Recaps

Ning Qi discovered that the black mist was a swarm of powerful flying insects and had Shi Xiaokun capture them to refine into an army. He and Medicine Spirit left the wasteland, found a ruined city, and began searching a wealthy household for clues.

• Ning Qi identified the black mist as True Immortal-strength insects, and Shi Xiaokun lured the swarm into his Inner Realm to refine them.
• Ning Qi learned that the women in the Bronze Mirror World had been devoured by its Origin Power, then set out with Medicine Spirit.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit crossed the desert and Gobi, passed through an abandoned town, and found an intact city in the mountains.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit entered the city and inspected a ruined wealthy household where they found corpses and signs of battle.

Ning Qi searched the ruined city and uncovered a hidden underground pool of Li River Water, a rare substance that corroded both bodies and souls. He left Shi Xiaokun to collect it and regrouped with the Medicine Spirit, who warned that its vapor could contaminate the surrounding area.

• Ning Qi and Shi Xiaokun searched a ruined mansion, found records of the Wanxiao Sect, and decided to investigate it after searching the city.
• Ning Qi searched the City Lord's Mansion, collected more than ten Storage Bags, and discovered a concealed entrance beneath its rear garden.
• Ning Qi descended underground, found stored Spirit Marrow and weapons, and followed a passage to a pool of black water surrounded by pitch-black corpses.
• Shi Xiaokun identified the pool as Li River Water, and Ning Qi arranged for him to collect it and store it in the Inner Realm.
• Ning Qi reunited with the Medicine Spirit, who warned that Li River Water could corrode Divine Souls and that its vapor could contaminate the surrounding area.

Ning Qi and the Medicine Spirit watched Xu Wanrou’s group enter the ruined city, then hid in their Inner Realm to monitor the city after dark. Strange creatures attacked the city, and one sensed the Memory Spirit Stones and made a connection with their Inner Realm.

• Ning Qi and the Medicine Spirit set up a guarded resting place atop the South City Gate and spotted Xu Wanrou and her Xu Family subordinates approaching.
• Xu Qian spoke with Ning Qi, and Xu Wanrou’s group entered the city and set up restrictions and puppets in several residences.
• Ning Qi, the Medicine Spirit, and Shi Xiaokun went into their Inner Realm, where Shi Xiaokun showed them the mountain gate he had built.
• Ning Qi and the Medicine Spirit activated Memory Spirit Stones to observe the city, and hundreds of strange creatures gathered outside and charged toward the gate.
• Two creatures stared at a Memory Spirit Stone, and Ning Qi sensed a connection reaching into their Inner Realm, so he ordered the stones deactivated.

Ning Qi rescued Xu Wanrou from the Devil Creatures and brought her into his Inner Realm, where Shi Xiaokun trapped the beasts that followed. Xu Wanrou revealed that the creatures came from the Wanxiao Sect, a nearby forbidden zone, and Ning Qi remained interested in investigating it.

• Ning Qi watched the Devil Creatures overwhelm Xu Wanrou's group and decided to intervene so he could learn about their unusual aura.
• Ning Qi killed two Devil Creatures, discovered that nearby beasts grew stronger by devouring their auras, and rescued Xu Wanrou while her remaining guards stayed behind to fight.
• Ning Qi brought Xu Wanrou into his Inner Realm, where Shi Xiaokun sealed the entrance and trapped the Devil Creatures that pursued them.
• Xu Wanrou explained that the Devil Creatures had hunted her group from the Wanxiao Sect, where most of her people had been lost.
• Ning Qi learned that Xu Wanrou's elder brother was gathering people to investigate the Wanxiao Sect, and he considered going there himself.

Ning Qi and Xu Wanrou investigated the Wanxiao Sect, where Blood Pools seemed to be producing Devil Creatures. Ning Qi entered the largest pool and discovered countless dormant lifeforms, a formation at the bottom, and blood-red creatures approaching him.

