Recaps

After Zhou Xue sent a broken plea for help from Flame Mountain, Li Dalong rushed to Illusory Moon City and paid to teleport directly to Desert City. He left for Flame Mountain, where Zhou Xue remained in danger amid the newly discovered underground world.

• Zhou Xue called Li Dalong for help from Flame Mountain's Lava Maze before her Communication Jade Token signal cut out.
• Li Dalong left a message for Ke Xialing, Yun Yao, and the others, telling them to stay in the Cloud Glow Sect while he went to rescue Zhou Xue.
• At Illusory Moon City's Teleportation Hall, Li Dalong learned that a mysterious underground world at Flame Mountain had drawn a crowd seeking ancient treasures and inheritances.
• Li Dalong paid five hundred high-grade immortal stones to charter an individual Teleportation Formation to Desert City.
• Before departing, Li Dalong tossed Zhao Wu a Storage Ring, then teleported away.

Li Dalong bought an updated map and information in Desert City, then traveled through Flame Mountain into the Underground World. He headed toward the Lava Maze to find Zhou Xue, who had not answered his repeated attempts to contact her.

• Zhao Wu found a hundred high-grade immortal stones and several pill bottles in Li Dalong's unbound Storage Ring and decided to examine them after his watch.
• Li Dalong bought Void Spirit's latest map and information about Flame Mountain and the Underground World for ten thousand high-grade immortal stones.
• Li Dalong flew through the crowded route to Flame Mountain and reached the entrance to the Underground World after more than a day of travel.
• Li Dalong entered the red Underground World, discovered that its heat strengthened his blood, and followed the map toward the Lava Maze.
• Li Dalong repeatedly contacted Zhou Xue with his Communication Jade Token but received no reply, and cultivators returning from the Lava Maze fled when he tried to approach them.

Li Dalong entered the dangerous Lava Maze and contacted Zhou Xue, who was injured and trapped in a cave by a Lava Giant Beast. He raced to rescue her but was ambushed by two masked Cultivators, who pursued him after he tried to avoid a fight.

• Li Dalong entered the Lava Maze, where flight was impossible and the shifting terrain made travel dangerous.
• Li Dalong contacted Zhou Xue, who said she was injured, out of pills, and trapped in a cave by a Lava Giant Beast.
• Li Dalong promised to reach Zhou Xue quickly and ran toward the maze's northeast corner, ignoring beasts and immortal medicine along the way.
• Two masked Cultivators ambushed Li Dalong with flying swords as he crossed a gully, but he blocked the attack and landed safely.
• The masked Cultivators demanded Li Dalong's Storage Ring, and when he ran on toward the maze, they chased him.

Li Dalong turned on the two Masked Men pursuing him, killing the stronger one with his newly mastered Grand Void Sword Formula before battling the other. The short, thin Masked Man was badly injured but fought on with two flying swords as Li Dalong pressed to finish the fight and hurry to rescue Zhou Xue.

• Li Dalong stopped fleeing and used Wind-Breaking to cut the tall Masked Man in two with a single strike.
• The short, thin Masked Man fled, but Li Dalong chased him and attacked with Moon-Slaying.
• The short, thin Masked Man turned to fight, and the two exchanged fierce sword attacks among Flame Mountain's rocks and lava.
• After their battle dragged on, the short, thin Masked Man unleashed a powerful Sword Qi attack, but Li Dalong countered with Moon-Slaying and injured him.
• The short, thin Masked Man summoned a second flying sword and continued fighting as Li Dalong attacked with all his strength.

Li Dalong defeated the small, thin masked man, recovered from his injuries, and reached the cave where Zhou Xue was trapped by a Lava Giant Beast. He began fighting the beast and targeted its vulnerable rear, but it recognized his plan and guarded the spot.

• Li Dalong used the Grand Void Sword Formula’s “Void” technique to behead the small, thin masked man, then found that Demon Beasts had devoured the tall masked man’s remains.
• Li Dalong healed his broken arm, restored his Immortal Power, and continued toward the Lava Cave where Zhou Xue was hiding.
• Li Dalong warned Zhou Xue to stay inside while he attacked the Lava Giant Beast guarding the cave entrance.
• Li Dalong discovered that ordinary sword strikes barely hurt the beast and decided to target the spot where its five grains completed their cycle.
• The Lava Giant Beast sensed Li Dalong’s intention and protected its vulnerable spot, leaving him unable to find an opening.

