Recaps

Wang Wu overcame the Dragon Gate trial and accepted appointment as a Nine-Rank enfeoffed vassal, breaking with the West River Water Tribe. The Big Monkey brought him to his new fief at an unnamed spring on Bear Ridge, where a crowd of monkeys gathered around him with knives.

• Wang Wu faced dragon might nine times, leapt over the waterfall, and swallowed the Big Crab bone that released it.
• Yu Ermu tried to kill Wang Wu, but the Big Monkey deflected the fish spear and invoked Mount Master Muyang’s authority to protect him.
• Wang Wu accepted the gray seal, and Envoy Pei appointed him Nine-Rank enfeoffed vassal of the unnamed spring at Bear Ridge under the name Yu Ergou.
• The Big Monkey helped Wang Wu leave the West River Water Tribe and carried him west to his new fief.
• The Big Monkey released Wang Wu into the small spring, where a crowd of monkeys surrounded him as several old monkeys sharpened their knives.

Wang Wu began cultivating a demon core under Old Zhou’s guidance and established his fief at Bear Ridge’s spring eye. After discovering the vast spiritual network above the land, he left his next steps undecided.

• Big Monkey introduced Wang Wu to Old Zhou and persuaded him to teach Wang Wu how to cultivate a demon core.
• Old Zhou used golden needles to guide Wang Wu through his first blood-and-qi circulation, and Wang Wu completed twenty-four circulations by dusk.
• Over the next three days, Wang Wu shrank to one meter long and cultivated a ninth-rank demon core, gaining the ability to speak human language.
• Big Monkey and Old Zhou helped Jia Ding Monkey drive rain clouds across Bear Ridge, while Wang Wu observed the water-transport method.
• Wang Wu used his gray seal to establish a spring-eye watershed for his fief and sensed the vast spiritual network restrained above the ground.

Wang Wu connected to the Spirit Network, discovered its restrictive permissions and fees, and accepted a 5,000-point qi wage to produce water for Bear Ridge. He learned that Bear Ridge’s strained duties were part of a system that traded cultivators’ freedom to pursue demon cores and Spirit Pills for status and support, but the Jade Cauldron Immortal Alliance’s political struggle had left Bear Ridge struggling to meet its obligations.

• Wang Wu activated three Dao Methods through the Spirit Network, found that he lacked access to others, and worried that its surveillance had marked his rebellious thoughts as Qi Deviation.
• Big Monkey paid Wang Wu half a drop of spirit liquid worth about 5,000 points of qi and ordered him to record three Dao Methods and produce water for Bear Ridge.
• Big Monkey, Old Zhou Tou, and Jia Ding Monkey discussed Bear Ridge’s expenses, their duty to protect Zhou Zhuang Town’s 3,000 mortals, and their need for Wang Wu to supply water.
• The Four Clowns explained that the Jade Cauldron Immortal Alliance used fiefs like Bear Ridge to let cultivators pursue demon cores and Spirit Pills in exchange for supporting the system and fulfilling its conditions.
• The Four Clowns revealed that Bear Ridge had become a sacrifice amid the struggle between Mount Master Muyang and the West River Great King.

Wang Wu mastered the Earth Evasion Dao Method and dramatically improved his Demon Wind, then secretly gathered water from the West River despite the Great King's tariff-like restriction. After seeing the West River Great King's immense Spirit Network army, Wang Wu abandoned his plan to inspect the Dragon Gate and returned to laying low.

• Wang Wu repeatedly used Earth Evasion, spending Big Monkey's Spirit Energy as he recognized the Dao resonance within the method.
• Wang Wu transferred his golden seal to a carp made from his fur, then used the Ride the Wind Dao Method to boost his Demon Wind to Level 9.
• Wang Wu discovered the West River Great King's water tax and secretly collected ice in amounts that avoided triggering it, storing the supply near the spring eye.
• Wang Wu saw more than a million Spirit Network-connected demon soldiers patrolling the West River and worried about Snake Nineteen, Snow Wolf General, and the Great Desolation Sin Prison Legion.
• Wang Wu decided not to seek out the Dragon Gate and returned to his plan of lying low and fleecing immortals.

