Recaps

Fang Mu impressed Elder Chen with his pill-refining skill and joined the Cloud Mist Sect as his registered disciple. After Fang Linglong showed him around, he arrived at Pill Fire Peak, where the other disciples learned he had been a Fang Clan servant and began to target him.

• Fang Mu turned a charred pill into nine Body Tempering Pills, earning Elder Chen's praise and interest in taking him as a disciple.
• Fang Linglong escorted Fang Mu through the Internal Affairs Hall, where he completed his admission procedures and received his identity token.
• Fang Linglong took Fang Mu on an immortal crane to Pill Fire Peak and told him to seek her out on Spirit Sword Peak if he needed help.
• Fang Mu told Senior Brother Liu and the others that he had come from Fang Linglong's household, and Junior Brother Jin reacted with disgust and threatened to make life difficult for him.
• Fang Mu collected his residence doorplate and Pill Fire Peak's introductory cultivation technique as his identity spread among the outer disciples.

Fang Mu accepted a demanding pill-refining assignment and entered the cheapest, unstable fire chamber, unaware that Senior Brother Liu and Junior Brother Jin had arranged for him to fail. He completed the work in secret and left after briefly activating the chamber’s fire array, while his enemies waited outside for a mishap that never came.

• Fang Mu accepted an assignment to refine six batches of Body Tempering Pills, while Senior Brother Liu and Junior Brother Jin decided to give him a dangerous fire chamber and watch him fail.
• Fang Mu chose a grade-D fire chamber and began refining pills, unaware that the disciple on duty had sent word of his choice.
• Senior Brother Liu, Junior Brother Jin, and the others waited outside, expecting the unstable earth fire to cause trouble, but Fang Mu did not emerge after three hours.
• Fang Mu refined three batches, each yielding a high-grade Body Tempering Pill, then rested before completing the remaining batches.
• Fang Mu finished with six high-grade Body Tempering Pills and activated the unused fire array to avoid revealing his spirit fire, but the earth fire surged beyond his control before he shut the array off.
• Fang Mu left the fire chamber with the tokens as the group continued waiting outside.

After Fang Mu used the Grade Ding fire chamber, Jin Feng spread a rumor that he had an innate fire spirit physique to draw powerful enemies toward him. Song Zhaoyuan tried to have Fang Mu beaten, but Fang Linglong intervened; Fang Mu then told her he had never used the chamber’s earth fire.

• Senior Brother Qi and Jin Feng tested the Grade Ding fire chamber and concluded that Fang Mu must have controlled its unstable earth fire with an innate fire spirit physique.
• Jin Feng decided to spread the rumor that Fang Mu had a great opportunity hidden on him, while Senior Brother Qi connected the scheme to the Song Clan.
• Fang Mu traded his high-grade Body Tempering Pills for ingredients to make Dao Foundation Pills, but Song Zhaoyuan and his men blocked his way and ordered them to beat him.
• Fang Linglong arrived on an immortal crane and persuaded Song Zhaoyuan to leave Fang Mu alone, though Song warned her against spending time alone with other men.
• Fang Linglong told Fang Mu about the rumor, and Fang Mu denied awakening an innate fire spirit physique, explaining that he had not used the earth fire in the chamber.

Fang Mu revealed his spirit fire to Fang Linglong, then resumed cultivating while hoping to comprehend the Lesser Fate Technique and find his teacher. Meanwhile, Chu Feng and his party reached Qingqiu Royal City, where Great Sage Golden Wing was welcomed as an honored guest and escorted to the royal palace.

• Fang Mu showed Fang Linglong his spirit fire, and she warned him to keep it secret and avoid going out for now.
• Song Zhaoyuan decided not to punish Fang Mu, then compared himself unfavorably with his sister Song Zhaoyi.
• Fang Mu returned to cultivating and resolved to focus on reaching the Dao Foundation Realm before seeking his teacher.
• Chu Feng and his disciples arrived in Qingqiu after a peaceful journey, and Chu Feng reviewed their cultivation progress and his own growing strength.
• Great Sage Golden Wing asked whether Chu Feng had reached the Saint Realm, and Chu Feng teased him that an older brother would always be an older brother.
• A three-tailed fox-clan cultivator welcomed Great Sage Golden Wing and led Chu Feng's party into Qingqiu Royal City toward the royal palace.

