Recaps

After a Ghost King Sect cultivator attacked Fang Hong, he suspected the elderly proprietor of the Golden Sandalwood Pavilion had helped the enemy and ordered Steward Mu to investigate. Steward Mu subdued the proprietor and reported from a deserted island, where Fang Hong prepared to meet him.

• An inner sect disciple warned Fang Hong that a Ghost King Sect true disciple might be targeting him, and the gathering's guests used a True-Word Treasure Mirror to confirm none of them had leaked his whereabouts.
• Fang Hong used Touching the Mechanism and suspected the elderly proprietor of the Golden Sandalwood Pavilion was involved in the attack.
• Fang Hong returned to Yunchuan Studio and asked Steward Mu to watch the proprietor and subdue him if an opportunity arose, giving him a second-tier Immobilization Talisman.
• Steward Mu later used a jade talisman to report that he had subdued the proprietor on a deserted island three hundred li northwest of Five Dragon Island.
• Fang Hong checked the Fate Mirror, found no danger, and told Steward Mu to wait while he headed to the island.

Fang Hong captured and questioned the Golden Sandalwood Pavilion’s old shopkeeper, but the man’s soul exploded before he could reveal who had sent him. Back at the Yin-Yang Sect, Fang Hong prepared his home for Su Yao and hinted that his new bed had a hidden feature.

• Fang Hong and Steward Mu captured Shopkeeper Li, whom Fang Hong suspected of following him on behalf of a Ghost King Sect True Disciple.
• Fang Hong severed Shopkeeper Li’s limbs, but Steward Mu’s Soul Searching triggered a hidden mechanism that made the shopkeeper’s head explode.
• Fang Hong ordered Steward Mu to investigate the Ghost King Sect True Disciples from Black Demon Island’s six great aristocratic clans.
• A woman cultivating in the market learned that Old Li was dead and guessed that something had happened to him.
• Fang Hong returned to the Yin-Yang Sect, furnished his home, and prepared a bedroom with a bathing pool and lavish bed.
• Su Yao joined Fang Hong for grilled spirit meat, and he teased her about the bed’s hidden feature.

After recovering his cultivation, Fang Hong spent time refining his swordsmanship and growing closer to Su Yao. A visit from Su Wan drew them to Five Dragon Island, where Su Yao won several prizes from Golden Glow Scarlet Jade and uncovered a second-tier Dharma Treasure.

• Fang Hong restored his magical power to the sixth layer of Qi Refining, improved his swordsmanship, and continued practicing against Yan Suyue in the album's illusory space.
• Fang Hong and Su Yao shared an intimate massage and then walked together along the beach.
• Steward Mu sent word that Su Wan had arrived at the market and that the Fang Household's collected ingredients had been delivered to Yunchuan Studio.
• Fang Hong and Su Yao traveled to Five Dragon Island, where Su Yao bought Golden Glow Scarlet Jade and won spirit stones from several pieces.
• Fang Hong exchanged Su Yao's winnings for more jade, and Su Yao uncovered a stone marked with the words "Second-tier Dharma Treasure."

Fang Hong and Su Yao won the Separation-and-Reunion Five-Cloud Gui, a powerful second-tier Dharma Treasure, before reuniting with Su Wan. Fang Hong then learned about the Ghost King Sect’s true disciples and singled out Zhao Feixue for closer surveillance.

• The shopkeeper confirmed Fang Hong and Su Yao had won a prize and used a teleportation altar to obtain a randomly selected Dharma Treasure from the Li Fire Heavenly Palace.
• The altar produced the Separation-and-Reunion Five-Cloud Gui, which Su Yao tested and found could form protective cloud walls, carry her through the air, and trap enemies.
• Fang Hong and Su Yao went to Yunchuan Studio’s rear courtyard, where Su Yao reunited with her sister Su Wan, and Fang Hong tactfully left them to talk.
• Steward Mu showed Fang Hong portraits of four Ghost King Sect true disciples from the Gao, Tan, Zhao, and Xun households and warned that their appearances might be false.
• Fang Hong identified Zhao Feixue as the disciple he wanted watched after learning she had fled a marriage alliance with the Xun Household.
• Steward Mu gave Fang Hong a talisman-sealed jade box containing a defensive treasure sent by the grand elder after the incident at Fengle Tower.

