Recaps

Chu Tianshu agreed to help Incense Valley retrieve a grotto dwelling, negotiated how its treasures would be shared, and arranged for allies to gather at the Heavenly Wolf Sect. He prepared to head to Incense Valley using blood extracted from the True Fire Divine Eagle’s eyes as a tracking guide.

• Chu Tianshu agreed to help Incense Valley and proposed shared access to any cultivation techniques, half shares of spiritual medicines, and permission to borrow a magical artifact.
• After the True Fire Divine Eagle approved the arrangement, Shangguan Yunyan agreed that Chu Tianshu could borrow the artifact three times and that Wuchen, the Heavenly Wolf Sect, and Yuchan could study any techniques.
• Chu Tianshu made blood-qi needles for his allies, sent them to stay at the Heavenly Wolf Sect, and explained that he would travel to Incense Valley while the Hall of Longevity searched for him.
• Chu Tianshu pressed the True Fire Divine Eagle’s eyes and extracted the blood from its Empathic Blood Curse to guide his tracking spell toward Incense Valley.

Chu Tianshu visited Incense Valley, where Shangguan Ding welcomed him and showed him the Mysterious Fire Mirror’s connection to a hidden cave abode. Shangguan Ding explained the valley’s limited understanding of void techniques, and Chu Tianshu prepared to retrieve the treasures.

• Shangguan Ding told the Flame Transmission Elder and Arts Transmission Elder to greet Chu Tianshu respectfully when he arrived.
• Chu Tianshu landed at Incense Valley, and the elders felt the peaceful Qi surrounding him as he identified it as Heavenly Dao’s Good Affinity.
• Shangguan Ding led Chu Tianshu to the central altar and showed him how the Mysterious Fire Mirror revealed a cave abode in an alternate space.
• Chu Tianshu observed that the altar gathered and refined power from Incense Valley’s members to sustain the mirror and hold the cave abode.
• Shangguan Ding recounted how True Person Bai Yin had used the mirror to trap and destroy the Beast God in an alternate space, then admitted that later generations could not replicate his mastery.
• Chu Tianshu agreed to retrieve the treasures first and said he would experience how the Mysterious Fire Mirror absorbed his power.

Wu Shanjun emerged from seclusion after transforming his cultivation body and swallowed the Dragon-Subduing Cauldron and Samsara Disc. He led the Demonic Sect to attack Incense Valley just as Chu Tianshu and the valley’s experts pulled a hidden grotto dwelling into the real world.

• Wu Shanjun told the Demonic Sect’s masters that he had succeeded in transforming his cultivation body, while the Master of Hehuan Sect warned that Chu Tianshu was helping Incense Valley with a mysterious undertaking.
• Wu Shanjun swallowed the Dragon-Subduing Cauldron and the Samsara Disc, then ordered the Demonic Sect to attack Incense Valley.
• Chu Tianshu, Shangguan Ding, Chuanhuo, and Chuangong fed firepower into the Mysterious Fire Mirror to draw the grotto dwelling closer.
• Chu Tianshu summoned the grotto dwelling’s stone entrance into Incense Valley’s central headquarters and noticed its resemblance to Wuchen’s Taiji seal and the presence of an Evil Spirit within.

Chu Tianshu warned Incense Valley of the approaching Demonic Sect army, prompting the valley to seal a cave entrance and activate its thousand-year defensive formation. As the Demonic Sect bombarded the barrier, Chu Tianshu challenged Wu Shanjun, then appeared above him and stomped down.

