Recaps

Tang Yan addressed the Alchemy Masters gathered for Reach the Summit’s free Pill Dao lessons, explaining the group’s plans and demonstrating its alchemy techniques. He astonished the students by purifying ingredients in ten cauldrons at once and prepared to demonstrate Pill Fusion.

• Fang Xuan explained that the short course would attract Alchemy Masters and introduce them to Reach the Summit’s ideals.
• Tang Yan introduced Reach the Summit’s leaders and Alchemy Masters, then explained that the lessons aimed to ease tensions and establish cooperation with local factions.
• Tang Yan promised the lessons were free apart from the cost of medicinal ingredients and said Reach the Summit’s high success rate came from its techniques and refining methods.
• Tang Yan used ten Mystic Crystal Cauldrons to demonstrate refining a fourth-tier Soul-Moistening Pill while explaining how to purify and order ingredients.
• Tang Yan purified all eighty-one ingredients in a quarter of an hour, urged the students to practice their fundamentals, and began to introduce Pill Fusion.

Tang Yan demonstrated alchemy and organized Reach the Summit’s lessons, while Xu Bai accepted Medicine Valley’s request for a new defensive formation and secretly studied how to turn it into a killing formation. Zi Yun’s dragon-like transformation accelerated, but Fang Xuan’s unchanged kindness reassured her as she feared losing her human appearance.

• Tang Yan refined a hundred upper-grade pills across ten cauldrons, explained his methods, and laid out Reach the Summit’s alchemy teaching plan.
• Fang Xuan assigned Alchemy Masters to teach the students their fundamentals, and Tang Yan left once the lessons were underway.
• Chang Chunxi asked Xu Bai to build Medicine Valley a formation able to withstand a hundred Saint Level experts, and Xu Bai agreed to deliver it in seven days.
• Xu Bai selected texts about concealing killing formations and exploiting Mountain-Guarding Formation vulnerabilities, then began studying them.
• Zi Yun heard dragon roars, gained a cultivation art, advanced to Xiantian Seventh Grade, and found that her scales were growing as she feared she might lose her human appearance.
• Zi Yun tested Fang Xuan by swallowing five pills in front of him; his concern and offer of more pills convinced her that her friends still treated her as before.

Xu Bai and the Star-Gazing Pavilion built a powerful Mountain-Guarding Formation for Medicine Valley, which Yao Zhonglou tested and approved. On the journey home, the elders discovered that Xu Bai had deliberately made the formation capable of trapping and destroying Medicine Valley.

• Reach the Summit's instructors explained how alchemy masters could gain access to advanced formulas and guidance through contribution points, stirring envy among the students.
• Xu Bai proposed a two-layer defensive formation for Medicine Valley, with tracking attacks strengthened to threaten Lord Rank experts for triple the price, and Qin Donghai signed the contract.
• Xu Bai and six Star-Gazing Pavilion elders spent three days setting up the formation above Medicine Valley.
• Yao Zhonglou tested the formation, breaking through its outer defense but failing to penetrate its inner shield, then clashing with its tracking attacks before praising the Star-Gazing Pavilion.
• As the Star-Gazing Pavilion members departed, the elders noticed flaws that could trap people inside Medicine Valley and let the Killing Formation attack the valley.
• Xu Bai confirmed that the formation could be used to raze Medicine Valley, shocking the six elders.

Fang Xuan discovered that Qiu Feng and Tao Yuchan were missing, then found Qiu Feng dead and used Zhu Chen’s secret art to investigate his final memories. The chapter ended with Qiu Feng refusing Tao Yuchan’s request to leave Reach the Summit, just as Zhu Chen recognized her seductive behavior as a Charm Technique.

• Xu Bai warned the elders that Medicine Valley might provoke another conflict and said the pavilion’s existing formations could serve as a contingency.
• Qin Yue'er told Fang Xuan that Qiu Feng and Tao Yuchan had vanished after leaving Reach the Summit the previous evening.
• Fang Xuan asked Zhu Chen to track the missing pair using their belongings, and Zhu Chen sensed Qiu Feng northwest but could not locate Tao Yuchan.
• Fang Xuan and the others found Qiu Feng dead in a gorge, with a fatal cut across his neck and his body badly broken.
• Zhu Chen used a secret art to reveal Qiu Feng’s memories, showing Tao Yuchan trying to persuade him to leave Reach the Summit and asking for the Spirit Transformation Pill formula.
• Zhu Chen recognized Tao Yuchan’s seductive behavior as a Charm Technique.

