Recaps

Daoist Nun Suwei and Qingxuanzi learned that the Void Dragon Vine could convert spiritual qi and Source-Qi, but none of the captives could explain why Xugeng had valued it. Suwei then revealed that she had kept Song Wen, Ying Wu, and Ming Yuan alive only to question them, and prepared to kill them.

• Ying Wu showed Daoist Nun Suwei and Qingxuanzi the Void Dragon Vine and admitted it could convert spiritual qi and Source-Qi.
• Song Wen urged Ying Wu to reveal the vine’s secret and tried to win Suwei’s trust by explaining why he and Ying Wu had killed Ming Yuan.
• Suwei called Ming Yuan out of hiding and asked him why Xugeng had valued the Void Dragon Vine, but Ming Yuan said he did not know.
• Ming Yuan offered Suwei the Divine Blood Sect’s treasury and tried to recruit Song Wen and Ying Wu to join forces against her.
• Song Wen denounced Ming Yuan and urged Suwei and Qingxuanzi to kill him.
• Suwei admitted she had kept all three alive to compare their accounts, then declared there was no reason to keep them alive.

Song Wen and Ying Wu abandoned Ming Yuan and fled through the Blood Sea while seeking a way to escape Su Wei and Qingxuanzi. Ming Yuan attacked Su Wei with his Bronze Corpse Coffin, but she destroyed its spirit flame and damaged the treasure as he dived toward the Blood Sea.

• Song Wen claimed that Ying Wu was his Dao companion and begged Su Wei to spare him, but she refused to be persuaded.
• Song Wen and Ying Wu sank into the Blood Sea, leaving Ming Yuan to face Su Wei and Qingxuanzi alone.
• Song Wen rejected Ying Wu's suggestion to join forces with Ming Yuan and asked Gu Que for a way to escape the formation.
• Gu Que told Song Wen to inspect the formation's edge, so Song Wen drove the Blood Sea southward, away from Ming Yuan.
• Ming Yuan sent his Bronze Corpse Coffin at Su Wei, but her Green Bamboo extinguished its spirit flame and damaged the coffin.
• Ming Yuan suffered a backlash and dove toward the Blood Sea while the damaged Bronze Corpse Coffin fell away.

Song Wen rescued the gravely wounded Ming Yuan from Suwei and Qingxuanzi, then restrained him rather than accepting his offer to cooperate. After the Eight Desolations Sky-Locking Formation came into view, Gu Que said it could only be broken by force, leaving Song Wen considering Ming Yuan’s strength.

• Ming Yuan used his blood-soaked banner to survive Qingxuanzi’s Corpse-Suppressing Nails and fell onto the sea of blood, where Song Wen pulled him to safety.
• Qingxuanzi warned Suwei that the sea of blood could disrupt divine sense and magical treasures, and they agreed to attack it together.
• Ming Yuan asked Song Wen for time to recover so they could fight their common enemies, but Song Wen bound him, sealed his meridians, and covered his mouth.
• The sea of blood struck the formation barrier, and Song Wen asked Gu Que to identify the Eight Desolations Sky-Locking Formation.
• Gu Que said the formation had no obvious weakness and could only be broken by force, possibly by Song Wen, Ying Wu, and Ming Yuan at his peak.

Song Wen faced the destruction of his blood sea under Suwei and Qingxuanzi’s attacks and prepared for death, urging Ying Wu to seek surrender. As the sea dwindled, Ying Wu asked about his secrets, and Song Wen summoned the sleeping Nether Fox while reflecting on his life.

• Suwei’s jade-green bamboo continuously drained the blood sea while Qingxuanzi’s Corpse-Suppressing Nails shattered Song Wen’s counterattack.
• Song Wen told Ying Wu to surrender if the blood sea fell and said he would try to submit as well, but Ying Wu vowed not to abandon him.
• Song Wen considered killing Ming Yuan and possibly striking Qingxuanzi, then Ying Wu asked how his divine sense and aura had changed in the Source-Qi Death Domain.
• Song Wen kept his secrets to himself and summoned the sleeping Nether Fox, which Ying Wu examined with curiosity.
• As the blood sea dwindled to a few thousand li, Song Wen reflected on his life and smiled while Ming Yuan remained bound nearby.

