Recaps

Wang Chen said farewell to Yin Sulan, Changhe True Person, and Xu Xinlan before boarding a secret passage to the upper realm. He arrived at an unknown destination with dozens of other cultivators seeking to reach it.

• Wang Chen asked Yin Sulan to have the Yin family protect Xu Xinlan and the Xu family, and Yin Sulan agreed.
• Wang Chen kowtowed before Changhe True Person's sealed Cave Mansion and left a letter talisman explaining his departure.
• Wang Chen promised Xu Xinlan he would return for her within thirty years, then left Myriad Spirit City.
• Wang Chen reached the meeting place on a lonely island, presented the Path to Heaven Token to a masked ferryman, and boarded the Flying Ship.
• The Flying Ship collected fifty Purple Mansion cultivators before the ferryman announced their arrival and the passengers filed out.

Wang Chen crossed the Heaven-Connecting Tower into the Haotian Realm, where cultivators from the Upper Realm prepared to capture the arrivals. He escaped their ambush with a Talisman as the hunt began.

• The black-robed ferryman had the cultivators sign Dao pacts before leading them into the Heaven-Connecting Tower.
• Wang Chen passed through the tower and arrived in the Haotian Realm with hundreds of other cultivators.
• Seventh Brother and two young cultivators activated a formation to trap the arrivals and called them piglets.
• Wang Chen sensed danger and used a Talisman to escape before the formation fully closed.
• Hundreds of cultivators fled in Spiritual Light, and Seventh Brother ordered his people to chase them.

Wang Chen used a Random Teleportation Talisman to escape into the Haotian Realm, where he was soon ambushed by a white-robed cultivator. He counterattacked with his remaining talisman and close-quarters techniques, leaving the fight unresolved as he battered the cultivator.

• Wang Chen activated a Random Teleportation Talisman and arrived on a remote grassland in the Haotian Realm, free of the unseen watcher that had followed him.
• A white-robed cultivator appeared nearby and struck at Wang Chen, but Wang Chen's Protection Talisman and Vajra Indestructible Body stopped the attack.
• The white-robed cultivator offered to spare Wang Chen if he swore to serve for a hundred years, but Wang Chen unleashed the Golden Rain Talisman instead.
• The white-robed cultivator blocked the golden needles and attacked with sword light, but Wang Chen used Shrink Ground into Inch to appear beside him.
• Wang Chen struck with the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Palm; after the cultivator's blood-colored sword qi pierced Wang Chen's palm, a golden light shield blocked the blow, and Wang Chen followed with a flurry of punches.

Wang Chen settled near Feixu Valley after surviving a deadly battle and began farming while adapting to the Haotian Realm. As he planned to build strength before deciding his next move, several figures suddenly landed beside his Spirit Field.

• Wang Chen recalled how he had escaped a deadly tribulation and killed a stronger opponent with his Vajra Fist before fleeing to Feixu Valley.
• Wang Chen welcomed Zhang Zhuanghu, who brought him Spirit Peaches and invited him to Zhang Mushan’s home for a meal and a discussion.
• Wang Chen reflected on how the Haotian Realm’s laws had ruined the food stored in his Sumeru Ring, and he decided to farm while he adjusted to the new world.
• Wang Chen finished tending his Spirit Field and resolved to keep a low profile until he had accumulated enough strength.
• Several figures swept in and landed beside Wang Chen’s Spirit Field.

Wang Chen faced Li Chengdong’s hostility at his reclaimed fields, then cultivated in the secret tunnels beneath his house and went to Feixu Valley to visit Zhang Mushan. The chapter left Wang Chen meeting Zhang Mushan at the Zhang family residence.

• Li Chengdong warned Wang Chen to report any trouble and mocked the risk of Demonic Beasts ruining his Spirit Fields before leaving with his subordinates.
• Wang Chen returned to his crude hillside house and entered the deep secret passages he had dug for safety.
• Wang Chen cultivated the Innate Five Elements Technique and Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma, then practiced the Mystic Mirage Dragon Art to improve his ability to conceal himself.
• Wang Chen entered Feixu Valley with his Identity Token and went to visit the Zhang Family.
• Zhang Zhuanghu brought Wang Chen to his father, Zhang Mushan, who welcomed him in the study.

Wang Chen learned that his status as an illegal resident put him in danger and that he needed Rogue Registration to establish himself in the Haotian Realm. Zhang Mushan warned him to keep his origins secret and hinted that money and connections could secure registration quickly.

