Recaps

Han Li arrived in Tianxing City, gathered information, and attended an underground auction while seeking clues about the Profound Yin Sect. He acquired a damaged token linked to his Profound Yin Token and planned to pursue the Star Palace’s official auction while proceeding cautiously.

• Han Li entered Tianxing City under the identity Li Feiyu and received a three-month Guest Elder Token.
• Han Li gathered information about the Star Palace, the Deep-Sea Demon Clan, the Profound Yin Sect, and the Ancient Teleportation Array, then obtained a token to an underground auction.
• At the auction, Han Li sensed a black-robed attendee whose aura stirred his dormant Profound Yin Token.
• Han Li bought a damaged dark-red token after his Profound Yin Token reacted strongly to it.
• Han Li examined the token at the Cloud-Arrival Inn, found its restriction beyond his reach, and decided to consolidate his cultivation and seek entry to the Tianxing Auction.

Han Li received an invitation from Star Palace elder Ling Yuling and attended an exchange gathering at Starshine Hall, where he traded for a Water Escape Technique and drew Ling Yuling’s interest with his knowledge of ancient formations. Ling Yuling invited him to help investigate the moving Profound Water Mansion near the Shattered Star Sea, leaving Han Li wary as he considered whether to accept.

• Han Li studied his auction acquisitions and the Star Sea Cartographic Map, concluding that the Ancient Teleportation Array was his best hope of leaving Tianxing City.
• Steward Lin Fan delivered Ling Yuling’s invitation to an exchange gathering, and Han Li agreed to attend after learning the elder was interested in his ancient artifacts.
• At Starshine Hall, Han Li observed Ling Yuling and the gathered cultivators, offered insights into ancient formations, and traded Soul-Calming Pills for the Illusory Wave Light-Splitting Technique.
• Ling Yuling privately asked Han Li about his formation knowledge and revealed that the Star Palace was recruiting experts to investigate the Profound Water Mansion near the Shattered Star Sea.
• Han Li deferred his decision and accepted Ling Yuling’s Message Talisman, then left Starshine Hall concerned about the Star Palace’s motives and the dangers surrounding the investigation.

Han Li joined Ling Yuling’s expedition into the Shattered Star Sea, where they found ancient Sea Race remains and a hidden teleportation Array Disk connected to a token fragment he possessed. A mid-stage Core Formation Red-Winged Thunder Roc interrupted their investigation, forcing them to flee as Han Li questioned Ling Yuling’s motives.

• Han Li accepted Ling Yuling’s invitation to investigate the Profound Water Mansion and traveled with him and four other cultivators to the Star-Gazing Platform.
• After hearing reports of spatial disturbances and demonic beasts, Ling Yuling divided the party into sectors and took Han Li with him to Sector C.
• Han Li and Ling Yuling found an ancient cave with unfamiliar restrictions, dark blue skeletons, and a ruined altar that Han Li recognized as connected to his token fragment.
• Han Li detected an incomplete teleportation Array Disk beneath the altar, with a fragment bearing the same aura as his own token fragment.
• Ling Yuling’s jade pendant warned of an approaching Demon Tribe expert, and he and Han Li fled the cave as a mid-stage Core Formation Red-Winged Thunder Roc attacked.
• Ling Yuling protected their escape aboard the flying boat while the Roc pursued them with red lightning, and Han Li wondered whether the attack had been a coincidence or a deliberate interruption.

Han Li accepted Ling Yuling's offer to become a Star Palace Guest Elder while remaining wary of the palace's plans for the Profound Water Mansion. As rumors of a major Shattered Star Sea operation and signs of Sea Race involvement emerged, Han Li resolved to seek a safe place to form his core and strengthen himself.

• Han Li examined the newly acquired remnant token fragment and suspected that Ling Yuling's journey and the Sector C discoveries were part of a hidden test.
• Ling Yuling offered Han Li access to the Star Palace's Scripture Pavilion and a Gold-Transforming Pill in exchange for helping investigate the Profound Water Mansion, and Han Li accepted a Guest Elder Token without committing to the mission.
• Han Li studied ancient formations at the Myriad Images Tower, gathered supplies, and learned that the Star Palace was preparing Starlight Pills for a major Shattered Star Sea operation.
• At Hundred Herbs Hall, Han Li saw a gray-cloaked cultivator wearing a Bone Pendant marked with a Sea Race trident and suspected the cultivator was connected to the Profound Water Mansion.
• Han Li recorded the clues he had gathered and decided to find a hidden, spiritually rich location where he could safely attempt Core Formation.

