Recaps

Chen Ning dealt with the sentient Heaven-Swallowing Bag, then recruited the Nine Li Demon Race into the Dragon-Seeking Sect. Following a clue to Heaven-Burying Ancient Land, he found the first sect master's token and stood with a mysterious girl against the Asura Divine Sect elders.

• Grandmaster Mo named Chen Ning champion of the alchemy gathering, and Chen Ning secured Bai Cangtian's Holy Soul Pills before Daoist Qishan begged forgiveness and blinded himself with poison.
• Chen Ning declined Mu Tianji's offer to protect the Dragon-Seeking Sect, exchanged a Heaven-Envied Pill and its formula for knowledge of the Heavenly Lake Secret Realm, and learned that it was an ancient prison.
• Chen Ning completed the first stage of his quest, learned Shadow of Chaos, and accepted Zhuge Yu's request to enter the Heaven-Swallowing Bag and confront its spirit.
• Inside the bag, Chen Ning defeated the spirit and exposed Jia'er as the traitor who had infiltrated the Star God Palace, then escaped with Shouxin and the trapped experts.
• Chen Ning asked Zhuge Yu to divine the first sect master's token, received the clue to go south, and set out to recruit the Nine Li Demon Race.
• Chen Ning killed Demon Battle Saint Sect attackers threatening the Fox Demon Clan, then exposed the young Demon King’s plot and used the Demon God's Eye to bring the Nine Li kings under the Dragon-Seeking Sect.
• A Yao became the Nine Li Demon Race's ruler, and Turtle Immortal Venerable told Chen Ning that the founding patriarch's item lay in Heaven-Burying Ancient Land.
• Chen Ning found the mysterious girl and the founding sect leader's token, then defended her as the Asura Divine Sect elders attacked, and the girl killed one elder and crippled another before they fled.

Chen Ning restored Wangyou Saint’s memories, rescued Cang Yue from the Yan Emperor, and expanded the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s strength and artifact production. His search for the Prajna Ancient Scripture led him into the Hall of Heroic Souls’ deadly scheme, where he avoided the soul-devouring diagram and defeated Zhao Jinxiu.

• Chen Ning reached the Heaven Martial Realm, brought Hua Luo to the Dragon-Seeking Sect, and received the Immoral Scripture from the first sect master inside the Jade Slip.
• Chen Ning refined Spirit-Awakening Pills that restored Wangyou Saint’s memories and removed his Demon Seed but failed to restore Hua Luo’s memories.
• Wangyou Saint retaliated against the Demon Battle Saint Sect, and Lin Xiaotian killed Feng Moxiu’s three attackers with the sect’s protective formation.
• Chen Ning rescued Cang Yue and Su Ling'er, Cang Yue killed the Yan Emperor after learning her mother’s fate, and Chen Ning imprisoned Lin Yuan after questioning him.
• Chen Ning received rewards that strengthened the Dragon-Seeking Sect, installed Bai Qingluo on the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty’s throne, and assigned Shi Tian to oversee Spirit Artifact production.
• Chen Ning sought the Prajna Ancient Scripture at the Hall of Heroic Souls and persuaded Zhuge Bai to leave the suspicious final trial.
• Hua Xusheng revealed that the ancient diagram consumed divine souls, sacrificed the gathered cultivators, and left to capture Chen Ning and Zhuge Bai.
• Chen Ning reflected Zhao Jinxiu’s attack with the Feipeng Battle Robe, spared him after his defeat, and ordered him to serve the Dragon-Seeking Sect while remaining in Three Quarters Past Noon.

Chen Ning led the Dragon-Seeking Sect through the Nine Provinces Grand Gathering, winning the beast hunt and martial contest while revealing its extraordinary resources and strength. As the Celestial Person contest began, Hua Luo entered the arena and turned the Black Dragon Envoy’s lightning against him.

• Chen Ning burned Hua Xusheng’s divine soul with the Eternal Fire, deciphered the ancient diagram, and gained the complete Prajna Ancient Scripture before returning to the Dragon-Seeking Sect.
• The Asura Divine Sect targeted the Dragon-Seeking Sect at the gathering, but Chen Ning’s illusion shattered their attack and the sect prepared to compete in the Starry Sky Realm hunt.
• The Dragon-Seeking Sect ambushed Yan Bao’s alliance, defeated its disciples, and collected 3,980 beast souls to take first place in the hunt.
• Chen Ning displayed the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s immense resources, including three Divine Artifacts and a Heaven-Envied Pill, giving the sect the lead after the foundation contest.
• Meng Yuyi defeated her opponents in the Martial Venerable contest, revealed her Heavenly Lake inheritance against Xiao Qian, and killed the Blood Venerable to win first place for the Dragon-Seeking Sect.
• Zhao Jinxiu warned Chen Ning that Three Quarters Past Noon had gathered to await Chu Xuanyuan’s order, while Meng Yuyi said she planned to leave after fulfilling her three promised favors.
• Chen Ning sent Hua Luo into the Celestial Person contest, where she endured the Black Dragon Envoy’s lightning and redirected his heavenly lightning to engulf him.

Chen Ning and the Dragon-Seeking Sect survived the Asura alliance’s assault, killed the Beyond the Heavens envoy, and helped restore Heavenly Lake’s rule. The founder’s revelations then warned Chen Ning that the devastated Shattered Star Realm was preparing to invade the Nine Provinces Realm.

• Hua Luo defeated a succession of challengers, including Cao Zhang, until the Asura Divine Lord attacked and the Purgatory Slaughter God intervened.
• Mu Tianji revealed that the Nine Provinces Realm was controlled by powers beyond the heavens, and the Asura Divine Lord declared an alliance to seize territory and replace Heavenly Lake.
• The Asura alliance attacked the Dragon-Seeking Sect, but Chen Ning and their allies fought back as Three Quarters Past Noon joined the battle against the Beyond the Heavens envoy.
• Chen Ning trapped and killed the envoy with the Supreme Immortal-Slaying Grand Formation, then used the envoy’s spatial bag to capture Chu Xuanyuan.
• The Heavenly Lake Holy Lord forced the Asura alliance to disband and explained that Chu Xuanyuan had founded Three Quarters Past Noon.
• Chen Ning studied the envoy’s treasures, comprehended the Great Daos of Earth and Flames, and awakened a Darkness Divine Mark.
• The founding sect master told Chen Ning that the Shattered Star Realm was collapsing and could invade through the Heavenly Lake Secret Realm, then his wisp dissipated.
• The Holy Venerable and other Shattered Star Realm experts opened the passage to the Nine Provinces Realm ahead of schedule.