Recaps

Luo Chen and Sima Hui Niang learned that the Flame Alliance was using its vassals and other forces to target the Luo Tian Association after Luo Chen killed Di Wanyun. Luo Chen ordered the association to pause expansion and strengthen itself, while Sima Hui Niang resolved to improve her cultivation.

• Sima Hui Niang and Luo Chen concluded that the Flame Alliance had leaked news of the association's four Core Formation Secret Techniques to incite attacks without intervening directly.
• Luo Chen explained that the Flame Alliance would avoid sending a Golden Core Immortal into Scarlet Clouds because of Ice Fortress, the Fallen Cloud Upper Sect, and the political consequences, and he trusted the association's strength to withstand lesser enemies.
• Sima Hui Niang connected recent troubles involving the Zheng Family, the Iron Sword Hall, and the sale of battlefield spoils to the Flame Alliance's campaign, then ordered Su Xiaolin to expand the Web's surveillance around Scarlet Clouds.
• Luo Chen told Sima Hui Niang to halt outward expansion and use the association's battlefield gains and Foundation Establishment Pills to build its strength from within.
• Luo Chen urged Sima Hui Niang to focus on cultivation and mentioned that Cai Yi was nearing her level, prompting Sima Hui Niang to question how quickly Cai Yi was progressing.

Luo Chen reviewed the Luo Tian Association’s Foundation Establishment candidates and learned how his disciple Qu Lingjun had grown under Li Yingzhang’s guidance. After accepting Qu Lingjun’s choice of Mi Li as his Dao companion, Luo Chen began treating her congenital defects with an Azure Sea Pill, hoping to restore her path to cultivation.

• Sima Hui Niang presented Luo Chen with lists of Foundation Establishment candidates, and Luo Chen granted Zhou Yuanli special resources and access to cultivation insights.
• Luo Chen learned that Li Yingzhang had taught Qu Lingjun the Three Origins Unite Method and that Qu Lingjun had devoted himself to caring for Mi Li.
• Qu Lingjun and Mi Li came to Sky Wave Peak, where Luo Chen reunited with his disciple and praised his cultivation and pill-refining skills.
• Qu Lingjun reaffirmed his decision to make Mi Li his Dao companion, and Luo Chen accepted his choice and offered to cure her congenital defects.
• Luo Chen examined Mi Li and prepared to use an Azure Sea Pill, while recalling Mi Shuhua and resolving to help his granddaughter.

As the Luo Tian Association came under growing pressure from Iron Sword Hall and the Flame Alliance, Luo Chen sought allies and prepared for a possible assault. He swallowed a Tier 3 Transformation Dragon Pill to force a breakthrough toward Late-Stage Foundation Establishment, and its power began churning his Qi Sea.

• Luo Chen learned that the Luo Tian Association was isolated and facing rumors of imminent destruction, while Sima Hui Niang suspected the Flame Alliance would intervene in Sky Wave Immortal City's management rotation.
• Luo Chen met Tao Wan, warned her that the Fallen Cloud Sect might covet Azure Pill Valley's Spirit Land, and asked for help; Tao Wan promised to protect him if events turned against him.
• Tao Wan alerted Azure Pill Valley's Golden Core Immortals to Luo Chen's warning, and they sent one back to report to the sect.
• Sima Hui Niang sent Xu Xiaoliu to deliver a letter to Heartless Forefather and arranged for Luo Tian Association caravans to contact allied forces in nearby markets.
• Luo Chen obtained a Tier 3 Transformation Dragon Pill and swallowed it, causing its immense medicinal power to surge through his body and churn his Qi Sea.

A coalition led by the Zheng Family, Iron Sword Hall, and Flame Alliance supporters assembled to destroy the Luo Tian Association, while the sects disputed control of Sky Wave Immortal City. The chapter ended as their forces surrounded Danxia Peak and launched a massive assault.

