Recaps

Han Li learned the Wood Spirit Race’s history with Kunwu Mountain, recovered at the Everlasting Creation Spring, and found a damaged route chart pointing toward the Spirit Realm’s main continent. After a year of preparation, reports of a deadly new threat near the Forsaken Abyss jeopardized his plans to leave the Greenmist Realm.

• Elder Mu Li explained that the Wood Spirit Race’s ancestor Qinglinzi had served Kunwu Mountain and created the Greenmist Realm after the ancient demon-sealing battle.
• Han Li accepted Elder Mu Li’s offer to stay, heal, study Qinglinzi’s legacy, and help the Wood Spirit Race in exchange for their knowledge and resources.
• Han Li healed for seven days in the Everlasting Creation Spring, then used the Demon-Quelling Token to open Qinglinzi’s forbidden grounds and discovered a damaged astral chart leading toward the Spirit Firmament continent.
• Han Li and Elder Mu Li studied the chart for months and identified a dangerous route through the Spirit-Severing Barrier and a possible Northern Abyss node near an ancient Guiding Altar.
• Han Li spent about a year cultivating and preparing to cross the void, while the Wood Spirit Race gathered materials and he strengthened his Primordial Magnetic Void-Piercing Shuttle.
• Elder Mu Li warned Han Li that a nearby settlement had been destroyed by an unknown being marked by baleful energy and deathly stillness, and Han Li suspected a new threat had emerged from the Forsaken Abyss.

After learning that an unknown force had slaughtered a settlement near the Abandoned Abyss, Han Li investigated the Rotten Leaf Swamp and found a possible Guiding Altar in the Withered Wood Forest. When strange decay spirits attacked and a Deity Transformation-level being awakened, Han Li prepared to fight it.

• Elder Mu Li told Han Li that a settlement near the Rotten Leaf Swamp had been destroyed by an aura of withering and decay, and Han Li decided to investigate alone.
• Elder Mu Li warned Han Li that the Withered Wood Forest might contain clues to the Guiding Altar and gave him a token to pass the Wood Spirit Race's defenses.
• Han Li traveled southeast, reached the Rotten Leaf Swamp, and used his spiritual sense to find a clearing of dead tree stumps, bones, and a buried stone platform.
• Black substance on the platform detected Han Li's spiritual sense and attacked it, alerting several decay spirits that pursued him to his hiding place.
• Han Li used his sword qi and Demon-Devouring Myriad Filth Shield against the spirits, then destroyed one with power from his demon source.
• A stronger, Deity Transformation-level being awakened in the Withered Wood Forest, demanded Han Li's vitality and power, and forced him to prepare for battle.

Han Li defeated the Withered Wood Evil Shadow by unleashing the demon source, but the creature summoned a terrifying presence from the spatial rift before dying. After the Abyss Lord destroyed the Withered Wood Forest and Guiding Altar, Han Li fled and resolved to leave the Greenmist Realm using the damaged Star Map.

• The Withered Wood Evil Shadow attacked Han Li with withering death qi, but Han Li used the demon source to devour its attacks and weaken it.
• The Withered Wood Evil Shadow drew on the earth veins and withered wood to strengthen itself, but Han Li combined the demon source with Primordial Magnetic Divine Light to overwhelm it.
• The Withered Wood Evil Shadow tore a crystal core from its chest and hurled it into the spatial rift to summon the Abyss Lord before crumbling to ash.
• A vast claw emerged from the rift and annihilated the Withered Wood Forest and Guiding Altar, while Han Li escaped.
• Han Li hid in a cave, concluded that the Abyss Lord was far beyond his power, and decided to consult Elder Mu Li and leave the Greenmist Realm using the damaged Star Map.

Han Li encountered Wu Gu of the Dark-Bone Tribe near the Shattered Star Ruins and learned that Heavenly Abyss City was under attack by the Demon Race. When demons emerged from a spatial rift, they attacked Wu Gu’s group and Han Li, leaving him caught in an escalating battle.

• Wu Gu ambushed Han Li’s shuttle and demanded his treasures, then attacked with a bone claw when Han Li tried to flee.
• A badly wounded human cultivator emerged from a spatial rift and warned that the Demon Race had breached the Black Wind Sea and Heavenly Abyss City needed reinforcements.
• Wu Gu captured the human cultivator, while Han Li hid nearby and considered whether to intervene.
• A larger rift opened in the Shattered Star Ruins, and a group of powerful demons led by a middle Spatial Tempering four-winged demon emerged.
• Wu Gu ordered his attendants to withdraw, but the demons attacked his group and one charged toward Han Li’s hiding place.

