Recaps

Xue Fuyao used her Bloodthirsty Vines to stop the poisonous mist, then returned to Wutong Valley and became caught between Lin Yanran and Qin Mengwan. When Gu Nian summoned her to Venerable Spiritwood, Xue Fuyao left Lin Yanran with Gu Nian to see her out.

• Xue Fuyao’s Bloodthirsty Vines neutralized the poisonous mist, and the others attacked the Snake Demons while she slipped away unnoticed.
• Lin Yanran waited for Xue Fuyao and declared that they were friends, but Xue Fuyao told her that she would not make friends by acting so arrogantly.
• Qin Mengwan insulted Lin Yanran, and the two argued over Qin Mengwan’s disgraced family and her grandfather’s alleged treason.
• Qin Mengwan charged at Lin Yanran, but Xue Fuyao caught her strike and stopped her from killing Lin Yanran.
• Xue Fuyao rebuked Qin Mengwan and let Lin Yanran follow her to her room, where Lin Yanran explained that she wanted to befriend Venerable Spiritwood’s disciple.
• Gu Nian summoned Xue Fuyao to Venerable Spiritwood, and Xue Fuyao left Lin Yanran in Gu Nian’s care before rushing out.

Xue Fuyao accompanied Xie Yichu to Ming Cen’s wedding and met the troubled groom in the garden. After warning him to trust his unease, she offered to take him to see Jin Ling'er before he fetched the bride.

• Xie Yichu told Xue Fuyao that they would attend Ming Cen’s wedding at the Ming Residence.
• The head of the Ming Household gave Xue Fuyao a first-meeting gift and sent her to see the groom.
• Xue Fuyao found Ming Cen dressed in white, feeding fish in the garden, and heard him confess that he loved Jin Ling'er but regretted their marriage.
• Xue Fuyao urged Ming Cen to trust his misgivings, and he admitted that he could not call off the alliance that day.
• Xue Fuyao stopped Ming Cen from leaving and offered to take him to see Jin Ling'er early; Ming Cen recognized her as Venerable Spiritwood’s disciple.

Xue Fuyao and Ming Cen discovered that Jin Ling'er had fled before the wedding and that the Jin Household planned to substitute a maid for her. Ming Cen decided to expose the deception and flee the wedding, while Xue Fuyao informed Xie Yichu and sought to prevent Jin Ling'er and Yang Lin from entering the Qiming Secret Realm.

• Xue Fuyao and Ming Cen entered the Jin Household under cover and overheard the Jin Household head and Madam Jin plan to have Yun Liu impersonate Jin Ling'er at the wedding.
• Xue Fuyao recalled that Jin Ling'er had fled to join Yang Lin and that Ming Cen later vanished after being humiliated at the wedding.
• Xue Fuyao urged Ming Cen to tell his father about the deception, flee the wedding, and expose the Jin Household; Ming Cen agreed to let his father handle it.
• Ming Cen contacted his father with a Communication Talisman, while Xue Fuyao reported what had happened to her master.
• Xue Fuyao and Ming Cen returned to the Ming Household, where Xie Yichu praised Xue Fuyao for her actions.

Ming Cen and the Ming Household exposed the Jin Household’s attempt to substitute a maid for Jin Ling'er at the wedding, while Ming Yi punished Yang Lin and condemned the Jin Household. Jin Ling'er arrived too late to change the outcome and learned that Ming Cen had already abandoned the marriage.

• Ming Cen revealed himself at the wedding and explained that Jin Ling'er had fled and the Jin Household had sent a maid in her place.
• Ming Yi denounced the Jin Household and used his pressure on Yang Lin to secretly alter his meridians.
• Jin Ling'er arrived, rushed to Yang Lin, and accused the disguised stand-in of mistreating her.
• Xue Fuyao explained the deception to Jin Ling'er, who struggled to accept that Ming Cen had left the wedding.
• Ming Yi dismissed the guests and declared that the Jin Household would disappear from Beidou City.

