Recaps

Zhan Hongxiu visited Peach Blossom Island, where an Azure Bird envoy from the Palace of Vast Cold delivered an Immortal Palace Emperor’s decree and selected four cultivators to receive Taiyin Pure Moonlight Elixirs for reincarnation and cultivation. The bird returned to Fang Qing, who planned to use the chosen cultivators as agents while keeping his hidden realms and schemes concealed.

• Shang Yuanxin presented Peach Blossom Island with his Lunar Osmanthus Treasure Tree in repayment for saving his life.
• Zhan Hongxiu arrived at Peach Blossom Island and greeted Heavenfiend Adept, Demon General Bright Moon, Yu Xiang'er, and Qin Ruxue.
• An Azure Bird envoy arrived and announced that it carried a decree from the Palace of Vast Cold on behalf of Primordial Central Heaven.
• The Azure Bird read the Immortal Palace Emperor’s decree and bestowed Taiyin Pure Moonlight Elixirs on Qin Ruxue, Yu Xiang'er, Zhong Lingxiu, and Demon General Bright Moon.
• The Azure Bird returned to Fang Qing, who reviewed how his sealed realms protected his plans and considered sending the chosen cultivators to disrupt the Breath-Nourishing Dao.

Song Qingzhou achieved the Dao Foundation and learned that the Vast Sea Sect’s Chariot Water inheritance had been deliberately constrained, while Zeng Qingshui explained the sect’s lost legacy and its precarious position under Fang Daoling. Zeng Qingshu then reached the Purple Mansion, and Fang Daoling welcomed his new subordinate while considering the consequences for the Zeng Clan and Vast Sea Sect.

• Song Qingzhou emerged from seclusion after forging the Fish in the Abyss Dao Foundation, and Zeng Qingshui congratulated him.
• Zeng Qingshui told Song Qingzhou that an unknown exalted lord had forbidden the Vast Sea Sect from producing a Chariot Water Purple Mansion and described the lost Vast Sea Heaven and related divine abilities.
• Song Qingzhou and Zeng Qingshui witnessed the Turtle Beak Fire flare over Ba Commandery, signaling that Zeng Qingshu had achieved the Purple Mansion.
• Zeng Qingshui warned that the Vast Sea Sect and Zeng Clan might be driven into conflict under Fang Daoling’s rule, while Fang Daoling considered the balance of power and his family’s future prospects.
• Zeng Qingshu appeared before Fang Daoling, who granted the Zeng Clan Flourishing Woods Commandery and ordered him to choose a Daoist name and hold a Purple Mansion celebration.

Fang Xianyuan returned to the Palace of Vast Cold, where Xu the Immortal Official revealed that it gathered disciples from many worlds and tasked him with teaching its newcomers about the Breath-Nourishing Dao. After learning that heavens beyond his own world existed, Fang Xianyuan told Fang Daoling, who urged him to serve the heavens wholeheartedly.

• Fang Xianyuan advanced to the Sixth Layer of Qi Ingestion while cultivating the Lunar Tradition and decided to visit the Palace of Vast Cold again.
• Xu the Immortal Official praised Fang Xianyuan's progress and said the lord had no use for him yet, but offered him a role guiding new disciples.
• Xu the Immortal Official explained that the Palace of Vast Cold recruited disciples from many worlds, and asked Fang Xianyuan to teach them the Breath-Nourishing Dao.
• Fang Qing planned to summon reincarnated disciples, including Qin Ruxue, Yu Xiang'er, Zhong Lingxiu, and the Moon Demon General, to cultivate in the Palace of Vast Cold.
• Fang Xianyuan summoned Fang Daoling and asked whether he knew of heavens beyond the heavens; Fang Daoling concluded that their beings surpassed ordinary Golden Core True Lords and urged him to serve them.

Three years after their reincarnation, Qin Ruxue, Yu Xiang'er, Demon General Mingyue, and Zhong Lingxiu arrived at the Palace of Vast Cold to learn the Lunar Yin Immortal Dao from Fang Xianyuan. After teaching them the Qi Ingestion method, Fang Xianyuan reached the peak of Qi Ingestion and began seclusion to forge his Dao Foundation.

