Recaps

The Spirit Moon Sect and the Hehuan Sect clashed at Heavenly Heart Ravine, and Shen Ge fought without mercy while resisting the Hehuan Sect’s bewitching arts. The battle continued as a purple-gauzed woman tried to enchant him.

• Bai Mei led the Hehuan Sect’s flying boats toward the Spirit Moon Sect’s defensive line, and Shen Ge warned Su Sui to stay close during the coming fight.
• The Hehuan Sect’s bewitching mist entranced several male disciples until Xuanguang’s snort woke them; then Xuanguang confronted Bai Mei over her past with his disciple Fenghuo.
• Xuanguang, Ziyang, and Mo Qingyu pursued Bai Mei while the Golden Core experts from both sides moved away to fight elsewhere.
• Shen Ge killed a Foundation Establishment Early Stage Hehuan Sect disciple with Sword Qi and showed no pity despite her appearance.
• A purple-gauzed Hehuan Sect woman tried to bewitch Shen Ge, but his Clear Heart Incantation suppressed the effect.

Shen Ge resisted a Hehuan Sect woman’s seductive illusions and broke out of her illusion realm with a divine soul attack. He wounded her badly, leaving her poised to die at his hands.

• The woman tried to distract Shen Ge by taking Mu Wan’s appearance, but the Clear Heart Incantation dispelled her influence and Shen Ge attacked.
• The woman repeatedly evaded Shen Ge’s sword strikes and drew him into an illusion realm.
• Shen Ge realized the realm was an illusion and used golden light to destroy the alluring women while searching for a way out.
• Shen Ge unleashed his divine soul power, found the woman’s hidden location, and struck her before she could dispel the realm.
• Back in the outside world, Shen Ge slashed the woman and severed one of her hands.

Shen Ge killed a veiled woman and retrieved his Law Artifacts while Su Liuyue fought Bai Lili. Bai Lili escaped Su Liuyue’s devastating attack with a teleportation talisman, but Su Liuyue suppressed and captured her Black Bird Law Treasure.

• Shen Ge snapped the veiled woman’s neck, retrieved his Law Artifact, and dismissed her appearance as nothing special.
• Su Liuyue rejected Bai Lili’s advances and taunts, then slapped her and drove her into a furious counterattack.
• Bai Lili unleashed Blood-Colored Purgatory, pink tentacles, her Black Bird Law Treasure, and skeletal cavalry against Su Liuyue.
• Su Liuyue summoned the Five Sword Nests and struck with Geng Metal White Tiger Slash, destroying a mountain peak after Bai Lili escaped with a Ten Thousand Li Teleportation Talisman.
• Su Liuyue shattered Bai Lili’s created world and forced the fleeing Black Bird back into its game-piece form, then suppressed it.

Shen Ge and Chu He fought off demonesses on the battlefield, then went to rescue a Spirit Moon Sect disciple and confronted three women who merged into one with power approaching the Golden Core level. The chapter ended as Shen Ge faced the transformed demoness.

• Shen Ge was enchanted by ten demonesses until Chu He broke the spell, and the two fought back together.
• Shen Ge and Chu He killed the ten demonesses with the Giant Que Sword, Heaven-Overturning Seal, and streams of Sword Qi.
• After taking Qi recovery pills, Shen Ge and Chu He headed toward another battle and found three demonesses attacking a Spirit Moon Sect disciple.
• Shen Ge attacked the demonesses, but they revealed that two were clones and merged into one, releasing pressure close to the Golden Core level.

Chu He and Shen Ge drove Lü Luo away and discussed the Hehuan Sect’s Seven Heavenly Maidens, including Shen Ge’s claim that he had killed Zi Huan. They returned to the Spirit Moon Sect’s camp, where Shen Ge rested as the conflict settled into smaller skirmishes.

