Recaps

Gao Lan learned that Ling Yi’s favorability toward her had fallen, then raised it again by giving him a cultivation card; Shen Qingyue explained that her high favorability came from being the first to offer him half her earnings. As the group settled into cultivation and monster hunting, the Cloud Firmament Sect reported a sealed formation at Ten Thousand Demons Valley and a possible Demon King at Demon Bat Cave.

• Gao Lan challenged Ling Yi over her low favorability, lost five points, and used a ten-year cultivation card to restore them.
• Shen Qingyue revealed that Ling Yi’s favorability toward her was 82 because she had offered him half her earnings first and had kept their deal honestly.
• Ling Yi returned to studying formations, Gao Lan and Mengli went to farm monsters, and Yunshu, Shen Qingyue, and Zhuang Yuerong cultivated.
• At the Cloud Firmament Sect, Grand Elder told Sect Master Situ Yun that a formation trapped people inside Ten Thousand Demons Valley and that the sixth elder had been missing there for three days.
• The Grand Elder also reported twelve inner disciples lost at Demon Bat Cave and signs that a Demon King had appeared.

Situ Yun learned of strange threats across the region and suspected the Beast Taming Palace planned to unify the Hundred Thousand Mountains. After Ling Yi and the women escaped Centipede Forest, he warned them that its formation accelerated demonic growth and might be one of many, then set out to report it to the sect.

• Situ Yun learned that a Vast Righteousness Sect Spirit Stone mine had lost all its Spiritual Qi and heard reports of black light descending over it.
• Situ Yun discussed rumors that the Beast Taming Palace was raising great demon puppets and explained that its palace master, Nangong Wuji, came from the powerful Savage Region beyond the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
• Situ Yun ordered the grand elder to bring the sect's personal and core disciples to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's competition in three months.
• Ling Yi and Shen Qingyue and the other four women emerged from Centipede Forest after killing its demons and breaking the Ancestral Demon Grand Formation.
• Ling Yi explained that the formation accelerated demonic advancement and warned that similar formations across other Lands of Trials could endanger the sects and schools.
• Ling Yi left to return to the sect, and the five women flew toward the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to report what they had found.

After emerging from seclusion, Meng Jiaoyue learned how much Mengli had advanced and heard her account of surviving Centipede Forest with her companions. Meng Jiaoyue suspected Ling Yi’s Blood Refining method involved Ancient Runes, while Mengli kept their chosen explanation secret; the chapter revealed that the group’s true strength far exceeded their apparent realms.

• Meng Jiaoyue emerged from half a month of seclusion having advanced to the Middle Nascent Soul Stage, then discovered Mengli had reached the Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer.
• Mengli told Meng Jiaoyue a cover story about meeting Shen Qingyue, Gao Lan, Zhuang Yuerong, and Yunshu in Centipede Forest, where they survived a demon-filled array and gained new abilities.
• Mengli demonstrated Ling Yi’s Blood Refining method on a crocodile demon, and Meng Jiaoyue found that it produced pure energy that improved cultivation without side effects.
• Meng Jiaoyue suspected the rune Mengli used was an Ancient Rune, and explained that Ancient Runes were said to represent the Dao.
• Mengli recalled that Yunshu had proposed the Ancient Runes Emergence Plan to explain their changes and conceal the truth about Ling Yi’s techniques.
• The chapter revealed that Mengli’s true cultivation had reached Spirit Leaving the Body Realm Great Perfection, while she and her companions had slain nearly a hundred thousand demons in half a month.

Meng Jiaoyue suspected Ling Yi and his companions were reincarnated ancient powerhouses and ordered the sect to protect Ling Yi until the sect competition. Before her restrictions took effect, sect disciples surrounded Ling Yi’s courtyard, and one challenged him to a fight.

• Mengli told Meng Jiaoyue how the group had subdued the Demon Kings, and Meng Jiaoyue grew more suspicious of Ling Yi’s mysterious connections and abilities.
• Meng Jiaoyue ordered Mengli to stay in seclusion and arranged to conceal her sudden improvement in cultivation.
• Meng Jiaoyue barred non-menial disciples from the menial disciple area and canceled missions to the Centipede Forest until after the sect competition.
• A crowd of inner, personal, and core disciples gathered outside Ling Yi’s courtyard, curious about his ties to Mengli, Shen Qingyue, Gao Lan, Zhuang Yuerong, and Yunshu.
• A tall, thin disciple stepped forward and struck at Ling Yi without waiting for his response.

