Recaps

Yue Wushuang and Chiyangzi offered powerful rewards to disciples who tested whether they could stir the Eye of Rules, but every volunteer failed. Yue Wushuang then called Lin Shisan onto the Demon-Slaying Platform, leaving him to face the test despite his fear that it would expose his secrets.

• Yue Wushuang promised volunteers that she would remove their demon gu and grant pills, with greater rewards for anyone who stirred or subdued the Eye of Rules; Chiyangzi added rewards from the Immortal Alliance.
• Lei Potian volunteered first, had his demon gu removed, and failed to stir the Eye of Rules before receiving his rewards.
• Su Wan'er, Murong Xue, and other core disciples tried the test, but none of them stirred the Eye of Rules.
• Yue Wushuang noticed Lin Shisan in the crowd and felt a fleeting, inexplicable unease as she watched him.
• Yue Wushuang called Lin Shisan to the Demon-Slaying Platform, while Feng Xian'er watched calmly and Cang Xuan regarded him with wary interest.

Lin Shisan drew the Eye of Rules back to Lion Peak Mountain, where it watched him without either submitting or erasing him. As the Immortal Alliance and Demon Sect prepared for its possible attack, everyone waited to learn what the Eye's hesitation meant.

• Yue Wushuang sensed the demon gu in Lin Shisan, extracted it, and told him to begin when he was ready.
• Lin Shisan circulated the Nine Yang Wheel-Transferring Cultivation Manual, and the Eye of Rules appeared in the sky and fixed its gaze on him.
• Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang strengthened their protective arrays as the Eye's pressure shook Lion Peak Mountain, but the Eye neither attacked Lin Shisan nor submitted to him.
• Bai Ziyin, Feng Xian'er, Gu Mengli, and Ye Xingchen prepared to protect Lin Shisan while the Eye continued to watch him.
• Zhang Wujun and Han Yansong worked together on a Weakening Array, warning that Lin Shisan might not survive three breaths if the Eye moved to erase him.

Ning Jiuying triggered the demon spirit inside Lin Shisan, provoking the Eye of Rules to attack him as Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang struggled to protect the Demon-Slaying Platform. With the defenses broken and his body and mind failing, Lin Shisan stood to face the next strike and drew Xuanyuan.

• Ning Jiuying arrived at Lion Peak Mountain and used a demonic rune to awaken the demon spirit hidden in Lin Shisan.
• The demon spirit ravaged Lin Shisan's divine sense and released demonic qi, causing the Eye of Rules to turn its killing intent on him.
• Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang reinforced the barrier while Bai Ziyin and Jian Wuhen warned the crowd that approaching Lin Shisan would provoke the Eye of Rules.
• The Eye of Rules shattered the defensive formations with its second pillar of light, leaving Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang unable to rebuild the barrier before the next attack.
• Lin Shisan forced himself to stand despite his injuries and demonic corruption, then drew Xuanyuan as the third pillar of light descended.

Lin Shisan used Gai Jiuyou’s A Thought, Flowers Bloom to survive the Eye of Rules’ fourth strike, but the technique consumed his life and left him helpless as a fifth strike gathered. As the Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror awakened and revealed a fire phoenix, Feng Xian’er recognized it as the Grand Patriarch’s artifact spirit.

• Lin Shisan’s Xuanyuan Sword shattered while blocking the Eye of Rules, leaving him gravely wounded and unable to stop Ning Jiuying’s taunts.
• Lin Shisan activated the black petal’s hidden technique, A Thought, Flowers Bloom, and its lotus dome endured the fourth pillar of light.
• Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang recognized A Thought, Flowers Bloom as Gai Jiuyou’s signature technique, while Lin Shisan felt it consuming his vitality.
• After three breaths, the lotus dome withered and shattered, and the blast threw Lin Shisan into the stone railing as the fifth pillar of light gathered.
• The Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror blazed, released a giant fire phoenix, and made Feng Xian’er realize the Grand Patriarch’s artifact spirit had awakened.

