Recaps

Nuoli delivered the True Lord’s instructions to Su Yao, directing him to use a secret realm as a base for his mission in Nanzhao. After the True Lord rebuked Su Yao for lingering, Su Yao set off for the realm, while Nuoli returned to Changlu in the Great Void.

• Changlu questioned Nuoli about his assignment to Nanzhao, and Nuoli said he would accompany him but knew no details beyond the True Lord’s decree.
• Nuoli warned the Prince of Qin not to involve Prince Mu’s Manor, then sent the prince back to Chang’an.
• Nuoli showed Su Yao a Zhongnan token and explained that the secret realm offered supplies and a route to Nanzhao, while warning him not to take certain Spirit Artifacts or spirit medicines.
• Nuoli relayed the True Lord’s order for Su Yao to leave the mountain, and a peachwood sword struck Su Yao after he criticized the True Lord in his thoughts.
• Su Yao gathered Liu Yunhe, Li Siyi, Little Red, Little Orange, and the others, then entered the secret realm as Nuoli headed back toward the Great Void.

Su Yao and his companions explored a Gui Water secret realm and discovered how its formations harmonized Gui Water, Jia Wood, and Radiant Fire. The prism in Su Yao’s Qi sea guided him toward the mountain’s Alchemy Chamber, where a mysterious fire was being used to refine pills.

• Su Yao explained how the secret realm’s formations kept Gui Water clear and allowed it to nourish the forest and its spiritual resources.
• Su Yao sensed that the prism in his Qi sea was guiding him toward a suitable variant being, then used the Zhongnan token to open the mountain barrier.
• Su Yao, Liu Yunhe, and Li Siyi entered the Azure Water hall and followed the prism’s guidance to the Alchemy Chamber.
• The group found a bronze Pill Furnace burning with Radiant Fire, which Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi recognized as unusually powerful for pill refining.
• Su Yao explained that Gui Water subdued Radiant Fire while Jia Wood revived its warmth, allowing the three elements to work together to refine spiritual pills.

Su Yao discovered a giant egg in a hidden room of the Alchemy Chamber and identified it as a damaged Shengyu, a Fu Water variant. He decided to move it somewhere safer so it could recover, hoping to use it to form his third talisman.

• Su Yao identified the secret realm's fire as the Azure Mysterious Already Crossing Flame and explained how the surrounding Jia Wood helped suppress it.
• Su Yao opened a small room beside the Alchemy Chamber and found a giant, gray-patterned egg in a feather nest.
• Su Yao examined the egg and identified it as a Shengyu, a Fu Water variant whose spiritual essence had been damaged by the fire.
• Su Yao explained that a boy attendant had likely hidden the egg in the Alchemy Chamber and said it might have been ruined if they had arrived later.
• Su Yao sent Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi to fetch tables and chairs, then lifted the egg to move it somewhere safer.

Su Yao entered the Scripture Repository to copy the Gui Water cultivation scripture he wanted, then returned to the Azure Water Hall and shared crimson tea with Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi. He considered the people and resources he would need to establish his future celestial ranks as the others began to comprehend the tea’s effects.

• Su Yao left Little Red and Little Orange guarding the egg and went to the Scripture Repository.
• Su Yao inspected the five Purple Mansion methods and copied the Scripture of Gui Water Overturning Heaven and Renewing the Old.
• Su Yao returned to the Azure Water Hall, where Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi had been spending time with the two birds.
• Su Yao considered the demands of recruiting Dharma Protectors and Divine Generals and the lack of an inherited ritual altar at Qixia Temple.
• Su Yao shared crimson tea with Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi, who praised it and began to comprehend its effects.

Su Yao retrieved the heaven-tilting profound dew marrow and led Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi to the treasure pavilion to equip themselves with Law Artifacts for the dangerous journey to Nanzhao. After distributing artifacts to his companions, he selected several for himself and planned to search for the exit once he had refined them.

