Recaps

Liao Xing joined Luo Yunji, Zhang Xiaofan, and the twenty-five students of Heaven Level Class A on a secret outing to Water Marsh instead of attending the poetry gathering. They settled into a camp beneath the moon while the prince discovered their disappearance and suspected where they had gone.

• Liao Xing insisted on joining the outing, and Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan told him what to prepare.
• Before dawn, Liao Xing and the students of Heaven Level Class A left the city with Zhang Xiaofan, who gave the gate soldiers a jar of Spirit Wine.
• At the foot of the mountain, the students dismissed their attendants and climbed toward Water Marsh, with Zhang Xiaofan carrying their gear in his Bamboo Bag.
• The students set up camp at Water Marsh, divided the work, and spent the moonlit evening eating, drinking, singing, and discussing their hopes for the future.
• The prince learned that the students had left the city together, and their coachman reported that they had turned around at a mountain in the suburbs.

Luo Yunji hosted his classmates on the frozen Water Marsh, then spent the night wondering what he wanted from life. At dawn, a man calling for help triggered a violent reaction in Luo Yunji, whose ice magic spread across the area as Zhang Xiaofan tried to wake him.

• Luo Yunji froze the Water Marsh and led his classmates onto the ice for a moonlit feast with Zhang Xiaofan.
• The students drank Eight Sage Drinks, passed out on the ice, and left their poems scattered around them.
• After the students were carried to their tents, Luo Yunji reflected on his lack of purpose and envied his classmates’ ambitions.
• At dawn, soldiers told Luo Yunji that a man outside was calling for help, and he went to investigate.
• The man turned into black, viscous filth, and Luo Yunji relived a traumatic memory before unleashing a vast field of ice spikes.
• Zhang Xiaofan called out to Luo Yunji as ice covered everything in sight.

Zhang Xiaofan sought the Spirit-Concentrating Pearl after Luo Yunji’s Soul Separation caused a deadly ice disaster. Four days later, he reached the Far North and pressed Wu Dayi to help him find Duan Ming.

• Luo Yunji’s ice technique froze the area, while black foul water continued melting the victims’ bodies; Long Zi recognized that Luo Yunji was suffering Soul Separation.
• Long Zi left for the Prince’s Mansion, and Zhang Xiaofan set out for the Sea of Nether Domain after Tian Buyi and his family arrived to guard the scene.
• Four days later, Zhang Xiaofan broke through the ice above the Sea of Nether Domain and fought through the Huiwen Golden Eagle flock, reaching the Upper Purity Realm under pressure.
• Zhang Xiaofan rushed into Wuyuan Village and asked Wu Dayi where to find Duan Ming, explaining that Luo Yunji needed the Spirit-Concentrating Pearl.

Zhang Xiaofan freed Luo Yunji and the others from the ice, then pushed Luo Yunji into the Water Marsh to contain the deadly poison and Black Silk. The survivors were treated, but Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji remained deep in the marsh, where Luo Yunji stood dazed and muttering that everyone was dead.

• Zhang Xiaofan brought Duan Ming back to help obtain the Spirit-Concentrating Pearl, and Duan Ming agreed to leave immediately.
• Dabai appeared and told Zhang Xiaofan that black and golden energies would protect those trapped in the ice while he broke it.
• Zhang Xiaofan cut apart the ice, then used a Taiji Seal to drive Luo Yunji into the Water Marsh as Black Silk threatened to consume everything.
• Tian Buyi cut away poisoned parts from the survivors and treated them, while Liao Xing awoke and Liao Zhihe held him; the Prince found that fewer than five of Heaven Level Class A remained alive.
• Tian Buyi and Su Ru flew into the marsh and found Zhang Xiaofan seated on floating ice while Luo Yunji stood in the water, flickering and muttering that everyone was dead.

Zhang Xiaofan’s attempt to suppress the dangerous changes in Luo Yunji’s body left him near death, and Tian Buyi used divine thunder to break the crisis. Luo Yunji recovered and reached the surviving soldiers, who asked to remain by his side despite their injuries, leaving him to weigh their oath against their families’ hopes.

