Recaps

Li Dalong fled the Abyss Soul Devourer Beast after it killed the Golden Immortal maidservant, then escaped by provoking another powerful Demon Beast into fighting his pursuer. After recovering from the Abyss Soul Devourer Beast’s poison and injuries, he set out to return to Ye Wuxia and the others.

• The Abyss Soul Devourer Beast devoured the maidservant’s soul-spirit, and Li Dalong stored her corpse before fleeing on the Azure Rainbow Sword.
• Li Dalong led the Abyss Soul Devourer Beast toward another Golden Immortal Demon Beast and provoked the two beasts into attacking each other.
• Li Dalong escaped the fighting beasts, messaged Ye Wuxia that he was safe but delayed, and treated his poison and injuries inside a Concealment Formation.
• After recovering enough to travel, Li Dalong put on his Immortal Defensive Armor, dismantled the formation, and headed toward the cave where Ye Wuxia and the others were hiding.
• Several lone Demon Beasts sensed Li Dalong’s aura and lunged at him along the way.

Li Dalong returned to Ye Wuxia and the others after defeating the Demon Beasts, but revealed that Steward Zhang had died helping them escape. The group continued deeper into Wuling Peak Mountains, where a White-Tailed Spirit Monkey led Li Dalong to suspect they might find legendary monkey wine.

• Li Dalong reached the cave after escaping the Abyss Soul Devourer Beast and defeating the Demon Beasts, then brought out Steward Zhang's body.
• Ye Wuxia, Ke Xialing, Xiao Cui, and the others mourned Steward Zhang, and Xiao Cui placed his body in her Storage Ring to take back to the sect.
• Li Dalong and the others decided to continue their journey through the mountains cautiously, and Madam Yuehua told Xiao Cui to protect Ye Wuxia and let her choose for herself.
• The group gathered immortal medicinal herbs and spirit fruits, and a White-Tailed Spirit Monkey scratched Ke Xialing before fleeing into the forest.
• Li Dalong suspected the monkey's territory might contain legendary monkey wine, so he led Ye Wuxia and the others in pursuit while searching with his Divine Sense.

Li Dalong tracked the White-Tailed Spirit Monkey to its cave and discovered a store of Monkey Wine with powerful effects. After he collected most of it, the monkey woke and angrily demanded the wine back, while Li Dalong remained unharmed in the cave.

• Li Dalong followed the White-Tailed Spirit Monkey to a cliffside cave while Ye Wuxia and the others waited below.
• Li Dalong entered the cave and found the monkey asleep beside troughs of Monkey Wine and spirit fruits.
• Li Dalong tasted the Monkey Wine, discovered that it replenished him and sped up his Immortal Power, then filled his containers with most of the wine.
• The White-Tailed Spirit Monkey woke at the scent of the disturbed wine, crashed into a wall, and shrieked when it saw the trough nearly empty.
• Li Dalong told the monkey he had taken only a little, while it stamped and cried for its wine.

Li Dalong befriended the white-tailed spirit monkey after helping it survive a whole bottle of pills, which advanced it from the Earth Immortal Realm to the Mysterious Immortal Realm. He left the cave with monkey wine and shared it with Ye Wuxia, Ke Xialing, Xiao Cui, and the others.

• Li Dalong gave the white-tailed spirit monkey pills to compensate for taking some monkey wine, but it swallowed a whole bottle and collapsed in pain.
• Li Dalong guided the monkey's power and helped it refine the pills, allowing it to advance from the Earth Immortal Realm to the Mysterious Immortal Realm.
• The grateful monkey wanted to follow Li Dalong but could not bear to leave its wine, so Li Dalong gave it more pills and left the cave alone.
• Li Dalong returned safely to Ye Wuxia, Ke Xialing, Xiao Cui, and the others, then set up a defensive formation before sharing bottles of monkey wine with them.
• Ye Wuxia and Ke Xialing tasted the wine, and Li Dalong gave each of them ten additional bottles to take home to their mothers.