Han Li fought off demons in the Shattered Star Ruins, killing a late-stage Deity Transformation demon with his newly acquired demon source power before a mid-stage Spatial Tempering demon gravely wounded him. A rift revealed a distant battlefield, and Han Li escaped in the ensuing spatial storm as the other fighters turned to investigate.

• Han Li fled with Li Yan and his companions in the Primordial Magnetic Void-Piercing Shuttle while Wugu and his followers fought the demons.
• Han Li killed the Red-Scaled Demon with Primordial Magnetic True Demon Star-Pointing, but the four-winged demon then attacked and shattered his defenses, leaving him gravely wounded.
• A huge rift opened in the Shattered Star Ruins and revealed the Ancient Teleportation Battlefield, where human cultivators, demons, and other forces were fighting.
• Han Li used the Void-Piercing Shuttle to flee, while the collapsing rift unleashed a spatial storm that forced the four-winged demon, Wugu, and the others to retreat.
• After Han Li vanished, the four-winged demon went to investigate the rift, while Wugu withdrew with his followers.

Gravely injured, Han Li reached a desolate gravel landmass with Li Yan and the remnant tribesmen and began recovering in seclusion. After discovering a cave containing rare healing treasures, he encountered an ancient presence whose power far surpassed Void Refinement.

• Li Yan piloted the nearly powerless shuttle to the gravel landmass, where it crashed and became unusable.
• Han Li swallowed his remaining healing pills, set up protections, and instructed Li Yan and the others to guard him while he healed.
• Over several months, Han Li expelled nearly half the demonic qi and spatial rift power, while Li Yan and the others kept watch.
• Han Li sensed pure wood-attribute spiritual qi behind nearby rocks and sent Li Yan to investigate, who found a cave with ancient restrictions and a chilling presence.
• Han Li entered the cave and found void azure wood spirit milk and Jade Heart Fruits, but an ancient being awoke and fixed its crimson gaze on him.

Han Li escaped the cavern after an ancient sealing array restrained the Withered Wood Demon, but he and Li Yan’s group spent months recovering nearby. Li Yan found a Jianmu Heart Fragment containing Qinglinzi’s remnant thoughts, revealing the demon’s origin and giving Han Li a possible way to heal, locate the true Jianmu Heart, and subdue the demon.

• Han Li’s escape talisman failed against the Withered Wood Demon, but an ancient array activated and bound its claw long enough for him to escape through a Space Rift with Li Yan and the others.
• Han Li and his companions fled to a concealed crevice, where they treated his injuries and hid for months while slowly recovering.
• Li Yan found a hard blue-gray stone that carried a faint, peaceful trace of wood spirit qi and brought it to Han Li.
• Han Li sensed a hidden imprint in the stone and received Qinglinzi’s remnant thoughts, which identified it as a Jianmu Heart Fragment and revealed that the cavern monster was the mutated remains of Qinglinzi’s Yi Wood Azure Vine.
• Han Li learned that the fragment could help him heal and guide him to the true Jianmu Heart, which might be in the Heavenly Abyss battlefield or held by the Demon Race.

Han Li used the Heart of the World Tree fragment to heal his injuries and strengthen his cultivation, then repaired the Void-Piercing Shuttle. He set course for the Firefly Sand Sea to gather supplies and learn more about the Spirit Realm, the Heavenly Abyss, and the Heart of the World Tree.

• Han Li absorbed the fragment’s Yi Wood source for three months, healing nearly all his injuries, restoring his magic power, and expelling the remaining demon qi and spatial rift power.
• After Li Yan reported tremors and roars from the cavern, Han Li decided the group should leave rather than investigate the Withered Wood Demon.
• Han Li repaired the damaged Void-Piercing Shuttle with salvaged materials and ores gathered by Li Yan and the others.
• Han Li compared the fragment, Elder Mu Li’s Jade Slip, and the Star Map, then concluded that reaching the Spirit Firmament continent was the best way to learn more about the Heavenly Abyss and the Heart of the World Tree.
• Han Li led Li Yan and the others aboard the repaired shuttle and set out for the Firefly Sand Sea.

Han Li entered the Firefly Sand Sea and intervened when three Azure Wing Tribe cultivators attacked Stone Yaksha over a Crimson Flame Firefly Crystal. After defeating them with his sword art, Han Li accepted Stone Yaksha’s invitation to Sandrock Fort, a human gathering place where he hoped to learn about the region and find news of Heavenly Abyss and Spirit Firmament.

