Recaps

The Grand Ancestor of the Great Void revealed that he had sixty years left to live and announced his plan to enter seclusion before eventually confronting the Beast Taming Immortal Sect. He took He Pingsheng aside, gave him cultivation pills, and explained that He Pingsheng would need to find a Transformation-Breaking Pill to reach the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Wuwei and the other disciples supported the Grand Ancestor of the Great Void's decision to give He Pingsheng the Great Void Grand Mystic Scripture.
• The Grand Ancestor of the Great Void said he had sixty years left and would enter seclusion to restore his cultivation before killing the Beast Taming Immortal Sect's Nascent Soul cultivator.
• The Grand Ancestor of the Great Void ordered the disciples not to disturb him, then concealed the Great Void Divine Hall behind formations.
• Sword Bamboo questioned whether the Grand Ancestor of the Great Void was using seclusion to teach He Pingsheng the scripture, and he struck her, lowering her cultivation by one layer.
• The Grand Ancestor of the Great Void showed He Pingsheng a collection of pills for his cultivation and said he would need to find a Transformation-Breaking Pill to enter the Nascent Soul Realm.

He Pingsheng studied the Nine Suns Formation, visited Zhao Ling'er to collect a Hundred Concealment Talisman, and secretly used the Treasure-Gathering Basin to upgrade it. The talisman became a supreme-grade Invisibility Talisman, which could hide both his body and his aura.

• The Grand Ancestor of the Great Void gave He Pingsheng a Jade Token for the left side hall and a Jade Slip containing the Nine Suns Formation, which He Pingsheng studied over several days.
• Zhao Ling'er summoned He Pingsheng to True Spirit Hall, where her disciples paid respects to him as their grandmaster.
• Zhao Ling'er gave He Pingsheng the third-grade Hundred Concealment Talisman that Qiao Huizhu had obtained.
• He Pingsheng bathed in a deep pool and used the Treasure-Gathering Basin inside layered storage containers to enhance the talisman beyond the Grand Ancestor's notice.
• The next morning, He Pingsheng discovered that the talisman had become a supreme-grade Invisibility Talisman that concealed its user's body and aura.

He Pingsheng helped the Grand Ancestor of the Great Void complete a formation and was assigned to make flags for another one. After recognizing the new formation as a tool for Soul Seizure, he realized the Grand Ancestor intended to take over his body and was left terrified.

• He Pingsheng studied the Nine Suns Formation while waiting for a chance to escape the Grand Ancestor of the Great Void.
• He Pingsheng and the Grand Ancestor completed the Great Nine Yang Formation, and the Grand Ancestor praised his talent.
• The Grand Ancestor gave He Pingsheng a Jade Slip with instructions to make eighty-one Formation Flags for a more complex formation.
• He Pingsheng searched the Myriad Formations Compendium and found that the gourd-shaped formation was the Host-Usurping Yin-Yang-Reversing Soul-Transferring Formation.
• He Pingsheng realized the Grand Ancestor planned to seize his body and collapsed onto his meditation cushion in terror.

He Pingsheng realized the patriarch planned to use Soul Seizure on him and devised a way to escape the Great Void Sect. After luring Daoist Wuwei toward the Great Void Divine Hall and receiving Xu Kunlun’s message, He Pingsheng fled by Flying Boat and left the sect far behind.

• He Pingsheng concluded that the patriarch had prepared the Nine Suns Formation and cultivation pills to conceal Soul Seizure and support his cultivation afterward.
• After three days of planning, He Pingsheng asked Zhao Ling’er to bring Xu Kunlun to the True Spirit Hall and enlisted their help to escape.
• He Pingsheng told Daoist Wuwei that the patriarch had not entered seclusion and gave him the keys to the Great Void Divine Hall, claiming he would refuse the [Great Void Grand Mystic Scripture].
• He Pingsheng hid with an [Invisibility Talisman] and waited until Xu Kunlun sent a message saying, "I saw the patriarch..."
• He Pingsheng fled in the opposite direction from Xu Kunlun, boarded the Cloud-Piercing Boat, and traveled more than ten thousand li from the Great Void Sect without being pursued.

