Recaps

Xu Qingtong proposed settling the Witch Clan in Qing and Bing Provinces, then tried to find a way through the barrier trapping them. Xiao Bai opened a tiny passage but could not enlarge it, so Si Yuanzhi offered to show them a ten-thousand-year-old Mandui Fruit tree.

• Xu Qingtong suggested making Qing and Bing Provinces Witch Clan territory, and Du Siwen reassured Si Yuanzhi that Xu Qingtong's powerful allies would support the plan.
• Xu Qingtong raised concerns about Qingzhou and decided to test whether he could open the barrier before planning further.
• Si Yuanzhi explained that opening the barrier had cost him half his star power and taken ten years to recover, then brought Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen to the Heaven Eye.
• Xu Qingtong tested the barrier with the Fengyi Sword but decided not to use his World-Breaking Fruit, so he summoned Xiao Bai for help.
• Xiao Bai opened a small black hole in the barrier but said he lacked the spatial power to make it large enough for them to pass through.
• Si Yuanzhi revealed that a ten-thousand-year-old Mandui Fruit tree grew in the Lesser Heaven Realm, and Xu Qingtong asked him to take them to it.

Xu Qingtong and Si Yuanzhi agreed on the Witch Clan’s future role and discussed how its Taiyi Heart Method could counter Ghost Cultivators. After Si Yuanzhi answered Xu Qingtong’s cultivation questions, he asked whether Du Siwen would join the Witch Clan.

• Si Yuanzhi let Xiao Bai gather ripe Mandui Fruits, then offered Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen a house beside his residence.
• Xu Qingtong and Si Yuanzhi agreed that the Witch Clan would settle in Black Witch Marsh and Demon Baleful Forest, welcome volunteers before war, and help the Qing-Bing Land fight the Ghost Cultivators.
• Si Yuanzhi explained that the Taiyi Heart Method refined yin nether qi into taiyin qi, and Xu Qingtong showed him the Yin Nether Soul Refining Art.
• Si Yuanzhi compared the two methods and explained that the Witch Clan’s spell could not refine living people’s souls, unlike the Yin Nether Soul Refining Art used with the Soul Refining Pot.
• Si Yuanzhi answered Xu Qingtong’s questions about the Taiyi Heart Method, then asked whether Du Siwen would join the Witch Clan.

Xu Qingtong persuaded Du Siwen to join the Witch Clan while retaining her Human Race identity, and Si Yuanzhi fused a drop of Witch Ancestor blood into her. At the welcoming ceremony, Si Yuanzhi announced Xu Qingtong had secured a place for the clan to live, then began to reveal another reason for the gathering.

• Xiao Bai fretted over its dwindling supply of Mandui Fruit, and Xu Qingtong gave it a few more.
• Xu Qingtong explained to Du Siwen that Witch Clan cultivation could help her grow stronger, and she agreed to join while keeping her Human Race identity.
• Xu Qingtong brought Du Siwen to Si Yuanzhi, who welcomed her and fused a drop of Witch Ancestor blood into her.
• Si Yuanzhi ordered a Welcoming New Members Ceremony before the banquet and prepared offerings at the great tree.
• Si Yuanzhi announced that Xu Qingtong had secured a place where the Witch Clan could live and flourish, then said there was another important reason for the gathering.

After Du Siwen joined the Witch Clan, Xiao Bai broke through to the sixth tier, and Xu Qingtong brought him to test whether he could open the Barrier. Xiao Bai created a much larger Black Hole, and Xu Qingtong sent a rabbit through it to test the danger.

• Du Siwen completed the Witch Clan's rites and joined the clan as Xu Qingtong's wife.
• Xiao Bai urgently asked Xu Qingtong for Demon Cores and broke through to the sixth tier with his help.
• Xiao Bai swaggered in front of Xiao Qi, who beat him, before Xizi evaded his attempt to retaliate.
• Xu Qingtong, Du Siwen, and Si Yuanzhi returned to the Heaven Eye the next morning, where Xiao Bai opened a Black Hole more than three times larger than before.
• Xu Qingtong rejected Si Yuanzhi's suggestion to send a clansman through and tossed a rabbit carrying his Divine Sense into the Black Hole.