Wang Wu expanded the spring at Bear Ridge and later visited the dying True Man Mu to investigate whether his spirit stones were legitimate. True Man Mu revealed a dying First-Rank Great Illusion King Worm and urged Wang Wu to take it, leaving Wang Wu to realize the candle flame was the worm’s true body.

• Wang Wu secretly diverted water from the West River basin, enlarging Bear Ridge’s pond and stream while Big Monkey, Old Zhou Tou, and Jia Ding Monkey searched unsuccessfully for the source.
• Old Zhou Tou warned Big Monkey to prepare Bear Ridge for internal conflict and hinted at danger during the coming Minor Cold and Great Cold.
• When the others disappeared to cultivate, Wang Wu decided to test Liu Zongbai’s spirit stones and sought help from True Man Mu.
• Wang Wu used the Myriad Transformation Wishful Demon Leaf to gain access to True Man Mu, who revealed he was an Ancient Tree Clan member and a jailbreaker.
• True Man Mu gave Wang Wu a dying Great Illusion King Worm and said its stored information was precious, then appeared to die as the candle flame began to falter.
• The Four Clowns urged Wang Wu to take the worm, and Wang Wu realized the candle flame—not the shriveled root—was its true body.

Wang Wu broke through to the stage where his Primordial Spirit could leave his body, then used his expanded abilities to impersonate True Man Mu and claim the Spirit Network Golden Seal. After cultivating a Green Wood Spirit Pill, he learned that Great Cold and Minor Cold were an approaching Spirit Network disaster that could trigger intense wars.

• Wang Wu used the First-Rank Great Illusion King Worm to gain three strands of Divine Sense and let his Primordial Spirit leave his body.
• The Four Clowns warned Wang Wu that True Man Mu was dying and that he needed an Azure Wood Spirit Root to inherit its legacy and secure the Spirit Network Golden Seal.
• Wang Wu cultivated an Azure Wood Spirit Root and Ninth-Rank Green Wood Spirit Pill, then replaced True Man Mu and successfully verified the golden seal.
• Wang Wu created a hair-based substitute to impersonate True Man Mu and raised his Green Wood Spirit Pill to Seventh Rank before its growth began to conflict with his Ice Fire Spirit Pill.
• The Bear Family Database explained that Great Cold and Minor Cold came every three hundred years, made the Spirit Network disappear for ten to thirty years, and brought a world-freezing cold wave that drove factions into war beforehand.

Wang Wu learned more about the Spirit Network, the Dimensional Spirit Net, and the conflict between the Jade Cauldron and Vermilion Bird Immortal Alliances before choosing to focus on becoming strong enough to survive. After five years in seclusion, he emerged as True Man Mu and was urgently asked to save Bear Ridge’s withering Purple-skinned Yellow Flower Linden.

• Wang Wu questioned the Four Clowns about the Immortal Alliances, the Spirit Network, and the Dimensional Spirit Net, but received limited information about the alliances’ conflict and the dangers of reaching the Vermilion Bird Immortal Alliance.
• Wang Wu decided that he first needed to ensure he could fly before choosing whether to take flight, and the Four Clowns revealed True Man Mu’s final words about the alliances’ mysterious wager, the rules, and their weakness.
• Big Monkey and Old Zhou Tou welcomed True Man Mu back after five years of seclusion, while Jia Ding Monkey offered restrained congratulations.
• Big Monkey told Wang Wu that Bear Ridge’s trees and shrubs were dying and that the five-hundred-year-old Purple-skinned Yellow Flower Linden had withered, threatening Bear Ridge’s trade with True Man Wasp.
• Wang Wu used Wood Escape to reach the linden, examined its drooping branches and sparse flowers, and activated Level 15 Spiritual Essence as Big Monkey, Old Zhou Tou, and Jia Ding Monkey watched expectantly.