He Pingsheng tricked the Grand Ancestor of the Great Void and fled far beyond the Daoist Profound Alliance, believing he had escaped. After falling asleep in a mountain cave, he woke to find the Grand Ancestor had captured him and understood that his escape had failed.

• Wuwei confronted the Grand Ancestor of the Great Void, who searched for He Pingsheng but was misled by the Snow Rocs and rushed back to the sect.
• He Pingsheng fled by Flying Boat for more than ten days, crossing beyond the Daoist Profound Alliance's borders before resting in a mountain cave.
• He Pingsheng counted his Spirit Stones, reassured himself that his resources would support his cultivation, and fell asleep.
• He Pingsheng woke in a hall before the Grand Ancestor of the Great Void, who explained how he had anticipated He Pingsheng's escape plan and captured him.

He Pingsheng confronted Taixu about the soul-seizure formation, but Taixu forced him into it and began invading his body. He Pingsheng lost consciousness and woke inside Taixu’s memories, seeing the younger Taixu in a rain-soaked Deep Ravine.

• He Pingsheng accused Taixu of trapping him and preparing a soul-seizure formation, while Taixu admitted the ritual had only a ten-percent chance of success and offered him the Great Void Sect if it failed.
• Taixu refused to let He Pingsheng reject the deal and ordered him to restore his divine sense as he finished setting up the formation.
• Taixu activated the formation, controlled He Pingsheng’s body, and placed him in the host’s circle while taking the guest’s position.
• Taixu’s divine sense invaded He Pingsheng’s body and discovered his Treasure-Gathering Basin before He Pingsheng lost consciousness.
• He Pingsheng awoke within a memory of a younger Taixu standing in a wooden building in the Deep Ravine beside a worried young woman.

He Pingsheng learned the truth about Taixu’s past before the Grand Ancestor of the Great Void revealed that he had only hours left to live. Taixu brought He Pingsheng to a hidden chamber and entrusted him with a plan to protect the Great Void Sect from the Beast Taming Immortal Sect.

• He Pingsheng witnessed Taixu’s memories of how his wife gave up her five-element spiritual root to save their son Wuwei, enabling Taixu to master the Great Void Grand Mystic Scripture.
• He Pingsheng regained control of his body and learned that Taixu’s soul seizure had failed, though Taixu was still alive and extremely weak.
• Taixu questioned He Pingsheng about finding the Treasure-Gathering Basin, then asked him to help continue through the Spirit Plantation Garden.
• Taixu opened a hidden door in the artificial mountain and led He Pingsheng into an underground chamber containing a golden lamp.
• Taixu revealed that his life would end soon and warned that the Beast Taming Immortal Sect would attack the Great Void Sect after his death.
• Taixu explained that the Beast Taming Immortal Sect could detect his death with Qi Watching and identified the Fortune Golden Lamp as his way to counter it.

Taixu sacrificed his essence blood and nascent soul to create a Golden Lamp that would preserve the Great Void Sect’s fortune, entrusting He Pingsheng with protecting the sect and teaching him how to escape if it fell. Meanwhile, the Beast Taming Immortal Sect noticed the sect’s fortune briefly waver but decided to wait and investigate He Pingsheng.

• Taixu asked He Pingsheng to cultivate toward the nascent soul realm and shelter the Great Void Sect’s disciples after he was gone.
• Taixu showed He Pingsheng a Teleportation Array that could carry him a hundred thousand li away and instructed him to destroy the destination platform after using it.
• Taixu turned his essence blood and nascent soul into lamp oil, then entered the Golden Lamp and died.
• He Pingsheng lit the Golden Lamp in the hall and mourned Taixu beneath the ancient tree, which withered after the patriarch’s death.
• At the Beast Taming Immortal Sect, a Confucian-robed middle-aged man and a bald old man discussed the Great Void Sect’s briefly diminished fortune and chose not to attack Taixu.
• The Confucian-robed middle-aged man asked whether the bald old man had learned anything about He Pingsheng, but the old man said their investigation had found little.

