Recaps

Li Yingling prepared to leave her team after a mission and wondered whether to bring her Second Junior Brother along. In Wei'e City, Chu Xingchen learned that the Great Dao Sect was intervening in the Wuxuan Temple crisis and asked whether he should beat its Spirit Transformation disciple, Yuyang Daozi, down.

• Li Yingling told Zhang Miaoyu that her master was easy to talk to and smarter than she was, then said she would leave the team after their mission.
• Li Yingling led her Golden Core cultivators out to work while considering where to go next and whether to summon her Second Junior Brother.
• Chu Xingchen entered Yongping Funeral Parlor with Chen Baiqing as Chen Mouguang explained that the Great Dao Sect was taking over Wuxuan Temple's affairs and the Heavenly Derivation Sect had sent reinforcements.
• Chen Mouguang said the Great Dao Sect's contingent included Yuyang Daozi, a Spirit Transformation cultivator skilled in the Taiyi Divine Art, and asked whether Chu Xingchen could hold him off.
• Chu Xingchen asked what would happen if he beat Yuyang Daozi down, and Chen Mouguang jokingly promised to kowtow twice.

At Wuxuan Temple, Dao Son Yuyang arrived to investigate Zhang Daotan’s Incense-and-Fire Divine Path, while Zhang secretly pursued a plan to become the path’s one true god. In Wei'e City, Chu Xingchen told masked cultivators he could keep Yuyang occupied indefinitely, setting up a confrontation over Wuxuan Temple’s secrets.

• Zhang Daotan welcomed Yuyang at Wuxuan Temple, and Yuyang warned that the Great Dao Sect would judge the facts rather than automatically support the temple.
• Yuyang began investigating Wuxuan Temple as Zhang privately continued cultivating wish power and resolved to make himself the one true god of the Incense-and-Fire Divine Path.
• At Myriad Fragrance Pavilion, Chen Mouguang told masked cultivators that Wuxuan Temple might hold the real secret behind the village operations.
• The gathered cultivators debated whether they could contend with Yuyang, and Chen Mouguang indicated that Chu Xingchen had a way to keep him occupied.
• Chu Xingchen declared that he could hold Yuyang indefinitely, while Wang Ling and Ye Antao revealed their identities before Ye quickly masked herself again.

Chu Xingchen claimed he could defeat Yuyang Daozi, and Chen Mouguang’s support led Wang Ling and the others to take him seriously and begin planning. At Wuxuan Temple, Yuyang Daozi found that an elderly Divine Being’s soul was being damaged and questioned the temple’s motives before an old man approached.

• Chu Xingchen said he could defeat Yuyang Daozi, and Chen Mouguang removed his mask and identified himself as a member of the Heavenly Derivation Sect.
• Chen Mouguang vouched for Chu Xingchen, prompting Ye Antao and the others to remove their masks and take Chu Xingchen’s claim seriously.
• Chu Xingchen described Yuyang Daozi as a man with a price marker on his head, and Wang Ling proposed making detailed plans.
• At Wuxuan Temple, Yuyang Daozi examined an elderly Divine Being and discovered that the man’s soul was suffering.
• Yuyang Daozi wondered why Wuxuan Temple’s Sect Leader was pushing the plan forward, then noticed an old man in Daoist robes approaching.

Chu Xingchen and Chen Mouguang waited outside Wuxuan Temple, expecting to intercept Yuyang Daozi while others infiltrated the sect. When fighting broke out inside and Ye Antao attacked the Mountain-Guarding Grand Array, Chu Xingchen charged in, and Chen Mouguang chose to follow rather than abandon his allies.

• Chen Mouguang asked Chu Xingchen whether he could hold off Yuyang Daozi and requested a warning if he needed to retreat.
• Wuxuan Temple activated its Mountain-Guarding Grand Array and rang its emergency bell as Yuyang Daozi’s spiritual power surged inside.
• Chu Xingchen realized the plan had gone awry, while Chen Mouguang suggested waiting to see what happened before retreating.
• Ye Antao launched an attack on Wuxuan Temple’s array, prompting Chu Xingchen to charge toward the fighting.
• Chen Mouguang refused to sell out his own and told his team they would face the danger together.

