Recaps

Xiao Hua fought Mo Qingyuan in the magnetic-force zone, then negotiated with him over Earth Crystal Yao Ru, the puppet, and the art of puppetry. The chapter ended with Xiao Hua agreeing to Mo Qingyuan’s terms but insisting that they exchange the puppet and jade slip only after leaving the hurricane passage, with Mo Qingyuan swearing a blood oath first.

• Xiao Hua used Slay Dream and his Vajra Dharma Body to battle Mo Qingyuan’s sword array and puppets, destroying a centipede puppet before Mo Qingyuan called off the fight.
• Mo Qingyuan offered Xiao Hua a deal, explaining that he wanted Earth Crystal Yao Ru and introducing himself as Mo Qingyuan, Founding Ancestor of the Great Bamboo Sect.
• Mo Qingyuan revealed that his Cangmu Bamboo let him withstand the golden earth magnetic force, and Xiao Hua tried to bargain for the art of puppetry in exchange for returning the puppet.
• Mo Qingyuan refused to provide the complete art but offered basic instructions, threatening to kill Xiao Hua if he rejected the deal.
• Xiao Hua agreed to the terms but insisted they wait until they had left the hurricane passage and that Mo Qingyuan swear a blood oath before the exchange.

Xiao Hua and Mo Qingyuan negotiated their cooperation in collecting Earth Crystal Yao Ru after Mo Qingyuan failed to intimidate Xiao Hua. They ended the chapter haggling over Mo Qingyuan's share, with Xiao Hua suspecting the precious substance might be scarce.

• Mo Qingyuan attacked Xiao Hua with the Flying Wood Dragon Guillotine, but Xiao Hua defended himself with the Town Cloud Seal and threatened to destroy his storage pouch and its contents.
• Mo Qingyuan backed down because he feared Xiao Hua might destroy the valuable humanoid puppet, and he agreed to exchange the jade slip for Earth Crystal Yao Ru.
• Mo Qingyuan realized Xiao Hua's divine sense was powerful enough to fight his Azure Origin Sword Array despite Xiao Hua being at the peak of Qi Cultivation.
• Mo Qingyuan arranged puppets to guard the hurricane passage and proposed that he receive three drops of Earth Crystal Yao Ru.
• Xiao Hua challenged Mo Qingyuan's demand, and Mo Qingyuan lowered his request to two drops of Earth Crystal Yao Ru plus three drops of Zhong Yaoru as Xiao Hua considered the offer.

Xiao Hua negotiated with Mo Qingyuan over Earth Crystal Yao Ru and Zhong Yaoru, then entered the Golden Earth Magnetic Force’s cave to search for them. He recovered Mo Qingyuan’s discarded puppets, and his Eye of Delusion Breaking revealed something that left him stunned.

• Xiao Hua and Mo Qingyuan agreed that Xiao Hua would receive seventy percent of the Zhong Yaoru and one drop of Earth Crystal Yao Ru if there were only one, and they swore heart oaths not to attack each other in Mingxi.
• Mo Qingyuan explained how Zhong Yaoru and Earth Crystal Yao Ru formed, then gave Xiao Hua a talisman that could penetrate only one chi into the Golden Earth Magnetic Force for less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea.
• Xiao Hua entered the cave and found Mo Qingyuan’s abandoned puppets, which he collected and stored in his space.
• At the cave’s dead end, Xiao Hua activated his Buddhist sense and Eye of Delusion Breaking, then froze in shock at what he saw.

Xiao Hua reached a hidden space around the Golden Earth Magnetic Force and searched for Zhong Yaoru and Earth Crystal Yao Ru, but found no accessible deposits at first. He discovered that Zhong Yaoru formed in a region rich in gold magnetic force and spotted several promising dark-brown points of light.

• Xiao Hua entered a concealed gap between the Netherworld Wind and the Golden Earth Magnetic Force, where dense golden-earth spiritual energy surrounded him.
• Xiao Hua realized that Zhong Yaoru formed from abundant earth-attributed spiritual energy, but the magnetic force resisted his Prajna Heavy Sword and its visible deposits lay too deep to collect.
• Xiao Hua searched the magnetic force's surface, found no accessible Zhong Yaoru, and worried that he lacked time to help Xun, Kun, and Gan.
• Xiao Hua noticed a flash of golden radiance and followed it through the magnetic force, reaching an area where gold radiance grew stronger and brown radiance weakened.
• Xiao Hua spotted a drop of Zhong Yaoru forming amid the gold radiance and found scattered dark-brown points of light nearby.