He Pingsheng questioned Xuan Yang about the rules and dangers of soul seizure, still unable to explain why he had survived the patriarch’s apparent attempt. Xuan Yang revealed that he was abandoning his pursuit of the Great Dao and warned that he and other disciples were preparing to leave the Great Void Sect because they expected the Beast Taming Sect to destroy it.

• He Pingsheng asked Xuan Yang about soul seizure, and Xuan Yang said golden core cultivators could not perform it and that it usually killed both souls.
• He Pingsheng wondered why he had survived the patriarch’s apparent failed soul seizure.
• Xuan Yang said he would stop pursuing the Great Dao, return to his hometown, and establish a cultivation lineage subordinate to the Great Void Sect.
• Xuan Yang told He Pingsheng that Hong Lao’er had left the sect half a month earlier to escape the coming conflict.
• Xuan Yang argued that the aging patriarch could not defeat the Beast Taming Sect’s two nascent soul cultivators and that the sect would be vulnerable after his death.
• Xuan Yang revealed that he was leaving too and asked He Pingsheng to understand why he was choosing to escape.

He Pingsheng appointed Withered Wood True Person as acting deputy hall master before spending two years cultivating, bringing his five dantian and divine refining to the first Foundation Establishment level. He went to Horsehead Mountain Market to find second-grade demon beast poison pellets, unaware that Daoist Nun Feng was following him to seek revenge.

• Xuan Yang resigned and recommended Withered Wood True Person to oversee the Internal Affairs Hall.
• He Pingsheng appointed Withered Wood True Person acting deputy hall master, then cultivated for two years and advanced his five dantian and divine refining to the first Foundation Establishment level.
• He Pingsheng ran out of poison pellets for body refining and flew to Horsehead Mountain Market to look for second-grade demon beast poison pellets.
• True Person Sword Bamboo told Daoist Nun Feng to pursue her revenge alone, and Daoist Nun Feng followed He Pingsheng toward the market.
• At the market, He Pingsheng asked a familiar pill seller for second-grade demon beast poison pellets, but the seller had none and directed him to other stalls or trading houses.

He Pingsheng searched for Second Grade Poison Pellets and commissioned Abundant Harmony Manor to collect them for him. After paying, he accepted a Heartbond Talisman and Jade Token, then continued browsing for defensive items.

• He Pingsheng failed to find Poison Pellets at the stalls and went to Abundant Harmony Manor.
• He Pingsheng scanned Shopkeeper Liu twice, prompting the shopkeeper to recognize his Foundation Establishment cultivation and apologize for his initial treatment.
• He Pingsheng asked Shopkeeper Liu about Second Grade Poison Pellets, and the shopkeeper suggested seeking them in the Black Frontier or placing a commission.
• He Pingsheng commissioned a hundred Poison Pellets at fifty Spirit Stones each and asked Shopkeeper Liu to reserve any Third Grade Poison Pellets that arrived.
• He Pingsheng paid for the commission using a collection of Magical Artifacts and received a Heartbond Talisman and Jade Token.
• He Pingsheng stayed at the merchant house to browse for other defensive items, especially Talismans.

He Pingsheng bought two Sharp Metal Talismans and a broken Formation Plate, then was ambushed in midair by Daoist Nun Feng. He blocked her first sword strike but faced another attack as she pursued him to the ground.

• He Pingsheng bought two second-grade Sharp Metal Talismans after learning the trading house had no third-grade talismans.
• He Pingsheng bought a broken Formation Plate from a young stallholder for ten spirit stones.
• Daoist Nun Feng blocked He Pingsheng’s flight and struck at him with her sword.
• He Pingsheng used the Sacred Wood Shield and Vajra Shield to stop most of Daoist Nun Feng’s sword qi, then descended to the ground.
• Daoist Nun Feng followed He Pingsheng and launched another sword strike from within thirty zhang.

He Pingsheng fought Daoist Nun Feng, a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator, while relying on his shields, banner, and talismans to survive her attacks. He ultimately killed her with a Heavenly Fire Talisman that pursued her as she fled.

