Recaps

Bu Chan ambushed Yuan Wenzhi and rescued Wang Ba, but Yuan pursued them through repeated attacks that exhausted their defenses. After Bu Chan spent her strength healing Wang Ba, he caught her as she collapsed, and Yuan realized that Wang Ba had recovered.

• Yuan Wenzhi fled with Wang Ba, but Bu Chan blocked his route and detonated two hundred Heavenly Thunder Seeds to free Wang Ba.
• Bu Chan and Wang Ba fled while Yuan Wenzhi pursued them, and Tang Ji left the Exquisite Ghost Market despite Shang Li and the Ninth Elder’s objections.
• Bu Chan repeatedly protected Wang Ba with her body and spirit beasts as Yuan Wenzhi’s attacks cracked and then shattered the Incense Token.
• Yuan Wenzhi’s Large Brush Law Artifact pierced Bu Chan, but she dragged Wang Ba underground and continued fleeing while wounded.
• After the Large Brush Law Artifact wounded Wang Ba, Bu Chan used the Life-Restoring Technique to heal him, draining the surrounding greenery and exhausting herself.
• Bu Chan collapsed after healing Wang Ba, but Wang Ba caught her, prompting Yuan Wenzhi to realize that he had recovered.

Wang Ba fought Yuan Wenzhi to protect Bu Chan, unleashing a long chain of Five Elements techniques and spirit beasts after Yuan Wenzhi nearly defeated him. Yuan Wenzhi was overwhelmed, and Wang Ba collapsed after asking the arriving Zhao Feng to save Bu Chan.

• Wang Ba summoned the Wu Ape King, whose transformation and strength forced Yuan Wenzhi to use talismans and attack Wang Ba directly.
• Wang Ba revealed his true appearance and used successive Five Elements law techniques to weaken Yuan Wenzhi's defenses, while the Azurewater Spirit Turtle protected him.
• Wang Ba combined a powerful Metal System technique with Law Power from an insect, but he and Yuan Wenzhi were both left near collapse after their attacks exploded.
• As Yuan Wenzhi approached to finish him, Wang Ba released a horde of spirit beasts that attacked Yuan Wenzhi and drove him to howl in agony.
• Zhao Feng arrived as Wang Ba collapsed, and Wang Ba urged him to save Bu Chan before losing consciousness.
• Tang Ji watched from concealment, praised Wang Ba's talents, sent Zhao Feng a voice transmission, and vanished.

Wang Ba woke in Zhao Feng’s care, learned that Bu Chan had been taken for treatment and the Wu Ape King had survived, then questioned Yuan Wenzhi about his ties to the Incense Dao. After extracting the information and turning Yuan Wenzhi into a servant, Wang Ba gave him a new vessel and named him Jia Seventeen.

• Wang Ba woke in a crude hut, found his spirit beasts accounted for except the Wu Ape King, and learned from Zhao Feng that Tang Ji had taken Bu Chan to heal her.
• Zhao Feng revealed that he had imprisoned Yuan Wenzhi beneath the lake, and Wang Ba decided to question him.
• Wang Ba confronted Yuan Wenzhi about the Incense Dao and used Zhao Feng’s Sword Light to torture him until he agreed to answer.
• Wang Ba learned that Yuan Wenzhi and Zhang Tailai served the Well God Lineage and had fueled conflict in the Yan Kingdom for the Incense Dao.
• Wang Ba used a crimson light to make Yuan Wenzhi revere him, then provided a male spirit chicken as a vessel and named him Jia Seventeen.

Wang Ba and Zhao Feng discussed their cultivation, the Exquisite Ghost Market, and the resources Wang Ba needed to restore the Wu Ape King. After Tang Ji summoned them and learned Wang Ba’s real identity, he revealed that Bu Chan was safe and pregnant, leaving Wang Ba stunned.

• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng discussed Zhao Feng’s strength and the possibility of obtaining a third-tier spirit beast inner core through the Exquisite Ghost Market.
• Wang Ba treated the injured Wu Ape King and Boli, then began training the Wu Ape King to control himself while transformed.
• Wang Ba discovered that the Faceless Divine Statue in his Spiritual Platform could manifest the Yin God Descending World Bow, though it retained power for only one arrow.
• Tang Ji summoned Wang Ba and Zhao Feng, and Wang Ba confessed that his real name was Wang Ba rather than Shen Fu.
• Tang Ji recognized Wang Ba’s connection to the Heavenly Gate Sect and learned about his past from Zhao Feng, then assured Wang Ba he held no prejudice against him.
• Tang Ji told Wang Ba that Bu Chan was safe and revealed that she was pregnant, leaving Wang Ba stunned.