Song Wen tried to buy Ying Wu time to awaken the Nether Fox’s hidden power while distracting Suwei and Qingxuanzi. Suwei repeatedly countered his escape and attacks, and the chapter ended with Song Wen taunting both pursuers from ten thousand li away.

• Ying Wu sensed a terrifying power inside the Nether Fox and began preparing to awaken it as Song Wen promised to hold off Suwei and Qingxuanzi.
• Song Wen rushed into the blood sea and tried to halt Suwei’s attack by claiming he could reveal what Xugeng had told him about the Void Dragon Vine.
• When Suwei refused to stop, Song Wen insulted her until she recalled Qingxuanzi’s Corpse-Suppressing Nails and attacked Song Wen personally with the green bamboo.
• Song Wen used a Death-Substitute Puppet to reappear behind Suwei and Qingxuanzi, but Suwei shattered his sword strike and dispersed his lightning attack.
• Suwei summoned a twelve-rank lotus shield, then used a giant lotus phantom to try to trap Song Wen, who escaped with a silver talisman.
• From ten thousand li away, Song Wen mocked Suwei and Qingxuanzi, provoking them again.

Song Wen used a Death-Substitute Puppet and the Void Demon sealed inside his body to escape death at the hands of Daoist Nun Suwei and Qingxuanzi, but Suwei prepared a powerful lotus attack to end the fight. As the sea of blood recovered beneath them, Suwei moved to trap Song Wen inside a vast lotus.

• Suwei and Qingxuanzi attacked Song Wen, who scattered into hundreds of figures and used a Death-Substitute Puppet to evade a fatal strike.
• Song Wen appeared behind the two cultivators and used the nine tentacles on his head to unleash a piercing attack that injured Qingxuanzi's soul.
• Song Wen's black thunder struck Suwei's protective lotus barrier, and he retreated after the barrier protected Qingxuanzi.
• Suwei noticed the sea of blood recovering underground, while Qingxuanzi dismissed it as less troublesome than Song Wen's survival methods.
• Suwei poured her magical power into the lotus seed, expanding a lotus phantom tens of thousands of li wide and closing its petals around Song Wen.

Trapped by Su Wei’s lotus phantom, Song Wen exhausted his strongest attacks trying to escape, then stalled for time by flattering her and revealing secrets about the Divine Blood Sect. He told Su Wei and Qingxuanzi that Immortal Realm agents were trying to create a being capable of surviving the Source-Qi Death Domain, and they began to connect that plan to the Void Dragon Vine.

• Song Wen used the Blood Spirit Sacrifice, the Nine Calamities Measuring-Heaven Sword, and his other strongest attacks against the lotus phantom, but failed to break through.
• As Su Wei’s lotus phantom trapped and crushed him, Song Wen fawned over her to delay his death, but she rejected his flattery.
• Song Wen offered to reveal everything he knew about the Void Dragon Vine, and Su Wei halted the lotus phantom’s crushing at Qingxuanzi’s nod.
• Song Wen revealed that Immortal Realm agents founded the Divine Blood Sect and that Xugeng was selected to manage its affairs in the Profound Realm.
• Song Wen named Gu Que and Jing Chen as two other Immortal Realm agents and said they were ordered to create a life-form that could survive the Source-Qi Death Domain.
• Su Wei inferred that the Void Dragon Vine could transform spiritual qi and source qi and survive both inside and outside the Source-Qi Death Domain, and Song Wen praised her insight.

Song Wen tried to persuade Su Wei to spare him by explaining the Void Dragon Vine’s potential to resist the Source-Qi Death Domain and praising Ying Wu’s importance. He offered proof of his claims and several concessions, but Su Wei had not yet decided whether to trust him.

• Song Wen explained that the High-Heaven Immortal Domain feared the expanding Source-Qi Death Domain and had sent Gu Que and Jing Chen to cultivate ways to survive it.
• Song Wen argued that Ying Wu’s ability to breed the Void Dragon Vine made him more valuable than the vine itself, and that his work might eventually help restore the world.
• Su Wei challenged Song Wen’s account, and he claimed that Gu Que had revealed the Immortal Realm’s secrets to him in the Immortal’s Tomb before dying in his third heavenly tribulation.
• Song Wen reassured Su Wei that she could survive her own tribulations and ascend, then offered to swear an oath and let her place restrictions on his Sea of Consciousness and soul.
• Song Wen offered to take Su Wei to the Immortal’s Tomb, persuade Ying Wu not to resent her, and hand over the gravely injured Ming Yuan so she could take control of the Divine Blood Sect.

