Recaps

Song Wen secured new cultivation resources and sheltered Shan Yue before joining Yuan Qing's expedition to Rebirth Valley, where competing plots led to a fight over a hidden tomb. Song Wen killed Yuan Qing and advanced to the late Golden Core stage, then returned to find Extreme Yin Island under surveillance and departed with Shan Yue.

• Song Wen forced Cui Gu to exchange an Abyss Sea Butterfly's corpse for Cui Qiao, then used its essence and eyes to advance his spiritual sense and cultivate the Spirit-Seeking Treasure Eyes.
• Song Wen refined a Spirit-Sense Advancement Pill for Zhu Yin in exchange for Hidden Soul Jade and a loaned Qi-Concealing Cloak, then sheltered Shan Yue from the Xing Family on Extreme Yin Island.
• Song Wen accepted Zhu Yin's request to monitor Si Xi and Yuan Qing's offer of the Ksitigarbha Lotus to help trap Zhu Yin before joining their Rebirth Valley expedition.
• Si Xi killed two Nethersea Ghost Hounds with a formation, while Song Wen killed a third hound and later recovered four chunks of five-colored gold beneath the Deepsea Demon Vine.
• Zhu Yin confronted Yuan Qing inside the hidden tomb, and Song Wen and Si Xi sided with her after Yuan Qing admitted his plan to kill her for its alchemy resources.
• Yuan Qing drove Zhu Yin and Song Wen away and killed Si Xi, then fought Purple Cloud after Zhu Yin directed her toward the tomb.
• Song Wen ambushed and killed the poisoned Yuan Qing, devoured his essence blood and spiritual power to reach the late Golden Core stage, and took his treasures.
• Song Wen discovered surveillance and a concealed formation near Extreme Yin Island, departed with Shan Yue, and examined the pill ingredients, formation sets, and tomb treasures he had obtained.

Song Wen pursued Xugeng through the Cui Family, killed Cui Huo, and forced Bie Chou to reveal techniques and clues about the Divine Blood Sect. After years of cultivation, he forged and tested the Blood Sea Seal, while Jing Lie set a trap to draw out Shan Yue and her backer.

• Song Wen learned that Yuan Qing was dead and that Ye Hua was investigating, then traveled with Shan Yue to Two Forms Island to find Azure Netherflowers.
• Song Wen exposed and killed Wang Chao, the bearded shopkeeper, and Yin Bing, then used Yin Bing’s technique to track and kill Xing Yixuan.
• Song Wen discovered Jiang Fen’s ties to the Anti-Xing Society, witnessed her death at Xing Xinyu’s hands, and learned that Jing Feiyao had supplied the society with intelligence.
• Song Wen tracked Xugeng to Jade Terrace Island, joined the Cui Family as Wei Ding, and maneuvered close to Cui Huo and the jade pendant containing Xugeng.
• Song Wen abducted and killed Cui Huo, then confronted Xugeng, who revealed that he lacked the true Corpse King Reincarnation Art inheritance and tried to possess Song Wen.
• Song Wen overcame Bie Chou, learned the Undying True Corpse Transformation and other techniques, and swallowed his soul before returning to secluded cultivation.
• After three years, Song Wen forged the Blood Sea Seal and tested its vast Blood Sea and resilient Blood Shadow Clones, though he could wield less than one-tenth of its power.
• Jing Lie instructed Jing Feiyao to steal the Holy Spirit Pill and use it to draw out Shan Yue and her backer, while also urging her to investigate Cloud Ridge Mountain.

Song Wen escaped Fangzhu Island with Xing Mo and Xing Shan, then returned to Extreme Yin Island and set out to rescue Jing Kai and investigate the Netherfire Ant mine. He found a World-Fallen Lotus, killed Chu Lingyun and Cui Yan, and returned with Yin Spring Stones while pursuing leads on the Spirit Candle Fruit and Illusory Spirit Valley.

• Jing Mo traded the genuine Holy Spirit Pill to Song Wen for a promise to help Xing Shan form her Golden Core, and Song Wen led them south from Fangzhu Island as demons attacked.
• Song Wen returned to Extreme Yin Island, learned Jing Kai was trapped in the Mist-Hidden Island mines, and helped clear the Netherfire Ant swarm with Shadow Gu.
• Song Wen renewed contact with Zhu Yin, who explained that she had misled Ye Hua into blaming Purple Cloud for Yuan Qing’s death, then agreed to trade a Primordial Nascent Soul Formation Pill and Infant Spirit Pill materials.
• Song Wen accompanied Chu Lingyun and Cui Yan into the mine, where Cui Yan uncovered a lava cavern and a fourth-rank Yin Camel Tortoise.
• Song Wen found a World-Fallen Lotus in a hidden cavern, but Cui Yan and Chu Lingyun retrieved it after Song Wen revealed its location.
• As the Yin Camel Tortoise attacked, Song Wen killed Chu Lingyun and fought Cui Yan, whose Nascent Soul he captured and devoured after Cui Yan’s body was destroyed.
• Song Wen sealed the Vertical Tunnel, killed Chu Qian and four Miao Family cultivators, and left Mist-Hidden Island with three Azure Astral Movement Talismans and twelve Yin Spring Stones.
• Song Wen returned to Extreme Yin Island, contacted Jing Kai about the Spirit Candle Fruit, and asked Zhu Yin to investigate Illusory Spirit Valley in the Two Forms Sect’s records.

Song Wen and Zhu Yin entered Illusory Spirit Valley with Purple Cloud, obtained Purple Salvia Roots, and survived the Golden Corpses and a betrayal by Two Forms Sect cultivators. Song Wen then hunted cultivators for their intelligence and power, drawing a sect investigation that ended with him killing Yun Cang aboard the Star Raft Divine Ark.

• Song Wen arranged for Han Wu to obtain Spirit Candle Fruits and intelligence on cultivators practicing the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art, then traveled with Zhu Yin to secure entry to Illusory Spirit Valley.
• Song Wen and Zhu Yin made a bargain with Purple Cloud, swore soul oaths, and entered the secret realm after Daoist Nun Lan Yin approved their participation.
• Song Wen, Zhu Yin, and Purple Cloud searched Black Stone Mountain, found several Purple Salvia Roots, and encountered dangerous Golden Corpses in the underground caverns.
• Zhu Yin trapped the pursuing Golden Corpses long enough for the group to escape, and Purple Cloud killed Hu Gao and Wen Lin after they attacked Song Wen and his companions.
• Song Wen left the secret realm with Zhu Yin and Purple Cloud, then received the Undying True Corpse Transformation technique and used Han Wu’s intelligence to choose Pang Heng as a target.
• Song Wen lured Baleful Qi Hall cultivators to a rumored treasure cave, killed Pang Heng there, and escaped as Zhu Yin and other Golden Core cultivators investigated.
• Song Wen killed Duan Chuan and Feng Lan, fled toward Extreme Yin Island, and devoured their cultivation while Yun Cang investigated the murders.
• Song Wen followed Yun Cang to Yi Hong Island, disguised himself as a survivor of a workshop disaster, and persuaded Yun Cang to take him and Yi Hong aboard the Star Raft Divine Ark.
• Song Wen revealed his plan to kill Yun Cang and Yi Hong, struck Yun Cang with spiritual sense blades, killed him with the Void-Breaking Blade, and trapped Yi Hong’s silver corpse in black qi.