• Su Yao collected the heaven-tilting profound dew marrow and put it away with the submerging ford rinsing mysterious essence.
• Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi woke after savoring the crimson clouds cinnabar bud, then competed to take the tea leaves they had used as mementos.
• Su Yao interrupted their quarrel and brought them to the treasure pavilion.
• Su Yao gave Liu Yunhe the Wind-Riding Cloak and Righteous Thunder Sword, and gave Li Siyi the Punishing Thunder Bracelet and Gold-Breaking Hairpin.
• Su Yao selected the Wind-Chasing Boat, Sha-Stabilizing Mirror, and Abyss-Plunging Spear for himself, intending to find the exit to Nanzhao after refining his artifacts.

Su Yao and his companions found the Cang Water Secret Realm enveloped in azure Gui Water mist, which blocked their senses and left them unable to discover a way out. After reassuring Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi, Su Yao reflected on his purpose and resolved to face the dangers ahead, leaving Liu and Li more determined to follow him.

• After refining their Law Artifacts, Su Yao, Liu Yunhe, and Li Siyi emerged to find the secret realm filled with azure mist and Gui Water essence.
• Su Yao led the group through the realm for three days, but their searches and his examination with the prism revealed nothing unusual.
• Back at Cang Water Hall, Su Yao reassured the frightened Li Siyi and sent her, Liu Yunhe, Little Red, and Little Orange to rest.
• As he watched the Shengyu egg, Su Yao recalled the dangers he had faced since descending the mountain and questioned what he sought through cultivation.
• Su Yao resolved to meet the situation calmly and declared that he would press forward even against overwhelming odds.
• Hearing Su Yao's words, Li Siyi felt ashamed of her fear, while Liu Yunhe became more certain that following the Daozi had been the right choice.

Nuoli and Changlu fought the black flood dragon at Golden Ao Mountain, broke his formation, and captured him. Afterward, Nuoli took control of the formation while Changlu pressed him about the promised Cultivation Method and spirit item, and the common people mistook Nuoli for a lake god.

• Nuoli refused Changlu’s suggestion to use the Formation-Rending, Mystery-Startling Chain, but the black flood dragon’s taunts drove Nuoli to reveal his chi form and attack the formation.
• Nuoli’s cold rain and water veins weakened the Abyss-Encompassing Great Marsh Formation, and Changlu used the chain to break it open.
• Changlu used Submerge the Old Ford and a scarlet ring to bind and capture the black flood dragon.
• Nuoli used a black talisman to take control of the formation and told Changlu that the Dao Child would receive the promised Cultivation Method and spirit item after the place was put in order.
• The people by Cibi Lake mistook Nuoli for a lake god, and Nuoli criticized Changlu for claiming ignorance of worldly matters before descending to Golden Ao Mountain.

Su Yao emerged from the Azure Water Hall after mastering the Southern Emperor Profound Light and found that the azure mist in the Cang Water Secret Realm was beginning to dissipate. He tested Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi’s Azure and Yellow Interwoven in Harmony, identified how their rivalry disrupted the technique, and sent them to reflect before their coming journey to Nanzhao.

• Su Yao mastered the seventh-grade Southern Emperor Profound Light as the azure mist began to thin outside the Azure Water Hall.
• Liu Yunhe told Su Yao that the mist had started dissipating that morning, and Su Yao warned him and Li Siyi to prepare for Nanzhao.
• Li Siyi asked Su Yao for guidance on the Azure and Yellow Interwoven in Harmony that he had taught them.
• Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi demonstrated their combined technique, but Su Yao’s Southern Emperor Profound Light broke their domain and injured them.
• Su Yao explained that Liu Yunhe needed to practice harmony and Li Siyi acceptance, then sent them to reflect in separate side halls.

Nuoli and Changlu used the Clear Rain Healing and Life Urn and an azure flag to restore Golden Ao Mountain and the surrounding land. In Langqiong Zhao, officials debated the conflict between the court and the immortal sects, while Li Changyuan hoped to secure a transfer before the situation worsened.

• Nuoli explained that he had borrowed the Clear Rain Healing and Life Urn from the Mystic Rain Palace and asked Changlu to use it to restore the land.
• Changlu summoned clear Gui Water rain that healed the earth veins and brought scorched ground and withered plants back to life.
• Nuoli used an azure flag to send a warm spring breeze across the mountains, helping the rain revive the surrounding area.
• In Langqiong Zhao, townspeople celebrated the restored landscape while officials and local faction leaders left the county yamen after discussing the white chi dragon and the court's response.
• Li Changyuan told the remaining officials he would write to the commandery governor and the ruler, then worried that he might not leave Nanzhao before conflict erupted.