Xu Qingtong proved that the barrier passage was safe by sending a rabbit and then Yi Chen through the black hole. He told the Witch Clan leaders that only about a hundred people could leave at a time, and they began discussing how to organize their departure for Qing-Bing Land.

• Xu Qingtong sent a rabbit through the black hole and confirmed that it reached the outside safely.
• Si Yuanzhi and the Grand Elder chose Yi Chen to test the passage, and Xu Qingtong gave him a Calamity-Substitute Talisman.
• Yi Chen traveled through the black hole and returned safely, thanking Xu Qingtong before returning the talisman.
• Xiao Bai said it could not keep controlling the black hole for long, so Xu Qingtong and the clan leaders went to discuss the departure plan.
• Xu Qingtong explained that only about a hundred people could leave each time and that the land in Qing-Bing Land was limited.
• The Second Elder questioned the small territory, then apologized to Xu Qingtong, and Si Yuanzhi proposed discussing the groups and choosing who would leave.

Si Yuanzhi and Xu Qingtong organized the Witch Clan’s first group to leave the Lesser Heaven Realm, then sent the clan’s elites through the barrier. Xu Qingtong reunited with Du Siwen and the Grand Elder outside, where he planned to lead everyone from Black Witch Marsh to Demon Baleful Forest to establish a new home.

• Si Yuanzhi, the Grand Elder, and the Second Elder agreed to send out clanspeople at the Sorcerer Realm or above who already had children, and Si Yuanzhi gave Xu Qingtong a hide containing cultivation methods up to Witch Immortal.
• The elders selected six hundred and thirty clanspeople, and Si Yuanzhi assigned Xu Qingtong to coordinate their departure while the Grand Elder managed them.
• Du Siwen and the Grand Elder went through Xiao Bai’s temporary black hole first, followed by the clanspeople in batches as Xiao Bai rested and recovered between openings.
• After everyone else had left, Xiao Bai used its innate divine ability to hold the black hole open for three breaths, and Xu Qingtong escaped with Xiao Bai into the Seven-Star Bracelet.
• Xu Qingtong reunited with Du Siwen and the Grand Elder at the great tree, then said he would lead the clanspeople from Black Witch Marsh to Demon Baleful Forest to build a city and a new home.

Xu Qingtong led the Witch Clan through the Black Witch Marsh and chose the Black Water Pool as a place for them to settle. After the Grand Elder thanked him, Xu Qingtong asked how the clan could strengthen its people, and the Grand Elder handed him an item to examine.

• Xu Qingtong organized the 630 Witch Clan members into teams and led them toward the Demon Baleful Forest, with Du Siwen and the Grand Elder guarding the procession.
• When one clansman wandered off during the night, the Grand Elder punished both him and his team leader, and the group resumed its journey at daybreak.
• Xu Qingtong and the Grand Elder chose a small mountain near the Heavenly Chasm, with a ravine and pool, as the clan’s settlement site.
• Du Siwen received Xu Qingtong’s signal through the Concentric Heart Lotus Pendant and led the clansmen to the Black Water Pool.
• Xu Qingtong asked how the Witch Clan could quickly improve its strength, and the Grand Elder took an item from his robe and asked whether Xu Qingtong recognized it.

Xu Qingtong received flesh lingzhi and the Nine Yin Pill refinement method from the Grand Elder, then helped the Witch Clan establish temporary dwellings while Du Siwen learned shamanic arts. After learning how flesh lingzhi could be fed with yin-rich materials, Xu Qingtong decided to return to the sect and discuss dealing with ghost cultivators.

