Recaps

Jing Feiyao searched the Xing Family Treasury for a Holy Spirit Pill but learned that its treasures had been moved to Cloud Ridge Mountain. After Jing Lie urged her to lure Shan Yue out by claiming she had the pill, Shan Yue demanded proof before the hour of the Rooster, leaving Jing Feiyao with no pill and almost no time.

• Jing Feiyao entered the Xing Family Treasury with Xing Mo and asked to see its secret chamber, but he refused and revealed that it was empty.
• Jing Feiyao offered Xing Mo spirit stones and a Golden Core Pill for his daughter, but he would not let her enter; he told her the treasures had been moved to Cloud Ridge Mountain.
• Jing Feiyao told Jing Lie she had not found the Holy Spirit Pill, concealed where the treasures had gone, and pressed him about contacting Patriarch Wuming.
• Jing Lie told Jing Feiyao to claim she had obtained the pill and try to lure Shan Yue out before reporting the matter to Patriarch Wuming.
• Shan Yue demanded an Image-Recording Stone showing Jing Feiyao with the Holy Spirit Pill by the hour of the Rooster, but Jing Feiyao had never seen or possessed one.

Jing Feiyao admitted she had no Holy Spirit Pill and learned that the Xing Family’s missing vault treasures had been moved to Cloud Ridge Mountain. Song Wen decided to pursue another way to obtain the pill, beginning with Xing Mo, while Jing Lie sought to alert Jing Wuming to the mountain’s secret.

• Jing Feiyao told Shan Yue that the Holy Spirit Pill was not in the Xing Family vault, and Shan Yue pressured her by threatening to expose her affair and reminding her that her son could not flee with her.
• Jing Feiyao learned from Xing Mo that the vault treasures had been sent to Cloud Ridge Mountain, then offered that information to Jing Lie to persuade him to contact Jing Wuming.
• Jing Lie agreed to report the secret to Jing Wuming, but refused to tell Jing Feiyao how he communicated with the patriarch.
• Song Wen asked Shan Yue about Xing Mo, and she explained that the late Golden Core cultivator lived in the Xing Family residence and had a daughter named Xing Shan.
• Song Wen concluded that Jing Feiyao could not secure the Holy Spirit Pill for them, so they would have to find another way.

Song Wen and Shan Yue used Shan Yue’s messages with Xing Shan to arrange a meeting near Fangzhu City, hoping to investigate Xing Mo and the Holy Spirit Pill. Xing Shan reported the exchange to Xing Xingxiu, leaving Song Wen and Shan Yue walking into a trap.

• Song Wen persuaded Shan Yue to contact Xing Shan after they left Fangzhu City, and she warned Xing Shan that the Anti-Xing Society planned to strike Cloud Ridge Mountain.
• Shan Yue claimed she was short on resources, and Xing Shan offered to bring her spirit stones to the Underground Cavern the next day.
• Song Wen suspected Xing Shan’s eagerness to meet was a trap and left for the Ghost Market to gather intelligence, telling Shan Yue to stay in the wilderness overnight.
• Xing Xingxiu praised Xing Mo for raising Xing Shan well and said her report could help the Xing Family capture the Anti-Xing Society.
• Xing Xingxiu left Xing Mo’s residence, and Xing Mo’s smile faded as he fixed Xing Shan with a stern gaze.

Xing Shan learned that Xing Xinyu might be using her to lure out Shan Yue and received a protective strand of spiritual power from Xing Mo. Near Cloud Ridge Mountain, Xing Xinyu attacked Jing Lie, but Jing Wuming intervened, and their confrontation escalated.

• Xing Mo warned Xing Shan that Shan Yue's message could be a trap and that Xing Xinyu might sacrifice her to capture Shan Yue and the Anti-Xing Society.
• Xing Mo secretly sealed a strand of his spiritual power inside Xing Shan to protect her when she met Shan Yue.
• Song Wen hid near the route to Cloud Ridge Mountain, hoping to ambush a Xing Family member and uncover the mountain's secret.
• Xing Xinyu discovered Jing Lie near Cloud Ridge Mountain, accused him of involvement with the Anti-Xing Society, and attacked him with her flying sword.
• Jing Wuming appeared as a giant ape, deflected Xing Xinyu's sword, and confronted her over Jing Lie.
• Xing Xinyu attacked Jing Wuming with nine Soul-Concentrating Spikes, but his jade plaque absorbed them and he mocked her strength.

