Song Wen survived Extreme Yin’s deadly experiments, used his ability to absorb essence blood to grow stronger, and killed his master after the Blood Qi Pill weakened him. He then killed Tang Liang and left Tang Yinian gravely wounded, while remaining with the Heavenly Baleful Gang.
Song Wen joined the Corpse Demon Sect and built up his cultivation, wealth, and Beetle Gu while working in the Corpse Dissection Cave. After a year, he prepared for a dangerous Seven-Colored Grass mission with an expanding arsenal and a refined Corpse Puppet, though he still lacked details about the assignment.
Song Wen uncovered the Yan Family’s theft of Seven-Colored Grass, survived their attempt to silence him, and exposed their betrayal to the Corpse Demon Sect. As he struggled with worsening zombification, he joined an expedition seeking Sky Cicada Wood.
Song Wen survived the Ancient Battlefield, secured the Sky Cicada Wood, and strengthened his cultivation and Black Armor Gu while concealing his gains from the Corpse Demon Sect. He entered the Withered Blood Secret Realm seeking Heavenly Spirit Fruit and approached Wu Sui after witnessing his brutal killings.
Song Wen seized the secret realm’s treasures, killed Wu Sui, and hid his gains before breaking through to Foundation Establishment. As he sought access to the sect’s techniques, Shi Shou abducted him for a blood-devouring ritual, which Song Wen disrupted.
After escaping the Corpse Demon Sect’s collapse, Song Wen survived by impersonating a rescued cultivator and settled near East Birch Market. He mourned Chen Yi, pursued new cultivation methods, and began refining Blood Qi Pills as disappearances troubled the market district.
Song Wen uncovered the Lei Clan’s method of stealing lightning talent, killed Lei Hong and Lei Tianyu, and used the altar to absorb the Azure Bull’s power. Back in East Birch Market, he cultivated a Sacred Beetle Gu and learned that the Silverhorn Grass needed to produce another was controlled by the Beast Taming Sect.
Song Wen established his foundation, escaped the Su Clan’s attempt to capture him, and infiltrated Clearpeace Mountain to uncover its plans for Longevity Art cultivators. He watched a raid on the Su Clan’s mine turn into a struggle over a sealed Ghost King, ending with Jing Lu caught in a storm of resentment.
Song Wen stole the Su Clan’s Yellow Essence Fungus, uncovered Su Gan’s plan to prolong his life by sacrificing a thousand Longevity Art cultivators, and set the Du Clan against him. As the Du Clan attacked Clearpeace Mountain, Su Gan turned on Daoist Qingyan to seize her cultivation, but she revealed a hidden Ironback Turtle and resisted him.
Song Wen survived the Devouring Essence Array conflict, settled in East Birch Market, and joined the Beast Taming Sect under the name Wu Sheng. Assigned to investigate Azure Jade Snake breeding, he uncovered Liu Jiang’s human-snake experiments and helped capture an escaped serpentman, just as two mysterious women intervened.
Song Wen uncovered the Cheng Family’s role in the blood demon crisis, then was transported to Blood Cloud Cave, where he seized two jade slips and fought Blood Brow. He returned to Zuo Shuiyun with three Copper Corpses and learned the history of Blood Brow and her imprisonment.
Song Wen rose within the Beast Taming Sect by refining Man-Snakes into Profound Corpses, while Wang Ming’s betrayal and the Spirit-Nurturing Workshop attack exposed larger conflicts among the sects. The arc ended with Song Wen witnessing Blood Year’s feeding and secretly sending his Sacred Beetle Gu into the beast, then returning to the Human-Snake Cavern without contact from them.
Song Wen survived Zhou Xuelin’s assassination plot and helped Fang Pengyi complete a Man-Snake Profound Corpse, then entered the Azure Tide Secret Realm seeking rare treasures. He reached the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Liquid Hall as rival cultivators fought over its cushions, just as the spirit liquid began to condense.
Song Wen gathered spirit liquid, killed Feng Qi and several other cultivators, and claimed the Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch and a hidden green flame. He reached the secret realm’s exit, where a White Tiger blocked the way, then left the group and climbed the cliff alone.
Song Wen escaped the Beast Taming Sect with the stolen Earthcore Smelting Flame and fled into the Endless Desert, where he sought Hidden Soul Jade. After killing Hu Guang and recruiting a Lizardfolk guide, he entered Black Stone Mountain and followed signs of a powerful walking corpse.
Song Wen escaped the Nether God Temple and spent decades on an island completing his Golden Core and strengthening his techniques. He reached Fangzhu Island, where he entered the Xing Family’s orbit and found a shop seeking the formula for Corpse Curse Water.
Song Wen pursued the Soul-Concentrating Spike technique through his dealings with the Xing Family, using Xing Xinxin and Xing Chang to draw Shan Yue into his trap. Shan Yue left the cave under pressure to obtain the secret art, while Song Wen kept Xing Chang and Xing Xinxin captive.
Song Wen killed Xing Xinxin and Xing Liren, then became trapped in the secret realm as Xing Yixuan and Jing Lie pursued him. After surviving the wraiths in Corpse Dissection Cave and improving his Soul-Concentrating Spike, Song Wen escaped while the Xing, Jing, and Yinshuo factions opened the mountain’s ninth bronze gate.
Song Wen escaped the collapsing secret realm with a blood-colored token, settled on an island near Limitless Island, and built his resources through cultivation, alchemy, and hunting. A mission then brought him to Sheep Island, where he and Zhu Yin began investigating the Bloodthirsty Bees.
Song Wen helped Zhu Yin eliminate the Bloodthirsty Bee queen, then survived the Life-Breath Pill refinement and killed Yu Jiao, Shi Bo, and Shi Zhong after they attacked him. He later searched for Five-Colored Gold and an Abyss Sea Butterfly, ending with Cui Qiao captive as leverage against the Cui Family.