Recaps

Qu Jianlei’s team disrupted the Asura invasion, then entered the Maiden Star Region and broke a vast formation with the World Piercing Shuttle and Broken Blade. Beyond it, they found an isolated Small World whose people were fighting over dwindling resources, and began investigating who had built the formation.

• The Great Strength Tribe Old Ancestor faced the Man Shan Tribe Great Venerable until Qu Jianlei pierced him and his Mother Nest with the World Piercing Shuttle, saving Red Jade Star Continent from the blast.
• Qu Jianlei secured the Ten-Armed Ancestor’s help and payment, then led his team away as the Great Strength Tribe prepared for Royal Clan investigators.
• Qu Jianlei’s team destroyed four Asura star continents with spatial storms, disrupting travel and communication across the Asura World for half a year.
• After studying the Nine Heavens Great Freedom Divine Thunder and refining an Asura Sub-Nest in the Small Tripod, Qu Jianlei’s team followed coordinates to the Maiden Star Region and found a seven-colored Light Orb in the Black Zone.
• Qu Jianlei used the World Piercing Shuttle and Broken Blade to absorb the formation’s counterattack and cleave the Light Orb apart, then led his team through the fog beyond it.
• Qu Jianlei’s team crossed a Boundary Membrane into a Small World, where they found seven towns and learned that four were preparing for war.
• Qu Jianlei and his companions abducted and searched four wounded cultivators, learning that their ancestors had been abandoned in the Small World and that rival families fought over dwindling spiritual resources.

Qu Jianlei’s group uncovered and purged a Heavenly Devil Qi threat in the Small World, then returned to the Asura worlds to gather Space Stones and investigate the Tiger-Head Humans. They captured two Tiger-Head Humans and learned their race had begun wandering after its Great Wilderness showed signs of collapse.

• Jiao Daoren led the group to investigate the Xiong Family, where they discovered Xiong Chumo’s legacy was tied to the Heavenly Demon World and a hidden source of Heavenly Devil Qi.
• Qu Jianlei and his companions found the Qi Eye beneath the Tang Family’s Spirit Liquid Pool, destroyed it with the Broken Blade, and spent months using the Black Small Cauldron to clear the contamination.
• After confirming the Small World was free of Heavenly Devil Qi, the group returned to Dawn Base and learned that You You had advanced to Supreme.
• Qu Jianlei’s team traveled to Apollo, observed the Federation’s attack on the Asura, and later crossed into the Asura World through a Black Hole Entrance.
• On Evening Dusk, the group made contact with the Great Strength Tribe and learned that the Tiger-Head Humans wanted Asura help to attack an Otherworld containing Cultivators.
• Qu Jianlei attacked the Purple Firmament Star Cluster to gather Space Stones, escaped a clash with a Ten-Armed Asura, and later questioned a Great Strength Tribe member about the Tiger-Head Humans.
• Qu Jianlei’s team infiltrated Chixi Star Continent, captured two Tiger-Head Humans, and learned that their race had begun wandering after its Great Wilderness showed signs of collapse.

Qu Jianlei’s team weakened the Asuras, crossed the Space Rift into the void, and endured a long journey before reaching the Cultivation World. In Cangwu, they bought land from the Yan Family and discovered that villagers already lived there.

• Qu Jianlei’s team destroyed several Asura Star Continents and Mother Nests, then used a modified Mother Nest to carry out further operations while avoiding the Royal Clan’s forces.
• Qu Jianlei’s team drew the Tiger-Humans and Asuras into conflict near the Space Rift, then used the World Piercing Shuttle to drive off the Tiger-Human Great Venerable and test routes into the void.
• Qu Jianlei led the team through the Space Rift, where they faced failing ships, dangerous void creatures, and a Bone Dragon that they eventually destroyed.
• After years of travel, the team found a sealed entrance near a Cultivation World, and Qu Jianlei and Sunset Glow infiltrated its array before emerging in Cangwu.
• The team surveyed Cangwu and negotiated with the Yan Family to buy land after discovering a potentially high-tier Spirit Vein beneath it.
• Qu Jianlei’s group found four villages on their new land, and Hua Xiezhi reported that most villagers resisted relocation because it would cost them their homes and livelihoods.

Qu Jianlei’s group established Red Leaf Ridge, traded rare Tiger-Human remains, and repelled repeated attempts to rob or undermine them. After Hua Lei’s death and Wu Laoliu’s investigation led to an attack by Carefree True Immortal’s forces, Red Leaf Ridge captured the invaders and exposed Yin Family Fort’s role in spreading rumors.

• Qu Jianlei’s group forced the villagers to relocate, recovered their stolen spirit stones, and established Red Leaf Ridge as a guarded settlement.
• Jia Shuiqing negotiated major sales of Tiger-Human remains through Yan Xuemin and Heyang True Person, then the group fought off robbers who attacked them on their return journey.
• Wu Laoliu joined Red Leaf Ridge, became its manager, and learned that its Spirit Vein was stronger than outsiders believed.
• Claire survived her Golden Core tribulation, while Hua Lei later died during hers, prompting Wu Laoliu to investigate possible interference.
• Wu Laoliu gathered cultivation manuals and escaped an ambush by five Golden Core cultivators before eight intruders breached Red Leaf Ridge’s formation.
• Qu Jianlei’s group quickly subdued the intruders, including Carefree True Immortal, and placed restrictions on the captives.
• A soul search revealed that Yin Family Fort had supplied information to Ji Yang and spread rumors of an ancient inheritance, so Yan Xuemin decided the Yan Family would expel the fort.
• Carefree True Immortal begged Jia Shuiqing for mercy and offered to pay a high ransom.