• Xu the Immortal Official welcomed the four reincarnated children to the Palace of Vast Cold and entrusted their first lessons to Fang Xianyuan.
• Fang Xianyuan explained the Qi Ingestion cultivation system and taught the four children about True Qi, Dao Foundations, and Golden Cores.
• Fang Xianyuan gave the children the Lunar Moon-Gathering Art and sent them to the mortal world to gather True Qi.
• Three years later, Fang Xianyuan reached the peak of Qi Ingestion and prepared to forge his Lunar Yin Dao Foundation with Pure Soul Guard.

Dharma King Vilu descended from the Great Snow Mountain to investigate Buddhist prophecies that had diverged from reality and forcibly convert Duzi Invincible at the Horse-Head Vajra Temple. Just as Vilu overwhelmed Invincible, Moonlight White Tara and the other Dumus arrived to break the barrier.

• Dharma King Vilu led monks down from the Great Snow Mountain to bring the Great Sun Tathagata’s Buddhist verses to fruition and investigate the altered prophecies.
• Dharma King Vilu ordered his followers to visit the Horse-Head Vajra Temple and summon Yuan Liansheng for questioning.
• Dharma King Vilu confronted Duzi Invincible, burned him with Solar Yang True Fire, and demanded that he open his mind to the Great Sun’s light.
• Duzi Invincible resisted with his perfected Horse-Head Vajra Protector Divine Ability and formed the Immovable Wisdom King Vajra Boundary Art.
• Dharma King Vilu invoked the Great Sun Tathagata’s authority, suppressing Invincible’s powers and forcing him to his knees.
• Moonlight White Tara arrived with Yuan Liansheng, Void Sparrow, and the other Dumus, and broke into the barrier.

Moonlight White Tara defied Great Dharma King Vilu, and Sangji attained the [Maiden Earth] Principal Position as Namo White Bone Manifestation Great Compassion Tathagata. Fang Qing recognized Sangji’s rise as a chance to establish a Little Snow Mountain and then turned his attention to the Fang Family on Azure Departure Mountain.

• Moonlight White Tara refused Vilu’s demand and vowed to establish a Little Snow Mountain if Great Snow Mountain forced a conflict.
• Moonlight White Tara’s Buddhist treasure broke the world-severing Divine Ability, and the Eight Cold Forest Buddha Lands appeared across the Secret Treasury Domain.
• Sangji’s white-bone Buddha-Land transformed as thirty-three rainbows joined the [Maiden Earth] Golden Seat.
• Sangji proclaimed that he had attained the [Maiden Earth] Principal Position and took the name Namo White Bone Manifestation Great Compassion Tathagata.
• Fang Qing credited Sangji’s rise to the immortal art and merit he had provided, then considered founding a Little Snow Mountain and opposing the revived Great Sun [Year Guardian].
• Fang Qing looked toward the Fang Family on Azure Departure Mountain and decided it was time to meet its leaders and set matters in order.

After mastering his fourth Divine Ability, Fang Daoling was summoned to Jade Dust Hall and discovered that the True Lord who had called him was his ancestor, Fang Qing. Fang Qing warned that Fang Daoling’s new art had been manipulated and offered to replace it, then altered Fang Daoling’s memories before sending him back.

• Fang Daoling mastered the fourth Divine Ability, Moon in Water, and resolved to seek guidance from a True Lord.
• Fang Daoling witnessed Sangji’s elevation to Buddha and worried about Fang Xianyuan, then was taken from Spirit-Ease Blessed Land to Jade Dust Hall.
• Fang Qing revealed that he was Fang Daoling’s ancestor, described his ties to the Fang Family, and explained how he had helped Fang Daoling reach Purple Mansion.
• Fang Qing warned that Rooftop Moon had manipulated Moon in Water and offered to replace it with Reflection in Water, then guide Fang Daoling toward stronger Winnowing Basket Water arts.
• Fang Qing sent Fang Daoling back and altered his memories so he would believe he had met True Lord Returning All Rivers to the Sea.

Fang Daoling considered how to protect the Fang Family as the Water Virtue agenda gathered force, while Fang Xianyuan forged the Pure Soul Guard Dao Foundation and visited the Palace of Vast Cold. There, Fang Xianyuan discovered that his four junior attendants had already entered the Dao using rare Qi from their own realm.

