Recaps

Ji Yuan learned the Spirit-Cutting Technique from Ye Zhiqiu and settled the debt between them before preparing to form his flying Sword Embryo. Icefire Old Man finally summoned him to a palace, where he revealed that he had once been a mortal emperor.

• Ji Yuan found Mourning Eccentric's three treasures for capturing a Thunderstorm Flood Dragon and decided to sell them rather than risk fighting the beast.
• Ye Zhiqiu taught Ji Yuan the Spirit-Cutting Technique, which could save its user from death at the cost of Divine Soul damage and hindered cultivation breakthroughs.
• Ji Yuan accepted the secret art, returned the parchment, and told Ye Zhiqiu that his help had repaid her debt; he gave her a Communication Talisman for future contact.
• After two days of studying the Sword Canon, Ji Yuan prepared to form his flying Sword Embryo but found Icefire Old Man missing.
• Icefire Old Man arrived dressed as a monarch and led Ji Yuan through a palace, where he revealed that he had been an emperor in the mortal world before cultivating and entering the Dao.

Ji Yuan learned about Icefire Old Man’s split personality and studied the Icefire Pool before condensing the Flameflame Sword from its daytime Water Fortune. As he prepared to leave, he saw a huge purple vertical eye in the pool, which asked whether he wished to become an immortal.

• Icefire Old Man explained that the man who had delayed Ji Yuan was another personality born after he fell into the Icefire Pool.
• Icefire Old Man took Ji Yuan to the pool and warned him never to enter it, while Ji Yuan decided to compare its daytime and nighttime Water Fortune.
• Ji Yuan observed the pool change from boiling water to clear, freezing-cold water, then chose to condense the Flameflame Sword during the day.
• Ji Yuan absorbed the pool’s blazing Water Fortune and formed the scarlet Flameflame Sword, bringing his total to six Sword Embryos.
• Ji Yuan spotted a huge purple vertical eye in the Icefire Pool, and it asked him whether he wished to become an immortal.

Ji Yuan survived the cold pool’s purple eye by adapting his Spiritual Energy into Ice Spiritual Energy, and the Ice Flood Dragon advanced after entering the pool. As Ji Yuan left the underground hall, Icefire Old Man confronted him and noticed the purple eye between his brows.

• A purple eye and an ethereal voice lured Ji Yuan into the Icefire Pool, where he resisted their pull by circulating his cultivation technique and transforming his Spiritual Energy into Ice Spiritual Energy.
• Ji Yuan escaped the pool and released the Ice Flood Dragon into it, where the dragon descended into the depths and began to break through.
• Ji Yuan waited outside the stone hall and tested his new Ice Spiritual Energy while the Ice Flood Dragon advanced from the Second-Tier Mid Stage to the Late Second Tier.
• Ji Yuan returned to the surface and found the imperial palace dark, then encountered Icefire Old Man beside the mountain wall.
• Icefire Old Man asked whether Ji Yuan had entered the cold pool, and the purple vertical eye between Ji Yuan’s brows blinked as he denied it.

After falling into the Icefire Pool, Ji Yuan discovered that he had acquired and refined the Truth-Piercing Divine Eye, which revealed cultivators and weaknesses in formations. He returned to the courtyard, where Ye Zhiqiu left Icefire Island, and Icefire True Person emerged to congratulate him on his opportunity.

• Icefire Old Man showed Ji Yuan the purple eye on his forehead, and Ji Yuan admitted that he had entered the cold pool and described what happened.
• Icefire Old Man explained that their unusually strong Divine Souls had drawn them to the eye, and that Ji Yuan had survived its erosion while the old man’s soul had split in two.
• Ji Yuan found the Truth-Piercing Divine Eye outside his Soul-Calming Bell, refined it, and discovered that it could reveal cultivators and weak points in a Third-Order Formation.
• Icefire Old Man warned Ji Yuan to keep the eye secret and suggested that he study ice arts, then returned with Ji Yuan to the courtyard and said the other Icefire Old Man would emerge tomorrow.
• Ye Zhiqiu asked to leave early to avoid the Luo Family’s investigation, and Ji Yuan secured Icefire Old Man’s permission for her to depart on her flying sword.
• Icefire True Person came out in a fiery red dragon robe and congratulated Ji Yuan on obtaining a great opportunity.