Su Wan urged Su Yao to stay alert in the Yin-Yang Sect and gave her pills, while the sisters discussed Su Yao taking over Su Wan’s betrothal to Fang Hong. Fang Hong received powerful Thunder Pellets and advice from his father, then agreed with Su Wan to dissolve their betrothal, leaving him to wonder about her complicated feelings.

• Su Wan warned Su Yao about the dangers of the demonic sects and gave her thirty Nurturing Origin Pills to support her and Fang Hong’s cultivation.
• Su Yao agreed to take over Su Wan’s betrothal to Fang Hong, though she remained reluctant to return to Yunchuan Island and face Aunt Fang.
• Fang Hong examined three Kui Water Yin Thunder Pellets and read Fang Jian’s advice to stay composed in fortune and adversity and never let enemies gain ground.
• Steward Mu gave Fang Hong the collected supplies, which amounted to less than a third of the items on his list.
• Su Wan told Fang Hong to treat Su Yao well and proposed dissolving their betrothal; Fang Hong agreed, while Su Wan admitted she felt empty at losing him.

Fang Hong prepared to complete the [Sloth] potion’s ingredients and encountered Chu Yuechai at the Myriad Treasures Hall. She invited him to join a lucrative Primordial Demon Hall duty, leaving him to consider the risks despite his reluctance to leave the sect.

• Su Yao began cultivating in seclusion and told Fang Hong that she wanted to limit Dragon-Phoenix Guidance to once every seven days.
• Fang Hong checked the ingredients for the seven great medicines, found that three materials for the [Sloth] potion were available in the Myriad Treasures Hall, and went to buy them.
• Chu Yuechai approached Fang Hong and invited him to visit her cave abode to discuss a Primordial Demon Hall duty worth twenty thousand talisman coins.
• Fang Hong refused Chu Yuechai’s request for instruction in Dragon-Phoenix Guidance but offered to lend her talisman coins.
• Chu Yuechai urged Fang Hong to reconsider joining the duty, arguing that he could not rely on his Lineage to fund his cultivation forever.

Fang Hong prepared and drank the first-tier [Sloth] potion, which rapidly improved his spiritual meridians from seventh grade to third grade and increased his cultivation speed. He hid the remaining potion and arranged an evening gathering with Chai Hongzhou to discuss the outer disciples’ experts.

• Fang Hong made a hand-cranked reaction vessel, prepared thirteen doses of [Sloth], and drank the first bottle.
• A powerful fluctuation briefly disrupted spiritual nexuses across North Island, and Fang Hong’s spiritual meridians improved to sixth grade.
• Fang Hong drank five bottles over the night, advancing his spiritual meridians to third grade before the first-tier potion stopped working.
• Fang Hong stored the eight remaining bottles and swallowed a spirit pill while cultivating Netherworld Heavy Water magical power.
• Chai Hongzhou sent Fang Hong a note proposing a gathering, and Fang Hong scheduled it for that evening in the garden outside the White Jade Tower.

Fang Hong gathered his fellow disciples to discuss the coming Fish-Dragon Assembly and learned that several formidable outer disciples were preparing to challenge their ranks. The gathering ended with Fan Jingyun agreeing to obtain rare parasitic phantom orchids for Fang Hong in exchange for defensive talismans.

• Chai Hongzhou reported that Chu Yuechai had returned alone from a deadly sect assignment, while her Dao companion Yue Ming had perished.
• Chai Hongzhou shared information on thirty-four late Qi Refining outer disciples, and Fang Hong took particular note of Yan Feihuang, She Yutang, and Xun Yan.
• Fang Hong realized the Xun Household might use the Fish-Dragon Assembly to retaliate against him, while the other inner disciples faced likely challenges from ambitious outer disciples.
• Fang Hong urged everyone to improve their combat skills and prepare decisive trump cards before the Fish-Dragon Assembly.
• At the exchange gathering, Fan Jingyun offered to obtain three to five hundred-year-old parasitic phantom orchids for Fang Hong in return for two second-tier defensive talismans.

After ten months of cultivation in the Yin-Yang Sect, Fang Hong reached the Qi Refining Seventh Layer and used his Fate Card to travel to the Myriad Worlds Ancient Boat. There he met Zhou Xueying of the Hetu Company and learned that many Transmigrators had faced deadly danger and that some Canghuan Realm powers hunted them.

