Recaps

Wan Ling fled the Xue Family’s attack on the Wan Lineage convoy with two young relatives, while Wei He cultivated the Mysterious Lock Skill in Haizhou and considered how to use the Boundary-Breaking Pearl. The Wan Lineage scattered into the forest as pursuers closed in, and Wei He continued developing his strength.

• Wan Xuetian agreed to let Wan Ling return to Haizhou and gathered food and water for her.
• The Xue Family’s Black Ear Iron Cavalry spotted the Wan Lineage convoy and fired a signal flare to summon their forces.
• Wan Xuetian ordered the clansmen to abandon their baggage and scatter, then entrusted Wan Xianzong and Wan Ying to Wan Ling.
• Wan Ling led the two children into the forest as the Xue Family’s pursuers shouted for the scattered refugees to be surrounded and captured.
• In Haizhou, Wei He completed his daily force conversion while cultivating the first layer of the Mysterious Lock Skill.
• Wei He considered using the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to cultivate secondary disciplines alongside his primary technique.

Wei He studied the second level of the Mysterious Lock Skill and learned that it required preserving a deity in his heart and nurturing it with Returning True Force and mental strength. He considered using powerful gods from his previous life, but hesitated over whether his resources could support them and began weighing other possibilities.

• Wei He concluded that his immense Returning True Force and the Whale Flood Art let him focus on advancing his main cultivation technique rather than learning martial techniques or secret arts.
• Wei He read the Mysterious Lock Skill manual and learned that its second level required visualizing a deity, while later levels nurtured and activated its sealing power.
• Wei He examined twelve illustrated deities, including the Nine Village Sky Sealing God, Nubadun, and the Sword God, and considered choosing one of them.
• Wei He realized he could preserve deities from his previous life, such as God or the Three Pure Ones, whose long histories and many believers might strengthen them.
• Wei He worried that his mental strength and Returning True Force might not sustain a powerful deity, and he also considered preserving scientific concepts such as the solar system, the Milky Way, or the universe.

Wei He tested fictional, legendary, real, and scientific images as possible deities for Spirit Nurturing, discovering that authenticity and familiarity strongly affected conversion efficiency. After achieving a high conversion rate with Black House Mountain, he visited Yuan Du Zi to ask how to choose a deity, and she explained that the goal was usable power that he could successfully cultivate in time.

• Wei He found that his invented God of All Corruption produced no transformed force, while the Heavenly Net Three-Eyed Great Emperor from the Secret Manual converted about one-tenth of the Returning True Force.
• Wei He failed to nurture Pangu and Nuwa, then succeeded slightly with an image of the sun and converted six out of ten units by visualizing Black House Mountain.
• Wei He went to Yunxian Terrace and passed a confrontation between visiting sect members and Xuanmiao Sect disciples at the Mountain Lock gate.
• Wei He found Yuan Du Zi and asked about choosing between fictional and real deities for Spirit Nurturing.
• Yuan Du Zi told Wei He to focus on the power he wanted, whether he could cultivate it successfully, and how long the process would take.

Wei He learned how Divine Preservation worked and created a deity diagram based on universal gravitation. Elsewhere, Wan Ling and two children were rescued from pursuit, but a Chaos God Cult scholar targeted them to lure Wei He out before Zhou Muqing confronted him.

• Yuan Du Zi explained Divine Preservation's rankings, completion requirements, and how a deity's power depended on understanding, prompting Wei He to choose a new approach.
• Wei He rejected the sun as a deity because his scientific knowledge was limited, then formed a Divine Preservation diagram of Universal Gravitation.
• Wan Ling fled through the forest with two children while a gray-clothed Xue Family man pursued her and urged her to join his family.
• Masked Myriad Poison Sect fighters killed the pursuer and carried Wan Ling and the children away, but a middle-aged Chaos God Cult scholar appeared and defeated the group.
• The scholar recognized Wan Ling's connection to Wei He and planned to use her to draw him out, but Zhou Muqing arrived and confronted him.

Wei He chose Universal Gravitation as his stored deity and began converting his force, but paused when Zhou Muqing returned and reported that Chaos God Cult experts had attacked Wan Ling. After learning of a gathering at Green Peak Lake, he set out with Zhou Muqing to confront the cult, while its leaders discussed Xuanmiao Sect’s defenses.

