Recaps

Song Wen persuaded Wu Sui to seek the Heavenly Spirit Fruit before waiting to ambush whoever obtained Jade Marrow Fungus. At the fruit tree, Wu Sui obstructed a retreating Mysterious Yin Sect group, leaving Chen Xiuming trapped between the giant apes and the Corpse Demon Sect cultivators.

• Song Wen convinced Wu Sui to head first to the Heavenly Spirit Fruit mountain and later wait at the secret realm’s exit to seize Jade Marrow Fungus.
• Wu Sui and Song Wen arrived at the mountain and found Chen Xiuming and six Mysterious Yin Sect disciples battling more than forty giant apes for two ripe Heavenly Spirit Fruits.
• Chen Xiuming offered to share the fruits if Wu Sui helped drive off the apes, but Wu Sui refused and waited for the two sides to weaken each other.
• Chen Xiuming ordered his disciples to retreat and used a ghost banner to slow the apes, but Wu Sui sent a killing-intent chain from the flying boat to block their escape.
• The apes caught up with the Mysterious Yin Sect disciples, and the Ape King attacked Chen Xiuming as he summoned another vicious ghost.

Wu Sui stole the Heavenly Spirit Fruits while the ape horde slaughtered the Mysterious Yin Sect disciples, and Song Wen prepared to kill him and claim the fruits. Ying Ni’s arrival disrupted Song Wen’s plan, leaving him wary of the two Corpse Demon Sect direct disciples and the azure ring on her finger.

• Chen Xiuming fled the battlefield, and the ape horde soon killed the remaining Mysterious Yin Sect disciples.
• Wu Sui used his chain and a corpse puppet to steal the two Heavenly Spirit Fruits, then escaped aboard his flying boat with Song Wen and the puppet.
• Wu Sui praised Song Wen for his help, while Song Wen resolved to kill him in one decisive strike and prepared his Cold Moon Blade and Black Armor Gu.
• The flying boat turned toward Ying Ni, whose arrival kept Song Wen from attacking Wu Sui.
• Wu Sui welcomed Ying Ni aboard and described Song Wen as a weak fellow disciple, while Song Wen recognized her likely seduction art and noticed an azure ring on her left index finger.

Wu Sui, Ying Ni, and Song Wen reached Fallen Eagle Ravine, where a ghost patroller had stolen three Jade Marrow Fungus plants and fled with a pseudo-second-order bronze corpse in pursuit. As Wu Sui and Qiu Li chased after them, the Iron-Winged Eagle attacked the ghost patroller, and the bronze corpse caught up.

• Wu Sui brought Ying Ni and Song Wen to Fallen Eagle Ravine, where an injured Iron-Winged Eagle circled above the ravine.
• A Mysterious Yin Sect ghost patroller escaped the ravine, pursued by a pseudo-second-order bronze corpse, and dozens of sect disciples followed them.
• Qiu Li told Wu Sui that the ghost patroller had stolen all three Jade Marrow Fungus plants while the eagle and bronze corpse were fighting.
• Wu Sui accelerated his flying boat to pursue the ghost patroller, while Song Wen watched from the rear.
• The Iron-Winged Eagle dove at the ghost patroller, who used a talisman and released a vicious ghost to defend himself.
• As the ghost patroller tried to flee the eagle, the bronze corpse caught up with him.

Gui Xun used the Jade Marrow Fungus to distract the bronze corpse, while Wu Sui tried to sacrifice Song Wen and flee. After Song Wen escaped, Gui Xun was cornered and tossed his remaining fungi into the air, setting off a scramble that ended with Wu Sui claiming them.

• Gui Xun threw a Jade Marrow Fungus toward Wu Sui’s flying boat, drawing the bronze corpse away from his attack.
• Wu Sui shoved Song Wen toward the bronze corpse as a distraction, but Song Wen survived its strike and fled using the Blood Escape Technique.
• Wu Sui tried to take half of Gui Xun’s remaining fungus, but Gui Xun trapped his chain with a vengeful ghost while Ying Ni’s charm interrupted Gui Xun’s attempt to escape.
• With the bronze corpse and Iron-Winged Eagle closing in, Gui Xun threw his two remaining Jade Marrow Fungus into the air, drawing all four rivals toward them.
• Wu Sui and Ying Ni fought over the fungi, and Wu Sui knocked Ying Ni from the air before grabbing both.