• Fang Hong and Su Yao made progress in cultivation, reaching the Qi Refining Seventh and Eighth Layers respectively, while Fang Hong also prepared the [Lust] potion and hit a bottleneck in swordsmanship.
• Fang Hong discovered that his Fate Card had activated permission to travel to the Myriad Worlds Ancient Boat and carry treasures there for trade.
• Fang Hong used the Fate Card to arrive in a vast hall filled with nine great cauldrons and met Zhou Xueying, the Hetu Company's assistant.
• Zhou Xueying told Fang Hong that several Canghuan Realm sects and powers were hostile to Transmigrators and that many of the company's recruits might not have survived their first transmigration.
• Zhou Xueying explained that Transmigrators could awaken hidden talents in life-or-death crises, and she thought Fang Hong had survived through his heavenly virtue nobleman fate.

Fang Hong learned how Transmigrator companies operated and heard Zhou Xueying’s difficult history in the Canghuan Realm. Before returning to the public area of the Myriad Worlds Ancient Boat, he received insurance and equipment from the Hetu Company.

• Zhou Xueying explained that Transmigrator companies earned Chaos Talisman Coins by gathering primal essence through Fate Cards, and that changing worlds was difficult and expensive.
• Zhou Xueying recounted how she survived her probationary period, lost several Fate Cards, and eventually reached Foundation Establishment after more than three hundred years in the Canghuan Realm.
• Zhou Xueying described how the Hetu Company’s colleagues were scattered across distant sea regions and how she had become the company boss’s assistant.
• Zhou Xueying used a five-colored altar to obtain Reincarnation Dew, Concealment Incense, and Second-Tier Azure Sky Divine Armor for Fang Hong.
• Zhou Xueying warned Fang Hong that local cultivators regarded the armor as equipment belonging to Extraterrestrial Wraiths, then sent him to explore the Myriad Worlds Ancient Boat’s public area while she returned to her cauldron.

Fang Hong explored the Myriad Worlds Ancient Boat’s trading system, sold eight [Sloth] potions, and spent nearly all his earnings on cultivation supplies and a massage oil. Meanwhile, Zhou Xueying reported to an Azure Dragon that Fang Hong likely had no hidden talent, but the dragon ordered Yu Feifei to investigate his true body.

• Fang Hong used Reincarnation Dew and Concealment Incense, then left the great hall and discovered the Ancient Boat’s private trading chambers.
• Fang Hong browsed the Divine Court marketplace, studied the Black Tiger Mysterious Altar Heavenly Lord armor, and found materials for the seven great medicines.
• Fang Hong used the Fate Mirror to check the danger of selling his [Sloth] potions and sold all eight to the Azure Firmament Divine Court for eight thousand Chaos Talisman Coins.
• Fang Hong spent his coins on spiritual materials, a Divine Ability talisman seal, a Dharma Treasure, and Hundred Flowers Spirit-Calming Meridian-Nourishing Essential Oil.
• Zhou Xueying told the Azure Dragon that Fang Hong probably lacked a hidden talent, and the Azure Dragon ordered Yu Feifei to investigate his true body.

Fang Hong returned to the Canghuan Realm and tested the Azure Sky Divine Armor and its Divine Ability Talisman Seal, gaining a powerful but conspicuous new weapon. After considering Zhao Feixue and his plans for her, he went to find Su Yao to test a meridian-nourishing oil.

• Fang Hong returned to the Canghuan Realm after spending less than an hour aboard the Myriad Worlds Ancient Boat, which equaled fifteen days there.
• Fang Hong refined the Black Tiger Mystic Altar Heavenly Lord divine armor and found that it gave him strength comparable to an early-stage foundation establishment cultivator.
• Fang Hong merged the Divine Ability Talisman Seal into the armor and learned to use the Tiger-Rope Demon-Binding Seal to bind an opponent and suppress their abilities.
• Fang Hong examined the Primordial Golden Dipper and resolved to use the divine armor cautiously because it consumed resources and could attract sect attention.
• Fang Hong considered using the [Lust] potion on Zhao Feixue, who had tried to ensnare him with Ultimate Bliss Powder.
• Fang Hong left his meditation chamber to find Su Yao and test the Hundred Flowers Spirit-Soothing Meridian-Nourishing Essential Oil.

