Recaps

Qin Huaian returned to the Violet Thorn Domain, attacked the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s occupation of the Violet Thorn Mountains, and drew attention to himself at the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower. There he learned of the tower’s candidates and cultivation benefits, then became an official candidate after swearing an oath that the World Tree secretly dissolved.

• Qin Huaian met Su Yu in Meteorfall City, gave him the first seven levels of the Mysterious Yellow Thick Earth Body, and learned that Daoist Cloudwatcher had recorded the location of a sealed passage.
• Qin Huaian traveled through the void passage to the Violet Thorn Domain and learned that the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land had confined the Violet Thorn Sacred Land to a small area of the Violet Thorn Mountains.
• Qin Huaian attacked Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s outposts, killed their defenders, and captured hundreds of disciples before withdrawing from the mountains.
• Qin Huaian revealed himself at the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower, causing his engraved name to glow and drawing cultivators from across the Violet Thorn Continent.
• At the tower’s summit, Qin Huaian learned from its remnant artifact spirit that the world was cut off from the main world and that he had qualified as a candidate to become the tower’s master.
• Qin Huaian agreed to become an official candidate and swore an oath concerning the Moonbillow Star Court, while the World Tree consumed nearly a hundred leaves to dissolve the oath’s binding power.
• The artifact spirit explained that candidates could cultivate in the tower for a hundred years every thousand years, in law worlds that accelerated cultivation at least fivefold, and Qin Huaian asked whether he could study new laws there.

Qin Huaian seized control of the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower and struck the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land while strengthening his cultivation. As the Kun Yuan Dao Repository Stele revealed a new path to the Mysterious Yellow Thick Earth Body, Qin Huaian headed for Immortal Inquiry City and the Sacred Land learned of his arrival.

• The New Artifact Spirit explained that the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower absorbed exceptional insights to evolve its world of laws, and Qin Huaian realized it could provide a secluded place to cultivate.
• After the tower’s barrier vanished, Wu Mang confronted Qin Huaian, who broke the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s formation and killed him and the cultivators with him.
• Qin Huaian destroyed the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s base in Immortal Inquiry City and warned the sect that he would continue seeking revenge.
• Qin Huaian ambushed Ma Jianling’s squad in the Violet Thorn Mountains, destroyed its battle formation, and escaped before reinforcements arrived.
• While Qin Huaian cultivated in hiding, Xing Wanjun emerged from the Kun Yuan Dao Repository Stele with the Mysterious Yellow Thick Earth Body and joined Star Pavilion.
• Qin Huaian reached Immortal Venerable Great Perfection, refined several arrays, and told Liu Qing he had condensed nine strands of pseudo-Mysterious Yellow qi.
• Qin Huaian learned that body refiners were entering the stele to comprehend the Mysterious Yellow Thick Earth Body, then used Star Pavilion’s teleportation network to travel to the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower.
• A late-stage Immortal Venerable reported that Qin Huaian had entered Immortal Inquiry City as the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land discussed its plans to move forces to Parasol Tree Continent.

Qin Huaian answered the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s threat against the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect captives and was trapped in a Sixth-Order Immortal Array. He killed Qiu Yi, destroyed the stronghold, and broke the array, leaving observers to suspect he was a Sixth-Order Immortal Array Master.

• Qin Huaian broke the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s defensive formation, killed Chen Xing and many defenders, then left the stronghold standing with his planted Formation Flags in place.
• Qiu Yi brought captives from the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect to Immortal Inquiry City as bait and threatened to kill them unless Qin Huaian came within three days.
• Qin Huaian arrived before the deadline, rescued the captives, and exchanged them for nearly a hundred Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land cultivators before Qiu Yi activated a Sixth-Order Immortal Array around him.
• Qin Huaian used the Li Fire Four Symbols Grand Array to destroy the enemy battle formation while Qiu Yi and the survivors struggled against its flames.
• Qiu Yi began preparing to summon his tribulation, but Qin Huaian entered the array and killed him before the lightning descended.
• Qin Huaian collected the fallen experts’ treasures, found an unexplained jade pendant in Qiu Yi’s Storage Ring, and used the array to burn the stronghold.
• Qin Huaian identified the trapping array’s weak points and broke it with the Cangwu Sword, while onlookers saw the stronghold reduced to scorched earth and suspected he was a Sixth-Order Immortal Array Master.

Qin Huaian drove Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land from the Violet Thorn Mountains, then reunited with the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect and Violet Thorn Sacred Land. He prepared to seek Changfeng and confront the threat of Duan Linchuan, while revealing that the Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable had reached the Immortal Venerable realm.

• Qin Huaian arranged for allies to shelter the rescued Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples, learned that more were hidden in the Luo River World, and heard that Lin Tianyu and Min Yingzhu remained missing.
• Liu Qing told Qin Huaian about Chu Xi’s rise through the Heavenly Dao Sect, and Qin Huaian returned to the Violet Thorn Mountains to drive out Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land.
• Qin Huaian used the Li Fire Four Symbols Array to shatter Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land’s mountain-protecting formation and burn its Central Hall, while nearly two hundred cultivators escaped.
• He Zhiping emerged from the Eternal Night Divine Hall as a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal and set out to find Yellow Mountain Sword Sect survivors and rebuild the sect.
• Qin Huaian met True Person Daoxuan at Violet Thorn Sacred Land, proved his identity, and reunited Shen Canglan with dozens of rescued Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples.
• Qin Huaian told Violet Thorn Sacred Land that Duan Linchuan would arrive within a month, accepted Changfeng’s Two Principles Concentric Fruit, and gave True Person Daoxuan Daoist Cloudwatcher’s teachings and the Mysterious Yellow Thick Earth Body.
• Qin Huaian said he would leave for the Parasol Tree Domain to seek Changfeng and deter Duan Linchuan, while Shen Canglan and the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples asked him to lead their revival.
• Qin Huaian declined to lead the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect and revealed that the Yellow Mountain Sword Venerable had reached the Immortal Venerable realm.