Tao Yuchan used her Charm Technique to steal Qiu Feng’s Spirit Transformation Pill formula, then killed him, prompting Fang Xuan to order an investigation and a thirty-billion-tael bounty. Three days later, Tang Yan learned of Qiu Feng’s death and demanded to know who had killed him.

• Tao Yuchan manipulated Qiu Feng into revealing the Spirit Transformation Pill formula, then slit his throat and left him to die.
• Fang Xuan ordered Qiu Feng’s body sent home, called Wind-Chasing Hall to investigate Tao Yuchan and possible spies, and placed a thirty-billion-tael bounty on her alive.
• Fang Xuan reflected that Reach the Summit lacked experienced, trustworthy people and the time to strengthen its foundations.
• Tang Yan helped Lei Yu and Zhu Jingkong continue recovering, then learned from Yu Juechen that Qiu Feng had been killed.
• Tang Yan remembered Qiu Feng’s years with Reach the Summit and demanded to know who had killed him.

After Qiu Feng’s murder was exposed, Fang Xuan announced a massive bounty for Tao Yuchan and outlined investigations into Windfire Ridge and possible spies within Reach the Summit. Tang Yan arranged Qiu Feng’s funeral, then set out to investigate Windfire Ridge in person with help from the Spirit Shaman Clan.

• Fang Xuan showed Qiu Feng’s extracted memories to Reach the Summit’s core members, confirming Tao Yuchan had murdered him and fled.
• Fang Xuan revealed a thirty-billion-tael bounty on Tao Yuchan and said Wind-Chasing Hall was investigating Windfire Ridge and Reach the Summit for spies.
• Tang Yan read intelligence about Windfire Ridge’s strength and decided to travel to the Eastern Continent to investigate Tao Yuchan himself.
• Reach the Summit held a funeral for Qiu Feng, and Yu Juechen and Wu Xian took his remains to the Qiu family in Tingxiang.
• Tang Yan asked Zhu Jingkong for a spirit shaman who could track someone through an object; Zhu Jingkong assigned Baoyi to accompany him.
• Tang Yan departed on the Overlord Thunder King Roc, while Zhu Jingkong explained that Baoyi would be safer traveling with him.

Tang Yan brought Zhu Baoyi to Windfire Ridge to track down Tao Yuchan, the spy who had murdered Reach the Summit’s Alchemy Masters. After completing the viscera stage of the Five Elements Tyrant Body Art, he followed Zhu Baoyi’s tracking to a secluded courtyard and found Tao Yuchan with a man.

• Tang Yan collected Zhu Baoyi in Yeshan City and explained that he needed her secret art to locate Tao Yuchan.
• While Zhu Baoyi considered his cultivation advice, Tang Yan completed the viscera-tempering stage of the Five Elements Tyrant Body Art and tested its defenses against her punches and an iron rod.
• Tang Yan and Zhu Baoyi reached Windfire Ridge, where Zhu Baoyi used Tao Yuchan’s hair to sense that she was inside the ridge and pinpoint her direction.
• Tang Yan concealed himself with the Heaven Concealing Garment, slipped past the mountain guards, and used the Stars-Shifting Array to enter a courtyard building.
• Tang Yan found Tao Yuchan on a bed with a man.

Tang Yan uncovered Windfire Ridge’s scheme to steal Reach the Summit’s pill formulas, captured Tao Yuchan, and returned to the Southern Wilderness. Meanwhile, Gong Zhang and four others arrived at Reach the Summit to demand a meeting, where Lei Yu and Zhu Jingkong prepared to face them.

• Tang Yan knocked out Gu Changquan and Tao Yuchan, then used the Soul-Thought Gu to learn that Windfire Ridge had arranged Tao Yuchan’s theft of the Spirit Transformation Pill formula and that its core leadership knew the formula.
• Tang Yan took Tao Yuchan to Zhu Baoyi and returned with him to the Southern Wilderness, declaring that the matter was not over.
• Gong Zhang and four Windfire Ridge members arrived at Reach the Summit and insisted on meeting its Gang Leader.
• A guard guided the visitors inside and Qian Tu fired a Guest-Welcoming Flare to alert the sect.
• Fang Xuan gathered people at the Front Peak as Lei Yu and Zhu Jingkong headed there to meet the visitors.

Tang Yan turned Gong Zhang’s demand for compensation over Reach the Summit’s bounty into an ambush in a prepared valley. He left Gong Zhang resisting a formation while taking control of the four injured King Rank martial artists.

