Recaps

Tian Buyi and the others cut through a forest sealed in Black Silk and discovered a peaceful hidden world beyond it. At the bottom of the winding path, they found signs of human life and agreed to search for the people who might live there.

• The group found the forest and its creatures wrapped in Black Silk, which formed a dense wall across their path.
• Luo Yunji noted that the strands resembled his own Black Silk, and Tian Buyi cut through the barrier with Scarlet Flame.
• Tian Buyi’s group emerged into a warm, thriving space and followed a mountain path deeper underground.
• At the path’s bottom, the group found signs of creatures and human life, including a broken arrowhead.
• He Dazhi and Ghost King supported searching for possible Ancient Remnants, and the group followed the traces onward.

Tian Buyi and the others entered Wuyuan Village, where a black-robed man and the village elder trapped them in a powerful illusion. Luo Yunji awakened them beside a river and explained that someone had used the Lizi corpse to cast it, while Tian Buyi remained unconscious after being caught in the illusion twice.

• Tian Buyi and the others found a settlement in the forest and learned from its elder that it was Wuyuan Village, a secluded place hidden from the outside world.
• A Black-Robed Man entered the elder’s home and began gathering gray-black smoke, while the elder struck the Ghost King with his cane.
• The Black-Robed Man’s smoke enveloped the room, and a familiar voice woke Zhang Xiaofan and the others in a different setting beside a river.
• Luo Yunji told the group they had been caught in an illusion cast with the black mist inside the Lizi corpse.
• He Dazhi checked on Tian Buyi, and Luo Yunji said Tian Buyi would need time to wake because he had been caught in the illusion twice.

Luo Yunji led the group through the real ruins of the village and absorbed the black qi with the Ice Bowl, while Blackheart Elder shared insights on the Heavenly Book with Ghost King. The group reached another silk wall, where the chapter left them wondering what lay beyond it.

• Luo Yunji gave Zhang Xiaofan Lizi's Illusion Pearl and warned everyone that illusions could combine truth and falsehood.
• Blackheart Elder took Ghost King into the forest and offered to share his insights into the first volume of the Heavenly Book.
• Luo Yunji led the group through the black fog to the village ruins, where the illusion's bright village had been replaced by a ruined, vine-covered settlement.
• Luo Yunji continued ahead as the ruins froze, vanished, and released gray-white mist that entered his Ice Bowl.
• A black-robed observer watched the group from a treetop before disappearing, while others in an ancient building announced that Luo Yunji and an old acquaintance had arrived.
• Luo Yunji led the group to a vast area and stopped before a black silk wall, which Old Ancestor Fengyue, Ghost King, and Tian Buyi suspected might conceal another village.

Luo Yunji led the group through the Ice Mist to a mountain range, where the Black-Robed Man appeared and confronted Blackheart Elder. The Loose Cultivator Yin Spirit fought him, and the chapter ended as a skeletal creature burst from the ground and the Monk and Lady Jinling asked to let the Loose Cultivator face the opponent alone.

• Luo Yunji used the Ice Bowl to cover the area in Ice Mist and guided Tian Buyi and the others through it with Water Ribbons.
• Luo Yunji cleared the mist and spotted the Black-Robed Man, who confronted Blackheart Elder over the broken seal.
• Blackheart Elder unleashed his full strength, while He Dazhi and Zhang Xiaofan resolved to become stronger and the Ghost King watched with excitement.
• The Loose Cultivator Yin Spirit attacked the Black-Robed Man and exchanged powerful blows with him.
• The Black-Robed Man summoned a bizarre skeleton from beneath the ground, and the Monk and Lady Jinling asked Luo Yunji to let the Loose Cultivator fight alone.

Luo Yunji watched the Loose Cultivator defeat the Black-Robed Man, then led the group across a grassland where two enormous beasts fought. The group followed him despite their fear, and He Dazhi suggested Senior Blackheart knew the way because he had visited before.

• The Loose Cultivator shattered the Black-Robed Man's bone wall with a final punch, but the Black-Robed Man escaped.
• Luo Yunji returned the Mountain and River Fan to He Dazhi and led the group around the green mountain.
• The group encountered a gathering of strange beasts, including a fully grown Huiwen Golden Eagle and another enormous beast that attacked it.
• Luo Yunji walked toward the fighting beasts, warning the others that the escaped beasts might return if they stayed behind.
• He Dazhi proposed that Senior Blackheart had visited before and was helping Luo Yunji find the way, and the others silently agreed.

