Recaps

Song Wen detonated the White Bone Asura Formation to devastate Chi Wang, then used thunder and two Immortal Artifacts to stop Chi Wang from fleeing or self-detonating. He captured Chi Wang’s head and body in a Blood Tide, leaving his plan to devour Chi Wang’s cultivation poised to continue.

• Chi Wang tried to break through the chain barrier with his six Corpse-Suppressing Nails while Song Wen poured the formation’s power into the bone claw.
• Song Wen detonated the bone claw and chains, blasting Chi Wang and creating a vast crater, but Chi Wang survived by sacrificing the Netherworld-Piercing Mirror.
• Song Wen used the Thunder Kui Wings and mystic yellow thunder to repel Chi Wang’s Corpse-Suppressing Nails and leave him gravely wounded.
• Chi Wang tried to flee and then began self-detonating, but Song Wen severed his head with the Soul-Withering Dart and pierced his abdomen with the Ghost Bone Sword.
• Song Wen seized Chi Wang’s head and body, then swallowed them into a surging Blood Tide.

Song Wen absorbed Chi Wang’s Immortal Essence and broke through to the late Lingxu Dao Immortal stage, then stabilized his cultivation before contacting Ruan Wu about the Living Soil. He later interrogated Chi Wang’s suppressed soul about the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art, forcing him to agree to talk.

• Song Wen used Chi Wang’s Immortal Essence and his remaining Immortal Spirit Marrow to shatter his bottleneck and reach the late Lingxu Dao Immortal stage.
• Song Wen flew more than a million li away, secluded himself for three months, and stabilized his cultivation and Immortal Essence.
• Song Wen contacted Ruan Wu, who said the Living Soil had not yet been distributed and promised to notify him when it was available.
• Song Wen entered his Sea of Consciousness and asked Chi Wang where he had obtained the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art.
• Song Wen formed three globules of searing golden liquid near Chi Wang, who screamed and agreed to talk even as the globules continued approaching.

Song Wen learned that Chi Wang’s brother, Wang Tianyi, had taught him the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art, then devoured Chi Wang’s soul to prevent future trouble. After a month without news from Ruan Wu, Song Wen contacted Shi Min and learned that she had failed her tribulation and blamed her master, Profound Lord Danyang.

• Song Wen questioned Chi Wang and learned that his brother, Wang Tianyi, was a Purple Star Immortal Sect elder who cultivated the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art and had sent Chi Wang to a remote region.
• Song Wen suspected Wang Tianyi was using Chi Wang to cultivate victims as a supply of immortal essence, then devoured Chi Wang’s soul.
• Song Wen waited a month for news from Ruan Wu, received none, and decided to contact Shi Min instead.
• Shi Min told Song Wen that she had failed her first tribulation, suffered severe soul injuries, and would need centuries of recovery and many resources.
• Shi Min blamed Profound Lord Danyang for withholding stronger secret arts and spirit treasures, and Song Wen sympathized with her while wondering what had changed her temperament.

Song Wen met Shi Min in secret and learned that Profound Lord Danyang had stored the Living Soil instead of distributing it because three rare spiritual medicines had been stolen from a ruin. Shi Min revealed that Danyang was secretly searching for the thief, leaving Song Wen worried that his plans for the Living Soil might fail.

• Song Wen reassured Shi Min that he would help with her soul injury, and she agreed to visit him in disguise.
• Shi Min complained about Radiant Light Hall and Profound Lord Danyang, and Song Wen suggested she consider leaving the sect.
• Song Wen asked about the Living Soil, and Shi Min said Danyang had kept it in the treasure vault.
• Shi Min explained that someone had taken the Origin-Restoring Soul-Congealing Grass, Dragonblood Golden Lotus, and Mysterious Golden Dendrobium from a ruin before Danyang's people could seize them.
• Song Wen wondered whether Danyang would leave the Living Soil unused if the stolen medicines could not be recovered, while Shi Min said she hoped Danyang would fail to retrieve them.

Song Wen suspected Ruan Wu’s urgent request to trade the Living Soil was connected to the theft of three rare spiritual plants from Radiant Light Hall. After Shi Min announced she was leaving the sect, Song Wen concluded she was probably the thief and agreed to meet Ruan Wu at a different location.