• Fang Daoling retained the Moon in Water divine ability and decided the Fang Family should yield territory, make the Zeng Clan appear responsible for usurping power, and retreat rather than oppose the Vast Sea Sect's rise.
• Fang Xianyuan emerged from seclusion with the Pure Soul Guard Dao Foundation, which could resist Purple Mansion soul-searching and influence.
• Fang Daoling tested Fang Xianyuan's resistance, then ordered him to keep cultivating in the blessed land instead of traveling outside.
• Fang Daoling told Fang Xianyuan that the White Bone Dharma King had attained buddhahood and warned that turmoil would accompany the struggle to harmonize the Spirit Atmosphere of the Water Virtue.
• Fang Xianyuan entered the Palace of Vast Cold and found that Qin Ruxue and the other three attendants had ingested Qi using Great Sun Violet Qi and Lunar Azure Qi from their realm.

Fang Xianyuan and the others discussed their cultivation arts and exchanged news about their lower realms before Xu the Immortal Official brought them Taiyin Jade Elixir and revealed that the Imperial Lord had guided Sangji to Buddhahood. Xu then gave Fang Xianyuan a new opportunity: follow Song Qingzhou, a reincarnated [Chariot Water] Golden Nature, as he traveled east.

• Fang Xianyuan asked Qin Ruxue, Yu Xiang'er, Mingyue, and Zhong Lingxiu about their cultivation arts and learned the names of their Lunar Yin divine abilities.
• Qin Ruxue and Yu Xiang'er described the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm, while Fang Xianyuan recounted the harsher Dao lineages and recent Buddhahood in his own lower realm.
• Xu the Immortal Official arrived with five bottles of Taiyin Jade Elixir and explained how the Breath-Nourishing cultivators should dilute and consume it.
• Xu revealed that Sangji had become the Namo White Bone Manifestation Great Compassion Tathagata after the Imperial Lord's guidance, astonishing Fang Xianyuan and the others.
• Xu told Fang Xianyuan that Song Qingzhou, also called Cangmingzi, was a reincarnated [Chariot Water] Golden Nature and ordered him to follow Song Qingzhou east to gain benefits.

Fang Xianyao reunited with Fang Xianyuan in the Blessed Land and learned that the Fang Family planned to yield Ancient Shu to avoid conflict with the power behind Song Qingzhou. He traveled east to join Song Qingzhou, whose party entered the troubled Acacia Territory.

• Fang Xianyao discovered that Fang Xianyuan had achieved the Dao Foundation and met with him and Fang Daoling in the Blessed Land.
• Fang Daoling ordered Fang Xianyao to keep the reunion secret and accompany Cangmingzi, Song Qingzhou, to convey the Fang Family’s willingness to yield Ancient Shu and gain destiny.
• Fang Xianyuan warned that Purple Mansion forces without backing from an important figure could become livestock for immortal sects, and Fang Daoling agreed the family should retreat to Ba Commandery.
• Fang Xianyao headed east and later joined Song Qingzhou and several Dao Foundation cultivators aboard a cloud boat in the Acacia Territory.
• The group discussed the territory’s disorder, the weakened Harmonious Bliss Sect, and the dangers posed by local cultivators skilled in Acacia demonic arts.

Purple Mansion cultivators schemed to steer Song Qingzhou’s journey and profit from his Golden Nature, while Fang Daoling’s four completed techniques made the others mistake him for a powerful ally. After a staged rescue brought Song Qingzhou a rare spiritual object and advanced his cultivation, he and his companions fled the Harmonious Bliss Sect into the Kingdom of Yue, where Bai Fengxian’s fire injury remained dangerous.

• Zeng Qingshui, Bai Ziye, Yun Wuxin, and the Snake Flood-Dragon Child discussed the coming conflict and the plans surrounding Cangmingzi and the Vast Sea Heaven.
• Fang Daoling arrived with four divine abilities, prompting the Purple Mansion cultivators to regard him as a major force backed by a True Lord.
• Qi E presented a staged encounter in which Harmonious Bliss Sect cultivators pursued a girl carrying a One-Origin True Water Pill, which Song Qingzhou obtained after rescuing her.
• Several days later, Song Qingzhou and his companions fled the Harmonious Bliss Sect into the Kingdom of Yue, with Song Qingzhou already at the middle stage of the Dao Foundation.
• The group found that Bai Fengxian’s Encampment Fire injury was difficult to suppress, while a Nine-Heavens Fire Manor envoy took offense at their talk of seeking help from the Manor.
• A Wuyue Sword Pavilion Sword Immortal apologized to the Nine-Heavens Fire Manor envoy by offering a Purple Mansion spiritual object.