• Zhang Xiaofan struggled to hold back the black smoke and crystal energy surrounding Luo Yunji until he collapsed from exhaustion.
• Tian Buyi cast the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art at Luo Yunji, and the lightning dissipated the golden dragon as Zhang Xiaofan fell into the water.
• Luo Yunji recovered, gathered and erased the black smoke and crystals, and carried Tian Buyi, Su Ru, and Zhang Xiaofan to safety.
• Luo Yunji reached the shore and found surviving soldiers pleading to follow him for the rest of their lives.
• Luo Yunji asked the soldiers whether they had considered their families and their return, while grieving over their request.

Luo Yunji agreed to the dying soldiers’ plea to remain by his side, restoring them as spirits with the Treasure Umbrella before pursuing revenge against those behind the attack. The Emperor ordered a citywide hunt for the Myriad Poison Sect and its accomplices as the Imperial City fell into alarm.

• Luo Yunji used the Treasure Umbrella to restore the soldiers’ spirits, then absorbed the attacker’s Soul Spirit and learned why he had struck.
• Luo Yunji killed several men at a residence, spared the attacker’s captive family, and left declaring, “Myriad Poison Sect!”
• Luo Yunji found Yan Hui and took him away to locate the Myriad Poison Sect.
• The Princess Consort told Liao Zhihe what Luo Yunji had done, and he informed the Emperor about the attack and its wounded survivors.
• The Emperor ordered the Imperial Guard to find the Myriad Poison Sect’s remnants and their accomplices, while guards surrounded Luo Yunji’s target residence and detained its surviving civilians.

After learning that Luo Yunji had gone alone to Venom Snake Valley to avenge the attack on the imperial family, Azure Cloud Sect sent three branches to support him. Luo Yunji and Yan Hui reached the Myriad Poison Sect’s territory, where Luo Yunji left a squad of its disciples impaled on ice spikes.

• Tian Buyi and Su Ru left Zhang Xiaofan in Prince Liao Zhihe’s care and hurried to Azure Cloud Mountain after learning Luo Yunji had gone to Venom Snake Valley.
• Daoxuan True Person gathered the branch chiefs and sent disciples from Small Bamboo Peak and Wind Return Peak with Tian Buyi to support Luo Yunji.
• Luo Yunji and Yan Hui traveled for nearly a month to reach Venom Snake Valley, with Yan Hui carrying a White Elixir.
• Luo Yunji entered the valley despite Yan Hui’s fear and drove off the poisonous snakes with the cold air from his spirit stones.
• When Myriad Poison Sect disciples confronted them, Luo Yunji suddenly impaled the squad on ice spikes.

Luo Yunji pressed deeper into Venom Snake Valley, killing Myriad Poison Sect disciples as he pursued revenge. Liao Xing stayed behind to recover while Liao Zhihe vowed to deal with Demon Sect forces near the Imperial City; in the valley, Luo Yunji overwhelmed a young disciple’s summoned snakes and attacked him with ice needles.

• Luo Yunji killed Myriad Poison Sect disciples along the route through Venom Snake Valley, while Yan Hui followed in fear.
• After waking, Zhang Xiaofan chased after Luo Yunji, leaving Duan Ming and Tian Linger behind.
• Liao Xing wanted to join the pursuit, but Liao Zhihe persuaded him to recover and promised to handle Demon Sect forces near the Imperial City.
• At camp, Yan Hui kept food warm while Luo Yunji cultivated, and the two continued through the valley’s poisonous mist the next morning.
• A young Myriad Poison Sect disciple confronted Luo Yunji, who declared he would kill every last member of the sect.
• The young disciple used his Demon-Controlling Flute to summon venomous snakes, but Luo Yunji froze them and sent ice needles toward him.

Luo Yunji defeated Qin Wuyan and the Myriad Poison Sect disciples who confronted him, then continued his assault toward the sect headquarters. Qin Wuyan escaped to the Poison God, whose investigation revealed that Fan Xiong had secretly provoked Luo Yunji by ambushing Big Bamboo Peak’s disciples.

• Luo Yunji killed the Myriad Poison Sect disciples accompanying Qin Wuyan and used his Treasure Umbrella to imprison their souls.
• Qin Wuyan recognized Luo Yunji as Big Bamboo Peak’s disciple, then escaped with the Blood Escape Technique when Luo Yunji attacked him.
• Yan Hui explained the Blood Escape Technique, and Luo Yunji continued toward the Myriad Poison Sect headquarters.
• Qin Wuyan told the Poison God that Luo Yunji had come to avenge the killing of his schoolmates, prompting the Poison God to question his disciples.
• The Poison God identified Fan Xiong as responsible for the secret ambushes, and Fan Xiong admitted his mistake while kneeling.