• Wei He chose Universal Gravitation for his stored deity and began converting his abundant Returning True Force into deity force.
• Zhou Muqing returned to Wei He after surviving an attack, having reached Ming Gan with the help of the Mysterious Heart Pill, and said she had rescued Wan Ling from Chaos God Cult pursuers.
• Wei He reunited with Wan Ling at Wei Mansion, learned the Wan Family had been destroyed, and left despite her warning not to go out.
• Zhou Muqing told Wei He that Chaos God Cult higher-ups would gather at Green Peak Lake in the Five Spirits Snow Plain, and he agreed to take her along.
• At Green Peak Lake, two Chaos God Cult figures discussed Xuanmiao Sect’s contraction and the loss of many of their secret guards.

Bora and Zhou Muqing arranged to lure Wei He into a trap for the Guangci Cult, but Wei He approached the pavilion undetected and decided to leave after recognizing the danger. Zhou Muqing then deliberately cried out to alert the people inside, leaving Wei He exposed as a suffocating aura spread from the pavilion.

• Bora assured a fellow Guangci Cult member that Zhou Muqing would lure Wei He out while his protector was unavailable.
• Wei He and Zhou Muqing crossed the snowfield, where Wei He used his heightened sight to observe the True Inner Scene.
• At the pavilion, Zhou Muqing secretly sent an insect to contact the Guangci Cult, but its reply asked where Wei He was.
• Wei He silently dealt with nearby sentries and approached the pavilion with Zhou Muqing, unaware of her betrayal.
• After deciding the pavilion held Guangci Cult members and choosing to withdraw, Wei He watched Zhou Muqing fall and cry out, alerting the people inside.

Wei He’s escort to Green Peak Lake turned out to be a Guangci Cult ambush orchestrated with Zhou Muqing, but he revealed overwhelming Returning True Force and killed the attackers. He killed Zhou Muqing as well, then remembered to loot the bodies before the scene shifted to a bloodline steed racing toward a vast military camp.

• Wei He realized Zhou Muqing had betrayed him when Guangci Cult members surrounded them and Bora welcomed her back from the mission.
• Wei He unleashed his Returning True Force, sending Bora’s subordinates flying and shocking Bora with his immense power.
• Bora transformed and attacked Wei He, but his force annihilated her head; he then hunted down and killed the remaining Guangci Cult fighters.
• Wei He discovered Zhou Muqing was afflicted by a strange condition and killed her with a palm strike before leaving the snowy lakeside.
• Wei He returned to loot the bodies, while a bloodline steed galloped toward a sprawling military camp.

The Great Yuan commanders debated how to counter Wu State’s invasion and decided to prioritize Taizhou while forcing the Xuanmiao Sect to relocate. Meanwhile, Wei He continued transforming his Returning True Force and discovered it was developing an attractive force that compressed inward.

• Li Zhouzhao told the allied commanders that Wu State had launched a three-pronged assault and that Central Province had lost more than half its territory.
• Xu Shaowen urged the alliance to answer Wu State’s use of Grandmaster Moduo with Grandmasters of their own, but Ouyang De said the Eastern Sect could not provide help.
• Li Zhouzhao said True Lord Jin Ding would join the other sects and that a Star Formation would weaken any Grandmaster who infiltrated the allied army.
• Chen Ling argued that the army should save Taizhou instead of Haizhou and proposed compensating the Xuanmiao Sect so it would relocate; Li Zhouzhao accepted the plan.
• Wei He transformed more Returning True Force into second-layer Mysterious Lock Vigor and found that it had gained a faint attraction that compressed the force within him.

Wei He continued cultivating the Mysterious Lock Skill and discussed deity contemplation and Warrior Attendants with Yao Wan. After emerging from seclusion, he learned Wang Shaojun had refused his offer and heard Lou Shengyue claim her family had a lead on a Blackline Whale.