Xing Wenyao revealed that he had anticipated Jing Wuming’s scheme against the Xing Family and trapped him at Cloud Ridge Mountain with the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation and a fourth-order puppet. While Jing Wuming fought the puppet, Song Wen went to Fangzhu City to arrange a meeting with Xing Shan and pursue the Holy Spirit Pill.

• Xing Wenyao explained that he had used Jing Feiyao and Xing Mo to feed Jing Wuming false confidence and lure him to Cloud Ridge Mountain.
• Xing Wenyao revealed the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation and a fourth-order puppet, which began fighting Jing Wuming’s giant ape phantom.
• Xing Wenyao sent Xing Xinyu to kill Jing Lie while the puppet’s battle drained Jing Wuming’s magical power.
• Song Wen left the battle and reached Fangzhu City, where he found Shan Yue hiding in the wilderness.
• Song Wen told Shan Yue to contact Xing Shan and set their meeting at the summit of a bare stone mountain instead of the underground karst cave.

Song Wen lured Xing Shan to Black Stone Mountain while provoking chaos in Fangzhu City to disrupt the Xing Family’s operation. Xing Mo chased the Shadow Gu carrying his unconscious daughter, unable to attack without risking her life.

• Song Wen told Shan Yue to leave the area, then sent Shadow Gu to hide around Black Stone Mountain.
• Xing Shan arrived at Black Stone Mountain with five Xing Family Golden Core cultivators and landed on the summit after receiving Xing Xingxiu’s order.
• Song Wen attacked the Xing Family’s spirit herb shop, igniting unrest throughout South City.
• Xing Xingxiu called off the operation and ordered the cultivators to return to Fangzhu City to suppress the chaos.
• A Shadow Gu knocked Xing Shan unconscious and carried her away, while Xing Mo pursued and dispersed his spiritual-sense blade when four more Shadow Gu threatened her.

Song Wen forced Xing Mo to agree to trade the Holy Spirit Pill for Xing Shan, but the arrival of two powerful demons interrupted the crisis in Fangzhu City. After Xing Mo claimed to have obtained the pill, Song Wen followed him south to arrange the exchange.

• Song Wen threatened Xing Mo into negotiating for the Holy Spirit Pill, while Xing Mo resisted abandoning the Xing Family.
• Xing Mo agreed to hand over the pill in exchange for Song Wen swearing not to harm Xing Shan.
• Wind Eagle and Yuan Hao appeared over Fangzhu City and flew toward Cloud Ridge Mountain, alarming the Human Race cultivators.
• Xing Mo entered Fangzhu City's North City while Song Wen waited outside, unable to follow him in.
• Xing Mo messaged Song Wen that he had the Holy Spirit Pill and flew south; Song Wen followed through the forest.

Song Wen confronted Xing Mo over a fake Holy Spirit Pill, but a catastrophic attack on Fangzhu City forced Xing Mo to reveal the genuine pill and bargain for Xing Shan’s future. The chapter ended with Song Wen refusing to promise to protect her for a hundred years or help her form her Golden Core.

• Song Wen reunited with Xing Mo and showed him the unconscious Xing Shan, then discovered that the Holy Spirit Pill Xing Mo offered was fake.
• A hurricane ravaged Fangzhu City, and Song Wen identified the great demon Wind Eagle as the likely attacker.
• Xing Mo feared for the Xing Family and offered Song Wen the genuine Holy Spirit Pill in exchange for taking Xing Shan as a concubine and protecting her for a hundred years.
• Xing Mo explained that he wanted Xing Shan taken away from Fangzhu City because he expected the Xing Family to fall and his own life to end soon.
• Xing Mo changed his condition to ask Song Wen to help Xing Shan form her Golden Core, but Song Wen refused.

Song Wen traded a Barrier-Breaking Pill promise for Xing Mo’s Holy Spirit Pill and agreed to travel with Xing Mo and Xing Shan. He gathered Shan Yue and chose a route off Fangzhu Island, which the demons were invading.

