Recaps

Luo Chen arrived at Soaring Sky Pass for his rotational patrol duty, drawing a crowd and receiving a personal welcome from Ling Fengzi. After learning about the city’s forces and wondering whether Mingyuan Sect planned to exploit the war, he reached the City Lord’s Mansion and met its Nascent Soul cultivators.

• Cultivators gathered outside Soaring Sky Pass to see Luo Chen arrive, while Xiao Lan and her master hoped to meet him and spotted Sixth Brother among his followers.
• Fiend Dragon Child cleared a path for Luo Chen, and Ling Fengzi welcomed him outside the city before escorting him inside.
• Ling Fengzi explained Soaring Sky Pass’s vast population and military strength, including its thousands of Golden Core cultivators and rotating Nascent Soul defenders.
• Luo Chen wondered whether Mingyuan Sect intended to let the Eastern Wasteland factions and Demon Race weaken each other before intervening.
• Ling Fengzi asked Luo Chen to refine a Tier 4 Pill, and Luo Chen agreed to discuss the price after meeting the other cultivators.
• Luo Chen entered the City Lord’s Mansion and greeted Soaring Sky City Lord, Xiao Shiniang, Qin Baixiang, and Idle Crane True Person.

Luo Chen settled into his role at Soaring Sky Pass, arranged pill refining with Ling Fengzi, and used his split souls to manage patrols and other work. The chapter ended when Ice Fortress Jueqing came to his cave residence and knelt, asking him to save someone.

• Luo Chen accepted Ling Fengzi's pill recipe and agreed to refine the pill in exchange for Ling Fengzi's future aid; Ling Fengzi also left him spirit stones, body tempering methods, and a Nine Nether Phantom Python tendon.
• Luo Chen began patrolling the western approach, assigning Black Ape to scan the walls and Red Dog to study Ling Fengzi's pill recipe while he worked on his sword qi and plans for Cai Yi's magic treasure.
• Luo Chen gave Fiend Dragon Child pills to distribute, and Luo Tian Sect cultivators gained connections and goodwill among the cultivators at Soaring Sky Pass.
• The Soaring Sky City Lord gave Luo Chen plans for the Profound Nether Whip and three drops of Ming Water.
• Xu Xiaoliu told Luo Chen that a visitor wanted him to save someone, and Ice Fortress Jueqing arrived and knelt before him.

Heartless Immortal came to Luo Chen for help saving Cang Long, whose failing ice coffin could no longer preserve her. After learning Cang Long’s unusual constitution and the danger it posed, Luo Chen agreed to take her into his care and find a cure.

• Heartless Immortal told Luo Chen that the Beast Tide had destroyed the Ice Fortress, leaving only a dozen or so survivors.
• Heartless Immortal offered Luo Chen a wisp of Sky Qi and revealed Cang Long inside the damaged Moonlight Ice Fortress, explaining that her failing coffin could preserve her for only a few more decades.
• Heartless Immortal explained that Cang Long possessed the Seven Aperture Exquisite Body, which Cloud Crane True Person had once coveted for its ability to raise another cultivator’s cultivation.
• Luo Chen silenced Heartless Immortal’s offer of further payment, removed the treasure’s old Divine Sense imprints, and agreed to care for Cang Long and find a cure.
• After Heartless Immortal left, Luo Chen arranged for Yang Pingdu to look after the Ice Fortress’s surviving female disciples and resolved to help Cang Long out of gratitude.

Luo Chen examined Canglong’s injuries and devised a possible soul-repair method, while Heartless Immortal taught Luo Tian Sect cultivators advanced ways to use talismans. After spending a year refining Gu Cai Yi’s Natal Magic Treasure, Luo Chen finished a mid-grade whip and wondered whether an Illusion Core could help him reforge the Ghost God Heart Questioning Mirror.

• Luo Chen found that Han Zhan’s Soul Restriction protected Canglong and concluded that Great Soul Pills and the Soul Splitting Art might help her repair her damaged soul.
• Heartless Immortal taught Luo Tian Sect cultivators how to prepare and activate talismans more effectively, and Luo Chen learned to attach a seed of mana to one in advance.
• Luo Chen used the Primal Chaos Cauldron, Nine Nether Enchanting Python remains, and Ming Water to forge Gu Cai Yi’s Natal Magic Treasure.
• Luo Chen’s brief distraction during the final restrictions caused the whip to reach only the mid-grade tier, though he successfully sealed the python’s phantom form within it.
• Luo Chen connected the python’s illusory power to the Illusion Core from the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven and considered using the core to reforge the Ghost God Heart Questioning Mirror.