• Ning Qi inspected the Devil Creatures trapped in Li River Water and took the Iron Gourd that could replenish the water.
• After daybreak, Ning Qi and Xu Wanrou left the Inner Realm and reached the ruined mountain gate of the Wanxiao Sect.
• Xu Wanrou showed Ning Qi the Blood Pools and explained that blood from them could corrode people and turn puppets into Devil Creatures.
• Ning Qi protected himself with Chaos Blazing Flames and plunged into the largest Blood Pool to investigate.
• Ning Qi sensed tens of thousands of dormant lifeforms beneath the blood, found a formation blocking the bottom, and drew his Chaos Sword as blood-red creatures swam toward him.

Ning Qi discovered that the monsters in the Blood Pool were Spirit Eaters, creatures that grew stronger by hunting and fusing with their own kind, and decided to capture them for his own use. He and Xu Wanrou headed toward the Forbidden Land in Back Mountain, where Ning Qi warned her that he might not be able to protect her if the Spirit Eaters ambushed them.

• Ning Qi defeated the armored monsters in the Blood Pool, broke through the barriers, and reached the altar.
• The Medicine Spirit read the altar’s records and explained that the Spirit Eaters were made from sacrificed cultivators’ and Spirit Beasts’ bloodline power and grew stronger by merging.
• Ning Qi decided to withdraw and return at night to gather the Spirit Eaters, while leaving the altar intact to avoid alerting whoever had arranged the sacrifice.
• Ning Qi learned from Xu Wanrou that her group had entered the Forbidden Land in Back Mountain and been attacked by monsters that grew stronger as they killed one another.
• Ning Qi explained that the monsters were Spirit Eaters and led Xu Wanrou into the dense forest toward their Forbidden Land.
• Ning Qi sensed Spirit Eaters nearby and warned Xu Wanrou that he might not be able to protect her if they ambushed the pair.

Ning Qi, Xu Wanrou, and Medicine Spirit entered the Forbidden Land through a Teleportation Array and found a suspended complex of Blood Pools and black buildings that served as the Spirit Eaters’ lair. Ning Qi used the Chaos Blazing Flames to weaken the pursuing Spirit Eaters without killing them, and the group reached the largest platform, where Medicine Spirit noticed something behind them.

• Ning Qi ignored the weak Spirit Eaters forming in the forest and activated the Teleportation Array with Spirit Marrow, bringing Xu Wanrou and Medicine Spirit into the Forbidden Land.
• Ning Qi and his companions discovered suspended platforms connected by iron chains, with Blood Pools on many platforms and black pavilions around a central great hall.
• Xu Wanrou explained that the Spirit Eaters in the Forbidden Land were powerful and that she had previously escaped using a secret art and a space-breaking artifact; Ning Qi said he could also leave with help from Shi Xiaokun and the Inner Realm.
• Ning Qi moved toward the great hall despite the awakening Spirit Eaters, surrounding himself and Xu Wanrou with Chaos Blazing Flames that weakened the attackers without killing them.
• Ning Qi reached the largest platform, which had buildings but no Blood Pool, and Medicine Spirit pointed out something behind them.

Ning Qi and Xu Wanrou discovered that the ruined sect had been built to cultivate Spirit Eaters, and Ning Qi realized its surviving Old Ancestor had lured intruders in to regain his strength. The Old Ancestor confronted them and attacked Ning Qi, whose Chaos Blazing Flames could not penetrate the crimson treasure armor; the fight remained unresolved as the old man reached for Ning Qi’s head.

• Ning Qi, Xu Wanrou, and Medicine Spirit explored the memorial hall and Reward Hall, finding evidence that the sect had hunted bloodline clans to feed its Spirit Eaters.
• Ning Qi deduced that other clans had sealed the sect after killing its strongest members, and that the Old Ancestor was manipulating intruders to recover his power.
• Xu Wanrou contacted her companions and warned them about the trap, while Ning Qi called out the hidden Old Ancestor, who appeared as an illusory white-haired man.
• The Old Ancestor explained that Ning Qi’s arrival had disrupted his plans but that he intended to take Ning Qi’s body and escape after restoring his strength.
• The Old Ancestor charged at Ning Qi, who unleashed the Chaos Blazing Flames; the old man protected himself with crimson treasure armor and struck at Ning Qi, while Medicine Spirit shielded him with life aura.

