Recaps

Zhang Xuanchen’s group defeated a pack of Cangmang Wolves, gathered rare spirit herbs and seeds, and left after Xuanjing sensed newcomers approaching. Jiang Yubai and Zhou Yan arrived afterward, realized powerful natives had fought there, and decided to avoid conflicts with them.

• Luo Lingshuang, Wuxin, Great Sage, and Zhang Xuanchen slaughtered most of the Cangmang Wolves, and Zhang Xuanchen beheaded their wolf king before letting the survivors flee.
• Zhang Xuanchen collected Monster Cores, Blood Essence, valuable corpse parts, and seeds from the damaged spirit herbs.
• Zhang Xuanchen broke through the Formation around the Third Stage spirit herb area and found a Radiant Gold Star Spirit Fruit, its seeds, and several other rare spirit herbs.
• Xuanjing warned Zhang Xuanchen that two people were approaching, so Zhang Xuanchen and his companions concealed their auras and left for the Star Ash Sand Mine.
• Jiang Yubai and Zhou Yan arrived at the valley, inferred that powerful Secret Realm natives had fought there, and agreed to avoid conflicts and warn their fellow disciples.

Zhang Xuanchen's group reached the Star Ash Sand Mine, where the Great Sage attacked a swarm of Star-Devouring Insects with the Hunyuan Golden Spear. Zhang Xuanchen gave Wuxin the Nine-Ringed Monk Staff, and the group prepared to claim the mine's treasures.

• Xuanjing warned Zhang Xuanchen's group that a vast swarm of venomous Star-Devouring Insects guarded the Star Ash Sand Mine and explained that some contained valuable Insect Crystals.
• The Great Sage charged into the swarm with the Hunyuan Golden Spear, killing hundreds of insects with each sweep.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked Wuxin whether he had a suitable weapon, and Wuxin showed him his Xuanmu monk staff.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Wuxin the Fourth-tier Upper-grade Nine-Ringed Monk Staff, which Wuxin could nourish and reshape into a Buddhist weapon suited to his path.

Wuxin celebrated Zhang Xuanchen’s gift of a spirit artifact and secret technique by calling him Big Brother and joining the Great Sage in fighting the Star-Devouring Insects. After the swarm’s queens tried to flee, Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang pursued and slaughtered the remaining insects for their Insect Crystals.

• Wuxin tried to take Zhang Xuanchen as his adoptive father, but Zhang Xuanchen stopped him and accepted him as a younger brother instead.
• Wuxin called Luo Lingshuang his sister-in-law and then used his Nine-Ringed Monk Staff and Wrathful Vajra Dharma Body to help the Great Sage slaughter the insect swarm.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang collected Insect Crystals while discussing their value and the conditions needed to breed Star-Devouring Insects.
• A blue-gold Early Third Stage Star-Devouring Insect Queen and another Early Third Stage insect fled with the remaining swarm.
• Zhang Xuanchen caught up to the fleeing insects and attacked with Flame Prison Myriad Swords, while Luo Lingshuang struck them with Ice Swords.

After defeating a swarm of Star-Devouring Insects, Zhang Xuanchen and his companions extracted their Insect Crystals and removed an entire Star Ash Sand mine vein. Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang then split up to seek the Starry Holy Palace inheritance, with Zhang Xuanchen giving her a protective talisman.

• Zhang Xuanchen, Wuxin, Great Sage, and Luo Lingshuang killed the Star-Devouring Insects and collected more than nine thousand Insect Crystals.
• Luo Lingshuang, Zhang Xuanchen, Great Sage, and Wuxin worked together to sever the Star Ash Sand mine vein from the ground and store it in the Myriad Spirit Ring.
• Zhang Xuanchen led the group away from the giant pit and stopped with them in a secluded forest spot two hours later.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang agreed to travel separately and reach the Starry Holy Palace as quickly as possible.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Luo Lingshuang the Fourth-tier Low-grade Spirit Talisman from Chu Zhiwei and assured her he could protect himself with Xuanjing and the Myriad Spirit Ring.