• The Grand Elder gave Xu Qingtong a piece of flesh lingzhi and the Nine Yin Pill refinement method, warning him to keep them secret.
• Xu Qingtong cut a fingernail-sized piece from the flesh lingzhi, stored it in a jade bottle, and promised to protect the Witch Clan's interests.
• Xu Qingtong taught Du Siwen the Taiyi Heart Method and directed Witch Clan disciples as they built dwellings near Black Water Pool.
• Du Siwen studied the Taiyi Heart Method, opened a star sea at her spleen, and began learning shamanic arts.
• The Grand Elder told Xu Qingtong that flesh lingzhi grew well when wrapped in yin-rich materials such as River Styx water, Yellow Springs dew, or ghost cultivators' bodies.
• Xu Qingtong decided to return to the sect and discuss dealing with ghost cultivators with the sect leader.

Xu Qingtong discovered that Yellow Springs Jade Dew could rapidly nurture the Flesh Lingzhi, so he took Du Siwen to the Thousand-Cloud Mountain Range to gather more and let the fungus grow. After a night of Taiyi Heart Method practice, the Flesh Lingzhi had turned purple-gold, but Xu Qingtong said he would not refine it into pills yet, leaving Du Siwen to wonder whether he planned to give it to the Witch Clan.

• Xu Qingtong fed the Flesh Lingzhi half a bottle of Yellow Springs Jade Dew, causing it to grow, and changed course for the Thousand-Cloud Mountain Range.
• Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen found the old Corpse Charm cave, where Xu Qingtong collected more Yellow Springs Jade Dew and showed her the enlarged Flesh Lingzhi.
• Du Siwen placed the Flesh Lingzhi in a hollow filled with Yellow Springs Jade Dew, and the two practiced the Taiyi Heart Method through the night.
• Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen found that the Flesh Lingzhi had grown into a large purple-gold lump, and Xu Qingtong said he would not refine it into pills yet.
• Du Siwen asked Xu Qingtong whether he intended to give the Flesh Lingzhi to the Witch Clan.

Xu Qingtong gave Xiao Qi half the flesh lingzhi to help her advance and uncovered nine mysterious crystal stones beneath its pool. After Xiao Qi ate the lingzhi and swallowed the Riftwind Beast's Inner Core, she entered a blazing transformation toward the sixth tier, leaving Xu Qingtong watching anxiously as a wondrous sight began.

• Xu Qingtong decided to use the flesh lingzhi to help Xiao Qi advance instead of refining Nine Yin Pills, and Xiao Qi asked for half of it plus the Riftwind Beast's Inner Core.
• Xu Qingtong found the flesh lingzhi rooted to its pool, dug up the pool, and uncovered nine mysterious crystal stones formed from Yellow Springs Jade Dew.
• Xu Qingtong cut off half the lingzhi for Xiao Qi, stored the rest and the stones, then studied pill refinement while Du Siwen practiced witch arts.
• Xiao Qi finished eating the lingzhi, drew in surrounding spiritual qi, and swallowed the Riftwind Beast's Inner Core.
• Flames engulfed Xiao Qi as she told Xu Qingtong she needed to bathe in them to reach the sixth tier; he saw that her feathers had burned away just before a wondrous sight unfolded.

Xiao Qi broke through to the sixth tier, and Xu Qingtong returned with Du Siwen to Gloomwind Valley, where they learned ghost cultivators had appeared. Xu Qingtong revealed that powerful reinforcements were waiting in the Demon Baleful Forest, then defended his decision to grant them the forest when Mu Shaoping and Peng Zide objected.

• Xiao Qi survived its advancement, transformed with fiery red feathers and seven-colored tail feathers, and thanked Xu Qingtong.
• Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen returned to Gloomwind Valley and met Guo Tianyu at the mountain gate.
• Xu Qingtong joined Fang Tianqi, Peng Zide, and Mu Shaoping in the Council Hall and learned that Biluozong and the Azure Sea Gate had captured low-ranking ghost cultivators.
• Xu Qingtong told the sect leaders that he had secured one Nascent Soul cultivator, two Golden Core cultivators, and over six hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators as reinforcements.
• Xu Qingtong said the reinforcements were resting in the Demon Baleful Forest, which he had promised them, and insisted that he could give away the territory he had conquered.