Luo Yunji defeated Fan Xiong and a group of Myriad Poison Sect disciples with the Treasure Umbrella, but collapsed after its power drained him. While Yan Hui guarded him, Zhang Xiaofan, Wu Dayi, and He Dazhi entered Venom Snake Valley, and Qingyun’s leaders prepared to follow; the next morning, the sect surrounded Yan Hui and the unconscious Luo Yunji.

• Fan Xiong attacked Luo Yunji, but Luo Yunji struck him down with the Treasure Umbrella and killed the disciples who rushed in.
• The umbrella absorbed the disciples’ Soul Spirits and empowered Luo Yunji, but he collapsed once its energy was spent.
• Yan Hui stayed awake beside Luo Yunji and kept his distance from the umbrella, which seemed to pull at his soul.
• Zhang Xiaofan met Wu Dayi and He Dazhi outside Venom Snake Valley, and the three entered together before resting until dawn.
• Lu Xueqi reported that a nearby village had been abandoned, and Shuiyue, Zeng Shuchang, and Tian Buyi decided to enter the valley the next day.
• The next morning, Yan Hui found Luo Yunji still unconscious and faced a force of Myriad Poison Sect members surrounding them.

Yan Hui refused to abandon the unconscious Luo Yunji and was overwhelmed by Myriad Poison Sect disciples. As he faced death, a mysterious voice urged him to wield the nearby umbrella, and its power began to transform him.

• A Myriad Poison Sect leader offered to spare Yan Hui if he left Luo Yunji behind, but Yan Hui chose to defend him rather than betray the Vice Sect Leader.
• Yan Hui fought the surrounding disciples, killed several, and was badly wounded and exhausted.
• As the leader prepared to deliver the final blow, a mysterious voice asked Yan Hui whether he wanted revenge and told him to wield the umbrella.
• Yan Hui reached the umbrella and took hold of it, causing his hair to turn gray-white and a shadow to appear behind him.
• The shadow merged with Yan Hui's hand and told him to leave the rest to it, while the Myriad Poison Sect leader and his subordinates retreated in fear.

Yan Hui was possessed by the Soul-Hooking Umbrella’s black shadow, which drove off the Myriad Poison Sect disciples before leaving him and Luo Yunji helpless beneath a swarm of poisonous bugs. Luo Yunji woke and rescued Yan Hui, while Yan Hui struggled to regain consciousness.

• The black shadow inside Yan Hui used the Soul-Hooking Umbrella to defeat the Myriad Poison Sect disciples, then withdrew into the umbrella and left Yan Hui collapsed beside Luo Yunji.
• The Poison God learned that his disciples had fled, welcomed Sanmiao Fairy, and continued investigating Luo Yunji, who remained protected from poisonous bugs by ghostly light.
• Shuiyue agreed with Tian Buyi and Zeng Shuchang to let their exhausted group rest overnight in an empty village.
• Luo Yunji woke, found Yan Hui beneath the bugs, freed his soul from his Sea of Consciousness, and began restoring his spiritual power.
• Yan Hui remained trapped in a hazy state, trying to remember what he needed to do to wake up.

After surviving the night in Venom Snake Valley, Luo Yunji carried the wounded Yan Hui onward while brooding over his classmates’ deaths and resolving to show his enemies no mercy. Shuiyue and Tian Buyi learned that the Myriad Poison Sect had taken villagers into the valley, while Poison God and Sanmiao Fairy watched Luo Yunji approach with the bodies of their disciples behind him.

• Yan Hui woke beside Luo Yunji, learned that Luo Yunji was unharmed, and happily accepted his promise that Zhang Xiaofan would cook for him.
• Luo Yunji examined the Treasure Umbrella, then dwelled on his classmates’ deaths and blamed his past mercy for failing to protect them.
• Luo Yunji carried Yan Hui through the poisonous forest and pursued the Myriad Poison Sect disciples, leaving their corpses displayed on ice spikes.
• A disciple reported to Shuiyue and Tian Buyi that the Myriad Poison Sect had captured villagers and taken them into Venom Snake Valley, and Shuiyue prepared to rescue them.
• Poison God and Sanmiao Fairy watched Luo Yunji approach with Yan Hui on his back and Myriad Poison Sect corpses behind him, while Poison God ordered his disciple not to attack.