Li Dalong killed the Lava Giant Beast and rescued Zhou Xue from the cave. After she recovered enough to explain how her sect’s group had fallen victim to the beast, they stayed put until she could fully recover.

• Li Dalong used the Azure Rainbow Sword to destroy the Lava Giant Beast’s organs, heart, and brain, killing it.
• Li Dalong entered the cave and found Zhou Xue safe but exhausted, then gave her pills to heal her injuries and restore her immortal power.
• Li Dalong guarded Zhou Xue while she refined the pills and also restored his own immortal power.
• After a day and a night, Zhou Xue had mostly healed and told Li Dalong that demon beast attacks had killed all nine of her sect companions.
• Zhou Xue explained that her group had taken the Lava Giant Beast’s egg, prompting it to chase them until she escaped into the cave.
• Li Dalong told Zhou Xue to finish recovering before they decided what to do next.

Li Dalong explored deeper into the cave and discovered a lava river surrounded by rich immortal stone deposits and rare ores. He retrieved blazing flame jade and a piece of purple flame stone, then remained poised to investigate the dangerous lava further.

• Li Dalong concealed the cave entrance with a formation and ventured deeper while Zhou Xue recovered.
• He followed the descending, increasingly hot passage until he found a lava river and several glowing tunnels.
• Li Dalong uncovered numerous mid-grade, high-grade, and supreme-grade immortal stones in the cave wall.
• He approached the lava river with his Starry Sky Divine Shield and Azure Rainbow Sword and spotted blazing flame jade floating in the lava.
• Li Dalong used a hand formed from Immortal Power to retrieve a piece of blazing flame jade, losing much of the hand's power and Divine Sense to the lava.
• He prepared a larger hand of Immortal Power and safely retrieved a fist-sized piece of purple flame stone.

Li Dalong and Zhou Xue mined a hidden lava cavern for immortal stones and rare ores, then left after several days to avoid attracting other cultivators. As they departed, Li Dalong signed in and obtained the Heaven-Covering Hand, a minor divine ability technique.

• Li Dalong collected blazing flame jade and purple flame stone from the lava and mined supreme-grade immortal stones from the cavern walls.
• Li Dalong returned to Zhou Xue and brought her to the treasure trove, where she mined while recovering her immortal power between strenuous sessions.
• Over several days, Li Dalong and Zhou Xue gathered more than a thousand supreme-grade immortal stones as Zhou Xue's cultivation advanced toward the late stage of the Profound Immortal realm.
• Li Dalong decided to leave because few ores were surfacing and other cultivators might discover the cavern; he gave Zhou Xue some of the rare ores and concealed the entrance with formations.
• Li Dalong signed in after setting up the formations and received the Heaven-Covering Hand, a minor divine ability technique that could attack, defend, intimidate, and restrain enemies.

Li Dalong and Zhou Xue escaped the Lava Maze after recovering from a brutal Flame Wolf attack, then returned to the Cloud Glow Sect with news of a valuable treasure ground. Li Dalong proposed that the Cloud Glow Sect cooperate with the Limitless Immortal Sect to develop it, while Ye Wuxia agreed to speak with her father and prepare him for Zhou Xue’s report.

• Li Dalong and Zhou Xue were ambushed by a pack of Flame Wolves, and Li Dalong used the Fourth Form of the Grand Void Sword Formula to wound the king and escape with Zhou Xue.
• Li Dalong and Zhou Xue spent half a month recovering, then left the Lava Maze as the three great factions began sending organized groups into the Underground World.
• Li Dalong persuaded Zhou Xue to accompany him to the Cloud Glow Sect before returning to her own sect to report their discovery.
• Li Dalong and Zhou Xue returned to the Cloud Glow Sect, where Yun Yao reunited tearfully with her daughter.
• Li Dalong told Ye Wuxia and Ke Xialing about the immortal stone mine, blazing flame jade, and purple flame stone beneath Flame Mountain, and asked Ye Wuxia to help arrange joint development with the Limitless Immortal Sect.
• Ye Wuxia agreed to speak with her father about the partnership and Zhou Xue’s report that her nine senior brothers and sisters had died.