Xu Qingtong warned Gloomwind Valley that Ghost Cultivators had appeared and offered the Witch Clan as reinforcements, but Fang Tianqi hesitated to seek their protection. The danger reached the Biluō Mountain Range, and Xu Qingtong suddenly sensed something in the northeast.

• Xu Qingtong told Gong Chu that a major Ghost Cultivator uprising threatened Qing and Bing Provinces, then offered him the choice of joining the Witch Clan or staying in Gloomwind Valley.
• Peng Zide and Mu Shaoping hurried back to their sects after Ghost Cultivators attacked the Biluozong, and Fang Tianqi told Xu Qingtong that a Golden Core Ghost Cultivator led the assault.
• Xu Qingtong sent his Incarnation to alert the Witch Clan's Grand Elder and returned to the Council Hall with Fang Tianqi and Du Siwen.
• Xu Qingtong said Gloomwind Valley had only seventeen Foundation Establishment cultivators and that the Witch Clan would protect them if they joined, while Fang Tianqi feared they would be used as shields.
• Xu Qingtong abruptly stopped speaking and turned toward the northeast, drawing Fang Tianqi's gaze.

Xu Qingtong, Fang Tianqi, and Shi Chengjun went to aid Biluozong after two golden core ghost cultivators began attacking its mountain-guarding array. They arrived at the sect and prepared to confront the attackers.

• Xu Qingtong left Gloomwind Valley with Du Siwen to investigate Yi Chen and Yi Tonghe's breakthroughs in the Demon Baleful Forest.
• Fang Tianqi learned that two golden core ghost cultivators were attacking Biluozong and flew to seek Xu Qingtong's help.
• Xu Qingtong asked Shi Chengjun to join the rescue, and the Grand Elder agreed.
• Xu Qingtong, Shi Chengjun, and Fang Tianqi flew to Biluozong and saw dozens of foundation establishment ghost cultivators attacking its Mountain-Guarding Grand Array under two golden core cultivators.

Xu Qingtong and the Grand Elder joined the fight to save Biluozong from Ghost Cultivators attacking its mountain gate. They killed both Golden Core Ghost Cultivators, helped defeat the remaining attackers, and left Fang Tianqi stunned as Peng Zide thanked him for coming to Biluozong’s aid.

• Xu Qingtong and the Grand Elder flew to Biluozong’s mountain gate and attacked the two Golden Core Ghost Cultivators with lightning spells.
• Xu Qingtong used Raging Thunder Fingers and summoned Xiao Qi and Xizi to kill Foundation Establishment Ghost Cultivators.
• The Grand Elder trapped one Golden Core Ghost Cultivator, removed his golden core, and captured his yin soul.
• Xu Qingtong restrained and killed the other Golden Core Ghost Cultivator, and the Grand Elder extinguished his fleeing yin soul.
• Peng Zide opened Biluozong’s grand array and led the disciples out to hunt the remaining Ghost Cultivators.
• Fang Tianqi watched the battle in shock, and Peng Zide thanked him for coming to Biluozong’s aid.

After Peng Zide coldly received his rescuers, Xu Qingtong returned to Cloudsky Peak and arranged reinforcements against further Ghost Cultivator attacks. He urged Zhuang Shengren and Ding Jiayue to consider joining the Witch Clan, revealing his own membership and explaining that it did not require betraying the Human Race.