• Han Li guided the Void-Piercing Shuttle into the Firefly Sand Sea and discovered cultivators fighting ahead.
• Han Li struck down an Azure Wing Tribe cultivator’s ambush attack, saving Stone Yaksha from being trapped and stabbed.
• Stone Yaksha explained that the Azure Wing Tribe wanted the Crimson Flame Firefly Crystal he had found, and Han Li ordered them to leave.
• The three Azure Wing Tribe cultivators attacked Han Li, who wounded two with his Great Evolutionary Sword Art and forced them to retreat.
• Stone Yaksha invited Han Li and his companions to Sandrock Fort, and Han Li accepted so he could learn about the area and seek supplies and news.

Han Li arrived at Sandrock Fort, where Stone Yaksha introduced him to the human outpost and explained the dangers and factions of the Firefly Sand Sea. Han Li planned to use the fort to strengthen himself and find a route toward human territories and the Heavenly Abyss, then began cultivating for his next breakthrough.

• Stone Yaksha vouched for Han Li at Sandrock Fort's gate, where Han Li registered, paid the residence fee, and received a temporary identification token.
• Han Li rented a cave abode at the Guest-Coming Inn, settled Li Yan and the others inside, and joined Stone Yaksha for a drink and a discussion of the region.
• Stone Yaksha told Han Li that the Firefly Sand Sea lay in the ungoverned Boundless Sand Domain, that the Azure Wing Tribe threatened local humans, and that Sandrock Fort was too weak to withstand a full attack.
• Han Li told Stone Yaksha he hoped to reach the human lands near the Heavenly Abyss, and Stone Yaksha explained that caravans from the Heavenly Origin Territory sometimes crossed the region.
• Han Li considered the Jianmu Heart fragment and his plans to repair his shuttle, gather supplies, and find a safe route before beginning his cultivation.

Han Li explored Sandrock Fort, bought cultivation and crafting supplies, and discovered a Yi Wood Essence Stone that resonated with his Jianmu Heart fragment. After Stone Yaksha invited him to join Elder Mo’s expedition, Han Li agreed to explore the Earthfire Cave in the Flame Sand Pit, with the group set to depart in three days.

• Han Li visited the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, learned that a Heavenly Craft Workshop caravan would pass near Sandrock Fort in three months, and bought pill formulas, materials, medicines, and a rough regional map.
• Han Li bought additional ingredients at the Pillheart Pavilion and studied mission postings, including Elder Mo’s dangerous Earthfire Cave exploration in the Flame Sand Pit.
• Han Li found a grayish-white honeycomb stone at a stall, discovered it was a Yi Wood Essence Stone linked to his Jianmu Heart fragment, and stored it away.
• Han Li studied the Jade Condensation Pill formula and regional map, then spent several days repairing the Primordial Magnetic Void-Piercing Shuttle and crafting talismans.
• Stone Yaksha told Han Li that Elder Mo’s expedition still needed cultivators, and Han Li agreed to join the group departing in three days.

Han Li and the expedition entered the Flame Sand Pit, fought through its demonic beasts, and found an Earthcore Fire Lotus guarded by a late-stage deity transformation Scarlet Flame Earthfire Crocodile. As their battle intensified, a hidden scarlet-gold phantom slipped out of the lava and attacked one of the formation's female cultivators.

• Elder Mo led Han Li, Gu Ying, Stone Yaksha, and six nascent soul cultivators from Sandrock Fort into the Flame Sand Pit and down to the Earthfire Cave.
• The group entered the crystal tunnel, defeated waves of Scarlet Fire Scorpions, Magma Lizards, and Fireline Snakes, and gathered Crimson Flame Firefly Crystals.
• The cultivators found an Earthcore Fire Lotus and rich crystal deposits guarded by a late-stage deity transformation Scarlet Flame Earthfire Crocodile.
• Elder Mo assigned the group to attack the crocodile and form the Four Symbols Flame-Killing Formation as the beast unleashed lava, fire, and poisoned bone spikes.
• While the cultivators defended against the spikes, a concealed scarlet-gold phantom emerged beneath the lotus and darted toward the weakest female cultivator.

Han Li and the others defeated the Scarlet Flame Earthfire Crocodile, only to discover a hidden demon squad seeking the Earthcore Fire Lotus and the passage to the Earth Lung Demon Fire. After Han Li killed a Deity Transformation demon, a Refinement Void demon named Cui Gu emerged and struck at everyone.

• Han Li struck the Demon Fiend Spirit with sword qi, saving the female Nascent Soul cultivator and forcing the spirit to flee into the lava.
• Elder Mo revealed his near-Refinement Void strength and crushed the Scarlet Flame Earthfire Crocodile with his black cane.
• A demon leader and his hidden squad emerged from the lava, revealed their plan to claim the Earthcore Fire Lotus and breed demon soldiers, then attacked the humans.
• Han Li used Demon Source power to destroy three Demon Fiend Spirits and kill the yaksha demon, devouring its body and soul.
• A Refinement Void demonic shadow named Cui Gu began to emerge, and its enormous claw descended on everyone in the cavern.