Li Dalong and the Wives' Army continued training in the Wuling Peak Mountains with the White-Tailed Spirit Monkey, then began returning to the sect after Madam Yuehua summoned Ye Wuxia. Their journey was interrupted by an evil-aura black panther, which attacked Li Dalong before Ye Wuxia's talisman briefly drove it back.

• The White-Tailed Spirit Monkey left its cave to follow Li Dalong, who welcomed it and introduced it to Ye Wuxia and Ke Xialing.
• For over a month, the group traveled through the mountains as the monkey found fruit and medicine and Li Dalong helped the two women improve their combat skills.
• Xiao Cui received Madam Yuehua's message telling Ye Wuxia to return to the sect, and Li Dalong agreed to lead the group back.
• While the group traveled along a steep mountain path, an enormous black panther surrounded by evil aura charged out of the forest, and the White-Tailed Spirit Monkey fled.
• Li Dalong fought the panther with his sword and defensive equipment, but Ye Wuxia's flaming talisman struck at the beast and forced it back briefly.

Li Dalong and the others fought a powerful black panther on Wuling Peak IX, and he stayed behind to let Ke Xialing, Xiao Cui, and the surviving maidservants escape. While fleeing the panther, Li Dalong checked in and obtained an Illusionary Clone Talisman, then used it to send six versions of himself in different directions.

• Li Dalong was injured by the black panther, and Ye Wuxia charged in to defend him but was badly wounded.
• The black panther attacked Xiao Cui and the maidservants, killing one, while Xiao Cui carried Ye Wuxia away.
• Li Dalong used the Divine Dragon Transformation Art to hold off the panther as Ke Xialing led the others into the woods.
• After his injuries worsened, Li Dalong escaped in a different direction using Dragon Shadow Escape, but the black panther pursued him.
• Li Dalong checked in and received an Illusionary Clone Talisman, then activated it to send six versions of himself in different directions.

Li Dalong tried to recover from his injuries in a concealed spot, but two treacherous cultivators discovered him. He struck first with a volley of Thunderfire Talismans, leaving both attackers badly injured as the fight continued.

• Li Dalong sent a clone to distract the black panther, then flew toward Ke Xialing and the others before stopping to recover.
• Zheng Tianyi and He Mingxuan discovered Li Dalong’s Concealment Formation and plotted to ambush whoever was inside.
• After hearing their conversation, Li Dalong prepared his defenses and grouped his talismans for a surprise attack.
• Li Dalong activated more than twenty Thunderfire Talismans and charged out of the formation behind his Starry Sky Divine Shield.
• The explosion wounded Li Dalong and shattered the Netherworld Twin Fiends’ Protective Barriers, blasting them away and leaving them convulsing from the lightning.

Li Dalong escaped the Netherworld Twin Fiends after badly wounding He Mingxuan, then reunited with Ye Wuxia and the others and recovered. Once everyone was ready, he led them toward the outskirts of Wuling Peak to reach the safety of Wuling City.

• Li Dalong used Ice Spike Talismans to keep Zheng Tianyi and He Mingxuan occupied, then struck He Mingxuan with the Azure Rainbow Sword and fled.
• Zheng Tianyi stopped pursuing Li Dalong to tend to the badly wounded He Mingxuan, while Li Dalong concealed his aura and changed routes before reuniting with Ke Xialing and the others.
• Li Dalong set up a formation and healed as Ke Xialing guarded him and Ye Wuxia; the Netherworld Twin Fiends also treated their wounds and planned to seek revenge.
• Ye Wuxia recovered with Healing Pills before Li Dalong finished cultivating, then greeted him with concern when he emerged.
• Li Dalong warned Ye Wuxia and Ke Xialing about the ambush and led the group toward the outskirts of Wuling Peak, prioritizing their safety over gathering herbs and fruit.

Li Dalong and his companions escaped the Wuling Peak Mountains and reached a town, but the Netherworld Twin Fiends followed and planned to attack them after they left. After Madam Yuehua and Ye Xingchen sent reinforcements, Aunt Xue arrived to escort Ye Wuxia back, leaving the group under her protection.

