Recaps

Ye Lin led the group through an indestructible corridor into a forbidden area of the Divine Gu Sect. They emerged into a vast space filled with human-sized white cocoons, and Gu Qingzhi sensed that the place was familiar.

• Ye Lin and the group descended a long stairway and found an endless corridor with walls they could barely damage.
• Ye Lin sensed movement ahead and hurried toward a light at the end of the corridor as the others followed.
• A figure barred Ye Lin from entering without the Sect Master's written decree, but Ye Lin cut it in two with Sword Qi and crossed the light.
• Ye Lin arrived in a huge chamber lined with dense white cocoons, each topped with a human head.
• Gu Qingzhi said the chamber's layout felt familiar.

Ye Lin and the others discovered that threads from human chrysalises fed into a furnace, which Wang Tianyi opened. They found a mother and child surrounded by Gu insects inside, and San Zang and Zhang Wusheng reacted with alarm before Zhang Wusheng sealed the furnace again.

• Wang Xiaoyun spotted threads beneath the human chrysalises leading down to a massive furnace.
• Wang Tianyi examined the furnace and explained that it might be used to refine life-prolonging pills, nurture something dangerous, or gather the essence and vitality of living things.
• Wang Tianyi struck the furnace and opened it, then recoiled at what he saw inside.
• Ye Lin and the others saw a mother and child lying together amid countless Gu insects, and San Zang identified them as a Mother-Child Gu.
• San Zang retreated, Zhang Wusheng covered the furnace, and Ye Lin quietly moved away from it.

San Zang explained how the Divine Gu Sect refined Mother-Child Gu and warned that its immortal, resentment-filled source could awaken. Ye Lin noticed the mother and child’s jade pendant and learned that it could be absorbed with the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art.

• Bao Xiaotou asked San Zang and Zhang Wusheng to explain their cryptic remarks about Mother-Child Gu.
• San Zang described how the Divine Gu Sect tortured a pregnant woman and her unborn child to create Heart-Severing Gu that could control cultivators.
• San Zang warned that the mother and child were still alive and urged everyone to leave before they awakened.
• Gu Qingzhi wondered whether the mother and child were the secret the old man had mentioned.
• Ye Lin noticed the jade pendant in the mother and child’s arms, and the old man told him it held potent Killing Intent and resentment that his Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art could absorb.

Ye Lin hesitated over whether to refine the immense Killing Intent and resentment inside the jade pendant, but the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar persuaded him that they were power he could absorb. Convinced the jar would not deceive him, Ye Lin decided to seize the opportunity and rushed toward the pill furnace.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar urged Ye Lin to take the jade pendant and refine its Killing Intent and resentment to increase his cultivation.
• Ye Lin worried that absorbing the evil power could make him lose himself.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar argued that the power could be refined with the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art and reminded Ye Lin that it had acknowledged him as its master.
• Ye Lin decided to trust the jar and pursue the chance to reach the fifth level of the Golden Immortal realm.
• Ye Lin turned into a blur and charged toward the pill furnace.

Ye Lin took the jade pendant from the mother and child inside the pill furnace, provoking their attack. After the furnace exploded, the vengeful pair focused entirely on him, and a blood-red Sword Qi forced them back.

• Ye Lin opened the pill furnace and took the jade pendant from the mother and child despite their terrifying stares.
• The mother and child screamed for the pendant as venomous insects crawled from the shaking furnace toward Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin returned to Gu Qingzhi and said the pendant still had a use for him, while she wondered whether he practiced evil arts.
• The pill furnace exploded, revealing the pale, black-patterned mother and child, whose screams unleashed Primordial Spirit attacks.
• Zhang Wusheng remarked on the pair's terrifying resentment, and a blood-red Sword Qi struck them back as they kept their eyes fixed on Ye Lin.

Zhang Wusheng attacked the mother and child, but their surroundings filled with awakened figures from human cocoons as Ye Lin sent Shangguan Wanyu and the others away. Gu Qingzhi discovered another layer beneath the chamber, and Ye Lin and the others began clearing the area to reach it.

