Recaps

Song Wen and Mo Yexue pursued Blood Year underground after their attack weakened it, but Song Wen’s strike through its rear orifice made it flee back to the surface. Blood Year emerged beyond the Primordial Dragon-Imprisoning Array’s range and dragged itself onward, leaving the formation useless.

• Song Wen used the crystalline nails to freeze one of Blood Year’s tentacles, but Blood Year severed it and escaped deeper underground.
• Song Wen chased Blood Year through an underground passage, where its tentacles repeatedly blocked his attacks and Mo Yexue joined him.
• Song Wen spotted Blood Year’s rear orifice and drove a blood pillar into it, stunning the monster and causing it to flee upward.
• Blood Year emerged on Myriad Beasts Mountain more than three hundred li from Lan Chen and Mi He, beyond the Primordial Dragon-Imprisoning Array’s range.
• Blood Year dragged itself forward with its tentacles, crushing trees and rocks and carving a broad trench.

Song Wen and the others struggled to restrain Blood Year until Song Wen sent a Shadow King Gu into its body, weakening the monster and giving them a chance to attack. They opened a wound in Blood Year and drove corpse-spears into it, leaving the creature badly weakened and vulnerable.

• Song Wen and the others attacked Blood Year's rear orifice but failed to overcome its defenses, then discovered its distant tentacles were thin and vulnerable.
• Lan Chen tried to restrain Blood Year with Red Silk, and Mo Yexue used her Ten Thousand Swords Unleashed array to slow its escape.
• Mi He sent a Blood Kui Beast into Blood Year's rear orifice, but the monster blasted it back out and shattered it.
• Song Wen sent his fourth-rank Shadow King Gu into Blood Year's esophagus, where it grew and began devouring the monster from within.
• Song Wen's Ice Nails, Lan Chen and Mo Yexue's coordinated sword attack, and the Twelve Capital Corpse Formation's spears weakened Blood Year until it could no longer fight effectively.

Song Wen and his allies defeated Blood Year, divided its remains, and learned that a share could help someone advance to Spirit Transformation. Song Wen brought the fallen immortal blood to Corpse Demon Mountain, where he contained it and began cultivating in seclusion.

• Song Wen stopped attacking once Blood Year fell dormant, and he, Lan Chen, Mo Yexue, and Mi He divided its remains.
• Mo Yexue and Lan Chen confirmed that their shares of Blood Year's flesh could support a Spirit Transformation breakthrough, while Mi He hurried away with hers.
• Mo Yexue and Lan Chen thanked Song Wen for helping them obtain fallen immortal blood and said they would attempt breakthroughs soon.
• Song Wen returned to Corpse Demon Mountain, where Zhou Siyi recognized Blood Year and learned it was fallen immortal blood that could help someone reach Spirit Transformation.
• Song Wen housed Blood Year in a hollowed hill, restrained it with two arrays, and entered seclusion to cultivate toward the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm.

After Mo Yexue and Lan Chen ascended, Zhou Siyi formed her Nascent Soul, and Song Wen learned that Xuanchengzi had also ascended. Lan Yin revealed that Xuanchengzi used the Devouring Essence Array to fuse Yin and Yang Qi and complete the fusion of his three souls, leaving Song Wen with a possible clue about Spirit Transformation.

• Fifteen years later, Song Wen gave Zhou Siyi three pills to aid her future Nascent Soul formation, and both entered seclusion to cultivate.
• Mo Yexue broke through to Spirit Transformation after absorbing Profound Spirit Qi from Blood Year's remnant body, accidentally exposed her aura, and was forcibly ascended.
• Lan Chen visited Song Wen after reaching Spirit Transformation, then ascended to the upper realm a month after leaving Corpse Demon Mountain.
• Zhou Siyi formed her Nascent Soul, and Song Wen taught her how to draw Minor Teleportation Talismans as he reached a bottleneck in his Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation.
• Fang Xian told Song Wen that Xuanchengzi had ascended two years earlier, prompting Song Wen to meet Lan Yin and ask how Xuanchengzi reached Spirit Transformation.
• Lan Yin explained that Xuanchengzi used the Devouring Essence Array to fuse Yin and Yang Qi into his body and complete the fusion of his three souls.