• The Netherworld Twin Fiends tracked Li Dalong and his companions through the mountains, hoping to capture the women, but Li Dalong led everyone safely to a town near Wuling Peak.
• Li Dalong noticed the Netherworld Twin Fiends at the tavern and warned Ye Wuxia, Ke Xialing, and the others to stay alert while the fiends discussed ambushing them outside town.
• Xiao Cui informed Madam Yuehua of the danger, so Madam Yuehua sent Aunt Xue and a team of Taiyi Golden Immortals to the town and ordered the group to remain there.
• Madam Yuehua told Ye Xingchen what had happened, and he arranged further support from the Limitless Immortal Sect.
• Aunt Xue arrived at the tavern, greeted Ye Wuxia, and met Li Dalong and Ke Xialing while preparing to bring Ye Wuxia back.

Aunt Xue rescued Ye Wuxia and Xiao Cui, killed the Netherworld Twin Fiends for threatening them, and ordered the Five Immortals Sect destroyed. As Ye Wuxia prepared to return to the Limitless Immortal Sect, Aunt Xue attacked Li Dalong for addressing her by name.

• Xiao Cui told Aunt Xue that Zheng Tianyi and He Mingxuan had pursued her, Ye Wuxia, and Li Dalong into the tavern.
• Aunt Xue immobilized Zheng Tianyi and He Mingxuan, learned Zheng Tianyi belonged to the Five Immortals Sect, and killed them both.
• Aunt Xue ordered Xiao Cui to report the incident to Madam and request people to eliminate the Five Immortals Sect.
• Aunt Xue told Ye Wuxia to return to the sect, and Ye Wuxia reluctantly agreed and invited Li Dalong to come with them.
• Li Dalong declined and told Ye Wuxia they would meet again, so Aunt Xue pressed him down with her aura and caused blood to seep from his mouth.

After Aunt Xue injured Li Dalong and took Ye Wuxia back to Wuling City, Li Dalong rented a secluded courtyard at the Joyful Arrival Inn to recover. There, he and Ke Xialing confessed their love, and he prepared to heal before they returned.

• Aunt Xue struck Li Dalong, and Ye Wuxia tried to stay with him until Xiao Cui and another maidservant led her away.
• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing remained at the restaurant after Ye Wuxia returned to Wuling City, and he resolved to grow stronger after being humiliated and injured.
• Li Dalong paid the bill and took Ke Xialing to the Joyful Arrival Inn, where he rented the quiet Misty Rain Pavilion courtyard to recover.
• Li Dalong activated the courtyard's Defensive Array, then comforted Ke Xialing as she worried about his injuries.
• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing confessed their love and agreed to cherish their time together, and Ke Xialing urged him to heal before they returned.

Li Dalong swallowed a Nine-Turn Great Recovery Pill to strengthen his cultivation, endured its painful effects, and broke through to the early-stage Golden Immortal realm. After ten days in seclusion, he reunited with Ke Xialing, who was relieved and delighted by his breakthrough.

• After healing his injuries, Li Dalong checked in with the system and received a Nine-Turn Great Recovery Pill.
• Li Dalong swallowed the pill and endured its powerful medicinal energy as it repaired his hidden injuries and strengthened his cultivation.
• Li Dalong broke through to the early-stage Golden Immortal realm while unconsciously completing his tribulation.
• After ten days, Li Dalong left his room, and Ke Xialing hurried to check on him.
• Li Dalong told Ke Xialing about his breakthrough, and she joyfully hugged him.

Li Dalong and Ke Xialing resumed their journey back to the Cloud Glow Sect after recovering from their training, while the Five Immortals Sect was destroyed by Aunt Xue. On the road, they heard a rumor about an immortal pool, survived a fish’s surprise attack, and chose to spend the night in a quiet village.

