Recaps

Shen Yun rapidly advanced his cultivation, became Fang Tianyi’s disciple, and established himself as a leading talent at the Shen Family Grand Competition. After the competition, he pursued talisman arts and intervened when Shangguan Mo attacked Shangguan Nian, leaving Shangguan Mo unconscious.

• Shen Yun revealed his talent in cultivation and talisman-making, reached the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, and chose to remain at Falling Cloud Peak despite invitations to join other branches.
• Shen Yun met Lin Qianluo and the Third Prince, then learned Shen Qiu possessed the Nine Nether Spirit Body and was being guided by Azure Venerable.
• Fang Tianyi recognized Shen Yun as a Heavenly Insight Person, took him as a disciple, and gave him the Five Elements Outer Law.
• After half a year of cultivation, Shen Yun entered the Family Grand Competition, where he defeated Shen Li and decisively beat Shen Qiu.
• Shen Qingruo defeated Shen Feng and secured her place in the finals, while Shen Heng recruited Shen Feng to spy and plotted with a gray-robed old woman against the Shen Family.
• Shen Yun became a registered Talisman Master and advised Shangguan Nian to trust her own understanding of talisman-making.
• Shangguan Mo confronted Shangguan Nian outside the city and wounded her, but a figure struck him unconscious with a wooden club as Shen Yun and Shen Wude stood nearby.

Shen Yun reached Foundation Establishment, inherited the Medicine Immortal Valley legacy, and brought the Shen Family to the Lone Swan Sword Sect assessment. After Shen Yun took first place in the first trial and quickly mastered his assigned technique, Duanmu Tong targeted the Shen Family in the combat round, which ended with Shen Yun facing him.

• Shen Yun crippled Ye Chen’s Spiritual Platform and Flood Dragon Bloodline in the Dragon Blood Pool, then used the pool to cultivate his Five Elements Primordial Chaos Body to minor accomplishment.
• Shen Yun conquered the Seven Xuan Tower through its sixth floor, reached a breakthrough in his understanding of the Five Elements, and inherited the Green Gourd Ring and the Medicine Immortal Valley legacy on the seventh floor.
• Shen Yun broke through to Foundation Establishment despite the Gray Mist’s interference, then Fang Tianyi left after entrusting him with a Jade Token and a promise of a future inheritance.
• The Shen Family traveled through a snowstorm to the Profound Ice Platform, where the Sword Sect Envoys began an assessment of character, comprehension, and cultivation.
• Shen Yun discovered the Illusion Heart Stone Shen Feng and Shangguan Ya were hiding, gave it to Shen Qingruo, and took first place in the Heavy Water River trial as Shen Qiu and Shangguan Mo tied for fifth.
• Shen Yun drew the True Form Phantom Technique and achieved Entry in less than an incense stick, while Shen Qiu struggled with the poisoned Yuan Chen Sword Art.
• Duanmu Tong defeated Shen Qiu and forced Shen Wude to concede after thirty breaths, prompting Shen Yun to step forward after warning that Duanmu Tong would not get another chance.

Shen Yun killed Seven Kill Little True Person, established himself as a gifted alchemist, and won a lethal duel against Shangguan Dongjun. Promoted to Inner Disciple, he oversaw the next entrance assessment as the Shen Family arrived and the Ninth Princess noticed that her foreseen future had changed.

• Shen Yun joined Dugu Li’s mission to Jiangbei Commandery, killed a Blood Demon and thirty Earth Demons, then defeated Seven Kill Little True Person and captured Shangguan Ya, learning that Shangguan Dongjun had arranged the attack.
• After returning to the Sword Sect, Shen Yun advanced his cultivation and became an alchemist, refining ultimate-grade pills and earning a Guest Elder position after defeating Xiao Fan in a contest.
• Shen Yun challenged Shangguan Dongjun, reached the Seven Xuan Tower’s fifth floor to qualify as an Inner Disciple, then killed Shangguan Dongjun in a duel at the Heavenly Punishment Platform.
• Elder Yaoguang promoted Shen Yun and assigned him to help oversee the entrance assessment as Shen Qiu and the Shen Family arrived.
• During the first assessment round, Shen Qiu knocked Shangguan Mo from the ladder, and Shen Yun cut off Granny Aramaki’s hand when she attacked Shen Qiu.
• The Ninth Princess recognized that her foreseen future had changed, while Shen Yun announced a comprehension test and demonstrated his Azure Clouds sword technique.

Shen Yun claimed the Azure Dragon Ring, defeated the challengers in its hall, and later joined the expedition into the Yellow Springs Secret Realm. There he stopped the Ninth Princess and fought the Yellow Springs Demonic Venerable, leaving Ye Chen captured and the location of the demon’s Treasure Vault unresolved.

• Shen Yun exposed Shen Heng’s betrayal, helped the Shen Family repel Shangguan Xuan’s army, and entered Tianwei Mountain’s Secret Realm to inherit the Azure Dragon Ring.
• Shen Yun defeated Dongfang Jin in Azure Dragon Hall, then returned to the Shen Family, where Shen Changkong appointed him an elder and Shen Yun helped reform the clan.
• Shen Yun joined the expedition to the Yellow Springs Secret Realm, where he displayed his strength, tamed a two-headed vulture, and refined pills inside the Azure Dragon Ring.
• Shen Yun led the expedition into the Ancient City and destroyed Blood Demons while the Ninth Princess persuaded Ye Chen to seek the Yellow Springs Blood Sea Wheel.
• At the Daoist Temple, Shen Yun killed the Flying Demon and stopped the Ninth Princess from sending Ye Chen to the Blood Wheel, while Ye Chen asked him to spare her.
• The Yellow Springs Demonic Venerable revealed himself and attacked Shen Yun alongside the Ninth Princess, but the Azure Dragon forced her out of hiding and sealed her away.
• Shen Yun gravely wounded the Yellow Springs Venerable, whose possession merged with Ye Chen’s True Spirit and left Ye Chen transformed and captured.
• Shen Yun ordered Feng Qisha to kill Ye Chen despite the risk of losing the Treasure Vault, and Ye Chen began offering to reveal what he knew.