Wang Ba learned that Bu Chan was pregnant and faced a choice between two costly methods to improve their child’s prospects, but chose to pursue both. After he left the Ghost Market with Zhao Feng, High King Xiang Huang arrived and asked Tang Ji to help resist the Incense Dao.

• Tang Ji explained that Bu Chan’s pregnancy might have resulted from a Great Chu dual cultivation method and described ways to cultivate the child’s spiritual roots or strengthen its innate Qi and blood.
• Wang Ba visited the injured Bu Chan, and she urged him to let the child’s prospects follow their natural course rather than burden him with costly efforts.
• Wang Ba told Tang Ji he wanted to pursue both methods, learning that strengthening Qi and blood would cost several hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones while cultivating an innate spiritual root could cost several thousand.
• Wang Ba left the Ghost Market with Zhao Feng, who said he had found a way to draw back the sword shadows behind him.
• High King Xiang Huang met Tang Ji at the first layer of the Exquisite Ghost Market and asked him to help resist the Incense Dao.

Wang Ba returned to Yongan City with Zhao Feng and learned that the Incense Dao had conquered the Wei and Xu Kingdoms, driving rogue cultivators toward Yan-Qiao Pass. He brought Zhao Feng to Returning Wind Valley, where they secured an alliance with Zhu Rong and obtained a Third-Tier Inner Core for Wang Ba’s plans.

• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng found Yongan City nearly deserted, cleared the talismans from Wang Ba’s residence, and met Returning Wind Valley cultivators who took them to Zhu Rong.
• Zhang Yin told Wang Ba that the Incense Dao had seized the Wei and Xu Kingdoms and nearly taken the Qiao Kingdom, prompting Yongan City’s cultivators to leave for Yan-Qiao Pass.
• Wang Ba introduced Zhao Feng as his senior brother, and Zhao Feng demonstrated his swordsmanship when Zhu Rong tested his strength.
• At a feast, Wang Ba agreed to have Zhao Feng serve Returning Wind Valley as a retainer in exchange for cultivation supplies, while asking for Third-Tier Inner Cores and other spirit materials.
• After Wang Ba and Zhao Feng settled near Returning Wind Valley, Yan Qing visited three days later and delivered a Third-Tier Inner Core to Wang Ba.

Wang Ba’s Wu Ape King survived an unusually powerful tribulation and advanced to the third tier, meeting the requirement to enter the Third Layer of the Exquisite Ghost Market. Wang Ba then assigned Jia Seventeen, whose body housed Yuan Wenzhi, to produce Spirit Chicken Essence and set him to work mating with female Spirit Chickens.

• Wang Ba gave the recovering Wu Ape King half of a Third-Tier Inner Core to swallow and used the rest externally, completing its transformation and drawing tribulation lightning.
• At Zhao Feng’s urging, Wang Ba let the Wu Ape King face the tribulation outside the defensive formation, and it absorbed and endured twelve bolts before collapsing with nonfatal injuries.
• Wang Ba confirmed the Wu Ape King had become a third-tier spirit beast and considered visiting the Exquisite Ghost Market, but planned to recover the beast and refine Spirit Chicken Essence for Returning Wind Valley first.
• Wang Ba released the Spirit Chickens and summoned Jia Ten Five and Jia Seventeen, while Jia Ten Five relaxed and cultivated instead of working.
• Wang Ba gave Jia Seventeen instructions to refine Spirit Chicken Essence and promised to restore him to the Gold Core Realm if he succeeded; Yuan Wenzhi accepted the task and took a female Spirit Chicken to a secluded dwelling.
• Wang Ba watched Jia Seventeen begin work and decided Jia Ten Five would not be allowed to avoid his own duties.

Jia Ten Five received a system quest and chose to gain power by fathering more offspring, while Wang Ba tested whether implanted knowledge could make Jia Seventeen refine Spirit Chicken Essence. Jia Seventeen succeeded after an initial failure, and Wang Ba arranged to meet Li Ji at White Cloud Flat for more spirit-chef artifacts.