Wang Wu claimed the Purple-skinned Yellow Flower Linden was dying from formation interference and persuaded Big Monkey to transplant it to the hill in his fief. As the transplant began, Big Monkey used a seal to carve half of the nearby hills into a fief for Yu Ergou, setting up a dispute with Wang Wu.

• Wang Wu told Big Monkey and Old Zhou Tou that formation interference had stolen the Purple-skinned Yellow Flower Linden’s life energy and urged them to move it.
• Wang Wu rejected several possible transplant sites, steering Big Monkey toward the hill opposite his own fief.
• Jia Ding Monkey questioned Wang Wu’s diagnosis, but Wang Wu proposed the Five Aggregates Spirit Array as a remedy and Big Monkey agreed to the transplant.
• Big Monkey went to the pond, retrieved a gray Small Seal, and sent a talisman to claim land for Yu Ergou.
• The gray Small Seal carved half of the ten-li hilly region into Yu Ergou’s fief, prompting Big Monkey to gloat that Wang Wu’s plan would fail.

Wang Wu oversaw the Purple-skinned Yellow Flower Linden’s transplant and let Big Monkey and Old Zhou Tou arrange a lake around Yu Ergou’s spring. He then withdrew to a heavily fortified hut to begin a major cultivation breakthrough, using a Five Aggregates Spirit Pill to refine his Green Wood Spirit Pill.

• Wang Wu summoned the Qingyun Sect disciples, who joined Jia Ding Monkey’s spirit monkeys in moving the Purple-skinned Yellow Flower Linden and its surrounding mound into his territory.
• Big Monkey announced that Yu Ergou had become a Ninth Rank feudal retainer, and Old Zhou Tou proposed expanding the spring into a lake with a channel to Zhou Zhuang Town.
• Wang Wu moved his true body to an eastern hill, delegated his duties to a hair-created replacement, and began preparing to advance his pills and Demon Cores.
• Wang Wu built a thick Darksteel Hut inside the wooden hut and secluded himself, intending to raise the Green Wood Spirit Pill to Ruyi Fifth Rank.
• Wang Wu swallowed a Seventh Rank Five Aggregates Spirit Pill and used Azure Wood Spirit Energy to destroy and reform the Green Wood Spirit Pill, beginning its purification and tempering.

Wang Wu spent a year forcing his new Azure Wood Spirit Pill into harmony with his Ice Fire Spirit Pills, raising his bloodline and reaching First-grade Great Demon strength. After recovering from the cost of creating innate bloodline treasures, he reunited with Big Monkey and learned Mount Master Muyang had reconciled with the West River Great King and would marry his youngest daughter to him.

• Wang Wu cultivated a Fifth Rank Ruyi Azure Wood Spirit Pill and deliberately triggered a fierce internal conflict so his systems would rebuild and strengthen his bloodline.
• Wang Wu endured a year of injury and heavy resource consumption before his innate and acquired systems reached a ceasefire and began operating together again.
• Wang Wu's attributes and abilities rose sharply, his bloodline evolution reached 62.5%, and he gained the strength of a First-grade Great Demon.
• Wang Wu plucked twenty-five hairs that became innate bloodline magic treasures, then fell into three months of weakness and spent much of Liu Zongbai's inheritance replenishing himself.
• Wang Wu met Big Monkey, Old Zhou Tou, Jia Ding Monkey, and a young man, and Big Monkey paid him 1.28 million points of spiritual energy in overdue salary.
• Big Monkey told Wang Wu that Mount Master Muyang had reconciled with the West River Great King and planned to marry his youngest daughter to him next month.

Wang Wu joined Big Monkey, Jia Ding Monkey, and Old Zhou Tou in a secret plan to return to their old trade, agreeing to leave that night and making Shield Strike Talismans for the operation. As he prepared, he learned his talents now required extraordinary costs to advance and considered several possible paths to strengthen them.

