Recaps

Luo Chen’s plan to attack the weakened Flame Alliance unfolded as he gave the alliance a month to prepare, while Qin Tairan and Xuyang Shangren struggled to restore their defenses and secure allies. When the month ended, Luo Chen arrived at Incense Burning Valley as the leader of a vast force gathered against the Flame Alliance.

• Luo Chen accepted the auction proceeds from Tian Xingzi and confirmed that he would move against the Flame Alliance in one month, despite the chance that it might prepare.
• At Incense Burning Valley, Qin Tairan learned from Xuyang Shangren that Fallen Cloud Sect’s puppets had wounded him with dangerous Bone-Entwining Threads, then dismissed warnings about the rumored attack.
• Xuyang Shangren urged Qin Tairan to recall scattered disciples, rebuild the valley’s defenses, and seek help from Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, but Qin Tairan returned from that visit without support.
• As cultivators gathered around Incense Burning Valley, Qin Tairan, Xuyang Shangren, Wang Elder, and Xiao Lian debated whether to resist or abandon the Flame Alliance, then chose to unite and prepare.
• When the month ended, Fei Ming arrived with a large coalition outside Incense Burning Valley, and Xiao Lian activated the Fire Burning Grand Array.
• Fei Ming revealed that Pill Dust Master had summoned the gathered forces, and Luo Chen announced his arrival at the head of the attack.

Luo Chen led a coalition against the Flame Alliance, broke the Fire Burning Grand Array, and launched an attack on Incense Burning Valley. As the battle spread through the valley, Luo Chen’s strikes began turning the uneven melee in his side’s favor.

• Luo Chen gathered forces from Ice Fortress, Azure Pill Valley, Ailao Mountain, and other allies, then directed Fei Ming and the Golden Core Immortals to attack the Fire Burning Grand Array.
• Fei Ming, Heartless Immortal, Qiu Daochun, and Che Xiang shattered the array, and the two sides began fighting inside Incense Burning Valley.
• Luo Chen used Mountain Collapse to bring down the surrounding mountains, destroying the Flame Alliance’s Qi Refining formation and killing nearly a thousand disciples.
• Xiao Lian led Flame Alliance Foundation Establishment cultivators toward Luo Chen, but Danyangzi intercepted him while Wang Yuan and Chu Kui entered the melee.
• Luo Chen swept across the battlefield, killing Flame Alliance cultivators and breaking enemy sieges, while the watching Golden Core Immortals recognized that his tactics were changing the battle’s balance.

Luo Chen devastated the Flame Alliance’s forces at Incense Burning Valley, then used a Thunder Immortal Pearl and his Heavenly Peng transformation to defeat Qin Tairan. Badly injured and refining a powerful flame beneath the valley, Luo Chen was taken by Heartless Immortal to the Ice Fortress for treatment.

• Luo Chen killed more than thirty Flame Alliance Foundation Establishment cultivators and wiped out ten pursuers with his Great Perfection Blazing Sun Spell.
• Qin Tairan charged at Luo Chen, who transformed into a winged giant and unleashed Blazing Fire Miasma before detonating the Thunder Immortal Pearl.
• Luo Chen shattered Qin Tairan’s Taiyang Furnace and crushed his body, but Qin Tairan’s Golden Core struck Luo Chen and blasted him deep beneath Incense Burning Valley.
• Fei Ming pursued Qin Tairan’s fleeing Golden Core while Heartless Immortal ordered the Flame Alliance’s remaining disciples wiped out and went to find Luo Chen.
• Heartless Immortal found Luo Chen badly wounded in a fiery pit with Min Longyu, calmed him with an Ice God Talisman, and carried him away in an ice coffin to the Ice Fortress.

After the Flame Alliance’s defeat, rumors about Luo Chen’s injuries helped Ice Fortress deflect dangerous attention while he recovered in its Ice Prison. Cang Long Immortal revealed that she had reached Golden Core Great Perfection, and Luo Chen finally awoke after three years of refining the Wither Bloom Fire.

