Recaps

After the Xianyu Kingdom ruler died pursuing the Dao, Lu Xinghuai used the Myriad Forms Boundary Map and a guardian Spirit God to open a grotto-heaven in the Great Void. Lin Xi Yu and Lin Xiuyi entered the realm, while Jiang Yang recognized it as Southern Peak Abbey and reunited with Tai Pei'er.

• Lu Xinghuai summoned a guardian Spirit God and used the Myriad Forms Boundary Map to widen the opening to the grotto-heaven.
• The map released qi of Fortune and Virtue, which flowed into the opening and stabilized the rift.
• Lin Xi Yu caught a few falling lights, then joined Lin Xiuyi and the other True Persons in entering the realm.
• Black feathers formed from the path of Tribulation Qi rained onto the battlefield, and the cultivators scrambled to collect them as Spirit Treasures.
• Jiang Yang watched the heavens with his mystic pupils, injured his left eye by the burst of white light, and realized that Southern Peak Abbey had appeared.
• Tai Pei'er flew out of the crowd and landed before Jiang Yang.

Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er planned to enter a secret realm hidden in the Great Void, though Jiang Yang feared the danger posed by Purple Mansion True Persons. Tai Pei'er revealed that she sought a Tao Spring rather than golden nature, and they reached a snowy peak to begin their search.

• Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er discussed the Great True Person's failed Transformation and set out together for the mountains.
• Jiang Yang revealed that his mystic eye could see the secret realm's location in the Great Void, and Tai Pei'er said her secret art could let her travel there briefly.
• Tai Pei'er explained that she had prepared for this opportunity and planned to have Jiang Yang guide them through the Great Void while she cast her art.
• Jiang Yang warned that entering the realm could cost them their lives, but Tai Pei'er clarified that she wanted to find a Tao Spring, not golden nature.
• Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er reached a snowy peak in Xianyu, where she revealed the Tao Spring's potential benefit to them both.

Tai Pei'er told Jiang Yang about Clear-Heaven Spring, a Spirit Spring said to help cultivators attain divine powers, and led him to Quwei Mountain to enter Southern Peak Abbey through the Great Void. After they found the summit tainted by Tribulation Qi and caught longevity qi spirit treasures, Tai Pei'er began preparing while Jiang Yang watched the Great Void.

• Tai Pei'er explained Clear-Heaven Spring's benefits and revealed that she hoped to attain divine powers alongside Jiang Yang.
• Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er flew through the mourning and turmoil in Xianyu Kingdom toward Quwei Mountain, where its sovereign Kui Guanzhi had cultivated in seclusion.
• Tai Pei'er inspected the summit and warned Jiang Yang that the gray pool would bring misfortune, while Jiang Yang identified Tribulation Qi in its water.
• Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er caught falling longevity qi spirit treasures and recognized them as low-grade treasures useful in lifespan-increasing elixirs.
• Tai Pei'er asked Jiang Yang to guard her and began preparing to connect to the Great Void as he endured pain in his left eye and looked upward.

Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er used Moon-Riding Talismans to enter the Great Void. Meanwhile, Purple Mansion cultivators entered the Southern Peak Grotto-Heaven, discovered an unclaimed portion of golden nature, and raced to seize it.

• Jiang Yang used his Mystic Pupil to confirm that the Great Void had settled and locate the gateway.
• Tai Pei'er created Moon-Riding Talismans and explained they would let them remain in the Great Void for about a quarter of an hour.
• Tai Pei'er and Jiang Yang held hands, recited the Guiding Incantation, and rose into the Great Void on lunar radiance.
• Purple Mansion True Persons entered the Grotto-Heaven and found golden nature above an ancient platform.
• Lin Xi Yu and the other cultivators recognized the golden nature as unclaimed, and they rushed toward it, plunging the Grotto-Heaven into chaos.

The Purple Mansion cultivators fought over the Heavenly Proclamation Longevity Qi Myriad Transformations, but the mystic shield kept it from being claimed. As four factions formed a tense standoff, Lin Xiuyi pointed out a fifth faction: a lone, powerful observer above them.