• Zhang Wusheng charged the mother and child and struck them into a wall.
• A voice murmured about a jade pendant, and human cocoons shattered as blank-eyed figures emerged and surrounded everyone.
• Zhang Wusheng unleashed golden radiance that vaporized many of the cocoons.
• Ye Lin sent Shangguan Wanyu and the others away, then prepared to attack the mother and child with the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor.
• Gu Qingzhi found another space beneath the pill furnace, while Xu Feng and Wang Xiaoyun joined the fight.
• Wang Xiaoyun took a tattered old book from his maid.

Wang Xiaoyun used his brush and book to destroy the human cocoons. In the main hall, San Zang explained that the Mother-Child Gu could awaken powerful dead figures under its control, trapping everyone inside with no way to escape.

• Wang Xiaoyun wrote a character for kill in the air, creating a black-armored general who split a human cocoon in two.
• Wang Xiaoyun opened his book and used a painting of rivers and mountains to draw in and grind the surrounding human cocoons to death.
• Li Xiaoyao led several people into the main hall and found San Zang meditating alone.
• Li Xiaoyao asked San Zang why he had fled, and San Zang explained that the Mother-Child Gu could control powerful figures even after their deaths.
• San Zang warned that if the Mother-Child Gu awakened, its controlled figures could block the only exit and wear everyone down, then he fell silent as Li Xiaoyao questioned why he had not said so earlier.

San Zang and the others waited in the hall as figures controlled by the awakened Mother-Child Gu rushed into the passage. After three seventh-layer Golden Immortals entered, San Zang explained why he had chosen not to pursue the treasures, leaving the danger ahead to those inside.

• The ground shook as the awakened Mother-Child Gu summoned powerful cultivators toward the hall.
• San Zang told everyone to stand still, and the incoming figures bypassed them and entered the passage.
• San Zang recognized that three of the figures were seventh-layer Golden Immortals, though the Gu could only use part of their strength.
• Li Xiaoyao asked how San Zang knew about the Mother-Child Gu, and San Zang said his master's friend studied the Dao of Gu.
• San Zang refused to enter the passage for treasures, explaining that he followed his master's warning and valued his life more.

Ye Lin temporarily suppressed the undying Mother-Child Gu while Gu Qingzhi, Xu Feng, and the others explored a secret chamber filled with Yin Qi. They discovered a corpse ahead, as the Mother-Child Gu continued demanding her jade pendant.

• Xu Feng complained after he and the others dealt with the human cocoons, while Gu Qingzhi opened a hidden secret realm beneath the ground.
• Ye Lin found that the Mother-Child Gu could not be killed and used the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor to pin her down.
• Ye Lin left the sword spirit to keep the Mother-Child Gu suppressed and joined the others in the secret chamber.
• Gu Qingzhi, Xu Feng, Zhang Wusheng, and Ye Lin explored the chamber, where Gu Qingzhi spotted a corpse in the darkness.

Gu Qingzhi and the others found only a long-dead woman in the secret chamber and left without disturbing her. Outside, they realized something had rescued the mother and son and removed the corpses, then Gu Qingzhi and Zhang Wusheng froze as a threat emerged from the dark passage.

• Gu Qingzhi, Xu Feng, and the others found a lone female corpse on an icy jade bed and discovered nothing else in the secret chamber.
• Zhang Wusheng suggested leaving the corpse undisturbed, and the group exited with Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin recovered the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and learned that something had damaged it and rescued the mother and son.
• Zhang Wusheng and Wang Xiaoyun noticed that the corpses outside had vanished, while Gu Qingzhi sensed something watching them.
• Gu Qingzhi and Zhang Wusheng suddenly became unable to move as Wang Xiaoyun raised his golden brush and shouted to slay.

