Hero is Back Recap, Plot, Synopsis
Hero is Back Synopsis
Cao Yanbing, a descendant of Wei Wu with the powerful Martial God Body, Xia Ling, who possesses a mysterious guardian spirit, and Bei Luo Shi Men, a former Rakshasa General, each with their own motives, journey together to the Forest of the Void to search for the ancient Luhua Tower. Along the way, they face numerous dangers and life-threatening challenges. Through mutual support, they grow and strengthen amidst the trials and tribulations, while also uncovering some earth-shattering secrets.
Hero is Back Recap
Episode 1 Recap
Late at night, three urban workers in suits and ties were drinking together. One of them, drunk, needed to find a restroom. Two of them helped him walk into Rakshasa Street. Upon entering, they suddenly found that the companion they were helping had mysteriously disappeared. The disappeared A-Quan was dizzy wandering the small street, but behind him, an evil spirit was approaching him. Just as it was about to reach him, he was suddenly knocked down by someone.
The person who helped him was the former Spiritual Guardian of Rakshasa Street, Cao Yanbing. Cao Yanbing lives in Rakshasa Street, but he became the former Spiritual Guardian because of a wanted order from the Hall of Heroes. He couldn't return home and ran to the human world to become a delivery person. The reason he was wanted was that he broke into Yulin Street and killed the Spiritual Guardian Nan Yufu.
The actual situation was that Nan Yufu had broken into Putiji Street, burning, killing, and plundering, committing all kinds of evil deeds. Cao Yanbing killing him was not a big mistake. However, Linyu clearly knew this situation but still ordered his arrest because Cao Yanbing was capable but did not obey discipline, so Linyu deliberately fabricated a charge to make him a scapegoat and punish him.
Cao Yanbing was eating dinner in the human world and suddenly recalled how his mother had strictly trained and taught him since he was a child that to gain a foothold in the Spiritual Crossroads and become a Spiritual Guardian, he had to be strong enough, because only if he was strong enough could he protect the people he wanted to protect.
He promised his mother that he would definitely become stronger and protect his mother, his younger brother Xiao Liang, and Rakshasa Street. It was Xiao Liang's birthday, and people on Rakshasa Street gave him birthday presents, thanking him for protecting Rakshasa Street so well. Xiao Liang smiled and accepted the gifts, saying that it was what he should do. People from the Hall of Heroes had been following Xiao Liang, trying to find Cao Yanbing by tracking him.
Xiao Liang didn't want to get entangled with them and wanted to avoid them, but the people from the Hall of Heroes were relentless and insulted him, also mocking Xiao Liang for having to spend his birthday alone. At this moment, the Vessel Incarnate Xia Ling appeared and told them that Xiao Liang not only had an older brother but also an older sister, and she would not let Xiao Liang spend his birthday alone.
The people from the Hall of Heroes wanted to teach Xia Ling a lesson. Xia Ling summoned her Guardian Spirit Li Xuanyuan, who severely beat them up and told them to get out of Rakshasa Street. Xia Ling spent the birthday with Xiao Liang, and they ate cake together. Xiao Liang told Xia Ling that his parents had died when he was very young, and ever since he could remember, he had relied on his older brother.
Xia Ling asked him if he was in contact with his brother. Xiao Liang told her that his brother had left him a message telling him not to believe the Hall of Heroes, to protect Rakshasa Street, and then there was no more news. Xia Ling was angry that Cao Yanbing didn't contact her and also didn't contact Xiao Liang.
Xiao Liang comforted her, saying that it was better that his brother didn't contact him now because the Hall of Heroes was eager for him to walk into a trap. Xia Ling was busy with her job in the human world, so after eating cake with Xiao Liang, she left.
After seeing Xia Ling off, Xiao Liang was stopped by Wang Meng from Xihu Street, who said he wanted to give him a birthday present and wanted to take him out to celebrate. Hearing that Cao Yanbing was not there, he immediately changed his expression, used handcuffs made of Soul Locking Stones to subdue Xiao Liang, and wanted to kill him and seize Rakshasa Street. At the critical moment, Cao Yanbing appeared and defeated everyone.
Xiao Liang told his brother to quickly return to the human world and that he could handle things here. Cao Yanbing educated him that as a Spiritual Guardian, he couldn't be soft-hearted. This Wang Meng looked shifty-eyed and didn't seem like a good person; only he would fall for it. Wang Meng was unconvinced and released his Spiritual Guardian Feng Miaoyu, while Cao Yanbing released his Guardian Spirits Xu Chu and Dian Wei to fight.
Wang Meng was surprised that Cao Yanbing actually had two Guardian Spirits, but Cao Yanbing told him that he had seven Guardian Spirits. Wang Meng was defeated and fled. Cao Yanbing chased after him and then saw his mother on the street. His mother said there were many evil spirits to kill and told him to hurry and go together. He chased his mother to a burning ruin, and his mother had already fallen into the sea of fire. He recalled seeing his mother perish there when he was a child.
Episode 2 Recap
Cao Yanbing's mother had an accident because she discovered that an infected person had appeared on Rakshasa Street, and to protect everyone, she went to eliminate the evil infected. Cao Yanbing had previously discovered that person might be infected, but because that person kept pleading with him for a chance and promised not to worsen or harm others, Cao Yanbing didn't tell his mother about the infection.
Now, discovering that the person doing evil was him, Cao Yanbing felt betrayed and hurt, because his kindness had harmed others on Rakshasa Street. His mother told him never to abandon his kindness, and the reason he needed to become strong was to have the capacity to withstand betrayal, hoping he would never regret his kindness, but his mother ultimately met with an accident and was killed by the evil infected.
Wang Meng, while Cao Yanbing was trapped in a nightmare, unable to break free, prepared to strike and kill him. But Cao Yanbing subdued him. It turned out he had nightmares every night about his mother's death, and Wang Meng used the illusion of his mother to attack him, which made him extremely angry. To save his life, Wang Meng said that actually, Cao Yanbing's mother was not dead, and had been captured and taken to Qianji Heisha.
He was originally a jailer in Qianji Heisha and had escorted Cao Yanbing's mother, which is why he knew. Cao Yanbing didn't believe him. Wang Meng took out the necklace he had previously given his mother, which made him believe. He gave Wang Meng a poison pill because he had bullied Xiao Liang and wanted to destroy his street. Cao Yanbing knew his mother might not be dead and decided to go rescue her.
He told Wang Meng to go inform the people of the Hall of Heroes, saying he had seen him on Rakshasa Street, warning him not to say what shouldn't be said, and that if he died in Qianji Heisha, Wang Meng wouldn't survive either. Cao Yanbing went home and spent his brother's birthday with him, telling him to ask Xia Ling for help if anything happened.
When he went out, he saw Li Gucheng was indeed looking for him, so he walked into the trap and was captured by the Hall of Heroes and taken into Qianji Heiyu. In Zhuànlún City, the leader of Tiāngāng Lóngqí, Huangfu Longdou, had already learned everything that happened. They had planned for Cao Yanbing to enter Qianji Heisha. The leader wanted to use Cao Yanbing's Wushen Body to achieve his goals.
Qianji Heisha is entirely built from the shells of the hardest evil beasts from the spirit realm, Tiehao. It is the most impregnable place in the entire Spiritual Crossroads. All around are lava, with extremely high temperatures. Those imprisoned there will never see the day they are released. And Zhenyu Tongzi has already been in Qianji Heisha for eight hundred years. He is the bane of Jìshén people and the nightmare of Guardian Spirits.
The chance of Cao Yanbing getting out of Qianji Heisha is almost zero. Cao Yanbing was awakened by the heat in Qianji Heisha. He found himself locked in a cell. He was both relieved that he finally entered Qianji Heisha and prepared to open his handcuffs. But the lock didn't open. He remembered the most important point his mother taught him about picking locks was to be meticulous.
He opened the lock using the method his mother taught him and walked out of the cell. He asked a fellow prisoner who was also locked up if he knew Tang Xiaoxiao. That person said he didn't know, but hoped he would help open his Soul Locking Stone so he could talk to his Guardian Spirit. After Cao Yanbing helped him open the lock, he told a secret, that there was a cell number zero where secret prisoners were held.
Zhenyu Tongzi discovered someone had escaped and chased after him. Cao Yanbing fought Zhenyu Tongzi and released his two Guardian Spirits, Xu Chu and Dian Wei, but both were easily crushed by Zhenyu Tongzi. The Guardian Spirits turned into two black beads and were collected by Zhenyu Tongzi. After three days, the black beads would turn into white beads and become Zhenyu Tongzi's power.
Cao Yanbing was beaten with no ability to resist, because Zhenyu Tongzi knew Cao Yanbing had the Wushen Body and definitely had other Guardian Spirits within him, so he decided not to kill him, letting him escape whenever he wanted. Then his Guardian Spirits would be released and eventually defeated by himself, and all of them would belong to him.
Episode 3 Recap
Xia Ling went for an interview, but because her previous job only involved refining design drafts and writing presentations, and she lacked extensive work experience, the interviewer gave up on her. Xia Ling said that although she lacked work experience, her grades in all subjects at school were among the best, and she had strong adaptability and learning ability, hoping the interviewer could give her a chance.
However, the interviewer said that looking at her good skin, she definitely couldn't handle late nights, and being so thin, she certainly couldn't endure wind and sun, and constantly needing male colleagues to take care of her was unlikely. The interviewer tended to choose a boy rather than a girl. Xia Ling had no choice but to leave dejectedly. Her father's grave was disturbed. She checked her father's belongings and found a necklace missing.
Xia Ling's father had once said this necklace was very important. Xia Ling went home and looked through the things her father left behind. There was a box that she couldn't open at all, and a notebook that was blank inside but looked like it had been flipped through many times. Xia Ling's Guardian Spirit discovered that the notebook wasn't blank; it required spiritual energy to reveal the writing. Xia Ling didn't know much about her father.
When she was little, her father often traveled, and they spent little time together. Later, her parents divorced, and then her father had an accident at sea, and his body was never found. Only those few belongings were found, and they barely managed to erect a tombstone for him. Only now did she realize her father was also a Jìshén person.
Cao Yanbing woke up and discovered that two days had passed, leaving only one day before his two Guardian Spirits would turn into white beads. He urgently opened the cell door to get out and encountered a food delivery person.
He thought he would definitely have a big fight with him, but unexpectedly, the food delivery person helped him evade Zhenyu Tongzi's search, helping Cao Yanbing hide his presence under the food cart and taking him to Cell Number Zero, guiding him to the very top of the cell block. Cao Yanbing arrived at the cell block and saw a blind old man inside. He opened the cell and helped the old man unlock his handcuffs.
The old man, seeing how quickly he picked the lock, asked who he was, because there was only one person in the world who could unlock it so fast. Cao Yanbing told him that he came to Qianji Heisha to find his mother, Tang Xiaoxiao.
The old man said he knew Tang Xiaoxiao; he was Li Gubai, one of the four great masters and a former strategist of the Hall of Heroes, and Tang Xiaoxiao was also a member of the Hall of Heroes, responsible for assassinations and executing secret missions. Li Gubai said Tang Xiaoxiao was not in Qianji Heisha. Cao Yanbing didn't believe his mother wasn't there.
Li Gubai said he could let Cao Yanbing see some scenes through the eyes of Tang Xiaoxiao's Guardian Spirit, Tang Wuxin, but it would cause severe damage to his spirit, asking if he still wanted to see. Cao Yanbing felt that no matter what, he had to know about his mother.
Through the scenes he saw through the Guardian Spirit's eyes, he learned that the body of his mother he had seen before was fake, and his mother was turned to stone while battling someone. When he woke up, he asked Li Gubai if he knew where the place his mother was in was, or where Tang Wuxin was.
Li Gubai told him that no matter where that place was, he couldn't leave Qianji Heisha, because Zhenyu Tongzi had been here for over eight hundred years, and not a single person had been able to escape. Zhenyu Tongzi sensed Cao Yanbing's spiritual energy and found him, preparing to kill him. Zhenyu Tongzi was originally an evil beast saved by his master by chance.
The master told him to clear evil beings in Qianji Heisha and promised to come find him and take him as a disciple after five hundred years. But now, over eight hundred years had passed, and the master still hadn't come to pick him up. He felt it was because the demons in hell couldn't be completely cleared; for every one he killed, ten grew, which was why the master hadn't come.
Cao Yanbing laughed at his pitiful state, saying his master had already abandoned him. Zhenyu Tongzi was extremely enraged. He grabbed Cao Yanbing and was about to strangle him to death when a person appeared at the crucial moment and saved him. It turned out that the food delivery person was Tang Xiaoxiao's Guardian Spirit, Tang Wuxin.
Episode 4 Recap
Tang Wuxin used the Twelve Fatal Blades against Zhenyutongzi to protect Cao Yanbing, but was still defeated. Cao Yanbing seized the opportunity to snatch his weapon back from Zhenyutongzi but was still defeated. Zhenyutongzi thought Cao Yanbing was dead for sure, but suddenly demonic energy appeared. Zhenyutongzi discovered that the demonic energy seal suppressed by his master's ancestor was broken. The demonic energy transformed into a demonic form and possessed Cao Yanbing, easily finishing off Zhenyutongzi.
Zhenyutongzi's beads also broke, and two black beads returned to Cao Yanbing's body. Then the demonic energy dissipated, and he fainted on the ground. Tang Wuxin dragged Cao Yanbing out of Qianji Heisha and then encountered patrols from the Hall of Heroes. To protect Cao Yanbing, Tang Wuxin took the Huitian that he and Tang Xiaoxiao had found before. Taking this Huitian instantly stimulates the body's energy, but the cost is depleting all life.
Tang Xiaoxiao once said that she would only use it in a desperate situation, for example, when Cao Yanbing was in mortal danger and she was helpless, she would drink the poison without hesitation. Cao Yanbing woke up and found that he had been rescued by Tang Wuxin and returned to the human realm. Tang Wuxin told Cao Yanbing that he must rescue Tang Xiaoxiao and that his mother was in Luhua Gulou. Then Tang Wuxin dissipated in form.