Ji Yuan traded for the materials needed to upgrade the Pigsty, explored Blazing Flame Volcano, and learned that Shang Mountain had been breached before the defenders restored the line. He found an uninhabited islet with an old Cave Abode, preparing to settle there and upgrade the Pigsty.

• The Icefire Old Man gave Ji Yuan three Three-Eyed Dark Beast spinal bones in exchange for three thousand Middle-Grade Spirit Stones and gifted him five catties of Fire Vein Spirit Marrow, making the Pigsty's Level Four upgrade available.
• Ji Yuan tested the Truth-Piercing Divine Eye at Blazing Flame Volcano, spotted a glowing boulder, and secretly took it.
• Ji Yuan visited Icefire Market to ask about settling on the island and heard from Old Tian that Shang Mountain had been breached by a disguised Golden Core Demonic Cultivator before a Sword Ruins cultivator sacrificed himself and reinforcements restored the defenses.
• Ji Yuan considered the risks and rewards of going to Shang Mountain, then focused on finding a secluded place to upgrade the Pigsty.
• Ji Yuan searched east of Icefire Island and found an uninhabited islet with a Cave Abode left by earlier cultivators.

Ji Yuan upgraded the Pigsty, survived a deadly trial, and inherited the Ninefold Profound Yang Technique before cultivating for more than half a year and returning to Southern Sea City. He arrived just before the Southern Sea Auction and spotted Dragonblood Stone on its auction list.

• Ji Yuan uncovered a large Third Tier Fire Marrow Crystal inside a volcanic rock, then upgraded the Pigsty to Level Four and entered a desert trial where he defeated ten Physique Foundation Establishment corpses to inherit the Ninefold Profound Yang Technique.
• Ji Yuan returned to the Cave Abode, examined the technique, collected Profound Yang Blood Amber, and discovered the Level Five Pigsty's Spirit Effects and demanding upgrade requirements.
• Ji Yuan cultivated his body, cultivation, and swordsmanship for more than half a year, then left his island and said farewell to Icefire Old Man, who planned to go to Shang Mountain.
• Ji Yuan boarded the Scarlet Radiance Boat and returned safely to Southern Sea City, where he learned the auction would begin in three days and item submissions had closed.
• Ji Yuan went to the Southern Sea Auction House hoping to sell his Flood Dragon-Capturing Set and noticed five pieces of Dragonblood Stone listed for auction.

Ji Yuan auctioned the Flood Dragon-Capturing Set, bought Dragonblood Stones and a Monster Core, then traveled to Thunderclap Marsh to temper his body and condense a Sword Embryo. He began training beneath the marsh’s Purple Lightning and, thirty li in, his body reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage strength.

• Ji Yuan consigned the Flood Dragon-Capturing Set at the Southern Sea Auction House and learned that Shangdong was beset by war, Demonic Dao attacks, and other unrest.
• Ji Yuan spent 2,700 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones on five Dragonblood Stones and 3,600 on a wood-attributed Third-Order Monster Core, while the Flood Dragon-Capturing Set sold for 6,000.
• Ji Yuan set out for Thunderclap Marsh, deciding to enter alone rather than use the Lou Family’s safe passage.
• Ji Yuan reached the marsh and walked into its Purple Lightning, using Walking Stance to temper his body as the lightning grew stronger.
• Ji Yuan advanced thirty li into Thunderclap Marsh, where his body reached the strength of a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator.

Ji Yuan endured Thunderclap Marsh’s lightning, broke through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and forged the Thunder-Smite Sword from the marsh’s violet Water Fortune. He ended the chapter stunned by the power of his seven-sword formation, which tore through the Tribulation Clouds.