• Shi Min left Song Wen’s courtyard after accusing him of deceiving her about treating her divine soul.
• Song Wen received Ruan Wu’s urgent message that he had obtained the Living Soil and wanted to meet in Luyang Town.
• Ruan Wu explained that three spiritual plants belonging to Profound Lord Danyang had been stolen from the medicinal garden, putting his life at risk.
• Shi Min told Song Wen she was leaving Radiant Light Hall, then stopped responding to his questions.
• Song Wen linked Shi Min’s departure and injured divine soul to the stolen Origin-Restoring Soul-Congealing Grass and suspected she had taken the plants.
• Song Wen agreed to meet Ruan Wu but changed the transaction location to an island in a lake south of the city.

Song Wen traded Ruan Wu the complete Myriad Transformations Incantation for living soil and learned that Shi Min had stolen three spiritual plants. He established a secluded cave abode, where the Void Dragon Vine gave him the chains from the Giant Wolf Void Demon, and Song Wen discovered they could still be refined.

• Song Wen confirmed the lake was safe, then accepted Ruan Wu's 8,600 jin of living soil and gave him the complete Myriad Transformations Incantation after learning Shi Min had stolen the origin-restoring soul-congealing grass, dragonblood golden lotus, and mysterious golden dendrobium.
• Ruan Wu fled after warning Song Wen that Shi Min had been the only outsider to visit the herb garden, and Song Wen departed without involving himself in the theft or Ruan Wu's escape.
• Song Wen chose a cold pool in a remote mountain valley for his seclusion, killed two ninth-rank giant pythons, and protected the valley with the White Bone Asura Formation and the Cloud-Hiding Heaven-Cloaking Formation.
• The Void Dragon Vine told Song Wen it had stored the crushed Giant Wolf Void Demon corpse in its stems and returned the nine chains used to imprison it.
• Song Wen examined the damaged chains and discovered that they could still be refined.

After stabilizing his cultivation in seclusion, Song Wen arranged resources to help Void Dragon Vine advance and agreed to provide Shadow Void with Soul Source Essence. He then returned to the cave to begin refining the Blood Sea Imperial Seal.

• Song Wen finished refining nine damaged chains into low-grade Immortal Artifacts and counted the spoils from Chi Wang and the others, including one hundred and forty thousand Immortal Spirit Stones.
• Song Wen assessed the items from Puxuan's Tomb, then delayed refining the Blood Sea Imperial Seal and secluded himself underwater to stabilize his cultivation.
• After twenty years, Song Wen emerged from seclusion, having spent nearly thirty thousand Immortal Spirit Stones to maintain his cultivation without ambient immortal spiritual qi.
• Void Dragon Vine reported reaching perfected Early Lingxu Dao Immortal Stage, and Song Wen agreed to provide sixty thousand Immortal Spirit Stones to help it break through.
• Song Wen set up the Immortal Spirit Return-to-Origin Formation and used it with the Nine-Hole Nether Spring Stone before giving Void Dragon Vine the stones.
• Shadow Void asked for Soul Source Essence to advance, and Song Wen agreed to provide enough for its breakthrough while keeping Puxuan alive.

Three years after beginning the refinement, Song Wen completed his immortal-grade Blood Sea Imperial Seal and started cultivating the Six-Aspects Prison-Suppressing Body. After mastering the six aspects, he absorbed the Demon Ape’s blood essence and soul to manifest the Divine Ape Aspect, then continued his secluded cultivation as his immortal spirit stones dwindled.

• Song Wen completed refining the Blood Sea Imperial Seal, which advanced to immortal grade, and found that the work had left him with only about thirty-six thousand immortal spirit stones.
• Song Wen learned the Six-Aspects Prison-Suppressing Body method from Puxuan and, in less than half a year, comprehended its six aspects and manifested all six divine beast phantoms.
• Song Wen summoned the Demon Ape, drained its blood essence and soul, and absorbed them into his body.
• Song Wen transformed into a giant ape through the Divine Ape Aspect, felt the immense power of his new body, then returned to human form without testing it.
• Song Wen replenished his immortal essence and set immortal spirit stones at the nodes of the Immortal Spirit Return-to-Origin Formation, while the cost of cultivation further reduced his stores.