Ye Lin and his companions fought through figures pouring from a cave, but Ye Lin spotted a Golden Immortal seventh-layer old man who attacked him with overwhelming speed. The old man slammed Ye Lin into a wall, leaving him injured and facing a far stronger opponent.

• Wang Xiaoyu wrote a giant character for “kill,” drawing countless figures out of the cave.
• Zhang Wusheng destroyed the figures with his golden radiance before Gu Qingzhi could act.
• Ye Lin spotted a Golden Immortal seventh-layer old man watching him from a gap in the wall, but the old man vanished.
• The old man seized Ye Lin’s Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor and forced him to abandon it as he retreated.
• The old man struck Ye Lin in the chest and slammed him into the wall, leaving Ye Lin coughing blood.

Wang Xiaoyun fought a seventh-layer Golden Immortal old man, but his Yin-Yang formation shattered and he was badly injured. After the old man struck down Shuang'er, Wang Xiaoyun gathered his righteous aura and prepared to fight back.

• Wang Xiaoyun wrote the character for death on the old man, but realized it had no effect because the old man was already dead.
• Wang Xiaoyun used Yin-Yang Reversal to form a defensive diagram, but the old man's palm strike shattered it and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Shuang'er attacked the old man with her flute despite Wang Xiaoyun's warning, and the old man struck her down, leaving her fate unknown.
• Wang Xiaoyun's righteous aura formed three thousand phantoms behind him as he vowed to kill the old man.

Xu Feng used the Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty’s Imperial Jade Seal to fight back against a powerful old man, but the old man easily destroyed its golden dragon and sent Xu Feng flying. Back in the dynasty, the Emperor sensed the imperial destiny fluctuate and learned that Xu Feng was in danger, but decided to continue court, trusting the jade seal to protect him.

• Xu Feng begged the old man to stop beating him, then grew angry when the old man continued attacking.
• Xu Feng summoned the Imperial Jade Seal and used the dynasty’s destiny to send a golden dragon against the old man.
• The old man shattered the golden dragon with a punch and knocked Xu Feng into a wall.
• The Emperor sensed the imperial destiny fluctuate, realized Xu Feng had encountered a powerful enemy, and learned that Xu Feng was inside an Immortal World fragment.
• The Emperor told his ministers to continue court, believing that only a ninth-level Golden Immortal could overcome the Imperial Jade Seal’s protection.

Wang Xiaoyun killed the old man with his brush techniques, but the man revived because he was afflicted by the Mother-Child Gu. As the group found their exit blocked, San Zang explained that only eliminating the mother-and-child pair could end the Gu’s hold.

• Ye Lin and Xu Feng tried to retreat when they realized the old man’s strength was far beyond theirs.
• Wang Xiaoyun struck the old man with four brush techniques, ground his body to dust, and went to retrieve the unconscious maidservant.
• The old man reassembled and revived, shocking Xu Feng and prompting Ye Lin to abandon the fight.
• Wang Xiaoyun carried the maidservant toward the exit, where figures blocked the group’s way.
• San Zang explained to Li Xiaoyao that the Mother-Child Gu made its victims undying and could only be resolved by eliminating the mother-and-child pair.

San Zang explained the danger of the Mother-Child Gu and treated the crisis as a test of whether the others were worthy allies. Trapped in the sealed passage, Ye Lin and the others faced the advancing Gu victims while the mother demanded her jade pendant.

• San Zang told Li Xiaoyao that the Mother-Child Gu created loyal death warriors and said they might have to enter the passage to support the others.
• Xu Feng's two lackeys worried about the First Prince but decided to wait because they were too weak to help.
• Zhang Wusheng complained that the immortal Gu victims blocked the only exit and that neither he nor Gu Qingzhi could damage the walls.
• The three old men closed in on Ye Lin and the others as the mother and son demanded the jade pendant.
• Ye Lin's group warned against returning the pendant because its killing intent and resentment could make the mother stronger.