• Ji Yuan pushed through increasingly fierce Purple Lightning, reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage at seventy miles, and found Thunder-Smite Mystic Fluid at eighty miles that turned into ordinary rainwater outside the marsh.
• At the hundred-mile boundary, Ji Yuan tested the violet-black lightning, suffered a severe injury, and decided not to cross it before forging his flying sword.
• Ji Yuan refined his Aperture-Tempering Pearls and Qi-Blood Pills in the lightning, then released Monday to guard him and cool his injured body.
• Ji Yuan absorbed the scarce, lightning-charged violet Water Fortune for nearly ten days and compressed it into the Thunder-Smite Sword with his six other Sword Embryos.
• Ji Yuan tested the Thunder-Smite Sword and his seven-sword formation; the formation shredded the lightning and tore a vast hole through the clouds.

After returning from two years away, Ji Yuan reached Carefree Island and found his resources and defenses had grown considerably. He used corpses and Foundation Establishment Pills to advance Tu Yue to Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

• Lou Wanyi told Lou Yi to leave the disturbance at Thunderclap Marsh alone and took control of the Lou Family’s major decisions.
• Ji Yuan traveled north, tested his Thunder-Smite Sword against a Demonic Cultivator, and saw Lady Meiru save a city from a demonic siege.
• Ji Yuan returned to Mist Island, pinned down Giant Toad, and then continued to Carefree Island, where he found Du Wanyi had returned.
• Ji Yuan inspected his island’s accumulated resources, strengthened the Spirit-Devouring Bees with Spirit Stones, and prepared Tu Yue’s advancement.
• Ji Yuan supplied Tu Yue with three Foundation Establishment Pills and ten suitable corpses, raising her to Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

Ji Yuan returned to the Water Dragon Sect with Tu Yue newly advanced to Foundation Establishment and discovered that the Truth-Piercing Divine Eye he acquired on Icefire Island was a rare, dangerous treasure. Hua Yaoyue explained its origins, warned him to hide it from the Purple-Eyed Clan, and told him his senior brothers had returned.

• Ji Yuan equipped Tu Yue with his old treasures, instructed her to secure the house, and traveled to meet Hua Yaoyue.
• Ji Yuan encountered Fang Jie, who said he was investigating a sect disciple suspected of colluding with the Demonic Dao and planned to seek Foundation Establishment pills at Shang Mountain.
• Ji Yuan showed Hua Yaoyue the purple eye on his forehead and recounted how he obtained it beneath the Icefire Pool.
• Hua Yaoyue identified it as the true Truth-Piercing Divine Eye, explained that the Purple-Eyed Clan would hunt Ji Yuan for it, and warned him not to reveal it to outsiders.
• When Hua Yaoyue tried to remove the eye, it resisted and fired a beam that she redirected with her Amber Nightglow Cup, causing an explosion in the Boundless Marsh.
• Hua Yaoyue told Ji Yuan that Ran Kui and Yun Qianzai had returned and invited him to stay with them; she then asked whether the eye could truly see through things.

Ji Yuan reunited with Hua Yaoyue and his senior brothers and sisters, sharing a feast that revealed his new ice arts and introduced him to the potency of Fourth-Order Demon Beast meat. The gathering ended with Ji Yuan asking about Dan Yuan Fruit as he began preparing for Golden Core Formation.

• Ji Yuan showed Hua Yaoyue his ice-attributed spiritual energy and asked about the Taiyi Profound Yang Talisman, but she could not draw it.
• Ji Yuan prepared a hotpot feast, and Yun Qianzai, Ran Kui, and Feng Zhitáo returned to join him and Hua Yaoyue.
• Hua Yaoyue produced a Fourth-Order Demon Beast wing for the meal, and she told Ji Yuan that Mei Zhuang was a Heavenly Thunder Violet Luo Eagle.
• Ji Yuan found that Fourth-Order Demon Beast meat strengthened both his body and spiritual energy, and considered seeking more after reaching Nascent Soul.
• After checking his [Spirit Field] and seeing its Dan Yuan Fruit effect, Ji Yuan asked his companions what the fruit was used for.

Ji Yuan learned that Dan Yuan Fruit could aid Golden Core formation and set about gathering the materials to upgrade his Spirit Field, with Hua Yaoyue arranging the scarce Danyang Soil. After visiting Bai Piao and Du Wanyi, he learned Bai Piao was leaving for Shang Mountain, and the chapter ended as Du Wanyi raised her skirt to show Ji Yuan her leg.

