Recaps

Wei He hunted True Beasts with Chang Xuezong and discovered the Triangular Fire Bull’s Berserk talent before a Great Hidden Thorn Leopard appeared. As Wei He withdrew and Chang Xuezong drew the beast away, Chaos God Cult members tried to ambush Wei He, but Yao Wan intervened and killed them.

• Wei He killed a Triangular Fire Bull after a difficult fight, and Chang Xuezong realized Wei He’s strength rivaled his own.
• Chang Xuezong identified the bull’s talent as Berserk, which raised its physical abilities by about thirty percent while affecting its mind.
• A Great Hidden Thorn Leopard approached, so Chang Xuezong stayed to lure it away while Wei He retreated toward the horses.
• Yuan Fei and Lin Yinuo revealed they had been watching Wei He and planned to kill him with two Great Hidden Thorn Leopards.
• Yao Wan confronted Yuan Fei and Lin Yinuo, killed them and their two beasts, and left Chang Xuezong unconscious nearby.

Wei He and Chang Xuezong survived an encounter with a Great Hidden Thorn Leopard, then learned about the Haideng Division and the conflict spreading through Haizhou. After discovering that a Man-faced Bird could store vast reserves of Returning True Force, Wei He chose to preserve its innate talent.

• Wei He returned to the pine forest and found Chang Xuezong unconscious, while the Great Hidden Thorn Leopard had disappeared; Yao Wan later emerged and followed them.
• In Xuanlong City, Hua Biqing explained the Haideng Division's limits and described the growing conflict involving the Guangci Cult and Wu State.
• Wei He and Chang Xuezong encountered Guangci missionaries and Wu State guerrillas as government forces fought to protect Haizhou's people.
• After Wei He killed a Man-faced Bird, Chang Xuezong identified its innate talent as an organ that stored extra Returning True Force and some vital blood.
• Wei He found three blood sacs in the bird's body and used the Amber Bead to preserve its storage innate talent.

Wei He hunted Man-faced Birds on the frozen lake, obtained an innate ability, and killed two freelance hunters who tried to ambush him. After Chang Xuezong returned, Wei He resolved to hunt alone and test the limits of his strength as war between the Great Yuan Daoist Sect and Wu State’s True Blood cultivators appeared increasingly likely.

• Chang Xuezong guided Wei He toward the center of the lake, where they found a flock of Man-faced Birds and its leaders.
• Wei He fought one Man-faced Bird leader while Chang Xuezong drew away its mate, and Yao Wan killed a Mad Eagle that had tried to attack Wei He.
• Wei He tore the Man-faced Bird leader apart and absorbed its innate ability, then killed two freelance hunters who had approached to ambush him.
• Wei He took the starstone, hid his strength, and decided to hunt true beasts alone to test his limits.
• Chang Xuezong returned safely and advised Wei He to keep cultivating and gain combat experience because conflict with Wu State’s True Blood cultivators seemed inevitable.

Wei He killed a powerful Man-faced Bird and absorbed its force-storage talent while Chang Xuezong warned him of Wu State’s attacks on the Daoist sects. At Xuanmiao Sect, the Mountain Locking Daoist returned injured and entered secret seclusion, while Yuan Du Zi and Xiao Li suspected his return signaled a shift in the conflict.

• Chang Xuezong told Wei He that Wu State’s State Preceptor, Modo, had defeated the ancestors of the three Daoist sects and that the Wu Army had already attacked the Wushi Sect.
• Wei He fought and killed a stronger Man-faced Bird leader, then absorbed its force-storage talent with the Amber Bead.
• The Mountain Locking Daoist told Yuan Du Zi and the other Mountain Lock lineage True Persons that he had been injured and would enter seclusion without being disturbed.
• Yuan Du Zi and Xiao Li privately recognized that their teacher’s abrupt return and seclusion seemed suspicious.
• Xiao Li left the temple, resolved to send word of the Mountain Locking Daoist’s return, and hoped the change would let him return to his homeland.

Yao Wan brought Wei He to the Mysterious View headquarters and secured him a room to absorb his Amber Bead and stabilize his cultivation. As Wei He reached the crucial stage of fusing his innate ability, news of a dangerous conflict with the Guangci Cult spread among the sect.