• Li Dalong reassured Ke Xialing after his breakthrough, while Ye Wuxia returned to the Limitless Immortal Sect and was sent into secluded cultivation by Madam Yuehua.
• Aunt Xue destroyed the Five Immortals Sect’s base, killed Shi Yu, and issued a bounty that led to the sect’s eradication within ten days.
• Li Dalong reached the early Golden Immortal stage, and Ke Xialing also broke through before they set off for the Cloud Glow Sect with their resources.
• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing walked along a main road, where a tea-stall owner told them about an immortal pool on Wuling Peak that could cure every illness.
• A large fish lunged at Ke Xialing by a stream, and Li Dalong killed it with one strike before they continued their journey.
• At dusk, Li Dalong and Ke Xialing spotted a peaceful village beneath a mountain and decided to stay there overnight.

Li Dalong and Ke Xialing met the mysterious White Stone Daoist, whose guidance deepened their understanding of cultivation before he vanished. Later, Ke Xialing urgently asked Li Dalong to rescue Elder Biyun and thirteen disciples after they went missing in the Dark Forest.

• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing followed a flute melody and met White Stone Daoist, an expert who accepted their invitation to share Monkey Wine.
• White Stone Daoist discussed cultivation and Immortal Realm legends with Li Dalong and Ke Xialing through the night, then vanished at dawn.
• Li Dalong and Ke Xialing returned to the Cloud Glow Sect, where Li Dalong helped the sect grow stronger.
• Ke Xialing told Li Dalong that Elder Biyun and thirteen disciples had gone missing in the Dark Forest after sending urgent requests for help.

Li Dalong traveled to the Dark Forest to search for Elder Biyun and the Cloud Glow Sect disciples after their distress message went unanswered. He reached the gorge and found signs of battle as he advanced into a spreading black mist.

• Li Dalong agreed to investigate the missing group and set out alone after Ke Xialing gave him their information and last known location.
• Li Dalong traveled for more than three days to the Dark Forest without receiving any further news from Elder Biyun or the disciples.
• Li Dalong entered the dangerous forest fully prepared and repeatedly tried to contact the group with a jade talisman, but received no response.
• Li Dalong approached the gorge and found the plants blackened and the area silent, then continued inward despite his unease.
• Li Dalong entered the dense black mist and found signs of a battle on the ground.

Li Dalong secretly explored the mist-filled cave and discovered that unorthodox cultivators were keeping Cloud Glow Sect disciples prisoner and turning captives into puppets. After finding a dozen or so disciples but not Elder Biyun, he chose to rescue them first despite the danger.

• Li Dalong entered the cave after finding signs of a fierce battle and receiving no response from Elder Biyun.
• He spotted a former cultivator turned into a puppet, then set up formations to secure a possible escape route before sneaking past the guards.
• Li Dalong found prison-like side caves containing captives whose cultivation had been sealed, along with dead prisoners and others who had become puppets.
• He discovered Cloud Glow Sect disciples imprisoned in several caves but sensed powerful unorthodox cultivators farther ahead and could not safely continue.
• Li Dalong weighed searching for Elder Biyun against rescuing the disciples and decided to save the dozen or so captives first.

Li Dalong rescued twelve Cloud Glow Sect disciples and four other prisoners from the caves, but his escape alerted the puppets and a powerful evil cultivator. He escaped through the Dark Forest and contacted Ke Xialing, telling her that Elder Biyun was still missing.

• Li Dalong secretly carried the imprisoned cultivators into the Heaven and Earth Pearl, but a prisoner attacked him while he was rescuing the final Cloud Glow Sect disciple and alerted the puppets.
• Li Dalong fought through the attacking puppets as an evil cultivator emerged and pursued him, then used formations and talismans to delay the pursuer.
• Li Dalong escaped the cave on the Azure Rainbow Sword and flew toward the outskirts of the Dark Forest.
• Li Dalong landed in a valley, set up protective arrays, and released the sixteen rescued prisoners, who had not yet awakened.
• Li Dalong contacted Ke Xialing and told her he had rescued the disciples but could not find Elder Biyun.

