Recaps

Wang Chen used the Hidden Dragon Staff to attack the Evil Nest Core, but the Evil God invaded his body and nearly took control of his soul. The Primordial Dao Stele saved him, allowing him to destroy the core and Flying Centipede; the cultivators escaped the collapsing nest and returned to the surface victorious.

• Wang Chen struck the Evil Nest Core with the Hidden Dragon Staff, but its barrier absorbed his attack and the Evil God’s power invaded his body and Sea of Consciousness.
• Wang Chen learned that the Evil God had arisen from the world’s spiritual seed and was trying to claim him as its vessel.
• The Primordial Dao Stele purified Wang Chen, and its power passed through the Hidden Dragon Staff to pierce the core’s barrier and destroy the Evil Nest Core.
• Wang Chen gained 100,000 Human Virtue, recovered a powerful Nest Stone, and watched the destruction of the core kill the Flying Centipede and throw the Evil Monsters into chaos.
• Wang Chen ordered the cultivators to flee as the Evil Nest collapsed, and they escaped to the surface as the five Demon Suppressing Warships sounded their horns in victory.

After Wang Chen helped destroy the Evil Nest, True Person Bai Jun praised his contribution and offered him a path into the West Sea Sect’s elite ranks. Wang Chen chose to end his training in the Yinming Realm and return to the sect, naming Changhe True Person as the mentor he had already chosen.

• Weifa City celebrated the Demon Suppressing Legion’s victory, though nearly two hundred Purple Mansion cultivators, including its Sect General, had died.
• True Person Bai Jun read the battle report, summoned Wang Chen, and praised his role in destroying the Evil Nest.
• Bai Jun said Wang Chen qualified for the Hundred Heroes Roll but postponed listing him, and Wang Chen showed relief at avoiding the attention.
• Wang Chen presented the Evil Nest Stone to Bai Jun as proof of his merit.
• Bai Jun offered Wang Chen the choice to finish his training or return early and enter a lineage under a Golden Core’s recommendation; Wang Chen chose to return.
• Wang Chen told Bai Jun that he had trained in the Yinming Realm at Changhe True Person’s request, and Bai Jun accepted that he had already chosen a mentor.

True Person Bai Jun rewarded Wang Chen for his deeds in the Yinming Realm and invited him to stay while the grand teleportation array was repaired. Before leaving, Wang Chen said goodbye to Xu An and Yun Feifei, who was saddened to learn he would return to the Mountain Sea Realm.

• True Person Bai Jun gave Wang Chen Profound Sky Gold and 100,000 merit points, promised further sect rewards, and asked him to stay for up to seven days while the grand teleportation array was repaired.
• Wang Chen visited Xu An and his mother, gave them Pills to dispel Xu An’s Yin Sha energy, and left them a hundred jin of Spirit Rice.
• Wang Chen went to Carefree Pavilion to meet Yun Feifei and found her hosting a gathering with other young cultivators.
• Yun Feifei introduced Wang Chen as a member of the Demon Suppressing Army, and the gathered disciples greeted him respectfully.
• Wang Chen told Yun Feifei he would return to the Mountain Sea Realm, disappointing her hopes of developing her Tuo Domain with him.

After the transmission array reopened, Wang Chen returned from the Yinming Realm to the West Sea Sect and reunited with Xu Xinlan. He learned that his qualification to Enter the Veins was already known throughout the sect, then began discussing something with Zuo Xiaomo.

• Wang Chen spent five days receiving guidance from True Person Bai Jun before the transmission array reopened and sect cultivators arrived in the Yinming Realm.
• Wang Chen returned to the West Sea Sect, submitted his duty report and Frontier-Reclamation Order, and went to Myriad Spirit City.
• Xu Xinlan welcomed Wang Chen and celebrated when he told her he had completed his trial and would become an Enter the Veins disciple.
• Zuo Xiaomo visited Wang Chen, congratulated him, and said the news about the returning disciples' qualifications had spread through the sect.
• Zuo Xiaomo asked about the trouble in the Yinming Realm, and Wang Chen reassured him before saying he had something to discuss.

