Recaps

Lu Ye visited Madam Yun on Mingxin Peak and began learning the Tattooed Spirit Pattern Path so he could help strengthen his sect’s disciples. After studying its foundations and receiving Madam Yun’s old Tattoo Needles, he began practicing on himself and managed to form his first element.

• Lu Ye passed Madam Yun’s tests of his Spirit Pattern knowledge, and she recognized him as a true Spirit Pattern Master.
• Lu Ye asked to study the Tattooed Spirit Pattern Path so he could tattoo Spiritual Patterns onto sect disciples in the future, and Madam Yun agreed to teach him.
• Madam Yun taught Lu Ye the fundamentals and gave him books to study; after ten days, she judged that he understood the foundations.
• Madam Yun gave Lu Ye forty-nine Tattoo Needles and medicinal liquid, then instructed him to practice simple patterns on his own body.
• Lu Ye repeatedly failed to form an element with the Tattoo Needle, but after more than an hour he successfully constructed one and prepared to try the next.

Lu Ye finished learning the basics of tattooing spirit patterns from Madam Yun, returned to Green Bamboo Peak, and used his Spirit Signs to cultivate with Yiyi and Amber. After reaching Cloud River Tier Four, he prepared to return to the Cloud River Battlefield to reunite with Li Baxian and deliver the remaining Spirit Signs, but noticed an unusual blue point of light among the Heaven's Mystery Pillars.

• Lu Ye successfully tattooed a Sharpness Spirit Pattern with medicinal juice, then thanked Madam Yun and left Mingxin Peak.
• Lu Ye rested and ate a meal prepared by Second Senior Sister, then cultivated with Yiyi and Amber by crushing Spirit Signs.
• Lu Ye broke through to Cloud River Tier Four, while Yiyi and Amber advanced to Cloud River Tier Two.
• After three more days of cultivation, Lu Ye used up the Spirit Signs; Yiyi and Amber neared Tier Three, and Lu Ye planned to return to the Cloud River Battlefield to meet Li Baxian and deliver Spirit Signs.
• Lu Ye said goodbye to Shui Yuan and entered Heaven's Mystery Hall, where he noticed a blue point of light representing the Heaven's Mystery Pillar he had invited over in the Hunting Ground.

Lu Ye returned to the Cloud River Battlefield, reunited with Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan, and retrieved Jujia, who had remained in stillness atop a Spirit Peak. The group decided to keep the Grade A Spring Spirit and use it to establish their own Spiritual Land, but still needed to find a secure location.

• Lu Ye returned to the former Hunting Ground and contacted Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan, who had been waiting nearby.
• Lu Ye discovered that Jujia had stayed in the same place for nearly two months, where a wolf pack had gathered to absorb the Moon Essence around him.
• Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan met Lu Ye at the Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild, and he gave them their shares of the Spirit Signs.
• Lu Ye showed the group the Grade A Spring Spirit, and they agreed that keeping it to create a Spiritual Land would be more useful than selling it.
• Li Baxian pointed out that they needed to find a concealed location for their Spiritual Land, since even a formation might not keep intruders away.

Lu Ye and Li Baxian planned to establish a Spirit Land with the Grade A Spring Spirit and agreed to recruit Jujia as their fifth member. Lu Ye traveled into Mount Taimang to find Jujia, then discovered a large group of cultivators gathered in a clearing for an unknown operation.

• Li Baxian offered to find a safe location for the Spirit Land, and Feng Yuechan suggested they fill its fifth place.
• Lu Ye proposed Jujia as their fifth member, and Li Baxian agreed to recruit him.
• Lu Ye set out with Yiyi and Amber toward Mount Taimang, where Jujia had become lost.
• Lu Ye traveled through Mount Taimang, hunting weaker Monster Beasts and collecting their materials as the beasts grew stronger deeper inside.
• At night, Lu Ye concealed himself and approached a clearing where thirty or forty cultivators, some wounded, were resting for an apparent operation.

Lu Ye discovered that the supposed Exotic Treasure phenomenon was caused by Jujia cultivating, then rushed toward the Spirit Peak and found the area overwhelmed by fighting Monster Beasts and cultivators. After retreating from the chaos, he encountered the weakened, poisoned Storm Thunder Eagle and killed it.

