Recaps

After spending twenty years trapped in Jingchen Hall, Xu Yi emerged with the ability to control all Five Elements spirit energy and brought Qiu Wa back to human form, though her injuries remained. He and Qiu Wa left the abandoned Winter Palace World and spent their first days back in the outside world exploring the East Sea’s lively streets.

• Xu Yi woke after Liao Chen left and discovered that his True Essence had transformed and he could control all Five Elements spirit energy.
• Xu Yi used the Sheep Fat Jade Pure Bottle’s spirit liquid to restore Qiu Wa to human form over three years, but he could not heal her injuries.
• Xu Yi discovered that Liao Chen had confined them to Jingchen Hall for twenty years and spent the time studying its treasures while Qiu Wa explored and practiced spells.
• After twenty years, the five vats in Jingfa Hall exploded and the restrictions vanished, allowing Xu Yi and Qiu Wa to leave Jingchen Hall.
• Xu Yi found the Winter Palace World desolate, left it after a short stay, and accompanied Qiu Wa through the busy streets along the East Sea.

Xu Yi freed the Twin Dragon Grass and reunited Qiu Wa with the sleeping Xue Zihan before meeting Wei Jun, who apologized for Gu San and invited him to seek help from the Wei Family’s physicians. Xu Yi agreed to protect a Wei Family elder during a tribulation and, after arriving at the manor, asked to speak with an elder who specialized in plants.

• Xu Yi released the Twin Dragon Grass, and Qiu Wa celebrated before asking to see Xue Zihan; she placed flowers in the Crystal Coffin and said she trusted Xu Yi to bring Xue Zihan back.
• Wei Jun arrived with Gu San, who knelt and apologized to Xu Yi, and then offered to help find treatment for Qiu Wa.
• Xu Yi told Wei Jun that he needed a Precious Medicine for Qiu Wa, and Wei Jun offered the counsel of the Wei Family’s physician elders.
• Wei Jun asked Xu Yi to protect an elder preparing to cross a tribulation, and Xu Yi accepted the request.
• Wei Jun brought Xu Yi and Qiu Wa to the Wei Family manor, where Xu Yi asked to meet the Jun Family elder who specialized in plants.

Xu Yi sought Wei Kaitai’s secret method for healing his sentient Precious Medicine, while Wei Kaitai became interested in Xu Yi and Qiu Wa. Two days later, Xu Yi joined the temporary guest elders assembled to protect the Wei Family Patriarch during his tribulation.

• Wei Kaitai said he knew how to heal a sentient Precious Medicine but agreed to teach Xu Yi only after the Wei Family Patriarch survived his tribulation.
• Qiu Wa gave Xu Yi a jade lotus pod, then coughed and fell asleep after he fed her spiritual liquid; Wei Kaitai’s Duoluo Divine Fish showed an intense craving for it.
• Wei Kaitai questioned Wei Jun and Gu San about Xu Yi and Qiu Wa, then celebrated the prospect of his branch rising again.
• Wei Jun brought Xu Yi and the sleeping Qiu Wa to the arena, where more than a hundred people had gathered for the Wei Family Patriarch’s tribulation.
• Xu Yi learned that the recruited temporary guest elders were expected to help the Patriarch withstand the tribulation clouds and defend against enemies.

At Wei Xiang’s gathering, he used a Sea King Gall to test the invited protectors and offer Spirit Stones. Xu Yi’s turn ended with the gall suddenly shattering, leaving Wei Xiang and the guests bewildered.

• Wei Xiang asked the gathered experts to awaken the Sea King Gall’s alchemical patterns, offering ten mid-grade Spirit Stones to anyone who succeeded.
• The green-robed man and the brown-robed elder each lit a pattern, and Wei Xiang paid them before the other protectors tried and succeeded as well.
• Xu Yi refused to test the gall, drawing taunts from the green-robed man and questions from Wei Xiang.
• Xu Yi released a seemingly weak wisp of soul into the Sea King Gall, which abruptly shattered in his palm.
• The guests argued over whether Xu Yi or the gall’s alchemical patterns had caused it to break, while Wei Xiang examined the fragments in a daze.