• The cultivators recognized the golden nature as the rare Heavenly Proclamation Longevity Qi Myriad Transformations and rushed to seize it, while Lin Xi Yu and Lin Xiuyi cautiously hung back.
• A Shi cultivator from the Manifest Dharma Temple formed a giant golden body to block the others, but their combined attacks shattered it and sent the red-robed monk fleeing.
• Lu Xinghuai joined the struggle as the mystic shield shook under an attack, then urged his allies to cooperate in claiming the golden nature.
• Zhuang Beiwang and the Threefold Way cultivators agreed to follow Lu Xinghuai, while Dongmen Wan Jing and Lin Xi Yu avoided a firm commitment.
• Lin Xiuyi noticed a lone figure watching from above, and Dongmen Wan Jing identified him as a former heavenly figure who had entered the mortal world.

Wei Qixin broke the mystic shield around the golden nature, triggering a battle among the cultivators. The golden nature released seven-colored light that added twelve years to the lifespan of those it touched, including Lin Xi Yu.

• Lu Xinghuai identified Wei Qixin as a member of the Xuanzhu Wei Clan, whose lineage was known for true fire and longevity qi.
• Lin Xi Yu warned Lin Xiuyi that they were caught in a dangerous contest for the golden nature and urged him to seek a chance to escape.
• Lu Boyan and a Monk proposed taking the golden nature for shared study, but the other cultivators rejected their offers.
• Wei Qixin threw down his Divine Candle Harmonizing Seal and shattered the platform’s mystic shield.
• The cultivators fought over the golden nature as it rose free and released seven-colored light that added twelve years to the lifespans of those it touched.

Lu Boyan stole the golden nature with Yi Kong’s help, but its light first restored and then drained lifespan, turning the gathered cultivators against him. As they fought over it, a black shadow suddenly attacked Lu Boyan’s hand from the sky.

• Lu Boyan and Yi Kong worked together to seize the golden nature from beneath Yi Zhe’s nose, with Lu Boyan using Fixed-Space Hexagram to take it.
• The golden nature released seven-colored light that shortened the cultivators’ lifespans by twelve years, undoing the earlier increase and leaving Lu Boyan gravely weakened.
• Lu Xinghuai explained that the golden nature’s blessings and calamities were intertwined, while the furious cultivators surrounded Lu Boyan and pressed him for the chance to recover their lost years.
• Wei Qixin watched from above and declared that everyone in the Grotto-Heaven was trapped under his control.
• A shrill cry interrupted Wei Qixin as a black shadow streaked toward Lu Boyan’s hand holding the golden nature.

Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er entered the Southern Peak Grotto-Heaven and explored its desolate outskirts while searching for the Spirit Spring. After reaching the boundary without finding it, they decided to investigate the floating Immortal Islands.

• Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er passed through the gateway from the Great Void into the Southern Peak Grotto-Heaven.
• Tai Pei'er reflected on her previous life, her resolve to revive the Tai, and her longing to attain divine powers with Jiang Yang.
• Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er found no nearby Purple Mansion cultivators and flew east at low altitude to search for the Spirit Spring.
• After about two hours, Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er reached a boundary of flowing light without finding signs of people, buildings, or the Spirit Spring.
• Jiang Yang suggested that they investigate the floating Immortal Islands, and Tai Pei'er agreed.

Kui Guanzhi used the Fate-Reversing Embryo to survive as the Calamity Crow, a golden-nature demon, and fled with a speck of colored light as Wei Qixin and the others pursued him. Lin Xi Yu and Lin Xiuyi broke away to explore the Southern Peak Grotto-Heaven while Wei Qixin confronted the fleeing Crow with a Dark Seal and Heaven-Enveloping Fire.

