Recaps

Ye Lin searched for the treasures needed to refine his third avatar while Xiaoyao guided Ye Yun and intervened against a corrupt Buddhist sect. As the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon threat emerged, Ye Lin entered the Primordial Secret Realm and confronted Heaven-Overturning Sacred Land disciples.

• Ye Lin announced Nameless Mountain’s Sect Master selection and left the next Sect Master to handle the Southern Continent’s crisis, while Xiaoyao named little Nannan Ye Yun and began teaching her cultivation.
• Xiaoyao took Ye Yun to the Cloud Liquid, reunited with Chu Xue, and then killed the Buddhist sect figures who were forcibly harvesting faith from mortals.
• Taichu told Ye Lin where he might find his missing treasures, and Ye Lin took a Heavenly Immortal Flower from the True Martial Great Emperor’s Tomb.
• Three Heaven-Overturning Sacred Land Heavenly Lords pursued Ye Lin for Bai Ling’s immortal artifact, but Ye Lin escaped after a giant beast attacked them.
• After Toutian warned Ye Lin that Heavenly Demons would invade Eastern Continent in a year, Ye Lin chose not to intervene and entered the Primordial Secret Realm.
• Ye Lin found a multicolored stone in a palace and encountered Nangong Yanran, then disguised himself and pursued five Heaven-Overturning Sacred Land cultivators.
• Ye Lin attacked Wang Feng’s group, killing and crippling several disciples before Wang Feng summoned eight black-purple wells and called for demons and devils.

Ye Lin absorbed Wang Feng’s demons, defeated Chen Dong, and gained the Tongtian Giant Tree’s seed after learning its history. As Ye Lin cultivated in seclusion, Jian Unrivaled learned that Gu Jiu had been ambushed and died before their promised sword match.

• Ye Lin absorbed Wang Feng’s demons and phantoms, then drained the summoned demon to reach the middle stage of Tribulation Transcendence as Wang Feng died.
• Ye Lin sealed the area, killed five prodigies, and defeated Chen Dong after their fierce fight, then drained Chen Dong’s body with the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art.
• Qin Mo arrived too late to question the dying Wang Li and began traveling with his two junior brothers while watching for the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art.
• Ye Hong entered the palace where Ye Lin was cultivating, but Ye Lin’s baleful aura drove him away, and Ye Lin discovered Ye Hong’s destiny and considered claiming the Hand of Heaven.
• Ye Lin completed his comprehension of the Jade Talisman’s immortal-tier martial skill and went to the Tongtian Giant Tree’s hollow, where he met its intelligent descendant and learned its origins.
• The towering giant tree agreed to let Ye Lin take its seed after he promised to protect it and free it when he no longer needed it, then entered slumber as Ye Lin left with the seed.
• Jian Unrivaled waited several days for Gu Jiu in Tianhe Prefecture, but Gu Jiu’s disciple arrived and told him that villains had ambushed and killed her master before he could keep their appointment.

Jian Unrivaled avenged Gu Jiu, while Ye Lin seized the Holy Crystal and returned to seclusion. Wuxin traveled with Ji Ruxue, and ten years later Ye Yun entered a sealed ruin with Nangong Xin, hoping to find her missing master.

• Jian Unrivaled killed Nan Jiuyin and the two brothers who had helped him, avenging Gu Jiu for Gu Xiaoqi.
• Ye Lin obtained the Holy Crystal by killing Zhao Gang after the other contenders had weakened each other, then rescued Ye Hong from Chen Mo at the secret realm’s exit.
• Ye Lin learned of Ye Hong’s extraordinary destiny, returned to Nameless Mountain, and began a planned period of seclusion.
• Wuxin resisted Ji Ruxue’s advances as they traveled together, then defeated an illusory temple’s occupants and warned her of the dangers of following him.
• Ten years later, Ye Yun was still waiting for her missing master when Nangong Xin offered her a slot in the ancient ruins at Cloud Decision Mountain.
• Ye Yun traveled with Nangong Xin to the valley sealed by the five great sects, where he said they would find her master.

Ye Yun and the Five Great Sects fought off a Demonic Beast invasion tied to the sealed Great Demon, while Ye Yun’s Sword Talisman revealed her connection to Daoist Xiaoyao. The story left Ye Yun and Nangong Xin exploring a barren part of the secret realm after a shadow drew Ye Yun into danger.

• Nangong Xin brought Ye Yun to Miaoyuan, who scolded him for securing Ye Yun a secret-realm place, so Ye Yun relinquished it and left.
• Ye Yun and Nangong Xin discovered Demonic Beasts approaching the Five Great Sects, and Ye Yun raised the alarm before fighting the horde.
• The surviving disciples held the entrance against wave after wave of Demonic Beasts until reinforcements arrived, while Ye Yun repeatedly fought on after exhausting her strength.
• A Spirit Transformation Realm Demonic Beast overwhelmed the sect cultivators, but Ye Yun used Xiaoyao’s Sword Talisman to destroy the beasts with one strike.
• Lone Eagle killed Mo Yi and Mo Er, then prepared to send Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators into the secret realm to retrieve the Great Demon’s head.
• Lone Eagle tried to seize Ye Yun’s Heaven Grade spear, but backed down after learning her master was Daoist Xiaoyao, a figure feared by the Divine Sword Sect.
• Ye Yun entered the secret realm with Nangong Xin, Heavenly Blade, Shangguan Yuncai, and Lu Feng, and the group found a barren wasteland beyond the lush jungle.
• Heavenly Blade split the group to search the area, and Ye Yun chased a black shadow after Nangong Xin sensed something following them.