Su Yao tested Li Siyi and Liu Yunhe’s Azure and Yellow Interwoven in Harmony, then discovered that the Cang Water Secret Realm’s Gui Water was gathering to open a route to Nanzhao. He and his companions entered the Subterranean Water passage after True Lord Xicheng instructed them to avoid mortal disputes, and the passage began carrying them away.

• Su Yao broke Li Siyi and Liu Yunhe’s Law Technique with Li Fire, Sword Qi, and Law Techniques, then praised their progress and advised Li Siyi to gain more combat experience.
• As Gui Water gathered in the sky, Su Yao told everyone to retreat to the Azure Water Hall and read a message from True Lord Xicheng explaining that the water would flow underground through the earth’s veins.
• After three days of azure rain, Su Yao led the group to the beam of light where the pool had been, and they entered it with the Shengyu egg.
• True Lord Xicheng opened a road to Nanzhao and ordered Su Yao and the others to quietly await the proper time and avoid mortal disputes unless necessary.
• The beam turned gray-black and spun rapidly, carrying Su Yao and his companions away like water in a current.

Nuoli and Changlu faced Nanzhao officials and spiritual leaders over the slaying of the black flood dragon, until an imperial edict granted Qixia Temple land on Golden Ao Mountain. A day later, Su Yao and his companions emerged on the mountain after traveling through the earth veins, astonishing Su Yao with how quickly they had crossed the distance.

• Liu Zhiyuan accused Nuoli and Changlu of interfering in mortal affairs, while Nuoli defended their slaying of the flood dragon and Yang Xuanye avoided taking action against them.
• Duan Mingnan used a report of a border attack as an excuse to leave, and Yang Xuanye refused to hold the pair accountable for removing the flood dragon.
• An imperial edict granted Qixia Temple a hundred li of land around Golden Ao Mountain, while ordering the temple not to meddle in state affairs or gather outlaws.
• After the officials and leaders departed, Changlu questioned Nuoli about the grant, and Nuoli revealed it had been jointly decided by the emperor and several sect masters.
• The next day, Su Yao and his companions emerged from the pool atop Golden Ao Mountain, and Su Yao marveled at their rapid journey through the earth veins.

Nuoli delivered the True Lord’s message that Su Yao and Qizhenzi could never return to Mount Zhongnan, leaving Su Yao devastated over his hopes of restoring Qixia Temple. Su Yao resolved to keep going for the sake of Qixia Mountain’s people, while Changlu learned that Daozheng was a Heavenly Immortal and received the Heaven-Tilting Profound Dew Marrow.

• Nuoli collected the Gui Water Heaven-Overturning Old-Remaking Scripture and Heaven-Tilting Profound Dew Marrow from Su Yao, then conveyed the True Lord’s order barring Su Yao and Qizhenzi from Mount Zhongnan.
• Su Yao questioned the order and tried to stop Nuoli with spells, but Nuoli dispersed them and explained that the grotto-heaven’s remaining treasures and secret realms had been moved or merged.
• Nuoli left Su Yao in tears, then urged him to honor the True Lord’s efforts and wait for the right time rather than descend into the mortal world.
• Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi encouraged Su Yao by reminding him that Daozheng might support his return; Su Yao decided to carry on for the people of Qixia Mountain.
• Nuoli told Changlu that Daozheng was a Heavenly Immortal and warned that the unbalanced myriad Daos made the Heavenly Immortal path impossible without an immortal to guard it.
• Nuoli gave Changlu the Heaven-Tilting Profound Dew Marrow and promised to arrange delivery of the scripture after the immortal descendants and the crane arrived.

Li Siyi brought the gravely wounded Liu Yunhe back to Golden Ao Mountain after the White Sand Lu Household attacked them. Su Yao treated Liu Yunhe and learned who was responsible, then vowed to take action against the Lu Household.