• Jia Ten Five recognized Jia Seventeen's intelligence, delightedly considered him a son, and tried to stop him from attacking another spirit chicken.
• Jia Ten Five received two quest choices, chose A Father's Love Is Like a Mountain, and instantly mastered a second-tier law technique before returning to breeding.
• Wang Ba observed that he could implant techniques and craft knowledge into spirit chickens, and Jia Seventeen began processing a second-tier spirit chicken.
• Jia Seventeen taught himself a fire technique, failed his first attempt to refine Spirit Chicken Essence, then produced a batch of roughly sixty to seventy percent purity.
• Wang Ba realized he needed another set of second-tier spirit-chef law artifacts and contacted Li Ji, who asked him to go to White Cloud Flat.

Wang Ba had second-tier Spirit Chef law artifacts made for Jia Seventeen and supplied Returning Wind Valley with increasing quantities of Spirit Chicken Essence. After Yan Qing invited him to a Clothing Auction at Yan-Qiao Pass, Wang Ba traveled there with Zhao Feng, unaware that Lin Boyue was waiting to ambush Yan Qing.

• Wang Ba visited Li Ji in Yongan City, received second-tier Spirit Chef law artifacts, and gave Jia Seventeen the tools and Spirit Fire needed to refine Spirit Chicken Essence.
• Yan Qing collected Wang Ba’s Spirit Chicken Essence and told him that Returning Wind Valley’s sales were thriving, while Wang Ba’s production continued to grow.
• Lin Boyue learned that Returning Wind Valley was selling Spirit Chicken Essence and ordered Zhuang Yi to capture Yan Qing so they could trade him to Zhu Rong for Shen Fu.
• Yan Qing invited Wang Ba to a Clothing Auction at Yan-Qiao Pass, where third-tier treasures would be sold and the High King was expected to arrive.
• Wang Ba gathered his Spirit Chickens, brought Zhao Feng, and traveled with Yan Qing toward Yan-Qiao Pass, while Lin Boyue waited near the Teleportation Array to intercept Yan Qing.

Wang Ba and Zhao Feng were ambushed by Lin Boyue and the Xuli Sect while traveling with Yan Qing, but Tang Ji’s connection to them became clear when the High King intervened. After Lin Boyue returned to the Xuli Sect in despair, a hidden voice spoke to him in the night.

• Wang Ba sensed danger on the way to Yan-Qiao Pass, and Zhao Feng warned him that something felt wrong.
• Lin Boyue, Zhuang Yi, and Qiao Yushan attacked; Zhao Feng nearly killed Zhuang Yi and fought Lin Boyue as Wang Ba fled toward the Teleportation Array.
• The High King arrived through the Teleportation Array, stopped the fight with a cold snort, and ordered Lin Boyue to take the attackers away.
• Tang Ji recognized Wang Ba and Zhao Feng as people connected to him, and Lin Boyue realized he had falsely accused them before the High King.
• Lin Boyue returned to the Xuli Sect with Qiao Yushan and the unconscious Zhuang Yi, shut himself away in despair, and heard a hidden voice address him in the night.

Lin Boyue refused the gray-robed Well God Lineage cultivator’s offer to join him, but kept the incense he left behind. At Yan-Qiao Pass, Wang Ba’s Wu Ape King reached the third tier, earning Wang Ba a chance to join Tang Ji’s sect, while Tang Ji tried to arrange for Wang Ba’s teacher to come meet him.

• Lin Boyue rejected the gray-robed cultivator’s offer of Nascent Soul advancement and protection for Xuli Sect, then secretly stored the incense that could summon him.
• Wang Ba’s Wu Ape King fought Zhao Feng and displayed its strength, convincing Tang Ji that Wang Ba had raised a third-tier spirit beast.
• Tang Ji told Wang Ba he could enter the Third Layer of the Exquisite Ghost Market and might qualify to join Tang Ji’s sect, then advised him and Zhao Feng to remain at Yan-Qiao Pass while Tang Ji went to the Qiao Kingdom.
• Tang Ji contacted Senior Brother Qi about Wang Ba, but Qi dismissed the invitation; he then reached Senior Brother Yao, who had gotten lost in Great Chu while trying to reach Wang Ba.
• At the Clothing Auction, Wang Ba bought eight Third-Tier Spirit Beast Rings, and an auction attendant brought him his purchases.