After learning how Xuanchengzi used the Yin-Yang Creation Art to reach Spirit Transformation, Song Wen returned to the Asura Sect and entered seclusion. Sixteen years later, he broke through to Nascent Soul Peak and went to inspect Blood Year.

• Lan Yin explained that Xuanchengzi had seized the yin and yang qi of Two Forms Sect cultivators to advance to Spirit Transformation, and warned Song Wen that his corpse-path cultivation could not imitate the method.
• Song Wen returned to the Asura Sect, swallowed a Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill, and cultivated in a Spirit-Gathering Formation.
• Song Wen broke through to Nascent Soul Peak and continued refining his spiritual power in seclusion for sixteen years.
• Zhou Siyi greeted Song Wen after his seclusion and assured him that Blood Year had remained secure under her monthly inspections.
• Song Wen and Zhou Siyi entered the underground cavern, where they saw Blood Year bound by nine golden chains.

Song Wen refined Blood Year to obtain Profound Spirit Qi and successfully merged his three souls, forming his Primordial Spirit and beginning his breakthrough to Spirit Transformation. The chapter ended as spiritual qi from across the region surged toward Corpse Demon Mountain, pressing down on nearby cultivators.

• Zhou Siyi asked Song Wen about Blood Year and his plans to reach Spirit Transformation, and Song Wen said he would cultivate before attempting the breakthrough.
• Over the next ten years, Song Wen traveled across Heavenly Origin Continent and the Sea of Disorder, then returned to Blood Year’s prison and asked Xugeng how much Fallen Immortal Blood he needed.
• Song Wen cut Blood Year in half, brought its body to his cave, and briefly devoured a tentacle’s blood essence before stopping when its strange aura entered his soul.
• Song Wen refined Blood Year with the Corpse King Reincarnation Art, producing Profound Spirit Qi that nourished his Heaven Soul, Earth Soul, and Life Soul until they merged into a Primordial Spirit.
• Song Wen’s body began absorbing spiritual qi from within ten thousand li, and cultivators near Corpse Demon Mountain felt the immense pressure as the qi converged there.

After emerging from seclusion as a Spirit Transformation cultivator, Song Wen prepared the Asura Sect for his impending departure and persuaded the fourth-rank Nether Fox to remain his spirit beast. At the Limitless Sect, he told Fang Xian that he had uncovered Xuanchengzi’s secret to reaching Spirit Transformation.

• Song Wen left seclusion after the world’s repulsive force made cultivation difficult, and learned that Zhou Siyi had gone to the Nine Palaces Sect to seek a Starshine Spirit Dew Grass for Yu Wen.
• Song Wen ordered Yu Wen to sell unneeded sect treasures and collect the spirit stone mines’ output, then traveled to the Sea of Disorder.
• Song Wen found the Nether Fox had reached the fourth rank and offered to dissolve their contract, but it chose to remain his spirit beast after learning he had reached Spirit Transformation and planned to ascend.
• At the Limitless Sect, Song Wen told Fang Xian and Le Liang that he had clarified Xuanchengzi’s secret to reaching Spirit Transformation.

Song Wen gathered spirit stones and spiritual materials to buy the Two Forms Sect’s Devouring Essence Array and Spirit Transformation insights, then returned to the Asura Sect after breaking through to Spirit Transformation. As heaven and earth’s rejection intensified, he prepared to leave the realm and gave Zhou Siyi treasures to protect her after his departure.

• Song Wen told Fang Xian and Le Liang that he had arranged to buy the Devouring Essence Array and Xuanchengzi’s Spirit Transformation insights, then ordered them to gather the required spirit stones and spiritual materials within half a month.
• Fang Xian and Le Liang gathered the requested resources, and Song Wen left with four thousand superior spirit stones and a large quantity of spiritual materials.
• Song Wen detoured to Ultimate Bliss City to cultivate for three months as heaven and earth’s rejection of him intensified, then returned to the Asura Sect and told Zhou Siyi he had successfully reached Spirit Transformation.
• Zhou Siyi told Song Wen that Hao Kong had refused to sell the starshine spirit dew grass, and Song Wen warned her to be cautious after he left the realm.
• Song Wen gave Zhou Siyi a late fourth-tier humanoid puppet, two high-grade magical treasures, a soul-defense beast bone, and the Tranquility Curse.