• Lu Ye learned that cultivators had gathered because they believed an Exotic Treasure was appearing near a Spirit Peak.
• When moonlight streamed over the peak, Lu Ye recognized that the phenomenon resembled Jujia's cultivation and messaged him.
• Jujia stopped the phenomenon, prompting cultivators and Monster Beasts to rush toward the peak and battle.
• Lu Ye flew toward Jujia but was attacked by a Storm Thunder Eagle and nearly ambushed by a Poisonous Python, which began fighting the eagle.
• Lu Ye retreated from the dangerous melee and decided to meet Jujia after daybreak.
• Lu Ye found the poisoned Storm Thunder Eagle near death and killed it with his saber.

Lu Ye gathered the spoils from two powerful Monster Beasts and waited for Jujia, who arrived riding with a pack of over a hundred giant wolves. When the Alpha Wolf tried to stop them from leaving, Amber and Yiyi learned that the wolves considered Jujia their Sacred Object and wanted him to stay.

• Lu Ye collected the two Monster Beasts' Demonic Cores and valuable materials, then waited in hiding until the night's chaos subsided.
• Jujia tried to leave the Spirit Peak, but the Alpha Wolf followed him and led the giant wolf pack after him.
• Lu Ye met Jujia and was astonished to see him arrive with more than a hundred giant wolves.
• The Alpha Wolf overturned Lu Ye's Spirit Boat to keep Jujia from leaving, so Lu Ye asked Yiyi to find out what the wolves wanted.
• Amber communicated with the Alpha Wolf, and Yiyi told Lu Ye that the wolves wanted Jujia to stay because they regarded him as their Sacred Object.

Lu Ye discovered that Jujia’s wolf pack would not let him leave without them, and decided Return Heaven Valley could be a suitable hidden site for the Spirit Land. He invited Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan to inspect it while he and Jujia began searching the valley and waiting for them.

• Yiyi explained that the Alpha Wolf and its pack wanted to follow Jujia, and Jujia calmed the wolves by smacking the Alpha Wolf.
• Lu Ye realized the wolf pack could guard a Spirit Land deep in Mount Taimang, so he asked the Alpha Wolf to lead them to a safe place.
• The Alpha Wolf led Lu Ye, Jujia, and the wolves to Return Heaven Valley, where Lu Ye and Yiyi agreed the secluded valley might suit their Spirit Land.
• Lu Ye contacted Li Baxian, who agreed to come with Feng Yuechan after warning that the valley was deep in dangerous territory.
• Lu Ye and Jujia searched the surrounding area and found no powerful Monster Beasts, then shared roasted snake meat by a bonfire as the wolves waited for Jujia to cultivate.

Lu Ye prepared a secluded valley as a possible Spirit Land and welcomed Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan, explaining that Jujia’s unusual cultivation had drawn a wolf pack to him. Li Baxian questioned whether the wolves could be trusted, and Jujia’s casual treatment of their Alpha Wolf left the matter unresolved.

• Lu Ye discovered that Jujia’s cultivation drew down Moon Essence that benefited Monster Beasts, then set up a Concealment Array and built wooden cabins in the valley.
• Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan arrived after a difficult journey through Mount Taimang, and Lu Ye introduced them to Jujia and the wolf pack.
• Lu Ye explained that the wolves followed Jujia because his cultivation phenomenon benefited them, and Li Baxian considered whether the valley was suitable for a Spirit Land.
• Lu Ye described the Alpha Wolf’s Cloud River Tier Nine strength and the wolf pack’s varying cultivation levels, while Li Baxian worried that Jujia might not be strong enough to control them.
• Jujia called the Alpha Wolf over and patted its head, making Lu Ye and Li Baxian react with alarm.

Lu Ye and his companions established a Grade A Spiritual Land with the alpha wolf pack and settled into cultivation there. As the days passed, Lu Ye grew close to the wolves and persuaded a blue-marked Demonic Wolf to let him practice Tattoo Patterns on it.

