Recaps

Song Wen infiltrated East Creek Mountain, killed Xugeng, and learned more about the Divine Blood Sect before turning to his enemies in the cultivation world. With Mi He’s help, he killed Yang Yu and joined Lan Chen and Mo Yexue in a plan to draw out Ghost Suanni, who confronted them at Mysterious Yin Cave.

• Song Wen infiltrated East Creek Mountain as a candidate, recognized Xugeng, and killed him after learning about the Divine Blood Sect and the teleportation array in the Southern Region.
• Song Wen recovered the teleportation array disc, tested whether consuming souls could advance his soul, and reunited with Zhou Siyi and Lan Chen in Ultimate Bliss City.
• Song Wen and Lan Chen enlisted Mi He to help kill Yang Yu, and Mi He secretly tampered with Yang Yu’s spirit beasts.
• Song Wen killed Yang Yu after Mi He turned his spirit beasts against him, then Mi He took his possessions and moved to repair ties between the sects.
• Song Wen, Lan Chen, and Mo Yexue used Yan Yuyan to lure Ghost Suanni out of Mysterious Yin Cave.
• Yan Yuyan escaped Hong Li and a Gold-Eating Ant with a Minor Teleportation Talisman, but Ghost Suanni confronted Mo Yexue and Lan Chen and vowed none of them would leave.

Song Wen helped destroy the Mysterious Yin Sect, rebuilt the Asura Sect, and discovered that Blood Year was the Fallen Immortal Blood. He joined forces with Lan Chen, Mo Yexue, and Mi He to attack it, but Blood Year broke free of the first restraints as the battle continued.

• Song Wen killed Blood Brow, Ghost Suanni, and the Gold-Eating Ants, then helped Lan Chen and Mo Yexue eradicate the Mysterious Yin Sect and divide its treasures.
• Song Wen agreed to Yu Wen’s plan to rebuild the Asura Sect at Corpse Demon Mountain and appointed Zhou Siyi as his intended Deputy Sect Master and successor.
• Song Wen visited Year Mountain and fought Blood Year, but its attacks destroyed his defenses and left him unable to injure it.
• Song Wen told Lan Chen and Mo Yexue that Blood Year was the Fallen Immortal Blood and proposed sealing the earth veins around the Beast Taming Sect to weaken it.
• Song Wen obtained Xuanchengzi’s 106 remaining Ice Nails and gathered resources before returning to the Beast Taming Sect with Lan Chen and Mo Yexue.
• Mi He agreed to help attack Blood Year in exchange for ten percent of its body, and the group spent four months preparing four Primordial Dragon-Imprisoning Arrays.
• Blood Year burst out from beneath Year Mountain and shattered the arrays’ chains, but Lan Chen, Mi He, Yan Yuyan, and Li Yue formed thicker chains that drained its spiritual power as Song Wen and Mo Yexue watched.

Song Wen ascended to the Profound Realm, joined the Jiang Clan, and was sent with other cultivators to seek Nine-Death Grass in Shadow Spider Valley. After uncovering betrayal and killing his companions, he left with the grass as Jiang Lanruo learned that several soul lamps had gone out or vanished.

• Song Wen refined Blood Year into Profound Spirit Qi, merged his three souls into a Primordial Spirit, and reached Spirit Transformation before ascending to the Profound Realm under the name Ai Kun.
• Jiang Xuan brought Song Wen into the Jiang Clan, where Jiang Yushan questioned him about his treasures and Jiang Lanruo assigned him to a dangerous expedition for Nine-Death Grass.
• Song Wen traveled with Jiang Chao, Jiang Wo, Kong Jin, and others through Rotting Miasma Ridge, then entered Shadow Spider Valley, where Bewitching Bees and Yin-face Spiders confused and attacked the group.
• Song Wen and his corpse puppet fought the spiders while Jiang Chao and Jiang Wo battled the Spider King, and Jiang Chao used the fight to help kill Kong Jin and capture his soul.
• After the Spider King fell, Jiang Chao destroyed Jiang Wo’s dantian and Nascent Soul to take the Chasing Sun Spear, and Song Wen revealed his true identity and killed Jiang Chao.
• Song Wen captured the dwarf’s soul, devoured Kong Jin’s soul, and learned that Chi Qi had offered Kong Jin safety and spirit stones for the Nine-Death Grass.
• Song Wen killed the remaining Yin-face Spiders with the Blood Sea Seal, gathered one old and two young stalks of Nine-Death Grass, and left Shadow Spider Valley.
• Jiang Lanruo learned that Jiang Wo’s and Jiang Chao’s soul lamps had gone out, Kong Jin’s and Ai Kun’s had vanished, and Lady Wen’s lamp was missing, then ordered a search for Jiang Yushan.

Song Wen infiltrated Jiang Yushan’s circle to learn about the Jiang Clan, then survived the clash at Rotting Miasma Ridge and escaped Chi Qi’s pursuit. He turned toward cultivation and arranged passage out of the Ganchang Wasteland aboard the Cangyu Flying Vessel.

• Song Wen cultivated in seclusion for thirteen years, mastered the Great Firmament Divine Thunder, and contacted Ye Bing to exchange Jiang Chao’s soul for information about Jiang Yushan and his guards.
• Song Wen obtained a Teleportation Token from the Chi Family and learned from Lady Wen that Jiang Yushan had abandoned her and desired Jiang Lanruo.
• Song Wen traded Jiang Chao’s soul to Ye Bing, then befriended Jiang Yushan by posing as Yang Yu and accompanying him around Shangchu City.
• Jiang Yushan sent Song Wen to find Withered Origin Grass, then recruited him to help poison Ye Bing with Withered Essence Frost and lure her to Rotting Miasma Ridge.
• At the ridge, Ye Bing turned on Jiang Shi and revealed Jiang Yushan’s role in Jiang Chao’s death, but Shadow Void awakened inside Jiang Yushan and disrupted the battle.
• Jiang Lanruo arrived to reseal Shadow Void, while Chi Qi confronted her and forced her to reveal Senior Ji Hong’s mission and the truth about Shadow Void’s egg.
• Song Wen escaped Chi Qi using a death-substitution spell and other disguises, then evaded him through the river and wasteland while Chi Qi pursued him.
• Song Wen postponed his revenge, sought passage across Rotting Miasma Ridge aboard the Cangyu Flying Vessel, and received a message from passenger Number Eight.