Recaps

Ying Huaixu helped Ye Ningshuang overcome the black mist and prepared her for the danger of her exposed talent, while he and his companions confronted powerful foes and strengthened the Divine Firmament Sword Sect. The arc ended with Ye Ningshuang and He Xiuyuan fleeing a Thousand Mechanisms Sect force as Sea of Qi Realm cultivators pursued Ying Huaixu.

• Ying Huaixu guided Ye Ningshuang to reject the black mist’s offer, then destroyed the shadow and helped her awaken her Netherworld Spiritual Root and master umbral intent.
• When assassins attacked Ye Ningshuang, Qiu Shiyi and the Divine Firmament Sword Sect disciples defeated them, and Ying Huaixu gained experience from the fighting.
• Ying Huaixu pushed He Xiuyuan to defeat a giant spider, leading him to comprehend metal intent, then led the group to challenge the Sword Slave in Spider Cave.
• Ying Huaixu defeated the Sword Slave, while Qiu Shiyi fought Nine Abysses and its remnant soul until He Xixiang arrived and destroyed them.
• Lü Qingyi gave Qiu Shiyi the Weak Water and killed the Heavenly Snow Sacred Land’s supreme elder after he threatened the Divine Firmament Sword Sect.
• Ying Huaixu upgraded the Illusory Dream Trial, made and distributed thousands of talismans, and took Ye Ningshuang and He Xiuyuan into Thousand Mechanisms Sect territory to train.
• Ye Ningshuang and He Xiuyuan fought Thousand Mechanisms Sect attackers for three days, then fled through a tunnel as a larger force gathered and saw Sea of Qi Realm cultivators pursuing Ying Huaixu.

Ying Huaixu trained and led He Xiuyuan and Ye Ningshuang into the Golden Goblet Small Secret Realm, where they faced a deadly monster and Huang Tianqi’s spatial intent. As Ying Huaixu returned toward the sect, Ye Ningshuang pursued the Shura Hall for placing bounties on them and began destroying its outposts.

• Ying Huaixu broke through to the Sea of Qi Realm, defeated the Thousand Mechanisms Sect’s pursuers, and learned from Zhuang Mu why the sect feared his ability to cut off the Mile-High Heaven Clan’s life force.
• Ying Huaixu trained in Psionic Adjustment with Zhuang Mu, then strengthened his skills and equipment before preparing for the Cold Pool Secret Realm.
• Ying Huaixu recruited Ye Ningshuang and He Xiuyuan to explore the Golden Goblet Small Secret Realm, where He Xiuyuan became involved with the amnesiac Cheng Wanshu and learned that a bounty had been placed on Ying Huaixu.
• Ying Huaixu, Ye Ningshuang, and He Xiuyuan entered the Cold Pool Secret Realm, where Ye Ningshuang’s trap triggered a powerful monster that killed many geniuses before He Xiuyuan fought it and Huang Tianqi defeated him with spatial intent.
• Ying Huaixu completed the small secret realm quest and received a map fragment from Xu Yaoyang, while Ye Ningshuang stayed behind and killed people who had been following Ying Huaixu.
• Ye Ningshuang attacked Shura Hall branches and Old Demon City, killed its monsters, and dispersed the masked leader’s blood-red mist with a breath.
• Ye Ningshuang continued destroying Shura Hall outposts until the hall withdrew its bounties, then asked an old diviner about her marriage prospects and He Xiuyuan’s future.

Ying Huaixu strengthened the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, helped ascenders rise through its ranks, and prepared its disciples for the changed Cold Pool Secret Realm. The arc left Ying Huaixu and He Xiuyuan hunting monsters inside the realm while other sects faced its dangers.

• Ye Ningshuang revealed that Lü Qingyi was her master, and the Third Grandmaster identified himself before Lü Qingyi stopped He Xixiang from killing him.
• Ying Huaixu helped the sect prosper with pills, talismans, and training, then agreed to enter the Cold Pool Secret Realm to seek the Nine-Leaf Nether Soul Lotus for Ye Ningshuang.
• Lü Qingyi and He Xixiang discovered that Ying Huaixu had absorbed primordial force and feared the Heavenly Dao would target him, so Lü Qingyi made a pearl from her sovereign blood to conceal him.
• Ying Huaixu joined the sect's effort to recruit ascenders as miners, and his support helped them earn rewards and compete for places in the Outer Sect.
• Zhuang Mu decided to appoint Ying Huaixu Holy Son, while the sect equipped its secret-realm party with layers of defensive talismans and artifacts.
• Tong Xinran warned the other factions that the Cold Pool Secret Realm had changed, but Ying Huaixu and He Xiuyuan entered and found themselves surrounded by dangerous monsters and bosses.
• Ying Huaixu reunited with He Xiuyuan, helped Ye Ningshuang find the Nine-Leaf Nether Soul Lotus, and killed a Frost Giant Bear while he and He Xiuyuan cultivated in its cave.
• Ying Huaixu advanced to the Sea of Qi third level and summoned the sect's disciples to regroup, while Huang Tianqi rescued trapped disciples and the Star-Seizing Sect faced a giant python.

Ying Huaixu and his companions uncover the Secret Realm’s mutations and confront its powerful beasts, while Ye Ningshuang’s Netherworld Spiritual Root grows stronger. The Azure Fox Lady’s four Nine-Tailed Foxes corner Ying Huaixu, who revives with a Primordial Chaos Creation Pill and begins harvesting experience across the sealed realm.

• Qin Erniu saved Senior Brother Nangong from a giant python, while the sects discovered that their Secret Realms had changed and began investigating the dangerous beasts.
• Ye Ningshuang confronted Nether Soul, learned about the Netherworld Spiritual Root’s powers, and advanced to the third level of the Qi Sea stage.
• Ying Huaixu helped He Xiuyuan fight the Black Wolf King, learned that the beasts had been mutated by blood-red ore, and recruited Leng Qingqiu to lead them toward the Azure Sea Flood Dragon.
• Ye Ningshuang defeated the Azure Sea Flood Dragon, and Ying Huaixu gathered his companions to pursue the Azure Fox Lady while they fought their way through the Secret Realm.
• Separated from his companions in an ancient town, Ying Huaixu discovered that the Azure Fox Lady controlled the townspeople and fought through her Blood Corpses and Fox-Masked People.
• Ying Huaixu battled the Azure Fox Lady through multiple transformations, relying on He Xixiang’s power to survive the Half-Demon fox’s attacks.
• The Nine-Tailed Foxes drove Ying Huaixu’s companions from the Secret Realm, then sealed it and cut off his signals as the Half-Demon fox and three others closed in.
• Ying Huaixu used a Primordial Chaos Creation Pill to revive, then evaded the four foxes while Frost Annihilation marked and detonated creatures across the Secret Realm for experience.