• Kui Guanzhi transformed into the Calamity Crow, retaining only his true spirit and a trace of golden nature, and hoped to reach a forming gateway in the void.
• The Calamity Crow tore off Lu Boyan's right arm and escaped with the golden nature, prompting Wei Qixin to recognize him and accuse the Nether Bureau of scheming.
• Wei Qixin, Lu Xinghuai, and other cultivators pursued the Crow, while Lin Xi Yu and Lin Xiuyi stopped to investigate nearby Mystic Towers and Immortal Peaks.
• The Calamity Crow flew through the sky carrying a speck of colored light as divine powers struck at him, and his severed arm reattached itself to Lu Boyan.
• Wei Qixin dropped a mountain-sized Dark Seal toward the Calamity Crow and invoked Heaven-Enveloping Fire.

Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er explored ancient Immortal Islands and found a Daoist temple containing two Purple Mansion Spirit Artifacts. After dividing the Wooden Sword and Gourd, they left the hall with their search for the spirit spring still ahead.

• Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er landed on an Immortal Island as strange disturbances shook the grotto-heaven, which they suspected came from Purple Mansion True Persons fighting over the golden nature.
• Tai Pei'er recognized patterns on the Mystic Pavilion and concluded that the spirit spring should be on the island.
• Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er entered the pavilion and found a statue, a Wooden Sword, and a Gourd on its altar.
• Tai Pei'er identified the Gourd as a Spirit Artifact, while Jiang Yang determined the Wooden Sword was likely a Spell Sword rather than a Spirit Sword.
• Tai Pei'er kept the Wooden Sword and gave the Gourd to Jiang Yang, and they bowed respectfully to the statue before leaving.

Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er explored the ancient temple and found Purple Mansion spirit water and a sealed Purple Mansion spirit flame in its Elixir Chamber. After abandoning the guarded Scripture Repository, they witnessed the sky split open.

• Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er searched the temple's refectory and guest rooms but found nothing of value.
• Jiang Yang discovered a milky-white Purple Mansion spirit flame sealed in the Elixir Chamber's Fire Pit, while Tai Pei'er collected Purple Mansion spirit water from the basin.
• Tai Pei'er offered to share the spirit water with Jiang Yang, but he refused and suggested they discuss it after leaving.
• Jiang Yang inspected the spirit array guarding the Scripture Repository and decided they could not break through it.
• A terrifying thunderclap sounded as Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er turned away, and they saw the sky split open.

As the Black Stratagem cracked under a vast upheaval, Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er entered the failing Scripture Repository in search of an inheritance. Jiang Yang found a profound longevity method, while Tai Pei'er recognized a sacred platform and began worshipping before it.

• The Black Stratagem and the Immortal Island shook, and Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er feared that a Golden Nature demon was breaking free.
• Tai Pei'er recalled her ancestor's warning about her tendency toward blind optimism, but chose to press on with Jiang Yang.
• Tai Pei'er noticed that the Scripture Repository's spirit array had cracked, and she and Jiang Yang entered after it collapsed.
• Tai Pei'er searched the repository for Taiyin teachings but found none among its scriptures.
• Jiang Yang read the golden scroll titled “Secret Formula of the Manifest Dao of Profound Shelter, Primordial Nurturing, and Hidden Radiance” and tucked it away.
• Tai Pei'er knelt before the central Mystic Platform, bowing repeatedly to fulfill what she called the Immortal Edict.

Tai Pei'er touched an ancient scroll and fell under a strange influence, which Jiang Yang broke before she recovered with no memory of what happened. She found a Taiyin inheritance on the scroll, and Jiang Yang suggested her earlier state might have come from a connection to an ancient figure.

• Tai Pei'er touched the golden scroll and became reverent and unresponsive, prompting Jiang Yang to use Conjoined Branch and strike her head to wake her.
• Tai Pei'er recalled glimpsing a torrent of profound principles but could remember none of their details.
• Tai Pei'er opened the scroll and found the [Hengyue Illuminating Shadow and Clarifying Light Dao Chapter], a Taiyin cultivation art.
• Jiang Yang told Tai Pei'er what she had done while under the strange influence, and she was alarmed by the blank in her memory.
• Jiang Yang suggested Tai Pei'er had accidentally connected with an ancient figure, and she reasoned that receiving the inheritance was likely a good thing.