• Wei Bufan, Shen Gongyi, and other faction leaders gathered at Rolling Dragon Ridge to justify attacking the Luo Tian Association, while Pine Wind Master assessed the enemy's strength.
• Zhou Jiansong joined the coalition, and True Disciple Qin arrived with Tuoba Lingfei and Xiang Zhonghe as reinforcements from Flame Alliance vassal families.
• True Disciple Qin promised that Zheng Xian could return to the Flame Alliance if he destroyed the Luo Tian Association, then revealed that Pill Dust Master had killed Zheng Tianfang; Zheng Kejian vowed to raze Danxia Peak.
• At Ice Wave Palace, Qin Tairan argued with Fei Ming over Sky Wave Immortal City's management rotation while Tao Wan realized his attention was elsewhere.
• Tao Wan and Dragon Elder left the meeting and discovered that crowds were rushing to watch a battle; Qin Tairan, Fei Ming, and Yin Xiuhua also hurried toward Danxia Peak.
• Zheng Xian led eight Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, thirty other Foundation Establishment cultivators, and over a thousand Qi Refining cultivators in surrounding Danxia Peak and attacking it.

The Extinguish Luo Alliance attacked Danxia Peak, but the Seven Colored Danxia Grand Array endured its first strike before thirty-eight Foundation Establishment True Cultivators broke through it. When the invaders rushed inside, the formation’s Seven Colored Daoist killed seven of them, and Min Longyu appeared on the array to challenge the alliance.

• Zheng Xian ordered the eight Great Cultivators and thirty other Foundation Establishment True Cultivators to attack the Seven Colored Danxia Grand Array together.
• The combined assault opened holes in the array, and more than a thousand Qi Refining Stage cultivators charged toward Danxia Peak.
• Wei Bufan, Shen Gongyi, and other Foundation Establishment True Cultivators entered the damaged formation while Zheng Xian held his own forces back.
• The Seven Colored Daoist emerged from the array and killed seven Foundation Establishment True Cultivators, forcing the rest to flee.
• Min Longyu appeared across the curtain of light and declared himself undefeated within Seven Colored Danxia, daring the alliance to enter.

Min Longyu used the Seven Colored Danxia Grand Array to kill ten Foundation Establishment cultivators and repel the Anti-Luo Alliance’s first assault. He and Sima Hui Niang prepared to endure a war of attrition for ten days, while the Luo Tian Association’s leader planned to launch a decisive attack afterward.

• Min Longyu restored the light curtain and challenged the Alliance cultivators, whose leaders realized the formation was a powerful Tier-Three killing array.
• Qin Tairan recognized the formation’s connection to Ghost God Valley’s Heavenly Craft Spirit-Seizing Array and told Zheng Xian how to exhaust it in stages.
• Zheng Xian handed Xiahou Kun a Tier-Three Spirit Gathering Array and ordered the Alliance to prepare for a prolonged assault.
• Sima Hui Niang organized repairs and supplies inside Danxia Peak while Min Longyu explained that twenty-one Magic Treasure-grade flying swords and enormous Spirit Stone reserves powered the killing array.
• Min Longyu told Sima Hui Niang he could hold the array for ten days, and the Luo Tian Association’s leader declared that they would then launch a full-scale attack.

The Anti-Luo Alliance battered the Seven-Colored Danxia Grand Array while allies and opportunists waited to see which side would prevail. After the formation fell, Zheng Xian prepared to storm Danxia Peak, while Luo Chen faced the threat of a direct battle with the Flame Alliance’s Golden Core expert.

• Kang Dongyue’s whispered remarks about fallen Foundation Establishment leaders prompted rogue cultivators to leave and raid their unprotected forces, while Luo Feng and Chen Xiuli decided they would help whichever side won.
• After five days of attacks, Pine Wind Master’s City Breaking Talisman shattered the formation’s light curtain, but Wang Yuan and Chu Kui stopped the battering ram; Wang Yuan then killed four Xiahou Family Foundation Establishment cultivators with a jointly drawn Magic Treasure bow.
• Tuoba Lingfei and two allies used the Flame Alliance’s Withered Fire True Evil to weaken the formation, gravely injuring Min Longyu; Luo Chen treated him and promised the Luo Tian Association would win.
• Luo Chen and Sima Hui Niang discussed the threat posed by Qin Tairan and the uncertain support of outside forces, while Luo Chen prepared his Thunder Immortal Pearl for the coming battle.
• At dawn, the Seven-Colored Danxia Grand Array disappeared, and Zheng Xian ordered the Anti-Luo Alliance Army to attack as its leaders, Xiahou Kun, and waiting rogue cultivators prepared to enter the fight.

The Luo Tian Association fought the Flame Alliance’s invasion of Danxia Peak, using disciplined formations and prepared defenses to gain the advantage in the lower-rank battles. Luo Chen emerged from the earthfire and swiftly killed or wounded several Great Cultivators, but an unknown elder descended with a devastating palm strike as Luo Chen charged toward Zheng Xian.