Chu Feng and Great Sage Golden Wing visited Qingqiu Kingdom on the academy head’s orders to seek Senior Thousand Illusions, but Bai Yu told them Chu Feng would have to pass four trials first. At the ancestral temple, Chu Feng surprised the four Half-Saint elders by asking to face them together.

• Bai Yu welcomed Great Sage Golden Wing and Chu Feng to Qingqiu, then learned they had come to see Senior Thousand Illusions.
• Bai Yu examined the academy head’s token and explained that Chu Feng would need to pass four trials because Senior Thousand Illusions was away.
• The next day, Bai Yu led Chu Feng and his companions to the ancestral temple, where the four trials were announced as zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
• Great Sage Golden Wing eagerly anticipated Chu Feng’s success, while Chu Feng observed the fox immortal statue and met the four Half-Saint elders.
• After the elders introduced themselves as Great Sage Demonic Chess, Great Sage Soul Zither, Great Sage Thunder Calligraphy, and Great Sage Dharma Painting, Chu Feng asked to receive their guidance together.

Chu Feng challenged the Four Elders of Qingqiu to simultaneous contests in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, while Bai Yu watched in disbelief. As the elders competed, Chu Feng painted Bing Yan and prepared to compose a poem, with the contests still underway.

• Chu Feng told the Four Elders of Qingqiu he would challenge all four at once, and they agreed to set their own contests.
• Chu Feng began playing the zither and chess against Great Sage Illusory Zither and Great Sage Demonic Chess while Great Sage Thunder Calligraphy and Great Sage Dharma Painting started their contests.
• Bai Yu marveled at Chu Feng's confidence as Great Sage Golden Wing and Chen Qianqian boasted about his abilities.
• Chu Feng's chess moves put Great Sage Demonic Chess in a difficult position, and his zither music disrupted Great Sage Illusory Zither while creating a vision of mountains and flowing water.
• Chu Feng painted Bing Yan wielding a sword and added a Taiji Visualization Diagram, while Great Sage Thunder Calligraphy's essay produced a literary Dao light.
• Chu Feng decided to borrow a masterpiece from his previous life for his poem and found inspiration in his painting of Bing Yan.

Chu Feng defeated the Four Elders of the Fox Clan in a contest of zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting, astonishing Qingqiu Royal City with his mastery of the Dao. The elders conceded, and Chu Feng ended the contest by giving his painting of Bing Yan to her before the gathering turned to celebration.

• Chu Feng wrote a rhapsody that released thirty-nine zhang of literary Dao radiance, and Great Sage Thunder Calligraphy admitted defeat.
• Chu Feng's move on the chessboard erased Great Sage Demonic Chess's creations, prompting him to concede.
• Chu Feng played the zither until Great Sage Illusory Zither's strings snapped, then finished High Mountains and Flowing Water as a divine maiden's sword stroke appeared in the sky.
• Great Sage Dharma Painting burned his own painting and praised Chu Feng's understanding of the Dao of Yin and Yang.
• The Four Elders of the Fox Clan conceded and apologized, then accepted Chu Feng's invitation to drink saint wine.
• Chu Feng gave his painting to Bing Yan, teased Chen Qianqian, and joined the gathering as laughter filled the ancestral temple.

Chu Feng and his companions arrived at Qingqiu Immortal Mountain, where the four Great Sages welcomed them and arranged for them to stay in Great Sage Demonic Chess’s residence. The elders went to notify Great Sage Thousand Illusions of Chu Feng’s visit, and her disciple Bai Tao recognized her token and wondered if the visitor was the shameless fellow from the Dao-Seeking Academy.

