Recaps

Luo Zhixian arrived to rescue Chen Qing and Deng Ziheng, killing the five True Origin Realm ambushers without drawing his spear. After revealing that the mission had been arranged by Sect Leader Jiang Lishan, Luo Zhixian set course for Swallow's Nest to settle personal matters.

• Luo Zhixian appeared and confronted He Jie, Mao Chengyue, Tu Wanjun, and two Swallow's Nest elders who had trapped Chen Qing and Deng Ziheng.
• Luo Zhixian used a finger attack to badly wound Tu Wanjun, then killed the brocade-robed Swallow's Nest elder and Mao Chengyue.
• He Jie burned his Essence Blood and unleashed a powerful demonic art, but Luo Zhixian combined eight spear intents to destroy him and later retrieved Tu Wanjun's head from the sea.
• Luo Zhixian explained that Sect Leader Jiang Lishan had arranged the mission to destroy the Demonic Sect stronghold, protect Chen Qing, and probe Swallow's Nest's ties to the Demonic Sect.
• Luo Zhixian ordered Deng Ziheng to steer the Treasure Ship toward the Flying Swallow Islands, saying he had personal matters to handle at Swallow's Nest.

After learning that Swallow's Nest had helped the Demonic Sect target his disciple, Luo Zhixian stormed its stronghold on Flying Swallow Island and defeated its Five Elders with one spear strike. Swallow's Nest's hidden leader let Luo Zhixian leave, while witnesses and spies prepared to spread news of the clash across the Tianxing Seventy-two Islands.

• Zhang Longhu told Mo Yuan that five investigators' targets were dead and Luo Zhixian's ship was heading toward the Flying Swallow Islands, so Mo Yuan decided to go watch.
• Luo Zhixian's speedboat landed at Flying Swallow Island, where Deng Ziheng drove off the guards and fought through Swallow's Nest disciples.
• The Five Elders confronted Luo Zhixian and tried to trap him with the Five Directions Traverse Lock, but he shattered their formation with Thunder Brilliance Pierces the World and severely wounded them.
• A powerful figure from Swallow's Nest's central mountain ordered Luo Zhixian to end the fight and leave, and Luo Zhixian returned to the speedboat with Deng Ziheng and Chen Qing.
• After Luo Zhixian sailed toward East Pole City, witnesses and spies rushed to report his victory across the Tianxing Seventy-two Islands.

Chen Qing returned to East Pole City and then Tianbao Supreme Sect after Luo Zhixian exposed the likely role of the Tianxing Alliance in Swallow's Nest's schemes. Back at the sect, Chen Qing received a rare fishing art and counted his rewards, leaving him with resources and plans to prepare for the True Origin Realm.

• Aboard the Treasure Ship, Luo Zhixian told Deng Ziheng and Chen Qing that the Tianxing Alliance likely stood behind Swallow's Nest's alliance with the Demonic Sect, while the deeper purpose of the scheme remained unclear.
• The Treasure Ship reached East Pole City, where Luo Zhixian ordered Deng Ziheng to stay and guard the sect's stronghold while he and Chen Qing prepared to return to the sect.
• Gu Sitong gave Chen Qing the Star Vortex Dragon Luring Technique, and Chen Qing found that the rare art could attract Treasure Fish and possibly aquatic creatures with Flood Dragon bloodlines.
• Luo Zhixian and Chen Qing returned to Tianbao Supreme Sect, where Luo Zhixian went to brief the Sect Leader and Chen Qing returned to True Martial Peak.
• After returning to his courtyard, Chen Qing calculated that he had earned 23,700 Contribution Points and now had three opportunities to cultivate in the Five Elements Grotto-heaven, which he planned to use to prepare for the True Origin Realm.

Tianbao Supreme Sect opened Tianshu Pavilion in response to the growing threat tied to the Wuji Demonic Sect, Swallow's Nest, and the Tianxing Alliance. Chen Qing was excluded from the pavilion for lacking True Origin Realm cultivation, and the chapter ended as Cloudwater Supreme Sect envoys arrived amid rising tensions.

• Luo Zhixian warned Jiang Lishan and the other leaders that Swallow's Nest's collusion with the Wuji Demonic Sect might involve the Tianxing Alliance, prompting them to approve opening Tianshu Pavilion.
• Li Yujun and Wu Hanhai prepared the pavilion's roster, but Li Yujun ruled that Chen Qing could not enter because he had not reached the True Origin Realm.
• Chen Qing cultivated, received 28,700 Contribution Points for his missions, and exchanged 21,300 points for materials from Old Deng's list.
• Qu He told Chen Qing that the other True Disciples had entered Tianshu Pavilion while he alone had been excluded, and Chen Qing resolved to qualify by reaching the True Origin Realm.
• A warning bell rang across the sect, and Qing Dai informed Chen Qing that Cloudwater Supreme Sect had sent a large delegation of powerful experts to the main peak.

After Tianshu Pavilion opened, Chen Qing learned that Tianbao Supreme Sect had allied with Cloudwater Supreme Sect and prioritized purging the Wuji Demonic Sect, while competition within the sect intensified. Two months later, Chen Qing mastered the True Martial Seal and True Martial Demon Purging Spear, awakening True Martial Spear Intent.

