Recaps

Yan Kuan settled at White Cloud Temple, uncovered a hidden spiritual courtyard, and began preparing for a breakthrough. He then noticed a lively child named Little Yezi whose unusual vitality caught his attention.

• Yan Kuan's family arranged for him to stay at White Cloud Temple, where he searched for and located a concealed courtyard.
• Yan Kuan opened the hidden courtyard and identified its Earth Essence Dragon Qi as the Essence of the Violet Dragon Vein.
• Yan Kuan used a Fire Dao Divine Power to clear weeds from the herb garden and planted spirit medicine seeds while his parents watched in shock.
• Yan Kuan studied Daoist classics in preparation for his breakthrough.
• Yan Kuan saw Sister Ye guiding Little Yezi toward the steps and sensed the child's unusually vigorous blood and qi.

Yan Kuan drew a secret art from Ye Fan’s Sacred Body blood, then used Vermillion Phoenix Blood to advance his cultivation. He broke through to the Divine Bridge realm as the blood’s violent power began expanding his Sea of Bitterness.

• Yan Kuan took a drop of Ye Fan’s blood and saw visions of a Great Completion Sacred Body battling a Great Success Overlord Body.
• Yan Kuan obtained a fragmented Sacred Body secret art and decided he could trade it to Ye Fan in the future.
• Yan Kuan sealed his courtyard with the Trigram Treasure Box and began cultivating with his gathered spoils.
• Yan Kuan completed his Wheel Sea and opened the Divine Bridge, reaching the Divine Bridge realm.
• Yan Kuan swallowed Vermillion Phoenix Blood, enduring intense pain as its energy expanded his Sea of Bitterness and strengthened the Divine Bridge.

Yan Kuan refined Vermillion Phoenix Blood, overcame the Calamity of Lost Direction, and reached the Other Shore while advancing his Wheel Sea cultivation. After refining Dragon Sparrow Blood, he formed Flame Battle Qi Armor and condensed a Purple-Red Rhombic Crystal in his Sea of Bitterness.

• Yan Kuan refined Vermillion Phoenix Blood and faced the Calamity of Lost Direction as his Sea of Bitterness and Divine Bridge neared their limits.
• Yan Kuan pierced the illusion with his Fiery Golden Eyes and spiritual force, passed the tribulation, and crossed the Sea of Bitterness to the Other Shore.
• Yan Kuan reached the Dao Palace but delayed breaking through, instead gathering his divine power within the Sea of Bitterness.
• Yan Kuan refined the Dragon Sparrow Blood from two Jade Vials and used its energy to further transform his cultivation.
• Yan Kuan formed purple-red Flame Battle Qi Armor as his Sea of Bitterness dried up and a Purple-Red Rhombic Crystal appeared at its center.

Yan Kuan decided to focus his cultivation on the Wheel Sea Secret Realm and adapted the Sacred Body lineage’s method to support it. After leaving Jingcheng to gather herbs, he traded with Zhang Qingyun in Huanggang and learned that a main-line Dragon Finch Clan expert had gone to Jiangxi.

• Yan Kuan weighed the two cultivation systems and chose to specialize in the Wheel Sea Secret Realm alongside Battle Crystal cultivation.
• Yan Kuan used the incomplete Sacred Body lineage method as a blueprint and integrated a Wheel Sea cultivation route into the Burning Art.
• Yan Kuan selected alchemy formulas and left Jingcheng to gather medicinal ingredients, stopping first at the Ancient Tomb at Mount Ba Ling.
• Yan Kuan traded Blood Origin Pills with Zhang Qingyun for spiritual herbs in Ancient Huangzhou City.
• Zhang Qingyun warned Yan Kuan that a main-line Dragon Finch Clan expert had gone to Jiangxi and suggested seeking help at Orthodox Unity Dao temples if needed.

Yan Kuan refined a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill at White Cloud Temple, using the gathered energy to help his parents cultivate. He successfully produced a Fourth Grade Peak pill that could raise a Da Dou Shi’s cultivation.