• Gong Zhang demanded that Reach the Summit withdraw its bounty on Tao Yuchan, avoid placing another for three years, and compensate Windfire Ridge; Fang Xuan stalled until Tang Yan arrived.
• Tang Yan offered Gong Zhang a grand gift and led the Windfire Ridge delegation to a valley suited for combat.
• Tang Yan surprised the five visitors with a sword strike that injured the four King Rank martial artists, then trapped them in the Heaven and Earth Great Millstone formation.
• Tang Yan’s Soul-Thought Gu entered the four injured martial artists’ minds and brought them under his control.
• Gong Zhang resisted the formation as it began to break, and Tang Yan asked whether he was satisfied with the gift.

Tang Yan fought Gong Zhang, seized control of his Dragon-Winding Saber, and defeated him with the help of his subordinates’ foolish delay. He implanted a Soul-Thought Gu in Gong Zhang and brought all five Windfire Ridge men under Reach the Summit’s control, then Fang Xuan prepared to assign them duties.

• Tang Yan used Gong Zhang’s attacks to temper his body until Gong Zhang unleashed his Dragon-Winding Saber and wounded Tang Yan’s shoulder.
• Tang Yan weakened Gong Zhang with the Divine Soul-Seizing Art, captured the Dragon-Winding Saber with the Spirit-Seizing Art, and sealed it inside his body.
• Gong Zhang tried to retreat, but his four subordinates delayed; Tang Yan stopped holding back and overwhelmed Gong Zhang while the four watched and cheered.
• Tang Yan implanted a Soul-Thought Gu in Gong Zhang, returned the Dragon-Winding Saber, and had the five men state their names, cultivation ranks, and alchemy tiers.
• Tang Yan told Fang Xuan that the five Windfire Ridge men were loyal to Reach the Summit and could be assigned duties; Lei Yu and Zhu Jingkong were moved by Tang Yan’s trust and sincerity.
• Fang Xuan asked Tang Yan how his investigation had gone.

Tang Yan confirmed that Windfire Ridge had arranged the plot involving Tao Yuchan and prepared to gather allies to demand an explanation. He discovered a hostile, sovereign aura hidden in Zi Yun’s sea of consciousness, warned her to guard against it, and then left for the Artifact Pavilion.

• Tang Yan told Fang Xuan that Windfire Ridge was behind the setup and planned to rally allies to confront the sect, while leaving Gong Zhang at Reach the Summit to refine pills.
• Tang Yan refined Profound Light Essence Condensation Pills and secretly observed Zi Yun cultivating, noticing that purple-gold scales had spread across her body.
• Tang Yan examined Zi Yun and found a powerful aura in her sea of consciousness that rejected the Human Clan; when he approached it, Zi Yun suffered a stabbing pain in her head.
• Tang Yan warned Zi Yun to watch for changes in her consciousness, then left for the Artifact Pavilion on the Overlord Thunder King Roc with Little Dot asleep on his head.
• Zi Yun caught Little Dot after Tang Yan kicked it toward her, then joined in tossing the playful creature into the air.

Tang Yan gathered allies from five factions and confronted Windfire Ridge over its theft of Reach the Summit’s pill formula and Tao Yuchan’s murder. Xu Bai publicly revealed Tao Yuchan’s memories, leaving Gu Yuanqing to defend Windfire Ridge’s actions before the gathered factions.

• Tang Yan asked Shen Tan for Artifact Pavilion support, and they agreed to target Gu Yuanqing without demanding major compensation.
• Tang Yan secured support from the Star-Gazing Pavilion, Fengyun Clan, Su Family, and Lan Family, whose experts joined the Artifact Pavilion at Zhen Cang Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing gathered Windfire Ridge’s allies, including the Overlord Spear Sect, as Tang Yan’s coalition approached with one Saint Level expert, thirty-two Lord Rank experts, and two hundred and thirty King Rank experts.
• Tang Yan accused Windfire Ridge of stealing Reach the Summit’s pill formula and murdering a member, then presented the captured Tao Yuchan.
• Xu Bai used the Soul-Searching Pearl to display Tao Yuchan’s memories, exposing Windfire Ridge’s plot before the gathered factions.
• Gu Yuanqing defended the scheme as the law of the strong and accused Tang Yan of using righteousness to disguise an attempt to bully Windfire Ridge with superior numbers.

