Recaps

Song Wen escaped the destruction of Profound Sun City and the Gai Family, stole the Primordial Chaos Qi Embryo, and followed Gu Jiuyou’s clues into the Source-Qi Death Domain. There he helped Shadow Void and Void Dragon Vine reach the Immortal Realm, then resumed negotiations with Mu Li over Grand Unity True Water.

• Gu Jiuyou’s forces destroyed Profound Sun City and turned most of its people into Wraiths before attacking the Gai Family, whose golden dragons eventually broke the siege at great cost.
• Song Wen stopped Guangfa from taking Suchén’s soul from Chen Yi, then stole the Primordial Chaos Qi Embryo and killed Gu Jiuyou after the Gai Family’s formation fell.
• Song Wen learned from Gu Jiuyou that the Void Wolf was in the Jade Blossom Source-Qi Death Domain, freed Suchén’s remnant soul from Chen Yi, and left her outside a mortal city.
• Song Wen used Gu Jiuyou’s iron token to reach a teleportation array, traveled to the Source-Qi Death Domain, and posed as Gou Jun when he met Wu Liang.
• Song Wen learned that Wang Da and Wang Er practiced the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art, then attended Wu Liang’s exchange gathering and failed to reach a deal with Mu Li for her Grand Unity True Water.
• Song Wen gave the Primordial Chaos Qi Embryo to Shadow Void, while Void Dragon Vine resumed refining its own embryo, and both creatures began their Immortal Realm breakthroughs ten years later.
• Song Wen, Shadow Void, and Void Dragon Vine killed the Eagle-Headed Void Demon after it guarded the creatures during their breakthroughs, and Shadow Void devoured the demon’s remains in Song Wen’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Song Wen visited Mu Li at the Mu Residence under the name Gou Jun, rejected her price for Grand Unity True Water, and heard her offer Evernight Grass and Nine-Hole Nether Spring Stone.

Song Wen joined Mu Li in killing Ji Tong and Wu Liang, then traveled to Azure Purity City seeking Living Soil and entered a tomb expedition with Yuan Wu, Xu Yi, and Bi Yue. At the tomb’s summit, Dharma Master Puxuan announced a trial for his inheritance, and Song Wen’s companions agreed to pursue it together.

• Song Wen and Mu Li ambushed Ji Tong, killed him, then lured Wu Liang into a fight and killed him before Song Wen escaped through the Teleportation Array to the Purple Star Immortal Domain.
• In Azure Purity City, Song Wen learned that Radiant Light Hall had received Living Soil and asked Shi Min to help him find a way to obtain it.
• Song Wen discovered that herb garden manager Ruan Wu was seeking a Life-Giving Stone, then joined Yuan Wu, Xu Yi, and Bi Yue on an expedition to an ancient tomb in Dragonspine Ridge.
• The group entered the tomb, fought a powerful Demon Ape guarding spirit herbs, and found eight Life-Giving Stones after the beast escaped.
• Song Wen realized Yuan Wu was Ruan Wu and that Xu Yi and Bi Yue were likely his allies, while the trio pressured him to scout the next passage.
• The companions entered Boundless Hall and found themselves on a mountain where a restriction forced them to climb stairs under crushing gravity.
• Song Wen reached the summit plaza and saw a golden Buddha, six demonic beasts, and more than twenty cultivators gathered behind an azure barrier.
• Dharma Master Puxuan’s remnant soul announced a trial to condense one aspect of the Six-Aspects Prison-Suppressing Body, and Yuan Wu urged Song Wen and the others to attempt it together.

Song Wen seized Puxuan’s soul and used a corpse-refining commission to draw out immortals connected to the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art. After killing them in an underground palace and learning that Chi Wang had taught them the art, he trapped Chi Wang and began fighting him.

• Song Wen helped disrupt Puxuan’s possession scheme, captured his soul, and coerced Ruan Wu into obtaining Living Soil.
• Song Wen learned about the Heaven-Questioning Alliance from Fu Ming and offered an immortal artifact through Autumn-Knowing Pavilion to attract a corpse-path immortal.
• Dao Lord Shushi, Venerable Gu Huan, Wei Xuan, and Madam Xuanyin threatened Song Wen for his treasures and followed him into the Jade Splendor Underground Palace.
• Song Wen devoured Venerable Gu Huan during their flight from Void Demons, then killed the giant wolf Void Demon after it killed the other three immortals.
• Song Wen devoured the three immortals to reach the middle stage of the Lingxu Dao Immortal Realm and learned about the Void Race’s invasion plans from the captured wolf head.
• Song Wen killed the giant wolf Void Demon and learned from Madam Xuanyin that Chi Wang had taught them the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art.
• Song Wen publicly accused Autumn-Knowing Pavilion of stealing customers’ treasures and feigned weakness during the Pavilion Master’s pursuit to lure Chi Wang into his formation.
• Song Wen trapped Chi Wang with nine black banners, killed the Pavilion Master, and attacked Chi Wang’s bronze mirror with a bone claw from the White Bone Asura Formation.

After killing Chi Wang, Song Wen advanced his cultivation, acquired Living Soil, and prepared to travel to Central Mu City. An ambush stranded him in the Burning Heaven Fire Region with Bai Jinge, and their search for a safe route led them to Ma Li’s newly acquired Scarlet Sun Golden Flame.

• Song Wen killed Chi Wang, consumed him, and used his Immortal Essence to reach the late Lingxu Dao Immortal stage before learning that Wang Tianyi had taught Chi Wang the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art.
• Song Wen exchanged the Myriad Transformations Incantation with Ruan Wu for 8,600 jin of Living Soil, then secluded himself to stabilize his cultivation and strengthen his abilities.
• Song Wen refined the Blood Sea Imperial Seal, learned the Six-Aspects Prison-Suppressing Body method, and discovered that Taiyin Cold Qi enhanced his Azure Dragon form.
• Song Wen sold treasures in Azure Purity City and boarded an airship bound for Great Granary City, where Bai Guling revealed that she knew he was Wei Xuan and offered him help from the Purple Star Immortal Sect.
• Evil Spirit Immortals ambushed the airship to capture Bai Jinge, and Song Wen escaped through underground Lava before finding and rescuing her.
• Song Wen agreed to escort Bai Jinge through the Burning Heaven Fire Region, defeated a gray-robed evil spirit cultivator who was hunting her, and learned that other pursuers had set up checkpoints.
• At Emberfire Market, Song Wen and Bai Jinge met Ma Tianji, who later invited them to the Ma Estate after his father returned from the region with a powerful Spirit Flame.
• At Ma Li’s banquet, Song Wen saw the Scarlet Sun Golden Flame, and Bai Jinge explained that it could become the Great Sun Golden Flame if combined with the Purple Sun Spiritfire and the Eight Desolations Astral Fire.