Wang Ba raised Jia Ten Six and Jia Ten Five to the third tier and confirmed he could still control them with Yin Spirit Power. After learning that the Hybrid Chi Horse’s Essence Blood could supply the rare catalyst he needed, he began using it to refine Dao Soldiers from his Psychic Ghost Loaches.

• Wang Ba discovered the Profound Dragon Dao Soldiers Manual and learned that refining its soldiers required Essence Blood from a third-tier dragonkind spirit beast.
• Wang Ba took Jia Ten Six and Jia Ten Five out to undergo their tribulations; both survived and reached the third tier, while he confirmed Yin Spirit Power still controlled Jia Ten Five.
• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng met Princess Consort Li Xiangyun, who gave Wang Ba six drops of Hybrid Chi Horse Essence Blood in exchange for Spirit Chicken Essence.
• Yan Qing reported that the Myriad Gods Kingdom had seized territory in the Qiao Kingdom, driving prices sharply upward, and paid Wang Ba five hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones for Spirit Chicken Essence.
• Wang Ba poured three drops of Hybrid Chi Horse Essence Blood into his pool of Psychic Ghost Loaches to begin refining Profound Dragon Dao Soldiers.

Wang Ba refined Psychic Ghost Loaches into Profound Dragon Dao Soldiers and began training them as tensions mounted at Yan-Qiao Pass. At Spirit-Wheel Mountain, King You’s investigation revealed that the Myriad Gods Kingdom had engineered internal strife to conquer Wei and Xu, and Xiang Huang realized Yan Kingdom might be the next target; an Incense Dao force then prepared to attack Yan-Qiao Pass.

• Wang Ba used Hybrid Chi Horse essence blood and his own essence blood to transform Psychic Ghost Loaches into Profound Dragon Dao Soldiers, forming a connection that let him command their strength.
• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng sensed mounting tension at Yan-Qiao Pass as its defenses relied on the Five-Dragon Golden Lock Formation and other safeguards.
• King You gathered Nascent Soul True Lords at Spirit-Wheel Mountain to plan their response and investigate the sudden fall of Wei Kingdom and Xu Kingdom.
• King You and the assembled cultivators concluded that the Myriad Gods Kingdom had incited sect conflicts and internal strife to weaken both kingdoms before invading.
• Xiang Huang warned King You that Yan Kingdom might be in trouble, and a white-robed figure immediately left for it by Teleportation Array.
• An Incense Dao force led by Chimei gathered near Yan-Qiao Pass, and cultivator Nian entered the moonlight to infiltrate Yan Kingdom before the force prepared to attack.

Lin Boyue learned that Li Xiangyun had repelled an Incense Dao attack on Yan-Qiao Pass, then sent Zhuang Yi with supplies to demonstrate Xuli Sect’s support. During a renewed assault, Li Xiangyun used the Five-Dragon Golden Lock Formation to drive the attackers back, but an Incense Dao infiltrator secretly entered the pass through a well.

• Lin Boyue received word that Li Xiangyun had defeated five Incense Dao Fourth-Tier Cultivators at Yan-Qiao Pass and ordered Xuli Sect to send supplies.
• Zhuang Yi volunteered to accompany Qiao Yushan to the pass, and Lin Boyue agreed to send him despite his injuries.
• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng saw five Incense Dao Fourth-Tier Cultivators attack Yan-Qiao Pass while unrest spread among the cultivators inside.
• Li Xiangyun killed rebels stirring panic, then controlled the Five-Dragon Golden Lock Formation to fight the attackers and restrain Chimei.
• Li Xiangyun wounded the Incense Dao forces until Chimei ordered their retreat, and she then returned to Prince Gao’s Residence to recover.
• An ordinary-looking Incense Dao cultivator emerged from a well, revealing that they had slipped into Yan-Qiao Pass during the battle.

Li Xiangyun tried to secure Yan-Qiao Pass against the Incense Dao while Zhuang Yi was killed amid a scheme involving Qiao Yushan and Yan Qing. Lin Boyue accepted a gray-robed cultivator’s offer to help him reach Nascent Soul, and the chapter ended as an Incense Dao attacker challenged Princess Consort Gao.