Song Wen ambushed and killed Gui Xun, taking his belongings and finding three Heavenly Spirit Fruits. Meanwhile, Wu Sui discovered that both Jade Marrow Fungi had been ruined, and Qiu Li left as the battle continued.

• Ying Ni escaped into the forest, and Gui Xun fled after Wu Sui seized the Jade Marrow Fungi.
• Song Wen ambushed Gui Xun, killed him, burned his body, and found three Heavenly Spirit Fruits in his storage pouch.
• Wu Sui released a powerful corpse puppet to fight the bronze corpse as the Iron-Winged Eagle attacked him.
• Qiu Li struck the Iron-Winged Eagle and demanded one Jade Marrow Fungus from Wu Sui in exchange for holding it off.
• Wu Sui discovered that both Jade Marrow Fungi had been ruined by Gui Xun's yin qi, and Qiu Li left.

Qiu Li escaped the Iron-Winged Eagle and fled after the battle, while Wu Sui used his flying boat to escape the Copper Corpse. Song Wen ambushed the wounded Qiu Li, and she began fighting back with a blood-sacrifice technique as his blade and Gu Worms closed in.

• Qiu Li drove off the Iron-Winged Eagle but fractured her left arm, then fled using the Blood Escape Technique.
• Wu Sui recalled his damaged Corpse Puppet and escaped by flying boat after the Copper Corpse snapped his chain; he distracted the Copper Corpse with the rotten Jade Marrow Fungus.
• Song Wen ambushed Qiu Li with the Cold Moon Blade, and she caught it in her fist at the cost of severe wounds to her palm.
• Qiu Li recognized Song Wen as Extreme Yin and tried to bargain for her life, but he refused because she knew his secret.
• Qiu Li used the Blood Sacrifice Technique to strengthen herself, while Song Wen sent two Black Armor Gu at her and guided the Cold Moon Blade around her punch.

Song Wen killed Qiu Li and took the Heavenly Spirit Fruits from her storage pouch, then pursued Wu Sui through the Withered Blood Secret Realm. After Wu Sui failed to harm him with a Spirit Sword Talisman, Song Wen tracked his flying boat and found him with Ying Ni in a Cave, where he approached under his usual aura.

• Song Wen killed Qiu Li with the Black Armor Gu and Cold Moon Blade, then found two Heavenly Spirit Fruits in her storage pouch.
• Song Wen used the Blood Escape Technique to chase Wu Sui, who noticed him and attacked with a Spirit Sword Talisman.
• Song Wen blocked the Spirit Sword Talisman with the bronze Great Lu, and Wu Sui fled without recognizing him as Extreme Yin.
• Song Wen followed Wu Sui using a Divine Sense mark he had secretly placed on the flying boat.
• Song Wen found Wu Sui and Ying Ni together in a Cave and entered while displaying his usual aura.
• Wu Sui recognized the approaching aura as Extreme Yin and continued kissing Ying Ni.

Song Wen interrupted Ying Ni’s attempt to kill Wu Sui and learned that Wu Sui was protected by a Golden Core cultivator’s sealed magic power. Unable to break the shield, Song Wen negotiated for the Heavenly Spirit Fruits and left Wu Sui room to make his next move.

• Ying Ni tried to stab Wu Sui, but a green spirit shield blocked her attack, and Wu Sui crippled her by destroying her dantian.
• Wu Sui revealed that his grandfather had sealed Golden Core magic power inside him and said he would turn Ying Ni into a living corpse.
• Song Wen attacked Wu Sui with Cold Moon Blade, but the shield resisted the strikes and sent Wu Sui flying without breaking.
• Wu Sui offered the Heavenly Spirit Fruits in exchange for Song Wen’s promise to stop attacking, while Ying Ni warned Song Wen that Wu Sui intended to retrieve weapons from his storage bag.
• Song Wen said he trusted Wu Sui, put Cold Moon Blade into his storage bag, and threw the bag ten meters ahead of himself.