Luo Yunji’s group escaped an illusion by killing two black-robed attackers, then continued through the forest toward a place that Zhang Xiaofan suspected was protected by a barrier. After spending the night there, Luo Yunji threw the Ice Bowl into the sky as sunlight reached the forest.

• Luo Yunji used the Ice Mist and a shout to wake the group from the illusion, while Dabai and the Loose Cultivator killed the two Black-Robed Men.
• Dabai used the Skull Artifact to capture the attackers’ souls, and Luo Yunji absorbed the black mist from their bodies with the Ice Bowl.
• Blackheart Elder explained that the attackers’ remains had to be taken to the Sea of Nether Domain to prevent them from becoming bone monsters, and the group continued along the same path.
• Zhang Xiaofan sensed a possible barrier among the towering trees, while He Dazhi remembered that Luo Yunji would not let others approach him to borrow the hairpin.
• After the group spent the night in the forest, Luo Yunji threw the Ice Bowl into the sky as daylight shone through the branches.

The Ice Bowl absorbed the black qi disguising the landscape, revealing a barren world and a massive rock that marked the barrier entrance. Luo Yunji explained how the bowl affected his damaged soul, then revealed that the Sea of Nether Domain entrance lay elsewhere.

• Dabai protected the group with a golden barrier while the Ice Bowl sucked in the scenery, and the Loose Cultivator Yin Spirit explained that the trees and terrain were condensed from black qi.
• The Ice Bowl revealed a barren landscape and a massive rock; Luo Yunji sat down to eat while Ghost King and Old Ancestor Fengyue examined the rock.
• Tian Buyi asked Luo Yunji about his behavior while holding the Ice Bowl, and Luo Yunji explained that his incomplete Tianchong and dispersed hun were affected by the bowl and its black qi.
• Zhang Xiaofan asked whether the massive rock was the entrance to the Sea of Nether Domain, and Luo Yunji clarified that it was the barrier entrance and that the Sea of Nether Domain entrance was elsewhere.

Luo Yunji used the Ice Bowl to draw black smoke from a gray, lifeless realm, restoring color as the group followed him through the barrier. They encountered a Black-Robed Man from the Seal-Guarding Clan, whose dispute with Blackheart Elder revealed that the clan had abandoned its ancient duty and wanted to live freely.

• Luo Yunji explained that Blackheart Elder had said the Black-Robed Men were bound by restrictions and that the Black Talisman sealed them in their black clothes.
• After eating and napping, Luo Yunji had Zhang Xiaofan use the complete Fire Poker to lead the group through the barrier.
• Luo Yunji carried the Ice Bowl forward, drawing gray and black smoke into it as the gray realm regained its color.
• The group followed Luo Yunji for nearly two hours until a Black-Robed Man appeared, and Blackheart Elder told them to withdraw.
• The Black-Robed Man accused Blackheart Elder of breaking their agreement and failing to help the Seal-Guarding Clan.
• Blackheart Elder warned that abandoning their mission and destroying the seal would destroy the realm and doom the entire clan.

Blackheart Elder and the others confronted a Black-Robed Man of the Seal-Guarding Clan, who revealed that his clan planned to spread the forbidden land’s gray corruption beyond its borders. After Dabai destroyed the attacker, the group continued onward, and Blackheart Elder disclosed the origins of the Heavenly Book and the Boundary Rift the clan guarded.

• The Black-Robed Man explained that his clan had grown weary of its confinement and planned to turn the surrounding world into the gray land they inhabited.
• Dabai used the Black Silk and Skull Artifact to erase the Black-Robed Man and his black mist.
• Luo Yunji and the five Yin Spirits spread living seeds across the land, and Blackheart Elder later warned the group to rest before entering an area with ferocious beasts.
• Blackheart Elder told the Ghost King that each of the four Holy Sect branches possessed a volume of the Heavenly Book and guessed that all four could be found in the Nether Abyss.
• Blackheart Elder identified the Black-Robed Men as the Seal-Guarding Clan and revealed that they guarded the Boundary Rift, shocking He Dazhi and Zhang Xiaofan.