• Cultivators across the Jade Cauldron Domain praised Luo Chen’s battle record, prompting Ice Fortress to spread false news that his injuries had left his life and cultivation uncertain.
• Cang Long Immortal told Heartless Immortal that Luo Chen was safe and that Ice Fortress had fabricated the rumors to protect itself from praise meant to attract hostile attention.
• Cang Long Immortal and Heartless Immortal suspected Azure Pill Valley had spread the praise to divert the Nascent Soul Upper Sects’ attention toward Ice Fortress, but Cang Long Immortal chose not to respond.
• Cang Long Immortal revealed that she had reached Golden Core Great Perfection and said she was waiting for the right time, a person, and an opportunity to form her Nascent Soul.
• Deep within Ice Fortress’s Ice Prison, Luo Chen suppressed the Wither Bloom Fire after three years of meditation and opened his eyes.

After refining the Wither Bloom Fire, Luo Chen realized his rapid cultivation and reckless pursuit of revenge had led him into a Heart Demon, while the fire had cost him one hundred years of lifespan. He accepted the loss, regained his composure, and prepared to receive an expected guest with Qin Tairan's inheritance in hand.

• Luo Chen refined the Wither Bloom Fire after three years in the Arctic Ice Prison, gaining Source True Fire but turning his hair ash-white.
• Luo Chen recognized that rapid cultivation and a growing desire for revenge had made him reckless and drawn him into a Heart Demon.
• Luo Chen recalled that Han Zhan Zhenren's intelligence had led him to a Wither Bloom Fire that had advanced to the fourth order and drained life force from anyone who refined it.
• Luo Chen realized the fire had consumed one hundred years of his lifespan, leaving him with a hundred years remaining.
• Luo Chen recovered his composure, dressed neatly for an expected guest, and took out Qin Tairan's Storage Treasure.

Cang Long visited Luo Chen in the Ice Prison, explained why his Five Spirit Root aptitude could yield an exceptionally strong foundation, and invited him to Ice Fortress's upcoming Core Formation Ceremony. Luo Chen declined and chose to remain in seclusion to stabilize his cultivation.

• Cang Long asked Luo Chen to call her Senior Sister, and he accepted, deepening his bond with Ice Fortress.
• Cang Long explained that Luo Chen's Five Spirit Root aptitude could support all five elements and that his powerful physique, meridians, acupoints, blood, and balanced spiritual power were building a formidable foundation.
• Cang Long found Luo Chen's Wither Bloom Fire fully refined, his injuries healed, and his cultivation close to the Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer.
• Cang Long invited Luo Chen to attend Ice Soul Fairy's Core Formation Ceremony, but Luo Chen declined to avoid drawing attention as the Fire Spirit Lord.
• Cang Long advised Luo Chen to use the Arctic Ice Prison to stabilize his cultivation, and he agreed before she left.

While confined at Ice Fortress, Luo Chen studied Core Formation methods and watched the sect prepare for Ice Soul Fairy’s ceremony. His completed Qingyuan Wonderful Pill Method suddenly drew all his spiritual power into his Qi Sea, leaving him on the verge of forming a core.

• Luo Chen gave up refining pills because Ice Fortress supplied poor-quality and incomplete medicinal herbs, then cultivated until his Divine Soul Foundation reached Great Perfection.
• Luo Chen studied four Core Formation secret techniques and read Linghu Jie’s cultivation insights on the Locked Pearl Curtain method.
• Dantai Jin delivered Luo Chen his official Ice Fortress Guest Elder token and robes, explaining that the sect would hold Ice Soul Fairy’s Core Formation Ceremony in three months.
• Luo Chen considered Ice Fortress’s strained resources as it prepared for Ice Soul Fairy’s ceremony, while Jade Cauldron Sword Sect sent an envoy to Frost Ice Immortal City.
• The Qingyuan Wonderful Pill Method reached completion, and its vortex drew Luo Chen’s spiritual power together into a vague pill as he realized he was about to form a core.

After the Qingyuan Wonderful Pill Method triggered a Core Formation phenomenon, Luo Chen halted the attempt and realized the technique was a powerful Middle Method Core Formation Secret Technique, while advancing to the Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer. He decided to leave Ice Fortress and return to Sky Wave Immortal City, where new prospects for improving Spirit Communication Pills awaited him.