Fang Hong left Su Yao and went to a deserted island to test his swordsmanship by luring demonic beasts with Beast-Luring Incense. After easily killing waves of first-tier creatures, he encountered a second-tier monstrous fish and cut it in two.

• Fang Hong told Su Yao he would go to sea to practice his swordsmanship and visit Five Dragon Island, while she stayed behind to refine a magical artifact.
• Fang Hong reached a deserted island, set up the Jade Water Formation, and lit Beast-Luring Incense to attract demonic beasts.
• Fang Hong used his flying sword to kill the white sea fish, a swarm of fish and shrimp demons, and several sea eagles.
• A second-tier monstrous fish appeared and swallowed the sea eagles, so Fang Hong donned the Azure Sky Divine Armor and attacked it.
• Fang Hong's hundred-zhang sword light cleaved the monstrous fish in two.

Fang Hong used the Azure Sky Divine Armor to sharpen his swordsmanship against sea beasts, then encountered and killed a powerful Flood Dragon Ape. He took its body, considering it a suitable beast for the medicine Wrath to imitate.

• Fang Hong trained his swordsmanship against first-tier demonic beasts and killed three second-tier beasts with the Azure Sky Divine Armor, discovering he could not defeat one without it.
• A powerful beast emerged from white mist and tore through the Jade Water Formation; Fang Hong identified it as a Flood Dragon Ape.
• The Flood Dragon Ape attacked Fang Hong with lightning and mist that suppressed Divine Sense, but he bound it with the Tiger-Rope Demon-Binding Seal.
• Fang Hong used the Primordial Golden Dipper to swallow the ape’s lightning attacks, then killed it with a sword strike through its eye socket.
• Fang Hong examined the Flood Dragon Ape and took its body, deciding it could be a good choice for Wrath’s beast transformation.

Fang Hong intercepted a sea eagle that had stolen an Azure-Snow Spirit Fish from two Yin-Yang Sect cultivators and took the fish for himself. After meeting the pursuing pair, he recognized the young man's exceptionally auspicious fate chart and continued toward Five Dragon Island.

• A young Yin-Yang Sect disciple and his senior sister caught an Azure-Snow Spirit Fish while fishing near Five Dragon Island, but an azure-winged sea eagle swooped down and stole it.
• The pair pursued the eagle in their greenwood bird boat, accelerating it with their magical power.
• Fang Hong spotted the chase, redirected his carriage toward the eagle, and killed it with a golden sword light.
• Fang Hong froze and kept the Azure-Snow Spirit Fish, then briefly spoke with the young disciple and his senior sister as they caught up.
• Fang Hong recognized the young disciple's fate chart as exceptionally auspicious, with the paired deities ten-spirit day and moon virtue noble.

Fang Hong learned that a wanted bandit named Hu Can might have a dangerous fate chart, then heard that Zhao Feixue had arrived at the market and suspected her of harming him. He left the market and used the Fate Mirror to find a favorable direction to wait for her.

• A pair of Yin-Yang Sect disciples recognized Fang Hong and decided to avoid provoking him at the Fish-Dragon Assembly, suggesting She Yutang might challenge him instead.
• At Yunchuan Studio, Fang Hong saw a wanted notice for Hu Can and two other bandit cultivators, and wondered whether the burly man he had passed was Hu Can.
• Steward Mu told Fang Hong that Zhao Feixue and other Ghost King Sect disciples were at the market, where a jealous dispute had drawn the attention of a Golden Core elder.
• Fang Hong declined to alert his father, left the market under the pretense of returning to the sect, and bought a second-tier invisibility talisman.
• Fang Hong circled Five Dragon Island in his Flying Chariot, and the Fate Mirror indicated that the southeast was auspicious.

A Ghost King Sect woman left the market to carry a message for the burly man in black, while Fang Hong concealed himself on a deserted island and waited for her. He ambushed her White Bone Escape-Heaven Shuttle with a Kui Water Yin Thunder, enveloping it in a thundercloud.

