Recaps

Jiang Yi took Yao Yun into his service and began preparing her to avenge Daye by defeating Liyang’s foremost general. After healing and assessing her, he gave her three years to kill Jin Wushu and ordered her to train against the Great River’s tides.

• Yao Yun agreed to serve Jiang Yi, and he carried her from the mass graveyard to a water palace on the Great River.
• Jiang Yi refined the river’s Water Essence Qi into Spirit Water for Yao Yun, then used the Heavenly Book to learn that his Fortuitous Encounter, Ziwu Fire, was tied to her.
• After seven days of recovery, Yao Yun received a pill that restored her tongue, and Jiang Yi recognized her Pearl-and-Jade Fate and natural water fate.
• Yao Yun identified Jin Wushu as Liyang’s strongest nearby expert and said he had reached the tenth mortal transformation, Spirit Transformation.
• Jiang Yi gave Yao Yun three years to beat Jin Wushu to death and instructed her to strike the Great River’s tides every day.

After three years of training, Yao Yun received Jiang Yi’s Shocking Waves True Form and was ordered to kill Jin Wushu. Meanwhile, two Liyang nobles discussed the Great River Martial Appraisal and planned to seek out the Dragon Maiden Empress, as Jiang Yi considered how to find the civil talent needed to obtain Ziwu Fire.

• Yelü and Wanyan dismissed the Dragon Maiden Empress as a possible fraud and discussed Liyang’s political troubles and the Great River Martial Appraisal.
• Yelü revealed that Sheng Hailong and Tuoba Long would attend the appraisal for the Golden Clarified Essence prize, then said he intended to find and take the Dragon Maiden Empress as a concubine.
• After three years of striking the Great River’s water eye, Yao Yun met Jiang Yi and admitted she lacked confidence in killing Jin Wushu.
• Jiang Yi explained that Yao Yun’s training had taught her the nature of water, then bestowed the Shocking Waves True Form and declared her half a step into Spirit Refining.
• Yao Yun vowed to kill Jin Wushu, while Jiang Yi concluded that he still needed a civil talent to kindle the fire required to obtain Ziwu Fire.

Yelü Hong and Wanyan Cai attended the Great River Martial Appraisal, where Tuoba Long and Yan Fei clashed over Liyang and the Profound Finger Monastery. Yao Yun arrived with Sheng Hailong’s severed head and ordered Jin Wushu and his followers executed, while Jiang Yi watched from his water mansion and noted that fate and allotted fortune could draw forth Ziwu Fire.

• Yelü Hong and Wanyan Cai learned that the martial appraisal had been arranged around Yan Fei’s visit and the dispute over Daye’s surviving imperial descendants.
• Tuoba Long arrived at Swallow Rock and challenged Yan Fei, who appeared on the Great River and defended the Profound Finger Monastery against his accusations.
• Yan Fei and Tuoba Long exchanged blows across the Great River, ending their first clash in a deadlock.
• Yao Yun raised the river water around Swallow Rock, appeared before the gathering, and cast Sheng Hailong’s severed head into the water.
• Yao Yun invoked the high god’s command and ordered the execution of Jin Wushu and his followers.
• Jiang Yi watched from his water mansion and concluded that fate and allotted fortune served as the primer for drawing forth Ziwu Fire.

Jiang Yi watched Yao Yun defeat Tuoba Long after she declared her Daye imperial lineage and claimed to be a High God's emissary. At the great general's residence, Sangji revealed that the Great Snow Mountain intended to welcome the High God and reopen the gateway of ascension.

• Yan Fei recognized Yao Yun's apparent strength, while Tuoba Long challenged her claim and accused her of rebellion for killing Sheng Hailong.
• Yao Yun declared that she carried Daye's imperial blood, and Yan Fei prepared to support her after realizing she might be the surviving scion he sought.
• Tuoba Long attacked Yao Yun with the Blood-Burning Secret Scripture, but Yao Yun crushed his spear and Heavenly Wolf True Form with a single punch, killing him.
• Yao Yun marveled at her victory and wondered whether she could also kill Jin Wushu with one punch.
• Sangji told Jin Wushu that the Great Snow Mountain's master had sensed a High God's arrival and explained that Daye's bloodline, including those with the Yao surname, could invoke one.
• Sangji revealed that his master wanted the High God to enter the Mortal Realm and reopen the gateway of ascension so the master could ascend to immortality.