• Zhou Yuanli directed the Luo Tian Association’s cultivators, whose spells, talismans, and terrain-based tactics inflicted heavy losses on the Flame Alliance’s Qi Refinement forces.
• Qu Lingjun activated Elder Min’s underground grand array, and its earthfire pillars killed three Foundation Establishment attackers while the remaining enemies pressed toward Zhou Yuanli.
• Xu Huanzhen, Murong Qinglian, Gu Cai Yi, and Duan Feng confronted eight Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, while Wang Yuan and Chu Kui faced the invading Great Cultivators.
• Chu Kui swallowed a Golden Core and fought Zheng Xian’s group as Wang Yuan transformed into an armored giant and battled three opponents.
• Luo Chen burst from the earthfire, killed several Great Cultivators, severely injured Zheng Xian and Xiahou Kun, and changed the course of the battle.
• Allied cultivators arrived to support the Luo Tian Association, but an elder unleashed a massive palm strike, and Luo Chen charged toward Zheng Xian despite the pressure.

Luo Chen broke Qin Tairan’s Spiritual Pressure, killed Zheng Xian, and survived Qin Tairan’s attacks with help from Min Longyu and Heartless Immortal. After the Luo Tian Association won the Danxia Battle, Luo Chen ordered a retaliatory campaign against the enemy factions, then stood before three Golden Core cultivators in a tense meeting on Sky Wave Peak.

• Luo Chen used his physical strength and the Rotten Ke Black Chess Piece to resist Qin Tairan’s Spiritual Pressure, then killed Zheng Xian and took his head.
• Qin Tairan attacked Luo Chen with his Furnace Realm, but Min Longyu’s formation strike and Heartless Immortal’s arrival prevented him from finishing the attack; Heartless Immortal, Fei Ming, and Long Quan drove Qin Tairan away.
• Luo Chen ordered the enemy forces hunted down and led Foundation Establishment cultivators against the Zheng, Wei, Shen, Xiahou, and other families and sects; the campaign ended after Heartless Immortal returned.
• Luo Chen learned that the Luo Tian Association had suffered heavy losses, including the deaths of Bian Zhen, Su Xiaolin, Gui Jiang, Qin Liangchen, Liu Qiang, and others, and assigned his people to recover souls and treat the wounded.
• Luo Chen arrived at Sky Wave Peak, where three Golden Core cultivators confronted him in the Rank One Cave Mansion.

Luo Chen met with three Golden Core Immortals, shared what he knew about Bai Ye Cave Mansion, and gave them Hundred-Year Thunder Essence in exchange for guidance and goodwill. He secured a delay before going to Ice Fortress and temporary use of Vast Righteousness Child’s cave mansion, then returned to face the Luo Tian Association’s losses after its victory.

• Vast Righteousness Child questioned Luo Chen about Bai Ye Cave Mansion, and Luo Chen shared a rough map of the area he had explored.
• Luo Chen gave Hundred-Year Thunder Essence to Vast Righteousness Child, the Heartless Immortal, and Fei Ming, and Vast Righteousness Child explained how Thunder Essence could aid cultivators crossing tribulation.
• The Heartless Immortal announced that Ailao Mountain would take over Sky Wave Immortal City’s rotational authority and asked Luo Chen to return to Ice Fortress, but Luo Chen won several years to rebuild the Luo Tian Association.
• Luo Chen asked to use the vacant Third-Order Cave Mansion at Sky Wave Peak, and Vast Righteousness Child offered him his own cave mansion while he explored Bai Ye Cave Mansion.
• Luo Chen returned to Danxia Peak, learned that the CEO was arranging alliances and business opportunities, and chose to visit the Spirit Medicine Hall before meeting the visitors who had come to see him.
• Zhou Yuanli watched Luo Chen depart and resolved to carry out his duties despite the Luo Tian Association’s heavy losses.

After the Luo Tian Association’s devastating victory, Luo Chen mourned the fallen, tended the wounded, and began learning medical arts to help them recover. The survivors faced a long rebuilding effort, while Sun Sifang’s clinic moved toward joining the association and allies waited to meet Luo Chen.