Ye Lin and his companions tried to break through the narrow passage, assigning Zhang Wusheng to clear the way and Xu Feng to guard the rear. Their escape stalled when a powerful old man blocked the entrance, and Ye Lin charged toward the mother and son to end the crisis.

• Zhang Wusheng volunteered to clear the passage, Ye Lin followed him, and Xu Feng took the rear guard while the others moved between them.
• A seventh-level Golden Immortal old man blocked the entrance and caught Zhang Wusheng’s halberd, then sent him flying.
• Two more old men attacked Ye Lin, but Xu Feng pulled one away to fight him.
• Gu Qingzhi played her zither and shattered the figures crowding the passage.
• Ye Lin charged alone at the mother and son with the Blooddrinking Sword of the Fallen Emperor.

Ye Lin and the others were overwhelmed by the Mother-Child Gu, whose victims revived even after being killed. As the group prepared to use their trump cards just to buy time, Ye Lin refused to return the jade pendant, making his companions wonder if he had a way to fight back.

• An old man stopped Ye Lin from reaching the mother and son, scattered his lightning attack, and struck him down.
• Xu Feng and Zhang Wusheng were also defeated, leaving only Gu Qingzhi standing against the closing enemies.
• Wang Xiaoyun could not rise after exhausting himself, and Zhang Wusheng explained that their trump cards could not permanently kill the indestructible Mother-Child Gu.
• Gu Qingzhi put away her zither and hid beside Ye Lin as the mother and son demanded their jade pendant back.
• Ye Lin stood up and refused to return the pendant, prompting the others to suspect he had a hidden trump card.

Ye Lin used the Human Emperor Sword to call upon the Human Race's fortune and cleanse the mother and son of their resentment and killing intent. The mother and child thanked him before vanishing, while Xu Feng's Imperial Jade Seal trembled at the sword's power.

• Ye Lin revealed the Human Emperor Sword, causing Xu Feng's Imperial Jade Seal to tremble.
• Ye Lin summoned the Human Race's fortune through the sword, and its golden light erased the surrounding figures and three seventh-layer Golden Immortal cultivators.
• Ye Lin swung the Human Emperor Sword at the mother and son, drawing blood-red aura and black smoke from them without injuring them.
• The woman thanked Ye Lin with clear eyes, then she and her child vanished.

Three elders in the Human Ancestor Hall discovered that the Human Emperor Sword had mobilized the Human Race’s fortune and acknowledged a master. They decided to let its chosen wielder grow on his own, leaving his identity and future unstated.

• The three elders sensed that someone was mobilizing the Human Race’s fortune, but found the Kongtong Seal unchanged and all three of them present.
• The left elder realized that the Human Emperor Sword was mobilizing the Human Race’s fortune, and the right elder suggested retrieving it.
• The central elder revealed that the Human Emperor Sword had acknowledged a master, surprising the other two elders.
• The other elders divined and confirmed that the Human Emperor Sword had indeed chosen a master.
• The elders agreed not to bring the wielder back or interfere, deciding to let him grow on his own.

Ye Lin used the Human Emperor Sword to cleanse the Mother-Child Gu’s resentment and Killing Intent, allowing the mother and child to reincarnate safely. Heavenly Dao merit then arrived at the Immortal World fragment and appeared before Ye Lin, leaving Xu Feng and Zhang Wusheng amazed that resolving the Gu had earned him such a reward.

• Ye Lin realized the Human Emperor Sword had cleansed the mother and child rather than killed them, and he put the sword away.
• A seven-colored cloud of Heavenly Dao merit appeared in the Third Region, drawing the attention of countless powerhouses before entering the Immortal World fragment.
• The Heavenly Dao merit passed through the fragment and entered the passageway near San Zang.
• Xu Feng complained that Ye Lin had let him take a beating before using his trump card, while Gu Qingzhi watched Ye Lin with growing curiosity.
• The seven-colored cloud appeared before Ye Lin, and Xu Feng and Zhang Wusheng recognized it as Heavenly Dao merit.