Xu Yi collected the Spirit Stones after Wei Xiang’s Sea King Gall cracked, then watched Wei Ding successfully undergo his tribulation and reach the fifth-turn Origin Point realm. The chapter ended with Ge Lin arriving to congratulate Wei Ding, signaling that Ge Feng had yielded in their rivalry.

• Xu Yi demanded the promised Spirit Stones, and Wei Xiang reluctantly paid him ten mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Wei Ding entered the altar and absorbed four Heavenly Origin Seeds as the formation prepared for his tribulation.
• Calamity Clouds gathered and lightning struck the protective formations while Xu Yi comforted the frightened Qiu Wa.
• The tribulation ended without the formations breaking or the guardians needing to intervene, and Wei Ding emerged having reached the fifth-turn Origin Point realm.
• Wei Chong warned everyone as Ge Lin and other Ge Family members arrived, but Wei Ding welcomed them and accepted Ge Feng’s congratulatory gift.

After Wei Ding’s tribulation, Ge Lin delivered news that Ge Feng had been appointed Law Enforcement Hall Master, badly wounding Wei Ding’s unstable foundation. Wei Ding then claimed Xu Yi’s sentient plant was a treasure greater than the Kirin Monkey, leaving He Jinlin eager to see it.

• Wei Ding’s family panicked when blood appeared at his mouth, but Wei Ding stopped them from attacking Ge Lin.
• Wei Ding realized Ge Feng had used the appointment documents to unsettle him after his tribulation and challenged Ge Feng to reveal himself.
• Ge Feng arrived with He Jinlin, who questioned Wei Ding about his lack of joy over his appointment as Deputy Hall Master.
• He Jinlin explained that Ge Feng had been promoted after presenting the Sect Master with a Kirin Monkey and would attempt to break through to Origin Point in three months.
• Wei Ding claimed he could offer a treasure far more precious than the Kirin Monkey and pointed out the sentient plant in Xu Yi’s arms.

Wei Ding exposed Qiu Wa as a rare spirit-plant child, triggering a scramble for her and a confrontation within the Wei Family. The chapter ended with Ling Ao Shangren arriving and trying to seize Qiu Wa while Wei Ding and the others attacked him.

• Wei Ding revealed that Qiu Wa was an awakened plant who had taken human form, drawing the crowd’s greedy attention.
• Wei Ding pressed Wei Kaitai about Qiu Wa, and Wei Kaitai realized the family head had investigated him and Gu San.
• Wei Kaitai accused Wei Ding of surveilling him, but Wei Ding suddenly slashed at his throat with a frost sword.
• An unseen intervention shattered the sword, allowing Wei Kaitai to escape as Ling Ao Shangren arrived on a flying leopard.
• Ling Ao Shangren spotted Qiu Wa and tried to snatch her, but Wei Ding, He Jinlin, Ge Feng, and others stopped his attack.

Xu Yi ended his long silence when Qiu Wa woke and complained about Ling Ao Shangren’s noisy laughter, revealing power that stunned the gathered cultivators. He killed Wei Ding with a single strike, leaving Ling Ao Shangren and the Wei Family facing him.

• Wei Kaitai tried to rally the western branch, but a senior elder condemned him for bringing outsiders into the family dispute.
• He Jinlin warned Ling Ao Shangren that harming him could damage relations with the Mo Yun Immortal Sect, but Ling Ao Shangren vowed to take the Ginseng Baby anyway.
• Qiu Wa woke to Ling Ao Shangren’s laughter, and Xu Yi rose to tell him to be quiet.
• Xu Yi slapped the green-robed man unconscious with a white palm, prompting Ling Ao Shangren to identify it as the lost Willow Leaf Palm.
• Wei Ding and He Jinlin privately discussed guarding against Xu Yi, but Xu Yi accused Wei Ding of coveting his treasure and killed him with a Clear Light strike.