Blackheart Elder explained the Seal-Guarding Clan’s terrifying strength and warned the group about the Boundary Rift. The travelers entered the Sea of Nether Domain, where Tian Buyi feared the seal had been undone and urged Ghost King and Old Ancestor Fengyue to turn back.

• Blackheart Elder told the group that the Seal-Guarding Clan had guarded the seal for ten thousand years and that the two figures they had encountered were only phantoms.
• After resting overnight, Zhang Xiaofan helped Luo Yunji wash, and the group set out without encountering the Black-Robed Man.
• The group reached the Sea of Nether Domain, where He Dazhi recalled Zhou Yixian’s warning and Blackheart Elder reacted sorrowfully.
• Tian Buyi warned Ghost King and Old Ancestor Fengyue that an undone Boundary Rift could bring beings from another world and leave them no way to survive.
• He Dazhi urged Old Ancestor Fengyue to return, but Fengyue looked at the Mountain and River Fan in He Dazhi’s hand.

He Dazhi, the Ghost King, and the others followed Blackheart Elder into the Sea of Nether Domain, where they encountered ghostly souls and learned how to pass through them. They reached Wuyuan Village, whose familiar appearance recalled a deadly illusion, and Blackheart Elder accepted the village chief’s invitation to rest at his home.

• Old Ancestor Fengyue and the Ghost King chose to accompany Tian Buyi’s group as they followed Blackheart Elder into the Sea of Nether Domain.
• The group saw ghostly souls gathering in the darkness, and Blackheart Elder warned them that Buddhist light would provoke the intelligent souls in nearby villages.
• The Ghost King absorbed the ghostly wind with his spiritual power, clearing the way and delighting in the ghostly souls that joined his attacks.
• The group entered a village that looked eerie from outside but appeared sunny and peaceful within, where the village chief identified it as Wuyuan Village.
• Tian Buyi and the others recognized Wuyuan Village from a dangerous illusion, but Blackheart Elder calmed them and accepted the chief’s invitation to his home.

The group rested at the village chief’s home after the frightening illusion, while Zhang Xiaofan’s carefully packed food drew attention. The chapter left Blackheart Elder asking Zhang Xiaofan for Monkey Wine.

• Blackheart Elder thanked the village chief, and the group followed him to the village chief’s home.
• He Dazhi discovered Zhang Xiaofan had packed chicken drumsticks for Luo Yunji and dry pancakes for himself, then accepted Spirit Wine from him.
• Tian Buyi accepted meat and Spirit Wine from Zhang Xiaofan, while Ghost King and Old Ancestor Fengyue received dry rations.
• Ghost King rummaged through Zhang Xiaofan’s Bamboo Bag and ended up with another dry pancake, prompting laughter from Tian Buyi and Old Ancestor Fengyue.
• He Dazhi explained that Zhang Xiaofan kept Luo Yunji’s food at the top of the Bamboo Bag, and Tian Buyi urged Zhang Xiaofan to take care of himself too.
• Blackheart Elder asked Zhang Xiaofan for Monkey Wine, and Zhang Xiaofan handed him a bamboo tube.

Blackheart Elder reunited with the village chief of Wuyuan Village, who recognized him from centuries earlier and urged him to marry Lady Jinling. With Luo Yunji’s approval and the village chief’s insistence, their long-unfulfilled love was set to culminate in a wedding in two days.

• Blackheart Elder shared Monkey Wine with the village chief, who recognized him as the dark-skinned young man he had sheltered long ago.
• The village chief’s memories revealed to Ghost King and the others that he had lived for nearly a thousand years or more.
• The village chief asked whether Blackheart Elder had found the girl he loved, then recognized Lady Jinling and proposed that they marry.
• Blackheart Elder and Lady Jinling agreed, and the village chief announced he would arrange their wedding in two days.
• Luo Yunji happily accepted the village chief’s offer of tasty food, while Dabai, Monk, Tian Buyi, and the others congratulated the couple.

