Recaps

Li Qing revived his Spirit Devouring Demonic Flame, helped refine the Four Symbols Suppressing Heaven Cauldron, and survived True Person Chifa’s ambush. After Rice Bucket advanced to a Third-tier Demonic Beast, Li Qing began cultivating toward Mid Core Formation.

• Li Qing revived the Origin Fire Seed with Seven-Colored Vitality Essence, then settled the Spirit Devouring Demonic Flame and Nether Cold Fire into his dantian, expanding it and strengthening his cultivation.
• Zhao Nan invited Li Qing to Ghost Sword Sect, where Gui Li asked him and three other Artifact Refiners to help refine the Four Symbols Suppressing Heaven Cauldron.
• Li Qing and the other refiners completed their portions of the cauldron, and Li Qing chose the Withered Vine Wood from the Ghost Sword Sect treasury as his reward.
• True Person Chifa ambushed Li Qing over the Earth Spirit Pearl Fragment and his Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire, but Li Qing killed him with an amplified Primordial Peerless Hammer and took his possessions.
• Li Qing studied the Soul Calming Drum and learned that Gui Li’s newly completed cauldron was a limited-use imitation that cracked when tested.
• Rice Bucket consumed the Third-tier Red Crystal and, after the blood lotus seed restored his clarity, completed his transformation into a Third-tier Demonic Beast.
• Li Qing used Seven-Colored Vitality Essence on the Withered Vine Wood, then stored it and began cultivating toward Mid Core Formation with dragon marrow.

Li Qing rescued Shen Ningbing from the ice plains, sought help for Ancestor Bingyun, and reunited with Liu Hanyue at Moon Chasing Palace. The gathering led to Gui Fan’s duel with True Person Zhiyang, which was still unfolding as Li Qing suspected Gui Fan had a hidden plan.

• Li Qing used a false lead about the Pure Yang Physique to draw cultivators away, then attacked Shangqing Sect and killed its elders while rescuing Shen Ningbing from their pursuit.
• Li Qing and Shen Ningbing found Ancestor Bingyun transformed into an ice sculpture, and Yue Xuan said her consciousness and soul remained preserved but could not be restored by her.
• The Frost Jade Ice Butterfly advanced to the third rank in an underground ice palace, and Li Qing and Shen Ningbing left without revealing the palace’s location.
• At Moon Chasing Palace, Yue Xuan gave Li Qing a White Jade Plate, and Li Qing recognized Liu Hanyue as the new Holy Maiden during the Grand Gathering.
• The Moon Stone drew spiritual objects from Moonlit Ridge, and Li Qing retrieved a rusted bronze blade fragment at the cost of two years of his lifespan.
• Liu Hanyue told Li Qing where the Lingyun Sect survivors had traveled and agreed to search for them, while the palace’s formation halted a confrontation between True Lord Tai Xuan and Rakshasa Demon Lord.
• Li Qing lent Gui Fan Nether Cold Fire for three Essence Augmentation Pills, and Gui Fan and True Person Zhiyang began their duel three days later.
• Gui Fan’s Thousand-Year Yin Corpse exploded, but Zhiyang survived and countered Gui Fan’s Nether Cold Fire with a Taiqing Demon Suppressing Talisman, making Li Qing suspect Gui Fan was concealing a plan.

After the Taiyi Sect fell, Li Qing gathered allies and talismans for his plan to rebuild the Lingyun Sect, then traveled alone to the Nether Realm to search for Wu Chong. He reunited with Wu Chong, survived a tribulation caused by Nether Marrow, and reached the island where the scattered Lingyun Sect disciples had settled.

• Gui Li and Zhu Jiuyin led the Demonic Path assault that destroyed the Taiyi Sect, while True Lord Tai Xuan learned of the attack and the Rakshasa Demon Lord escaped with Gui Fan.
• Li Qing and Shen Ningbing recruited Chu Lingyi, True Person Fu Xuan, and Daoist Jinbao to their cause, gathered Forbidden Breaking Talismans, and prepared to rebuild the Lingyun Sect.
• Li Qing used a Great Teleportation Token to reach the Nether Realm, learned about its Yin Stone tribute system, and headed for Xiling Divine Hall in search of Wu Chong.
• Wu Chong attacked Xiling Divine Hall as Taotie True Person, and Li Qing helped him defeat the Hall Master before they entered the Yin Vein together.
• Li Qing and Wu Chong absorbed Nether Marrow on Lotus Dao Platforms, but Li Qing pulled Wu Chong free when the Nether Marrow bound him and ended his sudden enlightenment.
• A tribulation struck Li Qing for carrying Netherworld aura, and he endured its lightning by tempering his body with the True Body of the Brahma King.
• Wu Chong hid Li Qing from those investigating Xiling Divine Mountain and later took him to the island where the scattered Lingyun Sect disciples were living.
• Li Qing revealed himself to the disciples, reuniting with Senior Brother Wen, Lu Fan, and other old acquaintances.

Li Qing returned to the Qingling Region, rescued Ancestor Ziqing, and destroyed the Shangqing Sect before rebuilding Lingyun Sect in its ruins. After defending Liu Sheng and Liu Xue from the Feng Family, he entered the Soul Nurturing Secret Realm to seek Sky Star Grass for his soul injury.

• Li Qing followed the Sky Roaming Falcon to a hidden chamber, passed the Kunpeng Trial, and obtained the Kunpeng Treasure Art before reuniting with his companions and returning to the Qingling Region.
• Li Qing and Shen Ningbing infiltrated Shangqing Sect’s Core Formation ceremony, where Li Qing revealed himself to rescue Ancestor Ziqing from execution.
• Li Qing, Shen Ningbing, Fu Xuan, Liu Hanyue, and Wu Chong fought Shangqing Sect’s forces, broke its formation, and killed Wen Xia, Ling Ying, and Yan Xi while Yang Tian died in a core explosion.
• Li Qing chose to rebuild Lingyun Sect among Shangqing Sect’s ruins, recovered its resources, and welcomed back the survivors led by Lu Fan and Ancestor Ziqing.
• Li Qing organized Lingyun Sect’s reconstruction and discovered that the stone embryo was an Earth Stone Embryo, while his soul injury from the Exquisite Immortal Sound worsened.
• Li Qing protected Liu Sheng and Liu Xue from the Feng Family, destroyed the family’s forces, and let Liu Sheng kill Feng Ming for killing Zheng'er.
• Li Qing spared the remaining Feng Family, invited Liu Sheng and Liu Xue to join Lingyun Sect, and entered the Soul Nurturing Secret Realm seeking Sky Star Grass.