Ming Cen ended his engagement to Jin Ling'er, cut off the support he had given her lineage, and withdrew the Qiming Secret Realm entry slots he had promised her. Xue Fuyao stayed with him by the pond as he quietly dealt with the heartbreak.

• Jin Ling'er confronted Ming Yi, assuming Ming Cen did not know she had fled their wedding, but Ming Cen revealed himself and said he knew.
• Jin Ling'er begged Ming Cen to take her back, but he rejected her and declared that he no longer wanted her.
• Ming Cen ended their relationship, withdrew his support for Jin Ling'er and her lineage, and canceled her two Qiming Secret Realm entry slots.
• Ming Cen left the confrontation, and Xie Yichu sent Xue Fuyao to check on him before the punishment continued.
• Xue Fuyao found Ming Cen feeding fish by a pond, caught and grilled a koi, and the aroma began to reach him as he sat in silence.

Xue Fuyao and Ming Cen bonded over a daylong grilled-fish feast, though their meal left Ming Yi furious about his expensive koi. After Xie Yichu brought Xue Fuyao back to Wutong Valley and eased her overfull stomach, she woke refreshed and joined the disciples’ training, where Gu Nian asked about the Ming Household wedding.

• Xue Fuyao ate the grilled fish without inviting Ming Cen, then ignored his complaint and rested in the sun.
• Ming Cen and Xue Fuyao took turns catching and grilling fish until night, drinking tea and spirit wine as their relationship grew closer.
• Ming Cen got drunk and clung to Xue Fuyao’s leg, while she plugged her ears and let him cry.
• Xie Yichu and Ming Yi found Ming Cen and Xue Fuyao passed out beside the fish bones; Ming Yi realized they had eaten his Ten-Thousand-Longevity Koi, and Xie Yichu took Xue Fuyao away.
• Xie Yichu returned Xue Fuyao to Wutong Valley and used spiritual power to ease her stomach; the next morning, she woke feeling energetic and joined the disciples’ training.
• Gu Nian asked Xue Fuyao about the Ming Household wedding and discussed the varied reactions to Ming Cen and Jin Ling’er’s flight from it.

Xue Fuyao agreed to meet Lin Yanran after learning she was the Regent’s daughter, and found her confronting Qin Mengwan outside Wutong Valley. Lin Yanran whipped two young men who challenged her, then warmly invited Xue Fuyao to go somewhere with her.

• Xue Fuyao recalled the delicious koi from the Ming Household’s garden and considered asking Ming Cen how they were raised.
• Xue Fuyao initially told the Wutong Valley maid to turn Lin Yanran away, but changed her mind after learning Lin Yanran’s father was the Regent of the Crimson Feather Dynasty.
• Xue Fuyao came outside and saw Lin Yanran demanding that Qin Mengwan kneel and kowtow to get back a crystal sphere holding a peach blossom.
• Two young men defended Qin Mengwan and demanded an apology, so Lin Yanran whipped them and accused the Lin Household of treason.
• Lin Yanran noticed Xue Fuyao, took her hand, and offered to show her somewhere she would like.

Xue Fuyao noticed living black vein patterns on Lin Yanran’s neck and suspected the crystal ball Lin Yanran had given her was connected to them. She told Lin Yanran and Ming Cen what she had seen, leaving them to investigate the unexplained patterns.

• Lin Yanran gave Xue Fuyao a crystal ball containing a plum blossom, then took her to the Market to hunt for overlooked treasures.
• While Lin Yanran browsed the stalls, Xue Fuyao noticed shifting black vein patterns covering her neck and wondered why only she could see them.
• Xue Fuyao told Lin Yanran that a wooden bird carving was ordinary, then asked her and Ming Cen to speak somewhere private.
• In a restaurant private room, Xue Fuyao explained what she had seen and suspected the crystal ball was responsible for the black vein patterns.
• Ming Cen questioned when the patterns appeared, while Lin Yanran pointed out that she had felt nothing unusual when holding the crystal ball.