Before ascending, Song Wen gave Zhou Siyi treasures, received seven Minor Teleportation Talismans, and collected spirit stones from Yu Wen. He killed Xugeng and ascended through a dark void, arriving in the upper realm as someone ordered that he be brought to them.

• Zhou Siyi accepted Song Wen's treasures and gave him seven Minor Teleportation Talismans, while Yu Wen brought him three thousand six hundred high-grade spirit stones.
• Song Wen decided Xugeng knew too many of his secrets and swallowed him with the black hole in his sea of consciousness.
• Seven days later, Song Wen ascended from Corpse Demon Mountain as Zhou Siyi watched and called out to him.
• Song Wen used the Mount Tai Ring to shield himself from the tearing force in the void, then switched to the Profound Scale Shield to avoid revealing the ring.
• Song Wen reached a bright opening and heard someone order their men to bring the ascended one to them.

Song Wen ascended from the Heavenly Origin Realm into the Profound Realm and was brought to Demon-Suppressing Town, where the Jiang Clan offered him outsider membership to bolster its defenses. He received a soul lamp and an identity token, then followed Jiang Xuan to the city walls with little understanding of his new surroundings.

• A black hole appeared above Demon-Suppressing Town, and a coldly beautiful female cultivator ordered her people to bring the ascendant to her.
• Song Wen resisted the pull of the unfamiliar realm but surrendered when he sensed four stronger Spirit Transformation cultivators and a likely Void Refinement expert.
• Song Wen gave his name as Ai Kun and said he had ascended from the Heavenly Origin Realm, claiming no one had ascended from there for over a thousand years.
• The coldly beautiful female cultivator offered Song Wen outsider membership in the Jiang Clan, and he eagerly accepted.
• Jiang Xuan took Song Wen to make a soul lamp and collect an identity token, then led him onto the city walls.

After being assigned to Arrow Tower Forty-Seven, Song Wen realized the Jiang Clan had pressed him into service as expendable garrison manpower. As he began learning about the Profound Realm and meditating, the Jiang Clan’s Second Young Master arrived and summoned him.

• Jiang Xuan stationed Song Wen in Arrow Tower Forty-Seven and warned him to obey the city’s rules and stay within the tower without permission.
• Song Wen questioned the maid Xiao He about Demon-Suppressing City and learned she had been recruited from Zhaitan Market to serve the cultivators.
• Song Wen let Xiao He go, then sensed that the Profound Realm greatly reduced his divine sense range while providing exceptionally dense spiritual energy.
• Song Wen began meditating, but the Jiang Clan’s arrogant Second Young Master arrived seeking to meet the ascender.
• Jiang Xuan sent Song Wen a message telling him to come out and meet the Second Young Master.

Song Wen was pressured by Jiang Yushan to surrender the treasures behind his ascension, then publicly humiliated when his possessions seemed unimpressive. A cold female cultivator arrived, reprimanded Jiang Yushan for coming to Demon-Suppressing Town, and turned her attention to the disgruntled outsiders watching the scene.

• Jiang Xuan introduced Song Wen to Jiang Yushan, who demanded to know what inheritance or treasure had helped Song Wen ascend.
• Song Wen sought Jiang Xuan’s help, but Jiang Xuan ignored him, so Song Wen emptied his storage ring before Jiang Yushan and the gathered onlookers.
• Jiang Yushan scorned Song Wen’s modest collection, inspected his fourth-tier corpse puppet, and accused him of hiding other secrets.
• The cold and beautiful female cultivator arrived, and Jiang Yushan respectfully called her Aunt.
• The female cultivator rebuked Jiang Yushan for visiting Demon-Suppressing Town near Rotting Miasma Ridge and considered how his treatment of Song Wen might alienate the outsider cultivators.

After resolving the dispute with Jiang Yushan, Jiang Lanruo assigned Song Wen to join four Spirit Transformation cultivators on a dangerous expedition into Rotting Miasma Ridge to retrieve a thousand-year-old Nine-Death Grass. She swore to reward them if they succeeded, while Song Wen suspected she had chosen him as a disposable pawn.