Han Li secluded himself on a deserted island and overcame the dangers of forming his Golden Core, including a clash between his water spiritual power and primal profound yin fiend qi. After stabilizing his new realm, he left the island to pursue the Profound Water Mansion, the Ancient Teleportation Array, and unresolved debts.

• Han Li prepared a hidden cave abode with protective arrays, pills, and weapons before beginning his seclusion.
• After five years, Han Li formed an embryonic Golden Core and survived a heart demon tribulation with the help of a spirit-cleansing cattail leaf.
• As the core neared completion, Han Li's primal profound yin fiend qi clashed with his water spiritual power and cracked the Golden Core.
• Han Li used the Fiend-Fusion Secret Technique to merge the fiend qi into his Golden Core, forming a deep azure core marked with dark silver.
• Han Li spent two more years stabilizing his Golden Core, then left the island and flew toward the depths of the Chaotic Star Sea to settle old matters.

Han Li arrived on Golden Sand Island in disguise to investigate rumors about the Profound Water Mansion and the Tide Message. After defeating local bandits and learning of their connection to a mysterious contact at the Soul-Drunken Pavilion, he sent a message proposing a meeting there in three days.

• Han Li entered Golden Sand Island in disguise and gathered rumors about the Star Palace, the Demon Tribe, and the Netherworld Sect at the Sea-Listening Pavilion.
• Han Li bought an old sea chart marked with the words "Tide Message" and noticed that he was being followed.
• Three Golden Shark Gang bandits attacked Han Li, but he overwhelmed them and searched their leader’s memories to learn about the Soul-Drunken Pavilion.
• Han Li studied the chart and suspected it was linked to the Tidal Heart and the Profound Water Mansion.
• Han Li sent a message to the Soul-Drunken Pavilion proposing a meeting in three days to ask about the Tide Message.

Han Li infiltrated the Netherworld Sect’s Soul-Drunken Pavilion to learn about the Tide Message and uncovered a possible route to the Profound Water Mansion. After rejecting a coercive probe, he returned to his inn to plan how to find the Water Essence Token and strengthen himself.

• Han Li bypassed the Soul-Drunken Pavilion’s formation and met a black-dressed woman and a False Core old man in the Listening Rain Pavilion.
• Han Li resisted the woman’s attempt to seal his spiritual power and traded a Yin Marrow Pearl, a Black Skeleton Cult token, and information for details about the Tide Message.
• The woman said the Tide Message would appear near the Eye of the Star Vortex in three years and that a Water Essence Token might be its key.
• The woman offered cooperation in entering the Profound Water Mansion and gave Han Li a Bone Talisman directing him to Ghost-Crying Reef before the Tide Message.
• When the False Core old man tried to probe Han Li, Han Li revealed his Golden Core Early Stage pressure, shocked both Netherworld Sect agents, and left.
• Han Li evaded pursuit, returned to the Sea-Tide Lodge, and began planning to seek the Water Essence Token and prepare for the Star Palace auction.

Han Li attended the Star Palace's hundred-year auction, where Yuan Yao won the Water Essence Token fragment after bidding twelve million spirit stones. As the auction ended, Ling Yuling summoned Han Li to meet in the Quiet Chamber.

• Han Li disguised himself and entered the crowded auction, where he observed powerful cultivators from across the Chaotic Star Sea.
• Han Li bid on map fragments from the Green Wave Abyss but stopped when another bidder offered more, and he also passed on Star Origin Pills.
• The Star Palace bought the Star Core, and a mysterious guest won the Ice Phoenix egg at the auction's final lots.
• Han Li recognized the Water Essence Token and felt his Profound Yin Token grow warm as bidders drove its price above ten million spirit stones.
• Yuan Yao bid twelve million spirit stones from Heaven Box One and won the Water Essence Token fragment.
• After leaving the auction hall, Han Li received a message from Ling Yuling inviting him to the Quiet Chamber and followed the steward inside.