Dao Scion Yuyang confronted Zhang Daotan at Wuxuan Temple and effortlessly stopped his strongest sword strike. As Zhang Daotan turned to his godhead’s power for a last chance, a masked figure pierced the temple’s Mountain-Guarding Grand Array, giving Yuyang an opponent he was eager to face.

• Yuyang challenged Zhang Daotan over abandoning his Dao heart, then attacked when Zhang Daotan denied knowing what he meant.
• Zhang Daotan used his jade sword and a divine ability he had practiced for centuries, but Yuyang caught the strike barehanded and destroyed the Main Hall with the force of his spiritual power.
• Zhang Daotan prepared to rely on the wish power and fragment within his divine sense to escape Yuyang, despite the unresolved erosion of his godhead.
• A small Flowing Water Sword blasted through Wuxuan Temple’s Mountain-Guarding Grand Array, and Yuyang sensed a figure in white robes wearing a Monkey Mask.
• Yuyang recognized the masked figure’s spiritual power and Dao resonance as those of a worthy opponent and smiled at the prospect of drawing his sword.

Chu Xingchen entered Wuxuan Temple and claimed he had come to help Yuyang Daozi, though he attacked Sect Leader Zhang Daotan instead. Yuyang Daozi unleashed a gigantic lightning sword, leaving the gathered cultivators to flee while Chu Xingchen apparently stayed behind to stall him.

• After Chu Xingchen broke Wuxuan Temple's Mountain-Guarding Grand Array, he told Yuyang Daozi he had come to help and offered to kill Zhang Daotan.
• Chu Xingchen inspected Zhang Daotan's traits and struck at him with a sword technique that Zhang could barely sense.
• Yuyang Daozi blocked Chu Xingchen's strike and ordered him to leave, warning that he would treat him as an accomplice if he stayed.
• Yuyang Daozi summoned a gigantic purple lightning sword that pierced Wuxuan Temple's array and engulfed the temple in lightning.
• Ye Antao asked Chen Mouguang where Chu Xingchen was, and Chen Mouguang said he was probably still inside stalling Yuyang Daozi.

Chu Xingchen fought Yuyang Daozi inside Wuxuan Temple after its disciples fled, trading powerful techniques as the battle escalated. Chu Xingchen unleashed the Yingling Great Art—The Highest Good Is Like Water, and an immense torrent of destructive water descended toward the temple.

• Chen Mouguang and the others let Wuxuan Temple’s people escape while lightning destroyed the temple and its Mountain-Guarding Grand Array.
• Chu Xingchen cleared the lightning from the Main Hall and challenged Yuyang Daozi, who attacked him with his purple Wooden Sword.
• Chu Xingchen countered Yuyang Daozi’s Reverse Flow with a surge of azure swords, then shattered his black-and-white domain with a swift strike.
• Yuyang Daozi invoked Divine Art-Guixu, eroding Chu Xingchen’s spell sword with an annihilating force.
• Chu Xingchen answered with Yingling Great Art—The Highest Good Is Like Water, summoning an azure beam and a destructive torrent that descended toward Wuxuan Temple.
• Outside the temple, Ye Antao asked Chen Mouguang whose Divine Ability was falling, but he admitted he did not know.

Chen Mouguang contacted Bai Xuanling as Chu Xingchen fought Yuyang Daozi at Wuxuan Temple, while the clash’s devastation left onlookers unable to intervene. Chu Xingchen then revealed an illusion to Zhang Daotan and demanded that he explain at least three things.

• Wang Ling and Ye Antao watched the powers clash at Wuxuan Temple and questioned whether Chu Xingchen and Yuyang Daozi were truly at the Spirit Transformation stage.
• Chen Mouguang reached Bai Xuanling through an emergency jade token and told her that Chu Xingchen had challenged Yuyang Daozi.
• Bai Xuanling told Chen Mouguang not to worry because the Heavenly Derivation Sect had her behind it.
• Yuyang Daozi used Fleeting Instant to pierce Chu Xingchen’s water sword, but Chu Xingchen casually touched his Wooden Sword and left him doubting his chances of winning.
• Chu Xingchen revealed to Zhang Daotan that the scene he had witnessed was an illusion, then said Zhang had at least three things to explain.