Fang Daoling observed the Purple Mansion’s schemes while Song Qingzhou’s group learned that Northern Zhou and Southern Yue had gone to war over plans involving [Wings Fire]. Fang Qing analyzed the Nine-Heavens Fire Manor’s ambitions and considered how to exploit the arrangement, leaving the next move unresolved.

• Fang Daoling concluded that the Purple Mansion True Persons had room to maneuver in the Water Virtue arrangement, while his own strength and Golden Core backing let him demand a share of its benefits.
• Duan Zhuzi divined that Northern Zhou and Southern Yue had gone to war, and the group learned that a Great True Person of [Wings Fire] surnamed Xia commanded Northern Zhou.
• Duan Zhuzi and Bai Fengxian discussed how [Winnowing Basket Water] restrained [Wings Fire], and Bai Fengxian revealed that Fang Xianyao’s ancestor was the Profound Abyss Moistening Salvation True Lord.
• Bai Fengxian’s [Winnowing Basket Water] cultivation went awry when he mentioned the True Lord, worsening his injury and startling Song Qingzhou.
• Fang Qing determined that the Nine-Heavens Fire Manor’s war aimed to obtain the [Wings Fire] Secondary Position and analyzed the Fire Virtue Golden Core’s likely identity and limitations.
• Fang Qing resolved to use his knowledge and advantages beyond the heavens to exploit the [Wings Fire] arrangement.

Fang Daoling probed the Wuyue Sword Pavilion’s stance toward the Nine-Heavens Fire Manor, while Yun Wuxin revealed the danger behind Ling Yuan’s cultivation method. After a failed soul art unexpectedly awakened Ling Yuan’s memories of a former life as a True Lord, he resolved to use his hidden inheritance to seize power in the coming war.

• Fang Daoling asked Sword Immortal Nianyun what the Wuyue Sword Pavilion thought of the Great True Person from the Nine-Heavens Fire Manor, and Nianyun said the pavilion would stand with the nation in the war.
• Yun Wuxin praised Ling Yuan’s progress toward Purple Mansion and promised him resources for a breakthrough, then criticized Yun Xingjiu for lagging behind.
• Yun Wuxin told Yun Xingjiu that Mutual Slaughter was not flawed but that its Metal Virtue cultivators often met a bad end after reaching Purple Mansion, and he had chosen it for Ling Yuan as a useful weapon.
• Ling Yuan realized that his cultivation method might be part of a scheme and decided to seek a path to power through the north-south war.
• Ling Yuan’s attempt to use the Iceheart Soul-Rending Art backfired and restored memories of a former life as a True Lord, revealing an inheritance in an Omnipresence Grotto-Heaven.
• Ling Yuan resolved to obtain his former life’s Golden Astral Pure Essence and time immortal artifact, then vowed to defeat Great Zhou, the Yue Kingdom, the Yun Clan, and Xia Yuanqi’s descendant.

Fang Qing watched his hidden arrangements unfold as Song Qingzhou’s group accepted a completed treasure map and learned that the Kingdom of Yue’s army was advancing. Ling Yuan led a charge against Northern Zhou and killed the Dao general Wei Daozhou with a powerful sword strike.

• Fang Qing considered using the Time-Shedding Clan crystal to grant divine powers and concluded that others might suspect the return of True Lord Returning All Rivers to the Sea.
• Yuan Yanzi healed Bai Fengxian, joined Song Qingzhou’s group, and gave him the final piece of a treasure map.
• Fang Xianyao briefly recognized that Song Qingzhou’s influence was clouding the group’s judgment before a fire sparrow warned them that the Kingdom of Yue’s army was advancing.
• Ling Yuan proposed leading a force into enemy territory, and Xia Longqie ordered Wei Daozhou to encircle and kill him.
• Ling Yuan charged through the Great Zhou formation, fought Wei Daozhou, and pierced his chest with a sword strike that split his body apart.