Blackheart Elder revealed that the Old Village Chief had rescued him and founded Wuyuan Village for intelligent Specters, while the villagers prepared for Blackheart Elder and Lady Jinling’s wedding. Outside, the Old Village Chief’s reaction to Luo Yunji’s Yellow Springs aura left Zhang Xiaofan on the ground as the villagers looked at Luo Yunji with delighted surprise.

• Blackheart Elder told the group that the Old Village Chief had saved him in the Sea of Nether Domain, founded Wuyuan Village, and sheltered the Specters who became the Black-Robed Men.
• The Ghost King proposed preparing for Blackheart Elder and Lady Jinling’s wedding in two days, and the couple agreed to keep the celebration simple.
• Tian Buyi, the Ghost King, Old Ancestor Fengyue, and He Dazhi each reflected on women they had loved, while the Loose Cultivator teased the Monk about his past and his lack of descendants.
• Zhang Xiaofan watched villagers return with exotic beasts, and the Old Village Chief explained that they had brought food suitable for living people.
• Luo Yunji made rain fall to defend Zhang Xiaofan, and the Old Village Chief recognized the aura of the Yellow Springs; the rain knocked Zhang Xiaofan down while the Old Village Chief and Daqing reacted with delight.

Luo Yunji’s Rain Technique caused the Wuyuan Village villagers to recognize him as the Son of the Underworld, and the Old Village Chief asked whether he could help wandering souls reach the Yellow Springs. Dabai revealed that Luo Yunji was also a true Son of God, leaving the Old Village Chief stunned as she warned him not to speak of heavenly mysteries.

• Luo Yunji used the Rain Technique, and the villagers knelt before him, believing him to be the Son of the Underworld.
• Dabai explained that the villagers had not been affected by the spell, and Luo Yunji let them rise after they promised not to bully Zhang Xiaofan.
• The Old Village Chief invited Dabai and the others to Daqing’s home and asked Luo Yunji to let wandering souls enter the Yellow Springs.
• Dabai said Luo Yunji could not yet help wandering souls, then disclosed that he was a true Son of God.
• The Old Village Chief guessed that a Deity had possessed Luo Yunji, and Dabai stopped him from revealing heavenly mysteries.

After learning that Luo Yunji could help Wuyuan Village’s Yin Spirits, the villagers eagerly served him while Zhang Xiaofan prepared a feast. Tian Buyi and the others were laid down as Luo Yunji’s Rain Technique began weakening them, and Zhang Xiaofan learned that the Sea of Nether Domain had a region where living creatures dwelled.

• The Old Village Chief learned that Wuyuan Village had hope of escaping its endless cycle, then urged the villagers to obey Luo Yunji’s requests.
• Luo Yunji asked villagers to carry an exotic beast to the kitchen, where Zhang Xiaofan cooked it for him.
• The Village Chief warned the villagers not to offend Luo Yunji, and they prepared enthusiastically for the wedding two days later.
• He Dazhi led Tian Buyi and the others to lie down before Luo Yunji cast the Rain Technique, which left them weak and unable to move.
• Monk explained that the Rain Technique affected the Yin Spirits but did not hinder him, then kept Tian Buyi and the others listening to Buddhist teachings for hours.
• As Luo Yunji ate Zhang Xiaofan’s cooking, the Village Chief explained that the Sea of Nether Domain had a living region with ancient strange beasts.

Wuyuan Village prepared for Blackheart Elder and Madam Jinling’s wedding, and the villagers helped the bride dress while celebrating with the couple. As the auspicious hour arrived, Blackheart Elder honored the Old Village Chief as a second parent and offered to serve him tea.

• The Old Village Chief told Luo Yunji that the Forbidden Ground had changed and worried that the Black-Robed Men would be punished for endangering the world.
• After two days of preparations, Wuyuan Village decorated a house for the wedding, and Zhang Xiaofan cooked for the villagers.
• Madam Jinling tasted food, let the women comb her hair with wedding blessings, and shared a happy moment with the village girls.
• Blackheart Elder fretted over his wedding robes while the Loose Cultivator, Monk, He Dazhi, and Tian Buyi watched and congratulated him.
• When the auspicious hour arrived, the Old Village Chief advised Blackheart Elder to treat Madam Jinling well, and Blackheart Elder kowtowed and offered to serve him tea.