• Li Xiangyun told Wang Ba and Zhao Feng to remain at Prince Gao’s Residence, where Wang Ba reunited with Wen Yong and gave him a token for emergencies.
• A gray-robed cultivator of the Well God Lineage trapped and killed a Gold Core cultivator at a teleportation array outside Yan-Qiao Pass, then let Zhuang Yi’s group enter the pass under Sealing Talismans.
• Yan Qing struck Zhuang Yi, whose sealed cultivation left him unable to defend himself; Qiao Yushan secretly worsened his injuries and destroyed his remnant soul before accusing Yan Qing.
• Li Xiangyun punished Yan Qing, honored Zhuang Yi after his death, and ordered guards to investigate suspicious objects that Incense Dao cultivators might use as hiding places.
• Lin Boyue mourned Zhuang Yi, summoned the gray-robed cultivator, and agreed to cooperate in exchange for help reaching Nascent Soul and preserving Xuli Sect’s cultivation resources.
• A cultivator warned Wang Ba and Zhao Feng about the Incense Dao, then flames erupted across Yan-Qiao Pass as a woman called on Princess Consort Gao to fight.

Lin Boyue secretly used blood from Danlong Gate and Xuli Sect disciples to corrupt a formation foundation at Yan-Qiao Pass, while the Well God Lineage abducted defenders and trapped the High King’s party in Bo City. The High King and Tang Ji uncovered the Incense Dao’s plan to surround Qiao Kingdom, and Tang Ji began forming a prepared teleportation array as the enemy closed in.

• Li Xiangyun fought Chimei above Yan-Qiao Pass while Lin Boyue led Xuli Sect disciples to seize Danlong Gate’s shop and capture its disciples.
• Lin Boyue had Qiao Yushan and the Xuli Sect disciples drain captives’ blood, then used the blood to corrupt a Five-Dragon Golden Lock Formation foundation; a Well God swallowed the Gold Core True Person who tried to stop him.
• The Well God Lineage silently abducted defenders at other formation foundations as Chimei endured Li Xiangyun’s attacks and waited for Yan-Qiao Pass’s formation to weaken.
• The High King and Tang Ji teleported to Bo City, found its population missing, and realized a Well God Lineage cultivator had replaced Lu Yichun and set a trap for them.
• Well God, Chipo Lineage, and Fire-Eating Lineage cultivators attacked the High King’s party, while the Well God revealed that Yu Jiang had defected and that the Incense Dao was surrounding Qiao Kingdom.
• The High King recognized the plan to wipe out Qiao Kingdom’s cultivators, and Tang Ji formed a teleportation array he had kept ready.

Li Xiangyun fought to defend Yan-Qiao Pass as Incense Dao infiltrators sabotaged its formation bases and opened a teleportation route for an invading force. The chapter ended with blood rain over the pass and the High King realizing that Li Xiangyun was still alive, while an unidentified well phantom faded away.

• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng stayed inside Prince Gao's Residence, sealed its formation, and waited for Tang Ji and the High King to return.
• Li Xiangyun discovered that Incense Dao infiltrators were sabotaging the formation; Lin Boyue contaminated auxiliary bases while a gray-robed Well God Lineage cultivator captured Gold Core cultivators.
• Li Xiangyun fought Chimei and tried to stop Lin Boyue, but the formation weakened as more bases shattered and the Dragon-Soaring Dao Soldiers suffered heavy losses.
• A teleportation array activated in central Yan-Qiao Pass, and nearly a thousand Incense Dao cultivators emerged to attack the city's weakened defenders.
• Tang Ji and the High King found their teleportation blocked by Divine Soul power, while the High King learned that Yan-Qiao Pass was being used as bait to isolate the Qiao Kingdom.
• Blood rain fell over Yan-Qiao Pass, and the High King confirmed that Li Xiangyun's Soul Lamp still burned as an unidentified well phantom faded in the distance.

Wang Ba killed Guan Min, a Fourth-Tier cultivator of the Well God Lineage, while the battle for Yan-Qiao Pass turned against the defenders. After the High King died and Tang Ji struggled to escape with her dying Nascent Soul, Wang Ba drew the Yin God Bow and aimed toward the sky.

