Recaps

Zhang Xuanchen discussed the need to grow stronger with Feng Xiao and Feng Linger while they traveled through the Wind Perch Forest Sea. Feng Ye overheard Feng Linger criticizing him, and she tried to escape the consequences by blaming Feng Xiao.

• Zhang Xuanchen explained that even after the Feathered Race and Storm Griffin race were defeated, new conflicts would arise, so the Wind Feather Elf Race had to keep growing stronger.
• Feng Linger praised Zhang Xuanchen’s understanding of clan responsibilities and mocked Feng Ye for being poor at clan affairs and frightening people with his sour expression.
• Feng Ye appeared behind Feng Linger, and Feng Xiao abruptly defended him, claiming he alone felt sorry for Uncle Ye.
• Feng Linger realized Feng Ye had heard her, then threw herself into his arms and claimed Feng Xiao bullied her whenever she talked back.
• Feng Xiao watched in disbelief as Feng Linger’s excuse seemed to work.

Zhang Xuanchen met the Wind Feather Elf Race’s High Priest and learned Feng Xiao and Feng Linger would be punished for leaving the clan without permission. He offered a medicinal pill to ask the High Priestess and Clan Leader Feng to lessen their sentence.

• Feng Ye beat Feng Xiao after Feng Linger pretended to cry, then learned Zhang Xuanchen had saved the siblings from a Third Stage Demon Leopard.
• Feng Ye brought Zhang Xuanchen, Feng Xiao, and Feng Linger to meet the High Priestess, Clan Leader Feng Yuan, and three elders.
• The High Priestess sentenced Feng Xiao and Feng Linger to one month in the Blazing Flame Cave for breaking the barrier and disobeying the clan’s orders.
• Feng Xiao accepted responsibility for their unauthorized trip and offered to endure two months in the cave so Feng Linger’s punishment could be reduced.
• Zhang Xuanchen offered a Third-grade Top-tier medicinal pill that could slow the High Priestess’s loss of life force, asking that Feng Xiao and Feng Linger receive lighter punishment.

Zhang Xuanchen helped Feng Xiao and Feng Linger avoid severe punishment, then offered the High Priestess a healing pill and received twenty drops of Nine Heavens Wind Dew Liquid. When she questioned him about the Evil Demon poison afflicting her, he explained his past encounter with an Evil Demon and presented the sword that had slain it.

• The High Priestess reduced Feng Xiao and Feng Linger's punishment to half a month each after Zhang Xuanchen pleaded for them.
• Feng Linger explained how they had found the Ink Shadow Ghost Orchid, and Feng Yuan thanked Zhang Xuanchen for saving the siblings and bringing it back.
• Feng Yuan arranged a banquet for Zhang Xuanchen and sent Feng Xiao and Feng Linger away with Feng Ye.
• Zhang Xuanchen offered the High Priestess a Third-grade Top-tier Mystic Spirit Healing Pill and asked to trade for Nine Heavens Wind Dew Liquid and other Wind Feather Elf treasures.
• The High Priestess granted Zhang Xuanchen twenty drops of Nine Heavens Wind Dew Liquid and asked whether he recognized the Evil Demon poison in her body.
• Zhang Xuanchen said the poison was related to the Evil Demon race, described his master's sacrifice and the Evil Demon he had slain, and presented his Fifth-Rank Spirit Tool sword as evidence.

Zhang Xuanchen learned from the High Priestess that Demon Seeds could possess living beings and evade detection, while she explained the poison that was killing her. He left with twenty drops of Nine Heavens Wind Dew Liquid and worried about finding Demon Seed hosts before they reached the outside world.

• Feng Yuan sensed an Evil Demon aura on Zhang Xuanchen's Dragon Abyss Sword, so the High Priestess apologized for suspecting him of being possessed by a Demon Seed.
• The High Priestess explained that Demon Seeds could possess living beings, consume their Spiritual Sense, and turn them into demons, and she revealed that poison was slowly killing her.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked how to detect Demon Seed hosts, and the High Priestess said they were difficult to identify until their behavior changed or they fought desperately.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked Xuanjing whether he could detect Demon Seed hosts, but Xuanjing said he would need to encounter a Demon Seed first.
• The High Priestess gave Zhang Xuanchen twenty drops of Nine Heavens Wind Dew Liquid and suggested they might meet again.

Zhang Xuanchen learned that the worlds were merging and offered to help the Wind Feather Elf Race prepare for life outside. The High Priestess refused to move the clan from Phoenix Perch Forest, but asked him to take Feng Xiao and Feng Linger to his Lineage, and Zhang Xuanchen requested a portion of the Ten-thousand-year Stone Milk in return.