• Peng Zide offered lukewarm thanks to Xu Qingtong and the Grand Elder, and Fang Tianqi rebuked him after the rescuers departed.
• The Grand Elder warned that the Ghost Cultivators' attack might have been a probe, prompting Xu Qingtong to change course toward Cloudsky Peak.
• Xu Qingtong asked for Siwen to return to Cloudsky Peak and sent Xiao Bai with the Grand Elder to help his original body bring the Clan Chief out of the Lesser Heaven Realm.
• Zhuang Shengren reported that Cloudsky Peak remained quiet and that he had strengthened patrols, especially in the back mountain.
• Xu Qingtong told Zhuang Shengren and Ding Jiayue about the Biluozong attack and presented voluntary Witch Clan membership as a way to survive and advance their cultivation.
• Xu Qingtong revealed that he and Siwen had already joined the Witch Clan and assured Zhuang Shengren that his membership did not require betraying the Human Race.

Xu Qingtong refined Nine Yin Pills and learned that Du Siwen’s cultivation had advanced after taking one. When Zhuang Shengren and Ding Jiayue asked to join the Witch Clan, Si Yuanzhi questioned whether they could retain their Human Race identities and leave with Xu Qingtong, leaving their admission unresolved.

• Xu Qingtong refined Yin Souls and made batches of Nine Yin Pills, improving his results as he gained practice.
• Du Siwen took a Nine Yin Pill and reached the peak of the Sorcerer Apprentice Realm, close to advancing to the Sorcerer Realm.
• Xu Qingtong told Du Siwen that Zhuang Shengren and Ding Jiayue wished to join the Witch Clan, then summoned them to welcome Si Yuanzhi.
• Zhuang Shengren and Ding Jiayue asked to join the Witch Clan while retaining their Human Race identities and the right to leave with Xu Qingtong.
• Si Yuanzhi raised concerns about accepting members who might leave after the Ghost Cultivators were defeated and about the Witch Clan’s cultivation methods leaking.

Xu Qingtong arranged for Zhuang Shengren and Ding Jiayue to join the Witch Clan so they could learn its cultivation technique. After Si Yuanzhi admitted them, Xu Qingtong began teaching them the Taiyi Heart Method.

• Xu Qingtong proposed that Gloomwind Valley disciples who wanted to learn Witch Clan techniques must join the clan, while others could become its dependents; Si Yuanzhi approved.
• Si Yuanzhi agreed to let Zhuang Shengren and Ding Jiayue join while retaining their human identities, provided they swore not to reveal the clan’s cultivation techniques.
• Xu Qingtong showed Si Yuanzhi the former ghost-cultivator cave and the star-rich summit of Cloudsky Peak, which Si Yuanzhi identified as an excellent place to practice shamanic arts.
• Si Yuanzhi presided over the Welcoming New Members Ceremony, and Zhuang Shengren and Ding Jiayue joined the Witch Clan.
• Si Yuanzhi returned to Black Water Pool, while Xu Qingtong sent Du Siwen to clear and guard the back mountain cultivation area with a piece of flesh lingzhi.
• Xu Qingtong explained the Taiyi Heart Method to Zhuang Shengren and Ding Jiayue and asked whether they understood.

Xu Qingtong welcomed Yi Chen and thirty Witch Clan clansmen to Cloudsky Peak, then defended the mountain when ghost cultivators pursued Azure Sea Gate disciples. After the attackers were defeated, Xu Qingtong pursued a Golden Core ghost cultivator, who swallowed the escaped captain’s soul before suddenly flying toward the Azure Sea Gate.

• Xu Qingtong taught Zhuang Shengren and Ding Jiayue the Taiyi Heart Method, and both cultivated the power of the Great Yin.
• Yi Chen arrived with thirty Witch Clan clansmen to report for duty, but Xu Qingtong spotted Azure Sea Gate disciples fleeing from ghost cultivators and ordered Cloudsky Peak to prepare for battle.
• Thirty Witch Clan disciples used lightning to defeat the black-clad ghost cultivators, while Yi Chen’s strike felled their Foundation Establishment leader, whose soul escaped.
• Xu Qingtong sensed a Golden Core ghost cultivator approaching and flew after him, leaving Yi Chen to secure the mountain gate.
• The Golden Core ghost cultivator swallowed the captain’s soul and then abruptly flew toward the Azure Sea Gate.

