Recaps

Ling Wuyuan killed Teng Shenghu, advanced to the Spirit Infusion Realm, and forged a cultivation method of his own before setting out toward the Southern Region. Meanwhile, Shen Yunqing sacrificed the Crimson Blood Ghost Sect in pursuit of a breakthrough into the Divine Ability Realm.

• Ling Wuyuan defeated Teng Shenghu by using his speed to sever Teng Shenghu’s neck, then returned to Huayan City as unrest spread through the streets.
• Song Jie met Ling Wuyuan, confirmed his identity as a member of Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion, and explained that the controlled Continental Teleportation Array was the fastest route back to the Southern Region.
• Ling Wuyuan advanced to the Spirit Infusion Realm, absorbed vast amounts of spiritual energy, and found that his body and mental power had grown dramatically.
• Ling Wuyuan developed and named his evolving cultivation technique Sole Righteous Path, then tested its abilities and recognized that it could integrate only techniques and knowledge he had mastered.
• Ling Wuyuan decided to travel alone toward the Southern Region, planned a route around dangerous areas, and left Huayan City after Zheng Sajuan wished him a safe journey.
• Shen Yunqing used a blood pool to consume powerful corpses and souls, then sealed the Crimson Blood Ghost Sect and slaughtered its members to gather more materials.
• Shen Yunqing told the Great Elder that the sect had to disappear so he could escape his past and gain power, then entered the blood pool to begin his Divine Ability Realm breakthrough.
• Ling Wuyuan arrived at the Old Dust Kingdom capital, chose not to enter the war-torn city, and followed Wenying Tower’s intelligence toward a safer repository of books.

Ling Wuyuan traveled through a troubled land, avoided joining the battle over an ancient ruin, and killed two cultivators who provoked him. The ruin then surged beneath a city, destroying it and carrying Ling Wuyuan hundreds of kilometers, where he realized the ruin was moving under its own power.

• Ling Wuyuan bought a vast collection of books and supplies, while his Soul Beacon grew stronger and more active.
• Ling Wuyuan crossed paths with Yi Yunhe, also known as Shen Yunqing, the Divine Ability Realm cultivator seeking to establish a nation, and continued on without confronting him.
• Ling Wuyuan approached a city near a battle over ancient ruins and learned that factions had been searching for the ruins for centuries.
• Ling Wuyuan chose to leave the gathering at Fragrant Tea Goose Tower, but killed a provocateur and then Qi Zhenhao after they challenged him.
• As Ling Wuyuan headed for the city gate, an underground force shattered a distant mountain range and sent flaming debris and violent tremors toward the city.
• A massive underground behemoth displaced the land and overwhelmed the city, while Ling Wuyuan let the earth tsunami engulf him rather than risk killing others with an attack.
• The disaster left only just over a thousand survivors and a vast lava-filled chasm, while Ling Wuyuan discovered that the moving ancient ruin had carried him hundreds of kilometers.

Ling Wuyuan explored a vast ancient war construct, survived its Sword Intent, and escaped the deadly depths as the ruin descended. He then met Di Zixuan, who discussed Ling Wuyuan’s unusual constitution, while Yi Yunhe continued weighing whether to move against him.

• Ling Wuyuan explored the ruin and discovered its enormous weapon-like structure, then endured the Sword Intent embedded in a massive scar and sealed its will despite severe injuries.
• Ling Wuyuan crossed an energy membrane into the ruin’s abandoned complex, where an invisible metal puppet patrolled among the remains of an ancient race and dead cultivators.
• Ling Wuyuan collected the dead cultivators’ possessions, cremated their bodies, and continued scavenging while the ruin descended deeper underground.
• Ling Wuyuan left the ruin as it sank, cultivated by absorbing poisonous mist, and strengthened himself while using the Sword Intent as a whetstone for his will.
• As the underground passage collapsed and a powerful roar rose from the depths, Ling Wuyuan escaped and encountered Yi Yunhe near the pit’s opening.
• Song Jie told Ling Wuyuan that the ruin lay far underground and introduced him to Di Zixuan, who discussed his resistance to spacetime and the possible development of an Innate Divine Ability.
• Di Zixuan explained how special physiques could guide and restrict their owners’ abilities, then learned that Ling Wuyuan had joined Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion through a beauty trap and was surprised to hear he had a partner.
• Yi Yunhe learned that Ling Wuyuan was not a Wenying Tower prodigy and hesitated to attack him, fearing retaliation from a powerful hidden force.

Ling Wuyuan defeated Yi Yunhe in a destructive battle and created [Doomfall Calamity], then escaped while investigators blamed a hidden Crimson Blood Ghost Sect powerhouse. He recovered aboard Di Zixuan’s Floating Rune Warship and accepted that the devastation he caused could bring retaliation.

• Di Zixuan gave Ling Wuyuan a Floating Rune Warship, and Ling Wuyuan used it to travel away from the ancient ruin before confronting Yi Yunhe, who had followed him.
• Ling Wuyuan and Yi Yunhe fought at overwhelming speed, and their clashes devastated the land as both pushed their abilities beyond their limits.
• Yi Yunhe unleashed his ghostfire and ghostly shadow, but Ling Wuyuan countered the attacks and pressed him with speed, precise swordsmanship, and a powerful punch.
• After Yi Yunhe destroyed Ling Wuyuan’s sword and trapped him inside contracting flames, Ling Wuyuan gathered Momentum and Intent and struck Yi Yunhe with a decisive punch.
• Ling Wuyuan disrupted Yi Yunhe’s True Essence, formed destructive vortices inside him, and finished him with the newly named [Doomfall Calamity], and Yi Yunhe handed over his spatial ring before dying.
• Ling Wuyuan buried Yi Yunhe’s corpse after judging that its residual divine ability might transform him into a spirit, then departed to recover and study his new technique.
• Investigators examined the devastated Yellow Leaf Province but failed to identify the attacker, and Song Jie helped them conclude that Yi Yunhe had likely been killed by a hidden powerhouse connected to the Crimson Blood Ghost Sect.
• Ling Wuyuan recuperated aboard the Floating Rune Warship as it sped away, accepting that the people harmed by the battle had reason to retaliate against him.