After the Human Emperor Sword defeated the Mother-Child Gu, Ye Lin received Heavenly Dao merit and chose to give it to the sword rather than use it for himself. With the Divine Gu Sect settled and his gains secured, he prepared to leave with the others.

• The group regretted missing the chance to earn Heavenly Dao merit, while Ye Lin was surprised that defeating the Mother-Child Gu had granted it.
• Ye Lin decided not to use the merit to raise his cultivation and gave it all to the Human Emperor Sword.
• Xu Feng challenged Ye Lin’s choice, but Ye Lin said that making his sword stronger would make him stronger too.
• Ye Lin told the others to leave the Divine Gu Sect, reflecting on the three valuable things he had gained there.

After leaving the dangerous passage, Zhang Wusheng confronted San Zang for abandoning the group, but San Zang pointed out that he had warned them about the Mother-Child Gu. Wang Tian diagnosed Shuang'er’s Primordial Spirit damage and revived her with a pill, earning Wang Xiaoyun’s gratitude.

• Xu Feng and Zhang Wusheng agreed to leave the Divine Gu Sect and search for Soul-Ending Grass after consulting Wang Tian.
• Zhang Wusheng challenged San Zang in the main hall for leaving them behind, and San Zang reminded him that he had warned them of the danger.
• Wang Xiaoyun asked Wang Tian to examine the unconscious Shuang'er, and Wang Tian diagnosed damage to her Primordial Spirit.
• Wang Tian gave Wang Xiaoyun a Three-Turn Soul-Returning Pill, and Shuang'er awoke after taking it.
• Wang Xiaoyun promised Wang Tian his help in the future, and Wang Tian waved off the offer.

After the group left the ruined hall, a mysterious masked figure revealed its interest in Ye Lin and the Human Emperor Sword. Wang Tian realized that the ancient tree was the Soul-Ending Grass, and the group set off to test his theory.

• Gu Qingzhi led the group out of the Divine Gu Sect’s main hall, where a black-robed figure in a golden mask appeared and commented on the Human Emperor Sword and the Mother-Child Gu.
• Ye Lin sensed that someone was watching him, but he found nothing when he looked back at the ruined hall.
• Wang Tian continued searching for the Soul-Ending Grass but could not locate its source amid its pervasive scent.
• Shangguan Wanyu suggested asking the ancient tree about the grass, prompting Wang Tian to realize that the tree itself was the Soul-Ending Grass.
• Wang Tian announced his discovery, and the group prepared to test whether the ancient tree was the Soul-Ending Grass.

Wang Tianyi discovered that the ancient tree was Soul-Ending Grass and began harvesting it for its valuable medicinal properties. The tree admitted what it was and begged him to spare its roots and its life.

• Wang Tianyi and the group reached the ancient tree, which cheerfully asked whether they had found treasures in the Divine Gu Sect.
• Wang Tianyi scraped bark from the tree and used a vial to confirm that it was Soul-Ending Grass.
• Wang Tianyi considered the grass’s uses in poison pills and powders, then summoned the Nine Provinces Cauldron and smashed the ground to expose the tree’s roots.
• The ancient tree admitted it was Soul-Ending Grass and pleaded with Wang Tianyi to take its bark and trunk while sparing its roots and life.

Wang Tianyi stopped cutting down the sentient Soul-Ending Grass after it threatened to release deadly poison, then agreed to spare its roots and take the rest. The group left with the ancient tree stored in Wang Tianyi’s Spatial Ring, while the surviving roots remained to continue their path to transformation.

• The ancient tree threatened to release poison if Wang Tianyi tried to destroy it completely, so Wang Tianyi and the others stopped.
• Wang Tianyi agreed to leave the roots intact and take everything above them.
• Wang Tianyi used the Nine Provinces Cauldron to smash the ancient tree down and stored it in his Spatial Ring.
• Zhang Wusheng led the group away after they found nothing else valuable.
• The remaining roots lamented their loss but accepted that they could not seek revenge against the powerful group.