Xu Yi killed Wei Ding and effortlessly defeated He Jinlin and Ling Ao Shangren after they attacked him. He spared He Jinlin at Wei Kaitai’s urging, while Wei Kaitai and the others competed for Xu Yi’s favor by claiming expertise with the Wood Spirit.

• Wei Ding died after Xu Yi used the Spirit Severing Finger, leaving the Wei Family stunned.
• He Jinlin attacked Xu Yi with the Black Heaven Ruler, but Xu Yi caught and shattered it with the Void-Splitting Hand.
• Xu Yi said he had intended to kill only Wei Ding, and Wei Kaitai urged him to spare He Jinlin.
• Xu Yi agreed to spare He Jinlin because Wei Kaitai was useful, but warned Wei Kaitai not to waste his time.
• He Jinlin, Ling Ao Shangren, and Ge Feng offered their own plant expertise, and Wei Kaitai defended his value by explaining how he had identified the Wood Spirit.

Xu Yi questioned specialists about restoring a lifeless Wood Spirit, then heard Ling Ao Shangren’s private account of a dangerous discovery in the Purple Domain. Ling Ao described a colossal character carved across a canyon wall, but its meaning remained unknown.

• Xu Yi invited specialists to advise him about the Wood Spirit and warned them against giving useless answers.
• Ling Ao Shangren asked to speak privately with Xu Yi and argued that ordinary plant experts could not restore the Wood Spirit’s spiritual essence.
• Ling Ao told Xu Yi that he had entered the Purple Domain seven years earlier after his cultivation stalled.
• Ling Ao explained that the Purple Domain required entrants to endure three years of trials, and that few Yang Venerables survived to leave.
• Ling Ao recounted how a battle in a canyon revealed part of a character so vast that it covered nearly the entire ravine, and how seeing it nearly shattered his soul.

Xu Yi learned from Ling Ao Shangren about a mysterious Ancient Tomb in the Purple Domain and the changed cultivation world, then traded the Willow Leaf Palm for the tomb’s map. After settling the gathering, Xu Yi turned his attention to Wei Kaitai, who begged for his life.

• Ling Ao Shangren told Xu Yi about the tomb, its strange living plants, and the possibility that it held medicine to restore Xu Yi’s Wood Spirit.
• Ling Ao Shangren explained that True Core experts had become more common, while Xu Yi asked about True Core Late Stage and spirit roots.
• Ling Ao Shangren asked to learn the Willow Leaf Palm in exchange for the tomb map, and Xu Yi gave him a jade slip containing the technique.
• Xu Yi inspected the map, then ended his private conversation with Ling Ao Shangren.
• Xu Yi ordered He Jinlin to settle the experts’ fees and fixed his killing intent on Wei Kaitai, who dropped to his knees and begged for mercy.

Xu Yi obtained incense to conceal Qiu Wa’s Wood Spirit scent and traveled toward the Eastern Sea to reunite with A Li. He found A Li and introduced him to Qiu Wa, who immediately claimed him as her little brother.

• Wei Kaitai explained that his Duoluo Strange Fish had detected Qiu Wa by smell and gave Xu Yi Saint-grade incense to mask her scent.
• Xu Yi left the training grounds as a brawl broke out, then returned to the Wei Family and gathered Qiu Wa and two horses before setting off.
• Four hidden hunters attacked Xu Yi, but he killed them with Sword Qi and took their Sumeru Rings.
• Xu Yi reached the Eastern Sea and waited for A Li, who emerged from the water and tearfully reunited with him after twenty years apart.
• Xu Yi introduced Qiu Wa to A Li, and Qiu Wa made him call her Big Sister Qiu and promised to protect him.

Xu Yi reunited with A Li in the Eastern Sea Demon Domain and learned that A Li was its Northwest Pacification Envoy, tasked with suppressing the Sihui rebellion. Xu Yi agreed to help A Li finish the mission before leaving with him.