Han Li deflected Ling Yuling’s questions and accepted patrol assignments, then killed five assassins who attacked him at the inn. Finding a Black Iron Plaque among their belongings, he decided to take a distant patrol assignment and leave Tianxing City.

• Han Li told Ling Yuling that an Ancient Cultivator’s cave abode had given him his wealth, and Ling Yuling warned him to avoid disputes over the Water Essence Token before offering him patrol assignments.
• Han Li accepted the assignments and returned to the Cloud-Arrival Inn, resolving to leave Tianxing City as soon as possible.
• Five late-stage Foundation Establishment assassins surrounded Han Li’s courtyard, but he used the Green Wave Heavenly Barrier and Mystic Water Spikes to kill them.
• Han Li collected the assassins’ Storage Bags and found a Black Iron Plaque bearing a skull emblem, which suggested a possible link to the Black Skeleton Pirates.
• Han Li decided to choose a patrol assignment near the edge of the Shattered Star Sea and use it to escape Tianxing City.

Han Li joined a Star Palace patrol in the Black Sand Islands, where he concealed his Golden Core cultivation while investigating unstable spatial rifts. Near the end of the patrol, the Netherworld Sect Bone Talisman reacted at an extinct volcano, where Han Li encountered Yuan Yao.

• Han Li boarded the Wavebreaker as the supposed Foundation Establishment late-stage Guest Elder Li Feiyu and learned the patrol would cover the Black Sand Islands.
• The patrol vessel encountered three Winged Crocodile Dragons attacking a merchant ship, and Han Li killed one with a single water arrow before the others fled.
• Han Li investigated the region's shifting spatial rifts and suspected they might connect to hidden passages or the Star Sundial.
• Near the end of the patrol, Han Li secretly left the anchored vessel to investigate an extinct volcano after sensing an obscure energy fluctuation.
• The Netherworld Sect Bone Talisman against Han Li's chest grew faintly hot, and Yuan Yao appeared from the volcano's shadows and called out to him.

Han Li agreed to cooperate with Yuan Yao to find the Tidal Heart and enter the Profound Water True Hall, hoping to obtain a route back to his homeland. After sealing their pact, they planned to gather information in secret and meet before the Sea-Gazing Tide.

• Yuan Yao revealed that she possessed a Water Essence Token fragment and proposed working with Han Li to find the Tidal Heart and enter the Profound Water True Hall.
• Yuan Yao offered Han Li a share of the hall’s treasures, except the Soul-Cleansing Lotus she sought, and explained that an Ancient Teleportation Array might help him return to his homeland.
• Yuan Yao gave Han Li restriction maps and three drops of Ten-Thousand-Year Stone Milk, then proposed they swear a pact using the Shared-Heart Death Curse.
• Han Li accepted Yuan Yao’s offer, and they swore heart-demon oaths and each refined half of the talisman.
• Yuan Yao gave Han Li a Mother-and-Child Voice-Transmission Conch and told him to search for clues while serving as a Guest Elder of the Star Palace.
• Han Li returned to the patrol spirit boat, intending to strengthen himself and prepare for their journey to the Eye of the Star Vortex.

Han Li found the Tidal Heart in the Ghost-Crying Sea and killed its Deep-Sea Thunder Lizard guardian after a fierce battle. As he tried to flee with the treasure, Star Palace Inspector Lei Wanhe arrived and demanded that Han Li surrender it.

• Han Li detected an ancient water-spirit fluctuation in the Ghost-Crying Sea and broke through a natural restriction into an underwater grotto.
• Han Li discovered the Tidal Heart in a pool, but its Deep-Sea Thunder Lizard guardian attacked him.
• Han Li feigned weakness, then infused his Mystic Water Spikes with Profound Yin Fiend Qi and killed the Thunder Lizard.
• Han Li took the Tidal Heart and sensed that it was a key to opening the Profound Water True Hall.
• Yuan Yao warned Han Li that Lei Wanhe was approaching, but Lei Wanhe intercepted him and demanded the Tidal Heart.

Han Li escaped Lei Wanhe’s pursuit when the Filth-Spirit Nail awakened a Deep-Sea Demon Octopus, but he was left gravely wounded and still carried the Tidal Heart. As he prepared to flee, Yuan Yao urgently summoned him to the Coral Forest, saying she had something important to tell him about his life.