Xiao Hua collected Earth Crystal Yao Ru and Zhong Yaoru from the Golden Earth Magnetic Force, then returned to confront Mo Qingyuan. Mo Qingyuan agreed to lead him through the shrinking hurricane passage so they could continue their deal.

• Xiao Hua struggled to collect Zhong Yaoru, then used Mo Qingyuan’s green bamboo talisman to retrieve five points of Earth Crystal Yao Ru and five more drops of Zhong Yaoru.
• Xiao Hua noticed a golden white tiger watching him, but it fled before he could get a clear look.
• Xiao Hua left the Golden Earth Magnetic Force through a gap in the Netherworld Wind and speculated about other combinations of magnetic forces.
• Mo Qingyuan gathered his puppets and flying sword, believing Xiao Hua would not return, until Xiao Hua appeared and asked whether he still wanted the Earth Crystal Yao Ru.
• Mo Qingyuan offered Xiao Hua help through the collapsing hurricane passage, but Xiao Hua refused and told him to lead the way.

Xiao Hua escaped the collapsing hurricane passage with the Earth Crystal Yao Ru and negotiated with Mo Qingyuan over their agreement. After they reached Mingxi, Mo Qingyuan accepted Xiao Hua’s offer of one drop of the Earth Crystal Yao Ru, leaving their exchange to proceed outside the spatial rift.

• Xiao Hua escaped the hurricane passage just before it vanished, then denied to Mo Qingyuan that he had obtained the Earth Crystal Yao Ru.
• Xiao Hua put off fulfilling his agreement with Mo Qingyuan until they reached Mingxi, and Mo Qingyuan led him to the spatial fissure.
• Mo Qingyuan opened the fissure with the Wood Dragon Shears, and Xiao Hua followed him into Mingxi.
• Xiao Hua revealed that he had obtained the Earth Crystal Yao Ru and proposed giving Mo Qingyuan one drop instead of the originally agreed share.
• Mo Qingyuan agreed to Xiao Hua’s revised terms after learning he had entered the passage and obtained the treasure.

Xiao Hua traded for puppet techniques and materials with Mo Qingyuan, then discovered that Mo had destabilized the spatial rift and hurried to hold it open for Xun Shu and the others. Meanwhile, disciples from three sects attacked their rivals around the Netherworld Orchid as the wind pillar began to recede.

• Xiao Hua received only the first half of Mo Qingyuan’s puppet-refining method and handed over the Zhong Yaoru and Earth Crystal Yao Ru.
• Xiao Hua and Mo Qingyuan exchanged puppets after Mo Qingyuan spotted the Netherworld Lotus, and Mo warned that his Wood Dragon Shears had disrupted the spatial rift.
• Xiao Hua used Kun Feiyan’s spirit talisman to temporarily suppress the rift’s collapse and sent three sound transmission talismans, but dense Earth-attributed spiritual energy forced them down.
• Xiao Hua found that he could not contact Xun Shu, Kun Feiyan, or Gan, and waited anxiously for them to return.
• Disciples from Seven Wonders Sect, Shanghua Sect, and Xunyan Sect issued attack commands against the scattered rival disciples around the shrinking wind pillar.
• The rival disciples fled with flight talismans and used hit-and-run tactics as the three sects charged.

The Shanghua Sect factions pursued their enemies around the wind pillar while Kan Ximing and the Thunder Control Sect disciples tried to avoid a direct clash. Kan Peng and Gen Yuhui were killed by a Seven Wonders Sect disciple’s Leaf Sun Fan, whose attack drew the attention of a black-robed cultivator intent on taking the treasure.