After Luo Lingshuang departed with Great Sage and Wuxin, Zhang Xuanchen learned that Xingyue Lake held a Star Token needed to enter the Starry Holy Palace. As he set out for the lake with Xuanjing, they considered whether the Secret Realm might contain a Samsara Realm Fragment and agreed to stay cautious.

• Zhang Xuanchen told Great Sage and Wuxin to obey Luo Lingshuang and kill anyone who insulted them, then watched them fly north with her.
• Zhang Xuanchen discovered that Xingyue Lake contained the Meteor Sword and a Star Token required to enter the Starry Holy Palace, and decided to collect extra tokens for Luo Lingshuang and the others.
• Xuanjing said the Secret Realm felt like a region of the Upper Realm, leading Zhang Xuanchen to suspect that it might contain a Samsara Realm Fragment.
• Xuanjing explained that absorbing fragments could restore her power, but Zhang Xuanchen warned her that powerful enemies might be hidden in the changing world and urged her to remain discreet.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Xuanjing flew toward Xingyue Lake, hoping to find treasures while resolving to advance cautiously.

Zhang Hongqing revealed that he had survived and reported that the Ninglu Sect was weakened after fighting a guardian beast for the Yaoyang Sword Leaf Grass. Zhang Hongzhan used the dispute over how to obtain it to teach the younger generation that kindness should not prevent the Zhang Family from pursuing its ambitions.

• Zhang Hongqing removed his black robe and revealed to the juniors that he had survived and become the Zhang Family's hidden Dark Hall Master.
• Zhang Hongqing reported that the Ninglu Sect had suffered heavy losses while fighting the injured Gold-Splitting Earth Lion over the Yaoyang Sword Leaf Grass.
• Zhang Guangli, Zhang Zu'an, and the other elders urged Zhang Hongzhan to seize the treasure, while Zhang Xuanyue suggested negotiating with the Ninglu Sect.
• Zhang Hongzhan asked Zhang Xuanyue whether the Zhang Family should use force if the Ninglu Sect refused to trade, and she admitted that force could be used.
• Zhang Hongzhan declared that the Zhang Family should pursue power so its descendants could stand above others and the lineage could endure forever.

Zhang Hongzhan urged the Zhang Family’s younger generation to contend for the Yaoyang Sword Leaf Grass and learn from the hardships of rogue cultivators. After they swore a Blood Oath to keep Zhang Hongqing’s survival secret, the family continued planning its expedition while Wu Tianlei was warned not to investigate their secrets.

• Zhang Hongzhan declared that the Zhang Family would compete with Ninglu Sect for the Yaoyang Sword Leaf Grass and called on the younger generation to strive for greater ambitions.
• At Zhang Hongzhan’s request, Zhang Wanjun described the dangers and hardships of life as a low-level rogue cultivator, prompting the younger generation to fall silent.
• Zhang Hongzhan told the younger generation they would join the contest for the Yaoyang Sword Leaf Grass and ordered them to swear a Blood Oath not to reveal that Zhang Hongqing was alive.
• The Zhang Family’s upper echelon continued planning its expedition, determined to obtain the Yaoyang Sword Leaf Grass before Zhang Xuance grew older.
• Wu Tianlei told Bai Zijing that he suspected the Zhang Family had secrets, but Bai Zijing reminded him that Horizon Pavilion’s task was only to watch the Luo Clan’s people and not interfere in other matters.

Zhang Xuanchen encountered Wen Jingyuan, the Young Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, who tried to kill him for his spirit stones and the Wei Family’s profits. Zhang Xuanchen revealed his concealed Golden Core cultivation and powerful body, leaving Wen Jingyuan terrified and begging for his life while planning to expose his secret.