Xu Qingtong killed a Golden Core ghost cultivator near the Azure Sea Gate and discovered a ghost cultivator spy among the refugees at Cloudsky Peak. After learning that the Azure Sea Gate had fallen, he and the others considered which nearby sects might be targeted next.

• Xu Qingtong caught and killed a Golden Core ghost cultivator who had sent a distress signal, then collected his soul and body.
• Hall Master Xin arrived with two other Golden Core cultivators, examined the scene, and decided to report to the Sect Master before taking action.
• At Cloudsky Peak, the Witch Clan disciples refined the Yin Nether power from ghost cultivator corpses while the Azure Sea Gate refugees were held in the Self-Reflection Hall.
• Xu Qingtong detected and killed Senior Brother Wei, identifying him as a ghost cultivator spy, then questioned the remaining Azure Sea Gate disciples about their sect's fall.
• Xu Qingtong told Zhuang Shengren, Yi Chen, and Ding Jiayue that the Azure Sea Gate had been destroyed and discussed the danger to nearby Biluozong and Gloomwind Valley.

After the Azure Sea Gate fell, Xu Qingtong persuaded Fang Tianqi that Gloomwind Valley could not survive the ghost cultivators without Witch Clan support. Gloomwind Valley became the Witch Clan's vassal, and Xu Qingtong returned to Cloudsky Peak to prepare defenses while the Witch Clan arranged to reinforce them.

• Fang Tianqi arrived at Cloudsky Peak, and Xu Qingtong revealed that he and several others had joined the Witch Clan.
• Xu Qingtong explained that Gloomwind Valley could either join the Witch Clan or become its vassal, and Fang Tianqi chose vassalage.
• Xu Qingtong brought Fang Tianqi to Black Water Pool, where they negotiated Gloomwind Valley's vassal terms with the Grand Elder.
• The Witch Clan agreed to send the Grand Elder and Yi Tonghe to garrison Gloomwind Valley, while Yi Chen would return to Black Water Pool.
• Xu Qingtong returned to Cloudsky Peak with Fang Tianqi to deploy their people and strengthen both sects' defenses.

Xu Qingtong prepared Gloomwind Valley for a possible Ghost Cultivator attack, then confronted and killed Chai Long, who had returned as a Golden Core Ghost Cultivator. He exposed a sect disciple as Chai Long’s spy, but the threat of an assault from within and without remained.

• Xu Qingtong left an incarnation to help defend Cloudsky Peak and traveled with Fang Tianqi to Gloomwind Valley, where he ordered the disciples to prepare for battle.
• After two days, Xizi reported a black-clothed cultivator near the valley, and Xu Qingtong discovered that the man was Chai Long, now a Golden Core Ghost Cultivator.
• Xu Qingtong used his Slow technique to kill Chai Long, captured his soul, and stored his corpse.
• Xiao Qi caught a Gloomwind Valley disciple, and Xu Qingtong revealed that the man was a Ghost Cultivator mole before stopping his attempt to self-destruct.
• Xu Qingtong searched the disciple’s memories and learned that he had found the Sect-Protecting Grand Array’s formation eye and planned to help Ghost Cultivators attack from within and without.

Xu Qingtong organized defenses at Gloomwind Valley and Cloudsky Peak as the ghost cultivators destroyed the Biluozong and threatened the remaining strongholds. After deploying Witch Clan reinforcements and ordering a search for spies, he went to the forbidden grounds with Chai Long's body and a dead Golden Core ghost cultivator.