Li Dalong helped the Cloud Glow Sect bring its rescued disciples back to their base, but neither he nor Ke Meili could break the captives’ vacant condition. Ye Xingchen sent specialists from the Limitless Immortal Sect to treat them and investigate the unorthodox cultivators, while Li Dalong returned with the sect and renewed their hope of finding a cure.

• Ke Xialing learned Elder Biyun was missing, then arranged for Ke Meili to bring help and collect the rescued disciples.
• Li Dalong examined the unconscious captives without finding a cure and refined the evil qi lingering in his own body.
• Ke Meili arrived with Cloud Glow Sect disciples, examined the captives, and agreed with Li Dalong to take them back to the sect’s base.
• Li Dalong contacted Ye Wuxia, who told Ye Xingchen about the unorthodox cultivators and the controlled disciples.
• Ye Xingchen sent specialists to treat the captives and investigate the Dark Forest stronghold, while Madam Yuehua stopped Ye Wuxia from visiting Li Dalong.
• Li Dalong returned to the Cloud Glow Sect base and told Ke Xialing that he had requested the Limitless Immortal Sect’s help.

Elder Ouyang Qingming and disciples from the Limitless Immortal Sect arrived to free Cloud Glow Sect disciples controlled by an evil technique. The survivors recovered and began recounting how Elder Biyun and the others had become trapped in a mist-filled gorge.

• Ke Xialing and Li Dalong welcomed Elder Ouyang Qingming and his companions at the mountain gate.
• Elder Ouyang Qingming declined a Storage Ring from Ke Meili and went directly to examine the controlled disciples.
• Elder Ouyang Qingming, Lu Qingyun, Sun Yanlong, and Chen Hao protected the disciples’ heart meridians while Luo Qingying played her jade flute to expel the evil technique.
• The controlled disciples awoke as black mist left their heads, but one disciple died during the treatment.
• A recovered disciple urged everyone to save Elder Biyun, then explained that she and the others had entered a gorge, gathered herbs, and encountered thickening mist as they tried to leave.

After the Limitless Immortal Sect discovered that unorthodox cultivators in the Dark Forest had joined forces with Extraterrestrial Demons to build a Cross-Domain Teleportation Formation, Ye Xingchen summoned the Immortal Realm’s sect leaders to organize a response. He began explaining the threat at the conference, but the chapter ended before he finished.

• Ouyang Qingming questioned the rescued disciples, learned that unorthodox cultivators had captured them, and left to report the situation to the Limitless Immortal Sect.
• Li Dalong returned to seclusion while Ke Meili and Ke Xialing tended to their sect and the rescued disciples.
• Ye Xingchen sent investigators to the Dark Forest, where they discovered that Extraterrestrial Demons and unorthodox cultivators were building a forward base and Cross-Domain Teleportation Formation.
• Ye Xingchen summoned the Immortal Realm Alliance’s sect leaders to the Limitless Immortal Sect to plan the destruction of the base and formation.
• Ye Xingchen began telling the assembled leaders how the Cloud Glow Sect disciples had been attacked in the Dark Forest.

Ye Xingchen convened the Immortal Realm’s sect leaders after learning that Unorthodox Cultivators and Extraterrestrial Demons were building a Forward Base and Cross-Domain Teleportation Formation in the Dark Forest. The leaders agreed to unite against the threat and began planning their forces and mission rewards.

• Ye Xingchen told the sect leaders that investigations had uncovered the demons’ collusion with Unorthodox Cultivators and their plan to invade the Immortal Realm.
• The sect leaders supported Ye Xingchen leading a joint operation, and Lei Zhenxiao volunteered the Flame Sun Sect as its vanguard.
• Three days later, the leaders gathered at the Limitless Immortal Sect to discuss the operation’s forces and command structure.
• Lei Zhenxiao proposed sending elite teams with at least one Grand Unity Golden Immortal expert from each sect, while Long Zongyuan called for additional Great Luo Golden Immortal commanders.
• Dugu Yunshang raised the question of distributing gains, and Xuanqing True Person proposed assigning points to missions by difficulty; Ye Xingchen agreed to organize a group to define the missions and points.

