Recaps

Ying Wu’s Void Dragon Vine absorbed Source Qi and transformed it into spiritual energy, prompting her to envision restoring the entire Profound Realm’s Source-Qi Death Domains. Song Wen and Ying Wu were interrupted by the arrival of the late Mahayana Blood Skeleton Lord, who focused his attention on the vine.

• Ying Wu ordered the Void Dragon Vine to root itself in a ravine, where it absorbed Source Qi and began producing spiritual energy.
• Ying Wu’s resonance with the Void Dragon Vine intensified, and Song Wen realized the vine was directly connected to her.
• Ying Wu wondered whether she could plant vines throughout the Source-Qi Death Domains and unite human forces to eliminate them.
• Shadow Void warned Song Wen that a late Mahayana cultivator was approaching from the east.
• The approaching cultivator turned out to be the Blood Skeleton Lord, who examined the Void Dragon Vine without recognizing Song Wen.

Song Wen and Ying Wu encountered Blood Skeleton Lord, who tried to buy Ying Wu’s Void Dragon Vine, but Ying Wu attacked him and forced him to flee with a Teleportation Talisman. Ying Wu detected where Blood Skeleton Lord had gone and led Song Wen in pursuit.

• Blood Skeleton Lord introduced himself and asked Song Wen and Ying Wu for their names, while Song Wen wondered why the Divine Blood Sect had sent him to the Source-Qi Death Domain.
• Ying Wu identified himself and Song Wen, then refused Blood Skeleton Lord’s offer to buy the Void Dragon Vine.
• Ying Wu attacked Blood Skeleton Lord with the Void Dragon Vine and seventy-two flying swords after warning him not to leave with knowledge of the beast.
• Song Wen joined the attack, but Blood Skeleton Lord used a Teleportation Talisman to escape.
• Ying Wu determined that Blood Skeleton Lord had fled southwest and led Song Wen into the Origin Qi to pursue him.

Song Wen and Ying Wu pursued Blood Skeleton Lord to the Six Baleful Hall, but its grand formation stopped them from attacking. While they watched the lair, a powerful newcomer appeared with Blood Skeleton Lord, and Song Wen recognized him as Xugeng.

• Song Wen and Ying Wu chased Blood Skeleton Lord to a lake protected by the Six Baleful Hall's grand formation, where he vowed to take revenge from within.
• Ying Wu left the Void Dragon Vine near the lair and asked Song Wen to monitor it while she planned to kill Blood Skeleton Lord if he emerged.
• After three days of surveillance, Song Wen warned Ying Wu that Blood Skeleton Lord might have summoned reinforcements through a long-distance communication formation.
• A powerful voice startled Song Wen and Ying Wu, and two figures emerged from the source qi: Blood Skeleton Lord and Xugeng, whom Song Wen recognized.

Xugeng arrived at the Source-Qi Death Domain and unexpectedly treated Ying Wu as an equal, seeking to recruit her into Divine Blood Sect and buy her Void Dragon Vine. Ying Wu was left holding an immense payment while Xugeng invited her to name any further conditions.

• Xugeng appeared before Ying Wu, and she recognized him as the Patriarch of Divine Blood Sect.
• Xugeng learned that Ying Wu had fused the Void Dragon Vine herself and praised her accomplishment.
• Xugeng asked Ying Wu to associate with him as an equal, and she accepted.
• Xugeng offered Ying Wu the position of Honorary Supreme Elder of Divine Blood Sect, despite her being a disciple of Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion.
• Xugeng offered to buy the Void Dragon Vine and gave Ying Wu a storage ring filled with spirit stones and spiritual items.
• Xugeng told Ying Wu to name any further conditions for the purchase.

Ying Wu tested Xugeng’s willingness to honor any request by asking for the Blood Skeleton Lord’s life, and Xugeng handed the man over for Ying Wu to punish. Xugeng made Song Wen an honorary elder of the Divine Blood Sect and invited both him and Ying Wu to witness his third heavenly tribulation in eighty years before leaving with the Void Dragon Vine.