• Wei He developed ideas about Gravity God's attraction, then focused on converting his Returning True Force while seeking guidance from Yao Wan and other seniors.
• Yao Wan told Wei He she would soon leave on a journey and asked about his vacant Warrior Attendant positions; he agreed to consider the candidates who had sought her help.
• After more than two months of secluded cultivation, Wei He emerged to find four people waiting outside his cave, sent by Yao Wan to seek Warrior Attendant positions.
• Wei He read Wang Shaojun's letter and learned that Wang had declined to join him because his family and responsibilities prevented him from leaving.
• Wei He offered one Warrior Attendant position and asked the candidates about his conditions; Lou Shengyue said her family had found a lead on a Blackline Whale, though obtaining it would be difficult.

Wei He agreed to accompany Lou Shengyue’s family in pursuit of a Blackline Whale, while learning that many Xuanmiao Sect experts were leaving on distant trips. He feared the sect was being infiltrated, as the chapter revealed a plan to destroy it and Yuan Du Zi prepared to relocate the sect.

• Wei He dismissed three candidates, including Ni Shucheng, and heard Lou Shengyue explain that Daoist Sanyun had repeatedly defeated her family’s attempts to hunt a Blackline Whale.
• Wei He confirmed the whale was the kind he needed and agreed to accompany Lou Shengyue’s family on another expedition in exchange for a Warrior Attendant position.
• Wei He suspected danger after learning that many Full Real experts had recently left Xuanmiao Sect.
• Xiao Li and a woman discussed their plan to lure away nearly half of Xuanmiao Sect’s experts before a fifty-thousand-man force and the Hall of Buddhist Worship attacked the sect.
• Yuan Du Zi offered Xiao Ling Green Eye Ointment and learned that he wanted her to prepare a relocation plan for Xuanmiao Sect.
• Yuan Du Zi told Green Plum that the sect would relocate and that they would reinforce its seal before leaving.

Wei He prepared to hunt the Blackline Whale and received warnings and a protective willow branch from Yuan Du Zi before sailing out with Lou Shengyue and Lou Chengxun. As the ship headed toward the deep sea, Lou Chengxun asked whether Wei He knew how to swim.

• Wei He made preparations for the Blackline Whale hunt, said farewell to Chang Xuezong, and learned that Yao Wan had left for a distant place.
• At Yunxian Terrace, Yuan Du Zi introduced Wei He to the Dao Seeds Xuan Zheng and Xuan Ning, then gave him a blackened willow branch for protection.
• Yuan Du Zi warned Wei He about the dangers of the strong-wind belt and recalled that it had swallowed Grandmasters before.
• Two days later, Wei He boarded a Xuanmiao Sect ship with Lou Shengyue and her uncle Lou Chengxun, who would guide him to the Blackline Whale.
• Lou Chengxun discussed the sea journey and his own cultivation limits, then asked Wei He whether he knew how to swim.

Wei He and the Lou Family waited five days for a Blackline Whale, unaware that a Wu State agent aboard their ship had been driving them away. After the whale appeared, the group pursued it toward an ambush arranged by Yellow Born Buddha Kong Di and Black Cross.

• Lou Chengxun explained that the group would catch a Blackline Whale first and avoid confronting Daoist Sanyun until they could gather reinforcements.
• A mustached sailor secretly checked a signal device and used it to drive Blackline Whales away from the ship for several days.
• Wei He and the Lou Family waited at the whales’ feeding grounds, then spotted a Blackline Whale on the fifth day and set out after it.
• On a nearby island, Kong Di and Black Cross discussed Wei He’s past encounters and prepared to capture him.
• Black Cross revealed that his planted agent had kept the whales away and released one to lure Wei He’s group toward the island.

Wei He and Lou Chengxun discovered that Daoist Sanyun had lured them toward a trap set by Wu State, so they tried to escape by ship. A giant bird carried the black-crossed man to their deck, where he overpowered Wei He and knocked him into the sea.

• Wei He recognized that Daoist Sanyun and the Blackline Whale had drawn them toward an ambush, and he waited for the enemy to make a move.
• Three bald men, led by the black-crossed man, ran across the water toward the ship; when Wei He realized they were from Wu State, he fled back aboard and warned Lou Chengxun.
• Lou Chengxun ordered the sailors to turn the ship around, and the vessel outran the three pursuers for a time.
• A giant bird lifted the black-crossed man from the sea and carried him to the ship, where he attacked Wei He.
• Wei He met the black-crossed man's claw with a punch, but the man's overwhelming strength smashed through the deck and hurled Wei He into the sea.

