Recaps

After the auction, Shen Ge reflected on his growing strength while Mu Wan led him through the night market and reminded him that he owed her 2,600 Spirit Stones within three years. They continued looking for gifts for her senior sisters, with Shen Ge hoping to find useful, inexpensive items.

• Shen Ge watched the auction’s final lots draw fierce bidding, including a Law Treasure-grade flying sword that sold for fifteen thousand Spirit Stones.
• Mu Wan took Shen Ge to browse a riverside night market after they left the auction house.
• Shen Ge reviewed his Law Artifacts and Law Techniques and concluded that his strength had improved greatly since leaving the mountain.
• Mu Wan told Shen Ge he had to repay her 2,600 Spirit Stones within three years, and Shen Ge reluctantly agreed to pay on time.
• Mu Wan asked Shen Ge to help choose gifts for her senior sisters, and he began searching for distinctive, inexpensive items with useful functions.

Spirit Moon Sect disciples departed for the East Approach Secret Realm while Shen Ge and Mu Wan watched the Wan Household’s marriage tournament at Changliu Market. Tang Yu won his fifth consecutive match and emerged as a likely contender to marry Wan Yue.

• Ziyang sent the Spirit Moon Sect disciples to the East Approach Secret Realm under Shangguan Ouyang and Jin Yun’s leadership.
• Ziyang worried that Mo Qingyu had shown no change while attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Shen Ge and Mu Wan watched the Wan Household’s marriage tournament and discussed why the Wan Household avoided deeper ties with the Spirit Moon Sect.
• Tang Yu defeated another Foundation Establishment Late Stage opponent, earning his fifth consecutive victory.
• Shen Ge predicted Tang Yu could win the tournament and gain a prosperous path through marriage to Wan Yue.

Old Man Wuya took the spirit-only Mo Shang deeper into a deadly frozen region, refusing to explain his plans. Meanwhile, Shen Ge and Mu Wan discussed Tang Yu’s chances in a contest before Huang Tao proposed a wager that Mu Wan urged Shen Ge to accept.

• Old Man Wuya told Mo Shang that the Devil Creek Sect had been wiped out and said they would reach their destination in about two days.
• Mo Shang feared Old Man Wuya intended to kill him but had no choice except to keep following him.
• Huang Tao introduced himself to Shen Ge as a disciple of the Extreme Shadow Sect and questioned Shen Ge’s belief that Tang Yu could win.
• Shen Ge admitted that his prediction was only a feeling, while Huang Tao maintained that Tang Yu had little chance against stronger challengers.
• Huang Tao offered a Star Stone as a stake in a bet on Tang Yu’s victory, and Mu Wan first warned Shen Ge against gambling before urging him to wager his Spirit Stones, artifacts, and pills.

Shen Ge accepted Huang Tao’s wager over Tang Yu’s fights and received a Sound Transmission Jade Slip, while a quiet female cultivator joined their conversation. As Tang Yu faced a formidable Foundation Establishment Peak opponent in the final match, Shen Ge noticed the woman’s concern and Huang Tao’s chances of winning the wager improved.

• Shen Ge agreed to wager two high-grade Law Artifacts and several Foundation Establishment Pills against Huang Tao’s Star Stone, and accepted Huang Tao’s Sound Transmission Jade Slip.
• A white-robed female cultivator joined Shen Ge and Huang Tao as they watched Tang Yu win four more narrow fights.
• As the final match began, a burly Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator mocked Tang Yu and attacked him with a fireball and a flag Law Artifact.
• Tang Yu dodged the fireball and countered with his flying sword, while the woman showed a faint trace of worry.
• Huang Tao said the opponent’s high-grade flag Law Artifact put Tang Yu in a difficult position, and Shen Ge remarked that Huang Tao now had a good chance of winning their wager.