Song Wen outwitted Wu Sui in the Withered Blood Secret Realm, killed him, and absorbed his blood essence, soul, and divine sense. With Wu Ren flying toward the realm to avenge his grandson, Song Wen decided that the critically injured Ying Ni had to die to protect his secrets.

• Song Wen persuaded Wu Sui to lower his spirit shield, then let him approach the corpse-raising bag before Wu Sui unleashed his pseudo-second-rank corpse puppet.
• Wu Sui's corpse puppet tore apart Song Wen's ninth-level Qi Refining puppet and smashed what appeared to be Song Wen's head, but the victim was a disguised substitute puppet.
• Song Wen appeared behind Wu Sui and killed him, then absorbed his blood essence, soul, and divine sense.
• Wu Ren sensed Wu Sui's death, wondered how the soul fragment he had left behind had vanished, and flew toward the Withered Blood Secret Realm.
• Song Wen approached the gravely injured Ying Ni, who begged him to save her, but decided he had to kill her to protect his secrets.

Song Wen inventoried the spoils from Ying Ni, Wu Sui, Qiu Li, and Gui Xun, then used Ying Ni’s storage ring to secure the Heavenly Spirit Fruits and other loot. With five days left in the Withered Blood Secret Realm, he decided to leave early and hid the ring inside his heart, barely surviving the painful procedure.

• Song Wen discovered Ying Ni’s storage ring and found it held spirit stones, pills, talismans, and a seduction arts manual.
• Song Wen examined Wu Sui’s loot, transferred the pseudo-second-tier corpse puppet into a black corpse-raising coffin, and stored both in the ring.
• Song Wen found Qiu Li’s Demon Saint Art and Gui Xun’s Netherworld Escape and Yin Soul Banner records among their belongings.
• Song Wen packed the seven Heavenly Spirit Fruits and the unmarked spoils into Ying Ni’s ring, then returned selected belongings to Wu Sui’s empty storage bag after recalling the divine sense that had emerged from him.
• Song Wen gathered common spiritual herbs to fulfill his sect obligation and chose to leave the secret realm early rather than take further risks.
• Song Wen had the Black Armor Gu tear open his heart and insert the storage ring, then endured more than an hour of agony while healing the wound.

Song Wen reached the mountain exit and discovered that the Mysterious Yin Sect had gathered sixteen disciples to demand half of the other sects’ gains. As Song Wen watched their standoff, Chai Bin fled toward the exit with a pseudo-second-order bronze corpse in pursuit.

• Song Wen killed two Crimson Blood Gate robber cultivators with his Black Armor Gu and continued toward the exit.
• Song Wen discovered seven Mysterious Yin Sect cultivators openly blocking the exit and nine more hidden nearby.
• Chen Xiuming demanded half the gathered cultivators’ gains, and eight Corpse Demon Sect and Crimson Blood Gate disciples withdrew rather than fight.
• Chai Bin flew past the eight cultivators, drawing their attention to a pursuer crashing through the forest.
• The pseudo-second-order bronze corpse appeared, and the eight cultivators prepared to flee.

A blood-frenzied pseudo-Second Rank bronze corpse slaughtered cultivators near the secret realm exit while Song Wen used Black Armor Gu to recover storage pouches. By dawn, cultivators began gathering as fewer than three hours remained before the exit closed, and the bronze corpse waited beneath it.

• The bronze corpse killed a female cultivator, while Song Wen sent a Black Armor Gu to retrieve her storage pouch and another to leave Wu Sui's pouch in plain sight.
• The bronze corpse attacked three Mysterious Yin Sect disciples; the pale-faced Senior Brother Chen used a fellow disciple as bait and fled, but the corpse killed and devoured them both.
• Chen Xiuming and six others escaped through the secret realm exit without helping Senior Brother Chen, while other Mysterious Yin Sect disciples remained hidden.
• Song Wen collected three storage pouches as the bronze corpse waited beneath the exit through the night.
• By dawn, cultivators began gathering near the exit, with less than three hours remaining before it closed.