• Luo Chen visited the memorial hall, mourned Su Xiaolin, Bian Zhen, Gui Jiang, Qin Liangchen, Liu Qiang, and other fallen members, and vowed to claim justice from the Flame Alliance and its allies.
• Luo Chen arranged for Old Man Yan to restore the dead, promised the gathered cultivators proper burials, and urged them to help rebuild the Luo Tian Association.
• Luo Chen supplied Fiend Qi Dispelling Pills, learned the Bone Restoration Art and Organ Restoration Art from Sun Sifang, and treated the wounded, including Xu Huanzhen.
• Sun Sifang told Su E that she planned to bring Sun’s Clinic into the Luo Tian Association so her disciples would have a secure future.
• Luo Chen treated the wounded through the night, mastered several restoration techniques, and helped Hua Zhang recover before Sima Hui Niang summoned him to meet the allies who had stayed behind.

After the Luo Tian Association's losses, Luo Chen made plans to rebuild its strength, welcomed Xing Zonghan, and settled matters with allies. At the funeral for the fallen, grief and regret hardened his resolve to keep advancing and become strong enough to protect those who trusted him.

• Luo Chen agreed to help Kang Dongyue confront the Bai Family of Flowing Light Market once the Luo Tian Association recovered, and asked about the Yu Family.
• Luo Chen welcomed Xing Zonghan into the Luo Tian Association, met with Qiu Liangyue and Yue Chong, and gave Yue Chong a Sword Scripture in exchange for the Yue Family's support.
• Luo Chen and Sima Hui Niang discussed the wounded, staffing, compensation, and the association's recovery before walking to the burial ground.
• Three days later, Luo Chen led a seven-day funeral for the Luo Tian Association's fallen, where Wang Yuan, Zeng Yilong, Zhou Yuanli, and Murong Qinglian mourned their dead.
• Luo Chen struggled with regrets over the deaths and his past choices, then resolved that he had to become stronger and left to continue forward.

Luo Chen settled into Rank Three Cave Mansion A and discovered that its Weak Third Order Spirit Land let him cultivate ten times faster, though he chose to prioritize Qi Refining over the slower path of Body Tempering. A year later, he opened a Storage Bag by applying formation knowledge and considered studying Formation Dao, then set his sights on the unopened bags of Xuan Yu and Zheng Xian.

• Luo Chen arranged his books, seized Storage Bags, and demonic beasts in the cave mansion before cultivating in its Weak Third Order Spirit Land.
• After ten days, Luo Chen found his cultivation progress had accelerated tenfold and resolved to focus on reaching Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer while maintaining his other plans.
• Luo Chen reviewed his cultivation methods and decided not to pursue Body Tempering further for now because its progress was too slow and resource-intensive.
• Over the next year, Luo Chen cultivated, refined pills, practiced spells, and studied formation restrictions while opening Storage Bags.
• Luo Chen broke a Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator's Storage Bag, gained formation experience, and decided to postpone serious Formation Dao study until after Core Formation Stage.
• Luo Chen sorted the spoils and moved the Storage Bags belonging to Xuan Yu and Zheng Xian to the front, expecting valuable contents.

Luo Chen sorted through Zheng Xian’s belongings, studied the Fiend Control Art, and began learning the principles of formations from Min Longyu. After Fei Ming helped redesign Danxia Peak, Luo Chen opened Xuan Yu’s storage bag and discovered that its Wave-Swallowing Sea-Gathering Pot contained the blood essence of countless victims.

• Luo Chen sorted Zheng Xian’s resources, kept useful items, and found the Fiend Control Art, a Spirit Gathering Array, and Zheng Xian’s cultivation notes.
• Min Longyu delivered books on formations and explained how observation and drawing could help Luo Chen learn the Formation Dao.
• Luo Chen gave Min Longyu the Spirit Gathering Array and suggested inviting Fei Ming to advise on Danxia Peak’s layout.
• Min Longyu persuaded Fei Ming to visit for one hundred thousand spirit stones, and Fei Ming designed a reconstruction plan for Danxia Peak.
• The Luo Tian Association rebuilt Danxia Peak into an imposing sect-like residence over the following months.
• Luo Chen opened Xuan Yu’s storage bag and found a Wave-Swallowing Sea-Gathering Pot filled with the blood essence of countless cultivators.