Ning Qi used Li River Water from Iron Gourd to destroy the old man's Spirit Eaters and overwhelm his body, then escaped the ruined Inner Realm with Xu Wanrou. He and Xu Wanrou reached the Boundary Sea, where Zhao Tianlei called out to them.

• The old man wounded Ning Qi and devoured his blood and qi, but Ning Qi had Shi Xiaokun infuse it with Li River Water to corrode him.
• Ning Qi sent Xu Wanrou through the Sumeru Gate, then poured Li River Water across the realm, destroying the Spirit Eaters and weakening the old man.
• The old man turned into blood mist and tried to invade Ning Qi, but Ning Qi blocked him with Chaos Blazing Flames, Li River Water, and the If Water Three Thousand Formation.
• Ning Qi left the old man trapped in the corrupted realm and reunited with Xu Wanrou in the outside void.
• Ning Qi and Xu Wanrou reached the Boundary Sea, where Zhao Tianlei called out to Ning Qi.

Ning Qi and Zhao Tianlei’s group traveled toward the Boundary Sea Battlefield while keeping quiet about the Spirit Eaters and Ning Qi’s encounter with Xu Wanrou. As they reached the battlefield region, Zhao Tianlei warned Ning Qi that their branch family might be assigned a dangerous post by the main-line family.

• Ning Qi asked Xu Wanrou to keep what happened between them secret, then reunited with Zhao Tianlei and boarded the Flying Boat.
• The Devil Race fleet continued toward the Boundary Sea Battlefield, passing wreckage and corpses from past battles as Zhao Tianlei explained the dangers ahead.
• Ning Qi told Zhao Zhirou about the powerful Spirit Eaters in the Inner Realm and asked her not to reveal their presence.
• Ning Qi learned from Zhao Zhirou that the Devil Race had a single direct-line family and that it assigned battle regions to the branch families.
• In his Inner Realm, Shi Xiaokun reported that he had controlled the Li River Water, tamed the Spirit Eaters, and was preparing to nurture more of them.
• After reaching the Boundary Sea Battlefield region, Ning Qi agreed to use the name Brother Lei, and Zhao Tianlei warned that their branch family might receive a dangerous assignment and had to send Supreme Treasures to the main-line family.

Ning Qi and Zhao Tianlei’s team passed a Devil Race inspection and traveled to the General Altar to receive orders for the war. They reached the altar, where direct-line families and accomplished fighters were granted access to the main hall.

• Zhao Tianlei explained that collateral families were sent to the frontier to wear down the Immortal Clan’s forces, while direct-line troops would respond if the danger became severe.
• The team passed the Devil Race patrol’s sacred-object inspection when Ning Qi’s Devil Race bloodline concealed his identity.
• Zhao Haoran, a powerful direct-line commander, questioned Zhao Tianlei about his preparations and ordered the team onward as the battle began.
• Zhao Zhirou warned that a mole might be among their forces, but Zhao Tianlei and Ning Qi dismissed the concern and continued toward the General Altar.
• After half a day, the team reached the General Altar, a remodeled meteorite, and Ning Qi accompanied Zhao Tianlei toward its great hall to receive their mission.

Ning Qi and Zhao Tianlei received orders to garrison a dangerous border region of the Boundary Sea Battlefield for two months. Zhao Tianlei learned that his father had deliberately assigned them there, and the fleet set off for its destination.

• Ning Qi and Zhao Tianlei waited for their assignment while Zhao Tianlei explained how drifting ruins brought resources to the Boundary Sea Battlefield.
• A guard gave Zhao Tianlei a Jade Slip, and its map revealed that their post lay in a vulnerable region bordered on three sides.
• Zhao Zhirou and Zhao Tianlei protested the assignment, but Zhao Lingtian told them he had arranged it to force them to temper themselves and ordered them to go.
• Zhao Tianlei accepted his father's decision and ordered Lu Wantian to lead the fleet toward the assigned region.
• Zhao Tianlei explained that a Wormhole would shorten the journey, though they would still need a day to reach their post after transmission.