Lin Shisan endured the Eye of Rules’ final attack after Little Nine sacrificed himself to protect him, but Bai Youyou arrived and halted the annihilation with her Divine Ability. The Eye turned its fury on her as Lin Shisan struggled to stand straight amid the ruined Demon-Slaying Platform.

• Little Nine repeatedly shielded Lin Shisan from the Eye of Rules until his phantom form shattered, leaving the damaged Fire Spirit Pearl in Lin Shisan’s hands.
• The Eye of Rules gathered a strike more than three times stronger, while Lin Shisan, exhausted and burned, forced himself to stand rather than die on his knees.
• Bai Youyou swept in with a sea of petals and used “A Thought, Flowers Bloom” to make a white lotus block and weaken the Eye’s pillar of light, though she was badly wounded.
• Ning Jiuying recognized Bai Youyou as the Netherworld Palace’s Holy Maiden, and the onlookers wondered why she had risked herself for Lin Shisan.
• Lin Shisan straightened his body despite his injuries, while Bai Youyou faced the enraged Eye of Rules with a faint, tragic smile.

The Eye of Rules detonated itself and opened a space-time black hole that swallowed Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou. The survivors were left wondering whether the Eye had sent Lin Shisan somewhere rather than killed him.

• The Eye of Rules collapsed into a singularity and exploded into a space-time black hole that began dragging Lin Shisan toward it.
• Chiyangzi warned everyone to retreat, while the black hole’s suction and warped space injured Feng Xian'er and the surrounding disciples.
• Bai Youyou resisted the suction with drifting petals, reached Lin Shisan, and told him she would stand beside him and die.
• The black hole bound Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou with chains of rule power, then vanished with them into the Void.
• Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang speculated that the Eye of Rules had sent Lin Shisan away, while Feng Xian'er, Ning Jiuying, and Mu Ling'er watched the empty sky.

After the Little Black Cauldron brought Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou through a rift onto a beach, an elderly couple rescued them and took them to their fishing village. Both woke with amnesia and serious injuries, and Lin Shisan resolved to survive until his memories returned.

• The old man and old woman found Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou barely alive on the beach and brought them home with help from Little Stone.
• Lin Shisan woke with no memories, learned that Bai Youyou was alive, and accepted the name Black-Faced Uncle from Little Stone.
• The old man treated Lin Shisan’s wounds while Lin Shisan discovered that his body retained a faint instinctive strength despite his empty dantian.
• Bai Youyou woke in the inner room with no memories and learned from the old woman that she was recovering from broken ribs and a deep arm wound.
• Lin Shisan agreed to let Little Stone take him to see the sea after he recovered, and resolved to stay alive until his memories returned.

Lin Shisan recovered in the Old Zhou Household and used an uncanny ability to find seafood to help the family through hard times. As he and Bai Youyou grew closer over three months, Little Stone asked them to get married.

• Lin Shisan went gathering seafood with Little Stone and discovered he could sense catches hidden beneath the sand and in the water.
• Lin Shisan brought home enough seafood to feed the household and help the Old Woman earn money, then took on repairs and chores as the Old Man recovered.
• Bai Youyou slowly recovered and began talking with Lin Shisan, accepting the small gifts he brought her.
• After three months, Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou had grown accustomed to life by the sea, and Little Stone asked them why they did not get married.

After Little Stone urged Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou to marry, the villagers arranged a modest wedding for them. On their wedding night, Lin Shisan’s attempt to kiss Bai Youyou was interrupted by a sudden pain in his chest, but he later gave in to desire as an eerie red hue appeared in his eyes.

• Little Stone openly wished for Bai Youyou to marry Lin Shisan and give him a little brother, embarrassing them both.
• The old woman privately asked Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou about becoming a couple, and they each agreed.
• The old couple arranged a wedding in three days, and the village held a modest feast for Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou.
• On their wedding night, Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou shared an entwined-arm bridal toast and leaned in to kiss.
• A sudden stabbing pain froze Lin Shisan before their lips met, but he dismissed it as the wine affecting him.
• Lin Shisan moved to undress Bai Youyou, then pounced on her as an eerie blood-red hue rippled through his eyes.