Luo Chen inventoried Xuan Yu’s vast estate and realized the cultivator Essence Blood had been collected for the Peach Blossom Ancestor, forcing him to hide anything tied to her. After catching up with Gu Cai Yi on the Luo Tian Association’s growth and the search for materials to restore his sister-in-law’s limb, he learned that Elder Fei Ming had been unusually helpful and decided to meet him himself.

• Luo Chen discovered that Xuan Yu’s Wave Swallowing Sea Gathering Pot held Essence Blood from at least a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, then concealed it and realized it was likely meant for the Peach Blossom Ancestor.
• Luo Chen spent days inventorying Xuan Yu’s estate, found wealth and treasures worth nearly ten million Spirit Stones, and separated potentially dangerous items connected to Peach Mountain and Hundred Flowers Palace.
• Luo Chen met Gu Cai Yi, shared a meal, and heard that the Luo Tian Association had recovered strongly, expanded its business, and promoted several cultivators to new posts.
• Gu Cai Yi told Luo Chen that the search for materials to restore his sister-in-law’s limb still lacked Seven Apertures Lotus Root and Source Mud, and that Nangong Jin had died on the Accumulated Thunder Mountain battlefield.
• Gu Cai Yi reported that Elder Fei Ming had helped rebuild the Luo Tian Association’s facilities without asking for payment, and Luo Chen said he would meet the Golden Core Cultivator himself.

Luo Chen traded Hundred-Year Thunder Essence to Fei Ming for Source Mud, protection for the Luo Tian Association, and guidance on the Escaping the Cage Core Formation technique. He developed a new cultivation-pill plan using Blood Increasing Pills and Dustfall Pills, while Han Zheng arrived at Danxia Luo Tian with Qin Yuanjiang and other Fallen Cloud Sect disciples.

• Luo Chen met Fei Ming and traded a portion of Hundred-Year Thunder Essence for Source Mud, Fei Ming's promise to look after the Luo Tian Association, and advice about Escaping the Cage.
• Fei Ming explained that Escaping the Cage suited Luo Chen's strong physique and required a powerful Core Formation Spirit Medicine and an intact divine soul.
• Luo Chen planned to have the Luo Tian Association gather Ascension Peak Pills, Evergreen Pills, and Nether Sea Pills as he prepared for Core Formation.
• Luo Chen successfully refined a Blood Increasing Pill and planned to pair it with Dustfall Pills to turn increased qi and blood into spiritual power.
• Han Zheng led Qin Yuanjiang and Fallen Cloud Sect disciples to Danxia Luo Tian, then accompanied Qin Yuanjiang toward the mountain to meet Luo Chen.

Luo Chen left seclusion to meet Han Zheng, whose veiled questions suggested he knew Luo Chen had saved him in the Spirit Transformation Remains. At Qin Liangchen’s grave, Qin Yuanjiang urged his mother to return to the Fallen Cloud Sect with him, and Luo Chen prepared to let her go as Han Zheng departed Danxia Peak.

• Xing Zonghan told Luo Chen that Han Zheng and Qin Yuanjiang had arrived in Sky Wave Immortal City, and Luo Chen chose to meet them because Qin Yuanjiang mattered most to him.
• Luo Chen met Han Zheng in the fields at Danxia Peak, where they discussed farming, Luo Chen’s past deeds, and whether he had explored the Spirit Transformation Remains.
• Han Zheng indirectly thanked Luo Chen for saving Fallen Cloud Sect members, while Luo Chen denied involvement and Han Zheng left his suspicions unspoken.
• Qin Yuanjiang grieved at Qin Liangchen’s grave and asked Murong Qinglian to return with him to the Fallen Cloud Sect, promising treatment for her severed hand.
• Luo Chen told Han Zheng he would not stop Murong Qinglian from leaving the Luo Tian Association, and Han Zheng warned him against hoping to challenge the Flame Alliance before departing Danxia Peak.

Luo Chen discovered that his alchemy mastery could surpass the system’s apparent limits, then gave Murong Qinglian generous gifts as she departed for the Fallen Cloud Sect. Her farewell was interrupted by a powerful flying boat whose concealed passengers’ Divine Sense shook Luo Chen, leaving the story with Murong boarding the boat alongside Qin Yuanjiang.