Gao Lan protected Ling Yi from Kaiyang Peak disciples, while Murong Xi and Murong Yao rejected their systems’ final offer and lost them. After the crowd dispersed, Gao Lan told Ling Yi she had been ordered to cultivate in seclusion until the sect competition, though she was reluctant to stop grinding monsters.

• Gao Lan struck down the horse-faced disciple who attacked Ling Yi, then forced Zheng Chong to his knees and shattered his kneecaps.
• Gao Lan warned the crowd not to trouble Ling Yi again, as Murong Xi and Murong Yao watched and discussed the systems tempting them to bind him.
• Murong Xi and Murong Yao refused their systems’ final requests, and both systems unbound themselves after insulting the sisters and calling Ling Yi a Big Shot.
• Murong Xi and Murong Yao dismissed the systems’ warnings and agreed to kill Ling Yi that night to eliminate what they believed was a Karma Heart Demon.
• Gao Lan sent Zheng Chong flying and drove the remaining disciples away from Ling Yi’s courtyard.
• Gao Lan told Ling Yi that her master had ordered her to cultivate in seclusion until the sect competition, and she complained that she would miss grinding monsters.

Meng Jiaoyue discussed Ling Yi with the peak masters and ordered the sect to investigate suspicious Formations in nearby demon territories. She barred the peak masters from approaching Ling Yi privately until after the sect competition and sent disciples to scout for signs of danger.

• Ling Yi warned Gao Lan to report any danger while grinding monsters, and explained that the Team-Up Card let members share locations and communicate through Formations.
• The sect announced new rules, while news of Gao Lan defending Ling Yi spread and made his name more prominent.
• Meng Jiaoyue asked the six peak masters for their views on Ling Yi; Gu Haoran advised against antagonizing or overprotecting him, while Liu Rushuang urged them to seize him.
• Meng Jiaoyue revealed her Nascent Soul Sixth Layer cultivation and forbade the peak masters from approaching Ling Yi privately before the sect competition.
• Meng Jiaoyue ordered each peak to send a hundred outer disciples, led by inner disciples, to scout demon territories after receiving reports of dangerous Formations near the Cloud Firmament Sect and the Vast Righteousness Sect.

Ling Yi studied the Spiritual Refinement method and considered using its runes to refine his dantian, while three hired disciples came to kill him. Yunshu cursed the assassins to death, then discovered Murong Xi and Murong Yao had come to confront what they believed was their inner demon.

• Ling Yi found that Spiritual Refinement Runes matched the Ancient Runes and considered fusing them into his Spirit Gang to refine his dantian.
• Three servant disciples hired to kill Ling Yi plotted outside his courtyard, hoping to receive Dream-Building Pills in exchange.
• Yunshu used her Power of Curses to kill the three men and dissolve their bodies.
• Yunshu spotted Murong Xi and Murong Yao approaching Ling Yi's courtyard.
• Yunshu learned that Murong Xi and Murong Yao had voluntarily unbound their systems and had come to eliminate their supposed inner demon.

Ling Yi and Yunshu discussed Nangong Wuji’s plan to activate the Ancestral Demon Grand Formations and unleash a calamity across the Hundred Thousand Mountains, then decided to leave during the sect competition. Ling Yi bound Murong Xi and Murong Yao with Tai Chi Blood Soul Seals so they would keep quiet, while Yunshu gave him a jade slip.

• Yunshu subdued Murong Xi and Murong Yao after they came to kill Ling Yi, and brought them into his room.
• Yunshu told Ling Yi that Nangong Wuji planned to activate the Ancestral Demon Grand Formations across all eighty Demonic Beast territories during the sect competition.
• Ling Yi reasoned that the formations would seal off the Hundred Thousand Mountains and might trigger a calamity across the region or beyond.
• Ling Yi and Yunshu chose to leave during the sect competition rather than risk intervening, and Ling Yi told Yunshu not to warn Shen Qingyue and the others yet.
• Ling Yi placed upgraded Tai Chi Blood Soul Seals on Murong Xi and Murong Yao, lifted Yunshu’s curse, and sent the twins away with their memories controlled.
• Yunshu agreed to gather materials for Ling Yi’s artifact crafting and gave him a jade slip she had found.

Ling Yi deduced the Spiritual Refinement method for alchemy and discussed the growing threat from Ancestral Demon Grand Formations with Yunshu and the others. After Yunshu left, Meng Jiaoyue appeared and offered to show Ling Yi where he could find Ashen Void Stone in exchange for the Dao of Tai Chi.