Tang Yu defeated the brute by luring him into completing a hidden formation, and Shen Ge won the star stone bet with Huang Tao. After learning that Huang Tao had used the exchange to evade a dangerous pursuer, Shen Ge and Mu Wan reunited with their sect’s group and Martial Uncle Feng Qing.

• Tang Yu tricked the brute into triggering a formation made from concealed patterns, pinning him to the arena floor and securing victory.
• Shen Ge explained the formation to Mu Wan and Huang Tao handed him the star stone he had wagered.
• Huang Tao accepted Shen Ge’s pills and defensive Law Artifact, then left to return to his sect.
• A hidden figure cursed Huang Tao and Extreme Shadow Sect, threatening to destroy the sect after reaching the Golden Core stage.
• Shen Ge and Mu Wan reunited with the Spirit Moon Sect group and Martial Uncle Feng Qing.
• Mu Wan asked why Huang Tao had given Shen Ge the star stone, and Shen Ge explained that Huang Tao wanted to avoid a dangerous pursuer while making a connection.

Shen Ge discussed giving the Law Treasure to Senior Sister Liuyue, while the East Approach Secret Realm opened and scattered cultivators across its dangerous regions. Qin Yu began searching for his companions, and other entrants pursued their own plans amid the realm’s growing violence.

• Shen Ge told Mu Wan he planned to give the Law Treasure to Senior Sister Liuyue, who could use it alongside her Mountain and River Cauldron.
• Shangguan Ouyang announced that the East Approach Secret Realm had opened, and the sect groups entered through the vortex.
• Qin Yu urged the Spirit Moon Sect disciples to use their location talismans and regroup before seeking treasures, then entered the Verdant Forest and flew toward his companions.
• A purple-haired cultivator killed a Blood Devil Grotto member and a blue-gray serpent, collected their materials, and set out to find a flat peach tree.
• Bai Lili traveled across the northern grasslands on a cyclops and thought about finding Meng Yan while avoiding the Gale Devil Wolf.
• The secret realm erupted into continuous battles between cultivators and Demon Beasts and among the human entrants.

Shen Ge returned to the Spirit Moon Sect and gave Su Liuyue the Star Stone he and Mu Wan had obtained, while warning her about a possible Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator. After receiving Golden Body Talismans from Su Liuyue, Shen Ge and Mu Wan prepared to cultivate in seclusion and traded boasts about their strength.

• Shen Ge and Mu Wan returned to the Spirit Moon Sect with the main group, and Shen Ge suspected the person targeting Huang Tao was at Foundation Establishment Peak.
• Shen Ge visited Su Liuyue, told her about the Wan Household gathering and his wager with Huang Tao, and showed her the Star Stone.
• Shen Ge gave Su Liuyue the Star Stone so she could refine an offensive Law Treasure, and she accepted it and gave him Golden Body Talismans to share with Mu Wan.
• Shen Ge gave Mu Wan half the talismans and said he would cultivate in seclusion for at least half a year, prompting Mu Wan to decide to cultivate too.
• Shen Ge and Mu Wan teased each other about their abilities and argued over whether Mu Wan would share any future firepower-coverage invention.

The Spirit Moon Sect fled the rampaging Thunder Eagle, while Meng Yan secretly stole its egg from the nest. The enraged Thunder Eagle unleashed widespread destruction across the East Approach Secret Realm, threatening the disciples in hiding.

• Qin Yu and the Spirit Moon Sect fled the Thunder Eagle and planned to lure it toward the Blood Devil Grotto, the Hehuan Sect, or the Gale Devil Wolves.
• Han Yu and Lin Yu of the Evergreen Sect blamed Meng Yan for provoking the Thunder Eagle and worried his actions could spark a war between sects.
• Meng Yan used a Heaven-Deceiving Talisman to evade the Thunder Eagle, then took its egg from the nest and decided to make it his spirit pet.
• The Thunder Eagle sensed the theft, returned to its nest, and began destroying the surrounding forest with its cries and lightning.
• Disciples from the Spirit Moon Sect, Flowing Gold Valley, the Evergreen Sect, and the devil sects realized the Thunder Eagle had gone completely berserk.