When Little Stone was swept toward a gigantic offshore whirlpool, Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou plunged in to save him. The whirlpool swallowed all three and then began to shrink, leaving the Old Man and villagers helpless on the shore.

• The Old Woman discovered that Little Stone had vanished from his bed, and the Old Man said a huge whirlpool had pulled him out to sea.
• An elderly fisherman warned that the whirlpool meant the Sea Dragon King had come to feed, frightening the villagers away from attempting a rescue.
• Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou ran to the shore and saw Little Stone struggling near the whirlpool's center.
• Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou swam into the dangerous current as Little Stone clung to a broken plank.
• A powerful surge dragged Little Stone and the plank into the whirlpool, and Lin Shisan plunged after him.
• Bai Youyou followed them into the whirlpool, which began to shrink as the Old Man and villagers watched in despair.

Lin Shisan fell through an underwater vortex into a hidden grotto, where he found Little Stone captured at a forced wedding between a great python posing as the Sea Dragon King and a woman suppressed by a Golden Talisman Seal. As he prepared to intervene, the Little Black Cauldron on his chest began to heat up.

• Lin Shisan was dragged through the black vortex and landed in a dark stone passage beneath the sea.
• Lin Shisan found no sign of Bai Youyou and followed a red glow through the passage into a vast decorated chamber.
• Lin Shisan saw a great python in wedding robes, a silent woman held down by a Golden Talisman Seal, and Turtleback Old Man officiating their wedding.
• Lin Shisan recognized Little Stone, alive but tied to a pillar as a wedding gift, and realized the woman was likely being forced to marry the Sea Dragon King.
• Lin Shisan clenched his fists to save them, and the Little Black Cauldron against his chest began to grow hot.

Lin Shisan regained his memories while saving Little Stone from a forced wedding in an underwater palace, but his cultivation remained sealed. He awakened the Hornless Dragon True Spirit and wounded the python demon, who then launched a deadly attack that Lin Shisan struggled to evade.

• The Little Black Cauldron restored Lin Shisan’s memories, though his Dantian and spiritual power remained sealed.
• Lin Shisan stepped forward to rescue Little Stone, and the python demon mocked him and attacked.
• Lin Shisan dodged the python demon’s claw and struck him with a physical blow as the Hornless Dragon True Spirit awakened and covered him in phantom scales.
• The woman in the phoenix crown recognized Lin Shisan’s Hornless Dragon True Spirit and stared at him in shock.
• The python demon charged Lin Shisan in fury, and his claw closed to within three inches of Lin Shisan’s forehead.

Bai Youyou rescued Lin Shisan from the python demon’s fatal attack, and the two fought together to protect Little Stone. Lin Shisan wounded the demon with his dragon art, but the demon unleashed his Inner Core and targeted Little Stone, whose life was left hanging by a thread.

• Bai Youyou struck the python demon and joined Lin Shisan, then agreed to rescue Little Stone while Lin Shisan held off their attacker.
• The python demon summoned water spears, and Bai Youyou blocked them with her Green Jade Pendant as Lin Shisan used the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art to evade them.
• Lin Shisan struck the python demon with a dragon-backed punch, breaking the demon’s scales and driving him across the stone platform.
• The python demon summoned his Inner Core to increase his power, and Little Stone collapsed after being overwhelmed by the pressure.
• The python demon revealed that Little Stone was his true target, and Lin Shisan shouted in alarm.

Lin Shisan rescued Little Stone and broke the Spirit-Sealing Seal imprisoning Zi Yuner, revealing her as a princess of the Purple Sky Dragon Palace. With Black Wind terrified and kneeling, Zi Yuner prepared to settle accounts with him.

