Recaps

Ji Yuan escaped the Rakshasa Sea, gained the Purple-Gold Gourd, and pursued body cultivation while Mei Zhuang’s plan turned against him. He settled at the Cloud-Rain Sect, where he helped drive off rival sects and prepared to lead disciples into Blood Sword Island while still delaying his Nascent Soul breakthrough.

• Ji Yuan escaped the Profound Serpent Manor Master, killed Ying Changkong with the Meteor Cannon, and obtained the Star-Treading Wheel before the Ghost Envoy sent him to the Far Eastern Lands.
• Ji Yuan upgraded his cultivation facilities, reached the Golden Core Late Stage, and transformed Tuesday and Monday into Chi Dragons before reuniting with Liu Yuan on Serene Nether Island.
• Ji Yuan killed the Devouring Sea Great Sage and accepted Mei Zhuang’s invitation to the Sea Ruins, where Mei Zhuang asked him to retrieve the Secret of Spirit Transformation from beneath a volcanic lake.
• Ji Yuan tempered his body in the Thunderstorm Zone, acquired the Partridge Armor, and descended into the volcanic lake, where he found the Purple-Gold Gourd and watched it absorb the Spirit-Devouring Origin-Burning Fire.
• Mei Zhuang turned on Ji Yuan, but Long Fei, Long Yun, and the Bee Queen killed the Great Crocodile Patriarch and Green-Robed Patriarch as Ji Yuan escaped the Black-and-White Fiends.
• Ji Yuan found Dream-Demon True Lord’s inheritance on Qiankun Island, then crossed to the Star-River Archipelago and chose to join the Cloud-Rain Sect.
• Ji Yuan settled on Wine-Brewing Peak and cultivated for twenty years, reaching the peak of Golden Core Formation before driving Jian Wuya and Dan Xuzi away from the Cloud-Rain Sect.
• Ji Yuan agreed to lead Cloud-Rain Sect disciples into Blood Sword Island and swallowed a Four-Color Spirit Egg to purify his core before attempting to form his Nascent Soul.

Ji Yuan formed his Nascent Soul, revealed his identity, and strengthened his powers while pursuing enemies and gathering resources. After killing the leaders of Medicine King Valley, he planned to lie low, while the Black-and-White Divine Hall announced an expedition to the Desolate Ancient Continent.

• Ji Yuan uncovered and killed Blood Shadow Cult infiltrators on Blood Sword Island, then helped the surviving disciples escape and identified the Spirit-Piercing Blood Sword.
• Ji Yuan refined his Blood Core, fused Tu Yue with Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, and prepared for his Nascent Soul breakthrough with help from Hundred-Blossom Immortal.
• Ji Yuan shattered his Violet Core, overcame the Heart-Demon Tribulation, and formed his Nascent Soul before revealing to Zhou Cang and Hundred-Blossom Immortal that he was Ji Yuan, the Ji of Old Devil Ji.
• Ji Yuan stole a Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone from Northwatch Mountain, upgraded his Spirit Vein, and traveled to Cangluo, where he killed Vulture High Person to avenge Yan Lanlan.
• Ji Yuan learned Blood-Burning Crash, took the Cloud-Sea Flood Dragon Pearl for Long Fei, and endured Thunderclap Marsh’s lightning until he reached the Golden Body Mystic Bone Realm.
• Ji Yuan learned that Blood Luo Mountain was seeking him and that Ten Spirits Ancestor and Scorpion Madam guarded Medicine King Valley, so he lured Ten Spirits Ancestor away and killed both cultivators.
• Ji Yuan took water from the Nether Ageless Spring and sent his Spirit-Devouring Bees and Blazing-Fire Army Ants to destroy Medicine King Valley, then planned to lie low before visiting the Water Dragon Sect.
• The Black-and-White Fiends announced an expedition to the Desolate Ancient Continent, requiring Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators or higher and warning the cultivators not to provoke Mei Zhuang’s transformed Demon Race great demons.

Ji Yuan survived the Blood Luo King’s attack, traveled to the Desolate Ancient Continent, and joined a plot to expose the Barbarian God Continent’s spies. After killing the Blood Shadow Cult Master, he withdrew to cultivate with valuable loot and discovered another building could be upgraded.

• Ji Yuan drank the Nine-Nether Lifeburn Brew, reached Nascent Soul Peak, killed Blood Lady, and drove Blood Luo King to abandon his physical body before fleeing Cangluo.
• Ji Yuan returned to the Cloud-Rain Sect, traded Nether Ageless Spring for Heavenly Origin Resin, and built and upgraded the Star-Gazing Tower.
• Ji Yuan traveled with Nascent Soul cultivators to the Desolate Ancient Continent, traded for Immortal Resources, and reunited with Hundred-Blossom Immortal, who gave him the Heart-Corroding Locust Tree.
• Ji Yuan upgraded the Chicken Coop, and the Rooster King evolved into a Fourth-Order Golden-Plume Thunder Roc.
• Ji Yuan exposed Thousand Illusion Old Devil’s disguise and told High Person Lingzhu that he would feign defection to infiltrate the Barbarian God Continent.
• Ji Yuan joined Blood Shadow Cult Master and Qiqimu’s ambush on the Taiyi Immortal Sect, escaped the cannon explosion, and survived a second attack.
• Ji Yuan lured the wounded Blood Shadow Cult Master away, killed him, and claimed his Blood-Devouring Cloak, two Immortal-Ascending Stones, and Barbarian God Statue.
• Ji Yuan flew to an isolated island and entered Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain to cultivate, where he discovered another building could be upgraded.

Ji Yuan sabotaged the Five-Element Godslayer Cannon, strengthened his cultivation, reunited with his Water Dragon Sect companions, and entered the Nine Nether Rift to face powerful demonic cultivators. After killing Bone Demon Old Devil and the Silver-Armored Corpse King, he discovered a Blood Marrow Coffin and heard a voice recognize his Black Baleful form.

• Ji Yuan destroyed the unfinished Five-Element Godslayer Cannon, killed two Barbarian God elders, and escaped with its core materials as the Earthfire Furnace collapsed.
• Ji Yuan returned to the Desolate Ancient Continent, joined Hundred-Blossom Immortal and You Ji, and used You Ji’s Mystic Yin Soulforce to strengthen his Divine Soul before sending her back to the Barbarian God Continent.
• Ji Yuan received protection and resources from Ye Wuzhen, upgraded his cultivation buildings, advanced his body tempering and formation skills, and reunited with Yun Qianzai and Feng Zhitáo.
• Ji Yuan joined the Water Dragon Sect at its new base, was acknowledged as its sect master, and learned that powerful demonic cultivators had gathered at the Nine Nether Rift.
• Ji Yuan entered the Nine Nether Rift, killed the Profound Serpent Manor Master, and joined High Person Qianzhen to drive off High Person Bloodslaughter.
• Ji Yuan attacked Bone Demon Old Devil at the Ancient Demon Corpse-Refining Cavern, killed him with his Truth-Piercing Divine Eye, and controlled Hun San to pursue Bone Demon’s escaping Nascent Soul.
• Ji Yuan entered the corpse-refining chambers, defeated the Silver-Armored Corpse King in his Black Baleful form, and took its Corpse Core.
• Ji Yuan found a Blood Marrow Coffin that had restored the Corpse King and stored it inside Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, where a voice beneath the earth whispered, “Black... Baleful?”