• Yan Kuan told Old Yan and Ms. Xiao to meditate nearby while he refined medicine.
• Yan Kuan brought out the Bronze Cauldron and used scarlet flames to extract medicinal essences from the herbs.
• Yan Kuan refined a first green pill, then began a second batch with greater ease.
• Yan Kuan switched from scarlet to violet flames to inscribe two pill patterns, then used the Empyrean Flame to add a third.
• Yan Kuan completed a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill with red, violet, and multicolored rings.

Yan Kuan refined several powerful pills and medicinal preparations, then gave his parents Foundation Establishment Spirit Elixir to aid their cultivation. He left to enter seclusion at Mount Ba Ling, hoping to advance his Battle Qi and Wheel Sea cultivation.

• Yan Kuan showed his parents a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and warned his father that taking it would be dangerous for someone of his cultivation.
• He refined two Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills, then began making modified Fire Spirit Balm and Swift Spirit Wind Pills.
• Yan Kuan prepared Foundation Establishment Spirit Elixir for his parents and explained how to use it in medicinal baths to find Qi Sensation.
• Xiao Lin accepted that Yan Kuan was leaving and told him that she and Old Yan would support him.
• Yan Kuan left for seclusion at Mount Ba Ling to raise his Battle Qi and develop his Wheel Sea Secret Realm.

Yan Kuan completed a major cultivation breakthrough in the Ancient Tomb and turned to Great Sage Chisongzi’s Sword Dao Legacy. Touching the Sword Sharpening Stone brought him face-to-face with Chisongzi’s sword light, and his consciousness sank into Chaos.

• Yan Kuan absorbed the Solar Trueflame and reached the peak of Great Battle Master, nearing Dou Ling and comparable to the third level of the Dao Palace Realm.
• Yan Kuan assessed his dwindling cultivation resources and decided to focus on mastering combat methods and accepting the Ancient Tomb’s karma.
• Yan Kuan walked to the Sword Sharpening Stone, enduring its sword qi and using the spiritual imprint of Grand Sage Red Pine to activate the legacy.
• Yan Kuan’s consciousness reached the Immortal Sword Sky Pool, where he saw Great Sage Chisongzi honing a Bronze Sword.
• Chisongzi turned toward Yan Kuan, said “Sword!”, and unleashed a ray of sword light that plunged Yan Kuan’s consciousness into Chaos.

After inheriting Great Sage Chisongzi’s Sword Dao, Yan Kuan left the Ancient Tomb of Mount Ba Ling and traveled through Shennongjia into the Daba Mountains. He tracked an Ape Demon to Ten Thousand Demons Valley, where he observed the demon holy land from afar.

• Yan Kuan took the Sword Sharpening Stone from the Ancient Tomb and set out for Ba-Shu rather than entering the Immortal Cremation Tomb Chamber.
• Yan Kuan traveled through Shennongjia, gathering medicinal and spiritual herbs as he explored its wilderness.
• Yan Kuan spotted an Ape Demon and followed it west through the Daba Mountains toward Ten Thousand Demons Valley.
• Yan Kuan found that demons from Ten Thousand Demons Valley had already looted the Hanging Coffins along his route.
• Yan Kuan reached the hidden region of Ten Thousand Demons Valley and studied its terrain and powerful demonic aura from outside.

Yan Kuan traded Beast Spirit Pills for spirit herbs with demons from Ten Thousand Demons Valley, then left to return to Shu Mountain and strengthen himself. After the Monkey King Sun Wukong decided not to pursue him, Yan Kuan traveled through Sichuan toward Mount Emei.

• Yan Kuan secretly entered Ten Thousand Demons Valley and marveled at its abundance of spirit fruits and herbs.
• Half a month later, Yan Kuan exchanged Beast Spirit Pills for herbs with Ape Demons and told them he was returning to Shu Mountain.
• The Ape Demons brought the pills to Third Valley Lord Sun Wukong, who praised their quality and chose not to pursue Yan Kuan.
• Yan Kuan waited to ensure no one followed him, then left the Daba Mountains and headed through Sichuan toward Mount Emei.