• Ling Yi deduced the Spiritual Refinement method of alchemy from the Divine Treatise on Alchemy.
• Yunshu, Gao Lan, Mengli, Shen Qingyue, and Zhuang Yuerong brought Ling Yi supplies, cards, and the Treasure-Gathering Basin, and Ling Yi proposed making Teleport Array Disks for the group.
• Yunshu and Mengli reported that the sect was investigating demon territories and that Mengli and Gao Lan had destroyed two Ancestral Demon Grand Formations.
• Ling Yi asked Yunshu to find ten thousand jin of Ashen Void Stone, and Yunshu explained how scarce the material was.
• Ling Yi sensed Meng Jiaoyue waiting outside, and she offered to reveal a source of Ashen Void Stone in exchange for the Dao of Tai Chi; Ling Yi agreed.

Meng Jiaoyue revealed the Ten Thousand Swords Secret Realm and arranged for Ling Yi to enter the sect competition under the alias Li Chen, while he traded her Tai Chi insights for the opportunity to pursue the Dao Comprehension Stone. As the competition approached, the women prepared to compete, but the four remaining Ancestral Demon Grand Formations and danger in the Hundred Thousand Mountains remained unresolved.

• Meng Jiaoyue explained that the sect competition’s top ten would qualify to enter the collapsing Ten Thousand Swords Secret Realm, whose Dao Comprehension Stone was the sect’s hidden source of cultivation techniques and spells.
• Meng Jiaoyue gave Ling Yi an inner disciple token bearing the name Li Chen, and Ling Yi offered her a jade slip containing his Tai Chi insights, usable three times.
• Ling Yi began a hundred-year Cultivation Card session to strengthen his soul, while Meng Jiaoyue studied the jade slip and reached Nascent Soul Ninth Level Great Perfection.
• Over the following months, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect activated its grand formation and barred disciples from leaving ahead of the sect competition.
• Shen Qingyue told Gao Lan, Mengli, Zhuang Yuerong, and Yunshu that they needed to place in the top ten; they discussed their strength and the seventy-six Ancestral Demon Grand Formations they had destroyed.
• Mengli said they had not found the remaining four formations, and Yunshu warned that the Biannan Region was the gap in the Hundred Thousand Mountains and greater trouble lay ahead.

Nangong Wuji learned that an unknown group had destroyed most of the Ancestral Demon Grand Formations, while Yunshu’s ant Demon Emperor spied on him and uncovered the Beast Taming Palace’s plans. Ling Yi and the women prepared to continue the sect competition before deciding whether to advance into the Human Immortal Realm, and Ling Yi remained puzzled about the two missing systems.

• Nangong Wuji reported the destroyed formations to his Ancestor, who ordered him to find the attackers before the sacrifice and vowed to descend when the grand formation activated.
• Nangong Wuji told the Grand Elder to proceed with the plan using the four remaining formations and ordered special attention to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• Yunshu’s ant Demon Emperor overheard Nangong Wuji’s conversation and sent the information to Yunshu, who shared it with Ling Yi and the others.
• Ling Yi and the women discussed using Major Realm Advancement Cards to become Human Immortals, but decided to postpone that until after the sect competition and secret realm.
• Ling Yi chose to focus on finding Ashen Void Stone for his divine artifact, and the women left to prepare for the competition.
• Yunshu told Ling Yi that two system holders were still missing, and Ling Yi said they would appear when the time was right.

As the demon lands threatened the Hundred Thousand Mountains, Meng Jiaoyue revealed that she had reached the Spirit Severing Realm and called the sect leaders together to decide whether to flee or fight. Situ Yun proposed using an ancient Teleport Array to escape to the inner reaches, but the array required thirty-six Nascent Soul Realm experts to activate.

• Meng Jiaoyue presided over the sect leaders’ meeting after breaking through from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Spirit Severing Realm.
• Ji Wangkong warned that changes in the demon lands could bring a calamity across the Hundred Thousand Mountains and proposed fleeing to the Wildlands.
• Situ Yun explained that the Wildlands were dangerous, ruled in part by the Demon Clan, and plagued by devastating wars.
• The sect leaders argued over whether to evacuate or unite and fight the Demonic Beasts, until Meng Jiaoyue ordered them to quiet down.
• Situ Yun proposed escaping to the inner reaches or core of the Hundred Thousand Mountains using an ancient Teleport Array, then revealed that it needed thirty-six Nascent Soul Realm experts to activate.