Sangji revealed that the Red Sun Great Dharma Master sought an opportunity to ascend through the High God, then told Jin Wushu that his allotted lifespan ended that day. Yao Yun killed Jin Wushu with her Shocking Waves True Form, and Sangji bowed before asking the High God for a chance to ascend.

• Sangji told Jin Wushu that Great Snow Mountain had sent him to seek a Fortuitous Encounter connected to the High God’s return.
• Sangji read Jin Wushu’s face and said his lifespan ended that day, just as Yao Yun arrived above the general’s residence.
• Yao Yun declared that she had come by divine command to kill Jin Wushu, while Sangji refused to help him escape the tribulation.
• Yao Yun struck Jin Wushu with her Shocking Waves True Form and crushed his sinews and bones after a brief struggle.
• Sangji prostrated himself before Yao Yun and asked the High God to grant him an opportunity to ascend.

Sangji revealed himself as the Red Sun Dharma King and begged Jiang Yi for a chance to ascend, receiving a command to drive Liyang out and restore Daye within five years. Years later, Yao Yun took the throne, and Jiang Yi formed the Martial Fire.

• After Yao Yun destroyed the grand general's estate, Sangji awakened as a Spirit Refining Grandmaster and knelt to ask the High God for a chance to ascend.
• Jiang Yi answered Sangji's plea by commanding him to drive Liyang out and restore Daye within five years, and Sangji died after accepting the order.
• Jiang Yi concluded that the Red Sun Dharma King had arranged their meeting to secure support for Great Snow Mountain and entrusted him with helping Yao Yun.
• Jiang Yi caused twin suns to appear in the sky, while rumors spread that the Heavenly Lord had punished Liyang and the dynasty fell into turmoil.
• Yao Yun led Daye's uprising, defeated Liyang's forces, and ascended the throne as Jiang Yi declared the Martial Fire formed and conjured a golden flame.

Jiang Yi cultivated Xiao Feibai’s civil fire seed until it completed the Ziwu Fire, then entered the Water-Moon Grotto-Heaven to break through his Shell Pass. He successfully forged a Dao Foundation and entered a mysterious realm, while the Red Sun Dharma King sensed that the Ascension Portal had opened.

• Jiang Yi chose Xiao Feibai as the source of civil fire and set his Karma in motion.
• After his family was slaughtered and his meridians crippled, Xiao Feibai spent fifty years compiling books and created the Heavenly Book of Forgetting Emotion.
• Xiao Feibai let go of his revenge, completed his martial understanding, and became Chancellor, where his reforms helped Daye prosper.
• Jiang Yi collected Xiao Feibai’s civil fire seed, completed the Ziwu Fire, and secluded himself in the Profound Finger Monastery’s Water-Moon Grotto-Heaven for ten years.
• Jiang Yi used the Ziwu Fire to burn through his Shell Pass and forge the Dao Foundation of the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Imperial Law.
• The breakthrough shook the Mortal Realm, and the Red Sun Dharma King declared that the Ascension Portal was opening as Jiang Yi entered a wondrous secret realm.

Jiang Yi entered the [Foundation Establishment Realm] with his Divine Sense, forged a supreme Dao Foundation, and discovered how his Fire Phase strengthened his techniques. After returning to the mortal world, he appeared on the Great Snow Mountain, where the Red Sun Great Dharma Master welcomed him as a High God.

• Jiang Yi entered the [Foundation Establishment Realm] and saw his hundred-li Dao Foundation manifest as five regions, with only the Fire Phase developed.
• Jiang Yi practiced in the fiery domain, advancing his techniques into Dao Arts and resolving to use those targeting his ascent as bait.
• A golden-robed man admired Jiang Yi’s Foundation Establishment manifestation, while a monk in the Lion Chan Grove sensed its connection to the Buddhist Dao and wondered if Jiang Yi was the Sage King.
• Jiang Yi’s Divine Sense returned to his body, and he confirmed that his Ten-Thousand-Chariot Imperial Law Dao Foundation and Five Directions Paying Homage to the Origin true nature were supreme-grade.
• Jiang Yi shifted ten thousand li to the Great Snow Mountain beyond Yanmian Pass, where the Red Sun Great Dharma Master knelt and welcomed him as a High God.

Jiang Yi arrived at the Great Snow Mountain, where the Red Sun Great Dharma Master asked him for the method of ascension. Jiang Yi erased an ancient Buddhist inscription, left a character of his own to extend the Mortal Realm martial path, and departed after Red Sun gained a crucial insight.