Yan Kuan spent three years cultivating Chisongzi's sword path at Immortal Sword Peak, then returned to Jingcheng. He reunited with his parents, finding his mother healthy and his father still unable to break through.

• Yan Kuan entered Shu Mountain and endured Immortal Sword Peak's sword qi to reach Sword Lake and study Chisongzi's sword path.
• Yan Kuan spent three years cultivating in Sword Lake, then emerged carrying a Broken Sword used by a Great Saint and collected three pieces of Ancient Jade.
• Yan Kuan left the Uninhabited Region, called his excited parents, and returned to Jingcheng a few days later.
• Yan Kuan's father rushed to embrace him, while Yan Kuan saw that his mother had opened her Sea of Bitterness and his father had yet to break through.

Yan Kuan helped his parents advance their cultivation and set plans to expand the family business into Sichuan before bringing them to the Daba Mountains. He met Sun Wukong, the Third Valley Lord of Ten Thousand Demons Valley, and reopened negotiations for a deal to trade pills for spiritual herbs.

• Yan Kuan helped Old Yan open his Sea of Bitterness and persuaded his parents to expand their business toward Sichuan.
• After the New Year, Old Yan established a branch company in Sichuan while Yan Kuan took his parents to the Daba Mountains.
• Yan Kuan left his parents in a cave and went to Ten Thousand Demons Valley, where he requested an audience with its three valley lords as Dan Master Li Feiyu.
• Sun Wukong welcomed Yan Kuan into the valley and brought him to an ancient city to discuss his purpose.
• Yan Kuan proposed that Ten Thousand Demons Valley supply spiritual herbs in exchange for him refining pills, and he used the Ancient Sword to show he could negotiate as an equal.

Yan Kuan successfully refined his first Fifth Grade Dragon Strength Pill in Ten Thousand Demons Valley, producing the heaven-and-earth phenomenon that marked his breakthrough as a high-grade alchemist. After Sun Wukong eagerly inspected the pill, Yan Kuan asked Ten Thousand Demons Valley to prepare more spiritual herbs for his next experiments.

• Yan Kuan used spiritual power to condense the medicinal liquid in the Medicine Cauldron into an embryonic pill.
• Yan Kuan completed the refinement as the Dragon Strength Pill absorbed energy from the scarlet flames and caused a heaven-and-earth phenomenon.
• Yan Kuan retrieved the finished Fifth Grade Dragon Strength Pill and placed it in a Jade Vial.
• Sun Wukong hurried over to admire the pill and marveled at its medicinal fragrance.
• Yan Kuan asked Sun Wukong to provide more spiritual herbs, and Sun Wukong mobilized Ten Thousand Demons Valley to gather them.

Yan Kuan attempted to refine a Peak Sixth Grade Rank-Advancing Pill in Ten Thousand Demons Valley, drawing the attention of demons who hoped it could help Four Extremes Realm cultivators reach the Transforming Dragon Realm. After three days and nights, the pill formed and triggered a powerful phenomenon, leaving its final outcome unresolved.

• Yan Kuan's parents watched him refine pills, and Xiao Lin revealed to Sun Wukong that he was making a Rank-Advancing Pill.
• Sun Wukong and the gathered demons became excited and wary as they realized the pill might help peak Four Extremes Realm cultivators advance.
• Yan Kuan carefully refined the pill for three days and nights until its main ingredients began to fuse.
• The pill embryo formed, unleashing surging energy that sent lesser demons sprawling and overturned distant turf.
• The light inside the Medicine Cauldron contracted, then burst forth with a thunderous explosion and a twenty-foot energy pillar that formed a pill cloud in the sky.

