Recaps

Song Changsheng entered the Immeasurable Grand Dao, oversaw Zhuang Yuechan’s Golden Core breakthrough, and led the conquest of the Brocade Banner after saving the Soaring Dragon Archipelago. The Brocade Banner submitted to him, and he confronted Song Daoling at Heavenly Dragon Peak.

• Song Changsheng reached the Late Golden Core Stage, entered the Immeasurable Grand Dao, and backed Song Qingxi’s reforms to strengthen the Song Clan.
• During seclusion, Song Changsheng used the Reincarnation Plum to experience a lifetime as Chen Yunshu and formed a Tai Chi Diagram and Eight Trigrams.
• Zhuang Yuechan overcame True Monarch Yusu’s Inner Demon and survived her Golden Core tribulation, forming an eighth-grade Golden Core with an azure radiance.
• Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan answered Song Yuqing’s plea for help as the Black Scale Race attacked the Soaring Dragon Archipelago.
• Song Changsheng trapped three Demon Kings in his Dao Rule Domain and killed Black Surge, while Black Pupil self-destructed and Hei Min escaped wounded.
• Song Changsheng helped defeat the Black Scale Race army, but Song Tianyuan died before he returned from the battlefield.
• Song Yuqing submitted the Brocade Banner to Song Changsheng, who granted it a hundred-year reform period, and thousands of clansmen proclaimed him Patriarch.
• Song Changsheng confronted Song Daoling at Heavenly Dragon Peak after the Defense Great Array activated and Song Daoling plunged into a crater.

Song Changsheng consolidated the Wangyue Song Clan, built alliances across the region, and began guiding Hua Yan and Chi Li in a new cultivation method. Meanwhile, Song Qingxing survived the Trial Road’s deadly contests and advanced through its trials as a mysterious figure watched him.

• Song Changsheng captured Song Daoling, and Song Yuqing accepted leadership of the [Brocade Banner] as it joined the Wangyue Lineage.
• Song Changsheng seized Heavenly Dragon Peak, punished the clan’s traitors, and convened the unified Song Clan’s Grand Clan Meeting.
• At the Golden Core Ceremony, Song Changsheng accepted Hua Yan as his disciple, and his and Zhuang Yuechan’s Dao gathering drew cultivators and breakthroughs in great numbers.
• Song Changsheng established a direct teleportation passage to the East Sea and brought the Heavenly Meridian Sect, Golden Crow Sect, and Vast Sea Merchant Association into cooperation with the East Sea Alliance.
• Song Changsheng began treating Hua Yan’s Nine Yin Body, while Song Qingxing tracked down Wu Tiancheng, survived a Spatial Vortex, and returned to the Trial Road.
• Song Qingxing and Shen Jingchuan lured the trial-takers into fighting over the [Destiny Dice], then entered the Trial Gate as the remaining contestants were killed.
• Song Qingxing endured the Path of Thorns, Flame Demon Purgatory, Boulder Space, and the Boundless Sea of Suffering, gaining the Myriad Swords Returning to the Sect divine ability.
• Song Changsheng asked Chi Li to cultivate alongside Hua Yan to test his new method, then set out to meet Grandmaster Wujie.

Song Changsheng uncovered Ling Mou’s pill scheme and the Golden-Eyed Demon Lord’s infiltration, while guiding Hua Yan and Chi Li toward new paths. He investigated warnings of a coming calamity and secured resources for the Song Clan, ending as he challenged the Earth-Cracking Demon King for its island.

• Song Changsheng captured Ling Mou, recovered the Heavenly Fire Cauldron, and discovered the Qingtian Sect had supplied children for her pill experiments.
• Song Changsheng exposed the Golden-Eyed Demon Lord’s network of infiltrators and organized the cultivation worlds to investigate and prepare for conflict.
• Song Changsheng sent Hua Yan and Chi Li to Deer Chasing Academy, where Chi Li passed the trial and Hua Yan began cultivating at the Nine Luminaries Yang Pool.
• The Old National Teacher warned Song Changsheng that the Calamity Source Star signaled an approaching calamity, while Song Changsheng questioned the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s motives.
• Song Changsheng followed the infiltration plan into Eastern Heaven, investigated reports of pure Demonic Qi, and learned that Great Yang True Monarch’s injury had destabilized the region.
• Song Changsheng discovered matching bronze fragments that Thunder Elephant True Monarch suspected came from a Dao Artifact, then learned the Black Market could not sell him Innate Hua Ying.
• Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan entered the Black Market, acquired resources, and traveled with Wujie to claim an island with a Fourth-Tier Spirit Vein.
• Song Changsheng challenged the Earth-Cracking Demon King to surrender the island and injured its paw before offering to leave if the Demon King could shake his position.

After surviving a tribulation and condensing a False Nascent Soul, Song Changsheng uncovered a conspiracy linking the Borderlands’ factions to the Demon Race and worked to unite the Southwest against the coming Calamity. The alliance conference began at Vast Peak, where Song Changsheng challenged the gathered leaders to test his right to lead.

• Song Changsheng refined the Lesser Creation Pill, endured its Heavenly Tribulation, and broke through to Golden Core Great Perfection before condensing a False Nascent Soul and overcoming his inner demon.
• Song Changsheng retrieved the Reflection Dao Mirror from the Myriad Manifestations Palace, then helped Peng Siying defeat the Wanlong Merchant Association conspirators and extracted intelligence about their alliance with the Demon Race.
• Song Changsheng verified the enemy’s plans, secured Peng Siying’s support, and proposed an alliance assembly to unite the Southwest against the coming threat.
• Song Changsheng returned to Vast Peak, reunited with Song Qingxing, and learned that Qingxing had survived the Boundless Sword Sect Trial Road and formed a Ninth-grade superior Golden Core.
• Song Changsheng perfected the Vast Small World, secured Myriad Manifestations Palace’s support, and ordered the Song Clan to prepare for the coming Calamity and the alliance gathering.
• Song Changsheng persuaded Heartbreak Valley to attend the conference, while forces from across the Southwest gathered at Vast Peak.
• At the conference, Song Changsheng proposed an alliance against the Demon Race and Wicked Path forces and nominated himself as leader.
• When Wang Changqing questioned his qualifications, Song Changsheng defeated him with one sword strike and challenged three other potential opponents to attack together.