Recaps

Zhang Xuanchen gathered allies, acquired an entry token to the Starry Secret Realm, and entrusted Heavenly Craft Pavilion with forging the Ruyi Jingu Bang. As he learned the Three Lives Borrowing Strength Great Technique, Luo Yichen arrived at the Nine Splendor Sword Sect to take Luo Lingshuang home and learned she had married Zhang Xuanchen.

• Zhang Xuanchen hid from the demons in the Myriad Spirit Ring, learned of a Beast Tide planned for the coming decades, and subdued the Jadeite Spirit Insect leader, naming him Zhang Xuanmo.
• After leaving the Dark Night Forest, Zhang Xuanchen rescued Wuxin from two Evil Cultivators, accepted his allegiance, and traveled with him and his companions to Tiangong Immortal City.
• Zhang Xuanchen bought Yang Shen’s damaged tripod and ancient porcelain vase, then secured a Wei Family External Aid Token to enter the Starry Secret Realm.
• At Heavenly Craft Pavilion, Zhang Xuanchen agreed to let Li Jinmian and the other senior refiners forge the Ruyi Jingu Bang from his Sea Calming Divine Iron, and commissioned additional artifacts.
• Xuanjing identified the vase’s contents as Spirit Heart Sacred Deer Blood Essence and used it with the Sarira to reveal the first two forms of the Three Lives Borrowing Strength Great Technique to Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang.
• Luo Yichen arrived at the Nine Splendor Sword Sect to take Luo Lingshuang back, but Hua Shisan told him she had married Zhang Xuanchen two years earlier and warned against attacking the Zhang Family.

The Luo Clan confronted the Zhang Family, but Luo Yichen agreed to support Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang if Xuanchen proved worthy. After preparing for the Starry Secret Realm, Zhang Xuanchen entered it with his companions and led them into a beast-filled valley in search of spirit herbs.

• Hua Shisan defeated Luo Yuanhui, and Luo Yichen set out for Xuanxiao Mountain to judge Zhang Xuanchen and bring Luo Lingshuang back if Xuanchen proved unworthy.
• Yan Ruyu and Bai Zijing reached the Zhang Family ahead of the Luo Clan, and Wu Tianlei injured Luo Yuanhui when he insulted Horizon Pavilion.
• Luo Yichen apologized to the Zhang Family and promised to support Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang’s marriage if Xuanchen proved worthy, while Zhang Wanjun accepted Wu Tianlei as his teacher.
• Zhang Xuanchen found the Small Five Elements Sword Formation and prepared with his allies for the Starry Secret Realm, while Zhang Chongxian departed for the Yunjin Barren Ruins to seek a breakthrough.
• Zhang Xuanchen traveled with Wei Youqian to Shanhai Island, reunited with Ye Xingyun, and learned about corruption within the Wei Family from Wei Wushuang.
• The five great forces opened the Star Gate, and Zhang Xuanchen entered the Starry Secret Realm with Luo Lingshuang, Wuxin, and Great Sage.
• Zhang Xuanchen’s group found a valley with spirit herbs guarded by Cangmang Wolves, and he escaped their combined attack after his sword technique was shattered.

Zhang Xuanchen gathered treasures and allies while traveling toward the Star Core, and Luo Lingshuang’s group fought other cultivators for a Star Token. The arc ended with Zhang Xuanchen reaching the Wind Feather Elf Ancestral Land as Feng Xiao and Feng Linger returned to their clan.

• Zhang Xuanchen and his companions defeated the Cangmang Wolves, harvested a rare spirit herb area, and drove off the survivors before heading for the Star Ash Sand Mine.
• Zhang Xuanchen’s group slaughtered the Star-Devouring Insects, collected their crystals, and stored the Star Ash Sand vein, after which Luo Lingshuang, Great Sage, and Wuxin set off separately.
• Zhang Xuanchen killed Wen Jingyuan, took his treasures, and continued toward Xingyue Lake, where he found the Meteor Heavy Sword and a Star Token beneath the lake.
• Zhang Xuanchen bonded with the Meteor Heavy Sword and later saved Feng Xiao and Feng Linger from the Ink Shadow Demon Leopard, then traveled with them toward the Wind Feather Elf Ancestral Land.
• Zhang Xuanchen subdued the Yin Yang Two-Headed Python, named it Ao Tun, and took it and the Golden Silk Blood Bodhi into his Spiritual Artifact space.
• Luo Lingshuang, Great Sage, and Wuxin defeated Huang Zhantian’s group and took a Star Token from their spoils, while cultivators across the Secret Realm began fighting over tokens.
• After a month of travel, Zhang Xuanchen, Feng Xiao, and Feng Linger reached the Cloud Peak Wind-Perch Forest Sea, and the Wind Feather Elf Clan Leader sent Feng Ye to bring them to the clan hall.

Zhang Xuanchen secured the Wind Feather Elf siblings’ departure, entered Dream Illusion Lake, and gained the Starry Tower and a fragment of Xuanjing’s true body. As he continued through the Broken Star Sea, the Zhang Family faced the Ninglu Sect over the Yaoyang Sword Leaf Grass.

• The High Priestess entrusted Feng Xiao and Feng Linger to Zhang Xuanchen, who took them from the Wind Feather Elf clan and began exploring the outside world with them.
• Zhang Xuanchen tracked down Ye Xingyun, recruited him with a promise of future support from the Zhang Family, and traveled with him and Wei Zhonghe to Dream Illusion Lake.
• Xuanjing protected Zhang Xuanchen from the lake’s illusions, allowing him to enter the central Cave Mansion and meet the Starry Tower spirit.
• Zhang Xuanchen befriended the Starry Ancient Beast cub Little Star and accepted Shuoxing’s offer to bond with the damaged Starry Tower.
• Shuoxing returned a fragment of Xuanjing’s true body and agreed to help Zhang Xuanchen and Xuanjing develop a cultivation method suited to Zhang Xuanchen.
• Zhang Xuanchen gathered treasures across the Broken Star Sea and found books and pill formulas hidden behind Ghost Water Waterfall.
• Zhang Zujun fought Ninglu Sect cultivators over the Yaoyang Sword Leaf Grass as Zhang Hongzhan ordered the Zhang Family to contest it.
• Gou Fugui held off two Ninglu Sect Golden Cores while Zhang Zu'an led fifteen Zhang Family disciples through the enemy encirclement and warned them against becoming arrogant.