Recaps

Song Yan left Penglai after registering Yingzhou’s boundary stele on his sea chart, then returned to the Worry-Relief Pavilion on Chivalrous Heroes Island. He reunited with Qin Xijun, told her he had reached late Golden Core and had found no Phoenix Feather, and agreed to attend the upcoming temple fair with her and Xiao He.

• Shen Er gave Song Yan a whistle that would summon his personal aid within the Star Dark Sea Region or the Ruin Sea, and Song Yan asked to register Yingzhou’s boundary stele.
• Song Yan used the sea chart to record Yingzhou’s boundary stele atop Yuli Peak, making Yingzhou’s image on the chart clear and detailed.
• Song Yan left Yingzhou with Xiao He, returned to Chivalrous Heroes Island, and learned that Fan Dai and Zhou Jue were helping prepare for the temple fair.
• Song Yan reunited with Qin Xijun at the Worry-Relief Pavilion and told her he had advanced to late Golden Core but had not found a Phoenix Feather.
• Qin Xijun invited Song Yan to attend the temple fair with her and Fan Dai, and Song Yan agreed.

Song Yan reunited with Ruan Zhi, who gave him Two Forms Force, a defensive formation Law Treasure designed by Xiao Ju and refined by Ruan Zhi. They discussed Ruan Zhi’s companion from the Heaven-Stealing Sect, and Ruan Zhi said she hoped to guide the woman toward using her methods for good.

• Song Yan returned to his cave abode and crushed the Jade Talisman Ruan Zhi had left for him.
• Ruan Zhi arrived and presented Two Forms Force, a formation-laying Law Treasure she and Xiao Ju had crafted for Song Yan.
• Ruan Zhi explained that Song Yan could use his Flying Swords, Sword Qi, or Sword Essence as formation flags, allowing the treasure to support stronger defensive formations as he advanced.
• Song Yan recognized that Two Forms Force drew on formations he had once given Xiao Ju and realized how capable his disciple had become.
• Song Yan warned Ruan Zhi that her traveling companion was a disciple of the Heaven-Stealing Sect, and Ruan Zhi said she hoped to guide the woman to use her methods properly.

Song Yan and his companions attended the Dragon King Temple Fair on Chivalrous Heroes Island, while Junhe Fairy and Dugu Zhang met secretly and discussed the changing situation in the Eastern Sea. The group ended the night by setting lotus lanterns afloat, and Qin Xijun wished that time could stop in that moment.

• Ruan Zhi told Song Yan that she believed Wu Mengliu could be reformed, and she explained that they had come to the Eastern Sea to find a Mohist School Secret Hall.
• Song Yan tested the Two Forms Force and its interaction with the Infinite Treasury, then joined his companions at the Dragon King Temple Fair.
• Fan Dai and Zhou Jue helped prepare the temple fair, while Jiang Yulong revealed herself as Junhe Fairy and met Dugu Zhang beneath a tea stall.
• Dugu Zhang reminisced about attending temple fairs with his brother before deciding that the Hidden Dragon Secret Bureau needed to restructure its Eastern Sea intelligence network.
• Song Yan and his companions watched the puppet play "Wandering Dragon Returns to the Sea" and later set lotus lanterns afloat.
• Xiao He wished to stay with Song Yan and bring her grandfather back to life, while Qin Xijun wished for the moment to last forever.

Li Lin met with Yuan Sidu at the Luo River Goddess Palace and learned that Penglai would soon return to the world. Months later, Song Yan and his companions arrived at the palace’s gathering, where Fang Cunsheng became eager to visit the Zither Terrace and Xu Xiaoyu struggled with her feelings after seeing Song Yan again.

• Li Lin criticized Yuan Sidu’s efforts to find information about the Mohist School’s Secret Hall, then became interested when Yuan revealed that Shen Er would attend the palace’s gathering and Penglai would soon return to the world.
• Months later, Song Yan, Xiao He, and Fang Cunsheng traveled aboard Zhang Chao to the Luo River Goddess Palace for its gathering.
• Yang Zhiyi welcomed Song Yan’s party and guided them around the island; Fang Cunsheng asked to visit the Zither Terrace, and Xie Chan arrived shortly after.
• Song Yan and Yang Zhiyi encountered Xu Xiaoyu, who hurried away and later recalled her encounter with Song Yan on Peach Blossom Island, resolving to avoid the arriving guests.
• Yang Zhiyi told Song Yan that Shen Er and the Penglai cultivators would arrive on the gathering’s final day, when Penglai would announce its return to the assembled Eastern Sea factions.