• Luo Chen stopped the reverse spiritual vortex from forming a Golden Core and broke through to the Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer, then recognized the Qingyuan Wonderful Pill Method as a Core Formation Secret Technique.
• Luo Chen considered pursuing Fallen Cloud Sect's Locked Pearl Curtain and decided to return to Sky Wave Immortal City after nearly three and a half years at Ice Fortress.
• Gu Cai Yi visited Luo Chen in Ice Prison, reunited with him, and discussed arranging a stable supply of demon fox blood and Second-Order Snow Foxes for Luo Tian Association.
• Luo Chen attended Ice Soul Fairy's Core Formation Ceremony and told Canglong he planned to leave Ice Fortress; Canglong warned him to keep a low profile.
• Luo Chen departed Ice Fortress by flying boat toward Sky Wave Immortal City, and an unidentified figure leaped aboard along the way.

Luo Chen returned to Danxia Peak and learned that Luo Tian Association had prospered under Sima Hui Niang’s leadership while he was away. He continued to feign weakness to deter challengers, arranged for the association to gather herbs and pill materials, and promised to personally guide Qu Lingjun.

• Luo Tian Association’s leaders reported its growth, new operating rights over the Thousand-Li Bamboo Sea, and the recent death of Elder Sun Sifang, whose medical scripture had been added to the Skill Transmission Hall.
• Luo Chen thanked his subordinates and friends for sustaining the association, while they expressed concern over his gray hair and presumed injuries from the battle at Incense Burning Valley.
• Luo Chen decided to keep appearing weak so that proud Foundation Establishment cultivators would not challenge him, and planned to rely on pills rather than a Third-Order Spirit Land for his cultivation.
• Luo Chen gave Sima Hui Niang authority over major association decisions and asked the Spirit Medicine Hall to gather herbs for several pills and materials for further pill-recipe experiments.
• Luo Chen told Qu Lingjun to visit his cave mansion monthly so he could check his cultivation and pill-refinement progress.

After returning to the Luo Tian Association, Luo Chen resumed pill refining, taught Qu Lingjun to make Dustfall Pills, and advised him on cultivation. He weighed three possible methods for his future Core Formation cultivation but postponed choosing and began testing Blood Increasing and Dustfall Pills together.

• Luo Chen refined high-grade Dustfall Pills with Qu Lingjun watching and explained why a pill's value depended on who could use it and when.
• Luo Chen examined Qu Lingjun's cultivation and recommended that he borrow the Blazing Sun True Scripture for use after Foundation Establishment.
• Luo Chen considered the Blazing Sun True Scripture, Flourishing Green One Heart Art, and incomplete Burning Wood True Art, then stored all three without deciding which to cultivate.
• Luo Chen refined more pills, studied the Spirit Communication Pill recipe, and took a high-grade Blood Increasing Pill together with a high-grade Dustfall Pill to test their combined effect.

After three years of pill refinement and cultivation, Luo Chen doubled his cultivation speed and considered how to advance his body-tempering method and strengthen his techniques. He learned that the Heavenly Mountain Alliance Meeting had set a Founding War for fifty years later, halted the Luo Tian Association’s expansion, and received an invitation from He Lianyunqi to discuss alchemy.

• Luo Chen reached Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer and doubled his cultivation speed by refining Top-grade Blood Increasing Pills and Dustfall Pills, while his body-tempering progress stalled without Thunder Force.
• Luo Chen considered using Fourth-Order Wither Bloom Fire to temper his body but postponed testing the idea until after Core Formation, and he decided to acquire higher-grade Baleful Qi to improve Blazing Fire Miasma.
• Sima Hui Niang told Luo Chen that the Heavenly Mountain Alliance Meeting had set a Founding War for fifty years later, with five Nascent Soul Upper Sects and thirteen Golden Core Great Sects initially joining.
• Luo Chen ordered the Luo Tian Association to stop expanding, and later learned that more sects had joined the war while Golden Core and higher life-and-death battles were forbidden during the preparations.
• He Lianyunqi invited Luo Chen to meet with friends interested in the Alchemy Dao, and Luo Chen decided the invitation was worth considering.

Luo Chen met He Lianyun and three cultivators at Connecting Cloud Tower, where they revealed a pill recipe that could greatly improve the chances of Core Formation. After examining it, Luo Chen agreed to consider refining the medicine, and the group claimed they could gather its rare ingredients.