Wei He turned the tables on Black Cross underwater and killed him, while the Wu State assembled an invasion force against Tianhai Island. The chapter ended with Xuanmiao Sect’s defenders facing the approaching attack, with Yuan Du Zi absent.

• Lou Chengxun ordered the survivors to return to the Xuanmiao Sect and send for help after Wei He and Black Cross fell into the sea.
• Black Cross discovered Wei He’s immense Returning True Force and tried to kill him before he could escape.
• Wei He overwhelmed Black Cross, tore off his arms, pierced his heart, and consumed him with Returning True Force.
• General Xie An and Dinyan Buddha led Wu forces toward Tianhai Island to destroy the Xuanmiao Sect.
• Green Plum and Hundred Grains stood at the front of the sect’s defenders as the island’s star formation shielded them, while Yuan Du Zi was nowhere to be seen.

Wei He escaped an ambush after killing Black Cloud Monk, then arranged for the ship to continue hunting whales while small boats carried word of Wu State’s forces back to Xuanmiao Sect. Huan Songzi arrived with a captured traitor and warned that returning might already be too late, before hinting that Yuan Du Zi’s rise to acting sect master was tied to the sect’s predicament.

• Wei He told Lou Chengxun that Wu State had planned the ambush, and Lou Shengyue found records identifying Black Cross as the Black Cloud Monk, a Buddha Child of Wu State.
• Wei He revealed that he had taken Black Cloud Monk’s Whale Whistle and proposed using small boats to report the ambush while the main ship continued hunting Blackline Whales.
• Huan Songzi appeared with an unconscious sailor he identified as a traitor, introduced himself as a Perfected One sent by Yuan Du Zi, and offered to return with the news.
• Huan Songzi warned Wei He that returning to the sect might already be too late, though he reassured him that Wei He’s family on Tianhai Island was protected by prior arrangements.
• Wei He blew the Whale Whistle, and Huan Songzi began explaining that Yuan Du Zi’s appointment as acting sect master was connected to the sect’s present crisis.

Yuan Zhen Zi led Dinyan Buddha Lord and three other Buddha Lords to Black Cliff to confront Yuan Du Zi, but she revealed her Black Seal Kunpeng Dharma Body against his Prayer Moon. At sea, Wei He learned that Yuan Du Zi may have prepared an underground refuge beneath Tianhai Island as the sect faced danger.

• Yuan Zhen Zi and four Buddha Lords infiltrated Black Cliff with help from insiders and found Yuan Du Zi waiting beside Xiao Ling’s severed head.
• Yuan Zhen Zi revealed himself and accused Yuan Du Zi of killing Yun Xi, stealing his fortuitous chance, and causing his supposed death.
• Yuan Zhen Zi transformed into his Prayer Moon Dharma Body and declared that he would destroy Yuan Du Zi and avenge Yun Xi.
• Yuan Du Zi said the three patriarchs had favored her because they feared her, then manifested her Black Seal Kunpeng Dharma Body.
• Wei He felt Eldest Senior Sister’s black twig grow hot while aboard a ship carrying a Blackline Whale.
• Huan Songzi told Wei He that the sect’s former Black Seal Kunpeng sealing chamber beneath Tianhai Island might now serve as a refuge for its people.

Wei He recognized the limits of his strength after fighting the Black Cross and began cultivating with the Blackline Whale’s fresh oil. Meanwhile, Yuan Du Zi revealed her Grandmaster strength by killing Xie An’s elite guards and swallowing him, leaving the Wu army’s assault on Tianhai Island in disarray.

• Wei He realized that higher-level Full Truth experts could still threaten him, then went to cultivate using the Blackline Whale’s fresh oil.
• Xie An waited offshore as the Wu army’s vanguard and Dinyan Buddha’s group vanished on Tianhai Island, and the island’s starlight formation disappeared.
• Xie An learned that Dinyan Buddha and his companions had been killed, then ordered the island forces withdrawn and prepared the cannons.
• Yuan Du Zi appeared aboard Xie An’s flagship and killed his deputy general and more than a hundred elite guards in an instant.
• Yuan Du Zi confirmed that Dinyan Buddha and the others had merged with her flesh and blood, then transformed into a colossal shadow and swallowed Xie An.