Blackheart Elder and Madam Jinling were reunited in a village wedding, with Dabai and the Old Village Chief seated as their elders. As Luo Yunji officiated, the couple bowed before memorial tablets honoring their parents, and the ceremony continued.

• The villagers celebrated as Madam Jinling was veiled and brought to the wedding hall to join Blackheart Elder.
• Blackheart Elder persuaded Dabai to sit in the main seat, explaining that Dabai had sheltered him, Madam Jinling, and two other Yin Spirits.
• Luo Yunji bumped He Dazhi aside and took over as master of ceremonies, despite Tian Buyi's embarrassment.
• Luo Yunji led Blackheart Elder and Madam Jinling in their first bow, wishing them a blessed bond through many lifetimes.
• Zhang Xiaofan brought memorial tablets bearing the names of the couple's parents, allowing them to honor their elders during the second bow.

Blackheart Elder and Lady Jinling completed their wedding ceremony and served tea to Dabai and the Old Village Chief, then prepared to enter the bridal chamber. He Dazhi stopped them to ask about an inscription he had found in Blooddrop Cave, and recited Lady Jinling’s poem.

• Luo Yunji led Blackheart Elder and Lady Jinling through their final bow, blessing them to reunite in reincarnation and grow old together.
• Zhang Xiaofan explained that the newlyweds had to serve tea, and they offered cups to Dabai and the Old Village Chief, who blessed them and recalled their ties to the couple.
• The Old Village Chief told the couple to live well together, and Luo Yunji led the villagers in sending them to the bridal chamber.
• He Dazhi stopped Blackheart Elder and Lady Jinling and asked about two inscriptions he had seen in Blooddrop Cave.
• He Dazhi recited the inscription about a life of bitter, unrequited love and suggested that Lady Jinling had written it.

He Dazhi helped Blackheart Elder and Madam Jinling reconcile, and the wedding celebration ended with the guests drunk and Luo Yunji causing trouble over the bridal bed. The next morning, Tian Buyi chased Luo Yunji away from the newlyweds’ home again while the Ghost King praised the boy’s persistence.

• He Dazhi asked Blackheart Elder to complete the poem, and Blackheart Elder recited its final lines before taking Madam Jinling by the hand toward the bridal chamber.
• Luo Yunji sprawled across Blackheart Elder and Madam Jinling’s wedding bed, but Tian Buyi spanked him, carried him out, and took him to the banquet.
• The Loose Cultivator pulled Blackheart Elder toward the feast, while Dabai invited Monk to share vegetarian dishes Zhang Xiaofan had prepared.
• By evening, most of the guests were drunk, so Tian Buyi carried Luo Yunji back to their lodgings and had Zhang Xiaofan help He Dazhi.
• The next morning, Zhang Xiaofan warned Tian Buyi that Luo Yunji might have gone to the bridal chamber, and Tian Buyi went after him.
• The Ghost King and Old Ancestor Fengyue saw Tian Buyi returning with Luo Yunji by the ear, and the Ghost King praised the boy’s persistence.

The Old Village Chief warned Tian Buyi and the others that dangerous beings had escaped through the Boundary Rift and were spreading through the Forbidden Ground. Tian Buyi revealed that he had come to find a way to restore Luo Yunji’s incomplete soul and spirit, while Old Ancestor Fengyue remained determined to continue onward; He Dazhi hinted that he and his fellow disciples had found something at the Boundary Rift.

• The Old Village Chief told the group that beings from beyond the Boundary Rift were transforming ancient creatures and expanding outward, and he urged them not to continue.
• Tian Buyi decided to proceed despite the danger, and he revealed that his real purpose was to find something in the Five Seas that could restore Luo Yunji’s soul and spirit.
• He Dazhi explained that Luo Yunji had died in the Imperial City years earlier and had returned with part of his soul and spirit missing, leaving him unlikely to live to adulthood.
• Tian Buyi confirmed that the secret of becoming an immortal was probably real but secondary to saving Luo Yunji, and he explained that Senior Brother Daoxuan had let him leave for that reason.
• He Dazhi urged Old Ancestor Fengyue to stay or return, but Old Ancestor Fengyue insisted on continuing.
• He Dazhi told the Ghost King that he and his fellow disciples had seen the Boundary Rift and found something there.