• The High Priestess told Zhang Xuanchen that the origins of the two worlds were merging and that all living beings would eventually reach the outside world.
• The High Priestess revealed that the leaders of the eight great Nascent Soul clans knew of the coming change but were keeping it secret to prevent unrest.
• After the High Priestess and Feng Yuan swore not to harm him, Zhang Xuanchen offered to take the Wind Feather Elf Race outside early and help them settle through his Lineage.
• The High Priestess declined to move the clan, explaining that it would remain in Phoenix Perch Forest to protect its ancestral home.
• The High Priestess asked Zhang Xuanchen to take Feng Xiao and Feng Linger outside so they could learn about the Human Race and gather information for the clan.
• Zhang Xuanchen agreed to protect Feng Xiao and Feng Linger and asked for a portion of the Ten-thousand-year Stone Milk instead of a reward.

Zhang Xuanchen agreed to help the High Priestess obtain Ten-thousand-year Stone Milk from the Tiger-Man Clan in exchange for three drops. While waiting in Wind Feather Elf territory, he met the clan’s children and shared his snacks with them.

• Zhang Xuanchen chose three drops of Ten-thousand-year Stone Milk over his reward, and the High Priestess warned him that taking it from the Tiger-Man Clan would be dangerous.
• The High Priestess told Feng Yuan that Feng Xiao and Feng Linger would go into the outside world for the clan’s benefit, and promised to protect them with Dharma incarnations from herself and forty powerful clansmen.
• A young Wind Feather Elf led Zhang Xuanchen to his residence, where curious children asked about his lack of wind wings.
• Zhang Xuanchen demonstrated his Spirit Sword, handed out pastries to the children, and gave his remaining snacks to a little girl to distribute.

Zhang Xuanchen joined the Wind Feather Elf Race’s banquet, where he shared food, discussed the outside world, and offered to teach the elves how to make pastries. He ended the evening exchanging spirit items with the eager elves.

• Zhang Xuanchen offered pastries to the children and promised Feng Yin he would teach the clan how to make them at the banquet.
• Zhang Xuanchen sorted his spirit items in a cabin, resolved not to deceive the elves, and waited for nightfall.
• Feng Xiao introduced Zhang Xuanchen to Feng Buchui, Feng Yu, and his fiancée Feng Ruoxi at the banquet.
• Zhang Xuanchen answered the elves’ questions about the outside world as the High Priestess listened approvingly.
• Zhang Xuanchen displayed his Second Stage and Third Stage spirit items and began making fair, equal-grade exchanges with the elves.

Zhang Xuanchen gained new insight into his movement technique after drinking Nine Heavens Wind Dew Liquid and went to practice in the Boundless Forest Sea. Meanwhile, Zhang Chongxian prepared to venture above the Cloud Line in search of a faster path to power, where the Evil-Breaking Heavenly Venerate judged him as a potential inheritor and set a perilous trial.

• Zhang Xuanchen drank a drop of Nine Heavens Wind Dew Liquid, gained insight into the Soaring Dragon Treading the Heavens Step, and flew to the Boundless Forest Sea to practice.
• Zhang Chongxian killed a Late Golden Core Sword Slave in Bare Rock Sword Ridge and took its Sword Core.
• Zhang Chongxian resolved to become stronger quickly to protect the Zhang Family and Chu Zhiwei from the Feather Immortal Sect, then returned to his cave to recover before crossing the Cloud Line.
• The Evil-Breaking Heavenly Venerate recognized Zhang Chongxian as the recommended inheritor, assessed his talent as merely passable, and decided to test whether he could survive a trial.

After refining the Third-grade Top-tier Sword Core, Zhang Chongxian headed to the Cloud Line to challenge the forbidden Sky Scar Apex. A crowd of cultivators and demon beasts gathered to watch as he prepared to cut through the barrier.

• Zhang Chongxian completed his refinement, cleaned himself up, and flew toward the Cloud Line without acknowledging the fighting nearby.
• The purple-robed woman recognized Zhang Chongxian as the Blood Swordsman, and Zhou Kuang and other experts followed, believing he meant to enter Sky Scar Apex.
• True Person Green Snake and True Person Martial Tyrant traded taunts while the gathered cultivators and demon beasts recorded Zhang Chongxian and cleared away Sword Slaves.
• Zhang Chongxian looked toward Xuanxiao Mountain, murmured, “Wait for me,” and placed two Third Stage defensive Spirit Talismans on himself.
• Zhang Chongxian unleashed his Nirvana Sword Intent, raised his golden sword, and shouted, “Give me... break!” as he struck at the Cloud Fluff.