• Luo Chen tested Jade Dew Pill refining with a High-grade Alchemy Furnace and concluded that accumulated knowledge and practice had let him exceed the system’s apparent limits in Tier 2 alchemy.
• Luo Chen continued refining Jade Dew Pills for Murong Qinglian, then joined the Luo Tian Association in seeing her off when the appointed day arrived.
• Luo Chen gave Murong Qinglian a Storage Bag containing valuable gifts, including Jade Dew Pills, and warned her not to reveal how many pills she had.
• A massive Magic Treasure-level flying boat arrived, and at least ten powerful currents of Divine Sense swept over Luo Chen and forced him backward.
• Qin Yuanjiang arrived, thanked the Luo Tian Association for caring for his mother, and led Murong Qinglian toward the flying boat as she said goodbye to everyone.

After sensing the Fallen Cloud Sect’s Ten Great Golden Cores, Luo Chen investigated why they had gathered and learned that the Fallen Cloud Sect had slaughtered the Flame Alliance while the Sword Sect breached Azure Pill Valley. He left the chapter determined to learn more and wary that the upheaval could threaten the Luo Tian Association and its allies.

• Luo Chen ordered Xing Zonghan and Sima Hui Niang to investigate the Ten Great Golden Cores’ journey, then learned Elder Fei Ming had hurriedly left Sky Wave Immortal City.
• Xing Zonghan reported that the Fallen Cloud Sect had destroyed the Flame Alliance’s headquarters and that the Sword Sect had attacked Azure Pill Valley.
• Luo Chen read reports describing how the Fallen Cloud Sect’s Golden Cores, Foundation Establishment cultivators, and golems overwhelmed the Flame Alliance.
• Luo Chen connected the attack to rumors of a True Artifact, the Flame Alliance’s weakened state, and Han Zheng’s earlier warning.
• Xing Zonghan explained that Yaoguang Shangren had led the Sword Sect against Azure Pill Valley, severing Yuanhua Mountain before withdrawing as the Fallen Cloud Sect rushed to help.
• Luo Chen recognized that the Flame Alliance was the Luo Tian Association’s enemy and urged Xing Zonghan to gather all intelligence about it.

Luo Chen concluded that the weakened Flame Alliance posed both a danger to the Luo Tian Association and a rare chance to settle his grudge against Qin Tairan. He resolved to act before the sect recovered, and Sima Hui Niang agreed to follow his lead.

• Luo Chen reviewed intelligence about Fallen Cloud Sect's devastating attack, which left the Flame Alliance with only a few surviving Golden Core Immortals.
• Sima Hui Niang revealed that Qin Tairan had survived because he was away replenishing his Flame Yang True Evil, and Luo Chen decided to deal with him personally.
• Sima Hui Niang warned that the Flame Alliance could still rally its scattered disciples and vassals, but Luo Chen argued that waiting would allow it to recover and might invite an attack on the Luo Tian Association.
• Luo Chen explained that he wanted to exploit the Flame Alliance's weakness and stir others into targeting it before it regained its strength.
• Sima Hui Niang accepted Luo Chen's decision and promised to follow him through life and death, while he assured her he would retreat if victory proved impossible.

Luo Chen prepared the Luo Tian Association for a swift attack on the weakened Flame Alliance by recruiting help and equipping Wang Yuan and Chu Kui for battle. After setting his allies to cultivate and await his message, he left Sky Wave Peak to gather further support and resources.

• Luo Chen wrote a letter to Cang Long Immortal and sent Xu Xiaoliu to deliver it through Heartless Forefather.
• Luo Chen asked Wang Yuan and Chu Kui to help him attack the Flame Alliance, and Wang Yuan agreed while Chu Kui hesitated.
• Luo Chen persuaded Chu Kui to join by offering him a Weak Third Order Spirit Land and ten Magic Treasures to use as battle consumables.
• Luo Chen gave Wang Yuan Blood Increasing Pills and a Tier 3 Profound Armor Talisman to strengthen his cultivation and defense.
• Luo Chen told Wang Yuan and Chu Kui to cultivate in Skybillow and await his message, then left Sky Wave Peak to pursue further preparations.

Luo Chen visited Azure Pill Valley, warned Tao Wan that the Sword Sect and Fallen Cloud Sect were using one another to threaten her sect, and argued that Azure Pill Valley faced disaster. Tao Wan asked him for a way to save the sect, and Luo Chen revealed that he had three plans.