Wang Chen arrived at Changhe Island and became Changhe True Person’s thirty-fifth personal disciple, then met his eldest senior brother, Cao Hongzhi. After declining a formal ceremony, Wang Chen chose a quiet manor outside Wangye City as his residence.

• Wang Chen reached Changhe Island and followed a spirit bridge to Zhouye Peak to meet Changhe True Person.
• Changhe True Person accepted Wang Chen as his personal disciple, and Wang Chen presented him with a Nest Stone.
• Changhe True Person decided to announce Wang Chen’s new status by letter instead of holding a ceremony, and introduced him to Cao Hongzhi.
• Changhe True Person entered seclusion and told Wang Chen to seek instruction from Cao Hongzhi in the meantime.
• Cao Hongzhi showed Wang Chen around Wangye City, and Wang Chen chose to live in an empty manor outside the city.

Wang Chen accepted Tingtao Manor despite the expected trouble from a disciple of Xuan Yuan True Person, settling into his new home and resuming cultivation. After joining Changhe’s lineage, he completed the sect procedures that raised his rank and moved his Soul Lamp to a higher hall.

• Cao Hongzhi warned Wang Chen that Zhao Wuji’s Dao companion wanted Tingtao Manor and would cause trouble, but Wang Chen chose to take the manor anyway.
• Cao Hongzhi gave Wang Chen the Tingtao Token and told him to seek Changhe True Person’s teachings once the master left seclusion.
• Wang Chen inspected Tingtao Manor, released his puppet maid, and moved in.
• Wang Chen cultivated on a nearby peak using Primordial Violet Qi and gained experience in the Innate Five Elements Technique.
• Wang Chen went to the Sect Affairs Department, where staff updated his rank and transferred his Soul Lamp after he joined Changhe’s lineage.

Wang Chen used his status as Changhe True Person’s personal disciple to support Zuo Xiaomo’s relationship with Lu Lingshan at a banquet attended by Lu family disciples. The gathering was interrupted when a formidable white-robed woman arrived and demanded to see Wang Chen.

• Wang Chen checked his hundred thousand Merit Points, memorized the exchange catalog, and left without spending any points.
• Wang Chen met Zuo Xiaomo at the Carefree Pavilion and learned that Zuo had declined Wang Chen’s offer to sponsor him in the Changhe lineage.
• Wang Chen introduced himself to the gathered Lu family disciples and helped ease their concerns about Zuo Xiaomo and Lu Lingshan’s relationship.
• A cold voice called for Wang Chen, and a high-level Purple Mansion white-robed woman burst into the private room and confronted him.

Mo Zhenzhen demanded that Wang Chen leave Tingtao Manor, then ambushed him on his way home, but he escaped and returned to cultivate. A month later, Wang Chen broke through to the Purple Mansion fifth layer.

• Mo Zhenzhen confronted Wang Chen in Myriad Spirit City and demanded he move out of Tingtao Manor, but he refused, citing the Changhe lineage's ownership.
• After Mo Zhenzhen left, Wang Chen reassured Zuo Xiaomo that she could not reach him on Changhe Island and joked about his upcoming wedding to Lu Lingshan.
• While Wang Chen flew back toward Changhe Island, Mo Zhenzhen's ambush trapped the sky around him, but he evaded the attack with his Sword Pellet and escaped.
• Wang Chen returned to Tingtao Manor and began closed-door cultivation, determined to strengthen himself against Mo Zhenzhen.
• One month later, Wang Chen advanced the Innate Five Elements Technique to the fifth layer and began consolidating his realm.

After advancing to the Purple Mansion fifth layer, Wang Chen was chosen by Changhe True Person to represent the West Sea Sect at the Spirit Mountain Dharma Assembly in the Western Regions. He departed for the assembly after preparing and visiting Kou Shihai in Daying City, leaving the story as he flew toward the Great Western Desert.