• Big Monkey, Jia Ding Monkey, and Old Zhou Tou revealed their plan to resume their old trade now that Mount Master Muyang and the West River Great King had reconciled, and Wang Wu agreed to join them.
• Big Monkey said Big-eyed Fish had arranged an extra slot and told Wang Wu they would leave that night, while the three men gave him sixty blank talismans to fill with Shield Strike Talismans.
• Wang Wu used his Azure Wood Spirit Pill and other abilities to create level 7 Green Wood Shields, then completed all sixty talismans.
• Wang Wu checked his attribute panel and learned that advancing any of his six main talents now required 20 million points of spiritual energy, vitality, or blood energy.
• Grandpa Tree listed five alternative ways for Wang Wu to advance his talents, including finding Ancient Giant Bear descendants, seeking the Snake Emperor’s daughter, obtaining True Dragon Ancient Blood, resisting the Three Calamities, or acquiring a loyal Ancient Blood Demon Race member’s talent.

Wang Wu joined Big Monkey and the others on a random teleportation expedition into territory controlled by the Vermilion Bird Immortal Alliance, hoping to observe the region. After arriving alone in a forest, he sensed a Bloodline Inducement from the Great Desolation Sin Prison but continued toward General Zhang.

• Wang Wu created a secondary incarnation to cultivate as Yu Ergou, then gathered with Big Monkey, Old Zhou Tou, and Jia Ding Monkey to sell Shield Strike Talismans.
• General Zhang and Big-eyed Fish recruited the Bear Ridge group for an expedition and distributed random teleportation talismans, with instructions to picture General Zhang while activating them.
• Wang Wu teleported into a forest in the Vermilion Bird Immortal Alliance, where he found no Spirit Network and sensed his allies scattered within a hundred li.
• Wang Wu sensed a Bloodline Inducement and briefly saw an icefield with enormous fortress-cities, realizing he might be able to contact the prison escapees.
• Wang Wu ignored the summons for the moment and continued toward General Zhang while tracking the other allies.

Wang Wu concluded that he needed to rob someone to gather the resources required to seize the True Dragon Ancient Blood before West River Great King’s wedding. He infiltrated a heavily fortified Human stronghold and discovered Lu Wuchen fighting another First-grade cultivator in an arena.

• Wang Wu sent a copy of himself to gather resources with Big Monkey, Big-eyed Fish, and the others while he surveyed the surrounding wilderness.
• The information databases and Attribute Panel prompted Wang Wu to focus on building power and warned that West River Great King might claim the Dragon Gate opportunity in twenty-nine days.
• Wang Wu searched farther afield and spotted sword qi erupting from an apparently ordinary mountain range, revealing a vast, concealed formation.
• Wang Wu slipped through a gap in the formation as its defenses strained under the impact of an enormous spiritual-energy surge.
• Wang Wu realized the stronghold was an arena where two First-grade cultivators were dueling, and recognized Lu Wuchen being driven back.

Wang Wu secretly gathered the surplus energy from Lu Wuchen’s Life and Death Duel, then confronted Lu Wuchen after the match. Lu Wuchen explained the duels’ role in securing military funds and offered his sword and a chance to end their feud, but Wang Wu asked where the next duel would take place.

• Wang Wu appeared inside the arena during Lu Wuchen’s battle and used his Companion Iron Essence to absorb the fighters’ surplus spiritual energy and sword momentum.
• The duel ended in a draw when time ran out, and Wang Wu discovered that the Snake Emperor and other powerful figures had been overseeing it through projections.
• After the arena was dismantled, Wang Wu tried to kill Lu Wuchen, who revealed that he had noticed Wang Wu’s killing intent and invited him to finish the job.
• Lu Wuchen offered Wang Wu his Destined Flying Sword and asked him to spare Five Poisons and Yue Shan, then explained that prison escapees fought these duels to obtain military funds.
• Lu Wuchen said the next duel would involve Shen Wu or Snake Nineteen against the Jade Cauldron Immortal Alliance, and Wang Wu asked where it would be held.

Wang Wu agreed to fight the third round of the Life and Death Duel to secure military funding for the Sin Prison Legion. After Snake Nineteen sent him the Snake Emperor bloodline inheritance, he left to prepare, while Lu Wuchen warned him that Snake Nineteen had sacrificed its chance to advance for his sake.