Shen Ge left the Spirit Moon Sect for Flowing Cloud City after Senior Sister Liuyue asked him to help the emperor with an unspecified problem. He reached the palace and waited while a general went to inform His Majesty of his arrival.

• A girl riding atop a cyclops watched the Thunder Eagles rampage and speculated that their chaos could spark a battle among the third-tier Demon Beasts.
• Blood God Son and Blood Devil wondered who had provoked the Thunder Eagles, then decided to hide until the secret realm opened.
• After fifteen days of secluded cultivation, Shen Ge tended his spirit medicines and received a Jade Slip message from Senior Sister Liuyue directing him to Flowing Cloud City.
• Mu Wan warned Shen Ge not to act arrogantly around the imperial family and agreed to let him repay his Spirit Stone debt gradually.
• Shen Ge flew to Flowing Cloud City, concealed himself from the mortals below, and introduced himself to the palace guards as an emissary from the immortal sect.
• A general greeted Shen Ge politely and sent someone into the palace to notify the emperor of his arrival.

Shen Ge met the emperor of the Flowing Cloud Kingdom and advised him on why rebellions occurred and how to address them. After their discussion, the emperor revealed that he wanted to know whether a princess who had entered an immortal sect about 170 years earlier was still alive.

• An elderly eunuch escorted Shen Ge to the imperial garden, where the emperor welcomed him and invited him to talk over a meal.
• The emperor asked Shen Ge why rebellions continued despite his efforts to lower taxes and improve conditions for the people.
• Shen Ge explained that powerful elites stirred up rebellions when their interests were threatened, and advised the emperor to educate the people and protect their livelihoods.
• The emperor praised Shen Ge's counsel and promised to consider a plan, while Shen Ge cautioned him against rushing reforms.
• Shen Ge recognized that the emperor had concealed his real concern and asked what he truly wanted.
• The emperor asked whether a princess who entered an immortal sect around 170 years earlier was still alive.

Shen Ge examined the emperor’s gravely ill young daughter and suspected her condition came from a rare Ice Spirit Root or a hidden object. He asked his senior sister to decide how to treat her and promised to keep her alive while he awaited a reply.

• The emperor asked Shen Ge to let his daughter join the immortal sect, but Shen Ge explained that the sect did not accept imperial family members and offered to examine the child instead.
• The emperor ordered the old eunuch to summon Consort Li and the little princess, Xiao Mei.
• Consort Li brought Xiao Mei to Shen Ge and told the emperor that the child could no longer eat and was growing weaker.
• Shen Ge examined Xiao Mei with his Divine Sense, felt abnormal cold Qi, and concluded that she might have an Ice Spirit Root or a deeply hidden foreign object.
• Shen Ge sent a message to his senior sister for a decision and told the emperor he would keep Xiao Mei safe until she replied.

Shen Ge and Mu Wan tested the little girl’s Spirit Root and discovered she had a supreme-grade Ice Spirit Root, allowing her to join the Spirit Moon Sect and escape the cold Qi threatening her life. The emperor named her Su Sui and entrusted her to Shen Ge as the two immortal masters departed for the sect.

• Mu Wan tested the sleeping child’s Spirit Root in the imperial garden and found it was supreme-grade Ice.
• Shen Ge told the emperor that the girl could enter the Spirit Moon Sect, while Mu Wan warned that the cold Qi would kill her within half a month if it kept spreading.
• The emperor said goodbye to his daughter, named her Su Sui, and handed her to Shen Ge; Consort Li watched them leave and wept.
• Shen Ge and Mu Wan flew toward the sect with Su Sui, and Mu Wan wondered whether Su Liuyue or an elder would take responsibility for the gifted child.