• Song Wen offered to refine a Barrier-Breaking Pill for Xing Shan if Xing Mo devoted himself to raising her, and Xing Mo accepted the deal and gave Song Wen the Holy Spirit Pill.
• Song Wen recommended that Xing Mo and Xing Shan travel to the Two Forms Sect, and Xing Mo agreed to leave with him.
• Xing Mo woke Xing Shan and followed Song Wen through the forest instead of taking a flying ship.
• Song Wen found Shan Yue in a cave and told her that Fangzhu Island was under attack and they needed to escape.
• Song Wen warned Xing Mo that the demons would likely control the island and proposed escaping north or south rather than west.

Song Wen and Xing Mo tried to cross the sea with Xing Shan and Shan Yue, but Merfolk songs enthralled the passengers and caused a fierce attack by sea beasts. After Song Wen and Xing Mo escaped the shattered flying ship and fought off two Merfolk, they fled into the distance.

• Song Wen and Xing Mo chose a southern route and flew toward the coast with Xing Shan and Shan Yue.
• A Merfolk song entranced Xing Shan and Shan Yue and nearly lured them overboard, so Song Wen shouted to wake Xing Mo and ordered him to speed away.
• Giant sea fish attacked the flying ship with water columns, and a second Merfolk song made Xing Mo steer the ship into one of them, shattering it.
• Song Wen rescued Shan Yue and escaped upward, while Xing Mo shielded Xing Shan with a cauldron and fled despite severe injuries.
• Two Merfolk emerged from the clouds and attacked Song Wen and Xing Mo with shrieks, but Song Wen struck them with spiritual-sense blades.
• Song Wen and Xing Mo escaped at high speed, leaving the Merfolk unable to keep up.

Song Wen left Shan Yue after rejecting her plea to settle down together, then returned to Extreme Yin Island and learned Zhu Yin had paid the An sisters’ rent while he was away. He went toward Limitless Island to investigate, leaving the An sisters unaware of his return and finding Jing Kai absent from Corpse King Valley.

• Song Wen thanked Shan Yue for her help, but rejected her request to leave the cultivation world with him and flew away.
• Xing Shan told Shan Yue that she and Song Wen followed different paths and reminded her of his agreement to return when she reached peak Foundation Establishment.
• Song Wen returned to Extreme Yin Island and discovered the cultivators monitoring it had left, while An Tong and An Yin remained there safely.
• An Tong told Song Wen that Zhu Yin had paid the sisters’ rent and wanted him to contact her; Song Wen instructed them not to report his return.
• Song Wen secretly monitored the sisters for a day, then disguised himself and went to Shadow City to find Jing Kai at Corpse King Valley.
• Song Wen received no response from Jing Kai and left Corpse King Valley.

Song Wen learned that Jing Kai had become trapped in Mist-Hidden Island’s mine tunnels by Netherfire Ants and went to investigate. After triggering a hidden warning formation, Song Wen encountered another cloaked Golden Core cultivator, who ordered him to leave the mine.

• Song Wen questioned a Corpse King Valley guard and learned that Jing Kai was trapped in the Mist-Hidden Island mines after accepting a demon-elimination mission.
• Song Wen traveled to Mist-Hidden Island, intending to assess the danger and help Jing Kai if he could do so safely.
• Song Wen evaded the guards and sent a Shadow Gu into the mine pit, where it triggered a concealed warning formation.
• Song Wen flew above the pit, and a cloaked cultivator emerged from below; both recognized that the other was at least a Golden Core cultivator.
• Song Wen asked why the Netherfire Ants had not been exterminated, and the cloaked cultivator told him to leave and stay out of Limitless Island’s affairs.

Song Wen confronted the hidden Limitless Island elder Chu Lingyun and negotiated for the release of the person trapped in Rotten Bone Mine. After Chu Lingyun revealed where the captive was, Song Wen sent his Shadow Gu through the tunnels to fight the Netherfire Ants.