• Ying Wu asked Xugeng to give him the Blood Skeleton Lord’s life, and Xugeng subdued the Blood Skeleton Lord and placed him at Ying Wu’s mercy.
• Ying Wu wounded and restrained the Blood Skeleton Lord, then asked Xugeng to grant his Dao companion, Extreme Yin, a position in the Divine Blood Sect.
• Song Wen accepted Xugeng’s offer of honorary elder status, and Xugeng gave him and Ying Wu their identity tokens.
• Xugeng invited Song Wen and Ying Wu to witness his third heavenly tribulation in eighty years, and Gu Que urged Song Wen to attend for the experience.
• Xugeng explained a route to the Divine Blood Sect through an undersea tunnel and a teleportation array, then departed with the Void Dragon Vine.

Song Wen learned why Xugeng wanted the Void Dragon Vine and agreed to attend Xugeng’s third Heavenly Tribulation with Ying Wu. After decades of cultivation, Song Wen retrieved the imprisoned Blood Skeleton Lord, who tried to bargain for his life.

• Gu Que explained that Xugeng wanted the Void Dragon Vine as a valuable gift for Immortal Lord Yu Jiang and might seek its fusion method after his tribulation.
• Song Wen agreed to watch Xugeng’s third Heavenly Tribulation with Ying Wu and asked Ying Wu to leave the Blood Skeleton Lord to him.
• Song Wen imprisoned the Blood Skeleton Lord and returned to Cloud Creek Valley to stabilize his cultivation and strengthen his soul.
• After thirty years, Song Wen’s soul reached the late Mahayana stage, while Shadow Void neared the peak of the eighth tier.
• Song Wen ignored the Blood Skeleton Lord’s offer of loyalty, removed him from the underground prison, and carried him back to Cloud Creek Valley.

Song Wen drained Blood Skeleton Lord and consumed two Purple-Rhyme Fruits to break through to the Late Mahayana Stage. After another twenty years of seclusion, he left Cloud Creek Valley and encountered Zhou Siyi in Thousand Blades City.

• Song Wen absorbed Blood Skeleton Lord's spiritual power and soul, raising his cultivation to the peak of the Mahayana Middle Stage.
• Song Wen consumed two Purple-Rhyme Fruits despite their violent medicinal power and broke through to the Late Mahayana Stage.
• Song Wen burned Blood Skeleton Lord's desiccated corpse and entered seclusion to temper his cultivation.
• Over the next twenty years, Song Wen stabilized his cultivation, Shadow Void reached the peak of the eighth rank, and the Nether Fox remained asleep.
• Song Wen left Cloud Creek Valley and detoured to Thousand Blades City to buy demon souls, where he encountered Zhou Siyi.
• Song Wen set up a soundproof barrier and noticed that Zhou Siyi had reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

Song Wen reunited with Zhou Siyi and learned that Yan Yuyan had joined the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, then arranged a banquet in Taitan City that brought several women with feelings for him together. The chapter left him facing an awkward reunion as Bai Wei nearly revealed her longing in front of the others.

• Zhou Siyi told Song Wen that Yan Yuyan had traveled to Southern Nether Province and joined the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion.
• Zhou Siyi said Ying Wu was in seclusion, preparing to break through to the middle Mahayana stage, and she and Song Wen later shared a meal before parting.
• Song Wen bought beast souls, went to Taitan City, and invited Wang Qiuyue and Bai Wei to meet him at a restaurant.
• Wang Qiuyue arrived with Ye Bing, whose affection for Song Wen was difficult to hide.
• Bai Wei arrived with Lan Chen and nearly asked Song Wen whether he had missed her before changing her words to ask whether he had gained anything in seclusion.

Song Wen hosted Bai Wei, Wang Qiuyue, Lan Chen, and Ye Bing, while the women discussed his longstanding ties to Bai Wei and Lan Chen. The gathering took an unexpected turn when Qiao Mengyu arrived with Yan Yuyan, whom Song Wen and Lan Chen recognized.