• Yao Wan showed Wei He the underground Mysterious View headquarters and explained its facilities for members of the three lineages.
• Yao Wan pushed to the front of the room-assignment queue and obtained a vacant room for Wei He.
• Yao Wan told Wei He to absorb his Amber Bead and stabilize his cultivation, then warned him not to disgrace her compared with Qingping.
• Yao Wan stayed below while news spread that she was personally teaching Wei He, a level of attention that drew curiosity from the three lineages.
• Daoist Ming Ding hurried out with a group, and a handsome Daoist told Yao Wan that the Guangci Cult had attacked Haizhou and that Flowing Stream forces had gone to the border.
• Wei He began fusing his innate ability in the room as Yao Wan worried that the Guangci Cult conflict could prove perilous.

Wei An met a visitor from Wan Ling’s Central Province family, who had come seeking her as their branch’s last hope. After absorbing the Amber Bead, Wei He hurried home to learn why his family had summoned him, while Wan Qingqing and the others waited to decide whether Wan Ling and her daughter would return to Central Province.

• Wei An slipped out of Wei Mansion, played with Lu Daoran and another boy, and told them he knew little about his father, Wei He.
• A young man arrived looking for Wei Mansion, recognized Wei An, and revealed that his family wanted to reconnect with Wan Ling because their bloodline was declining.
• Wei He absorbed the Man-faced Bird chieftain’s talent from the Amber Bead, gaining the potential to store Returning True Force, and learned from Yao Wan that someone had urgently summoned him home.
• Wei He left Xuanmiao Sect’s Inner Mountain and traveled toward Zhentao City without delay.
• Wan Ling, Wan Qingqing, Wei Ying, and Wei Chun gathered at Wei Mansion after visitors from Central Province asked to take Wan Ling and Wan Qingqing back.
• Wan Qingqing insisted they wait for Wei He before deciding whether to accept the visitors’ request.

Wan Xuetian urged Wan Ling to return to Central Province, warning that the Wan family’s enemies would target her and Wei Mansion because she could continue the family bloodline. As Wei He weighed the threat of Ming Gan experts, Yao Wan ambushed and killed two of the pursuers near Wei Mansion.

• Wan Ling hesitated to leave her family in Haizhou, while Wan Qingqing and Wei An objected to abandoning their peaceful life.
• Wan Xuetian privately discussed forcing Wan Ling to return if she refused, and Ah Wu noted that her Scale Yin Blood could preserve the Wan family bloodline.
• Wei He met Wan Xuetian in the eastern study, where Wan Xuetian warned that enemies had learned Wan Ling’s location and might send Ming Gan experts after her.
• Wan Xuetian told Wan Ling and Wei He that he had survived several assassination attempts, including an encounter with a Ming Gan expert hired to kill him.
• Yao Wan revealed that she had captured two pursuers near Wei Mansion, mocked them, and killed them before returning toward Wei He.

Wei He settled his family’s move to Tianhai Island and completed a year of cultivation, preparing to enter the fixed-sense stage. Meanwhile, Yuan Du Zi and her companions learned that Guangci’s actions might force the Xuanmiao Sect to respond, and Wei He ended the chapter planning to undertake his first sect mission alone.

• Wei He decided to move his family to Tianhai Island, while Wan Ling agreed to return to the Central Provinces with Wan Xuetian to see her critically ill parents and transfer her Scale Yin Blood through a dangerous secret method.
• Wei He received word that Yao Wan had killed the two Ming Gan experts from the Central Provinces, and the next day Wan Ling and Wan Xuetian departed for the Central Provinces.
• Yuan Du Zi discussed Guangci’s threat to Haizhou with Xu Ran and Zhong Yuanlin, and warned that the Xuanmiao Sect might have to descend the mountain again.
• Over the following year, Wei He completed the supersensory transformation of both eyes and developed five additional blood sacs, bringing his total to eight.
• Chang Xuezong explained that Wei He’s fixed-sense stage required a dangerous sect mission in the Fire Pool Secret Realm, and Wei He chose to go alone.