Luo Chen considered reforging the Ghost God Heart Questioning Mirror to strengthen the Luo Tian Sect, aid Canglong, and cultivate his split souls, then met Gu Zuokai and visited the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion. There, he recognized Yu Xiang, a former Joyful Union Sect disciple from Great River Market, and asked her only to pour his wine.

• Luo Chen decided that the Fourth Order Middle Stage Illusion Core could be used to reforge the Ghost God Heart Questioning Mirror, though he lacked the required materials, formations, and blueprint.
• Luo Chen learned from Xu Xiaoliu that the Heavenly Origin Commerce League's shop construction in Soaring Sky Pass had been halted by the city lord, and he received invitations from Idle Crane True Person and three Nascent Soul sects.
• Luo Chen left for the City Lord's Mansion and invited Gu Zuokai to talk after Gu once again failed to meet with Ye Lingtian.
• Luo Chen took Gu Zuokai to the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, which served as the refuge and headquarters of scattered Joyful Union Sect cultivators.
• Luo Chen recognized Yu Xiang, a former Joyful Union Sect Inner Disciple from Great River Market, and told her to stay and pour wine for him.

Luo Chen proposed that Gu Zuokai use the Luo Tian Sect as an agent to establish the Heavenly Origin Commerce League’s business outside Soaring Sky Pass, and asked him to obtain Illusion Core Magic Treasures. Before leaving, Luo Chen reunited with Yu Xiang, gave her an Essence Condensing Pill, and ended the chapter by unexpectedly running into Ling Fengzi outside the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion.

• Luo Chen suggested that Gu Zuokai route the Heavenly Origin Commerce League’s business through the Luo Tian Sect, and Gu Zuokai agreed to discuss the plan with its Sect Master.
• Gu Zuokai agreed to gather Magic Treasures made from Tier 3 Illusion Cores for Luo Chen.
• Luo Chen gave Gu Zuokai a letter for Heavenly Mountain True Person asking about the mutation of the Spiritual Rhinoceros Gu inside Sima Hui Niang.
• Luo Chen recognized Yu Xiang, heard her account of Demon Emperor Qing Shuang’s destruction of the Joyful Union Sect, and gave her a Tier 3 Mid-grade Essence Condensing Pill.
• Luo Chen left the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion and ran into Ling Fengzi, who saw him coming out of the alley.

After refining Wind Aperture Pills for Ling Fengzi, Luo Chen withdrew from pill commissions as reports of the war worsened and focused on cultivation. He reached Minor Accomplishment in the Thousand Skies Myriad Transformations Sword Scripture and stabilized his Nascent Soul Third Layer cultivation, but his Divine Sense detected something alarming as he prepared to return to Soaring Sky Pass.

• Ling Fengzi told Luo Chen that Azure Sky Mountain had fallen and feared demon beast armies would soon threaten Soaring Sky Pass, so he needed the Wind Aperture Pill to improve his chances of survival.
• Luo Chen refined eighteen Wind Aperture Pills, gave nine to Ling Fengzi, and earned a greater reputation as a Pill Sect when Ling Fengzi entered seclusion.
• Luo Chen stopped accepting commissions and entered seclusion to refine Crimson Sky Sword Qi, while Li Yingzhang established the Luo Tian Treasure Pavilion to buy demon beast corpses.
• Luo Chen completed ten strands of Crimson Sky Sword Qi, advanced the Thousand Skies Myriad Transformations Sword Scripture to Proficient Level, and stabilized his cultivation at the Nascent Soul Third Layer.
• Luo Chen tested his spells outside Soaring Sky Pass and began withdrawing his extended Divine Sense when he sensed something unexpected.

Luo Chen reported Tyrant Blade’s death and the Demon Race’s growing threat to Soaring Sky Pass, then mastered Moon Step while waiting for the invasion. As he returned to the city in a storm, a massive figure suddenly descended from the sky.

