Recaps

Song Wen acquired the Scarlet Sun Golden Flame, helped Bai Jinge return to Radiant Light Hall, and became entangled in Li Hunsheng’s attack and the battle over the contaminated earth veins. After the conflict, he took the treasure vault’s spoils and traveled to Apricot Grove Sect, where he captured the Eight Desolations Astral Fire and sought Elder Wan Liang.

• Song Wen bought the Scarlet Sun Golden Flame from Ma Li, then helped Bai Jinge defeat the cultivators who tried to stop them and escorted her to Azure Purity City.
• Profound Lord Danyang brought Song Wen and Bai Jinge to Radiant Light Hall, promised Song Wen Thunder Arts and the spiritfires, and told Bai Jinge that the traitor behind the ambush had not been found.
• Li Hunsheng attacked Radiant Light Hall after Shi Min contaminated its earth vein with a Primordial Chaos Qi Embryo, and Du Hun betrayed Profound Lord Danyang during the ensuing battle.
• Song Wen fled underground with Bai Jinge, then helped confront Li Hunsheng in a cavern as Profound Lord Danyang fought him, and Song Wen ultimately devoured the souls of both men.
• Song Wen took the storage rings of Profound Lord Danyang, Li Hunsheng, and Du Hun, learned that Du Hun had stolen valuable herbs and a pill recipe, and left for Apricot Grove Sect.
• Song Wen forced Ghost Bone to admit that Apricot Grove Sect possessed the Eight Desolations Astral Fire and ordered the sect-protecting array shut down.
• Song Wen captured the Eight Desolations Astral Fire with his Immortal Essence and bronze furnace, paid Ghost Bone for it, and asked to meet Elder Wan Liang after an explosion near the elder’s cave abode.

Song Wen traveled to Central Mu City, survived Jiang Wanyue’s pursuit, and enlisted Qing Shuang to lure Xiao Yuankui into a trap. In the Spirit-Devouring Mountains, Gou Yi exposed herself and attacked, but Song Wen captured her and Xiao Yuankui.

• Song Wen stopped Wan Liang from feeding his soul-refining pill to a ghost, then let Shadow Void consume it and begin a breakthrough.
• Song Wen boarded Bai Jinge’s ship under the name Wan Liang, traveled to Great Granary City, and later studied and fused three spirit flames into the Great Sun Golden Flame.
• Song Wen bought a teleportation pass to Central Mu City, where Xiao Yuankui attacked him and Jiang Wanyue pursued him across the desert before they agreed to stop fighting.
• Song Wen learned about Xiao Yuankui’s predatory conduct and persuaded Qing Shuang to help lure him out, disguising her as Leng Shuang of the Leng Family.
• Qing Shuang drew Xiao Yuankui to Ink Wind City with a story about seeking a treasure to repair a damaged foundation, while Zhu Yanqiu shared information about a Seven-Colored Lotus.
• Song Wen and Qing Shuang set out for the Spirit-Devouring Mountains with Xiao Yuankui and Gou Yi, who revealed her past relationship with Xiao Yuankui and offered to help him kill Song Wen.
• Gou Yi sent her Golden Steel Corpse against Song Wen, but he struck Gou Yi and Xiao Yuankui with a soul attack, dragged Gou Yi into a blood pool, and captured Xiao Yuankui as he tried to flee.

Song Wen used Xiao Yuankui’s soul to force Jiang Wanyue into helping him hunt Ji Jinglun and Corpse Daoist Yin, then joined them in exploring the Nether Womb Palace. The palace held no inheritance, and Song Wen ended the stretch facing Ji Jinglun after revealing his Thunder Arts.

• Song Wen killed Gou Yi and Xiao Yuankui, then used Xiao Yuankui’s captured soul to bargain with Jiang Wanyue for Ji Jinglun and Corpse Daoist Yin.
• Song Wen and Jiang Wanyue agreed to capture the two cultivators, while Song Wen tested Greenwood Spirit Liquid and learned of the Elder Ancient Palace in Withered Glory Valley.
• Song Wen, Jiang Wanyue, and Ji Jinglun entered the Nether Womb Palace, where they found Corpse Daoist Yin trapped beneath a suspended Bronze Corpse Coffin.
• Song Wen and Jiang Wanyue helped break the platform’s restriction, and the group opened the coffin to find a Living Infant and a phantom claiming to be an emperor.
• Ji Jinglun and Corpse Daoist Yin attacked Song Wen after Song Wen targeted the Living Infant, while Jiang Wanyue intervened and Ji Jinglun turned on Yin.
• Song Wen discovered a recording revealing that the palace held no inheritance, and Ji Jinglun broke the wooden Living Infant apart.
• Ji Jinglun attacked Song Wen with the Bone Banner’s killing intent, but Song Wen shattered it with a golden Lightning Sphere.

Song Wen and Jiang Wanyue captured Yuan Yuze and Xu Hai, enabling Xiao Yuankui to possess Yuan Yuze’s body while Song Wen advanced to the peak of the Lingxu Dao Immortal realm. Song Wen later settled in Bamboo-Hidden Ravine with Bai Jinge’s help, defeated the rogue cultivators occupying it, and took six women with him to the Purple Star Immortal Sect.

• Song Wen captured Ji Jinglun and Corpse Daoist Yin, devoured their Immortal Essence, then joined Jiang Wanyue in planning to lure Yuan Yuze and Xu Hai out of the Cloud Pill Sect.
• Song Wen and Jiang Wanyue tracked Yuan Yuze and Xu Hai to Yuecang City, where the pair were sacrificing mortals, and captured them after a battle.
• Song Wen erased Yuan Yuze’s soul and handed his body to Jiang Wanyue for Xiao Yuankui to possess, then devoured Xu Hai’s cultivation and reached the peak of the Lingxu Dao Immortal realm.
• Xiao Yuankui emerged in Yuan Yuze’s altered body, while Song Wen and Jiang Wanyue left together and discussed whether to explore the Fengdu Poison Sea.
• Song Wen met Bai Jinge in Central Mu City, and she helped him rent Bamboo-Hidden Ravine, acquire supplies, and travel there with Hu Rui.
• Song Wen refused Juezhao’s offer to share the ravine, then appeared to accept a deal that would let Juezhao’s group cultivate in its outskirts.
• After Juezhao lowered the formation, Song Wen attacked him and Hu Rui killed him and his remaining followers, and they divided the spoils, and Song Wen agreed to take six women to the Purple Star Immortal Sect.
• Song Wen opened Bamboo-Hidden Ravine’s Grand Void Sealing Heaven Restriction Formation, revealing the purple Qi bamboo within.