Recaps

Xiao Hua attended Haoming City's bidding convention, sought body-tempering techniques, and survived Yan Yu's planned ambush. With Yu Chen's help, he prepared to leave with Xue Xue for the Qiang He Sea and search for the ancient body-tempering method on Setting Sun Island.

• Xiao Hua entered Xuan Kong Pavilion with the Nascent Soul cultivators and watched them trade rare treasures during Haoming City's convention.
• Xiao Hua obtained Huo Furong's secret-art jade slip and a damaged Demon Realm artifact-refining slip, but found that the secret art required a sensory method he lacked.
• Xiao Hua attended the Foundation Establishment auction, bought a Cloud Essence Stone, and assembled most of his magic spear from its tip, shaft, and tail.
• Xiao Hua followed a cultivator offering a body-tempering technique outside the city, where Yan Yu and his allies ambushed him and accused him of killing a Xunyan Sect disciple.
• Xiao Hua broke free of the formation, killed Yan Yu and the other attackers, and accepted Yu Chen's offer of assistance in Haoming City.
• Xiao Hua refined the Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors, continued making the Ling Lei Pill, and exchanged spirit herbs with Yu Chen for help finding materials and information.
• Xue Xue rejected Huo Qilin's confession, affirmed that she was Xiao Hua's wife, and agreed with Xiao Hua to leave Haoming City after a few days.
• Yu Chen told Xiao Hua about the ancient body-tempering method on Setting Sun Island and gave him a sea chart, while Xiao Hua asked to buy information about a newly discovered route through Mo Ran Black Forest.

While traveling toward White Bamboo Mountain, Xiao Hua rescued starving villagers, defeated Yun Tengyu, and brought rain and viable seeds to drought-stricken communities. He then resolved conflicts around Tianfu Sect and reached the Zhong family’s residence, where Zhong Haoran recognized him.

• Xiao Hua refined pills during his long wait in Haoming City, then left with Xue Xue and joined a group crossing the Mo Ran Black Forest, where he lured away a pursuing Mo Ran.
• Xiao Hua and Xue Xue discovered starving people at Fan Manor, and Xiao Hua rescued villagers and supplied food before deciding to obtain the Yun Lan Sect’s rain-making method.
• Xiao Hua fought Yun Tengyu, escaped the Green Python Formation by breaking its green seal characters, killed Yun Tengyu, and took the Cloud-Gathering and Rain-Making Technique.
• Xiao Hua appointed Yun Qingyu Sect Leader, directed the Yun Lan Sect to help drought-stricken people, and supplied Fan Manor and nearby communities with rain and seeds that could grow in the changed conditions.
• At White Bamboo Mountain, Xiao Hua returned Fu He’s jade slips, stopped Xu Hong and the others from harming Tianfu Sect, and forced Qiu Mingwei and Liao Xuanlan to reveal their identities.
• Xiao Hua urged Fu He and Fu Feng to end their family feud, warned Liao Xuanlan against harming innocents, and gave Fu He supplies while accepting his damaged Silk Brocade recording a concealment technique.
• Xiao Hua traveled with Xue Xue and Zhong Yejing to the Zhong family’s residence, where Zhong Peifu pressured him until Zhong Haoran recognized Xiao Hua and prompted an apology.

Xiao Hua’s attempts to obtain the Zhong Family’s gold foil turn into a conflict that exposes a plot by Qin Kai and Fei Siqing. After helping Zhong Peihan and saving Zhong Tianyao, Xiao Hua makes peace with the family and learns that Hu Guanqiu has threatened them and taken their rare materials.

• Xiao Hua failed to trade the Qian Mo secret stone for the gold foil, escaped Zhong Tianyao’s hall with Xue Xue, and vowed to return for it.
• Xiao Hua repeatedly infiltrated Zhongling Mountain Villa, where disciples and family members were killed, while Zhong Tianyao blamed him and sent Zhong Yejing and Zhong Yedong to seek help from the Fei Family.
• Xiao Hua gave Zhong Haoran a Sky Mending Pill, which restored Zhong Peihan’s meridians and helped her establish her foundation, while Zhong Haoran kept Xiao Hua’s role secret.
• Xiao Hua returned to negotiate with Zhong Tianyao, but Qin Kai and Fei Siqing joined the fight and blocked his escape with their Golden Core pressures.
• Qin Kai’s Nether Bat attacked Zhong Tianyao, exposing that Qin Kai and Fei Siqing had killed the Zhong Family members to steal its inherited artifact-refining art.
• Xiao Hua defeated Fei Siqing with his spirit fire, while Little Yellow swallowed Fei Siqing’s Golden Core and Qin Kai fled.
• Xiao Hua returned the Qian Mo secret stones after Zhong Tianyao gave him the two gold foil sheets, then agreed to save the poisoned Family Head and help repair the Zhong Family’s inherited artifact.
• Zhong Peifu told Xiao Hua that Hu Guanqiu of the Changbai Sect had threatened the Zhong Family and taken the rare materials they had gathered for generations.

Xiao Hua repaired the Zhong family’s artifact, then traveled with Xue Xue to the Qiang He Sea, where he uncovered clues about his origins and reunited with Zhang Qingxiao. After Xue Xue established her foundation and the pair aided Kua Qiao'er against a sea beast, Xiao Hua learned that his complete Sleeve Universe technique was tied to Blood Radiance Island’s lost inheritance.

• Xiao Hua cured Zhong Tianyao’s Nether Bat Poison, studied the Zhong family’s ancient artifact-refining method, and repaired both the Town Cloud Seal and the family’s ancestral artifact.
• Xiao Hua and Xue Xue left for the Qiang He Sea, where Xiao Hua rescued fishermen and island cultivators from Zhang Qingxiao and the Immortal Music Sect’s attack.
• The Empress revealed that she came from the Myriad Monster Realm, tasked Xiao Hua with finding Ming Hua, and gave him a ruyi-shaped artifact and cultivation techniques.
• Xiao Hua and Xue Xue traveled among the islands, sought information about Setting Sun Island, and acquired sea charts while Xiao Hua wondered about his origins.
• Xue Xue took the Ling Lei Pill during a storm and established her foundation with the help of her Thunder Beast bloodline, while Xiao Hua used the lightning to temper his Buddha Sarira.
• Xue Xue and Xiao Hua helped Kua Qiao'er fight Gen Zhe, and Xiao Hua retrieved one of the sea beast’s tentacles for her.
• Xiao Hua traded the tentacle for access to Kua Qiao'er's storage pouch and learned that his complete Sleeve Universe technique could help explain Blood Radiance Island’s disrupted inheritance.