Song Yan visited Go Valley during the Luo River Goddess Palace gathering, declined Li Lin’s invitation to join his palace, and won their Go match. Meanwhile, Xiao He’s seemingly careless move on the ancient unfinished game caught Hall Master Lianjie’s attention, leaving the onlookers wondering whether it had revealed a solution.

• Song Yan learned about Go Valley’s contest prizes and played a pavilion champion, winning his first game.
• Li Lin invited Song Yan to visit his palace, but Song Yan declined and then beat him at Go by three and a half points.
• Xiao He slipped away to watch Ding Jingsheng and Hall Master Lianjie study the ancient unfinished game.
• After Ding Jingsheng restarted the game, Xiao He objected to his stopping and placed a black stone on the board before darting away.
• Ding Jingsheng and Hall Master Lianjie noticed that Xiao He’s move had changed the position, and Hall Master Lianjie told Ding Jingsheng to wait.

Xiao He’s careless Go move solved the ancient endgame problem, earning her the Peach Blossom Spring manual and the formation flags Song Yan wanted. Song Yan and his companions then toured Go Valley’s calligraphy and painting venues, where Fang Cunsheng received a rare painting.

• Ding Jingsheng and Hall Master Lianjie abandoned their attempts to save Black’s stones and solved the endgame by sacrificing them to free Black’s great dragon.
• Song Yan found Xiao He and headed toward the stone wall after hearing that Dushan Divine Lord Ding Jingsheng had solved the problem.
• Ding Jingsheng revealed that Xiao He’s earlier move had inspired the solution, and he and Hall Master Lianjie bowed to thank her.
• Xiao He asked to trade the Peach Blossom Spring manual for the six-win prize, but Hall Master Lianjie gave her both the manual and a set of formation flags.
• Ding Jingsheng invited Song Yan, Xiao He, Xie Chan, and Li Lin to tour the garden; they visited the Stele Forest and Painting Wall Dojo.
• Xiao He’s painting won no prize, while Fang Cunsheng received a copy of Lay Buddhist Vimalakirti’s Wangchuan Painting from a Shuiyue Hall elder.

Yang Zhiyi celebrated her Golden Core achievement and became the master of Yiyin Hall at the Myriad Sounds Immortal Music Gathering, where she performed the ancient Immortal Longing Tune. After invited guests played on the Qin Platform, Song Yan urged Fang Cunsheng to take his turn.

• Guests gathered at the Qin Platform, where Song Yan speculated to Xie Chan about why it had no protective formations.
• Penglai Sect Master Shen Er arrived with his disciples, greeted Divine Lord Sangyu, and warmly invited Song Yan to visit Penglai.
• Yang Zhiyi arrived, received congratulations from Xu Xiaoyu and the guests, and was formally invested as Yiyin Hall's master.
• Yang Zhiyi played the Immortal Longing Tune on the Nine Heavens Ringed Pei, and Li Lin explained the tune's origins and rarity.
• Two invited Zither Dao masters performed for the gathering, then Song Yan urged his hesitant disciple Fang Cunsheng to play.

Fang Cunsheng played the ancient score "Wind and Thunder Guide" at the Myriad Sounds Immortal Music Gathering, briefly summoning wind and thunder before failing to fully realize its artistic conception. Months later, Ruan Zhi and Wu Mengliu asked Song Yan to help them visit Penglai as they investigated the Mohist School's Secret Hall and its connection to Qu Jiangzi.