• The Shanghua Sect disciples broke formation and pursued their enemies, while Kan Ximing chose to watch rather than fight because Gen Yuhui was still injured.
• Kan Peng recalled how the Xunyan Sect had hunted the Thunder Control Sect disciples, killing Gen Jiancheng and gravely wounding Gen Yuhui before the survivors escaped to the wind pillar.
• Kan Ximing sent Kan Peng to carry Gen Yuhui toward the wind pillar as he confronted an attacking Seven Wonders Sect disciple.
• A second Seven Wonders Sect disciple attacked Kan Peng and Gen Yuhui with the Leaf Sun Fan, overcoming Kan Peng’s Thunder Roller and burning both Thunder Control Sect disciples to ash.
• A black-robed cultivator broke away from his fight with a Shanghua Sect disciple and sent an azure pearl toward the Leaf Sun Fan wielder, demanding the treasure.

Zhen Ping discovered that the shrinking wind pillar was revealing a Netherworld Lotus and attacked the Qi Refining cultivators to claim it. Mo Qingyuan confronted him over the treasure, and their magic artifacts clashed as the wind pillar continued to contract.

• The Water Blue Bead killed a Seven Wonders Sect disciple, while Zhen Ping watched unseen and recognized the wind pillar was revealing a Netherworld Lotus.
• Zhen Ping released his Foundation Establishment pressure and used Bright Thunder to kill the Qi Refining cultivators, including Kan Ximing, then destroyed the birdlike puppet.
• Mo Qingyuan arrived and accused Zhen Ping of killing his disciples and destroying his puppet, then claimed the Netherworld Lotus as his own.
• Zhen Ping and Mo Qingyuan exchanged threats and sent Bright Thunder and the Wood Dragon Shears into battle as the wind pillar nearly vanished.

Mo Qingyuan and Zhen Ping fought over the Netherworld Lotus as Xiao Hua escaped a collapsing spatial rift with Xun Shu and the others. The group followed a distant rumble to a vast vortex where the lotus bloomed amid the corpses of many cultivators.

• Mo Qingyuan and Zhen Ping battled for the Netherworld Lotus, and Zhen Ping entered the shrinking wind pillar while Mo Qingyuan sent puppets and talismans after him.
• Xiao Hua pulled Qian Diheng from the spatial rift just before it collapsed, then reassured Xun Shu that he would explain why her spirit talisman had failed.
• A rumble drew Xiao Hua, Xun Shu, Qian Diheng, and Kun Feiyan toward the source as they hurried to claim the foundation-establishing treasure.
• Xiao Hua used the Eye of Delusion Breaking to avoid invisible spatial rifts while traveling with the others.
• Xiao Hua found a vast hurricane vortex filled with corpses and saw a radiant Netherworld Lotus blooming at its center.

Xiao Hua and his companions witnessed Mo Qingyuan kill Zhen Ping over the Netherworld Lotus, then watched Mo Qingyuan threaten the remaining Thunder Control Sect disciples into swearing secrecy. After Mo Qingyuan took the lotus and left, Xiao Hua headed back toward it with Qian Diheng and Kun Feiyan, who suddenly struck him on the shoulder.

• Xiao Hua recognized Zhen Ping, a Yan Lei Ridge disciple, fighting Mo Qingyuan for the Netherworld Lotus.
• Mo Qingyuan trapped Zhen Ping in his prearranged Azure Origin Sword Array and killed him.
• Mo Qingyuan turned his swords and puppets on Xiao Hua's companions and surviving cultivators, but agreed to spare the group if they swore heart oaths not to reveal what happened.
• Xiao Hua, Xun Shu, Qian Diheng, and Kun Feiyan swore the oaths, and Mo Qingyuan took the Netherworld Lotus before leaving.
• Qian Diheng urged Xiao Hua to search for the lotus's roots, and Kun Feiyan followed them before suddenly striking Xiao Hua on the shoulder.

Kun Feiyan froze Xiao Hua’s spiritual power and sent him falling into the wind tunnel, but a little yellow marten struck her down as she fell after him. Xun Shu and Qian Diheng withdrew from the vortex, where a towering wind pillar erupted, and resolved to report Kun Feiyan’s actions while Xun Shu waited for Xiao Hua.