• Li Siyi arrived at Golden Ao Mountain carrying Liu Yunhe, who was badly injured, and brought him toward Su Yao’s cave.
• Red Feather and Orange Feather helped them reach the cave, where Li Siyi treated Liu Yunhe and took a fire-attribute pill for her own injuries.
• The two birds fed Liu Yunhe a Jade Heart Pill just as Su Yao emerged from the cave and questioned them.
• Su Yao checked both injured cultivators, and Li Siyi explained that the White Sand Lu Household had attacked them with a Spirit Artifact after they crossed the boundary.
• Su Yao told Li Siyi to tend to her injuries, assured her Liu Yunhe would recover, and declared that he would deal with the White Sand Lu Household.

Su Yao confronted the White Sand Lu Household over its attack on Liu Yunhe, demanding that it hand over the culprit. After deflecting the household’s attacks, he taunted its cultivators, leaving the standoff poised to escalate.

• Su Yao arrived at White Sand Town carrying the heads of five Lu Household cultivators and demanded justice from the household on White Sand Mountain.
• The Lu Household elders discussed how to face Su Yao, ordered their cultivators to fight without killing him, and warned Lu Shang to stay inside.
• Su Yao struck the mountain’s formation with Li Fire and rosy light, prompting about twenty Lu Household cultivators to attack him.
• Su Yao’s rosy light deflected their Law Techniques, though falling cold Qi killed or injured around a hundred people in White Sand Town.
• Su Yao dispersed the middle-aged man’s Li Fire attack with Clear Breeze, showed a recording of the culprit, and demanded that the Lu Household hand him over.
• After the Lu Household remained silent, Su Yao mocked its cultivators and considered provoking them to justify killing them all.

Su Yao slaughtered Lu Household fighters and broke through their strongest attacks, taking their Spirit Artifact as the survivors fled to White Sand Mountain. As he prepared to assault the mountain’s closed formation, an aged voice called on him to spare them.

• Su Yao destroyed the middle-aged man’s Spears of the Yellow Springs and killed him with the Clear Wind Sword after breaking through the Lu Household disciples’ defenses.
• Su Yao seized the Lu Household elder’s blazing chain, killed him with Glow Ashes, and sealed and took the Spirit Artifact.
• Su Yao pursued the woman carrying a lantern, but a young man named Brother Shang attacked him with a witch talisman.
• Su Yao’s Golden Palace Morning Clouds technique destroyed the talisman, and the woman sacrificed herself to shield Brother Shang before the rosy light killed her.
• An elder dragged Brother Shang toward White Sand Mountain while Su Yao flew to the closed formation and raised the ancient sword Zhengji to attack.
• An aged voice called out, “Spare them!” as Su Yao prepared to unleash his attack.

Su Yao broke through the Lu Household’s formation, killed the Lake God of Cibi Lake’s chancellor, and rejected Zheng Xuanzhi’s warning about the consequences of attacking the Lu Household. The chapter left Zheng Xuanzhi stunned by Su Yao’s claims about Qixia Temple and its ties to powerful figures.

• Su Yao’s decree battered the Lu Household’s formation, forcing its elders to activate an ancestral formation that protected only the main peak and three nearby peaks.
• Su Yao confronted the Lake God of Cibi Lake’s chancellor, who claimed the lake god was the nephew of the Dragon King of the South Sea.
• Su Yao used Glow Ashes to pierce the chancellor’s water defense and destroy him, then challenged anyone else to come to the Lu Household’s aid.
• Zheng Xuanzhi of the Vast Righteousness Academy urged Su Yao to spare the Lu Household and warned that Lu Shang’s ties to the Langcao Wu Tribe could bring retaliation.
• Su Yao dismissed the warnings and claimed that Qixia Temple could call on the South Sea Dragon Palace’s crown prince, leaving Zheng Xuanzhi astonished.

Su Yao used a thunder talisman and a flaw in White Sand Mountain’s weakened formation to enter it, intent on bringing down the Lu Household. He struck at the patriarch as soon as he appeared, and his sword pierced the old man’s chest.