• Song Yan invited Fang Cunsheng to perform, and Yang Zhiyi encouraged him to play the Nine Heavens Ringed Pei.
• Fang Cunsheng played "Wind and Thunder Guide," stirring wind and thunder, while a pendant Ye Yin had given Song Yan reacted to the music.
• Yang Zhiyi advised Fang Cunsheng on his technique, and he later returned to the Central Region as the gathering ended.
• Over the next half year, Penglai's return unsettled the Abyss Alliance, while Zhang Chao advanced to become a third-tier Great Yao.
• Ruan Zhi and Wu Mengliu visited Song Yan and revealed that their search for the Mohist School's Secret Hall had uncovered a connection to Penglai and Qu Jiangzi.
• Song Yan agreed to introduce them to Penglai.

Song Yan accompanied Ruan Zhi and Wu Mengliu to Penglai to search for clues about the Mohist School's Secret Hall and found evidence connecting it to Venerable Pillow Sea and an underwater palace. The clues pointed toward Floating Jade Island, so Song Yan gathered the Worry-Relief Pavilion's companions to investigate Otter Mountain Village.

• Song Yan arranged for Ruan Zhi and Wu Mengliu to consult Penglai's records, where Shen Er told them that Li Lin was also searching for the Mohist School's Secret Hall.
• Wu Mengliu explained that Li Lin sought the Secret Hall for its Mohist treasures, Gongsu Clan relics, and possible Immortal Qin artifacts, and described his rivalry with other princes.
• Song Yan, Ruan Zhi, and Wu Mengliu searched Penglai's records for a month and found a disciple's Daily Record describing Venerable Pillow Sea's plans for an underwater palace and Secret Hall.
• Song Yan found records about the Phoenix Feather's power and identified Floating Jade Island on the map as a possible location for the Secret Hall.
• Song Yan consulted Fan Dai and Zhou Jue, who identified Otter Mountain Village as a promising site, then gathered the Worry-Relief Pavilion's companions for the trip.

Song Yan left his friends on their way to Floating Jade Island to meet Yue Ting and Sheng Nian, who warned him that Green Sparrow Daoist was searching the island’s surrounding waters. After Song Yan revealed the Mohist School Secret Hall, Yue Ting recalled that he had given related architectural plans to Peach Blossom Island’s former island lord, and Song Yan returned to the island to watch over it.

• Song Yan followed a message from Yue Ting’s Sea Eagle to the Great Mirage Tower, where Lian Yutong brought him to meet Yue Ting.
• Song Yan met Sheng Nian aboard the tower and admitted that his name was Song Yan, while Yue Ting explained how he and Sheng Nian had become friends.
• Sheng Nian told Song Yan that Green Sparrow Daoist had persuaded Dugu Yin to meet him and had been searching the waters around Floating Jade Island.
• Song Yan told Yue Ting and Sheng Nian about the Mohist School Secret Hall, and Yue Ting recalled giving books and plans for an undersea palace to Peach Blossom Island’s former island lord.
• Song Yan returned to Floating Jade Island and promised Yue Ting that he would protect the islanders if trouble arose.

Song Yan returned to Floating Jade Island and joined the search for Venerable Pillow Sea’s hidden hall while keeping watch on Green Sparrow. When Green Sparrow revealed that he had detected Song Yan’s surveillance, Song Yan confronted him at a village puppet show and asked why he had come to the island.

• Song Yan reunited with A Yuan, who reported that Green Sparrow lived near Changning Bay and had been helping local fishermen.
• Song Yan joined Ruan Zhi, Wu Mengliu, and the others in searching the waters around Floating Jade Island, but they found no useful clues.
• A Yuan reported that Green Sparrow had entered Changning Bay, while Village Chief Zhou Yang reported the arrival of Li Lin and three Daoists; Song Yan identified two of them as Left and Right Daoists and went to the bay.
• Song Yan watched Changning Bay’s puppet show from a distance and realized Green Sparrow’s Divine Sense was as powerful as his own when Green Sparrow invited him to join the villagers.
• Song Yan sat beside Green Sparrow and asked why he had come to Floating Jade Island; Green Sparrow denied intending harm and told Song Yan to stop watching him.

Zhou Jue discovered a moonlight-activated teleportation formation in a sea cave beneath Floating Jade Island, and Song Yan and the others followed it to an undersea palace they suspected was the Mohist School's Secret Hall. There, Li Lin considered killing his rivals while the group encountered a cheerful Mechanism Golem.