• Seven Horns confirmed Tyrant Blade’s death, while Gao Chang detected Luo Chen’s spying Divine Sense and vanished toward Soaring Sky Pass.
• Luo Chen warned Yang Pingdu, then told the Soaring Sky City Lord that the Tyrant Blade Domain had fallen and described the demons he had seen.
• The Soaring Sky City Lord explained the strength of the Nine Great Commanders and ordered Luo Chen to keep guarding the western side of the pass.
• As the city prepared for war, Luo Chen failed to find Ling Fengzi and instead practiced Wang Yuan’s Moon Step using Source Power.
• After more than a month of training, Luo Chen perfected Moon Step and returned toward Soaring Sky Pass in a heavy storm.
• A massive figure crashed down through the storm before Luo Chen reached the city gate.

Seven Horns led a coordinated assault on Soaring Sky Pass, sending Demon Emperors against each gate while Lei Yu confronted Luo Chen at the West City. As Luo Chen struggled to match Lei Yu, Seven Horns arrived in his colossal form and announced his attack on the pass.

• Seven Horns assigned demons to attack the North, South, and East gates while Lei Yu was sent to challenge the West gate.
• Qin Baixiang refused to open the East gate immediately for the fleeing Fire Ridge survivors, and a disguised demon used a Six-Winged Golden Cicada to attack him.
• Lei Yu arrived at the West gate and fought Luo Chen, breaking apart Luo Chen's Fire Phoenix with a strike of his black hammer.
• Luo Chen considered using the City Protecting Array or waiting for allies, then began preparing a powerful attack against Lei Yu.
• Seven Horns descended in a colossal, seven-colored rhinoceros form and declared that he had come to attack Soaring Sky Pass.

The Soaring Sky City Lord used Soaring Sky Pass’s array to repel the Demon Emperors, killing three and forcing the rest to flee or withdraw. After the battle, Lei Yu recognized Luo Chen as the seemingly humble figure he had encountered before.

• The Soaring Sky City Lord drove off the Seven Horns Commander and sent seven Flying Swords after the invading Demon Emperors, killing Cheng Guan and Lu Hao while Shichamo escaped after losing his body.
• The Thunder Prison Divine Peng wore down the Flying Sword attacking him and escaped when another Mystic Sword rose, while Luo Chen remained unharmed.
• The Soaring Sky City Lord opened the eastern gate and sent the city’s cultivators to fight the approaching demon-beast horde, while Luo Chen told Zeng Yilong and Yang Pingdu to guard the western wall.
• In an underground cavern, the Seven Horns Commander learned that three of his Demon Emperors had died and ordered An Ming to retrieve surviving low-ranking demons.
• Lei Yu argued with the Seven Horns Commander before leaving to meet the Qing Shuang Hall Master, then recognized Luo Chen as the humble figure from his memory.

After Soaring Sky Pass repelled the Beast Tide, Luo Chen visited Sima Hui Niang and received the City Lord’s warning that Huang Man and the battered Seven Horns Commander were approaching. As reinforcements were summoned and the city braced for another attack, Luo Chen prepared to aid Idle Crane True Person and promised Hui Niang they would have children once the crisis passed.

• Luo Chen visited Luo Tian Treasure Pavilion, where Sima Hui Niang told him she was training Mei Ruoqi and mourned the death of Gu Cai Yi’s disciple, Yuan Xiaoyue.
• Luo Chen instructed Sima Hui Niang to limit the pavilion’s purchases of demonic beast corpses and reserve quality Blood Food for Wang Yuan and Zeng Yilong.
• The Soaring Sky City Lord convened Luo Chen, Xiao Shiniang, Idle Crane True Person, and Qin Baixiang, while Ling Fengzi reported that Huang Man and the Seven Horns Commander were approaching with armies.
• The Soaring Sky City Lord announced that the Heavenly Capital Sect’s Supreme Elder and Nascent Soul reinforcements were on their way, but warned everyone to remain vigilant; Ling Fengzi asked them to protect the disciples of his PiaoMiao Sect if he did not return.
• Luo Chen gave Sima Hui Niang pills for Idle Crane True Person and received illusion tools from the Heavenly Origin Commerce League.
• Luo Chen promised Sima Hui Niang that they would have more than one child after the crisis ended, then left the courtyard.