• Jujia slapped the alpha wolf, which calmly returned to its place, and Lu Ye and Li Baxian decided to establish their Spirit Land in the valley.
• Lu Ye placed the Grade A Spring Spirit in the ground, and it formed a Spirit Spring that released rich Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
• Lu Ye arranged formations while the others prepared the wooden houses, and Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan later saw Jujia and the wolf pack cultivate under the moonlight.
• The Grade A Spiritual Land stabilized, Yiyi and Amber reached Cloud River Tier Three, and the group settled into a steady routine of cultivation.
• Lu Ye showed a familiar blue-marked Demonic Wolf his Sharpness Spirit Pattern, and Amber conveyed his offer to inscribe patterns on the wolf in exchange for granting it sharper claws.
• The Demonic Wolf accepted Lu Ye's offer and lowered its head for him to begin.

Lu Ye summoned a Heaven's Mystery Pillar to buy materials and successfully inscribed a Sharpness Tattoo Pattern on the Demonic Wolf. The wolf tested its enhanced fangs, and Lu Ye celebrated his first successful inscription.

• Lu Ye summoned a Heaven's Mystery Pillar so he could enter the Heaven's Mystery Vault and buy Tattoo Pattern materials.
• Lu Ye blended the materials into three formulas and let the Demonic Wolf choose between Sharpness, Defense, and Windwalk.
• The Demonic Wolf chose Sharpness, and Lu Ye decided to inscribe the pattern on its mouth to strengthen its fangs.
• Lu Ye quickly and carefully inscribed the golden Sharpness Tattoo Pattern on the Demonic Wolf without it moving.
• The Demonic Wolf activated its Demonic Energy, making its fangs shine with added sharpness, and Lu Ye sent it off to play.

Lu Ye commissioned the Crag Mountain Saber’s upgrade to High-Grade in Heaven’s Mystery Vault, where he again met the same artifact refiner and negotiated a price. After buying more Core Fire, he found the Demonic Wolf pack waiting for him and offered to inscribe Sharpness Spirit Patterns in exchange for Demonic Cores.

• Lu Ye commissioned the woman who had previously upgraded his Crag Mountain Saber to raise it to High-Grade with twenty-seven Dao Restrictions, greater sturdiness, and double the weight.
• Lu Ye negotiated the upgrade price down to five thousand Merit and signed a Heaven’s Mystery Contract for delivery in three days.
• Lu Ye bought several newly available portions of Core Fire from Heaven’s Mystery Vault.
• Lu Ye discovered the Demonic Wolf pack waiting behind him, with the Alpha Wolf seeking Sharpness Spirit Patterns for the pack.
• Lu Ye offered to inscribe the patterns in exchange for a Monster Beast Demonic Core.

Lu Ye tattooed Spiritual Patterns onto the Demonic Wolves, gaining the pack’s trust as he strengthened nearly thirty of them. Meanwhile, Tan Sheng, Wei Que, and Xia Liang tracked Lu Ye into Mount Taimang, hoping to kill him and possibly find Li Baxian and his Grade A Spirit Land.

• Lu Ye demonstrated the Sharpness Spirit Pattern to the alpha wolf and tattooed it onto a Demonic Wolf, impressing the pack with the effect.
• At the alpha wolf’s direction, Lu Ye tattooed Sharpness, Guard, and Windwalk patterns onto nearly thirty Demonic Wolves, then told the alpha wolf to return the next day so he could rest.
• Tan Sheng, Wei Que, and Xia Liang flew into Mount Taimang after Tan Sheng’s tracking artifact indicated that Lu Ye was there.
• Tan Sheng reasoned that Lu Ye might have established a Grade A Spirit Land in the mountain and suggested Li Baxian could be with him.
• Xia Liang killed a powerful flying beast with one saber strike as the three cultivators continued following Lu Ye’s trail into Mount Taimang.

Lu Ye received his upgraded Crag Mountain Saber from the injured Master Yu and tested its greater power in the Mirage Realm. After fighting through waves of opponents, he was killed out of the realm and considered how the high-grade saber’s heavy Spiritual Power consumption affected his plans.