• Zhang Xuanchen killed a Second Order Peak Bone-Melting Armored Snake and collected its valuable parts and the guarded Bone-Melting Demon Flower.
• Wen Jingyuan emerged with three Second Order Peak demonic beasts and demanded Zhang Xuanchen kill himself, citing his wealth and resentment over the Wei Family’s profits.
• Zhang Xuanchen masked his face to conceal his identity and declared that he would kill Wen Jingyuan.
• Zhang Xuanchen unleashed his Early Golden Core cultivation and Third Stage body cultivation, shocking Wen Jingyuan, who begged him for mercy while resolving to reveal his secret.

Zhang Xuanchen killed Wen Jingyuan with the Samsara Tribulation Light after his ancestor’s spiritual incarnation distracted the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect’s ancestor. He left the encounter nearly exhausted, while the enemy ancestor vowed to wait for him outside the Starry Secret Realm.

• Zhang Xuanchen decided not to control Wen Jingyuan because his Divine Soul Power could not suppress him and Gou Fugui at the same time, then attacked and killed Qing Que.
• Wen Jingyuan summoned his ancestor’s Golden Core Peak spiritual incarnation, and Zhang Xuanchen countered by calling forth Zhang Chongxian through a golden sword strip.
• After Zhang Chongxian’s incarnation defeated the enemy incarnation, Wen Jingyuan used armor, a shield, and talismans to flee toward the lakeside marsh.
• Zhang Xuanchen unleashed the Samsara Tribulation Light, shattered Wen Jingyuan’s defenses, and killed him as the technique rapidly aged his body.
• Xuanjing warned Zhang Xuanchen about the limits of the technique and took Wen Jingyuan’s Storage Ring; Zhang Chongxian destroyed the enemy ancestor’s incarnation before it vanished with a threat.

Zhang Xuanchen searched Wen Jingyuan’s Storage Ring and found a powerful beast-taming technique, then continued toward Xingyue Lake while discussing the world’s changes with Xuanjing. Along the way, he began collecting unusual demon beasts to raise in the Myriad Spirit Ring Space and potentially bring to the Zhang Family and the Xuanxiao Merchant Guild.

• Zhang Xuanchen opened Wen Jingyuan’s Storage Ring and found the Third-grade Top-tier Thousand Beasts Mountain-Suppressing Record among its contents.
• Zhang Xuanchen stored the technique and the ring’s other items in the Myriad Spirit Ring, then set off toward Xingyue Lake with Xuanjing.
• Zhang Xuanchen told Xuanjing that he would rather live peacefully, but the world’s upheaval and the need to protect his family left him no choice but to grow stronger.
• While flying over a wetland, Zhang Xuanchen and Xuanjing spotted unfamiliar demon beasts, including Red-beaked Cockscomb Cranes, which Xuanjing suggested raising as mounts for the Zhang Family.
• Zhang Xuanchen began collecting unusual and appealing demon beasts into a wetland in the Myriad Spirit Ring Space, including small creatures he hoped to sell through the Xuanxiao Merchant Guild.

Zhang Xuanchen secretly followed Nangong Qing and her companions to Xingyue Lake, where they sought a treasure beneath the water. Their search awakened a vast group of Cold Moon Star Crocodiles, and Nangong Qing faced the Crocodile King as her group debated how to respond.

• After collecting nearly a thousand small demonic beasts, Zhang Xuanchen learned from Xuanjing that five powerful cultivators were approaching and concealed his identity before following them.
• Nangong Qing led Mingmou, Zhao Defa, Zhang Jiaojiao, and another companion toward Xingyue Lake after Mingmou's Spirit Seeking Compass detected dense spiritual energy and profound Sword Intent beneath it.
• Nangong Qing tried to flush out a hidden follower, but Zhang Xuanchen stayed concealed, and she eventually decided her senses had been mistaken.
• Nangong Qing noticed the lake's unnatural stillness and struck its surface with her crimson sword, revealing hundreds of Cold Moon Star Crocodiles.
• The Crocodile King accused the humans of injuring its child and advanced on them, while Mingmou asked Nangong Qing what they should do.