Meng Jiaoyue consulted Ling Yi about Situ Yun’s claim and the danger facing the Hundred Thousand Mountains, then decided to evacuate the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Ling Yi advanced to core disciple in the competition, while the sect departed overnight before the Ancestral Demon Grand Formation could activate.

• Meng Jiaoyue ordered Situ Yun and Ji Wangkong to destroy the Beast Taming Palace and capture Nangong Wuji, then went to the sect competition to speak with Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi warned Meng Jiaoyue not to trust Situ Yun’s proposal and urged her to leave the Hundred Thousand Mountains immediately because the region was in danger of becoming a sacrificial furnace.
• Meng Jiaoyue gave Ling Yi the key and method for entering the Ten Thousand Swords Secret Realm, then arranged the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s departure.
• Ling Yi won two matches against personal and core disciples and became a core disciple.
• That evening, Meng Jiaoyue ordered the peak masters to take the disciples aboard seven flying boats and leave the Hundred Thousand Mountains overnight.

After the other sects fled or hid from the coming sacrifice of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, Ling Yi and the five women entered the Ten Thousand Swords Secret Realm to gather Ashen Void Stone for his divine artifact, the Spirit Martial Realm. Ling Yi began refining it while the women collected the stones, and Gao Lan lost a point of his favorability for complaining.

• The other sects fled the Hundred Thousand Mountains, while Situ Yun used the Cloud Firmament Sect's ancient formation to escape into the mountains.
• Yunshu explained that immortal clans were sacrificing small worlds for their Power of Origin, and Ling Yi said the mortal realm would be spared.
• Ling Yi revealed that he had refined the Spirit Martial Realm, a divine artifact designed as a world with its own laws and unlimited potential.
• Ling Yi opened the Ten Thousand Swords Secret Realm with its key and led Shen Qingyue, Yunshu, Mengli, Gao Lan, and Zhuang Yuerong inside.
• The group found the realm filled with Ashen Void Stone, and Ling Yi asked the women to gather it while he resumed deducing the artifact.
• Gao Lan complained that Ling Yi had brought them to do hard labor, causing his favorability toward her to drop by one point.

As Ling Yi completed the final step for the Spirit Martial Realm, the women gathered Ashen Void Stone and shared stories about their pasts. The Ten Thousand Swords Secret Realm began to collapse, and Ling Yi told them to escape with their Return to City Cards.

• Ling Yi assessed the unstable runes and dismissed the secret realm's Dao Comprehension Stone as he continued his breakthrough.
• The women gathered Ashen Void Stone, and Zhuang Yuerong recounted surviving exile through Qi Refining and joining the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• Shen Qingyue revealed that she had crippled her half-sister Shen Qingmeng, while Yunshu described Shen Qingmeng's schemes and misconduct.
• The Ten Thousand Swords Secret Realm began shaking, and Ling Yi told the women to use their Return to City Cards and instructed Yunshu to activate the Team-Up Card after escaping.

Ling Yi completed the Spirit Martial Realm by using a Major Realm Advancement Card to reach the Divine Gang Realm and withstand the strain of connecting its runes. After collecting Ashen Void Stone and joining the others against the Demonic Beasts, he decided they would remain in the Hundred Thousand Mountains until his world evolved into a small world.

• Ling Yi realized he could not finish connecting the Spirit Martial Realm’s three thousand runes at his current strength, so he used a Major Realm Advancement Card and advanced to the Divine Gang Realm.
• Ling Yi completed the Spirit Martial Realm, bound it to his divine soul, and gathered Ashen Void Stone as the Ten Thousand Swords Secret Realm collapsed.
• Ling Yi returned to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, contacted Shen Qingyue and the others, and used the Spirit Martial Realm to appear beside Yunshu near the valley where they were fighting Demonic Beasts.
• Yunshu used a Major Realm Advancement Card, became strong enough to ascend, and confirmed she could suppress the force pulling her toward the Immortal Realm.
• Ling Yi told Yunshu they would stay in the Hundred Thousand Mountains until the Spirit Martial Realm evolved into a small world, then go to the Immortal Realm.

Ling Yi opened a black hole into the Spirit Martial Realm and used it to absorb hundreds of thousands of Demonic Beasts from the Hundred Thousand Mountains. After showing the women the realm, he agreed on their plans before they eventually went to the Immortal Realm.