After two years of training, Song Wen tested his mastery of the Six-Aspects Prison-Suppressing Body and learned how to strengthen its divine beast transformations. He refined all nine strands of taiyin cold qi from an Immortal Artifact and set out to see which transformation it could enhance.

• Song Wen transformed into all six divine beast aspects and found that the Thunder Roc excelled in speed and strengthened his Thunder Arts.
• Puxuan told Song Wen that he had only crossed the threshold of mastery and advised him to refine divine beast bloodlines and seek elements suited to each aspect.
• Song Wen decided to extract the taiyin cold qi from Wu Liang's silver-white immortal sword, accepting that the sword would lose some of its power.
• Song Wen used the Corpse King Reincarnation Art to draw the taiyin cold qi into his body and refined all nine strands.
• Song Wen put away the sword and left the cold pool to test which divine beast transformation the taiyin cold qi would enhance.

Song Wen discovered that Taiyin Cold Qi strengthened his Azure Dragon form but not his Mysterious Tortoise, then broke through to the late Lingxu Dao Immortal stage. After exhausting his soul source essence and finding his funds nearly depleted, he hunted demonic beasts to replenish it and headed to Azure Purity City to sell supplies and seek a route to Central Mu City.

• Song Wen tested Taiyin Cold Qi in his Mysterious Tortoise form and found it did not enhance the form, but it greatly complemented his Azure Dragon form.
• The Void Dragon Vine told Song Wen that his Azure Dragon aura benefited its cultivation, but Song Wen said he could not remain transformed for long.
• After a year of seclusion, Song Wen broke through to the late Lingxu Dao Immortal stage, exhausting the soul source essence stored in his sea of consciousness black hole and leaving Shadow Void without enough to break through.
• Song Wen discovered he had only a little over six thousand immortal spirit stones, ended his seclusion, and hunted demonic beasts across the mountains to replenish his soul source essence.
• Song Wen flew toward Azure Purity City to sell unused spiritual materials and magical treasures and find out how to reach Central Mu City.

Song Wen visited the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion in Azure Purity City to sell rare spiritual materials and an Immortal Artifact. After selling the sword, he revealed five powerful natal magical treasures, leaving Steward Bai shocked and questioning his identity.

• Song Wen entered the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion in disguise and asked to sell spiritual materials and magical treasures.
• Steward Bai appraised more than twenty jade boxes of rare materials and offered eight hundred immortal spirit stones after Song Wen refused payment in ordinary spirit stones.
• Song Wen sold a silver-white Immortal Artifact sword to Steward Bai for fifty-three thousand eight hundred immortal spirit stones.
• Song Wen placed five powerful natal magical treasures on the table, and Steward Bai recognized that each rivaled an Immortal Artifact.
• Steward Bai asked Song Wen who he was, and Song Wen replied that his identity was not important.

Song Wen sold five bonded magical treasures to Bai Guling and learned that a Radiant Light Hall airship could take him toward Central Mu City. After verifying the route and avoiding attention, he returned to Azure Purity City six months later and paid for a passage ticket, with the airship set to depart in seven days.

• Song Wen sold five magical treasures to Bai Guling for forty thousand immortal spirit stones.
• Bai Guling told Song Wen that he would need to travel by airship from Azure Purity City to Great Granary City to reach Central Mu City, and that the fare was twenty thousand immortal spirit stones.
• Song Wen declined to buy a ticket from Bai Guling, left the city, changed his appearance after making sure no one followed him, and verified the airship information at an information shop.
• Six months later, Song Wen went to Radiant Light Hall's Foreign Affairs Pavilion and learned that the airship would depart in seven days.
• Song Wen paid twenty thousand immortal spirit stones for a passage ticket, and the attendant sent for one.

Song Wen boarded a Radiant Light Hall airship bound for Great Granary City and discovered that Bai Guling was among the passengers. The chapter left him letting her into his room, unsure why she had sought him out.