• Idle-Fishing Boy spotted a sea cave, and Zhou Jue entered it alone to investigate.
• Moonlight revealed a teleportation formation engraved across the cave, and Zhou Jue activated it with Spirit Stones, vanishing with his Mechanism Puppet.
• Song Yan, Green Sparrow, Ruan Zhi, Wu Mengliu, Li Lin, and others followed the formation into the secret hall, while Song Yan found himself in an armory filled with soldier figurines.
• Song Yan emerged into an undersea palace and met up with the others in its central square.
• Li Lin considered ordering Left Daoist to kill Song Yan and the other cultivators, but decided to wait for a better chance.
• The Mechanism Golem introduced itself to the gathered cultivators, and Xiao He pointed out the Mohist School mark on it.

Ruan Zhi and Gongsu Mi agreed to settle their dispute over the Secret Hall’s treasures through a simulated war devised by Qu Jiangzi’s golem. The battlefield took shape, the commanders received tiger tallies, and Song Yan recognized Ruan Zhi’s tally as resembling one he possessed.

• Ruan Zhi used her Juzi Token to confirm that Qu Jiangzi had left the Secret Hall and its treasures to the Mohist School and the Gongsu Clan.
• The golem explained that Qu Jiangzi had won a wager against Gongsu Yi, while Gongsu Mi questioned whether the Gongsu Clan had truly lost its treasures.
• The golem revealed that Zhou Jue had opened the Secret Hall alone, leaving him unwell, and led the group to him and a sand-table war game.
• Ruan Zhi and Gongsu Mi accepted the golem’s challenge to compete for the treasures in a contest of offense and defense.
• The hall transformed into a vast battlefield, where each side had to capture nine cities without personally attacking, and Ruan Zhi and Gongsu Mi received tiger tallies.
• Song Yan recognized Ruan Zhi’s tiger tally as similar to the black-and-gold tally General Bai Qi had given him, which began to glow in his Water Jade Ring.

Ruan Zhi outmaneuvered Gongsu Mi in the sand-table battle, surrounding his main camp despite losing cities to Left Daoist’s advance. With victory near, she offered to end the Mohist School and Gongsu Clan’s long conflict through cooperation and peace.

• Gongsu Mi and Ruan Zhi activated their Tiger Tallies and issued orders as their armies began fighting across the battlefield.
• Ruan Zhi’s forces traded cities with Gongsu Mi’s army while Xiao He examined Song Yan’s mechanical ball and learned that its puzzle had hidden inner mechanisms.
• Ruan Zhi used the eastern losses to draw Left Daoist’s vanguard away as Song Yan and Wu Mengliu advanced around the flanks and threatened Gongsu Mi’s main camp.
• Green Sparrow Daoist abandoned his city and withdrew his troops to reinforce Gongsu Mi, but Ruan Zhi’s forces completed their encirclement and brought defeat close.
• Ruan Zhi halted the attack and offered Gongsu Mi peace, proposing that the Mohist School and Gongsu Clan cooperate and promising he could take his clan’s treasures.

Song Yan used Bai Qi’s genuine Tiger Tally to turn the terracotta soldiers against Gongsu Mi’s forces and summon the General Terracotta Warrior Bai Qi. After Song Yan appeared to accept the Daoist’s truce, Bai Qi revealed the retreat was an illusion and fatally impaled Gongsu Mi.

• Gongsu Mi agreed to make peace but demanded that Ruan Zhi surrender her military tally first, and Ruan Zhi accepted after receiving Song Yan’s assurance.
• After Ruan Zhi’s troops fell silent, Gongsu Mi ordered his army to attack, revealing that he had never intended to make peace.
• Song Yan stepped in to protect Ruan Zhi, then produced Bai Qi’s genuine Tiger Tally and used it to command the terracotta soldiers on both sides.
• A powerful General Terracotta Warrior bearing the name Wu'an arrived, and the Mechanism Golem identified him as Bai Qi.
• The Daoist offered terms, and Song Yan appeared to accept and put away the Tiger Tally, but Bai Qi’s retreat proved to be an illusion.
• Bai Qi pierced Gongsu Mi from behind, while Song Yan told Li Lin that nothing was too deceitful in war.