• He Pingsheng endured Daoist Nun Feng's sword strikes and countered with the Nine Luminaries Dragon-Slaying Banner and the Sacred Wood Poison Dragon Technique.
• Daoist Nun Feng cut through most of He Pingsheng's vines, then pursued him with sword qi and a succession of Ice Thorns.
• He Pingsheng used the Great Banner Thunder-Rolling Technique, but spent most of his Wood Attribute spiritual power defending against Daoist Nun Feng's remaining sword qi.
• He Pingsheng frightened Daoist Nun Feng back with the Soul-Slaying Bell and activated his last Diamond Talisman for protection.
• He Pingsheng launched a Heavenly Fire Talisman at Daoist Nun Feng, and its pursuing fireball burned her to ashes.

After killing Daoist Nun Feng, He Pingsheng returned safely to Jade Dragon Peak and searched her Storage Bag, finding an Ice Thorn spell and an Origin-Reaching Pill. He enhanced several items, but the damaged Formation Plate remained unchanged in the Treasure-Gathering Basin.

• He Pingsheng collected Daoist Nun Feng's Storage Bag and flying sword, escaped the forest fire, and returned safely to his cultivation grounds.
• He Pingsheng found more than forty thousand spirit stones and learned the Ice Thorn Technique from a jade slip in Daoist Nun Feng's Storage Bag.
• He Pingsheng discovered a low-grade Origin-Reaching Pill and wondered why Daoist Nun Feng had kept it instead of trying to advance to the Golden Core Stage.
• He Pingsheng enhanced the Ice Thorn Technique into the Heaven Tier spells Glazed World and Poison Thorn Ice Cone Technique, and enhanced the pill and Sharp Metal Talismans into supreme-grade items.
• He Pingsheng found that enhancing the damaged Formation Plate had changed neither its number nor its condition.

He Pingsheng discovered that the damaged Formation Plate was too high-grade for his Treasure-Gathering Basin to enhance, then brought a supreme-grade Origin-Reaching Pill to Yu Ning to help her form a Golden Core. After Yu Ning accepted the pills and praised Yuxuan as trustworthy, He Pingsheng asked about Yuxuan’s cultivation.

• He Pingsheng realized the Formation Plate was likely fourth grade or higher and decided he needed to grow stronger and build up his backing.
• He Pingsheng visited Yu Ning and asked why she had not formed her Golden Core.
• He Pingsheng gave Yu Ning a supreme-grade Origin-Reaching Pill, but she initially refused because she thought he was sacrificing a pill meant for himself.
• He Pingsheng showed Yu Ning a second supreme-grade Origin-Reaching Pill, and she accepted one while warning him to keep them secret.
• He Pingsheng asked whether Yuxuan was trustworthy, and Yu Ning described him as sincere, dependable, and upright.
• He Pingsheng asked what realm Yuxuan had reached.

He Pingsheng helped Yu Ning and Yuxuan obtain supreme-grade Origin-Reaching Pills, and they both broke through to the Golden Core Stage, strengthening his position in the Great Void Sect. Wuwei then suspected the Grand Supreme Elder was dead and agreed with Sword Bamboo to test the theory by killing He Pingsheng.

• He Pingsheng told Yu Ning he wanted to help her and Yuxuan form Golden Cores so they could support him against Wuwei’s faction.
• Yu Ning showed Yuxuan two supreme-grade Origin-Reaching Pills, and Yuxuan agreed to back He Pingsheng after breaking through.
• Yu Ning and Yuxuan formed their Golden Cores, and He Pingsheng appointed Yu Ning chief elder of the Internal Affairs Hall and Yuxuan acting elder of the Enforcement Hall.
• Wuwei raged over He Pingsheng’s appointments, while Sword Bamboo pointed out that Chongyang, Yu Ning, and Yuxuan now supported him.
• Wuwei reasoned that the Grand Supreme Elder might be dead because he had not intervened to protect He Pingsheng, and Sword Bamboo proposed killing He Pingsheng to test the suspicion.

