Recaps

Song Wen escaped Du'e, gathered supplies, and entered the Source-Qi Death Domain before arranging a secluded breakthrough at Corpse Soul Ravine. He advanced his Primordial Spirit to Void Refinement, but his attempt to break through in magical power drew increasingly dangerous intruders.

• Ye Bing gave Yun Xinghai the Devouring Essence Array, then fled with Song Wen, who chose to stay with her and share the pill ingredients.
• Song Wen killed Xu Zhi at Compassionate Ferry Mountain, reached peak Spirit Transformation by absorbing his power, and later reunited with Ye Bing to guard her pill refinement.
• Ye Bing refined the Void-Merging Origin-Breaking Pill, but Du'e attacked Ice-Crystal Island after discovering its Bodhi Spirit Stamens, forcing Song Wen and Ye Bing to flee separately.
• Song Wen evaded Du'e, cultivated in hiding for fifteen years, and negotiated with him to recover Bodhi Spirit Stamens before setting out toward the Source-Qi Death Domain.
• Song Wen entered the Source-Qi Death Domain with the Nether Fox, fought a powerful underground monster, and let the Fox consume its remains to recover and grow stronger.
• Song Wen took control of Corpse Soul Ravine through Wu Yue, sealed it off, and spent years cultivating until he began his breakthrough using Ye Bing’s pill.
• Song Wen and Wu Yue killed intruders who tried to disrupt the breakthrough, while a white-haired Spirit Transformation ancestor arrived with two companions and urged them to attack Song Wen.

Song Wen reached Void Refinement, settled his affairs with the Zhu Family, and reunited with Ye Bing before joining her search for Jiang Yushan. After tracing leads through the Ganchang Wasteland, Song Wen ambushed Chi Qi at Burning Heaven Abyss and struck him down.

• Song Wen broke through to Void Refinement, found the Zhu Family slaughtered, and later killed Zhu Yi and Zhu Tianlei before devouring their souls.
• Song Wen returned to Cloud-Hidden City, reunited with Ye Bing, and agreed to help her pursue Jiang Yushan and Jiang Lanruo while she made talismans for their journey.
• Song Wen strengthened the Blood Sea Seal, and he and Ye Bing crossed Rotting Miasma Ridge into the Ganchang Wasteland.
• Ye Bing rescued Ye Guqiu and learned about the Jiang Clan, while she and Song Wen searched for Jiang Yushan around Shangchu City and Demon-Suppressing Town.
• Song Wen killed the shop steward and Chang Heng after they failed to reveal Jiang Yushan’s whereabouts, then joined Ye Bing and the Ye Family in a plan to draw out Chi Qi.
• Song Wen lured Chi Qi to Burning Heaven Abyss with a Jade Marrow Stone and trapped him in the Blood Sea after Chi Qi tried to escape with it.
• Song Wen overwhelmed Chi Qi’s defenses with the Annihilation Divine Eye, wounded him with the Soul-Splitting Blade, and pierced his heart with a blood-red tentacle.

Song Wen killed Jiang Lanruo, Hong Zhe, and Jiang Yushan, then learned how to cross the strait through an ancient undersea tunnel. He found the tunnel in the Source-Qi Death Domain, where Nether Fox advanced and Shadow Void completed its hatching as a seventh-rank resentful spirit closed in.

• Song Wen killed Jiang Lanruo, Hong Zhe, and Jiang Yushan, captured Shadow Void, and fled Rotting Miasma Ridge before using Hong Zhe’s knowledge to plan a crossing to the Eastern Profound Continent.
• Song Wen and Ye Bing reunited, secluded themselves for years, and later left for Phoenix Plume City, where Song Wen exposed Jin Kaicheng’s coercive sale and forced Jin Xiuqi to punish him.
• Jin Xiuqi recognized Ye Bing as Li Yue, but she rejected him and left with Song Wen, who traveled with her to the Source-Qi Death Domain.
• Song Wen learned that Shadow Void could sense nearby Void Race creatures and formed a life-bound blood pact with it using a Spirit Transformation remnant soul.
• Song Wen found the undersea tunnel entrance and helped Nether Fox reach a secluded cave, where it advanced to the fifth rank while Shadow Void guarded the area.
• Song Wen helped Shadow Void hatch, then fought off pursuing Void beasts and killed a giant eagle Void Demon while heading toward the tunnel.
• Song Wen entered the undersea tunnel as a black hound Void Demon pursued him, while Shadow Void identified a nearby cavern occupied by a seventh-rank resentful spirit.
• Song Wen took refuge underground while Nether Fox kept watch and Shadow Void absorbed Soul Source Essence, but Shadow Void’s hatching collapsed the passage as the resentful spirit entered.

Song Wen escaped the Source-Qi Death Domain, infiltrated Southern Nether Province, and hunted for resources while concealing his identity and ties to the Divine Blood Sect. After years of cultivation and unsuccessful efforts to obtain True Yang Grass, he entered Azure Cloud Ridge, where a Void Refinement cultivator confronted him over a Mountain-Devouring Rat.

• Song Wen devoured the resentful spirit and a giant eagle void demon, then escaped north with Shadow Void and the Nether Fox while evading pursuers from the Source-Qi Death Domain.
• Song Wen rescued Che Jing, Qiao Mengyu, and their companion from Qiu Shan and Zhu Hui, then traveled with them to Taitan City and learned about the Jade Spirit Palace and Divine Blood Sect.
• Song Wen survived Kang Shi and Shi Lei’s ambush, killed the attackers, and delivered Shi Lei to Qiao Mengyu while disguising his role in the events.
• Song Wen followed Fu Chengye to Blood Sorrow’s hidden cavern, waited for the Nine Nether Profound Baleful to be refined, then killed both men and absorbed Blood Sorrow’s power.
• Bai Wei punished Song Wen for approaching Qiao Mengyu, while Mi Man admitted she had reported them and Song Wen manipulated her into cooperating with him.
• Song Wen cultivated in Cloud Creek Valley, refined the Nine Nether Profound Baleful, and asked Mi Man to help him obtain Bright-Purity Herbs and True Yang Grass.
• After Mi Man pointed him toward Azure Cloud Ridge, Song Wen learned that Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion cultivators had entered the region and set out to search for True Yang Grass.
• Song Wen killed a Mountain-Devouring Rat in Azure Cloud Ridge, then offered it to a late-stage Void Refinement cultivator who claimed to have tracked it first.