Yan Kuan completed a spiritually potent Rank-Advancing Pill and met the First Valley Lord of Ten Thousand Demons Valley, an Immortal Crane who had left seclusion. He revealed his connection to Shu Mountain’s Grand Sage Red Pine and asked about the valley’s findings among Ba Mountain’s Hanging Coffins, prompting Sun Wukong to respond awkwardly.

• Yan Kuan used Empyrean Flame to finish refining a Rank-Advancing Pill, whose spirituality let it dodge Sun Wukong’s grasp.
• Yan Kuan explained that the pill’s quality approached the Seventh Grade and described the greater spirituality of higher-grade pills.
• The First Valley Lord, an Immortal Crane at the great perfection of the Dragon Transformation Realm, left seclusion and came to meet Yan Kuan.
• Yan Kuan told the First Valley Lord that he had spent three years at Shu Mountain’s Immortal Sword Sky Pool and inherited Grand Sage Red Pine’s legacy.
• Yan Kuan asked about Ten Thousand Demons Valley’s findings among Ba Mountain’s Hanging Coffins, and Sun Wukong awkwardly asked who had told him.

Yan Kuan revealed his interest in Ten Thousand Demons Valley’s ancient secrets and examined its jade books about the legendary Earth Immortal. He joined nine jade pieces into a map of the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains, whose ancient terrain Old Crane began comparing with the Yellow River.

• Yan Kuan admitted he had entered Ten Thousand Demons Valley with hidden motives, and the First Valley Lord told Monkey to fetch the jade books.
• Monkey explained that Ten Thousand Demons Valley had pursued Chisongzi’s search for an Earth Immortal and had gathered six ancient jade books from Hanging Coffins.
• Yan Kuan studied the six jade books and produced three more, joining all nine into a complete Jade Scroll Map.
• Monkey and Old Crane realized that the nine jade pieces had been carved as one set and that their Oracle Bone Script connected.
• The map revealed Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains and an inscription describing an Earth Immortal, while Old Crane compared the ancient terrain with the Yellow River.

Yan Kuan led Monkey and Old Crane to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where they believed Quasi-Emperor Rongcheng’s burial ground was hidden beneath Daoism’s ancestral court. They reached the outer mountain ruins and considered how difficult it would be to enter the secluded Inner Mountain and find the Earth Immortal’s treasure.

• Yan Kuan explained that the Dragon Mountains on the jade pieces marked Quasi-Emperor Rongcheng’s burial ground, not the Ninety-Nine True Dragon Mountains.
• Monkey and Old Crane decided to investigate, and Yan Kuan said he knew the location before leading them to Dragon Tiger Mountain in Jiangxi.
• The three identified the mountain’s ancient formation and recognized that the Earth Immortal’s burial ground lay within Daoism’s ancestral court.
• Yan Kuan led Monkey and Old Crane through Dragon Tiger Mountain’s ruined outer court as they discussed the history and power of its Daoist branches.
• Monkey pointed out the cliff tombs and Hanging Coffins, while Old Crane warned that Daoists had occupied the mountain long ago and outsiders might not find the Inner Mountain or its treasure.

Yan Kuan led Old Crane and Monkey through Dragon Tiger Mountain to the hidden Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains, where they discovered an Earth Immortal’s burial ground. They found thousands of hanging coffins and glimpsed a branch of the Undying Divine Medicine Ginseng Fruit Tree inside a Jade Coffin.

• Yan Kuan used the Jade Scroll Map to guide Old Crane and Monkey through Dragon Tiger Mountain into the hidden land where an Earth Immortal was buried.
• The three found a Zhengyi Sect Dao protector’s skeleton and learned from his inscription that only a Beheading King could enter the forbidden land without the proper means.
• Yan Kuan shielded himself from the powerful Dao marks on a Bone Stele inscribed with the words “Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains,” while Old Crane and Monkey coughed blood.
• Monkey spotted thousands of Hanging Coffins in a fissure beneath a cliff and sensed a fragrance coming from the Dragon Mouth.
• Yan Kuan and Monkey saw a green branch of the Undying Divine Medicine Ginseng Fruit Tree inside an ancient Jade Coffin.

