Recaps

Li Ling used his scent-based gift to strengthen his Divine Sense, develop new incense, and interfere with demonic cultivators while building ties with the Unusual Events Bureau. The arc left him infiltrating a demonic stronghold at Jiu Mouth Town, where he recognized the mysterious being’s origins just as Miss Lin sensed him.

• Li Ling was abducted by Shopkeeper Huo and the horse-faced Daoist, but Senior Brother Zhu rescued him and killed his captors.
• Li Ling discovered that Spirit-Communing Incense let him absorb Incense Essence, which steadily strengthened his Divine Sense and Spirit Body.
• Li Ling secretly used Soul Projection and his scent-tracking gift to help Zhu Ming find and kill Wei Du.
• Li Ling investigated the Water Monkey in Huangkou Town, uncovered Huang De’s role in directing it, and found the Three Treasures Demon-Refining Art.
• Li Ling developed Cloud-Producing Incense, helping the Ninth Princess cultivate cloud fiend and strengthening his own spirit body.
• Li Ling killed demonic cultivators, acquired the complete Three Treasures Demon-Refining Art, and discovered the Corpse Immortal Sect’s activities and devil finger wood.
• Li Ling refined incense essence into Gang Baleful Energy, killed the Corpse Immortal Sect envoy in Lianhe County, and began coordinating with the Unusual Events Bureau.
• Li Ling followed the essence of Beauty’s incense prayer to Jiu Mouth Town, found Miss Lin and Elder You preparing a river-god sacrifice, and was detected by Miss Lin.

Li Ling uncovered the Ghost Soul Sect’s plan to flood the Great Lin River basin and worked with the Unusual Events Bureau to stop it. As he tracked Granny Wu’s ritual into the eastern mountains, the Great Lin River God’s Divine Domain spread across the battlefield.

• Li Ling killed demonic cultivators at their stronghold, gathered devil finger wood and other materials, and discovered that Lin Rouniang was a Ghost Soul Sect Sacred Scion.
• Li Ling investigated the River God Wedding in Duckbill Township, killed the demonic cultivator coercing villagers through their dreams, and began making incense to resist nightmare attacks.
• Li Ling entered Lin Rouniang’s dream, defeated her dream spirit, and learned that the Demonic Path planned to flood the river basin and cause famine, plague, and rebellion.
• Li Ling warned the Unusual Events Bureau and villagers about the coming flood, while torrential rain and poisoned water drove refugees from their homes.
• Li Ling helped the Bureau capture Demonic Path followers and locate a corpse-raising ground, while Lin Rouniang and Granny Wu prepared to carry out their plan using prayer power.
• Li Ling sensed Granny Wu’s ritual merging the Divine Domain with reality, tracked her hidden domain to the eastern mountains, and reported its location to the Bureau.
• Three Foundation Establishment cultivators fought Granny Wu as Li Ling followed, and the Great Lin River God’s Divine Domain spread over the battlefield.

Li Ling harnessed the Great Lin River God’s power, founded the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, and uncovered the Blood Inkstone Palace’s experiments on Zhao Wuyan. After developing Teaweed Incense to restore Zhao Wuyan’s flesh, Li Ling brought him to meet Yin Changming and sought the palace’s research records.

• Granny Wu became the Great Lin River God, but Li Ling severed her connection to the Divine Kingdom Domain and took the dragon vein after she left behind a golden filament.
• Li Ling held a citywide blessing ritual that drove back the pestilential energy, advanced to the Day Wandering Realm, and formed a new Divine Domain.
• Li Ling refined the dragon vein into the Cicada-Wing Gauze Sash and used the Great Lin River God’s authority to draw away floodwaters and restore corrupted land with Spirit Rain.
• Li Ling established the Myriad Treasures Pavilion in Beyond-the-World Valley and discovered that Virtue Incense could affect people’s emotions without changing their reasoning.
• Li Ling confronted Zhao Wuyan amid a clash between the Unusual Events Bureau, the Corpse Immortal Sect, and Inkstone Mountain cultivators, then entered Zhao Wuyan’s mind and learned how the Blood Inkstone Palace had controlled him.
• Li Ling persuaded Yin Changming to withdraw the Blood Inkstone Palace from Xu Xin and discovered that the Ji Earth Grand Tai Sui spread as a fungus through infected creatures.
• Li Ling developed Teaweed Incense, used it to restore much of Zhao Wuyan’s flesh, and learned that Yin Changming’s promise to revive Zhao Wuyan’s wife had been false.
• Li Ling brought Zhao Wuyan to Inkstone Mountain, and Zhao Wuyan led Yin Changming to meet Li Ling at the Yan River.

Li Ling completed his yang-soul dao body, helped the Ninth Princess survive attacks amid the kingdom’s political turmoil, and used Teaweed Incense to aid Yellow Cloud True Person. Sent to defend Seven Waters Pass, he broke the Sacred Origin Kingdom’s assault with Unconquerable Incense and defeated Zhao Yi, then began refining the captured Soul-Suppressing Xun.

• Li Ling traded Teaweed Incense with Yin Changming for research and a Purple-Gold Flying Shuttle, then used the incense to restore the dying Mystic Xin King before the king named the Second Prince his successor and died.
• Li Ling uncovered the Dragon Lord’s efforts to manipulate the Mystic Xin Kingdom, repeatedly trapped Pine Daoist in dreams, and drove the Dragon Lord’s agents away from the Royal City.
• Li Ling used Teaweed Incense to regenerate after his body decayed from ji earth grand tai sui, completing his yang-soul dao body.
• Li Ling and the Ninth Princess killed attackers sent against them, while the kingdom’s troubles deepened and Yellow Cloud True Person’s failed advancement damaged her body and soul.
• Li Ling supplied Teaweed Incense to treat Yellow Cloud True Person, who revealed her plans to contend for Xu Xin’s place in a scheme to unite the Mystic Continent and establish the Heavenly Court.
• Yellow Cloud True Person rewarded Li Ling with the Blazing Cloud Gourd and sent him to Seven Waters Pass, where he forced the Sacred Origin Kingdom’s forces back with flame and Unconquerable Incense.
• Li Ling countered enemy assaults and a night infiltration, then defeated Zhao Yi and drove the attackers from the pass with the Soul-Suppressing Xun and Unconquerable Incense.
• Li Ling refined Zhao Yi’s Soul-Suppressing Xun and tested its effects before setting out to meet five immortal masters arriving to take over the defense.