• Han Li used Blood Escape, a Bone Talisman, and the Thunder Lizard demon core to break free of Lei Wanhe’s attacks and flee into an undersea trench.
• Lei Wanhe pursued Han Li with silver sword rays and the Thunder Crane Soars the Heavens technique, while Han Li used the Filth-Spirit Nail to disrupt spiritual-sense probes.
• The Filth-Spirit Nail awakened a Deep-Sea Demon Octopus, forcing Lei Wanhe to fight the ancient beast and giving Han Li a chance to escape.
• Han Li fled far from the battle, hid in a seabed crevice, and began treating his severe injuries while worrying that the Star Palace would continue pursuing him.
• Yuan Yao contacted Han Li through the Mother-and-Child Voice-Transmission Conch and urged him to meet her at the Coral Forest because she had something important to tell him about his life.

Han Li met Yuan Yao in a concealed coral forest and learned that the Star Palace had placed a bounty on him after Lei Wanhe reported the Tidal Heart. With the Tide Message Celestial Phenomenon approaching early, they agreed to meet at the Eye of the Star Vortex in three months and enter the Profound Water True Hall; after recovering, Han Li set out toward the meeting point.

• Yuan Yao told Han Li that Lei Wanhe had survived, reported him to the Star Palace, and triggered a Star Pursuit Order backed by patrols carrying Star-Setting Disks.
• Yuan Yao proposed entering the Profound Water True Hall during a brief lapse in surveillance before the Tide Message Celestial Phenomenon, which she said would arrive in three months.
• Yuan Yao gave Han Li three drops of Ten-Thousand-Year Earthheart Nectar and a jade slip containing a safe route and temporary hiding places.
• Han Li agreed to meet Yuan Yao at the Eye of the Star Vortex in three months and enter the True Hall together.
• Han Li used the nectar to heal in the coral forest, then left after half a month with his injuries seventy percent healed and traveled covertly toward the Eye of the Star Vortex.

Han Li and Yuan Yao entered the Profound Water True Hall during the clash between the Star Palace, the Demon Tribe, and the Netherworld Sect. Guided by their keys, they opened a sealed inner hall, revealing an unknown space beyond.

• Han Li sensed powerful forces gathering around the Star Vortex before the tide message opened the gate to the Profound Water True Hall.
• Lei Wanhe, Elder Azure Flood Dragon, and Old Devil Xuan Gu led their factions into battle outside the gate as Han Li and Yuan Yao slipped inside.
• Han Li and Yuan Yao raced through the hall's dangerous corridors, following the Water Essence Token fragment while avoiding ancient traps.
• Lei Wanhe, Elder Azure Flood Dragon, Old Devil Xuan Gu, and the other pursuers entered the hall and split up to search its passages.
• Han Li and Yuan Yao used the Tidal Heart and the Water Essence Token fragment to open a sealed door, revealing an ancient space filled with pure water spiritual energy.

Han Li and Yuan Yao crossed the Inner Hall’s dangerous water formation, surviving waves of beasts and traps as they advanced toward the Mystic Water Palace. With twelve Water Essence Warriors blocking the island and pursuers closing in behind them, they plunged underwater to carry out Han Li’s plan.

• Han Li and Yuan Yao entered the Inner Hall and discovered a vast water world filled with Mystic Water Crystal Stars that formed a dangerous formation.
• Yuan Yao led Han Li across the water using the Water Essence Token, but Illusionlight Leeches and Silver-Scaled Water Pythons attacked them.
• Han Li identified a formation node and broke one of its crystal stars with his Profound Yin Finger, weakening the beasts long enough for them to escape.
• Han Li and Yuan Yao survived several more formation attacks and reached the water before the island’s Mystic Water Palace.
• Twelve Water Essence Warriors formed the Twelve Earthly Branches Water Fiend Formation, while Lei Wanhe, Elder Azure Flood Dragon, Old Devil Xuan Gu, and others caught up from behind.
• Han Li and Yuan Yao agreed on a plan and plunged beneath the water instead of confronting the warriors directly.

Han Li and Yuan Yao crossed the Thousand-Illusion Coral Forest and found the Soul-Cleansing Lotus guarded by nine battle puppets. Han Li uncovered star-route coordinates in a damaged side hall, but the puppets awakened as Lei Wanhe, Elder Azure Flood Dragon, Old Devil Xuan Gu, and the others arrived.