Ling Yuan overwhelmed the Northern Zhou army, then broke through to a Divine Ability in the middle of battle after Xia Longqie's Purple Mansion treasure nearly killed him. The Purple Mansion True Persons fled, and Xia Longqie and Yun Wuxin suspected Ling Yuan was a reincarnated True Lord, leaving the war's future uncertain.

• After Ling Yuan killed Wei Daozhou, Yun Xingjiu led the Yue army in an assault that sent the Northern Zhou forces into a rout.
• Ling Yuan continued killing peak Dao Foundation cultivators and vowed to march on Northern Zhou, while Yun Wuxin wondered who had secretly empowered him.
• Xia Longqie sent a disciple to attack Ling Yuan with the Blood Jade Vermilion Bird Ring, and its Vermilion Bird Demon King shattered Ling Yuan's sword and erased his borrowed power.
• Ling Yuan revealed the [Bond Metal] Divine Ability, reforged his broken sword, and achieved a breakthrough in the heat of battle.
• Nianyun Sword Immortal, Fang Daoling, and other Purple Mansion True Persons departed, while Xia Longqie concluded that Ling Yuan might be a reincarnated True Lord.

Ling Yuan routed Great Zhou’s army and took command of Yue’s forces, while Purple Mansion True Persons maneuvered to open the Vast Sea Sect’s Grotto-Heaven through Song Qingzhou. The Grotto-Heaven opened, and the True Persons rushed inside after him.

• Xia Longqie and Yun Wuxin fled after discussing Ling Yuan’s power and the upheaval in the north.
• Ling Yuan ordered Yun Xingjiu and the Yue army to march north against Great Zhou, then used his Divine Ability to compel Yun Xingjiu and the generals to obey.
• Song Qingzhou and his companions reached the ruins of the Vast Sea Sect, where Fang Xianyao suspected the map led to a Grotto-Heaven.
• Fang Daoling and dozens of Purple Mansion True Persons gathered in the Great Void and agreed on how to divide the Grotto-Heaven’s spoils.
• Song Qingzhou’s damaged iron token responded to the treasure map and carried him toward Vast Sea Heaven, while Snake Flood-Dragon Child helped open a passage.
• Song Qingzhou entered Vast Sea Heaven, and the Purple Mansion True Persons followed.

Fang Qing entered Vast Sea Heaven and impersonated its founding True Lord, rescuing Song Qingzhou from a battle over an ancient demon corpse. After subduing Snake Flood-Dragon Child, Fang Qing used [Lunar Yin] authority to uncover signs that the Great Sun [Year Guardian] had secretly influenced him.

• Fang Qing entered Vast Sea Heaven and decided to pose as True Lord Returning All Rivers to the Sea, its founder.
• Song Qingzhou arrived in Vast Sea Heaven and discovered that its largest island was the corpse of an ancient demon.
• Snake Flood-Dragon Child and two other Purple Mansion True Persons fought over the corpse until Fang Qing froze them with [Chariot Water] power and summoned Song Qingzhou to the mountain gate.
• Fang Qing restored the frozen cultivators, then killed Snake Flood-Dragon Child with a cold laugh and examined his True Spirit.
• Fang Qing used [Lunar Yin] authority to reveal hidden memories linking Snake Flood-Dragon Child to the Great Sun [Year Guardian].

Fang Qing deduced that the Great Sun [Year Guardian] might be manipulating events and destroyed Snake Flood-Dragon Child, then countered the Heaven-Dawn Spirit Abyss Dragon Lord’s hidden sword intent. He revealed his power in Vast Sea Heaven and set three Attendant Deities after the Purple Mansion trespassers, forcing them to flee for their lives.

• Fang Qing suspected the Great Sun [Year Guardian] was pursuing several plans and feared the Great Sun Tathagata was being influenced by him.
• Fang Qing extinguished Snake Flood-Dragon Child’s true spirit, annihilating him, and contained the Heaven-Dawn Spirit Abyss Dragon Lord’s sword intent with Lunar Yin authority.
• Fang Qing concealed his presence while the Heaven-Dawn Spirit Abyss Dragon Lord sensed [Chariot Water] and Lunar Yin, then spread [Chariot Water] power throughout Vast Sea Heaven.
• Purple Mansion cultivators plundered Vast Sea Heaven’s treasures as Zeng Qingshui and Zeng Qingshu watched, until Fang Qing’s pressure immobilized them.
• Fang Qing injured the trespassers, ordered them to run, and awakened three Attendant Deities to pursue them through the Grotto-Heaven.