Luo Chen guarded Soaring Sky Pass as the Demon Race launched a siege, then welcomed reinforcements from the Divine Talisman Sect and other regional forces. After the beast tide withdrew, the Soaring Sky City Lord activated the Zhou Tian Star Array, darkening the Azure Nether and leaving Luo Chen uneasy about what had changed.

• Luo Chen assigned Red Dog to study Illusion Core weapons and gave Black Ape the Fallen Cloud Sect Puppet Art to help him learn how to control Han Zhan's White Tiger Puppet.
• The Demon Race attacked Soaring Sky Pass from all sides, and Luo Chen guarded the west while his cultivators fought off scattered Demon Beasts.
• Luo Chen watched Zeng Yilong fight effectively with his Breaking Moon Wings and Ten Thousand Jun Halberd as the siege continued for days.
• Fu Old arrived with several thousand Divine Talisman Sect cultivators, and reinforcements from other forces soon followed, prompting the Beast Tide to withdraw.
• Ye Hong delivered a compass from the City Lord, and Luo Chen activated it along with the other defenders as pillars of light rose across the city.
• The Soaring Sky City Lord used the Zhou Tian Star Array to darken the Azure Nether, and then summoned everyone to the City Lord's Mansion.

Luo Chen attended a wartime meeting where Heavenly Capital Child strengthened Soaring Sky Pass’s defenses, then discussed the likelihood of a counterattack with trusted allies. After the gathering, Luo Chen focused on deepening his connection with the Yuan Tu Sword Spirit as he sought greater strength for the coming battles.

• Luo Chen met Heavenly Capital Child at the City Lord’s Mansion, where the Soaring Sky City Lord praised his alchemy and gathered Nascent Soul Cultivators to hear about the city’s defenses.
• Heavenly Capital Child took charge of the Black Tortoise Four Directions Array, promising to extend the Mystic Swords’ range and revealing that the Zhou Tian Star Array controlled the Azure Nether above the pass.
• Pavilion Master Li invited Luo Chen to refine Jade Emperor Clear Eye Liquid, but Luo Chen set the recipe aside to focus on improving his combat strength.
• Luo Chen met with Nine Spirits Yuan Jun, Ling Fengzi, Fu Old, and Idle Crane True Person, and they concluded that the Soaring Sky City Lord might launch a preemptive attack to prevent the Demon Race from surrounding the pass.
• After his guests left, Luo Chen considered his allies’ growing strength, then practiced with the Yuan Tu Sword and sensed a closer connection with its sealed Sword Spirit.

Luo Chen finished his patrol and cultivated close to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, but an attack by multiple Demon Emperors forced him to defend West City. He confronted the Nascent Soul Third Layer Demon Emperor as the battle for Soaring Sky Pass began.

• Luo Chen learned that improving his sword scripture had doubled the speed at which he refined Sky Qi, and he sought more Three Sky Qi through gatherings of Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Luo Chen handed his West City post to Wind Flower Palace's Second Palace Master and became a mobile reserve in Soaring Sky Pass.
• Luo Chen cultivated with abundant resources until he reached Nascent Soul Third Layer 90/100, just short of the Middle Stage.
• He answered an urgent summons after West City came under attack and found the Second Palace Master facing an assault by at least four Demon Emperors.
• Golden Feather True Person, Divine Fire Zhenren, and Skyscraper Old Ghost engaged three Demon Emperors, while Luo Chen intercepted the remaining Nascent Soul Third Layer demon and declared that the Pill Sect stood there and Soaring Sky Pass could not be entered.

Luo Chen defeated and killed Frost Eagle, a Demon Emperor serving Seven Horns Commander, with his Flourishing Decay Divine Fire and Primal Chaos Cauldron. The Beast Tide began to retreat, and Luo Chen returned to Soaring Sky Pass as the city celebrated his victory.