• Ran Kui explained that Dan Yuan Fruit increased the chance of forming a Golden Core, but the Danyuan Fruit Tree in Shangxi had withered a century earlier.
• Ji Yuan asked Feng Zhitáo for ten jin of Danyang Soil to upgrade his Spirit Field, and Hua Yaoyue secured it through Senior Uncle Xuan Xiao.
• Ran Kui agreed to stay at the sect for another year and train his junior disciples, prompting Ji Yuan and Feng Zhitáo to leave before training began.
• Ji Yuan visited Bai Piao, learned he was going to Shang Mountain to earn merit toward a Foundation Establishment Pill, and exchanged supplies for Bai Piao's Profound Yin Soil.
• Ji Yuan traveled to Taian Island to see Du Wanyi, and she tearfully welcomed him before lifting her skirt to show him her thigh.

Ji Yuan upgraded the [Spirit Field] to Level Five and secured its Dan Yuan Fruit before investigating its new effects. He then slaughtered Spirit Pigs for Scarlet Yang Bones, while the timid Tuesday revealed its rapid growth and unusual talent.

• Ji Yuan gave Du Wanyi Improved Qi-Blood Pills that rapidly healed her hidden injuries, then learned she had not heard from Dong Qian.
• Feng Zhitáo delivered Danyang Soil to Ji Yuan and teased him about returning early to see Du Wanyi.
• Ji Yuan used his gathered materials to upgrade the [Spirit Field] to Level Five, producing a Dan Yuan Fruit and revealing new effects tied to wood affinity and Nascent-Soul Fruits.
• Ji Yuan began slaughtering Level Four [Pigsty] Spirit Pigs to search for Scarlet Yang Bones, and Tuesday emerged as a Second Tier Ice Flood Dragon.
• Ji Yuan fed Tuesday a blood-marked Spirit Pig, then sensed a powerful surge of yang energy inside another one he had cut open.

Ji Yuan found a rare Scarlet Yang Bone and began using it to temper his physique while preparing pills. Meanwhile, Mei Zhuang reunited with surviving Shang Court figures, learned of a planned invasion of Shangdong, and arranged for Dan Yangzi to warn the Six Immortal Sects; the chapter ended with Island Lord Yunmiao asking whether Ji Yuan was Mei Zhuang’s disciple.

• Ji Yuan found one Scarlet Yang Bone among more than a hundred Spirit Pigs and used it to practice Skin Tempering and the Walking Stance.
• Ji Yuan had Yin Boy dissect the remaining pigs, then returned to his courtyard to prepare Qi-Blood Pills and Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Mei Zhuang arrived at a meeting with Island Lord Yunmiao, Dan Yangzi, Lin Cuicui, and Werewolf, who submitted to his authority.
• Mei Zhuang told the group that Shangxi and the Abyssal Continent planned to attack the Six Immortal Sects of Shangdong, then proposed leaking the news to the sects through Dan Yangzi.
• Island Lord Yunmiao returned after the others left and asked Mei Zhuang whether Ji Yuan had truly become his disciple and joined the Shang Court.

Mei Zhuang worried that Shang Court could not stop the alliance of the Shangxi Demonic Cultivators and the Abyssal Continent, while Ji Yuan refined pills, visited Dong Qian, and expanded his cultivation resources. After sensing Dong Qian might be preparing to leave, Ji Yuan returned to cultivating and unlocked the Scripture Pavilion, which could not yet be upgraded.

• Mei Zhuang learned that the Shangxi Demonic Cultivators and the Abyssal Continent planned to attack the Six Immortal Sects, but he found the sects too divided to rely on.
• Ji Yuan refined two batches of Foundation Establishment Pills, read his accumulated messages, and learned that Soft Hands had formed her Golden Core.
• Ji Yuan visited Dong Qian on Fox Moon Island, spent ten days with her, and left after she drove him away because she could not keep up with him.
• Ji Yuan returned to Carefree Island and resumed cultivating, using the Spirit Vein, Spirit Stones, Tri-color Spirit Eggs, and the Dao Comprehension Chamber.
• Ji Yuan organized his collection of spells and cultivation techniques into a Scripture Pavilion, which appeared at level one but could not be upgraded without more materials.