• Song Wen welcomed Bai Wei and Lan Chen to a meal with Wang Qiuyue and Ye Bing, and Ye Bing questioned his history with the two guests.
• Wang Qiuyue revealed that Song Wen had once treated Bai Wei's soul injury and recommended Lan Chen to become Bai Wei's disciple.
• Lan Chen said she had known Song Wen since his Foundation Establishment days and described him as an elder-like figure, redirecting Ye Bing's attention.
• Bai Wei received a message that Qiao Mengyu wanted to bring a new friend to visit, and she agreed to let them join the gathering.
• Qiao Mengyu arrived with Yan Yuyan, surprising Song Wen and Lan Chen, who both recognized her.

Qiao Mengyu discovered that Song Wen was the Lei Yue she had once loved and rushed toward him, but Bai Wei stopped her and questioned their relationship. Ye Bing also confronted Song Wen, leaving Bai Wei’s accusation unfinished.

• Qiao Mengyu questioned Song Wen about why he felt familiar and mentioned that her old acquaintance Lei Yue had given her the same feeling.
• Qiao Mengyu asked Yan Yuyan about Lei Yue and Zhou Siyi, and Wang Qiuyue revealed that Zhou Siyi had become Ying Wu’s disciple.
• Song Wen admitted to Qiao Mengyu that he was Lei Yue and warned her not to disturb Senior Sister Zhou.
• Qiao Mengyu tried to embrace Song Wen, but Bai Wei blocked her and asked about their relationship.
• Qiao Mengyu said she and Song Wen had been in love, prompting Ye Bing to demand that Song Wen confirm her words.
• Bai Wei accused Song Wen of provoking Qiao Mengyu, then stopped mid-sentence.

Song Wen confessed his feelings to Bai Wei, Ye Bing, and Qiao Mengyu, admitting that he had deceived Qiao Mengyu and would make the same choices again. Qiao Mengyu and Bai Wei left, and Lan Chen stayed behind to demand what Song Wen felt for her.

• Song Wen explained how his feelings for Ye Bing, Bai Wei, and Qiao Mengyu had developed, and admitted that he had lied to Qiao Mengyu.
• Qiao Mengyu realized Song Wen had become Bai Wei’s lover and left the private room in tears; Yan Yuyan went after her.
• Bai Wei told Song Wen to end things with Qiao Mengyu and said she would not meet him for now before leaving.
• Wang Qiuyue returned to the sect with Ye Bing, leaving Song Wen alone with Lan Chen.
• Lan Chen asked Song Wen what he felt for her, and he declared his irresistible desire and passion before embracing her.

Song Wen studied Ji Yue’s dangerous Annihilation Yang Thunder art and decided to try drawing Heavenly Tribulation lightning into himself, but his seclusion was interrupted when Bai Wei arrived demanding an explanation about Meng Yu. He tried to disarm her anger with intimacy and a confession of how much he had missed her, leaving her pinned beneath him as he spoke.

• Song Wen studied Annihilation Yang Thunder and weighed using Void-Shattering Divine Thunder against waiting to draw lightning from Xugeng’s future Tribulation Transcendence.
• Song Wen decided to gamble on refining Heavenly Tribulation lightning into a thunder seed, then focused on his Blood Sea Imperial Seal, Myriad Poisons Primordial Body, and soul cultivation.
• A year later, Bai Wei arrived at Song Wen’s valley and demanded an explanation about Meng Yu.
• Song Wen carried Bai Wei into a pavilion and brought her to the bed despite her objections.
• Song Wen told Bai Wei that he had spent the year longing for her and suffering over the possibility that she would never see him again.

After twenty-five years of secluded cultivation, Song Wen reunited with Ying Wu and accompanied her toward the Divine Blood Sect. At the undersea tunnel into Qicang Island, Ying Wu became fascinated by the Source-Qi Death Domain's core and questioned where Source-Qi originated.