Fang Qing used Vast Sea Heaven to strengthen the Vast Sea Sect and arranged for Song Qingzhou to inherit its true treasure and pursue Golden Core. After most of the invading Purple Mansion cultivators died or fled, Fang Daoling decided the Fang Family would yield Ancient Shu to the sect and led Fang Xianyao home.

• Zeng Qingshui and Zeng Qingshu followed the Zhenwu Attendant Deity to the hall, where Song Qingzhou was healed and the True Lord bestowed the [Overturn Mountains and Submerge Seas Seal] upon Cangmingzi.
• The Zhenwu Attendant Deity decreed that Cangming would attain Golden Core and could cultivate to Purple Mansion within Vast Sea Heaven before venturing outside.
• Fang Qing watched Zeng Qingshu scheme and decided the Vast Sea Sect could take the lead while the Fang Family withdrew to a commandery.
• Fang Daoling and other surviving Purple Mansion cultivators escaped Vast Sea Heaven, while Bai Ziye struck Bai Fengxian for speaking carelessly about the Grotto-Heaven.
• Fang Daoling told Fang Xianyao that most of the cultivators who entered had died and that the Fang Family would yield Ancient Shu to the Vast Sea Sect.

Ling Yuan’s claim to a powerful previous life was exposed when two True Lords examined him, and Xia Longqie turned the battle against Yue Kingdom. Wuyue Sword Pavilion took Ling Yuan away, while Fang Qing learned more about the True Lords and decided to hurry his plans.

• Ling Yuan failed to connect with his former-life Grotto-Heaven, and the True Lords of Nine-Heavens Fire Manor and Wuyue Sword Pavilion examined him, concluding that his awakening was false and linked to Lunar Yin.
• After the True Lords vanished, Xia Longqie attacked Ling Yuan and wounded him with Sorrow of Separation Fire.
• Sword Immortal Nianyun used [Shen Metal Immortal-Binding Prison] to capture Ling Yuan, declaring that Ling Yuan’s Mutual Slaughter divine ability made him fated with Wuyue Sword Pavilion.
• Xia Longqie and the Northern Zhou Purple Mansions cornered Yun Wuxin and the Ling Clan patriarch as they tried to escape.
• In Jade Dust Hall, Fang Qing considered the intelligence gained from the incident and resolved to hasten his plans.

Fang Qing completed his Great Void Law comprehension and survived an extraordinary immortal tribulation in the Spirit Realm, becoming a True Immortal. He left the Universe Sect surrounded by a forming immortal Blessed Land and considered his next path while looking toward the Breath-Nourishing Dao.

• Fang Qing announced that he intended to build another hall in the Palace of Vast Cold while communicating with his original body.
• Profound Light Superior ordered the Universe Sect’s disciples to evacuate as strange celestial phenomena and immortal qi appeared over the sect.
• Profound Light Superior and Sect Master Xuanmiao realized that a cultivator was undergoing a Great Void Immortal tribulation and watched the spectacle.
• Fang Qing used the Great Void Great Dao, Profound Thunder, and Temporal Light to withstand the immortal lightning and complete his Law Body.
• After nine days, Fang Qing emerged as a True Immortal, contemplated the paths to becoming an Immortal Lord, and watched an immortal Blessed Land take shape outside the Universe Sect.

Fang Qing created Inch-Gold Hall to accelerate the Lunar Yin Scions’ cultivation, and Xu the Immortal Official sent them inside to train. After they emerged with Lunar Yin Divine Abilities, Zhan Hongxiu recognized that their powers let them travel through the Great Void.