Zhang Chongxian crossed the cloud layer at Sky Scar Sword Mountain and became trapped in the endless chaotic void of Sky Scar Apex. After resisting despair and choosing to endure until his lifespan ran out, he gained a new insight into Nirvana Sword Intent, while Venerable Evil-Breaker decided to test him further.

• Zhang Chongxian slashed through the cloud wisps, was swallowed by a Sword Dragon, and rushed through the opening into Sky Scar Apex.
• Zhang Chongxian drifted alone in the chaotic void, unable to meditate as despair and thoughts of suicide overtook him.
• Zhang Chongxian remembered his clan and Chu Zhiwei, rejected suicide, and resolved to endure the void until his lifespan ran out.
• Zhang Chongxian gained a new insight into Nirvana Sword Intent and began slowly condensing his sword heart without realizing it.
• Venerable Evil-Breaker praised Zhang Chongxian's resolve and planned to test him by making the family and lover he cherished vanish.

After enduring the void trial, Zhang Chongxian reached the Divine Temple and defeated its hundred Golden Core Sword Slaves by burning his origin, blood essence, and lifespan. Inside, the Evil-Breaking Heavenly Venerate healed him and began to question him about his understanding of the sword path.

• Zhang Chongxian emerged from the darkness, discovered his sword intent had advanced, and spotted the Divine Temple guarded by a hundred Golden Core Peak Sword Slaves.
• Zhang Chongxian charged the Sword Slaves, found he could not use his Spirit Talismans, and fought them with his Nirvana Sword Intent.
• Zhang Chongxian burned his Golden Core origin, blood essence, and lifespan to defeat the Sword Slaves, then crawled into the Divine Temple.
• The Evil-Breaking Heavenly Venerate healed Zhang Chongxian and told him he had become the second person to enter his inheritance trial.
• The Evil-Breaking Heavenly Venerate identified Zhang Chongxian's sword intent as the second level, intent transforming into form, and asked him to explain his understanding of the sword path.

Zhang Chongxian learned the five realms of the Sword Dao from Evil-Breaking Heavenly Venerate, then was thrown into a Blood Moon World to face the first of three deadly trials. Meanwhile, Feng Ye returned to the Wind Feather Elf Race with the Ten-thousand-year Stone Milk, and the High Priestess prepared to entrust the race’s future to Feng Xiao and Feng Linger.

• Zhang Chongxian explained the Sword Momentum and Sword Intent he knew, and Evil-Breaking Heavenly Venerate taught him the five realms of the sword path.
• Zhang Chongxian discovered that his black-gold Sword Intent had taken tangible form, then asked to learn about Sword Soul, Sword Domain, and Sword World.
• Evil-Breaking Heavenly Venerate warned Zhang Chongxian that he had to pass three trials or die, and sent him into the Blood Moon World for the Heart Inquiry trial.
• Feng Ye returned to the Wind Feather Elf Race with ten drops of Ten-thousand-year Stone Milk after seizing them from the Tiger-Man Race.
• The High Priestess used a drop of Ten-thousand-year Stone Milk to restore Feng Ye’s Wind Core and summoned Xuan Chen, Feng Xiao, Feng Linger, the clan leader, and the Clan Leader's Wife.
• The High Priestess reflected that it was time to part and entrusted the Wind Feather Elf Race’s future to Feng Xiao and Feng Linger.

After Zhang Xuanchen collected the Ten-thousand-year Stone Milk, the High Priestess arranged for Feng Xiao and Feng Linger to leave their realm with him and learn about the outside world. The siblings prepared to depart with warnings, inheritance, and resources, while their parents struggled to say goodbye.

• Zhang Xuanchen returned from training and told Xuanjing that he had reached the entry level of the Soaring Dragon Treading the Heavens Step after refining two drops of Nine Heavens Wind Dew Liquid.
• Feng Ye brought Zhang Xuanchen to the hall, where the High Priestess gave him three drops of Ten-thousand-year Stone Milk and warned him to keep them secret from the Tiger-Man Race.
• The High Priestess asked Feng Xiao and Feng Linger to go to the outside world as guides for their race’s future, and Zhang Xuanchen confirmed he could take them there.
• The High Priestess explained that the realms would eventually merge and warned Feng Xiao and Feng Linger to behave responsibly, keep the merger secret, and rely on Zhang Xuanchen for guidance.
• The High Priestess gave Feng Xiao and Feng Linger jade slips containing cultivation inheritance and Storage Rings of resources, then Feng Xiao knelt before his parents to take his leave.
• Feng Yuan challenged Feng Xiao’s claim that he had fulfilled his filial duty, reminding him that he had repeatedly cleaned up after his troublemaking.