• Zheng Xuanzhi restored the damage near White Sand Town and left after Su Yao promised not to slaughter mortals but declared the Lu Household must fall.
• Su Yao studied the weakened mountain-guarding formation and used his prism to identify a flaw left by its creator.
• Observers in the Great Void mocked Su Yao and argued over Yin Zhangluo’s interest in his grandson.
• Su Yao threw an arousing-thunder talisman at the formation’s flaw, opening a gap that let him enter White Sand Mountain.
• Su Yao appeared beside the Lu Household patriarch, blocked his token’s fire with Draped in Rosy Radiance, and pierced his chest with the Zhengji sword.

Su Yao overwhelmed the Lu Household’s cultivators, forcing them to rely on their combined fire array. As Su Yao walked unharmed through its flames, the middle-aged woman sacrificed the gathered cultivators’ power to launch a deadly attack and urge Lu Shang to flee.

• Su Yao killed the old man, then split Lu Shang’s witch spear and broke through the middle-aged woman’s pillar of fire.
• Lu Shang blocked Su Yao’s Glow Ashes with a protective Spirit Artifact, while the Lu Household cultivators attacked Su Yao together.
• Su Yao unleashed a rain of rosy light that killed seven cultivators, and the survivors gathered around the ancient seal to form a fire array.
• Su Yao resisted the sea of flames and walked toward the Lu Household, while the middle-aged woman told Lu Shang to find his maternal grandfather.
• The middle-aged woman sacrificed the remaining cultivators to absorb their power and knowledge, then hurled a sphere of dark red light at Su Yao.

Su Yao destroyed the Lu Household after Lu Shang’s mother failed to stop him and Lu Shang fled to the rear mountain. When Lu Shang’s grandfather intervened, a giant crow protected Su Yao, who then killed Lu Shang and left the mountain.

• Su Yao used the Great Yin Dharma Robe to evade the middle-aged woman’s Witch Technique, and she died after urging Lu Shang to run.
• Su Yao collected the woman’s ancient seal, then pursued Lu Shang to a cave in the rear mountain and broke through its formation with Glow Ashes.
• Su Yao killed the two Foundation Establishment cultivators and the Qi Refinement cultivators hiding with Lu Shang, then wore down Lu Shang’s Spirit Artifact with Glow Ashes.
• Lu Shang’s grandfather sent a scarlet hand to intervene, but a giant crow appeared, dispersed the attack, and vanished into the Great Void.
• Su Yao defeated Lu Shang’s failing shield and killed him with Zhengji before turning toward the horizon where the crow had disappeared.

Su Yao prepared to confront the remaining Lu Household cultivators as Gui Hong battled two powerful opponents in the Great Void. Gui Hong revealed a Lesser Yang Law Treasure, forcing nearby Purple Mansion cultivators to flee, while onlookers learned that a Langcao Wu Tribe cultivator had tried to capture Su Yao.

• Su Yao recognized Gui Hong as a crow born from True Lord Xicheng’s Essence Blood and took Clear Breeze to deal with the Lu clansmen remaining on the main peak.
• Gui Hong fought a blood-red figure and a cyan figure in the Great Void, driving them back with rosy light.
• Li Chaoxue discussed Qixia Temple’s powerful cultivators with a burly man and an old man, then began retching after speaking too freely.
• Gui Hong transformed into a gigantic white-lit crow and unleashed a Lesser Yang Law Treasure, making the nearby Purple Mansion cultivators flee.
• Li Chaoxue asked the fleeing burly man what had provoked Gui Hong, and he said a Langcao Wu Tribe Purple Mansion cultivator had come to capture Su Yao.

A Hepu Witch Tribe woman ambushed Su Yao while he flew toward Golden Ao Mountain, but Nuoli arrived and captured her. In the Great Void, Mystic Crow's white light continued clashing with the scarlet light, while Nanzhao's leaders fled after recognizing that a Law Treasure had been used.

• Scarlet light swept across the battlefield, leaving Yin Zhangluo with only his head and Liu Zhiyuan with half his body as it clashed with Mystic Crow's white light.
• Su Yao killed the Lu Household on White Sand Mountain, took its resources, and flew toward Golden Ao Mountain.
• A Purple Mansion woman pursued Su Yao and revealed that she sought revenge for her ancestors and tribespeople, whom Qixia Temple had killed five hundred years earlier.
• Nuoli appeared, pinned the woman with his great marsh, pierced her with his spear, and sealed her in a jar.
• Meng Shixi and Duan Mingnan recognized the Great Void clash as involving a Law Treasure and hurried toward Nanzhao.