Nangong Qing drew the Cold Moon Star Crocodiles away from Xingyue Lake while Zhang Xuanchen sneaked in to claim the opportunity hidden beneath it. He found a karst cave containing a skeleton, a heavy sword, and a Star Token.

• Nangong Qing ordered Mingmou and the others to retreat while she held off the two Crocodile Kings.
• Nangong Qing fought the Late Third-grade Crocodile King with her Flame Phoenix Armor and Flame Spirit Slash as the group drew the battle away from Xingyue Lake.
• Zhang Xuanchen concealed his aura with Xuanjing's help, killed the crocodiles guarding the lake, and collected their corpses.
• Xuanjing guided Zhang Xuanchen to a karst cave beneath the lake and identified its powerful Sword Intent as Falling Star Sword Intent.
• Zhang Xuanchen entered the cave and found a skeleton seated on a crystal throne, with a heavy sword before it and a Star Token in its hand.

Zhang Xuanchen claimed the Meteor Heavy Sword and saw a vision of its former master fighting Outer Realm Evil Demons in the Upper Realm. He escaped the karst cave before Nangong Qing arrived, leaving her furious and unable to find him.

• Xuanjing identified the skeleton as a fallen Integrated Body Dao Venerable and the sword as the seventh-tier top-grade Meteor Heavy Sword.
• Zhang Xuanchen touched the sword, saw a vision of a battle against Outer Realm Evil Demons, then returned to the karst cave and collected the skeleton, sword, throne, and Star Token.
• Xuanjing warned Zhang Xuanchen that Nangong Qing and her group had defeated the Cold Moon Star Crocodile and were approaching, so he fled the cave.
• Mingmou realized the treasure had disappeared, and Nangong Qing rushed toward the karst cave in anger.
• Zhang Xuanchen concealed his aura and escaped while Nangong Qing failed to detect him and burned through the empty cave.
• Mingmou calmed Nangong Qing, who gave up searching for the thief and flew away to seek other opportunities.

Zhang Xuanchen decided to ignore a distant Ice Crystal Jade Pear opportunity and focused on his journey toward the Star Core and the Starry Holy Palace inheritance. While sharing grilled crocodile meat with Xuanjing and Xiao Mo, he reflected on the humans who had sacrificed themselves to fight the Blood Demons and wondered whether he would stand against a future demonic invasion.

• Zhang Xuanchen learned that the Ice Crystal Jade Pear would ripen in fifteen days, but chose not to travel far out of his way for the Lower-Grade B Immortal Fate.
• He entered the Myriad Spirit Ring and grilled Cold Moon Star Crocodile meat for Xuanjing and Xiao Mo.
• Xiao Mo reported that its four Jadeite Spirit Insect concubines could lay seventy or eighty eggs in three months, and Zhang Xuanchen rewarded it and its brood with grilled meat.
• Zhang Xuanchen told Xiao Mo to focus on eating and break through to the Third Stage as soon as possible, estimating it could do so in half a year with enough Star Ash Sand.
• Looking at the Meteor Heavy Sword and Star Token, Zhang Xuanchen questioned whether he would step forward if Evil Demons descended, then recalled his loved ones and became resolute.

Zhang Xuanchen bonded with the Meteor Heavy Sword and traveled through the Secret Realm toward the Star Core, avoiding dangers and collecting spiritual items. After two months, Xuanjing urged him to rescue two Wind Feather Elves and befriend them for access to their race’s spiritual items.

