Recaps

He Song broke through to Golden Core, fled the disturbance his breakthrough caused, and strengthened his cultivation while secretly helping Meng Guan and Wei Fan claim a cave dwelling. After returning to his hidden abode, he weighed leaving his gardens and sought a safer permanent residence within One Yang Sect territory.

• He Song tempered his Golden Core nucleus for years, formed a Golden Core, and took the title Cang Song True Lord.
• He Song realized the Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array had drawn in spiritual energy and left Bamboo Mountain Immortal Market with Yu'er before Thick Earth Sect investigators could arrive.
• He Song consolidated his early Golden Core cultivation near Flying Cloud Immortal Market, mastered Crushing Mountain, and refined the Starfall Pearl and Purple Lightning Spirit Snake Seal.
• He Song secretly entered Star Rock True Monarch's cave dwelling before Meng Guan and Wei Fan, explored its treasures, and left the Golden Core Defense Array in place for them.
• Meng Guan and Wei Fan found Star Rock True Monarch's Golden Core and two Congealed Golden Cores, then promised to seek another core for He Song while preparing to break through.
• He Song returned to Yu'er, tested the Purple Mansion Strengthening Yuan Technique, and spent five years cultivating with it while mastering the Earth Spirit Bodyguard Technique.
• He Song decided to leave his gardens and formations behind, avoid Thick Earth Sect territory, and search One Yang Sect's remote regions for a permanent residence near an Immortal City or Immortal Market.

He Song established a concealed cave dwelling, helped Lin Cong’s descendants escape the coming war, and strengthened his cultivation while keeping his Golden Core secret. After killing cultivators who ambushed him, he discovered a mysterious valley and traveled to Cloud Province Capital for a Golden Core gathering, where a new True Lord arrived.

• He Song chose a secluded site near Blue Moon Immortal City for his cave dwelling, bought Golden Core supplies and the Hidden God Technique, then built and concealed his underground home.
• He Song cultivated for years, tended medicinal gardens, and learned that Meng Guan had reached the Golden Core realm while Wei Fan had failed his breakthrough.
• He Song visited Lin Cong’s grave and brought the Lin Family to a remote town near Flying Cloud Immortal Market, where Su Qian and An Ning helped settle them.
• He Song returned to his cave, refined his harvested herbs into pills, and secretly traveled between immortal cities to sell them.
• When four Foundation Establishment cultivators ambushed him near Azure Mountain Immortal City, He Song exposed the Li Family’s demonic ties, killed the attackers, and searched their memories.
• He Song followed a lead into a miasma-covered mountain range and found a secluded valley concealed by a Golden Core formation, then postponed investigating it to attend the gathering.
• He Song met True Monarch Luo Jing at Cloud Province Capital, received a token for the Golden Core trading venue, and saw Purple-Robed True Lord arrive to welcome another Golden Core True Lord.

He Song acquired and concealed treasures while building his strength in seclusion, as Meng Guan and Wei Fan joined the One Yang Sect and war loomed. After learning of Su Qian’s death, He Song moved the Lin and An families to safety, helped An Ning establish her foundation, and placed her within a Golden Core Sect in Purple Cloud Sect territory.

• He Song bought the Qingye Dan Collection and Green Jade Leaf, then evaded the black-robed Golden Core cultivator who had been tracking him.
• He Song returned to his hidden cave dwelling, looted its treasures, learned its earthfire formation, and installed the formations and artifacts in his Blue Moon Immortal City cave.
• He Song concealed his Golden Core realm from Meng Guan while Wei Fan and Meng Guan joined the One Yang Sect, and he worried that Xuan You Zhenjun might discover he had looted the cave dwelling.
• He Song spent years cultivating and refining pills, artifacts, talismans, and formations as conflict between the One Yang Sect and Locking God Sect escalated.
• He Song learned that Su Qian had died and read her farewell letter, then arranged to move An Ning and the Lin and An families away from the coming danger.
• He Song settled the families in the mortal world and gave An Ning a Foundation Establishment Pill, which she used to break through successfully.
• He Song took An Ning to Purple Cloud Sect territory, watched her join a local Golden Core Sect, and departed with a new source of intelligence.

As the One Yang Sect and Locking God Sect went to war, He Song gathered intelligence, warned his friends, and established hidden refuges while continuing to cultivate. The conflict reached a stalemate, with Meng Guan and Wei Fan fighting and He Song settled in a fortified cave abode.

• He Song reunited with Meng Guan and Wei Fan at Bamboo Mountain Immortal Market, exchanged Golden Core techniques and spells with them, and learned about their past travels.
• After the One Yang Sect prepared for war, True Monarch Luo Jing warned He Song that True Monarch Tian Jue could threaten the sect, and He Song urged Meng Guan and Wei Fan to avoid him.
• He Song bought the Xiuyuan Array Compendium and began studying its Spirit Gathering Array as the Locking God Sect drove the One Yang Sect back through Cloud Province.
• He Song left Green Moon Immortal Province, secured Yu'er in his cave abode, and established hidden refuges in the Purple Cloud Sect and Golden Snake Sect territories.
• He Song spent eight years cultivating, mastered the Heart Clearing Pill, improved his talisman and artifact skills, and learned that the Locking God Sect had captured Cloud Province and Blazing Sun Province.
• After two Nascent Soul Ancestors confronted each other, True Monarch Tian Jue withdrew from the battlefield, while Meng Guan told He Song that he and Wei Fan had joined the fighting.
• He Song installed a Spirit Gathering Array and planted a Mixed Gold Spirit Fruit Tree in his cave abode, then warned Meng Guan to stay vigilant after the One Yang Sect's attack on Cloud Province Capital failed.