• Kun Feiyan used a red light to freeze Xiao Hua’s spiritual power, and he fell into the wind tunnel as Xun Shu rushed after him.
• A little yellow marten slashed Kun Feiyan’s neck, killing her, before it disappeared into the vortex near Xiao Hua.
• Qian Diheng pulled Xun Shu away from the vortex, and a powerful wind pillar surged upward from the tunnel.
• Xun Shu insisted on waiting for Xiao Hua while she and Qian Diheng planned to report Kun Feiyan’s attack and investigate it.
• Xun Shu ordered Qian Diheng to gather nearby corpses and belongings, then wondered about Xiao Hua, the marten, and the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Xiao Hua was dragged into the Netherworld Wind after Kun Feiyan ambushed him, and he fought to survive its violent currents and vortices. After being swept through several currents and teleportations, his Vajra Dharma Body was nearly exhausted, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Kun Feiyan attacked Xiao Hua with a red restriction, but Xiao Hua stored Little Yellow and the Netherworld Lotus root before being dragged into the vortex.
• Xiao Hua broke free of the restriction, but the Netherworld Wind tore at his body as he descended into the abyss.
• Xiao Hua used explosions and Misty Steps to escape the central vortex, only to be caught by a horizontal hurricane.
• Xiao Hua endured the disordered currents and cultivated his Vajra Dharma Body as the crimson matter grew increasingly viscous.
• A vortex carried Xiao Hua through a teleportation, and he was swept onward through more currents and teleportations until his Dharma Body was nearly spent.

Xiao Hua’s Vajra Dharma Body transformed into a Phoenix Dharma Body, whose call led him to Fairy Hongxia in an icy valley. The two phoenix bodies joined, and Xiao Hua and Hongxia recognized each other as they were swept into an intimate encounter.

• As the Vajra Dharma Body vanished, Xiao Hua’s 132 million points transformed into a Phoenix Dharma Body, and his bones turned crimson and white.
• Xiao Hua’s Phoenix Dharma Body sensed another phoenix’s cry and led his body out of the wind pillar and into a freezing valley.
• Xiao Hua found Fairy Hongxia unconscious beneath her pale-blue Phoenix Dharma Body, and their phoenix bodies joined.
• Xiao Hua, overcome by the heat in his body, undressed Fairy Hongxia and began having sex with her.
• Fairy Hongxia woke, recognized Xiao Hua by his breathing, and confirmed his identity with a private memory from the Feathered Immortal Convention.

Xiao Hua and Fairy Hongxia reunited in Cold Ice Valley, where their union harmonized their Yin and Yang and revealed the mysteries of their meridians. Meanwhile, Xiao Mao advanced to the twelfth layer of Qi Cultivation under Yuan Zhiming’s guidance and received medicine to nurture his emerging divine sense.

• Xiao Hua and Fairy Hongxia’s Phoenix Dharma Bodies exchanged Yang and Yin energy, helping her overcome the weakness in the Ice Phoenix Cultivation Method.
• Xiao Hua used his abundant Yang energy to sustain their union, and both cultivators’ spiritual power rose as a Yin Yang barrier revealed their meridians.
• Xiao Mao endured the freezing waterfall while circulating the Dragon Transformation Art and Xunyan Sect cultivation method, then broke through to the twelfth layer of Qi Cultivation.
• Yuan Zhiming praised Xiao Mao’s progress and gave him Rainbow Bloom, explaining that it would nurture the divine sense seed that had naturally formed.

Xiao Mao reached the twelfth layer of Qi Cultivation and began nurturing his divine sense with a secret art from Yuan Zhiming. In the Thunder Control Sect, Xue Xue prepared to seek Xiao Hua in Mingxi, while Qian Diheng tried to send a message to the Huanhua Sect and the talisman suddenly flew away.

• Yuan Zhiming taught Xiao Mao a secret art and told him to strengthen his divine sense before preparing for trials.
• Xiao Mao thought of Xiao Hua’s fame and resolved to surprise him when they met again.
• Qian Diheng, Xun Shu, and Xue Xue lamented that the sect had failed to investigate Xiao Hua’s disappearance or punish Kun Feiyan.
• Xue Xue revealed her plan to go to Mingxi for trials and see Xiao Hua, even if it meant entering the wind cave.
• Xue Xue asked Qian Diheng to deliver a message to the Huanhua Sect, but the yellow talisman turned crimson and shot out of the room.

