Recaps

Yang Zhengshan secured Yang Qinting and Li Qianqian’s marriage, freed Xuan Zhen from Mo Xuanyu’s control, and helped establish the Dao Palace in the Spirit Source Land. When Zhang Mo’s forces attacked Lianxin Valley and devastated the Lin family, Yang Zhengshan began organizing allies as Zhang Mo prepared more Blood Puppets.

• Yang Zhengshan confronted Xuanqing Sect over Wang Shanhu’s attempt to kill Yang Qinting, and the sect punished the Wang Family before approving Yang Qinting and Li Qianqian’s marriage.
• Yang Qinting and Li Qianqian married, then entered the Spirit Source Land and began their new life near Qicao Garden.
• Yang Zhengshan retrieved the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade from Mo Xuanyu’s Blood Pool and helped Xuan Zhen break free of its restrictions.
• Xuan Zhen and Yang Zhengshan established Wuzhen Dao Palace in the Spirit Source Land, and Yang Zhengshan learned several of the Eight Divine Curses.
• Black-robed cultivators attacked Lianxin Valley, and Yang Zhengshan rescued Yang Chengan, Yang Jishan, and Jiang Ping'an while freeing the Ghost Woman from Mo Xuanyu’s control.
• Duan Qiankun’s forces captured the Lan Family Old Ancestor and devastated the Lin family’s territory while Zhang Mo’s assault on the Qingli region continued.
• Yang Zhengshan urged the Huanyue Sect to unite with other powers against Zhang Mo and proposed reconciliation with Hidden Sword Mountain and a new market in Anhu City.
• Yang Zhengshan prepared his family for the conflict, while Zhang Mo hid in Cangya Gorge and began turning captives into Blood Puppets.

Yang Zhengshan established the Yang Family in Qingli Immortal City, developed his cultivation, and joined Wanbao Trading Company while pursuing rare materials. After he and his allies killed Xu Mingzhu and Zhou Tu, Immortal Law Hall officers summoned him for questioning.

• Zhang Mo abandoned his attack on the Qingli Dynasty after Baiyun Immortal City arrived, but vowed to destroy the Lin Family and avenge the Duan Family.
• Yang Zhengshan led the Yang Family to Lianxin Valley, bought property, opened shops, and arranged trades of Demon Essence Pills for Demon Cores.
• Yang Zhengshan refined Demon Essence Pills, helped Yang Jizhen establish his foundation, and joined Xuan Zhen to destroy Mo Xuanyu and seize the Seven Treasures Soul Suppressing Pagoda.
• Yang Zhengshan mastered the pagoda and the Spirit-Swallowing Dharma Body, then traveled to Baiyun Immortal City with Yunxiao to seek materials for his treasures.
• Yang Zhengshan joined Wanbao Trading Company as a Guest Elder, gained access to its resources, and learned that Xu Mingzhu and Zhou Tu were plotting against him.
• Yang Zhengshan lured Xu Mingzhu and Zhou Tu into Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun’s Greater Yin Cold Pool Formation, where Yunxiao killed both men with his Danyue Sword.
• Kuang Fu ordered an investigation after Xu Mingzhu’s Soul Tablet shattered, and Immortal Law Hall officers later summoned Yang Zhengshan, who signaled Yunxiao not to intervene.

Yang Zhengshan advanced his cultivation and strengthened the Yang Family as Zhang Mo’s betrayal plunged Lingxiu Sea into chaos. He allied the family with Hidden Sword Mountain, took over Wuxiang Sect’s city and mountain gate, and left the new territory secured after defeating resistance.

• Yang Zhengshan completed the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron, bound it as his Life-Bound Magic Treasure, and learned that the Green Wolf King had reached the Humanoid Transformation Stage.
• Yang Zhengshan comprehended the Way of Life, Death, Wither and Flourish, then helped rescue the trapped leaders of the Lingxiu Three Sects after Zhang Mo’s ambush at Zhang Xian’s ceremony.
• As disorder spread through Lingxiu Sea, Yang Zhengshan arranged protection for the Yang Family’s towns and defeated Fang Ze and Zhang Baishan’s raid with the Jade Capital Guards and the Guest Elders Hong Fuxiu and Kou Ta.
• Yang Zhengshan agreed that the Yang Family would become a vassal of Hidden Sword Mountain, and Jian Changhe made him a guest elder before reorganizing the Lingxiu Three Sects.
• Jian Changhe appointed the Yang Family to replace Wuxiang Sect, giving it Wuxiang Sect’s mountain gate and Wuxiang City, while Yang Zhengshan took charge of the city’s defenses.
• Yang Zhengshan ordered a purge of corrupt officials in Jade Capital City and sent Song Dashan with three thousand Jade Capital Guards to take control of Wuxiang City.
• After surviving Wuxiang Sect disciples and local clans resisted, Song Dashan’s forces crushed the fighting, and Yang Zhengshan took over Wuxiang Sect and ordered the remaining rebels killed.
• Ning Yunfei reported that Wuxiang Sect’s Nine Palaces Dragon Trapping Array remained mostly intact but its treasure vault was empty, and Yang Zhengshan found six third-tier Five Elements Fruit Trees whose fruit would take a thousand years to mature.

Yang Zhengshan organized Lingxiu Sea’s defense, helped defeat Youyu Gate, and negotiated a settlement that secured the region’s future. Afterward, he pursued new cultivation and craft projects, aided Luo Fengxia, and ended by forging a high-grade life-bound sword with his disciples.

• Yang Zhengshan took command of Lingxiu Sea’s defenses, gathered its forces at Wuxiang City, and prepared for Youyu Gate’s invasion.
• Youyu Gate attacked Wuxiang City, but Yang Zhengshan and his allies held the defenses and defeated the invading army, with Jian Changhe killing Li Xuanxiao using the Azure Gold Sword.
• Yang Zhengshan urged Hidden Sword Mountain to invade Youyu Gate’s heartland, then negotiated a settlement that gave Lingxiu Sea ten million Spirit Stones and Xianling City.
• Yang Zhengshan advanced to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, helped Yang Jizhen develop a Grotto-Heaven Teleportation Array, and traveled to Baiyun Immortal City with Yang Zongyuan and the Li sisters.
• Yang Zhengshan rescued Luo Fengxia from an ambush, then learned that Baiyun Immortal City faced possible trouble and that an unknown force might have been probing the Luo Family.
• Yang Zhengshan obtained Golden Thunder Bamboo and Purple Cloud Stone for Yang Jizhen, while Jian Changhe secured Oblivion River Dew and departed to prepare for Core Formation.
• After four years in the Spirit Source Land, Yang Zhengshan, Yang Jizhen, Ma Qiuyan, Ning Yun, and Cui Yang forged the high-grade Azure Wood Violet Lightning Sword for Yang Zhengshan.