Wei He left Xuanmiao Sect to undergo Sense Stabilization, while a passing group of battered sect experts hinted at danger on the border. At the border of Haizhou, Guangci Cult forces killed Zhao Menheng as he tried to help Junior Brother Quan escape with news that more than half the outposts had fallen.

• Chang Xuezong gave Wei He a device to watch over his surroundings and saw him off before his descent from the mountain.
• Wei He met Zhou Muqing at Longwan Dock, and they sailed toward Zhentao City as he looked forward to testing his strength without Yao Wan guarding him.
• Wei He noticed a bloodied Xuanmiao Sect vessel pass them and suspected its returning experts were too exhausted to conceal their condition.
• At the Haizhou border, Zhao Menheng told Junior Brother Quan that Guangci Cult forces had captured more than half the outposts and ordered him to carry the warning back to the sect.
• Zhao Menheng unleashed the Thousand Mountain Splitting Tiger Cone against Xu Dingchun, but Xu Dingchun endured it and crushed Zhao Menheng's head with his hands.

While traveling toward Haizhou, Wei He and Zhou Muqing stopped at an eatery where Zhou Muqing intervened against Guangci Cult attackers and killed two of them. As Zhou Muqing treated the family they had rescued, Wei He sensed a powerful figure approaching the eatery.

• Wei He and Zhou Muqing heard Mo Family Village's father and two children discuss a gathering of heroes to hunt the Guangci Cult's Ghost Hand.
• Three Guangci Cult men attacked the Mo Family Village family, breaking the father's chest and threatening his daughter while the other diners held back.
• At Wei He's signal, Zhou Muqing attacked the three men, killing two and wounding their yellow-haired leader.
• Proprietor Zhan warned Zhou Muqing and Wei He that Yellow Brow Arhat would retaliate, while Zhou Muqing treated the injured father and spoke with his children.
• Wei He sensed someone outside whose blood vitality exceeded that of ordinary people and Bone Forging experts, then warned Zhou Muqing that someone had arrived.

Wei He and Zhou Muqing fought the Guangci Cult in Quan'an County, while Wei deliberately left survivors to draw out stronger True Blood martial artists. As Yellow Brow Arhat prepared to intercept them, Yao Wan appeared to protect Wei He during his Fixed Perception.

• Four-armed Black Ape Qin Zhong arrived at the eatery after Wei He and Zhou Muqing killed three Guangci Cult members, then left to summon help.
• Wei He stopped Zhou Muqing from pursuing Qin Zhong, explaining that he wanted to study the Guangci Cult's True Blood martial arts.
• The Mo Family girl asked Wei He and Zhou Muqing to stay at Mo Family Village, but Zhou Muqing ignored her and left with Wei He.
• A group of Yellow Brow men attacked Wei He and Zhou Muqing on the road, and Zhou Muqing wounded them before letting them live.
• Yellow Brow Arhat learned that his disciples had failed to stop the pair and set out to intercept them.
• Yao Wan appeared before Yellow Brow Arhat, intending to protect Wei He while he was undergoing Fixed Perception.

Yao Wan warned Wei He about the rising conflict and the danger of the Guangci Cult, then let him continue his patrol mission. At Black Pine Town, Yao Wan discovered that Guangci Cult agents had taken over Xuanmiao Sect’s border station and were killing its Patrol Envoys.

• Yao Wan told Wei He that Yuan Nation’s feudal lords were preparing a coalition against Wu State and urged him to complete Stabilization before worrying about the conflict.
• Yao Wan warned Wei He that the Guangci Cult might be plotting something and left to investigate Yellow Brow Arhat’s allies.
• Wei He and Zhou Muqing traveled to Black Pine Town, where Zhang Runian received them as the local station contact.
• Three Phases Bodhisattva ordered Huang Yu to surround and kill Wei He and Zhou Muqing, then dispose of their bodies.
• Yao Wan entered the Guangci Cult’s manor and confronted Three Phases Bodhisattva after discovering the cult had occupied Xuanmiao Sect’s border station.

Yao Wan confronted Three Phases Bodhisattva while Wei He and Zhou Muqing were lured into a trap by the Guangci Cult. Wei He killed Huang Yu and captured another attacker, who revealed that Three Phases Bodhisattva was ambushing the Xuanmiao Sect outpost.