Song Wen persuaded Su Wei to spare him by accepting the Blood Contract Soul-Devouring Curse. Before he could call out Ying Wu, the Nether Fox erupted from the Blood Sea, revealed his transformed power, and declared that he had surpassed Song Wen.

• Song Wen convinced Su Wei to let him live, and she planted the Blood Contract Soul-Devouring Curse in his soul.
• Song Wen endured the curse's pain, and Su Wei released him from the phantom lotus and agreed not to harm Ying Wu.
• A vast aura burst from the Blood Sea, and Su Wei accused Song Wen of causing the upheaval.
• The Nether Fox emerged from the Blood Sea with nine black tails, his spirit beast contract with Song Wen erased, and strength far beyond Song Wen's.
• The Nether Fox addressed Song Wen as his master and declared that his power now far surpassed Song Wen's.

Song Wen awakened Nether Fox, now a ninth-rank Demon Venerable, and asked it to kill Daoist Nun Suwei and Qingxuanzi. Nether Fox overwhelmed their attacks, shattered Suwei’s defense, and left her wounded as she fled.

• Song Wen cautiously greeted Nether Fox and flattered it after learning it had become a ninth-rank Demon Venerable.
• Nether Fox recalled how Song Wen had kept it in a spirit beast pouch but offered to do one thing for him in thanks for helping it grow stronger.
• Song Wen asked Nether Fox to kill Daoist Nun Suwei and Qingxuanzi, and Nether Fox charged at them.
• Daoist Nun Suwei and Qingxuanzi attacked together, but Qingxuanzi retreated while Nether Fox’s claw strike destroyed both of their attacks.
• Daoist Nun Suwei’s lotus light screen shattered, and the resulting blast injured her as she used its force to retreat.

Daoist Nun Suwei abandoned Qingxuanzi during their flight from the Nether Fox, and Qingxuanzi escaped after sacrificing his Sha Corpse. The Nether Fox then confronted Song Wen over his past treatment of it, leaving Song Wen pleading for mercy instead of using his Death-Substitute Technique again.

• Su Wei activated the Radiant Spirit Shuttle while Qingxuanzi sent his Sha Corpse to delay the pursuing Nether Fox.
• The Nether Fox tore the Sha Corpse apart, and Su Wei fled alone on the shuttle, leaving Qingxuanzi behind.
• Qingxuanzi hid in his corpse coffin, then escaped while the Sha Corpse's remains self-destructed against the Nether Fox.
• The Nether Fox told Song Wen that it had repaid its debt but still resented being treated like a servant, then attacked him with a claw light.
• Song Wen used his Death-Substitute Technique to evade the first attack, but knelt with thousands of blood-sea doubles and begged the Nether Fox to spare him rather than use it again.

Nether Fox ascended through a dark passage without undergoing heavenly tribulations, leaving Song Wen and Ying Wu to flee the battlefield. Song Wen learned that the Void Demon Clan also lacked tribulations, but Gu Que explained that tribulations tempered other beings so they could endure immortal spiritual qi.

• Nether Fox spared Song Wen, declared their debts and grudges ended, and ascended through a dark fissure in the sky.
• Song Wen and Ying Wu left the battlefield with a blood cocoon, fearing Daoist Nun Suwei, Qingxuanzi, or other cultivators would arrive.
• Ying Wu asked why Nether Fox's ascension lacked the signs that had accompanied Xugeng's, while Song Wen wondered how Nether Fox had ascended without tribulations.
• Shadow Void said its inherited memories described ascension without heavenly phenomena or tribulations, as was apparently true for the Void Demon Clan.
• Gu Que explained that heavenly tribulations strengthened the body and soul, preparing other beings to endure immortal spiritual qi and become true immortals.

Song Wen removed Su Wei’s Blood Contract Soul-Devouring Curse and traveled with Ying Wu to Cangwu Province’s western border. There, he entered seclusion to deal with Ming Yuan, whose Soul Lamp could lead the Divine Blood Sect to them and whose life Song Wen needed for his Tribulation Transcendence breakthrough.