Xiao Hua and Fairy Hongxia spent their last months together in Cold Ice Valley, discussing his unusual cultivation and her progress before agreeing to separate so she could seek guidance from Cai Qin. They parted with hopes of finding their origins and meeting again, while Xiao Hua expected to establish his foundation in four or five years.

• Fairy Hongxia asked Xiao Hua about his growing magical power, and he explained that he cultivated through additional meridians despite remaining at Qi Cultivation.
• Xiao Hua and Fairy Hongxia discussed her completed Ice Wind cultivation method, his foundation establishment, and their plan to pursue cultivation so they could be together longer.
• After several months, Xiao Hua urged Fairy Hongxia to seek Cai Qin's guidance because her Ice Phoenix Cultivation Method had reached great completion, while he expected to establish his foundation in four or five years.
• Fairy Hongxia said the Cai family's secret spirit talisman and their Phoenix Dharma Bodies would help them find each other, and promised to search for Xiao Hua's origins despite his lost memories.
• Fairy Hongxia warned Xiao Hua not to tell Xiao Xianrui that Cai Qin was her mother, explaining that her master wanted the secret kept.

Xiao Hua parted from Fairy Hongxia in Cold Ice Valley and prepared to escape the Huanhua Sect disguised as Yun Zichong. Near the mountain gate, he waited for a passing Qi Cultivation disciple, intending to use the disguise to get out.

• Fairy Hongxia reassured Xiao Hua that her advancement to mid Foundation Establishment would offset her past mistakes, then flew to Peach Blossom Valley to visit her master.
• Xiao Hua reflected on his arrival at Cold Ice Valley and the mysterious disappearance of the Netherworld Lotus roots from his space.
• Xiao Hua decided to return to the Thunder Control Sect, transformed himself into Yun Zichong, and flew toward the Huanhua Sect's mountain gate using Bright Thunder Evasion.
• Xiao Hua traveled along Fairy Hongxia's remote route and waited near the mountain gate until a Qi Cultivation disciple flew past.

Xiao Hua posed as Yun Zichong and met Feng Yi, who offered him Cloud Gold Sap and a token inviting him to the Feng Family of Fengzhu. After deciding to visit Weeping Moon City to check on a commissioned magical artifact, Xiao Hua disguised himself as Feng Yi and headed for the Huanhua Sect’s mountain gate.

• Xiao Hua intercepted Feng Yi, who congratulated him on his supposed Foundation Establishment and awakened Flame Dragon bloodline.
• Feng Yi gave Xiao Hua Cloud Gold Sap and a token inviting him to visit the Feng Family of Fengzhu and receive a promised gift.
• Xiao Hua concealed his intentions, accepted the invitation, and warned Feng Yi not to reveal their meeting or the gifts.
• Xiao Hua remembered the defensive magical artifact he had commissioned in Weeping Moon City five years earlier and decided to go there first.
• Xiao Hua changed his appearance to Feng Yi’s and reached the Huanhua Sect’s mountain gate, where Zeng Pi greeted him as Senior Brother.

Xiao Hua disguised as Feng Yi entered the Huanhua Sect’s mountain-gate palace to report his departure, but a disciple who knew Feng Yi recognized inconsistencies in his story. The chapter ended with Xiao Hua trying to explain himself while the palace’s restrictions and guards made escape risky.

• Xiao Hua observed the palace’s powerful restrictions and realized he could not force his way out of the Huanhua Sect.
• Xiao Hua spoke with Zeng Pi while they waited to report, pretending to share Feng Yi’s worries about sect duties and Foundation Establishment.
• More disciples at the twelfth layer of Qi Cultivation gathered to leave, making Xiao Hua fear that someone might know Feng Yi.
• A disciple behind Xiao Hua called out to him as Feng Yi, and Zeng Pi confirmed the call by turning around.
• Xiao Hua tried to explain that he had remembered another task, but the disciple pointed out that Feng Yi had already arranged everything before going to see his master.

Xiao Hua left the Huanhua Sect’s mountain gate with Yu Tong and a group of twelfth-layer disciples, disguising himself as Feng Ying. Yu Tong revealed that their destination was the dangerous Sword Tomb, but kept the purpose of the mission secret.