Xue Fuyao and Ming Cen confirmed that a crystal ball caused black veins to appear on Lin Yanran, leading them to suspect the Qin Household was behind the Crimson Feather Imperial Clan’s declining cultivation aptitude. They sought another imperial clan member to test whether Lin Yanran was an isolated case, but learned that Lin Changge had already left Beidou City.

• Ming Cen held the crystal ball near Lin Yanran, and black veins spread across her exposed skin below the head.
• Lin Yanran tried to tell her father, but Ming Cen and Xue Fuyao urged her to be cautious in case she was an isolated case or the culprit noticed.
• Lin Yanran said the crystal ball came from the Chancellor’s residence, and Ming Cen explained the Qin Household’s history and its rise to power.
• The three suspected the Qin Household was behind the Crimson Feather Imperial Clan’s predicament and went to the Ming Residence to find Lin Changge.
• They learned Lin Changge had already left Beidou City, and Lin Yanran complained that he had departed unusually quickly.

Xue Fuyao rescued Lin Changge from a staged attempt to drive him over a cliff and recognized signs that he might become a powerful Devil Race general. Ming Cen saw black veins covering Lin Changge and said the matter was beyond their ability to handle, leaving them to return and contact the emperor.

• Xue Fuyao stopped Lin Yanran from sending messengers after Lin Changge and set out with Ming Cen to catch him.
• Lin Changge explained that he disliked staying in Beidou City because cultivators reminded him that he had no spiritual root.
• Someone frightened Lin Changge's horse, sending it charging toward a cliff, but Xue Fuyao caught him with a blue silk-like binding.
• Xue Fuyao recognized a faint trace of devil qi in Lin Changge and suspected a heart demon had entered his body.
• Xue Fuyao brought Lin Changge to Ming Cen, who saw black veins covering him and told him to contact his Imperial Father.

Lin Yanran and Lin Changge believed they had found the source of the curse afflicting the Crimson Feather Dynasty, and Xue Fuyao asked her master Xie Yichu for help understanding it. Xie Yichu arrived at the Ming Household and identified the curse as possibly caused by a Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasure called the Life-and-Death Snake, which could only be countered by another such treasure.

• Lin Yanran told Lin Changge what had happened, and he hoped the discovery meant he could finally cultivate.
• Xue Fuyao asked Xie Yichu about the Crimson Feather Dynasty, and he initially explained that its curse had no known solution unless its source was found.
• Xue Fuyao clarified what she had discovered, and Xie Yichu told her to wait before quickly coming to the Ming Household.
• Xie Yichu took Xue Fuyao to meet Ming Yi and revealed that he had helped repair the Ming residence with its current head.
• Xie Yichu explained that the black veins Xue Fuyao described resembled the effects of a curse from the Life-and-Death Snake, a unique Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasure.

Xie Yichu identified the Crimson Feather Imperial Household’s inherited curse as a perished Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasure and explained how it could be lifted. The Crimson Feather Emperor agreed to have pills refined, though the curse’s full removal would require destroying the remains and lineage of those responsible.

• Xie Yichu taught Xue Fuyao about the Life-and-Death Snake, whose death head siphoned fortune from its victims and could be passed down through bloodlines.
• Xie Yichu examined the Crimson Feather Emperor and Regent and confirmed that the black lines on their bodies came from a perished Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasure.
• Xie Yichu said spirit medicines could be refined into pills to lift the curse, while complete eradication also required burning the remains of the dead afflicted and destroying the lineage of the person who cursed them.
• The Crimson Feather Emperor accepted the painful conditions and asked Xie Yichu to refine the pills.
• Xue Fuyao accepted two golden Storage Bags from the Crimson Feather Emperor on Xie Yichu’s behalf.

Xie Yichu explained how to find the person behind the curse and taught Xue Fuyao why a cultivator should not be too selfless. Curious about her master's past, Xue Fuyao asked Changqingzi, who began describing Xie Yichu's wild younger days abroad.