• Song Wen demanded that the black-clad man free his trapped junior, and the man attacked him with a flying sword.
• Song Wen wounded the attacker with a baleful python, revealing him to be Chu Lingyun, who escaped into the mine using a cyan talisman.
• Song Wen agreed to let Chu Lingyun kill two Tang Family cultivators in exchange for the captive's location, and Chu Lingyun destroyed them.
• Chu Lingyun told Song Wen that the captive was trapped fifty li underground in the mine's southwestern corner and let him probe part of the pit with spiritual sense.
• Song Wen sent two Shadow Gu into the mine, where they fought through swarms of Netherfire Ants and sharply reduced their numbers.

Jing Kai and the Tang Family cultivators escaped the mine after the Netherfire Ants suddenly scattered, and Jing Kai joined Song Wen on his airship. Song Wen learned that Limitless Island had stopped investigating Yuan Qing’s death and that Jing Kai had discovered how to approach Han Wu about the spirit candle fruit.

• Jing Kai, Tang Chuang, and Tang Lin escaped the Netherfire Ants after the swarm left the mine, then Jing Kai declined Tang Chuang’s offer to recuperate at the Tang Family’s residence.
• Jing Kai boarded Song Wen’s airship and explained that a second-tier queen ant had trapped them underground, while Song Wen learned that Limitless Island had stopped investigating Yuan Qing’s death.
• Jing Kai gave Song Wen a Jade Slip containing information about Han Wu, who tended the Candlefruit Tree in the Flame-Soil Spirit Fields.
• Jing Kai said Han Wu might surrender the spirit candle fruit if they offered him something tempting and threatened to report the concealed tree to the sect.

Song Wen learned that Chu Lingyun had slaughtered the Tang Family and suspected Jing Kai was next, so he considered striking first. He met Zhu Yin on Red Leaf Island, where she revealed she had diverted the investigation into Yuan Qing’s death away from him.

• Jing Kai told Song Wen that Chu Lingyun had killed every member of the Tang Family, and Song Wen suspected Chu Lingyun would target Jing Kai next.
• Song Wen decided to consider eliminating Chu Lingyun and contacted Zhu Yin to confirm whether Limitless Island had stopped investigating Yuan Qing’s death.
• Song Wen met Zhu Yin on Red Leaf Island, where she explained how she had deduced that he killed Yuan Qing.
• Zhu Yin told Song Wen that she had misled Ye Hua, the Demon Venerable, into believing Purple Cloud killed Yuan Qing, clearing the danger to Song Wen.
• Song Wen asked Zhu Yin why she had done all this.

Song Wen arranged a deal with Zhu Yin to exchange an Infant Spirit Pill for a Primordial Nascent Soul Formation Pill and materials, then sold pills to Chu Qian while learning that Chu Lingyun was recovering from a Killing Intent injury on a small island outside Corpse King Valley. The chapter left Song Wen considering Chu Lingyun’s isolated location.

• Zhu Yin offered Song Wen a Primordial Nascent Soul Formation Pill and materials for two Infant Spirit Pills in exchange for one Infant Spirit Pill, and Song Wen agreed.
• Song Wen bought Golden Jade Pills and invited Chu Qian to Tide-Listening Pavilion to sell him third-tier pills.
• Song Wen asked Chu Qian to introduce him to Chu Lingyun, but Chu Qian said rogue cultivators had injured his father with Killing Intent.
• Chu Qian revealed that Chu Lingyun was recovering on a small island outside Corpse King Valley, and Song Wen realized he had fewer reservations about acting against him there.

Song Wen offered Chu Qian a recipe for a Divine Sha-Cleansing Pill that could treat Chu Lingyun’s Origin-Returning Sha Qi, then followed Chu Qian to meet his father. Chu Lingyun revealed that he could not obtain the rare Purple Salvia Root required for the pill because it grew in a secret realm controlled by the Two Forms Sect.

• Song Wen gave Chu Qian the Divine Sha-Cleansing Pill recipe and offered to refine it if Chu Qian found Purple Salvia Root.
• Song Wen tried to follow Chu Qian to Chu Lingyun but lost the opportunity when Chu Qian returned to Corpse King Valley.
• Chu Qian contacted Song Wen and asked him to meet Chu Lingyun about refining an unspecified third-tier pill.
• Song Wen traveled with Chu Qian to a remote island and entered the stone house where Chu Lingyun was recuperating.
• Chu Lingyun thanked Song Wen for the recipe but explained that he could not obtain Purple Salvia Root from the Illusory Spirit Valley Secret Realm, which the Two Forms Sect controlled.