• Yunshu said she wanted to visit her hometown, and Ling Yi agreed to take a break from their previous pursuits.
• Ling Yi recalled Mengli and Gao Lan from grinding Demonic Beasts, then opened a black hole into the Spirit Martial Realm.
• Mengli and Gao Lan entered the Spirit Martial Realm, and Ling Yi sent the black hole through the mountains, swallowing hundreds of thousands of Demonic Beasts and the surrounding forest.
• Ling Yi brought Yunshu, Shen Qingyue, and Zhuang Yuerong into the Spirit Martial Realm, where they saw the captured beasts and learned the realm was still taking shape.
• Ling Yi gave the women Major Realm Advancement Cards and agreed they would help Zhuang Yuerong, visit Yunshu and Shen Qingyue's hometowns, and then find the Ten Thousand Swords Sect while awaiting the realm's advancement.
• Ling Yi and the women planned to ascend to the Immortal Realm afterward and find the last two system owners.

Ling Yi and the women discovered that a town’s residents were weakened from repeatedly selling blood to the Blood Demon Sect, a practice Ling Yi had suggested seven years earlier. Zhuang Yuerong revealed that the branch leader Ao Hongyue had since become the World's Finest and used the sect to control several dynasties and kingdoms.

• Ling Yi wondered why all seven system holders were bound to him and suspected the affection ratings did not reflect his own feelings.
• Yunshu, Mengli, and Shen Qingyue noticed the townspeople were pale and depleted, with blood-draining grass stems inserted into their wrists.
• Zhuang Yuerong explained that the Blood Demon Sect had begun trading money or protection for blood seven years earlier instead of killing people for it.
• Ling Yi admitted he had proposed the blood-trading method to a just-minded Blood Demon Sect leader when he was ten.
• Zhuang Yuerong identified the leader as Ao Hongyue and said he had become the World's Finest and used the Blood Demon Sect to control several dynasties and kingdoms.

Zhuang Yuerong told Ling Yi how the Third Young Master had saved her twice, and Ling Yi promised to try to resurrect him if they found his soul or reincarnation. In Lin Xian City, Zhuang Yuerong obtained an Immortal Realm Star Chart and confronted the city lord, Fu Zhinan.

• Zhuang Yuerong brought Ling Yi and the others to the Third Young Master's grave, and Ling Yi offered to resurrect him if they found his soul or reincarnation.
• Zhuang Yuerong chose to visit Lin Xian City before Qianwu City to settle a score, and she recounted how the Third Young Master had saved her during the famine and later helped her become an immortal cultivator.
• Zhuang Yuerong checked in at Lin Xian City and obtained the Immortal Realm Star Chart, which she gave to Ling Yi.
• Zhuang Yuerong led the group into the city lord's manor, where Fu Zhinan knelt to greet the immortals.
• Zhuang Yuerong recognized Fu Zhinan and coldly remarked that she was glad he was still alive.

Zhuang Yuerong punished Fu Zhinan for his role in the third young master's death, and Ling Yi's group traveled to Qianwu City. While Shen Qingyue and Yunshu obtained new cultivation rewards for Ling Yi, Yunshu asked the other women whether they liked him.

• Zhuang Yuerong learned that Yu Hui still lived and ruled the Qianwu Empire with the Blood Demon Sect's support.
• Yunshu cursed Fu Zhinan with eternal life, daily torment, and the inability to speak or move, while Zhuang Yuerong refused to forgive him.
• Ling Yi and the others teleported into Qianwu City and rented rooms for the night.
• Ling Yi studied the Immortal Realm Star Chart and found that the Immortal Martial Continent's Ascension Pool lay between the Liu Clan's and Song Family's territories.
• Shen Qingyue signed in for two Dao Comprehension Cards, and Yunshu fished up the Immortal Physique Nine Revolutions cultivation method for Ling Yi.
• Yunshu asked Shen Qingyue and Zhuang Yuerong whether they liked Ling Yi.

Ling Yi and the five women traveled toward the Qianwu Empire’s imperial palace and encountered Ao Hongyue, the Blood Demon Sect’s leader and Ling Yi’s devoted disciple. Ao Hongyue explained that he had failed to join an Immortal Gate and pursued the Martial Dao instead, while Ling Yi hinted that he might have another path to offer him.