• Shangguan Ding opened the cave residence entrance with the Mysterious Fire Mirror, but Chu Tianshu sensed danger outside and ordered it closed while Incense Valley raised its defenses.
• The Elder of Passing Flame and the valley’s disciples activated Incense Valley’s vast formation, allowing Shangguan Ding to detect the disguised Demonic Sect army approaching from more than a hundred li away.
• Wu Shanjun led the army toward Incense Valley, revealed its true appearance, and backed its members as they bombarded the valley’s scarlet barrier with spells.
• Chu Tianshu explained that Wu Shanjun’s power had grown with the Dragon-Subduing Cauldron and said allies from the Heavenly Wolf Sect were coming to attack from behind.
• Shangguan Ding fired the Mysterious Fire Mirror at Wu Shanjun, who used the Samsara Disc to deflect the beam; Chu Tianshu followed the attack and appeared above Wu Shanjun, stomping down.

Chu Tianshu fought Wu Shanjun in the air while the Demonic Sect attacked Incense Valley, and Wu Shanjun used the Blood Sha Dharma Aspect and Six-Character Mantra to suppress him. Chu Tianshu broke free with his sword and severed Wu Shanjun’s Seven Souls, leaving him split into eight people.

• Chu Tianshu kicked Wu Shanjun away from the Demonic Sect army, dodged the Master of Corpse Joy Palace’s Extreme Yin Grasping Technique, and struck Wu Shanjun’s Blood Sha cloud.
• Wu Shanjun formed the Blood Sha Dharma Aspect and used the Six-Character Mantra to disrupt Chu Tianshu’s energy, while the Dharma Aspect sent a blood river toward Incense Valley.
• The Demonic Sect disciples rode the blood river into Incense Valley’s formation, and Shangguan Ding and Elder Chuangong led the defense.
• Chu Tianshu drew his sword, shattered the Blood Sha Dharma Aspect, and confronted Wu Shanjun among its fragments.
• Chu Tianshu revealed that his repeated blows had weakened Wu Shanjun’s Seven Souls, then used a sword strike to sever them and split Wu Shanjun into eight people.

Chu Tianshu exploited the blood river’s poisonous Sha to grow a living dam that trapped Wu Shanjun, then pierced his head and survived the explosion of his blood light. He destroyed Wu Shanjun’s final remnant and explained that his benevolence had revealed the plants’ bonds with the poison.

• Wu Shanjun’s Seven Souls dispersed, leaving him without their danger-sensing ability as Chu Tianshu attacked through his blood-red sword.
• Wu Shanjun escaped into the blood river, using its poisonous Sha and water as protection while Chu Tianshu pursued him along the bank.
• Chu Tianshu sliced down a mountainside, sending trees into the river, where their poison-resistant growth formed a dam that blocked Wu Shanjun.
• Chu Tianshu passed through the dam and pierced Wu Shanjun’s head before he could fully form a blood sword; Wu Shanjun’s body then erupted in blood light.
• After enduring the blast, Chu Tianshu found the Dragon-Subduing Cauldron and Samsara Disc, then pierced and shattered Wu Shanjun’s lingering obsession.
• Chu Tianshu said his benevolence let him see the plants’ bonds with the poison and use his Great Void Divine Art to help them grow.

Chu Tianshu defeated Wu Shanjun and killed the first Demonic Sect fighters who reached him, while the remaining enemies fled. Yue Gude and Shangguan Ding joined forces with the other defenders to pursue the fleeing leaders and attack the Demonic Sect forces.

• Shuhui rushed to the crater, where Chu Tianshu killed him with three swift sword notes.
• Protector Xiong and Protector Ma charged Chu Tianshu to avenge the Hall Master, but he shattered Xiong's broadsword and killed him, then destroyed Ma's sword and struck him down.
• The Master of Hehuan Sect moved to seize the treasures in the crater, but the Master of Corpse Joy Palace stopped her and urged them to flee.
• Chu Tianshu watched as Yue Gude's treasures struck the escaping pair, while Heavenly Wolf Sect elders attacked the Demonic Sect disciples near Incense Valley.
• Chu Tianshu told Yue Gude and Shangguan Ding to handle the two fleeing leaders and urged everyone to attack the Demonic Sect together.