• Jiang Lanruo apologized to Song Wen, dismissed the onlookers, and ordered Jiang Yushan to return to Shangchu City.
• Jiang Lanruo softened toward Jiang Yushan, then took Song Wen to the main tower and assigned him to a mission.
• Song Wen met three men and a woman who were also Spirit Transformation cultivators, and learned they would seek Nine-Death Grass in Shadow Spider Valley.
• Song Wen suspected Jiang Lanruo had added him to the dangerous expedition to eliminate him after Jiang Yushan humiliated him.
• Jiang Lanruo swore to remember and repay their favor if they returned with the grass, and the scholar and dwarf promised to succeed.

Song Wen and four other Spirit Transformation cultivators hid in Rotting Miasma Ridge while discussing why they could not flee the Jiang Clan and how they might escape its tracking. The group had no viable plan besides helping Jiang Lanruo find the Nine-Death Grass, despite the danger.

• The white-haired old man led Song Wen and the others into Rotting Miasma Ridge, where they hid in a cave until the beast tide began.
• Song Wen asked why the others risked their lives for Jiang Lanruo instead of fleeing, and the scholar explained that deadly barriers enclosed the Ganchang Wasteland.
• The scholar told Song Wen that the Jiang Clan, Chi Family, and Ye Family controlled nearly all the wasteland’s resources, and that the Chi Family had a teleportation formation leading out.
• Song Wen proposed using Hidden Soul Jade from a Nether Fox to evade soul-lamp tracking, but the scholar explained that concealing their Primordial Spirits required a sixth-tier Nether Fox from the Source-Qi Death Domain.
• The white-haired old man said seeking the Nine-Death Grass for Jiang Lanruo offered a chance of survival, while opposing the Jiang Clan meant certain death.

Song Wen learned why Jiang Chao, Jiang Wo, Kong Jin, and Lady Wen had been sent into Rotting Miasma Ridge as they argued over retrieving the Nine-Death Grass for Jiang Lanruo. The group remained divided, and Song Wen turned to asking Lady Wen about her past.

• Jiang Chao and Jiang Wo supported retrieving the Nine-Death Grass, while Lady Wen refused and accused the Jiang Clan of bullying Jiang Wo and using Jiang Chao to atone for his crimes.
• Lady Wen reminded Jiang Chao that he had killed Jiang Hu to obtain a Profound Spirit Creation Pill and warned that Ye Bing might still seek revenge even if the Jiang Clan forgave him.
• Jiang Wo offered to stay in Rotting Miasma Ridge and oppose Jiang Lanruo if Lady Wen agreed to be with him, but she insulted him and instead flirted with Song Wen and Kong Jin.
• Song Wen learned that Jiang Chao had been imprisoned for two hundred years after killing Jiang Hu, while Jiang Wo had been bullied for his deformity despite his cultivation talent.
• Kong Jin told Song Wen that he had been punished because one of his disciples offended the Jiang Clan, and Lady Wen offered to reveal her past if Song Wen slept with her.
• Song Wen claimed his corpse-path cultivation had left him unable to perform, leaving Lady Wen's question about his interest in her background unanswered.

Song Wen learned why Jiang Lanruo sought the Nine-Death Grass and agreed to join the journey to Shadow Spider Valley. After a beast horde passed, he suddenly rushed into a poisonous miasma, leaving the others bewildered.

• The green-robed young woman, Wen, revealed that the Nine-Death Grass could heal the human soul, and she described the Jiang Clan’s Void Refinement cultivators.
• Song Wen agreed to help Jiang Lanruo retrieve the Nine-Death Grass, and Jiang Chao, Jiang Wo, Kong Jin, and Song Wen continued toward Shadow Spider Valley without Wen.
• Fifteen days later, a huge horde of demonic beasts and venomous insects swept past the Cave while the group hid under Jiang Chao’s concealment formation.
• After the horde passed, Song Wen suddenly rushed from the Cave into a dense mass of poisonous miasma, and the others followed outside but could not see him.

Song Wen joined three Jiang Clan cultivators traveling through Rotting Miasma Ridge to gather Nine-Death Grass, and discovered that the Qi-Transforming Grass he had risked retrieving was only worth a modest sum. As the miasma grew stronger, Jiang Chao distributed detox pills, and Song Wen immediately swallowed one.

