Recaps

Xiao Hua and his companions entered Mingxi to find Zhong Yaoru, relying on his awakened Eye of Delusion Breaking to navigate deadly spatial rifts. Inside a rift, Xiao Hua discovered a field of puppets and fought an old cultivator who wanted his True Spirit blood.

• Xiao Hua and his companions reached Mingxi, where he used the Town Cloud Seal to break through the rival sects’ formation before the Eye of Delusion Breaking awakened in his left palm.
• Xun Shu used her Seeking Snail to guide Xiao Hua, Qian Diheng, and Kun Feiyan through the spatial rifts toward Zhong Yaoru, and Xiao Hua repeatedly spotted dangers and kept the others safe.
• The group found puppet fragments near the rifts, and Xiao Hua recognized them as remains of a puppet while discovering that the Seeking Snail had led them to a clearing filled with shifting rifts.
• Xun Shu’s Seeking Snail located a large rift, and Xiao Hua entered its misty space with his companions before they separated to search for Zhong Yaoru.
• Xiao Hua followed a narrow passage into a magnetic space, where puppets attacked him and he fought them with his Big Dipper Divine Fist, Misty Steps, and Prajna Heavy Sword.
• A lifelike humanoid puppet challenged Xiao Hua, but he stored it and another puppet before an old Foundation Establishment cultivator blocked his escape and demanded the puppet back.
• The old cultivator revealed that he wanted Xiao Hua’s True Spirit blood for his puppet, so Xiao Hua summoned his Great Vajra Dharma Body and attacked with the Prajna Heavy Sword as Zhu Meng entered the battle.

Xiao Hua bargained with Mo Qingyuan for Earth Crystal Yao Ru and puppet techniques, then survived the wind pillar and reunited with Fairy Hongxia. After returning to the cultivation world in disguise, he uncovered a formula in Phoenix Illusion, claimed his spirit armor, and met Chang Feiyan, who asked for his help.

• Xiao Hua and Mo Qingyuan agreed to exchange Earth Crystal Yao Ru for puppet-refining instructions, and Xiao Hua collected Zhong Yaoru and Earth Crystal Yao Ru from the Golden Earth Magnetic Force.
• Xiao Hua and Mo Qingyuan entered Mingxi, where Xiao Hua received only half the puppet method before the collapsing fissure separated him from Xun Shu, Qian Diheng, and Kun Feiyan.
• Mo Qingyuan killed Zhen Ping and took the Netherworld Lotus, then Xiao Hua’s group swore not to reveal what happened before Kun Feiyan attacked Xiao Hua and the little yellow marten killed her.
• Xiao Hua fell through the wind tunnel with the Netherworld Lotus root, endured its currents and teleportations, and emerged in a freezing valley, where his Phoenix Dharma Body joined Fairy Hongxia’s.
• Xiao Hua and Fairy Hongxia exchanged Yin and Yang energy, then spent several months together before she left to visit her master and he decided to return to the Thunder Control Sect.
• Disguised as Feng Yi and later Feng Ying, Xiao Hua left the Huanhua Sect with Yu Tong’s party, diverted toward Weeping Moon City, and discovered a hidden formula in Phoenix Illusion.
• Xiao Hua retrieved his spirit armor from Clever Crafts Workshop by compensating Xie Angong, bound the armor to himself, and met Chang Feiyan, who asked for his help.

Xiao Hua returned to the Thunder Control Sect, advanced his cultivation, and survived Qian Yuhua’s attempt to seize the Origin of Fire. At Zhai Hongshen’s celebration, Qian Tian protected Xiao Hua from further trouble, and Xiao Hua agreed to spar with Yan Xuefeng and the other disciples.

• Chang Feiyan gave Xiao Hua a Golden Core cultivator’s favor after Xiao Hua handed over the Ling Yi Grass, and told him about Duan Yuming’s sword and a cultivator heading toward the Sword Tomb.
• Xiao Hua reunited with Qian Diheng, Xun Shu, and Xue Xue, then divided stored spoils with them and returned to East Ridge Medicine Garden.
• Xiao Hua prepared to break through to the eighteenth layer of Qi Cultivation as the Origin of Fire entered East Ridge, and Qian Yuhua arrived with another garden token.
• Qian Yuhua tried to seize the Origin of Fire and possess Xiao Hua, but Xiao Hua and his allies fought back and killed him.
• The Origin of Fire pursued Xiao Hua, who tempered his body, meridians, and Phoenix Dharma Body before it entered his space and merged with the Heavenly Dao Starry Sky.
• Xiao Hua restored the medicine garden formation and attended Zhai Hongshen’s Foundation Establishment celebration, where guests mocked his failure to establish a foundation.
• Qian Tian confronted Zhen Jie and Xun Ming, ordered witnesses to swear secrecy, and accepted Xiao Hua’s Zhong Yaoru before declaring that no disciple could trouble him over it.
• Xiao Hua agreed to spar with Yan Xuefeng and the other disciples at the Thunder Competition Ground.