Recaps

Song Wen survived Zhou Xuelin’s assassination plot and helped Fang Pengyi complete a Man-Snake Profound Corpse, then entered the Azure Tide Secret Realm seeking rare treasures. He reached the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Liquid Hall as rival cultivators fought over its cushions, just as the spirit liquid began to condense.

• Zhou Siyi warned Song Wen that Zhou Xuelin had ordered her to kill him, and Song Wen helped turn the assassination plot into a trap that exposed Zhou Xuelin before Yang Yu killed him.
• Song Wen replaced the Man-Snakes Zhou Xuelin had killed, and Fang Pengyi helped him complete a Man-Snake Profound Corpse, earning Song Wen rewards and the Golden Core-stage Longevity Art.
• After cultivating to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, Song Wen joined the expedition to the Azure Tide Secret Realm, where Tu Lian and Yan Yuyan’s group traveled amid rivalries and threats.
• Song Wen entered the secret realm alone and followed the Sacred Beetle Gu through dangerous passages, avoiding robber cultivators and observing the struggle over the Fire Qilin Wood.
• Feng Qi and Jie Hui fought over the mature Fire Qilin Woods as Lei Yuanhua fled the salamanders, and Feng Qi escaped with one tree while Song Wen followed Jie Hui’s group.
• At the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Liquid Hall, Song Wen gave up a cushion to the masked man as cultivators challenged one another for the limited places.
• Feng Qi’s allies and rivals clashed over the cushions, while Ji Ruxue fought Jie Hui’s skeletal ghosts and resisted his drum’s illusion with Mu Yunxin’s help.
• As Lei Huayuan and other Lei Clan cultivators drew Jie Hui’s attention, spiritual energy surged and the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Liquid began to condense.

Song Wen gathered spirit liquid, killed Feng Qi and several other cultivators, and claimed the Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch and a hidden green flame. He reached the secret realm’s exit, where a White Tiger blocked the way, then left the group and climbed the cliff alone.

• Song Wen collected Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Liquid and escaped the hall while Rong Jingyun fled the monks with the wounded Heng Cheng, and Heng Cheng was later turned into a living corpse.
• Song Wen killed Jie Hui, Feng Qi, and Ji Ruxue, took their items, and learned the location of the Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch and the Cold Pool Grotto.
• Song Wen helped Rong Jingyun kill the Burrowing Beast, then watched her refine Heng Cheng into a living corpse and obtained a map to the grotto.
• Song Wen killed the Stinger Mother Beast, retrieved the Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch, and discovered a hidden chamber containing a green flame.
• Song Wen found three more Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branches in an Abyss Python nest, killed Lei Yuanhua, and took his spirit liquid and branch.
• Song Wen survived an avalanche and encountered Mu Yunxin, Xue Gu, Jie Ku, and Rong Jingyun near the secret realm’s exit.
• Rong Jingyun reported that the White Tiger guarded the stone hall gates, and Song Wen left the group and climbed the cliff alone.

Song Wen escaped the Beast Taming Sect with the stolen Earthcore Smelting Flame and fled into the Endless Desert, where he sought Hidden Soul Jade. After killing Hu Guang and recruiting a Lizardfolk guide, he entered Black Stone Mountain and followed signs of a powerful walking corpse.

• Song Wen confirmed the White Tiger’s hidden nest, found a damaged inscription, and returned to the others before they uncovered the secret realm’s exit.
• The White Tiger swallowed Xue Gu as Song Wen and the others escaped, and Song Wen later handed Tu Lian a Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch.
• Song Wen resumed refining Man-Snake Profound Corpses, gathered Golden Core Pill ingredients, and reached Foundation Establishment Peak while waiting for Star-Soul Flowers and Heart-Congealing Herbs.
• Yan Yiwen ambushed Song Wen on Tai He’s orders, but Song Wen defeated her three companions and forced her to flee with a silver talisman.
• Song Wen stole a branch of the Earthcore Smelting Flame after crippling Zuo Shuiyun and Wei Ding, then escaped the Beast Taming Sect as Fang Pengyi ordered his capture.
• Tai He pursued Song Wen into the Endless Desert, where Song Wen found Hu Guang’s Lizardfolk settlement, killed Hu Guang, and learned that Hidden Soul Jade might lie near an oasis.
• Song Wen rescued a fleeing female Lizardfolk from sandworms and compelled her to guide him east to Black Stone Mountain.
• Song Wen entered Black Stone Mountain with the Lizardfolk, Ghost King, and Sacred Beetle Gu, then chose a passage marked by signs of activity and deep claw marks from a powerful walking corpse.

Song Wen escaped the Nether God Temple and spent decades on an island completing his Golden Core and strengthening his techniques. He reached Fangzhu Island, where he entered the Xing Family’s orbit and found a shop seeking the formula for Corpse Curse Water.

• Song Wen joined Blood Brow and Tai He’s hunt for the Nether Fox, escaped into the temple’s inner hall, and teleported with the fox to the Ghost Mist Domain.
• Song Wen crossed the Sea of Disorder, cultivated for decades, overcame a failed Golden Core attempt and a Heart Tribulation, and completed his Golden Core.
• Song Wen refined his flames and thunder, repaired the Ghost King, advanced his Silver Corpse, and left the island after freeing the Cloudflying Beast clan.
• Song Wen joined Xing Chang, Elder Qi, and Yu Da to capture a Tidal Demon, then killed Yu Da after Yu Da ambushed Xing Chang and tried to make Song Wen kill him.
• Song Wen accompanied Xing Chang to Fangzhu City, declined Shan Yue’s offer to join the Xing Family, and bought maps and pill formulas to establish himself.
• Xing Chang gave Song Wen a hundred mid-grade spirit stones, and Song Wen went to the Dark Star Black Market to seek rare herbs for pills.
• An assistant at Hundred Herbs Tower offered Song Wen rare materials in exchange for completing an ancient formula, which Song Wen recognized as Corpse Curse Water.