• Song Wen questioned Ying Wu about awakening the Nether Fox and learned that the Void Dragon Vine had converted spiritual energy into Origin Qi for it.
• Ying Wu said he planned to hire powerful cultivators to search the Source-Qi Death Domain for more black orbs after hearing what one had done for the Nether Fox.
• Song Wen used the Sea of Consciousness Black Hole and soul source essence to tear the Blood Contract Soul-Devouring Curse from his soul.
• After several months of travel, Song Wen and Ying Wu reached Cangwu Province’s western border and settled beside a deep pool after killing an eighth-tier giant python.
• Song Wen entered a concealment formation in seclusion to deal with Ming Yuan, whom he intended to keep alive as spiritual medicine for his Tribulation Transcendence breakthrough.

Song Wen killed Ming Yuan and seized the treasures he needed to attempt a breakthrough to Tribulation Transcendence. By combining the true dragon spirit, soul source essence, and several spirit medicines, he transformed his soul and strengthened his body, though his dantian remained dangerously full of magical power.

• Song Wen removed Ming Yuan's storage ring and took the Origin Restoration Dew and Yellow Extreme Pill after Ming Yuan offered them in exchange for his freedom.
• Song Wen drained Ming Yuan's blood essence, soul, and magical power, then swallowed the Origin Restoration Dew to strengthen his meridians.
• Song Wen refined Ming Yuan's immense magical power, but an invisible force prevented his nascent soul from absorbing it, causing magical power to accumulate in his dantian.
• Song Wen used the true dragon spirit, soul source essence, Yellow Extreme Pill, and three spirit embryo fruits to advance his soul.
• Song Wen's soul grew to nine zhang and shone with golden light, strengthening his Sea of Consciousness and illuminating and reinforcing his body.

Song Wen advanced into the Tribulation Transcendence Realm after his Nascent Soul absorbed vast spiritual power, while Ying Wu protected him from demon beasts and cultivators. The breakthrough ended with the Heavenly Dao's scrutiny passing, and Ying Wu revealed that Song Wen had completed it in only fifteen years.

• Song Wen's Nascent Soul became solid and devoured the spiritual power in his dantian and Ming Yuan's body, then drew in spiritual qi from the surroundings.
• Ying Wu set up a Spirit-Gathering Formation and supplied spirit stones to funnel spiritual qi into Song Wen while guarding his breakthrough.
• Ying Wu slew approaching demon beasts and killed two Integrated Body Realm cultivators who came seeking an opportunity.
• Song Wen stopped absorbing spiritual qi and released a powerful aura, prompting Ying Wu to halt the formation and retreat as dark clouds and lightning gathered overhead.
• The clouds dispersed after the Heavenly Dao scrutinized Song Wen, and Ying Wu congratulated him on reaching the Tribulation Transcendence Realm in fifteen years.

After reaching Tribulation Transcendence, Song Wen traveled with Ying Wu to the Divine Blood Sect, hoping to see who controlled it after Ming Yuan's death. They found Blood Radiance City besieged by subordinate powers, while the sect's elders remained behind a barrier and faced Ying Wu's demand for an explanation.

• Song Wen thanked Ying Wu for protecting him, then agreed to accompany him to the Divine Blood Sect instead of entering seclusion.
• Song Wen and Ying Wu traveled by flying ship, and after fifteen days together they neared Blood Radiance City.
• They found more than a dozen ships from subordinate powers gathered outside the city, which had stopped its usual traffic.
• Ying Wu identified Jiang Yashan and scorned the assembled Mahayana cultivators before demanding to know why they were threatening the Divine Blood Sect.
• The Nether Owl Dao Lord, Xuan Li, and the Spirit-Stripping Venerable appeared above Blood Radiance City behind a barrier, and Ying Wu demanded that You Xiao explain the situation.

Ying Wu confronted You Xiao and Jiang Yashan’s coalition over the Divine Blood Sect’s leadership and their demand for the sect’s treasures and techniques. Ying Wu’s overwhelming sword attack nearly broke the Jiang Clan’s flying ship formation, but the other Mahayana cultivators intervened to save it.