Luo Yunji attacked the Myriad Poison Sect with Yan Hui, slaughtering its disciples until Poison God struck back and wounded him. As Poison God pressed his advantage, a mysterious ally arrived, cutting down disciples with dazzling light and a flute technique.

• Sanmiao Fairy questioned Poison God about the Ghost King’s absence, and Poison God said he would wait for him on the sect grounds.
• Luo Yunji carried the injured Yan Hui into the Myriad Poison Sect’s territory and made him wear the Mysterious Gauze before confronting the disciples.
• Luo Yunji fought through the sect’s disciples with an Ice Sword, leaving a trail of blood as Yan Hui watched from his back.
• Poison God attacked Luo Yunji after he grew exhausted, knocking Yan Hui off his back and wounding Luo Yunji despite the Treasure Umbrella.
• A voice called Luo Yunji its junior brother, then dazzling white light and the flute technique Clear Breeze Drifting Feather cut down more Myriad Poison Sect disciples.

Zhang Xiaofan attacked Poison God with the Bloodthirsty Orb and the Dragon Slayer Art after Luo Yunji was badly injured, while Wu Dayi joined the fight to protect him. Wu Dayi then engaged Poison God with Shadow Moon as Zhang Xiaofan rested, but Poison God’s poison attacks kept the battle dangerous.

• Blue feathers swept across the battlefield, piercing and slicing apart the Myriad Poison Sect disciples.
• Wu Dayi found Luo Yunji badly wounded, and Zhang Xiaofan grew furious and drew blood into the Fire Poker with the Bloodthirsty Orb.
• Zhang Xiaofan attacked Poison God with the Dragon Slayer Art, while flute notes disrupted Poison God and helped Zhang Xiaofan land devastating strikes.
• Poison God tried to strike Zhang Xiaofan with dark green spiritual light, but Wu Dayi blocked the attack with Shadow Moon.
• Wu Dayi fought Poison God with disorienting sonic attacks, while Poison God unleashed a poison-filled assault that Wu Dayi struggled to counter.

Poison God and Fan Xiong used civilians as hostages to force Wu Dayi and the others to surrender their magical treasures, but Luo Yunji rejected their demands and challenged Poison God. The confrontation ended with Poison God and Fan Xiong stunned by Luo Yunji’s refusal to spare the hostages.

• Fan Xiong brought out civilians as hostages, forcing Wu Dayi and the others to stop fighting.
• Wu Dayi used Shadow Moon to make the Myriad Poison Sect disciples attack one another, but Poison God threatened to kill the civilians with spiritual power he had placed inside them.
• Wu Dayi, Zhang Xiaofan, and Yan Hui threw down their magical treasures, while Luo Yunji rose and refused to surrender the Treasure Umbrella.
• Luo Yunji accused Poison God’s sect of killing his classmate and rejected Poison God’s attempt to ease the conflict.
• Luo Yunji told Poison God to kill his own people while Luo Yunji killed his, leaving Poison God and Fan Xiong astonished.

Luo Yunji and his senior brothers fought Poison God and the Myriad Poison Sect to save the captured commoners, until Tian Buyi and other Azure Cloud Sect masters arrived. Luo Yunji finally broke through Poison God’s defenses and injured him.

• Luo Yunji advanced on Poison God, while He Dazhi, Zhang Xiaofan, and Wu Dayi charged the Myriad Poison Sect disciples guarding the commoners.
• Tian Buyi and the other Azure Cloud Sect masters arrived after following clues through a secret passage into Venom Snake Valley.
• Fan Xiong grabbed a commoner and threatened to kill him unless the fighting stopped.
• Luo Yunji used the Dragon Slayer Art and its Triple Jin technique to break Poison God’s spiritual barrier and strike his back.
• Tian Buyi, Shuiyue, and Zeng Shuchang watched in astonishment as Poison God suffered a genuine injury.