Tai Pei'er and Jiang Yang escaped the Scripture Repository as the grotto-heaven broke apart, and Tai Pei'er realized the Clear Spring lay on the Immortal Islands. At the spring, the wounded Chongya recovered enough to scheme for a human carrier to take the golden nature into the Mortal World.

• Tai Pei'er thanked Jiang Yang for saving her, and Jiang Yang took the unopened final scroll from the desk as they left the Scripture Repository.
• Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er saw the sky split open, the Three Black Islands lose their bridges and chains, and a gravely wounded Purple Mansion cultivator flee into the Great Void.
• Tai Pei'er realized the Clear Spring was on the Immortal Islands and urged Jiang Yang toward another island before they reached the Mortal World.
• Chongya drank and bathed in the Clear Spring, suppressing the Heaven-Enveloping true fire that tormented him.
• Chongya considered how to preserve the golden nature he had seized and concluded that he needed a human body to carry it into the Mortal World.

Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er discovered the Clear-Heaven Spring, but found an injured spirit crane there. After their attempts to leave, the crane admitted that it needed a favor and promised them a genuine opportunity in return.

• Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er followed the spring through the valley and entered a cavern filled with dense spirit vigor.
• Jiang Yang spotted bloodstains leading to an injured spirit crane beside the Clear-Heaven Spring.
• The spirit crane spoke to Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er, asking where their elders were and offering them an opportunity.
• Jiang Yang claimed their family's True Person was nearby and tried to draw out the crane's identity.
• Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er turned to leave despite the spring's value, and the crane revealed that no Purple Mansion cultivators were nearby and asked them to come forward.

The injured Calamity Crow disguised himself as a White-Feathered Crane and tried to lure Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er closer, but their powerful destinies resisted his divine power. Realizing their arrival might be part of his lord’s design, he offered them treasures and asked them to carry his legacy out of Southern Peak.

• The Calamity Crow disguised himself as an injured White-Feathered Crane beside the Clear-Heaven Spring and waited for Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er.
• The crow activated All Enveloped in Gloom, but saw Tai Pei'er’s Taiyin destiny and Jiang Yang’s sword intent and could not influence either of them.
• Zhou Chu realized how suspiciously convenient their arrival was and suspected his lord was still manipulating him.
• The crow abandoned his attempt to beguile the pair and pressured them to approach by claiming he had an opportunity to offer.
• Jiang Yang stayed cautious while Tai Pei'er discreetly warned him, and the crow claimed he was dying and needed someone to deliver a letter and preserve his dao lineage.
• The crow revealed Purple Mansion-level treasures and resources, offered one item to each of them, and argued that they could not resist him if he meant them harm.

The Evil Crow, disguised as a wounded Spirit Crane, tried to persuade Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er to deliver a letter to the Ascension to Mystery Dao in exchange for Spirit Treasures. Tai Pei'er recognized the sect and agreed to approach its current leader, while the Evil Crow waited for one of them to accept its feather so it could seize that person's body.

• Jiang Yang questioned why the Spirit Crane needed them to deliver a letter and asked about its injuries and the task's risks.
• The Spirit Crane admitted that a fight in the grotto-heaven had left it gravely wounded and named Crane Embryo Mountain in the Wu Kingdom as the destination.
• Tai Pei'er recognized the Ascension to Mystery Dao and asked whether the Spirit Crane was the Plainfeather Embryonic Immortal; it denied the title and named True Person Zhaoshi as the recipient.
• Tai Pei'er told the Spirit Crane that Zhaoshi had died and that True Person Yi Yun now oversaw the mountain, then asked whether the Spirit Crane trusted them with its treasures.
• The Evil Crow offered its white feather as a token and invited them to choose Spirit Treasures, secretly intending to seize whichever body accepted it.

Tai Pei'er realized the Spirit Crane was a deceptive and dangerous being, and tried to arrange for Jiang Yang to escape while she stayed behind. When the creature abruptly reversed its decision, Jiang Yang recognized its Golden Nature aura as that of a demon and used a talisman to flee with Tai Pei'er, but the demon knocked them out of the wind and sent them falling before it.