Tang Yan agreed to duel Gu Yuanqing to settle Windfire Ridge’s feud with Reach the Summit, while imposing terms that barred Gu Yuanqing from using his natal god. The fight began with Tang Yan attacking, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Xu Bai and Feng Yongjian condemned Gu Yuanqing’s conduct, while Shen Jihong offered to settle the dispute if Gu Yuanqing endured ten moves from him.
• Gu Yuanqing rejected Shen Jihong’s proposal and challenged Tang Yan to a duel, prompting Shen Jihong and Xu Bai to unleash their power.
• Tang Yan accepted the duel and required Gu Yuanqing to forgo his natal god and continue until Tang Yan called a halt; Gu Yuanqing agreed.
• Zhuang Zhile and the others agreed to witness the duel, and both sides withdrew as Tang Yan and Gu Yuanqing faced each other.
• Tang Yan drew the Wuxie Sword, gathered spirit power, and sent a white dragon of Sword Qi roaring toward Gu Yuanqing.

Tang Yan fought Gu Yuanqing while concealing a formation within the battlefield, then used Gu Yuanqing’s final attack to exhaust him and trigger the trap. Gu Yuanqing was caught in the formation’s crushing force, leaving the fight’s outcome in Tang Yan’s hands.

• Gu Yuanqing attacked Tang Yan with his saber, and Tang Yan used Phantom Shadow Steps and targeted weak points in the blade aura to survive their exchanges.
• Gu Yuanqing unleashed Annihilation, and Tang Yan answered with All Living Beings, but their clash left him battered and vulnerable.
• Gu Yuanqing struck Tang Yan over the heart, but Tang Yan stayed on his feet as hidden formation points lit up across the battlefield.
• The formation trapped Gu Yuanqing in twisting space and crushing force after he had spent his remaining strength.
• Xu Bai realized Tang Yan had concealed the formation in the battlefield and deliberately used himself as bait to leave Gu Yuanqing unable to escape.

Tang Yan defeated Gu Yuanqing with successive formations after Gu Yuanqing broke their agreement and used his Natal God, then forced Windfire Ridge to submit to Reach the Summit. After promising to improve the Ridge’s alchemy and protect it, Tang Yan began secretly bringing its elders under his control.

• Tang Yan let Gu Yuanqing escape one formation only to trap him in another, where the crushing force shattered his bones.
• As Tang Yan approached with his sword, Gu Yuanqing swore that Windfire Ridge would submit to Reach the Summit, and Tang Yan spared him and announced the Ridge’s new status.
• Tang Yan promised to train Windfire Ridge’s Alchemy Masters, improve its pills, and preserve its existing cooperation with other sects.
• Gu Yuanqing took Tang Yan and Xu Bai to a secret chamber, where Tang Yan knocked out Gu Hang and brought him under his control.
• Tang Yan ordered Gu Hang to summon the Second Elder, while Xu Bai wondered about Tang Yan’s mind control and formation abilities.

After taking control of Windfire Ridge, Tang Yan learned of its feud with Medicine Valley and secured cooperation with Windfire Ridge’s allies by offering upgraded pills and sharing resources. He then began reorganizing Windfire Ridge to match Reach the Summit’s standards.

• Tang Yan questioned Windfire Ridge’s leaders and learned that Medicine Valley had stolen the Bixue Pan Peach intended for Zhuang Yingshui’s pill, leaving the Overlord Spear Sect dependent on Medicine Valley to prolong his life.
• Tang Yan reassured Windfire Ridge’s allies that their relationship would remain unchanged and offered them upgraded pills, specialty pills, and points for purchasing them.
• Tang Yan promised the Peerless Divine Pills would be available in three months, and the allies agreed on the details of their cooperation before leaving satisfied.
• Tang Yan distributed Windfire Ridge’s resources among the Artifact Pavilion and other factions, and Xu Bai, Shen Jihong, Feng Yongjian, and the Su and Lan families pledged support for Reach the Summit.
• Xu Bai requested more guidance on formations, and Tang Yan invited him to visit Reach the Summit after half a month.
• Tang Yan assigned Windfire Ridge’s senior leaders tasks to align its pill quality, alchemy development, and rules with Reach the Summit.

Tang Yan visited the Overlord Spear Sect and repaired its legendary Nine-Dragon Spear after discovering it displayed in the Famous Spear Hall. The chapter left Steward Qian testing the restored weapon, whose condition appeared to have returned to that of a renowned arm.