• Wang Chen visited Changhe True Person, who praised his cultivation, answered his questions, and asked whether he still practiced the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma.
• Changhe True Person explained the Spirit Mountain Dharma Assembly and chose Wang Chen to attend as the West Sea Sect’s representative.
• Cao Hongzhi warned Wang Chen that Buddhist teachings had damaged visiting cultivators’ Dao hearts and explained that Changhe True Person wanted his disciples to gain experience through trials.
• Wang Chen spent three days preparing, then traveled by grand teleportation array to Daying City and showed Kou Shihai his passage token.
• Wang Chen stayed overnight with Kou Shihai, then flew west aboard the Magic Treasure Flying Ship Changhe True Person had given him, toward the Great Western Desert.

Wang Chen traveled across the Great Western Desert toward the Western Regions, using his sect envoy status to avoid a Sand Tribe shaman and landing when Flame Mountain’s barrier stopped his Flying Ship. He reached the Buddhist city of Chituo City, where he planned to pass through the mountain by teleportation formation.

• Wang Chen crossed the Great Western Desert aboard his Flying Ship and turned away a Sand Tribe shaman by displaying the Buddhist Sect symbol.
• Wang Chen reached Flame Mountain, where the natural air-restriction barrier slowed his ship and forced him to land.
• Wang Chen summoned the Big Green Donkey from the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram and rode it toward Chituo City.
• Wang Chen followed a camel caravan into Chituo City, a Buddhist city with no gates or entry fees.
• Wang Chen observed Chituo City’s temples, crowds, and peaceful residents as he prepared to cross Flame Mountain through its great teleportation formation.

Wang Chen reached Chituo City and met Xu Yingyi of the Canglan Sect while waiting for Golden Buddha Temple’s grand Teleportation Array to open. After four days, he paid for a slot and teleported to a lush mountain region with normal spiritual energy.

• Wang Chen found Golden Buddha Temple but learned its Teleportation Array could not be used until the next morning, so he stayed at a nearby inn.
• At a tavern, Xu Yingyi introduced himself and invited Wang Chen to share dinner with him and his companions.
• Xu Yingyi told Wang Chen that travelers had to use the temple’s array or risk crossing Flame Mountain, and that an ancient passage beneath Chituo City was unavailable to them.
• Wang Chen returned to Golden Buddha Temple the next morning but had to wait several days for enough travelers to gather.
• On the fourth day, Wang Chen paid three hundred Medium Spirit Stones for a teleportation slot and arrived at a mountain plaza before a Buddhist temple.

Wang Chen and the visiting cultivators faced a soul-shaking Buddhist chant upon arriving at Xuan Yuan Temple, and Yan Xixi and Senior Brother Hu helped resist it. After the temple’s guestmaster escorted them to a side hall, Xu Yingyi urged the cultivators not to let the insult go unanswered.

• Wang Chen used the Primordial Dao Stele to shield his mind from the believers’ chanting as other cultivators struggled against it.
• Yan Xixi played her Phoenix Tail Qin to weaken the chant, and Senior Brother Hu used Enchanting Spirit Roar to silence the square, suffering injuries from the backlash.
• Guestmaster Zhitong apologized for the delayed reception and led the cultivators to a side hall after Xu Yingyi agreed to go.
• The cultivators angrily discussed the Buddhist Sect’s treatment of them, then thanked Yan Xixi for her help.
• Xu Yingyi checked on Senior Brother Hu and declared that the cultivators could not tolerate the insult without harming their sects’ reputations.

After the Daoist representatives protested Xuan Yuan Temple’s humiliating reception, they elected Wang Chen as their chief representative and demanded that the temple address them properly. Wang Chen threatened to leave the Spirit Mountain Dharma Assembly, forcing reception monk Zhitong to fetch the abbot.

