Recaps

Wang Yan and his companions fought through the Cloud Mountain Treasure Land while Wang Yan repaired the Immortal Card Artifact and concealed their spoils. After entering a hidden inheritance site, Wang Yan found Fairy Purple Smoke caught in Wang Ziling’s trap and attacked him.

• Wang Yan and his companions killed the Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast, fought off Ai Wenjun’s cultivators, and escaped the valley as Stonefire Spirit Beasts overran it.
• Wang Yan drained the beast’s Fire Spirit Liquid to repair the Immortal Card Artifact, then led Ye Shisan, Zhang Qiulin, and Zhang Qiulang toward Cloud Mountain.
• Wang Yan’s group passed the rogue cultivators at the gorge and climbed Cloud Mountain, where they witnessed Sword Moon’s death and escaped White Spirit Sect pursuers by luring a bear after them.
• Wang Yan hid his companions and their treasures in a cave, then decided they would stay in the ruins and cultivate when a powerful Twin-Headed Lion Beast approached.
• Wang Yan lured the beast away and entered a passage, where he discovered White Spirit Sect cultivators breaking through a golden barrier with their fused demon beast.
• The White Spirit Sect’s two-headed wolf White Spirit fought the One-Horned Giant Serpent and self-detonated, killing it and exposing the Treasure Chests.
• Fairy Purple Smoke killed Luo Yan and Luo Bai, but Wang Ziling trapped her with a formation and thorny vines before Wang Yan attacked him.
• Wang Ziling recognized Wang Yan and cried out in disbelief that he was still alive.

After surviving Cloud Mountain, Wang Yan joined Yellow Cloud Peak and reached the Core Condensation Realm through the demanding Heavenburning Art. He prepared for the Four Peaks Competition, which began with Ye Shisan defeating Xu Shao in the opening match.

• Wang Yan defeated Wang Ziling, but Fairy Purple Smoke’s Passion-Inducing Mist ensnared him before she sent him falling into Cloud Mountain’s abyss.
• The expedition ended and Wang Yan’s companions gathered at the Firecloud Sect, where Hua Zhitian killed the Two-Headed Lion Beast and saved the badly injured Wang Yan.
• Wang Yan placed fourth in the expedition rankings, became a full Firecloud Sect member, and chose Venerable Gray Three’s Yellow Cloud Peak as his home.
• Wang Yan selected the Heavenburning Art and, after three failed attempts, reached the Core Condensation Realm with his final Qi Condensation Pill.
• Venerable Gray Three lent Wang Yan the Truefire Moon Wheel and tasked him with taking second place in the Four Peaks Competition for its Millennium Spirit Milk reward.
• Wang Yan repaired his Ironwood Shield, refined cards, and joined Venerable Gray Three’s disciples as they traveled to the competition.
• Ling Daozi opened the competition, and the draw paired Ye Shisan of Earth Cloud Peak against Xu Shao of Heaven Cloud Peak.
• Ye Shisan charged with his Earth Spirit Gold Staff, broke through Xu Shao’s defense, and knocked him across the arena.

Wang Yan won the sect competition, strengthened his cultivation, and left the Firecloud Sect with Ye Shisan to investigate the Red Market. They confronted the Third Young Master and Red Second Madam, and Ye Shisan’s battle against the Third Young Master remained unresolved.

• Wang Yan defeated Yue Yang and the Double-Sword Daoist, won several more matches, then conceded to Ye Shisan, who claimed first place while Wang Yan took second.
• Wang Yan refined a Flame Spirit Pearl, reached the Core Condensation Realm, and received visits from Ye Shisan and the Zhang twins, who warned him that the Zhang Household wanted to take them back.
• Wang Yan drew a Cave Abode Secret Realm Card, prepared more Immortal Cards, and left the Firecloud Sect with Ye Shisan for the Azure Spirit Mountain Range.
• Wang Yan and Ye Shisan captured Qinghong and two Lü Household disciples, then learned that Red Second Madam’s Red Market was a Wicked Poison Sect branch recruiting members from the three lineages.
• Wang Yan infiltrated the Red Market, recognized Red Second Madam and the Third Young Master, and escaped after discovering how heavily guarded the stockade was.
• Wang Yan and Ye Shisan waited for the Third Young Master to leave, then pursued him and Red Second Madam to a secluded mountain peak.
• Red Second Madam and the Third Young Master ambushed Wang Yan and Ye Shisan, but the two refused the offer to join the Wicked Poison Sect and began fighting them.
• Wang Yan helped Ye Shisan escape the poison storm, and Ye Shisan grew giant with the Earthforce Art and charged the Third Young Master as Wang Yan stopped his Poison Demon Wind.

Wang Yan and Ye Shisan survived the Third Young Master’s death curse, captured Snow Dragon Fish, and recovered a fragment of the Water-Type Immortal Card Artifact. After the Wicked Poison Sect’s market collapsed, Wang Yan pursued another artifact signal near the Wang Household’s Azure Spirit Mountain.

• Wang Yan and Ye Shisan defeated the Third Young Master and Red Second Madam, then escaped after a Black-Light Strange Figure killed Red Second Madam and vanished.
• Wang Yan treated Ye Shisan’s poison in the Cave Abode Secret Realm, advanced his Heart-Control Art, and began forging the Third Young Master’s artifacts into a puppet.
• Wang Yan and Ye Shisan captured several Snow Dragon Fish and discovered Kui Water Spirit Milk and a Kui Water Lotus containing a Water-Type Immortal Card Artifact fragment.
• Wang Yan entered the great Snow Dragon Fish’s mouth, and Card Fairy took control of him to retrieve the fragment and trap the fish.
• Wang Yan collected the Kui Water Spirit Milk, then investigated the Ye Family Stockade as the Wicked Poison Sect’s restriction array activated and the underground market collapsed.
• Ma Ang recruited Elder Du into the Ma Family and set out to confront the Wang Household while dismissing the market’s destruction.
• Wang Yan sent Ye Shisan to cultivate and pursued the signal of another Water-Type Immortal Card Artifact fragment toward the Wang Household’s Azure Spirit Mountain.