Recaps

The Li Family planned to redirect suspicion from Little Hao as the Crimson Flame Divine Palace reappeared. The palace drew the Cui Clan Elder inside, leaving the crowd unable to break its barrier and the Cui Clan Elder claiming the inheritance.

• Li Xingzong learned that Little Hao could control the Crimson Flame Divine Palace and shared a plan with the Li Family.
• The Cui Clan Elder accused Little Hao of obtaining the inheritance and demanded that Balu search his soul, but the Li Family refused.
• When the Crimson Flame Divine Palace reappeared, the Li Family joined the rush toward it and Li Xingzong blocked the Cui Clan Elder at its gates.
• The Cui Clan Elder attacked Li Xingzong, then the palace enveloped him in divine light and pulled him inside.
• Balu led the crowd, including the Li Family, in attacking the palace barrier, but their strikes had no effect.
• The Cui Clan Elder declared that the Half-Saint Inheritance belonged to his Cui Clan.

Cui Yongnian claimed the Crimson Flame Divine Palace after it recognized him as its master, but the treasure’s power drew attacks from the gathered factions. Though he repelled their assaults, its enormous cost in spiritual power left him desperate as another wave approached.

• The Crimson Flame Divine Palace shrank into Cui Yongnian’s palm, and he declared that it had recognized him as its master.
• Balu and the Six-Eyed Demon Lord attacked Cui Yongnian, but the divine palace’s power blasted them away and wounded them.
• Balu urged the gathered cultivators to exhaust Cui Yongnian and seize the palace, prompting Gongsun Rou and dozens of Innate Cultivators to attack.
• Cui Yongnian used the palace to block their attacks again, despite losing a large share of his spiritual power.
• Li Xingzong encouraged the crowd to keep attacking, and Cui Yongnian ordered Cui Yongzhi to hold them off while he prepared to use the palace again.

Cui Yongnian escaped with the Crimson Flame Divine Palace and the Half-Saint inheritance after Cui Yongzhi sacrificed himself to buy him time. The hidden-treasure world began collapsing, and while the Li Family members fled through a passage opened by seven Divine Mansion experts, Li Yanfeng stayed behind to find the missing disciples.

• Cui Yongzhi used a secret technique to reach the Middle Stage Innate Realm, shielded Cui Yongnian from the attackers, and was blasted into fine powder.
• Cui Yongnian entered the Crimson Flame Divine Palace and escaped through a void portal as the gathered factions vowed to pressure the Chu Province Cui Clan into sharing the inheritance.
• Gongsun Rou cut off a rogue cultivator’s arm after he tried to join the clans’ discussion.
• The hidden-treasure world began collapsing after the Crimson Flame Divine Palace was taken away, and seven Divine Mansion experts opened a passage to guide the survivors out.
• Li Yanfeng told Li Xingzong and the others to escape, then flew back into the collapsing world to find the missing Li Family disciples.

As the world collapsed, Li Yanfeng, Li Xingzong, Li Qiyu, Li Qingshi, and Li Wu returned to save their trapped clansmen. Eight young disciples escaped a magma-filled valley with the elders’ help, then set out to find rescuers for Li Yanping and the others.

• Li Xingzong, Li Qiyu, and Li Qingshi followed Li Yanfeng back into the collapsing world, while Li Wu sent Li Hao through the void passage and returned as well.
• Li Yanping and more than thirty Li Family Disciples became trapped in a valley after claiming an inheritance, with magma closing in and their escape route cut off.
• Li Yanping ordered the remaining Qi and Blood-restoring pills given to eight young disciples, then persuaded them to leave while the rest of the group gave them their strength.
• Li Xingmao and the other seven crossed the magma under shields of Qi and Blood power, while Li Yanping and the others remained behind.
• Li Xingmao refused to abandon Li Yanping and ordered the eight to split up and find their clan elders to rescue the trapped disciples.

As the world collapsed, Li Yanfeng rescued Li Xingmao and a junior, then raced to save Li Yanping and twenty-two other Li Family Disciples trapped by rising magma. When a falling mountain threatened the group, Li Xingzong, Li Wu, Li Qiyu, and Li Qingshi arrived to help.