• Zhang Mushan thanked Wang Chen for saving Zhang Zhuanghu and hosted him for a meal with Madam Zhang’s roasted mountain boar.
• After sharing food and wine, Zhang Mushan asked whether Wang Chen had come from the lower realm, and Wang Chen admitted that he had.
• Zhang Mushan warned Wang Chen not to reveal his origins and explained that he needed Rogue Registration to avoid being seized by Yongle Immortal City’s inspection teams.
• Wang Chen asked how he could obtain Rogue Registration quickly, and Zhang Mushan indicated that he would need Spirit Stones to grease palms and build connections.

Wang Chen learned that the Haotian Realm had spirit artifacts resembling phones and asked Zhang Mushan about immortal cities and the rules governing them. Four days later, Zhang Mushan secured Wang Chen a rogue registration, ending his unregistered status.

• Wang Chen gave Zhang Mushan Spirit Stones and asked him to arrange a rogue registration.
• Zhang Mushan used a Thousand-Li Spirit Communicator to contact a broker, and Wang Chen was shocked to learn it worked like a cell phone.
• Zhang Mushan explained the immortal cities of the Nine Provinces, the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance, and how a rogue registration would grant Wang Chen recognized status.
• Wang Chen and Zhang Mushan talked late into the night as Zhang Mushan answered his questions about the Haotian Realm.
• Four days later, Wang Chen received a registration contract and an identification plaque marking him as a Rogue Cultivator.

Wang Chen tended his Spirit Rice and used his sword energy to kill Iron-armored Locusts threatening his fields. A Yongle Patrol team arrived to arrest him, but after Wang Chen proved his residency and bribed Lord Zhu, the patrol arrested Li Chengdong for falsely accusing him.

• Wang Chen sensed three Iron-armored Locusts among the Spirit Rice and killed them with his Primal Gengjin Finger.
• The Spirit Rice dragged the locust corpses underground, and Wang Chen considered how to obtain fertilizer for the fields.
• A Yongle Patrol Flying Ship landed, and Li Chengdong accused Wang Chen of being an unregistered resident from the lower realm.
• Wang Chen showed Lord Zhu his residency plaque and discreetly gave him a Storage Bag.
• Lord Zhu confirmed Wang Chen's registration and ordered the patrol to seize Li Chengdong for making a false accusation.

After Li Chengdong’s failed attempt to get Wang Chen taken away, Zhang Mushan vowed to retaliate and offered Wang Chen help with hunting. Wang Chen stayed outside Feixu Valley to farm and cultivate, then set out to hunt when his funds ran low and his Spirit Rice began to form ears.

• Wang Chen told Zhang Mushan that Li Chengdong had tried to cause trouble for him, and Zhang Mushan realized the scheme had targeted him.
• Zhang Mushan vowed to make Li Chengdong pay and offered Wang Chen a place in the valley, but Wang Chen chose to remain by his Spirit Fields.
• Wang Chen asked Zhang Mushan where he could hunt Demonic Beasts, and Zhang Mushan gave him a hunting map and warned him to stay cautious.
• Wang Chen continued farming and cultivating in the Haotian Realm, where his cultivation progress accelerated.
• After spending heavily on cultivation resources and seeing his Spirit Rice begin to form ears, Wang Chen set out to hunt for income.

Wang Chen hunted Dongli Mountain for Demonic Beasts to use as fertilizer for his Spirit Fields and brought home a spotted deer. After processing the deer, he grilled its tenderloin and invited Zhang Mushan to share the meal.

• Wang Chen used the Upper Clarity Qiankun Mirror to find a spotted deer by a stream and killed it with the Dragon Abyss Sword.
• Wang Chen stored the deer in his Sumeru Ring and searched upstream, but found no other worthwhile prey before sunset.
• Wang Chen returned to Feixu Valley and processed the deer, saving its blood, hide, bones, flesh, and other parts.
• Wang Chen grilled the deer's tenderloin in his courtyard and sent Zhang Mushan a talisman message inviting him to eat.

Wang Chen hosted Zhang Mushan’s family and learned how difficult it was for a Rogue Cultivator to obtain an Immortal Registry. After Zhang Mushan encouraged him to rely on his luck, the families shared a meal, and Wang Chen gave Madam Zhang a spotted deer hide.