• You Xiao questioned Ying Wu about returning with Song Wen and accused them of conspiring in Ming Yuan’s death.
• Ying Wu declared that he should rule the Divine Blood Sect and said Song Wen was his Dao companion, while Xuan Li urged them to treat the dispute as an internal matter.
• Jiang Yashan demanded the Divine Blood Sect surrender its treasures, cultivation methods, and secret arts, claiming her coalition sought justice for years of oppression.
• Ying Wu attacked Jiang Yashan’s flying ship with a hundred and eight supreme-grade spiritual treasure flying swords, cracking its defensive formation.
• More than a dozen Mahayana cultivators intercepted the remaining swords and saved the Jiang Clan’s ship, after which Ying Wu mocked Jiang Yashan’s waning strength.

Song Wen revealed that he had advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence stage when he blocked Qingxuanzi’s attack on the Divine Blood Sect. He then offered Qingxuanzi the position of vice sect master, leaving the besieging factions fearful as Qingxuanzi considered the proposal.

• Ying Wu taunted Jiang Yashan and Zhongli until Qingxuanzi appeared and attacked his flying ship with a corpse-qi palm.
• Song Wen stepped in front of Ying Wu and effortlessly destroyed Qingxuanzi’s attack, revealing his Tribulation Transcendence cultivation.
• Qingxuanzi challenged Song Wen, who said he held no grudge and intended to take control of the Divine Blood Sect rather than destroy it.
• Song Wen offered Qingxuanzi the position of vice sect master in exchange for joining the Divine Blood Sect and sharing access to its treasures and techniques.
• Qingxuanzi fell silent to consider the offer while the Divine Blood Sect’s elders hoped for his support and the besieging cultivators feared he might switch sides.

Song Wen persuaded Qingxuanzi to set aside their past conflict and join the Divine Blood Sect by offering him the Corpse King Reincarnation Art, cultivation resources, and a way to extend his lifespan. Qingxuanzi accepted and became deputy sect master, then helped Song Wen slaughter the rebel forces gathered against the sect.

• Jiang Yashan and Zhongli warned Qingxuanzi that Song Wen was luring him into a trap, but Song Wen argued that they could benefit from an alliance and had no deep grudge between them.
• Song Wen claimed that the Corpse King Reincarnation Art could resolve Qingxuanzi’s slow cultivation and help him withstand tribulation lightning, while the Divine Blood Sect could provide resources and lifespan-extending secret arts.
• Qingxuanzi accepted Song Wen’s offer and agreed to join the Divine Blood Sect, despite the objections of Jiang Yashan, Zhongli, and the others.
• Song Wen named Qingxuanzi deputy sect master and condemned the rebels for turning against the Divine Blood Sect during its crisis.
• Qingxuanzi and Song Wen attacked the rebels’ flying ships, broke their defenses, and killed the cultivators as Song Wen’s tentacles dragged their corpses away.

After Song Wen and Qingxuanzi defeated the besieging factions, the Divine Blood Sect's senior cultivators accepted Song Wen as sect master. Song Wen appointed You Xiao grand elder and Qingxuanzi deputy sect master, then asked Qingxuanzi where Daoist Nun Suwei was.

• Song Wen and Qingxuanzi killed the invading cultivators, and Qingxuanzi acknowledged Song Wen as his superior.
• Xuan Li led the Divine Blood Sect's senior cultivators in recognizing Song Wen as sect master, and Song Wen declared that he would restore order and protect the sect.
• Song Wen ordered You Xiao to hunt down the remnants of the factions that had besieged the sect and to arrange a succession ceremony for one year later.
• Song Wen appointed Qingxuanzi deputy sect master and gave him the complete Corpse King Reincarnation Art on a Jade Slip.
• Song Wen arranged Ming Yuan's former residence for Qingxuanzi and asked him where Daoist Nun Suwei was.

Song Wen learned about the risks and a pill formula for changing cultivation arts, then visited the Divine Blood Sect treasury with Xuan Li and Ying Wu. There he met its dying guardian, Tang Chuan, who had already used the sect’s lifespan-extending method.

• Qingxuanzi warned Song Wen that Su Wei was too powerful to challenge and said he did not know where she was.
• Song Wen asked Gu Que about changing cultivation arts and learned the Taiqing Foundation-Consolidating Pill could prevent a loss of cultivation; Gu Que recited its formula.
• Song Wen left Qingxuanzi and had Xuan Li lead him and Ying Wu to the Divine Blood Sect treasury.
• A treasury guard learned Song Wen was the new Sect Master Extreme Yin and summoned Tang Chuan.
• Song Wen discovered Tang Chuan was a middle Mahayana cultivator with only a few years left to live, and Tang Chuan said he had already used the Devouring Essence Array.

