Recaps

Li Ling uncovered plots against the Royal City and Five Harvest City, fought demonic cultivators, and freed the souls trapped in a Ten Thousand Souls Banner. After surviving a series of calamities and establishing his foundation, he kept his breakthrough secret and explored dream cultivation with the Ninth Princess.

• Li Ling learned that Xue Ping and Qiu Qingxuan planned to attack the Royal City, then used Life-Cherishing Incense to stop Xue Ping’s rampage and kill him.
• Li Ling helped Mystic Xin Peak take control of Beyond-the-World Valley, while Lian Xiong’s resistance ended in a bloody battle that left the valley damaged and many residents dead or displaced.
• Li Ling investigated a planned massacre in Five Harvest City, killed the Corpse Immortal Sect disciples, Old Monster Yin, Xin Yuan, and Senior Brother Yan, and recovered a Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Li Ling used Heavenly Ascension Spirit Incense to free the banner’s wronged souls, then opened the River God’s Divine Domain to help them ascend and gained Transcendence Incense and eighty-one merit golden clouds.
• After an Immortal Sects envoy questioned him, Li Ling left the Royal City to face his heavenly tribulations, surviving thunder, wind, and yin fire with the Ninth Princess’s help.
• Li Ling established his foundation and told the Ninth Princess about his tribulations, while the two kept his breakthrough from the Old Ancestor and resolved to conceal his identity.
• Li Ling avoided drawing attention after rumors spread about True Person Zixu, then made Netherdream Incense and practiced shared dream cultivation with the Ninth Princess before proposing they explore.

Li Ling used his Dream Dao to disrupt the Sacred Origin Kingdom’s schemes, seize Dragon Soul Fruits, and join the rogue cultivators’ alliance against the Three Sects. After gaining new insights and abilities, he returned to the negotiations between Mystic Xin and Zhu Yuan, where he intervened in a duel and left the peace talks unsettled.

• Li Ling and the Ninth Princess explored connected dreams, then he used his Dream Path Divine Ability to investigate a rogue cultivator and uncover a plot to stir up trouble in Beyond-the-World Valley.
• Li Ling attacked Lin Rouniang through her dreams, accidentally killed her, and rescued her spirit from Yellow Springs Road as a Blood Spirit Bride.
• Li Ling used Zhao Wuyan to infiltrate the Dragon Soul Fruit expedition, seize the Demonic Path faction’s share, and transfer two fruits before Yin Changming invited him to meet the rogue cultivators’ alliance.
• At Dreamlike Island, Li Ling explained the Three Sects’ Heaven-Sealing Scheme and traded the Netherdream Incense formula to Mo Qingping for the Dream-Weaving Art.
• Li Ling and the Ninth Princess ate the Dragon Soul Fruits, gained water-related abilities, and Li Ling used the Cicada-Wing Gauze Sash to witness fragments of Zhu Wu’s past.
• Yellow Cloud True Person told Li Ling that Mystic Xin would cede territory to Zhu Yuan and advised him and Qing Si to focus on cultivation, while Li Ling later urged Mystic Xin Peak disciples to cooperate with the kingdom.
• During the peace talks, Li Ling rejected a proposal to marry Princess Qingyou, then used the Soul-Suppressing Xun and a flying sword to defeat Wei Yan and Senior Brother Gan in the wagered duels.
• Li Ling defended his intervention to Mu Tai and Luo Mu, who kept Zhu Ming and the other disciples in Xuansin Royal City until the negotiations ended.

Li Ling contained the dangerous Blood Spirit Bride and explored the Dream Realm, where he gathered rare materials and gained a serpent transformation ability. After Mo Qingping was carried off by a wolf, Li Ling developed inexpensive perception-enhancing incense and learned it could be useful for reconnaissance at the Demon Cavern.

• Li Ling used the Blood Spirit Bride to torment Huo Qingqing and Fang Jing, then learned Fang Jing’s Dao Marker pointed to a hidden realm and discovered that the Bride had killed Huo Qingqing.
• Li Ling followed Fang Jing’s Dao Marker into the Dream Realm, explored Dream Butterfly Valley, and escaped the One-Eye Tribe with a powerful blood-colored gemstone.
• Li Ling showed Mo Qingping the Dream Realm materials and commissioned a treasure made from a One-Eye Tribe eyeball, then remodeled his dreamscape to contain the Blood Spirit Bride.
• Li Ling and Mo Qingping returned to Dream Butterfly Valley, where they collected Nether Butterflies before hidden enemies attacked and a giant white wolf carried Mo Qingping away.
• Li Ling searched the forest, defeated a willow creature bearing nine corpse pythons, and absorbed its blood core to gain the Serpent Transformation Art.
• Li Ling told the Ninth Princess about Mo Qingping’s disappearance and tested Hearing-Reach Herb Fragrance, finding that it greatly enhanced perception but could overwhelm the mind.
• Li Ling made inexpensive incense pills with agarwood and asked Yellow Cloud True Person about their uses, learning they could aid reconnaissance at the Demon Cavern.

Li Ling built ties with the Money Guild, survived the Blood Shark Bandits’ assault on Lucky Harbor, and concealed his Foundation Establishment cultivation. Yellow Cloud True Person secured Moon-Sand Island for Li Ling and Mu Qingsi, where they began establishing their household and plans for the Incense Path.

• Li Ling presented his incense products to Cui Zhi and Min Lian, joined the Money Guild as an independent client, and impressed them with his ideas about the Money Dao.
• Elder Shang assessed Li Ling’s products and writings, while Shang Yuxian helped him sell incense through the guild and proposed supporting his Incense Path research.
• Li Ling witnessed the chaos in Lucky Harbor, then helped Shang Yuxian, Min Lian, and the Ninth Princess escape the bandits’ attack.
• Li Ling and the Ninth Princess fought the Blood Shark Bandits’ Ninth Chief, and Li Ling later pursued and killed him before hiding his Foundation Establishment cultivation from the guild.
• Li Ling told Yellow Cloud True Person he had reached Foundation Establishment, while she arranged compensation from the merchant association and planned a move overseas.
• Mu Qingsi reached Foundation Establishment and chose to study pill refining, while Li Ling developed new incense ideas and sought overseas materials.
• Yellow Cloud True Person moved Li Ling and Mu Qingsi to Moon-Sand Island, gave Mu Qingsi a sword art and sword pellet, and introduced them to the North Sea guild leaders.
• Li Ling and Mu Qingsi selected guards and household servants for Moon-Sand Island, and Yellow Cloud True Person explained how guild support could advance Li Ling’s business.