• Yuan Yao led Han Li through the underwater ruins and the illusion-filled Thousand-Illusion Coral Forest using the Water Essence Token.
• Han Li and Yuan Yao reached the plaza, where nine Blackwater Battle Puppets guarded the Soul-Cleansing Lotus, and Han Li suggested investigating a damaged side hall.
• Han Li's Profound Yin Token activated a headless statue and revealed a star-route map containing coordinates for the Ancient Teleportation Array.
• The battle puppets awakened and charged Han Li and Yuan Yao as the Soul-Cleansing Lotus released a soul-purifying ripple.
• Lei Wanhe, Elder Azure Flood Dragon, Old Devil Xuan Gu, and the other pursuers arrived behind Han Li and Yuan Yao.

Han Li and Yuan Yao fought through the plaza’s defenders to seize the Soul-Cleansing Lotus, then escaped Lei Wanhe and the other pursuers with a hidden teleportation formation. Wounded and pursued, they fled through the palace gate into the unknown core of the Inner Hall.

• Yuan Yao used the Water Essence Token and Illusory Wave Blades to delay the battle puppets while Han Li rushed for the Soul-Cleansing Lotus.
• Han Li struck the central battle puppet’s weakness with Profound Yin Finger-break and began collecting the lotus.
• Lei Wanhe, Old Devil Xuan Gu, and Elder Azure Flood Dragon attacked Han Li as he reached for the lotus.
• Han Li used the Filth-Spirit Nail and Minor Yin-Yang Chaos Talismans to deflect Lei Wanhe’s sword aura, collected the lotus, and suffered a deep shoulder wound.
• Yuan Yao activated a star talisman that teleported her, Han Li, and three battle puppets across the plaza, separating them from their pursuers.
• Yuan Yao helped the wounded Han Li flee through the palace gate as Lei Wanhe and the others gave chase.

Han Li and Yuan Yao reached the central hub of the Profound Water True Hall and briefly sealed its entrance against their pursuers. Yuan Yao abandoned Han Li and plunged into the Profound Nether Realm, while he headed for a hidden side chamber to treat his injuries.

• Han Li and Yuan Yao entered the hall containing the Nine Abyss Confluence Formation and the central vortex leading to the Profound Nether Realm.
• Han Li handed Yuan Yao the Soul-Cleansing Lotus, and they entered a lotus-marked side chamber as Lei Wanhe, Elder Azure Flood Dragon, and Old Devil Xuan Gu pursued them into the hall.
• Yuan Yao asked Han Li to help activate the Qian and Kun dragon pillars, and they formed a barrier that temporarily sealed the attackers outside.
• Badly wounded, Han Li watched Yuan Yao plunge into the central vortex and chose not to follow her.
• Han Li used Shadowstream Glimmer to reach an inconspicuous stone door and seek shelter while the barrier held.

Wounded and pursued by Lei Wanhe, Han Li discovered that the Profound Yin Token could activate a hidden teleportation array in an abandoned side hall. He escaped through it, but the violent spatial passage left him unconscious and near death.

• Han Li hid in a dusty side hall, sealed its door, and used arrays and Healing Pills to treat his injuries while Lei Wanhe and the others attacked the barrier.
• After Lei Wanhe’s group broke through, the Profound Yin Token revealed an energy diagram that led Han Li to activate the hidden array beneath him.
• Han Li poured his remaining spiritual power and blood essence into the platform, opened a black vortex, and leaped inside as Lei Wanhe struck down the door.
• Lei Wanhe, Elder Azure Flood Dragon, and Old Devil Xuan Gu arrived too late to stop Han Li, and Lei Wanhe ordered them to search for him and the Soul-Cleansing Lotus.
• Han Li was crushed by spatial forces during teleportation and lost consciousness, while the Profound Yin Token protected his fading life.

After being cast into an unfamiliar sea by the Profound Yin Token, Han Li reached Azure Abyss Island and hid his identity while recovering from his severe injuries. When Star Palace recruiters arrived, he passed their array assessment under the name Li Feiyu and left with them to join the Sea Patrol Guard.