• The Demonic Wolf pack left Return Heaven Valley together, and Lu Ye wondered whether it was marching to settle a score with an enemy.
• Master Yu arrived just before their deadline and handed Lu Ye the upgraded Crag Mountain Saber, which now had twenty-seven restrictions and was twice as heavy.
• Lu Ye accepted Master Yu’s imprint so he could contact her for future Artifact Refining work, then returned to his hut to examine the saber.
• Lu Ye entered the Mirage Realm and defeated successive Cloud River Tier Four opponents with his upgraded saber.
• After more than half an hour of fighting, Lu Ye was killed out of the Mirage Realm and decided not to replace his Controlled Artifacts with high-grade ones because of their Spiritual Power cost.

Lu Ye settled into the Spirit Land at Return Heaven Valley, where the returning wolf pack brought Demonic Cores and recovered under his care. Tan Sheng, Wei Que, and Xia Liang found the concealed valley and attacked its protective array, demanding that Lu Ye come out and die.

• The wolf pack returned with more than two hundred Demonic Wolves and nearly fifty Demonic Cores, and Lu Ye opened the array to let them enter.
• Lu Ye and Yiyi fed Healing Pills to the injured wolves, and he later tattooed Spiritual Patterns onto the pack’s new members.
• Tan Sheng, Wei Que, and Xia Liang searched for Lu Ye while discussing his Teleportation Arrays and the possibility that he had invited a Heaven’s Mystery Pillar.
• The three men spotted a wolf cub and watched a Demonic Wolf vanish through the Concealment Array, revealing that Lu Ye’s Spirit Land was in the valley.
• Tan Sheng, Wei Que, and Xia Liang attacked the Spirit Land’s protective array and shouted for Lu Ye to come out and die.

Tan Sheng, Xia Liang, and Wei Que attacked Lu Ye’s Protective Grand Array, convinced he was hiding inside. Lu Ye emerged from the Mirage Realm, trapped the three inside a Confinement Array, and left them facing a pack of more than two hundred Demonic Wolves.

• Tan Sheng, Xia Liang, and Wei Que assaulted the Grand Array while Li Baxian used its Jade Token to hold it in place and waited for Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye emerged from the Mirage Realm, recognized the attackers, and prepared the Spirit Land’s defenses with Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, Jujia, Yiyi, and the Demonic Wolves.
• Lu Ye opened a gap in the Grand Array, and Tan Sheng, Xia Liang, and Wei Que entered, only to find the wolf pack gathered below.
• Lu Ye transformed the Grand Array into a Confinement Array, sealing the attackers inside as Xia Liang failed to escape.
• Wei Que urged Tan Sheng and Xia Liang not to panic, reasoning that the Demonic Wolves could not fly.

Lu Ye used the Spirit Land’s formations and Demonic Wolves to hold off Tan Sheng, Xia Liang, and Wei Que. After Wei Que chased him into an Illusion Array, Lu Ye manipulated the formation to keep the Tier Nine cultivator trapped in its mist.

• Lu Ye activated the Air Prohibition formation, forcing Tan Sheng, Xia Liang, and Wei Que down into range of the Demonic Wolves’ attacks.
• Tan Sheng and the others fought off the wolf pack as Lu Ye supported the assault, and Xia Liang recognized the Tattoo Patterns on the wolves.
• Tan Sheng and Xia Liang opened a gap in the wolves’ encirclement, letting Wei Que break through and attack Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye blocked Wei Que’s strikes and vanished into another formation, prompting Wei Que to pursue him.
• Wei Que entered the Illusion Array and tried to flee, while Lu Ye adjusted the formation to keep him circling in the mist.

Trapped in Lu Yiye’s Illusion Array, Wei Que was ambushed by Lu Yiye, Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, and an unknown Body Cultivator while Tan Sheng and Xia Liang struggled against the wolf pack. The chapter leaves Wei Que badly wounded and blasting spells in every direction, while Tan Sheng and Xia Liang try to break the Confinement Array and escape.