Qin Yu stayed behind in the East Approach Secret Realm to hold off a Thunder Eagle while Wang Yan led the surviving Spirit Moon Sect disciples to safety. Burning his lifespan and spending nearly all his Divine Sense, he trapped and struck the Thunder Eagle, but the battle’s outcome remained unknown as the chapter ended.

• Qin Yu ordered Liu Xiao and the other disciples to flee, and Wang Yan used Wei Sen’s array disc to carry fifteen survivors away.
• After confirming the others had escaped, Qin Yu recalled his duty as senior brother and turned to face the pursuing Thunder Eagle.
• Qin Yu burned his lifespan with a Secret Method, raised his strength to the early Golden Core Stage, and attacked the Thunder Eagle with the Mountain Suppression Seal and stone spears.
• Qin Yu trapped the Thunder Eagle inside the mountain, then spent nearly all his Divine Sense on a soul sword that froze the beast.
• Qin Yu appeared above the Thunder Eagle and smashed it into the ground with a huge boulder, leaving it buried in a deep crater.

Qin Yu sacrificed himself to tear off a Thunder Eagle’s wing, but Meng Yan arrived and killed the wounded Demon Beast before carrying Qin Yu away. The surviving Thunder Eagle mourned its mate and searched the area in a vast sea of lightning.

• Qin Yu battered the injured Thunder Eagle with boulders while a furious eagle cry weakened him and let another Thunder Eagle break away toward him.
• Qin Yu leapt onto the wounded Thunder Eagle, stabbed through its injured wing, and tore the wing off despite its violent lightning attacks.
• Qin Yu lay near death and lamented that he had risked his life for his junior brothers and sisters.
• Meng Yan emerged from the void, killed the wounded Thunder Eagle with a bolt of lightning, and picked up Qin Yu.
• Qin Yu cursed Meng Yan and died, and Meng Yan disappeared into the void with Qin Yu and the dead Thunder Eagle.
• The surviving Thunder Eagle mourned its mate and covered the surrounding area with lightning as it searched for the one who had killed it.

Shen Ge looked after Su Sui while Mu Wan teased him and recorded moments from the child’s day. He took Su Sui to his sister’s cave abode so she could continue cultivating under expert guidance.

• Mu Wan joked that Su Sui might grow attached to Shen Ge, while Shen Ge insisted he could manage caring for her.
• Shen Ge helped Su Sui take care of herself behind a spiritual Qi barrier, and Mu Wan secretly recorded the moment.
• Shen Ge warned Su Sui to stay away from Mu Wan, then argued with Mu Wan about his Spirit Stone debt.
• Su Sui feared Shen Ge would abandon her, and he comforted her while Mu Wan recorded the scene.
• Shen Ge took Su Sui to his sister’s cave abode, explaining that she needed to reach the third layer of Qi Refining for her ice spirit root to help rather than harm her.

The Spirit Moon Sect welcomed the survivors of the East Approach Secret Realm and mourned Eldest Senior Brother Qin Yu, who had died protecting them. Meanwhile, Meng Yan escaped his pursuers from Yellow Maple Valley and encountered Bai Lili.

• Shen Ge and the Spirit Moon Sect disciples waited for the returning group and saw Qin Yu's corpse aboard the flying ship.
• Wang Yan told Sect Leader Ziyang that Qin Yu had fought a fourth-tier Thunder Eagle alone to protect the others and asked whether he had been a worthy Eldest Senior Brother.
• Ziyang praised Qin Yu as the finest Eldest Senior Brother in the Spirit Moon Sect's history, and the disciples bade him farewell.
• Meng Yan evaded the Yellow Maple Valley disciples pursuing him, while Wang Hua abandoned the chase after their compass failed.
• Meng Yan met Bai Lili in a nearby valley, destroyed her butterflies with lightning, and warned her not to provoke him.