• Luo Chen visited Connecting Cloud Tower and was personally welcomed by He Lianyun.
• He Lianyun introduced Fu Jiusheng, Xiao Sanren, and You Ruolan, whose husband Ming Sha had died in Bai Ye Cave Mansion.
• After refusing to swear a Dao Oath, Luo Chen agreed to keep the opportunity secret when the others appealed to his reputation as Fire Spirit Lord.
• You Ruolan revealed that a black Bamboo Slip recovered from Bai Ye Cave Mansion contained a pill recipe that could raise the chance of Core Formation by twenty percent.
• Luo Chen examined the recipe and found that it required three rare Third-Order primary materials; Fu Jiusheng said they were confident they could gather all the ingredients.

Luo Chen agreed to refine the Nether Origin Pill after negotiating a safety pact and demanding the largest share of the pills. The group planned to set out in nine years to harvest the final ingredient, while Fu Jiusheng asked Xiao Sanren whether he had discerned Luo Chen’s condition.

• He Lianyun explained that the group could gather most of the Nether Origin Pill materials, while Xiao Sanren possessed the Galan Thunder Flower and Luo Chen could seek Heavenly Mountain Returning Yang Water from the Ice Fortress.
• Fu Jiusheng revealed that he knew where the Nine-Striped Snake Saliva Fruit grew and relied on Luo Chen’s Simple Heart Hand to harvest it safely.
• Luo Chen agreed to refine the pill, then required an Essence Blood Pact to ensure the others protected him until the refining was complete.
• Luo Chen demanded that his needs be met first and claimed the pill shares Madam You Sha had proposed for herself; after heated negotiations, the group accepted his terms and agreed to set out in nine years.
• He Lianyun promised to send Luo Chen a box of Tier 3 Bodhi Tea, and the four cultivators complained about his greed after he left.
• Fu Jiusheng asked Xiao Sanren whether he had discerned Luo Chen’s current condition.

Luo Chen’s partners concluded that his strength was limited and agreed to prepare for a Nether Origin Pill expedition in nine years, unaware that he had secretly marked them and tracked their movements. After learning they had separated, Luo Chen planned to improve his combat methods, study the pill recipe, and secure Heavenly Mountain Returning Yang Water, then summoned cultivators from the Luo Tian Association.

• Xiao Sanren assessed Luo Chen as weakened and no stronger than most Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer cultivators, and the others discussed the limits of his past victories and Body Tempering.
• Xiao Sanren noticed footprints Luo Chen had left beneath the doorway pressure and concluded that Luo Chen had feigned weakness to control their negotiations.
• Madam You Sha, Fu Jiusheng, He Lianyun, and Xiao Sanren agreed to gather materials and prepare for their expedition in nine years, with Xiao Sanren planning to pursue Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.
• Luo Chen used his transformed Water Mirror Art to track the four through Pill Scent Identification and saw that they had gone their separate ways.
• Luo Chen resolved to strengthen his combat methods, study the Nether Origin Pill recipe for a possible substitute ingredient, and ask the Ice Fortress for Heavenly Mountain Returning Yang Water.
• Luo Chen cultivated through the night and sent a voice transmission the next day, bringing cultivators of the Luo Tian Association to his cave abode.

Luo Chen perfected Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers, restored Blazing Fire Miasma with Tier 3 Earth Fire Fiend Qi, and spent six years preparing his cultivation and alchemy for a journey. He joined He Lianyun, Fu Jiusheng, Xiao Sanren, and Madam You Sha, then took charge of their travel plans as they set out to refine the Nether Origin Pill.

• Luo Chen practiced with seven newly made concealed weapons and brought Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers to Great Perfection in seven days.
• Gu Cai Yi reported that the Sunken River Ghost Fire Fiend had gone to a Fallen Cloud Sect elder, but she acquired Tier 3 Earth Fire Fiend Qi for Luo Chen instead.
• Luo Chen obtained Heavenly Mountain Returning Yang Water from Ice Fortress and repaid Canglong by refining Jade Dew Pills, while also preparing Spirit Communication Pills and testing Nether Origin Pill substitutes.
• Luo Chen spent the next six years focusing on Blazing Fire Miasma and Divine Soul techniques, then perfected Blazing Fire Miasma before departing Skybillow Immortal City.
• Luo Chen met He Lianyun, Fu Jiusheng, Xiao Sanren, and Madam You Sha a thousand miles from the city, demanded the Nether Origin Pill ingredients, and assigned them roles aboard his flying boat.
• Madam You Sha piloted the flying boat eastward after supplying the Spirit Stones Luo Chen had not prepared.