Yan Kuan, Monkey, and Old Crane reached the Jade Coffin in the Burial Grounds of Earth Immortals, avoiding the natural killing light guarding it. They found that the branch of the Undying Divine Tree had become an evil medicine, and the chapter left them with the ancient coffin still unopened.

• Yan Kuan, Monkey, and Old Crane searched the Hanging Coffins and found the remains of Severing Dao Kings among the buried cultivators.
• Yan Kuan recognized the fragrant branch on the Jade Coffin as part of the Ginseng Fruit Tree of Immortality, corrupted by death qi into an evil medicine.
• Old Crane tested the Jade Coffin with a magical artifact, which the Dragon Mountain Reverse Scale Killing Light destroyed and injured him.
• Yan Kuan directed Monkey and Old Crane to test routes around the killing light, and they eventually found a safe path to the coffin.
• Monkey grabbed the Divine Tree Branch and was frozen by its death qi, but Yan Kuan struck his hand away and used Empyrean Flame to remove its surface chill.
• Yan Kuan explained that the branch had absorbed death qi from the Hanging Coffins and could extend life while also rotting flesh.

Yan Kuan, Old Crane, and Monkey explored the Burial Grounds of Earth Immortals, finding the Dragon Mountains stripped of treasures and discovering an inscription about the Ginseng Fruit Tree and Undying Divine Tree. They fled after awakening something in the final intact mountain, and Yan Kuan left with a Dao-Slaying King's corpse and an Undying Divine Tree Branch intended for the Life-Devouring Pill.

• Yan Kuan explained that the Daoist Ancestral Court had likely taken the treasures from the first Dragon Mountain, and Old Crane and Monkey reluctantly agreed to continue searching.
• The three explored the second Dragon Mountain and five more, finding Jade Coffins and Undying Divine Tree branches while avoiding increasingly dangerous Hanging Coffins.
• Monkey spotted that the Dragon Mountains from the tenth onward had collapsed, and Yan Kuan found an inscription on the eighth mountain saying the Earth Immortal had buried his disciples there.
• At the final intact Dragon Mountain, the group read that the Earth Immortal had been buried with the Ginseng Fruit Tree and Undying Divine Tree.
• Yan Kuan sensed danger in the Dragon Cave, so Old Crane carried him and Monkey away as something roared awake inside.
• After escaping, Yan Kuan collected a Dao-Slaying King's corpse and kept the death-tainted Undying Divine Tree Branch, intending to use it to refine the Life-Devouring Pill.

Yan Kuan planned to refine a Seventh Grade Life-Devouring Pill using the death-contaminated Undying Divine Tree Branch as its main ingredient. After the Valley Lords supplied the herbs, he began the demanding refinement before the gathered demons, leaving the pill unfinished.

• Yan Kuan explained that the Life-Devouring Pill could greatly increase strength but shortened the consumer’s lifespan, and said he wanted to attempt refining one with the Undying Divine Tree Branch.
• Old Crane agreed that Ten Thousand Demons Valley would support Yan Kuan, and the Valley Lords gathered the required spirit herbs within two days.
• On the third day, Yan Kuan began refining the pill in the square’s Medicine Cauldron using his Empyrean Flame.
• Yan Kuan refined the Blood Spirit Mushroom and several auxiliary herbs into a concentrated medicinal liquid.
• Yan Kuan set the first batch aside and began refining the next group of ingredients.

Yan Kuan refined a Life-Devouring Pill using the Undying Divine Tree branch and a Dao-Slaying King's Blood Essence, then completed the pill after days of careful nurturing. Heavenly lightning gathered over Ten Thousand Demons Valley to test the newly formed pill.