• Zhang Mushan visited Wang Chen with his wife and three children, and the adults chatted while the children played in the courtyard.
• Zhang Mushan explained that Loose Registries came from Immortal Cities, while Immortal Registry quotas were controlled by the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance and were especially hard for Rogue Cultivators to obtain.
• Wang Chen learned that his best chance of entering the Immortal Registry might be to reach Nascent Soul, though Zhang Mushan also mentioned the slim possibility of a special quota.
• Madam Zhang served roasted meat, and Wang Chen gave her a spotted deer hide for the children’s boots and gloves.
• Zhang Mushan expressed surprise that Wang Chen had hunted an adult spotted deer on Dongli Mountain, and Wang Chen said his luck was good.

Wang Chen tended his Spirit Field and prepared for a bountiful Bijing Rice harvest, but Qian Wancheng, the Feixu Valley Wine and Rice Shop's domineering shopkeeper, demanded nearly all of it at a steeply unfair price. After Qian threatened him and left without paying a deposit, Wang Chen contacted Zhang Mushan for help, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Wang Chen used venison and deer blood to fertilize his Spirit Rice, then spent his days cultivating and hunting only around Dongli Mountain.
• As his Bijing Rice ripened, Wang Chen stayed home to guard the Spirit Field and await the harvest.
• Qian Wancheng arrived with two Battle Cultivators and demanded all of Wang Chen's rice at three jin per Lower Spirit, invoking his connection to True Person Mu.
• Wang Chen negotiated to keep one thousand jin and sell the rest, but Qian refused to pay a deposit and threatened him before leaving.
• Wang Chen sent Zhang Mushan a talisman message, and Zhang arrived at dusk after learning that Wang Chen had gotten into trouble.

After Qian Wancheng seized most of Wang Chen’s Spirit Rice and paid him in worthless IOUs, Wang Chen destroyed the vouchers and quietly settled into winter. Zhang Mushan sensed something unusual about him, and after Wang Chen left through the snow, Zhang Mushan briefly saw a flood dragon rise into the sky.

• Zhang Mushan explained that Qian Wancheng had used the Spirit Rice collection to punish Wang Chen and squeeze him for nearly all the crop, offering IOUs instead of fair payment.
• Qian Wancheng arrived with his men, harvested more than twenty mu of Wang Chen’s fields, and gave him vouchers that required further purchases to redeem.
• Wang Chen burned the vouchers, harvested the remaining two mu, and planted winter mallow grass to restore the soil.
• When winter arrived, Wang Chen stopped hunting and began visiting Feixu Valley more often, quietly listening to other cultivators at the tavern.
• During a hotpot meal, Zhang Mushan remarked that Wang Chen seemed different, but did not press him.
• After Wang Chen left through heavy snow, Zhang Mushan briefly saw a flood dragon soar into the sky, then found nothing when he looked again.

Wang Chen used the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram to abduct Qian Wancheng and kill him after sealing his Mana. He returned to Feixu Valley with Qian Wancheng’s corpse, then stored the diagram away.

• Wang Chen disguised himself as a burly, whiskered man and entered Qian's Wine and Grain Shop during a snowy night.
• Wang Chen trapped Qian Wancheng inside the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram, where Qian mistook him for a Nascent Soul True Immortal and begged for mercy.
• Wang Chen sealed Mana inside the diagram, preventing Qian from using his protective treasure talisman or Spiritual Artifacts.
• Wang Chen killed Qian Wancheng with a Heavenly Dragon Vajra Palm, then left the diagram and retrieved his corpse.
• Wang Chen caught the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram and returned it to his body.

After killing Qian Wancheng, Wang Chen returned home and discovered the power of his treasure diagram and the enormous fortune hidden in Qian’s Sumeru Ring. As Feixu Valley investigated the killing, Wang Chen stayed away and spent New Year with Zhang Mushan.

• The guards found Qian Wancheng’s wine and grain shop empty, and a Purple Mansion guard raised the alarm when he realized something terrible had happened.
• Wang Chen returned to his underground chamber, reviewed the killing, and recognized that the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram had trapped Qian Wancheng but had used up most of its dormant aura.
• Wang Chen opened the ash-white Sumeru Ring he had found on Qian Wancheng’s toe and discovered millions of Spirit Stones, Spirit Rice, and over a thousand jars of Spirit Wine.
• Wang Chen stayed away from Feixu Valley as Zhang Mushan reported that Qian Wancheng had vanished, his Soul Lamp had gone out, and the Battle Cultivators had searched for spies and traitors.
• Wang Chen spent New Year at Zhang Mushan’s home, while Qian’s Wine and Grain Shop acquired a new owner and became Mu’s.