• Bai Youyou used a petal technique to restrain the python demon while Lin Shisan freed Little Stone from the blue-green rope.
• Lin Shisan asked the bridal-robed woman to cooperate, then struck the Golden Talisman Seal with his Dragon Scale Phantom until it shattered.
• The seal’s destruction restored the woman’s power and revealed her dragon horns; she identified herself as Zi Yuner and Black Wind as a three-hundred-year-old python who had imprisoned her.
• Black Wind recognized Zi Yuner’s status as a princess of the Purple Sky Dragon Palace and fell to his knees in fear.
• Zi Yuner thanked Lin Shisan, promised the Purple Sky Dragon Palace would repay him, and turned to settle accounts with Black Wind.

Hei Feng tried to escape Zi Yuner by planting his Divine Sense in Little Stone, but Zi Yuner killed him and temporarily suppressed the seed with his False Spirit Pearl. Since only the Dragon King’s Dragon Pearl could remove it completely, Lin Shisan agreed to accompany Zi Yuner to the Purple Sky Dragon Palace to save Little Stone.

• Hei Feng sent a streak of ghostly blue Divine Sense toward Little Stone, and it entered the child’s sea of consciousness.
• Hei Feng revealed that he could detonate the Divine Sense seed to kill Little Stone and used the threat to try to bargain for his life.
• Zi Yuner crushed Hei Feng with her power and took his False Spirit Pearl, using it to suppress the seed inside Little Stone.
• Zi Yuner explained that the False Spirit Pearl could only protect Little Stone temporarily and that her royal father’s Dragon Pearl was needed to remove the threat completely.
• Lin Shisan agreed to accompany Zi Yuner to the Purple Sky Dragon Palace and ask her royal father to save Little Stone.

Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou rescued Little Stone from the underwater palace, but the boy’s injuries left a remnant soul in his Divine Sense that needed treatment. After his grandparents agreed to let him go, Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou left the fishing village with him, promising to bring him home safe and well.

• Zi Yuner warned Lin Shisan that Little Stone’s False Spirit Pearl could not always suppress the remnant soul and arranged to meet him by the Blackwater River in three days.
• Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou returned to the village with Little Stone, and the Old Man wept with relief when he saw them.
• The Old Man agreed to let Lin Shisan take Little Stone away for treatment and asked him to bring the boy back safely.
• Lin Shisan told Bai Youyou that he might return to the Danyang Sect to see his master and Little Nine.
• Two days later, Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou set out with Little Stone after his grandparents said goodbye and promised to have fish balls ready when he returned.

Lin Shisan, Bai Youyou, and Little Stone traveled with Zi Yuner to the Purple Sky Dragon Palace and arrived at its golden barrier. Bai Youyou promised to explain her reasons for saving and following Lin Shisan after they returned, and he agreed to wait until she was ready.

• Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou left Little Fishing Village with Little Stone and met Zi Yuner at the coast.
• Zi Yuner opened a Mobile Teleportation Formation and led them on a long journey beneath the sea.
• Lin Shisan and his companions arrived at the outskirts of the Purple Sky Dragon Palace and marveled at its underwater barrier and city.
• Bai Youyou held Lin Shisan's hand, saying they were husband and wife, while Zi Yuner opened the barrier's entrance.
• Bai Youyou told Lin Shisan she would explain why she saved him and followed him after their return, and promised she was not his enemy.
• Lin Shisan agreed to listen when Bai Youyou was ready to tell him.

Four months after Lin Shisan vanished, those who cared about him continued to hope he would return while he entered the Purple Sky Dragon Palace with Little Stone and Bai Youyou. Princess Zi Yuner warned him to keep the Hornless Dragon True Spirit secret from the palace elders, and Lin Shisan stepped inside with the danger of the visit still uncertain.