• Lu Wuchen explained that the Sin Prison Legion would lose unless its third-round fighter could defeat the opponent quickly, and revealed that Snake Nineteen was their strongest available First-Rank.
• The Snake Emperor promised independent armies to Ape Bupuo, Bear Sixteen, and Teng Zhongwu if Wang Wu fought and won, and Wang Wu agreed to enter the duel.
• Snake Nineteen urged Wang Wu not to risk his life, but Wang Wu took the Jade Pendant and insisted that escaping the Great Desolation Sin Prison Tower had been necessary.
• The Snake Emperor confirmed the duel would begin in three days and sent Wang Wu a teleportation talisman; Snake Nineteen also gave him frozen essence blood containing its true bloodline inheritance.
• Wang Wu spared Lu Wuchen, gave him Stealth Divine Talismans, and left without taking the Fourth-Rank Destined Flying Sword.
• Lu Wuchen warned Wang Wu that Snake Nineteen had given up its chance to advance by giving him the True Dragon Ancient Blood and might not have enough lifespan for another opportunity.

Wang Wu fused True Dragon Ancient Blood into his Heart of the Earth, then spent its three tailored attribute points to raise Spiritual Resonance to level 18 and discovered he could perceive and absorb spirit energy on a vast scale. After gathering thirty million spirit energy ahead of a battle in two days, he received an appraisal provisionally classifying his Spiritual Essence as Super First-Rank.

• Wang Wu absorbed a drop of True Dragon Ancient Blood, filled a deficiency in his innate bloodline core, and raised Bloodline Evolution to 65.5%.
• Wang Wu used all three Free Attribute Points on Spiritual Resonance Talent, raising it to level 18 and gaining the ability to perceive living things as structures of spirit energy.
• Wang Wu discovered that a single breath of level 18 Spiritual Essence absorbed a hundred thousand spirit energy and risked killing nearby life, so he carefully limited his extraction.
• Wang Wu accumulated spirit energy across the wilderness, reaching fifteen million points after a day and thirty million after two days while considering how best to convert it.
• The Four Clowns appraised Wang Wu's level 18 Spiritual Essence as provisionally Super First-Rank and stated that he had met three of the ten conditions needed for Super First-Rank strength.

Wang Wu entered the Life and Death Arena as Lying Flat Lord and discovered his opponent, Mud Lord, was a powerful demon planning to advance to Super First-Rank during the duel. As Mud Lord began his breakthrough, the countdown continued and Wang Wu watched without revealing how he would respond.

• Wang Wu used his Level 18 Spiritual Resonance Talent to uncover Mud Lord’s formidable abilities, defensive treasures, and hidden strength.
• Wang Wu and Mud Lord registered under their aliases and agreed to the arena’s rules, including a time limit that would make the match a draw if neither died.
• Mud Lord wagered on his own victory, then swallowed a fifth-grade Five Aggregates Spirit Pill to advance during the duel.
• Snake Emperor objected to Mud Lord’s mid-battle advancement, but the arena rejected the objection and silenced the spectators’ complaints.
• The Nine-Tailed Emperor asked Lu Wuchen about Xiong Wu, and Lu Wuchen admitted he could not see through him; Grandpa Tree watched Snake Emperor without explaining what he knew.

Wang Wu faced Mud Lord’s overwhelming Five Aggregates Heaven Mending and used his abilities to discover and exploit a flaw in it. The blood qi curtain collapsed after Wang Wu interrupted the technique, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Mud Lord advanced to Super First-Rank and attacked Wang Wu with Five Aggregates Heaven Mending, but Wang Wu escaped its initial lock with Substitute Cicada and Passive Concealment.
• Mud Lord used Joyful Union Puppets to boost its blood qi circulation and continued pressing Wang Wu with its enhanced blood curtain.
• Wang Wu’s level 18 Spiritual Essence identified a flaw in Mud Lord’s Five Aggregates Heaven Mending as he prepared to counter.
• Wang Wu activated level 13 Hegemon Body to neutralize Mud Lord’s restraints, then used Piercing Insight to interrupt the technique.
• Mud Lord’s blood qi curtain lost control and collapsed, becoming ownerless.