Li Dalong told Ke Meili about the rich treasure ground in the Flame Mountain Underground World and urged the Cloud Glow Sect to develop it with the Limitless Immortal Sect. Ke Meili prepared to negotiate and assemble the sect’s personnel while Li Dalong returned to secluded cultivation to pursue a breakthrough.

• Li Dalong instructed Ye Wuxia to escort Zhou Xue back to the Limitless Immortal Sect, where Zhou Xue would report her experiences and recover from her injuries.
• Zhou Xue gave Yun Yao a Storage Ring full of immortal stones, including supreme-grade stones, before leaving with Ye Wuxia.
• Li Dalong told Ke Meili about the Lava Maze’s immortal stone mine, blazing flame jade, and purple flame stone, and recommended that the Cloud Glow Sect cooperate with the Limitless Immortal Sect.
• Ke Meili decided to visit Sect Master Ye to negotiate a partnership, while Ke Xialing began arranging personnel to join the development operation.
• Li Dalong asked Yun Yao and Zhou Tianlong to take part in the operation, and both signed up with Ke Xialing.
• Li Dalong entered the Creation Cultivation Tower to cultivate in seclusion and prepare to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm.

Zhou Xue reported that she and Li Dalong had discovered a rich immortal stone mine and deposits of blazing flame jade and purple flame stone in the Lava Maze. Ye Xingchen agreed to consider joint development with the Cloud Glow Sect and sent Hu Tianyi to secure the site, leaving him with Zhou Xue’s map and formation-control talisman.

• Ye Wuxia brought Zhou Xue to meet Ye Xingchen and asked her to report the good news.
• Zhou Xue explained how Li Dalong rescued her and discovered the mine and rare ores in the Underground World’s Lava Maze.
• Ye Xingchen praised Zhou Xue and promised her a reward, then said he would discuss the treasure trove’s benefit-sharing with the Cloud Glow Sect Leader.
• Ye Wuxia asked Ye Xingchen to let the Cloud Glow Sect participate in developing the site, and he agreed if they accepted a reasonable share.
• Ye Xingchen summoned Hu Tianyi and ordered him to guard the treasure trove immediately.
• Zhou Xue handed Hu Tianyi the jade slip showing the mine’s location and the talisman controlling Li Dalong’s formations.

Hu Tianyi led a powerful Limitless Immortal Sect party to Flame Mountain to secure the resource trove Zhou Xue had reported. They drove the Flame Sun Sect disciples away from the mapped cave, while one of those disciples continued to suspect a hidden formation nearby.

• Ye Xingchen praised Zhou Xue for bringing news of the treasure trove, and Ye Wuxia told Madam Yuehua about its resources before escaping her mother's lecture.
• Hu Tianyi assembled elite disciples and traveled through Desert City toward the Underground World beneath Flame Mountain.
• Hu Tianyi gathered more Limitless Immortal Sect disciples along the way and used Zhou Xue's map to reach the cave entrance.
• Hu Tianyi sent Zhou Runfa to drive away the Flame Sun Sect disciples and ordered Zhang Gang to secure the surrounding area.
• A Flame Sun Sect disciple with the Heavenly Eye sensed a hidden formation but could not see through Li Dalong's concealment formation.

Hu Tianyi confirmed the Lava Maze’s treasure deposits, and the Limitless Immortal Sect and Cloud Glow Sect agreed to develop them together. Their success and the wider Underground World’s resource rush brought conflict, prompting the Immortal Realm Alliance to restore order, while Li Dalong continued cultivating toward the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm.