• Li Xingmao refused to abandon a junior being dragged toward a spatial rift, and Li Yanfeng arrived in time to pull them both to safety.
• After treating Li Xingmao and the junior, Li Yanfeng learned that Li Yanping and more than twenty clansmen were trapped in a valley and flew to rescue them.
• Li Yanfeng used the Burning Blood Scripture to reach the valley and lifted Li Yanping and twenty-two injured Li Family Disciples out of the rising magma.
• A collapsing mountain fell toward Li Yanfeng and the rescued clansmen, but Li Xingzong, Li Wu, Li Qiyu, and Li Qingshi destroyed it with their spiritual attacks.
• Li Xingzong told Li Yanfeng that he had said no member of the Li Family would be left behind.

Li Yanfeng and the other Li Family experts rescued most of their people from the collapsing Hidden Treasure world, while concealing that the Half-Saint’s Hidden Treasure had actually fallen into Li Family hands. Six Divine Mansion experts confronted the Cui Clan Old Ancestor for the treasure, but he escaped with a Teleportation Array Talisman.

• Li Yanfeng and four other Li Family experts helped escort Li Yanping’s group out, then split up to search for more survivors as the Hidden Treasure world collapsed.
• Li Yanfeng reported that 297 of the 321 Li Family disciples had survived, and Li Xuantong comforted him and the others when they asked for punishment.
• Li Xinge and five other Divine Mansion experts surrounded the Cui Clan Old Ancestor and demanded that he hand over the Half-Saint’s Hidden Treasure.
• The Cui Clan Old Ancestor crushed a Teleportation Array Talisman and vanished before the six experts could stop him.

After the six Divine Mansion Great Experts agreed to confront the Chu Province Cui Clan over the Half-Saint's Hidden Treasure, the Li Family retaliated against the Rogue Cultivators who had pressured them inside it. Li Xuanzong killed every offending Innate Realm Rogue Cultivator, and the Li Family departed as the other clans watched in fear.

• Li Xinge persuaded the Sky-Eating Demon Venerable, Wei Pingsheng, and the other leaders to join forces and demand the Half-Saint's Hidden Treasure from the Chu Province Cui Clan.
• Li Yanfeng told Li Xuantong how Rogue Cultivators had joined in pressuring the Li Family inside the Hidden Treasure.
• Li Xuantong ordered Li Xuanzong to kill the Rogue Cultivators who had insulted the Li Family.
• Li Xuanzong hunted down and slaughtered every offending Innate Realm Rogue Cultivator, ignoring one man's plea for mercy.
• Li Xuantong led the Li Family away on their Cloud Boat while cultivators from the other clans watched in fear.

Cui Yongnian celebrated his Half-Saint Inheritance, but Old Turtle killed him before he could return to the Chu Province Cui Clan. The clan prepared for an attack by activating its protection array as a Divine Mansion cultivator’s pressure descended over Pillar Heaven Mountain.

• Old Turtle appeared in the Crimson Flame Divine Palace and crushed Cui Yongnian’s body and Divine Soul after dismissing his boasts.
• The Cui Clan Old Ancestor returned to Pillar Heaven Mountain and told Cui Mingjue that Cui Yongnian had obtained a Half-Saint Inheritance and that enemies were pursuing him.
• The Cui Clan Old Ancestor ordered Cui Mingjue to activate the Clan Protection Array and notify him when Cui Yongnian returned, while secretly coveting the inheritance for himself.
• Cui Mingjue activated the Nine Peaks Supporting Heaven Array and summoned the clan’s elders to defend its nodes.
• The void above Pillar Heaven Mountain twisted, and the pressure of a Divine Mansion cultivator poured down over the clan.

Six Divine Mansion Realm cultivators confronted the Cui Clan over the Half-Saint's Hidden Treasure while the Li Family traveled to Yang Province. Li Xuantong learned that Li Hao had obtained the treasure and was stunned to hear that a powerful turtle demon had accepted him as its master.