Feng Xiao and Feng Linger left the Wind Feather Elf Race’s ancestral land with Zhang Xuanchen, beginning their journey into the outside world. As they flew across the grassland, Zhang Xuanchen pursued an immortal fate involving rare star-aligned treasure.

• Feng Yuan and Feng Mengqing farewelled Feng Xiao and Feng Linger, and Feng Yuan warned Zhang Xuanchen to keep them away from dangerous lands of inheritance.
• Zhang Xuanchen secretly led the siblings out of the clan grounds, and the High Priestess said they would be safe if they stayed by his side.
• Feng Xiao and Feng Linger celebrated their freedom, and Zhang Xuanchen promised to look after them in the outside world.
• Zhang Xuanchen told the siblings to hide in his Myriad Spirit Ring if they encountered anyone, then flew northeast toward a Third-grade Top-tier Heaven Star Grass.
• Zhang Xuanchen recalled the Spirit Nourishing Flower and damaged Star Shattering Hammer he had discovered in the Phoenix Perch Forest.

Zhang Xuanchen stole the Heaven Star Grass and followed Xuanjing’s sense of a Three Lives Samsara Mirror fragment toward Ye Xingyun. Ye Xingyun sensed a powerful pursuer and fled, but Zhang Xuanchen closed in and exposed his aura.

• Xuanjing sensed a fragment of his main body in the direction of the Heaven Star Grass, so Zhang Xuanchen sent Feng Xiao and Feng Linger into the Myriad Spirit Ring and hurried ahead.
• Zhang Xuanchen silently uprooted the Heaven Star Grass while its sleeping late Third Stage Angry Gold Beast guarded it, then escaped before the beast could catch his aura.
• Xuanjing explained that only powerful cultivators could wield laws and warned Zhang Xuanchen not to obsess over comprehending space and time.
• Zhang Xuanchen followed Xuanjing’s guidance toward Ye Xingyun, who sensed danger from a distance and activated his Wind Chasing Wings to flee.
• Zhang Xuanchen poured Wind Attribute Spiritual Energy into his legs, rapidly caught up to Ye Xingyun, and frightened him by releasing his aura.

Ye Xingyun fled from Zhang Xuanchen’s overwhelming aura, then surrendered and begged for his life, only to discover the pursuer was his friend. Zhang Xuanchen concealed the source of his strength and persuaded Ye Xingyun to consider marrying into the Zhang Family if it rose to become a Nascent Soul clan.

• Ye Xingyun used talismans and movement techniques to flee, then stopped, knelt, and offered Zhang Xuanchen his treasures in exchange for his life.
• Ye Xingyun recognized Zhang Xuanchen and marveled that he had reached Golden Core before turning thirty.
• Zhang Xuanchen brought out the Yin Yang Two-Headed Python and falsely claimed its aura had caused Ye Xingyun’s alarm.
• Zhang Xuanchen invited Ye Xingyun to marry into the Zhang Family, promising support and access to cultivation resources.
• Ye Xingyun said he would consider joining if the Zhang Family became a Nascent Soul clan, and he and Zhang Xuanchen sealed the promise with a clasped-hand agreement.
• Zhang Xuanchen privately planned to put Ye Xingyun’s cultivation talents to work for the Zhang Family.

Zhang Xuanchen and Ye Xingyun traveled to Dream Illusion Lake, where Xuanjing sensed its main-body fragment inside the central Cave Mansion. They discovered the lake trapped cultivators in a deadly innate illusion, and Zhang Xuanchen prepared to row toward the Cave Mansion under Xuanjing’s protection.

• Ye Xingyun told Zhang Xuanchen about the Cave Mansion at Dream Illusion Lake and offered to take him there in exchange for keeping a secret.
• Zhang Xuanchen agreed to travel with Ye Xingyun but said they would split up to seek opportunities, and the two set off while Zhang Xuanchen concealed his Golden Core cultivation.
• After twenty days, Zhang Xuanchen and Ye Xingyun encountered Wei Zhonghe and joined him in heading to Dream Illusion Lake to reinforce Wei Wushuang.
• At Dream Illusion Lake, Zhang Xuanchen saw cultivators trapped in illusions on the shore and in boats, while Xuanjing explained that forcibly waking them would destroy their minds.
• Xuanjing sensed its main-body fragment inside the central Cave Mansion and promised to protect Zhang Xuanchen from the lake’s illusion; Zhang Xuanchen urged Ye Xingyun and Wei Zhonghe to decide whether to risk entering.