Wang Wu interrupted Mud Lord’s vitality attack, absorbed much of the released energy, and forced Mud Lord to retreat into its iron-turtle defense. While the spectators doubted Wang Wu could break through, he used his copies and a hidden Seventh Rank Companion Iron Essence to pierce the turtle’s mystic iron shields.

• Wang Wu used his copies and small cauldron to absorb nearly two million points of ownerless vitality as Mud Lord reclaimed some energy and transformed into an iron turtle to defend.
• Commentator Lord explained Wang Wu’s feat as identifying and interrupting Mud Lord’s attack, while the Snake Emperor, Grandpa Tree, and the Stone Demon discussed how difficult the turtle would be to defeat.
• Wang Wu spotted the mystic iron shields layered over Mud Lord’s shell and set up a Rapid Reaction Sword Formation, but its attacks failed to damage the turtle.
• Wang Wu used several copies and repeated Five Immortals Return to the Cave, confusing spectators and Mud Lord about which figure was real.
• Mud Lord discovered a fist-sized hole in its mystic iron shields, and spectators realized Wang Wu had used a Seventh Rank Companion Iron Essence.

Wang Wu evaded the Mud Turtle’s forbidden Yin Fire trap while concealing the limits of his ability to see through its moves. He faked his death with a burned hair, then ambushed the injured Mud Turtle and destroyed it before the countdown ended.

• The Mud Turtle sealed Wang Wu inside Heaven and Earth in a Jar and unleashed Yin Fire, using Yang Thunder and its own limbs to intensify the attack.
• Wang Wu dodged the Pale Fire while pretending to panic, and the Mud Turtle refused his offers to stop and fight fairly.
• Wang Wu calculated that using Level 18 Spiritual Essence again would consume his last available strand of Divine Sense, so he stalled while the Mud Turtle’s trap shrank.
• The Mud Turtle sacrificed more limbs to multiply the Pale Fire, and Wang Wu let the flames burn away his finest hair to make the Mud Turtle believe he was dead.
• As the Mud Turtle tried to withdraw its forbidden weapons, Wang Wu transformed into Bear Form and struck from behind, tearing apart the Mud Turtle and smashing its demon core.

After killing Mud Turtle, Wang Wu escaped the Divine Turtle Clan’s pursuit and devoured Mud Turtle’s remains to rapidly advance his cultivation. He reached peak first-rank strength, then faced a tracking turtle that escaped while the Four Clowns urged him to capture it.

• Wang Wu collected Mud Turtle’s remains, confirmed the Snake Emperor had paid the five billion Spirit Energy Dou, then destroyed their communication pendant and hid underground.
• Wang Wu fed Mud Turtle’s Dragon Bone to the Companion Iron Essence and ate Mud Turtle’s flesh to convert its remaining medicinal energy into cultivation.
• Wang Wu advanced all five Ruyi Demon Cores to third-rank, gained 2,500 years of lifespan, and reached peak first-rank great demon strength.
• Wang Wu tossed a tracking turtle out of its jar, drawing its Pale Fire onto himself, but the turtle escaped the Darksteel Hut.
• The Four Clowns begged Wang Wu to catch the turtle for its Primordial Spirit, so Wang Wu released them.

Wang Wu subdued a massive amount of Pale Fire, raised his Yin Fire Resistance to 9,900, and survived a battle with a turtle Primordial Spirit with help from the Companion Iron Essence and three databases. The attribute panel revealed that the Divine Turtle Clan might be searching for him and that he had 8,977 years before forced ascension.