• Chu He arrived to help Shen Ge fight Lü Luo, who escaped in a pink mist when she faced both men.
• Chu He explained the Seven Heavenly Maidens’ ranks and strength, and Shen Ge revealed that he believed he had killed Zi Huan.
• Chu He warned Shen Ge that Zi Huan’s mother, Qing Sha, was powerful, and Shen Ge decided to ask Martial Uncle Fenghuo for help.
• Shen Ge asked about Li Xiao, a captured Devil Creek Sect elder linked to the Hehuan Sect, and Chu He guessed she was in the sect’s Cold Prison.
• Shen Ge and Chu He fought off Hehuan Sect disciples on their way back to the Spirit Moon Sect’s side, where the fighting had mostly become small skirmishes.
• Shen Ge returned to camp and began recovering his Spiritual Qi and mental strength.

Xuanguang used the Spirit Moon Sect’s Heaven and Earth Realm to overpower Bai Mei and force the Hehuan Sect elders to retreat. He chose to keep the Hehuan Sect contained rather than pursue them, while Ziyang worried that the Evergreen Sect and Yellow Maple Valley could not withstand the Blood Devil Grotto.

• Xuanguang’s Traceless Sword destroyed Bai Mei’s mountains-and-rivers scroll, and Bai Mei countered with the Long Wind Zither and an imprint of Shen Lin.
• Xuanguang brought out the Heaven and Earth Realm, whose beam of treasured light alarmed Mo Qingyu and the cultivators across the battlefield.
• Bai Mei used a fan Spirit Artifact and the Long Wind Zither to resist the beam, but it overwhelmed their attacks and forced her and two Hehuan Sect elders to retreat.
• The Heaven and Earth Realm’s beam struck a mountaintop and reduced half of it to powder.
• Xuanguang stopped Ziyang and Mo Qingyu from pursuing Bai Mei, while Ziyang urged him to aid the Evergreen Sect and Yellow Maple Valley against the Blood Devil Grotto.

Lü Yang fought off White Bone Mountain disciples in Flowing Gold Valley before Xuanfeng rescued him and tried to send him away with the sect’s legacy. Lü Yang refused to abandon the sect, but Xuanfeng’s talisman transported him to a distant ravine, where a hidden formation trapped him.

• Lü Yang killed seven White Bone Mountain disciples in the medicinal garden, then collapsed after hearing that Flowing Gold Valley’s protective formation had fallen.
• As an enemy approached to kill him, Xuanfeng arrived, gave Lü Yang pills and the lineage’s treasures, and returned to defend the sect.
• Xuanfeng explained that he would not abandon his home and urged Lü Yang not to become a slave to longevity.
• Lü Yang took the pills and tried to return to the sect, but Xuanfeng’s jade talisman activated and carried him away despite his protests.
• Xuanfeng killed five Foundation Establishment disciples and confronted Corpse Soul, while their battle caused casualties among the surrounding fighters.
• Lü Yang appeared in a distant ravine, where formation flags formed a grand formation that restrained him and concealed his presence.

Mu Wan searched the South Sea for the ruins of the long-destroyed Sea Demon Sect, determined to press on despite increasingly dangerous Demon Beasts. Meanwhile, Yu Shang backed down from seeking revenge for her daughter, and Shen Ge comforted Su Sui as she mourned Nishang and questioned the purpose of cultivation.

• Mu Wan used clues from ancient sect records to search the South Sea for the Sea Demon Sect's ruins and its secret-realm teleportation array.
• After Mu Wan struggled to kill a peak second-tier giant octopus, she resolved to continue, covered herself in talismans, and cautiously resumed her search.
• Yu Shang learned that Shen Ge had killed her daughter and wanted revenge, but Bai Mei warned her she would die without the Hehuan Sect holding back the Spirit Moon Sect's Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Yu Shang eventually returned to her room and gave up pursuing revenge, choosing to preserve her chance of reaching the Nascent Soul stage.
• Su Sui told Shen Ge that Nishang had died beside her and asked what cultivation was for; Shen Ge said that growing stronger would let her protect what she cared about.

Zi Nü urged the righteous sects to seek the Heavenly Desolation Domain rather than continue a costly war over the Fortune Dynasty Method, while the Evergreen Sect debated sharing the method to stop the fighting. At the Spirit Moon Sect encampment, the disciples prepared for further battles and received Golden Body Talismans.