• Yunshu, Shen Qingyue, and Zhuang Yuerong discussed their feelings about Ling Yi and the possibility of taking other Dao companions.
• Ling Yi and the five women set out for the imperial palace and observed that the Qianwu Empire’s people had been drained of Qi and Blood.
• They spotted a group of powerful Martial Practitioners in Daoist robes, and Ling Yi recognized their familiar presence.
• Ao Hongyue recognized Ling Yi as his patriarch, knelt before him, and greeted the women as his master's wives.
• Ao Hongyue told Ling Yi that he had been rejected by an Immortal Gate and was pursuing the Martial Dao; Ling Yi said the martial path was also a path to immortality.

Ling Yi reunited with Ao Hongyue and learned that the Blood Demon Sect protected ordinary people in exchange for blood, but its Qianwu Empire representative had been exploiting them. After Ao Hongyue brought Yu Qian before the group, Zhuang Yuerong considered how he should be punished.

• Ao Hongyue welcomed Ling Yi and the women to his manor, where his followers prostrated themselves before Ling Yi as the Blood Demon Patriarch.
• Ling Yi questioned Ao Hongyue about the Qianwu Empire's depleted population, and Ao Hongyue explained the Blood Demon Sect's blood-for-protection doctrine and its failures there.
• Ao Hongyue revealed that Yu Qian had increased the blood demands, withheld most of the payment and Blood Pills, and been arrested.
• Ao Hongyue proposed sending Yu Qian to headquarters as a blood slave, and Zhuang Yuerong agreed that the punishment sounded fitting.

Zhuang Yuerong punished Yu Hui and Qian Yuesheng for their role in the general’s downfall, while Yunshu cursed them to suffer eternally. Before the group prepared to leave Qianwu City, Ling Yi brought Ao Hongyue into the Spirit Martial Realm and passed him an improved Blood Demon Divine Art.

• Zhuang Yuerong summoned Yu Hui and Qian Yuesheng and confronted them over their schemes against the great general and his household.
• Yunshu cursed Yu Hui and Qian Yuesheng to endure unending torment, even through death and reincarnation.
• Zhuang Yuerong sent the cursed men away, and Ling Yi’s group decided to enjoy the next day in Qianwu City before departing.
• Ling Yi took Ao Hongyue into the Spirit Martial Realm and gave him an improved Blood Demon Divine Art to help him reach the Martial God Realm and gain a true spiritual root.

After completing his improved Immortal Physique Nine Revolutions, Ling Yi shared the technique with Shen Qingyue and the others. They learned that the Hundred Thousand Mountains were sealed by the activated Ancestral Demon Grand Formation and that immortals had descended, prompting them to consider returning to gather resources and learn about the Immortal Realm.

• Ling Yi finished studying Yunshu's technique and completed the first revolution of Immortal Physique Nine Revolutions, greatly strengthening his body.
• Shen Qingyue and the others returned from exploring Qianwu City, and Ling Yi gave them his improved version of the technique.
• Yunshu reported that the Ancestral Demon Grand Formation had sealed the Hundred Thousand Mountains, leaving only an opening toward the Biannan Region.
• Yunshu revealed that immortals had descended, mostly Mortal Immortals and one Human Immortal, and suggested using an Advancement Enhancement Card before farming resources.
• Ling Yi considered returning to the Hundred Thousand Mountains to gather cards and learn more about the Immortal Realm from the descended immortals.

Ling Yi decided to return alone to the Hundred Thousand Mountains while Mengli, Gao Lan, Yunshu, and the others continued their journey, since revealing their immortal cultivation could endanger the Immortal Martial Continent. Before he left, Yunshu gave him a butterfly pet and explained her unusual ability to control insects, while Ling Yi promised to forge her a stronger Beast Taming Bracelet.

• Ling Yi refused to let Mengli and Gao Lan accompany him to the Hundred Thousand Mountains, warning that exposing their immortal cultivation could provoke the immortals and put the world at risk.
• Shen Qingyue and Yunshu agreed that the group should conceal their cultivation and avoid using Immortal Power, and Ling Yi told them to contact him through the team chat if trouble arose.
• Yunshu gave Ling Yi a colorful butterfly pet, then explained that she could command and communicate with insects whose cultivation rose alongside hers, though they had almost no defense and could only attack once.
• Ling Yi learned Yunshu's Beast Taming Bracelet could hold only a hundred Demonic Beasts and promised to forge her a better one when he returned.
• Ling Yi left for the Hundred Thousand Mountains, while Yunshu's group set out for her hometown, where she hoped to discover the source of her insect-controlling ability.