• Wang Wu absorbed the Pale Fire, raised his Yin Fire Resistance from 4,000 to 8,500, and swallowed a turtle Primordial Spirit to continue improving it.
• The turtle Primordial Spirit tried to possess Wang Wu, but the Companion Iron Essence used Yang Thunder to drive it off and damage three golden databases that had returned to help.
• Wang Wu fled five thousand li, then continued tempering himself with Pale Fire until his resistance reached 9,900 at the cost of one hundred years of lifespan.
• Wang Wu inspected the Storage Pouches for tracking objects and learned that the turtle Primordial Spirit had seized important information, potentially exposing him to a Divine Turtle Clan search.
• The attribute panel revealed that Wang Wu would be forced to undergo tribulation and ascend after 9,000 years in the Cultivation World, leaving him 8,977 years.

Wang Wu secretly transferred the Soul Jade and its attribute panel to a powerful hair incarnation, hiding his plans from the Four Clowns before setting out as a wandering assassin. A white-haired old man then used the Myriad Mountains and Rivers Map to reconstruct Wang Wu’s arrival and battle, beginning an investigation into his origins and companions.

• Wang Wu silenced the Four Clowns while concealing that he had moved the Soul Jade and attribute panel onto his Supreme Hair.
• Wang Wu stored the Supreme Hair, prepared five Second-Rank Hairs, destroyed his distant True Man Mu identity, and headed off to resume wandering as an assassin.
• A white-haired old man used the Myriad Mountains and Rivers Map to rewind events across ten thousand li and reveal Wang Wu’s teleportation.
• The old man sent jade bees to investigate Wang Wu’s route, origin, and possible companions.
• The old man replayed Wang Wu’s battle with Mud Turtle but learned only that Xiong Wu had three formidable False Nascent Souls.

A mysterious Grand Unity True Immortal tracked Xiong Wu, learned of his bloodline and abilities, and tried to arrange a duel disguised as a marriage proposal. As multiple forces searched for him, Wang Wu traveled through a desolate region and sensed that something was wrong with the Supreme Hair and the Four Clowns.

• The mysterious old man used the Myriad Mountains and Rivers Map and an ancient azure tree phantom to identify Xiong Wu's bloodline, concealment, and cultivation of the Three Calamities.
• The old man confronted Snake Emperor and the other Sin Prison Legion leaders, extracted memories of Xiong Wu, offered five billion units of Spirit Energy Dou as a supposed dowry, and killed Lu Wuchen after learning Xiong Wu's birth details.
• The old man's agents discovered that True Man Mu had vanished, and he ordered Jade Bee to investigate the Jade Cauldron Immortal Alliance and kill anyone connected to Xiong Wu.
• Wang Wu traveled a hundred thousand miles through a sparsely inhabited wilderness and regretted losing contact with Snake Emperor and Grandpa Tree.
• After Wang Wu used the Supreme Hair as a substitute body, his sense of endless desolation disappeared, so he withdrew his Divine Sense and let the Four Clowns take over while suspecting a hidden scheme.

Wang Wu cautiously severed his connection to the Four Clowns and left the strange area, where he reunited with Five Poisons and learned that Lu Wuchen had died and been erased from the Sin Prison Legion’s memory. Five Poisons asked Wang Wu to lead his group of more than a thousand refugees, but Wang Wu tried to leave until Five Poisons foresaw that he would die without a burial ground.

• Wang Wu sealed the Supreme Hair inside Mud Turtle’s shell, abandoned the Companion Iron Essence, and traveled away from the area where reality had seemed wrong.
• Wang Wu followed strange impulses to divine talismans bearing questions from Five Poisons, then found Five Poisons and Yue Shan near Dragon Head City.
• Five Poisons explained that his foresight had led him to leave the Sin Prison Legion camp with Yue Shan and others after foreseeing Wang Wu’s arrival and Lu Wuchen’s death.
• Wang Wu told Five Poisons that he had sensed an indescribable danger and said he felt relieved, while Five Poisons described his powerful foresight and Dragon Head City.
• Five Poisons asked Wang Wu to lead his group of more than a thousand people, but Wang Wu refused and started to leave.
• Five Poisons warned Wang Wu that he foresaw him dying without a burial ground if he went on alone.