• Wei Que tried to lure Lu Yiye out, but a brawny figure, Li Baxian, and Feng Yuechan attacked him from within the Illusion Array.
• Wei Que realized he faced four attackers and was overwhelmed by their coordinated ambushes.
• Wei Que called for help as the attackers wounded him repeatedly, while Tan Sheng and Xia Liang heard his cries amid their fight with the wolves.
• Tan Sheng and Xia Liang decided to abandon Wei Que and shifted toward the edge of the Grand Array to break the Confinement Array using the wolf pack’s attacks.
• Wei Que, covered in wounds, unleashed spells in every direction to keep his hidden enemies from ambushing him.

Wei Que accidentally broke Lu Ye’s Illusion Array and, cornered by Lu Ye and his companions, unleashed a Broken Arrow that relentlessly pursued Lu Ye. Lu Ye struck at the exhausted Wei Que while Jujia took the arrow’s blow, leaving the battle poised on whether Lu Ye’s saber or the treasure would reach its target first.

• Wei Que’s frantic spells destroyed a Formation Flag by chance, collapsing the Illusion Array and revealing Lu Ye, Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, and Jujia.
• Jujia blocked Wei Que’s spell while Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan attacked, and Lu Ye slashed Wei Que with his saber.
• Wei Que activated a Broken Arrow with his blood, and its streak of light pursued Lu Ye despite his attempts to fend it off.
• Jujia hurled Lu Ye out of the arrow’s path, then took its strike and fell to one knee as the barrier before him shattered.
• Li Baxian wounded Wei Que, while Lu Ye swooped down with Eagle Strike as the Broken Arrow chased close behind him.

Lu Ye and his allies killed Wei Que, but Tan Sheng and Xia Liang escaped the spirit land and were pursued into Mount Taimang. With both enemies badly wounded, Lu Ye and Li Baxian cornered them and prepared to fight.

• Lu Ye killed Wei Que after the Illusion Array and the group’s attacks left him exhausted.
• Xia Liang shattered the Confinement Array, and he and Tan Sheng fled as the Demonic Wolves struck at them.
• Lu Ye and Li Baxian pursued the wounded pair into Mount Taimang while Feng Yuechan stayed behind to tend to Jujia.
• Tan Sheng and Xia Liang realized they could not escape and landed to fight Lu Ye and Li Baxian.
• Lu Ye chose Xia Liang as his opponent, while Li Baxian sent his Flying Swords toward Tan Sheng.

Lu Ye and Li Baxian fought Xia Liang and Tan Sheng, steadily gaining the upper hand despite their enemies’ higher cultivation. Their battles halted when more than a dozen powerful strangers arrived, leaving both sides wary and uncertain who the newcomers were.

• Li Baxian’s Flying Swords kept Tan Sheng at bay while Lu Ye and Xia Liang clashed in a fierce saber duel.
• Xia Liang wounded Lu Ye with a powerful saber technique, but Lu Ye counterattacked and increasingly overwhelmed him.
• Xia Liang abandoned defense and fought desperately, while Tan Sheng remained trapped under Li Baxian’s Flying Sword assault.
• A group of more than a dozen cultivators suddenly appeared and surrounded the battlefield, forcing both fights to stop.
• Lu Ye and Li Baxian recognized none of the newcomers, while Xia Liang and Tan Sheng gained a brief reprieve from immediate danger.

Lu Ye and Li Baxian faced a Myriad Demon Ridge group after Xia Liang asked Zhou Yuntian to kill them, but Zhou declared that everyone there was family and their old grudges should be set aside. The gathering then welcomed an enigmatic woman, addressed as the Exalted One, who arrived reclining on a couch carried by four Cloud River Tier Nines.

• Xia Liang recognized Zhou Yuntian and asked him to kill Lu Ye and Li Baxian.
• Zhou Yuntian recognized Li Baxian but treated him with great respect, while the surrounding cultivators showed no hostility toward him.
• Zhou Yuntian declared that factional distinctions and past enmities should be set aside, and Li Baxian agreed to value harmony.
• Zhou Yuntian announced the Exalted One's arrival, prompting the cultivators to greet her reverently.
• The Exalted One arrived on a Consort's Couch carried by four Tier Nine cultivators, and Lu Ye and Li Baxian grew wary of her strange fragrance and influence.

