Recaps

Chen Ning turned the Heaven-Praying Hall’s schemes against it, then stopped Venerable Insect’s plague and punished a traitor within the Dragon-Seeking Sect. He led the sect’s fleet into True Martial Saint Sect territory, where he refused a demand to withdraw and prepared to act against the sect’s own holy lord.

• Jun Wuya defeated Aofeng with Chen Ning’s transmitted poem, and Chen Ning forced the Poison Venerable to surrender artifacts and Origin Stones before releasing Long Aoshi and the other captives.
• Venerable Mei used beautification debts to gather leverage over Dragon-Seeking Sect disciples, but Chen Ning’s Pin Heihei scheme drew out Heaven-Praying Hall secrets and secured spirit artifacts in exchange for the recorded confessions.
• Chen Ning refined Mirror-Breaking Pills and helped Su Ling'er become a One-Star Martial Venerable, while Venerable Insect unleashed a vast swarm that ravaged Spirit Province and the Great Yan Imperial Capital.
• Chen Ning sealed the insect eggs beneath Black Cloud Mountain Range and refined the Blood God Whip, then broke Venerable Insect’s control and ended the swarm at the cost of Xiao Mei’s cultivation.
• After returning to the sect, Chen Ning discovered that Di Qiu’s negligence had caused deaths and injuries, exposed him as a Profound Yang Sect infiltrator, and killed him when he resisted arrest.
• Chen Ning led the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s fleet toward the True Martial Saint Sect, where Venerable Insect confronted him and a red-armored Martial Venerable demanded his withdrawal and two High-Grade Spirit Artifacts.
• Chen Ning refused the demand and announced that he would first clean house on the True Martial Saint Sect’s holy lord’s behalf.

Chen Ning destroyed the True Martial Saint Sect, strengthened the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s position, and traveled to Central Province, where he entered the Heavenly Lake Secret Realm with Su Ling'er. After rescuing her and claiming the Source of Extreme Frost, he killed Jiang Yue when the group disputed who should leave a treasure trial.

• Chen Ning and the Dragon-Seeking Sect defeated the True Martial Saint Sect, killed its Patriarch and Holy Lord, and took control of its treasures after Ren Tiankuang swore allegiance to Chen Ning.
• Back in Spirit Province, Chen Ning accepted the Heaven-Praying Hall’s offerings, refused Chu Xuanyuan’s invitation to join Three Quarters Past Noon, and escaped Chu Xuanyuan’s test with the Heaven-Slaying Sword fragments and Demon God's Eye.
• At the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor, Chen Ning used the Demon God's Left Eye to draw the demon ape’s Sha Qi into himself, then refined it and advanced to Six-Star Martial Venerable.
• Chen Ning and Su Ling'er entered the Heavenly Lake Secret Realm, where they were separated, after winning a keeper’s challenge, Chen Ning learned Su Ling'er was trapped in the Withering Ice Cavern.
• Chen Ning rescued Su Ling'er, killed Wei Yan, and defeated the birdman guarding the cavern before claiming the Source of Extreme Frost.
• At a Gobi Desert treasure trial, Chen Ning refused to withdraw, declared Jiang Yue the weakest, and killed him with Sword Intent after Jiang Yue threatened Su Ling'er.

Chen Ning claimed the Pagoda Divine Tree’s treasures, killed the Asura Divine Son, and returned to the Dragon-Seeking Sect amid threats from Central Province. He then accompanied Xiao Mei to You Province, where he found the Succubus Race under attack and forced its oppressors to answer for their actions.

• Chen Ning helped Su Ling’er inherit the Thief Saint’s legacy, then took the Immortal Source Crystal and divine fruits after defeating the Pagoda Divine Tree and the Asura Divine Son.
• Chen Ning left the secret realm with his companions, obtained Heavenly Lake water, and opened the wooden box to find the Ring of Calamity.
• Chen Ning returned to the Dragon-Seeking Sect, strengthened Cang Yue with Eternal Fire, and confronted Lin Yuan over the sect’s response to Central Province’s powers.
• A system quest led Chen Ning to take Xiao Mei to You Province, where they found Succubus Village damaged and its people under threat from other Devil tribes.
• Xiao Mei killed the Sand Devil Clan experts who attacked the village, while Chen Ning stopped her from killing Gui Qiu and ordered him to summon the clans that had oppressed the Succubus Race.

Chen Ning helped Xiao Mei claim authority over the Devil Race, then returned to the Dragon-Seeking Sect and led it into Central Province. At Medicine King Valley’s alchemy gathering, Chen Ning revealed the power of the Qian-Origin Creation Golden Pill and left the gathered alchemists stunned.

• Chen Ning helped Xiao Mei seize control of the Sand Devil Race, gained the Dark Devil King’s support, and left her governing You Province as its new emperor.
• Chen Ning returned to Spirit Province and backed Ling Xiaoxiao in her duel with Lin Yao, which ended with her killing him and Chen Ning wounding Lin Yuan with Eternal Fire.
• Chen Ning left Su Ling'er to manage the sect and brought the Dragon-Seeking Sect to Central Province, where hostile forces harassed its new home on Azure Cloud Mountain.
• Chen Ning forced Feng Yiyang and the Gale Sect to submit, then traveled to Medicine King Valley to compete for a chance to meet the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord.
• At the alchemy gathering, Bai Cangtian invited Chen Ning to join Three Quarters Past Noon and threatened to block his victory, but Chen Ning refused and began refining the Qian-Origin Creation Golden Pill.
• Bai Cangtian produced a Crimson Immortal Spirit Pill while Chen Ning’s unmarked pill endured heavenly lightning, which Chen Ning survived with the Feipeng Battle Robe.
• Chen Ning named his pill the Qian-Origin Creation Golden Pill, and Grandmaster Ge confirmed it surpassed nine-mark immortal-pill grade and could grant someone the Heavenly Martial Realm in a single step.