Recaps

Xiao Ling purified the Bodhi Ancient Tree, survived its reincarnation trial, and exposed a Soul Clan spy within the Ancient Clan while advancing his cultivation. After entering the Heavenly Tomb, he offered Xiao Xuan a way to return to life, and Xiao Xuan summoned the Heavenly Tomb Soul to confront it.

• Xiao Ling refined Demon Saint Blood Essence, reached the middle stage of Two-star Dou Saint, and attended the Space Trade Fair, where he traded Xiao Yan for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map.
• Xiao Ling joined Xun Er in the Barren Ancient Region, found the Bodhi Ancient Tree, purified the resentment within it, and accepted its Bodhi Heart and seeds.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er endured the tree’s hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, then awakened with stronger cultivation as Xiao Ling reached Three-star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Ling captured Hun Feng and brought him to the Ancient Realm, where Hun Feng revealed that Gu Yang was a Soul Clan spy whose body had been taken over.
• Gu Yuan captured Gu Yang and killed the Soul Clan soul inside him, while the Ancient Clan honored the real Gu Yang with a funeral.
• Xiao Ling refined the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame and the Living Flame, advanced to the late stage of Three-star Dou Saint, and learned that the Spirit World had vanished.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er spent the night together, then Xiao Ling entered the Heavenly Tomb and told Xiao Xuan that an Emperor-grade Soul Returning Pill could restore him to life.
• Xiao Xuan accepted the pill, offered to help Xiao Ling reach an Emperor Realm Soul, and summoned the Heavenly Tomb Soul to challenge its authority.