• Great Sage Demonic Chess brought Chu Feng and his companions to Qingqiu Immortal Mountain and offered them a place to stay while Great Sage Thousand Illusions remained in seclusion.
• The four Great Sages competed to host Chu Feng, then encountered young foxes who revealed that little ancestor Bai Qian had made Teacher Su faint.
• Great Sage Demonic Chess settled Chu Feng and his companions in his residence, where Chu Feng began brewing tea and teaching Chen Qianqian chess.
• The four Great Sages flew to the immortal mountain behind Qingqiu Village to deliver Great Sage Thousand Illusions’s token to her disciple Bai Tao.
• Bai Tao recognized the sachet and asked whether the visitor was the shameless fellow from the Dao-Seeking Academy.

Chu Feng was summoned by Great Sage Thousand Illusions, who mistook him for a link to her estranged husband and agreed to let Qianqian leave for the Dao-Seeking Academy. She asked Chu Feng to pass on a message to his master, leaving him confused about how his supposedly deceased master was connected to her.

• Bai Tao learned that Chu Feng had defeated the four Great Sages and decided he wanted to meet him.
• After spending seven days exchanging insights with the four Great Sages, Chu Feng followed them to Great Sage Thousand Illusions' cave abode.
• Bai Tao introduced himself as Chu Feng's senior brother, then led Chu Feng inside and warned him not to offend their master.
• Chu Feng called Great Sage Thousand Illusions his master's wife and told her that his master had passed away, but she refused to believe he was dead.
• Great Sage Thousand Illusions agreed that Qianqian could go to the Dao-Seeking Academy after some time, provided she remained without a Dao companion before Nirvana.
• As Chu Feng left, Great Sage Thousand Illusions asked him to tell his master to stop hiding and said that bygones could be bygones.

Chu Feng impressed Bai Qian by painting a crescent moon in the sky and plucking it down for her, winning her over as his disciple. Three days later, he and his companions left Qingqiu Immortal Mountain and headed out to sea.

• Bai Tao asked Chu Feng if he was all right and warned him to stay away from Qingqiu Immortal Mountain, but Chu Feng returned to the village unharmed.
• The four Great Sages told Chu Feng that Bai Qian was Great Sage Thousand Illusions' granddaughter and arranged for him to meet her.
• Bai Qian challenged Chu Feng to pluck down the moon, so he painted a crescent in the sky, seized it, and gave it to her.
• Bai Qian bowed to Chu Feng and accepted him as her master, then agreed to leave with him after three days.
• Chu Feng and his companions departed Qingqiu Immortal Mountain through the teleportation array and set out toward the sea before traveling north.

Xiao Chen stayed at Miaomiao Mountain to guide the younger disciples while Cao Youqian left with Song Zhaoyi for the Cloud Mist Sect. Fang Mu joined Fang Linglong’s expedition to some ruins, but his growing sense of danger followed the group to a barren mountain, where they uncovered a cave.

• Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian discussed their sparring, and Xiao Chen agreed to look after the Miscellaneous Dao Institute while Cao Youqian visited the Cloud Mist Sect with Song Zhaoyi.
• Fang Mu placed among the top three in the Cloud Mist Sect’s outer sect competition but remained unable to comprehend the cultivation technique a gentleman had taught him.
• Fang Linglong invited Fang Mu to explore ruins, explaining that his spirit fire could help the group break a five-elements formation.
• Fang Mu joined Fang Linglong and the others at a barren mountain and warned that something felt wrong, but a fellow cultivator dismissed his concern.
• Fang Linglong moved a massive boulder aside, revealing a cave entrance as Fang Mu’s ominous premonition intensified.

Fang Linglong led Fang Mu and the other Cloud Mist Sect disciples into the ruins and through a five-element formation, only for the cave to reveal itself as a trapped altar. The group became sealed inside, and their attacks and communication talisman failed to get them out.

• Fang Linglong explained how the five-element defensive formation worked and led the disciples into the cave.
• Fang Linglong used a heavenly eye talisman to reveal the formation flags, and she, Fang Mu, Li Bin, and Yang Min struck them together.
• After the formation broke, a ghostly green glow transformed the cave into an altar covered with corpses, bones, and murals of unfamiliar demons.
• Fang Linglong ordered everyone to retreat, but a green barrier sealed the altar and trapped the group.
• The disciples attacked the barrier without effect, and one of them revealed that a communication talisman could not reach the sect.