Xue Yao gathered weaker cultivators to face the bronze corpse, secretly intending to use them as bait while he and his allies escaped. When the corpse charged into their ranks, the formation collapsed, and Xue Yao’s group fled toward the exit.

• More than eighty cultivators gathered near the exit, but suspicion divided them until Xue Yao promised protection and led forty cultivators toward the bronze corpse.
• Xue Yao secretly told his allies that the group would serve as cannon fodder and instructed them to flee as soon as the corpse was held up.
• The cultivators released corpse puppets and fierce ghosts, and Xue Yao and four other ninth-level cultivators attacked the bronze corpse with their artifacts.
• The bronze corpse evaded most attacks, endured spells, and charged into the crowd, killing a Corpse Demon Sect disciple with one strike.
• Xue Yao shouted for his allies to run, and five Crimson Blood Gate cultivators fled toward the exit as the other cultivators scattered.

Xue Yao poisoned the secret realm exit, and the Copper Corpse later let a group of powerful cultivators pass through while the weaker cultivators remained trapped. Song Wen slaughtered most of those left in the forest, then hid the loot in his storage ring before preparing to face the Copper Corpse.

• Xue Yao and his four companions released zhen poison around the exit, preventing most cultivators from escaping as the Copper Corpse arrived.
• Song Wen collected eleven storage bags and the remains of the Copper Corpse's victims while the trapped cultivators waited for another chance to escape.
• Eight ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators and nine companions charged the Copper Corpse, which retreated and allowed all seventeen to leave the secret realm.
• Song Wen sent his armored Gu insects to kill the scattered cultivators, silently killing thirty-five and leaving only eight people alive, including himself.
• Song Wen transferred valuables from more than fifty storage bags into his storage ring and sealed it inside his heart before turning his attention to the Copper Corpse.

With the secret realm exit about to close, Song Wen escaped the bronze corpse and joined the other survivors outside. Wu Ren then tried to identify his grandson’s killer by searching the survivors’ belongings, but the other Golden Core cultivators opposed him as the entrance closed.

• The seven stranded cultivators flew through the exit, and Song Wen followed after using his Black Armor Gu and Cold Moon Blade to delay the bronze corpse.
• Song Wen emerged to find the seven survivors and four Golden Core cultivators waiting; Wu Ren searched everyone with his spiritual sense but found nothing unusual.
• Wu Ren explained that his grandson Wu Sui had been killed and demanded to inspect every survivor’s storage pouch and corpse-raising pouch.
• Fairy Huan Yu, Xiu Jun, and Xiang Qi rejected Wu Ren’s demand, arguing that secret-realm deaths were expected and that the bronze corpse might have killed Wu Sui.
• The Withered Blood Secret Realm entrance closed, ending the exploration.

Wu Ren forced the surviving disciples of the three sects to submit to a search for his grandson Wu Sui’s killer. He found Wu Sui’s storage bag among the belongings of the last Mysterious Yin Sect disciple and began pressuring her for answers.

• Wu Ren threatened to kill the surviving cultivators unless he could inspect their storage bags, then agreed to compensate Xiang Qi, Fairy Huan Yu, and Xiu Jun for permission to search them.
• Wu Ren inspected the nine Corpse Demon Sect survivors, including Song Wen, but found no clues; Xiang Qi also learned that none had obtained the Heavenly Spirit Fruit or Jade Marrow Fungus.
• Wu Ren searched the seven Crimson Blood Gate survivors and found no trace of his grandson’s killer, while Fairy Huan Yu discovered that her sect had obtained neither of the rare herbs.
• Wu Ren inspected the Mysterious Yin Sect survivors, and Xiu Jun grew worried as the first twelve had neither rare herb.
• The final Mysterious Yin Sect disciple presented four storage bags, and Wu Ren recognized one as Wu Sui’s and found the shattered chain artifact inside.
• Wu Ren demanded to know how the female cultivator had obtained Wu Sui’s storage bag; she claimed she had found it near the secret-realm entrance, and he crushed her with his aura.