• Luo Chen suppressed Frost Eagle’s domain with Abyssal Inferno, then dodged the Demon Emperor’s shuttle and eagle-claw attacks.
• Frost Eagle transformed into a giant blue eagle, unleashed Azure Mist Frost, and tried to flee, but Luo Chen’s Flourishing Decay Divine Fire weakened him.
• Frost Eagle abandoned his body and escaped inside his shuttle, but Luo Chen trapped him in the Primal Chaos Cauldron and destroyed his Nascent Soul.
• Frost Eagle’s corpse fell onto the battlefield, killing dozens of demon beasts, while the surviving Low-Rank Demon Beasts retreated and the cultivators cheered Luo Chen.
• The Second Palace Master of Wind Flower Palace confirmed that Frost Eagle’s soul was destroyed, while Skyscraper Old Ghost returned injured and Jin Ling led Divine Fire Zhenren away.
• Luo Chen ordered the Second Palace Master to send Frost Eagle’s corpse to the city, where Luo Tian Sect cultivators carried it toward Soaring Sky Pass.

Luo Chen’s victory over Frost Eagle ended the siege of West City and revealed the terrifying power of his Flourishing Decay Divine Fire. After the Ancient Desolate Beasts withdrew, Luo Chen attended a gathering of Nascent Soul cultivators and found Five Elements Divine Origin watching him.

• Jin Ling and Divine Fire Zhenren discussed how Luo Chen had killed Frost Eagle and destroyed his soul, while Jin Ling left the problem of capturing Luo Chen to Divine Origin.
• Heavenly Capital Child told the Soaring Sky City Lord that Luo Chen had killed a Demon Emperor and urged him to lead the cultivators himself; the City Lord agreed to set an example.
• Luo Chen examined Frost Eagle’s spatial shuttle, reflected on his limits in Body Tempering, and assessed the strength and risks of his Flourishing Decay Divine Fire.
• Luo Chen concluded he could crush opponents in his realm and contend with many Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators, though he remained cautious about Nascent Soul Late Stage Great Cultivators.
• The Ancient Desolate Beasts withdrew after prolonged fighting, and Luo Chen went to a City Lord’s Mansion meeting where he saw Five Elements Divine Origin among the gathered Nascent Soul cultivators.

The Soaring Sky City Lord assembled Nascent Soul cultivators for a surprise attack on Seven Horns’ army, and Luo Chen volunteered for the dangerous assault rather than the reinforcement interception. After preparing for battle and reuniting with Wang Yuan and Gu Cai Yi, Luo Chen received the order to depart and discovered a Teleportation Array hidden beneath Soaring Sky Pass.

• The Soaring Sky City Lord announced a plan to strike Seven Horns’ forces, with Divine Origin True Person leading a separate group to intercept Huang Man’s reinforcements.
• Luo Chen volunteered to exchange places with Ling Fengzi and join the surprise attack team, despite Divine Origin True Person’s attempt to assign him to the interception group.
• Luo Chen returned to secluded cultivation, then met Wang Yuan, Gu Cai Yi, and Qin Yuanjiang after the Luo Tian Sect was conscripted; he gave Gu Cai Yi the Nether Python Whip.
• After receiving notice that the battle would begin that day, Luo Chen entered a cavern with Fu Old and recognized a Teleportation Array hidden among the formations.

Luo Chen and the allied cultivators used a hidden Teleportation Array to launch a surprise assault on the Tyrant Blade Domain, where the Soaring Sky City Lord deployed the Heavenly Capital Sect’s killing formation. The battle began with the Demon Emperors resisting, as Luo Chen sent his fully charged Azure Sun Great Handprint crashing into the formation.

• Pavilion Master Li urged Luo Chen to refine Jade Emperor Clear Eye Liquid, but Luo Chen declined until the teleportation interrupted their conversation.
• Heavenly Capital Child teleported the six Nascent Soul Cultivators to the Tyrant Blade Domain and then prepared to send Divine Origin True Person’s interception team.
• The Soaring Sky City Lord unfurled twelve Heavenly Capital Twelve Divine Demon Array Flags to seal the Tyrant Blade Domain, while Nine Spirits Yuan Jun, Fu Old, Jin Ling, Daoist Tie Guan, and Luo Chen built up their strength.
• Luo Chen formed the Azure Sun Great Handprint as the others prepared to attack, and the Soaring Sky City Lord led the charge when the formation’s pillars of light struck the domain.
• Seven Horns Commander confronted the Soaring Sky City Lord, while Lei Yu blocked Nine Spirits Yuan Jun and the other cultivators engaged Demon Emperors and demon beasts.
• Seven Horns Commander saw Luo Chen’s enormous Palm Seal descend into the formation behind a drifting white figure.

