Recaps

The Yang Family secured new protection, opened a trade route, and recruited the King Insect to guard its fief while Su Lingyun’s investigation drew the Jade Firmament Sect toward them. Chen Yang captured Ban Kuizhen, uncovered the sect’s connection to the Mingxu Sect’s destruction, and learned how formidable the Central Region’s cultivators were.

• Yang Lingrui and Xiao Yize escorted Yang Lingshu and Wei Xinqing’s wedding procession to Pine Mountain, where Su Jichuan’s threats were checked by Jia Huarai and Murong Tianyang presented the Yang Family with protective treasures.
• Murong Tianyang questioned Yang Lingrui about the Dragon Pearl, then returned the Golden Tiger Seal to him after confirming the Yang Family’s loyalty to the Dynasty.
• Yang Yuanhong tracked a swarm of starving insects underground, subdued the King Insect, and secured the swarm as guardians for the Yang Family’s new fief.
• Su Lingyun investigated Yu Liyang’s past and learned that the Mingxu Sect had fallen after pursuing a method of preserving the Primordial Spirit, then ordered word spread that its remnants were with the Yang Family.
• Jia Huarai and Consort Xi arranged a trial trade region between Befeng City and Tiger Chasing, drawing Luo Miao and Wang Gan into a plan to exploit Huo Xuanhao, who killed them after discovering their intentions.
• Huo Xuanhao reached the Yang Family’s fief, where Ban Kuizhen seized his body and entered the hidden cave, only for Chen Yang and Yang Lingqing to spring their trap.
• Ban Kuizhen fled into the star-filled space beneath the palace, where Fu Yin and Wu Hua’s presence forced him to beg Chen Yang for mercy and reveal the Jade Firmament Sect’s role in the Mingxu Sect’s destruction.
• Chen Yang examined Ban Kuizhen’s memories, confirmed he had not taken part in the Mingxu Sect’s destruction, and learned that Central Region prodigies could challenge Spiritual Connection cultivators from the Qi Gathering Realm.

Yang Lingrui and his allies gathered with rival factions to enter the Twilight Ancient Path, while Chen Yang maneuvered behind the scenes and uncovered the ancient deity’s resentment-driven design. The group entered Mechanism City and became separated in its shifting underground maze.

• Chen Yang returned Huo Xuanhao’s soul to his body, then Huo recovered with the Yang Family and chose to stay as its pill maker.
• Su Lingyun obtained the Su Family’s bloodline treasure, while Yang Lingrui left for the Twilight Ancient Path and learned the history behind the He and Su families’ feud.
• Ban Kuizhen accepted the Jade Firmament Sect’s mission to guard Xu Chen and its supreme treasure, but secretly resolved to join Chen Yang’s side.
• Yang Lingrui gathered allies for the expedition, and Chen Yang helped Li Qingwan halt the deadly erosion of her consciousness.
• The factions arrived at the Twilight Ancient Path, where Yang Lingrui, Xue Qingluan, and other prodigies endured the sun’s ascent before entering.
• He Shenglai revealed a hidden city beneath the ancient ruins, and Chen Yang sensed the deity watching from the waning moon.
• Chen Yang gathered Mechanism City’s resentment and replaced it with his divine power, preserving Yang Lingrui’s fortune as the group descended into the shifting maze and became separated.

Yang Lingrui’s group fought over the Ancient Path deity’s rift while Ban Kuizhen secretly protected Yang Lingrui and led him into the abyss. Chen Yang met the deity Ku Yun, helped him return to the Divine Palace, and left the gathered cultivators climbing the Peak of Talent.

• Yang Lingrui and his allies followed the altered sword intent to the rift, where the Ancient Path deity had gathered cultivators to reveal its treasure.
• Hong Yao, He Shenglai, Yang Lingrui, and their allies battled the Su Family and other factions, while Xue Qingluan was gravely wounded protecting Yang Lingrui.
• Wen Zishu intervened as Yang Lingrui fought Yue Shuwang’s forces, but Ban Kuizhen publicly seized Yang Lingrui and secretly protected him from further attacks.
• Ban Kuizhen brought Yang Lingrui, Xue Qingluan, and Zi He into the Jade Firmament Sect’s expedition, then led Yang Lingrui and Xue Qingluan through the black flames into the abyss.
• Yang Lingrui, Xue Qingluan, Zi He, and Ban Kuizhen climbed the Peak of Talent, with Ban Kuizhen overcoming a long struggle to reach the summit.
• Chen Yang entered Ku Yun’s inner realm, defeated him, and learned that resentment threatened to turn him into an evil god.
• Chen Yang brought Ku Yun to the Star Sea, where Ku Yun reunited with the ruined Divine Palace, accepted Chen Yang’s invitation, and surrendered his resentment power.
• Cultivators entered the abyss and began climbing the Peak of Talent, with Shen Yue, Yue Shuwang, Xu Chen, He Shenglai, Su Lingyun, Qiu Ran, and Xiao Yize sorted onto paired paths.

The cultivators endured the ancient path’s trials and gathered at the Fate Lake, where the True Intent Formless Manifestation appeared and rival factions fought over it. The arc ended with the Stone Tablet Treasure’s beam piercing Yang Lingrui, leaving him unresponsive in Xue Qingluan’s arms.

• Shen Yue reached the mountain summit first, while Yang Lingrui crossed the illusion-filled wasteland and became the first to reach the Fate Lake.
• Chen Yang sent Ku Yun to move the True Intent Formless Manifestations, and Yang Lingshu passed the trials alone with the Spirit Pearl’s help before reaching the Ancient Path Treasure.
• Yang Lingrui and the other cultivators crossed the frozen lake, while many contestants fell through the ice and were eliminated.
• The lake broke apart and revealed the supreme treasure and a True Intent Formless Manifestation, prompting Xu Chen, Ban Kuizhen, Hong Yao, and the others to fight for them.
• Su Lingyun killed Su Lixue and began refining her into a Blood Jade Puppet, while He Shenglai and the others attacked him and his Four Symbols Source Connection barrier.
• Yue Shuwang fought Xu Chen over the Stone Tablet Treasure, and Ban Kuizhen exploded while shielding Xu Chen before appearing alive as a spirit body before Chen Yang.
• Chen Yang opened a passage to intervene, but the Stone Tablet Treasure vanished from Xu Chen’s grasp and reappeared beside Su Lingyun, where its beam pierced Yang Lingrui.
• Xue Qingluan caught Yang Lingrui as he fell and pressed a life-saving talisman onto him, while Xu Chen demanded the supreme treasure back.