• Xuanjing told Zhang Xuanchen that blood recognition would work on the sleeping Artifact Spirit in the Meteor Heavy Sword, and Zhang Xuanchen bonded with it.
• Zhang Xuanchen learned that the sword could transform into a lighter Meteor Sword once its spirit awakened, then stored it in his sea of consciousness to recover.
• The next morning, Zhang Xuanchen left the Spirit Ring Space, found a Spirit Rabbit dead beside a tree stump, and stored it in the Myriad Spirit Ring.
• With Xuanjing guiding him, Zhang Xuanchen traveled quickly toward the Star Core, avoided dangers, and collected a Fourth-grade Low-tier Pattern Stele Spirit Moss.
• Two months later, Xuanjing told Zhang Xuanchen that two Wind Feather Elves were being hunted 123 li to the northeast and advised him to save them and seek their friendship.

Zhang Xuanchen rushed to rescue two injured Wind Feather Elves pursued by an Ink Shadow Demon Leopard, hoping to obtain the Nine Heavens Wind Dew Liquid. Feng Xiao sacrificed himself to let Feng Linger escape with the Ink Shadow Ghost Orchid, but the demon leopard was interrupted by a sword strike from an unknown attacker.

• Xuanjing told Zhang Xuanchen that Feng Xiao and Feng Linger were being hunted by a powerful Ink Shadow Demon Leopard, and Zhang hurried to help them.
• Feng Xiao and Feng Linger fled through the forest with the Ink Shadow Ghost Orchid, which they had sought to save their High Priestess.
• As the siblings reached the grassland, Feng Xiao gave Feng Linger the orchid and urged her to escape while he held off the demon leopard.
• Feng Xiao burned his Origin of Wind and fought the demon leopard, but it shattered his body and prepared to kill him.
• A starlit longsword shot toward the demon leopard, forcing it to evade and angrily demand to know who had interfered.

Zhang Xuanchen saved Feng Xiao and Feng Linger from the Ink Shadow Demon Leopard, taking an opportunity Wei Wushuang had been racing to claim. After the leopard fled, Wei Wushuang arrived and lent Zhang Xuanchen resources to trade with the Elf Race.

• Zhang Xuanchen healed Feng Xiao with Thousand-year Stone Milk after stopping the Ink Shadow Demon Leopard from killing him.
• Feng Linger thanked Zhang Xuanchen, and Feng Xiao confirmed that his injuries were recovering.
• Xuanjing warned Zhang Xuanchen that Wei Wushuang was approaching, so Zhang Xuanchen concealed his cultivation and asked the siblings to keep it secret.
• The Ink Shadow Demon Leopard sensed Wei Wushuang and fled rather than face Zhang Xuanchen's Meteor Heavy Sword.
• Wei Wushuang arrived, recognized Zhang Xuanchen, and offered to lend him resources for trading with the Elf Race.
• Zhang Xuanchen accepted Wei Wushuang's Storage Ring, intending to use its pills, magical artifacts, and Spirit Talismans.

Zhang Xuanchen refused to help Wei Wushuang trade with the Elf Race, choosing instead to use their resources to cultivate safely. After Wei Wushuang left, Feng Xiao and Feng Linger thanked Zhang Xuanchen for saving them and offered to repay him.

• Zhang Xuanchen accepted Wei Wushuang’s resources but said he would trade them with the Elf Race for his own cultivation, not for the Wei Family.
• Zhang Xuanchen confronted Wei Wushuang over using him to collect Spirit Stones and attract the other factions’ anger, then explained why he planned to avoid further danger.
• Wei Wushuang agreed that Zhang Xuanchen should seek a safe place to cultivate, but demanded repayment of the resources he had lent him.
• Wei Wushuang tried to trade with Feng Xiao and Feng Linger, but Feng Xiao refused because Wei Wushuang and Zhang Xuanchen were not truly friends.
• Wei Wushuang warned Zhang Xuanchen to be cautious around the Secret Realm’s native races, then flew away and declared that they were even.
• Feng Xiao and Feng Linger thanked Zhang Xuanchen for saving them and offered to fulfill a request in return.