• Xie Yichu proposed refining a pill to break Lin Changge's curse, and Ming Yi assigned Ming Cen to search for rare spirit medicines in the Qiming Secret Realm.
• Xie Yichu said the culprit was likely near the person who first cast the curse, while Ming Yi hoped the investigation would uncover the truth.
• Xie Yichu advised Xue Fuyao to be kind without letting others take her generosity for granted, and told her to keep the gifts in the two Storage Bags for the Qiming Secret Realm.
• Xue Fuyao sought out Changqingzi to ask about Xie Yichu's past, and he revealed that Xie Yichu had traveled to several continents and had been far wilder than the current disciples.

After confining Xue Fuyao for two days, Venerable Spiritwood brought her and the Yuanji Sect disciples to the Qiming Secret Realm, where an elder announced a points-based Central Continent Assembly with a supreme-grade spirit vein as the prize. As the realm’s entrance opened, Xue Fuyao prepared to rely on Big Treasure to find valuable items.

• Venerable Spiritwood sent Changqingzi flying, then ordered Xue Fuyao to stay in her room until the Qiming Secret Realm opened.
• Xue Fuyao spent the next two days wondering about her master’s conflict with Changqingzi before joining the Yuanji Sect party at the secret realm entrance.
• An elderly man announced that the Central Continent Assembly would use a points system and award a supreme-grade spirit vein to the first-place winner.
• Xue Fuyao and the other participants received a scroll listing precious spirit medicines and monster beasts that could earn large numbers of points when handed over.
• Chu Yunzhe explained that contestants would need to search for the listed items to compete effectively, while Xue Fuyao asked Big Treasure to help her find them.
• A great rift opened in the sky, revealing the mountains and azure sky inside the Qiming Secret Realm.

Xue Fuyao entered the Qiming Secret Realm and discovered she had landed in an unexplored mountain range rich in spiritual energy. She began absorbing its energy and followed Big Treasure toward a nearby opportunity while planning to conceal her aura.

• The disciples were pulled through the vortex into the Qiming Secret Realm, followed by the main force of cultivators.
• A woman from the Heavenly Secret Sacred Domain claimed her group had divined an opportunity for immortality, and Changqingzi mocked her before the man beside her stopped her from attacking.
• Xue Fuyao landed in a vast mountain range and found that it did not appear on the map of explored regions.
• Xue Fuyao used the Five Elements Bead to absorb the dense spiritual energy and decided to make the most of her month in the secret realm.
• Xue Fuyao released Big Treasure, which pointed toward something valuable, and she chose to conceal her aura rather than change her appearance.

Xue Fuyao followed Big Treasure through unexplored territory and discovered a spirit tree guarded by two battling Monster Beasts. As the victor moved to claim the fruit, a golden monkey appeared, and Xue Fuyao decided to intervene so she could capture it.

• Xue Fuyao collected unfamiliar Spirit Plants as she followed Big Treasure to a cliff, where she found and transplanted a dark-green Spirit Plant with purple buds.
• Xue Fuyao concealed herself with a grass-and-vine cloak and hat, then watched two mountain-sized Monster Beasts fight over a jujube-like spirit tree.
• One Monster Beast crushed its opponent with a blow from its armored tail, but the victor was badly wounded as it approached the ripe fruit.
• A golden monkey leapt from the bushes and attacked the armored Monster Beast, and Xue Fuyao considered capturing it to sell its blood to the Demon Race.

Xue Fuyao used her Golden Bee to defeat two battling Monster Beasts, then rescued and transplanted their damaged spiritual fruit tree. She continued searching the mountain range for treasures with Big Treasure, keeping them for herself and her companions.