• Hu Tianyi used Zhou Xue’s Jade Talisman to enter the cave, verify the Lava River’s Blazing Flame Jade and Purple Flame Stone, and report his findings to Ye Xingchen.
• Ye Xingchen and Ke Meili agreed that the Limitless Immortal Sect would lead development and security, with the Cloud Glow Sect receiving shares of the mine’s proceeds and the Lava River’s ores.
• Hu Tianyi oversaw mining in the Lava Maze as the two sects kept the discovery’s details secret and factions across the Immortal Realm searched the Underground World for resources.
• Ye Xingchen organized the Alliance Enforcement Team, which restored order in the Underground World after a two-month operation that killed or wounded 336 members and punished thousands of lawbreakers.
• After six months, the Lava Maze’s mine and accessible ores were nearly exhausted, while the Cloud Glow Sect gained wealth, influence, and closer ties with the Limitless Immortal Sect.
• Li Dalong continued cultivating in the Creation Cultivation Tower, accumulating immortal power for his breakthrough to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm.

A corruption outbreak in the Underground World turned plants, demon beasts, and cultivators into violent demonic beasts, spreading across a two-hundred-li area before stopping. Ye Xingchen and the leaders of the Immortal Realm’s factions gathered to plan an expedition to find the source.

• A rogue cultivator fell into a pit, and the captain and deputy captain who descended after him disappeared, leaving the rest of the team to flee.
• Black mist poured from the pit, corrupting plants and creatures, while the three cultivators inside emerged as demonic beasts.
• The corruption spread rapidly, infecting demon beasts and cultivators, but stopped within an area two hundred li in radius.
• The great factions investigated and failed to contain the outbreak, then sent the matter to the Immortal Realm Alliance.
• Ye Xingchen, Long Zongyuan, Lei Zhenxiao, and other faction leaders met at the Limitless Immortal Sect to discuss finding the source and entering the area’s center.

The factions agreed to send twenty-six Great Luo Golden Immortal elders into the Corrupted Region to investigate the source of its black fog. The two teams entered the region and encountered powerful corrupted cultivators, beginning their first fight.

• Zhang Yue suggested using divination or special artifacts to locate the source, but Nangong Chaoyang said his divination had failed and injured him.
• The faction leaders chose to send Great Luo Golden Immortal elders, and they agreed on contributions, supplies, and a two-team search plan led by Elder Hou Feng and Elder Shi Zhengtong.
• After assembling at the Limitless Immortal Sect, the elders traveled through Desert City and Flame Mountain to the Corrupted Region.
• The two teams entered the black fog, where Elder Shi Zhengtong warned them to use their divine sense and keep their distance.
• Elder Hou Feng spotted corrupted cultivators with strength comparable to Grand Unity Golden Immortals, and the elders prepared to fight.

Hou Feng and Shi Zhengtong’s squads fought their way deeper into the Corrupted Region, where increasingly powerful Demonic Beasts and corrupted plants threatened to overwhelm them. They found a pit pouring out black demonic mist, then withdrew to report the source to the Sect Masters and sect heads.

• Hou Feng confirmed that the Demonic Beasts had evolved and warned that they could endanger the Immortal Realm if they escaped the Underground World.
• Hou Feng’s squad faced stronger Demonic Beasts and corrupted plants as they advanced, eventually joining Shi Zhengtong’s squad in a fierce battle near the black pit.
• The black pit released denser demonic mist that strengthened the Demonic Beasts, so Shi Zhengtong and Hou Feng sent the rear squad ahead to search for the corruption’s source while the front squad held back their attackers.
• Shi Zhengtong sensed a pit pouring out black mist and ordered both squads to retreat rather than descend into it.
• Shi Zhengtong informed Hou Feng, and the two squads covered one another as they fought their way out to report what they had found.

During the retreat, Fei Zhiwei was ambushed by a powerful tentacled demonized Demon Beast, which drained his Immortal Power and blood essence and poisoned him. Shi Zhengtong and Hou Feng decided he could not be allowed to leave the demonized area and agreed to let his senior sect brother, Gui Jiaqi, decide what to do.