• Bai Wei reconciled with Song Wen and asked him to stop meeting Meng Yu in private.
• Song Wen cultivated in seclusion for twenty-five years, reforged the Blood Sea Imperial Seal, and advanced the Myriad Poisons Primordial Body, while his divine sense remained at the late Mahayana stage.
• Song Wen met Ying Wu, congratulated her on reaching the middle Mahayana stage, and agreed to travel with her toward the Divine Blood Sect.
• Song Wen and Ying Wu traveled through the Source-Qi Death Domain and reached the undersea tunnel leading to Qicang Island.
• Ying Wu proposed visiting the domain's dangerous core to discover where Source-Qi came from, while Song Wen warned her against entering.

Song Wen and Ying Wu escaped the undersea tunnel to Reef Island, where they found the Immovable Wisdom King Seal, a technique created to combat wraiths. Gu Que told Song Wen that the ruins likely predated the Divine Blood Sect and recalled how cultivators had failed to stop the Source-Qi Death Domain after it first appeared.

• Ying Wu urged Song Wen to explore the heart of the Source-Qi Death Domain, but Song Wen refused, and they continued through the undersea tunnel with the Void Dragon Vine clearing the way.
• A torrent of seawater flooded the tunnel, so Ying Wu led Song Wen through a breach in the ceiling to the seabed.
• Song Wen and Ying Wu climbed a damaged undersea mountain and emerged above Reef Island, where Ying Wu found human-made ruins.
• Ying Wu cleared rubble to reveal black stones engraved with the Immovable Wisdom King Seal, a cultivation technique said to restrain wraiths and kill enemies across cultivation ranks.
• Song Wen asked Gu Que whether the ruins belonged to the Divine Blood Sect, and Gu Que said they likely predated it and described the Profound Realm’s failed efforts to stop the Source-Qi Death Domain.

Song Wen and Ying Wu faced a horde of more than twenty eighth-rank wraiths approaching from the west. Ying Wu used the encounter to test the Buddhist spell she had just learned, and her sword-infused swastika seal destroyed a late eighth-rank wraith in moments.

• Shadow Void warned Song Wen that a large horde of wraiths, including more than twenty eighth-rank wraiths, was closing in from the west.
• Song Wen urged Ying Wu to flee, but Ying Wu stayed to test her newly learned spell.
• Song Wen prepared his Thunder Kui Wings and blood-red crystals for a possible fight or escape.
• Ying Wu summoned a jade plaque that shielded her and Song Wen from the wraiths' divine sense attacks.
• Ying Wu formed a sword-infused Buddhist swastika seal and obliterated the giant python wraith that charged at her.

Ying Wu destroyed more than twenty eighth-rank wraiths with the Deathless Wisdom King Seal, exhausting her spiritual power before recovering enough to leave the Source-Qi Death Domain with Song Wen. They emerged from the undersea tunnel and, after traveling nearly another million li, reached safety beyond the domain.

• Ying Wu used the Deathless Wisdom King Seal to destroy six eighth-rank wraiths, then attacked and killed nine more by sensing their locations through the Void Dragon Vine.
• Ying Wu slew the five remaining eighth-rank wraiths but exhausted her spiritual power, so she swallowed medicinal pills and meditated while Song Wen guarded her.
• The Void Dragon Vine tore apart the lower-rank wraiths, while Song Wen used the Blood Tide to collect the soul fragments left behind.
• After Ying Wu recovered briefly, she and Song Wen returned to the undersea tunnel and traveled onward.
• Song Wen and Ying Wu emerged above a valley, crossed nearly another million li, and left the Source-Qi Death Domain.

Song Wen and Ying Wu reached the Moon-Covering Hall to return to the Divine Blood Sect using its Teleportation Array. Yu Lin agreed to activate the array despite sect rules, and Song Wen discovered it lay hidden behind a powerful formation.