• The burly man in black told Seventh Sister to find Ren Jiuhun at the Li Fire Heavenly Palace and explain his circumstances, then promised to release her from her inner-demon oath.
• Second Brother reported finding five more female cultivators to serve as cultivation cauldrons, and the burly man invited Second Brother and Third Sister to gamble on another opportunity.
• Fang Hong used the Fate Mirror to choose a deserted island southeast of Five Dragon Island and waited for the Ghost King Sect woman to arrive.
• Fang Hong concealed himself with an invisibility talisman and prepared a Kui Water Yin Thunder when the White Bone Escape-Heaven Shuttle approached.
• Fang Hong struck the shuttle with the Yin Thunder, and a large thundercloud engulfed it.

Fang Hong defeated Zhao Feixue after she ambushed him, captured her, and used potions that let him question her. The next morning, he learned about her ties to Hu Can and gave her a new task collecting spiritual materials.

• Zhao Feixue escaped the Kui Water Yin Thunder, but Fang Hong used an Upper Clarity Sword Talisman and Tiger-Patterned Mystic Light Chains to capture her.
• Fang Hong forced Zhao Feixue to drink several potions and questioned her about why she had targeted him.
• Zhao Feixue admitted that she had ambushed Fang Hong to redirect trouble toward the Xun Household and take revenge for its pursuit of her after she fled an arranged marriage.
• After the storm passed, Zhao Feixue told Fang Hong that she had been capturing cultivation cauldrons for Hu Can and owed him ten years of service under a heart-demon oath.
• Fang Hong gave Zhao Feixue a Jade Slip listing spiritual materials to collect and told her to leave messages at Yunchuan Studio.

Fang Hong returned to the Yin-Yang Sect and discovered that his swordsmanship had advanced enough to break Su Yao’s Separation-and-Reunion Five-Cloud Gui. As the Fish-Dragon Assembly approached, Su Yao prepared a rare Azure-Snow Spirit Fish for them to eat.

• Fang Hong confirmed that Zhao Feixue remained completely obedient after the Seven Great Medicines took effect, then left her and returned to the Yin-Yang Sect.
• Su Yao attacked Fang Hong with the Separation-and-Reunion Five-Cloud Gui, but his flying sword shattered the cloud hand and dispersed the remaining clouds.
• Fang Hong and Su Yao reunited at the White Jade Pavilion, where he learned she could sustain the Dharma Treasure for about thirty breaths.
• Su Yao noticed Fang Hong’s improved cultivation, and he changed the subject by showing her the Azure-Snow Spirit Fish he had caught.
• Su Yao identified the fish’s medicinal benefits and used the Spirit Cuisine Technique to prepare it, removing its poisonous crystalline pearl.

She Yutang learned of Fang Hong and decided to test herself against him at the Fish-Dragon Assembly, while Fang Hong and Su Yao refined a rare spirit meal that greatly strengthened his body. The chapter ended with Su Yao accompanying Fang Hong upstairs, as the woman in her sea of consciousness lamented their lack of restraint.

• She Yutang received Feihuang's warning about Fang Hong, recognized it as a provocation, and ordered her maid to learn more about him.
• Fang Hong and Su Yao discussed the Fish-Dragon Assembly and the extraordinary effects of the Azure-Snow Spirit Fish.
• The Azure-Snow Spirit Fish's spiritual essence transformed Fang Hong's body, leaving him stronger and with pale golden skin.
• Su Yao explained that her secret technique refined spirit meals but left her with a permanent floral fragrance, and Fang Hong declined to learn it.
• Fang Hong took Su Yao upstairs, while the woman in Su Yao's sea of consciousness sighed at their lack of restraint.

Fang Hong and Su Yao attended the Yin-Yang Sect’s Fish-Dragon Assembly, where they encountered fellow disciples, a formidable outer disciple, and Fang Hong’s old acquaintance Yan Feihuang. The assembly’s True Disciple presiders began arriving, with Ying Yang appearing above the eastern stand.

• Fang Hong and Su Yao flew to North Island’s summit and joined the inner disciples in the northern stand as the Fish-Dragon Assembly began.
• Chai Hongzhou told Fang Hong that the sect’s Qi Refining population had fallen by nearly half after the war with Li Fire Heavenly Palace.
• Fang Hong greeted Chu Yuechai, whose cultivation had advanced to the ninth layer of Qi Refining, and she exchanged compliments with Su Yao.
• Fang Hong noticed She Yutang watching him and learned that the outer disciple was renowned for challenging inner disciples.
• Chai Hongzhou identified Yan Feihuang, whom Fang Hong recognized from their encounter over an Azure-Snow Spirit Fish at sea.
• Three True Disciples arrived from South Island, and Ying Yang, ranked fifth among the ten great True Disciples, appeared above the eastern stand.