• Fei Zhiwei casually attacked a demonized Demon Beast, but a tentacle burst from the ground, broke his Protective Barrier, and wrapped around him.
• The demonized Demon Beast attacked the other front-line cultivators with more tentacles, preventing them from saving Fei Zhiwei as they sent a distress signal to Shi Zhengtong and Hou Feng.
• Shi Zhengtong and the others severed three tentacles and destroyed the Demon Beast's main body, but its remaining tentacle continued draining Fei Zhiwei until it finally lost vitality.
• Gui Jiaqi gave Fei Zhiwei healing and blood essence replenishment pills while the others kept their distance, and Fei Zhiwei struggled to suppress the toxin.
• Shi Zhengtong and Hou Feng concluded that Fei Zhiwei could not be taken out of the demonized area and agreed to explain the situation to Gui Jiaqi and let him decide.

Gui Jiaqi left Fei Zhiwei’s fate to the Alliance, and Shi Zhengtong killed him before leading the team safely out of the Corrupted Region. At the Limitless Immortal Sect, Shi Zhengtong and Hou Feng warned the sect leaders that the Corrupted Creatures were growing stronger, and they debated how to purge the region or seal the Black Pit.

• Gui Jiaqi asked Shi Zhengtong and Hou Feng to give Fei Zhiwei a chance, but ultimately left the decision to the Alliance.
• Shi Zhengtong killed Fei Zhiwei and burned his body to ashes, then led the team cautiously out of the Corrupted Region.
• Shi Zhengtong reported the mission to Ye Xingchen, who summoned the Alliance’s sect masters and leaders to a meeting.
• Yu Qingzi accepted Ye Xingchen’s offer to have the Limitless Immortal Sect train two Spirit Talisman Sect disciples after Fei Zhiwei’s death.
• Shi Zhengtong and Hou Feng described the growing threat of the Corrupted Creatures and recommended purging the region or sealing the Black Pit.
• Ye Xingchen and the sect leaders debated how to clear the Corrupted Creatures and allocate personnel for the dangerous mission.

Ye Xingchen secured agreement for the Immortal Realm Alliance to launch a paid mission recruiting cultivators to purge corrupted creatures in the Underground World's Corrupted Region. As resources arrived and cultivators rushed to sign up, the chapter ended by noting that many were overlooking the danger of the mission.

• Ye Xingchen proposed that the Alliance issue a purge mission, reward cultivators with points for killing corrupted creatures, and prohibit killing other cultivators in the Corrupted Region.
• The factions approved the plan and agreed to contribute resources, while Yu Qingzi promised that the Spirit Talisman Sect would make the mission jade tablets.
• Ye Xingchen assigned each faction people to help seal off the Corrupted Region and ordered the Alliance's mission announcement spread throughout the Immortal Realm.
• Three days later, cultivators flocked to Alliance offices to register after the reward resources arrived, and patrols secured the route from Desert City to Flame Mountain.
• Cultivators across the Immortal Realm discussed joining the mission, though many ignored the dangers that had prompted the Alliance to offer such generous rewards.

Li Dalong left seclusion after his cultivation stalled and decided to seek a breakthrough by hunting demonic beasts in the Corrupted Region. After reaching the marketplace at Flame Mountain, he heard warnings about a new, venomous beast and listened to a survivor describe a deadly encounter with high-level beasts.

• Ye Wuxia joined Li Dalong in the Creation Cultivation Tower, and Ke Xialing, Yun Yao, and Zhou Tianlong also resumed cultivating after hearing his concerns about threats to the Immortal Realm.
• After more than two months, Li Dalong found that his late Golden Immortal cultivation had not advanced, so he ended his seclusion and chose the Corrupted Region as his next destination.
• Li Dalong left a message for his companions and flew by sword toward the Underground World within Flame Mountain.
• At a bustling marketplace near the Underground World entrance, Li Dalong heard that a newly appeared demonic beast used corrosive venom and concealment arts.
• A returning cultivator told the restaurant crowd that high-level demonic beasts had killed four members of his squad before he used a formation plate to help the survivors escape.

Li Dalong entered the Corrupted Region after learning about its dangers and the newly appeared tentacled demonic beasts. He began hunting corrupted cultivators cautiously, earning points while avoiding stronger enemies.