• Xue Fuyao fed White Velvet Grass to the Golden Bee and sent it to attack the two fighting Monster Beasts.
• The Golden Bee stung the golden monkey Monster Beast, then subdued the armored Monster Beast before it could escape.
• Xue Fuyao put the exhausted Golden Bee away, killed the barely breathing Monster Beasts, and collected their corpses.
• Xue Fuyao grafted the broken spiritual tree, transplanted it into her Portable Medicinal Garden, and gathered its fallen Spirit Fruit.
• Xue Fuyao checked the three Sword Embryos inside the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet and saw them absorbing red blood energy.
• With Big Treasure's help, Xue Fuyao searched the mountain range, found Mountain Treasures including Flashburst Fruit, and kept them rather than pursuing the top spot.

Xue Fuyao continued gathering treasures in the Qiming Secret Realm by outsmarting powerful Monster Beasts, then encountered Su Yang and Zhao Sheng fighting over a Monster Beast egg. After she introduced herself and tried to leave, Zhao Sheng chased after her and invited her to travel together.

• Xue Fuyao used the Treasure-Seeking Mouse to find spirit plants, medicines, and fruits, and tricked two powerful Monster Beasts into fighting so she could loot their caves.
• Xue Fuyao heard humans fighting and recognized Su Yang and Zhao Sheng as Central Continent cultivators.
• Su Yang noticed movement in the grass and exposed Xue Fuyao, who had disguised herself as a straw figure.
• Xue Fuyao revealed her identity as a disciple of the Yuanji Sect and explained that she had no interest in the Monster Beast egg the men were fighting over.
• Zhao Sheng abandoned the egg and chased after Xue Fuyao, asking her to travel with him, while Su Yang remained behind with the egg.

Xue Fuyao confronted Zhao Sheng after he followed her and implied she might be Venerable Spiritwood’s daughter. Zhao Sheng eventually explained that his youngest aunt had sent him to find out whether Xue Fuyao was the Venerable’s illegitimate daughter, but he had not yet confirmed the truth.

• Zhao Sheng followed Xue Fuyao and asked whether she was Venerable Spiritwood’s daughter, provoking her into attacking him.
• Zhao Sheng sheltered inside a bowl-shaped magic artifact that Xue Fuyao could not break, then offered to share information about divine beasts if she would talk.
• Xue Fuyao agreed to hear him out, but Zhao Sheng asked about Venerable Spiritwood’s love life instead.
• Zhao Sheng revealed that his youngest aunt had admired Venerable Spiritwood for years and had sent him to confirm whether Xue Fuyao was his illegitimate daughter.

Zhao Sheng recruited Xue Fuyao to search the Qiming Secret Realm for a Phoenix, while concealing that his family believed there might be a Phoenix egg or youngling. After their search failed and they split up, Xue Fuyao took out her Compass to continue looking on her own.

• Xue Fuyao rejected Zhao Sheng's appeal about his devoted aunt and agreed to deliver his letter to Venerable Spiritwood.
• Zhao Sheng revealed he sought Phoenix feathers or blood and asked Xue Fuyao to help locate the Divine Beast.
• After two days of searching, Xue Fuyao found no traces of a Phoenix, and Big Treasure's fear of its bloodline suppression made the Treasure-Seeking Mouse useless.
• Xue Fuyao and Zhao Sheng agreed to split up and search separately.
• Zhao Sheng continued following his old map while privately admitting that his family hoped to find a Phoenix egg or youngling.
• Xue Fuyao took out the Compass after parting ways with Zhao Sheng.

Xue Fuyao found a region dense with fire and water Spiritual Power and called Xie Yichu for help rather than risk approaching the Divine Beasts alone. After confirming the presence of powerful auras, Xie Yichu took her to investigate the Phoenix and a likely water-governing Divine Beast.