• Feng Xian'er, Long Yan'er, Xiao Qing, Ye Xingchen, Su Wan'er, and Gu Mengli continued grieving or waiting for Lin Shisan after his disappearance four months earlier.
• Lin Shisan followed Zi Yuner through the Dragon Palace gate with Little Stone and Bai Youyou, while Zi Yuner watched the Hornless Dragon True Spirit within him.
• Zi Yuner led them through the Dragon Palace streets and plaza, where its inhabitants bowed to her and Lin Shisan saw a statue of her royal father.
• Lin Shisan noticed an ancient mural depicting a battle between a Dragon Clan member and a human, though he could not remember why its human figure seemed familiar.
• Before entering the royal palace, Zi Yuner asked Lin Shisan to conceal his Hornless Dragon True Spirit from certain elders and said she owed him a favor.
• Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou followed Zi Yuner into the palace, with Lin Shisan keeping hold of Little Stone's hand.

Lin Shisan, Bai Youyou, and Little Stone arrived at the Purple Sky Dragon Palace, where Zi Yuner arranged a guest courtyard for them while the Dragon King was in seclusion. As they settled in, Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou sensed an unseen powerful observer watching them, and Bai Youyou suggested that Little Stone sleep in his own room.

• Lin Shisan and his companions entered the Purple Sky Dragon Palace and saw its lavish halls and armed guards.
• Zi Yuner told Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou that the Dragon King was in seclusion and might not emerge for up to half a month.
• Zi Yuner led the three to a guest courtyard and offered to arrange separate care for Little Stone, but Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou chose to keep him with them.
• After Zi Yuner left, Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou discussed the powerful, unseen presence that had watched them since they entered the teleportation array.
• Lin Shisan inspected the courtyard rooms, and Bai Youyou suggested that Little Stone sleep in a room by himself.

Lin Shisan tried to break through the seal on his dantian in the Dragon Palace, while the Hornless Dragon True Spirit sensed a threatening presence watching him. After Zi Yuner showed Lin Shisan, Bai Youyou, and Little Stone around the palace, the watcher returned that night and injured Lin Shisan's divine sense before vanishing.

• Lin Shisan kept his distance from Bai Youyou, settled Little Stone into bed, and began cultivating in the courtyard.
• Lin Shisan gradually opened a narrow crack in the seal, but the Hornless Dragon True Spirit stirred and warned him of a Dragon Clan presence nearby.
• Lin Shisan found no one outside the courtyard, and the next morning Zi Yuner hosted him, Bai Youyou, and Little Stone for breakfast before showing them around the Dragon Palace.
• Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou wondered whether Zi Yuner had invited them for a purpose connected to Lin Shisan's Hornless Dragon True Spirit.
• That night, Lin Shisan resumed cultivating, but the Hornless Dragon True Spirit reacted violently as a powerful gaze fixed on him outside the courtyard.
• A cold snort ended the watcher's stare, leaving Lin Shisan collapsed and his divine sense damaged.

Lin Shisan and his companions were denied an audience with the Dragon King, who remained in seclusion for half a month to a month. While they waited in the guest courtyard, Lin Shisan safely cultivated with the Little Black Cauldron concealing his secrets, until an imposing stranger arrived at the gate.

• Zi Yuner led Lin Shisan, Bai Youyou, and Little Stone to the Dragon King's palace, where Uncle Mo told them the Dragon King had extended his seclusion and would meet them later.
• Zi Yuner apologized and warned Lin Shisan not to wander far from the guest courtyard, offering to arrange a guide if they wanted to go elsewhere.
• Lin Shisan stayed in the courtyard with Little Stone and Bai Youyou, while the False Spirit Pearl continued suppressing the python demon's remnant soul.
• Lin Shisan used the Little Black Cauldron's Conceal Heavenly Secrets ability to hide his aura and cultivate amid the Dragon Palace's dense spiritual energy.
• As Lin Shisan began his ninth greater celestial circuit, a haughty stranger stopped outside the gate and asked whether the three humans Yuner had brought were staying there.

Lin Shisan faced a probing visit from Zi Tianya, whose warning and apparent interest in the Hornless Dragon True Spirit left him wary. Zi Yuner assured Lin Shisan that she would protect him, while Bai Youyou teased him about taking Zi Yuner as a second wife; the seal in his Dantian loosened further as he cultivated.