• Xu Yingyi said he had never encountered such treatment from the Buddhist Sect and proposed electing a chief representative so the cultivators could act together.
• Xu Yingyi nominated Wang Chen, and the cultivators unanimously supported him as chief representative.
• Wang Chen accepted the position and told Zhitong that the representatives would return home because Xuan Yuan Temple did not welcome them.
• Zhitong tried to dismiss the threat as a joke, but Wang Chen insisted that someone with authority speak to them.
• After learning Wang Chen represented everyone, Zhitong hurried away to summon the abbot.

Wang Chen confronted Xuan Yuan Temple over its mistreatment of the Daoist representatives and refused to meet its abbot privately. After Xuwén died to take responsibility, Wang Chen declined to pursue the matter, and the representatives continued their journey to Spirit Mountain Temple.

• Zhitong returned and invited Wang Chen to meet Abbot Xuming, but Wang Chen insisted on bringing Xu Yingyi, Senior Brother Hu, Yan Xixi, and Senior Brother Zhao as witnesses.
• At the meditation courtyard, Superintendent Xuwén apologized and died in meditation, taking responsibility for Xuan Yuan Temple’s offense.
• Wang Chen told Xuming that the Daoist representatives had no authority over the temple’s internal affairs and asked him to send the Flying Boat promptly.
• Wang Chen and his companions reported the meeting to the other cultivators, who accepted their account and felt the grievance had been answered.
• Xuan Yuan Temple sent the Lingjia Flying Boat, which carried the representatives to Spirit Mountain Temple a day later.

At Spirit Mountain Temple, Wang Chen reunited with Monk Wuxiang, who asked him for a Nest Stone and gave him the final three levels of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma. Wuxiang hinted that Wang Chen was not meant to remain in this world for long, then vanished before Wang Chen could ask what he meant.

• Spirit Mountain Temple postponed the Dharma Assembly by three days, and Wang Chen advised Xu Yingyi and the other representatives to stay cautious in their side compound.
• Wang Chen encountered Monk Wuxiang in his courtyard after practicing the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma.
• Monk Wuxiang asked Wang Chen for a Nest Stone from the Yinming Realm, and Wang Chen gave him the largest one he had.
• Monk Wuxiang gave Wang Chen a Jade Slip containing the final three levels of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma.
• Monk Wuxiang warned Wang Chen that he was fated with this world but must not remain in it for long, then disappeared before Wang Chen could question him.

After Wuxiang vanished, Wang Chen realized the monk had warned him to leave the Mountain Sea Realm before its great calamity and achieved enlightenment about his path to survival. He spent three days deepening his understanding of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma, then attended the start of the Spirit Mountain Dharma Assembly, where the enormous gathering began with a display of Buddhist power.

• Wang Chen deduced that Wuxiang had appeared through an external incarnation and understood that he needed to reach the higher realm to survive the coming great calamity.
• Wang Chen thanked Wuxiang and achieved enlightenment, strengthening his will and resolving to leave the Mountain Sea Realm.
• Wang Chen spent three days reviewing the first six layers of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma and studying its newly acquired seventh-layer method at Spirit Mountain Temple.
• Wang Chen, Xu Yingyi, and the other cultivators entered the temple and saw tens of thousands of monks and an immense assembly gathered for the Dharma Assembly.
• Bells rang across the region, believers chanted the Buddha’s name, and heavenly flowers fell as a vast Buddhist aura filled the area.

At the Spirit Mountain Dharma Assembly, Wang Chen witnessed the Buddhist sect’s sermons and rivalries before Zhihai challenged him over the death of his master, Xuwén. Wang Chen accepted the duel on the Lotus Platform and opened with a devastating staff strike.

