Recaps

Wang Chen accepted Xu Xinlan’s trust, protected her family, and helped Qiu Zhong reach Purple Mansion before accompanying Zuo Xiaomo on a bandit-extermination mission. After exposing and killing Profound Meaning Daoist, Wang Chen advanced his body cultivation and returned with Zuo Xiaomo to face the Outer Sect assessment.

• Wang Chen accepted Xu Xinlan’s appointment, uncovered her test involving Third Master Chen, and promised to protect her in exchange for more Essence of Five Elements.
• Wang Chen secured Xu Xinlan’s hidden mine and helped Qiu Zhong overcome his heart demon and break through to Purple Mansion.
• Wang Chen refused Liang Xun’s attempt to dissuade him from protecting Zuo Xiaomo, then left with Zuo Xiaomo to hunt horse bandits near Northwatch City.
• Wang Chen infiltrated the bandits’ stronghold, killed Profound Meaning Daoist and many of his followers, and recovered letters implicating Ji Yongtai.
• Wang Chen presented the evidence to Li Feiyuan, who exposed Ji Yongtai’s collusion and appointed Wang Chen temporary Garrison Commander before the new commander arrived.
• Wang Chen advanced the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma to Level 6 and broke through to Vajra Indestructible, then left Northwatch City with Zuo Xiaomo.
• Wang Chen lent Zuo Xiaomo the Five Dragon Flame Fire Cover, and they reached the Ruined City as hostile gazes gathered around them and Ling Shan.

Wang Chen survived an unexplored region of the Nine Dragon Underground Palace, returned with a Treasure Pavilion reward, and unlocked the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron. After mastering Nine Heavens Divine Lightning and advancing his cultivation, he was sent to serve as a Protector Heavenly Master in the dangerous frontier of Daying Prefecture.

• Wang Chen became separated from Zuo Xiaomo in the underground palace, explored its unmapped hills, and fought monsters and Evil Spirits until he reached a ruined city.
• Wang Chen defeated three cultivators who tried to ambush him, then killed Yang Yi after discovering that the old cultivator had secretly poisoned him.
• Wang Chen overcame the City God statue, opened the Treasure Pavilion, and chose a jade box that transported him back to the Nine Dragon Grand Hall, where he reunited with Zuo Xiaomo.
• Wang Chen opened the jade box and moved the Great Sun True Fire into the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron, unsealed its Artifact Spirit Little Cauldron, and had the Crimson Ni Sword repaired.
• Wang Chen chose Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, comprehended and cultivated the technique, refined Thunderstone into Lightning Crystals, and achieved Grand Completion.
• Wang Chen advanced to the Purple Mansion third layer and accepted a three-year Protector Heavenly Master assignment in Great Ying, leaving Xu Xinlan behind and asking Zuo Xiaomo to look after her.
• Wang Chen arrived in Daying City and took over the Sub-Protector Heavenly Master Pavilion after his predecessor fled, leaving him with a dangerous post and no trusted attendants.

Wang Chen challenged Wu Jingwei’s control of the Upper Xun Celestial Master Pavilion, took in Meng Fei and his siblings, and destroyed the White Wolf Gang and the threats in Yinfeng Cave. After strengthening the children and uncovering a spy, he confronted former patrol guards protesting at the pavilion gates.

• Wang Chen disciplined Xiang Yingzhe for defying his orders, used an Imprint Stone to prove the offense, and transferred Xiang Yingzhe’s territory to Xi Manyun despite Wu Jingwei’s influence.
• Wang Chen secured the Xi Family’s support for reorganizing the pavilion, then secretly explored Daying City and met Meng Fei, a boy caring for many orphaned children in the underground Cave Dwelling.
• Wang Chen discovered that Meng Fei and most of the children had Spiritual Roots, rescued them from the White Wolf Gang, and ordered Steward Zhang to care for them at the pavilion.
• Wang Chen taught Meng Fei the Five Elements Technique, helping him establish his Dao foundation, and arranged cultivation or martial arts training for the children.
• Wang Chen entered Yinfeng Cave, defeated a Black Grudge-level Evil Spirit and an Evil Cultivator, then fought through the White Bone Cave before escaping as it collapsed.
• Wang Chen upgraded his Cultivation Panel and used Global Mode to identify a disguised spy in the pavilion, then gave Xi Manyun a list of suspected spies to investigate.
• Wang Chen faced former patrol guards protesting their removal and killed the cultivator who started shouting, sending the remaining troublemakers fleeing.

Wang Chen defended Zhensha Pass, defeated Tu Qi, and earned the West Sea Sect’s recognition. After he found and killed the Sand Tribe Locust Child, a Heavenly Dragon Temple Zen Master transported him to the desert, where Wang Chen escaped and hid.

• Wang Chen exposed Jin Shangzhi’s hunter squad at Zhensha Pass, killed the Blood Demon Purple Shaman, and accepted Kou Shihai’s offer to help slay Sand Tribe enemies.
• Wang Chen repaired the Upper Clarity Qiankun Mirror, used it to extend his reach, and killed Sand People across the desert with his Crimson Lion Sword.
• Wang Chen accepted Tu Qi’s Life-and-Death Duel and killed him at Azure Water Lake, while a distant watcher left him sensing a grave threat.
• Wang Chen explained his Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma to Kou Shihai, received the West Sea Sect’s rewards, and advanced to the mid stage of Purple Mansion cultivation.
• When Sand Locusts attacked Zhensha Pass, Kou Shihai asked Wang Chen to locate the Locust Child, and Wang Chen tracked it to the Wu Family residence.
• Wang Chen killed the Sand Tribe Locust Child with his palm, thunder, and Crimson Lion Sword, but its head triggered a blood-red formation that transported him to the desert.
• Wang Chen escaped a Heavenly Dragon Temple Zen Master with talismans and hid underground using concealment techniques as the Zen Master searched until sunset.