Song Yan killed Gongsu Mi, then received Lord Wu'an's military records while the group explored Qu Jiangzi's hidden hall. The Mechanism Golem began explaining why Qu Jiangzi had left the Mohist School, ending with Qu Jiangzi secretly departing for Xianyang.

• Song Yan used Lord Wu'an's General Terracotta Warrior to kill Gongsu Mi, and the battlefield returned to the hall.
• The Mechanism Golem took back the white jade Tiger Tally and led the group to inspect Qu Jiangzi's treasures, while Ruan Zhi warned Li Lin not to seize Mohist property.
• The golem told Song Yan he could not take the General Terracotta Warrior, but gave him a box containing Bai Qi's formation diagrams and military treatise.
• Ruan Zhi asked why Qu Jiangzi had left the Mohist School, and the golem explained that the First Emperor had sought artisans for his mausoleum and Li Si had secretly pressured Qu Jiangzi to join the work.
• After the Mohist School's Sword Dao commander Gai Nie fell and the school weakened, Qu Jiangzi left without farewell and set out for Xianyang.

The Mechanism Golem recounted how Qu Jiangzi escaped Immortal Qin and preserved his collection on Floating Jade Island, where Song Yan and Ruan Zhi found an Unsolved Spiritual Resonance. Green Sparrow attacked for the relic and trapped Song Yan in an imitation of the Heaven-Sealed Land, leaving Ruan Zhi, Wu Mengliu, and Xiao He to confront him as the Mechanism Golem warned them not to damage the collection.

• The Mechanism Golem explained that Shen Juan helped Qu Jiangzi escape Immortal Qin through a Teleportation Formation on Floating Jade Island, while Gongsu Yi chose to die rather than endanger his clan.
• The Mechanism Golem led the group to Qu Jiangzi's collection, where Ruan Zhi and Song Yan recognized an Unsolved Spiritual Resonance.
• Green Sparrow attacked Ruan Zhi and Wu Mengliu while dim starlight imprisoned Song Yan in a crude imitation of the Heaven-Sealed Land.
• Ruan Zhi and Wu Mengliu fought Green Sparrow, and Ruan Zhi nearly wrested his golden bell away with her Artifact Refining Divine Ability.
• Xiao He revealed her Dragon Pearl and struck Green Sparrow with lightning, while the Mechanism Golem asked everyone to avoid damaging Qu Jiangzi's belongings.

Li Lin claimed the Numerical Extremity Key and left the Secret Hall while Zhou Jue retrieved the Unsolved Spiritual Resonance, but Green Sparrow Daoist revealed that he had been hiding in Zhou Jue’s Mechanism Puppet and stole the treasure after mortally wounding him. As the hall prepared to expel its remaining visitors, the Mechanism Golem pointed Ruan Zhi toward an ancient book that might contain a way to save Zhou Jue.

• Li Lin sent Left Daoist to break the restriction, took the Numerical Extremity Key, and departed with him after explaining it belonged to the Gongsu Clan.
• Zhou Jue broke the restriction holding the Unsolved Spiritual Resonance, and Xiao He struck Green Sparrow Daoist down with the Dragon Pearl’s power.
• Song Yan emerged from the collapsing starlight and warned everyone, but Zhou Jue’s Mechanism Puppet stabbed him and seized the Unsolved Spiritual Resonance before transforming into Green Sparrow Daoist.
• Green Sparrow Daoist escaped the Secret Hall, while Song Yan used the Kunwu Remnant Flame to slow Zhou Jue’s bleeding.
• The Mechanism Golem warned that everyone would soon be expelled and said an ancient creation manual might save Zhou Jue, so Ruan Zhi opened the restriction and found a book titled Immortal Mechanisms Unveiled.