• Xue Fuyao followed the Compass east, sensed unusually active fire and water Spiritual Power, and decided to summon Xie Yichu for help.
• Xie Yichu arrived and confirmed that the grass Xue Fuyao had found was cold flame grass, which grew where water and fire Spiritual Power were exceptionally dense.
• Xue Fuyao told Xie Yichu what Zhao Sheng had said about seeing a Phoenix and admitted she had no intention of trying to contract a Divine Beast herself.
• Xie Yichu explained that Divine Beasts were difficult to control and asked whether Zhao Sheng had mentioned any others; Xue Fuyao said he had not.
• Xie Yichu concluded that another Divine Beast likely governed water and carried Xue Fuyao toward the auras, teasing her for gaining weight as she protested.

Xie Yichu and Xue Fuyao entered Black Nether Forest, where deadly miasma and powerful beasts guarded rare spirit medicines. After Xie Yichu killed a venomous python, he sent Xue Fuyao to loot the divine beasts’ lair while he fought them.

• Xie Yichu gave Xue Fuyao Poison-Repelling Pills and warned her that the forest’s death miasma and approaching danger required caution.
• Xue Fuyao gathered spirit medicines as they crossed Black Nether Forest, where the presence of two divine beasts kept other creatures away.
• A venomous giant python attacked, and Xue Fuyao’s Shattered Star could not pierce its scales before Xie Yichu dismembered it with an invisible force.
• Xie Yichu recognized signs that the python had mutated from swallowing dragon blood and said the forest held a dragon and a phoenix.
• Xie Yichu gave Xue Fuyao an array disc and instructed her to enter the divine beasts’ lair, take everything, and escape while he fought them.

While Xie Yichu fought two Divine Beasts, Xue Fuyao looted both of their lairs and escaped when others arrived. The newcomers found the caves completely empty and began searching for the person who had stripped them bare.

• Xue Fuyao located the separate Divine Beast lairs and watched Xie Yichu begin fighting the beasts in the sky.
• Xue Fuyao entered one lair, collected its blood-red lilies, bones, and every other item, then left for the second lair.
• Xue Fuyao stripped the Dragon's cold lair of its glowing blue grass and everything else inside.
• Xue Fuyao activated a formation disc and vanished when she sensed people approaching.
• Seven or eight figures arrived at the empty cave, realized someone had beaten them to its treasures, and began searching nearby.

Miaoyin Elder failed to identify the person who had visited the Divine Beasts’ lair, while Xue Fuyao endured a mysterious ordeal after being transported to an unfamiliar place. She discovered golden veins across her body and found a jade stele whose writing seemed connected to them, leaving her in pain as she copied it.

• Miaoyin Elder tried to divine who had entered the Cave but could not identify the person, though she said he had already left.
• Xie Yichu saw the group return from the Divine Beasts’ lair in anger and decided it was time to end his battle with the dragon and phoenix.
• Xue Fuyao arrived in a white mist after activating her broken formation disk, but her Heavenly Eye could not see through the surroundings.
• Xue Fuyao suffered intense pain that gradually faded, then discovered golden veins covering her body, bones, and meridians.
• Xue Fuyao found two blue-green petals beneath her and watched them enter her body, adding themselves to the incomplete lotus within her.
• Xue Fuyao reached a mountain peak, saw that the writing on a huge white jade stele made her golden veins reappear, and began copying it as her blood started to burn.

Xue Fuyao finished copying an ancient inscription from a white jade stele and reunited with Xie Yichu, who identified it as a possible body-tempering technique. After hearing about her gains, Xie Yichu gave her a share of the divine beasts’ processed flesh.

• Xue Fuyao completed the inscription after three days of copying, then left the mountain and discovered it had vanished behind her.
• Xue Fuyao contacted Xie Yichu, who had been searching for her after she failed to arrive at the designated safe area.
• Xue Fuyao told Xie Yichu about the white jade stele and showed him her copy, and he said the writing was extremely ancient and the inscription might temper the body.
• Xie Yichu told Xue Fuyao that he had defeated the two divine beasts and shared out some of their flesh and essence blood.
• Xue Fuyao declined to ask for more treasures because she had already looted the beasts’ lairs, but Xie Yichu gave her a Storage Bag filled with processed flesh from both beasts.