• Song Wen emerged from the poisonous miasma with Qi-Transforming Grass, and the scholar explained its poisonous effects and value.
• Jiang Wo mocked Song Wen for risking himself over a poisonous herb, while Song Wen credited his discovery to a spirit beast.
• The green-robed young woman left the group, and Jiang Chao warned Song Wen against recklessly entering poisonous miasma.
• The four traveled deeper into Rotting Miasma Ridge, where the increasingly dense miasma rapidly drained Song Wen's spiritual power.
• Jiang Chao gave each traveler two Numinous Pivot Detox Pills and warned that Shadow Spider Valley's poison was far more potent.
• Song Wen swallowed one detox pill at once, while the scholar and Jiang Wo examined theirs.

Song Wen and the others entered Shadow Spider Valley to search for Nine-Death Grass, but the valley’s poisonous miasma and strange terrain left them lost. As Song Wen’s detox pill neared its limit, he asked Jiang Chao whether he had brought extra pills.

• Song Wen swallowed a Numinous Pivot Detox Pill, whose green glow kept the poisonous miasma from harming him.
• Jiang Chao led Song Wen, Kong Jin, and the dwarf to the edge of Shadow Spider Valley and admitted he did not know where the Nine-Death Grass grew.
• The four took detox pills, descended into the valley, and found their divine senses severely limited.
• The group traveled thousands of li without finding any beasts or insects, then realized they had been circling familiar terrain.
• Song Wen warned that his pill’s effect was nearly gone and asked Jiang Chao if he had brought more than eight pills.

Song Wen and three cultivators tried to escape a poisonous valley by flattening its earthen mounds, but their efforts uncovered swarms of Bewitching Bees and Crimson Nether Bees. The group realized the bees’ fragrance had confused their sense of direction, and they faced a choice between provoking more bees or remaining trapped.

• The white-haired old man, Kong Jin, and the dwarf agreed to flatten the nearby mounds, while Song Wen was ignored.
• The dwarf used water spells to collapse several mounds, revealing a swarm of Bewitching Bees that attacked the group.
• The white-haired old man warned that the bees released Mind-Bewitching Fragrance, which had caused the group to lose its way, and the dwarf trapped the bees behind a water curtain.
• A mound opened nearby and Crimson Nether Bees emerged; the white-haired old man killed them with wind blades and warned that many more bees might be hidden in the mounds.
• Kong Jin suggested flattening all the mounds to escape the maze, but the dwarf worried that doing so would release more bees and intensify the fragrance.

Kong Jin, Jiang Wo, the white-haired old man, and Song Wen drove through swarms of venomous bees and found Nine-Death Grass in a Yin-face Spider nest. After waiting for the spiders to absorb the Mind-Bewitching Fragrance, the white-haired old man ordered Song Wen to scout ahead.

• Kong Jin blasted hills apart with fire while Jiang Wo used water and the white-haired old man used wind to drive away the bees without killing them.
• The group fled along a cliff as Yin-face Spiders attacked, then escaped when the spiders and bees began fighting each other.
• Kong Jin spotted Nine-Death Grass in a cliff cave, but Jiang Wo noted that it appeared too young to meet Jiang Lanruo's requirement of over five hundred years.
• The white-haired old man explained that Yin-face Spiders absorbed Mind-Bewitching Fragrance and proposed waiting an hour before approaching their nest.
• After Song Wen's protective fluorescence weakened, he took his second Numinous Pivot Detox Pill and waited with the others.
• The white-haired old man ordered Ai Kun, Song Wen, to scout ahead, insisting that he had contributed nothing so far.

Song Wen and three companions approached the Yin-face Spider nest to find Nine-Death Grass, but their attempt to draw out its inhabitants brought forth a mid-fifth-tier Yin-face Spider King. The group began fighting the spiders, with Jiang Chao ordering his companions to divide their targets.

• Song Wen proposed luring out the Yin-face Spiders before entering the nest, and Jiang Chao ordered him to draw them out using his peak fourth-tier corpse puppet.
• Song Wen and the puppet attacked the spiders near the cliff, killing several hundred before a group of fourth-tier spiders forced them to retreat.
• Jiang Chao, the dwarf, and Kong Jin attacked the ground when it began to bulge, but their strikes bounced off a shield-like barrier that emerged as the Spider King.
• Jiang Chao ordered Ai Kun to clear out the weaker spiders while he, Jiang Wo, and Scholar Kong Jin attacked the Spider King.