• Aboard the Spirit Moon Sect's vessel, Zi Nü proposed giving up the Fortune Dynasty Method and seeking the Heavenly Desolation Domain, but Ziyang and Mo Qingyu questioned her views.
• Daoist Qingguang and Qingshan discussed Flowing Gold Valley's defeat and considered sharing the Fortune Dynasty Method to reduce casualties, while Qingguang agreed to consult Ziyang.
• At the Spirit Moon Sect encampment, Chu He scolded Jin Ling for her recklessness, and Li Kui joked to ease the mood.
• Wang Yan distributed five hundred Golden Body Talismans drawn by Liuyue and warned the disciples that fighting would continue if the demonic sects did not withdraw.
• Shen Ge declined extra talismans and urged Wang Yan to be careful when facing Hehuan Sect Golden Core cultivators.

Mu Wan discovered the Sea Demon Sect and entered its secret realm, while negotiations ended the fighting between the righteous and devil paths. Shen Ge set out to find Mu Wan, and Li Xue left the Evergreen Sect after losing her family and resolve to remain.

• Mu Wan found a hidden teleportation formation and used it to reach the Sea Demon Sect, where she defeated a water puppet, passed the disciple trial, and entered the deeper secret realm.
• Han Yu gave Shen Ge the Fortune Dynasty Method and asked the Righteous Path Alliance to protect her and her dynasty.
• Ziyang and the righteous cultivators shared the method with Blood Devil, and the factions agreed to cease hostilities after arguing over whether Mu Wan should be handed over for soul-searching.
• Lü Yang emerged wounded from underground and left after grieving for his master near Flowing Gold Valley.
• Shen Ge learned that Mu Wan had been researching the Sea Demon Sect, then flew to the South Sea to search for her.
• Li Xue rejected Yue Shan's farewell feast and left the Evergreen Sect, while Qingshan and others accepted her departure.

After ten days searching the South Sea, Shen Ge caught the gravely wounded Mu Wan as she fell from a vortex, but she died in his arms. Elder Zhang killed Shen Ge and took the Spirit Severing Pill, leaving Shen Ge's final vow to kill him.

• Shen Ge caught Mu Wan as she fell from a vortex and tried to save her with pills.
• Mu Wan gave Shen Ge a Spirit Severing Pill, kissed his cheek, and died after telling him the spring breeze and rosy morning clouds would stay by his side.
• Elder Zhang appeared, stole Shen Ge's Storage Bag, and crushed Mu Wan's corpse into a mist of blood.
• Shen Ge attacked Elder Zhang in grief, but Zhang killed him with countless flying swords.
• Shen Ge cursed Zhang Sheng and vowed that Zhang Sheng's life belonged to him before his head turned to blood mist.

After emerging from a Spiritual Qi cocoon, Shen Ge reunited with Li Xue, who had believed him dead for three years. He learned about the Spirit Moon Sect and Qingyou’s death, then vowed to pay his respects in person someday.

• Li Xue discovered a glowing ball of light and found a child inside, then concealed him and gathered Spiritual Qi around him.
• After ten days inside a Spiritual Qi cocoon, Shen Ge emerged at the Golden Core Stage, and Li Xue recognized him but feared he might be an impostor.
• Shen Ge convinced Li Xue of his identity and said he had returned through a Secret Method, but could not go back to the Spirit Moon Sect.
• Li Xue told Shen Ge that Zhang Sheng had gone into seclusion and Su Sui had reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Li Xue told Shen Ge that Qingyou had died six months earlier, and Shen Ge bowed toward the Spirit Moon Sect and promised to visit Qingyou’s grave someday.

After consolidating his cultivation, Shen Ge investigated the mysterious point of light that had saved his soul and reshaped his body. He discovered that it had brought him the extraordinarily comprehensive Samsara cultivation method and suspected it was connected to the Supreme Purity Celestial Venerable statue he had worshipped in his former life, though he could not confirm the reason.

