Recaps

Ji An purified Harmony Peak and other contaminated lands, earning Profound Yellow Merit Qi while advancing his cultivation and helping the sect develop. He left for the Central Continent with Qin Yan in his small world, defeated Kongwen when the monk pursued True Monarch Pingtian, and learned that Wan Jinrong was preparing to enter the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Li Haoran overcame the thunder tribulation and became a Nascent Soul Realm Sword Cultivator, while Ji An began purifying the demonic vein at Harmony Peak.
• Ji An’s purification cleared Harmony Peak’s contamination and earned him Profound Yellow Merit Qi, which he used to improve his Wu Ji Earth Dao Seed and strengthen his cultivation.
• Ji An helped the sect plan Harmony Peak’s restoration, then cremated True Lord Yuxiao and placed his ashes beside the Soul Nurturing Wood.
• After forty years, Ji An advanced to Nascent Soul Layer Six and decided to travel to the Central Continent with Qin Yan to negotiate for Phoenix Nirvana Pills.
• Ji An discovered and planted a dormant Xin Metal seed, then carried Qin Yan in the Gourd World as he crossed the wilderness toward the Central Continent.
• Ji An encountered True Monarch Pingtian fleeing Kongwen and two guardian Vajras, then joined the fight and killed both Vajras.
• Ji An broke Kongwen’s Buddhist light with Chaos Five Elements Thunder and crushed him with the Five Elements Divine Mountain.
• True Monarch Pingtian recognized Ji An as Xuanqing, and told him that Wan Jinrong had survived the Great Tribulation and was preparing to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Ji An secured alliances and resources while preparing the sect for Buddhist threats, then traveled west to purify the demonic veins around Diancui Mountain. After two years, he completed the cleansing, earned heavenly merit, and moved on to Yan Hui Ridge as his Wu Ji Earth Dao Seed showed a new change.

• Ji An traded resources with Taixu Sect for the Phoenix Nirvana Pill recipe, then surveyed Diancui Mountain and reported on its demonic conditions.
• Ji An attended Wan Jinrong’s Nascent Soul breakthrough and traded with True Monarch Pingtian and other cultivators at the Cloud Sea Merchant Alliance.
• Monk King Jingyue attacked Ji An over Kong Wen’s death, and Ji An escaped before warning the Taixu Sect and strengthening preparations against Buddhist cultivators.
• Qin Yan broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and Ji An helped the sect organize defenses, surveillance puppets, and a search for scarce fourth-tier resources.
• Ji An traveled toward Central Continent, killed a tribulation-wounded Kui Ox and fought its parents, then traded with True Lord Tianyan and learned more about Buddhist cultivators.
• Ji An began purifying Diancui Mountain’s demonic vein, exchanged resources and knowledge with Wan Jinrong and True Person Shengyang, and planted Mysterious Frost Crystal Rice in the Gourd World.
• After two years, Ji An completed Diancui Mountain’s purification, received heavenly merit, and left for Yan Hui Ridge as lightning flickered across his Wu Ji Earth Dao Seed.

Ji An advanced his cultivation while transforming the Spirit-Severing Land and strengthening the sect’s defenses, as Buddhist forces expanded their campaign across the continents. After rescuing Netherworld True Monarch, Ji An warned his sect that a vast Buddhist army was moving toward the Western Continent and helped them prepare for war.

• Ji An broke through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage, transformed the Spirit-Severing Land for merit, and improved his spiritual treasures and small world.
• Ji An killed four Buddhist Monk Kings attempting to enter the Western Continent and sent the sect the Minor Formless Art as a warning.
• Ji An returned to the sect, where Lin Lan had become sect master, and helped strengthen its defenses and cultivate higher-grade Spirit Trees.
• Monk King Ruhai and the other Buddhist leaders chose to focus their forces on Southern Continent before confronting Central Continent, while Ji An continued developing his small world and transforming the Spirit-Severing Land.
• True Monarch Hongyue reported the Buddhist reinforcements to the Central Continent leaders, who organized an alliance and began planning attacks on Buddhist array nodes.
• Ji An killed Liao Chen and his Junior Brother after they attacked the wounded Netherworld True Monarch, then agreed to guard the surviving Nascent Soul during reincarnation.
• Netherworld True Monarch gave Ji An control of the Great Yin Moon Corpse, and Ji An brought him toward the sect.
• Ji An told the sect leaders that Buddhist forces had destroyed the Shadowless Sect and Earth Fiend Gate with at least fifty or sixty Nascent Soul cultivators, prompting plans to fortify the sect and prepare for invasion.

Ji An led Golden Spirit Sect and allied cultivators against Buddhist forces, striking their Southern Continent strongholds and joining the prolonged siege of the Lotus Demon Subduing Formation. After Karma Fire contaminated the allied army, Ji An supplied Bodhi Wishful Incense, and the True Lords agreed to resume their assault.

• Ji An destroyed Buddhist vessels and fought Monk King Ruhai, then returned to Golden Spirit Sect and prepared its defenders for the coming siege.
• Ji An ambushed the Buddhist camp and temples in the Southern Continent with Yue Ling'er, killing Monk King Kongjian and other leaders before returning with their spoils.
• True Monarch Xuanfeng tested Ji An's strength, then joined Ji An and the allied True Lords in a surprise attack that killed Monk King Ruhai and the other Nascent Soul-level Buddhist cultivators.
• Ji An refined the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner and joined the allies at Luofeng Mountain, where he spent two years attacking Buddhist defensive nodes as the Gathering Origin Tree advanced.
• True Monarch Canglong and the allied leaders planned new attacks on the Buddha Formation, while Ji An demonstrated his Chaos Five Elements Thunder and supported efforts to break the siege deadlock.
• Ji An attacked Lanruo Temple's Buddha Formation, but Monk King Jingci's Karma Fire spread across the battlefield and drove many cultivators to attack one another, forcing the allies to retreat.
• Ji An supplied thousands of sticks of Bodhi Wishful Incense to help calm the contaminated cultivators, while True Monarch Canglong reported the alliance's losses and True Monarch Juque urged a full assault the next day.