• Song Wen and Ying Wu arrived at the Moon-Covering Hall, where a guard recognized Song Wen's Honorary Elder token and summoned Yu Lin.
• Song Wen introduced himself as Extreme Yin and told Yu Lin they needed to use the Teleportation Array to return to the sect.
• Yu Lin explained that sect orders barred unauthorized use of the array, but Song Wen pressured her until she agreed to lead them to it.
• Yu Lin opened the ninth-tier formation concealing the array, and Song Wen and Ying Wu followed her into the underground cavern.
• Song Wen recognized the intricate formation patterns on the cavern floor as the Teleportation Array.

Song Wen and Ying Wu arrived at the Divine Blood Sect to observe a lightning tribulation four years later and were escorted to the guest residence, Inverted Peak. After Fang Liang left them with eight maids, Ying Wu dismissed the women.

• Yu Lin activated the Teleportation Array, sending Song Wen and Ying Wu to the Divine Blood Sect.
• Fang Liang questioned the newcomers, recognized their identity tokens, and welcomed them on behalf of the sect.
• Fang Liang told Song Wen and Ying Wu that Xugeng was secluded and Kurong was busy, then escorted them toward Inverted Peak.
• Song Wen observed the sect's corpse-path disciples and facilities while Fang Liang described the Ten Thousand Corpse Ridge and spiritual fields.
• At Inverted Peak, Chunzhu and seven other maids knelt to greet Song Wen and Ying Wu, and Ying Wu told them to leave.

Song Wen and Ying Wu settled into Inverted Peak and suspected the Divine Blood Sect’s elders were trying to put them in their place. When Dao Lord Yan Ming challenged Ying Wu’s honorary status, Ying Wu summoned the Azure Luan Sword and attacked him.

• Chunzhu assigned Song Wen and Ying Wu the top floor of Inverted Peak and said no other guests would be received.
• Song Wen and Ying Wu discussed why the Divine Blood Sect had left them without a welcome, and Song Wen suspected the elders were maneuvering for power ahead of Xugeng’s ascension.
• Ying Wu said he would not wait four years for Xugeng’s tribulation and vowed to confront any elder who slighted them.
• Dao Lord Yan Ming introduced himself as an inner sect elder, rejected Ying Wu’s authority as honorary supreme elder, and called him unqualified.
• Ying Wu ordered Yan Ming to bow and scrape, then summoned the Azure Luan Sword, which manifested an Azure Luan and lunged at Yan Ming.

Ying Wu trapped Yan Ming in her sword formation and slowly impaled him while he tried to escape. Kurong arrived to save Yan Ming, but Ying Wu attacked him and stopped only when he acknowledged her as a Supreme Elder.

• Yan Ming used a Minor Teleportation Talisman to flee, but Ying Wu's sword shadows formed a barrier that trapped him.
• Ying Wu shrank the sword formation around Yan Ming, forcing him to put away his blood corpse and corpse coffin as the barrier crushed them.
• Ying Wu extended spikes inside the barrier, piercing Yan Ming, who claimed that the Vice Sect Master's personal disciple could not be killed.
• Kurong arrived and ordered Ying Wu to stop, but she attacked him with the Azure Luan Sword when he tried to break the formation.
• Kurong blocked Ying Wu's strike with his clawed hand, then pleaded with her to spare Yan Ming, whose body and cultivation were close to being destroyed.

Ying Wu killed Yan Ming despite Kurong’s plea, and Kurong warned that Yan Ming had been Deputy Sect Master Ming Yuan’s personal disciple. Ying Wu and Song Wen explored the Divine Blood Sect’s scripture repository, where Song Wen copied many high-tier pill formulas and alchemical records, then Ying Wu suggested visiting the spirit fields.

• Ying Wu pierced Yan Ming’s Nascent Soul with the sword formation’s spikes and destroyed it, despite Kurong asking him to show mercy.
• Kurong warned Ying Wu that Yan Ming was Deputy Sect Master Ming Yuan’s personal disciple, then left without explaining who Ming Yuan was.
• Song Wen and Ying Wu wondered about Ming Yuan’s standing and decided to explore the Divine Blood Sect while Xugeng remained there.
• Ying Wu showed his identity token at Myriad Laws Scripture Peak, allowing him and Song Wen to enter its thirty-six-floor repository.
• Song Wen copied the eighth- and ninth-tier pill formulas and alchemical insights on the thirty-third floor, while Ying Wu found no secret arts that suited him.
• After they left the repository, Ying Wu suggested that he and Song Wen visit the spirit fields.