• Shen Ge refused to rush into revenge against Zhang Sheng and left Li Xue, saying he needed to prepare and did not want to put his master, senior sister, or sect master in a difficult position.
• Li Xue watched Shen Ge depart, then went toward the Spirit Moon Sect to see what would happen.
• Shen Ge sealed himself inside a cave abode and spent a month stabilizing his newly advanced cultivation.
• Shen Ge searched his sea of consciousness for the point of light that had saved him but could not find it, so he decided to leave it alone.
• Shen Ge examined the Samsara method and found it contained a wide range of cultivation, combat, escape, and soul techniques.
• Shen Ge recalled that his memories had been probed beneath White Bone Mountain and suspected the Supreme Purity Celestial Venerable statue he had worshipped on Blue Star had left the point of light in his mind.

Shen Ge mastered three powerful sword techniques, then went to the Purple Qi Sect’s market to trade a cultivation method for a Law Treasure and an offensive formation. He left the method with a Golden Core elder to show the sect master, while Li Xue continued waiting near Moonfall Mountain and Zhang Sheng suppressed his ominous premonition.

• Shen Ge spent a year learning the Life Sword, Death Sword, and Life and Death Sword, though he had only gained a preliminary grasp of them.
• Li Xue waited in a town below Moonfall Mountain, wondering why Shen Ge had not attacked the Spirit Moon Sect.
• Zhang Sheng sensed an unprecedented danger while secluded on Azure Jade Peak, but suppressed his intuition and continued trying to break through to the Nascent Soul.
• Shen Ge went to a market under the Purple Qi Sect’s jurisdiction and demanded to see its Law Treasures.
• A Golden Core elder showed Shen Ge a Geng Metal flying sword and a Sword Light Formation, and offered to sell them for Spirit Stones or recruit him into the sect.
• Shen Ge offered a Jade Slip containing a cultivation method in exchange for both items, then told the elder to take it to the sect master for an appraisal.

Shen Ge returned to the Spirit Moon Sect and confronted Zhang Sheng, unleashing a fierce assault as the sect’s experts gathered. The chapter left the battle ongoing, with Su Liuyue and the other hall leaders blocking anyone who tried to intervene.

• Zi Nü examined Shen Ge’s Jade Slip and set out for the Spirit Moon Sect, while Li Xue sensed his arrival and Xuanguang chose not to interfere.
• Shen Ge entered the Spirit Moon Sect, and Junior Brother Wang recognized him and alerted the sect leader to his dangerous state.
• Su Liuyue, Wang Yan, Jin Ling, and Chu He pursued Shen Ge to Azure Jade Peak as Golden Core experts gathered around him.
• Shen Ge found Zhang Sheng, sealed Azure Jade Peak with a formation, and attacked him with Morning Longing and the formation’s flying swords.
• Zhang Sheng defended himself with the Four Directions Cauldron, while Su Liuyue and the other hall leaders warned the gathered elders not to interfere.

Shen Ge fought Zhang Sheng inside the Four Directions Cauldron while Su Liuyue and the others kept the elders from interfering. Zhang Sheng’s blood-path attacks wounded Shen Ge and sent him flying, but Shen Ge remained determined to kill him as Zhang Sheng’s flying sword closed in.

• Su Liuyue, Wang Yan, Chu He, and Jin Ling blocked the elders from interfering while Shen Ge attacked Zhang Sheng.
• Zhang Sheng used Heaven and Earth Palm to slam Shen Ge into the ground and shatter a small mountain, while Su Sui cried out from a distant peak.
• Shen Ge emerged from the rubble and unleashed a powerful colorless sword light, but Zhang Sheng countered with a blood-colored banner and blood sword.
• Shen Ge charged through Zhang Sheng’s blood-colored Gang wind, sustaining cuts despite his Golden Body Incantation.
• Zhang Sheng blocked Shen Ge’s sword strike with the Four Directions Cauldron, struck him in the chest, and sent a blood-colored flying sword after him.

Shen Ge killed Zhang Sheng after Mo Qingyu intervened and Su Liuyue and others helped break his defensive treasure. As Shen Ge tortured Zhang Sheng’s soul, Ziyang stopped him, and Shen Ge demanded to know whether Zhang Sheng deserved it for killing Mu Wan.