Luo Chen and his companions traveled to Great Snow Mountain to obtain the Nine-Striped Snake Saliva Fruit for refining the Nether Origin Pill. After entering the dangerous mountain range and encountering a flock of Barred Snowy Owls, Luo Chen sensed another threat nearby as the group prepared to force its way through.

• Luo Chen criticized the preparation of He Lianyun’s ingredients while secretly hoping to keep the surplus for his study of a simplified Nether Origin Pill recipe.
• Fu Jiusheng explained that pill ingredients were prepared according to each Pill Refiner’s skills and habits, then revealed the group’s destination was Great Snow Mountain.
• Fu Jiusheng told the group that the Nine-Striped Snake Saliva Fruit grew in the Ten Thousand Serpent Cave, where a Tier 3 Seven-Ringed Snow Serpent ruled a colony, and proposed using an illusion formation to give Luo Chen time to refine pills.
• Luo Chen joined Fu Jiusheng, He Lianyun, Madam You Sha, and Xiao Sanren as they traveled cautiously through Great Snow Mountain, discussing its spirit lands and the dangers surrounding them.
• Xiao Sanren spotted a flock of Barred Snowy Owls blocking their route, and Fu Jiusheng decided they would force their way through rather than risk a detour past an Icefield Wolf pack.
• Luo Chen sensed that enemies beyond the Barred Snowy Owls were nearby but stayed silent as the others drew their weapons.

Luo Chen and the others fought through demon beasts on their journey across Great Snow Mountain, revealing their different abilities and the tensions within their group. After two arduous months, they reached Ten Thousand Serpent Cave, where Fu Jiusheng led them toward the valley’s outskirts.

• Fu Jiusheng, Madam You Sha, and He Lianyun slaughtered a flock of Barred Snowy Owls while Luo Chen watched, and Madam You Sha killed the Tier 2 Snowy Owl King with her Amber Vermilion Silk.
• An Earth-Drilling Ground Dragon attacked the group, but Xiao Sanren disrupted it with his flute, Fu Jiusheng blocked its escape, He Lianyun pierced it with a Soul Severing Nail, and the others helped Madam You Sha finish it.
• Xiao Sanren brought up Luo Chen’s past victories, prompting the others to scrutinize him; Luo Chen avoided answering and resolved to show no mercy if anyone targeted him.
• The party encountered repeated dangers along Fu Jiusheng’s supposedly safe route, including a Third-Order Ice Prism Mad Lion that forced them to detour, and reached their destination after two months.
• At Ten Thousand Serpent Valley, Fu Jiusheng explained that the Seven-Ringed Snow Serpents lived in tunnels beneath the valley, then led the others toward its outskirts.

Luo Chen and four rogue cultivators infiltrated Ten Thousand Serpent Cave, killed the three Six-Ringed Snow Pythons guarding a ripe Nine-Striped Snake Saliva Fruit, and Luo Chen began refining Nether Origin Pills. After five days, he emerged with four finished pills as signs of danger stirred across Great Snow Mountain.

• Fu Jiusheng led Luo Chen, Madam You Sha, He Lianyun, and Xiao Sanren through a hidden passage into Ten Thousand Serpent Cave, where they reached the guarded fruit grotto.
• Fu Jiusheng used a Tier 3 Soundproofing Talisman and formation to conceal the attack, while Luo Chen protected the spirit fruit and the others fought the three Six-Ringed Snow Pythons.
• He Lianyun killed one serpent with three black nails, Xiao Sanren subdued another with his flute, and Madam You Sha finished the last with her Amber Vermilion Silk.
• The group found the ripe Nine-Striped Snake Saliva Fruit, and Luo Chen set up a warning array before beginning to refine Nether Origin Pills in the Shangshu Cauldron.
• As the others waited, they learned that snow serpents were fleeing toward the mountain's outskirts and feared an unknown disturbance in Great Snow Mountain.
• On the fifth day, Luo Chen emerged from the mist with four finished Nether Origin Pills, whose deep-blue lightning confirmed their unusual power.