Luo Chen unleashed the full power of the Azure Sun Great Handprint, then fought and captured the Wu Guang Beast in her darkness trap. The Yuan Tu Sword devoured her blood and Nascent Soul, revealing its hunger for blood as Luo Chen turned his attention to the battlefield’s demon beasts.

• Luo Chen’s fully charged Azure Sun Great Handprint swept across the battlefield, killed over a million Low-Rank Demon Beasts, and briefly breached the Heavenly Dushan Twelve Divine Demons Great Array.
• Luo Chen surveyed the battles and decided to help Fu Old, but Wu Guang trapped him in darkness and attacked with poisoned needles.
• Luo Chen saw through Wu Guang’s ambush, broke her dark curtain, and bound her true form with the Primal Chaos Cauldron’s Crimson Chains.
• Luo Chen pinned Wu Guang’s Nascent Soul with the Blood Sword and stopped her from detonating it, but the Yuan Tu Sword Spirit devoured her before she could surrender.
• Luo Chen realized the Yuan Tu Sword hungered for blood, rejected the idea of feeding it his Essence Blood, and spread his killing intent toward the demon beasts.

Luo Chen slaughtered Demon Beasts across the Tyrant Blade Domain while honing his sword techniques as the allied cultivators defeated the Demon Emperors. Just as they moved to finish the Thunder Prison Divine Peng, a mysterious snow-white fist seized its Nascent Soul, wounded Nine Spirits Yuan Jun, and left Luo Chen’s Blood Sword marked with a tiny red dot.

• Luo Chen unleashed the Yuan Tu Sword against the Demon Beasts, helped Daoist Tie Guan turn the tide, and tore two wings from An Ming before Fu Old confronted her.
• Luo Chen continued slaughtering the fleeing Demon Beasts and practiced the Thousand Skies Myriad Transformations Sword Scripture while the allied cultivators killed more Demon Emperors.
• Daoist Tie Guan and Pavilion Master Li joined Luo Chen as they watched Nine Spirits Yuan Jun weaken the Thunder Prison Divine Peng beneath the earth.
• Luo Chen and the others attacked the Thunder Prison Divine Peng’s exposed Nascent Soul, but a snow-white fist emerged through the vanished array and caught it.
• The fist’s owner brushed aside the attacks, wounded Nine Spirits Yuan Jun, and vanished, while Luo Chen’s Blood Sword bore a tiny red dot.

After the battle at Tyrant Blade Domain, Luo Chen realized he had wounded Demon Emperor Qing Shuang and resolved to close the gap between them. He spent five years cultivating in Soaring Sky Pass and advanced to the Nascent Soul Fourth Layer.

• Demon Emperor Qing Shuang appeared at the ruined Tyrant Blade Domain, exchanged a silent gaze with Luo Chen, and vanished after rescuing the Thunder Prison Divine Peng's Nascent Soul.
• The Soaring Sky City Lord ordered the Human Race cultivators to withdraw, and the victorious group returned to Soaring Sky Pass as the demon forces retreated and regrouped.
• At a private meeting, the Soaring Sky City Lord questioned Luo Chen about Qing Shuang and promised him exclusive use of a Fourth-Tier Mid-grade cave abode.
• Luo Chen discovered a speck of Qing Shuang's blood on Yuan Tu Sword and took it as proof that he could someday fight or defeat her.
• Luo Chen delegated sect and commercial affairs to his companions, entered seclusion, and advanced to the Nascent Soul Fourth Layer after five years.

After twelve years in seclusion, Luo Chen reviewed his cultivation, absorbed the memories of his Split Souls, and learned how to craft a Heart Questioning Mirror while preparing to leave seclusion with his strength concealed. Elsewhere, he visited a black market in Soaring Sky Pass disguised as a gray-robed cultivator and offered a Soul Absorption Essence Seizing Art to buy rare herbs.