• Song Wen obtained a boarding pass and returned to the Foreign Affairs Pavilion seven days later to board the airship.
• Song Wen found that his room contained abundant spiritual qi and immortal spiritual qi, then listened as Qu Hai explained the rules for the year-long voyage.
• Song Wen noticed that Bai Guling was traveling with an old man whose cultivation had reached the Lingxu Dao Immortal peak.
• Bai Guling came to Song Wen's room and asked to speak with him, and Song Wen let her inside.

Song Wen admitted to Bai Guling that he was Wei Xuan and revealed his transformed appearance and chosen name, Extreme Yin. Bai Guling believed his story about concealing his aura and accepted him as a friend.

• Bai Guling confronted Song Wen about his connection to Wei Xuan and the five bonded magical treasures.
• Song Wen realized Bai Guling was guessing his identity and denied being Wei Xuan until she threatened to report him to Elder Qu Hai and the Radiant Light Hall.
• Song Wen admitted he was Wei Xuan and refused Bai Guling's offer of fifty thousand Immortal Spirit Stones for his aura-changing method.
• Song Wen claimed an evil cultivator's pill experiments had left him able to alter his aura at the cost of his blood essence, and Bai Guling believed his account.
• Song Wen revealed his real appearance and said he called himself Extreme Yin, and Bai Guling accepted him as her friend.

Bai Guling gave Song Wen a jade slip that could call on the Purple Star Immortal Sect’s forces, then traveled with him aboard the White Rainbow Sky-Patrolling Boat through the Burning Heaven Fire Region. After a Scarlet-Scaled Demon Lion attacked the vessel, eight Evil Spirit Immortals ambushed it, revealing that they intended to capture Bai Guling alive.

• Bai Guling gave Song Wen her communication jade slip and identity token, promising that the Purple Star Immortal Sect’s forces would help him within the Purple Star Immortal Domain.
• Bai Guling and Song Wen watched the White Rainbow Sky-Patrolling Boat cross the Burning Heaven Fire Region under Qu Hai’s protection.
• A Scarlet-Scaled Demon Lion attacked the boat, but Qu Hai held it off and the vessel sped away.
• Eight Evil Spirit Immortals trapped the boat inside a black barrier and sent it tumbling backward.
• A gaunt old man said the ambush aimed to capture Bai Jinge, and Song Wen realized he meant Bai Guling, the sect master’s daughter.

After Yinshan Wanderer trapped the flying ship in a formation and demanded Bai Jinge, Old Xu and the other immortals fought to protect her and break free. When the barrier suddenly shattered, Yinshan Wanderer revealed that the apparent escape had been part of his scheme.

• Yinshan Wanderer revealed that he knew Bai Guling was Bai Jinge and demanded the flying ship hand her over.
• Old Xu and Qu Hai pledged to protect Bai Jinge, and several other immortals joined them.
• Old Xu attacked the Eight Directions Baleful-Attracting Formation with his lightning-wreathed halberd, while Qu Hai opened the ship’s defenses so the immortals could strike the barrier.
• The Scarlet-Scaled Demon Lion emerged from a fissure and attacked the ship, but Qu Hai countered it with a giant golden palm, driving the beast back underground.
• The black barrier suddenly shattered, and Yinshan Wanderer mocked the group’s attempt to escape as Old Xu urged Qu Hai to start the ship.

The flying vessel was destroyed during the battle with Yinshan Wanderer and the Evil Spirit Immortals, forcing Song Wen to flee while Old Xu, Bai Jinge, and Qu Hai were pursued. Song Wen headed toward Azure Purity City but was attacked by the wounded Scarlet-Scaled Demon Lion and encountered another hostile figure.

• The Eight Directions Baleful-Attracting Formation unleashed its final strike, and the flying vessel crashed into underground Lava.
• Bai Jinge warned Song Wen to survive the first attack and escape, while Old Xu prepared to take her away.
• Four Rogue Cultivators fled, and Yinshan Wanderer ordered everyone else to leave before sending eight chains after Bai Jinge.
• Old Xu carried Bai Jinge into the depths with Qu Hai following, while Song Wen was swept away by the attack and escaped pursuit.
• Song Wen abandoned his plans to reach Great Granary City and set out for Azure Purity City through the underground Lava.
• The wounded Scarlet-Scaled Demon Lion attacked Song Wen, and another figure appeared, threatening to kill them both.

