Recaps

Song Wen and Ying Wu pursued the Blood Skeleton Lord, strengthened their cultivation, and traveled to the Divine Blood Sect, where Ying Wu asserted her authority and claimed rare treasures. Song Wen reunited with old acquaintances, learned more about the sect’s hidden power struggles, and remained there with Xuan Li and Qiluo as Ying Wu departed for Blood Radiance City.

• Ying Wu attacked Blood Skeleton Lord with the Void Dragon Vine and flying swords, but he escaped and led her and Song Wen to the Six Baleful Hall’s formation, where Xugeng arrived and bought the vine.
• Ying Wu secured Blood Skeleton Lord’s life and a position for Extreme Yin, while Song Wen accepted honorary elder status, later absorbed Blood Skeleton Lord’s power, and advanced to the Late Mahayana Stage.
• Song Wen reunited with Zhou Siyi, Bai Wei, Lan Chen, Qiao Mengyu, Yan Yuyan, Wang Qiuyue, and Ye Bing, revealing his past with Qiao Mengyu and reconciling with Bai Wei before resuming his relationship with Lan Chen.
• Song Wen and Ying Wu traveled through the Source-Qi Death Domain, where Ying Wu discovered the Deathless Wisdom King Seal and used it to destroy a horde of powerful wraiths before they escaped the domain.
• Song Wen and Ying Wu reached the Divine Blood Sect, where Ying Wu confronted Yan Ming over his refusal to recognize her authority and destroyed his Nascent Soul despite Kurong’s pleas.
• Ying Wu and Song Wen explored the sect’s scripture repository and spirit fields, where Ying Wu took three Spirit Embryo Fruits for Song Wen and Xuan Li persuaded the elders to accept the seized herbs as gifts.
• Xuan Li told Song Wen and Ying Wu that Ming Yuan had reached Tribulation Transcendence and discussed the sect’s plans involving the Nether Fox, while Ying Wu said Yuan Rong remained missing in the Kunxu Secret Realm.
• After Song Wen and Ying Wu toured the sect for a month, Ying Wu left for Blood Radiance City, and Song Wen stayed with Xuan Li before meeting Qiluo and offering to advise her cultivation.

Song Wen helped Xugeng survive his tribulation, then joined Kurong’s expedition to investigate the Western Rong Continent. After Kurong’s group slaughtered the Rat Race and clashed with the Crimson-Scaled King, Song Wen killed Fu Tian and arrived at the demons’ lair, where Kurong began questioning him.

• Xugeng survived his twenty-seven lightning strikes and heart tribulation, then thanked Ying Wu for helping him pass, and Song Wen separated the lingering tribulation lightning from an iron shard and collected it.
• At Xugeng’s banquet, Ying Wu and Ming Yuan settled their grievance over Yan Ming’s death, but Song Wen warned Ying Wu that Xugeng might not let them leave the Divine Blood Sect.
• Song Wen revealed to Xuan Li and Qiluo that he was Ye Hua, then secured a place with Kurong on an expedition to inspect the Western Rong Continent.
• Kurong’s group captured and killed rat demons to learn about the Rat Race, then attacked its mountain nest while Kurong and Song Wen lured away the Rat King and two other powerful rats.
• Fu Tian reported that the rat clan had been killed, but the Crimson-Scaled King arrived and overwhelmed Kurong and Fu Tian with her Soaring Serpent phantom, forcing Song Wen to flee.
• Song Wen escaped the Crimson-Scaled King, then killed Fu Tian and consumed his essence blood, magical power, and divine soul to conceal the truth from Kurong.
• Song Wen reached the devastated Rat Race lair and found Kurong holding the Crimson-Scaled King, the Rat King, and Towering Rat in a formation, and Kurong questioned how Song Wen had found the lair.

Song Wen reached peak Mahayana, reconciled with Qing Lian and the Crimson-Scaled King, and returned to confront Xugeng at his ascension. His subsequent battle alongside Ying Wu against Ming Yuan ended with Su Wei and Qingxuanzi intervening to seize the Divine Blood Sect and questioning Ying Wu about the Void Dragon Vine.

• Song Wen killed Kurong and the other cultivators, seized the Rat King and Towering Rat's remains, and devoured spiritual power to reach peak Mahayana.
• Song Wen cultivated for forty years, defeated the Crimson-Scaled King, and saved him at Qing Lian's request.
• Song Wen reconciled with Qing Lian and the Crimson-Scaled King before returning to the Eastern Profound Continent.
• Song Wen obtained souls through Xuan Li to sustain Shadow Void's breakthrough and coordinated with Ying Wu as Xugeng prepared to ascend.
• Song Wen confronted Xugeng about the woman and daughter he had abandoned, survived his attack through the Life-Substitution Technique, and drew Ming Yuan into pursuit after Xugeng ascended.
• Ying Wu turned against Ming Yuan and trapped him in a concealed sword formation, then severed his right arm during their battle.
• Song Wen sheltered Ying Wu in the Blood Sea and fought Ming Yuan until Ming Yuan's Blood-Burning Secret Art expired.
• Su Wei and Qingxuanzi interrupted the fight, declared their intention to kill Ming Yuan and seize the Divine Blood Sect, and questioned Ying Wu about the Void Dragon Vine.

Song Wen survived Su Wei and Qingxuanzi with the Nether Fox’s help, reached the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, and returned to claim leadership of the Divine Blood Sect. He consolidated his rule, spread the Corpse King Reincarnation Art, and began arranging a pill to help Qingxuanzi change cultivation arts.

• Song Wen revealed what he knew about the Void Dragon Vine to persuade Su Wei to spare him, but the newly awakened Nether Fox overwhelmed Su Wei and Qingxuanzi before leaving Song Wen alive and ascending.
• Song Wen and Ying Wu escaped with Ming Yuan, and Song Wen later drained Ming Yuan’s power and used it to advance to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
• Song Wen and Ying Wu reached Blood Radiance City, where Jiang Yashan’s coalition besieged the Divine Blood Sect and accused it of years of oppression.
• Song Wen recruited Qingxuanzi as deputy sect master, and they killed the besieging cultivators before Song Wen took control of the Divine Blood Sect.
• Song Wen ordered You Xiao to suppress the remaining rebels, gave Qingxuanzi the complete Corpse King Reincarnation Art, and searched the sect’s treasury for pill ingredients.
• Song Wen recruited Mo You to spread the Corpse King Reincarnation Art and a pill recipe, and the method circulated through Cangwu Province and neighboring provinces.
• Qingxuanzi asked for help changing cultivation arts, and Song Wen supplied enough rare herbs for one Taiqing Foundation-Consolidating Pill and ordered You Xiao to arrange its refinement.