Meng Yan heard Bai Lili’s offer to explore a secret realm and agreed to wait until he was stronger before going with her. Shen Ge paid respects to the fallen Qin Yu and Liu Xiao, then returned to his courtyard and resumed secluded cultivation, resolved to become stronger.

• Bai Lili told Meng Yan about an unexplored secret realm on Yellow Sand Mountain and said she was the only one who knew its location.
• Meng Yan chose to postpone exploring the secret realm for six months or a year, and Bai Lili agreed to wait for him.
• Su Liuyue took Su Sui into her care and urged Shen Ge to focus on cultivation because death could come at any time.
• Shen Ge visited Qin Yu’s grave, where Su Liuyue had left wine and roast chicken, and spoke about Qin Yu’s feelings and sacrifice.
• Shen Ge paid respects to Liu Xiao and spoke about his death while saving Jin Ling.
• After visiting the graves, Shen Ge returned to his courtyard and entered secluded cultivation to strengthen himself.

Shen Ge and Mu Wan attended Li Kui’s Blood Jade Peach gathering with Su Sui, while elsewhere Meng Yan escaped Bai Lili after stealing the Azure Dragon Flag. The chapter left Meng Yan weighing whether to seek resources overseas or secretly return to Yellow Maple Valley.

• Shen Ge brought Mu Wan and Su Sui to Li Kui’s Blood Jade Peach gathering, where Su Sui ate a little and fell asleep from the medicinal potency.
• Meng Yan fled Bai Lili after taking the Azure Dragon Flag from a secret realm, then hid nearby while she searched for him in a rage.
• Meng Yan reflected that Bai Lili’s fighting abilities were stronger than he had expected and that he had been wise to avoid a fight.
• Meng Yan considered leaving the Southern Barbarian Lands to seek resources at sea or secretly returning to Yellow Maple Valley for cultivation resources.

Shen Ge accepted Huang Tao’s invitation to investigate Corpse Sha creatures at White Bone Mountain, where he suspected Ghost Demoness’s cave abode might be involved. Before leaving, he agreed to become Su Sui’s master in name, while Su Liuyue planned to teach her and provide resources.

• Shen Ge trained Su Sui to hit moving targets, and she finally pierced his Spiritual Qi protection with an ice spike.
• Huang Tao invited Shen Ge to investigate Corpse Sha creatures guarding something at White Bone Mountain, and Shen Ge agreed to go.
• Shen Ge took Su Sui to Su Liuyue and asked her to care for the child while he was away.
• Su Liuyue explained that she would teach Su Sui but wanted Shen Ge to be her master in name.
• Su Sui kowtowed and asked Shen Ge to become her master, and he agreed before Su Liuyue told him to return within a month.

Shen Ge joined Huang Tao and the others on a treasure hunt at White Bone Mountain, where the group fought Corpse Sha and gathered corpse beads. When they reached stronger monsters and encountered Yin Souls, Shen Ge secretly confirmed he could control them and hid the ability from the group.

• Huang Tao introduced Shen Ge to Wang Ziqi, Li Hua, Yang Chong, and Han Li before the group set off for White Bone Mountain.
• The group entered the fog after taking Detoxification Pills and encountered Corpse Sha, which Yang Chong killed and collected corpse beads from.
• As the group advanced, they fought increasingly powerful Corpse Sha, and Shen Ge used a golden stream of swords to sweep away five of them.
• Yang Chong warned the group that Yin Souls could injure their souls, and Shen Ge lured several aside and secretly brought them under his control.
• Shen Ge killed the Yin Souls without revealing his ability because he wanted to avoid taking the lead through the dangerous mountain.

Shen Ge and the group reached a cave abode on White Bone Mountain, where they broke through its weak defensive formation and entered cautiously. The chapter ended as the group saw something inside that horrified them.

