serpent Dragon Lake and offered the Golden Horn Mad Cow King help capturing it in exchange for its Third Rank High Grade Array Formation.

The Ling Clan and its allies resisted attacks across Yan Kingdom while Ling Pengyun confronted the siege at White Cloud City. The city was evacuated, and Ling Pengyun led the Ling Clan and independent cultivators toward Cloud Stepping Valley to establish a defensive line.

• Qin Shi and the defenders fought to protect Serpent Dragon Lake, where the Frosty Spirit Tree and Ling Chengyuan’s allies helped force the Golden Horn Mad Cows, Spirit Array Old Ancestor, and Mo Qianqiu to retreat.
• Ling Pengyun arrived at White Cloud City with Golden Core reinforcements, helped kill Demon Kings, and revealed that Heavenly Star True Lord had pushed back the Profound Heaven Corpse.
• Ling Chengyuan discovered a Dragon Vein beneath Serpent Dragon Lake and secured half its benefits for the Ling Clan, while Ling Pengyun’s forces confronted Hundred Spirits Sect cultivators at White Cloud City.
• Gang Sha and Profound Corpse Sect forces joined the siege of White Cloud City as demonic cultivators attacked the Ling Clan Territory, sixteen mortal cities, and Yan Kingdom’s other major powers.
• Ling Xiaoshun linked the defenses of the Ling Clan Territory and sixteen cities, then activated stronger arrays that summoned demon beast phantoms and destroyed the invading forces.
• Ling Chengyuan, Yang Siqi, and Liang Mingtu helped defeat attackers at the Ling, Yang, and Liang territories before setting out to reinforce Medicine King Valley.
• Ling Chengxia led Ling Clan cultivators against a hidden demonic force, defeated its leaders, recovered stolen goods, and later helped kill an approaching Golden Core demonic cultivator.
• Gang Sha’s reinforcements helped break White Cloud City’s defenses, and Liu Haochan evacuated the survivors before Ling Pengyun led Ling Clan cultivators and independent cultivators toward Cloud Stepping Valley.

Ling Pengyun led the Ling Clan through victory in the Demon Beast Uprising, strengthened its resources and cultivators, and traveled with Yan Siyi to the Central Province in search of Heavy Yuan Treasure Iron. In the Mystic Magnet Mountain Range, he and Yan Siyi joined Bei Shan Zhenren and Bei Yan to seek an Unowned Spirit Pool and mineral veins.

• Ling Pengyun lured Gang Sha Old Demon’s force into Cloud Stepping Valley, where the Lightning Destruction Grand Array and the cultivators destroyed the demon array and killed Gang Sha Old Demon and his allies.
• Ling Pengyun and the Yan Kingdom cultivators defeated Crimson Burst Old Bear’s army, then raided demon territories before the Crimson Gold Bear Race’s retreat ended the uprising and reshaped the region’s borders.
• Ling Pengyun and Zhao Baidong divided Ice Snow Forest’s treasures, and Ling Pengyun established Ice Cloud Valley and entered seclusion.
• Ling Pengyun advanced to Golden Core Late Stage, tempered his Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl and shield with spirit iron, and helped develop the Ling Clan’s cultivators, branches, and market city.
• Ling Pengyun supported Ling Chengyuan after his failed Golden Core breakthrough, supplied the clan with Golden Core spirit objects, and assigned Ling Pengshan to manage the Qian Family branch.
• Ling Pengyun’s family welcomed Ling Chengping and Lin Fan’s son, Ling Han, then Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi traveled to the Central Province and reached the Mystic Magnet Mountain Range.
• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi joined Bei Shan and Bei Yan in the mountains, learned of an unowned Spirit Pool, and agreed to help search in exchange for most of its spirit water.
• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi killed a patrolling Gold Devouring Ape, and the four cultivators crossed the range under a Soul Contract protecting their agreement and Bei Shan Zhenren’s secret identity.

Ling Pengyun joined Bei Shan Zhenren in searching the White Shadow Secret Realm, bargaining with its surviving demon allies and securing a campaign against the traitorous clans. The arc ended with Ling Pengyun finding the sect’s highest-grade cultivation tome and considering how deeply to commit to restoring the sect.

• Ling Pengyun and Bei Shan Zhenren found Lin Qingya’s hidden spirit pool, fought the Kui Yuan Armor-Devouring Bugs, and divided the treasures and Jade Lotus Seeds.
• Ling Pengyun agreed to help Bei Shan Zhenren steal the Dragon Mane Elephant King’s cub in return for access to the White Shadow Secret Realm and its Gold Spirit Vein.
• Bei Shan Zhenren escaped with the cub, and Ling Pengyun later joined him and Yan Siyi in entering the secret realm, where five Snake Demons attacked them.
• Ling Pengyun killed the Snake King, and he and Bei Shan Zhenren agreed to investigate the realm’s rebellious Demon Race and divide their gains.
• Ling Pengyun negotiated with the Flame Demon Wolf King for White Flame Spirit Iron and its help against the three traitorous demon clans in sixty years.
• Ling Pengyun and Bei Shan Zhenren allied with the Dragon Abyss Demon King, promising it two portions of Profound Heaven Water for helping defeat the traitors and protect a future White Shadow Sect inheritor.
• Ling Pengyun, Bei Shan Zhenren, Yan Siyi, and Bei Yan Furen entered the Technique Pavilion, where Ling Pengyun found the Limitless Nether Water Treasure Tome and weighed further involvement with the sect.