Ji Yuan gathered Golden Core Cultivation Techniques from his sectmates and Hua Yaoyue, then upgraded the Scripture Pavilion to Level One. He discovered that it displayed his technique proficiency and revealed milestones for advancing his sword cultivation.

• Ji Yuan asked Dong Qian and Feng Zhitáo for Golden Core Cultivation Techniques, and Feng Zhitáo gave him the Unceasing Wutu Art and offered to contact their senior brothers.
• Ji Yuan visited Hua Yaoyue, gave her the Spirit-Cutting Technique, and received twenty-four Golden Core Cultivation Techniques from her.
• Feng Zhitáo, Yun Qianzai, Ran Kui, and Ji Yuan gathered for hotpot, and Yun Qianzai and Ran Kui gave Ji Yuan ten more Golden Core Cultivation Techniques.
• Ji Yuan placed the techniques in the Scripture Pavilion and upgraded it to Level One with one hundred Middle-Grade Spirit Stones and three Second-Order Demon Cores.
• Ji Yuan cultivated in the pavilion for about twenty days and saw his Azure Billows Nine Tribulations Sword Canon proficiency rise to 75, with milestones at eighty and one hundred.

Ji Yuan learned the level two [Scripture Pavilion] could increase spell proficiency and then joined his lineage’s mission to investigate disappearances on Black Dragon Island. As he prepared to leave, he discovered the mission had begun with Ran Kui and received a message from Dong Qian.

• Ji Yuan checked the [Scripture Pavilion] and learned its spirit effects increased cultivation technique proficiency and spell proficiency through practice.
• After a month of cultivation, Ji Yuan received urgent messages and went to Carefree Island, where his master’s lineage accepted a mission to investigate disappearances on Black Dragon Island and protect its Black Dragon Stone.
• Yun Qianzai falsely accused Black Dragon Island’s ancestor, Black Tortoise True Person, of the abductions, then admitted his claim came from storybook logic.
• Feng Zhitáo told Ji Yuan that Black Dragon Island’s sect master had first appealed to Ran Kui, who accepted the mission before the sect master formally arranged it.
• Ji Yuan prepared for the journey by gathering his corpse puppets, banners, Demonic Dao Spirit Artifacts, Spirit-Devouring Bee, and Monday.
• As Ji Yuan took out Dong Qian’s Communication Talisman, she contacted him first and said she had something to tell him.

Dong Qian departed for several months, while Ji Yuan exchanged gifts with Du Wanyi before joining his seniors on a mission to Black Dragon Island. After two of the island’s Elders vanished during their arrival, Ji Yuan learned that all four missing Elders had opposed Li Yuan.

• Dong Qian left Carefree Island and asked Ji Yuan to wait for her return, while Ji Yuan promised to visit the sect if he had not been assigned to Shang Mountain.
• Du Wanyi gave Ji Yuan a cyan spirit robe, and Ji Yuan gave her pills, Peerless Wine, and three water-element spells before departing for Fire Phoenix Island.
• Ran Kui led Ji Yuan, Feng Zhitáo, and Yun Qianzai aboard a Peak-Grade Spirit Artifact Tower-Ship Flying Boat to Black Dragon Island, where they shared Peerless Wine and Qi-Blood Pills during the journey.
• Li Yuan met the group at Black Dragon Island and explained that a Foundation Establishment Elder and several Qi Refining disciples had vanished, even when witnesses were present.
• After the group arrived, Li Yuan learned that Elders Huang and Zheng had disappeared from the Black Dragon Stone, and Ran Kui set out with him to investigate.
• Yun Qianzai told Ji Yuan that the four missing Elders had all been known opponents of Li Yuan.

Ji Yuan and his fellow Water Dragon Sect disciples investigated Black Dragon Island, where cultivators had vanished and the island’s elders seemed to be hiding something. After encountering Situ Feng and discovering signs of a Demonic Cultivator near the Black Dragon Stone, Ran Kui ordered his disciples to take the stone and capture Li Yuan.