Ning Qi and Zhao Tianlei’s forces traveled through a Wormhole to a frontier made of fragments of the shattered Inner Realm, where they learned that a major ruin outbreak was imminent. Zhao Tianlei divided the army to defend against the Immortal Clan, Human Race, and Demon Race, while Ning Qi chose to join the force facing the Immortal Clan.

• Ning Qi’s team entered the Wormhole alongside Xu Shijie and Xu Wanrou’s forces, all heading toward the frontier region.
• Zhao Tianlei’s group arrived at the branch altar, where Xu Dewang and Cao Xiong welcomed them and presented a map of the territories and enemy positions.
• Xu Dewang explained that ruins would soon appear and that the clans sent to the frontier often suffered heavy losses.
• Zhao Tianlei split the forces into three routes, assigning Cao Xiong and Lu Wantian to face the Human Race, Xu Dewang to face the Demon Race, and his own force to face the Immortal Clan.
• Ning Qi told Zhao Tianlei that he would join the force confronting the Immortal Clan.

Ning Qi traveled with Zhao Tianlei’s forces to a frontier garrison facing the Immortal Clan, where their unexpectedly large troop buildup suggested that a ruin or treasure had appeared. After the scouts failed to uncover what was happening, Ning Qi volunteered to infiltrate the Immortal Clan’s territory and investigate.

• Zhao Tianlei and Ning Qi set out with their troops, following Zhao Tianli’s route through a dangerous region of shattered Inner Realms and old wartime mechanisms.
• Zhao Tianli explained that the Immortal Clan could reinforce its forces more easily, while Zhao Tianlei and his officers discussed the dangers of enemy alliances and past battles over Supreme Treasures.
• Patrol commanders reported that the Immortal Clan had sent more troops than ever before, prompting Zhao Tianlei to order caution as they continued to the frontier garrison.
• Zhao Tianlei arrived at Wang Mang’s camp, where Wang Mang confirmed that scouts had found no explanation for the Immortal Clan’s troop buildup.
• Ning Qi volunteered to enter the Immortal Clan’s territory and investigate, drawing a frown from Wang Mang.

Ning Qi volunteered to scout the Immortal Clan’s territory alone and traveled to the contested Fragment Continent, where he sensed that the land itself was a sealed Prohibition containing resources. He reached the Devil Race’s final line of defense as two teams approached him.

• Ning Qi refused an escort, accepted a Compass and Zhao Zhirou’s Flying Boat, and set out to scout the enemy territory alone.
• A guard showed Ning Qi the route to the river dividing the Devil Race and Immortal Clan territories, and Ning Qi crossed into the contested area.
• Ning Qi used his status token to pass a Devil Race patrol and told them to keep his arrival secret.
• Ning Qi and the Medicine Spirit reached the black Fragment Continent and concluded that it was likely a sealed Prohibition concealing a resource storehouse.
• Ning Qi spotted the Devil Race’s final line of defense, and two teams from the encampment sped toward him.

Ning Qi crossed the dangerous stretch toward the river and encountered a powerful wolf pack, ruining his plan to cross unnoticed. He and Shi Xiaokun prepared to capture the two unusually powerful wolves, which Medicine Spirit recognized as beasts raised in captivity with Supreme Treasures inside them.

• Tie Shan guided Ning Qi toward the river and explained that the region held dangerous beasts, hidden entrances, and Immortal Ruins that sometimes yielded resources.
• Tie Shan left Ning Qi at a narrow trail through the unguarded area, and Ning Qi continued toward the river with Medicine Spirit.
• Ning Qi sensed a wolf pack in a dense forest, killed one wolf, and burned most of the pack with Chaos Blazing Flames, causing a blaze that could alert the Immortal Clan across the river.
• Ning Qi noticed that the surviving Golden Immortal alpha wolf wore human-forged armor and arranged with Shi Xiaokun to lure the wolves into the Inner Realm.
• The two wolves attacked Ning Qi with steel fangs and lightning, and Medicine Spirit warned that both carried Supreme Treasures and had been raised in captivity.

Ning Qi trapped and killed two wolves carrying powerful treasures, then took the Thunder Roar Bead from one and began refining it. The bead resisted fiercely with devastating lightning, and Medicine Spirit and Shi Xiaokun supported Ning Qi as his life hung in the balance.