Chu Xingchen confronted Zhang Daotan over his use of the Incense-and-Fire Divine Path and pressed him to reveal what he had taken. Zhang Daotan transformed through the power of the Prism Fragment and Wish Power, forcing Yuyang Daozi to fight him while Chu Xingchen watched for weaknesses.

• Chu Xingchen accused Zhang Daotan of exploiting people and demanded to know what he had obtained, but Zhang Daotan refused to answer and unleashed his Wish Power.
• Zhang Daotan's power surged, his eyes turned white, and Chu Xingchen's system trait changed from [Slightly Wielded Authority] to [Authority Corruption].
• Yuyang Daozi broke free of Chu Xingchen's illusion and joined him against the transformed Zhang Daotan.
• Yuyang Daozi's Divine Art-Eradication was swallowed by Wish Power, and Zhang Daotan blasted his arm with a white attack.
• Yuyang Daozi dodged another attack with Divine Art-Shadow Departure and demanded that Chu Xingchen help, but Chu Xingchen said he was observing Zhang Daotan's weaknesses.

Yuyang Daozi identified the medium behind Zhang Daotan’s rapid Wish Power attacks and nearly cut him in half, but Zhang Daotan began regenerating and launched another attack. Chu Xingchen intervened, and as they faced Zhang Daotan together, Yuyang Daozi learned that Chu Xingchen was waiting for a borrowed Spirit Treasure to arrive.

• Yuyang Daozi used Great Dao-Nine Palaces to analyze Zhang Daotan’s Wish Power, then disrupted its medium and struck him with Divine Art-Shatter and Divine Art-Curse Separation.
• Zhang Daotan regenerated with Wish Power and prepared another attack, so Chu Xingchen rushed in and slashed at his head.
• Ye Antao, Wang Ling, and Chen Mouguang watched the battle from outside, and Chen Mouguang sent another message to his sect for help.
• Yuyang Daozi brought out his protective treasures and asked why Chu Xingchen had no defenses or Personal Spirit Treasure.
• Chu Xingchen said his Spirit Treasure was borrowed from his disciple and was still on its way, leaving Yuyang Daozi astonished.

As Zhang Daotan became a nearly inhuman being of pure-white energy, Yuyang Daozi and Chu Xingchen joined forces against his overwhelming strength. Their battle unleashed a mysterious pillar of pale-green spiritual power, leaving Chen Mouguang and the others stunned as they worried whether Chu Xingchen would survive until help arrived.

• Zhang Daotan completed his transformation and attacked Yuyang Daozi with immense speed and strength.
• Chu Xingchen intervened, then blocked Zhang Daotan's punch with the Azure Sky Treasure Ring and transformed it into a sword.
• Chu Xingchen asked Yuyang Daozi to use the Taiyi Divine Art, and Yuyang Daozi cast No Restrictions.
• Chen Mouguang reported that Chu Xingchen and Yuyang Daozi seemed evenly matched with Zhang Daotan, prompting Bai Xuanling to say he would come in person.
• A pale-green surge of spiritual power shot into the sky near Wuxuan Temple, shocking Chen Mouguang, Ye Antao, and Wang Ling.

After submitting the pure white fragment, Chu Xingchen received the weapon Myriad Forms and joined Yuyang Daozi in searching the ruins of Wuxuan Temple. The Great Dao Sect elders arrived, and Chen Mouguang announced that Chu Xingchen belonged to the Heavenly Derivation Sect and that Bai Xuanling was on the way.

• Chen Mouguang headed toward Wuxuan Temple while Ye Antao and Wang Ling waited for Elder Bai and considered the arriving Great Dao Sect reinforcements.
• Chu Xingchen submitted the diamond-shaped fragment, completing his mission and receiving Myriad Forms.
• Chu Xingchen put Myriad Forms away after the Azure Sky Treasure Ring reacted anxiously, then comforted the ring.
• Yuyang Daozi questioned Chu Xingchen about the destruction of Wuxuan Temple and searched the ruins with him for anything left behind.
• The Great Dao Sect's sect leader arrived and embraced Yuyang Daozi, while another woman questioned Chu Xingchen's identity.
• Chen Mouguang identified Chu Xingchen as a member of the Heavenly Derivation Sect and said Bai Xuanling was on the way.