• Ji Yuan and the others suspected Li Yuan was involved in the disappearances and noticed that Black Dragon Island had sent too few guards to protect the Black Dragon Stone.
• Feng Yichen, now known as Situ Feng, warned the group that a Three-Eyed Dark Beast was abducting people, then privately admitted to Ji Yuan that he had invented the story.
• Ji Yuan told his companions that Situ Feng was a Shang Court Nascent Soul cultivator who had seized Feng Yichen’s body, and warned them that the island’s situation was dangerous.
• The disciples entered the cavern, found the Black Dragon Stone, and discovered traces of Demon-Subduing Talismans along the passage.
• Ran Kui concluded that a Demonic Cultivator was targeting the Water Dragon Sect and that Li Yuan likely knew about the threat, then ordered Yun Qianzai to take the stone and Feng Zhitáo to help him seize Li Yuan.

Feng Yichen arranged for Crossing-Sea Old Devil to travel to the Abyssal Continent while discussing Holy Mother's plans. On Black Dragon Island, Ji Yuan and his senior brothers retrieved the Black Dragon Stone, confronted Li Yuan, and learned that Black Tortoise True Person had already died.

• Feng Yichen told the portly man and Deng Heming to remain on Star Island and cultivate rather than return early to the sect.
• Feng Yichen told his lover that Crossing-Sea Old Devil had agreed to travel to the Abyssal Continent, and she warned him that Mei Zhuang planned to act.
• Yun Qianzai dismantled the formation around the Black Dragon Stone, and Ran Kui suppressed the released resentment and took the treasure.
• Ji Yuan and the others returned to the surface, sensed a fast-moving aura, and heard that another Black Dragon Island elder had disappeared.
• Yun Qianzai trapped Li Yuan in a formation, and Ran Kui demanded an explanation about the imprisoned Demonic Cultivator.
• Li Yuan revealed that Black Tortoise True Person was his martial uncle and Black Dragon Island's supreme elder, but had already passed away in meditation.

Ji Yuan and the Water Dragon Sect cultivators investigated Black Dragon Island, confirmed Black Tortoise True Person was dead, and agreed to hunt the Three-Eyed Dark Beast after three days. As they tried to leave, Li Yuan betrayed them, and after Ran Kui killed him, Black Tortoise True Person suddenly awoke and thanked them for freeing him.

• Li Yuan revealed that Black Tortoise True Person had died while cultivating demonic arts, and the elders brought out his corpse for the Water Dragon Sect to inspect.
• Ran Kui confirmed Black Tortoise True Person was dead, and the group decided to leave and return in three days to slay the Three-Eyed Dark Beast.
• Ji Yuan suspected Feng Yichen had another purpose and persuaded Ran Kui to withdraw and observe Black Dragon Island before acting.
• Yun Qianzai announced that the group would kill the Three-Eyed Dark Beast in three days, and Li Yuan pledged to join them.
• As the four tried to leave, Ji Yuan noticed Li Yuan’s strange smile and warned Ran Kui, who was struck by a lightning Formation at the island’s edge.
• Ran Kui attacked Li Yuan, then killed him with the Heavenly Venom Needles; Black Tortoise True Person opened his eyes and said he had been freed.

Ji Yuan and his senior siblings fought the Crossing-Sea Old Devil and his Three-Eyed Dark Beast on Black Dragon Island. Ji Yuan killed the beast with his Spirit-Devouring Bees, then prepared to unleash his Italian Cannon on the Old Devil while his allies held him in place.

• Feng Zhitáo and Ran Kui attacked Black Tortoise True Person, who drained the escorting elders to regain his cultivation and reveal himself as the Crossing-Sea Old Devil.
• The Crossing-Sea Old Devil summoned his Three-Eyed Dark Beast, while Yun Qianzai began breaking Black Dragon Island’s protective Formation and Ji Yuan volunteered to face the beast.
• Ji Yuan released his Spirit-Devouring Bees, which stung the beast’s third eye and drained its spiritual energy until it died; he stored its corpse.
• The Crossing-Sea Old Devil battered Ran Kui and Feng Zhitáo as Yun Qianzai broke the Formation, and Ji Yuan asked his allies to hold the Old Devil for ten breaths.
• Ran Kui, Yun Qianzai, and Feng Zhitáo agreed to help Ji Yuan, who prepared to use his Italian Cannon against the Crossing-Sea Old Devil.