• Ning Qi lured the two wolves into his Inner Realm, where Shi Xiaokun sealed the entrance and restrained them with Origin Power.
• Ning Qi and Shi Xiaokun killed both wolves, and Ning Qi claimed a bracelet of Sky-Splitting Meteorite Iron steel needles from one of them.
• A remnant soul appeared from the steel-needle treasure, threatened Ning Qi, and said he would have to reach the core region to meet him.
• Ning Qi retrieved the Thunder Roar Bead from the wolf's mouth and swallowed it to refine it in his dantian.
• The Thunder Roar Bead resisted Ning Qi with increasingly fierce lightning, so Medicine Spirit sent her life force into him while Shi Xiaokun suppressed the surrounding power.

Ning Qi completed his refinement with the Medicine Spirit’s help and searched for a safe way out, but found danger at every exit. He returned by the watched route under cover of night, crossed a river into Immortal Clan territory, and waited for daylight to find a safe opportunity to blend in.

• Ning Qi recovered from the lightning trial and thanked the Medicine Spirit and Shi Xiaokun for helping him complete his refinement.
• Ning Qi tested several exits through the Sumeru Space, but found Golden Immortal beasts or other dangers at each location and decided to return by the original route after dark.
• Shi Xiaokun told Ning Qi that the first batch of people in the evolving Inner Realm had developed tribes and cities, and that incense faith could strengthen Ning Qi and his Dharma Body.
• Ning Qi and Shi Xiaokun left the mountain gate in the latter half of the night and returned through the exit near the wolf corpses.
• Ning Qi broke through the river’s Prohibition Array without destroying it, crossed into Immortal Clan territory, changed back to his own appearance, and concealed his aura.
• Ning Qi decided to find a safe place and wait for daybreak before scouting ahead.

Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit crossed the border between the Devil Race and Immortal Clan territories, then encountered a group of Immortal Clan cultivators planning to sneak across the river. Ning Qi provoked a nearby vicious beast to create confusion so he could disguise himself and learn more about the area.

• Ning Qi refused to enter the Inner Realm and carefully crossed the quiet border, suspecting the lack of vicious beasts meant something was wrong.
• Ning Qi and Medicine Spirit reached a mountain peak, confirmed their route toward an Immortal Clan base, and rested overnight in a cave protected by the If Water Three Thousand Formation.
• The next day, Medicine Spirit told Ning Qi that his former master had been a Daluo Golden Immortal, and Ning Qi sensed a group of Immortal Clan cultivators approaching.
• Ning Qi sent Medicine Spirit into his dantian and decided to capture one of the approaching cultivators so he could disguise himself and gather information.
• Ning Qi shot an arrow at a nearby vicious beast, enraging it and drawing it toward the approaching group as a young girl warned her Senior Brother.

Ning Qi watched the Thousand Crane Sect disciples fall under a fierce beast’s attack, then saved the survivors and used his strength to join their group under the guise of a Rogue Cultivator. Li Qiuwan explained that the sect had left the Immortal Realm after declining and had come to the Boundary Sea Battlefield to train disciples and seek resources.

• A fierce beast killed several Thousand Crane Sect disciples, while their senior brother abandoned the group to seek reinforcements.
• Ning Qi waited until the survivors were in grave danger, then stepped in and killed the fierce beast with his Chaos Sword and Chaos Blazing Flames.
• Ning Qi claimed to be a Rogue Cultivator whose companions had been killed by the Devil Race, and the survivors invited him to join them temporarily.
• Li Qiuwan introduced herself and Zhao Cheng as members of the Thousand Crane Sect and said the sect had left the Immortal Realm after declining.

Ning Qi joined Li Qiuwan’s group under the name Ding Qi and followed them through the Immortal Clan’s guarded gorge to a mountain refuge. While the group prepared for a dangerous night among the Fierce Beasts, Ning Qi entered his Inner Realm to learn that its people had completed a cycle of reincarnation and might have produced Incense Power.