• Jiang Yi appeared at the Great Snow Mountain, and the Red Sun Great Dharma Master knelt to greet him and ask for the method of ascension.
• Red Sun explained that fear of the unknown had kept him from shattering the void, though he remained determined to pursue the Dao.
• Jiang Yi entered the temple and erased the ancient character [Awakening] that generations of Great Dharma Masters had studied.
• Jiang Yi inscribed [Dao] in the air, promising to extend the severed road of Mortal Realm martial arts for Red Sun to comprehend.
• After contemplating [Dao] for three months, Red Sun understood a key formula and announced that the Great Snow Mountain would invite seekers to verify the method of ascension.

At Great Snow Mountain’s Spirit Refining Dao Attainment Assembly, Yao Yun offered an insight into the character [Dao] that helped Sijian Can, the Red Sun Great Dharma Master, comprehend its essence. Sijian Can broke open the void and drew in vital essence, while Jiang Yi watched and questioned whether he could ascend without Spirit Chance to nourish his Primordial Spirit.

• In Lion Tower, Zhou Muhan warned the gathered martial experts that the Embroidered-Clothes Guard was present, then left; Hundred-Knowledge Scholar disguised himself and headed toward Great Snow Mountain.
• At the foot of Great Snow Mountain, Fang Buying told Zhou Muhan that Yao Yun had ordered suspected traitors executed without exception and explained that she had come to attend the Spirit Refining Dao Attainment Assembly.
• At the Divine Temple, Yan Fei, Xu Zhu, and High Person Flowing Cloud shared their interpretations of the enormous character [Dao] as more than twenty Spirit Refining Grandmasters studied it.
• Yao Yun said the character [Dao] ruled all things, prompting the Red Sun Great Dharma Master to realize that its essence lay in ruling rather than transforming and drawing upon.
• Sijian Can comprehended a trace of the [Ten-Thousand-Chariot Imperial Law Dao Foundation], manifested a vast Dao domain, and shattered the void as vital essence poured toward him.
• Jiang Yi observed that the Mortal Realm lacked spiritual essence to nourish a Primordial Spirit and wondered whether Sijian Can could ascend without Spirit Chance.

The Red Sun Great Dharma Master followed the [Dao] character’s ascension method and shattered his body, apparently ascending into the void. Afterward, Yao Yun claimed the character for Daye and announced that it would be made available for the people to study.

• The Red Sun Great Dharma Master spent ten days comprehending the [Dao] character and prepared his Primordial Spirit to ascend.
• Jiang Yi observed the Spirit Refining Grandmasters and considered how their pursuit of ascension would strengthen his [Ten-Thousand-Chariot Imperial Law Dao Foundation].
• The Red Sun Great Dharma Master shattered his physical body, cried out “Dao” three times, and vanished into the void as the astral winds faded.
• High Person Flowing Cloud argued that he should be allowed to claim the [Dao] character, but Xu Zhu and Yan Fei persuaded him to settle for studying it.
• Yao Yun declared that the [Dao] character would be moved to the capital, enshrined on a nine-tier ritual altar, and reproduced on steles for the common people.

Jiang Yi imparted the Circulating Through the Six Void Realms Formula to Yao Yun, helping her pursue ascension. Ten years later, Yao Yun prepared to leave Daye, entrusting its government to Xiao Feibai as several martial masters planned to ascend with her.

• Jiang Yi observed the Mortal Realm and reflected on how few people could cultivate the Circulating Through the Six Void Realms.
• Yao Yun contemplated the character Dao and considered shattering the void, but rejected Sijian Can’s dangerous method of ascension.
• Jiang Yi used Divine Intent to teach Yao Yun the Circulating Through the Six Void Realms Formula.
• Ten years later, Yao Yun told Xiao Feibai she intended to ascend and offered him Daye’s foundations.
• Xiao Feibai asked Yao Yun to wait while he chose an imperial heir, and she appointed him minister entrusted with her final mandate.
• Yao Yun announced that Mr. Yan, Xu Zhu, and several other Spirit Refining Grandmasters would ascend together on the fifteenth day of the first month.

Jiang Yi used the ascensions of Sijian Can and other martial masters to investigate a suspected ambush in the Spirit Realm, discovering that ascension led into a trap where a demonic cultivator captured newcomers for his White-Bone Banner. The chapter left Sijian Can warning those below not to ascend as Senior Brother Zhao carried him away.