• Six Divine Mansion Realm cultivators demanded that the Cui Clan Old Ancestor hand over the Half-Saint's Hidden Treasure, and threatened to break through the clan's protective array.
• Li Xuantong sealed the Li Family's Cloud Boat cabin, where Li Yanfeng told him that Li Hao had obtained the Half-Saint's Hidden Treasure.
• Li Xingzong explained that he had framed the Cui Clan to divert suspicion and protect the Li Family, earning Li Xuantong's praise.
• Li Hao described the treasure's contents to Li Xuantong, including a turtle that could transform into a person and had insisted on becoming his master.
• Li Xuantong and the others realized the turtle was a Divine Mansion Realm-level demon, and were shocked that it had accepted Li Hao as its master.

Li Hao told Li Xuantong that Old Turtle was bound to him as a servant by a Divine Soul contract, then recounted what he remembered from the Crimson Flame Divine Palace. Meanwhile, Li Xinge and five other Divine Mansion experts attacked the Cui Clan’s formation, forcing the Cui Clan Old Ancestor to beg their ancestor to leave seclusion.

• Li Hao assured Li Xuantong that Old Turtle was his servant and could not harm him because of their Divine Soul contract.
• Li Hao recounted his experience in the Crimson Flame Divine Palace, but found that he could no longer remember the Heavenly Human Saint’s phantom.
• Li Xuantong and Li Xuanzong discussed the Crimson Flame Half-Saint’s failed attempt to seize a body, and Li Xuantong told Li Hao to treat Old Turtle with respect.
• Li Xinge and five other Divine Mansion experts battered the Cui Clan’s Nine Peaks Supporting Heaven Array, but the formation held by drawing on ley lines.
• Li Xinge cut through one of the nine mountains supporting the formation, revealing its reliance on ley lines and prompting the attackers to target the array’s foundations.
• The Cui Clan Old Ancestor knelt and begged his ancestor to leave seclusion and protect the clan.

As six Divine Mansion experts battered the Cui Clan’s formation, the clan’s ancient ancestor Cui Yuan emerged, and Wei Pingsheng recognized him as a legendary cultivator who might have reached Great Perfection of Divine Mansion. The attackers’ confidence collapsed, leaving the confrontation at a standstill as they respectfully greeted Senior Cui.

• Cui Chongshan and the Cui Clan disciples waited for their Old Ancestor while Li Xinge’s group debated whether the clan possessed an expert at Great Perfection of Divine Mansion.
• Sky-Eating Demon Venerable dismissed the silence as a bluff and led the six Divine Mansion experts in attacking the remaining formation bases.
• The Cui Clan cultivators reinforced the formation, but the repeated assaults wounded them and strained the formation without breaking it.
• Cui Yuan appeared from the clan grounds, and Cui Chongshan and the Cui Clan disciples bowed to him.
• Wei Pingsheng identified Cui Yuan as a peerless cultivator who had vanished two thousand years earlier, prompting the attackers to fear he had reached Great Perfection of Divine Mansion.
• Li Xinge and the other Divine Mansion experts bowed respectfully to Cui Yuan as the balance of power shifted.

Li Xinge faced Cui Yuan over the Cui Clan’s seizure of the Half-Saint’s Hidden Treasure, then left after learning Cui Yongnian had died. As Li Xinge explained to Wei Pingsheng, Cui Yuan had been genuinely powerful but badly weakened, and provoking him could still have gotten them all killed.

• Cui Yuan confronted Li Xinge and demanded a reason for pressing the Cui Clan, while Cui Chongshan admitted the clan had taken the Half-Saint’s Hidden Treasure.
• A Cui Clan elder reported that Cui Yongnian’s soul lamp had gone out, and Cui Yuan ordered Cui Chongshan to investigate and recover the treasure.
• Cui Yuan told Li Xinge and the others to leave, and they departed without challenging him.
• After the others were gone, Cui Yuan coughed blood and vanished.
• Li Xinge told Wei Pingsheng that Cui Yuan’s Great Perfection aura had been real, but he had held back because the weakened elder could still have killed them if cornered.

Li Xinge hosted Wei Pingsheng at Green Maple Valley, where Wei proposed a marriage alliance between the Wei and Li Families. Li Xinge accepted the proposal in principle but said he needed to ask Li Xingzong for his consent.

