Recaps

Chen Yu cultivated through the night, then visited the Immortal Ruins and found a valuable Flowing Cloud Robe. As he returned to his quarters, he failed to notice his neighbor hiding beside the path in a grass disguise.

• Chen Yu returned to his quarters, decided to lie low, and cultivated with water-attribute treasures and Qi Refining Pills until dawn.
• Chen Yu's neighbor disguised herself in a weed-woven rain cape and tried to follow him, but she lost sight of him and waited beside the stone steps.
• Chen Yu used the Wind-Riding Art to reach Little Bamboo Peak and entered the Immortal Ruins, where he found two Qi Refining Pills, refined iron, and a Flowing Cloud Robe.
• Chen Yu identified the Flowing Cloud Robe as a valuable defensive Spirit Artifact, tested its toughness, and stored it rather than wearing it openly.
• Chen Yu headed back to his quarters, thinking his warning had stopped his neighbor from following him, while she watched him from her hiding place.

Chen Yu caught Xiang Baiwei spying on him and suspected she had discovered the secret of the Immortal Ruins. As he prepared to force an answer from her, her demeanor abruptly changed after she said someone was finally awake.

• Chen Yu sensed someone following him and spotted a pursuer disguised as a clump of grass.
• Chen Yu lured the pursuer into a secluded spot, blinded her with Glowing Jade, and trapped her with the Binding Rope.
• Chen Yu discovered the pursuer was his neighbor Xiang Baiwei and demanded to know why she had been following him.
• Chen Yu suspected Xiang Baiwei knew about the Immortal Ruins and considered killing her to protect the secret.
• Xiang Baiwei said she was not the one who wanted to follow him, then declared that someone was finally awake and transformed into a cold, contemptuous demeanor.

Chen Yu bound Xiang Baiwei and interrogated her about why she had followed him, fearing she had learned of the Immortal Ruins. She revealed that she had sensed a Key Seal connected to her organization and, after asking Chen Yu what he thought of the Dao Sect, identified the organization as the White Lotus Sect.

• Chen Yu restrained Xiang Baiwei and demanded to know why she had followed him.
• Xiang Baiwei said she had sensed a Key Seal in his room, a token her organization expected a woman to carry.
• When Chen Yu asked what organization she belonged to, Xiang Baiwei tried to attack him, but he blinded and bound her again.
• Chen Yu pressed Xiang Baiwei about her organization, and she asked what he thought of the Dao Sect.
• After Chen Yu gave a qualified answer, Xiang Baiwei revealed that she belonged to the White Lotus Sect.

Xiang Baiwei revealed that the White Lotus Sect had infiltrated the Dao Sect to resist its elders’ exploitation of disciples, then invited Chen Yu to join. Chen Yu remained skeptical and watched her leave, left to weigh her claims and decide whether to keep their conversation secret.

• Xiang Baiwei told Chen Yu that the Dao Sect harvested registered disciples’ spirit essence and used inner sect disciples to help elders advance through body snatching.
• Xiang Baiwei explained that the White Lotus Sect had hidden within the Dao Sect for over a decade because the Four Great Sects controlled cultivation resources and would destroy a new sect.
• Xiang Baiwei argued that the Dao Sect Sect Master’s absence during the attack on the New Disciple Initiation suggested his apparent strength did not disprove the rumors about his condition.
• Chen Yu recalled the Binding Rope, freed Xiang Baiwei, and listened as she invited him to join the White Lotus Sect.
• Chen Yu withheld his answer, questioned Xiang Baiwei’s claims and Ah Zhen’s connection to the sect, and watched Xiang Baiwei leave after they agreed to keep their secrets.

Chen Yu decided to avoid the White Lotus Sect’s conflict with the Dao Sect and focus on cultivating in secret. Xiang Baiwei recommended him to Auntie Shi, who planned to investigate him and warned that trouble could soon engulf the Dao Sect.