• At the Lantern Festival, Yan Fei shattered the void with his sword and disappeared into the upper realm, and Xu Zhu began his own ascension.
• Jiang Yi explained that he had helped Sijian Can, Yan Fei, and the others ascend to scout the Spirit Realm, then used his [Illuminating the hidden and manifest] mystery to observe what awaited them.
• Sijian Can arrived in the Spirit Realm as a frail soul and mistook the attention of Senior Brother Zhao’s followers for a welcome into a sect.
• Senior Brother Zhao revealed his White-Bone Banner and captured Sijian Can, declaring that the newcomers’ souls would aid his cultivation.
• Sijian Can realized the ascension was a trap and shouted for those below not to ascend before Senior Brother Zhao carried him away.

Jiang Yi examined the Spirit Realm and concluded that its All Flames Lose Their Truth Spirit Aura had been created to foster Blood Xī and Yin Baleful Intent, possibly as part of a plan to challenge the Sun and Thunder Pivot. He gave the Ding Fire Method to Sijian Can, Yan Fei, and Xu Zhu, then helped Yao Yun reach the Spirit Realm, where she was immediately pursued by demonic cultivators.

• Jiang Yi reasoned that Gathering Grotto Continent's Spirit Realm had been deliberately transformed into an All Flames Lose Their Truth Spirit Aura, perhaps to help the Southern Continent's Eight Sects oppose the Sun and Thunder Pivot.
• Jiang Yi used the Ding Fire Method to restore Sijian Can's clarity and gave him the method, prompting Sijian Can to believe the High God had charged him with cleansing the demons.
• Jiang Yi found Yan Fei and Xu Zhu suffering in the Spirit Realm and imparted the Ding Fire Method to both of them.
• Jiang Yi helped Yao Yun enter the Spirit Realm, where her cultivation advanced rapidly and she sensed danger near Soul-Rending Mountain.
• Yao Yun fled from the danger, but Junior Brother Fang and Senior Brother Li caught up with her and argued over taking her as a Furnace Cauldron.

Jiang Yi studied ancient demonic cultivation and the mysteries of Foundation Establishment arts while watching Yao Yun face two cultivators after ascending. Yao Yun was overpowered, but Senior Brother Zhao killed Fang; afterward, Zhao blamed Yao Yun for Fang’s death.

• Jiang Yi examined the demonic cultivators’ methods and realized his [Illuminating the Hidden Light] had reached the second level of Foundation Establishment arts, aided by the golden nature of [Lesser Yang].
• Jiang Yi reflected on the Mortal Realm, Spirit Realm, and Mysterious Realm, then decided he would seek Lai Buyi and use the Heavenly Book to pursue fortuitous encounters after ascending.
• Yao Yun was captured on Soul-Rending Mountain by cultivators from Name Teaching, and Fang threatened to take her as his concubine and furnace cauldron.
• Yao Yun attacked Fang with weapons and fist force formed through the Secret Canon of the Bright God, but Fang’s black cord shattered her attacks and suppressed her.
• Senior Brother Zhao suddenly struck Fang with baleful light, killing him and consuming the ghastly white Qi that emerged from his body.
• Zhao then glared at Yao Yun and accused her of causing Fang’s death.

Yao Yun was saved from Li Ya by a Thunderclap Prefecture cultivator, while Jiang Yi observed the encounter and continued refining his Fire Phase mysteries. The story left Jiang Yi believing his two mysteries would be enough to ascend to the Spirit Realm.

• Li Ya killed Junior Brother Fang and attacked Yao Yun, intending to make her his scapegoat.
• A yellow-clad Thunderclap Prefecture cultivator intervened, countered Li Ya’s Flying Yaksha, and revealed that two allies were approaching.
• Li Ya fled west in his blood river, and the yellow-clad woman told Yao Yun she was destined to join Thunderclap Prefecture.
• Jiang Yi withdrew his gaze from the encounter and began refining the Bing Fire mystery [Heaven and Earth Burn].
• Jiang Yi planned to combine his Bing and Ding Fire mysteries and concluded that the two mysteries would let him ascend to the Spirit Realm.

Jiang Yi observed Yao Yun’s entry into Thunderclap Prefecture and learned how the Righteous Dao used Children of Destiny as Human Pillars amid an era favorable to demonic cultivation. He then considered the Dao’s shifting Spirit Aura and realized that mastering Heaven and Earth Burn required a Foundation Establishment-grade Fire Virtue Spirit Object, while learning the distinction between virtue and phase.