• Mo Qingyu severed Zhang Sheng’s arm with a sword strike, preventing him from killing Shen Ge, while Ziyang objected to her intervention.
• Shen Ge attacked Zhang Sheng with the formation’s Sword Qi, and Su Liuyue, Wang Yan, and others joined in until their combined strikes shattered the Four Directions Cauldron.
• Shen Ge killed Zhang Sheng by cutting off his head, then demanded to know where the thing Mu Wan had brought out was.
• When Zhang Sheng taunted him, Shen Ge ripped out his soul and began burning it, horrifying the watching elders.
• Ziyang used purple flame to destroy Zhang Sheng’s soul and ordered Shen Ge to stop; Shen Ge replied that Zhang Sheng had smashed Mu Wan’s body into a bloody mist and asked whether he should not have tortured him.

After learning that Mu Wan had died because of him, Shen Ge mourned at her grandfather’s grave and left the Spirit Moon Sect, but Li Xue’s words helped him face the loss and resolve to keep living.

• The Artifact Refining Hall elder, Jin Ling, Wang Yan, Chu He, and Mo Qingyu reacted furiously when Shen Ge revealed that Zhang Sheng had killed Mu Wan.
• Shen Ge knelt at Qingyou’s tombstone for three days, apologized, and then left the Heroic Spirit Grounds despite Su Liuyue’s offer of a pill and a chance to reconsider.
• Shen Ge bid farewell to his master Mo Qingyu and disciple Su Sui, then walked out of the Spirit Moon Sect’s grand formation.
• Zi Nü warned Ziyang not to let one false step become a lasting regret before leaving with Purple Eyes.
• Three days later, Li Xue invited Shen Ge to drink and urged him to keep living; Shen Ge accepted her counsel and began eating with renewed spirits.

Shen Ge and Li Xue left the Flowing Cloud Kingdom together after discussing his future and the burden he was waiting to resolve. Elsewhere, Lü Yang survived another robbery, Meng Yan fought a Flying Bear, and Wang Yan told Mu Wan’s grave that Shen Ge was alive and had avenged her.

• Li Xue warned Shen Ge to think carefully and keep what he had learned secret, then asked about his plans.
• Shen Ge said he had no ties to the mortal world and could only wait for the right moment to resolve the burden on his shoulders; Li Xue offered to travel with him.
• Shen Ge and Li Xue left the Flowing Cloud Kingdom together.
• Lü Yang killed the Five Wolves of Wolf Mountain, collected their Storage Bags, and escaped into the woods; two Rogue Cultivators decided not to pursue him and discussed targeting a Wan Household caravan.
• Meng Yan and his Thunder Eagle attacked a Flying Bear on the snowy plateau, blasting through its ice armor.
• Wang Yan visited Mu Wan’s grave and said Shen Ge was alive and had killed Zhang Sheng to avenge her.

Tang Yu rescued the Wan Household caravan from an ambush by overwhelming the attackers with arrays. As Shen Ge watched, the two surviving robbers discussed a Jade Slip he had left behind before deciding to raise Cloud Brocades.

• Wan Xing led six Wan Household disciples in a formation that briefly raised him to the Pseudo Golden Core Stage, but the attackers’ assault began to break their defenses.
• Tang Yu arrived and trapped the attackers in several arrays, killing more than half of them; a man and woman escaped into the mountain forest.
• The escaped pair decided to stop robbing travelers and go to Tiger Roar Forest to catch Cloud Brocades.
• The man and woman talked about trying to make a bicycle described in Shen Ge’s Jade Slip and argued over whether it contained a fortuitous opportunity.
• Shen Ge felt awkward after realizing the pair had read his Jade Slip, and he was relieved he had not left his portrait in it.

Shen Ge and Li Xue reunited with Lü Yang, who had chosen to live as a rogue cultivator, and the three shared wine on a mountaintop. Elsewhere, Meng Yan escaped the Ice and Snow Plateau with a beast core for his master and resolved to return for a strange fire-element treasure.