• Chen Yu judged the White Lotus Sect unreliable, resolved to grow stronger before confronting the Dao Sect, and began cultivating with his treasures, spirit essence, and a Qi Refining Pill.
• Xiang Baiwei told the voice within her soul that Chen Yu had overwhelmed her and her companion because of his greater cultivation.
• Xiang Baiwei visited the Heavenly Union Association on Purple Bamboo Peak and recommended Chen Yu to Auntie Shi, who revealed that Senior Zhang had recommended him too.
• Auntie Shi urged Xiang Baiwei to focus on cultivation, predicting that the other major sects might exploit Sect Master Chu’s injuries to stir up trouble.
• Auntie Shi said she would leave the Dao Sect in three days to pursue a breakthrough, and Xiang Baiwei congratulated her on nearing the late stage of Golden Core.

Liu Jun went to Emerald Cloud Peak to pay Chen Yu his monthly contribution points, while Ren Shaohua arrived to summon Chen Yu for a serious sect assignment. Ren Shaohua was stunned to discover Liu Jun obediently handing points to Chen Yu, and he continued with Chen Yu toward Purple Bamboo Peak.

• Liu Jun left his room and headed to Emerald Cloud Peak, reassuring himself that paying Chen Yu thirty contribution points each month was preferable to having his defeat exposed.
• Ren Shaohua visited Chen Yu and said a dangerous new assignment from the sect required Chen Yu's attention.
• Ren Shaohua and Chen Yu encountered Liu Jun on the way to Purple Bamboo Peak, and Ren Shaohua warned Chen Yu about his bad blood with Liu Jun.
• Liu Jun asked Chen Yu to step aside and transferred thirty contribution points to him for the month.
• Chen Yu told Liu Jun to stop talking when he stuttered, leaving Ren Shaohua shocked by Liu Jun's deference to Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu returned to Ren Shaohua, and the two continued toward Purple Bamboo Peak.

Chen Yu learned that he and several other disciples had been assigned to explore the dangerous Outer Sea of the Netherdark Sea. After researching the region, he hurried back to Emerald Cloud Peak to prepare and warn Lü Yanyan.

• Ren Shaohua brought Chen Yu to the Heavenly Union Association on Purple Bamboo Peak and showed him the mission board.
• Chen Yu discovered that fifty disciples would be sent to the Netherdark Sea, including himself and Lü Yanyan, while none came from Purple Bamboo Peak.
• Ren Shaohua warned Chen Yu that the Outer Sea mission could be life-threatening and urged him to prepare with pills and trusted companions.
• Chen Yu read in the Records Room that the Outer Sea was dangerous even for Qi Refining cultivators and that the Netherdark Sea had once been the seat of the vanished Nether Ruins Sect.
• Chen Yu decided to focus on reaching the ninth layer of Qi Refining and to tell Lü Yanyan to prepare, then hurried back to Emerald Cloud Peak.

Chen Yu warned Lü Yanyan that they would soon travel to the perilous Netherdark Sea, then cultivated the Evergreen Art until he reached the ninth layer of qi refining. He concealed his new cultivation when someone came knocking, leaving the visitor unidentified.

• Chen Yu visited Lü Yanyan and told her about the Netherdark Sea expedition planned for the morning after tomorrow.
• Lü Yanyan urged Chen Yu to rely on the sixth-layer qi-refining senior brother and avoid taking reckless risks, while Chen Yu concealed that he had already reached the peak of the eighth layer.
• Chen Yu told Lü Yanyan to keep the expedition secret, then returned to his residence to cultivate the Evergreen Art using Qi Refining Pills and heart-calming grass.
• After two days of cultivation, Chen Yu spent four experience points to break through to the ninth layer of qi refining.
• Chen Yu hid his cultivation at the late fourth layer when someone knocked and called, "Junior Brother Chen Yu, are you there?"

Chen Yu and Lü Yanyan gathered with the other Dao Sect disciples bound for the dangerous Netherdark Sea, where Ren Shaohua offered to protect Lü Yanyan. The group assembled on Jadewood Peak as a Flying Boat arrived, and Elder Wu began addressing them before their departure.