Cao Yanbing remembered his mother telling him that a Guardian Spirit would always protect its master and was a more reliable existence than family. Tang Xiaoxiao told Cao Yanbing that she couldn't be by his side forever, and even if she wasn't there one day, she hoped Tang Wuxin could be by his side to protect him.
Li Gucheng was injured and healing when his subordinates informed him that all the escaped prisoners from Qianji Heisha had been captured except for the four former Hall of Heroes experts from Cell Number Zero. Li Gucheng was angry that such a major incident happened under his watch. He ordered everyone to be mobilized to first capture those four experts and reissued a wanted order for Cao Yanbing.
Xia Ling learned from that notebook that her father was not only a person with a Guardian Spirit but also the Spiritual Guardian of Hanxian Jie. Before Cao Yanbing fainted, he sent Xia Ling a Yanming Letter. Xia Ling hurried over and rescued the fainted Cao Yanbing. Li Xuanyuan noticed that the Guardian Spirit in his body was being eroded by demonic nature, and asked him if he had recently come into contact with any demonic creatures.
Cao Yanbing only remembered fighting Zhenyutongzi and then being rescued by Tang Wuxin. He told Xia Ling that he needed to go to Luhua Gulou. Xia Ling remembered seeing a record of Luhua Gulou in her father's work diary and showed it to Cao Yanbing. After reading the diary, Cao Yanbing learned that Xia Ling's father was also a Spiritual Guardian. Both Cao Yanbing's mother and Xia Ling's father were Spiritual Guardians and both were related to Luhua Gulou.
Cao Yanbing told Xia Ling that if her father was a Spiritual Guardian, he must have a General's Chest. The General's Chest must contain key information about Luhua Gulou, but opening the chest requires the General's Chain, and the General's Chain has been stolen. The General's Chain is a symbol of identity, one chain for each street, so the person who stole the General's Chain must be related to Hanxian Jie.
Cao Yanbing prepared to take the General's Chest to Hanxian Jie to look for the missing General's Chain. Xia Ling said she wanted to go with him. Cao Yanbing said that this matter might be life-threatening and he didn't want Xia Ling to take risks. Xia Ling said that ever since she knew she was a person with a Guardian Spirit, she felt a mission and responsibility, and also wanted to uncover her father's secrets.
She hoped to fight alongside Cao Yanbing and go together. Finally, Cao Yanbing agreed. Xia Ling's father's workplace was in a bar. Generally, for Spiritual Guardians who work in the human realm, the barrier to the Spiritual Crossroads is usually near their workplace. The two decided to go look for the barrier to enter Hanxian Jie nearby tomorrow during the daytime.
Episode 5 Recap
Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling prepared to find the entrance to the barrier of Hanxian Jie. Cao Yanbing only bought some underwear and socks to bring, while Xia Ling bought a lot of skincare products like sunscreen and aloe vera gel. Cao Yanbing felt heartbroken when he heard Xia Ling spent 2000 on Xuehua Cream. Xia Ling saw he was unhappy and took him to see the motorcycle she rented.
Cao Yanbing was very happy seeing it, thinking Xia Ling had bought it. Xia Ling told him she rented it and that sometimes spending money makes you happier than saving money. The two arrived at the place where Xia Ling's father used to live and found it had turned into a wedding dress shop. In order to enter the Hanxian Jie barrier, the two went into the wedding dress shop to take pictures.
The two pretended to be a couple and searched everywhere in the store, finally finding the barrier to enter Hanxian Jie inside the shop. Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling ate at a tavern in Hanxian Jie and inquired about information. Xia Ling saw the kind tavern owner helping an old person and sighed about the simple folk customs here. Someone in the tavern ate without paying. The owner chased him to collect, but was threatened and beaten instead.
Cao Yanbing couldn't stand it and stepped in to teach the freeloaders a lesson. The owner was very grateful to Cao Yanbing, who took the opportunity to ask the owner if he knew Xia Qifeng. The people in the tavern's faces changed drastically after hearing about Xia Qifeng. Xia Ling saw everyone's expression and quickly asked if they knew her father. The people heard she was Xia Qifeng's daughter and wanted to kick her out.
The owner explained that because Xia Qifeng was previously the Spiritual Guardian of Hanxian Jie, but he abandoned the street and fled, causing the residents here to be harmed by evil spirits, and some residents even turned into evil spirits. Therefore, the people of Hanxian Jie dislike him. Xia Ling didn't believe her father would be such a person and suspected there might be a misunderstanding.
The owner said Xia Ling was a good person, but they would not forgive her father's act of abandoning the street and fleeing, so he hoped they would still leave this place. Xia Ling and Cao Yanbing were unhappy after leaving the tavern. She firmly believed her father was not someone who would abandon the street and flee.
Cao Yanbing told Xia Ling, "Your father might be a good father to you, but as a Spiritual Guardian, he has the responsibility to protect this street. Under no circumstances should he abandon the street and flee. " Xia Ling was very angry after hearing this and said she needed to calm down.
Shen Yuanqing, the acting Spiritual Guardian of Hanxian Jie, heard that Xia Ling had come to Hanxian Jie, found her, and comforted her, saying that Xia Qifeng was a very good person and not to believe what those residents said. Cao Yanbing came back wanting to apologize to Xia Ling but found the two talking happily and was very displeased. Shen Yuanqing invited Xia Ling and Cao Yanbing to Xue Lingxuan, where her father used to live.
Shen Yuanqing saw that Cao Yanbing was very hostile towards him and explained his relationship with Xia Qifeng. He was General Xia's subordinate and had always greatly admired Xia Qifeng. Shen Yuanqing was always bullied because he couldn't use Origin Spirit power. After being saved by Xia Qifeng, he became his subordinate and stayed by his side, eradicating evil spirits. Moreover, when Xia Qifeng encountered evil spirits who might turn good, he couldn't bear to kill them directly.
Instead, he would continuously recite the Xia family's Pacifying Soul Curse until they turned good. Due to his sense of responsibility towards Hanxian Jie, Xia Qifeng often lacked companionship for Xia Ling. He himself often lamented that he was not a good father.
Cao Yanbing saw that something was wrong with Shen Yuanqing; he was pretending all along and deliberately arranged his room very far from Xia Ling's in order to get him away and make a move on Xia Ling. He warned Xia Ling on the side, but Xia Ling always thought Shen Yuanqing was a good person and that Cao Yanbing was being overly suspicious. Cao Yanbing left angrily to go drink, but he was still worried.
When he reached Xia Ling's room door, he found that she had turned off the lights and gone to sleep, so he had no choice but to sleep outside her room door and guard her all night. Shen Yuanqing originally wanted to make a move on Xia Ling, but because of Cao Yanbing, he had to give up.
Episode 6 Recap
Shen Yuanqing told Xia Ling that he had found someone who knew about Xia Qifeng's disappearance back then and wanted to take her to find that person. Xia Ling wanted to call Cao Yanbing, but Shen Yuanqing stopped her. Xia Ling said that she came here this time because Cao Yanbing was going to Luhuagucheng, and the "jiang xia" left by her father contained clues about Luhuaguzhen. They needed to find the General Chain to open the "jiang xia".
Shen Yuanqing said that this matter involved some of Xia Qifeng's privacy and Cao Yanbing seemed to have some reservations about General Xia, so it was best not to call him. Finally, Shen Yuanqing took Xia Ling to Lingtai. When Cao Yanbing woke up and found that both Xia Ling and Shen Yuanqing were gone, after inquiring, he heard that Shen Yuanqing had taken Xia Ling out of the residence and gone west, so he hurried after them.
Someone on the street bumped into him and stole his belongings. He chased the person to a quarry and discovered Shen Yuanqing's true identity. It turned out that ever since he became the acting Spiritual Guardian, he had been enslaving the Linren, forcing them to work as laborers to build the Lingtai, which could enhance Yuan Shen power.
After Cao Yanbing learned that Shen Yuanqing had taken Xia Ling to Lingtai, he knew Xia Ling was in danger and rushed to save her. When Xia Ling arrived at Lingtai, she found that she couldn't summon her Guardian Spirit. Shen Yuanqing was the one who had stolen from her father's grave and taken the General Chain. He was afraid that Xia Ling came to Hanxian Jie to compete with him for it, so he decided to attack her.
Finally, Cao Yanbing arrived and teamed up with Xia Ling to defeat Shen Yuanqing. It turned out that Shen Yuanqing felt that he had been diligently guarding Hanxian Jie and eliminating evil Linren following Xia Qifeng, but because he killed a Linren during a mission, Xia Qifeng drove him away. Xia Qifeng believed that since Vessel Spirits could use Yuan Shen power, they already had an advantage over Linren and should therefore restrain themselves and not abuse Yuan Shen power.
His limit was to only kill evil Linren and not harm innocent Linren, but Shen Yuanqing had killed a female Linren. Shen Yuanqing begged Xia Qifeng to give him a chance and let him stay in Hanxian Jie, but Xia Qifeng said he now had the ability to protect himself, so he still expelled him. As a result, he wandered outside for three years.
Three years later, he returned to Hanxian Jie and found that evil Linren were everywhere, and Xia Qifeng was nowhere to be found. He threatened those Linren that if they wanted his protection, they had to obey him. He spread the word that Xia Qifeng had abandoned Hanxian Jie and was living a carefree life in the human world, and thus he became the acting Spiritual Guardian.
Shen Yuanqing felt that it was he who came out to clear the evil Linren when they were everywhere. What did harming and enslaving Linren matter, because the Spiritual Crossroads was originally a place where the strong preyed on the weak, and as long as he was strong enough, Hanxian Jie would be his. Xia Ling said that he could be a Spiritual Guardian and could be dissatisfied with her father, but he should not harm innocent neighbors.
He was completely unworthy of being a Spiritual Guardian in this way. Cao Yanbing asked Xia Ling how she wanted to deal with Shen Yuanqing. She was a bit soft-hearted and couldn't bear to kill Shen Yuanqing. Cao Yanbing told her that if she didn't kill Shen Yuanqing, he would still come out and do evil. Xia Ling asked Cao Yanbing if there was a way to neither kill Shen Yuanqing nor let him harm others again.
Cao Yanbing sent Shen Yuanqing to the adjacent street. Whether he lived or died depended on the Spiritual Guardian of that place. Xia Ling and Cao Yanbing were preparing to leave Hanxian Jie when they were stopped by the Linren on the street, who thanked her.
They also learned that the story of Xia Qifeng abandoning the street and fleeing was a rumor fabricated by Shen Yuanqing, and they believed that the general would not abandon them and there must have been a reason. Xia Ling told everyone that her father had passed away three months after leaving the Spiritual Crossroads for the human world. She would investigate the reason for her father's departure at that time and give the residents of Hanxian Jie an explanation.
The Linren asked Xia Ling if she would be the Spiritual Guardian here when she returned. Xia Ling felt that her strength was insufficient to protect them well and that she still had much to learn. But the Linren said that compared to strength, they felt it was best to have a Spiritual Guardian with a kind heart.
Cao Yanbing told everyone that being a Spiritual Guardian was not a simple matter and hoped they would give Xia Ling some time. After they finished this journey, they would give everyone an answer. Xia Ling and Cao Yanbing opened the "jiang xia" and a map appeared. Luhuagulou should be near Lingfeng Street. However, neither of them knew where Lingfeng Street was.
They thought of someone who had traveled all over the Spiritual Crossroads, the Spiritual Guardian of Bodhi Street, the legendary God of War, Beiluo. The two prepared to go to Leiquan Street to find him.
Episode 7 Recap
Shen Yuanqing was captured by Li Gucheng, taken away, and locked up. He wondered why he was taken into the Thousand Machine Black Brake just for losing a street. Li Gucheng mocked him, saying he only paid attention to his own Lingtai and didn't know that the Hall of Heroes had been hunting Cao Yanbing. If he could tell them Cao Yanbing's whereabouts, Li Gucheng said he could intercede for him.
Shen Yuanqing recalled that Xia Ling had told him before that Cao Yanbing was going to Luhuagucheng. After Li Gucheng informed the superior "Big Sister" about this, he learned that Cao Yanbing would likely go to find Beiluo, who was familiar with the Spiritual Crossroads, to ask for directions, so they prepared to go to Leiquan Street to capture Cao Yanbing. Leiquan Street is a central hub in the Spiritual Crossroads with a huge flow of people.
A homeless man stumbled along the street. He went to a tavern and asked the owner for two bottles of wine. The owner told him that the money he had deposited there before had run out. He immediately took out a money bag and poured out a lot of gold for the owner, telling him to keep the excess. Inside the tavern, two people had been watching him for several days.
Seeing that he had so much gold on him, they prepared to make their move, but seeing him carelessly display his wealth, they feared he had something to rely on. His accomplice said there was nothing to worry about, he was just a drunkard. They had followed him for days and he did nothing but drink. The two followed the drunkard to a dilapidated temple and saw that he had finished his wine and lay down, asleep.
The two searched the drunkard's body. When they reached out to pull the necklace he was wearing around his neck, the drunkard spoke up, telling them they could take the money but could not touch him again. After saying this, he fell asleep again. Just as the two were about to leave, a father and daughter entered. The two immediately had lustful thoughts and wanted to attack the girl.
The drunkard was initially unconcerned, but hearing the girl's cry for help reminded him of his own daughter. He then summoned his Guardian Spirit and taught the two a lesson. It turned out that this drunkard was Beiluo. Beiluo had previously been captured by Nan Yufu and had the Soul Locking Stone placed on him, and his daughter Shui'er was also captured. Shui'er saw someone hitting her father and stepped forward to protect him, but was beaten herself.
Beiluo told Shui'er not to worry about him and to leave quickly. Shui'er saw Nan Yufu about to shoot and kill her father and used her body to shield him, ultimately dying in Beiluo's arms. From then on, Beiluo lived in regret and guilt, drinking heavily every day to drown his sorrows and living a muddle-headed life. After Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling arrived at Leiquan Street, they found wanted posters of Cao Yanbing everywhere on the street.
Xia Ling was puzzled as to why Cao Yanbing was walking around so openly without fear. Cao Yanbing explained to her that wearing a Vessel Spirit Garment could block human aura, and the wanted posters had zero resemblance to his actual appearance, so there was nothing to worry about at all. Xia Ling said that if that was the case, why was he hiding? He could go anywhere.
