Recaps

Ying Ru Shi defeated Ying Le and absorbed the Glazed Dream Pearl’s Golden Nature, while Yan Qing killed Duan Xiaoxian and Hulü Guang. After the thieves settled their mission and prepared to auction the Guild Creation Token, powerful factions gathered at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion to bid for it.

• Yan Qing crippled Yan Fei Li by linking their lives with [Life and Death Together], while Ying Le explained her past to Ying Ru Shi and revealed why she had slaughtered the people of City of Evernight.
• Ying Ru Shi overcame Ying Le’s flames, fought her with the Relying on Heaven Sword, and defeated her after Yan Qing had upgraded the sword to four turns.
• Ying Ru Shi took the Glazed Dream Pearl and absorbed the Divine Martial Emperor’s Golden Nature, while Yan Qing helped restore her, and she kissed him before they returned to the others.
• Yan Qing killed Duan Xiaoxian and Hulü Guang, then found Ying Ru Shi in the blood pool, and the group returned to the Thieves’ Den and received rewards for the Glazed Dream Pearl mission.
• The Thieves’ Den promoted the group, opened the Thieves’ Museum, and set a deadline for their next mission, and Yan Qing arranged to auction the Guild Creation Token at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• Ying Ru Shi invited Murong Hui to help govern Qi, Yaoshi Yuan secured Dragon Locking True Person’s help, and Shang Xin Lei announced her new Foundation Establishment status to her family.
• True Person Dongshou entered the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where cultivators from several factions gathered and the Guild Creation Token auction began.
• The Whale Hermit tried to seize the token, but Deng Guanjian stopped him and the Pavilion removed him, and Deng Guanjian, the Fire Worship Cult, Chang Sheng Tian, and Imperial Stream Court then offered the auctioneer support.

Yan Qing’s auction scheme earned valuable resources as he gathered Calamity Karma and began pursuing a path to the Golden Core. Meanwhile, his Tiger Vanguard account entered Blissful Island’s Ascension Road with Bai Zhou, reached its end, and won a Foundation Establishment Pill.

• Jiang Shi’s auction drew fierce bids from the major factions, with Tong Moli winning Golden Nature and Gai Qingyun trading for the Endless Spear.
• Yan Qing revealed his plan to pursue a Golden Core Calamity Position, then led companions through Liangshan Marsh and killed Hunjianglong Li Jun to earn four Calamity Karma.
• Yan Qing intervened at the Heroes Gathering, killed Ling Feijing, Ling Feihong, Ling Yu, and Jia Long, then left Niu Xianke to travel Liang with Ye Xiaoyu.
• Yan Qing arranged profitable trades for the Fire Worship Cult and other factions while sending alternate accounts to investigate secret realms and vacant Golden Core Tribulation Positions.
• Tiger Vanguard and the other children crossed the Mortal World Barrier aboard the Anlan Hao and were taken to Blissful Island, where they learned that the Ascension Road offered a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Tiger Vanguard and Bai Zhou entered the Ascension Road, fought through its challenges, and impressed the spectators, while Yan Qing used the Brush of Wonders to study Weeping Daoist’s attack patterns.
• Tiger Vanguard promised to protect Bai Zhou, and together they survived the later grids, defeated a fourth-turn Lightning Eagle, and reached the road’s end.
• Tiger Vanguard opened the jade box and found a Foundation Establishment Pill, but Bai Zhou preferred roasted chicken.

Tiger Vanguard cleared the Ascension Road while Blissful Immortal Lord’s birthday feast became a battle over the palace. Yan Qing’s recruited team then destroyed the secret realm, drawing the attention of powerful factions and leaving Yan Qing to discover Jiang Shi was traveling with two Immortal Lords.

• Blissful Immortal Lord offered Tiger Vanguard a True Disciple seat, but Tiger Vanguard refused unless his companions could continue the Ascension Road with him.
• Tiger Vanguard defeated the Ascension Road’s challenges, reached the hundredth grid, and won the Foundation Establishment Pill as the banquet guests watched.
• Zhou Wuchou trapped the four Immortal Lords in the Mysterious Dragon Locking Array, but Blissful Immortal Lord fought back as the palace began to collapse.
• Yan Qing used Jiang Shi’s account to summon allies into Blissful Immortal Palace, where the team joined forces and cleared the Weeping Daoist encounter.
• Yan Qing’s team defeated the Sorrowful Joyful Daoist and destroyed Blissful Immortal Palace, while Deng Jin and Wei Bai considered the consequences of Jiang Shi’s recruitment power.
• Wang Bai and Deng Guanjian warned their allies that Jiang Shi could reshape the balance of power, while the Heavenly Court’s Director ordered Hong Bing to welcome her.
• A colossal wolf broke through Blissful Island’s barrier, Zhou Wuchou joined Hua Yue, and the collapsing palace’s vortex gate vanished.
• Yan Qing celebrated the team’s first extreme secret-realm clear, then logged into Jiang Shi’s account and found her aboard a sandship with Deng Guanjian and Gai Qingyun.