• Guan Min trapped Wang Ba in his Well Body, but Wang Ba drained his lifespan, killing him and escaping with Zhao Feng as bloody rain fell.
• At Bo City, the High King and Tang Ji tried to reach Yan-Qiao Pass, but a Well God Lineage elder killed one of their companions with a divine relic.
• The High King was overwhelmed by the Fire-Eating Lineage's flames and died; Tang Ji rescued her dying Nascent Soul and rushed toward Yan-Qiao Pass.
• Lin Boyue drained Qiao Yushan's blood to strengthen the formation-breaking effort, while Wang Ba and Zhao Feng realized the pass was close to falling.
• Tang Ji was intercepted by Chimei and the enemy cultivators, and Wang Ba leaped onto a wall, formed a crimson bow, and aimed it at the sky.

Wang Ba used the Yin God Lineage’s Divine Relic to kill two Fourth-Tier cultivators, then fought alongside Li Xiangyun and Zhao Feng as the battle for Yan-Qiao Pass escalated. After Wang Ba’s forces helped defeat Lin Boyue and destroy several Incense Dao formation foundations, a powerful stranger arrived and asked where he could find Wang Ba.

• Wang Ba fired the Yin God Bow and killed Chimei and a Fire-Eating Lineage cultivator, giving Tang Ji a chance to attack the formation.
• Tang Ji drew the Incense Dao cultivators’ attention while Wang Ba and Zhao Feng tried to escape, but Third-Tier cultivators blocked their way.
• Wang Ba and Zhao Feng fought the Chipo Lineage cultivators, and Wang Ba’s Spirit Beasts helped Li Xiangyun’s forces survive as the battle spread across Yan-Qiao Pass.
• Li Xiangyun discovered that the Incense Dao was preparing to surround the Qiao Kingdom and attacked its shifting formation foundations while Wang Ba unleashed his Spirit Beasts.
• Wang Ba, Li Xiangyun, and the golden ape killed Lin Boyue, but the Five-Dragon Locking Gold Formation then broke and a Fourth-Tier Chipo Lineage cultivator attacked them.
• A bare-chested stranger crashed into the Chipo Lineage cultivator, then asked Wang Ba which person nearby was Wang Ba.

Yao Wudi arrived at Yan-Qiao Pass, revealed his overwhelming strength, and took Wang Ba as his disciple. After wiping out the Incense Dao cultivators, he refused King You’s request for help and departed with Wang Ba.

• Yao Wudi arrived at Yan-Qiao Pass and recognized Wang Ba, while Tang Ji called out to him as his senior brother.
• Yao Wudi stomped Chi Wan into the city wall, then offered to take Wang Ba as his disciple, and Wang Ba accepted.
• Yao Wudi shattered the Incense Dao’s Divine Relic and killed the Incense Dao cultivators, including Xue An, while Tang Ji escaped.
• King You recognized Yao Wudi and asked him to help the Qiao Kingdom, but Yao Wudi refused and Tang Ji also left.
• Wang Ba gathered storage artifacts from the battlefield and offered them to Yao Wudi as a tuition gift, and Yao Wudi took him away.

Wang Ba qualified to enter the Ghost Market’s Third Layer and join the Myriad Phenomena Sect, but refused an offer to change masters and remained Yao Wudi’s disciple. After checking on Bu Chan and Zhao Feng, Wang Ba heard that Yao Wudi and Tang Ji belonged to the Myriad Phenomena Sect.

• Uncle-Master Du praised Wang Ba’s spirit-beast talent and offered to recommend him to Qi Yan, but Wang Ba declined because he had already accepted Yao Wudi as his master.
• Du warned Wang Ba that Yao Wudi’s Myriad Laws Dao demanded vast time and resources, but Wang Ba reaffirmed his choice, valuing Yao Wudi’s regard and believing his own long lifespan would let him overcome those limits.
• Yao Wudi and Tang Ji took Wang Ba to see Zhao Feng recovering and Bu Chan receiving spiritual materials; the caretaker said Bu Chan would need about ten years to absorb them.
• Yao Wudi reassured Wang Ba that no one would bully him, and Tang Ji began explaining the sect after Wang Ba qualified to join.
• Yao Wudi revealed that he and Tang Ji belonged to the Myriad Phenomena Sect, one of Great Jin’s three foremost sects.

Yao Wudi explained the Myriad Phenomena Sect and his Myriad Laws Dao to Wang Ba, demonstrating how it absorbed and countered known techniques. Wang Ba learned he could not begin studying it until he passed the sect’s entrance assessment, which he would take after the sect’s teleportation route opened in about a year.