• Tai Pei'er grew suspicious of the Spirit Crane after it readily accepted names and claims that did not fit the history of the Mystery Dao Gate.
• She proposed that one of the two deliver the creature's letter while the other stayed behind as a hostage, and the Spirit Crane agreed on the condition that the courier carry a Plain Feather in their Dharma Body.
• Tai Pei'er volunteered to remain behind, but Jiang Yang argued that he should deliver the letter; the Spirit Crane then unexpectedly changed its mind and ordered Tai Pei'er to go instead.
• Jiang Yang recognized the Spirit Crane's leaked aura as Golden Nature and realized it was a demon, not an injured Purple Mansion cultivator.
• Jiang Yang seized Tai Pei'er and activated his Unimpeded Wind Patrol Talisman, but the demon revealed its true form and forced them out of the Xun Wind, sending them tumbling before it.

Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er were trapped by the Evil Crow, which tried to seize Tai Pei'er's body using a Golden Feather. Tai Pei'er froze herself and the intruder with the Moon-Cold Curse, giving Jiang Yang a chance to use his lifespan-cutting method against the weakened crow.

• The Evil Crow shattered Tai Pei'er's Jade Ruyi and dragged Jiang Yang and the wounded Tai Pei'er into Cave Spring.
• The Evil Crow spat out its Golden Nature as a Golden Feather and tried to insert it between Tai Pei'er's brows to seize her body.
• Tai Pei'er cast the Moon-Cold Curse, freezing her True Spirit and Dharma Body to trap the Golden Feather and its wielder.
• Jiang Yang saw that the Evil Crow's lifespan became visible after it expelled its Golden Nature, and prepared to sacrifice his own lifespan to cut away its remaining years.
• Jiang Yang completed the Spirit-Leaking Hub-Cutting incantation as the Evil Crow sensed the danger and shrieked.

Jiang Yang used the Lifespan-Cutting Method to kill the Evil Crow, but the strike left him severely weakened. He saved Tai Pei'er and absorbed the Plain Feather into the Peach Branch, then discovered his hair had turned white.

• Jiang Yang used the Hub-Cutting Profound Light to cut away the Evil Crow's remaining lifespan, despite the cost to his own strength.
• The Evil Crow's forms and aura crumbled until he dissolved into smoke and dust, leaving only tribulation ashes.
• Jiang Yang found Tai Pei'er unconscious and weakening, then placed the Golden Osmanthus Moon Medicine beneath her tongue to preserve her life.
• Jiang Yang tried to move the Plain Feather, but the Peach Branch absorbed it and held it like a golden fruit.
• Jiang Yang carried Tai Pei'er to the spring and saw that his hair had turned completely white.

Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er slept in a Spirit Vigor spring while the grotto-heaven collapsed and secret realms scattered across the land. Lin Xi Yu found the missing Jiang Yang and woke him, leaving him to explain his condition and the woman in his arms.

• Jiang Yang accepted the loss of about thirty years of lifespan and fell asleep with Tai Pei'er in the spring, where pure Spirit Vigor nourished their bodies and Immortal Foundations.
• The grotto-heaven continued to collapse, scattering secret realms and treasures across the Mortal World as cultivators rushed to claim them.
• More than ten days later, Lin Xi Yu expelled several minor cultivators from a newly discovered secret realm while searching for Jiang Yang.
• Lin Xi Yu and Lin Xiuyi searched Xianyu after learning Jiang Yang had vanished, and Lin Xi Yu eventually found him and Tai Pei'er in a Cave Spring.
• Lin Xi Yu pulled them from the spring and woke Jiang Yang, then remarked on his good fortune in having a beauty beside him even when calamity struck.

Jiang Yang woke in a secret realm in northern Xianyu after the upheaval and asked Lin Xi Yu to help Tai Pei'er, who had fallen into a false death from spell art backlash. After explaining how they entered the Grotto-Heaven, he left with Lin Xi Yu and remembered there was another opportunity to pursue.