• Tang Yan arrived at the Overlord Spear Sect and toured its grounds with Steward Qian while waiting for the sect leader.
• A young disciple carried an injured junior sister to the Medicine Pavilion, and Tang Yan used silver needles to stabilize her before the group went inside.
• Qian Jindou showed Tang Yan the Famous Spear Hall, where Tang Yan found the broken Nine-Dragon Spear of the sect's founder, Zhuang Shenxing.
• Tang Yan used the Heaven-Earth Creation Flame and a Spirit Power mold to reforge the spearhead without melting the shaft.
• Tang Yan handed the repaired spear to Qian Jindou, who channeled Spirit Power into it and felt its smooth, powerful response.

Tang Yan repaired the Nine-Dragon Spear and gained a brief insight into spear intent before saving Zhuang Xueyi from a fatal cultivation backlash. After learning that Tang Yan’s silver needles had kept his daughter alive, Zhuang Zhile thanked him and brought his disciples to apologize.

• Tang Yan repaired the Nine-Dragon Spear, and the weapon sent him a thought that gave him a slight insight into spear intent.
• Zhuang Zhile gained an insight into softness within strength while practicing beside the river, then rushed to the Medicine Pavilion after hearing that Zhuang Xueyi had suffered a backlash.
• Zhang Yannian found nine silver needles sealing Zhuang Xueyi’s heart meridians and Dantian, and realized they had preserved her life until he could treat her.
• Meng Zijian and the other disciples accused Tang Yan of harming Zhuang Xueyi, but Zhang Yannian explained that Tang Yan’s needles had saved her.
• Zhuang Zhile thanked Tang Yan and led Meng Zijian and the others to apologize for their earlier insults and attack.

Tang Yan repaired the Overlord Spear Sect’s Nine-Dragon Spear, received Heavenly Wisdom Bamboo, and examined Sect Master Zhuang Zhile’s comatose father, discovering that he had been poisoned. After the treatment only slowed the poison, Zhuang Zhile asked Tang Yan to help find a cure and offered him access to the Yin-Yang Treasure Pagoda.

• Tang Yan reassured the Overlord Spear Sect’s juniors, and Zhuang Zhile confirmed that Tang Yan had restored the Nine-Dragon Spear.
• Zhuang Zhile rewarded Tang Yan with Heavenly Wisdom Bamboo and asked him to examine his father, Zhuang Yingshui.
• Tang Yan bought medicinal ingredients from the sect and then found that Zhuang Yingshui had been poisoned and was near death.
• Tang Yan used silver needles and a Heavenly Dipper Evil-Suppressing Pill to suppress the poison, but explained that the treatment could not cure it.
• Tang Yan suggested investigating where Zhuang Yingshui was poisoned or finding rare medicines, and Zhuang Zhile revealed that Medicine Valley had stolen a Bixue Immortal Peach intended to save his father.
• Zhuang Zhile asked Tang Yan to accompany the sect to investigate the poisoning and offered protection, a reward, and cultivation in the Yin-Yang Treasure Pagoda.

Tang Yan agreed to help Zhuang Zhile investigate the Yin-Yang Treasure Pagoda and find a cure for his father, then returned toward Reach the Summit with his captives. He learned of a dangerous island full of treasures and Spirit Bodies from Gu Changquan, and beat Tao Yuchan when she tried to charm him.

• Tang Yan agreed to visit the Yin-Yang Treasure Pagoda after handling matters at Reach the Summit, and Zhuang Zhile explained how his father had been poisoned in the Miasma Marshland.
• Tang Yan left with Tao Yuchan and Gu Changquan, restored their awareness, and threatened to torture Gu Changquan for plotting against Reach the Summit.
• Tang Yan used a Soul-Thought Gu to make Gu Changquan reveal the location of an island filled with Magic Treasures and hostile Spirit Bodies.
• Gu Changquan admitted to another scandal involving his father's concubines, and Tang Yan slapped him after recalling the Soul-Thought Gu.
• Tao Yuchan tried to use her Charm Technique on Tang Yan, but he grabbed her by the throat and repeatedly slapped her face.

Tao Yuchan and Gu Changquan tried to use a Charm Technique to escape Tang Yan, but their attempt ended with Gu Changquan getting beaten and gagged. Tang Yan brought the captives back to Reach the Summit, where their public display strengthened the visitors’ respect for the faction.