• Fang Qing summoned Inch-Gold Hall and ordered Xu the Immortal Official to accelerate the Lunar Yin Scions’ training.
• Xu the Immortal Official brought Fang Xianyuan, Qin Ruxue, Yu Xiang'er, Mingyue, Zhong Lingxiu, and the other Scions into Inch-Gold Hall, where they could trade lifespan for years of cultivation.
• At Peach Blossom Island, Zhan Hongxiu arrived with Lunar Yin spiritual materials while Qin Ruxue and the others were in seclusion.
• Qin Ruxue and three other Scions emerged with Lunar Yin Divine Abilities, and their powers caused new Spirit Springs, streams, and a forest to appear on the island.
• Zhan Hongxiu asked whether the Scions could roam the Great Void, and Qin Ruxue confirmed that their Divine Abilities allowed it.

Zhan Hongxiu learned about Yu Xiang'er and the others' immortal cultivation, while Fang Xianyuan emerged from sixty years of seclusion with a Divine Ability and Early Purple Mansion cultivation. He reunited with Fang Xianyao and Fang Daoling, who celebrated his breakthrough privately.

• Zhan Hongxiu questioned Yu Xiang'er, Mingyue, and Zhong Lingxiu about their Divine Abilities and left after discussing the risks of seeking the Golden Core.
• Qin Ruxue thanked Heavenfiend Adept and the others for guarding Peach Blossom Island and gave them immortal medicine so they could reincarnate and seek the Dao.
• Fang Xianyuan emerged from Inch-Gold Hall after sixty years, having endured a perilous Purple Mansion breakthrough and gained the Pure Soul Guard Divine Ability.
• Fang Daoling ordered preparations to present Ancient Shu as a gift when Cangmingzi reached Purple Mansion, then traveled with Fang Xianyao to Spirit-Ease Blessed Land.
• Fang Daoling recognized Fang Xianyuan as a Purple Mansion cultivator, and Fang Xianyao was stunned to learn his brother had gained a Divine Ability.
• Fang Xianyuan brought Fang Xianyao to his cave residence and served wine to celebrate his breakthrough.

Fang Qing watched over the worlds as Qin Ruxue and her companions continued cultivating, while Song Qingzhou became a Purple Mansion True Person and received a powerful True Treasure. Fang Daoling offered Ancient Shu to Song Qingzhou’s group as a congratulatory gift, leaving the three cultivators stunned.

• Fang Qing judged that Qin Ruxue and the others had reached Purple Mansion, then considered sending cultivators to gain experience in the Great Zhou Martial Dao World and the Veil.
• Xu the Immortal Official told Qin Ruxue and the others to gain experience and offered Fang Xianyuan several realms to explore.
• Zeng Qingshui perfected his Wallside Observation Divine Ability as Song Qingzhou broke through to Purple Mansion and formed the Fish in the Abyss Divine Ability.
• Zhenwu Attendant Deity praised Song Qingzhou’s cultivation, gave him the Overturn Mountains and Submerge Seas Seal, and announced that Vast Sea Heaven would be sealed.
• After leaving Vast Sea Heaven, Song Qingzhou and the Zeng brothers discussed expanding the Vast Sea Sect into Ancient Shu.
• Fang Daoling appeared before the three cultivators and offered Ancient Shu to Song Qingzhou’s group, reserving only Ba Commandery for the Fang Family.

Fang Xianyao delivered Ancient Shu to Song Qingzhou’s Purple Mansion celebration, while Fang Qing considered the Heavenly Horn Sect and the rise of Lunar Yin cultivators. Zhan Hongxiu successfully cultivated the Lunar Yin Divine Ability Pure Soul Guard and prepared to return to Peach Blossom Island after learning Zhong Lingxiu had defeated an attacker.

• Fang Xianyao led the Fang Family’s delegation to the Vast Sea Sect and presented Ancient Shu to Song Qingzhou as a congratulatory gift.
• True Person Bing Mu praised Fang Daoling to Fang Xianyao, prompting Fang Qing to consider the Heavenly Horn Sect’s potential usefulness.
• Fang Qing sensed a qi refinement cultivator had comprehended a Divine Ability and saw through Gui Ling’s eyes that the cultivator was Zhan Hongxiu.
• Zhan Hongxiu explained to Turtle Elder that she had studied Lunar Yin disciples on Peach Blossom Island and used their demonstrations to master Pure Soul Guard.
• Zhan Hongxiu learned that Zhong Lingxiu had defeated a Great Cultivator who attacked Peach Blossom Island, and decided to leave seclusion and visit the island.