After the Xuanmiao Sect repelled the Wu Army, Wei He returned to the sect and focused on cultivation while the war between Wu State and Great Yuan remained at a stalemate. Half a year later, he fought Huan Songzi and learned that his abundant Returning True Force could only carry him to the Complete Purity Fifth Step.

• The Wu Army retreated from Haizhou after Xuanmiao Sect forces repeatedly sabotaged its camps, while the Wu State and Great Yuan allied forces remained locked in a standoff.
• Yuan Du Zi welcomed Wei He and Huan Songzi back, assured Wei He that his family was safe, and credited the sect's victory to a plan and artifacts left by the three patriarchs.
• Wei He returned to cultivation, using Blackline Whale oil to begin the fourth layer of the Whale Flood Art while converting Returning True Force into Stored Spirit Force.
• Half a year later, Wei He fought Huan Songzi on Yunxian Terrace and held his own until Huan Songzi's greater force quality and mastery won the bout.
• Yuan Du Zi told Wei He that his force advantage would narrow against Complete Purity Fifth Step experts and that he would ultimately lose to them.

Wei He learned that his combat speed, rather than his force’s quality, limited him, and a trial method suggested his innate constitution capped his cultivation at the entry level of Complete Purity. Rejecting that prediction, he used the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to sink his Gravity God into an acupoint and discovered what his cultivation method had been missing.

• Yuan Du Zi told Wei He that his force was powerful enough, but he needed faster reactions and better movement techniques to challenge stronger opponents.
• Huan Songzi tested Wei He’s innate constitution and concluded that it could support only the entry level of Complete Purity, while describing Cai Menghuan as an exceptionally gifted Dao Seed.
• Wei He declined Huan Songzi’s invitation to drink and returned to his cave to continue cultivating Mysterious Lock Vigor.
• Wei He used the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to guide his Gravity God into a spirit-preservation acupoint after his own attempts had failed.
• Wei He realized that the enormous force within his Gravity God required additional operations inside the acupoint, and that cultivation could require adapting beyond the Secret Manual’s instructions.

Wei He tested the gravity-enhanced power he gained by storing the Gravity God and discovered it greatly improved his movement speed. After deciding to descend the mountain for his second fixed sense, he learned that Yuan Du Zi had a task for him and information about the Three-eyed Dove he needed for Five Revolutions Dragon Breath.

• Wei He used gravity to pull debris, then combined its rapid directional movement with his other abilities to travel more than 140 meters in a burst.
• Wei He resumed cultivating the fourth level of Whale Flood Art and decided to leave the blessed land to undergo his second fixed sense.
• Wei He told Yao Wan he was descending the mountain, then packed to return home after speaking briefly with newcomers at Daode Palace.
• Huan Songzi stopped Wei He and said Yuan Du Zi needed him to capture escaped true beasts from the Abyssal Prison.
• Huan Songzi told Wei He that Yuan Du Zi had found the Three-eyed Dove, and Wei He agreed to take on the task.

Wei He received a mission to travel to Yunzhou, escort Han Xiangqi and the Huang and Han Lineage clansmen to safety, and investigate the murder of his sect’s reclusive senior sister. In Yunzhou, Han Xiangqi remained under guard while the feared killer Three Faces continued to defy powerful factions.

• Huan Songzi sent Wei He to Yunzhou to escort the surviving clansmen and investigate the murder, noting that Han Xiangqi knew a clue to the Life Aspect Fruit.
• Wei He prepared to leave, intending also to pursue his own objectives and learn how his old friends in Yunzhou were faring.
• Yang Ling confined Han Xiangqi to an inn for her protection, despite Han Xiangqi’s furious demands to hunt Three Faces and avenge her grandmother, Huang Yue.
• Yang Ling worried about the growing threat of Three Faces and awaited reinforcements, knowing Han Xiangqi alone could open the Han Lineage’s secret treasure containing the Life Aspect Fruit.
• Song Shixiong and his younger brother discussed Three Faces at a dumpling shop, noting that he had attacked women from powerful factions including Wanfei Palace and Xuanmiao Sect.