He Pingsheng practiced two ice spells in seclusion, then learned that Shopkeeper Liu had gathered one hundred second-grade Poison Pouches. Sword Bamboo delayed him while Wuwei broke the formations protecting the Great Void Divine Hall, leaving He Pingsheng to face accusations that Elder Taixu was dead.

• He Pingsheng spent two months practicing [Glazed World] and [Poison Thorn Ice Cone Technique], then received Shopkeeper Liu's message about the Poison Pouches.
• He Pingsheng asked Yu Ning to collect the Poison Pouches, and she agreed to visit Horsehead Mountain Market.
• Sword Bamboo stopped He Pingsheng and questioned whether Elder Taixu was alive while keeping him talking.
• He Pingsheng heard an explosion at Jade Dragon Peak and rushed to find Wuwei and a Purple-Robed Formation Master at the breached Great Void Divine Hall.
• Wuwei dragged He Pingsheng into the hall, where Chongyang, Yuxuan, Sword Bamboo, and other elders gathered, and demanded an explanation.

He Pingsheng revealed that the Great Void Sect’s ancestor had died and left a Fortune Golden Lamp burning to conceal his death from the Beast Taming Immortal Sect. Wuwei, enraged that he had not inherited the Great Void Grand Mystic Scripture, smashed the lamp, and its spilled oil ignited the hall.

• Wuwei searched the palace for his father, but He Pingsheng admitted the ancestor had ascended to immortality after lying about having sixty years left to protect the Great Void Sect.
• He Pingsheng explained that the ancestor had used a Fortune Golden Lamp to release his aura and fool the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s Qi Watching technique.
• He Pingsheng denied receiving the Great Void Grand Mystic Scripture and said the ancestor had intended to let the forbidden technique disappear.
• Wuwei cursed his father and punched the Fortune Golden Lamp to the floor, spilling its oil.
• The lamp’s flame surged, and the spilled oil caught fire, engulfing the hall in towering flames.

He Pingsheng escaped the collapsing Great Void Sect after warning Yuxuan to evacuate ahead of the Beast Taming Sect’s arrival. He destroyed the receiving platform of the long-distance Teleportation Array, leaving Wuwei and Sword Bamboo unable to pursue him safely.

• Wuwei went berserk, fought Yuxuan, and brought down the Great Void Divine Hall before leaving with the Purple-Robed Formation Master.
• He Pingsheng urged Yuxuan to take the disciples and warn his master, then decided to flee rather than face the approaching Beast Taming Sect.
• Wuwei returned and caught sight of He Pingsheng entering a hidden chamber beneath the Spirit Plantation Garden.
• He Pingsheng activated the long-distance Teleportation Array and escaped before Wuwei and Sword Bamboo reached the platform.
• Wuwei refused to teleport after him because the receiving platform might be destroyed, and He Pingsheng destroyed it at the other end.

He Pingsheng escaped from a sealed cave and reached Dingxiang City after asking local cultivators for directions. He entered the Dingxiang Chamber of Commerce to buy a map and learn about the surrounding region.

• He Pingsheng destroyed the Teleportation Array, broke through the cave's stone wall, changed out of his Great Void Sect robe, and flew west through the mountains.
• He Pingsheng asked two Qi Refining Stage disciples for directions, learned about Dingxiang City, and flew southeast toward it.
• Dingxiang City's patrol guards stopped He Pingsheng from flying inside the city, so he entered on foot and explored its streets and cultivation establishments.
• He Pingsheng entered the Dingxiang Chamber of Commerce and asked its shopkeeper to sell him a map of Dingxiang City and Dingxiang Commandery.

He Pingsheng bought a detailed map of Dingxiang Commandery and thirteen second-grade Poison Pellets in Dingxiang City. After examining the map and deciding the city was a safe place to stay, he went into a store that sold supplies for Qi Refining Stage disciples.

• He Pingsheng bought the most detailed map for one thousand spirit stones after bargaining for a fifty-percent discount and ten years of faction updates.
• He Pingsheng bought all thirteen second-grade Poison Pellets in stock, then left without buying medicinal ingredients.
• He Pingsheng examined the map and saw that the Daoist Profound Alliance occupied only a small part of Dingxiang Commandery, with many other factions nearby.
• He Pingsheng decided to stay in Dingxiang City to remain safe and receive news from the Daoist Profound Alliance.
• He Pingsheng entered the Cultivation General Store, which sold supplies only for Qi Refining Stage disciples.