Cao Yanbing sadly said that there was actually one place he couldn't go, and that was Rakshasa Street. Cao Yanbing had sent many letters to Beiluo but received no reply. Xia Ling felt that since Beiluo loved to drink, they should try inquiring at a tavern. Cao Yanbing said that with so many people in a tavern every day, how could the owner possibly remember everyone, so they should inquire with someone from the Jianghu.
Just then, they saw two hoodlums dressed in a shabby manner walking over. Cao Yanbing asked them for information, but who knew, when the two heard they were from out of town, they tried to rob them. They were ultimately beaten severely and learned that Beiluo was in Leigong Temple. These two were the same people who had been severely beaten by Beiluo earlier. Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling arrived at Leigong Temple but did not find Beiluo.
The father and daughter in the temple told them that Beiluo hadn't returned since the day he saved them. Knowing that Beiluo had left with wine last time and drank every day, they prepared to ask at a tavern. They found the tavern owner and inquired, learning that Beiluo came here to buy wine every day. They decided to wait for Beiluo at the tavern. The owner recommended Mengquan Wine to them, saying it was brewed with Mengquan water.
After drinking Mengquan water, dreams were especially beautiful, and the more one drank, the longer the beautiful dreams lasted, but drinking too much would result in never waking up from the dream and then dying. Cao Yanbing received a letter from Beiluo telling them to find him at Mengquan. When the two arrived, they found Beiluo lying on the ground after drinking Mengquan water and couldn't wake him up no matter how they called him. Li Gucheng had also arrived here by this time.
Episode 8 Recap
Li Gucheng used a letter from Beiluo's sect to trick Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling into coming to Mengquan to capture them. Cao Yanbing was no match alone and released his four Guardian Spirits. Xia Ling asked Li Xuanyuan to help, but they could only barely hold on. Xia Ling had no choice but to wake up Beiluo, who was immersed in a happy life with his daughter in Bodhi Street.
Beiluo was stabbed in the thigh by Xia Ling with a knife to wake him up from his beautiful dream. After Beiluo woke up, he discovered that Xia Ling and Cao Yanbing were in danger. Cao Yanbing told him to quickly come and help resist Li Gucheng. In the end, Li Gucheng was injured. The three of them quickly rode away.
Li Gucheng chased after them, but was blocked by a burst of sword energy midway, watching Cao Yanbing and the two others leave. It turned out that the sword energy was sent by Leader Huangfu to help Cao Yanbing evade the pursuit of the Hall of Heroes. He wanted to use Cao Yanbing's Martial God body to enter the ancient Luhuagou building and obtain divine power.
Cao Yanbing's next step was to find Lingfeng Street and then enter the ancient Luhuagou building. His subordinate didn't understand why they didn't directly tell Cao Yanbing the location of Lingfeng Street. Huangfu said people cherish things they obtain with difficulty. Cao Yanbing told Beiluo about his situation and sought him out to ask for the location of Lingfeng Street. Beiluo drew a map of the Lingfeng Street barrier location and gave it to him, then prepared to leave.
Seeing how dejected Beiluo was, Cao Yanbing suggested he go with them to find Lingfeng Street. However, Beiluo refused, saying his life was over and he just wanted to live out his days in Leiquan Street, where he found his daughter Shui'er's primordial spirit fragments. He had always wanted to heal Shui'er's primordial spirit fragments.
He took out the Star Spirit Bottle he wore around his neck, which could preserve and collect primordial spirit fragments, and told Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling that he had tried all the legendary methods to heal primordial spirit fragments, but none worked and they all damaged the fragments to varying degrees. So he gave up and just wanted Shui'er to at least stay in the Star Spirit Bottle with him.
After hearing this, Cao Yanbing became very angry and said that he was at least a Spiritual Guardian, how could he give up on himself like this, making him regret saving him in the first place. Beiluo said it was all because he had ability but didn't know how to judge people and mistakenly trusted Nan Yufu, which led to the deaths of thousands of people in Bodhi Street and Shui'er. Only he was shamelessly alive.
So if Cao Yanbing regretted saving him, he could kill him now, and he would even thank him. Back then, Shui'er was shot through her primordial spirit by an arrow while saving him, and she told him to live well and not be sad. He felt he was completely unworthy of being Shui'er's father. If he couldn't stop his Guardian Spirit, Shi Lingming, from giving up protecting him, he wouldn't have lived for so long.
If they couldn't kill him, they shouldn't bother with him anymore. Cao Yanbing went to the tavern to find Beiluo and apologized for speaking harshly without considering his feelings. He told Beiluo that if he hadn't known Tang Xiaoxiao was still alive and imprisoned in the ancient Luhuagou building, he would still think he was responsible for his mother's death.
But he had never forgotten what his mother told him: his kindness and trust were not wrong, the fault lay with those who betrayed him. Only by constantly becoming stronger could he prevent such things from happening again. He asked Beiluo, "You had such a good daughter who told you to live well until her death, and are you being worthy of her by being so dejected and fallen now?
" The tavern owner heard them talking about the ancient Luhuagou building and said he had information to sell them. The owner told them that there were ancient gods and divine power inside the ancient Luhuagou building that could heal primordial spirit fragments. Xia Ling was very happy after hearing this, thinking Shui'er could still be saved. But Beiluo said he no longer believed these legends. Cao Yanbing questioned him, "Why not give Shui'er a chance?
" He hoped Beiluo could go with them to the ancient Luhuagou building. Xia Ling said she could understand Beiluo, as he was a righteous and kind person, which was why he was this way. Xia Ling asked Cao Yanbing if they were pushing him too hard. Cao Yanbing said they would know tomorrow. Unexpectedly, when the two were preparing to leave, they found Beiluo was already waiting outside. Afterward, the three of them set off together for Lingfeng Street.
Episode 9 Recap
To enter the Lingfeng Street barrier, Cao Yanbing, Xia Ling, and Beiluo prepared to rent a car. At the car rental company, Cao Yanbing went to discuss the price but was mercilessly rejected by the salesperson. Xia Ling stepped forward and said that the cars here were old-fashioned and the colors were dull, which would make the driver feel depressed. The salesperson recommended a model that cost 800 yuan per day.
Xia Ling kept begging Cao Yanbing to rent this car. Cao Yanbing felt it was too expensive and was reluctant to rent it. Finally, Beiluo negotiated an off-road vehicle for 800 yuan a week, and the three of them set off smoothly. In the car, Beiluo told Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling that to enter the ancient Luhuagou building, they must first find a guide. Without a guide, no one can find the exact location of the ancient Luhuagou building.
This guide comes from the Tafeng tribe; the entire tribe consists of Spirit Hosts who have guarded the ancient Luhuagou building for generations. The ancient Luhuagou building appears in a forest in Lingfeng Street. To protect the ancient Luhuagou building from being disturbed by the world, the Tafeng tribe applied a barrier spell in the forest. This spell is bound by a bloodline bond with the Tafeng tribe, and only the chosen person can remove it with a chant.
That chosen person is the guide. Guides are very hard to find; there is only one per generation, two at most. Apart from the guide himself or herself, only the tribe leader knows who the guide is. The tribe leader is a Spiritual Guardian, but they will not easily hand over the guide to protect the ancient Luhuagou building.
Xia Ling said that since Cao Yanbing's mother was able to enter the ancient Luhuagou building back then, she must have had a guide. They only need to find the guide who took Cao Yanbing's mother into the ancient Luhuagou building ten years ago. Because the ancient Luhuagou building is on a cliff, they went to buy climbing gear. On the way, the three of them took turns driving. Xia Ling asked Cao Yanbing what kind of girls he liked.
Cao Yanbing said he liked strong girls who wouldn't hold him back. Cao Yanbing asked Xia Ling what kind she liked. Xia Ling said she liked someone who could do things himself, like Cao Yanbing, but told him not to overthink it. Who knew, Cao Yanbing was asleep and didn't hear her. There were only a little over ten days until the ancient building appeared.
Xuan Ma told Huangfu Longdou that she was quite worried that if Cao Yanbing couldn't find a guide and couldn't enter the ancient Luhuagou building, it would affect their plan. Huangfu Longdou said that the Spiritual Guardian of Lingfeng Street is Yan Lingyu. Although this person is difficult to deal with, everyone has a weak point. Lingfeng Street has always been unstable and is often attacked. These attacks are the work of a person called the Fire King.
Because the Fire tribe and the Tafeng tribe have a generations-old feud, the Fire King will harass Lingfeng Street from time to time. The Fire King is a nagging worry for Yan Lingyu. If Cao Yanbing helps Yan Lingyu get rid of this problem, the matter of the guide will be easier to discuss. Huangfu Longdou told Xuan Ma to arrange for the Fire King to attack Lingfeng Street so that Cao Yanbing would go and help.
The Fire King captured Elder Mei from Lingfeng Street and asked for the method to make Blazing Jade, a divine medicine that can greatly increase primordial spirit power. Elder Mei said he didn't know and that Blazing Jade only belongs to the Tafeng tribe. The Fire King got angry and killed him. Xuan Ma came to find the Fire King and told him that if he listened to her arrangements, he could get what he wanted.
The Fire King has a demon Martial Spirit, Salamander, in his body, but his primordial spirit power is insufficient to summon it. Even if summoned, it would quickly dissipate. That's why he wanted to find Blazing Jade to increase his primordial spirit power. Xuan Ma gave him a Black-Yellow Pill. Taking this pill can awaken and control the primordial spirit power within Spirit Hosts. One pill is temporary, but two can make it permanent.
Xuan Ma promised to give him one first and another later. The Fire King agreed to follow her arrangements. The Fire King arrived at Lingfeng Street and warned Yan Lingyu to hand over the guide. If she didn't hand him or her over before dark tomorrow, he would attack Lingfeng Street. The Tafeng tribe is naturally weak in primordial spirit power and only by consuming Blazing Jade can they gain the power to defeat evil.
However, the Fire King's Salamander is a rare demon Martial Spirit, and he had used the Black-Yellow Pill and could now summon it freely. Yan Lingyu knew she was not his opponent and had to take Blazing Jade again. But Blazing Jade is poisonous if not diluted. She spat blood after taking it. However, facing a great enemy, she had to use it even if it was poison. Cao Yanbing and the two others finally found the Lingfeng Street barrier, changed into linyi, and entered Lingfeng Mountain in Lingfeng Street.
Episode 10 Recap
After entering Lingfeng Street, they found the street empty and felt something was suspicious. Cao Yanbing and the two others decided not to waste time and went straight to find the Spiritual Guardian. Upon reaching the Spiritual Guardian's house, they found it was very large but empty except for a woman playing a guqin with her back to the gate. Cao Yanbing greeted her, but she ignored him.
As he was about to step forward, Beiluo stopped him, warning him to be careful because the Tafeng tribe are skilled in mechanisms. Cao Yanbing threw a stone over; there was no reaction. The three of them went closer and found that the person playing the guqin was actually a dummy. The sound of the guqin suddenly stopped, and the three of them fell into a trap. Then, a group of people surrounded them.
It turned out they had accidentally triggered a mechanism set for the Fire King. Beiluo saw his old acquaintance Yan Lingyu and greeted her, but she pretended not to know him. Cao Yanbing told Yan Lingyu that they had no ill intentions and had come to Lingfeng Street this time to find the divine realm to enter the ancient Luhuagou building. Upon hearing this, everyone's faces changed, thinking they were also here to seek treasure in the ancient Luhuagou building.
To avoid affecting their fight against the Fire King, Yan Lingyu had Cao Yanbing and the two others tied up and locked in the prison. Yan Lingyu had Blazing Jade sent over, preparing to take it so she could fight the Fire King, but her daughter Yan Ruofu snatched the Blazing Jade and drank it, offering to go deal with the Fire King in Yan Lingyu's place.
Yan Lingyu didn't want her daughter to go, but Yan Ruofu said only she could go because she was the guide, and even if she couldn't defeat the Fire King, he wouldn't kill her. She could go out and lead the Fire King to the trap. Cao Yanbing heard their conversation and said he could help, but Yan Lingyu didn't trust them and refused.
Yan Lingyu finally agreed to Yan Ruofu's suggestion and let her go out to lure the Fire King to the trap. In the prison, Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling asked Beiluo about his relationship with Yan Lingyu. It turned out that eight years ago, Beiluo came to Lingfeng Street looking for the spiritual essence fragments of Shui'er and met the Spiritual Guardian Yan Tianyue and his sister Yan Lingyu.
Beiluo saw Yan Lingyu teaching Yan Ruofu sword practice and said that if Yan Ruofu couldn't even hold her sword steadily and couldn't summon her Guardian Spirit now, how would she make a living in the Spiritual Crossroads later if she didn't practice properly? Yan Ruofu felt very annoyed upon hearing this; she practiced every day but was still like this, and her mother said the same thing every time, which made her very sad.
She threw her sword and ran off. Beiluo found her and comforted her, saying that if she worked hard to become stronger, her Guardian Spirit would also become stronger, and he was very powerful even when he didn't have a Guardian Spirit, so he believed she could do it too. Yan Ruofu was greatly encouraged by this, and Yan Lingyu was very pleased to see it. Beiluo didn't find his daughter after staying for two months and decided to leave.
Yan Lingyu advised him to let go of the deceased and could start his new life, but Beiluo refused, saying he must find his daughter. Then, they never saw each other again. Cao Yanbing unlocked his handcuffs and got out of the prison to find Yan Ruofu and said he could help her fight the Fire King, and then he hoped she could help guide them.
However, Yan Ruofu said she could handle the Fire King and Lingfeng Street would be fine without his help, and she even used the God Locking Stone to lock him to a pillar. Yan Lingyu went to the prison and found Cao Yanbing was not there. Beiluo told her that Cao Yanbing had probably gone to protect Yan Ruofu and that she shouldn't worry. Yan Lingyu said she had actually recognized him and wasn't deliberately pretending not to know him.
The two resolved the misunderstanding. Yan Lingyu requested Beiluo's help, because she knew Yan Ruofu couldn't defeat the Fire King. She trusted Beiluo, so she hoped he could help. Beiluo said he could help and asked her to unlock the God Locking Stone for him and Xia Ling, but Yan Lingyu refused, saying she couldn't release all three and had to keep Xia Ling as a hostage.