• Li Xinge realized the Cui Clan had concealed a Great Perfection of Divine Mansion cultivator and suspected that the cultivator who gained the Half-Saint's Hidden Treasure might surpass Li Hao in fortune.
• Li Xinge invited Wei Pingsheng to Green Maple Valley, where they shared Cloud Mist Spiritual Root Tea.
• Wei Pingsheng asked to arrange a marriage alliance and offered his granddaughter Qingluo, a twenty-one-year-old Early-stage Innate cultivator with Sixth-grade talent.
• Wei Pingsheng named Li Xingzong as his preferred match for Qingluo.
• Li Xinge said he would consult Li Xingzong before agreeing, since he did not want to force the marriage and harm relations between the families.

Li Xinge proposed a marriage alliance between Li Xingzong and Wei Qingluo, and Xingzong agreed after considering his family’s needs and his mother’s wish to see him marry. The alliance was settled, though the couple had yet to meet.

• Li Xinge and Wei Pingsheng agreed that the marriage alliance should depend on the couple’s happiness and summoned Li Xingzong.
• Li Xingzong met Wei Pingsheng and learned that Wei had once sold him Awakening Clarity Grass, helping him build a foundation and break through the Body Realm.
• Li Xinge asked whether Xingzong had someone he loved, then proposed Wei Qingluo, a gifted young woman, as his bride.
• Li Xingzong considered his debt to the Li Family and his mother’s wish for him to start a family, then entrusted the decision to Li Xinge.
• Li Xinge and Wei Pingsheng exchanged glances and laughed as the marriage alliance was settled.

Li Xingzong accepted the Wei Family marriage proposal and a precious pill from Wei Pingsheng. Li Xinge then learned that Li Hao had obtained the Half-Saint's Hidden Treasure and discovered the immense wealth it contained, while the Li Family planned to keep the secret and let the Cui Family draw attention.

• Li Xingzong agreed to marry Wei Qingluo, and Wei Pingsheng gifted him a Five Qi Harmonizing Spirit Pill before leaving to arrange the wedding.
• Li Xuantong arrived with Li Hao and privately told Li Xinge that Li Hao had obtained the Half-Saint's Hidden Treasure.
• Li Xuantong explained how Li Xingzong had diverted suspicion toward the Cui Family, and Li Xinge ordered everyone who knew the truth to keep it confidential.
• Li Xuantong gave Li Xinge an inventory of the treasure, which listed powerful artifacts, cultivation manuals, pills, rare materials, and millions of spirit stones.

Li Xinge revealed his overwhelming power to Old Turtle after the Demon King treated him with contempt, forcing Old Turtle to acknowledge Li Hao’s great-grandfather. Later, Li Xinge considered his growing forces and concluded that he still needed to become stronger.

• Li Xuantong told Li Xinge that Li Hao had gained impressive treasures and made a Divine Soul contract with a mid-stage Demon King.
• Li Hao summoned Old Turtle and urged him to greet Li Xinge, but Old Turtle only gave Li Xinge a dismissive salute.
• Li Xinge warned Old Turtle to obey Li Hao and protect him, so Old Turtle released Divine Mansion pressure against Li Xinge.
• Li Xinge dispersed the pressure and struck Old Turtle down with his aura, then warned him to serve the Li Family and protect Li Hao.
• Li Hao scolded Old Turtle and told him that Li Xinge was only thirty-four, leaving Old Turtle stunned by Li Xinge’s age and power.
• Li Xinge reviewed the Divine Mansion experts under his command and, remembering Cui Yuan’s Great Perfection strength, resolved to grow stronger.

Li Xinge convened the Li Family elders to distribute the resources from the Half-Saint's Hidden Treasure and plan the clan's growth. He prioritized raising another Divine Mansion Realm expert and expanding the family's Innate Realm strength.