• Yu Tong used a Huanhua Token to recruit the waiting twelfth-layer disciples as his escorts, offering them Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Xiao Hua left with the group, pleased to have an opportunity to get outside the sect.
• After they reached a secluded place, Yu Tong announced that the Sect Master had ordered him to lead the group to the Sword Tomb.
• Xiao Hua disguised himself as Feng Ying while introducing himself to Yu Tong and the other disciples.
• Zheng Ming asked why they were going to the Sword Tomb, but Yu Tong said he would explain the secret later.

Xiao Hua agreed to carry Yu Tong’s jade slip to Sword Tomb, but after leaving the group he abandoned the mission and headed toward Weeping Moon City. On the way, he examined Phoenix Illusion with the Eye of Delusion Breaking and was shocked by what he saw.

• Yu Tong chose Xiao Hua to deliver a restricted jade slip to Sword Tomb and bring back disciples sent to meet him.
• Xiao Hua accepted the jade slip and medicinal pills, then flew ahead under the name Feng Ying.
• After traveling for half a day, Xiao Hua put the jade slip into his space and changed course toward Weeping Moon City.
• Xiao Hua practiced Bright Thunder Evasion on the journey and examined Phoenix Illusion, finding nothing unusual with his divine sense.
• Xiao Hua opened the Eye of Delusion Breaking and looked at Phoenix Illusion, then reacted with shock.

Xiao Hua discovered the hidden control formula inside the Phoenix Illusion, learned how to use it, and returned to Weeping Moon City. There, a passing thought about having a home and spiritual tea startled him, and Xia Ming began inspecting the token for the item Xiao Hua had commissioned.

• Xiao Hua used his Eye of Delusion Breaking to find a hidden formula in the Phoenix Illusion, waiting through repeated six-hour intervals to confirm its wording.
• Xiao Hua comprehended the formula, concluded the Phoenix Illusion was an Auspicious Jade Talisman, and resumed his journey to Weeping Moon City.
• Xiao Hua entered Weeping Moon City and went to Clever Crafts Workshop to collect the item he had entrusted to Xia Ming.
• While drinking spiritual tea, Xiao Hua suddenly wondered when he had ever had a home and why it had spiritual tea, but he could not recover any memories about it.
• Xia Ming inspected Xiao Hua's token and the workshop's records, appearing surprised.

Xiao Hua went to Clever Crafts Workshop to collect the spirit armor he had commissioned, and the Golden Core cultivator who refined it revealed that hidden materials in Xiao Hua’s damaged treasures had required extra work and resources. The cultivator demanded additional spirit stones before Xiao Hua could take the armor, leaving Xiao Hua in a difficult position.

• Xia Ming explained that Clever Crafts Workshop had preserved Xiao Hua’s entrusted item and summoned the Golden Core cultivator responsible for refining it.
• While they waited, Xia Ming served Xiao Hua a Mortal Realm Fruit, whose changing flavors brought Xiao Hua a moment of insight and delight.
• The Golden Core cultivator recognized Xiao Hua’s token and handed over the completed spirit armor, which Xiao Hua eagerly inspected.
• The cultivator stopped Xiao Hua from taking the armor and explained that hidden contents in Xiao Hua’s damaged treasures had required extra materials and three years of work.
• The Golden Core cultivator said Xiao Hua would need to pay more spirit stones to claim the armor, leaving Xiao Hua unsure what to do.

Xiao Hua received the spirit armor from Xie Angong after compensating him with magical artifacts and spirit herbs, then refined it and met Chang Feiyan again in Weeping Moon City. Chang Feiyan invited Xiao Hua to a teahouse and began asking for his help.

• Xiao Hua gave Xie Angong two magical artifacts and five spirit herbs as compensation, and Xie Angong rewarded him with the spirit armor’s instructions and a personal token.
• Xiao Hua learned that one herb was Guili Grass, which Xie Angong needed for refining the Nascent Soul Pill, and revealed his name to him.
• Xiao Hua spent several days refining the spirit armor, which bound itself to his body after he infused it with his blood essence.
• Xiao Hua encountered Chang Feiyan outside the secret Bidding Convention site, and they exchanged greetings and discussed Xiao Hua’s cultivation.
• Chang Feiyan invited Xiao Hua into a quiet teahouse room and said he had a matter for which he wanted Xiao Hua’s help.