Recaps

Xiao Hua defeated Pu Jianyuan, helped the Ling family awaken its bloodlines, and uncovered the power hidden in its inherited artifacts. He then joined Xiangyang’s search for a Thunder Beast, fought off two attackers near Yanlin Mountain Marsh, and was rescued from Xiang Min’s confinement by Zhen Ye.

• Ling Zhengyi resisted Pu Jianyuan’s attempt to seize Misty Mountain, but Pu Jianyuan and his allies subdued him until Xiao Hua arrived with Xue Xue and the Thunder Control Sect disciples.
• Xiao Hua killed Pu Jianyuan, took his artifacts, and agreed to trade them with Ling Zhengyi for Flying Phoenix Ridge’s inherited artifact and its refinement method.
• Xiangyang and Yan Qinglian suspected Xiao Hua had been possessed, then accepted his explanation and learned that Xiangyang’s thunder-damaged Dao Foundation threatened his lifespan.
• Xiao Hua helped Ling Feiyun awaken her True Spirit Blood, studied the Ling family records, and left Misty Mountain with Xue Xue, Xiangyang, and Yan Qinglian.
• Xiangyang’s group set out to find a Thunder Beast whose inner core could repair his Dao Foundation, but they delayed entering Yanlin Mountain Marsh after encountering Xiang Min.
• Xiao Hua refined Radiant Sun and Shadow Moon into the Sun Moon Crown, absorbed the Fire Ape spirit essence with his Phoenix Dharma Body, and later found dozens of slain cultivators near the marsh.
• Yu Yuemiao and Chan Xingyan attacked the group for their belongings, but Xiao Hua killed both men and destroyed their communication talisman.
• Xiang Min confined Xiao Hua and his companions while searching for her missing disciples, but Zhen Ye arrived, freed them, and said he would consider Xiang Min’s proposal.

Xiao Hua joined the hunt for the Thunder Beast and Fire Ape, then was swept with four others into the Huanling Sect’s sacrificial formation. Trapped among Zhuolong and the wrongful souls, he began establishing his foundation while Huanling Sect disciples watched from outside.

• Zhen Ye recruited Xiao Hua to help hunt the Thunder Beast, and Xiao Hua brought Xiangyang, Yan Qinglian, and Xue Xue along into Yanlin Mountain Marsh.
• Xiao Hua and the other cultivators negotiated shares of the beasts’ Inner Cores, then joined Xiang Min in preparing the Five Elements Soul Restraining Array.
• Xiao Hua discovered that Bone Refining Seven Colors had changed his constitution to Earth-attributed and secretly caused the array to collapse during its trial.
• Yuan Feng and the Huanling Sect elders activated the Spirit Awakening Five Aggregates Formation, while Xiao Hua used the Sun Moon Crown to lure the Fire Ape and Thunder Beast toward the hunters.
• Xiang Min trapped the beasts in the Five Elements Array, but the Thunder Beast broke through and killed Shi Yan before strange spiritual qi exploded the Five Elements Disk.
• The explosion transported Xiao Hua, Li Fengzhu, Qing Hao, Zhu Ming, and Li Mian to the sacrificial altar, where Zhuolong devoured the souls of Zhu Ming and the others.
• Xiao Hua fought Zhuolong and the attacking wrongful souls with his Phoenix Dharma Body, Buddha Sarira, and other abilities, but the pressure confined him and weakened his defenses.
• Xiao Hua began establishing his foundation under the sacrificial platform’s pressure and swallowed eighteen Foundation Establishment Pills as Huanling Sect disciples witnessed the phenomenon.

Xiao Hua survived the Yanlin Mountain Marsh tribulation, reunited with Xue Xue and freed Xiangyang’s family before they escaped the Huanling Sect’s pursuit. As Xiao Hua and Xue Xue traveled onward, he defeated Shang Cheng at Cold River Tower and helped Han Yi begin a new path of cultivation.

• Xiao Hua endured the crimson lightning tribulation, helped the Five Spirits defeat Chao Long, and searched Yanlin Mountain Marsh for Xue Xue.
• Xiao Hua found Xue Xue, Xiangyang, and Yan Qinglian trapped by two Thunder Beasts, then spent nearly a year mastering the spirit fire needed to break the Blood-Red Seal.
• Xiao Hua freed the group and learned that Yan Qinglian had given birth to Xiang Zhili and that the mother Thunder Beast had died after helping with the delivery.
• Xiao Hua and Xiangyang’s family escaped Li Dongming’s demand for Chao Long’s essence, and Xiangyang arranged for Gan Ping to escort his family back to the Thunder Control Sect.
• Xiao Hua and Xue Xue traveled toward Meng Kingdom while Yan Yu and his allies searched for Xiao Hua, and during their journey, Xiao Hua refined Earth Crystal Yao Ru and gave Xue Xue a defensive artifact.
• At Cold River Tower, Xiao Hua refused to give Shang Cheng the Little Bok Choy fish, then fought and killed him after Shang Cheng poisoned Han Jiang.
• Xiao Hua helped Madam Liu find a future for Han Yi by arranging for Qiang Lihao to take him into the Qiang family, while Qiang Xuemei began to tell Xue Xue something about Xiao Hua and Qiang Yulian.

Xiao Hua traveled with the Qiang family to Tianmen Mountain, where he awakened Huang Mengxiang and exposed a plot against the Huang Family. After Lan Jingming poisoned and trapped the guests, Xiao Hua defeated him, but deadly ghosts entered the hall and a disguised Thunder Control Sect disciple revealed himself as the next enemy.

• Xiao Hua accompanied the Qiang family to Tianmen Mountain and agreed to help investigate Huang Mengxiang’s year-long coma.
• At Huang Tianle’s gathering, Shang Qinghe killed Liu Fan and demanded the Huang Family’s Vermilion Bird Ring before Huang Tianle burned him and his guards with the Vermilion Bird Blazing Fire Formation.
• Xiao Hua identified a Dream Mirage Butterfly larval egg in Huang Mengxiang’s Niwan Palace, pulled it out, and awakened her, earning Sparrow Drink and a jade slip from Huang Tianle.
• After the formation trapped the guests, Huang Tianming revealed himself as Huang Jingming, admitted poisoning the cultivators, and exposed his plan to destroy the Huang Family.
• Xiao Hua and Mu Du used Green Python venom to cure several guests, while Lan Jingming seized the Vermilion Bird Ring and attacked the hall, and Xiao Hua killed him with Slay Dream.
• When the cured cultivators collapsed outside the hall, Xiao Hua protected the survivors and discovered that ghosts were entering to escape the lightning, then fought them with Samadhi True Fire.
• Xiao Hua attacked a green-glowing short cultivator, who revealed himself as a Thunder Control Sect disciple and admitted he had planned to use Lan Jingming before killing him.