• Han Li survived the teleportation and drifted for three days before reaching Azure Abyss Island, where he claimed to be the shipwrecked rogue cultivator Li Feiyu.
• Han Li hid his cultivation, received treatment from the island's clinic, and spent more than a month recovering in a secluded cottage.
• Zhou Tao arrived to recruit cultivators for the Star Palace's Sea Patrol Guard, and Han Li volunteered, claiming knowledge of arrays.
• Han Li identified flaws in Zhou Tao's Small Five-Element Binding Array and impressed him with precise corrections.
• Han Li swore a heart-demon oath, received a temporary Star Palace token and Meridian-Nourishing Pills, and departed with Zhou Tao for the Green Wave Hall.

Han Li passed the Star Palace’s three admission trials and was accepted into the Formation Pavilion after repairing an array disk and setting up a formation. He received his entry supplies and was assigned a remote cave residence to recover from his injuries.

• Han Li passed the identity check and endured the Spirit Measurement and Heart Inquiry trial without revealing his concealed abilities.
• Han Li repaired a Small Five-Element Lost Track Formation array disk and successfully set up a Lost-Track Trapping Formation for Zhou Tao.
• Han Li was admitted to the Formation Pavilion as an outer steward after five candidates passed the final trial.
• Han Li received his waist token, supplies, and contribution-point instructions, then was assigned Cave Residence A-3 in Sector C of Hidden Dragon Abyss.
• Han Li activated the cave’s restriction and took medicine to treat his injuries.

Han Li settled into life as a peripheral steward in the Star Palace, earning contribution points through safe formation-repair missions while recovering from his injuries. After Zhao Wuji assigned him to investigate a failing defensive array on Black Reef Island near the Ghost Mist Sea, Han Li prepared for danger and departed alone.

• Han Li studied the Star Palace rules, Green Wave Sea Region map, and contribution-point system before reporting to the Formation Pavilion.
• Han Li accepted a safe mission to repair three Small Five-Element Binding Array disk sets, completed it, and exchanged contribution points for Origin-Nourishing Pills.
• Han Li spent the following month completing routine formation missions, earning a reputation as skilled but reserved while saving his rewards.
• Zhao Wuji assigned Han Li to investigate and repair Black Reef Island's failing defensive array, warning him of the nearby Ghost Mist Sea and its yin creatures.
• Han Li suspected the assignment might conceal danger, bought talismans, pills, and formation materials, then departed alone for Black Reef Island.

Han Li discovered that Black Reef Island’s failing protective formation was being disrupted by fiendish energy leaking from an ancient seal beneath the cold iron mine. When a foundation-establishment late-stage vengeful ghost burst from the fissure, Han Li confronted it with his dagger and Evil-Warding Talismans.

• Han Li arrived at Black Reef Island and found its protective formation flickering while the two stationed disciples described worsening yin energy and strange noises in the mine.
• Han Li replaced the depleted spirit stones, detected concealed fiendish energy near the mine, and set a warning formation to monitor the disturbance.
• At midnight, Han Li sensed the mine’s energy surge and followed it underground, where he found a fissure surrounded by fragments of an ancient seal.
• A vengeful ghost emerged from the fissure and attacked Han Li with a bone blade, forcing him to reveal his foundation-establishment cultivation and fight back.

Han Li defeated a powerful Vengeful Ghost in the mine and discovered that the fissure concealed an ancient Profound Yin Sect seal over a Netherworld rift. He stabilized Black Reef Island’s protective formation but left the failing seal and hidden treasures for later, deciding to return to Green Wave Hall.

• Han Li used Evil-Warding Talismans, the Gloom Fang Dagger, and the Small Mystic Yin Spirit-Trapping Formation to destroy the Vengeful Ghost and obtain its Yin Soul Pearl and broken bone blade.
• Han Li examined the fissure, found a hidden stone chamber, and discovered a dead Profound Yin Sect guardian, a Demon-Quelling Token, and a Jade Slip warning that the seal over a Lesser Netherworld rift was nearing collapse.
• Han Li recognized that his Profound Yin Token resonated with the Demon-Quelling Token, located hidden treasures deep in the rift, and chose not to descend because the yin fiend energy was too dangerous.
• Han Li repaired Black Reef Island’s protective formation, warned Wang Ping and Li Si to avoid the mine’s depths, and told them to request a high-level formation master.
• Han Li decided to return to Green Wave Hall to investigate Zhao Wuji’s motives and consider what he had found.