• Luo Chen arrived at Azure Pill Valley and asked to meet its Daoist, Tao Wan, while observing the damage to Yuanhua Mountain and the alarm among the sect's cultivators.
• Azure Pill Valley's Golden Core elders argued over how to respond to the Sword Sect, but they reached no agreement beyond repairing Yuanhua Mountain and restoring the Five Peaks Cover Valley layout.
• Tao Wan left the elders' meeting and went to Dragon Head Peak after learning that Luo Chen had requested her.
• Luo Chen warned Tao Wan that the Sword Sect and Fallen Cloud Sect might be borrowing one another's power to weaken Azure Pill Valley and seize its resources.
• Tao Wan asked Luo Chen how he could save her sect, and he said he had three plans: a best option, a middling option, and a last resort.

Tao Wan presented Luo Chen’s three strategies to Azure Pill Valley’s elders, who decided to pursue them in parallel while keeping their Golden Core Immortals out of the fighting. Dissatisfied with the limited support, Luo Chen traveled to Sky Fire Immortal City to seek other allies against the Flame Alliance.

• Tao Wan explained Luo Chen’s plans to attack the Flame Alliance, seek an Outer Domain patron, and provoke a Founding War, prompting Azure Pill Valley’s elders to debate the risks and benefits.
• Qing Danzi recognized Bai Ye Palace as the means to involve Mingyuan Sect and concluded that the three strategies should be carried out in parallel.
• Qing Danzi ordered Tao Wan to lead Azure Pill Valley’s vassals against the Flame Alliance without deploying the sect’s Golden Core Immortals, and Qingyunzi gave her the sect leader’s token.
• Luo Chen lamented Azure Pill Valley’s caution, accepted its limited aid, and redirected his flying vessel toward Sky Fire Immortal City.
• Luo Chen arrived outside Sky Fire Immortal City, received an investigation report from an associate, and produced an embroidered ball to contact someone.

At Ice Fortress, Canglong and the Heartless Immortal discussed recruiting Luo Chen and the threat of internal strife, while the Heartless Immortal suspected Canglong was nearing the Nascent Soul stage. In Sky Fire Immortal City, Luo Chen’s Hundred-Year Thunder Essence drew Golden Core bidders to the Zhenlong Auction, and Tian Xingzi visited him.

• Three female Ice Fortress disciples discussed Jade Dew Pills and noticed Xu Xiaoliu cultivating at a Second-Order Cave Estate before approaching him.
• Canglong told the Heartless Immortal that Fallen Cloud Sect could not be trusted to help seize the Great Snow Mountain and urged her to support Luo Chen, who had offered to refine one thousand Jade Dew Pills each year.
• The Heartless Immortal agreed to visit Luo Chen, then suspected Canglong’s plans implied that she was close to reaching the Nascent Soul stage.
• Luo Chen received a Zhenlong Auction invitation listing Hundred-Year Thunder Essence, prompting Golden Core cultivators from outside the Jade Cauldron Seven Sects to hurry to Sky Fire Immortal City.
• Tian Xingzi visited Luo Chen and remarked on his boldness in entering a city built by the Flame Alliance despite their grudge.

Luo Chen used Hundred-Year Thunder Essence to draw the Fallen Cloud Sect and other powers into a plan against the Flame Alliance, while gathering allies and intelligence. As the black-market auction began, a furious voice erupted from deep within Sky Fire Immortal City.

• Luo Chen refused Tian Xingzi's request to buy Thunder Essence privately and proposed using an auction and rumors of more Thunder Essence to draw enemies toward the Flame Alliance.
• Luo Chen offered Tian Xingzi another Hundred-Year Thunder Essence in exchange for Locked Pearl Curtain core-formation insights, intelligence on the Fallen Cloud Sect's attack, and an auction announcement about a coming enemy at Incense Burning Valley.
• Danyangzi, Qiu Daochun, and Che Xiang met Luo Chen, who said he had gathered allies to storm Incense Burning Valley; afterward, Qiu warned that Luo Chen was dangerous and should not be drawn in too deeply.
• Tian Xingzi agreed to trade core-formation insights and intelligence for the Thunder Essence, the Heartless Immortal arrived to protect Luo Chen, and Xing Zonghan provided news that Ailao Mountain was taking over Flame Alliance territory.
• Luo Chen anticipated that the Zhenlong Black Market auction would deliver the final blow to the Flame Alliance, but a furious voice rang out as powerful Mana exploded in Sky Fire Immortal City.