Fang Linglong broke the altar’s first barrier with her Talisman Treasure, but an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon trapped the group in demonic blood and began tormenting their minds. Fang Mu awakened to the Lesser Fate Technique and activated his teacher’s jade pendant, which produced a figure before him.

• Fang Linglong used her Talisman Treasure to shatter the ghostly green barrier, but an invisible second restriction kept the group from escaping.
• The demon flooded the altar with scarlet demonic blood, swallowed You Daniu and the others, and inflicted terrifying illusions on them.
• Fang Mu kept reciting the Dao De Jing until the illusions cleared and he comprehended the beginner stage of the Lesser Fate Technique.
• Fang Mu took out his teacher’s jade pendant and infused it with his divine sense, causing a figure to appear before him.

Chu Feng caught a rare silver dragon fish while learning that Fang Mu had mastered the Lesser Fate Technique, then used his jade pendant to guide Fang Mu through a confrontation with the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon. After Fang Linglong rescued the survivors, she and Fang Mu sealed a promise with a high five, which Yang Min witnessed.

• Chu Feng caught a silver dragon fish and learned that Fang Mu had reached the beginner stage of the Lesser Fate Technique, earning Chu Feng a cultivation reward.
• Chu Feng's image appeared above the altar, identified himself as Chu Feng of the Dao-Seeking Academy, and told Fang Mu to come become his disciple.
• Fang Mu used the jade pendant's Sword Qi to destroy the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon hiding beneath the altar.
• Fang Linglong used a transport talisman to take Fang Mu and the unconscious Cloud Mist Sect disciples away from the collapsing mountains.
• Fang Linglong asked Fang Mu to help the Fang Clan if it ever faced trouble, and they sealed his promise with a high five that Yang Min saw.

Song Zhaoyuan learned that Fang Mu might hold a secret and planned to keep him from leaving the Cloud Mist Sect. Fang Mu told Elder Chen he intended to depart for the Dao-Seeking Academy, and Elder Chen accepted his decision and invited him to a banquet to meet an honored guest.

• Yang Min reported the trial to Song Zhaoyuan, who suspected Fang Mu had a secret and ordered Junior Brother Kong to bring him in.
• A menial disciple summoned Song Zhaoyuan to welcome Miss Zhaoyi, so he instead ordered someone to watch Fang Mu and prevent him from leaving the sect.
• Fang Mu packed his belongings and went to Elder Chen to say goodbye before leaving for the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• Fang Mu explained his decision and what had happened in the ruins, and Elder Chen celebrated his connection to Half-Saint Chu's disciple rather than blaming him.
• Elder Chen asked Fang Mu to accompany him to a banquet and meet an honored guest.

At the Cloud Mist Sect banquet, Fang Mu and Fang Linglong clashed with Song Zhaoyuan and Elder Fang after Song Zhaoyuan's cousin insulted Fang Mu. As the elders arrived and tensions rose, Elder Chen revealed that Fang Mu was Half-Saint Chu's disciple and Cao Youqian's junior brother.

• Elder Chen brought Fang Mu to the banquet, where Fang Mu said he hoped to become renowned like Cao Youqian.
• Song Zhaoyuan's cousin insulted Fang Mu and threatened to have the sect master hold Elder Chen accountable for bringing him.
• Fang Mu took Fang Linglong's hand and tried to leave, but Song Zhaoyuan stopped them and prepared to fight.
• Elder Fang ordered Fang Linglong to apologize and told Fang Mu to leave, while Elder Chen defended his nominal disciple.
• Song Zhaoyuan threatened Elder Chen by invoking Cao Youqian, and Elder Chen revealed Fang Mu's connection to Half-Saint Chu and Cao Youqian.

Fang Mu approached Cao Youqian to prove that he was Chu Feng’s disciple. After questioning him and inspecting his Sword Jade, Cao Youqian accepted him as a junior brother, leaving the banquet hall stunned.

• Fang Mu took out his Sword Jade as Cao Youqian and Song Zhaoyi arrived at the banquet.
• Fang Mu walked up to Cao Youqian with Fang Linglong and greeted him as his senior brother.
• Cao Youqian asked Fang Mu about his status when he met Chu Feng and the fortuitous encounter that led to his discipleship.
• Fang Mu recounted his encounter, and Cao Youqian examined the Sword Jade and confirmed it contained Chu Feng’s Sword Qi.
• Cao Youqian introduced himself as Fang Mu’s second senior brother, silencing the hall.