• Senior Brother Yan escorted Chen Yu from his residence toward Jadewood Peak, where Chen Yu met Lü Yanyan and reassured her about their chances of returning alive.
• Chen Yu and Lü Yanyan joined the other Outer Sect disciples at Jadewood Peak, where they encountered Ren Shaohua.
• Ren Shaohua boasted about his strength and promised to protect Lü Yanyan, who smiled and said she and Chen Yu would count on him.
• A huge Flying Boat landed on Jadewood Peak, and Elder Wu boarded it and called the assembled disciples to silence.
• Elder Wu announced that the Dao Sect disciples would explore the Netherdark Sea alongside Outer Sect disciples from the other three great sects.

Dao Sect disciples boarded a Flying Boat for a dangerous expedition to the Netherdark Sea, while Chen Yu suspected the generous mission was tied to the Sect Master's troubles and the other three great sects’ schemes. As the boat reached the Netherdark Sea, Ren Shaohua’s team was set with Chen Yu, Lü Yanyan, Kong Rui, and Wu Wenjie.

• Elder Wu announced that the disciples would explore the Netherdark Sea with the other three great sects and could keep half their treasures, earning 100 contribution points upon returning.
• After the Flying Boat departed, Elder Hao and Elder Du revealed that the mission was meant to buy the Sect Master time and that they considered the disciples expendable.
• Chen Yu kept a low profile aboard the Flying Boat while Ren Shaohua drew attention as the only disciple at the sixth layer of Qi Refining.
• Elder Sun ordered the disciples to form teams of five, and Ren Shaohua chose Kong Rui and Wu Wenjie to join his team with Chen Yu and Lü Yanyan.
• The Flying Boat began descending after the disciples spotted what they first mistook for an enormous sea and then recognized as a lake.

Chen Yu and his group entered the Netherdark Sea to chart an unexplored island, while Elder Sun warned them of the dangers and gave them a map. After spotting Evergreen Sect disciples who wore bracelets matching those of the attackers at the New Disciple Initiation, Chen Yu grew wary as his group set out toward an island and heard a terrifying cry from the water.

• Elder Sun explained the Outer Sea mission, gave the disciples maps, and ordered each group to explore an unknown island and return within seven days with a report.
• Ren Shaohua led Chen Yu's group toward the Entrance, where the Evergreen Sect and Jade Void Sect disciples arrived on their Flying Boats.
• Chen Yu recognized the Evergreen Sect disciples' bracelets as matching those taken from the Black-Robed Man and suspected the sect had been behind the attack during the New Disciple Initiation.
• Ren Shaohua's group boarded a boat steered by Wu Wenjie, and Ren explained that a frightening cry came from a spirit beast called a Lightning.
• Lü Yanyan reminded Chen Yu to rely on Ren Shaohua and avoid acting recklessly, while Ren directed Wu Wenjie toward an unexplored island.

Chen Yu and his companions explored an unexplored island, where Wu Wenjie killed a Venomous Green Snake before it could attack Ren Shaohua. An Evergreen Sect group destroyed their boat and followed their tracks, planning to ambush them with poisonous mist.

• Ren Shaohua led Chen Yu, Lü Yanyan, Kong Rui, and Wu Wenjie into the island’s dark forest to explore.
• Wu Wenjie killed a Venomous Green Snake that lunged at Ren Shaohua, and Lü Yanyan found an Azure Flower nearby.
• Chen Yu secretly stored the snake’s corpse in his Storage Ring after the group continued onward.
• An Evergreen Sect group arrived, wrecked the Dao Sect disciples’ boat, and followed their footprints inland.
• The Evergreen Sect leader told his disciples to ambush and kill the group, offering reduced work quotas and preparing poisonous mist.

Chen Yu and his companions discovered a hillside covered in heart-calming grass worth at least ten thousand Contribution Points, despite warnings that a powerful poisonous creature might guard it. Ren Shaohua and Wu Wenjie agreed to lure the creature away while Chen Yu, Lü Yanyan, and Kong Rui gathered the herbs.

