Recaps

After escaping the Qi Clan and crossing the sea, Qi Yan reached the Heavenly Evolution Sect and passed its demanding entrance trials. Mu Xunzhen took him as her disciple, and the arc ended as she received preliminary findings about the Demon Realm rift.

• Qi Yan survived the Qi Clan’s Mutual Destruction Restriction, took control of the clan with Luo Chaoge’s help, and began exchanging knowledge through the jade pendant with Mu Xunzhen.
• Qi Yan learned that the Extreme Dao Sect was preparing to welcome the Abyssal Rift, helped Luo Chaoge survive an attack, and left for Heavenly Prefecture Continent aboard the Yun Clan’s ship.
• After a black dragon destroyed the ship, Qi Yan continued across the sea in a lifeboat with Jiang Jinyue and broke through to the third layer of Qi Refining.
• Jiang Jinyue arranged for Qi Yan to take the Heavenly Evolution Sect entrance assessment, while Mu Xunzhen recognized the restrictions on the Qi Clan tomb but ruled out its ancestor as the person she sought.
• Qi Yan passed the elders’ interpretation tests and completed the Ancient Divine Power Path, reaching the fourth layer of Qi Refining before claiming the Exquisite Jade.
• Mu Xunzhen declared Qi Yan her second disciple, and Jiang Jinyue registered him and helped settle him into the sect.
• Mu Xunzhen explained the costs of witchcraft, gave Qi Yan pills and the Heavenly Evolution Art, and then an old man arrived with preliminary findings about the Demon Realm rift.

Qi Yan advanced his cultivation while investigating incidents involving spirit pets, witchcraft, and attempts to implicate the Heavenly Evolution Sect. Little Crybaby survived an attack during her confinement and planned to travel, while Qi Yan connected one of her required materials to the distorted space in the Wang Family tomb.

• Qi Yan used the ice jade bed and Mu Xunzhen’s pills to cultivate while Mu Xunzhen investigated his possible connection to Brother A-Yan.
• Qi Yan helped Yun Ranyi capture the Illusory Dream Spirit Butterfly, exposed Ye Jingshan’s scheme, and received a phoenix earring that became a flying artifact.
• Mu Xunzhen discovered Ye Jingshan’s ties to the Azure Cloud Sect, forged Qi Yan a sword blank, and wounded Perfected Daoqing while warning his sect against further provocations.
• Qi Yan forged his lifebound sword Lightning Glow and reached the seventh layer of Qi Refinement as his exchanges with Little Crybaby helped him combine Dao cultivation with Witchcraft.
• Qi Yan and Wunian survived an ambush in the Wang Family tomb and discovered that someone had used an Essence-Draining Incantation to draw power from the earth veins.
• Jiang Jinyue reported the tomb incident and Yun Ranyi’s agreement to join the Heavenly Evolution Sect to Mu Xunzhen, then began training Qi Yan in spell control.
• Little Crybaby survived an attempt to lure her out of confinement by using a hair substitute and an illusion, then obtained Elder Wu’s permission to travel.
• Little Crybaby proposed cultivating the Concordance Pact with Qi Yan and planned a journey to Heavenly Concord Continent, while Qi Yan linked the Space-Chaos Pearl on her materials list to the tomb’s spatial distortion.