Luo Yunji unleashed the soul-controlling umbrella against Poison God, but Tian Buyi stopped him and led Big Bamboo Peak away after demanding the captured commoners be released. Both Luo Yunji and Tian Buyi collapsed from their injuries, and Poison God sought Sanmiao Fairy and Ghost King's help to eliminate Big Bamboo Peak.

• Luo Yunji opened Soul Control and began a deadly incantation that frightened Poison God, but Tian Buyi intervened and knocked him unconscious.
• Tian Buyi demanded that Poison God release the innocent commoners and warned that Big Bamboo Peak would return to settle the matter; Poison God agreed, and Tian Buyi carried Luo Yunji away.
• Tian Buyi collapsed in flight, and Wu Dayi, He Dazhi, and Zhang Xiaofan discovered that his body was covered in severe wounds.
• Shuiyue and Zeng Shuchang oversaw the release of the captured commoners while Poison God learned that Tian Buyi and Luo Yunji had both fallen unconscious.
• Poison God asked Sanmiao Fairy and Ghost King to help him remove Big Bamboo Peak, and Sanmiao Fairy urged Ghost King to accept.

Poison God pursued Tian Buyi and Luo Yunji and attacked them as Zhang Xiaofan, Wu Dayi, and He Dazhi tried to protect them. Shuiyue and Sanmiao Fairy began fighting, drawing their disciples into battle, while the Ghost King watched without intervening.

• Zhang Xiaofan used Buddhist magic with the Jiemo Bead to weaken the strange energy covering Tian Buyi's wounds, and the group decided to seek help from Faxiang in the Imperial City.
• Poison God arrived and attacked Tian Buyi and Luo Yunji, sending Zhang Xiaofan, Wu Dayi, and He Dazhi flying when they tried to stop him.
• Shuiyue and Sanmiao Fairy traded insults before Sanmiao Fairy attacked with Lingering Silk and Shuiyue charged with her sword.
• The disciples of Sanmiao Fairy and Small Bamboo Peak fought as the Ghost King watched and Zeng Shuchang wondered what he intended.

Zeng Shuchang and the Ghost King secretly halted their duel so the Azure Cloud group could check on Tian Buyi and the others. He Dazhi, Wu Dayi, and Zhang Xiaofan joined forces against Poison God in a desperate battle, which ended with all three disciples fallen and Poison God still standing.

• The Ghost King told Zeng Shuchang that they had only been ordered to delay them, so Zeng Shuchang and Shuiyue regrouped their disciples and flew to aid Tian Buyi.
• He Dazhi revealed his Upper Purity Realm cultivation and wounded Poison God with the Clear Breeze Drifting Feather Sword, but he was badly injured in the exchange.
• Wu Dayi, He Dazhi, and Zhang Xiaofan stood together to protect Tian Buyi and Luo Yunji, pledging to remain brothers even in their next lives.
• Wu Dayi’s flute transformed the battlefield into a starry illusion as Zhang Xiaofan and He Dazhi charged Poison God with him.
• Zeng Shuchang, the Ghost King, and the others arrived in time to witness the bloody clash, but Wu Dayi, Zhang Xiaofan, and He Dazhi collapsed while Poison God remained standing.

Du Bishu arrived to find the Big Bamboo Peak disciples gravely injured, then unleashed his Vine Forest against the Myriad Poison Sect. After reducing Venom Snake Valley to a barren wasteland, he returned to camp and broke through to the Shangqing Realm.

• Zeng Shuchang and Shuiyue rushed to aid the injured Big Bamboo Peak disciples as Du Bishu arrived and found Tian Buyi, Luo Yunji, Wu Dayi, He Dazhi, and Zhang Xiaofan unconscious or badly hurt.
• Du Bishu attacked the Poison God, but the Ghost King and Sanmiao Fairy blocked him and helped the weakened Poison God retreat.
• Du Bishu summoned his Vine Forest, forcing Shuiyue and the others to evacuate while the Ghost King and Sanmiao Fairy led the Poison God and Myriad Poison Sect disciples back to their sect.
• The Poison God concealed the sect entrance with colored mist, and Du Bishu spread his vines through Venom Snake Valley, devouring its living things before returning to camp at midnight.
• Du Bishu learned that Tian Buyi and the others had taken a Great Yellow Pill, then meditated after Zeng Shuchang recognized that he had reached the Shangqing Realm.