Beiluo was very angry upon hearing this, feeling she wasn't asking for help but threatening him. The two argued intensely. As Yan Lingyu was about to leave, Xia Ling stopped her. Xia Ling suggested that Beiluo stay as a hostage and she could go out to help. The Fire King had captured Elder Mei and provoked the Tafeng tribe to come out, or he would kill him.
Yan Ruofu told the Fire King to release Elder Mei and that she would fight him. She exchanged a few moves with the Fire King and was knocked down. At the critical moment, Xia Ling came out to help.
Episode 11 Recap
Yan Ruofu saw Xia Ling come out and thought she had escaped as well. Xia Ling said her mother knew her Guardian Spirit was very powerful and let her out to help. Yan Ruofu was greatly stimulated upon hearing her say her Guardian Spirit was very powerful and said that Parasitic Vessels rely on their powerful Guardian Spirits to act imposing, and she didn't need her help.
But her strength was truly insufficient, so she quickly told Xia Ling to summon her Guardian Spirit to help. Xia Ling said she was saying she acted imposing one moment and asking for help the next; if she wanted to summon one, she could also summon her Guardian Spirit, it wasn't like she didn't have one. The Man-eating King told Xia Ling she really didn't have a Guardian Spirit and still couldn't summon one at over twenty years old.
Xia Ling felt very embarrassed upon hearing this and stopped him from continuing. Yan Lingyu suffered serious internal injuries. Beiluo saw this and used his spiritual power to heal her. Yan Lingyu said that forcing his spiritual power under the influence of the God Locking Chain might be harmful to his body. Beiluo said he was fine, her injuries were more serious. Yan Lingyu saw Beiluo treating her like this and asked him if he really wouldn't run away.
Beiluo said he didn't know why she thought they would be harmful to Lingfeng Street, but trust couldn't be guaranteed. After he finished healing her, she could take him with her to help. Cao Yanbing unlocked the God Locking Chain and rushed over to help. The Man-eating King released Shaluomanda to deal with Cao Yanbing. Because he had eaten the Xuanhuang Dan, the Man-eating King's strength greatly increased, and Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling together couldn't deal with him.
In a critical situation, Cao Yanbing heard a voice in his ear again saying he was too weak, which was why he couldn't protect his friends and let them be trampled upon. Because he lacked killing intent, this was happening, telling him to remember how he killed Zhenyu Tongzi in Qianji Heisha. Cao Yanbing asked him what would happen if he developed killing intent. That voice told him to leave the rest to it.
Then Cao Yanbing suddenly stood up and withdrew his Guardian Spirit. The Man-eating King ordered Shaluomanda to attack Cao Yanbing, but Cao Yanbing could command Shaluomanda to turn around and attack the Man-eating King instead. The Man-eating King was shocked that Shaluomanda would come to attack him. Shaluomanda swallowed the Man-eating King in one gulp, and then Cao Yanbing let Shaluomanda leave to enjoy its freedom. Afterward, with a casual point of his finger, Cao Yanbing destroyed a house.
Beiluo and Yan Lingyu rushed over and also saw this scene. Xia Ling knew Cao Yanbing was suffering a backlash and quickly chanted the Qiyao Anhun Ling. Finally, Cao Yanbing fainted on the ground. Everyone carried him back for treatment. Xia Ling chanted the soul calming spell ten times over him. While unconscious, Cao Yanbing saw someone who looked exactly like him.
He said he was the dark side of his spirit essence, the residual demonic energy of a Demon Lord that was suppressed by Zhenyu Tongzi before being released by him in Qianji Heisha. Because he broke the seal, it was able to come out and enter his body, taking shape in the dark side of his heart. It told him to think clearly that only with strength could he gain a foothold in Spiritual Crossroads.
If he wanted to go to the Luhuagou building to save Tang Xiaoxiao, he could only achieve it by relying on his own abilities. It told him to think carefully that he could summon it anytime, as long as he developed killing intent. Yan Lingyu lectured Yan Ruofu that she pretended to be the guide to deal with the Man-eating King, but in the end, she couldn't help at all.
Now, although Cao Yanbing helped kill the Fire King, they had also come because they wanted a guide to the Luhuagou building. They now owed Cao Yanbing a favor, what should they do? Yan Ruofu said it would be fine not to give them the guide. Yan Lingyu said that today, with a single lift of his hand, Cao Yanbing destroyed a house; if they didn't hand over the guide, it was hard to say he wouldn't deal with them.
Yan Lingyu invited Beiluo to eat together and kept urging him to drink during the meal. Yan Ruofu invited Xia Ling to go shopping on Lingfeng Street, then found a tavern and competed with her in drinking. They were all sent away, leaving Cao Yanbing alone in the room. Yan Lingyu sent people to prepare to make a move on Cao Yanbing.
Episode 12 Recap
Beiluo told Yan Lingyu why the three of them wanted to enter the Luhuagou building. Cao Yanbing needed to save his mother, and Xia Ling needed to investigate her father's cause of death. Beiluo wanted to revive his daughter Shui'er. The three of them entering the ancient building were all for their closest loved ones, hoping Yan Lingyu could understand. Yan Lingyu said she could understand but kept pouring wine for Beiluo.
He sensed something was wrong and found an excuse to go back and check on Cao Yanbing, feeling that Cao Yanbing might be in danger. However, when he and Xia Ling return, they see Cao Yanbing still lying safely in bed. Xia Ling thinks Beiluo might be overthinking. Actually, Yan Lingyu did send Lang Da to attack Cao Yanbing, but Lang Da was knocked out by Xuan Ma.
Xuan Ma detected the aura of her former master, the Demon Lord, within Cao Yanbing. She used a small mirror made from the remnants of the Heaven-Mending Stone. Although it doesn't have the full stone's effect of mending the heavens and reviving the dead, it can summon the Demon Lord for a moment.
She met the Demon Lord who had possessed Cao Yanbing and found out that Cao Yanbing had broken Zhenyu Tongzi's seal in Qianji Heisha, releasing the Demon Lord. Then, because Cao Yanbing is a Wushen body, the Demon Lord possessed his body. The Demon Lord was happy to learn that Cao Yanbing was going to the Luhuagou building.
He planned to use Cao Yanbing to obtain the divine power within the building, then erode Cao Yanbing's mind and completely occupy his body to ultimately rule the world. Xuan Ma was originally the Celestial Fox by the Demon Lord's side. She told the Demon Lord that Cao Yanbing's journey to the Luhuagou building was not by chance, but was deliberately guided by someone, and that person was Huangfu Longdou. She asked if he needed her to directly kill Huangfu.
The Demon Lord said there was no need, because the happiest thing in the world is to watch others busy themselves for a long time, only to ultimately work for someone else's gain. After listening to Beiluo's analysis, Xia Ling felt that Yan Lingyu must have other intentions concerning them. What she wanted was Beiluo himself. Beiluo was speechless upon hearing this and told her to go to sleep.
She suggested that because Cao Yanbing had destroyed a house, the Tafeng tribe people might have a bad impression of him. She thought the two of them could help the Tafeng tribe repair the houses to express their apology. When Cao Yanbing woke up and went to the street, he felt strange hearing the Lingfeng Street people pointing and whispering about him. He found Xia Ling and Beiluo and discovered they were repairing houses.
Xia Ling told him that when he fought the Fire King yesterday, the power backlash from within him had exploded the houses here. She hoped he could personally repair the houses to apologize to the Tafeng tribe people, and they should be able to forgive him. Cao Yanbing was very angry after hearing this.
He felt that he had defeated the Fire King and saved Lingfeng Street, so even if he accidentally blew up a house, his merits outweighed the mistake. Why did he still need to apologize? He felt that the Tafeng tribe people didn't know what was good for them and were ungrateful. Yan Ruofu happened to overhear him badmouthing the Tafeng tribe.
She was very unhappy and said it was a waste that her mother was still hosting a banquet for the three of them, when this is what they actually thought of the Tafeng tribe people. After saying this, she left angrily. Xia Ling chased after her to apologize, hoping she wouldn't be angry about Cao Yanbing's words. Unexpectedly, she didn't accept the apology, saying Xia Ling and Cao Yanbing were a good team, playing good cop and bad cop.
She invited Xia Ling to compete with her without using Guardian Spirits, and if she did, she would forgive them. Yan Lingyu hosted a banquet for the three of them and told them that regarding the Luhuagou building, people only ever entered but never came out. Even with this information, did they still insist on entering the building? All three of them were very firm that they must go.
Yan Lingyu then said that they have an ancient rule: everyone who wishes to enter the Luhuagou building must first pass a trial to be qualified to be led into the ancient building by a guide. Cao Yanbing and the other two agreed to participate in the trial. Cao Yanbing hoped that if the three of them passed the trial, Yan Lingyu could promise that the Young General would definitely take them into the Luhuagou building. Yan Lingyu said she was a Spiritual Guardian, and she could make the decision and guarantee it.
Episode 13 Recap
Yan Ruofu asked Yan Lingyu why she let Cao Yanbing and the other two participate in the trial even though she knew she wasn't the guide. The trial is extremely dangerous, and if any of them died inside, wouldn't they just be sacrificing their lives for nothing?
Yan Lingyu told Yan Ruofu not to be soft on them because she felt that Cao Yanbing would do things that would harm Lingfeng Street and the Tafeng tribe, and that he was actually just like the Fire King. Even if there wasn't a guide, participating in the trial was a tempering they needed to go through anyway. Yan Ruofu recalled the help Xia Ling and Cao Yanbing gave her when she fought the Fire King, and she felt conflicted.
Cao Yanbing came to Yan Ruofu to apologize, but Yan Ruofu told him to give up hope, saying that even if he won the trial, she couldn't guide him. Cao Yanbing told Xia Ling that his attempt to apologize not only failed to improve his relationship with Yan Ruofu but made it worse. Xia Ling felt that Yan Ruofu wasn't that kind of person and probably had a hidden reason.
She decided to have a good talk with her after competing with her. Xia Ling and Yan Ruofu competed, and in the end, Xia Ling won. She told Yan Ruofu that she did treat her differently before because she was the guide, but after yesterday, she regarded her as a true opponent. The reason she won was because she saw Yan Ruofu practicing hard last night, so she also practiced diligently for a whole night.
Yan Ruofu said that Xia Ling didn't need to say nice things to comfort her; she couldn't possibly understand the suffering of being unacknowledged from a young age because she lacked power. Xia Ling told her about her own situation, explaining that because she was very weak, her Guardian Spirit wasn't strong either, and Cao Yanbing even felt she was a burden and didn't want to bring her along.
But now she had become their companion; everyone has strengths and weaknesses. To become strong, one must first accept their weaknesses. She could help Yan Ruofu figure out how to summon her Guardian Spirit. Finally, Xia Ling's Guardian Spirit, Li Xuanyuan, said there was a special way to summon a Guardian Spirit: when the master's life is in danger, the Guardian Spirit within them will be activated to protect the master. After hearing this, Yan Ruofu jumped off the cliff.
Sure enough, her Guardian Spirit, Zhuoying, appeared. Both she and Xia Ling were very happy, but Li Xuanyuan told them that Zhuoying was a rare divine beast that could help people have good dreams, but it had no fighting power.
Yan Ruofu felt a bit disappointed after learning this, but Xia Ling warmly comforted her, saying that other people's Guardian Spirits only fight and kill, while Yan Ruofu's Guardian Spirit could make people's beautiful dreams come true, which was incredibly powerful. Yan Ruofu asked her what her true wish was. Xia Ling told her that she wanted to see her father again and also told her that Cao Yanbing entered the ancient building to save his mother, Tang Xiaoxiao.
After learning this, Yan Ruofu felt that she had misunderstood them. Yan Ruofu went to see her nephew, Yan Fengzha. He was actually the new generation's guide, and his aunt had kept him hidden in a house surrounded by God-Locking Stones. His aunt had previously said she would let him out when he turned fifteen, but she never did. Yan Lingyu heard that Fengzha had once shouted towards a girl on the mountain.
Fearing exposure, she immediately made Fengzha change his residence. She told Fengzha that she had high hopes for him; they had always expected him to be able to fully control his Guardian Spirit, Feilian, and revitalize Lingfeng Street. She told him to stay put so that others wouldn't find him. The trial was about to start, and Yan Ruofu asked Yan Lingyu if she could cancel the trial.
She wanted to tell Cao Yanbing and the others the truth: that there was no guide now. They might not necessarily trouble Lingfeng Street and the Tafeng tribe. Cao Yanbing and the others were entering the Luhuagou building for their closest loved ones, not for personal gain. And the mother Cao Yanbing was looking for in the Luhuagou building was Tang Xiaoxiao.
Ten years ago, when Lingfeng Street was invaded by evil presences, it was also Tang Xiaoxiao who helped save her. She didn't understand why her mother had to make things difficult for Tang Xiaoxiao's son. Yan Lingyu said that back then, precisely because Tang Xiaoxiao saved Lingfeng Street, her brother Yan Tianyue allowed his daughter Qiaoqiao to lead them into the Luhuagou building, but Qiaoqiao had been missing ever since. Tang Xiaoxiao's favor to them ended with Qiaoqiao's disappearance. Yan Ruofu felt that her mother's guess that Cao Yanbing would attack Lingfeng Street if he knew the truth was merely conjecture and was punished by her mother to kneel all night.
Episode 14 Recap
Yan Ruofu reminded Cao Yanbing and the two others that once they entered the trial, it was equivalent to signing a life-and-death contract. Whether they lived or died was none of the Tafeng tribe's business. They were entering the Forest of the Void God. Once inside, their Guardian Spirits would be sealed, and they wouldn't be able to use Spirit Power. She told them to think carefully.
The three of them chose to enter the Forest of the Void God without hesitation. As soon as they entered a forest, a sword appeared. The sword heard Cao Yanbing's voice and attacked him. No matter where he ran, the sword chased him. Beiluo stopped them from making noise, and then the sword stopped. It turned out the sword identified targets through sound.