Song Wen refined ten Hundred Flowers Detoxification Pills for Cui Yan and Chu Lingyun, then was forced to join them on their journey to Mist-Hidden Island. Cui Yan and Chu Lingyun searched for a Gu-raising alchemist without realizing Song Wen was the person they sought.

• Cui Yan appeared before Song Wen and Chu Lingyun, asked Song Wen to refine the Hundred Flowers Detoxification Pill, and threatened him if he failed.
• Song Wen used the spirit herbs Cui Yan provided and, seven days later, delivered ten pills to Chu Lingyun.
• Cui Yan paid Song Wen five hundred mid-grade spirit stones, then ordered him to accompany the group to Mist-Hidden Island.
• Cui Yan asked Song Wen whether he knew a third-rank alchemist who raised Gu, but Song Wen concealed that he controlled the Shadow Gu.
• Cui Yan took Song Wen, Chu Lingyun, and Chu Qian aboard a flying ship, and they arrived at Mist-Hidden Island, which was covered in mist despite the bright sun.

Song Wen followed Chu Lingyun and Cui Yan into the Rotten Bone Mine, where they discovered a cavern filled with blue yin fire and a Yin Camel Tortoise. Cui Yan led them into the magma and stopped at a deep-purple crystal embedded in the rock.

• Miao Cheng told Chu Lingyun that the Miao Family had taken over the mine and had not started mining it.
• Chu Lingyun ordered Miao Cheng and Chu Qian to guard the entrance, then led Cui Yan and Song Wen into the mine to clear out the Netherfire Ants.
• Cui Yan used a bone awl to bore deep beneath the mine, revealing a vast cavern of blue lava and a fourth-rank Yin Camel Tortoise.
• Cui Yan gave Song Wen and Chu Lingyun Hundred Flowers Detoxification Pills, then led them down into the magma.
• Cui Yan stopped at a deep-purple crystal embedded in the rock after the three descended just over a hundred zhang.

Song Wen searched the lava for Yin Spring Stones while secretly planning to escape Cui Yan and Chu Lingyun, but the Yin Camel Tortoise drove him into a cave. There, he discovered a World-Fallen Lotus in a lava-free cavern.

• Cui Yan found a Yin Spring Stone and ordered Chu Lingyun and Song Wen to search the lava for more.
• Song Wen used the Nether Corpse Cold Flame to resist the yin-evil power and began moving away from Cui Yan and Chu Lingyun.
• The Yin Camel Tortoise swept past Song Wen, forcing him to cling to the rock wall and travel deeper into the lava.
• Song Wen spotted a cave and entered it when violent currents, caused by the approaching Yin Camel Tortoise, swept him toward the entrance.
• The Yin Camel Tortoise drew in and blasted lava through the cave, hurling Song Wen to its depths, where he found a World-Fallen Lotus.

Song Wen found a World-Fallen Lotus in a lava cave but sensed danger and left without trying to take it. After Chu Lingyun confronted him, Song Wen feigned injury and revealed the lotus’s location, but Chu Lingyun contacted Cui Yan to retrieve it, leaving Song Wen with little chance to escape.

• Song Wen discovered the World-Fallen Lotus in a hidden cavern and retreated after sensing an unseen threat.
• Song Wen sent a Shadow Gu through the lava, confirmed the Yin Camel Tortoise had left, and escaped the cave.
• Chu Lingyun questioned Song Wen as he emerged from the lava, and Song Wen pretended to be badly injured after an encounter with the tortoise.
• Song Wen told Chu Lingyun about the World-Fallen Lotus and its location, warning that a powerful demon beast might guard it.
• Chu Lingyun contacted Cui Yan to retrieve the lotus, foiling Song Wen’s attempt to send him away and escape.