• Faxin preached briefly at the Dharma Assembly, and Wang Chen recognized his appearance atop the Lotus Platform as an external incarnation.
• Monks from several Western Regions Buddhist temples took turns preaching and debating, while Wang Chen noticed tension among the sect’s factions.
• After the sermons paused, Zhihai leaped onto the Lotus Platform and challenged Wang Chen, accusing him of driving Xuwén to his death.
• Xu Yingyi warned Wang Chen that the Lotus Platform empowered Zhihai and suppressed Daoist techniques, but Wang Chen accepted the fight and climbed onto it.
• Zhihai declared that the duel would be to the death, and Wang Chen swung the Hidden Dragon Staff at him with overwhelming force.

Wang Chen defeated and killed Zhihai in their Lotus Platform duel, revealing that he had mastered the sixth layer of Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma. When a monk questioned him about the technique, Wang Chen said he had bought it with Spirit Stones at the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.

• Zhihai met Wang Chen's staff strike with his Golden Light Crescent Shovel, but Wang Chen's strength shattered Zhihai's arms and bent his weapon.
• Wang Chen revealed the Heavenly Dragon Dharma Image and demonstrated the sixth layer of Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma, astonishing the assembled monks.
• Zhihai accepted his defeat, recited the Buddha's name, and died on the Lotus Platform.
• Wang Chen bowed to Zhihai, then challenged the Buddhist Sect's gathered monks when their hostile auras pressed against him.
• A burly monk asked Wang Chen where he had learned the technique, and Wang Chen replied that he had bought it with Spirit Stones at the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.

Wang Chen refused another Buddhist monk’s challenge at the Spirit Mountain Dharma Assembly and later met Master Wuxiang, who revealed that they were both outsiders known in this world as Heavenly Demons. Wang Chen was left shocked to learn that he himself was one of them.

• Wang Chen defended how he had obtained the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma, then refused a monk’s request to exchange pointers and returned to the ceremonial seating area.
• Xu Yingyi warned Wang Chen that Buddhist monks might attack him on the journey home, and Wang Chen acknowledged the danger.
• Wang Chen returned to the separate courtyard and found Master Wuxiang waiting beneath a bodhi tree.
• Wuxiang told Wang Chen that he had lived in this world for five hundred and forty-seven years and nineteen days, and that they came from different worlds.
• Wuxiang explained that outsiders like them were called Heavenly Demons, leaving Wang Chen shocked to learn he was one.

Wuxiang revealed why he had spared Wang Chen and urged him to ascend to the Upper Realm to escape his karmic calamity, then disappeared after saying farewell. Wang Chen began the journey home with Xu Yingyi and the other cultivators, but after they were driven out of Chituo City, he set off alone into the desert.

• Wuxiang told Wang Chen that he had been reborn as a Heavenly Demon and that his master had raised him despite knowing what he was.
• Wuxiang explained that he had spared Wang Chen and given him the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma so he could cross into the Upper Realm and escape the calamity threatening his life.
• Wuxiang said his bonds to this world prevented him from ascending safely, then bid Wang Chen farewell and vanished.
• The next morning, Wang Chen, Xu Yingyi, and the other cultivators returned to Chituo City aboard the Lingjia Flying Boat and through Xuan Yuan Temple's teleportation array.
• A martial monk at Golden Buddha Temple ordered the cultivators to leave because the city was to be sealed for a search for Evil Spirits, and Wang Chen and the others departed.
• Xu Yingyi headed back to the Canglan Sect while Wang Chen flew alone toward the depths of the desert.

Wang Chen hurried toward the West Sea Sect after offending the Western Regions Buddhist sect, but a Golden Core cultivator ambushed him in the desert. He escaped the first attacks by using three Talismans from Changhe True Person, only to face the cultivator’s crushing palm with his Mana exhausted.