• Qiu Wa eagerly questioned A Li, then showed him her toys until the two children played together.
• Xu Yi asked A Li why he had arrived late, and A Li explained that he wanted to follow Xu Yi after completing his duties.
• Xu Yi spotted five demons approaching, and A Li identified them as his subordinates who had come to summon him back to urgent business.
• A Li rebuked the demons for questioning his human companions and revealed that he had recruited Xu Yi and Qiu Wa as Spirit Stone Hunters.
• A Li explained that his intelligence-gathering skills and water Source Demon nature had earned him the loyalty of the powerful demons under his command.
• Xu Yi agreed to help A Li suppress the Sihui rebels, and A Li had a Black-eyed Eel subordinate carry them through the water.

Xu Yi accompanied A Li’s Northwest Pacification army to Fa Tian World, where it attacked the Sihui rebels on Twin Dragon Island. After the rebels revealed an ambush and began massacring the army’s rear force, A Li used a rare Array Breaking Divine Treasure to stop their formations.

• Qiu Wa entered the mustard-seed space, and Xu Yi rode with A Li on the Black-eyed Eel to Fa Tian World, where A Li’s troops gathered.
• Old Hu reported that the Sihui rebels had retreated to Twin Dragon Island, and A Li ordered the army to attack openly.
• The Northwest Pacification army bombarded Twin Dragon Island until its defensive barrier broke, then sent half its Great Demons to sweep the island.
• Xu Yi sensed that the island was suspiciously quiet and warned A Li to form up, but a Spirit Sacrifice Blood Array attacked the army as the rebels ambushed its rear force.
• A Li sacrificed demon essence to activate the Array Breaking Divine Treasure, which dispelled the Five-Pointed Stars and halted the rebels’ formations.

Jiang Li and Long Jianji’s forces faced off as reinforcements arrived, and Long Jianji revealed his near-sixth-rank strength while demanding the East Sea throne. Feng Jiu defended Long Qi’s legitimate succession, prompting Long Jianji to attack him.

• Jiang Li and the East Sea loyalists traded accusations over Long Qi’s rule while Xu Yi learned that Long Jingxiu was the current ruler.
• Reinforcements arrived for both sides, but Feng Jiu was hurled onto the battlefield with grave wounds.
• Long Jianji appeared and scattered the demons trying to rescue Feng Jiu with a powerful strike.
• Long Jianji revealed that he had refined the Origin Palace and was close to reaching the sixth rank, then claimed the East Sea throne by bloodline and strength.
• Feng Jiu argued that Long Qi’s succession had the support of nearly all the East Sea’s territories and prefectures.
• Long Jianji rejected Feng Jiu’s defense and declared that he would kill him first.

Xu Yi revealed himself to the East Sea demons and stopped Long Jianji from killing Feng Jiu, then challenged Long Jianji’s claim to the throne. He overwhelmed Long Jianji and the rebel demons, leaving the confrontation with his enemies scattered and wounded.

• Long Jianji attacked Feng Jiu with a flickering orb, but Xu Yi intervened and swept Feng Jiu out of its path.
• Long Jianji recognized Xu Yi as Love Seeker and denounced him as a human spy, while the East Sea chancellor defended Xu Yi as a friend of the ruler.
• Xu Yi mocked Long Jianji, who summoned a colossal palm of light to kill him after the old oath no longer bound him.
• Xu Yi countered with the Destroying Hand Seal, shocking Long Jianji, who blamed Long Qi for revealing the Long family technique.
• Xu Yi struck Long Jianji with a giant sword of sword qi, then swept Jiang Li and the other rebel great demons aside with another attack.

Xu Yi defeated Long Jianji with the Hun Tian Sword and destroyed Jiang Li and the other rebel Great Demons. After collecting their demon cores and mustard seeds, he left with A Li and Feng Jiu, and the remaining demons surrendered as the upheaval in the East Sea Demon Domain ended.