• Yang Chong led the group through Corpse Sha to the cave entrance, where Huang Tao discovered a weak formation and potent poison.
• Yang Chong attacked the formation with a fire dragon, and Li Hua blew the resulting poisonous mist aside.
• Huang Tao asked Shen Ge to take the lead with his defensive Law Artifact, and Shen Ge used a high-grade shield while keeping his supreme-grade shield concealed.
• The group formed up with Shen Ge at the front and Han Li, Wang Ziqi, and Li Hua guarding the rear, then entered the cave abode.
• The group saw what lay inside and recoiled in horror.

Shen Ge discovered that Huang Tao had lured him into a sealed cave trap, where a strange black mist nullified most spiritual power and poisoned those inside. After Shen Ge charged into the mist to attack Huang Tao, Huang Tao proved less affected and prepared to kill him.

• Yang Chong melted into a pool of blood, and Huang Tao touched his skeleton while speaking to it as his senior brother.
• Han Li ambushed the group, killing Wang Ziqi and gravely injuring Li Hua.
• Huang Tao used black mist to neutralize Shen Ge's talismans and flying swords, then revealed that the cave exit was sealed by a formation.
• Shen Ge guessed that the mist weakened Huang Tao too and charged into it to attack him.
• Huang Tao resisted the mist better than Shen Ge, knocked his sword away, and kicked him down.
• Huang Tao stood over the weakened Shen Ge with a hand wreathed in firelight and warned him about choosing his friends.

Shen Ge evaded Huang Tao’s killing blow despite suffering a shattered shoulder, then escaped into a hidden space beneath the white-bone chair when his Storage Bag burst open and distracted his attacker. He survived the fall and, surrounded by black fog and faint lights, began moving toward the farthest light.

• Shen Ge dodged Huang Tao’s palm strike, but it shattered his shoulder, and he accused Huang Tao of using an external puppet.
• Huang Tao pursued Shen Ge through the black fog and revealed that another space lay beneath the white-bone chair.
• As Huang Tao charged, Shen Ge’s Storage Bag burst open, scattering his belongings and forcing Huang Tao to pull back from his strike.
• Shen Ge shoved aside the white-bone chair and leaped into the hidden space while Huang Tao stayed above and collected his scattered supplies.
• Shen Ge fell onto a soft, springy black substance, then walked toward the farthest faint light.

Shen Ge discovered an ancient palace and a strange bronze lamp he could neither move nor understand, then hid in the black mist to recover. In Flowing Cloud City, Han Yu arrived with Su Du, agreed to manage her three restaurants, and continued their close friendship.

• Shen Ge tested the lamp's flame, lost a knife to it, and found he could not remove the lamp or damage the stone wall.
• Shen Ge hid in the black mist, wary that Huang Tao might follow him and determined to recover his spiritual power.
• Han Yu entered Flowing Cloud City with Su Du, who explained that she had come to visit Consort Li after the birth of another prince.
• Su Du warned Han Yu not to delve too deeply into history and politics, then offered her a chance to put her learning to use.
• Han Yu accepted Su Du's offer to manage all three of her restaurants after their trip to the imperial city.
• Su Du teased Han Yu in the carriage, and Han Yu playfully fought back.

Shen Ge encountered the black-robed creator of the Return of the Soul Instruction, who challenged him to a fight for possession of his body. Although they were supposedly fighting at the same realm, Shen Ge struggled against the man’s overwhelming combat experience.

• Shen Ge felt watched in the cave abode and tried to retreat, but a figure formed from the black mist and knocked him unconscious.
• Shen Ge awoke in his mind before the black-robed man and offered him the Return of the Soul Instruction in exchange for his life.
• The black-robed man revealed that he had created the technique and demanded a fight, with Shen Ge’s body at stake if he lost.
• Shen Ge attacked with the Sea of Ten Thousand Swords, but the man blocked the move and sent a spear flying at him.
• Shen Ge launched a series of techniques and realized his opponent was using Foundation Establishment Realm strength, yet his greater combat experience left Shen Ge increasingly despairing.