Lu Ye and Li Baxian were captured by Zhou Yuntian’s group and taken before the mysterious Exalted One, who used an unknown method on them and their injured enemies. Lu Ye’s Talent Tree burned away the effect, leaving him aware that Li Baxian, Tan Sheng, and Xia Liang had been affected as the group prepared to bring them into the Exalted One’s fold.

• The Exalted One used her entrancing voice to assess Lu Ye, Li Baxian, Tan Sheng, and Xia Liang, then ordered Zhou Yuntian to bring them back.
• The Exalted One’s pink mist put Tan Sheng, Xia Liang, and Li Baxian to sleep, and Lu Ye pretended to be unconscious as Zhou Yuntian’s people carried them deeper into Mount Taimang.
• At their destination, the Exalted One used a strange method on Tan Sheng, Xia Liang, Li Baxian, and Lu Ye, and Lu Ye felt something enter his mind.
• Lu Ye’s Talent Tree burned away the harmful effect, and he realized the others had likely been affected while he would need to conceal his resistance.
• Other cultivators gathered around the unconscious Li Baxian and praised Zhou Yuntian for bringing him to the Exalted One, discussing Li Baxian’s potential despite his current cultivation.

Lu Ye realized the Exalted One had used a Soul Secret Technique to control the cultivators, but he concealed that the Talent Tree had protected him from it. After Li Baxian, Tan Sheng, and Xia Liang were forced to reconcile, Zhou Yuntian brought them to meet the Exalted One, whose lavish appearance left her identity uncertain.

• Lu Ye concluded that the Exalted One's Secret Technique affected the soul and decided to hide that he had resisted it.
• After waking, Li Baxian attacked Tan Sheng and Xia Liang, but Zhou Yuntian stopped the fight and warned them to obey the Exalted One's rules.
• Tan Sheng apologized to Li Baxian and Lu Ye, and the former enemies agreed to live together under the Exalted One.
• Zhou Yuntian led the four through the valley to wash before taking them to the hall where the Exalted One awaited them.
• The Exalted One received Lu Ye and the others while reclining amid pink mist and attendants.

Lu Ye and the others met the Exalted One, who assessed their abilities and arranged for them to live in Fox Immortal Valley. Lu Ye grew wary of the valley’s rules and sensed that its apparent peace concealed danger.

• Zhou Yuntian introduced Lu Ye, Li Baxian, Xia Liang, and Tan Sheng to the Exalted One, whose demonic aura and soul technique caught Lu Ye’s attention.
• The Exalted One tested Lu Ye with her gaze, but he broke free; she then heard the newcomers’ abilities and ordered cultivation resources for Li Baxian.
• Zhou Yuntian directed Lu Ye and the others to sever ties with their past and warned that revealing Fox Immortal Valley would be punishable by death.
• Lu Ye asked Li Baxian about Feng Yuechan, and Li Baxian accepted that he would have no further contact with her.
• Lu Ye and Li Baxian chose neighboring pavilions, and Lu Ye found his residence dusty and long abandoned, making him suspect that its former occupant had met with misfortune.

Lu Ye investigated Fox Immortal Valley and learned that its Venerable One controlled cultivators with a Soul Secret Technique, leaving Li Baxian unable to leave. He resolved to study the valley and the Venerable One before making a move, and accepted an assignment to help maintain the valley’s Formations.

• Lu Ye concluded that the Venerable One was likely a powerful Fox Demon and that killing her might be the only way to free Li Baxian.
• Lu Ye contacted Feng Yuechan, explained their predicament, and learned that a missing Pill Heart Sect cultivator had likely been trapped in Fox Immortal Valley before dying.
• Lu Ye decided to investigate the valley’s strength and rely on Feng Yuechan, Jujia, and the Wolf Pack at the Spirit Land as backup.
• Lu Ye tidied his loft, set up Formations at his and Li Baxian’s residences, and spent the night cultivating.
• Zhou Yuntian delivered cultivation resources to Li Baxian, then asked Lu Ye to help Xie maintain Fox Immortal Valley’s Formations, and Lu Ye agreed.