Recaps

Han Yu and Su Du overthrew Li Shi and founded the Phoenix Divine Dynasty, drawing Shen Ge into its defense and his renewed pursuit of Huang Tao. Su Du died protecting Han Yu, Shen Ge survived with about ten years left to live, and the Spirit Moon Sect prepared for war.

• Han Yu engineered famine and rebellions, and Su Du seized Li Shi’s throne and established the Phoenix Kingdom.
• Shen Ge left the sect with Little White, reunited with Han Yu, and witnessed Su Du establish the Phoenix Divine Dynasty and grant its officials cultivation strength.
• Shen Ge declined an official position but agreed to protect the kingdom, while Han Yu overheard his rejection of her romantic feelings.
• Wang Yan exposed Zhou Shun as Huang Tao, but Huang Tao escaped repeated pursuit by endangering civilians and lost an arm to Su Liuyue.
• Shen Ge defended Phoenix City against White Bone Mountain attackers and a summoned Ghost King, then used a life-burning method to destroy Huang Tao’s Golden Core.
• Su Du died shielding Han Yu from sword light, and Su Liuyue killed the Ghost King and rescued Shen Ge after it swallowed Huang Tao and Su Du’s body.
• Shen Ge learned that he had about ten years left to live, admitted his love for Mu Wan to Han Yu, and agreed to seek the Spirit Moon Sect’s help in expanding the Phoenix Kingdom.
• Shen Ge found Mu Wan in seclusion, resolved to contribute to the sect before attempting the Life and Death Instruction, and deployed to Tianxin Mountain as fighting between the sects intensified.

After returning at Golden Core Stage, Shen Ge avenged Mu Wan by killing Zhang Sheng and left the Spirit Moon Sect with Li Xue. He later joined Li Xue and Lü Yang in exploring the Sea Demon Sect ruins, where the three opened the Alchemy Chamber as other cultivators watched.

• Shen Ge reached the Golden Core Stage with Li Xue’s help, then stabilized his cultivation and studied the Samsara method while preparing to confront Zhang Sheng.
• Shen Ge returned to the Spirit Moon Sect, sealed Azure Jade Peak, and fought Zhang Sheng as Su Liuyue and the other hall leaders kept the elders from interfering.
• Shen Ge and the assembled cultivators shattered Zhang Sheng’s Four Directions Cauldron, and Shen Ge killed him and tried to burn his soul before Ziyang intervened.
• Shen Ge visited Qingyou’s grave, said farewell to Mo Qingyu and Su Sui, then left the sect and accepted Li Xue’s counsel to keep living.
• Shen Ge traveled with Li Xue, met Lü Yang, and later parted from Li Xue when she returned to the sea to cultivate.
• After learning that the South Sea ruins were the former Sea Demon Sect, Shen Ge joined Li Xue and Lü Yang in entering them and passed the first two trials.
• Shen Ge, Li Xue, and Lü Yang reached the Alchemy Chamber and cracked its sealed door’s array while nearby cultivators watched for a chance to enter.

Shen Ge survived the Sea Demon Sect’s destruction, learned the Samsara Method, and was drawn into Bai Lili’s scheme to remake his memories and claim his heart. After Fenghuo captured him and brought him to the Luo Heaven Sea, Shen Ge rescued a merchant ship and set out toward Yaoguang Island.

• Shen Ge and Li Xue escaped the Sea Demon Sect’s ruins after Yang Feng slew the giant evil demon, and Shen Ge later learned that Mo Qingyu intended to kill him for attacking her master.
• After a year in seclusion, Shen Ge mastered the Judgment Law Words and Yin-Yang Diagram, rejected Mo Qingyu’s demands, and set out for the Ice and Snow Plateau to grow stronger.
• Bai Lili lured Shen Ge into a formation and trapped him in fabricated lives, where they married and built a family before he died without recovering his memories.
• Bai Lili manipulated Shen Ge’s memories across reincarnations, but Shen Ge transmitted the Samsara Method to her during their dual cultivation, and she could not retain it.
• Fenghuo found Shen Ge on the Ice and Snow Plateau, captured him, and carried him through a concealed array toward the Luo Heaven Sea.
• Fenghuo freed Shen Ge with Jade Slips and a formation plate, and Shen Ge killed a giant octopus attacking a merchant ship before Shang Xing welcomed him aboard and explained their route to Yaoguang Island via Sea Billow Island.

Shen Ge pursued Ji Rufeng, learned how to find the Ji Household treasury, and escaped with its treasures while Fenghuo helped him fight off Tianquan Sect cultivators. As Xuanguang reached the Spirit Severing Realm and tensions spread across the cultivation world, Shen Ge headed toward Tianji Island and faced another group seeking the treasury’s contents.

• Shen Ge studied formations and talismans, then absorbed Mo Qingyu’s sword lesson and regained a youthful, unstained State of Mind.
• Shen Ge traveled with Fairy Miaoyin’s fleet to Kaiyang Island, bought a painting linked to the Ji Household, and was ambushed by Ji Rufeng before Fenghuo helped him defeat Liu Sheng.
• Shen Ge used Ji Rufeng’s blood to summon Ji Ziyue, who revealed the treasury’s location and taught Shen Ge how to read the painting.
• Xuanguang survived his tribulation and reached the Spirit Severing Realm, prompting demonic sects and righteous factions to prepare for conflict.
• Shen Ge and Fenghuo opened the Ji Household treasury on Crab Island, seized its treasures, and escaped before others discovered the ruined cave.
• Shen Ge completed the Mountain and River Cauldron, then he and Fenghuo killed pursuing Tianquan Sect cultivators and prepared a trap for more.
• Fenghuo left to use a powerful pursuer as an opportunity to break through, while Shen Ge flew toward Tianji Island.
• Four cultivators trapped Shen Ge and demanded the treasury’s contents, but Shen Ge killed their attackers until one woman killed the old man and begged him to spare her.