Recaps

Xiao Chen entered the western conflict, killed the Yi Family Old Ancestor, and helped the Heavenly Dipper Sect defeat the Sea Race and its Human allies. He then destroyed the Illuminating Void Sect’s defenses and uncovered its secret chamber, while the allied fleet advanced unaware that he had already secured victory.

• Xiao Chen lured out and killed the Yi Family Old Ancestor, then learned from his spoils that the Human Race was losing ground across Compassion Sea.
• Xiao Chen reached the besieged Heavenly Dipper Sect, helped Gang Yuan True Monarch defeat a Sea Fish great demon, and gained access to the sect’s records and Scripture Pavilion.
• Xiao Chen healed Han Chuan True Monarch and helped the Heavenly Dipper Sect counterattack the Wang and Fan families, killing the Wang Family Ancestor after he fled.
• Xiao Chen fought Jin Luan and Yun Qing at the Ink Barrier Sect, killed Yun Qing, and pursued the retreating Illuminating Void Sect leaders.
• Xiao Chen killed Mirror Reflection True Monarch and Illusion Breaker True Monarch, then broke the Illuminating Void Sect’s grand array and defeated its remaining defenders.
• Xiao Chen searched the Illuminating Void Sect’s stores, found a Core of the Deep Sea and a hidden chamber containing sacrifices and captive cultivators, and freed the prisoners, including Chu Tianze.
• Xiao Chen collected the sect’s valuable inheritances and supplies, then left the Three Leaf Islands as the Heavenly Dipper Sect fleet advanced, unaware that he had already ended the western threat.

Xiao Chen entered the New Cultivation World, investigated its jade trade and local powers, and used the declining Cai Family as cover to acquire valuable treasures at the Gui Yun Market auction. He left Chen Fan newly advanced to Golden Core, pursued ways to strengthen his Spiritual Sense, and began planning a custom Fusion Spirit Tool.

• Xiao Chen returned to Secluded Doom Island, shared his spoils and plans with Su Li, then traveled to the New Cultivation World and reunited with Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan explained how the Double Jade trade exploited cultivators, and Xiao Chen warned him and the Xu family to stop nourishing jade before seeking intelligence from Zhang Cunfu.
• After killing the Red-bearded Man, Xiao Chen followed the trail to the Cai Family and arranged for them to bid on Fourth-Order Spiritual Items in exchange for his help.
• Xiao Chen studied the Cai Family’s records, learned about the risks to Spiritual Sense and the Holy City’s control of Double Jade, and joined the family delegation at the auction under cover.
• Chen Fan won a Golden Core Formation, while Xiao Chen bought several treasures and ordered the Cai Family to win the Reinforced Formation Breaking Cone for twenty million Spirit Stones.
• The Cai Family’s dramatic bid attracted attention from Seven Crane True Monarch, but local leaders accepted the explanation that the family had spent ancestral funds, leaving Xiao Chen’s cover intact.
• Chen Fan defeated pursuers, found a Golden Tail Tiger statue containing ancient Sword Intent, and later broke through to Golden Core as Xiao Chen asked him to gather Soul Nurturing Jade discreetly.
• Xiao Chen met Shattered Gold True Monarch as Daoist Jinguang to discuss a custom Fusion Spirit Tool, weighing the greater offensive potential of his spearhead against the Flying Sword Fragment’s efficiency and lower material demands.

Xiao Chen joined the defense of Cloud Wave Sword Abode, then led the Human Race’s assault against the Sea Race’s linked grand array. After breaking the array, the humans drove most of the Sea Race demons into retreat, while Hai Hong and the Six-fin Barracuda stayed behind.

• Xiao Chen commissioned Shattered Gold True Monarch to refine his spear, accepted the high material cost, and supplied Fourth-tier Sea Fish materials as substitutes.
• Xiao Chen met Chen Fan, warned him against spreading the Heavenly Star Secret Method, then headed to Cloud Wave Sword Abode as the Sea Race threatened the southern front.
• At Listening Wave Island, Xiao Chen helped Cloud Vortex True Monarch’s forces ambush the Sea Race, killing several Great Demons and destroying the Giant Octopus with Big Dipper Spirit Fire.
• Xiao Chen traveled with reinforcements to Shallow Sky Sea, where the Human True Lords dismantled defensive formations and he killed an Ice Crystal Jellyfish guarding the Sea Race’s linked grand array.
• Hai Hong ambushed the Human True Lords inside the array, but Xiao Chen and his allies removed an Array Foundation, escaped, and killed the Seven-Star Flowing Light Sea Bream.
• Hai Hong used the Thirty-Six Revolving Cold Smoke Golden Talisman to spread Spiritual Sense-disrupting fog, so Xiao Chen and Gang Yuan True Monarch used Yang Fire Evil and formations to clear it.
• Xiao Chen used a Reinforced Formation Breaking Cone to destroy the linked grand array, causing the Thousand-Year Sea Turtles and other Great Demons to flee while Hai Hong and the Six-fin Barracuda remained behind.

After helping defeat the Sea Race at Universal Salvation Temple, Xiao Chen took part in the Peace Conference and pursued new cultivation methods, trade, and mysterious relics. He returned to Secluded Doom Island and learned that Su Li’s Witch Tribe Heritage had worsened her Moon Eclipse Curse.

• Xiao Chen and the True Lords defeated the Sea Race at Shallow Sky Sea, divided the spoils, and agreed to investigate strange weather and a vanishing snowfield.
• Xiao Chen joined Gang Yuan True Monarch and Zhang Shouquan at Universal Salvation Temple, where the Mani Relic reacted to his Killing Intent and the monks asked him to explain its source.
• Xiao Chen helped repair the temple’s array foundations, then fought in the Sea Race’s final assault as the Venerable One weakened the grand array and the Bright King struck him down.
• Xiao Chen pursued fleeing Sea Race demons and later helped defeat the Giant Scallop, claiming its shell for a defensive Spirit Tool.
• Xiao Chen supported temple proposals at the Peace Conference, where the sects passed rules and compromises covering territory, trade, ruins, patrols, and the Jade Leaf Commerce Association.
• Xiao Chen studied ancient records, learned the Spirit Devouring Yuan Great Method, bought a mysterious ancestral fragment from Cheng Shi, and asked Chu Tianze to search for similar relics.
• Xiao Chen returned to Secluded Doom Island and found Su Li, who revealed that her Witch Tribe Heritage and absorbed Moonlight Power had worsened her Moon Eclipse Curse.