The Ghost King chose to follow Tian Buyi and the others deeper despite warnings about the Boundary Rift and its gray-black smoke. When smoke surrounded Wuyuan Village, the Old Village Chief sacrificed his soul force to raise a shield, but Luo Yunji made him collapse, leaving the villagers exposed.

• He Dazhi warned the Ghost King that a Strange Weapon could destroy the world, and Tian Buyi confirmed it had nearly destroyed the Azure Cloud Mountain Range.
• The Old Village Chief and Daqing explained that the black-robed Specters had mutated from Boundary Rift contamination and that gray-black smoke could create monsters and kill anyone it touched.
• A villager announced the danger had arrived, and the Old Village Chief raised a ghostly shield over Wuyuan Village by spending his soul force.
• Dabai revealed that the Old Village Chief was sacrificing himself to maintain the shield, and Zhang Xiaofan gave Luo Yunji the Ice Bowl.
• Luo Yunji approached the Old Village Chief and made him collapse, causing the shield to vanish as the gray-black smoke surged toward the terrified villagers.

Luo Yunji protected Wuyuan Village from the Nether Ghost Mist, then led the five Yin Spirits into the smoke to pursue its source. After confronting a Black-Robed Man who attacked and vanished, Luo Yunji began preparing to force him out.

• Luo Yunji used the Ice Bowl to overwhelm the black-gray smoke and shield Wuyuan Village, then summoned rain that left the villagers and the others powerless.
• Luo Yunji raised a rune to reveal an ice dome over the village, then walked into the smoke with the five Yin Spirits.
• Monk dispelled a forest illusion, and Blackheart Elder scattered a valley illusion as the group continued through the smoke.
• Luo Yunji demanded that the Black-Robed Man take him to his dwelling and explain the power he had gained beyond the Boundary Rift.
• Loose Cultivator struck the Black-Robed Man, who dissolved into smoke, while Monk's Buddha light stopped a needle of smoke from reaching Loose Cultivator.
• Luo Yunji lowered the temperature around them until the rain became snow and raised his sword fingers to attack.

Luo Yunji and the five spirits defeated a Black-Robed Man who had been using illusions and stealing soul power, then learned that twenty-two of his kind lived in the restricted Life Land. Back in Wuyuan Village, Tian Buyi and Zhang Xiaofan worried that Luo Yunji might go hungry while trapped outside the ice shield.

• Luo Yunji exposed the Black-Robed Man with ice needles, and the Loose Cultivator beat him and forced him to kneel.
• Luo Yunji and Blackheart Elder removed the Black-Robed Man’s black mist, revealing him as a Specter dressed like a villager from Wuyuan Village.
• Blackheart Elder learned that twenty-two Specters lived in the restricted Life Land and that the Underworld aura made the Boundary Rift impossible to approach.
• Tian Buyi discovered Luo Yunji had left the village, while Luo Yunji’s ice shield kept the smoke out and the villagers trapped inside.
• Zhang Xiaofan worried that Luo Yunji had no food, and Tian Buyi joined his concern, prompting the Ghost King and Old Ancestor Fengyue to leave in frustration.

Luo Yunji and the five spirits descended into a cavern filled with mutated Specters and fought them using the Ice Bowl and the Monk’s Buddhist arts. While Black-Robed Men continued sending Specters into the pit, the smoke around Wuyuan Village eventually cleared, though Luo Yunji’s fate remained unknown.

• Old Ancestor Fengyue and Ghost King hurried away when He Dazhi asked whether Little Junior Brother had taken Xiaofan with him.
• Luo Yunji and the five spirits found a vast pit filled with mutated Specters and descended into it.
• The Ice Bowl’s mist froze the Specters, while the Monk’s Buddhist light burned them with gray smoke.
• Luo Yunji formed runes and summoned glowing blue snow as waves of mutated Specters engulfed the group and piled into a towering peak.
• A Black-Robed Man ordered the others to continue sending Specters, while Tian Buyi waited anxiously with his disciples at the village barrier.
• The smoke outside Wuyuan Village retreated, and the village chief confirmed it had cleared.