Recaps

Li Yan fought off rivals at Red Maple Pool, then rescued Bu Luo from a plot by Xu Yehua and Monk Yiming. They hid in the Fire Eye, where Li Yan subdued the Great Dragon Elephant Array’s spirit and Bu Luo offered him the silver sheet he had stolen.

• Li Yan defeated Sun Jiuhe with poison to claim a place in the palace, then entered its ruins and avoided the fights spreading through them.
• Bu Luo stole a silver sheet from a great hall and escaped a crowd of pursuers, while Li Yan searched the Flame Palace for Crimson Mother Essence.
• Xu Yehua and Monk Yiming ambushed Bu Luo near the Flame Palace, but Li Yan poisoned Xu Yehua’s crane and confronted Yiming.
• An unseen attacker killed the white-robed youth and seized the unconscious Bu Luo, and Li Yan fled with him into the Fire Eye as Pure Land Sect reinforcements arrived.
• Li Yan hid with Bu Luo inside the Great Dragon Elephant Array and subdued its recovering purple elephant spirit, which explained the array’s history and need for rare materials.
• Li Yan treated Bu Luo’s injuries, and Bu Luo awoke, thanked him, and offered the silver sheet he had stolen.
• The green-robed scholar sensed Bu Luo’s recovering life aura near Red Maple Pool and wondered whether he had escaped and healed.

Li Yan survived the Darkness passage, broke through to the False Core Realm, and explored the Flame Palace garden, where he reunited with Duan Weiran and gathered Crimson Mother Essence and fierce souls. After the tower’s power examined him, he emerged outside and headed toward the plaza.

• Li Yan tested the silver sheet with Divine Sense and spiritual power, but it resisted both, and Bu Luo revealed that he served Zuo Qiudan before leaving for the south.
• Li Yan spent months at Red Maple Pool training with the Purple Divine Dragon-Elephant, reaching the peak of mid-stage Foundation Establishment and advancing the Qiongqi Purgatory Art.
• Li Yan descended through golden magma to a chamber beneath a Fire Eye, opened the crimson doors, and was trapped in the scorching Darkness passage by the Bright Fire Qilin.
• The passage forced Li Yan through hallucinations of a lifetime as a marshal before he found an opening and escaped into a secret chamber, where he recovered and cultivated with the Purple Divine Dragon-Elephant.
• Li Yan advanced into the False Core Realm, explored the Flame Palace garden, and dissolved Monk Yiming with his Disjointed Poison Body while saving Duan Weiran.
• Duan Weiran told Li Yan about the Light and Darkness passages and directed him toward Stone Transformation Forest, where Li Yan gathered Crimson Mother Essence and sealed fierce souls into Tuban.
• Li Yan reached the exit and was examined by a giant eye formed from the tower’s invisible force, then emerged outside and bowed to the Buddha statues before heading toward the plaza.

Li Yan survived a deadly manor encounter, learned that Devil Race forces were active, and crossed the Northern Underworld Sea in search of the Boundless Wandering Tree. After stealing a branch from beneath its dragon guardian, he escaped badly wounded and hid to recover.

• Li Yan killed Mo'er and poisoned the manor couple, then returned to Sorrow Spirit Manor and discovered a Devil Race operation threatening Ding Yushan’s squad.
• Li Yan rescued Ding Yushan’s survivors, learned the manor’s enemies were Devil Race beings, and left for the Sea of Northern Darkness.
• Across the sects, cultivators fought increasing Devil Race incursions as the Yin Devil Cliff seal weakened, while Shuang Qingqing strengthened the Woodflow Sect and questioned Bai Rou about her master.
• Venerable Wan used a Realm-Breaking Pearl on an uninhabited island and found genuine devilish qi at a weak point in the barrier.
• Li Yan endured Demon Beast attacks at sea, killed a Storm Dragon Shark and a Netherflame Eagle, and gathered their valuable parts.
• Li Yan found the Boundless Wandering Tree guarded by a Blue Demon Flood Dragon, stole a branch, and escaped its pursuit after more than four months.
• Li Yan reached the edge of the Northern Underworld Sea and hid in the mountains to recover from his grave injuries.

Li Yan refined the Undying Nether Phoenix’s essence blood, strengthening his body and abilities while the Devil Race invasion threw the cultivation world into turmoil. After disguising himself to travel through the conscription network, he reached the Phantom Sect’s registration point and was recognized by Zhu Gaotai and Senior Brother Xia.

• Li Yan recovered from his long cultivation, refined the Snow Mosquito King, and investigated three mysterious silver sheets that carried a recorded message from Heaven-Treader.
• Li Yan transformed one silver sheet into a drop of Undying Nether Phoenix essence blood and endured its inherited will as he absorbed a thread of its power.
• The Devil Race invaded and destroyed the Supreme Mystery Sect’s headquarters, prompting the great sects to mobilize cultivators for war.
• Li Yan stopped absorbing the essence blood, discovered his greatly increased strength and speed, and traveled south while keeping his new gains secret.
• Li Yan used the identity Jiang Hai and a story about his master to secure teleportation, but Hua Siwang conscripted him and took him south with other Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Li Yan traveled with Hua Siwang’s growing force to Sword-Washing Pavilion, where the recruited cultivators entered the sect’s formation and gathered for registration.
• At the registration plaza, Li Yan revealed privately to Hua Siwang that he was a Phantom Sect disciple, then slipped away from the group after Hua Siwang helped conceal his departure.
• Li Yan approached the Phantom Sect registration point and greeted Senior Brother Xia and Senior Brother Zhu, who recognized him.