Recaps

Nie Yun escaped Luoqu Tomb with its treasures after defeating Ning King and Tong King, then left Luoshui City to strengthen himself and pursue Ning King. Traveling under the name Yang Yun, he joined Tie Lan’s mercenary group and protected her from Wei Chen’s coercive challenge.

• Nie Yun led his companions through Luoqu Tomb’s traps and used Tracking Qi to find the safe passage, where they gathered Luoqu’s weapons, manuals, and talismans.
• After Luoqu’s test revealed the Tianji Sword, Feng Xiao betrayed the group and fled with it, but Nie Yun escaped the tomb with the others and confronted Ning King and Tong King outside.
• Nie Yun killed Tong King, learned that the Tianji Sword was fake, and drove the demon spirit out of Feng Xiao before returning Luoqu’s treasures to Luoshui City.
• Nie Yun distributed the treasures, left Little Tiger to protect his family, and departed to temper his strength before attempting his second Nirvana.
• Nie Yun joined the Tie Yan Mercenary Group under the name Yang Yun, remembering that Tie Lan had sacrificed herself for him in his previous life and resolving to protect her.
• When Wei Chen pressured Tie Lan into a beast-taming contest, Yang Yun calmed the injured Bronze Arm Giant Ape and told Tie Lan to command it to strike Wei Chen.
• Jiang You suspected Yang Yun had neutralized the true qi controlling the ape and tested him with a forceful handshake, while Wei Chen demanded that Jiang You attack the Tie Yan group.

Nie Yun gained the Purple Splendor Jade Seal, defeated the Man in Hemp Clothes, and killed Liu Chengze, Liu Yuan, and the Ning King before returning to Luoshui City. There he learned that masked attackers had taken his family, and the only surviving captive had not yet revealed who sent them.

• Nie Yun attended the Jibei City Pill Convention, obtained the Purple Splendor Jade Seal through a trade with Yu Jie, and won Liu Yuan’s wagered treasures by defeating him with the Profound Jade Sword.
• The Man in Hemp Clothes pursued Nie Yun for the Petrified Sarcoma, but Nie Yun developed Earthly Momentum and drove him off before returning to kill Liu Chengze and Liu Yuan and take their hidden treasures.
• Nie Yun absorbed Essence Qi, awakened a response from the black orb, and traveled to Two Realms Mountain, where he and his Demon Pets killed the Ning King and the demonfolk.
• Nie Yun returned to Luoshui City and found the Nie Family estate deserted as masked men attacked Yang Yan and Feng Xiao and demanded the Luoqu Tomb’s treasures.
• Nie Yun defeated the masked attackers, but their leader revealed that Nie Yun’s family was alive and had been taken away, then tried to self-destruct rather than disclose their location.
• A captive told Nie Yun that his family had been escorted toward Shenfeng City, but an Assassin Master struck and died by poison before Nie Yun could learn the faction’s name.
• Nie Yun found the other captured Qi Grandmasters dead, restored Yang Yan and Feng Xiao, and learned that the Nie Family had vanished, the City Lord’s Mansion had been emptied, and Luo Zhanhao was missing.

Nie Yun strengthened his allies, investigated the Zhao Family, and arrived at Zhao Xingpu’s wedding to take Luo Qingcheng and demand answers about his missing family. After killing Zhao Xun and attacking Tu Xin, he faced an opponent whose strength appeared to surpass his own.

• Nie Yun revealed his Supreme-level strength to Yang Yan and Feng Xiao, then rode to Shenfeng City with his three concealed Supreme-level demon beasts.
• Nie Yun learned that Luo Qingcheng was to marry Zhao Xingpu and went to the Hundred Flowers Sect, where he killed Zhao Yan and defeated Bai Huaxiu before persuading her to help with his plan.
• Nie Yun met Tie Lan and Iron Rock, defeated Huo Gang, Liu Jifei, and Wei Tian, then placed Huo Gang under his control and asked the mercenary group to search for his missing family.
• Nie Yun absorbed the mercenary group’s Essence Qi, completed the third level of the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique, and used the Iron Bagua to gain three more dantians and a vastly expanded sea of qi.
• Nie Yun arrived at Zhao Xingpu and Luo Qingcheng’s wedding with his three Supreme-level demon beasts, struck down Zhao Xingpu, and demanded that Zhao Xun reveal where his parents and Luo Zhanhao had been taken.
• Nie Yun defeated Mo Yanqing and pressed Zhao Xun for answers, while Bai Huaxiu and Huo Gang stopped Feng Yu and Luo Tianxiang from intervening.
• Nie Yun killed Zhao Xun and other people on the wedding platform, then pretended to accept Tu Xin’s offer to help free his parents before attacking him.
• Tu Xin blocked Nie Yun’s sword strike with his fists, shattered the platform in their clash, and drew a massive iron hammer with strength that appeared to exceed Nie Yun’s.