• Tao Yuchan suspected Tang Yan preferred men and secretly taught Gu Changquan her Charm Technique as a possible means of escape.
• Feng Chenye learned that Meng Yao might be in the Spirit Wilderness Realm and decided to search for her himself despite Elder Fan’s objections.
• Gu Changquan achieved minor mastery of the Charm Technique overnight and tried to seduce Tang Yan, who punched him and gagged both him and Tao Yuchan.
• The Overlord Thunder King Roc returned to Reach the Summit with Tao Yuchan and Gu Changquan hanging from its talons.
• Visiting Alchemy Masters recognized Gu Changquan and, seeing him captured, grew more wary of and impressed by Reach the Summit.

Tang Yan avenged Qiu Feng, prepared for the miasmic marshlands, and visited the Artifact Pavilion, where he received a newly forged heavy sword and began repairing damaged renowned weapons. After successfully repairing the first sword, he felt a strand of sword intent enter his body.

• Tang Yan announced that Windfire Ridge would submit to Reach the Summit and handed Tao Yuchan and Gu Changquan over to the sect members, who killed them in revenge for Qiu Feng.
• Tang Yan prepared pills, lectured visiting alchemists, checked on Zi Yun, and taught Xu Bai about formation martial dao true meaning.
• Shen Shan presented Tang Yan with a nine-thousand-jin heavy sword, which Tang Yan named Ninefold Mountain, along with other weapons forged from heavenly arms mine.
• Tang Yan told Shen Shan and the others he planned to accompany Sect Master Zhuang into the miasmic marshlands to find an antidote for the former sect master, despite their warnings.
• Tang Yan took five damaged renowned weapons into a secluded chamber and successfully repaired a broken sword using the heaven-earth creation flame.
• A faint strand of sword intent entered Tang Yan's body after he tested the repaired sword.

Tang Yan repaired more renowned weapons, then entered the Yin-Yang Treasure Pagoda to cultivate and broke through to Lord Rank. He settled on the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron as his Natal God and discovered he could refine pills without an ordinary cauldron.

• Tang Yan repaired four more weapons, agreed to split future repair profits with Shen Shan, and left for the Overlord Spear Sect.
• Zhuang Zhile told Tang Yan that Pei Guang would join their trip to Miasma Marsh, then led him into the Yang Pagoda to cultivate.
• After seven days of cultivation, Tang Yan broke through the King Rank barrier and began forming his Natal God.
• The weapons Tang Yan had repaired, the Yin-Yang Treasure Pagoda, and the Heaven-Earth Creation Flame each appeared as possible Natal Gods before the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron claimed the position.
• Tang Yan entered Lord Rank, learned his Natal God's smelting and suppression abilities, and used a flame cauldron to refine seven Profound Light Essence Condensation Pills.

Tang Yan advanced to the sixth grade of Lord Rank, then traveled with Zhuang Zhile and Pei Guang toward the Spirit Wilderness Realm, where his words helped Pei Guang gain insight. At the realm’s entrance, Feng Chenye sent Elder Fan away before teleporting inside, leaving Elder Fan to realize he had done so out of concern for his safety.

• The Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron helped Tang Yan reach the sixth grade of Lord Rank, and he met Zhuang Zhile and Pei Guang.
• Tang Yan and his companions departed the Overlord Spear Sect on Overlord Thunder King Rocs, and Tang Yan explained his views on the Heavenly Dao to Pei Guang.
• Pei Guang gained insight into the Great Dao and thanked Tang Yan for helping him find a direction for his cultivation.
• Feng Chenye reached the Spirit Wilderness Realm entrance with Elder Fan, then ordered him to return and took his Barrier Pearl.
• Feng Chenye teleported into the Spirit Wilderness Realm, and Elder Fan realized he had sent him away to keep him from being endangered before rushing to call after him.

Tang Yan, Pei Guang, and Zhuang Zhile entered the Miasma Marshland to search for a cave, where they encountered deadly beasts, poisonous mist, and a swarm of Carapace Ants. After escaping the insects, they realized how dangerous the marsh was and continued with greater caution.

• Tang Yan and his companions boarded an Overlord Thunder King Roc at a Trading Base and flew into the Miasma Marshland to search for a cave deep in the southwest.
• Pei Guang detected a seventh-tier spirit beast near a Jade Green Grass, and Tang Yan gathered the herb before killing the lurking Red Python Lizard.
• Pei Guang used poison-testing ash to reveal dangerous mist near a Flash Orchid, and Zhuang Zhile retrieved the herb behind his spirit power shield.
• More than ten thousand Carapace Ants attacked Zhuang Zhile, corroding his shield and resisting his attacks until he escaped with Pei Guang and Tang Yan.
• Tang Yan identified the insects as seventh-tier Carapace Ants, and the three continued through the marsh after escaping the swarm.