• Shen Ge recognized Lü Yang’s presence near a concealed cave and went down with Li Xue to meet him.
• Lü Yang explained that he had refused to join the Evergreen Sect and preferred the freedom of living on his own.
• Lü Yang misunderstood Shen Ge and Li Xue’s relationship, but Li Xue corrected him and warned him not to joke about Shen Ge’s lost love.
• Lü Yang invited Shen Ge and Li Xue to drink with him on a mountaintop, and they flew there together.
• Meng Yan escaped an Ice Crystal Bird on the Ice and Snow Plateau with an Ice and Snow Flying Bear core intended to help Zhu Lian break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Meng Yan spotted a strange fire-element treasure in the frozen region and decided to return for it later.

Mo Shang emerged from seclusion after reaching the Middle Golden Core Stage, while Bai Lili planned to seek out Shen Ge. Shen Ge and Li Xue parted ways near the Ice and Snow Plateau, leaving him to settle in a new cave abode as she returned to the sea to cultivate.

• Mo Shang left his hiding place after advancing to the Middle Golden Core Stage and took out his Soul-Summoning Banner to seek fresh blood.
• Bai Lili decided to find Shen Ge, whom she regarded as prey, and summoned Yu Shang to help her.
• Shen Ge and Li Xue said farewell to Lü Yang, and Shen Ge gave him a Golden Core talisman before they traveled north.
• Shen Ge and Li Xue reached a barren mountain near the Ice and Snow Plateau, where Shen Ge carved out a cave abode.
• Li Xue told Shen Ge she would return to the sea to cultivate, and the two parted after discussing her plan to accompany him to the Spirit Moon Sect someday.

Shen Ge, living under the name Ye Lin, considered an auction hosted by the Hehuan Sect but chose to stay away. After hearing rumors about a newly discovered South Sea secret realm, he decided to ask Li Xue about it and whether she had obtained anything worth trading.

• Lu Xiu told Shen Ge about the Hehuan Sect's upcoming auction, but he decided not to attend because it could attract trouble and he lacked Spirit Stones.
• Shen Ge ordered Lu Xiu to tend the Spirit Plants, then complained when she ran off in fear of being eaten.
• Shen Ge overheard cultivators discussing the South Sea ruins, a death in the Spirit Moon Sect, and men drained by Hehuan Sect women at the auction.
• Shen Ge made Lu Xiu soak her hands in spiritual liquid before she prepared tea and snacks.
• Shen Ge decided to ask Li Xue about the South Sea secret realm and whether she had acquired anything he could trade for.

Shen Ge traveled to the South Sea with Li Xue and Lü Yang after learning that ruins linked to the Sea Demon Sect had appeared. Inside, he entered the sect’s inheritance trial and easily defeated its first opponent, but found that the second opponent could regenerate after being destroyed.

• Lü Yang told Shen Ge he had broken through to the Golden Core Stage, then informed him that Li Xue wanted them to investigate the newly surfaced South Sea ruins.
• Shen Ge learned the ruins were the former site of the Sea Demon Sect, where Mu Wan had been gravely injured, and set out after giving Lu Xiu a formation disc and instructions.
• Shen Ge met Li Xue and Lü Yang on the South Sea coast, and the three flew to a dark vortex above a small island and entered the ruins.
• Shen Ge appeared in a blood-red arena, defeated a Foundation Establishment Early Stage fire python, and received the first trial reward.
• In the second round, Shen Ge destroyed a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Sea Demon, but it repeatedly reformed from the surrounding water Qi.

Shen Ge passed the Sea Demon Sect’s trials and entered its underwater ruins, where he joined Lü Yang and Li Xue to investigate the Alchemy Chamber. Their attacks cracked a sealed door, and Lü Yang began breaking it down as the group prepared to fend off greedy onlookers.

• Shen Ge killed the Sea Demon repeatedly, earned a sect disciple token, and entered the Sea Demon Sect ruins.
• Shen Ge found Golden Core cultivators searching the ruins and followed Lü Yang to the Alchemy Chamber, where Li Xue was examining a sealed door.
• Li Xue identified a possible weak point in the door’s array and directed Lü Yang and Shen Ge to attack it with her.
• The three cultivators cracked the array, attracting the attention of nearby cultivators who began eyeing the opportunity.
• Shen Ge set up a defensive array while Li Xue guarded the crowd, and Lü Yang broke down the door to enter and claim its contents.