Zhang Xuanchen and other cultivators faced the illusions of Dream Illusion Lake, while the spirit of the Starry Tower recognized Zhang Xuanchen as a promising inheritor and brought him into the central Cave Mansion. Zhang Xuanchen received information revealing that passing the trial could earn him the damaged ninth-rank imperial artifact and its acknowledgment as master.

• Ye Xingyun entered an illusion at Dream Illusion Lake, rejected its seduction, and rowed toward the central Cave Mansion.
• Several dozen cultivators followed Ye Xingyun toward the boats, but they became trapped in illusions; Zhang Xuanchen then boarded a boat and shattered his illusion with Xuanjing.
• The Starry Tower spirit discovered Zhang Xuanchen's arrival and assessed his cultivation, abilities, treasures, and potential as an inheritor.
• The Starry Tower spirit brought Zhang Xuanchen directly into the central Cave Mansion, where it told him he still had to pass the trial to obtain the Three Lives Samsara Realm fragment.
• Zhang Xuanchen's Immortal Fate Information revealed that passing the trial could earn him the damaged ninth-rank imperial artifact Starry Tower and make it acknowledge him as master.

Zhang Xuanchen ignored nearby opportunities and hurried toward Xuanjing’s true-body fragment, but the Starry Tower’s Tower Spirit sent a Starry Ancient Beast cub to intercept him. Zhang Xuanchen won the cub over with roasted meat and persuaded it to follow him, leaving Xuanjing astonished.

• Zhang Xuanchen chose to seek Xuanjing’s true-body fragment first instead of pursuing nearby opportunities.
• The Tower Spirit noticed Zhang Xuanchen approaching and sent a spell-art Jade Slip toward him, revealing a Starry Ancient Beast cub.
• Xuanjing warned Zhang Xuanchen that the cub was a powerful Starry Ancient Beast with the potential to reach the ninth tier.
• The cub shrank to a tiny size, climbed onto Zhang Xuanchen’s shoulder, and begged for his roasted meat.
• Zhang Xuanchen fed the cub and invited it to follow him, and the cub eagerly agreed to leave the Tower Spirit.

Zhang Xuanchen received the Falling Star Tribulation Finger from Little Star and continued deeper into the Broken Star Sea with Xuanjing and the cub. They avoided helping Wei Wushuang and two Southern Bright Flame Palace disciples, then gathered treasures, including a rare Amethyst Star Date Tree.

• Xuanjing explained that Little Star could not yet speak because it had grown up without adult Starry Ancient Beasts or humans to teach it.
• Little Star gave Zhang Xuanchen a scroll containing the seventh-tier upper-grade Falling Star Tribulation Finger, which Xuanjing judged suited to body-refining cultivators.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked whether the True Dragon clan would target him for cultivating the Divine Dragon Hegemony Body Art, and Xuanjing said the Three Lives Samsara Mirror could conceal his aura below the Four Transformations.
• Xuanjing stopped Little Star from taking his place on Zhang Xuanchen's shoulder, and Zhang Xuanchen flew deeper into the Broken Star Sea.
• The Starry Tower's young man abandoned plans to send obstacles against Zhang Xuanchen and hoped the Three Lives Samsara Mirror could help the tower advance.
• Zhang Xuanchen passed Wei Wushuang and two Southern Bright Flame Palace disciples as they were being overwhelmed, then collected treasures, including a mid-fifth-rank Amethyst Star Date Tree bearing thirty-six fruits.

Zhang Xuanchen reached the heart of the Broken Star Sea, where he met Shuoxing, the spirit of the damaged Starry Tower, and accepted the tower’s protection. Xuanjing recovered a fragment of his true body but chose to postpone fusing with it until Zhang Xuanchen was safely back with his clan.

• Zhang Xuanchen, Xuanjing, and Little Star entered the hall beyond the stone door and met Shuoxing, who had been watching Zhang Xuanchen.
• Shuoxing returned a fragment of Xuanjing’s true body, but declined to explain Xuanjing’s past until later.
• Shuoxing revealed that his damaged Starry Tower had once been a ninth-rank imperial artifact and offered to acknowledge Zhang Xuanchen as its master.
• Zhang Xuanchen accepted Shuoxing, and the Starry Tower bonded with him and granted him Star Tower Body Protection.
• Xuanjing told Zhang Xuanchen that fusing with the recovered fragments would make him fall asleep, so he would wait until Zhang Xuanchen returned safely to his clan.