Chu Xingchen faced down Zhu Ciyun and the Great Dao Sect before Bai Xuanling arrived and escorted him away. At the Yongping Funeral Parlor, Chen Baiqing was relieved to see her master safe and told him she had worried about him.

• Zhu Ciyun demanded that Chu Xingchen return everything he had obtained, but Yuyang Daozi vouched that he had taken nothing, so the Great Dao Sect allowed him to leave.
• Chu Xingchen pretended to stay and rest until the Great Dao Sect threatened to summon a Tribulation Transcendence elder, then prepared to depart.
• Bai Xuanling arrived, shielded Chu Xingchen, and argued with the Great Dao Sect before leading Chu Xingchen and Chen Mouguang away.
• At the Yongping Funeral Parlor, Chen Baiqing rushed to Chu Xingchen, checked that he was unharmed, and told him she had worried about him.

Chu Xingchen reported to Bai Xuanling that the Incense-and-Fire Divine Path was not worth a major investment, and she planned to use it to mislead their rivals. Back at the sect, he caught Cui Hao and Qinghe scheming to drive up pill prices and sell them at auction, then reunited with Cui Hao, who had made a fortune while he was away.

• Chu Xingchen told Bai Xuanling that Zhang Daotan's situation could not be replicated, though wish power was worth researching, and Bai Xuanling proposed spreading a false rumor about developing the path on a large scale.
• Bai Xuanling told Chu Xingchen that his disciple had been making a name for himself, and Chu Xingchen claimed he would go discipline him.
• Cui Hao showed Qinghe a pile of spirit stones and outlined a plan to auction pills while spreading rumors of scarce supply, a sales ban, and rising future prices.
• Chu Xingchen returned with Chen Baiqing and confronted Cui Hao and Qinghe about their scheme.
• Cui Hao clasped Chu Xingchen's hand and said he had missed him; Chu Xingchen noticed the many Spatial Rings and replied that his master had missed him too.

Chu Xingchen took Cui Hao’s Spirit Stones and assigned him to teach Zhou Ping, while Li Yingling traveled with Zhang Miaoyu toward Central Province to find her Second Junior Brother. Li Yingling expected him to be struggling rather than thriving, and planned to look around before returning to her sect.

• Chu Xingchen took Cui Hao’s Spatial Ring, then ordered him to guide Zhou Ping and teach him to read and about meridians.
• Cui Hao asked to discipline Zhou Ping, but Chu Xingchen refused and promised to reprimand Luo Yu for hitting Cui Hao too hard.
• Li Yingling sneezed and concluded that Fifth Junior Brother was cursing her over his long mission report criticizing her decisions.
• Li Yingling and Zhang Miaoyu headed for Central Province after Li Yingling disbanded her previous team and decided to find her Second Junior Brother.
• Li Yingling told Zhang Miaoyu that her Second Junior Brother was stupid and might have struggled to avoid losses in Central Province.

Li Yingling and Zhang Miaoyu explored Central Province while looking for candied fruit, and Li Yingling spotted Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples at a restaurant. After she showed them her token, they recognized her as their commander, leaving her wondering whether she could use their help to find her junior brother.

• Li Yingling told Zhang Miaoyu that their first priority was finding good candied fruit for her third junior sister, though they had plenty of time to spend their Spirit Stones.
• Li Yingling noticed several Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples on a restaurant terrace and decided to approach them, reassuring the nervous Zhang Miaoyu that she had connections.
• Li Yingling showed the disciples her Heavenly Derivation Token, which the young leader recognized as a genuine token issued by Elder Bai.
• The five disciples introduced themselves as squad number seven-seven-four-three and reported to Li Yingling as their commander.
• Zhang Miaoyu and Li Yingling were both surprised by the disciples' response, and Li Yingling considered asking them to help find her junior brother.