• Long Jianji used his demon core to break Xu Yi’s attacks, but Xu Yi’s black banner suppressed the core and forced Long Jianji to flee.
• Xu Yi’s Hun Tian Sword Formation slowed Long Jianji, and Sword Qi encircled him and reduced his body to scraps before Xu Yi claimed his demon core and mustard seed.
• Old Hu and Feng Jiu watched Xu Yi’s victory and reacted to how powerful he had become.
• Xu Yi used the Hun Tian Sword Formation to immobilize Jiang Li and the other rebels and then erased them with converging Sword Qi.
• Xu Yi collected the spoils, gathered A Li and Feng Jiu, and departed as the remaining demons surrendered and the East Sea Demon Domain’s upheaval ended.

Xu Yi reunited with Long Jingxiu after twenty years and learned how his past actions helped her claim the East Sea throne. Though their old feelings had faded, Long Jingxiu reaffirmed her gratitude with a Heart Oath before Xu Yi left.

• Xu Yi welcomed Long Jingxiu to Qiongxian Pavilion and remarked on how much they had both changed.
• Long Jingxiu explained that Xu Yi’s rescue and his words had helped her win the support needed to become ruler of the East Sea.
• Xu Yi realized Long Jingxiu’s passion for him had faded, though her gratitude remained sincere.
• Xu Yi took his leave after their awkward reunion, and Long Jingxiu swore a Heart Oath to aid him whenever he needed her.

Xu Yi left the Pure World with Qiu Wa and A Li, accepted an Array Breaking Divine Treasure from Feng Jiu, and persuaded the newly appointed Chancellor Huang to carry them to shore. He then brought the two companions to the Donghua Immortal Sect’s hidden entrance, settled them, and slipped inside in secret.

• Feng Jiu gave Xu Yi an Array Breaking Divine Treasure on Chancellor Huang’s behalf, and Xu Yi teased Feng Jiu into carrying them to the eastern shore.
• Feng Jiu flew Xu Yi, Qiu Wa, and A Li to the coast, where Xu Yi asked him to search for Old Fierce Rhinoceros.
• Xu Yi concealed A Li’s demonic aura and odor before traveling with the two little ones toward Holy Radiance City.
• At a forest near the Donghua Immortal Sect’s spatial rift, Qiu Wa became a ring on Xu Yi’s left hand while A Li entered his mustard seed space to read.
• Xu Yi activated the Starry Sky Breath Locking Technique, used his boundary token, and entered the Donghua Immortal Sect in secret.

Xu Yi reunited with Elder Bai after twenty years and learned that Yan Zi was safe under Sect Leader Zhu’s care. He discovered that his cave abode had been destroyed and suspected his enemies had turned it into a pasture, but Elder Bai withheld what he knew.

• Xu Yi revealed his identity to Elder Bai with a jar of wine, and the two reunited on Plum Mountain.
• Xu Yi solved Elder Bai’s multiplication problem, impressing him with his mathematical skill.
• Xu Yi asked about his destroyed cave abode and Yan Zi, and Elder Bai said Sect Leader Zhu had valued and personally taught her.
• Xu Yi concluded that his enemies had razed his cave abode and turned it into a pasture, while Elder Bai silently avoided answering.

Xu Yi learned that Sect Leader Zhu remained incapacitated after the battle twenty years ago, leaving the Donghua Immortal Sect vulnerable amid a contentious Ancestral Sacrifice attended by the Holy Clan and the Taiqing Upper Sect. When Elder Bai urged Xu Yi to leave, Old Tu appeared and recognized him, but Xu Yi captured and subdued him.

• Elder Bai told Xu Yi that Sect Leader Zhu had been gravely wounded and had secluded himself for twenty years, weakening his authority in the Donghua Immortal Sect.
• Elder Bai warned Xu Yi that the Ancestral Sacrifice was underway and that the Holy Clan and the Taiqing Upper Sect had sent visitors.
• Xu Yi questioned why outsiders were attending the ceremony, while Elder Bai explained that the Zhu, Miao, Hong, and Meng families were the sect's founding bloodlines.
• Old Tu arrived and recognized Xu Yi, then tried to flee.
• Xu Yi knocked Old Tu into the Boundary Barrier Pearl's domain and threatened his dantian until Old Tu begged for mercy.