Ying Wu brought Song Wen into the Divine Blood Sect’s spiritual fields, where Gu Que identified three Spirit Embryo Fruits as treasures that could help someone break through the tribulation. Ying Wu seized the fruits belonging to Elder Kurong and gave them to Song Wen, leaving the consequences for Xugeng to handle.

• Ying Wu showed her identity token to Han Yan, who let her and Song Wen enter the spiritual fields and agreed to guide them.
• Han Yan led Ying Wu and Song Wen to a high-grade spiritual field, where a female cultivator showed them the rare herbs in her care.
• Gu Que told Song Wen that the Spirit Embryo Fruits could help nurture an Innate True Spirit and assist in breaking through the tribulation.
• Ying Wu learned the ripe Spirit Embryo Fruits belonged to Elder Kurong and forcibly took all three from the tree.
• Ying Wu gave the three fruits to Song Wen, who stored them in his ring.

Song Wen and Ying Wu harvested spirit materials from the Divine Blood Sect’s high-grade spirit fields, then confronted Kurong and the elders who challenged their actions. Xuan Li helped turn the elders against Kurong, who left vowing to report them to the sect’s leaders, while Han Yan was left behind.

• Han Yan guided Song Wen and Ying Wu through several high-grade spirit fields, where they collected valuable spirit herbs and materials.
• As evening approached, Kurong arrived with several Mahayana elders, including Xuan Li, and accused Ying Wu and Song Wen of seizing treasures.
• Ying Wu claimed responsibility for the harvest and challenged the elders to settle the dispute through combat.
• Xuan Li revealed that he and Song Wen were old friends, then urged the elders to treat the seized herbs as gifts for Ying Wu.
• The elders changed their stance and apologized, while Kurong departed, threatening to report Ying Wu to the Patriarch and Deputy Sect Master.
• Xuan Li accompanied Song Wen and Ying Wu back to Inverted Peak, leaving Han Yan alone in the spirit fields.

Ying Wu learned why Xugeng had kept Ming Yuan’s recent rise to the Tribulation Transcendence stage secret, while Song Wen revealed the Divine Blood Sect’s interest in the Nether Fox and the Immortal Realm. The discussion ended with Song Wen asking about Yuan Rong, whose fate remained unknown after the Kunxu Secret Realm.

• Ying Wu set up a powerful sword formation around the mountaintop before inviting Xuan Li inside to talk.
• Xuan Li explained that Ming Yuan had recently reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage, rarely appeared in public, and was kept secret by Xugeng.
• Ying Wu worried that Ming Yuan might seek revenge for Yan Ming’s death, but Song Wen assured her that Xugeng valued her and the Void Dragon Vine more.
• Song Wen revealed that the Divine Blood Sect had fused the Nether Fox and linked its plans to the Immortal Realm, prompting Xuan Li to recall ancient records about Gu Que and Jing Chen.
• Song Wen asked about Yuan Rong, and Ying Wu said he had not returned from the Kunxu Secret Realm, though his soul lamp remained intact and the sect could not locate him.

Song Wen spent time with Ying Wu and later reunited with Xuan Li, whose private meeting with him lasted several days. When Xuan Li’s disciple Qiluo arrived, Song Wen offered to answer her cultivation questions.

• Xuan Li invited Song Wen to her cave abode to discuss old matters, and Ying Wu teased him about his relationships with female cultivators.
• Song Wen and Ying Wu toured the Divine Blood Sect for a month, accepting congratulatory gifts from its members.
• After Ying Wu left for Blood Radiance City, Xuan Li invited Song Wen to her cave abode, where he stayed for several days.
• Qiluo arrived to visit Xuan Li, and Song Wen introduced himself as Extreme Yin and offered to advise her on cultivation.