Li Yingling learned that the Heavenly Derivation Sect team was waiting for a commander to lead a mission against a gang of evil cultivators. Her junior brother Li Xingtian arrived with a Heavenly Derivation Token and announced that he would command the operation, and Li Yingling offered to help.

• Wang Lin explained that the sect had sent his team to swiftly deal with evil cultivators in the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Li Yingling clarified that she was only passing through but offered to share ideas about the mission.
• Li Xingtian entered the soundproof barrier and greeted Li Yingling as his Eldest Senior Sister.
• Li Xingtian presented his Heavenly Derivation Token and said he had come to act as commander.
• Li Yingling declared that she would reluctantly help Li Xingtian, who chose not to refuse.

Li Xingtian briefed Wang Lin and the others on the Evil Cultivators’ plan to unleash the Dream Flower and the deadly Dream Barrier. Li Yingling insisted on taking command, while Li Xingtian doubted her judgment and suspected Zhang Miaoyu had been misled.

• Li Yingling introduced Zhang Miaoyu as her little tagalong, and Li Xingtian said he was used to traveling alone.
• Li Xingtian explained that the Evil Cultivators planned to unleash the Nightmare Dream to obtain the Dream Immortal Treasure, while the Dream Flower could trap and kill cultivators in a vast dream realm.
• Wang Lin questioned where Li Xingtian’s detailed intelligence came from and asked about the Dream Immortal’s cultivation and the danger posed by the Dream Flower.
• Li Xingtian said the Evil Cultivators had likely already activated the Dream Flower, and Wang Lin said he would request higher-level support if necessary.
• Li Yingling struck Li Xingtian’s shoulder and declared that she would direct the operation; Zhang Miaoyu called her command perfect and reliable, leaving Li Xingtian suspicious that his senior sister had hoodwinked her.

Meng Jun and the other Evil Cultivators prepared to confront the Golden Core attacker, suspecting a mole after he tracked them to their cave again. Above the valley, Wang Lin watched Li Xingtian bait them with insults as Li Yingling’s group waited to attack.

• Meng Jun questioned whether one of the six remaining Evil Cultivators was betraying their plans, while Old Wang urged the group to stay calm and rely on their strength.
• When the enemy’s familiar aura appeared outside the cave, the group agreed to confront him, and Old Wang volunteered to lead the charge while Meng Jun guarded the Dream Pearl at the rear.
• Meng Jun privately warned Old Wang to be careful and resolved to save him if an ambush awaited them.
• Wang Lin watched Li Xingtian shout insults below as bait, reflecting on Li Xingtian’s cautious plan and Li Yingling’s faster plan to attack from both sides.

Li Xingtian baited Old Wang and the other evil cultivators into attacking him behind Heavenly Derivation Sect barriers, hoping to draw out Meng Jun. Li Yingling’s ambush arrived before Meng Jun appeared, and the evil cultivators began to flee.

• Li Yingling prepared layered barriers around Li Xingtian and positioned Wang Lin and another disciple to support the ambush.
• Li Xingtian displayed his aura, drawing Old Wang and four other evil cultivators to attack him.
• Old Wang suspected a trap but led the group toward Li Xingtian, where he argued with him over whether he was an evil cultivator.
• Old Wang and the others battered Li Xingtian’s barriers, while Li Xingtian delayed signaling in hopes of luring out Meng Jun.
• Li Yingling and another Heavenly Derivation Sect disciple rushed in, prompting the evil cultivators to prepare to retreat.

Wang Lin and the Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples cornered the evil cultivators, while Li Xingtian’s bloody aura left Wang Lin suspecting that he practiced an evil method despite Li Yingling’s insistence that he was exceptionally righteous. As the confrontation began, Meng Jun used the Dream Pearl’s purple mist to hide and prepared to flee.