Luo Chen refused to surrender extra Nether Origin Pills and other treasures, then used Bai Mei Ling’s black mist to ambush the cultivators who tried to rob him. He killed Xiao Sanren, leaving Madam You Sha and He Lianyun facing him in the cavern.

• Luo Chen gave the four Nether Origin Pills to Fu Jiusheng, Madam You Sha, Xiao Sanren, and He Lianyun, then denied Madam You Sha’s accusation that he had hidden more.
• Fu Jiusheng gathered his array equipment and left, but Xiao Sanren and He Lianyun joined Madam You Sha in demanding Luo Chen’s pills, Heavenly Mountain Returning Yang Water, and Core Formation Secret Techniques.
• Luo Chen rejected their demands and revealed the Profound Flame Sword as Bai Mei Ling filled the cavern with black mist from the Soul Nourishing Banner.
• Luo Chen charged Xiao Sanren through the mist, overcame his soul attacks with the Rotten Ke Black Chess Piece, and tore out his heart before beheading him with the Profound Flame Sword.
• He Lianyun dispelled part of the black mist, and Luo Chen faced him and Madam You Sha while holding Xiao Sanren’s heart before burning it to ash.

Luo Chen defeated Madam You Sha and destroyed Ming Sha’s soul after stopping his attempted possession, then pursued the fleeing He Lianyun through the collapsing cavern. He Lianyun used spells and a hidden array to escape, but Luo Chen broke through the obstacle and continued the chase.

• Madam You Sha and He Lianyun attacked Luo Chen, but the Rotten Ke Black Chess Piece blocked the Soul Severing Nail and Ming Sha’s attempt to possess him.
• Luo Chen’s soul devoured Ming Sha, and he overcame Madam You Sha’s blood rain with Blazing Fire Miasma.
• Madam You Sha detonated the Amber Vermilion Silk as Luo Chen beheaded her, collapsing the cavern while He Lianyun fled.
• Luo Chen survived the cave-in, caught up to He Lianyun, and struck at him with the Innate One Qi Great Handprint, but He Lianyun used the blow to speed his escape.
• He Lianyun set off a Black Swamp Array to slow Luo Chen, who avoided the trap by carving through the mountainside and resumed the pursuit.

He Lianyun confronted Luo Chen with several powerful treasures and a Ten Thousand Swords Talisman, but Luo Chen survived by revealing his Heavenly Peng True Body and killed him. Their battle triggered an avalanche and exposed the Seven-Ringed Snow Python King, which Luo Chen struck with Mountain Collapse before it pursued him in fury.

• He Lianyun took a pill to boost his strength, prepared the Golden Brick, Ze Country Gui Diagram, Soul Breaking Three Nails, and a talisman, then waited for Luo Chen.
• Luo Chen pursued He Lianyun, learned that he had stolen Nangong Jin's Ze Country Gui Diagram, and fought through He Lianyun's layered traps and defenses.
• He Lianyun unleashed the Ten Thousand Swords Talisman, but Luo Chen survived by transforming into his Heavenly Peng True Body and crushed He Lianyun while taking the Ze Country Gui Diagram and nails.
• The battle triggered an avalanche that revealed the Seven-Ringed Snow Python King and its serpents, and Luo Chen recognized that the king was close to advancing.
• Luo Chen cast Mountain Collapse, shattering the mountain and destroying the Python King's developing eighth ring, while the enraged serpent king pursued him.

Luo Chen fled the Great Snow Mountain while pursued by serpent demons, then witnessed Cang Long Immortal beginning her Nascent Soul Tribulation at the Moonlight Ice Fortress. As a powerful voice challenged the White Bone Mysterious Snake, an aged voice warned that spectators could come no closer.