• Yao Wudi described the Myriad Phenomena Sect’s many cultivation lineages and introduced the Myriad Laws Dao, which sought to master and unify all arts.
• Tang Ji explained that cultivation arts arose from underlying essences, and Yao Wudi demonstrated how Mother Qi of Ten Thousand Arts could learn and counter a wood-attribute technique.
• Yao Wudi outlined the three stages of the Myriad Laws Dao and said he could not teach Wang Ba until Wang Ba formally joined the sect.
• Tang Ji advised Wang Ba to wait about a year for the third layer of the Exquisite Ghost Market and its teleportation array to open, and Yao Wudi agreed to guide his cultivation in the meantime.
• After Wang Ba left, Tang Ji asked whether Yao Wudi had detected an Incense Dao Divine Relic within him, but Yao Wudi said he was not concerned and trusted the sect’s screening.

Yao Wudi helped Wang Ba reforge a second dantian and gave him fourth-tier mystic fire alloyed gold iron. As the Ghost Market Third Layer opened, Wang Ba learned that the Incense Dao had been pushed back and prepared to return to the Myriad Phenomena Sect with Yao Wudi and Tang Ji.

• Yao Wudi gave Wang Ba a Jade Slip containing the Mixed Origin Two Extremes Art and explained that he needed to complete the five elements for the Myriad Laws Dao.
• Wang Ba produced mystic fire alloyed gold iron, and Yao Wudi retrieved a large supply from Tang Ji before refining half into a dense iron ball for Wang Ba's second dantian.
• Wang Ba spent half a month reforging his second dantian and began filling it with Spirit Chicken Essence.
• Xumi arrived with Tang Ji, gave Zhao Feng a Śarīra to aid his recovery, and took him back to the West Sea Kingdom, where three continents were attacking and Spirit Transformation cultivators were involved.
• Tang Ji told Wang Ba that the Incense Dao had been driven beyond Throat-Strangling Pass after Xumi killed eight Fourth-Tier Cultivators, then gave him a token for the Ghost Market Third Layer.
• Tang Ji opened the Teleportation Array, and Wang Ba set out with Yao Wudi and Tang Ji to return to the Myriad Phenomena Sect.

Wang Ba arrived at the Ghost Market Third Layer with Yao Wudi and learned about the Myriad Phenomena Sect assessment and the enormous cost of his master's cultivation. As they entered the sect assessment, Yao Wudi's old rivalries caught up with Wang Ba when the welcoming Deputy Hall Master turned out to be one of the people his master had named.

• Wang Ba saw that the Ghost Market Third Layer was a heavenly street filled mostly with Gold Core cultivators and followed Yao Wudi toward the sect assessment.
• Yao Wudi spent nearly ten thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones on spirit materials and told Wang Ba that his costly cultivation supported his hope of ascending to the Upper Realm.
• Wang Ba met Qi Yan, who had recruited Mo Qi, a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator with an exceptional talent for Beast Taming.
• Yao Wudi warned Wang Ba to keep a low profile in the sect because he had fought many junior brothers, then listed more than twenty of them, including Luo Yuzhong.
• Wang Ba entered the sect assessment and froze when Luo Yuzhong introduced himself as the Deputy Hall Master of the Human Virtue Hall.

Wang Ba arrived at the Myriad Phenomena Sect’s admission assessment, where a Spirit Mirage tested candidates’ Dao hearts and exposed a hidden heretic. After Jiang Yi received an exceptional appointment as a protector, Elder Du Wei arrived and revealed that he had come for a young man shown in the assessment’s water screen.

• Wang Ba met Mo Qi, who rebuked anxious candidates for doubting themselves, and the two exchanged courteous greetings.
• Deputy hall masters Song Dongyang and Guan Ao arrived to scout candidates, while Hall Master Fei appeared to observe Jiang Yi, the pioneer of the Fur Dao.
• Luo Yuzhong began the Spirit Mirage assessment, which judged candidates’ resolve and uncovered a disguised heretic, whom he sent to Lesser Yin Mountain.
• Only eight Gold Core candidates passed, and Jiang Yi earned a Grade A Upper assessment and a personal appointment as Lesser Yang Mountain Protector.
• Elder Du Wei arrived at Hall Master Fei’s concealed hall and pointed to a young man in the water screen, leaving Qi Yan stunned.