• Zi Tianya visited Lin Shisan, questioned him about rescuing Zi Yuner and breaking Hei Feng's Spirit-Sealing Seal, then warned him not to wander around the Dragon Palace.
• Bai Youyou said Zi Tianya seemed to suspect Lin Shisan possessed something he wanted and reported that the False Spirit Pearl on Little Stone's chest had flashed when Zi Tianya entered.
• Zi Yuner asked about her Second Uncle's visit, warned Lin Shisan that Zi Tianya was calculating, and promised to come if Lin Shisan needed protection.
• Bai Youyou teased Lin Shisan about Zi Yuner's feelings and said she would accept her as a second wife.
• Lin Shisan resumed cultivating the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art, loosening the seal in his Dantian and brightening the Hornless Dragon True Spirit's horn.

Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou fought off two masked intruders who targeted Little Stone and cracked the False Spirit Pearl suppressing his power. Little Stone’s condition worsened as Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou were pinned down, and the intruders continued their assault without revealing their identities.

• Lin Shisan made progress loosening the seal on his Dantian until the Hornless Dragon True Spirit warned him of danger above the courtyard.
• Lin Shisan spotted a dark figure clinging to the barrier and alerted Bai Youyou, but the intruder entered and attacked him with a dagger.
• A second dark figure slipped into the courtyard to reach Little Stone, and Bai Youyou blocked his path with a petal that burst into a net of light.
• The second intruder sent black spiritual energy past Bai Youyou and cracked the False Spirit Pearl on Little Stone’s chest, causing Little Stone to writhe in pain.
• The first intruder kept Lin Shisan from reaching Little Stone while the second fought Bai Youyou, leaving both defenders wounded and Little Stone in danger.

After the False Spirit Pearl shattered, Little Stone’s Python Demon remnant soul began devouring his divine sense, and Lin Shisan desperately tried to save him. The Little Black Cauldron finally responded, healing Lin Shisan and breaking his seal as he reached the sixth stage of Meridian Opening, while Little Stone’s fate remained unresolved.

• Bai Youyou warned Lin Shisan that the black-clad men wanted the False Spirit Pearl, but one of them shattered it and awakened the Python Demon’s remnant soul in Little Stone.
• Lin Shisan unleashed his dragon spirit power, struck the black-clad men, and drove them from the courtyard, though both escaped and one left blood behind.
• Bai Youyou found that the Python Demon was consuming Little Stone’s divine sense and would possess him within half an incense stick.
• Lin Shisan repeatedly tried to awaken the Little Black Cauldron, which finally released seven-colored light that healed his wounds and shattered the seal in his dantian.
• Lin Shisan broke through to the sixth stage of Meridian Opening, while the hornless dragon true spirit devoured Ning Jiuying’s remaining essence blood and grew stronger.

Ning Jiuying learned that Lin Shisan had severed his hidden connection to him, while Aunt Mei ordered him to recover and keep Lin alive. Lin Shisan suppressed the Python Demon's remnant soul inside Little Stone for twenty-four hours, and Zi Yuner promised to arrange an audience with her royal father so Lin could seek the Dragon King Dragon Pearl.

• Ning Jiuying suffered a severe backlash when Lin Shisan severed the Divine Sense mark hidden in his essence blood.
• Aunt Mei told Ning Jiuying that Lin Shisan had to live and ordered him to focus on recovering his cultivation.
• Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou used the Little Black Cauldron's Seven-Colored Rosy Light and the hornless dragon true spirit to suppress the Python Demon's remnant soul in Little Stone, but Bai Youyou said the suppression would last only twenty-four hours.
• Lin Shisan said he had to find the Dragon King and use the Dragon King Dragon Pearl to save Little Stone.
• Zi Yuner arrived, saw Little Stone's condition, and promised to secure Lin Shisan an audience with her royal father within twenty-four hours.