• Fu Jiusheng emerged from his formation, denied plotting against Luo Chen, and gave him a map of the Great Snow Mountain before escaping underground.
• Luo Chen studied the map and chose among several routes out, but the Seven-Ringed Snow Serpent caught up and attacked him, while a hidden golden snake struck him once before withdrawing.
• Luo Chen fled for days as serpent demons pursued him, exhausting his Blazing Fire Miasma and nearing the collapse of his Blazing Cloud Wings.
• A stray arc of Tribulation Lightning struck Luo Chen, but the spine within him swallowed it and restored his control.
• Luo Chen spotted the Moonlight Ice Fortress and realized Cang Long Immortal was undergoing her Nascent Soul Tribulation.
• A powerful voice challenged the White Bone Mysterious Snake, and an aged voice warned that spectators could approach no farther.

Luo Chen escaped Great Snow Mountain during Cang Long Immortal’s Nascent Soul tribulation, then recovered in the Ancient Origin Mountain Range and discovered that his Wither Bloom Fire could absorb vitality from living creatures. As he traveled toward Yuan Magnetic Valley to bury Mi Shuhua’s puppet near the remains of the Mi Family, he spotted someone unexpected.

• Han Zhan fought the White Bone Mysterious Snake while a sword formation and demon beasts threatened Cang Long Immortal’s breakthrough, forcing Luo Chen to flee Great Snow Mountain.
• After evading a Tier 3 Verdant Eagle, Luo Chen hid in a cave and spent a month recovering with Bai Mei Ling’s help.
• Luo Chen burned several low-rank demon beasts with his Source True Fire and discovered that it absorbed their vitality, strengthening the flame and speeding his recovery.
• Luo Chen left the Ancient Origin Mountain Range’s depths and traveled toward Severing Cloud Mountain to find Yuan Magnetic Valley and bury Mi Shuhua’s puppet near his clansmen.
• As Luo Chen prepared to enter Yuan Magnetic Valley, he saw a figure and wondered what that person was doing there.

Luo Chen found Miao Wen in Yuan Magnetic Valley, where Ghost King Yin Qi had tormented him for forty years, and used the Ghost God Heart Questioning Mirror to restore his clarity. After Miao Wen helped Bai Mei Ling absorb the Yin Qi, he asked to watch the sunrise before dying, and Luo Chen scattered his ashes over the Lancang River.

• Luo Chen recognized Miao Wen in Yuan Magnetic Valley and discovered that a Tier 3 Ghost King's Yin Qi had possessed him.
• Luo Chen used the Ghost God Heart Questioning Mirror to awaken Miao Wen, whose memories revealed his difficult path through the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect and his survival of Great River Market's destruction.
• Miao Wen learned that Pang Renxiong had become a Tier 3 Ghost King and agreed to help Luo Chen extract the Ghost King's Origin Yin Qi for Bai Mei Ling.
• Luo Chen and Miao Wen worked together through the night to extract the Yin Qi, which Bai Mei Ling absorbed before returning to the Soul Nourishing Banner.
• Miao Wen asked to see the sunrise after Luo Chen admitted he intended to kill him, and he died peacefully as dawn broke.
• Luo Chen burned Miao Wen's body, gathered his ashes, and scattered them over the Lancang River.

Luo Chen returned to Danxia Peak with Miao Wen’s treasures and learned that twenty-seven sects planned to invade Howling Moon Mountain Range. He prepared the Luo Tian Association to seize an opportunity in Flowing Light Market and asked Sima Hui Niang to gather the resources he needed to form his core.

• Luo Chen examined Miao Wen’s inheritance, including a Seven-Star Sky Lantern Fruit, the Sky Moon Purple Gold Wheel, and a Jade Slip containing Calming the Waves.
• Luo Chen saw Sword Sect disciples carry a living Second-Order Demon Beast into the expanding Ghost Domain near Great River Market, then hurried back to Danxia Peak.
• Xing Zonghan reported that nine Nascent Soul Upper Sects and eighteen Golden Core Great Sects would join the Campaign Against Howling Moon, and Luo Chen ordered intelligence gathering on Ice Fortress and nearby markets.
• Luo Chen proposed taking Flowing Light Market under the pretext of Duan Feng avenging his father; he returned the Ze Country Gui Diagram to Duan Feng and assigned him to lead the attack on the Bai Family.
• Luo Chen told Sima Hui Niang he was preparing to form his core and asked her to obtain healing medicines, breakthrough resources, a Natal Magic Treasure design, lifesaving pills, and live demonic beasts.