Recaps

Nie Yun rescued General Zhi Yao, then joined Gu Yang’s expedition into Elder Hao Yuan’s ruin. Inside the Painted World, Nie Yun survived the trials and reached a book that might be the Myriad Scrolls Diagram.

• Nie Yun paid Qun Liao three hundred million Fire God Coins to free General Zhi Yao, then offered a bounty for Qun Liao’s death and had him killed.
• Nie Yun found a damaged map and Divine Stones in Qun Liao’s Storage Ring, then learned from Wei Buxin how Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Qi could nurture a King Realm weapon toward the Emperor Realm.
• Nie Yun joined Gu Yang, Luo Hao, Zhao Ran, Cui Yao, and Chen Zhu on an expedition to Elder Hao Yuan’s ruin, where he used Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Qi to withstand the cave’s pressure.
• The group entered the Painted World aboard the ancient ship, and Hao Yuan’s trial demanded that one of them die before entering, and Nie Yun jumped into the Blood Transformation Pool to spare Cui Yao.
• Protected by Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Qi, Nie Yun found a map in the pool’s walls, discovered an exit, and reached the Picture World.
• Nie Yun passed Hao Yuan’s timed run to Tiger Hill Slope by mastering the first transformation of the Nine Transformations of Netherflame, then fused the technique with his Wind Walker Dantian to reach Mochou Cave at fivefold speed.
• Inside Mochou Cave, Nie Yun recognized the bats and rocks as illusions in a Formation, used his Earth Walker Talent and Stone-Piercing Technique to pass through them, and found a book that might be the Myriad Scrolls Diagram.

Nie Yun inherited Elder Hao Yuan’s techniques and agreed to restore his reputation, then traveled to the Red River Domain seeking Tantai Lingyue and the Red River Spirit Fruit. He infiltrated Red River Gate using Elder Liu Xia’s corpse, only to learn the fruit would not ripen for at least a hundred years.

• Nie Yun witnessed Elder Hao Yuan’s tragic history, passed Hao Yuan’s trials, and agreed to clear his master’s and Liu Meng’s names and return Hao Yuan’s dharma body to the Fire God Sect.
• Hao Yuan taught Nie Yun the Netherflame techniques and sent him to seek the Red Leaf Spirit Fruit, while Nie Yun accepted Fairy Biluo’s Star Sword and Weaver Girl Shuttle before departing for the Red River Domain.
• Nie Yun and Nie Tong reached Red River City, exchanged Fire God Coins for Red River Crystals, and learned that the Underground Merchant Guild could help search for Tantai Lingyue and the others.
• Nie Yun bought Nie Tong the Rose Longsword, then killed Vice Pavilion Master Jin and Elder Liu Xia with help from Yuan Jiu and Nie Tong after they attacked the group.
• Nie Yun refined Elder Liu Xia’s corpse into a puppet and powered it with a formation made from Divine Stones, then learned he needed a Trading Emblem to obtain more stones.
• Nie Yun left Yuan Jiu and Nie Tong behind and entered Red River Gate disguised as Elder Liu Xia, where he took charge of the female disciples’ selections for the Elite Disciple Tournament.
• Nie Yun searched Elder Liu Xia’s quarters and the Elder Pavilion, where he discovered that the Red River Spirit Fruit tree had stopped bearing fruit four hundred years earlier and would need at least another hundred years to ripen again.

Nie Yun entered Red River Gate’s contest under Elder Liu Xia’s identity, won the Red River Spirit Fruit, and exposed his Devouring Power to the sect leaders. Old Immortal Nanhua pursued him afterward, and Fairy Biluo fell while shielding him from Nanhua’s attack.

• Nie Yun joined Red River Gate’s elders after its emergency bell rang, then learned Prince Duobo had challenged the sect for a Red River Spirit Fruit.
• When no elder would fight, Nie Yun volunteered as Elder Liu Xia and sent Nie Tong to face Commander Liu En, whom Nie Tong defeated and killed.
• Nie Yun conceded the second match against Prince Duobo, then faced Old Immortal Nanhua in a poison contest and defeated him with his Main Dantian’s energy.
• Sect Master Yuan Ku gave Nie Yun two Red River Spirit Fruits and Exquisite Bone Tempering Fluid, while Prince Duobo paid to cancel Nanhua’s attendant wager.
• Prince Duobo’s inspection exposed Nie Yun as an Ascender, but Nie Yun claimed to be the Puntian Great Emperor’s only son and persuaded Yuan Ku and Elder Hong Yuan to let him leave.
• Old Immortal Nanhua ambushed Nie Yun outside Red River Gate, tracked him by scent, and tested poisons on him after Nie Yun’s blood neutralized them.
• As Old Immortal Nanhua tried to take Nie Yun’s blood, Fairy Biluo intervened and fought him, but she fell after taking his attack while protecting Nie Yun.

Nie Yun survived Old Immortal Nanhua’s poison and followed clues to Tantai Lingyue through the Red River trials. He reunited with her, but Di Xuan took her away, leaving him to enter Yan Huang Hall’s second trial and grow stronger.

• Nie Yun escaped Old Immortal Nanhua with Fairy Biluo, but the poison killed the old immortal and the Weaver Girl Shuttle crashed, after they treated her Fire Toxin, Fairy Biluo left him.
• Nie Yun returned to the battlefield, rescued Yuan Jiu, and refined Old Immortal Nanhua’s Storage Ring before following a group connected to Hongyun Mountain.
• Nie Yun discovered that Zhu Hong had received the Moon-Pity Sword from a group likely led by Tantai Lingyue, then crippled Zhu Hong and left for Nine-Bend Bay.
• Nie Yun entered the Red River Secret Valley, where changing statues and trials drew cultivators seeking the Red River Spirit Blood.
• Nie Yun recognized the disguised Chaos King and learned that Tantai Lingyue had sent him energy, and the Spirit Blood chose Tantai Lingyue and revealed her identity.
• Di Xuan took Tantai Lingyue as her disciple, while Nie Yun revealed himself and embraced her before she left with Di Xuan.
• Nie Yun vowed to find Tantai Lingyue, took the Chaos King and their companions into his Storage World, and entered Yan Huang Hall’s second trial.