The three prepared to leave quietly, but the bell on Xia Ling's body made a sound, and the sword immediately turned towards her. She nervously slowly took off the bell around her waist. Beiluo told her to hold the bell and walk slowly. Just as she was about to walk, she saw a rabbit at her feet. She exclaimed in surprise, saying, "What a cute rabbit! " The sword immediately chased after her, and the three started running frantically.
Beiluo suggested they split up and intentionally make noise. The three took three different paths, constantly making sounds. The sword didn't know where to go and spun around disorientated, falling from the air. After seeing this, the three angrily stomped on the sword before leaving. For the second trial, a girl appeared and said she wanted to play cards with the three of them. Each person would draw two cards and compare their values.
The winner could leave, and the loser would have to stay forever to accompany her. The cards had four suits: plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum. Plum blossom was worth four points, orchid three points, bamboo two points, and chrysanthemum one point. Xia Ling and Beiluo both won easily. However, the cards they drew disappeared. This significantly reduced Cao Yanbing's chances of winning. Unless he drew a plum blossom, he would definitely lose.
Cao Yanbing told Beiluo and Xia Ling to go hold open the barrier first so it wouldn't close, saying he had already drawn a plum blossom and was guaranteed to win. The two went to the barrier to wait for Cao Yanbing. Only when they paired up did they realize that they had already drawn all the plum blossoms and that Cao Yanbing had lied to them.
The examiner here told Cao Yanbing that his companions must have known that all the plum blossoms were gone, but since they hadn't returned, they must have abandoned him and left. He told Cao Yanbing not to be sad and that she would accompany him. Before she finished speaking, Xia Ling and Beiluo returned. In the end, Cao Yanbing did lose, but the examiner said they had won and let them leave.
It turned out that this trial tested whether companions would abandon each other at a critical moment of life and death. Leaving the barrier would earn them a mark proving they had gained the approval of the Tafeng tribe elders. Yan Lingyu told Yan Ruofu that the reason she let Cao Yanbing and the two others enter the trial was to seal them inside.
As long as the scroll was sealed with blood, the trial participants would be permanently trapped inside. Yan Lingyu told Yan Ruofu to quickly seal the scroll with blood. Yan Ruofu felt that harming Cao Yanbing and the two others this way was wrong. Yan Lingyu said that only by doing this could she protect Lingfeng Street. If Yan Ruofu was so soft-hearted, she couldn't be a Spiritual Guardian. Yan Ruofu was forced to reluctantly seal the scroll with blood.
--- Cao Yanbing and the two others were about to exit the trial but entered another illusion. They saw Yan Ruofu and Qiaoqiao when they were young. Yan Ruofu followed Qiaoqiao into a room. A fierce beast resided within Yan Fengzha's body. He couldn't control the power within him, so he would lose control and release the beast to harm people, which was why he was locked up.
Qiaoqiao told Yan Ruofu that because Tang Xiaoxiao saved the people of Lingfeng Street, she was taking them to the Luhuagou building, and she hoped that after she left, Ruofu could often come and visit Fengzha. Because Yan Fengzha's power awakened within him and he couldn't control it, Yan Tianyue wanted to kill him but was stopped by Yan Lingyu, who said that Fengzha was the only guide in the clan and it was God's will.
Yan Tianyue also didn't want to kill his son, but because he was the Spiritual Guardian of Lingfeng Street, for the safety of Lingfeng Street, he had to kill Fengzha. After that, all the scenes stopped. Cao Yanbing and the two others returned to the trial's Tang Dynasty scene and saw Yan Ruofu. Yan Ruofu was surprised that all three of them had come out safely. Then she asked them if they had seen the scenes from Lingfeng Street before.
It turned out that what the three of them saw at the end were all Yan Ruofu's memories. Earlier, when Yan Lingyu forced Yan Ruofu to seal the scroll with blood, she used Zhuoying to create an illusion so her mother would see that she had sealed the scroll, but in reality, she had Zhuoying show her memories to the three people.
Cao Yanbing was angry that she went through such a big detour just to tell them that Yan Fengzha was the guide and she was a fake. Beiluo comforted Cao Yanbing, saying that since Yan Ruofu told them the truth, she still considered them friends. The three asked Yan Ruofu what happened to Yan Fengzha in the end.
Yan Ruofu said that later she heard from her mother that Fengzha completely lost control of his power and broke free from the chains, and her uncle still killed Yan Fengzha. So now there was no guide in the Tafeng tribe. She hoped the three of them would still leave Lingfeng Street. Hearing Yan Ruofu's words, Cao Yanbing couldn't control his anger and wanted to confront Yan Lingyu.
He could forgive Yan Ruofu for being forced, but Yan Lingyu knew everything and still deceived them. Xia Ling asked Yan Ruofu if her mother knew that she had told them the truth. Yan Ruofu shook her head helplessly. Xia Ling hugged her and said thank you. Afterward, she also chased after the other two to find Yan Lingyu.
Episode 15 Recap
Cao Yanbing angrily found Yan Lingyu and told her that Yan Ruofu had told them everything, that the three of them already knew Yan Ruofu was a fake guide, and asked her to hand over the real guide, Yan Fengzha. Yan Lingyu explained that since Ruofu had told them everything, they should know that Yan Fengzha had passed away a long time ago.
Cao Yanbing, however, felt that everything Yan Lingyu said was unreliable and that she had been lying all along. Beiluo demanded to see Yan Tianyue to verify. He asked Yan Lingyu, who said her brother had been ill in bed for a long time and couldn't meet them. But given Cao Yanbing's insistent attitude and demand to see him, she had no choice but to take the three of them to see Yan Tianyue.
When the three saw Yan Tianyue, they found him mentally unstable, holding a fake child and trying to feed it. Yan Lingyu said her brother's mental breakdown was caused by a trauma after one child, Qiaoqiao, went missing and another child was killed by his own hand. Li Xuanyuan examined Yan Tianyue and said the possibility of recovery was very small.
Yan Lingyu apologized to Cao Yanbing, saying she was very sorry for the misunderstanding caused by Yan Ruofu's momentary lie at the time due to the Tafeng tribe being too weak. But since the guide was dead, there was truly no way to take them to Luhuagou Building. Xia Ling was angry, saying that back then, Cao Yanbing had almost lost his life killing the Fire-Eating King for Lingfeng Street.
Yan Lingyu said she would reward them handsomely, but many things were beyond her control, and not everything could go as planned; she hoped they could understand. Cao Yanbing was furious and didn't believe anything Yan Lingyu said. He didn't believe Yan Fengzha was dead and demanded to see the person alive or the body dead. Beiluo questioned Yan Lingyu, asking why she kept deceiving them when they had done nothing to wrong Lingfeng Street.
Yan Lingyu said she was worried that if she told them the truth, Cao Yanbing might do something to harm Lingfeng Street. Beiluo said that as long as he was there, he would guarantee that Cao Yanbing would not do anything to harm Lingfeng Street. Cao Yanbing couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.
At this moment, the Demon Lord in his heart spoke again, guiding him to destroy what Yan Lingyu valued most, forcing her to tell the truth and hand over Yan Fengzha. Seeing that Cao Yanbing didn't act, he told Cao Yanbing to think carefully about his mother, who was still imprisoned in the ancient building. Didn't he want to save his mother? He told him to look at this fragile Lingfeng Street; he could awaken him.
As long as he had the intent to kill, he could awaken his power and help Cao Yanbing easily destroy Lingfeng Street. Beiluo and Xia Ling found Cao Yanbing and asked about his next plan. Cao Yanbing said he wasn't going to leave just like that; he was going to do something to force Yan Lingyu to reveal the whereabouts of the guide. Beiluo asked Cao Yanbing what he planned to do.
Cao Yanbing said it depended on what Yan Lingyu cared about: if she cared about people, he would kidnap people; if she cared about the street. . . Beiluo said, "Are you going to blow up the street? Have you thought about the people on Lingfeng Street? They are all innocent. " He told Cao Yanbing that as long as he was there, he would not allow Cao Yanbing to harm Lingfeng Street.
The two of them got into a fierce argument and eventually started fighting. Xia Ling kept trying to stop them. In the end, Beiluo angrily told Cao Yanbing that he was breaking up with him and would leave alone. Xia Ling quickly went after Beiluo. Meanwhile, Cao Yanbing was being misled by the Demon Lord in his heart, who told him to get rid of those who stopped him, saying that strong people didn't need friends.
He told Cao Yanbing to go to the busiest street in Lingfeng Street and destroy it. As Cao Yanbing walked on the street, he was bumped by a child. To his surprise, the child even swung a wooden sword at him twice. He ignored it and tried to leave, but the child then threw a stone at his head. This time, Cao Yanbing truly couldn't control his rage and wanted to unleash The King of Ten Halls on the child.
The child's mother saw this, rushed over, hugged the child, and looked at Cao Yanbing with great fear, afraid that he would hurt her child. Cao Yanbing suddenly remembered what his mother had told him back then: become strong, have the courage to bear betrayal, but always hold onto your true self. He suddenly awoke, no longer misled by the Demon Lord.
He told the Demon Lord that he wouldn't use his methods and hoped he wouldn't talk too much in the future. Now his heart was calm, and he told the Demon Lord to withdraw. On the street, Cao Yanbing suddenly saw Yan Tianyue's figure. Suspecting that he wasn't crazy, he followed him to a courtyard and entered the house, where he found the out-of-control Yan Tianyue.
Xia Ling found Beiluo and tried to persuade him, saying that although Cao Yanbing was very impulsive and sometimes spoke without thinking, he would not do anything to harm innocent people. She hoped Beiluo could understand and forgive Cao Yanbing. Yan Lingyu found them and told them that Yan Tianyue had regained his sanity after taking Li Xuanyuan's medicinal pill and now wanted to see Beiluo.
She led the two of them, ready to go see Yan Tianyue, but when they arrived at the courtyard, they found Cao Yanbing was also there. And lying in the courtyard was the dead Yan Tianyue.
Episode 16 Recap
Yan Lingyu said Cao Yanbing attacked Yan Tianyue because he was dissatisfied with her deception regarding the guide. Cao Yanbing said Yan Tianyue's death had nothing to do with him; when he arrived, Yan Tianyue attacked him like a madman, not at all like a sick person, and he only kept dodging without attacking Yan Tianyue. Yan Lingyu said he could blow up a street with one hand, so dealing with Yan Tianyue would be effortless.
If he was dissatisfied with anything, he should have come directly for her, why attack her innocent brother? Yan Tianyue had done nothing wrong and owed nobody anything. Cao Yanbing was angry that Yan Lingyu kept saying he killed Yan Tianyue, her words were all meant to hurt him deeply, what were her true intentions? Yan Lingyu then said it wasn't enough that he killed Yan Tianyue, now he wanted to kill her too.
Beiluo saw Yan Lingyu was very sad about her brother's death, so he comforted her and stood in front of her, preventing Cao Yanbing from going after Yan Lingyu. Cao Yanbing was furious that Beiluo believed Yan Lingyu, but he still suppressed his anger and wanted to leave. However, Beiluo blocked his path and told Cao Yanbing that he had said before that if he harmed anyone in Lingfeng Street, he would not let him off.
Beiluo released his Guardian Spirit, Shi Lingming. Seeing that Beiluo was truly going to oppose him, the Demon Lord in Cao Yanbing's heart came out again to persuade him, mocking him for not listening to his suggestion to blow up the street then, and now still being misunderstood by these people. Beiluo heard Cao Yanbing talking to himself and asked who he was talking to.
Cao Yanbing told him he was talking to his Demonic Form, and the previous times were also the power of the Demonic Form. Beiluo misunderstood that he was being corrupted by the Demonic Form and advised him not to make further mistakes and turn back. Cao Yanbing also released his Guardian Spirit, Xu Chu. Shi Lingming and Xu Chu started fighting. Li Xuanyuan came out to stop the two from continuing the battle.
Seeing the stalemate, the Demon Lord in Cao Yanbing's heart spoke, telling Cao Yanbing to quickly awaken him so he could directly defeat Shi Lingming. Cao Yanbing consistently disagreed and suppressed it with his will. Xia Ling realized he was not controlled by the Demonic Form and told Beiluo to stop fighting. Cao Yanbing withdrew his Guardian Spirit. Beiluo also called back Shi Lingming.
Cao Yanbing prepared to use The King of Ten Halls against Yan Lingyu but was blocked by Beiluo again. Cao Yanbing had no choice but to leave. Black mist emanated from Cao Yanbing as he suppressed the Demonic Form, finally collapsing onto the ground. Xia Ling rushed over and used the Seven Luminaries Soul-Soothing Bell to protect him. Beiluo was very apologetic to Yan Lingyu, feeling that it was his fault these things happened.
Yan Lingyu said he did not show favoritism towards Cao Yanbing and that she was still very grateful to him. Beiluo said he wanted to stand vigil for Yan Tianyue, but Yan Lingyu refused, saying it was a custom of the Tafeng tribe not to let outsiders disturb the vigil. Beiluo had no choice but to go sit in a place Yan Tianyue liked during his life to express his mourning.
In reality, Yan Tianyue's death was deliberately arranged by Yan Lingyu. She found someone to pretend to be Yan Tianyue and lure Cao Yanbing to the courtyard. Yan Tianyue had been mentally unstable and suffering, and there was no good opportunity to send him on his way. Now she could use his death to eliminate Cao Yanbing and also free Yan Tianyue himself from his suffering. Yan Lingyu had fed him Chiyu, which caused him to go mad and die.
After the Elder Hu, who was captured by the Fire-Eating King before, regained consciousness, he had something urgent to discuss with Yan Lingyu.
He took out Cao Yanbing's wanted poster and gave it to Yan Lingyu, comforting her by saying he knew all this was caused by the guide issue and understood why she was unwilling to hand over Yan Fengzha, because the future strength of Lingfeng Street depended on Yan Fengzha, as Fengzha would soon be able to control his power. Only Yan Lingyu and Elder Hu knew the whereabouts of Yan Fengzha.
Yan Lingyu reported Cao Yanbing's whereabouts to the Hall of Heroes, planning to use the Hall of Heroes to capture Cao Yanbing. Li Gucheng from the Hall of Heroes told her to first keep Cao Yanbing stable and that he would immediately bring people to apprehend him. Xia Ling was happy to see Cao Yanbing wake up and asked him if he was okay.