Han Li weakened Cui Gu’s Void Refinement strike by triggering a chaotic eruption from the magma lake, then escaped with Stone Yaksha and Liu Qing through the cave fissures. They hid in the Scarlet Blood River, but its current swept them into the Earth Lung Demon Fire Rift and dragged their shuttle into its depths.

• Elder Mo, Stone Yaksha, Gu Ying, Han Li, and the Nascent Soul cultivators joined forces against Cui Gu’s descending demon-bone claw.
• Han Li stirred the magma lake’s earthfire poison and demonic energy, creating a torrent that weakened the claw and gave the group a chance to flee.
• Cui Gu trapped and killed several slower Nascent Soul cultivators, then ordered his demons to seal the Flame Sand Pit’s exits and hunt Han Li, Elder Mo, and Gu Ying.
• Han Li escaped through a rock fissure with Stone Yaksha and Liu Qing, treating his injuries with the Jianmu Heart fragment as they evaded pursuing demons.
• Han Li hid the Void-Breaking Shuttle beneath the Scarlet Blood River’s surface and followed its current, which carried them into a chamber containing the Earth Lung Demon Fire Rift.
• The rift’s suction dragged Han Li, Stone Yaksha, and Liu Qing into its pitch-black opening, where a fiery storm mixed with cold demonic qi swallowed the shuttle.

Han Li was swallowed by the earth lung fissure and destroyed by the earth lung demon fire. The Reincarnation Hall Master revealed that Han Li was one of a hundred reincarnations intended to forge a Reincarnation Dao Ancestor capable of defeating Gu Huo Jin, and prepared for the next attempt.

• Han Li used the Jianmu Heart fragment and his demon source power to resist the earth lung demon fire, but the fire destroyed his body and divine soul.
• The Reincarnation Hall Master watched Han Li's death in an ancient mirror and called it another failure of his hundredth lifetime.
• The Reincarnation Hall Master reviewed Han Li's life, including his experiences in Sandrock Fort, the Flame Sand Pit, and the earth lung fissure.
• The Reincarnation Hall Master concluded that Han Li's attachment to his homeland and companions had caused him to hesitate and fail at the crucial moment.
• The Reincarnation Hall Master declared that he had undergone a hundred lifetimes to forge a piece capable of defeating Gu Huo Jin and began preparing a new reincarnation.

As Han Li’s body and soul were consumed in the Earth Lung Rift, a reincarnation imprint awakened and annihilated Cui Gu’s demonic will, carrying Han Li’s memories and Dao Fruit to the Reincarnation Hall. The Reincarnation Hall Master reshaped the hundredth-life Dao Fruit and sent it into the Reincarnation River, preparing Han Li for a new life and a future confrontation with Gu Huo Jin.

• As the Earth Lung Demon Fire destroyed Han Li, the reincarnation imprint within his soul awakened and purified Cui Gu’s demonic will.
• The reincarnation light sealed Han Li’s memories and the Dao Fruit formed from the Jianmu Heart fragment and demon source, then pierced through space and time to the Reincarnation Hall.
• The Reincarnation Hall Master received the light and witnessed the complete experiences and final insights of Han Li’s hundredth life.
• The Reincarnation Hall Master recognized that Jianmu’s vitality and the Demon Source’s deathly stillness could merge under extreme pressure.
• The Reincarnation Hall Master reshaped Han Li’s Dao Fruit with Reincarnation Will and sent it into the Reincarnation River for a new beginning.

The Reincarnation Hall Master forged Han Li’s experiences across a hundred lifetimes into a Dao Fruit seed intended to create a new existence capable of transcending Gu Huo Jin’s control of time. He sent the seed toward a crucial point in the river of time, beginning a final struggle whose outcome would determine whether the cycle of reincarnation ended.

• The Reincarnation Hall Master examined a Dao Fruit seed containing Han Li’s memories and insights from a hundred lifetimes.
• He resolved to use the seed, Jianmu’s vitality, and the demon source’s deathly stillness to create a new Reincarnation and challenge Gu Huo Jin’s control of time.
• The Reincarnation Hall Master sent the seed through space and time toward a crucial juncture in the river of time.
• A new reincarnation began on a perilous path toward transcendence, with the cycle set to end only when a new Dao Ancestor could defeat the Ancient Beings or the reigning overlord.