Song Wen led Cui Yan and Chu Lingyun to the World-Fallen Lotus, where Cui Yan forced Song Wen to approach the guarded treasure. Cui Yan’s Ghost Emperor killed the guardian lizard and Cui Yan plucked the lotus, leaving Song Wen unable to escape before the cavern flooded with magma.

• Song Wen told Cui Yan that he had found the World-Fallen Lotus, and Cui Yan ordered him to lead the way despite his injuries.
• Cui Yan made Song Wen guide him and Chu Lingyun through the magma cave, then ordered Song Wen to pluck the lotus while promising protection.
• A giant lizard burst from the ground and knocked Song Wen back into the magma with its tongue.
• Cui Yan’s Ghost Emperor seized the lizard and killed it, while Cui Yan uprooted the World-Fallen Lotus.
• The lotus’s removal ended the force keeping magma out of the cavern, and Song Wen realized the lizard had been bluffing to frighten him away.

Song Wen escaped the Yin Camel Tortoise’s attack by sacrificing his body, then used the Blood Sea Seal to ambush Chu Lingyun and attack Cui Yan. As Cui Yan fought back, Song Wen disappeared beneath the surging Blood Sea, which shook under the impact of Cui Yan’s ghostly qi.

• Cui Yan told Song Wen to return to the surface because of his injuries, and the Yin Camel Tortoise emerged and attacked them.
• Song Wen let the tortoise suck in his exploding body and lightning, injuring it, while a green flame shot toward Cui Yan.
• Song Wen reappeared above the lava Lake and used the Blood Sea Seal to smash Chu Lingyun into the lava and drag him out.
• Song Wen told Chu Lingyun he was eliminating future trouble, then pulled him into the Blood Sea.
• Cui Yan emerged badly battered from his fight with the Yin Camel Tortoise and attacked Song Wen, whose Blood Sea shook under the force of Cui Yan’s ghostly qi.

Song Wen, disguised as Extreme Yin, joined forces with the Yin Camel Tortoise and his soul-piercing blades to defeat Cui Yan. He devoured Cui Yan’s soul in his Sea of Consciousness and kept the storage ring, while the lava cavern settled back into silence.

• Song Wen’s Blood Sea Seal struck Cui Yan and delayed his escape, while Cui Yan’s Ghost Emperor died holding back the Yin Camel Tortoise.
• The Yin Camel Tortoise burst from the lava, severed Cui Yan’s legs, and forced him to abandon his body and flee as a Nascent Soul.
• Cui Yan dodged Song Wen’s lightning trap in the vertical tunnel, but found the passage blocked by the Blood Sea Seal.
• Song Wen’s Soul-Concentrating Spike dazed Cui Yan’s Nascent Soul, letting the blood tentacles pierce it and drag his soul into Song Wen’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Song Wen’s Sea of Consciousness Black Hole swallowed Cui Yan’s soul, and Song Wen collected the Blood Sea Seal and Cui Yan’s storage ring.

Song Wen uncovered Chu Lingyun’s plot to seize Mist-Hidden Island for its Yin Spring Stones, then killed Chu Qian and the remaining Miao Family cultivators before leaving the island. After recovering on Extreme Yin Island, he returned to Limitless Island to pursue information about the Spirit Candle Fruit and Purple Salvia Root.

• Song Wen searched Chu Lingyun’s soul and learned that Chu Lingyun and Cui Yan had sought Mist-Hidden Island’s Yin Spring Stones, while Chu Lingyun had also tried to eliminate Jing Kai.
• Song Wen sealed the Vertical Tunnel to conceal the magma lake and its remaining Yin Spring Stones, then killed Chu Qian and four Miao Family cultivators before departing Mist-Hidden Island.
• Song Wen returned to Extreme Yin Island, examined Cui Yan’s and Chu Lingyun’s storage rings, and found three Azure Astral Movement Talismans and twelve Yin Spring Stones.
• After recovering from his injuries, Song Wen learned that his spiritual sense might be nearing a breakthrough and decided to wait until he had devoured more souls before trying again.
• Song Wen contacted Jing Kai about investigating the Spirit Candle Fruit, then asked Zhu Yin about Illusory Spirit Valley and learned it was a secret realm of the Two Forms Sect; Zhu Yin went to check the sect’s library for records.