Cao Yanbing told her that he had actually seen Yan Tianyue on the street, followed him to that courtyard, and then Yan Tianyue, whose eyes were blue, kept attacking him. He didn't attack back, and all of a sudden Yan Tianyue coughed up blood and died. He found it very strange; it just so happened that he saw Yan Tianyue, and right after Yan Tianyue died, Yan Lingyu brought the two of them to this courtyard.
Xia Ling heard that Yan Tianyue's eyes were blue and suspected he had drunk Chiyu, but wondered why others who drank it didn't have problems. The two decided to go to Yan Tianyue's mourning hall to see his body.
Yan Fengzha was very sad to hear that his father had been killed and secretly ran out to the mourning hall to visit his father, recalling his father saying that as long as he could control his power, he would take him wherever he wanted to go. Xia Ling relied on acting pitiful and badmouthing Cao Yanbing to get into the General's Mansion. Cao Yanbing had to climb over the wall to enter. The two of them found Yan Tianyue's mourning hall.
Episode 17 Recap
Xia Ling and Cao Yanbing successfully entered the mourning hall and found that it was unguarded. Xia Ling said maybe everyone was outside looking for Cao Yanbing, the murderer, and didn't think he, the murderer, would actually come here to inspect the body. These words were overheard by Fengzha, who was hiding there. He thought Cao Yanbing had killed Yan Tianyue. He stopped Cao Yanbing from inspecting the body.
When Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling heard him say Yan Tianyue was his father, they knew he was Yan Fengzha and were very happy that he was not dead. Cao Yanbing still counted on Fengzha to guide him, so he didn't dare to hurt him and kept reminding him that he did not kill Yan Tianyue.
He said there were still oddities about the cause of Yan Tianyue's death and asked him to inspect the body if he wanted to know. If he didn't believe his words, he could let Fengzha inspect it himself. While the two were struggling, they discovered that the person lying in the coffin was wearing a human skin mask. After the mask was removed, they found that the person was not Yan Tianyue.
Cao Yanbing told Fengzha that before this person died, his eyes turned blue and he looked like he was in a frenzy, as if he had consumed Chiyu. After examining the body, Fengzha knew this person died from Feilian. Fengzha finally got out and wanted to find his Guardian Spirit, Feilian. He wanted to rely on his connection with his Guardian Spirit to find him, but if the distance was too great, he wouldn't be able to sense him.
Cao Yanbing said he could help him find Feilian because he said the power on the body belonged to Feilian, and what they knew was Chiyu, so Chiyu should be related to Feilian. This Chiyu was researched and made by Elder Mei, so going to find Elder Mei would tell them where Feilian was. The three of them found Elder Mei and pressed him, asking if drinking Chiyu would cause death.
Elder Mei said that anything that passed through his hands had been diluted and could not cause death. Cao Yanbing immediately seized on the key point, which was that undiluted Chiyu would be fatal. So everything was Yan Lingyu's deliberate arrangement. Xia Ling sighed that Beiluo had been deceived. Cao Yanbing then forced Elder Mei to tell him Feilian's whereabouts. Elder Mei refused to speak no matter what, so Cao Yanbing threatened to kick off Elder Mei's eyebrows.
Finally, he told Fengzha to look for Feilian in a wooden house on Lingfeng Mountain. Yan Lingyu heard that Xia Ling went to the mourning hall, that a patrol guard was knocked unconscious and stripped, and that Elder Mei was also knocked unconscious at home. She knew that Cao Yanbing must have found out about Feilian. She welcomed the three people from the Hall of Heroes who came to apprehend Cao Yanbing.
At first, she felt a little uneasy seeing only three people, but Li Gucheng said that the big sister, who was bored this time, also came along, which was an honor for their Lingfeng Street, and told her to stop talking nonsense and quickly tell them Cao Yanbing's current location. Yan Lingyu told the three that Cao Yanbing was in Yingfeng Valley. The three rushed to apprehend Cao Yanbing.
Beiluo, who was mourning and paying respects to Yan Tianyue nearby, saw everything. He then saw Yan Lingyu under a large tree using flower cakes soaked in wine to sacrifice to Yan Tianyue, saying that after the people from the Hall of Heroes caught Cao Yanbing and everything was settled, she would rebuild his tomb so he could enjoy the worship of his tribesmen.
The closer Cao Yanbing and the two others got to the wooden house, the weaker Yan Fengzha became. He could already sense Feilian's presence. The reason he was like this must be because Feilian was also enduring great pain and torment. Cao Yanbing had no choice but to carry him on his back and continue on their way. Suddenly, an arrow shot towards them; Li Gucheng had arrived.
Cao Yanbing told Xia Ling to take Yan Fengzha and leave first because he would rely on Yan Fengzha for guidance later and didn't want him to die here in vain. Xia Ling had no choice but to take Fengzha and leave. Cao Yanbing told the three to finish the fight quickly as he had a second round. Li Gucheng teamed up with the other two, forming a male-female mixed double against Cao Yanbing.
Cao Yanbing released four generals to fight together and ended up defeating two. Seeing her subordinates lose to Cao Yanbing, the big sister put down her game console and released her Guardian Spirit, Lü Bu. Cao Yanbing was surprised that it was a Human Martial Spirit but acted like a Divine Martial Spirit. As expected, the four generals were no match for Lü Bu. The old ghost in Cao Yanbing's heart appeared again and told him to awaken his power, but Cao Yanbing refused, saying he could defeat the enemy on his own.
Episode 18 Recap
At the critical moment, Cao Yanbing used the power of Demonic Form to defeat Lü Bu. The big sister was extremely surprised because Lü Bu had never been defeated since transforming, reaching the highest realm of a Human Martial Spirit. Cao Yanbing said he was the true Demonic Form. The big sister understood that Cao Yanbing had a power-up, so she used the King of Evil's power to make Lü Bu use evil entities against Cao Yanbing.
Cao Yanbing and his Guardian Spirit were entangled by the evil entities. The Demonic Lord in Cao Yanbing's heart seized the opportunity to instigate him again, wanting him to completely occupy his body and control his spirit, not just be a spirit within his body. Cao Yanbing disagreed to give up his body for the Demonic Lord to control. The Demonic Lord said he and he were the same, misunderstood because of their great power.
He said Cao Yanbing was truly contradictory, wanting his power while also wanting kindness. The Demonic Lord told him to think carefully whether he wanted to be a good person who gets bullied or conquer the world with him. Just as Cao Yanbing was struggling and resisting, about to lose to Lü Bu, a large axe suddenly appeared and saved him. When the big sister saw it, she said she had to quickly return to Lingyu to report and left.
It turned out that Huangfu Longdou appeared and saved Cao Yanbing. Cao Yanbing asked him why he saved him, what his purpose was, and how he knew he was in Xianfeng Valley. Huangfu Longdou said he had always been paying attention to him, not because Tang Xiaoxiao was his subordinate, but because Cao Yanbing himself was powerful and a Martial God Body.
After Huangfu Longdou left, he told Xuan Ma that something was wrong with Cao Yanbing, that there was demonic energy in his body. Xuan Ma said she would investigate thoroughly and report back to him. After Xia Ling settled Fengzha in the wooden house, she rushed back to save Cao Yanbing. Seeing Cao Yanbing alone there, she asked if he was being controlled by the Demonic Form again.
Cao Yanbing joked with her, pretending to be controlled, but Xia Ling saw through it. Beiluo arrived. Cao Yanbing didn't want to talk to him much and wanted to hurry and find Yan Fengzha. Beiluo was very shocked to hear that Yan Fengzha was not dead and had appeared, and he understood that he had misunderstood Cao Yanbing. He apologized to Cao Yanbing, saying that he had never trusted him and had always been prejudiced against him.
Even though he had saved him before, because Cao Yanbing had a bad reputation, he felt he was a dangerous person and never trusted him wholeheartedly. He learned from Xia Ling that one must have absolute trust in their companions, which he had failed to do. So he sincerely apologized to Cao Yanbing and hoped he could forgive him. Cao Yanbing forgave him, and the two shook hands and reconciled.
When the three of Cao Yanbing arrived at the wooden house, they found Fengzha was not inside. They then discovered a secret chamber inside the wooden house. After going in, they found Feilian locked inside. Feilian's body was very weak. He had two large tubes inserted into him. One tube was for drawing blood, and one was for anesthetic. Chiyu was made from Feilian's blood. Feilian had been imprisoned and tormented like this for all these years.
Seeing all this, Fengzha was extremely pained. He pulled out the tubes from Feilian's body and told Feilian to leave. But Feilian's body was too weak; he couldn't even fly and fell to the ground. Beiluo saw that Feilian was unfriendly towards them and said Feilian was a Demonic Martial Spirit and difficult to deal with. Yan Fengzha stopped them from harming Feilian, saying that Feilian was like this because he hadn't found the right host.
What he could do was set Feilian free. Cao Yanbing spoke up to remind him that he hadn't found the root cause. It wasn't about finding the wrong host, but because he had never thought about becoming the right person himself. The relationship between a Guardian Spirit and a Spirit Medium is guardianship. He had never thought about guarding Feilian; all he ever wanted to do was control Feilian.
Fengzha realized that he had always treated Feilian as an opponent, an obstacle to his freedom, and that everything was his fault. Cao Yanbing told him to think carefully if there was ever a moment when his heart connected with Feilian's. Fengzha remembered that when he lost control and was about to be killed by his father, he thought that he couldn't die; if he died, Feilian would disappear.
He wanted to protect Feilian, and at that moment, Feilian also wanted to protect him. Fengzha walked towards Feilian and comforted him, saying that he hadn't protected him well before and hoped he could give him another chance to protect him properly. Feilian accepted him again and returned to his side. Xia Ling took out the medicinal pill made by Li Xuanyuan and gave it to Fengzha, telling him to eat it so that Feilian could recover.
The three asked him how he planned to deal with the Chiyu matter. Beiluo reminded him that those people were his relatives and tribesmen. He said they would settle it as it should be settled. First, his aunt Yan Lingyu was definitely involved. He just didn't know if his father knew.
Beiluo told him that Yan Tianyue did not know because he saw Yan Lingyu go to the barrier at the peak of Lingfeng Mountain and use flowers soaked in wine to pay respects to someone. And only Yan Tianyue would consume flowers soaked in wine like that. He suspected that Yan Tianyue had already passed away.
Episode 19 Recap
Yan Lingyu thought Cao Yanbing had been captured by people from the Hall of Heroes, who knew that Cao Yanbing, Beiluo, and Xia Ling appeared before her. Cao Yanbing mocked her, asking if she hadn't expected them to still be there. Yan Lingyu said Cao Yanbing was a wanted criminal, and it was only natural for her to report him to the Hall of Heroes.
Beiluo asked her why she was offering sacrifices here and using flower cakes soaked in wine. Yan Lingyu said she was here to mourn the deceased Fengzha. Beiluo said that as far as he knew, Yan Tianyue was the only one who liked flower cakes soaked in wine. Yan Lingyu said Fengzha was Yan Tianyue's son, so they had similar tastes. At this moment, Fengzha appeared and exposed her lie.
Yan Lingyu saw Fengzha and thought Cao Yanbing had coaxed him out. Fengzha said he heard his father was harmed, so he secretly ran out, but in the coffin in the mourning hall, he found a stranger wearing his father's human skin mask.
He asked Yan Lingyu if it was because five years ago he transformed and manifested Feilian, because she coveted Feilian's power, she killed his father and lied to him, saying his father was seriously ill and told him to obey her words, while she imprisoned him and continuously extracted blood from Feilian for her own use, making it her wealth.
She admitted that she killed Yan Tianyue, because she decided to use the Chiyu refined from Feilian's blood to enhance the spiritual power of the clansmen for resisting the evil invasion, because she didn't want the incident of the evil invasion nearly wiping out their clan to happen again.
But Yan Tianyue thought that the Spiritual Crossroads was a place where the strong preyed on the weak, and if another evil invasion riot truly happened, the annihilation of the clan would be inevitable.
He felt Fengzha had already suffered a lot, and now they were also imprisoning Feilian and mistreating his Guardian Spirit, Yan Lingyu saw that Yan Tianyue disagreed and said she must do this, and if he didn't agree, she would tell the clansmen the news and let them choose for themselves, Yan Tianyue stopped her and fought with her, and then Yan Lingyu killed him. Fengzha learned the truth and questioned Yan Lingyu how she could do it.
Yan Lingyu said she was not wrong, although Yan Tianyue was from the Spiritual Crossroads, he was indecisive in his actions and had no ability to protect Lingfeng Street, She believed that her actions were worthy of Lingfeng Street and the Treading Wind clan, While Fengzha kept saying he wanted to protect Lingfeng Street, now he was colluding with outsiders, he was simply a good-for-nothing who couldn't even control his own Guardian Spirit, Yan Fengzha released Feilian.
Yan Lingyu was shocked to see that he could now freely control his Guardian Spirit. Fengzha wanted to deal with Yan Lingyu to avenge his father. During the fight, Yan Lingyu was no match. Yan Ruofu came out and blocked the fatal blow with her body.
Yan Ruofu said that although she was driven away by Yan Lingyu, she had always stayed by her side, She said Yan Lingyu had always lived in pain and had given her all for Lingfeng Street, She killing Yan Tianyue that year was not intentional either, she hoped Fengzha would use her death to offset what her mother had done and also free her mother from pain, Finally, Yan Ruofu died in Yan Lingyu's arms.
Yan Lingyu summoned her Guardian Spirit, Suiyun, and made it recognize Yan Ruofu as its master to save her life and stay with her forever, Because Yan Lingyu had taken Chiyu for many years, she had deep poison and couldn't break free from the Guardian Spirit's blessing, Before dying, Yan Lingyu apologized to Yan Ruofu and apologized to Fengzha, She said she always didn't want Cao Yanbing to take him away because he was the hope of Lingfeng Street, She and Yan Tianyue had always hoped that he could completely control Feilian's power and then protect Lingfeng Street and the Treading Wind clan, Now her wish was fulfilled, and from now on, Lingfeng Street would be handed over to him and Yan Ruofu.
