Recaps

Xiao Chen joined an expedition to Heaven Star Island, fought the Yin Corpse Sect, and escaped a hunt by three Nascent Soul True Lords. While traveling east, he met Su Li on Secluded Doom Island, learned of Wu Mausoleum, and set out to find it after breaking through in Body Refining.

• At the Spirit Herb Banquet, Xiao Chen traded for a Qianyuan Creation Pill, then raised his cultivation and broke through to mid-stage Golden Core.
• Xiao Chen killed Xu Gongtong and the other conspirators who had poisoned him, then joined an expedition to a ruin in the Outer Sea.
• Xiao Chen entered Heaven Star Island with Yu Zhenyang's group, explored its palaces, and fought off attackers from the Huo Family.
• Xiao Chen killed Dai Tian Rui and defeated the Yin Corpse Sect at the Star Gazing Platform, then received the Heaven Star Sect inheritance and Nascent Soul Transformation Jade.
• Xiao Chen escaped Dai Fei'ang and two other Nascent Soul True Lords, prompting a widespread hunt for the Golden Light Rogue Cultivator.
• While traveling east, Xiao Chen survived sea hazards, gathered treasures, and met Su Li on Secluded Doom Island, where he absorbed the power of her Blood Crystals.
• Xiao Chen and Su Li witnessed inherited memories of the Moon Witch Tribe, and Xiao Chen learned that Wu Mausoleum might hold a Witch Artifact.
• After refining a Blood Crystal and reaching mid-stage Golden Core in Body Refining, Xiao Chen set out for Wu Mausoleum and hired Guo Pan at Azure Sea Market to guide him to intelligence sellers.

Xiao Chen gathered Nascent Soul materials, gained the Supreme Clarity Nascent Soul Transformation Glazed Pearl, and entered the Cangran Secret Realm. After finding Dao Comprehension Crystals in the Blood Vine Forest, he faced a swarm of tree Sprites.

• Xiao Chen bought a sea chart and intelligence, explored Wu Mausoleum, and recovered the Crystal Moon Wheel and a Witch inheritance for Su Li.
• Xiao Chen helped the Sun Family defeat Wang Ruiyang’s attackers, returned to Su Li, and reached Late-stage Golden Core in Body Cultivation after absorbing a Reinforced Blood Crystal.
• Xiao Chen bought rare cultivation materials at the Listening Wave Sea auction, including Crimson Moon Dew and the Three Lights Soul Nourishing Jade, then accepted Withered Leaf True Monarch’s invitation to hear about a coming New Ruin.
• At Purple Sun True Monarch’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, Xiao Chen won the East Arena and defeated every challenger, earning the Supreme Clarity Nascent Soul Transformation Glazed Pearl.
• Xiao Chen hired Alchemist Geng to refine pills in exchange for Thousand-Year Dragon Turtle Heart Blood, then entered the Cangran Secret Realm through its Emerald Green Talisman Array.
• In the Sprite Forest, Xiao Chen helped Ruan Lingchun escape two Cloud Wave Sword Abode disciples and used her map to find two wood-element Dao Comprehension Crystals.
• Xiao Chen burned attacking blood vines, broke through a vine barrier, and fought thirty-six tree Sprites, collecting their tree hearts.

Xiao Chen gathered Killing Intent and treasures, entered the New Ruin, and uncovered the Sea Race’s infiltration and attacks on Buddhist temples. After returning to Wave Listening Market, he advanced to the Late-stage Golden Core and went to collect the pills Alchemist Geng had refined.

• Xiao Chen escaped the failing Secret Realm with seven Dao Comprehension Crystals, traded at the Black Market, and killed the Bronze Mask Cultivator who followed him.
• Xiao Chen found and absorbed Killing Intent in an ancient battlefield, forming his Yin Five Elements Seal and discovering a giant octopus in the Compassion Sea.
• Xiao Chen entered the New Ruin, collected treasures, and defeated the Heretical Cultivators and Royal Flood Dragon threatening the cultivators there.
• Xiao Chen warned Fa Zhao Arhat about the Sea Race’s plans and learned that the masked traitors were Sea Race agents and the dead soldiers were Human-Demon Hybrids.
• Xiao Chen and Zhang Shouquan infiltrated a sealed cave, divided its treasures, and Xiao Chen later returned to absorb its Killing Intent and form a Yang Earth Seal.
• Xiao Chen killed Tong Fu at Zhi Yi Cave, brought his head to Alchemist Geng, and learned that Sea Fish Swarms and demons were besieging Buddhist temples.
• Xiao Chen used a Dao Comprehension Crystal and Purple-Gold Bodhi Fruit to break through to the Late-stage Golden Core after waiting out the gale in Wave Listening Market.
• Xiao Chen went to Alchemist Geng’s alley before dawn to collect his pills.

Xiao Chen gathered resources, defeated the Yi Family Old Ancestor’s pursuit, and formed his Nascent Soul before using a new ability to explore another Cultivation World. After returning, he learned that the Sea Race’s offensive had plunged the Compassion Sea into war and began cultivating the Disaster Transfer Art on Secluded Doom Island.

• Xiao Chen collected two Jade Marrow Nascent Soul Pills, sold his Spirit Tools, and escaped the Yi Family Old Ancestor by activating Night's Edge, while Su Li killed Liao Longfu and detected a Spiritual Sense Mark on Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen followed Su Li’s maps to gather Killing Intent, exposed Sea Race agents searching for it and delivering Yang-Preserving Stone, and warned the Ink Barrier Sect of the coming offensive.
• With Su Li’s help, Xiao Chen prepared the Infant Nurturing Altar, shattered his Flawless Golden Core, and successfully formed his Nascent Soul.
• Xiao Chen chose Dimension Sorcerer's Crown, learned to use the Northern Darkness True Water Robe, and traversed to another Cultivation World, where he sought a Wood-type technique and recruited Chen Fan after saving him from poison.
• Xiao Chen obtained the two parts of the Disaster Transfer Art from Zhang Cunfu, studied the technique, and left Gui Yun Market while seven concealed True Lords watched him and decided to report him to the Alliance Leader.
• After returning to his world, Xiao Chen learned from Red Tassel True Person that Yuan Zhanhui and allied forces had helped the Sea Race besiege the Ink Barrier Sect and threaten the Heavenly Dipper Sect.
• Xiao Chen returned to Secluded Doom Island, heard Su Li explain that her Witch Rune practice had transformed its western side, and began cultivating the Disaster Transfer Art.