Song Wen killed Gu Pei after the Rogue Cultivator slew the wounded Scarlet-Scaled Demon Lion, then rescued the badly injured Bai Jinge. Bai Jinge explained that she had escaped the Evil Spirit Immortals using a Great Teleportation Talisman, leaving Song Wen to wonder about its origins.

• Gu Pei attacked the fleeing Scarlet-Scaled Demon Lion and killed it with his flying swords.
• Song Wen killed Gu Pei, devoured his remains and the demon lion's corpse, and destroyed Gu Pei's head.
• Song Wen caught Bai Jinge as she fell toward a fiery fissure and gave her pills to stabilize her injuries.
• Bai Jinge told Song Wen that eight Evil Spirit Immortals had captured her group and that she escaped with her father's Great Teleportation Talisman.
• Song Wen wondered whether the Great Teleportation Talisman was connected to talismans from the High-Heaven Immortal Sect and asked Bai Jinge what it did.

Song Wen agreed to escort Bai Jinge back to Azure Purity City and led her south through the Burning Heaven Fire Region to evade Yinshan Wanderer and his group. After more than half a month of safe travel, they neared the region’s edge, where Bai Jinge explained theories about its persistent underground fire.

• Bai Jinge told Song Wen that her Great Teleportation Talisman was a rare life-saving treasure obtained by her father.
• Song Wen warned Bai Jinge that Yinshan Wanderer and the other Evil Spirit Immortals might be watching the routes to Azure Purity City, and that Radiant Light Hall might have a traitor.
• Bai Jinge asked Song Wen to escort her back, and he agreed on the condition that she follow his instructions and accept that he might not be able to protect her in a crisis.
• Song Wen took Bai Jinge south through the Burning Heaven Fire Region instead of leaving by the route Yinshan Wanderer’s group might monitor.
• After more than half a month, Song Wen and Bai Jinge neared the edge of the region, and Bai Jinge described theories that underground fire veins sustained its flames.

Song Wen and Bai Jinge were attacked by a gray-robed evil spirit cultivator searching for Bai Jinge. Song Wen revealed his Lingxu Dao Immortal power and Roc form, and summoned Mystic Yellow Thunder against their attacker.

• Song Wen sensed an approaching cultivator and stopped Bai Jinge as the gray-robed evil spirit cultivator emerged and attacked them with Killing Intent dragons.
• Bai Jinge used a cyan talisman to unleash fierce winds and wind blades, but the gray-robed cultivator strengthened his attack and broke through her defense.
• Song Wen asked whether the attacker had come alone, then revealed his Lingxu Dao Immortal power and destroyed the Killing Intent dragons with silver lightning.
• Song Wen transformed into a Roc, caught the gray-robed cultivator's Yinluo Blood Spear in his talons, and engulfed it in silver lightning.
• Song Wen summoned a bolt of Mystic Yellow Thunder that struck toward the gray-robed cultivator.

Song Wen defeated a gray-robed Evil Spirit Immortal who had pursued Bai Jinge, then learned that the enemy had set up a wider net to capture her. After destroying the captive and catching up with Bai Jinge, Song Wen asked whether she had cultivated Thunder Arts, hoping to learn more powerful techniques.

• Song Wen used the Thunder Roc’s Primordial Chaos Divine Thunder to defeat the gray-robed cultivator, then drew out his soul and questioned him while Bai Jinge watched.
• The gray-robed cultivator revealed that eight Evil Spirit Immortals had been searching for Bai Jinge, with four others arranging checkpoints and recruiting subordinates to block her route to Azure Purity City.
• Song Wen assured Bai Jinge that he would escort her safely back, then waited until she had flown beyond his divine sense before devouring the cultivator’s soul, corpse, and blood essence and discarding the body in an Earthfire fissure.
• Song Wen reflected that the Thunder Roc’s power would improve with Immortal-Tier Thunder Arts and decided Old Xu might possess some.
• Song Wen caught up with Bai Jinge and asked whether she had cultivated Thunder Arts; she said she had little talent for them and had never practiced any.