Song Wen toured the Divine Blood Sect treasury, took the rare herbs needed for the Taiqing Foundation-Consolidating Pill, and considered using the pills to draw other Tribulation Transcendence cultivators into the Corpse King Reincarnation Art. At Xugeng’s cave abode, he questioned Xugeng’s maidservant about her former master’s secrets.

• Tang Chuan opened the treasury and told Song Wen it held five hundred million superior spirit stones and forty thousand Supreme-grade Spirit Stones.
• Song Wen secretly marked Tang Chuan with divine sense, then asked him to find the herbs needed for the Taiqing Foundation-Consolidating Pill.
• Tang Chuan produced the sole set of required herbs, and Song Wen took them and considered how the pills could recruit more cultivators to the Corpse King Reincarnation Art.
• Xuan Li led Song Wen and Ying Wu to Xugeng’s cave abode, where they met Xugeng’s only maidservant.
• Song Wen’s intimidating presence drove the maidservant to her knees, and he asked whether she knew any of Xugeng’s secrets; she said Xugeng rarely summoned her and she knew nothing.

Song Wen summoned Mo You and revealed that he was Yinshuo, then entrusted him with secretly spreading news about the Corpse King Reincarnation Art. Song Wen intended to attract powerful cultivators seeking its incomplete Tribulation Transcendence techniques, creating opportunities for his own cultivation to advance.

• Song Wen agreed to let Ying Wu cultivate on the mountain and sent her to collect two ninth-tier formations, while Xuan Li went to summon Mo You.
• Song Wen received Mo You in a sealed cave abode and revealed that he was Yinshuo, whom Mo You had known four hundred years earlier.
• Song Wen asked Mo You to spread word among high-level cultivators in Cangwu Province and neighboring provinces that the Corpse King Reincarnation Art had enabled Xugeng to ascend.
• Song Wen gave Mo You Jade Slips containing the cultivation method and a pill recipe that allowed cultivators to change methods without losing cultivation.
• Song Wen chose Mo You because he expected him to follow orders for sufficient benefits and believed his low cultivation would keep him from being targeted.

Song Wen secretly arranged for Mo You to spread the Corpse King Reincarnation Art and Taiqing Foundation-Consolidating Pill recipe, then reviewed the rumors after three years of seclusion. As the reports reached neighboring provinces, Qingxuanzi arrived at the Divine Blood Sect seeking an urgent audience.

• Song Wen gave Mo You resources and promised rewards to secretly spread the cultivation art and pill recipe as accidental leaks.
• Song Wen and Ying Wu installed two ninth-tier formations, and Song Wen entered seclusion for three years.
• You Xiao reported that the Corpse King Reincarnation Art was circulating in black markets, and Song Wen ordered him to retrieve a copy.
• You Xiao brought Song Wen the cultivation art and pill recipe, which matched what Song Wen had given Mo You.
• You Xiao said the rumors had spread across Cangwu Province and reached neighboring provinces, then Qingxuanzi requested an urgent audience.

Song Wen arranged rare spirit herbs from the sect treasury to help Qingxuanzi obtain a Taiqing Foundation-Consolidating Pill, which would let him switch to the Corpse King Reincarnation Art without losing cultivation. He left the pill’s refinement to You Xiao, who was to choose one of the sect’s three eighth-rank pill refiners.

• Qingxuanzi told Song Wen that he wanted the Taiqing Foundation-Consolidating Pill so he could change cultivation arts without losing cultivation, and asked the sect to help find its rare ingredients.
• Song Wen cautioned that the sect could not conduct a large-scale search amid renewed troubles, but agreed to check the treasury for the herbs.
• Song Wen returned with enough rare spirit herbs for one set, and Qingxuanzi thanked him.
• Song Wen learned Qingxuanzi could not refine pills and asked You Xiao to select a pill-refining master from Master Spirit Stripper, Elder Xiao Yu, and Dao Sovereign Leng Ling.
• You Xiao accepted the herbs and Song Wen’s order to arrange the pill’s refinement.