Li Siyi and Liu Yunhe worried that they could not help Su Yao, then witnessed signs that two Witch-path True Persons had fallen near White Sand Mountain. Su Yao returned safely and entered seclusion, leaving them to watch the battle in the sky, where a black-clad youth appeared outside his cave abode.

• Li Siyi lamented her failure to help Su Yao, and Liu Yunhe reassured her that she had tried her best.
• A crimson blood pillar and a murky yellow pillar descended near White Sand Mountain, which Li Siyi and Liu Yunhe recognized as signs of the deaths of a Witch Talisman True Person and an Earth Witch True Person.
• Little Red and Little Orange flew toward White Sand Mountain, and Su Yao arrived at Golden Ao Mountain unharmed.
• Su Yao entered seclusion and ordered Li Siyi and Liu Yunhe to watch the struggle between the Shao Yang light and crimson bloodlight.
• As Li Siyi and Liu Yunhe kept watch outside Su Yao's cave abode, a black-clad youth surrounded by Shao Yang light appeared before them.

After recovering from his injuries, Su Yao inventoried the spoils from the Lu Household and discovered Gui Hong had been keeping watch while making Liu Yunhe and the others serve him. Gui Hong said his fight with the forces behind the Langcao Wu Tribe was not over, leaving Su Yao waiting to learn how long Gui Hong would stay.

• Su Yao finished recovering, examined the Lu Household's Storage Bag, and found Spirit Artifacts, Supreme-Grade Law Artifacts, medicines, and Cultivation Methods.
• Su Yao looked outside and saw Gui Hong lounging while Liu Yunhe roasted meat and Li Siyi massaged his legs, with Little Red and Little Orange fanning the flames.
• Su Yao emerged and confronted Gui Hong, who teased him before Su Yao apologized after Gui Hong held up two fingers.
• Su Yao asked whether matters involving the Langcao Wu Tribe had been settled, and Gui Hong said he had killed two early-stage True Persons and injured a Great True Person.
• Gui Hong said the conflict was not over and explained that no one wanted the Earth Witch and Witch Talisman paths to remain in the Witchcraft Dao; Su Yao asked how much longer Gui Hong would stay.

Su Yao discovered that Little Red and Little Orange had stolen several spirit treasures and punished them by confiscating their food. After cultivating for three days, he met Han Ziyi, whom Gui Hong had brought to Nanzhao, while Gui Hong left to attend to other matters.

• Gui Hong said he would assemble a Purple Mansion formation for Su Yao's cave abode and took Su Yao's chain and shield to refine.
• Su Yao learned from Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi that two True Persons had fallen, then ordered Little Red and Little Orange into his cave.
• Su Yao discovered the birds had stolen the Spirit Omens Mystery-Inquiring Tube, the Nine Heavens Auspicious Cloud Banner, and the Flame Domain Flowing Fire Umbrella, and confiscated their food for a month.
• Su Yao sent spirit fruits to Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi, then cultivated with a Crimson Heart Pill for three days.
• Gui Hong brought Han Ziyi of the Blackwater Han Household to Su Yao, then departed to attend to important matters.

Su Yao learned why Han Ziyi and Gui Hong had come to Nanzhao and used divination to consider the dangers surrounding his new branch residence. He named it Pear Garden but ordered the name and its signs kept secret for now.

• Han Ziyi told Su Yao that he and Gui Hong had stayed at Shika Mountain, where Gui Hong had fought off monks and captured a black flood dragon before bringing Han Ziyi to Nanzhao.
• Su Yao thanked Han Ziyi and sent him with Liu Yunhe to choose a cave abode.
• Li Siyi reported that construction on the temple and palace buildings was progressing well and asked what to name the branch residence.
• Su Yao divined three Xun lots and concluded that he would need to proceed through gradual infiltration amid Nanzhao’s competing powers.
• Su Yao named the branch residence Pear Garden, kept Golden Ao Mountain’s name unchanged, and told Li Siyi to conceal the names and leave the plaques and couplets blank.