• Luo Chen found that twelve years had passed and reviewed his progress, including his Nascent Soul Fourth Layer cultivation and the Soul Splitting Art reaching Perfect Level.
• Luo Chen decided to postpone splitting his Main Soul again and cultivating Prison Suppression because a period of weakness would leave him vulnerable to soul attacks.
• Luo Chen merged with Red Dog and Black Ape, learned that Returning Truth Liquid could activate Illusion Cores, and concluded that a Heart Questioning Mirror could help Canglong.
• Luo Chen examined the Frost Eagle Flying Shuttle, considered improving its concealment with the Wu Guang Beast's skin, and concealed his true cultivation with the Wither Bloom Divine Restriction.
• Disguised as a short gray-robed cultivator, Luo Chen learned about Soaring Sky Pass's Trade Fair and bought information from a Qi Refining cultivator.
• Luo Chen visited a black market and offered a Soul Absorption Essence Seizing Art to barter for Crimson Blood Grass.

Luo Chen secretly spread the Soul Absorption Essence Seizing Art so others would produce Soul Essence for his future cultivation, then began preparing to refine the Heart Questioning Mirror. While reviewing invitations, he learned that Xu Xiaoliu had died during his seclusion and accepted an invitation from True Person Lu to attend a gathering in three days.

• A Golden Core shopkeeper traded Crimson Blood Grass for the Soul Absorption Essence Seizing Art, and the Gray-Robed Cultivator spread copies through Soaring Sky Pass before revealing himself as Luo Chen.
• Luo Chen decided the copies would circulate without his help and planned to use the Human-Demon War to obtain Soul Essence for cultivating more Split Souls.
• Luo Chen spent ten Achievement Points to raise the Heart Questioning Mirror to Entry Level and considered seeking materials from cultivators who had invited him to meet.
• Heartless Immortal told Luo Chen that Xu Xiaoliu had died of old age during his third year in seclusion and had been buried at Hundred Mile Green River.
• Luo Chen accepted True Person Lu's invitation to a gathering hosted by Dongyang Sect and agreed to attend in three days.

Luo Chen arrived at Shouyang Mountain’s gathering of Nascent Soul True Persons and was welcomed warmly, drawing Doctor Yao’s envy and resentment. He opened the trading session by offering the intact remains of a Fourth Order Wu Guang Beast in exchange for Red Firmament, Violet Firmament, and Crimson Firmament Sky Qi.

• Luo Chen entered Shouyang Mountain and greeted Nine Spirits Yuan Jun, Fu Old, Elder Lu, and other cultivators who gathered around him.
• Doctor Yao disparaged Luo Chen’s alchemy and complained that Luo Chen had ignored his three visiting cards, while Deng Taiyue and others went to meet Luo Chen.
• Doctor Yao waited for Luo Chen to acknowledge him, but Luo Chen did not approach before Elder Lu began the trading session.
• Luo Chen volunteered to present the first item and dropped the bloodied remains of a Fourth Order Wu Guang Beast into the hall.
• Luo Chen offered the beast’s remains in exchange for Red Firmament, Violet Firmament, and Crimson Firmament Sky Qi.

Luo Chen displayed and sold the remains of a Wu Guang Demon Emperor, using the corpse to demonstrate his strength and obtain large quantities of Sky Qi. As the gathering turned to other trades, he became interested in Deng Taiyue’s Seven Souls Jade and asked to buy it.

• Luo Chen presented the Wu Guang Beast’s corpse, explained the value of its parts, and impressed the gathered Nascent Soul cultivators with his strength and knowledge.
• Nine Spirits Yuan Jun bought the Scorpion Tail Needle and poison sac, Xiao Shiniang bought the wings, Qin Baixiang bought the flesh and blood, and other True Persons purchased the remaining remains.
• Luo Chen collected Sky Qi from the sales and considered whether the Dongyang Sect might have more Purple Sky Qi to trade.
• Deng Taiyue offered Seven Souls Jade in exchange for resources beneficial to the Divine Soul, and Doctor Yao proposed trading his unfinished research on the Clarified Butter Pill.
• After Elder Lu explained that the Clarified Butter Pill could help Nascent Soul Cultivators comprehend Law True Intent, Luo Chen asked Deng Taiyue to sell him the Seven Souls Jade.