Recaps

Qin Huaian returned to the Parasol Tree Domain, where Duan Linchuan ambushed him near the Kun Yuan Dao Repository Stele after Qin Huaian killed Zhao Gang. Qin Huaian survived their battle by activating the Bronze Fragment, while Duan Linchuan fled and rumors spread about their fate.

• Qin Huaian left the Violet Thorn Domain as Duan Linchuan arrived, and Duan Linchuan learned that Qin Huaian had killed Qiu Yi and destroyed two Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land strongholds.
• Qin Huaian returned to the Parasol Tree Domain, explored its Earth Vein Power, and began cultivating with his Mirror Bodies near the Kun Yuan Dao Repository Stele.
• Duan Linchuan secretly surrounded Qin Huaian with more than five hundred Immortal Venerates as Qin Huaian broke through to the eighth level of the Mysterious Yellow Thick Earth Body.
• Qin Huaian escaped the shrinking spatial restriction, destroyed Zhao Gang’s battle formation, and killed Zhao Gang with Grand Void Birth and Extinction.
• Duan Linchuan pursued Qin Huaian and repeatedly attacked the Great Square Cauldron, while Qin Huaian used its defenses to drain Duan Linchuan’s Immortal Essence Power.
• Duan Linchuan’s spear strike nearly overwhelmed Qin Huaian, but Qin Huaian powered the Bronze Fragment with his Earth Vein Power, and it shattered the spear and cleaved Duan Linchuan in two.
• Duan Linchuan used Blood Escape to flee, and an exhausted Qin Huaian flew away as rumors about the battle spread through the Violet Thorn Great World.

Qin Huaian survived his clash with Duan Linchuan, explored Heaven Scar Sword Abyss, and returned to the Violet Thorn Domain. He opened a second-floor doorway in the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower and began cultivating in its Yin-Yang Law World.

• Su Yu learned that Qin Huaian had escaped Duan Linchuan, confronted the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land, and prompted its leaders to strengthen defenses and search for Qin Huaian.
• Qin Huaian recovered underground, traveled to Rainbowfall Domain, and entered Heaven Scar Sword Abyss to improve his Sword Dao Law.
• Qin Huaian’s use of Yin-Yang Rotation drew the abyss’s Sword Qi toward him, and he escaped with the Great Square Cauldron as cultivators recognized him.
• Qin Huaian asked cultivators to help Yellow Mountain Sword Sect disciples reunite at the Violet Thorn Sacred Land, then news of his reappearance spread across the Violet Thorn Great World.
• Qin Huaian returned toward the Violet Thorn Domain, where True Person Daoxuan welcomed news of his survival and Duan Linchuan warned his Fifth Brother against attacking him prematurely.
• After four years cultivating in the Void Passage, Qin Huaian reached the Fourth Stage of Dao Fusion in the Fire-Attribute Law and learned that he and Ye Hao were tower inheritance candidates.
• Qin Huaian established a teleportation network linking the Violet Thorn Sacred Land to the tower route, then allocated his share of its proceeds to support the sacred land and Yellow Mountain Sword Sect.
• Qin Huaian opened a second-floor doorway at the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower and entered its Yin-Yang Law World, while sects across the Violet Thorn Great World searched for candidates.