Song Shixiong and Song Shizhen saw the major powers gathering to hunt Three Faces, while Han Xiangqi used a new attack to draw Yang Ling into danger. Elsewhere, Guan Die received an anonymous promise to visit on her birthday as Wei He and Lou Shengyue traveled toward Yunzhou, where Wei He planned to protect his old friends and deal with Three Faces.

• Song Shixiong and Song Shizhen discussed Three Faces’s growing strength and spotted Zhong Yun leading a White Jade Crown patrol.
• A headless, mutilated corpse identified as Junior Sister Xue Ying was thrown before the patrol, and Zhong Yun pursued the source toward a tavern.
• Han Xiangqi leaped from the inn to lure Yang Ling into acting against Three Faces, but Yang Ling was targeted by a chilling presence and realized Three Faces might be more than one person.
• Guan Die planned a Four Seas Banquet for her birthday and received an anonymous letter promising a visit.
• Wei He and Lou Shengyue traveled toward Yunzhou, where Wei He planned to protect Guan Die and handle the Three Faces killings himself.

Prefectural Commandant Sun He learned that Xuanmiao Sect True Person Yang Ling had been murdered, threatening to plunge Yun Province Prefectural City into chaos. Wei He and Lou Shengyue arrived near the city as Gong Huan and Zhao Yuexi argued over whether to leave Yang Ling’s body and flee.

• Sun He learned that Wanfei Palace, the Chaos God Cult, and Xuanmiao Sect had sent experts to hunt Three Faces, then received news that Yang Ling had been found dead beside a well.
• Wei He and Lou Shengyue hurried toward the city, but a message insect linked to one of its True Persons died, prompting Wei He to order them to enter without revealing their identities.
• Gong Huan mourned his dead Dao companion Yang Ling while Zhao Yuexi tried to reassure the guilt-ridden Han Xiangqi and urged them to leave the area.
• Gong Huan refused to leave, arguing that the city’s powerful factions offered more protection from Three Faces than the roads outside.

After Yang Ling’s murder, Wei He arrived to investigate and confirmed that the killer had used force connected to Wanfei Palace’s Great Sui True Scripture. He went straight to seize Wanfei Palace’s people and subdued Ling Xian’er, leaving her companions surrounding him.

• Gong Huan and Zhao Yuexi decided to stay together and wait for reinforcements after Yang Ling was killed.
• Ling Xian’er invited the Xuanmiao Sect disciples to join Wanfei Palace’s investigation, but Gong Huan refused and led the others away.
• A message bug brought Gong Huan to Wei He, who examined Yang Ling’s corpse and confirmed traces of Wanfei Palace’s force.
• Wei He decided to arrest Wanfei Palace’s people and carried Han Xiangqi back into the city.
• Wei He seized Ling Xian’er and suppressed her force, while more than ten Wanfei Palace women surrounded him.

Wei He seized Ling Xian'er to investigate the deaths of two Xuanmiao Sect True Persons, then set out for White Jade Crown after Gong Huan accused it of involvement. Meanwhile, Jin Chi and a hidden old man revealed they had planted evidence to provoke Wei He and planned to capture female experts to restore the old man's power; Wei He was heading toward White Jade Crown's headquarters as Crown Mistress Shangguan Tong appeared there.

• Yue Xiaodie arrived and asked Wei He to show mercy, but he took Ling Xian'er away and told Yue Xiaodie to bring him the truth within three days.
• At the Xuanmiao Sect outpost, Wei He questioned Ling Xian'er, dismissed her appeal to past friendship, and sealed her throat when she tried to answer.
• Gong Huan accused White Jade Crown of helping Three Faces, and Wei He ordered the others to guard Ling Xian'er before taking Zhao Yuexi to lead him to White Jade Crown's headquarters.
• Jin Chi reported to a hidden old man that Wei He had seized Ling Xian'er, while they discussed using the conflict to capture female experts and restore the old man's power.
• Wei He headed for Xiangxing Tower in Xujia Town, where White Jade Crown's Crown Mistress Shangguan Tong stood watching a banquet.