Fang Mu forced Song Zhaoyuan and Song Zhaoxue to honor their bet after Cao Youqian intervened, then prepared to leave for the Dao-Seeking Academy. Meanwhile, Chu Feng heard rumors of a deadly sea demon and sailed toward a fight involving it in the East Sea.

• Cao Youqian left the punishment of those who had offended Fang Mu in Fang Mu’s hands, and Elder Fang begged for mercy and offered compensation.
• Fang Mu refused Song Zhaoyuan and Song Zhaoxue’s apologies and made them roll out of Welcoming Guest Peak to honor their bet.
• Cao Youqian urged Fang Mu to grow strong enough to command respect himself and gave him three days before they traveled to the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• At a tavern on Wangyu Island, Chu Feng’s group heard that a powerful sea demon was threatening shipping in the East Sea, and Chu Feng agreed to seek it out.
• After the treasure ship encountered towering waves, Chu Feng calmed the sea, and Great Sage Golden Wing sensed two beings fighting nearby, one likely the sea demon.
• Chu Feng told Great Sage Golden Wing to have the captain speed toward the fight so they could join the action.

Chu Feng and Great Sage Golden Wing watched Nie Xiuyuan tame a giant sea yao by reciting his master’s writing and sharing wine with it. After Nie Xiuyuan broke through and befriended the Kun, Chu Feng arrived to protect him from suspicious cultivators.

• Chu Feng spotted Nie Xiuyuan holding open a giant sea yao’s mouth with his sword while reciting about the Kun and feeding it wine.
• Nie Xiuyuan leaped onto the beast’s head, and his recitation merged with the Kun’s calls as their auras joined.
• Nie Xiuyuan broke through to the Third Stage of Dao Integration and perfected the True Intent of Great Freedom, earning Chu Feng a cultivation reward.
• Nie Xiuyuan asked the Kun to roam the world with him, and it agreed; he then told the gathered cultivators that he had tamed Kunkun using a piece of writing by Half-Saint Chu.
• Some cultivators doubted Nie Xiuyuan was Chu Feng’s disciple and began to question him, but Chu Feng descended with Half-Saint pressure and identified him as his disciple.

Chu Feng returned to the Dao-Seeking Academy with Great Sage Golden Wing, Elder Bing, Bai Qian, and Chen Qianqian, and introduced the two girls to the academy head. After enrolling them as his disciples, he brought the group to Miaomiao Mountain, where Fang Mu welcomed him back.

• Chu Feng reunited with Nie Xiuyuan and agreed to drink with him before continuing his journey back to the academy.
• Months later, Great Sage Golden Wing flew over the Dao-Seeking Academy in his Half-Saint form, startling the students until they learned who he was.
• Chu Feng and his companions visited the academy head, who praised Great Sage Golden Wing and recognized Bai Qian's mixed bloodline and Chen Qianqian's natural-born demon heart.
• The academy head asked Chu Feng to provide a copy of Chen Qianqian's cultivation technique and then dismissed the group.
• Chu Feng completed Bai Qian and Chen Qianqian's admission procedures and took them to Miaomiao Mountain, where Fang Mu welcomed him back.

Chu Feng reunited with Fang Mu and his disciples at Dao-Seeking Academy, then resumed guiding them in cultivation after a night with Bing Yan. Ye Beixuan asked to travel to a dangerous place and wanted help from his senior brothers and sisters, leaving them curious about his destination and plans.

• Chu Feng welcomed Fang Mu, learned he had not completed enrollment, and offered to take him to register.
• Chu Feng praised his disciples’ cultivation progress, and they shared a feast at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute.
• Bing Yan prepared to return to the Heavenly Spirit Institute for seclusion, but Chu Feng persuaded her to spend the night with him.
• Chu Feng guided his disciples in cultivation over the following days while Bai Qian played with Chen Qianqian.
• Ye Beixuan asked Chu Feng for permission to travel to a dangerous place and requested help from his senior brothers and sisters.
• Xiao Chen asked Ye Beixuan where he planned to go and how many helpers he needed.