After escaping the Burning Heaven Fire Region, Song Wen and Bai Jinge entered Emberfire Market to rest and recover while concealing their identities. There, Ma Tianji approached them and politely invited them to his home, leaving Bai Jinge to decide how to respond.

• Song Wen told Bai Jinge he sought immortal-tier thunder arts, and she offered to let him study the Radiant Light Hall’s collection if they returned alive.
• Song Wen and Bai Jinge left the Burning Heaven Fire Region and decided to rest at Emberfire Market, where cultivators gathered near the region in search of treasures.
• They concealed their appearances and auras before entering town, and Bai Jinge shared her interest in the adventures of rogue cultivators.
• Three cultivators approached them, and Song Wen identified their leader, Ma Tianji, as someone who was not connected to the evil spirit cultivators.
• Ma Tianji introduced himself and invited Song Wen and Bai Jinge to visit his home, while Bai Jinge declined on their behalf.

Bai Jinge and Song Wen accepted Ma Tianji’s offer of lodging at the Immortal Fate Inn, then questioned his motives after he departed. Ten days later, Ma Tianji returned to check on them, and Song Wen welcomed him in, hoping to learn more.

• Ma Tianji led Bai Jinge and Song Wen to secluded courtyards at the Immortal Fate Inn and asked about their trip to the Burning Heaven Fire Region.
• Bai Jinge gave Ma Tianji the assumed names Gu Ling and Wei Xuan and said they had already found the fire-attributed materials they sought.
• After Ma Tianji left, Song Wen told Bai Jinge that Ma Tianji must be pursuing some benefit and suspected he might be interested in her beauty.
• Song Wen examined Gu Pei’s and the gray-robed cultivator’s storage rings, found fewer than forty thousand Immortal Spirit Stones, and meditated to restore his immortal essence.
• Ten days later, Ma Tianji returned and told his guards to wait outside while Song Wen invited him into the courtyard.

Song Wen learned that a powerful Yang-Attribute Spirit Flame had appeared in the Burning Heaven Fire Region and that Ma Li had returned with a potent Spirit Flame. After Bai Jinge emerged from seclusion, Song Wen revealed he planned to visit Ma Li and might take the flame for himself.

• Song Wen asked Ma Tianji about Spirit Flames, and Ma Tianji said a Yang-Attribute Spirit Flame had reportedly appeared in the Burning Heaven Fire Region two months earlier.
• Ma Tianji told Song Wen that his father, Ma Li, a late Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivator, had gone searching for the Spirit Flame and had not returned.
• Song Wen gathered information confirming that Ma Li and other powerful cultivators had entered the region, while low-grade Spirit Flames were being sold at high prices in the market.
• Ma Tianji returned to report that Ma Li had come back safely with a powerful Spirit Flame and invited Song Wen to visit his residence in three days.
• Bai Jinge emerged from seclusion with most of her spiritual power restored, and Song Wen told her he intended to seek the Spirit Flame and might claim it for himself.

Song Wen and Bai Jinge attended Ma Li’s banquet, where he revealed the Scarlet Sun Golden Flame. Bai Jinge explained that it could be fused with two other spirit flames to form True Fire, and Song Wen recognized the flames he needed.

• Ma Tianji brought Song Wen and Bai Jinge to the Ma Estate for a banquet honoring Ma Li’s return with a spirit flame.
• Ma Li welcomed the gathered Mahayana and Tribulation Transcendence cultivators, who congratulated him and asked to see the flame.
• Ma Li displayed the Scarlet Sun Golden Flame, whose intense heat scorched the hall and drew the guests’ admiration.
• Bai Jinge told Song Wen that True Fire surpassed ordinary spirit flames and that the Scarlet Sun Golden Flame could become Great Sun Golden Flame when fused with two others.
• Bai Jinge named the Purple Sun Spiritfire and the Eight Desolations Astral Fire as the other flames needed, and Song Wen fixed his attention on Ma Li’s flame.