• Li Xinge summoned the elders to a meeting, and the expanded Elder Council gathered in the council hall.
• Li Xinge announced that the Li Family had obtained the Half-Saint's Hidden Treasure, and Li Xuantong read aloud its list of contents.
• Li Xinge assigned the cultivation techniques and martial skills to the Clan Martial Pavilion, the spirit stones to the Internal Affairs Hall, and the pills and treasures to the Hundred Herbs Hall.
• Li Xinge gave Li Xuantong the Crimson Flame Burning Heaven Art and the Crimson Flame Sacred Flame, prioritizing clan resources to help him reach the Divine Mansion Realm.
• Li Xinge gave elders who fought on the front lines first choice of the other magical treasures, and asked Li Yuran to refine more pills that could aid breakthroughs to the Innate Realm.

Li Xinge reorganized the Li Family’s elder ranks and assigned new responsibilities to strengthen the clan. He left Li Yanzhao three days to prepare reforms for the Hall of Reverence.

• Li Xinge assigned the Third Elder, Li Xuanyong, to host the upcoming grand clan competition while urging the First Elder to focus on cultivation.
• Li Xinge promoted Li Qingshi to Red Robe Elder and made him head of a new All-Creation Hall.
• Li Qiyu chose to join the Hall of Law Enforcement, and Li Xuanyong accepted his decision despite the danger to his lineage.
• Li Xinge abolished the Protector position and established ordinary elders in black robes, reserving Red Robe Elder status for greater merit or cultivation.
• Li Xinge told Fifth Elder Li Yanzhao to reform the Hall of Reverence, and Li Yanzhao asked for three days to prepare.

Li Xinge established the Unobstructed Flying Army and placed it, along with the Azure Wolf Cavalry, under a new Myriad Army Office led by Li Yanxiao. Later, Myriad Treasures Pavilion master Shi Qianqiu visited the Li Clan to discuss a matter, and Li Xinge heard him out in the reception hall.

• Li Xinge ordered Li Yanxiao to prepare a thousand-member Unobstructed Flying Army and appointed him Grand Supervisor of the Myriad Army Office.
• Shi Qianqiu arrived at Green Maple Valley and presented a greeting card to the Li family's guards.
• Li Hao cried over his missing spirit stones until Li Xinge gave him several High-grade Spirit Stones to eat.
• Li Xinge led the clan elders out to welcome Shi Qianqiu and introduced them to him.
• Shi Qianqiu praised the Li Clan's young Innate elders, then told Li Xinge he had come both to pay his respects and to discuss a matter.

Shi Qianqiu offered the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s earnings in Yang Province and Eastern Prefecture in exchange for Li Xinge’s protection, and Li Xinge accepted. After Shi Qianqiu departed, Li Xinge gave Li Xuantong a rare pill to support his attempt to reach the Divine Mansion Realm.

• Shi Qianqiu told Li Xinge that the Chief Pavilion Master offered thirty percent of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s annual earnings in Yang Province and Eastern Prefecture for his protection.
• Li Xinge accepted the offer and asked Shi Qianqiu to prioritize the Li Family’s purchase of rare medicinal ingredients.
• After Shi Qianqiu left Green Maple Valley, Li Xinge took Li Xuantong to the rear mountain and gave him a jade bottle containing a Taiyi Spirit Nurturing Pill.
• Li Xinge explained that the fifth-tier pill increased an Innate Cultivator’s chance of reaching the Divine Mansion Realm by twenty percentage points.
• Li Xuantong tried to give the pill to Li Wuyou or the Fourth Elder, but Li Xinge insisted it was meant for him.

Li Xinge gave Li Xintong treasures to aid his attempt to reach the Divine Mansion Realm, while Li Qinglin advanced to the Innate Realm. Meanwhile, Li Yanhao announced reforms to the Hall of Reverence, and its attendants accepted the Family Head’s order.

• Li Xinge gave Li Xintong a Taiyi Spirit Nurturing Pill and the Soul Stabilizing Divine Pearl to improve his chances of breaking through.
• Li Qinglin emerged from the Nine-Layered Spirit Gathering Tower after condensing his golden core and reaching the Innate Realm.
• Li Yanhao told the Hall of Reverence’s managers and Senior Attendants that Li Xinge had ordered the hall to be rectified and reformed.
• Li Yanhao proposed standardizing the hall’s ranks by strength and merit instead of granting attendant positions to new arrivals automatically.
• Liu Beifeng publicly supported the reforms, and the other Senior Attendants followed suit.