Yan Lingyu told Cao Yanbing that she had met Tang Xiaoxiao ten years ago, Tang Xiaoxiao wanted to enter the Ancient Reed Building because she was going to find a way to purify evil invasions, She said that the current Spiritual Crossroads was a place where the strong preyed on the weak with constant conflict, she had also been an assassin before, continuously killing evil invasions and living numbly, But after she had a child, she understood many beautiful things and beautiful feelings, She didn't want her child to live in this world of strong preying on the weak and constant killing in the future, She felt that the root of all evil in the Spiritual Crossroads was not the source itself, If a way to purify evil invasions could be found, then stopping killing with killing would not be the only option, Yan Lingyu returned the knife that Tang Xiaoxiao had given her before to Cao Yanbing and died in Yan Ruofu's arms.
Cao Yanbing looked at the words on the knife and said that Tang Xiaoxiao had said before to keep one's heart in anger and hatred, and the words on the knife should also mean this, Xia Ling felt that Yan Lingyu's chosen path was just different from theirs, She just put survival first and would stop at nothing to live, Cao Yanbing said that before, he only wanted to become stronger and protect Rakshasa Street well, He didn't even think about or care about other things, He thought that when his mother left Qianji Black Kiln but didn't come home, saying they wouldn't see him and his younger brother for a long time, there should have been some other reasons. Yan Ruofu and Yan Fengzha paid respects to the two General Yans, Yan Ruofu said that from now on, the Spiritual Guardian of Lingfeng Street would be handed over to Yan Fengzha to be, Fengzha refused, saying he had more important matters to attend to, Ruofu asked him what pastry he liked now, and she would make it for him tomorrow because tomorrow was his birthday.
Episode 20 Recap
The three of them, Cao Yanbing, were worried about how to talk to Yan Fengzha and get him to lead the way, because the time for the Ancient Reed Building to appear was getting closer. Xia Ling felt it was difficult to talk to Yan Fengzha given his current state.
Just then, Yan Ruofu came over to bring them something to eat and told them that Yan Fengzha had been in low spirits for the past two days, shutting himself in his room and not coming out. She was planning to make some pastries he liked and bring them over because today was his birthday.
When the three of them, Cao Yanbing, heard this, they decided to give Yan Fengzha a proper birthday celebration and then move him to help lead the way. Xia Ling and Cao Yanbing went to Yan Fengzha's room, sang him a birthday song, and danced, but were eventually chased out by Yan Fengzha. Cao Yanbing recalled that Yan Fengzha had been imprisoned for so long, and wondered what he would want the most.
The three of them came up with a plan and pretended at the door, saying that they had originally planned to take Yan Fengzha to the Human Realm for a day of fun, but it seemed he wasn't in the mood. Cao Yanbing exaggerated, saying how uncomfortable it was to stay in Lingfeng Street, and how excited he was thinking about the Human Realm's film industry, food streets, and amusement parks.
The three of them then pretended to leave for the Human Realm. As expected, Yan Fengzha in the room heard this and rushed out, asking them what the Human Realm was like. Cao Yanbing took Yan Fengzha and sat in the car, explaining to him what a car was and what a seatbelt was, while being urged by Xia Ling to hurry up and drive. The four of them arrived at an amusement park in the Human Realm.
Xia Ling told Yan Fengzha to tell her whatever he wanted to play or eat, and she would arrange it all for him so he could have fun to his heart's content. Yan Fengzha's appearance even attracted many people, and some even took pictures of him, which scared him so much he was about to call Feilian out, but Cao Yanbing warned him that he couldn't release Feilian in the Human Realm.
The few of them played many rides and had a lot of fun. The three of them, Cao Yanbing, brought out a cake and wished Yan Fengzha a happy birthday, telling him he could make a wish. Yan Fengzha was very happy and asked if his wish could be fulfilled. Cao Yanbing said that if he made a wish, they could help fulfill it. Yan Fengzha was very grateful.
Cao Yanbing said they were friends who had gone through things together, and might even be companions on the road in the future. After hearing this, Yan Fengzha knew they were doing all this to please him and then get him to lead the way. Yan Fengzha angrily said that he would rather be alone than have their fake concern and excitement.
Cao Yanbing caught up with Yan Fengzha and apologized to him, admitting they did have selfish motives, but also genuinely wanted to give him a good birthday. He explained that the reason he had to go to the Ancient Reed Building was because he saw his mother inside in his primal spirit vision. Yan Fengzha hurriedly asked if he saw anyone else in the Ancient Reed Building. Cao Yanbing said no.
His mother had left ten years ago when his younger brother was still very small, and his brother would always ask when their mother would come back. Later, he gradually stopped asking. Then suddenly one day, his brother asked him if he still remembered what their mother looked like because he couldn't remember anymore. That's why he absolutely had to go to the Ancient Reed Building to rescue his mother.
He said he would keep bothering him non-stop, asking him to lead the way, until Yan Fengzha agreed. After returning to Lingfeng Street, Yan Ruofu came over to thank the three of them, Cao Yanbing, for taking Yan Fengzha to the Human Realm for his birthday. She also knew they must have persuaded Yan Fengzha to lead the way for them, but she didn't really want Yan Fengzha to go.
This was because usually a guide only needed to take people to the Forest of the Sky God and could return without danger. However, ten years ago, Yan Qiaoqiao disappeared after going as a guide and never came back. Therefore, the Treading Wind clansmen believed something unexpected must have happened and the guide might not return, facing life-threatening danger. This was also one of the reasons why Yan Lingyu had previously prevented Cao Yanbing from finding Yan Fengzha.
Yan Ruofu told the three of them, Cao Yanbing, that she hoped they could understand that they thought it was just leading the way, but in reality, the guide was risking their life. After hearing this, the three of them fell silent. Xia Ling asked Cao Yanbing what he would choose. Xia Ling said she also wanted to know the reason for her father's departure and death, not to mention Cao Yanbing and Beiluo.
But she also understood Yan Ruofu's unwillingness to let Yan Fengzha take risks. Cao Yanbing said they had all overlooked Yan Fengzha's wishes. He remembered the wish Yan Fengzha wanted to make earlier, and suggested they could directly ask Yan Fengzha. The three of them, Cao Yanbing, arrived at Yan Fengzha's door and said they hoped Yan Fengzha could lead the way for them.
If he also wanted to know Yan Qiaoqiao's whereabouts, he could enter the Ancient Reed Building with them, and they could help search, and Cao Yanbing promised to definitely ensure his safety. After talking for a while, there was no movement in the room. After Xia Ling pushed the door open, she found there was no one inside, only a letter left by Yan Fengzha saying that he had already set off for the Ancient Reed Building.
He wrote that back then, Yan Qiaoqiao also entered the Ancient Reed Building so that he could control Feilian and not be locked in the room without freedom. He also wrote that because Cao Yanbing was too annoying, he set off early, and if they wanted to go, they should catch up with him. After seeing this, the three of them, Cao Yanbing, quickly set off to chase Yan Fengzha.
They reached the entrance of the barrier in the Forest of the Sky God but didn't see any sign of Yan Fengzha. Cao Yanbing deliberately provoked him, saying Yan Fengzha was weak and forcing him to show himself. Cao Yanbing asked him if he had been waiting for them here. Yan Fengzha denied it, saying he wanted to conserve his energy to enter with a better mental state, and was not waiting for them.
Episode 21 Recap
The Ancient Reed Building will appear at moonrise. Its location is in the center of the forest where there is a century-old ancient tree. Cao Yanbing and the other two need to first find the ancient tree, and then at moonrise, use the guiding person's ancestral secret technique to remove the forest's illusion, and they will be able to see the Ancient Reed Building.
Yan Fengzha told everyone there is a legend in this Forest of the Sky God, saying that if any human sets foot on this land and stays for more than three days, they will be cursed and turned into stone. This means they only have three days from entering to leaving. Huangfu Longdou knew that Cao Yanbing was about to enter the Ancient Reed Building.
After finding Ying Chengfeng and getting the divine bead from him, he planned to enter the Ancient Reed Building with Tie Zhu to seize the divine power. Yan Fengzha saw that it was almost dark and the Ancient Reed Building was about to appear, so he urged everyone to hurry and find the ancient tree.
After the four of them found the ancient tree, Yan Fengzha used the secret technique to remove the illusion, and a majestic ancient building appeared on the ground. Before entering, Cao Yanbing told everyone that the kings of the four realms, Feng, Hua, Xue, and Yue, inside the Ancient Reed Building were extraordinary. His mother had entered back then and never came out.
He asked everyone to think carefully and that it was still not too late to give up now. Several people said they had their reasons for having to enter the Ancient Reed Building and would not back down. After the four of them entered the Ancient Reed Building, they found it was empty. Yan Fengzha said that the Ancient Reed Building was actually just a facade, the entrance to the realms of Feng, Hua, Xue, and Yue.
The most striking thing inside the Ancient Reed Building was a stone statue, a Guardian Venerable. A divine weapon of the same level as the caster needed to be placed on it to activate the linkage. Cao Yanbing took out his The King of Ten Halls and placed it on the statue, and then a portal appeared. The four of them entered the transfer channel together.
When Cao Yanbing woke up, he found himself lying in the snow and feeling very cold. At this time, Xia Ling ran over and told him that she had fallen down with him, and it was all snow here, which should be the Snow King's domain. She thought Yan Fengzha and Beiluo were probably not in the same place as them. Cao Yanbing felt very cold.
Xia Ling told him that she had found a cave and would take him there to take shelter, but they walked for a long time and still couldn't find the cave. Cao Yanbing's guardian spirit, Xu Chu, came out and used the fiery wheel transformed from all his power to clear a path for them. As long as the flame did not extinguish, they would not be frozen.
Cao Yanbing asked him if he had considered the consequences of doing this. Xu Chu replied that if his master died, what would be the use of his spiritual power being left behind? However, after walking for a while, Xu Chu's flame burned out and he was also frozen. Xia Ling also couldn't bear the severe cold and fell to the ground.
Xia Ling said she couldn't hold on anymore and told Cao Yanbing to go first and that he must live well. Cao Yanbing did not abandon her; he carried her and continued on their way. Cao Yanbing summoned Dian Wei to open the path. Even after all four guardian spirits were frozen, they still couldn't find that cave. Xia Ling said that she had found the cave quickly before, but now she couldn't find it no matter what.
Cao Yanbing suspected that the Snow King had done something. Cao Yanbing continued to carry Xia Ling and walked for a long time until finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and fell in the snow. Xia Ling saw that he was truly unconscious and finally revealed her true form, preparing to kill Cao Yanbing. The moment she made her move, Cao Yanbing dodged it. She was very surprised that Cao Yanbing was not frozen stiff.
Cao Yanbing asked her who she really was and where the real Xia Ling was. It turned out that the one impersonating Xia Ling was actually the Snow King, and Xia Ling had already been frozen. Beiluo woke up in a patch of yellow sand. He searched everywhere for his companions and suddenly saw two women running. He wanted to stop them and ask, but found that their faces were disfigured and they couldn't speak.
Just then, a woman appeared to chase after them. It turned out they were maids serving the Yue Wang who had secretly escaped, and she was ordered to capture them. Beiluo stepped forward and asked how he could meet the Wind King. The woman said that if he were captured, disfigured, had his ability to speak destroyed, and was subjected to an immortal curse to become a servant of the Wind King, he could meet the Wind King.
Beiluo summoned his guardian spirit Shi Lingming to defeat the woman. Just then, the Wind King appeared. Beiluo found that the Wind King was actually Yan Qiaoqiao. He asked the Wind King for the location of Penglai. If the Wind King told him, he would leave immediately. The Wind King said she could see him off, and then he was enveloped by a gust of sand.
Yan Fengzha fell into a palace where there were many stone statues and a chessboard on a table. Yan Fengzha saw that it was an endgame. While he was looking, a person appeared and asked him if he also liked playing chess and if he would like to play a game with him. Yan Fengzha asked him if he knew the whereabouts of Yan Qiaoqiao.
The person told Yan Fengzha that if he wanted to ask him a question, he had to win against him in chess. Yan Fengzha said he knew how to play chess and could play a game with him, but in the end, Yan Fengzha lost. After Yan Fengzha lost, he prepared to leave for another place, but was stopped and told that there were rewards for winning and definitely punishments for losing. The punishment was being turned into stone.
Yan Fengzha then understood that this person was the Yue Wang. Finally, Yan Fengzha was turned into stone by the Yue Wang. When the Yue Wang turned around, he found Huangfu Longdou had appeared in the Moon Palace and was greeting him. It turned out that Huangfu Longdou had been to the Ancient Reed Building once ten years ago.
Episode 22 Recap
Yue Wang recognized Huangfu Longdou because he had brought people to the Ancient Reed Building ten years ago, but except for him who luckily escaped, the entire army was wiped out. Yue Wang told him that the outcome of this visit would be the same as the last time, the only difference being that he wouldn't be able to escape this time.
Huangfu Longdou said the people he brought this time were different, and since Yue Wang had been here without opponents for a long time and it was boring, why not wait and see the outcome. He invited Yue Wang to play a game of chess with him, and if he lost, he would turn into a stone statue.
Cao Yanbing used King Yan Huo to deal with the Snow King, but ordinary flames couldn't handle the frost condensed by the Snow King's divine power. The Snow King was about to attack and finish off Cao Yanbing but was injured by Cao Yanbing using The King of Ten Halls. She wondered how ordinary flames could affect her, and the ice and snow on Xia Ling beside him were also gradually melting.
At this moment, the Demon Venerable spoke up, saying he had helped him. Cao Yanbing said he had no killing intent or anger, so how could the Demon Venerable control him? The Snow King sensed the presence of the Demon Venerable and a part of his energy on him, thinking he had sacrificed himself to the Demon Venerable. Cao Yanbing was controlled by the Demon Venerable.
He called out to Xia Ling beside him to wake up quickly and help him. After being woken up, Xia Ling used the Seven Stars Soul Appeasement Bell to suppress the Demon Venerable's power. Cao Yanbing told Xia Ling that after arriving here, the demon form seemed to have broken its restraints and become rampant. He asked the Snow King where the people who entered the Ancient Reed Building ten years ago and were turned into stone were.