The Fish-Dragon Assembly began under the supervision of Ying Yang, Zhang Jun, and Ning, and Wang Lichu defeated Chu Xiaoxiao in the first challenge. A black-armored body cultivator then challenged Su Yao, seeking the Red-Blooded Golden Flood Dragon scale that could help mature Su Yao’s Enlightenment Flowers.

• Ying Yang arrived with Zhang Jun and Ning, then appointed Zhang Jun to preside over the Fish-Dragon Assembly and announced the prize.
• Wang Lichu challenged Chu Xiaoxiao and defeated her with his magical artifacts, forcing Zhang Jun to intervene before the final blow.
• Fang Hong learned from Su Yao that the prize scale could hasten the maturation of Enlightenment Flowers.
• A black-armored outer disciple challenged Su Yao, and Su Yao took the combat platform.
• The black-armored woman charged at Su Yao and brought her Black Gold wrought-iron staff down toward her.

Su Yao defeated the Black-Armored Woman with poisonous flower pollen, while Yan Feihuang overwhelmed Fan Yunjing with puppet beasts. Fang Hong then faced Xun Yan and revealed sword intent as he cut apart the second-tier demon vines.

• Su Yao poisoned the Black-Armored Woman with a pollen mist, won the duel, and accepted her offering gift from Zhang Jun.
• Yan Feihuang challenged Fan Yunjing and defeated her with two Black Gold Fierce Tigers and a Black Gold Giant Falcon.
• Xun Yan challenged Fang Hong and attacked him with more than a dozen second-tier demon vines.
• Fang Hong cut apart the demon vines with golden sword light and revealed his sword intent, drawing She Yutang's excited attention.

Fang Hong defeated Xun Yan, then faced She Yutang in a fierce Dharma Combat match and overcame her hidden techniques with a talisman and a pollen attack. After Fang Hong won, Ying Yang suggested that Zhang Jun take more newly promoted disciples to Bloodrock Island, and Zhang Jun agreed.

• Fang Hong used his sword light to defeat Xun Yan, who thanked him for showing mercy and returned to the stands to treat his wound.
• She Yutang challenged Fang Hong, and he refused Ying Yang's offer to rest before their match.
• Fang Hong and She Yutang exchanged more than a hundred rapid attacks with their sword and saber intent before She Yutang split her blade ring in two.
• Fang Hong used an Immobilization Talisman, but She Yutang escaped with her Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell spell and continued attacking him with twin blade rings.
• Fang Hong released a flower bud that filled the platform with poisonous pollen, incapacitating She Yutang, then defeated her and declared that she would not last three moves against him outside the sect.
• Ying Yang suggested that Zhang Jun take more newly promoted disciples to Bloodrock Island, and Zhang Jun agreed.

Fang Hong and Yan Feihuang were called to a deciding bout for the Fish-Dragon Assembly’s prize, but Yan conceded after Fang Hong revealed his second-tier high-grade Kui Water Yin Thunder. The young married woman in the Floating-Cloud Vermilion Tower angrily accused Fang Hong of cheating.

• Fang Hong discovered that She Yutang’s tribute was a raven-blue spirit-garment dudou and put it away to sell later.
• Fang Hong watched the remaining bouts, refining his insight into Sword Light Separation as Xiao Yuansha, Chu Yuechai, and Chai Hongzhou won while Gu Hongchen and Du Yueniang lost.
• Ying Yang, Zhang Jun, and Ji Jun disagreed over whether Fang Hong or Yan Feihuang deserved the assembly’s honor, then arranged another bout to decide who would receive the dragon scale.
• Yan Feihuang sent two second-tier Black Gold Puppets against Fang Hong and guarded himself against Pollen Miasma.
• Fang Hong displayed his Kui Water Yin Thunder, frightening Yan Feihuang into conceding and flying clear of the platform.
• The young married woman smashed her teacup in the Floating-Cloud Vermilion Tower and cried that Fang Hong was cheating.