• Yao Wan fought Three Phases Bodhisattva, then withdrew to draw her away from Wei He.
• Zhang Runian led Wei He and Zhou Muqing to a secluded slope, where Huang Yu ambushed Wei He and another man attacked Zhou Muqing.
• Wei He struck Huang Yu with Returning True Force and killed him, then took a booklet and money pouch from the remains.
• Wei He returned and captured Zhou Muqing's opponent as the man tried to flee.
• The captive revealed that Three Phases Bodhisattva had been ordered to ambush the Xuanmiao Sect outpost and urged Wei He and Zhou Muqing to escape.

Yao Wan fought Three Phases Bodhisattva in the forest and entered the True Realm as their battle escalated. Wei He split from Zhou Muqing to draw the Guangci Cult pursuers away, but after defeating several attackers, he encountered an injured Yao Wan, who took him with her to flee.

• Yao Wan's Mysterious Lock Vigor failed to seal Three Phases Bodhisattva, and its backlash injured her.
• Yao Wan entered the True Realm, and Three Phases Bodhisattva turned into black smoke as their battle unleashed a violent gale through the forest.
• Wei He and Zhou Muqing left Black Pine Town to report the Guangci Cult's occupation of the outpost, while Wei He's Returning True Force killed the captured heretic.
• When pursuers approached, Wei He told Zhou Muqing to flee and report while he drew the Guangci Cult forces away.
• Wei He killed six charging experts and their bald leader with Returning True Force before continuing through the forest.
• An injured Yao Wan appeared, warned Wei He that Three Phases Bodhisattva was too strong to face, and dragged him away.

Yao Wan tried to get Wei He safely out of the pine forest, but the Three Phases Bodhisattva pursued them. Wei He unleashed overwhelming Returning True Force to defeat her, then claimed to Yao Wan that his secret method had cost him decades of life.

• Yao Wan carried the injured Wei He through the forest while the Three Phases Bodhisattva attacked them from behind.
• Yao Wan threw Wei He ahead and stayed behind to hold off the Three Phases Bodhisattva, who used a secret method to accelerate after him.
• As the Three Phases Bodhisattva waited to intercept him, Wei He released six-tenths of his Returning True Force and blasted her to her knees.
• The Three Phases Bodhisattva entered her Complete Truth mutation and attacked Wei He with Bone Blades, but his black force blocked them.
• Wei He increased his release to seven-tenths and engulfed the Three Phases Bodhisattva in black qi, leaving only scraps of her clothing.
• Wei He told Yao Wan that using his life-risking secret method had halved his lifespan, but she silently doubted his explanation.

Wu State’s army attacked a Haizhou border fortress while Yuan Han and Xu Dingchun learned that the Three Phases Bodhisattva had been killed. As Wei He and Yao Wan fled toward Zhentao City, Xu Dingchun ordered an ambush, and Wei He asked Yao Wan to keep his strength secret.

• Yuan Han’s forces overran a Haizhou border fortress, and he drove back Cui Rong’s attempted breakout with a short spear.
• Xu Dingchun learned that the Three Phases Bodhisattva had been beaten to death by a Xuanmiao Sect Patrol Envoy and ordered his remaining Five Stabilizations Masters to intercept the killers.
• Wei He and Yao Wan raced along the official road toward Zhentao City while Yao Wan questioned how they would report the incident to the sect.
• Wei He asked Yao Wan to conceal his strength until he could better protect himself, and she challenged his claim that he was still vulnerable.

Wei He and Yao Wan were ambushed by three True Realm experts seeking revenge for Three Phases Bodhisattva. Wei He unleashed his Ascension State and killed two attackers, while the One-eyed Monk fled with Wei He in pursuit.

• Wei He struck down a hidden True Realm expert, then faced the One-eyed Monk, the woman in pink, and the bearded Madman Han alongside Yao Wan.
• The three attackers entered the True Realm and used the Four Symbols Break the Army array to assault Wei He and Yao Wan.
• Yao Wan entered the True Realm and fought the One-eyed Monk while Wei He held off the other two attackers.
• After the attackers found an opening to strike, Wei He activated Ascension and crushed the blade-wielding Chun Niang.
• Wei He killed Madman Han and chased the fleeing One-eyed Monk, who gradually pulled farther ahead.