Ji Yuan fired the fully charged third setting of the [Spirit-Energy Cannon], destroying Crossing-Sea Old Devil but nearly killing Yun Qianzai and injuring Ran Kui. As the survivors regrouped, the old devil’s severed hand seized Ji Yuan and carried him east over the sea.

• Ran Kui, Feng Zhitáo, and Yun Qianzai attacked Crossing-Sea Old Devil while Hua Yaoyue rushed toward Black Dragon Island and Kong Xifeng concealed her departure.
• Ji Yuan spent 10,235 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones charging the third setting of the [Spirit-Energy Cannon] as Crossing-Sea Old Devil transformed his body into a powerful corpse.
• Crossing-Sea Old Devil broke free of Feng Zhitáo’s Jade Elixir and resisted the group’s attacks, so Yun Qianzai swallowed a Demon Core and trapped him with his transformed tentacles.
• Ji Yuan fired the [Spirit-Energy Cannon], obliterating most of Yun Qianzai’s tentacles and destroying Crossing-Sea Old Devil except for a severed hand.
• Feng Zhitáo saved the barely living Yun Qianzai while Ran Kui treated his injuries, but Crossing-Sea Old Devil’s severed hand seized Ji Yuan and dragged him east.

Ji Yuan was abducted east by Crossing-Sea Old Devil and learned that people from the Abyssal Continent planned to cross Fallen Immortal Ravine. Hua Yaoyue arrived at Black Dragon Island and pursued him, while Ji Yuan escaped the devil’s grip inside the ravine and destroyed his Divine Soul.

• Feng Zhitáo left Ran Kui and the injured Yun Qianzai on Black Dragon Island and flew east after Ji Yuan.
• Crossing-Sea Old Devil carried Ji Yuan toward Fallen Immortal Ravine and revealed that people from the Abyssal Continent intended to cross into Cangluo Continent.
• Ji Yuan pretended to cooperate with Crossing-Sea Old Devil and entered Fallen Immortal Ravine aboard the Wind Sophora Flying Boat.
• Hua Yaoyue arrived at Black Dragon Island, sheltered Ran Kui, Yun Qianzai, and Feng Zhitáo, then flew east to find Ji Yuan.
• Ji Yuan tested the ravine’s dangerous route with wooden dummies and realized he could retreat despite Crossing-Sea Old Devil’s warning.
• Ji Yuan trapped Crossing-Sea Old Devil with the Heavenly Thunder Net and struck his severed hand with a Heavenly Venom Needle, scattering his Divine Soul in the gale.

Ji Yuan escaped Fallen Immortal Ravine with treasures taken from Crossing-Sea Old Devil and reunited with Hua Yaoyue and his surviving martial siblings. He revealed the enemy alliance against Shangdong, shared the spoils, and discovered that Crossing-Sea Old Devil’s human-skin map was a sea chart spanning the route between continents.

• Ji Yuan repaired the Heavenly Venom Needles with Jade-Grease, then found a Yin Ghost Sect Skeleton Token, an inheritance-bearing cheekbone, and a human-skin sheet in Crossing-Sea Old Devil’s finger-bone storage space.
• Ji Yuan safely left Fallen Immortal Ravine and told Hua Yaoyue that the Shang Court in Shangxi had contacted the Abyssal Depths Continent to coordinate an attack on Shangdong.
• Hua Yaoyue took Ji Yuan back to Black Dragon Island, where he reunited with Feng Zhitáo, Ran Kui, and Yun Qianzai, and they returned west together.
• Ji Yuan and his martial siblings divided the Three-Eyed Dark Beast’s remains and the treasures from Li Yuan’s Storage Bag.
• Ji Yuan examined the human-skin sheet, recognized it as Crossing-Sea Old Devil’s sea chart between the continents, and told Hua Yaoyue about it.