He Pingsheng learned how Dingxiang City's trading companies and property market worked, then visited the City Lord's Manor to find a place to live. He chose an eighth-grade courtyard without spiritual energy, though the chapter ended before he completed the purchase.

• He Pingsheng paid a shopkeeper twenty spirit stones to explain the city's trading companies and learned that the Coral Trading Company was the fairest for selling goods.
• The shopkeeper told He Pingsheng that all property transactions had to go through the City Lord's Manor and drew him a map.
• He Pingsheng went to the City Lord's Manor and learned that its homes were divided into nine grades, with the lower four grades lacking spiritual energy.
• He Pingsheng chose an eighth-grade, thirty-zhang courtyard because he would live alone and did not need spiritual energy.

He Pingsheng bought a quiet courtyard in Dingxiang City, secured it with formations, and spent half a year cultivating the Nine-Toxin Golden Body. After learning that the Great Void Sect had been destroyed, he confirmed that Yu Ning and Yuxuan had survived and went looking for more cultivation resources.

• He Pingsheng bought an eighth-tier courtyard near Dingxiang City's wall and paid ten years of taxes in advance.
• He Pingsheng inspected the courtyard, found no nearby cultivators, and installed defensive, divine-sense-sealing, and warning formations.
• He Pingsheng spent half a year cultivating the Nine-Toxin Golden Body to its first Foundation Establishment layer, using all but four of his Poison Pellets.
• He Pingsheng visited the Dingxiang Chamber of Commerce and learned that the Beast Taming Immortal Sect had destroyed the Great Void Sect, while Yu Ning and Yuxuan had survived.
• He Pingsheng went to the Xuanyuan Alchemy Shop seeking resources and noticed that its young attendant had reached the eighth layer of Qi Refining Stage.

He Pingsheng bought Spirit-Gathering Pills and ingredients from Xuanyuan Chang Geng, then used the Treasure-Gathering Basin to increase his supplies while studying the formula. He began refining Second-Grade Pills, but his first furnace exploded, leaving him to clean the cauldron and try again.

• He Pingsheng bought a bottle of low-grade Spirit-Gathering Pills and the shop’s five remaining batches of ingredients from Xuanyuan Chang Geng, but found no second-grade Poison Pellets.
• He Pingsheng returned to his courtyard with alchemy wood and studied the Spirit-Gathering Pills formula in Thirty-Six Alchemy Formulas.
• He Pingsheng used the Treasure-Gathering Basin to turn five batches of ingredients into ten and enhance twelve low-grade pills into twenty-four supreme-grade pills.
• He Pingsheng began refining Spirit-Gathering Pills, but the furnace exploded after about an hour, leaving only blackened residue.
• He Pingsheng cleaned the Alchemy Furnace after the failed first attempt.

He Pingsheng practiced refining Second-Grade Pills, discovered that a drop of Golden Bee Sacred Nectar improved their quality, and observed how the Treasure-Gathering Basin enhanced ruined pills into supreme-grade ones. He devised a way to control pill quality for future sales, then swallowed half a supreme-grade Spirit-Gathering Pill and found its medicinal power overwhelming.

• He Pingsheng failed at refining pills several times before successfully producing low-grade Second-Grade Pills in his sixth and seventh batches.
• He Pingsheng added a drop of Golden Bee Sacred Nectar to his final batch and produced two high-grade pills and ten middle-grade pills.
• He Pingsheng watched the Treasure-Gathering Basin turn ruined pills into twice as many pills, gradually raising their quality to supreme grade.
• He Pingsheng realized he could remove pills when they reached high grade to sell them without attracting the dangers associated with supreme-grade pills.
• He Pingsheng swallowed half a supreme-grade Spirit-Gathering Pill, but much of its energy dispersed because he could not refine it quickly enough.