The Snow King told them those people were in Yue Wang's Moon Palace, and to get there, they needed the power of Wind, Snow, and Moon to open the barrier. Cao Yanbing forced the Snow King to send them there. After making them close their eyes, the Snow King sent them to the Flower Valley. The Snow King didn't want them to go directly to the Moon Palace and be easily killed by Yue Wang by being turned into stone.
Sending them to the Flower Valley would let them experience despair and then die miserably, which would appease her resentment. Beiluo was also sent to the Flower Valley by the Wind King. There, he was poisoned by the Illusion Toxin and fell to the ground. As he was falling unconscious, someone appeared. Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling woke up in the Flower Valley and found the air was poisonous.
Xia Ling took out Li Xuanyuan's pill and gave it to Cao Yanbing. Taking this pill could suppress the toxicity. They realized this shouldn't be the Moon Palace and to leave, they had to find the king of this place. The two of them found a cave. Inside and outside the cave were completely different. Outside was covered in weeds, while inside was covered in flowers. Inside, there was a gardener, Mr. Xiang, and the unconscious Beiluo. Mr.
Xiang told them the Illusion Toxin was incurable, and the pill they took only suppressed it temporarily. If they couldn't leave within the limited time, they would definitely die. Xia Ling asked Mr. Xiang, since he was in the Flower Valley, he must know how to leave. Mr. Xiang told them that what they were seeing now was not real; what they saw was actually a dream. They were also in a nightmare.
This nightmare was an endless nightmare created by the Three Kings of Wind, Snow, and Moon combining their divine powers. If they didn't break this round of the nightmare before the next round, they would already be dead. Therefore, they only had one chance to break the nightmare. Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling prepared to go out and find the Master of the Nightmare to wake him up.
Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling came out of the cave and found Xia Ling's father and Cao Yanbing's mother. The Master of the Nightmare should be one of the two of them. Since Cao Yanbing and the others couldn't reveal their identities, they pretended to be people from the eastern part of Spiritual Crossroads and greeted the two.
Cao Yanbing's mother wanted to continue looking for a way out of the Flower Valley, and she believed that Huangfu Longdou would send people to rescue them. However, Xia Ling's father, before departing for the Ancient Reed Building, accidentally overheard a conversation between Huangfu Longdou and someone else and learned that Huangfu Longdou intended to sacrifice them and only wanted to obtain the divine power within the ancient building, so he wouldn't come to rescue them.
Xia Ling saw that her father was acting strangely and knew that the Master of the Nightmare was her father. When she wanted to go and wake him up, he disappeared. Cao Yanbing said they needed to find the next layer of the nightmare and prevent Xia Ling's father's death, and then wake him up to break this endless nightmare.
Xia Ling's father was very remorseful because he was the one who had gathered those Spiritual Guardians to the Ancient Reed Building. After learning of Huangfu Longdou's scheme, he wanted to tell the other Spiritual Guardians who had come with him, but he was not understood and was pushed down the mountain by those people. Therefore, they had to find Xia Ling's father before this happened and stop him from telling others the news.
Xia Ling told her father that none of this was his fault, but Huangfu Longdou's. She told him not to end his life like this and to think about his family. How sad his family would be if he died like this. Xia Ling's father thought of his daughter and was finally woken up. The endless nightmare was broken.
Episode 23 Recap
Xia Ling told Xia Qifeng she was also a spiritual medium and had already obtained the General Chain, knowing he was the Spiritual Guardian of Hanjian Street. Xia Ling saw her father was very remorseful and comforted him, saying none of this was his fault, it was all Huangfu Longdou's fault. Cao Yanbing asked Xia Qifeng exactly what Huangfu Longdou's plan was. Her father said he accidentally overheard Huangfu Longdou talking to someone.
He wanted to catch up and tell the Spiritual Guardians of the Ancient Reed Building the truth, but he was afraid Xia Ling would worry, so he entrusted important items to a friend, instructing the friend that if he didn't return after a month, to tell his family he had passed away. Fearing to implicate Hanjian Street, he didn't tell the people there. He always wanted to do everything well in his life but ended up not doing anything right.
Xia Ling comforted him, saying that in her heart, he was the best father. Her father instructed Xia Ling to live well and get out of the ancient building before fainting. Mr. Xiang told them not to worry; her father had only suffered soul power loss and entered a near-death state, and he had a way to save him. Mr. Xiang was the Flower King, one of the Four Kings. He could nourish the soul with a soul flower.
The Flower King told Xia Ling that Xia Qifeng would wake up after a while and she could go to the Forest of Empty Spirits to find him then. The Flower King told Cao Yanbing and Xia Ling that the endless nightmare was created by the three of Wind, Snow, and Moon working together to trap him.
Because when Xia Qifeng came to the Ancient Reed Building, it was already too late; those Spiritual Guardians had already been turned into stone by Yue Wang. The Flower King stopped Xia Qifeng, thus preventing him from being turned into stone by Yue Wang. However, the other three kings were angered by the Flower King helping Xia Qifeng, so they used Xia Qifeng's emotions to create the nightmare and imprison the Flower King.
Xia Qifeng, as the master of the nightmare, was sleeping here. Beiluo came to find Xia Ling and Cao Yanbing and said he already knew about the nightmare and Xia Qifeng's matter. Xia Ling told him she would help him open Penglai.
The Flower King heard they wanted to open Penglai and told them that what was inside Penglai was not good and could not help heal soul power, but the power of the Wind King could heal soul power and even have the strength to fight Yue Wang.
Cao Yanbing prepared to go find the Wind King to ask for her help, but the Flower King told him that the Wind King often abused humans and even possessed the bodies of young and beautiful human girls out of jealousy. Beiluo informed everyone that the person whose body was possessed was Yan Qiaoqiao. The Flower King and the three of Cao Yanbing discussed how to deal with the Wind King.
The Flower King appeared to attract the Wind King's attention and delay her while the three of them looked for Yan Qiaoqiao's soul jar. The three found Yan Qiaoqiao's soul jar, broke it, and released Yan Qiaoqiao's soul. The Wind King instantly turned into an old lady with a head full of white hair. Cao Yanbing told Yan Qiaoqiao that her younger brother Yan Fengzha came to the ancient building to save her.
Everyone prepared to go to the Moon Palace to find Yue Wang and save people. Huangfu Longdou and Yue Wang finished their chess game, and Huangfu Longdou conceded defeat. Yue Wang told him he was about to be turned into stone. Yue Wang sensed a human presence in the Moon Palace, and Huangfu Longdou told him to deal with those people first and then handle him. Cao Yanbing and the others arrived at the stone formation.
Yan Qiaoqiao told everyone that if they wanted to break the petrification, they must defeat Yue Wang. She had the power of the Wind God within her to deal with Yue Wang, so she would lead the charge. The Flower King warned everyone not to look into Yue Wang's eyes. Yue Wang cast a spell, and Xia Ling, Beiluo, and the Flower King were turned into stone. Yue Wang was surprised that even the Wind King had betrayed him.
Yan Qiaoqiao said she was not the Wind King; she told Yue Wang to hand over Yan Fengzha. Yue Wang said she was too late and took out the Star-Moon Pendant. Yan Qiaoqiao learned that Yan Fengzha had been turned into stone by Yue Wang. She tried to use the power of the storm against Yue Wang, but her ability was less than one-tenth of the Wind King's.
In the end, she was defeated by Yue Wang and turned into stone. Meanwhile, Cao Yanbing was also injured by Yue Wang's black death light and was immediately near death. At this moment, the Demon Venerable appeared again and saved Cao Yanbing. Cao Yanbing finally understood that the Demon Venerable wanted to open Penglai, obtain the heart, and achieve resurrection. The Demon Venerable controlled Cao Yanbing's body and attacked Yue Wang, defeating him.
The Demon Venerable tempted Cao Yanbing to surrender all his consciousness to help him obtain the heart. Cao Yanbing negotiated with Yue Wang, telling him to lift the petrification power, and then he would take his people and leave so the Demon Venerable could not be resurrected. Just as Yue Wang was preparing to lift the petrification, he was killed by Xuan Ma.
Xuan Ma told Cao Yanbing that it was best to follow her master's arrangements now, otherwise he would fall into Huangfu Longdou's hands. In fact, his coming to the Ancient Reed Building was entirely part of Huangfu Longdou's plan to obtain the divine power within Penglai, and his Guardian Spirit body was the lock soul that could accommodate the Four Kings for fusion to open the last layer of the Penglai seal.
Cao Yanbing understood that Huangfu Longdou was using him as a human container. Xuan Ma said she could help Cao Yanbing lift the petrification power. Xia Ling, Beiluo, the Flower King, and Yan Qiaoqiao were all depetrified. Cao Yanbing saw Xia Ling was depetrified and immediately told her to use the Seven Stars Soul Appeasement Bell, but to his surprise, Xuan Ma shattered the bell. Xuan Ma killed the Four Kings and collected the Four Kings' lock souls.
She told everyone that they would soon see the ultimate secret of Lingyu. Yan Fengzha was also depetrified and reunited with his sister, but the other depetrified Lingren turned into evil spirits.
Episode 24 (Ending) Recap
Huangfu Longdou appeared with Tie Zhu. He seized the Four Kings' Lock Souls obtained by Xuan Ma. Cao Yanbing wanted to attack Huangfu Longdou but was blocked by a barrier. Huangfu Longdou invited Cao Yanbing for a talk. He told Cao Yanbing that he needed his Rakshasa form to contain the Lock Souls, open the altar, and obtain the power within. Cao Yanbing sternly refused, stating he would not help him.
Huangfu Longdou told him to enter the inner hall and take a look, maybe after seeing it, he would change his mind. Cao Yanbing entered the hall and found that Tang Xiaoxiao, who had been depetrified, had turned into an evil spirit. Huangfu Longdou told Cao Yanbing that his mother had already been hit by Yue Wang's black death light before being turned into stone.
Ling Yu told them to kill evil spirits but never told them that the more exceptional a Spiritual Guardian's ability was, the more their soul power dissipated after death, and their physical body was more easily corroded by the evil energy of the evil spirits they killed during their lifetime, turning into evil spirits. Someone like his mother, who killed countless evil spirits during her life, would definitely become an evil spirit after death.
That is why he wanted to obtain divine power to attack Ling Yu and change all of this. He did not want to kill evil spirits during his life only to become one after death and be killed by his companions and family. Tang Xiaoxiao kept attacking Cao Yanbing, but he could not bring himself to attack his mother. Huangfu Longdou told him that if he didn't kill Tang Xiaoxiao, she would kill him.
The Demon Venerable saw Cao Yanbing's resolve wavering and tempted him to give up control of his body so he wouldn't have to kill his mother. Cao Yanbing agreed to let the Demon Venerable control him. The Demon Venerable controlled Cao Yanbing's body and demanded Huangfu Longdou hand over the Four Kings' Lock Souls. He took the Lock Souls and opened the altar.
Just as he was about to obtain the divine power, Huangfu Longdou used a spirit bead to control him. From now on, he would have to obey Huangfu Longdou's commands. Huangfu Longdou told the Demon Venerable that this was all his plan. He told Xuan Ma that Cao Yanbing's Rakshasa form was used to fuse the Lock Souls was a lie to her.
The greatest use of Cao Yanbing's Rakshasa form was to fuse the Demon Venerable's remaining energy, using his body to transform into a demonic form and obtain divine power, so that Huangfu Longdou could command the Demon Venerable and make him his tool. He had been forcing Cao Yanbing to kill Tang Xiaoxiao earlier because he knew Cao Yanbing would definitely not have the heart to kill his mother and would surely hand over his body to the Demon Venerable.
Huangfu Longdou wanted to test his new combat power. He ordered Cao Yanbing to kill Tang Xiaoxiao. Cao Yanbing, whose body was possessed by the Demon Venerable, still couldn't bear to kill his mother. He was wounded by Tang Xiaoxiao's blade and was brought into the Tang Sect's barrier. This barrier was set up by Tang Xiaoxiao during her lifetime. She knew she would turn into an evil spirit after death.
She didn't want to become an evil spirit and hurt her children after death, so she used her blood to create a protective barrier. If her body touched Cao Yanbing's blood or Xiao Liang's blood, the barrier would immediately activate, temporarily protecting their souls. Cao Yanbing was distressed, wondering why they killed evil spirits, but after death, they would become evil spirits and be killed by their companions.
He had come to save his mother but had to kill her with his own hands. Tang Xiaoxiao told him that even if he had to kill her as an evil spirit, it was not his fault, and she would definitely not blame him. She also didn't regret entering the Ancient Reed Building because according to legend, purifying evil spirits with divine power was possible. She would give her all for that sliver of possibility, never regretting it.
She told Cao Yanbing that true power was not power itself, but what one used power for, and understanding what one was fighting for. Finally, she encouraged Cao Yanbing to follow his heart and make his choice. Cao Yanbing understood his mother's painstaking efforts and knew what he had to do. He resolved to eliminate the Demon Venerable and make him disappear completely. This way, Huangfu Longdou's plan would also be ruined.
The Demon Venerable said that he had already obtained the heart, and his power had returned to his body. How could he possibly defeat him now? Cao Yanbing said that he indeed couldn't defeat him, but he could kill himself. The Demon Venerable's power was all within his body; if he died, the Demon Venerable's power might also disappear. Cao Yanbing said that he could lose, but the Demon Venerable definitely couldn't win.
For that slight possibility, he was willing to pay the price of his life. The reason he had sought power before was always for protection. In the past, he only wanted to protect Rakshasa Street and his loved ones. Now, he wanted to protect more streets and more people. This was his answer. Cao Yanbing had his Guardian Spirit kill himself. He chose this method to eliminate the Demon Venerable.
Huangfu Longdou was furious that Cao Yanbing destroyed his ten years of planning with suicide and prepared to leave him without a complete corpse. At this moment, Cao Yanbing activated the soul power within his body, saving his own life. He now possessed seven Guardian Spirits. The journey to the Ancient Reed Building had ended. Xia Ling found her father in the Yuan Huang Sea of Flowers. Beiluo would continue to search for a way to heal Shui'er. Cao Yanbing continued his journey carrying his mother's dying wish and the secrets of Spiritual Crossroads.
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