Zhang Xuanchen learned that Shuoxing could not guide him inside the inheritance realm, but could help him develop a cultivation method from the knowledge he had gathered. After Xuanjing revealed Zhang Xuanchen’s rare physique, Shuoxing vowed to help him reach the peak.

• Shuoxing explained that the Starry Emperor Sovereign’s rules prevented him from guiding Zhang Xuanchen until they left the secret realm.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked Shuoxing about cultivation methods and spells, then explained that he and Xuanjing planned to create a method tailored to him.
• Shuoxing offered to combine his extensive knowledge with the Samsara Mirror’s deductions to help develop the cultivation method.
• Xuanjing revealed that Zhang Xuanchen had a unique physique that could sense immortal opportunities and locate them.
• Shuoxing was astonished by Zhang Xuanchen’s potential and promised to assist him, while Xuanjing suggested he later teach the Zhang Clan.

Zhang Xuanchen sensed an Immortal Fate containing several Ancient Pill Recipes and prepared to leave with Xuanjing and Shuoxing. Before they departed, Shuoxing gathered most of the Broken Star Sea’s scattered treasures for Zhang Xuanchen, while Nangong Qing held onto a Star Fire Jade Marrow Crystal despite being dragged through the Star Stones.

• Zhang Xuanchen told Xuanjing and Shuoxing that he had sensed an Immortal Fate and would lead them to it.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked Shuoxing to gather the opportunities scattered through the Broken Star Sea, and Shuoxing drew most of the treasures toward him.
• Nangong Qing bound a Star Fire Jade Marrow Crystal with her Fire God Whip and clung to it as it dragged her through Star Stones, refusing to let go despite her injuries.
• Shuoxing stopped trying to retrieve the crystal because he feared Nangong Qing would be killed, then explained what had happened to Zhang Xuanchen.
• Zhang Xuanchen told Shuoxing how he and Xuanjing had obtained the Meteor Heavy Sword, then set off toward the cave entrance with Little Star.

Zhang Xuanchen uncovered ancient books and pill formulas in a cave behind Ghost Water Waterfall, while Shuoxing realized his ability to find them exceeded ordinary senses. Meanwhile, Zhang Zujun was cornered by Ninglu Sect cultivators in the Purple Cloud Mountain Range as they taunted the Zhang Clan and threatened its destruction.

• Zhang Xuanchen recited a poem at Ghost Water Waterfall, and Shuoxing praised his talent.
• Zhang Xuanchen broke through the cliff behind the waterfall and found an ancient stone cabinet containing books and pill formulas.
• Shuoxing recognized that Zhang Xuanchen could locate objects without spiritual-energy traces, but kept his suspicions to himself.
• Zhang Xuanchen collected the cave's contents and headed toward the Starry Holy Palace, passing up a detour for damaged Wind Chasing Cloud Treading Boots.
• Zhang Zujun fought two Early Golden Core cultivators and one Golden Core Mid Stage cultivator from the Ninglu Sect over the Yaoyang Sword Leaf Grass.
• A blue-robed Ninglu Sect woman mocked Zhang Zujun's isolation and threatened to destroy the Zhang Clan and the Bihai Immortal Sect.

The Zhang Family fought the Ninglu Sect and its allies over the Yaoyang Sword Leaf Grass while Gou Fugui held off two Ninglu Sect Golden Cores. Zhang Zu'an and his disciples broke through an enemy encirclement, but they still had to reach the family safely.

• Zhang Hongzhan ordered the Zhang Family to fight for the Yaoyang Sword Leaf Grass before the Ninglu Sect could secure it.
• Zhang Zujun used his armor and Spirit Talismans to hold off True Person Water Condensation, Lin Feng, and True Person Sky Wind as they attacked him.
• Gou Fugui refused True Person Soul Dew's attempt to persuade him and vowed to keep the two Ninglu Sect Golden Cores from advancing.
• Zhang Zu'an led fifteen Zhang Family disciples through an encirclement after they defeated more than seventy enemy disciples and stewards, including two Foundation Establishment Late Stage elders.
• Zhang Zu'an warned Zhang Xuntong and the other disciples not to grow prideful and reminded them that their strength and protection came from the Zhang Family.