Recaps

Li Xinge secured control of Eastern Prefecture despite the court appointing Li Xuanxian and Wen Zhongyan, while the Xiong clan’s resurrection attempt failed and left Xiong Lie grieving his family. Back in Yang Province, the Blood Wing Flame Python joined the Li Family, and a golden pillar appeared in the southeastern mountains as cultivators gathered to investigate.

• Jiang Dao used the Li Family Death Warriors’ lifespans and prisoners’ heart’s blood to curse five generations of Xiong Li’s kin, while surviving Eastern Ridge royals plotted against the Li Family.
• The Xiong Clan elders resurrected Xiong Li in Xiong Lie’s body, but Xiong Lie overcame him with golden blood and found his family dead or bereaved by the curse.
• Xiong Lie’s mother revealed his biological father’s origins, gave him a jade pendant engraved with Supreme Emperor Immortal Palace and Li, then died.
• Li Xinge took temporary control of Eastern Continent, reorganized its administration, and advanced to the mid-stage Divine Mansion Realm as Sage Xuanji helped him cultivate through the Three Sha Demon God.
• The emperor’s court denied Li Xinge the governorship of Eastern Continent, appointed Li Xuanxian and Wen Zhongyan instead, and granted Li Xinge the title Marquis of Chu and command of Yang Province.
• Li Xinge accepted the marquis decree but forced Wen Zhongyan to kneel and killed Elder Fan when he intervened, then entrusted Eastern Prefecture to Zhao Wujiu and ordered Li Yanjing to investigate the Dragon Vein.
• The Blood Spirit Flame Python returned to the Li Family’s medicinal garden seeking revenge, but Li Xuanzong subdued it and Li Xuantong won its allegiance as his mount.
• A golden pillar tore open space in the southeastern mountains, and Li Dehou proposed using weaker cultivators to test a route into the dangerous area as Night Owl Hall agents reported the event to Li Yanjing.

The Li Family joined rival forces in seeking the Crimson Flame Half-Saint’s hidden world, where Li Hao entered the Divine Palace and survived the Half-Saint’s attempt to take his body. The palace vanished with its inheritance, leaving Li Hao’s family to conceal what he had obtained.

• Li Xuantong and the Chu Province clans confronted outsiders seeking the hidden opportunity, until Wei Yiren eased tensions and Li Xinge arrived to lead the effort to enter the Divine Mansion World.
• Li Xinge and six other Divine Mansion experts opened a passage, restricted entry to young cultivators, and allowed the Snow Robe Demonic Cult and Southern Wasteland Witch Tribe to send limited forces.
• The cultivators entered the crimson world and scattered, while Li Yanfeng searched for the Li Family disciples and killed Cui Hai to take the Geocentric Nine-Leaf Lotus.
• Li Xingzong rescued Li Xingqing and rushed to the Crimson Flame Divine Palace, where he and Li Wu fought Cui Clan elders until Li Hao arrived and defeated them.
• Li Hao entered the palace through its restriction, while Li Wu and Li Xingzong resisted rival factions demanding the method to enter and were joined by Li Family reinforcements.
• The Crimson Flame Half-Saint tried to seize Li Hao’s body, but a Heavenly Human Saint destroyed the Half-Saint’s Divine Soul and strengthened Li Hao’s soul.
• Old Turtle revealed the inheritance, and Li Hao chose to give its fire-based techniques to Li Xinge as the collapsing world expelled the cultivators and the palace vanished.
• Li Hao returned safely to Li Wu and secretly told the Li Family he had obtained the inheritance, while Li Yanfeng noticed other factions watching him with suspicion and greed.

Li Hao secretly obtained the Half-Saint’s Hidden Treasure, and Li Xinge used its resources to strengthen and reorganize the Li Family while forming new alliances. The story left Wen Zhongyan dead in Eastern Prefecture and Wen Zhong contemplating the meaning of an irreversible move in Shenjing.

• Li Xingzong diverted suspicion toward the Cui Clan while Li Yanfeng and the Li Family rescued trapped clansmen from the collapsing Hidden Treasure world.
• The Cui Clan Old Ancestor escaped the Divine Mansion experts, but Old Turtle killed Cui Yongnian inside the Crimson Flame Divine Palace, leaving the Li Family to conceal that Li Hao had taken the treasure.
• Li Xuantong learned that Li Hao possessed the inheritance and had contracted with Old Turtle, while Li Xinge kept the truth secret and distributed the treasure’s resources among the clan.
• Cui Yuan forced the attackers to leave Pillar Heaven Mountain, then vanished after they departed, and Li Xinge recognized the danger posed by his strength.
• Li Xinge arranged Li Xingzong’s marriage to Wei Qingluo and reorganized the Li Family’s elders, halls, army, and attendants while supporting the Great Elder’s cultivation.
• Shi Qianqiu secured Li Xinge’s protection for the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, and Li Xinge gave Li Xuantong and Li Xintong pills and treasures to aid their breakthroughs.
• Wen Zhongyan recruited the Qiu brothers and plotted against Li Xinge, while unrest spread through Eastern Prefecture and the emperor ordered the conflict worsened.
• Wen Zhongyan tried to flee after Jin San confessed, but a shadow murdered him, and Zhao Wujiu concealed his death before Li Xinge received word of it.
• In Shenjing, Wen Zhong lost a game of Go to a young man resembling him and agreed that a played stone left no room for regret.

Li Xinge strengthened the Li Family’s influence by subduing rival Demon Venerables, protecting Gu Qingtong, and helping Zhao Wujiu reach the Divine Mansion Realm. News of the Li Family’s support drew rogue cultivators to Yang Province, where Guhongzi arrived seeking a final chance to advance.

• At court, officials argued over accusations against Wen Zhongyan and whether Li Xinge should be appointed to quell the Eastern Prefecture rebellion.
• Huang Yuanzong accepted his appointment as Chief Clerk of Eastern Prefecture, while Blood Abyss Demon Venerable and Azure Sky Demon Venerable challenged Li Xinge’s authority.
• Li Xinge defeated Blood Abyss Demon Venerable and Azure Sky Demon Venerable, took their Divine Soul True Fires, and ordered them to serve as Guardian Dharma Kings.
• Li Wuyou began seclusion after Li Xinge guided her toward a Divine Mansion breakthrough, while Li Yuran refined Innate Spirit Pills and the Li Family held its second all-clan competition.
• Gu Zhitíng learned that his daughter Gu Qingtong had a Special Physique and asked Li Xingcong to protect her from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s attempted abduction.
• Li Xinge identified Gu Qingtong’s Heavenly Heart Clear Mirror Body, renamed her Li Qingtong, and arranged for Li Yuran to teach her as the Gu Family became a Li Family affiliate.
• Zhao Wujiu survived the Divine Mansion Tribulation, reached the Divine Mansion Realm, and pledged lifelong loyalty to Li Xinge, inspiring rogue cultivators to seek the Li Family’s support.
• Guhongzi traveled to Yang Province and registered at the Hall of Peculiar Individuals, where Li Yanzhao came to greet him.