After the secret realm expedition, Xiu Jun accepted Wu Ren’s payment and let him take a wounded Mysterious Yin Sect disciple, while the three sects confirmed they had gained nothing. Song Wen bought a formation to conceal his aura and left Corpse Demon Sect at night as Du Qiu watched him go.

• Xiu Jun accepted an item from Wu Ren, who then bound the injured female cultivator and carried her away.
• Xiu Jun, Xiang Qi, and Fairy Huan Yu interrogated the surviving disciples and searched their storage pouches, confirming that the three sects had gained no Heavenly Spirit Fruits or Jade Marrow Fungus.
• Song Wen returned to Corpse Demon Mountain and noticed Du Qiu following him toward the market.
• Song Wen entered the underground black market and bought a second-rank Qi-Sealing Spirit-Isolating Formation for sixteen thousand spirit stones.
• Song Wen left the sect and headed northwest after nightfall, while Du Qiu watched him disappear into the darkness.

Song Wen captured Du Qiu after discovering that Shi Shou had ordered him to watch Song Wen and report on his cultivation. Du Qiu revealed that Shi Shou had given him the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art and was also likely cultivating it, but he knew little else.

• Du Qiu followed Song Wen out of the sect because Shi Shou had ordered him to report on Song Wen’s movements.
• Song Wen stopped on the road, exposed Du Qiu’s pursuit, and attacked before Du Qiu could release a corpse puppet.
• Song Wen severed Du Qiu’s right hand, captured him, and flew away with him on a flying boat.
• Song Wen injured Du Qiu and threatened him with Beetle Gu until Du Qiu explained Shi Shou’s surveillance orders and his own role in passing along the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art.
• Du Qiu said Shi Shou had obtained the technique elsewhere and that Shi Shou’s appearance while cultivating it resembled Song Wen’s corpse transformation.

Song Wen prepared an isolated cave and powerful guards before attempting Foundation Establishment with a Heavenly Spirit Fruit. The fruit’s medicinal power overwhelmed his improvised auxiliary herbs, and he vomited them up as he struggled to purge the chaotic spiritual qi.

• Song Wen learned from Du Qiu that Shi Shou had cultivated the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art and had been at Foundation Establishment for twenty years, then killed him and headed to a secluded cliff.
• Song Wen carved a cave into the cliff, set up the Qi-Sealing Spirit-Isolating Formation and Spirit Gathering Formation, and used spirit stones to strengthen the cave’s spiritual qi.
• Song Wen refined Wu Sui’s pseudo-second-rank corpse puppet into a new form and stationed it, along with eight Black Armor Gu, to guard his breakthrough.
• After preparing himself for five days, Song Wen swallowed a Heavenly Spirit Fruit and several auxiliary herbs, but their chaotic medicinal effects failed to control the fruit’s power.
• Song Wen struck his abdomen to vomit up the remaining herbs and began using the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art to expel the chaotic spiritual qi from his body.

Song Wen consumed Heavenly Spirit Fruits and spirit stones to successfully establish his Foundation, then returned to the Corpse Demon Sect. At the market, he learned from Chen Yi that business had shifted toward talismans and magical artifacts as more Rogue Cultivators appeared.

• Song Wen endured the Heavenly Spirit Fruits’ violent spiritual qi and used the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art to condense liquid spiritual power in his qi sea.
• After half a month, Song Wen completed Foundation Establishment, having used three Heavenly Spirit Fruits and five thousand spirit stones.
• Song Wen dismantled the formations, collected his corpse puppet and Black Armor Gu, and returned toward the sect after confirming that no one had discovered his temporary cave dwelling.
• At the market, Song Wen greeted Chen Yi, who said she had wanted to talk but chose not to explain what had troubled her.
• Chen Yi told Song Wen that more Rogue Cultivators had appeared, but spiritual herb sales had declined while talismans and magical artifacts sold well.

Song Wen returned to Corpse Dissection Cave, accepted a heavier corpse quota, and sought information that could help him enter the Foundation Establishment Transmission Building. He discovered an unusual influx of Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivators in the black market and left with information on recent Corpse Demon Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators.

