Recaps

Ling Wuyuan recovered from his injuries while traveling through the Demon Luo Tree Sea, where a clash involving the Chasing Maple Dynasty’s Spirit Concealment Division and Subterranean Beasts drew him into battle. After forcing Hua Lishu to trade vital information for his life, Ling Wuyuan learned where the Heavenly Star Gold Stone lay and headed underground to claim it.

• Ling Wuyuan recovered from his external injuries, received news that Pei Yi had reached the Source Gathering Realm, and learned that a Heart Domain Realm elder from the overseas headquarters would arrive in about two months.
• Ling Wuyuan slowed the Floating Rune Warship, gathered supplies and information along his route, and entered the Demon Luo Tree Sea after finding folktales about mysterious golden stones.
• Ling Wuyuan crossed the forest while repelling demon beasts, then refused a bloodied member of the Chasing Maple Dynasty’s Spirit Concealment Division who asked him to help with a mission.
• Subterranean Beasts erupted from underground and surrounded Ling Wuyuan, the human cultivators, and the demon beasts, so Ling Wuyuan fired the Floating Rune Warship’s Rune Cannons before leaving the ship to attack them himself.
• Ling Wuyuan used his sword lights and [Doomfall Calamity] to overwhelm the Subterranean Beasts, then killed nearly everyone nearby with a single strike and seized their spoils.
• Hua Lishu offered information to save himself and his subordinates, revealing that the Heavenly Star Gold Stone lay five hundred thousand meters underground and that its power had opened a passage to the underground world.
• Ling Wuyuan took the group’s valuables, killed two men who had hidden items, and let Hua Lishu and the others go before diving underground to claim the stone.

Ling Wuyuan took the Heavenly Star Gold Stone from the Subterranean Beasts and absorbed enough of its energy to transform his body and approach the Enlightened Intent Realm. The Chasing Maple Dynasty began searching for him and preparing to reclaim the treasure as conflict stirred in the Demon Luo Tree Sea.

• Ling Wuyuan descended into the underground world, killed two powerful Subterranean Beasts, and found the Heavenly Star Gold Stone beside a passage guarded by thousands more.
• Ling Wuyuan refused a projected Subterranean Beast’s offer, removed the stone, and damaged nearby earth veins, unleashing earthquakes that devastated the region and drew powerful beasts toward the disturbance.
• Hua Lishu returned to a Chasing Maple Dynasty stronghold and reported the lost treasure, while the dynasty began investigating Ling Wuyuan’s disguised appearance and identity.
• Ling Wuyuan used Gray Mist to absorb the stone’s energy, improving his body and soul, advancing to the Divine Sense Stage, and discovering that Abyssal Divine Speed had developed further.
• The Chasing Maple Dynasty circulated Ling Wuyuan’s portrait, but Wenying Tower and the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion declined to intervene, while Ling Wuyuan rejected advice to hide and chose to face the dynasty himself.
• Ling Wuyuan refined his control over his transformed body, discovered his Cellular Will, and tested how quickly his cells resisted poison and healed a wound.
• Kang Canglan refused to give up the Heavenly Star Gold Stone despite interference concealing Ling Wuyuan, then ordered defenses after reports of a major disturbance and possible beast tide in the Demon Luo Tree Sea.
• Ling Wuyuan suspected divination could not locate him, prepared to absorb the stone’s remaining energy, and resolved to confront any pursuers openly as Kang Canglan sought a divination expert to find him.

Ling Wuyuan mastered the Heavenly Star Gold Stone’s memories, suffered severe damage from glimpsing a higher-level being, and then drew the Chasing Maple Dynasty into a fight. He battled three True Form Realm cultivators while factions across the region watched and tried to identify his side.

• Several Demon Kings sealed the spatial-temporal passage and searched for the Heavenly Star Gold Stone, unaware that Ling Wuyuan had already taken it.
• Ling Wuyuan broke through to the Enlightened Intent Realm, developed powerful energy fields, and expected his new strength to speed his return to the Southern Region.
• The Chasing Maple Dynasty sought diviners to find Ling Wuyuan, but the old man refused Kang Canglan’s request after his divine ability warned him of certain death.
• Kang Canglan and Bai Dinghan formed an alliance to pursue the Heavenly Star Gold Stone, and Bai Dinghan divined Ling Wuyuan’s name, route, and likely destination.
• Fu Mengxue learned that Ling Wuyuan was fighting local True Form Realm cultivators, dismissed the report, and decided to arrange for him to return rather than test him alone.
• Ling Wuyuan read the Heavenly Star Gold Stone’s memories, glimpsed the immense being that had shattered it, and suffered severe damage to his body and soul.
• Kang Canglan, Bai Dinghan, Kang Xingcheng, and Kang Wanshu ambushed Ling Wuyuan near the Demon Luo Tree Sea, but he met their challenge and fought them at overwhelming speed.
• Ling Wuyuan endured the trio’s True Aspects and adapted to their attacks, while Pei Yiman learned he was fighting four True Form Realm opponents and regional factions debated whether to intervene.

Ling Wuyuan killed Kang Canglan, Kang Xingcheng, and Bai Dinghan after surviving their trap, then spent the aftermath recovering and understanding his abilities. As the Northern Domain turned its attention to the Heavenly Star Gold Stone, Fu Mengxue arrived and discovered Pei Yiman’s extraordinary cold energy.

• Kang Canglan and his companions trapped Ling Wuyuan in Bai Dinghan’s shrinking Golden Cage, but Ling Wuyuan adapted to their attacks and learned to anticipate them.
• Ling Wuyuan launched a devastating burst of speed, pierced Kang Xingcheng, and survived the heat that charred his body.
• Ling Wuyuan killed the wounded Kang Xingcheng, Bai Dinghan, and Kang Canglan, then left the battlefield to recover.
• As investigators and factions tried to learn what had happened, Ling Wuyuan studied his injuries and recognized that his speed and developing perception could threaten both him and the world.
• Di Zixuan deduced that Ling Wuyuan had obtained the Heavenly Star Gold Stone, while the Demon Luo Tree Sea’s yao beast overlords publicized the dispute over the stolen treasure.
• Fu Mengxue arrived at Jade Night Snow Mountain and confronted Yuan Yujun, then examined Pei Yiman after noticing unusual cold energy within her.
• Fu Mengxue discovered that Pei Yiman’s cold energy absorbed heat and converted it into more cold energy, leaving her astonished by Pei Yiman’s potential.