• Xu Qingtong ordered Xiao Qi to investigate everyone in Gloomwind Valley, then learned that the Biluozong's gates had fallen and refused to send help, suspecting a trap.
• The Witch Clan's Grand Elder arrived at Gloomwind Valley, discussed the threat with Xu Qingtong, and told Yi Chen to return to Black Water Pool to help defend it.
• Xu Qingtong returned to Cloudsky Peak, told the others about the Biluozong's destruction, and sent Yi Chen to Black Water Pool.
• Xu Qingtong ordered Xiao Qi to search Cloudsky Peak for ghost cultivators and divided the 130 Witch Clan disciples into patrol groups led by Zhuang Shengren and Ding Jiayue.
• Xu Qingtong sent his incarnation to practice shamanic arts with Du Siwen and took his original body to the forbidden grounds, where he placed Chai Long's body and a dead Golden Core ghost cultivator beside a small pit containing flesh lingzhi.

Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen cultivated with the Yin Nether power of Golden Core ghost cultivators, advancing their Witch Clan realms while Xu Qingtong continued refining Nine Yin Pills. After successfully making Mid-grade Nine Yin Pills, he received an urgent message by Light Sword.

• Xu Qingtong put the two corpses in a stone pit, set Xizi to guard it, and continued refining Nine Yin Pills from the flesh lingzhi.
• Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen used Golden Core ghost cultivator cores to cultivate; he advanced to the late-stage Witch Spirit Realm, and Du Siwen broke through to the Sorcerer Realm.
• Ding Jiayue told Xu Qingtong that no ghost cultivators had appeared near their forces or Gloomwind Valley.
• Xu Qingtong found that the flesh lingzhi had grown by a third, then merged his incarnation with his main body to attempt refining Mid-grade Nine Yin Pills.
• After several failures, Xu Qingtong refined fifteen Mid-grade Nine Yin Pills across three batches, and a Light Sword flew into his cave abode.

Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen rushed to Gloomwind Valley after seven Golden Core Ghost Cultivators breached its defenses. Their arrival turned the battle, and Gloomwind Valley’s fighters began killing the attackers.

• Xu Qingtong learned that seven Golden Core Ghost Cultivators and over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators were attacking Gloomwind Valley, then hurried there with Du Siwen while ordering Cloudsky Peak to prepare for a surprise attack.
• Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen arrived to find Gloomwind Valley’s Mountain-Guarding Grand Array breached and its defenders fighting while the Grand Elder, Fang Tianqi, Guo Tianyu, and Yi Tonghe faced Golden Core opponents.
• Du Siwen and Yi Tonghe killed Yi Tonghe’s opponent, and Du Siwen sent Biyue and the Nine Nether Earthfire to help Guo Tianyu.
• Xu Qingtong drew three Ghost Cultivators away from the Grand Elder, who then killed his injured opponent with help from his Dark Spirits.
• Biyue and the Nine Nether Earthfire overwhelmed another Ghost Cultivator, and Biyue tore out his Golden Core as the battle turned in Gloomwind Valley’s favor.

Xu Qingtong and the Witch Clan defeated the ghost cultivators at Gloomwind Valley, then rushed to defend Cloudsky Peak from another assault. His incarnation joined the battle, and the ghost cultivators began to retreat as their Golden Core fighters fell.

• Xu Qingtong and the Witch Clan slew the Golden Core ghost cultivators at Gloomwind Valley and drove the survivors to flee.
• The Grand Elder ordered the Witch Clan disciples to pursue the fleeing ghost cultivators, then discussed abandoning the ruined valley with Xu Qingtong and Fang Tianqi.
• Xu Qingtong sensed that Cloudsky Peak was under attack and vanished; Du Siwen followed him there.
• Xu Qingtong, his companions, Zhuang Shengren, and the Witch Clan fought the ghost cultivators outside Cloudsky Peak while Ding Jiayue and others guarded the grand array.
• Xu Qingtong's incarnation arrived and struck a Golden Core ghost cultivator with Purple Lightning, allowing Xu Qingtong to kill him and capture his soul.
• After Xu Qingtong and his incarnation killed the enemy leader and Xiao Qi killed her opponent, the ghost cultivators began retreating; Xu Qingtong ordered Xiao Qi to help Xizi and Xiao Bai stop the remaining fighters from escaping.