Wang Chen spent the winter cultivating and resting in Feixu Valley, then broke through to the high-level Purple Mansion realm in spring. He planned to cultivate the Lovesickness Sword Technique and prepare for Golden Core condensation, but an unforeseen event disrupted his plans.

• Wang Chen deduced that a Golden Core True Person had repeatedly used the Heavenly Secret Art to calculate him, possibly because he had killed a white-robed descendant of an immortal clan.
• Wang Chen spent the winter hibernating, cultivating, soaking in his underground hot spring, and enjoying the snow in Feixu Valley.
• Wang Chen advanced to the seventh level of the Innate Five Elements Technique and entered the high-level Purple Mansion realm.
• Wang Chen planned to cultivate Changchun's Lovesickness Sword Technique, gather resources for forming a golden core, and remain in Feixu Valley until he reached the Purple Mansion peak.
• An unforeseen event arose and threatened to disrupt Wang Chen's plans.

Wang Chen witnessed five Golden Core-level Great Demon elephants attack Feixu Valley and hid in his underground chamber before secretly observing the battle. The City Protection Array began to buckle under the elephants’ assault, leaving the cultivators and their families in grave danger.

• Wang Chen returned from Feixu Valley and saw five Great Demon elephants approaching the settlement.
• The elephants used a divine ability to block the air, forcing fleeing cultivators to fall from the sky, while Wang Chen sealed himself inside his underground chamber.
• Wang Chen secretly reached a hill ten li away to watch the battle and worry about Zhang Mushan's family.
• Feixu Camp cultivators activated the City Protection Array and attacked the elephants, but their spells failed to harm them.
• The elephants repeatedly battered the array barrier with their trunks, pushing it toward its limits as Feixu Camp cultivators poured Mana into it and fought back.

The Great Demon elephants attacked Feixu Valley, and True Person Mu escaped by draining the City Protection Array's power. The Feixu Camp cultivators surrendered and were captured by the Jackalfolk as buyers arrived, while Wang Chen retreated into a tunnel.

• The five Great Demon elephants battered Feixu Valley's City Protection Array until True Person Mu appeared to confront them.
• A nine-foot man accused Mu Rong of killing seven members of his clan in Yehe Valley thirty years earlier, and True Person Mu used the array's power to break the spatial restriction and flee.
• With the barrier gone, two Great Demon elephants threatened the Feixu Camp cultivators, who sealed their Mana and surrendered.
• Hundreds of Jackalfolk bound the cultivators, searched their homes and tunnels, and plundered Feixu Valley as Flying Ships arrived to collect buyers.
• Wang Chen witnessed the scene and quietly retreated into the tunnel.

Wang Chen watched the cultivators of Feixu Camp being captured and auctioned by demons, but held back because he could not risk acting recklessly. As the demons departed, Zhang Mushan’s family remained among the prisoners, though his son had been sold separately.

• Gnolls captured cultivators hiding beneath Feixu Valley and brought them to two Golden Core Great Demons, who auctioned them in batches to cultivators from several Flying Ships.
• Wang Chen watched from a concealed passage more than twenty miles away and felt furious and sorrowful, but focused on saving Zhang Mushan’s family rather than intervening for everyone.
• Zhang Mushan, his wife, and their twin daughters were bought by the same bidder, while Zhang Zhuanghu was taken to another Flying Ship.
• Three Great Demons returned with the injured True Person Mu and sold him for one thousand one hundred High Spirit Stones.
• The Great Demons and gnolls left with their spoils, and the Flying Ships departed, while two ships and hundreds of Feixu Camp cultivators and their families, including Zhang Mushan’s family, remained behind.

Wang Chen infiltrated the Divine Illumination Sect’s mine to rescue Zhang Mushan’s family, but Zhang Mushan refused to leave and asked him to save his two daughters instead. Wang Chen withdrew and began considering how to free the children from the heavily guarded castle despite the presence of a Golden Core True Person.

• The Divine Illumination Sect forced Zhang Mushan and other Feixu Camp cultivators to quarry stone as slave laborers while holding their families in its castle.
• Wang Chen secretly dug a passage into the mine and contacted Zhang Mushan after observing his routine.
• Zhang Mushan refused Wang Chen’s offer to rescue him and wrote that Wang Chen should save his daughters.
• The overseer noticed Zhang Mushan’s unusual behavior, whipped him, and doubled his stone quota.
• Wang Chen sealed the passage and considered how to rescue Zhang Mushan’s daughters from the castle, where a Golden Core True Person was stationed.