Zhang Xuanchen demanded Nine Heavens Wind Dew Liquid in exchange for saving Feng Xiao and Feng Linger, and the siblings promised to secure it from their clan. After treating Feng Linger and preparing to travel, Zhang Xuanchen introduced himself as Xuan Chen as the group set out for the Wind Feather Elf Race.

• Zhang Xuanchen asked Feng Xiao and Feng Linger to obtain Nine Heavens Wind Dew Liquid as payment for saving them.
• Feng Xiao promised ten drops, while he and Feng Linger criticized their father and vowed to take charge of the Wind Feather Elf Race.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Feng Linger a drop of Thousand-year Stone Milk, cleaned the siblings' clothes, and supplied them with white robes.
• Xuanjing teased Zhang Xuanchen about Feng Linger and threatened to tell Ling Shuang before disappearing.
• Feng Xiao and Feng Linger returned in fresh robes, and Zhang Xuanchen told them to call him Xuan Chen as they prepared to leave.

Zhang Xuanchen escorted Feng Xiao and Feng Linger toward the Wind Feather Elf Race’s ancestral land, and Feng Linger quickly learned to fly on a sword after watching him. Along the way, Feng Xiao explained that the realm’s treasures were left for human cultivators, and outsiders who tried to take them or reveal their locations faced soul destruction.

• Feng Xiao urged Feng Linger to call Zhang Xuanchen Brother Chen, and she promised to reward him with Nine Heavens Wind Dew Liquid for saving her.
• Feng Xiao and Zhang Xuanchen flew toward the Wind Feather Elf Race’s ancestral land, while Feng Linger copied Zhang Xuanchen’s sword-flying technique within moments.
• Feng Xiao offered Zhang Xuanchen access to the first three floors of the clan’s Scripture Library as compensation for Feng Linger observing his spell.
• Feng Xiao told Zhang Xuanchen that the clan lived atop the Floating Mountain Range and that the journey northeast would take about a month.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked why the Meteor Heavy Sword and the Starry Holy Palace’s treasures had gone untouched, and Feng Xiao explained that ancient human sages had left the realm’s opportunities for humans alone.
• Feng Xiao said outsiders could neither take those opportunities nor reveal their locations without suffering complete soul destruction.

Zhang Xuanchen found the Golden Silk Blood Bodhi guarded by a Yin Yang Two-Headed Python and used his True Dragon bloodline pressure to confront it. The python, Ao Tun, instead submitted to him, and Xuanjing suggested he take it in as a future guardian spirit beast.

• Feng Xiao explained that the High Priestess could point Zhang Xuanchen toward the greatest opportunity, and Feng Linger said her master had expected humans to enter the Secret Realm someday.
• Zhang Xuanchen identified the Golden Silk Blood Bodhi in a deep valley and sensed that a Late Third Stage Yin Yang Two-Headed Python was guarding it.
• Zhang Xuanchen activated the Divine Dragon Hegemony Body Art and leaped into the valley while Feng Xiao and Feng Linger waited outside and discussed their wish to see the outside world.
• The Yin Yang Two-Headed Python sensed Zhang Xuanchen's True Dragon pressure, emerged from its cave, shrank down, and submitted to him as Ao Tun.
• Xuanjing told Zhang Xuanchen that Ao Tun wanted his blood and suggested he accept it as a follower and potential clan guardian spirit beast.

Zhang Xuanchen accepted the Yin Yang Two-Headed Python’s submission, named him Ao Tun, and discovered that the demon was a rare talent capable of becoming a flood dragon. After Ao Tun gifted him a Golden Silk Blood Bodhi, Zhang Xuanchen brought him into his Spiritual Artifact space and gave him essence blood to aid his transformation.