Wei He and Yao Wan fought the pursuers separately, killing the pink-dressed woman and the One-eyed Monk. Xu Dingchun found the monk’s remains and ordered a retreat, while Wei He reunited with an injured Yao Wan.

• Wei He pursued the One-eyed Monk, leaving Yao Wan to fight the pink-dressed woman, whom she killed after using a secret technique.
• Wei He caught the exhausted One-eyed Monk, overwhelmed him with Returning True Force, and took his belongings.
• Xu Dingchun found the One-eyed Monk’s remains and wrongly concluded the Xuanmiao Sect had set an ambush.
• Xu Dingchun sent a retreat signal, collected Fourth Brother’s belongings, and dispatched masked secret guards to investigate Wei He’s trail.
• Wei He reached Yao Wan at a sheltered hillside and found her badly injured from repeatedly using secret techniques.

Wei He and Yao Wan returned to the Xuanmiao Sect with news of the Wu Army’s advance, while hiding Wei He’s role in killing several powerful enemies. After a month of secluded cultivation, Wei He reached the final stage of Fixed Perception and opened his chamber door to see the world through Hyperperception.

• Wei He and Yao Wan reported the Black Pine Town outpost incident to the Xuanmiao Sect’s leaders, who discussed the Wu Army’s two-front advance and suspected an internal cover-up.
• Wei He and Yao Wan concealed that Wei He had killed four enemies, planning to tell Yuan Du Zi the truth privately, and Wei He went to the outer mountain to post a missing-person task for Zhou Muqing.
• Wei He secluded himself at home to continue Fixed Perception while the Xuanmiao Sect and Haizhou forces fought the Wu Army and dealt heavy losses to its commanders and Buddha Lords.
• After more than a month, Wei He reached the final step of Fixed Perception and prepared to seal his Hyperperception.
• Wei He opened his quiet chamber door, ready to see the real world through his Hyperperception eyes.

After leaving seclusion with hyperperception activated in both eyes, Wei He saw the terrifying creatures and ash that ordinary people could not perceive and learned how his Returning True Force protected them. He sealed his perception and hurried to Xuanmiao Sect to seek guidance, while Tianhai Island felt unusually cold and quiet.

• Wei He emerged from his meditation chamber and saw the courtyard covered in writhing growths and drifting ash.
• Wei He recognized his wife, Wan Qingqing, beneath the strange fuzz covering her, then watched Oriole's Laugh Wind freeze the growths and draw unseen strands from her.
• Wei He used Returning True Force to clear the fuzz from Wan Qingqing and block the wind from taking anything further from her.
• Wei He sealed his hyperperceiving eyes with Phantom Armor, said goodbye to Wan Qingqing, and left for Xuanmiao Sect to learn about hyperperception.
• Wei He noticed Tianhai Island was colder and quieter than usual as he hurried toward the sect.

Wei He returned to the Xuanmiao Sect and asked Yao Wan what supersensory perception revealed about the world. Yao Wan and Cheng Wan explained Floating Matter, Ghost Wind, and Life Qi, then agreed that Wei He could ask Yuan Du Zi to show him the dangers visible at a higher level of Fixed Sense.

• Wei He saw reduced activity in the residential and commercial districts and increased ship inspections at the docks before returning to the mountain gate.
• Wei He found Yao Wan eating with Cheng Wan and asked Yao Wan about what she had seen after opening her supersensory eyes.
• Yao Wan warned Wei He about Floating Matter, and Cheng Wan explained that Ghost Wind carried away Life Qi, which sustained a body's lifespan.
• Cheng Wan contrasted the Daoist effort to conserve Life Qi with the True Blood Path's reliance on other creatures' Life Numbers.
• Wei He asked how soon he could undergo a second Fixed Sense, and Yao Wan said he could choose when but warned that each stage revealed greater dangers.
• Cheng Wan suggested asking Yuan Du Zi to lend Wei He her perception, and Yao Wan agreed that he could try walking with his supersensory perception open.