Wang Chen infiltrated the mining site by disguising himself as Old Chen Si, whom he incapacitated and questioned about reaching Zhang Mushan’s daughters. He then entered Feixu Valley in Old Chen Si’s guise and arrived at a tall building.

• Wang Chen ambushed Old Chen Si in the overseer’s shed, destroyed his Qi Sea Dantian, and knocked him unconscious.
• Wang Chen took Old Chen Si’s robe, Storage Bag, and identity plaque, then used the Thousand Transformations Mask to assume his appearance.
• Wang Chen sealed the crippled Old Chen Si in the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram and left the mining site without raising suspicion.
• Wang Chen released Old Chen Si in a forest, questioned him, and later flew to the outskirts of Feixu Valley.
• Wang Chen entered Feixu Valley through its main gate without being challenged and walked to a tall building.

Wang Chen rescued Zhang Mushan’s twin daughters from the Divine Illumination Sect’s Quality Building and evaded a Golden Core cultivator’s search by hiding underground. He reunited the girls with himself at a Rogue Cultivator stronghold and set out to take them to their grandmother.

• Wang Chen posed as Chen Si and persuaded Steward Zhang to let him visit Zhang Mushan’s twin daughters in the Quality Building.
• Wang Chen swept the girls into the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram, knocked out the miscellaneous cultivator who witnessed it, and left Feixu Valley openly.
• Wang Chen hid in a deep underground chamber as a Golden Core True Person searched for him, then waited three days before returning to the surface.
• Wang Chen retrieved Zhang Mushan’s hidden Storage Bag and traveled south for three days to a Rogue Cultivator stronghold.
• Wang Chen released the girls, comforted them when they recognized him, and said he would take them to their grandmother.

Wang Chen delivered Zhang Mushan’s twin daughters to their grandmother, Shen Fu, and told her what had happened to their family. After declining Shen Fu’s offer to stay at Anping Stockade, Wang Chen set out for White Dragon Marsh to replenish his True Form Diagram’s mirage qi and strengthen his abilities.

• Wang Chen waited outside Anping Stockade with Xiao Yun and Xiao Xia until Shen Fu arrived in response to his message talisman.
• Wang Chen introduced the twins to Shen Fu, who recognized them as her granddaughters and gently put them to sleep.
• Wang Chen recounted the events that had separated the family, and Shen Fu thanked him for rescuing the girls.
• Shen Fu offered Wang Chen a place at Anping Stockade, but he declined and left after thanking her.
• Wang Chen traveled for two days to the outskirts of White Dragon Marsh, where he planned to replenish the mirage qi in the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram.

Wang Chen settled on a small island in White Dragon Marsh to gather mirage qi and cultivate the Mystic Mirage Dragon Art, building a concealed underground shelter and escape tunnels. After nearly two months, visitors arrived to collect spring water and left, forcing Wang Chen to consider whether to stay or move on early.

• Wang Chen searched the outer White Dragon Marsh and found an island spring whose vapor contained a steady supply of mirage qi.
• Wang Chen unfolded the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram over the spring, concealed a small house with the Wither and Flourish Art, and dug a hidden cultivation space with escape tunnels.
• Wang Chen cultivated the Mystic Mirage Dragon Art and Innate Five Elements Technique in seclusion for nearly two months as the diagram accumulated mirage qi.
• Wang Chen sensed approaching visitors, concealed himself in the tunnels, and watched three people find the empty house and collect water from the spring.
• After the visitors departed, Wang Chen returned to the surface and debated whether to remain on the island or leave ahead of schedule.

Wang Chen was ambushed by four young Purple Mansion cultivators who had used a talisman to return to the island. He struck down one attacker and captured their youngest member, the yellow-dressed talisman cultivator, with the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram.

• Four cultivators appeared around Wang Chen and demanded that he surrender.
• Wang Chen broke through their restraints and struck the white-robed cultivator, leaving him badly injured.
• Wang Chen sent the Dragon Abyss Sword after the yellow-dressed woman, but she escaped with a Universe Shift Talisman.
• Wang Chen redirected the sword to distract the others, then captured the yellow-dressed woman inside the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram.
• The green-robed cultivator watched his Little Sister get captured and cried out in fury.