Ye Xingchen organized the Immortal Realm’s forces into three tiers and led them to attack the Unorthodox Cultivators and otherworldly fiends in the Dark Forest. The Immortal Realm’s army initially gained ground, but more than a dozen archdemons emerged from a cave, inflicting heavy casualties and forcing the allies back.

• Nangong Chaoyang proposed dividing the forces into main attack, support, and logistics tiers, and Ye Xingchen assigned personnel based on sect rosters.
• Ye Xingchen completed the deployment seven days later, gave the Cloud Glow Sect a ten-person logistics squad, and rallied the assembled Cultivators before leading them toward the Dark Forest.
• The Immortal Realm’s forces attacked the enemy stronghold, and their casualties fell after they adapted their tactics against the Unorthodox Cultivators’ puppets.
• Zhang Yue, Xuanqing True Person, Ling Xiao, Ouyang Wan'er, and Lieyan Hong fought through the enemy ranks as the Immortal Realm’s forces drove them back.
• Nangong Chaoyang identified an archdemon, and a Great Luo Golden Immortal ancestor from the Limitless Immortal Sect engaged it.
• More than a dozen archdemons surged from a cave, causing heavy losses among the Taiyi Golden Immortal experts and forcing the Immortal Realm’s Allied Army to retreat.

The Immortal Realm Alliance wiped out the otherworldly evil demons and destroyed their unfinished Cross-Domain Teleportation Formation, rewarding the Cloud Glow Sect for its role in uncovering the invasion. Meanwhile, Li Dalong obtained and endured the painful refinement of Red Dragon Essence Blood, successfully strengthening his body.

• Ye Xingchen sent ten Great Luo Golden Immortal ancestors to support the Dark Forest front, and the ancestors killed the archfiends despite losing one of their own and another's arm.
• The allied forces eliminated the remaining unorthodox cultivators and otherworldly evil demons, then Xuanqing True Person led Taiyi Golden Immortals into the cave and dismantled the unfinished Cross-Domain Teleportation Formation.
• The Immortal Realm Alliance rewarded the Cloud Glow Sect with cultivation resources and shops in the Immortal Fate Market for its contribution to discovering the threat.
• Li Dalong signed in at the Creation Cultivation Tower and received Red Dragon Essence Blood from the system.
• Li Dalong endured the essence blood's fierce power and pain, eventually refining it and strengthening his body.

Li Dalong advanced to the middle stage of Golden Immortal and tested his new strength against a gray bear Demon Beast before returning to cultivate. As he considered seeking opportunities to grow stronger, his old Communication Jade Token suddenly vibrated inside the System Space.

• Li Dalong reached the middle stage of Golden Immortal and tested his power on a mountain outside the Cloud Glow Sect.
• A gray bear Demon Beast attacked Li Dalong, but he shattered its attack with a palm strike and let it flee.
• Ke Xialing and Ye Wuxia continued cultivating, while Li Dalong worried about sharing the Creation Cultivation Tower with Ke Xialing.
• Li Dalong returned to the Creation Cultivation Tower, planned to propose marriage to Ye Wuxia after reaching the late stage of Golden Immortal, and considered seeking opportunities to grow stronger.
• The Communication Jade Token Li Dalong had used in the Cultivation World began vibrating urgently inside the System Space.

Li Dalong rushed to rescue Yun Yao after Zhou Tianlong told him that Unorthodox Cultivators had abducted her. He found her imprisoned in a cave and attacked the captors, killing one as the battle continued.

• Zhou Tianlong contacted Li Dalong and explained that he and Yun Yao had ascended together, but Unorthodox Cultivators had taken her.
• Li Dalong met Zhou Tianlong and flew with him toward the place where Yun Yao had been abducted.
• Li Dalong located Yun Yao in a cave and blasted open its concealed entrance with the Azure Rainbow Sword.
• Li Dalong discovered Yun Yao and other captives at the center of a formation used to refine an Evil Artifact, then attacked the Unorthodox Cultivators.
• Li Dalong gained the upper hand and cut down an Unorthodox Cultivator who tried to escape as black mist.