After the attack on the Myriad Poison Sect left Tian Buyi and others unconscious, Du Bishu sought Long Zi’s advice and learned that a Buddhist monk might cure the victims. The injured were brought to Imperial City, where Liao Xing pursued the sect’s allies while aid was summoned from Tianyin Temple.

• Du Bishu chose to take the unconscious Big Bamboo Peak disciples to Imperial City, and Shuiyue and Du Bishu flew the injured there ahead of the others.
• Liao Xing saw Luo Yunji unconscious in the Prince’s Mansion, then led the Quadruplets in hunting down people and forces linked to the Myriad Poison Sect.
• Daoxuan sent Xiao Yicai to Imperial City, while Tianyin Temple dispatched a divine monk after Faxiang explained the crisis.
• Du Bishu asked Long Zi about the Treasure Umbrella, and Long Zi explained that Tian Buyi had been struck by the Three Poisons and that Luo Yunji should wake from his Soul Separation condition.
• Faxiang arranged for a divine monk to treat Tian Buyi, while reports of Big Bamboo Peak’s attack made the Demon Sect more wary of them.

After Luo Yunji’s affliction and Tian Buyi’s poisoning left the group seeking cures, Zhou Yixian revealed that the Qiankun Samsara Disk in Tianyin Temple could help them find the Sea of Heavenly Mystery. Zhang Xiaofan volunteered to go to Tianyin Temple once he woke, leaving the group to prepare for the journey.

• The Prince welcomed Zhou Yixian, who explained that he had come to the Imperial City to avert a calamity and identified the Qiankun Samsara Disk as a way to locate the Sea of Heavenly Mystery.
• Divine Monk Puhong treated Tian Buyi’s poison, but explained that Tianyin Temple’s Buddhist power was needed to eradicate the Three Poisons completely.
• The Prince decided to seek the Qiankun Samsara Disk from Tianyin Temple, while Du Bishu and the others planned to wait until their injured companions recovered.
• Wu Dayi, He Dazhi, and Zhang Xiaofan woke up, and Du Bishu told them what had happened while they were unconscious.
• Zhang Xiaofan volunteered to go to Tianyin Temple, saying his history with the temple might help secure the disk.

Zhang Xiaofan urged three crippled survivors of Heaven Level Class A to live on by offering them work managing the Food Mansion in Two Mountains. Their memories of the Water Marsh tragedy left them moved by his offer, while Liao Xing vowed to personally pursue the Myriad Poison Sect’s leaders.

• Zhang Xiaofan and Du Bishu discussed returning to Two Mountains and sending the unconscious Little Junior Brother to Tianyin Temple to recover.
• Liao Xing eliminated the Myriad Poison Sect’s Imperial City branch, with the emperor’s backing, and the court recognized his ruthlessness and strength.
• Liao Xing brought Chen Qinglong, Wang Yishi, and Du Chengping to Luo Yunji’s bedside and told them the sect’s true conspirators remained at large.
• Chen Qinglong, Wang Yishi, and Du Chengping expressed despair over their injuries, while Liao Xing urged them to keep living until they avenged their classmates.
• Zhang Xiaofan arrived and invited the three survivors to enter Two Mountains and manage the Food Mansion, saying he trusted their ability and character.

Du Chengping vowed to carry out his dead classmates’ dreams, while Zhang Xiaofan cared for the recovering Yan Hui and decided to leave him in the Imperial City. Luo Yunji woke up in his former muddleheaded state, and his companions hoped Tian Buyi could eventually enter his Sea of Consciousness and rouse him.

• Du Chengping said he would go to Sanfu Town to fulfill his dead classmates’ dreams, and Zhang Xiaofan told him to wait until his injuries healed.
• Zhang Xiaofan visited Yan Hui, who praised the Great Yellow Pill and agreed to stay in the Imperial City and watch over Du Chengping and the other two survivors.
• Zhang Xiaofan warned Yan Hui not to let anyone from the Ghost King Sect cause trouble in the Imperial City, then left him to recover.
• Luo Yunji woke up in his former muddleheaded state and kept eating, leaving Wu Dayi, Zhang Xiaofan, and the Prince and Princess Consort worried.
• He Dazhi reassured the others that Tian Buyi could enter Luo Yunji’s Sea of Consciousness and call him out once his injuries healed.