Recaps

After his three-year restriction ended, Xiao Chen rapidly advanced through Qi Refining and dominated the Outer Sect Trial with his enhanced spells. The arc left him with new rewards and a suspected Heaven-grade Inheritance, while Su Wanqing drew him into cooperation and Xiao Chen defeated her brother in a duel.

• Xiao Chen’s Taking It Easy restriction ended, and he advanced three times to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer before choosing Featherweight I and joining Branch 2.
• Xiao Chen selected the Yang Qi Breathing Technique, cultivated quickly, and reached the Qi Refining Fifth Layer as the Outer Sect Trial approached.
• Xiao Chen hunted Spirit Beasts with his powerful Fireball Art, exchanged Jade Tokens with Su Wanqing, and survived a Ghost Face Spider ambush that yielded a Harmony Origin Pill and a suspected Inner Core.
• Xiao Chen sold most of his Trial Points, reached the Qi Refining Sixth Layer with the Harmony Origin Pill, and placed ninth in the rankings.
• Chen Tianyang tested Xiao Chen’s Low-Grade Wood Spiritual Root, called him Fortune-Blessed, and gave him a Golden Light Pearl and a Purple Peach Blossom.
• Xiao Chen confirmed that the Golden Orb was a complete Inner Core, then accepted Su Wanqing’s dinner invitation after she offered him Azure Wood Spiritual Liquid.
• Su Yuanpeng challenged Xiao Chen to a spell duel, and Xiao Chen’s Fireball Art pierced his defenses and knocked him down.
• Su Wanqing claimed Xiao Chen’s attack was the Fireball Art and privately concluded that he possessed a Heaven-grade Inheritance.

Xiao Chen advanced to the Inner Sect, survived an assassination attempt, and built his alchemy skills while investigating the Black Market. As unrest and killings spread, he prepared to visit the market again.

• Su Yuanpeng apologized to Xiao Chen and gave him cultivation supplies, while Su Wanqing shared her Spirit Liquid and obtained Bone Tempering Spring for him.
• At the Song Family banquet, Li Sibao provoked Xiao Chen, then later broke into his room and attacked him, and Xiao Chen subdued and treated him, but Li died from poison before he could identify his employer.
• Elder Chen vouched for Xiao Chen and took him as a disciple, while Jiang Shiyou accused him of demonic cultivation and sought to detain him.
• Bright Flame True Person confirmed Xiao Chen was not a Demonic Cultivator, punished Jiang Shiyou, and awarded Xiao Chen an Evergreen Sword and an Azure Wood Spirit Nurturing Pill.
• After joining the Inner Sect on Azure Water Peak, Xiao Chen chose the Evergreen Pill Method and persisted through repeated failures until he mastered Qi Nourishing Pill refining and began selling his pills.
• Xiao Chen killed two masked robbers who had tried to ambush him, then discovered a secret cultivation method and Moon Reflecting Wine in the stall owner's Storage Bag, and drinking the wine helped him reach Qi Refining Layer Eight.
• At the New Year gathering, Elder Chen told Xiao Chen that the Flame Pool Secret Realm would reopen in three months, while Xiao Chen exchanged Moon Reflecting Wine with Su Wanqing and revealed his breakthrough.
• Su Wanqing drank the wine and experienced a spiritual phenomenon, and amid unrest and missing disciples, Elder Qi warned Xiao Chen to stay on the mountain, but Xiao Chen prepared to visit the Black Market.

Xiao Chen advanced to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer in the Flame Pool Secret Realm, gained a wealth of treasures, and survived an ambush arranged by the Tian Family Three Brothers. He traveled to Crushed Stone Valley, where he killed two men connected to Scarface and arrived as the Xiong Family’s trade fair began.

• Xiao Chen reported the suspicious Standard Flying Swords to Elder Chen, learned about Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment from Scarface’s belongings, and began practicing Golden Light Shrinking Earth while refining pills.
• Xiao Chen entered the Flame Pool Secret Realm, evaded the Two-Headed Lions, and absorbed a Fire Flame Spirit Crystal to reach the Qi Refining Ninth Layer before killing the Three-Headed Lion guarding it.
• Xiao Chen and Lin Ping'an explored an ancient palace, traded the Mysterious Gate Divination Art for treasures, and Xiao Chen later used his Azure Thorn Technique to rescue Ye Fei’s trapped group and escort the disciples out.
• Xiao Chen shared Fire Flame Crystals with the disciples and marked the mine on the sect’s map, prompting the Jiang Family and Lu Wuqiang to arrange attempts on his life.
• Junior Brother Zhang lured Xiao Chen into an ambush by the Tian Family Three Brothers, but Xiao Chen killed them and found notes about Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and a trade fair in Crushed Stone Valley.
• Xiao Chen traveled to Crushed Stone Valley, recognized One-Eye and Biao Zi as likely brothers of Scarface, and killed them when they came to his courtyard.
• Xiao Chen restored the Azure Gourd and created two armed Azure Wood Divine Generals, then attended the Xiong Family’s trade fair as Xiong Qiming opened the auction.

Xiao Chen overcame Demonic Cultivators and assassins, then achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and returned to the Li Fire Sect. He rejected the Jiang Family’s attempt at reconciliation, advanced to Foundation Establishment Stage 2, and continued preparing for the next stage of his cultivation.

• Xiao Chen won the Thousand-Year Sword Bamboo at auction for four thousand Spirit Stones and later discovered Demonic Cultivators collecting blood at Wind Howl Mountain.
• Xiao Chen broke the Ten Thousand Souls Formation, rescued Su Yuanpeng and Su Wanqing, and delivered Yin Biqin and evidence of the attacks to the Li Fire Sect.
• Xiao Chen captured the Xuan Family, killed two Demonic Cultivators, and recovered the Wu Ji Spirit Soil before deciding to attempt Foundation Establishment.
• After Blackwind Wanderer ambushed him, Xiao Chen escaped and completed Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment using the Five Elements Spiritual Objects, gaining Divinity Veil.
• Xiao Chen killed Hundred Poisons Devil at the Liu Family estate, then later used Blazing Sky of Rosy Clouds to kill Blackwind Wanderer during another ambush.
• Xiao Chen returned to the Li Fire Sect, became Caretaker of the Demon Subduing Hall, and chose the Spirit Nurturing Art as his cultivation technique.
• Elder Chen confirmed that Xiao Chen had achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, while Xiao Chen found his lost Evergreen Sword among Luo Yun Wanderer’s possessions.
• Xiao Chen refused the Jiang Family’s reconciliation offer, cultivated the Spirit Nurturing Art until he reached Foundation Establishment Stage 2, and resumed training his other techniques.