Li Yanzhao proposed and secured approval for a reform that ranked Hall of Reverence attendants by cultivation, contributions, and professional skill, while adding duties and loyalty assessments. After the new ranks were assigned, Li Xinge shared cultivation insights with the Great Elder, who entered a long seclusion to prepare for a breakthrough to the Divine Mansion Realm.

• Li Yanzhao presented a charter establishing six attendant ranks, contribution-based duties, and secret loyalty assessments, warning that traitors would be punished.
• Liu Beifeng and the other Senior Attendants voiced support for the reform, and Li Yanzhao submitted the charter to Li Xinge and the Elder Council for review.
• The Li Family implemented the reform, granting top ranks to Xuanji Zi, Turtle Elder, Zhao Wujiu, Elder Jiang, Liu Beifeng, and Jiang Dao, while reassessing the remaining attendants and offering severance or garrison posts to those who no longer qualified.
• Li Xinge expounded the Dao to the Great Elder for seven days and seven nights, sharing his breakthrough experiences and insights into the Divine Mansion Realm.
• The Great Elder entered seclusion, where he would first seek Innate Great Perfection before refining the Crimson Flame Sacred Flame and attempting a Divine Mansion breakthrough.

Wen Zhongyan secretly recruited two Innate Realm brothers from the Qiushan Tribe to challenge Li Xinge’s control of Eastern Prefecture. He believed support from his father and the Great Zhou Court would help him seize the prefecture and win the Princess Royal’s favor.

• Wen Zhongyan met the Qiushan Tribe brothers, who explained that Li Xinge’s subordinates had suppressed them and left them seeking another path.
• Wen Zhongyan promised the brothers positions once he gained control of Eastern Prefecture, though he currently had little authority to offer them.
• Wen Zhongyan claimed that Prime Minister Wen had assured him the court would not let Li Xinge monopolize two prefectures, and the brothers agreed to serve him.
• After escorting the brothers out, Wen Zhongyan vowed to take revenge on Li Xinge and imagined becoming the Great Zhou Imperial Husband.

The emperor learned that Li Xinge had stirred rebellion in Eastern Prefecture to challenge Wen Zhongyan, and ordered the unrest inflamed while advancing a secret plan involving the dragon vein. In Eastern Prefecture, Wen Zhongyan exposed Jin San as a traitor, then tried to break the seal on his dantian as a dark figure appeared behind him.

• Song Wuya reported that more than half of Eastern Prefecture’s counties had rebelled and that local officials wanted Wen Zhongyan dismissed and Li Xinge recalled.
• The emperor dismissed the rebellion as Li Xinge’s scheme, ordered agents to watch Wen Zhongyan and worsen the conflict, and told Song Wuya to send another two hundred thousand imperial clansmen to the dragon vein within five years.
• Wen Zhongyan woke from his feigned coma and accused Jin San of revealing the Qiu brothers’ movements.
• Jin San confessed that Li Xinge’s people had threatened his son, and Wen Zhongyan let him leave after dropping his sword.
• Wen Zhongyan decided he had to escape Eastern Prefecture and tried to undo the seal on his dantian as a dark figure appeared behind him.

Wen Zhongyan was murdered in the Eastern Prefecture, and Zhao Wujiu arranged to hide the killing and frame it as a death in battle. After receiving the news, Li Xinge suspected Wen Zhong, who played Go with a young man resembling him and accepted that a move could not be undone.

• A shadow strangled Wen Zhongyan with white silk and left after confirming his death; another shadow later entered the room and found his body.
• Li Xingyue told Zhao Wujiu that Wen Zhongyan had been murdered and that Jin San had hanged himself.
• Zhao Wujiu ordered the murder concealed, directed that Wen Zhongyan's remains be destroyed, and told Li Xingyue to report that Wen Zhongyan died defending the capital.
• Zhao Wujiu sent a Jade Talisman message to Li Xinge, who calmly received the news and suspected Wen Zhong had arranged the killing.
• In Shenjing, Wen Zhong played Go with a young man resembling him, lost after the young man placed a decisive black stone, and agreed that once a stone was played there were no regrets.