Yao Wan urged Wei He to explore the surroundings with supersensory perception active so he could see the Truth for himself, and he began preparing to leave the mountain. Meanwhile, armies clashed at the border of Taizhou as Wushi Sect disciples faced a group of enormous strangers.

• Yao Wan and Cheng Wan advised Wei He to explore near the sect, avoid strong wind zones, and skip the sect competition.
• Wei He encountered Ouyang Luo, who invited him to join the newcomers’ alliance and offered to transfer Shangguan Xing to him, but Wei He declined and left with an entry token.
• Ouyang Luo and Ouyang Jing discussed a banquet and plans to impress two senior disciples from Yunxian Terrace.
• Wei He searched Daode Palace for Zhou Muqing, found no trace of her, and returned home to prepare for an expedition beyond the mountain.
• At the border of Taizhou, two armies charged into battle while Wushi Sect Daoists watched several enormous figures approach; a tiger-striped man named Lin challenged them to a contest.

Dingguang Buddha Lin Shu’s forces crushed Taizhou’s army, prompting Chen Taihe to coordinate defenses with the Wushi Sect and Wanfei Palace. Meanwhile, Wei He used his heightened perception at Tianhai Island and saw a hidden world filled with gray-black seas, parasitic creatures, and Greed Worms.

• Dingguang Buddha Lin Shu let one Wushi Sect fighter escape to draw the Three Main Peaks into battle, then sent Shanxing Bodhisattva to kill Taizhou general Chen Duanrui and rout his army.
• Chen Taihe convened a council, learned that Wushi Sect and Wanfei Palace would send help, and ordered star-stone formations to defend against Bloodline Aberrant attackers.
• Wang Shaojun received a letter from Wei He in Haizhou and was delighted to hear from his old friend.
• Wei He went to Tianhai Island with Chang Xuezong and prepared to examine the world using his heightened perception.
• When Wei He opened his eyes, the bright sea appeared as a gray-black ocean covered in strange matter and parasitic creatures, and Chang Xuezong identified the swarms as Greed Worms.

Wei He explored the True World around Tianhai Island with Chang Xuezong, learning about its creatures and hazards while noticing a secret realm that seemed familiar. Meanwhile, Wang Shaojun weighed whether to leave Taizhou for a renewed opportunity in Haizhou as pressure mounted on the Wu Army and his family.

• Wei He saw Greed Worms, a Human-faced Worm, and the Floating Matter covering Tianhai Island while Chang Xuezong explained the dangers of the True World.
• Wei He discovered dark-red mooring bollards that appeared only under hypersense, then followed Chang Xuezong to a beach where they encountered a gentle Wheel Snail.
• Chang Xuezong showed Wei He the light surrounding Xuanmiao Sect's blessed land and identified a nearby building as the entrance to a secret realm containing a powerful suppressed True Beast.
• Wei He felt that the secret realm's pointed roof was familiar and followed Chang Xuezong away after hearing warnings about the Wheel Snail's shell.
• Wang Shaojun considered whether to leave for Haizhou after a letter revived his abandoned hopes, while worrying about the Wu Army's conflict and his family's future.

Wang Shaojun considered whether to abandon his family’s foundations to enter a mysterious realm, while Wei He explored a dangerous extraordinary site with Chang Xuezong and learned more about resonance and aberration. The chapter ended with Wan Ling and Wan Xuetian fleeing Central Province after its fall, gathering the surviving members of the Wan Family.

• Wang Shaojun’s wife told him she would support his decision, and her presence helped him settle on an answer.
• Chang Xuezong and Wei He sailed away from Tianhai Island and visited the enormous glowing stone dragon called Stone Dragon Coil beneath the sea.
• Chang Xuezong warned Wei He that a second resonance without sufficient Mysterious Lock Vigor could cost him most of his consciousness.
• A sailor developed a Plague Worm during the acid rain, and Chang Xuezong explained that its emergence meant the sailor’s illness was improving.
• Mo Duo and Gongsun Ru invaded Central Province, destroyed Dragon Court, and left the capital in ruins.
• Wan Ling and Wan Xuetian fled the fallen province with the scattered survivors of the Wan Family after its main force abandoned them.