Xu Yi learned that Immortal Lord He had returned stronger and was targeting Elder Bai and others connected to him. After Tu Ling revealed Immortal Lord He's abuses, Xu Yi crippled him and refused to leave Elder Bai behind.

• Xu Yi recognized Tu Ling and forced him to explain why he had come to see Elder Bai.
• Tu Ling revealed that Immortal Lord He had returned from the Purple Domain as a Three-Star Divine Venerable and had stripped Elder Bai of his position.
• Tu Ling said Immortal Lord He had targeted Elder Bai because of Xu Yi and had destroyed Xu Yi's old cave abode and tortured Liu Zhenlin.
• Xu Yi destroyed Tu Ling's dantian after Tu Ling begged to be spared.
• Xu Yi told Elder Bai he would not leave while Immortal Lord He remained a threat, and Elder Bai stopped trying to persuade him.

Xu Yi accompanied Elder Bai to the Heavenly Dome Hall, where Donghua’s leading elders gathered to discuss the sect’s future. He discovered Sect Leader Zhu was absent as Elder Miao and Immortal Lord He began arguing that Donghua needed sweeping change.

• Elder Bai agreed to take Xu Yi to the Heavenly Dome Hall, and Xu Yi buried Tu Ling and the Boundary Barrier Pearl before disguising himself as an attendant boy.
• Xu Yi accompanied Elder Bai into the Heavenly Dome Hall and saw that Sect Leader Zhu was absent from the gathering of Donghua’s elite.
• Elder Hong presided as Acting Sect Leader and questioned Elder Miao and Immortal Lord He about why they had called the meeting.
• Elder Miao argued that Donghua was falling behind other factions and lacked enough powerful True Core cultivators, challenging Elder Hong’s claim that the sect was thriving.

Elder Miao challenged Elder Hong by proposing that the Donghua Immortal Sect elect a new Sect Leader, claiming the sect needed stronger leadership to face the changing times. The elders split into factions, and Elder Hong struggled to defend Sect Leader Zhu’s authority as he suspected Elder Miao knew of Zhu’s failing condition.

• Elder Miao argued that the sect needed to pool its strength to produce a True Core Late Stage cultivator, then proposed electing a new Sect Leader.
• Elder Meng and Elder Xu supported Elder Miao, while other elders defended Elder Hong and the traditional succession, splitting the hall into factions.
• Elder Hong stopped the argument and asked how Elder Miao’s proposal regarded Sect Leader Zhu.
• Elder Miao claimed Zhu would support the proposal and accused Elder Hong of putting selfish interests ahead of the sect.
• Elder Hong recalled that Zhu had given him the Sect Leader Token and intended to make his succession official, while suspecting Elder Miao knew Zhu was near death.

Elder Hong agreed to an election for Acting Sect Leader after most elders called for a change, while insisting Sect Leader Zhu’s position required his approval. Elder Bai then proposed safeguards against favoritism and outside interference, winning the hall’s approval and complicating Elder Miao’s plan.

• Elder Hong called for a show of hands, and eight of the thirteen core elders and nearly half the Elder Council supported choosing a new Sect Leader.
• Elder Hong proposed electing an Acting Sect Leader instead, and Elder Miao agreed because he expected Sect Leader Zhu to die soon.
• Elder Bai stood to speak, and Elder Xu and Immortal Lord He challenged him while Elder Miao encouraged him to continue.
• Elder Bai demanded a fair process for choosing disciples to attempt the True Core Late Stage breakthrough, preventing the Acting Sect Leader from using the opportunity to buy support.
• Elder Bai also called for the Acting Sect Leader to avoid outside contacts and agreements without Sect Leader Zhu’s approval, and the hall cheered his conditions.