• Wang Chen traveled by Magic Treasure Flying Ship through the Sand Tribe’s desert while remaining alert for Buddhist retaliation.
• Wang Chen recalled Wuxiang’s account of the Haotian Realm and the Void Trial required to enter it.
• A Golden Core cultivator trapped Wang Chen’s Flying Ship with a binding force, and Wang Chen activated one of Changhe True Person’s Talismans to break free.
• The Golden Core cultivator pursued Wang Chen with a long-whip Magic Treasure and wrapped the Flying Ship in it.
• Wang Chen activated his remaining two Talismans, broke the whip, and drained his Mana.
• The enraged Golden Core cultivator appeared beside the Flying Ship and reached to crush it as Wang Chen felt powerless.

Wang Chen survived Qiu Jianshan’s ambush when Changhe True Person intervened and rescued him. Back on Changhe Island, Wang Chen agreed to stay in seclusion while he studied options for a Native Magic Treasure with his master’s support.

• Qiu Jianshan tried to seize Wang Chen’s Magic Treasure Flying Ship, but Changhe True Person’s sword strike severed his hand and freed Wang Chen.
• Changhe True Person pulled Wang Chen and his Flying Ship through a spatial rift to Zhouye Peak on Changhe Island.
• Changhe True Person identified the ambusher as Qiu Jianshan, a former West Sea Sect disciple, and warned Wang Chen to stay on the island because Qiu might seek revenge.
• Wang Chen told Changhe True Person he wanted to commission a Native Magic Treasure to improve his chances of surviving stronger enemies.
• Changhe True Person gave Wang Chen a Jade Slip recording 759 Magic Treasures and promised to provide some materials once Wang Chen chose one.

Wang Chen reviewed the West Sea Sect’s Magic Treasure records and selected the Dragon Abyss Flying Sword as his natal Magic Treasure. He went to seek Changhe True Person’s help obtaining its materials but learned that his master had entered a long seclusion.

• Wang Chen considered asking Little Cauldron to refine his natal Magic Treasure but hesitated to entrust it with such an important task.
• Wang Chen decided to choose a Flying Sword for its killing power, combat strength, and usefulness for flight and escape.
• Wang Chen selected the Dragon Abyss Sword, a renowned West Sea Sect sword whose attributes matched him and whose secret sword arts could be exchanged for with merit.
• Wang Chen calculated that refining the Dragon Abyss Sword required seventeen kinds of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, then went to Zhouye Peak to seek Changhe True Person’s help.
• Wang Chen learned that Changhe True Person had entered a long seclusion.

Wang Chen received Changhe True Person’s materials and recommendation for refining a natal Magic Treasure, but chose to craft the Dragon Abyss Sword himself with the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron. After spending most of his Merit Points on the remaining materials, he began the sword’s refinement and left its success to Little Cauldron.

• Cao Hongzhi gave Wang Chen a Storage Bag and a letter of recommendation from Changhe True Person.
• Wang Chen examined the materials and decided to use the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron rather than entrust his natal Magic Treasure to a sect Artifact Refining Master.
• Wang Chen and Little Cauldron selected materials for the Dragon Abyss Sword, which Wang Chen designed to balance all five elements and allow future upgrades.
• Wang Chen spent nearly all his Merit Points obtaining the remaining materials, including five thousand grains of costly Void Stardust.
• Wang Chen warned Little Cauldron to refine the sword successfully, and Little Cauldron entered the cauldron as the refinement began.

Wang Chen used the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron to forge the Dragon Abyss Sword, sacrificing two spirit swords and nearly exhausting his Spirit Stones and Mana. He completed the refinement and subdued the newly born Magic Treasure.

• Wang Chen spent seven days feeding Spirit Stones and Mana into the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron as the Dragon Abyss Sword took shape.
• Wang Chen sacrificed the Crimson Ni Flying Sword and the Yaoguang Sword to strengthen the Dragon Abyss Sword and make it easier to control.
• When his Mana ran low, Wang Chen drew spiritual energy directly from the Heavenly Net to Punish Evil into the cauldron.
• The Dragon Abyss Sword emerged from the cauldron, and Wang Chen restrained it with his Sword Control Technique and drew it into his hand.
• Little Cauldron congratulated Wang Chen as the sword forging was completed.