• Zhou Youting and two Thunderclap Prefecture cultivators discussed her fight with a Name Teaching fiend and the growing strength of demonic forces.
• Zhou Youting revealed that Yao Yun had ascended with exceptional Spirit Chance, and Senior Brother Xu welcomed her as a potential asset to the Righteous Dao.
• Jiang Yi used Illuminating the Hidden Brightness to observe Yao Yun’s life in Thunderclap Prefecture and saw how righteous sects recruited or engineered Children of Destiny as Human Pillars.
• Jiang Yi reflected on the world’s changing Spirit Aura and suspected that Dao Lords were using Gathering Grotto Continent for a deeper scheme.
• Jiang Yi realized he needed a Foundation Establishment-grade Fire Virtue Spirit Object to master Heaven and Earth Burn and learned that Fire Virtue and the Fire Phase were distinct.

Jiang Yi completed the Fire Virtue profundity [Heaven and Earth Burn], destroying the Water-Moon Grotto-Heaven and triggering a heavenly response. He defied the Heavenly Lord’s attempts to suppress him and ascended from the Mortal Realm into the dark void.

• Jiang Yi contemplated the Five Virtues and chose to cultivate the Fire Virtue profundity [Heaven and Earth Burn].
• Jiang Yi comprehended the profundity over several days, condensing the surrounding rings of fire into a flame between his brows.
• Jiang Yi’s breakthrough destroyed the Water-Moon Grotto-Heaven and caused Spirit Fire lotuses and red clouds to appear across the Mortal Realm.
• The Heavenly Lord attacked Jiang Yi with lightning, fire, wind, and thunder, but [Heaven and Earth Burn] absorbed or transformed its assaults.
• Jiang Yi challenged the Heavenly Lord, then ascended into the dark void and vanished from the Mortal Realm.

Li Conglong accepted the Hall of Ten Thousand Forms’ forced labor to spare his aging father, then found a broken mirror at the Li family’s ancestral cliff. The mirror connected him to Jiang Yi, who planned to use the Li family to investigate the Name Teaching and support his Dao Foundation.

• Li Caiwei told Li Conglong that the Hall of Ten Thousand Forms was conscripting cultivators, and he volunteered to leave for seven years of labor service.
• Li Conglong climbed to Ancestor-Gazing Cliff, found a broken mirror fragment hidden in the rocks, and took it with him.
• Jiang Yi, now a Foundation Establishment True Person in the Spirit Realm, observed Li Conglong through the mirror fragment.
• Jiang Yi decided to pass down a Wood Phase Qi Refining method to the Li family and use them to investigate the Name Teaching.

Jiang Yi chose Li Conglong as the recipient of a Jia Wood cultivation method, and the mirror fragment Li Conglong found revealed a complete Qi Refining art. To save his son from conscription, Li Zhengde arranged for Li Conglong to appear gravely ill and took his place at Iron Horse Pass.

• Jiang Yi examined the Li family's fortunes and decided Li Conglong could become a worthy cultivator, then secretly took hold of his Karma.
• Li Zhengde told Li Conglong he had been ordered to serve for seven years at Iron Horse Pass, and Li Conglong gave him the mirror fragment he had found on Green Ram Mountain.
• After Li Conglong's blood touched the fragment, it entered his brow and revealed the complete Heaven-Nurturing, Truth-Preserving, Mystery-Pointing Art and its accompanying Daoist arts.
• Li Conglong secretly shared his cultivation insights with Li Zhengde, who understood the mirror's significance and ordered him to take arsenic so he could evade conscription.
• When the Hall of Ten Thousand Forms immortal master arrived, Li Zhengde claimed Li Conglong was too ill to serve and agreed to take his place at Iron Horse Pass.

After ten years of cultivation, Li Conglong strengthened his power and tried to secure the Li Household’s future, while Li Caiwei agreed to marry into the Xu Household. Refining his father’s thunderstruck wood unexpectedly brought Li Conglong to the great perfection of the sixth level of Qi Refining, and Jiang Yi watched as his experiment with the Jia Wood Method continued.

• Li Conglong used the Earth-Covering Mountain-Shifting Technique and planned to link Green Ram Mountain to the Li ancestral residence with a grand formation.
• Li Conglong learned that the Xu Household had proposed a marriage and Li Caiwei agreed to marry the Xu son to help the Li Household.
• Li Conglong chose his father’s thunderstruck wood as part of Caiwei’s dowry, but emerald-green True Qi refined it and raised his cultivation to the great perfection of the sixth level of Qi Refining.
• Jiang Yi observed the refinement and explained that Jia Wood had once been the demonic path’s foremost choice before a Great Sword Immortal slew the True Lord of Wood Virtue.