• Ning Qi gave Li Qiuwan’s group the name Ding Qi and agreed to return with them to the Thousand Crane Sect.
• Li Qiuwan used a Compass to open the gorge’s prohibition, and Ning Qi followed the group through the passage.
• The group chose a mountain peak for shelter, arranged watches, and Li Qiuwan explained their border defenses and their ignorance of why they had been sent to the area.
• Li Qiuwan and Ning Qi saw Fierce Beasts moving and fighting across the gorge, and she speculated that someone controlled them.
• Ning Qi entered his Consciousness Sea, where Shi Xiaokun told him the Inner Realm’s people had undergone one cycle of reincarnation and asked him to check whether Incense Power had appeared.

Ning Qi learned to gather and use Incense Power in his Inner Realm, greatly boosting his strength and gaining the possibility of creating clones. After touring the realm’s city and learning how its inhabitants generate Incense Power, he returned to the mountain gate and decided to check on Li Qiuwan and the others.

• Shi Xiaokun explained that Incense Power could strengthen Ning Qi and help him condense clones, and Ning Qi used it to tear open a rift in the void.
• Shi Xiaokun said Ning Qi’s Incense Power-enhanced strength could match a seventh-grade Golden Immortal and might reach an eighth-grade Golden Immortal, while clones could serve as backups or scouts.
• Ning Qi and Shi Xiaokun visited a city in the Inner Realm, where Shi Xiaokun explained that its people’s recognition, gratitude, and comprehension produced Incense Power.
• Shi Xiaokun explained that he controlled the inhabitants’ cultivation and that outsiders could not enter the Inner Realm without their permission.
• Ning Qi and Shi Xiaokun ate at a restaurant, then visited the sect at the mountain gate, where Shi Xiaokun said the cultivators did not know their identities.
• Ning Qi decided not to stay in his attic and set out to check on Li Qiuwan and the others.

Ning Qi learned that Li Qiuwan’s sect protected its reckless commander because he was the Grand Elder’s son, and he considered taking the commander’s place by killing him. As a battle approached their mountain, Ning Qi remained confident after secretly investigating the combatants and finding them weaker than himself.

• Li Qiuwan explained that her sect’s commander had abandoned their fellow disciples, but his family connections kept him from punishment.
• Ning Qi planned to leave the sect’s control and considered killing the commander to take his position.
• Li Qiuwan warned Ning Qi that the branch altar’s connections mattered more than strength, while Zhao Cheng later praised Ning Qi and complained that their master would not help them.
• Zhao Cheng noticed that the distant battle was moving toward the mountain and went to warn the others to prepare to leave.
• Ning Qi told Medicine Spirit that his divinely empowered scout had already investigated the fighters and that neither side could threaten him.

Ning Qi followed Li Qiuwan and the disciples away from the mountains to escape the fighting, but the new refuge looked exactly like a place that had trapped him before. Suspicious of the identical pool, he dove into its depths to investigate.

• Li Qiuwan led the disciples away from the mountain range, and Ning Qi followed them toward a safer area marked on their Compass.
• Ning Qi learned from Zhao Cheng that their Compass map came from earlier explorers who had paid for it with their lives.
• The Medicine Spirit noticed that the hills and jungle resembled the Shattered Continent where they had encountered the Spirit Eater, and Ning Qi asked Li Qiuwan about the area.
• Li Qiuwan brought the group to a pool surrounded by scenery identical to the place that had trapped Ning Qi before.
• Ning Qi tested the pool water, then plunged down into its depths while the other disciples relaxed at the bank.

Ning Qi discovered an underground Dragon Palace and found a sealed passage he could not open with his own power. The Azure Dragon’s bloodline opened the passage, leaving Ning Qi and his companions ready to explore what lay inside.

• Ning Qi descended to the bottom of the pond and explored a secluded palace-like area with Medicine Spirit.
• Ning Qi moved a throne in the main hall, revealing a hidden passage protected by a powerful seal.
• After Ning Qi failed to break the seal, Shi Xiaokun identified the place as the Dragon Clan’s Dragon Palace and explained that Dragon Clan bloodline power could open the passage.
• Ning Qi summoned the Azure Dragon, who confirmed the palace’s identity and used his bloodline power to activate the seal.
• The seal opened and the Dragon Palace shook before settling, while Ning Qi recognized that it had acknowledged the Azure Dragon.