• Li Dalong heard that concealed, octopus-like demonic beasts had appeared in the Corrupted Region and killed even a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Li Dalong traveled alone to the Corrupted Region, obtained a Jade Tablet, accepted the Alliance’s mission, and entered through its checkpoint.
• Li Dalong used his divine sense and protective techniques to find and kill his first demonic beast, earning ten points.
• Li Dalong learned to judge demonic beasts’ strength by the brightness of their presence in his divine sense and avoided a stronger one.
• Li Dalong killed dozens of demonic beasts and reached 302 points in half a day.

Li Dalong fought a small, unusually intelligent Demonic Beast that could dodge attacks and flee, but its charge drove him into a mountainside crater. He caught it with the Heaven-Covering Hand after blocking its next attack.

• Li Dalong's shield blocked the Demonic Beast's bite, and his sword strike sent it flying without cutting through its defenses.
• Li Dalong struck the beast with his palm and pursued it with the Heaven-Covering Hand, but it evaded his grabs and tried to flee.
• Li Dalong used the Azure Rainbow Sword and Starry Sky Divine Shield to close off the beast's escape routes, but its charge slammed him into a mountainside crater and disrupted his Divine Sense.
• The Demonic Beast charged Li Dalong again, and he blocked it with the Starry Sky Divine Shield while seizing it with the Heaven-Covering Hand.

Li Dalong fought demonic beasts in the Corrupted Region to hone his combat skills and approach a breakthrough, then received the powerful Longevity Dao Scripture from the system. After killing another taiyi golden immortal-level canine beast, he continued onward and sensed two more powerful targets nearby.

• Li Dalong crushed a taiyi golden immortal-level canine demonic beast, then retreated to the golden immortal-level Corrupted Region and spent half a month fighting beasts to advance toward breaking through his bottleneck.
• Li Dalong cautiously approached the inner ring, slew corrupted cultivators and demonic beasts, and raised his points to 2,806 before resting.
• The system rewarded Li Dalong with the divine-grade Longevity Dao Scripture, whose five levels promised cultivation from strengthening the body and spirit to immortality.
• Li Dalong found another taiyi golden immortal-level canine demonic beast, wounded it with the Heaven-Slaying Sword Strike, and crushed it with the Heaven-Covering Hand.
• After restoring his immortal power and divine sense, Li Dalong set out again and detected two intensely bright points of light nearby.

Li Dalong tried to leave the Corrupted Region but was intercepted by a powerful Black-Fog Demonic Beast. After injuring it and surviving its explosive counterattack, he escaped the region badly wounded.

• After killing thirty early-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal demonic beasts, Li Dalong received Ke Xialing's message that she and Sister Wuxia had emerged from seclusion, and he agreed to return home.
• As Li Dalong prepared to leave the Corrupted Region, a Black-Fog Demonic Beast pursued him and blocked his route out.
• Li Dalong used a boulder to evade the beast, then attacked it with Heaven-Slaying Sword Strike, Moon-Slaying, and other sword techniques.
• Li Dalong found a halo-covered weak point within the black fog and tore it open with Water-Cutting, gravely wounding the beast.
• The Black-Fog Demonic Beast released a powerful shock wave that blasted Li Dalong away, but the beast vanished and he landed near the region's edge.
• Li Dalong swallowed a healing pill, recovered enough to stand, and staggered out of the Corrupted Region.

Li Dalong survived a Demonic Beast encounter but discovered that the explosion had left him with serious internal injuries. He returned to the Cloud Glow Sect after exchanging nearly all his points for a Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill and entered the Creation Cultivation Tower to heal.

• Li Dalong hid behind a Formation Plate and spent a day and night treating his injuries before deciding he needed to return to the Cloud Glow Sect.
• Li Dalong traveled to the Immortal Realm Alliance's office in the Underground World and contacted Ke Xialing to tell her he was safe.
• Li Dalong exchanged 12,000 points for the only Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill on the list.
• Li Dalong returned to the Cloud Glow Sect, where Ye Wuxia and Ke Xialing welcomed him and urged him to treat his injuries.
• Li Dalong reassured the two women, kissed their foreheads, and entered the Creation Cultivation Tower to heal.