Li Conglong saw his sister Li Caiwei married into the Xu family, then learned eight years later that the Xu family wanted the Li family to claim Resource Grounds near the Luo family. Jiang Yi foresaw that Li Conglong’s destiny had turned ominous and decided to wait and see whether he survived the danger before helping him reach the tenth level of Qi Refining.

• Li Conglong escorted Li Caiwei’s bridal sedan down Green Ram Mountain and promised to bring her home if the Xu family mistreated her.
• Li Conglong told Li Conglin he would arrange a test for spiritual apertures so he could learn Qi Refining.
• Eight years later, Li Conglin told Li Conglong that Li Caiwei had given birth to twins and that the Xu family proposed sharing Resource Grounds near the Luo family.
• Li Conglin warned that the Xu family was using the Li family to test the Luo family, and Li Conglong ordered him to investigate the grounds and their defenders.
• Jiang Yi used Xuanmiao to observe the Li family and learned that Li Conglong’s Seven Baleful Intents destiny had turned ominous.
• Jiang Yi decided to wait for Li Conglong to overcome the danger, after which he would give him superior Gang-Baleful Intent and help him reach the tenth level of Qi Refining.

Cao Qiu, Jun Jiusi, and Qin Xiaoyun planned to search the Southern Region for Jiang-Surnamed Son by attacking the Name Teaching. Meanwhile, Li Conglong sought a Wood Phase spiritual object to advance his cultivation and discovered a jade bottle that stirred his art.

• Cao Qiu failed to locate Jiang-Surnamed Son with the Cave-Illuminating Zhong and argued with Jun Jiusi about their prospects of killing him.
• Qin Xiaoyun suspected Jiang-Surnamed Son was hiding in the Southern Region and proposed advancing against the Name Teaching to flush him out.
• Li Conglong learned the Luo Household had left nearby resource grounds unguarded while the Xu Household sent three Qi Refining cultivators there.
• Li Conglong decided to seek a Wood Phase spiritual object in Pingde Market Ward and used clan resources originally intended for Li Conglin.
• After finding nothing in the shops, Li Conglong spotted a jade bottle at a shabby stall, and his Heaven-Nurturing, Truth-Preserving, Mystery-Pointing Art stirred.

Li Conglong discovered a spirit-filled seed in a green bottle and used it to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining. After hearing that the Xu and Luo households were guarding an emerging Immortal Mansion at Falling Moon Lake, he suspected the Xu Household had lured the Li Household toward a trap and left to deal with the danger; Jiang Yi sensed the growing threat from [Immortal Dao].

• Li Conglong bought a rusty sword, an incense burner, and a green bottle from an old stallholder, then discovered a hidden wood-phase seed inside the bottle.
• Li Conglong nurtured the seed in a remote cave abode, refined its sprout, and broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refining.
• Li Conglong chose the Nurturing and Transforming Technique and bought a white jade talisman brush and talisman paper for Li Conglin.
• Zhao Xiong told Li Conglong that an Immortal Mansion was about to open at Falling Moon Lake and that the Xu and Luo households had occupied its shores.
• Li Conglong suspected the Xu Household had used the Resource Grounds as bait to target the Li Household, then left Zhao Xiong to return home.
• Jiang Yi observed Li Conglong's breakthrough and sensed that [Immortal Dao] was preparing to strike at him.

Jiang Yi comprehended a third Fire Technique mystery and decided to seek guidance on attaining Fire Virtue. Meanwhile, Li Conglong discovered a plot involving the Xu and Luo Households and set a trap of his own to protect the Li Household.

• Jiang Yi realized his Fire Phase was nearing perfection and comprehended [Heaven-Breaking Pillar], a mystery that could suppress other Fire Techniques.
• Jiang Yi decided to establish an undertaking to attain [Fire Virtue] and considered asking Master Lu how to proceed before consulting the Heavenly Book.
• Li Conglin reported that the Resource Grounds on Floating Cloud Mountain were a trap and that the Xu and Luo Households might be colluding, while someone appeared to be following his investigations.
• Li Conglong ordered Li Conglin to feign cooperation with the Xu Household and stage a quarrel with Luo Long so the Xu Household would believe the Li and Luo Households had fallen out.
• Li Conglong warned Li Conglin to flee if the plan went wrong, then prayed in the ancestral hall for the Heavenly Lord to protect the Li Household.