• Old Wang urged the evil cultivators to attack the Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples, but a disciple’s Primordial Spirit Supreme Clarity Sword sent them fleeing.
• Wang Lin and other Heavenly Derivation Sect cultivators ambushed the fleeing evil cultivators, killed one, and surrounded the survivors.
• Old Wang accused the Heavenly Derivation Sect of harboring evil cultivators, while Wang Lin dismissed him and continued treating Li Xingtian’s bloody aura as evidence of an evil method.
• Li Xingtian asked Wang Lin to search for Meng Jun, and Li Yingling reassured her Second Junior Brother that his righteousness was simply sinister in the eyes of others.
• Meng Jun abandoned plans to save Old Wang, concealed himself with the Dream Pearl’s purple mist, and prepared to escape while the Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples searched.

Wang Lin and Li Yingling tried to question a surviving evil cultivator, but Li Yingling used a Perfect Tonic Pill to force answers from him. When the Dream Flower bloomed in Cloud-Fading Valley, Wang Lin and Li Xingtian went to confront it while Li Yingling stayed behind and prepared to summon her master.

• Wang Lin spared a badly wounded evil cultivator long enough to question him, but the man refused to cooperate.
• Li Yingling offered to interrogate the captive with a Perfect Tonic Pill, and Wang Lin recognized it as Elder Bai’s version.
• Li Yingling fed the pill to the evil cultivator, whose agonized screams convinced Wang Lin and Li Xingtian of its effects.
• A Dream Flower bloomed in the depths of Cloud-Fading Valley, and Wang Lin killed the captive before setting out to face it.
• Wang Lin ordered Li Xingtian to stay behind, but Li Xingtian insisted on joining him, and Li Yingling prepared a talisman to summon her master.

Wang Lin and Li Xingtian entered the Dream Flower’s territory, discovered it was an illusion rather than a dream, and approached the flowering tree at its center. When a beautiful woman emerged and asked if they had come to fight, Wang Lin tried to stall while Li Xingtian watched her warily.

• Wang Lin changed the mission plan and agreed with Li Xingtian to find his teammates and wait for sect reinforcements.
• Wang Lin and Li Xingtian entered the purple territory and found a beautiful flower-filled landscape that their protections kept from fully affecting them.
• Wang Lin and Li Xingtian flew toward the flowering tree, then paused when they found no Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples nearby.
• Wang Lin prepared to strike the tree, but a woman formed from its petals and asked whether they had come to fight.
• Wang Lin claimed they had not come to fight and gave Li Xingtian a subtle look, which Li Xingtian recognized as a sign of shared disdain for the woman’s beauty.

Wang Lin and Li Xingtian discovered that the Flower God Tree had bewitched two Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples, and Wang Lin attacked the woman controlling it. The disciples broke free of the illusion, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• Wang Lin pretended to seek his missing teammates while Li Xingtian used blood qi to detect the Flower God Tree's bewitching energy and the two disciples hidden nearby.
• The woman directed Wang Lin toward the Flower God Tree, and Wang Lin punched her into it before striking her with the Primordial Spirit Supreme Clarity Sword.
• The two Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples emerged with purple mist in their eyes and attacked Wang Lin and Li Xingtian at the woman's command.
• Wang Lin sent Dao resonance toward the disciples, prompting them to activate their protections and use Gather Spirit Delusion Breaking to dispel the illusion.
• Wang Lin mocked the woman's technique and reassured Li Xingtian that he did not mean to insult his sect.

Wang Lin and the Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples fought the woman after escaping her illusion, while Li Xingtian warned that she was preparing a trap. The woman trapped Wang Lin in a storm of petals and attacked a disciple who tried to help him.

• A Heavenly Derivation Sect disciple told Wang Lin that a purple bead had trapped them in an illusion, and Wang Lin ordered the group to stall for reinforcements and keep their Teleportation Talismans ready.
• Wang Lin and the woman traded taunts while Li Xingtian sensed their surroundings and warned that she was likely charging a powerful move.
• Wang Lin sent earth and fire dragons at the woman, then struck her with the Primordial Spirit Supreme Clarity Sword and knocked her into a crater.
• The woman transformed the flowering tree into a Wooden Sword and unleashed countless petals that trapped Wang Lin.
• Li Xingtian warned a Heavenly Derivation Sect disciple that rushing to Wang Lin was a trap, but the disciple ignored him and went to help.
• The woman charged the disciple, and their swords clashed as petals burst across the sky.