After defeating the two Demonic Sect leaders, Chu Tianshu sealed the Dragon-Subduing Cauldron and joined the allied forces as they crushed the invaders at Incense Valley. With the battle won, the group prepared to open the cave abode, where a newly active evil presence threatened their exploration.

• Shangguan Ding and the allied cultivators killed the Master of Corpse Joy Palace and the Master of Hehuan Sect, while Chu Tianshu sealed the Dragon-Subduing Cauldron with silkworm silk.
• Shangguan Ding and Yue Gude recognized that the battle had brought the righteous sects together, and they followed Chu Tianshu toward Incense Valley.
• The Incense Valley formation and Heavenly Wolf Sect elites trapped and wiped out the remaining Demonic Sect invaders.
• Chu Tianshu refreshed Elder Chuanhuo, who offered Fang Wuchen access to cave-abode cultivation methods but warned that a fierce presence had stirred inside.
• Chu Tianshu asked Shangguan Ding to open the stone door with the Mysterious Fire Mirror, and the assembled leaders prepared to enter the cave abode.

Chu Tianshu drew the Zhu Xian Ancient Sword from the stone cauldron, defeated the Evil Spirit within it, and discovered that the sword held profound secrets of the Dao of the void. He realized it was the fifth and deepest volume of the Heavenly Book, then told Shangguan Ding that the sword in his hands held its true essence.

• Shangguan Ding passed through the memory mirrors, overcoming their temptations, and caught up with Chu Tianshu at the hidden Gobi space.
• Chu Tianshu flew to the stone platform and pulled the ancient sword from the cauldron, resisting its seven-colored light and cleansing the Evil Spirit from its blade.
• Chu Tianshu read the Youdu Token's entry identifying the Fallen Void Profound Spirit and studied the sword's void distortions with his Heavenly Eye.
• Chu Tianshu concluded that the Zhu Xian Ancient Sword was a textbook on the Dao of the void and the fifth volume of the Heavenly Book, beyond the first four volumes.
• Shangguan Ding examined the apparently ordinary sword, while Chu Tianshu explained that the deepest essence of the five Heavenly Book volumes was in his hands.

After Incense Valley’s victory, its allies prepared to pursue the Demonic Sect while the surviving leaders gathered to study the Zhu Xian Stone Sword and share cultivation knowledge. Chu Tianshu organized their research, but his nearly full Fortune Bar meant he had only a few days left in the world.

• Incense Valley and Heavenly Wolf Sect disciples cleaned the battlefield, treated the wounded, and prepared to burn the poisonous remains with medicinal powders.
• Elder Chuangong put Elder Bai in charge of the victory banquet while Yue Chunfeng and Yue Tianchi planned to gather Heavenly Wolf Sect forces and attack the Demonic Sect’s lair in the Great Marsh.
• Shangguan Ding, Yue Gude, Fang Wuchen, High Person Jade Toad, and the other experts failed to discern the Zhu Xian Stone Sword’s inner trajectories, but agreed that the era’s cooperation offered a chance to transform the immortal sects.
• The gathered experts toasted Chu Tianshu for fostering their alliances and helping defeat the Demonic Sect, while he remained absorbed in examining the sword.
• Chu Tianshu asked Shangguan Ding, Yue Gude, and Fang Wuchen to study the secret scroll on the stone door and asked High Person Jade Toad to analyze his drawings of the sword’s mysteries.
• Chu Tianshu saw that his Fortune Bar was nearly full and regretted that he would not have time to uncover all the Zhu Xian Stone Sword’s secrets.

The Heavenly Wolf Sect forces attacked the Demonic Sect’s oasis and discovered that Qilin True Person had awakened beneath it as a little Qilin. He reunited with Yue Tianchi and Yue Chunfeng, learned that the Demonic Sect had fallen, and planned to meet Yue Gude and Chu at Incense Valley.