• Lin Xi Yu found Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er in a secret realm in northern Xianyu and told him the upheaval had ended.
• Jiang Yang asked Lin Xi Yu to examine Tai Pei'er, and she diagnosed a false death caused by spell art backlash that required a Taiyin cultivator to undo.
• Jiang Yang recounted how he and Tai Pei'er entered the Grotto-Heaven, while concealing some details about her abilities.
• Lin Xi Yu decided to take Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er away, and Jiang Yang collected the remaining Tao Spring in a jade bottle.
• After they left the secret realm, Jiang Yang stopped Lin Xi Yu, saying there was another opportunity to pursue.

Jiang Yang told Lin Xi Yu about a Purple Mansion-grade Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Flame, and she arranged for Lin Xiuyi to retrieve it while returning with Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er to Far-Reaching City. Lin Xi Yu began planning how to make the Zheng Kingdom share responsibility for Tai Pei'er's treatment, then discovered Jiang Yang had earned over thirteen hundred battle merit points and urged him to spend them on an expensive reward.

• Jiang Yang told Lin Xi Yu about the spirit flame in the Elixir Chamber, and she sent Lin Xiuyi to retrieve it discreetly.
• Lin Xi Yu brought Jiang Yang and Tai Pei'er back to Far-Reaching City and planned to involve Tai Fuwei and Prince Jing in resolving Tai Pei'er's situation.
• Lin Xi Yu told Jiang Yang that Tai Fuwei would arrive within a few days and that they would seek treatment and call on their connections.
• Lin Xi Yu inspected Jiang Yang's Heavenly Directorate Token and found he had earned more than thirteen hundred battle merit points.
• Lin Xi Yu urged Jiang Yang to redeem his merit for a valuable Purple Mansion Spirit Treasure and make Lu Xinghuai pay dearly.

Jiang Yang declined the Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire that Lin Xiuyi had retrieved, and Lin Xi Yu decided to find a suitable buyer for it. Back in his courtyard, Jiang Yang discovered his cultivation had reached Foundation Establishment peak and chose to save his remaining Spirit Peach for a future breakthrough before tallying his Southern Peak gains.

• Lin Xiuyi brought Lin Xi Yu the pearl flame he had recovered from the Elixir Chamber, and Jiang Yang offered it to the two True Persons as thanks.
• Lin Xiuyi refused the flame, and Lin Xi Yu proposed finding a buyer whose Dao lineage and pill refining suited it.
• Jiang Yang returned to his courtyard and discovered his cultivation had quietly reached Foundation Establishment peak, with his immortal foundation ready for a possible breakthrough.
• Jiang Yang put away his remaining West Peak Spirit Peach to reserve its spirit vigor for his breakthrough.
• Jiang Yang opened his Storage Bag and began tallying the gains from his journey into Southern Peak.

Jiang Yang examined the treasures he had brought back from the Grotto-Heaven, including a sealed Purple Mansion artifact and an unopenable Dao scroll, while deciding to leave the mysterious Peach Branch alone. The next day, Tai Fuwei arrived to see Tai Pei'er, and Lin Xi Yu proposed seeking Lu Xinghuai's help despite the risks.

• Jiang Yang inspected a gourd he had taken from an offering altar and recognized it as a Purple Mansion Spirit Artifact, though its powers remained unknown.
• Jiang Yang checked that the spirit spring water in his jade bottle had retained its spirit vigor and stored it away for possible future use.
• Jiang Yang examined two golden scrolls, but a Dao barrier kept him from opening one, so he put it away until he attained divine powers.
• Jiang Yang tried to examine the Peach Branch in his Sea of Consciousness, then gave up and waited to see whether it posed any danger.
• Tai Fuwei arrived and examined Tai Pei'er, whose life remained in danger, then heard Lin Xi Yu and Jiang Yang explain what had happened in the Grotto-Heaven.
• Lin Xi Yu proposed seeking Lu Xinghuai's help, and Tai Fuwei questioned whether the plan would work.