• Ren Shaohua noticed that the poisonous insects had vanished and suggested the group retreat, while Wu Wenjie warned that a lord-class poisonous creature might be nearby.
• Kong Rui spotted a hillside of heart-calming grass, and Ren Shaohua estimated it was worth at least ten thousand Contribution Points.
• Wu Wenjie opposed risking their lives for the herbs, but Ren Shaohua wanted to try to claim them.
• Chen Yu proposed that Ren Shaohua and Wu Wenjie lure the poisonous creature away while he, Lü Yanyan, and Kong Rui gathered the herbs.
• Ren Shaohua and Wu Wenjie agreed to Chen Yu's plan.

Chen Yu joined Ren Shaohua, Wu Wenjie, Lü Yanyan, and Kong Rui in gathering heart-calming grass while Ren Shaohua and Wu Wenjie distracted a Tamarin Dove. The group escaped after collecting a modest haul, but concealed Evergreen Sect disciples released white smoke toward them as they rested.

• Ren Shaohua and Wu Wenjie lured a Tamarin Dove away from the heart-calming grass while Chen Yu, Lü Yanyan, and Kong Rui harvested it.
• Chen Yu secretly stored the mid- and high-grade heart-calming grass and found a cave containing human bones and two eggs, which he put in his Storage Ring.
• Ren Shaohua called for a retreat, and the group fled the Tamarin Dove before stopping to rest.
• Ren Shaohua counted the herbs and estimated that each team member would receive about seventy contribution points.
• Five Evergreen Sect disciples hid nearby, covered their faces with black masks, and released white smoke toward the resting group.

Chen Yu and his companions were ambushed by Evergreen Sect disciples using poison that crippled their spiritual power. As the attackers closed in, Wu Wenjie discovered that Ren Shaohua had passed out, leaving the group in danger.

• Chen Yu sensed five hidden cultivators nearby, but a strange fragrance poisoned the group and prevented most of them from using their spiritual power.
• An arrow coated with centipede poison saliva killed Kong Rui as Lü Yanyan searched through the herbs for the Azure Flower.
• Lü Yanyan split the Azure Flower between Wu Wenjie and Ren Shaohua, while five Evergreen Sect disciples emerged and announced their plan to kill the men and keep Lü Yanyan alive.
• Wu Wenjie tried to stall the attackers as the Azure Flower began restoring some of his strength, but Ren Shaohua passed out before they could fight together.

Chen Yu waited for a Tamarin Dove to arrive while Lü Yanyan and Wu Wenjie fought off the Evergreen Sect disciples. He tricked the enraged bird into attacking them by placing its eggs behind the two groups, leaving the surviving companions stunned as the dove departed with its remaining egg.

• Chen Yu noticed that Ren Shaohua's meridians had been badly damaged, while Lü Yanyan tried to escape with Chen Yu and Wu Wenjie held off the Evergreen Sect disciples.
• Chen Yu refused to flee and told Wu Wenjie that backup was coming, so Lü Yanyan stayed to fight beside him and Wu Wenjie searched for a chance to escape.
• A Tamarin Dove arrived, and Wu Wenjie realized Chen Yu had called the bird that he had previously attacked.
• Chen Yu used the Finger of God to accuse the Evergreen Sect disciples of kidnapping the dove's son and placed its eggs behind them.
• One disciple crushed an egg while retreating, enraging the Tamarin Dove, which killed all five Evergreen Sect disciples and then left with the remaining egg.
• Wu Wenjie praised Chen Yu's plan, while Lü Yanyan stared at the aftermath in shock.

Chen Yu used the velvet dove’s eggs to turn it against the Evergreen Sect disciples, then concealed his role by explaining the incident as luck. With Kong Rui dead and Ren Shaohua still unconscious, the survivors tried to wake him before continuing their dangerous journey.

• Chen Yu recalled that he had used the velvet dove’s eggs to provoke it into killing the Evergreen Sect disciples, then scared it off with his aura.
• Chen Yu mourned Kong Rui’s death and the crushed egg while Wu Wenjie and Lü Yanyan questioned him about what had happened.
• Chen Yu claimed the velvet dove had followed the trail of its eggs, and Wu Wenjie accepted his explanation despite finding the events strange.
• Wu Wenjie repeatedly slapped the unconscious Ren Shaohua, then let Lü Yanyan take over when she offered to help.
• Lü Yanyan slapped Ren Shaohua for several moments before inviting Chen Yu to try; Chen Yu agreed because the island remained dangerous.

