Recaps

Zhang Lingshan strengthened his cultivation, fought the Demon Lords, and led the Wilderness survivors out of Overlord Cave before returning to the Nine Provinces Continent. He rescued allies, uncovered threats tied to his family and the Seven Treasures Glazed Body Art, and ended the stretch trapped in the Demon Alliance Main Hall as Tiger Peak attacked.

• Zhang Lingshan defeated Red Demon and Bone Demon’s attacks, then cultivated in Overlord Cave and advanced to Golden Bone Arhat and Arhat Golden Body.
• Hou Juncheng brought Zhang Lingshan a plea from Zhuo Da Wang, and Zhang fought White Demon before bargaining for the Wilderness residents’ safe departure.
• Xiang Guang joined forces with White Demon, while Zhang Lingshan led Zhuo Yu and the others out of Overlord Cave and returned to the Overlord Sect.
• Zhang Lingshan killed Xiang Mingchi and the Xiang Family members at the sect, then helped Chen Xiangxue and Chen Lingxiao organize the survivors and leave.
• Zhang Lingshan rescued Zhao Taixuan, Snake Zhengming, and their companions from Prince Liu’s trap, then tracked Qing Chen to find Bai Zhiyao.
• Bai Zhiyao joined Zhang Lingshan’s group, healed Yao Ganlin, Xu Zhongyin, and Cang Tianbai, and pledged to serve Zhang while keeping Medical Immortal Valley independent.
• Zhang Yanshi identified Zhang Lingshan as a descendant of Qu Yi with the Return to Ancestry Bloodline and decided to seek a way to take his body.
• Tiger Peak trapped Snake Qingchan and Bai Zhiyao in a sealed black cage and ordered the Multi-Armed Ape Army to fire Black Gold Arrows at Zhang Lingshan’s group.

Zhang Lingshan survived Li Bufan’s trap, killed his enemies, and claimed the fused swords before setting out with his allies. Meanwhile, Zhang Yanshi hunted for Zhang Lingshan’s family and used Wu Fangfang to search for Zhang Lingchuan.

• Zhang Lingshan defeated Tiger Peak and freed Xu Zhongyin while Zuoqiu Jian began plotting against the Zhang Family with Li Bufan.
• Zuoqiu Jian killed Zhang Chengen and destroyed Zhang Family City, while Zhang Lingzhi escaped and sought Zhang Lingshan’s help.
• Zhang Lingshan returned to Central Province, strengthened his allies with Essence Blood, and reached the Ninth Level of Shattering Intent under Li Bufan’s formation.
• Li Bufan tried to sacrifice Zhang Lingshan to seize his Profound Gold Intent, but Zhang Lingshan survived, killed Li Bufan and Zuoqiu Jian, and escaped with the hidden soul from the buried tower.
• Zhang Lingshan plundered Zuoqiu Jian’s vaults, freed the captive women, and fused the Luminous Treasure Sword with the Dark Nether Treasure Sword into the Yin-Yang Sword.
• Zhang Lingshan took the Dark Nether Treasure Sword from Chu Siming and Zhuo Ling'er, fused it with the Spirit Light Sword, and refused the Sword Saint Ancestor’s offer while his companions pledged to follow him.
• Zhang Yanshi learned that Zhang Lingshan’s family was at the Sandalwood Sect, but Cang Changzhen’s attempt to lead him there was thwarted by Snake Zhengming’s protection.
• Zhang Yanshi pursued Zhang Lingyu through Wu Fangfang’s trap and escaped with a Self-Sacrifice Puppet, then agreed to give Wu Fangfang a Fire Spirit Stone so she could sense Zhang Lingchuan.

Zhang Lingshan searched the Azure Spirit Medicine Garden for a way to save Zhang Lingchuan, gaining rare fruits and comprehending the Rules of Life and Desolation. After stealing the Heaven and Earth Furnace from the Pill Sect, he was captured in his Flame Skeleton form and left confined by Zhang Weigang and the Four Elders of Qian Yuan.

• Zhang Yanshi revived Zhang Lingchuan with Heart Blood, but the Zhang Family Ancestor possessed him before Zhang Lingshan arrived and drove off Zhang Yanshi and the ancestor.
• Zhang Lingshan took Zhang Lingchuan to the Heaven Sect Ruins, where Bai Zhiyao identified possible cures for his damaged soul, then founded Spirit Mountain and bound its fortune to a Spirit Vein.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the Azure Spirit Medicine Garden, gathered Flame Feather Fruits and Soul Returning Fruits with the Little Girl, and killed the Array Gate disciples who tried to seize their harvest.
• Zhang Lingshan collected Parasitic Mushrooms and Nine Nether Purple Rice, then found the Life Force Fruit and comprehended the Rules of Life and Desolation after surviving an attack by Demon Sect disciples.
• As the Azure Awareness Fruit ripened, Zhang Lingshan protected Xiao Zi from the Pill Sect and sparred with Wan Yidao while the Little Girl helped gather the fruit.
• Zhang Lingshan and the Little Girl entered the Pill Sect disguised, stole the Heaven and Earth Furnace, and escaped after Ji Chengdan attacked him with the Pill King Cauldron and the sect’s flames.
• Ji Chengdan found Zhang Lingshan’s Flame Skeleton at sea and enlisted Jiang Bai, Qu Fu, and Meng Shuangshuang to haul it onto his ship, while Zhang Lingshan resisted being moved.
• Zhang Weigang and Bei Suifeng confronted Ji Chengdan, who retreated after being struck by Black Light Poison Liquid, then Zhang Weigang bound Zhang Lingshan and summoned the Four Elders of Qian Yuan to seal him in a pillar of light.

Zhang Lingshan survived the attack at Mystic Ice Mountain, gathered allies and inheritances, and established Spirit Mountain as a refuge for the Nine Provinces Continent. His proclamation transformed the land, while powerful enemies began preparing to confront him.

• Feng Zhengfeng used Sea Dragon Marrow to suppress Zhang Lingshan’s flames, but Zhang Lingshan emerged restored and killed Ji Chengdan, Bei Suifeng, and Bao Bingbing.
• Zhang Lingshan claimed the Mystic Ice Divine Spear, mastered the Mystic Ice Divine Art, and entered the Heavenly Chasm with the Scholar Man and Burly Man, where he killed them and met Wu Chengxian.
• Zhang Lingshan brought Wu Chengxian to Spirit Mountain, welcomed the Great Dao Purple Heart Pill as his younger sister Zhang Zixin, and built Pill Dao Peak around the Heaven and Earth Furnace.
• After comprehending the Rule of Death, Zhang Lingshan attacked Overlord Cave, killed Xiang Guang and the Nine Great Demon Lords, and burned through Black Abyss.
• Zhang Lingshan rescued Xiahou Ge and Teng Qingshan, learned the Dao Light and Golden Light Immortal Methods, and brought the Dao Light Sect’s survivors and the Demon Alliance toward Spirit Mountain.
• Zhang Lingshan issued a Daoist Proclamation welcoming the continent’s inheritances to Spirit Mountain, and heavenly signs and healing rain spread across the Nine Provinces Continent.
• Zhang Yanshi helped the Zhang Family Ancestor take over Zhang Yuming’s body, while the Sword Saint Ancestor ordered Chu Siming to kill Zhang Lingshan and reclaim the Spirit Light Black Underworld Twin Swords.
• Chen Youming and his disciples set out to see Lingshan, and Ming Xiaofeng persuaded Ming Feng'er to travel there with him.