Ye Beixuan proposed a trip to Desolate Ancient City so he could obtain its key before Qin Yun and prevent Sword-Forging City’s destruction. Chu Feng equipped eight disciples with powerful Sword Jades for the journey, then gave the Mountain-Moving Marquis a jade sword to deter the Great Evolution Holy Land.

• Ye Beixuan recalled how he had found the Pseudo Primordial Chaos Mirror and broken through to the Dao Integration Realm in Desolate Ancient City in his previous life, and resolved to obtain its key before Qin Yun.
• Chu Feng agreed that the disciples should explore Desolate Ancient City, and Xiao Chen, Cao Youqian, Qin Qin, Wang Baole, Xu Caichen, Han Paopao, and Chu Caiyi volunteered to go with Ye Beixuan.
• Chu Feng told the disciples he could enter the Saint Realm at any time, then promised to prepare protection for their journey.
• Seven days later, Chu Feng gave eight disciples Sword Jades that could be used together to form the Big Dipper Seven Stars Sword Formation, equivalent to seven Chu Fengs attacking at once.
• Chu Feng told the disciples to return alive and gave the Mountain-Moving Marquis a jade sword to show the Great Evolution Holy Land if its people caused trouble.

Cao Youqian, Ye Beixuan, and their companions claimed the last courtyard at the Four Seas Inn, where they confronted disciples of the Emotion-Forsaking Palace. After Yan Hongye apologized and Fairy Yuxin withdrew, Xiao Chen and the others settled in, and news of their arrival for Unrivaled City’s centennial auction spread.

• Cao Youqian paid for the Four Seas Inn’s last courtyard just as Yan Hongye demanded that his group give it up.
• Ye Beixuan stopped Yan Hongye’s sword strike, and Han Paopao offered to fight her on the Life and Death Arena.
• Fairy Yuxin recognized Cao Youqian, Xiao Chen, and Qin Qin, and ordered Yan Hongye to apologize.
• Yan Hongye admitted her mistake, and Cao Youqian warned her before the Emotion-Forsaking Palace group left.
• Xiao Chen and his companions checked into the courtyard, and news of their arrival for the centennial auction spread through Unrivaled City.

Xiao Chen and his companions attended the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s centennial auction, where Ye Beixuan sought a key he remembered from his previous life. The auction began with the five ancient relics among their targets, while the Great Evolution Holy Land elders planned to watch the group and seize their opportunity.

• Elder Ouyang and Elder Sikong decided to watch the Dao-Seeking Academy disciples, and Elder Ouyang planned to summon the patriarch to Unrivaled City.
• Xiao Chen and his companions traveled to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and took their seats in a private room for the auction.
• Ye Beixuan named the five ancient relics as their targets, and Cao Youqian offered to bid on other items to distract the crowd.
• Ye Beixuan spotted a spirited young man in the third row and resolved to keep a close eye on Qin Yun so he could obtain the key first.
• Gu Sanbian welcomed the guests and announced the auction’s eighty-one treasures before Fairy Miaoyun brought out the first item.

At the Myriad Treasures Pavilion auction, Cao Youqian bought nothing after briefly bidding on the South Sea Flood Dragon King Pearl, while Qin Yun bid on an ancient relic containing a Half-Saint qilin skull and a mysterious stone pearl. As Qin Yun seemed poised to win it for one million spirit stones, an unidentified bidder raised the price.

• Fairy Miaoyun presented the South Sea Flood Dragon King Pearl, and Cao Youqian bid two million six hundred thousand before backing off when an old man offered three million one hundred thousand.
• Cao Youqian placed several bids on later auction items as the auction proceeded.
• Gu Sanbian unveiled an ancient relic: a Half-Saint qilin skull with a mysterious stone pearl in its mouth, warning the guests about its powerful baleful Qi.
• Ye Beixuan kept his divine sense fixed on Qin Yun while Qin Yun opened bidding at one million spirit stones.
• Gu Sanbian began counting down Qin Yun's bid, but an unidentified voice raised the price to one million one hundred thousand.