Song Wen and the others fought the Yin-Faced Spider King until the white-haired old man betrayed Kong Jin and Jiang Wo joined the attack. The Spider King was killed, while the old man captured Kong Jin’s divine soul and Jiang Wo basked in praise.

• Song Wen battled seven fourth-rank Yin-face Spiders, while the white-haired old man, Jiang Wo, and Kong Jin struggled against the Yin-Faced Spider King.
• Jiang Chao swept Kong Jin toward the Spider King with azure astral wind and urged Jiang Wo to kill him for a greater share of Jiang Lanruo’s reward.
• Kong Jin used a Thick Earth Talisman to survive the Spider King’s attack and Jiang Wo’s Chasing Sun Spear, but the Spider King then pierced his body.
• The Spider King tried to swallow Kong Jin’s fleeing Nascent Soul, but Jiang Wo’s spear struck it back, allowing Jiang Chao to destroy the Nascent Soul and seal Kong Jin’s divine soul in a jade bottle.
• Jiang Wo used the Chasing Sun Spear to pierce and kill the weakened Yin-Faced Spider King, and Jiang Chao praised his skill.

Jiang Chao betrayed Jiang Wo after manipulating him into lowering his guard, stabbing him to seize the Chasing Sun Spear. Song Wen watched calmly and praised Jiang Chao’s deception, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• Jiang Wo and Jiang Chao finished off the Yin-Faced Spider King while Song Wen’s corpse puppet fought the remaining spiders.
• Jiang Chao offered to deal with Song Wen and persuaded Jiang Wo to recall his protective blue pearl.
• Jiang Chao stabbed Jiang Wo with his flagpole, destroying his dantian and Nascent Soul.
• Jiang Chao admitted he wanted the Chasing Sun Spear and revealed his contempt for Jiang Wo and the Jiang Clan.
• Song Wen applauded Jiang Chao’s trick and praised his strategy without showing fear.

Song Wen revealed himself as the real Ai Kun and joined forces with his other self to defeat Jiang Chao. After questioning the survivors about Jiang Lanruo's search for Nine-Death Grass, he captured their souls and learned that a Chi Family cultivator had hired the scholar to obtain the herb.

• Song Wen revealed that he was Ai Kun while another Ai Kun appeared behind Jiang Chao, protected by a nine-headed serpent phantom.
• The other Ai Kun attacked Jiang Chao with purple lightning, a ring phantom, and nine transparent blades, leaving him unable to defend himself.
• Song Wen questioned the dying Jiang Chao about Jiang Lanruo, attempted a soul search, then captured Jiang Chao's soul and stored his corpse.
• Song Wen questioned the wounded dwarf, received no information about Jiang Lanruo, and captured his soul before storing his corpse.
• Song Wen released the scholar's soul and learned that Chi Qi of the Chi Family had offered him safety and a thousand high-grade spirit stones for the Nine-Death Grass.

Song Wen learned that Nine-Death Grass could repair souls, killed Scholar Kong Jin, and found three stalks in the Yin-face Spiders’ collapsed nests. At Demon-Suppressing Town, Jiang Lanruo learned that several people were dead or missing and grew worried after discovering Jiang Yushan had flown west.

• Song Wen questioned Scholar Kong Jin about Nine-Death Grass, then devoured his soul after rejecting his offer to broker a deal with Chi Qi.
• Song Wen used the Blood Sea Seal to kill the Yin-face Spiders and collapse their cliff nests, finding one old stalk and two younger stalks of Nine-Death Grass.
• Song Wen left Shadow Spider Valley and headed toward the outskirts of Rotting Miasma Ridge.
• A cultivator reported to Jiang Lanruo that Jiang Wo’s and Jiang Chao’s soul lamps had gone out, Kong Jin’s and Ai Kun’s had vanished completely, and Lady Wen’s soul lamp was missing.
• Jiang Lanruo learned that Jiang Yushan had visited the Soul Lamp Pavilion and flown west, then ordered people to check his soul lamp and search for him.