Recaps

Wang Baole and Chu Feng’s other disciples competed in the academy grand tournament, while the Miscellaneous Dao Institute gained new disciples under Chu Feng. Six months later, Chu Feng and his students left for the Great Void Secret Realm, where the expedition arrived after a three-month voyage.

• Wang Baole left the mountain to grow stronger, defeated the Seven Cold-Blooded Eagles, and later returned to the academy with Elder Zhao and the Ninth Princess.
• At the grand competition, Wang Baole reached the semifinals and lost to Wuming after collapsing from hunger, while Cao Youqian won the inner sect tournament and Xiao Chen defeated Ye Lingxiao to become a prospective holy son.
• Chu Feng’s disciples began recruiting, and he accepted the reborn Ye Beixuan and the scholar Xu Caichen into the Miscellaneous Dao Institute.
• Chu Feng created cultivation arts for Ye Beixuan and Xu Caichen, then learned that the academy was preparing an expedition to the Great Void Secret Realm.
• Elder Bing returned to the Heavenly Spirit Institute and broke through to the Nirvana Realm six months later.
• Chu Feng departed with Xiao Chen, Cao Youqian, Qin Qin, and Little Fatty, leaving Xu Caichen a protective jade pendant.
• After three months at sea, Chu Feng and the expedition party reached the Great Void Secret Realm.

Chu Feng’s disciples entered the Great Void Secret Realm, where Xiao Chen, Cao Youqian, Qin Qin, and Wang Baole each gained strength and clashed with rival cultivators. After the Dao-Seeking Academy nearly wiped out the Great Evolution Holy Land’s forces, Chu Feng killed Diwu Qingyun and returned to face the Mountain-Moving Marquis’s questions.

• Wang Baole killed a tiger demon and confronted Wang Yulin and Sima Rui, then Chu Feng prepared the disciples to enter the Great Void Secret Realm.
• Xiao Chen helped Liu Yue'er reach the Sword Tomb, earned the right to enter its cottage with his Sword Intent, and claimed the divine sword Peerless after defeating the ancient phantom.
• Cao Youqian cleared the Trial Tower, perfected the Extreme Dao Divine Fist, and found Profound Yin Cold Iron Essence with Song Zhaoyi and Little White.
• Qin Qin defeated Great Evolution Holy Land attackers at Supreme Yin Lake, while Wang Baole and Nangong Yu found Dragon Blood Fruits, spirit fish, and Taisui.
• The Dao-Seeking Academy confronted the Great Evolution Holy Land at Supreme Yin Valley, where Xiao Chen, Cao Youqian, and Qin Qin defeated Chao Xiu, Wang Lie, and Dugu Ming.
• Xiao Chen led the academy group out of the secret realm, and Diwu Qingyun demanded retribution for the Great Evolution Holy Land’s losses.
• Chu Feng revealed his Half-Saint cultivation, destroyed Diwu Qingyun’s sword formation, killed him with Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin, and returned to the academy as the Mountain-Moving Marquis demanded an explanation.

Chu Feng expanded the Miscellaneous Dao Institute and helped his disciples advance, while Wang Baole resolved his family troubles and Cao Youqian and Ye Beixuan pursued opportunities beyond the academy. The stretch ended with Xu Caichen breaking through and Ye Beixuan accepting Yan Xu’s challenge for the approaching Outer Sect Grand Competition.

• King Hengjiang told Chu Feng that the academy head and Chief Kong had believed him to be the Literary Saint reincarnated, while news of Chu Feng’s Half-Saint breakthrough stirred the academy.
• Chu Feng taught Xu Caichen through the Analects of Swinging and his portrait of Saint Kong, then Xiao Chen, Cao Youqian, and Wang Baole traveled to the Wang Clan for its patriarch’s birthday.
• Wang Baole presented the Wang Clan Ancestor with an Azure Fruit, ended his engagement to Wang Yulin, and secured the patriarch’s approval to marry Wang Yufei.
• Chu Feng recruited Nie Xiuyuan as the Miscellaneous Dao Institute’s brewer, accepted him as a disciple, and helped him use the Nanhua Scripture to focus on brewing through dreams.
• Chu Feng brewed Dao Enlightenment Wine, which helped Xu Caichen and Nie Xiuyuan gain new insights, while Ye Beixuan obtained the Mystic Yellow Fruit and Cao Youqian killed Grand Elder Zhan and his companions.
• Cao Youqian killed Long Yan, gained his fortune, and traveled with Song Zhaoyi, while Ye Beixuan sought the Nine-Leaf Purple Lotus and Xiao Chen rescued him from the Black Devil Bandits.
• Xu Caichen broke through to Confucian Dao Foundation Establishment and promised Xiaozhuo he would find a spirit fruit to restore her soul body.
• Ye Beixuan returned to the Dao-Seeking Academy and accepted Yan Xu’s challenge to face him at the Outer Sect Grand Competition.

Chu Feng’s disciples advanced in cultivation, welcomed Han Ping and Caiyi, and prepared for the White Cloud City exchange meeting. Chu Feng and Cao Youqian arrived at the gathering, where they reunited amid the Ye Clan’s preparations.

• Yan Xu apologized to Ye Beixuan and compensated him with Essence Yuan Pills, while Ye Beixuan prepared for the outer disciple competition.
• Cao Youqian endured heavenly lightning, claimed the Thunder Spirit Sacred Lotus, and exchanged it for a Yin Spirit Flower that Song Zhaoyi used to cultivate.
• Xiao Chen and Liu Yue'er won recognition at the Penglai Sword Debate, entered Dao Comprehension Cliff, and Xiao Chen discovered the Heaven-Ascending Sword Dao before returning to the academy.
• Ye Beixuan won first place in the outer sect competition, Xu Caichen placed eighth, and Qin Qin led the disciple recruitment assembly.
• Chu Feng welcomed Han Ping and Caiyi as disciples, gave Caiyi new cultivation methods, and prepared Han Ping's Longevity Art and Spirit Plant Compendium.
• Ye Beixuan accepted Ye Lingxiao's invitation to the White Cloud City Exchange Meeting and planned to bring Feng Qiongyu, while Chu Feng and others also set out for the city.
• Chu Feng recruited the Golden-Winged Eagle King as a mount and flew with Elder Bing to White Cloud City, where Cao Youqian arrived and was received by Ye Lingkun.
• At the exchange meet, Cao Youqian exposed a stallholder's false claim about a magic artifact and introduced Ye Lingkun to Chu Feng, whom the Ye Clan's ninth elder recognized as Half-Saint Chu.