Song Yan faced Green Sparrow, Qu Yi, and Xu Ze after the Secret Hall, while Ruan Zhi escaped with the others and Yue Ting arrived to support him. As Song Yan fought Qu Yi, his Myriad Manifestations Sword Intent began to transform, but Qu Yi's deathly Sword Intent was steadily eroding his defenses.

• The Mechanism Golem sent Ruan Zhi, Song Yan, and the others out of the Secret Hall, then reflected on Ruan Zhi being the Mohist School's current Lord Juzi and began cleaning up.
• Green Sparrow confronted the group and revealed that he had allied with Qu Yi and Xu Ze to kill Ruan Zhi and claim her treasures.
• Song Yan urged Ruan Zhi to take Xiao Zhou and the others away, and she left while Song Yan held off Green Sparrow, Qu Yi, and Xu Ze.
• Yue Ting arrived and warned Song Yan that Dugu Yin might be coming, while Song Yan blew a White Jade Carved Whistle and stayed behind to block Green Sparrow and Qu Yi.
• Song Yan attacked Green Sparrow, then fought Qu Yi, whose gray-white Sword Intent began consuming the Unmoored Boat's Sword Qi and eroding Song Yan's Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water Sword Intent.
• As Song Yan's Sword Heart pounded, his Chivalrous Heroes' Journey Sword Intent began resonating with his Myriad Manifestations Sword Intent, and he sensed a transformation emerging within his Sword Dao.

Song Yan battled Qu Yi while Xiao He attacked Green Sparrow, and Qu Yi’s sword intent threatened to overwhelm him. Song Yan awakened the Myriad Manifestations of the Sword Dao’s divine ability, stripping away Qu Yi’s techniques and leaving him to face Song Yan’s final challenge.

• Green Sparrow tried to retreat and pursue Ruan Zhi, but Song Yan ordered Xiao He to attack him with her Dragon Pearl and Thunder-Ming Marsh-Traveling Method.
• Qu Yi attacked Song Yan with his white-bone flying sword, and Song Yan used the Fourteen Provinces Heaven-Crossing Sword Formation to withstand the strike.
• Song Yan revealed three sword intents and neared the Third Sword Dao Realm, but Qu Yi’s Immortal-Eating Bone sword intent devoured his sword essence and broke his formation.
• Song Yan used Mirror Flower Shadow to replenish his sword essence, then advanced his cultivation with the Purple Qi Void-Union True Art and trapped Qu Yi in Heavenly Dao in Motion.
• Song Yan awakened the Myriad Manifestations of the Sword Dao’s divine ability, Primordial Chaos Undivided, which returned the devoured sword intents and stripped Qu Yi of his own sword intent and divine abilities.
• Song Yan told Qu Yi that, without his sword intent and techniques, he was no different from an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.

Song Yan defeated Qu Yi after reaching the threshold of the third Sword Dao realm, while Dugu Yin arrived too late to save him. Green Sparrow escaped a devastating explosion, but Song Yan identified him as Deng Ruikai and vowed to kill him.

• Song Yan overwhelmed Qu Yi with Sword in the Clouds and Stacked Blade, then struck him with four Shaoshang Swords as Dugu Yin's Six Paths Incarnations arrived.
• A giant sea-eagle phantom blocked the Heavenly Dao Incarnation's attack on Song Yan, and Qu Yi died before Dugu Yin could save him.
• Song Yan's Asura Dharma Body and Xiao He fought Green Sparrow, who revealed that his gentle face was a disguise over a Mechanism Body.
• Green Sparrow triggered an explosion and fled through the storm as gray mist, while Song Yan recognized him as Deng Ruikai and promised to find and kill him.

After Song Yan killed Qu Yi, Dugu Yin revealed himself and faced Shen Er, Dugu Zhang, and their allies in a widening battle. Song Yan fled toward Chivalrous Heroes Island, but Xu Ze pursued him and broke through his sword formation with three Golden Crow arrows, leaving three more arrows on course to strike.

