Recaps

Yi Yang uncovered the Nine Evil Sect’s stronghold beneath Benevolent Temple and led a raid that exposed Ding Xiang as the traitor Blood Trace. After the fighting, he moved against the Wu Family, but his clash with Xiao Zhengyan over the estate was interrupted by Pei Zongyue delivering Chief Inspector Lu Quanan’s orders.

• Yi Yang traced Ding Xiang’s case to a hidden altar beneath Benevolent Temple, reported it to Yan Wuyuan, and prepared a joint raid while keeping the target secret from most of his men.
• Yi Yang and Yan Wuyuan entered the stronghold, freed captive girls, and fought Li Chen, Wu Jiu, Blood Trace, and the Nine Evil Sect’s followers.
• After Ning Xiong charged ahead and was killed, Yi Yang recognized Blood Trace as Ding Xiang and learned that Ding Xiang had faked his death to pursue evil cultivation and prolong his life.
• Yi Yang shattered Ding Xiang’s Soul-Bone Blood Blade with the Heart Ape Mind Guarding Art and killed him, then returned with Yan Wuyuan to confirm the stronghold’s defeat and honor the dead.
• Yi Yang led the forces to surround the Wu Family estate, collapsed the family’s escape tunnel, and fought Wu Dingshan and the Wu Family fighters as they emerged.
• When Xiao Zhengyan arrived and tried to shield Wu Rong, Yi Yang killed Wu Fangxu and revealed that Wu Jiu had served the Nine Evil Sect and that Wu Fangxu had hidden among the Evil Punishment Office.
• Yi Yang refused to yield the estate to Xiao Zhengyan’s men, and Pei Zongyue arrived between the opposing forces to deliver Chief Inspector Lu Quanan’s verbal orders.

Yi Yang finished consolidating his gains from the Wu Family operation, reached late True Astral, and helped defeat the beasts threatening Donglai County. He then intervened in the Golden Sun Temple’s assault on the Profound Sword Pavilion, killed Xuanyi, and learned that Yin Xi had escaped with the Profound Thought Stone.

• Yi Yang took command of the Wu Family operation, seized its assets, and began cultivating the Profound Intent Calamity-Extinguishing Finger.
• Yi Yang earned Lu Quanan’s favor and a Century Blood Lotus, then used its petals and seeds to strengthen his body and mind.
• Yi Yang joined the campaign against the beast tide, killed a Black-Maned Leopard, and exposed Wan Liuyue and her junior brother as Heavenly Heart Sect disciples.
• Yi Yang broke through to late True Astral before a beast ambush struck the party investigating the Golden Sun Temple’s attack on the Profound Sword Pavilion.
• Yi Yang killed Mo Huairen and Xu Yan as the group defeated the attacking beasts, while Lu Quanan eliminated the leading Demon Beast and appointed Yi Yang to command the Evil Punishment Office.
• The Golden Sun Temple attacked the Profound Sword Pavilion, where Xu Yuhu was betrayed by He Dingbo and left gravely injured by Xuanyi.
• Yi Yang rescued the fleeing disciples, subdued Xuanyu and Xuanjue, then fought and killed Xuanyi after the abbot demanded Mysterious Abyss.
• Yi Yang brought Xuanyi’s head to Xu Yuhu and Lu Song, and Lu Quanan revealed that Yin Xi had escaped with the Profound Thought Stone before ordering Yi Yang and Zhao Xunge to subdue the remaining monks.

Yi Yang exposed the impostor who had taken over Golden Sun Temple, advanced his cultivation, and learned he had been conscripted for the new trade mission. After reaching Qingzhou City, he accepted Lin He’s invitation to meet other Heroes Ranking experts bound for the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains.

• Yi Yang exposed Zhao Xunge as Yin Xi in disguise, and Lu Quanan killed Yin Xi after he fled the hall.
• Lu Quanan explained how Yin Xi had taken over Xuanding and Xuanyi, then gave Yi Yang the Xuannian Stone and discussed his divine sense and the Wood-Nurturing Longevity Art.
• Yi Yang refined the Xuannian Stone, reached the Second Divine Sense Realm, and later accepted Pei Zongyue’s apology and century-old black ginseng.
• Yi Yang resisted the Spiritblood True God’s command from the idol in Zhao Xunge’s pendant, then used his resources to reach True Astral Realm Completion.
• Lu Quanan told Yi Yang that he had been selected for Qing Province’s Trade and Commerce Office, and Yi Yang prepared to leave Suining Prefecture with Xu Min and thirty guards.
• Lu Quanan killed Blood Butcher before he could ambush Yi Yang, while Yi Yang’s party dealt with hostility from Xie Tinglan’s Bamboo Creek Gate disciples on the road.
• Yi Yang arrived in Qingzhou City, sensed the strong mental perception of the Witch Kingdom envoy Mu Yanluo, and waited at the Ninefold Palace for his appointment.
• After ten days in the city, Yi Yang accepted Lin He’s invitation to meet Heroes Ranking experts who might join him on the journey to the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains.

Yi Yang uncovered a plot against the Shaman Kingdom delegation, killed Ye Hanqian and Huang Yi, and passed Jiang Zhongtian’s test. He reached Crossing Peak Stronghold, where he began studying the Heart Ape Mind Guarding Art and learned that Lu Qinglan had arrived.

• Yi Yang discovered a primordial Life Force hidden in Su Niannian’s wood and absorbed it, breaking through to the Profound Connection Realm.
• Yan Wuyuan appointed Yi Yang Deputy Chief Inspector of Crossing Peak Stronghold and arranged for him to escort Wu Ge and Wu Yanluo’s disguised caravan.
• Wu Yanluo revealed that Shaman Kingdom traitors planned to kill the delegation and blame Great Yu, and Yi Yang agreed to protect them.
• At Wanfeng County, Yi Yang detected a trap, repelled the Nine Evil Sect attack, and followed Ye Hanqian into an ambush in Western Suburbs Valley.
• Yi Yang killed the three Incense Masters, Ye Hanqian, and Huang Yi, while Jiang Zhongtian revealed that the escort mission had tested him and rewarded him with a chapter of the Heart Ape Mind Guarding Art.
• Yi Yang perfected the Martial Extreme Dragon Elephant Body, then led the delegation onward to Crossing Peak Stronghold and settled his Pacification Guards in a rented residence.
• Yi Yang studied the Moving Image Chapter, entered a dark-water trial through Mysterious Abyss, and awoke with a Waterside Spirit Drop on the saber.
• Xu Min told Yi Yang about the powerful experts at Crossing Peak Stronghold and Lu Qinglan’s victories, leaving Yi Yang wondering why she had come there.