• Zhang Xuanchen marked the Yin Yang Two-Headed Python with the Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire and discovered its two Monster Cores made it a Heavenly Talent of the Demon Race.
• Zhang Xuanchen named the submissive python Ao Tun, who led him to a Golden Silk Blood Bodhi he had guarded for hundreds of years.
• Ao Tun agreed to follow Zhang Xuanchen into the outside world, and Zhang Xuanchen moved him and the Bodhi tree into his Spiritual Artifact space.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Ao Tun a drop of his essence blood and told him to guard the Bodhi and cultivate toward becoming a flood dragon.

Zhang Xuanchen returned from the Spirit Ring Space and continued traveling with Feng Xiao and Feng Linger, while considering whether he could bring the Wind Feather Elf Race into the outside world. Elsewhere, Wuxin attacked a group of cultivators after their leader tried to trade a low-grade pill for Luo Lingshuang’s Star Firefly Spirit Flower.

• Ao Tun restored the Cave Mansion and celebrated receiving Zhang Xuanchen’s blood essence, even wondering whether it should cut off its male parts to become a dragon maiden.
• Zhang Xuanchen rejoined Feng Xiao and Feng Linger, then dismissed an opportunity to visit a Golden Core Cave Mansion and set off with them.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Xuanjing concluded that the Wind Feather Elf Race would not submit to him while he remained too weak to control them.
• Luo Lingshuang, Great Sage, and Wuxin encountered eight cultivators led by the Early Golden Core Purple-robed Youth, who offered a Second-grade Pill for Luo Lingshuang’s Fourth-Grade Mid-Rank Star Firefly Spirit Flower.
• Wuxin crushed the Pill Bottle, called the cultivators out for taking him for a fool, and slapped the Purple-robed Youth into a tree.

Luo Lingshuang, Wuxin, and the Great Sage fought Huang Zhantian and his companions after the outsiders tried to rob them. Huang Zhantian and Zhao Yuantong escaped, while the others were captured, and one trapped cultivator deduced that the trio had entered the Secret Realm using a spatial magic artifact.

• The Great Sage and Wuxin revealed their strength and attacked Huang Zhantian's group as Luo Lingshuang trapped them inside a Water Curtain Barrier and struck with Sword Rain.
• Zhao Yuantong summoned a Late Golden Core incarnation, which shattered the Sword Rain and attacked the trio with an Overlord Halberd while the others tried to break the barrier.
• The Great Sage absorbed the halberd's spiritual energy as Wuxin sent five golden rings to restrain Huang Zhantian and his companions.
• Huang Zhantian used talismans to escape through the shattered barrier, and Zhao Yuantong followed, leaving three companions trapped.
• Luo Lingshuang stopped Wuxin and the Great Sage from pursuing the escapees to avoid exposing their identities.
• A trapped cultivator deduced that the trio were outsiders who had entered with a spatial magic artifact, and Wuxin slapped him away.

Luo Lingshuang, Wuxin, and the Great Sage dealt with their enemies and continued searching for Star Tokens while Zhang Xuanchen traveled with Feng Xiao and Feng Linger to the Wind-Perch Forest Sea. The Wind Feather Elf Clan Leader sensed their arrival and ordered Feng Ye to bring the three travelers to the clan hall.

• Luo Lingshuang ordered Wuxin to kill the captured cultivators, and he beheaded them and handed her their Storage Rings.
• Luo Lingshuang found a Star Token among the spoils and gave it to Wuxin, explaining that they still needed tokens for the Great Sage and Zhang Xuanchen.
• Cultivators across the Starry Secret Realm began adapting to the realm, and many fought and died over Star Tokens.
• A month later, Zhang Xuanchen, Feng Xiao, and Feng Linger reached the Cloud Peak Wind-Perch Forest Sea and entered the dangerous astral winds toward the Wind Feather Elf Ancestral Land.
• The Wind Feather Elf Clan Leader sensed Feng Xiao and Feng Linger and ordered Feng Ye to bring them and Zhang Xuanchen to the clan hall.