Ren Shaohua woke with a painful, swollen face and learned that Kong Rui had died while Chen Yu had saved the others from Evergreen Sect disciples. After red-robed disciples destroyed another boat, Ren Shaohua joined the others in agreeing to hide and steal information from rival sects.

• Ren Shaohua woke alone in the forest, then rejoined Chen Yu, Lü Yanyan, and Wu Wenjie, who explained that Velvet Doves had killed the Evergreen Sect attackers and Kong Rui had died.
• Chen Yu claimed the Evergreen Sect disciples had slapped Ren Shaohua while he was unconscious, and Ren Shaohua angrily threatened them despite their already being dead.
• As the group returned to their boat, Chen Yu proposed letting other sects explore first and stealing their findings, but Ren Shaohua objected on grounds of Dao Sect honor.
• The four saw red-robed disciples destroy a boat at the shore, and Wu Wenjie, Lü Yanyan, and Ren Shaohua agreed to Chen Yu’s plan.

Chen Yu suspected the other sects were targeting the Dao Sect after identifying Evergreen Sect as the attackers from the New Disciple Initiation, and urged his companions to avoid danger and follow the Jade Void Disciples cautiously. As another boat arrived at the shore and a black-robed man appeared beside it, the group faced a new unknown threat.

• Chen Yu reasoned that the Evergreen Sect had destroyed the Dao Sect's boat and may have been acting under orders, while Ren Shaohua grew angry and wanted to alert Elder Sun.
• Chen Yu said the bracelets found on the Evergreen Sect disciples matched those worn by the attackers at the New Disciple Initiation, and Wu Wenjie confirmed it.
• Lü Yanyan explained that the Jade Void Disciples would likely have mistaken the Dao Sect's boat for the Dao Sect's, and Chen Yu warned the group to stay cautious and avoid pursuing treasure.
• Ren Shaohua suggested following the Jade Void Disciples to learn what they found, and Chen Yu agreed.
• A boat approached and docked at the shore, and a black-robed man appeared beside it.

Chen Yu watched the Soul Sect arrive and spent several days cultivating with heart-calming grass while Wu Wenjie and Ren Shaohua tracked the other sects’ exploration. On the fifth day, a mysterious stone gate pulled Ren Shaohua inside as Chen Yu followed him to investigate.

• A Soul Sect disciple used a Myriad Souls Banner to release five disciples and ordered them to explore the island or become nourishment for the banner.
• Wu Wenjie and Ren Shaohua went to track the Jade Void and Soul Sect disciples while Chen Yu and Lü Yanyan guarded their heart-calming grass.
• Chen Yu cultivated with the grass for several days, gaining experience until he reached the Evergreen Art’s cultivation limit.
• The Jade Void and Soul Sect disciples explored the island, losing three disciples to a Velvet Dove and a crocodile before reaching a seaside cliff and turning back.
• On the fifth day, the explorers opened an abandoned stone gate, and a powerful suction force dragged Ren Shaohua inside as Chen Yu watched.

Chen Yu and Ren Shaohua were dragged into a mysterious chamber with eight doors, where Soul Sect and Jade Void Sect disciples forced them to help explore. After orchestrating the others’ departures, a Soul Sect disciple expected the main door to reveal a hidden opportunity, but Chen Yu had a sword poised against him.

• A powerful force swept Chen Yu and Ren Shaohua through a stone gate into an underground chamber surrounded by eight doors.
• Jade Void Disciples proposed killing the Dao Sect pair for a reward, but Soul Sect disciples stopped them and chose Ren Shaohua to scout a door.
• Ren Shaohua entered a door and did not return, so Jade Void and Soul Sect disciples took turns entering other doors.
• The last remaining Soul Sect disciple sent his fellow disciple through a door, leaving himself alone with Chen Yu.
• The Soul Sect disciple revealed that he had recognized the Eight-Pivot Array and believed its main door would open after eight people entered the auxiliary doors.
• The Soul Sect disciple turned to order Chen Yu into the final door and saw a sharp sword hovering before him.