• Yue Tianchi led the assault on the oasis while Yue Chunfeng found that the lamp tower guards had hidden the Demonic Sect’s defeat and escaped with treasures.
• The Heavenly Wolf Sect and its allies rained arrows on the Demonic Sect disciples and began clearing the oasis as its vicious Sha weakened.
• A little Qilin emerged from the lake and pinned Yue Tianchi down, mistaking him for a Demonic Sect disciple named Sanlang.
• Yue Tianchi recognized the Qilin as his long-lost master, and Yue Chunfeng arrived and confirmed that they had come to exterminate the Demonic Sect.
• The little Qilin explained that he had transformed underground and could not awaken while the Demonic Sect’s Fortune endured.
• Yue Chunfeng invited the little Qilin to join Yue Gude and Chu at Incense Valley for tea.

Chu Tianshu and Qilinzi studied the Zhu Xian Stone Sword together until Chu Tianshu suddenly vanished, apparently returning to his own world. The others mourned his abrupt departure, while Qilinzi urged them to leave the hall and begin a new journey.

• Qilinzi reunited with Yue Gude and thanked Chu Tianshu for his role in his return, then joined him in examining the Zhu Xian Stone Sword.
• Chu Tianshu and Qilinzi divided the sword’s layers between them, compared their findings, and worked with the others to record and interpret its structure.
• After the victory celebration, the group continued studying the sword for many days, while Yuchan, Fang Wuchen, and the others interpreted its mysteries.
• Chu Tianshu vanished in a flash of light while praising Fang Wuchen’s latest insight, and the little Qilin could not find any trace of him.
• Yue Gude concluded that Chu Tianshu had returned to his own world, and Fang Wuchen regretted not having time to say goodbye.
• Qilinzi accepted that they might meet Chu Tianshu again and led the others out of the hall to make a fresh start amid the jianghu’s continuing troubles.

Chu Tianshu returned to the Grotto-Heaven ruins and reunited with Chen Ying, Feng Jianhua, and Teacher Xiaobai. After learning about the Flame Devil Race’s invasion of North America and the Ghost God groups’ involvement, he planned to share cultivation techniques and help Teacher Xiaobai take human form.

• Chu Tianshu returned to the Grotto-Heaven ruins and found Chen Ying, Feng Jianhua, and Teacher Xiaobai there.
• Feng Jianhua told Chu Tianshu that he had reached Double Leakless after fighting the Flame Devil Race in the Americas.
• Feng Jianhua explained that the Flame Devil Race had invaded around Yellowstone Volcano, disrupted communications, and relied on hidden Ghost God groups for help.
• Chen Ying said that experts and the military were attacking the Flame Devil Race’s puppet forces and searching cities for interference devices.
• Chu Tianshu offered to leave cultivation techniques with Chen Ying and told Teacher Xiaobai about a method for Demon Cultivators to take human form.

Chu Tianshu refined a moon-to-sun cultivation method for Teacher Xiaobai and produced many ice-crystal books for Chen Ying. Back in his home world, he reflected on karmic affinity and the predicted Dao Child of Qingyun Sect, then agreed to travel to California to investigate the Flame Demons’ plans.

• Chu Tianshu gave Teacher Xiaobai an ice bowl inscribed with a cultivation method combining moon worship with the Great Void Divine Art.
• Chu Tianshu created numerous ice-crystal books, impressing Chen Ying with his ability to reproduce different calligraphic styles.
• Chu Tianshu and Feng Jianhua returned from the Grotto-Heaven, and Chu Tianshu considered how karmic affinity could lead to the appearance of a Dao Child of Qingyun Sect.
• Feng Jianhua called Helai, who warned Chu Tianshu not to rush into the Yellowstone Volcano complex because the Flame Demons could use missiles.
• Helai proposed that Chu Tianshu go to California, where the Flame Demons might be preparing a defensive line and Chen Taozhi and other former subordinates were active.
• Chu Tianshu accepted the plan and decided to go to California first.