• Song Wen reported back to Feng Deng, accepted a quota of two hundred corpses per day, and dissected them with newfound calm and care.
• Song Wen went to the Transmission Hall seeking Foundation Establishment techniques, but decided he needed an elder's token to enter the Foundation Establishment Transmission Building.
• Song Wen visited the underground black market and noticed that many more Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivators than usual had gathered there.
• Song Wen paid two thousand spirit stones for information on the seven Corpse Demon Sect cultivators who had reached Foundation Establishment in the past five years, then left the black market.

Song Wen chose to approach Chen Feihe, a Foundation Establishment cultivator protected by Golden Core Patriarch Ban Yu, and lured him to the Spring Breeze Pavilion under the pretense of friendship. Chen Feihe admired the intimate garments Song Wen offered, leaving Song Wen’s plan poised to continue.

• Song Wen reviewed the jade slip and chose Chen Feihe as a target because he was easier to approach than the other newly established Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Song Wen watched Chen Feihe browse the marketplace, then introduced himself as Zhang Cheng and claimed to share his fondness for rouge and powder.
• Song Wen invited Chen Feihe to the Spring Breeze Pavilion, and Chen Feihe agreed to meet in its main hall after insisting on caution.
• Song Wen ordered spirit tea and presented Chen Feihe with a storage pouch of intimate garments for him to appraise.
• Chen Feihe examined the garments, delighted by their novelty, and asked Song Wen where he had obtained them.

Song Wen used novel lingerie designs to win Chen Feihe’s favor and planned to obtain the elder’s token through him. When Song Wen returned to his cave, Shi Shou was waiting and questioned him about Du Qiu’s death.

• Song Wen gave Chen Feihe lingerie designs and exchanged communication Jade Slips with him after refusing to try on the garments together.
• Four days later, Chen Feihe praised the designs, requested more, and left with a pouch of role-playing outfits.
• Song Wen planned to meet Chen Feihe again and eventually obtain his elder’s token.
• Shi Shou confronted Song Wen at his cave, saying Du Qiu’s soul aura had vanished and implying Song Wen was involved in his death.
• Song Wen pretended to be shocked and grief-stricken, insisting his Qi Refining Fifth Layer cultivation could not have defeated Du Qiu.

Shi Shou took Song Wen far from the Corpse Demon Sect and brought him to a cave where eight cultivators of the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art were chained to pillars. He revealed that he had trapped them as cultivation materials and explained how he planned to devour their spiritual power and blood essence to break through his cultivation bottleneck.

• Shi Shou bound Song Wen and flew with him roughly a thousand li from the Corpse Demon Sect to a secluded valley.
• Song Wen sensed eight cultivators inside a cave, all of whom practiced the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art, and held back from acting.
• Shi Shou brought Song Wen into the cave, where seven men and one woman were chained to stone pillars around a formation.
• Shi Meng accused Shi Shou of grooming them as cultivation materials, and Wanrou asked her Dao companion whether the accusation was true.
• Shi Shou bound Song Wen to the final pillar and told Wanrou that he had turned to devouring cultivators' blood essence to advance his cultivation.
• Shi Shou explained that after Foundation Establishment his cultivation had stalled, so he planned to devour practitioners of the same art to purify his blood essence and break through.

Shi Shou revealed his ten-year plan to sacrifice nine cultivators through the Nine-Turn Spirit-Devouring Formation, but Song Wen broke free and destroyed the formation before it could finish. Shi Shou summoned a second-order corpse puppet as he realized the plan had failed and Wanrou was near death.

• Shi Shou explained how he had recruited and trained nine cultivators to fuel his formation, including his wife Wanrou, and admitted he would sacrifice them for greater cultivation.
• Wanrou pleaded with Shi Shou to stop and revealed that she was carrying their child, but he sealed his hearing and activated the formation.
• The Nine-Turn Spirit-Devouring Formation drained the captives, killing seven of them while Song Wen remained unharmed.
• Song Wen broke his chains and attacked Shi Shou with the Cold Moon Blade, shattering the formation disk and stopping the formation.
• Shi Shou summoned a second-order corpse puppet to block the returning blade and discovered that Wanrou was barely alive and his ten-year plan had been ruined.