Chen Yu entered the Nether Ruins Sect’s Cultivation Chamber and used its dense elemental spiritual power to perfect his cultivation in all five elements. He reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining, with the Foundation Establishment Art and Supreme Foundation Establishment Pill stored away for later.

• Chen Yu forced the Soul Sect disciple through the final door, then entered the chamber that opened in the center of the room.
• Chen Yu found the Origin-Returning Foundation Establishment Art, a Supreme Foundation Establishment Pill, and a meditation cushion that activated a Cultivation Chamber.
• Chen Yu cultivated the Flame-Transforming Art and Earth-Warding Art in the chamber, quickly bringing each to its limit.
• Chen Yu cultivated the Heavenly Blade Art and Vast Sea Art, completing five-element perfection in Qi Refining.
• Chen Yu checked his panel and saw that he was at the ninth layer of Qi Refining with 96 available experience points.

Chen Yu used the Origin-Returning Foundation Establishment Art and the Cultivation Chamber to begin breaking through to Foundation Establishment. After exhausting the chamber’s spirit qi and his prepared spiritual treasures, he reached 99.99 experience points and sensed a barrier.

• Chen Yu converted his experience points into cultivation, bringing all five manuals to peak Qi Refining but leaving him one point short of leveling up.
• Chen Yu realized his breakthrough required spirit qi of all five attributes and discovered that ordinary spiritual power activated the Cultivation Chamber’s rich, multi-attribute spirit qi.
• Chen Yu balanced his collected spiritual treasures, sat on the Meditation Cushion, and followed the Origin-Returning Foundation Establishment Art to condense true qi in his dantian.
• Chen Yu absorbed the chamber’s spirit qi to form his first strand of Foundation Establishment true qi, then continued cultivating as the chamber’s remaining time rapidly ran out.
• Chen Yu drained his prepared spiritual treasures and reached 99.99 out of 100 experience points, faintly sensing a barrier.

Chen Yu broke through to foundation establishment in the Netherdark Sea and gained control over the Jade Pendant before leaving the Stone Gate. He returned to camp with Wu Wenjie and found Senior Brother Ren alive and recovering from his injuries.

• Chen Yu swallowed the Supreme Foundation Establishment Pill, broke through to the first layer of foundation establishment, and tested his new power.
• Chen Yu realized his qi refining manuals no longer appeared on the system panel, then refined the Jade Pendant and gained a sense of control over it.
• Chen Yu concealed his cultivation at the fourth layer of qi refining and left the Stone Gate, emerging in the forest.
• Wu Wenjie, still weak from a venomous bite, found Chen Yu and said that Senior Brother Ren had returned covered in blood, while the Jade Void Sect and Soul Sect disciples were nowhere to be seen.
• Chen Yu and Wu Wenjie returned to shore, where Chen Yu saw Senior Brother Ren sitting cross-legged and tending to his injuries.

Sect Master Chu convened the Dao Sect elders, then investigated a strange fluctuation at Little Bamboo Peak that seemed connected to the Immortal Ruins. He found only mist and ordered the peak sealed before entering seclusion again, while Elder Yun and Elder Wu recognized that his strength had advanced.

• Sect Master Chu called the Dao Sect elders to Morning Cloud Peak, where Elder Du suspected the sect master was hiding a serious injury.
• The elders sensed a strange fluctuation from Little Bamboo Peak and wondered whether the Immortal Ruins had reappeared.
• Sect Master Chu took Elder Wu and Elder Yun to Little Bamboo Peak, where they found only drifting white mist at the Mass Burial Grounds.
• Sect Master Chu unleashed his true qi across the site but could not sense the source of the fluctuation.
• Sect Master Chu sealed Little Bamboo Peak, barred disciples from the rear slopes, and announced he would enter seclusion the next day.
• After Sect Master Chu vanished, Elder Yun and Elder Wu agreed that his strength had advanced again.