• Song Yan killed Qu Yi, collected his treasures with Xiao He, and was nearly crushed by Dugu Yin’s pressure until Shen Er intervened.
• Shen Er confronted Dugu Yin over the remains of Tao Wen, prompting Dugu Yin to reveal his identity and criticize Penglai for honoring Tao Wen.
• Zhang Chao and Li Cheng left the battlefield, while Xu Xiuran and Idle-Fishing Boy stayed behind after Jiang Yulong arrived with the masked Earth-Character Thirty-Nine.
• Earth-Character Thirty-Nine revealed himself as Dugu Zhang, Dugu Yin’s younger brother, destroyed his mask, and prepared to fight him alongside Jiang Yulong.
• Dugu Yin split his Six Paths Forms to battle Shen Er, Dugu Zhang, Jiang Yulong, and Yue Ting, while Xu Ze pursued Song Yan on his orders.
• Song Yan fled toward Chivalrous Heroes Island, but Xu Ze fired six Golden Crow arrows; the first three shattered Song Yan’s sword formation, leaving him unable to stop the rest.

Song Yan and Xiao He were driven to the brink by Xu Ze, but a Wooden Figure and Xu Xiuran’s intervention briefly protected Song Yan. After Song Yan died and activated Heaven-and-Earth Reversal, he invoked the Elder Mirage Dragon, leaving Xu Ze trapped in a spreading mirage.

• Xiao He used the Thunder-Ming Marsh-Traveling Method to shield Song Yan from Xu Ze’s arrows, but the snake phantom shattered and she was wounded.
• A Wooden Figure emerged from Song Yan’s Water Jade Ring, blocked Xu Ze’s arrows, and kicked him away before its power faded.
• Xu Xiuran secretly summoned fourteen mahjong tiles that stopped Xu Ze’s Nine Stars Linked attack, giving Song Yan time to recover.
• Xu Ze overwhelmed the tile barrier and killed Song Yan, who then activated Heaven-and-Earth Reversal as Sword Qi gathered around his corpse.
• Song Yan called on the Elder Mirage Dragon through the Dragon Pearl, and a mirage spread around Xu Ze as a pair of eyes appeared above the clouds.

Shen Er confronted Dugu Yin over Penglai techniques and a vanished treasure while Xu Ze cornered Song Yan, but Mirage intervened and trapped the battlefield in his Sea-Market Mirage. Song Yan joined his Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water Sword Intent with Mirage’s Divine Ability, entered the Void Realm, and killed Xu Ze before Mirage remarked that Song Yan had been born too late.

• Shen Er unleashed his sword against Dugu Yin, who blocked it with Penglai’s missing Thousand-Leaf Feather-Splitting Canopy and claimed he had brought the treasure from the Central Region.
• Xu Ze’s Golden Crow Arrow Rain shattered Song Yan’s Sparrow Cards and seemingly overwhelmed him, but Song Yan re-formed using Turning Heaven and Earth.
• Mirage appeared over the sea, immobilized Xu Ze, and trapped him while Song Yan revealed his Sword Sect inheritance and thanked Mirage for intervening.
• Song Yan connected his Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water Sword Intent to Mirage’s Illusory-Reality Divine Ability and entered the Sea-Market Mirage, where he became its master.
• Song Yan stabbed Xu Ze, beheaded him, and destroyed his fleeing Nascent Soul with Shaoshang Sword.
• Mirage praised Song Yan as a heaven-gifted genius, then lamented that he had been born too late.

Song Yan and Xiao He were rescued from the sea by Idle-Fishing Boy, while Mirage reclaimed the power it had bestowed on Dugu Yin. Shen Er and the others attacked Dugu Yin, but he escaped badly wounded after detonating five of his incarnations.

• Song Yan and Xiao He fell toward the sea, and Idle-Fishing Boy summoned a Whale Phantom from his cauldron to catch them and carry them away.
• Mirage confronted Dugu Yin, judged his answer unsatisfactory, and reclaimed the iridescent power it had given him.
• Shen Er attacked Dugu Yin, with Yue Ting, Jiang Yulong, and Dugu Zhang joining the assault as Dugu Yin's fighting grew disordered.
• Dugu Yin unleashed resentful souls and was wounded by Yue Ting and Dugu Zhang before Shen Er's sword lights pierced him.
• Dugu Yin detonated five Nascent Soul Realm incarnations to break free and escaped with grievous injuries.