• Yan Kuan separated the usable life essence from the Undying Divine Tree branch and refined its remaining life and death energies with other medicinal ingredients.
• Yan Kuan added the Dao-Slaying King's Blood Essence to the cauldron and used his own blood and Empyrean Flame to suppress and stabilize the pill embryo.
• Yan Kuan spent six days controlling the pill's fusion, then nurtured it for about ten more hours until it became a round pill with green, black, and red colors.
• Black clouds and silver lightning gathered above Ten Thousand Demons Valley as the completed pill triggered a tribulation, and Yan Kuan welcomed the Heavenly Thunder.

Yan Kuan’s pill refinement drew a Heavenly Tribulation, and Monkey helped the blood-red pill withstand wave after wave of lightning. The demons joined the tempering, but a Thunder Pool then engulfed Yan Kuan and the Medicine Cauldron, where Empyrean Flame rose to refine the lightning.

• Old Crane, Monkey, and Spirit Cat recognized that Yan Kuan’s pill had drawn a rare Heavenly Tribulation.
• Monkey used his Golden Staff to shatter the lightning bolts aimed at the blood-red pill in Yan Kuan’s Medicine Cauldron.
• Monkey smashed apart the tribulation clouds and ordered the demons to form an array and temper themselves in the falling lightning.
• A much stronger Thunder Pool descended over the plaza, and Yan Kuan warned Monkey to retreat before it engulfed him and the Medicine Cauldron.
• Empyrean Flame surged over the Sea of Thunder and began refining the Heavenly Thunder.

Yan Kuan refined a Flawless Life-Devouring Pill whose quality neared Eighth-Rank, then used it to cultivate in Ten Thousand Demons Valley’s secret spiritual land. The pill transformed his body and advanced his strength to Dou Wang, though consuming it left him with only three years to live.

• Yan Kuan produced a Spirit Pill from the tainted Divine Tree Branch and stored it in a Jade Vial.
• Yan Kuan entered Ten Thousand Demons Valley’s secret cultivation ground after agreeing to borrow its spiritual qi for a breakthrough.
• After three days of preparation, Yan Kuan swallowed the Life-Devouring Spirit Pill and absorbed its medicinal power.
• The pill nourished and reconstructed Yan Kuan’s body while consuming his life origin, leaving him with three years to live.
• Yan Kuan’s Battle Crystal vanished into his Sea of Bitterness, and crimson Battle Qi Transformation Wings burst from his back as his strength reached Dou Wang.

Yan Kuan used pills and the Life-Devouring Pill to break through to the perfected peak of the nine-star Dou Emperor realm. He prepared to begin the first stage of his Wheel Sea Secret Realm cultivation, Three Flourishes and Three Declines.

• Yan Kuan took a Battle Spirit Pill and an Imperial Zenith Pill while cultivating, then advanced to the three-star Dou Emperor realm.
• Yan Kuan continued cultivating for three days and three nights and reached the perfected peak of the nine-star Dou Emperor realm, gaining control of spatial power.
• Yan Kuan recalled that he had spent five years tempering his foundation and had entered Ten Thousand Demons Valley partly to obtain its six Ancient Jade pieces.
• Yan Kuan explained that he planned to cultivate only the Wheel Sea Secret Realm through nine life-death transformations, using the Life-Devouring Pill to accelerate the process.
• Yan Kuan divided the transformations into three stages and prepared to begin the first, Three Flourishes and Three Declines.

Yan Kuan underwent the first two stages of the dangerous Life-Death Transformation, enduring his body’s decay and rebirth to strengthen his foundation. He began the third transformation, in which his bones shattered and his flesh became mire, while his Divine Soul also started to change.

• Yan Kuan completed the first Life-Death Transformation, rebuilding his body and forming the Black-White Duality Wheel of Life and Death.
• Yan Kuan began the second stage, the Life-Death Grinding Wheel, and endured another cycle of destruction and rebirth.
• Yan Kuan completed the second transformation as black-and-white divine radiance filled his body and golden flames flickered in his eyes.
• Yan Kuan began the third transformation, shattering his bones and turning his flesh into mire as his Divine Soul underwent a perfect transformation.