• Chen Qing practiced the True Martial Seal and True Martial Demon Purging Spear as Cloudwater Supreme Sect experts held secret talks with Tianbao Supreme Sect's leaders and then departed.
• Tianshu Pavilion opened, drawing powerful figures from across Tianbao Supreme Sect to a gathering that set the sect's direction.
• Zhu Yu told Chen Qing that Tianbao Supreme Sect would lead a broad purge of the Wuji Demonic Sect and had formed an offensive and defensive alliance with Cloudwater Supreme Sect; he also reported that Lu Chenming was receiving support to pursue a breakthrough.
• Chen Qing gave Zhu Yu five hundred Contribution Points for his service, while Zhong Yu later gave Lu Chenming a Spirit Condensing Pill to help him enter the True Origin Realm and strengthen the Nine Heavens Vein.
• After two months of cultivation, Chen Qing completed the True Martial Seal and True Martial Demon Purging Spear and awakened True Martial Spear Intent.

Chen Qing refined his spear intent, learned of the Demonic Sect’s growing threat and the Wutai Sect’s new Tianshu Pavilion, then used his fishing technique to lure and catch Bibo Pond’s hidden Fish King. He left the pond with a valuable catch intended for his master and his own cultivation.

• Chen Qing formed True Martial Spear Intent and wondered whether his strength could let him contend with a newly advanced True Origin Realm expert.
• Zhu Yu told Chen Qing that Shen Xiuyong had been injured in an ambush by Demonic Sect fighters; Chen Qing visited Shen and learned that Sect Leader He Yuzhou had reached the True Origin Realm.
• Ruan Lingxiu explained that the sect had reopened the Tianshu Pavilion to coordinate its resources amid rising threats, and warned that Chen Qing’s position as the tenth True Disciple drew rivals’ attention.
• Chen Qing went fishing at Bibo Pond and caught several rare treasure fish using the Star Vortex Dragon Luring Technique.
• Chen Qing sensed the Fish King beneath the pond, patiently subdued its struggle, and caught a forty-five-year Golden Scale Crimson Shadow Trout.
• Chen Qing planned to offer the Fish King’s head to Luo Zhixian and use its nourishing flesh to aid his own cultivation.

Chen Qing demonstrated his newly formed True Martial Spear Intent to Luo Zhixian, who taught him the Ten Absolute Spear Arts and explained how their spear intents could be fused. After the Fish King's potent nourishment strengthened Chen Qing, he entered the Cave Heaven to cultivate, where an unexpected change erupted.

• Chen Qing brought Luo Zhixian the Fish King's head, demonstrated his True Martial Spear Intent, and impressed his master.
• Luo Zhixian taught Chen Qing the eight remaining techniques of the Ten Absolute Spear Arts and explained that their power came from fusing their spear intents.
• Chen Qing ate the Fish King, endured its surging Qi and Blood by circulating the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body, and gained substantial cultivation progress.
• Zi Su and Bai Zhi checked on Chen Qing after his recovery, while Qing Dai observed their concern from the shadows.
• Chen Qing ate the remaining Fish King over two days, strengthening his True Gang and Qi and Blood, then entered the Cave Heaven to cultivate.
• As Chen Qing cultivated in the Cave Heaven's core region, an unexpected change erupted.

Chen Qing was attacked by Soul-Eroding Netherfire in the Cave Heaven, where a mysterious figure bestowed the upper volume of the Great Void True Scripture and Xu Min saved him. He kept the inheritance secret and cultivated for three months, bringing his Primordial Five Elements True Gang close to the True Origin Realm.

• The Purple Light reacted to Crimson Mountain Peak, whose Soul-Eroding Netherfire pursued Chen Qing and invaded his Sea of Consciousness.
• The Purple Light tempered Chen Qing’s Sea of Consciousness, and a vague figure on Crimson Mountain Peak sent him a golden inheritance that branded the words “Great Void” into his mind.
• Xu Min stopped the netherfire, warned Chen Qing to stay away from the Cave Heaven’s core, and left after introducing herself.
• Chen Qing discovered that the panel recorded the Great Void True Scripture (Upper), concealed the inheritance, and learned from Elder Xiang not to discuss Xu Min with outsiders.
• Chen Qing studied the scripture and spent three months training, bringing his Primordial Five Elements True Gang to the threshold of perfection at the seventh layer.

Chen Qing acquired the peerless Dragon Roar Army Breaker Spear from Fang Hui in exchange for desert dates, then accompanied Gong Nansong and Master Qiku to release Wu Sanyuan from Blackwater Abyss Prison. He learned Wu Sanyuan was a powerful, possibly last surviving pure-blooded member of the nearly extinct Overthrown Tribe.

• Chen Qing corrected Qing Dai’s saber technique and helped Su Wen gain insight during their sparring practice.
• Chen Qing went to Blackwater Abyss Prison to help manage the intensifying Killing Intent and agreed to trade desert dates for Fang Hui’s Dragon Roar Army Breaker Spear.
• Chen Qing verified Fang Hui’s spear technique was genuine, then arranged for Zhu Yu to bring desert dates to Fang Hui, who wept after tasting them.
• Gong Nansong arrived by the Sect Leader’s order and asked Master Qiku to release Wu Sanyuan from the prison’s third level.
• Wu Sanyuan attacked as Master Qiku opened his cell, then left with Gong Nansong after being told he was free.
• Master Qiku told Chen Qing that Wu Sanyuan was a Sky-Bearing Warrior of the nearly extinct Overthrown Tribe, whose bloodline resisted ordinary sealing arts.

Chen Qing began a secluded breakthrough after declining Zhang Baicheng’s proposed spar, while Lu Chenming advanced to the True Origin Realm and reclaimed his place among the sect’s inner circle. Lu Chenming then challenged Chen Qing to a Seven Stars Platform duel, leaving Chen Qing’s response uncertain.

• Chen Qing left Blackwater Abyss Prison, declined Zhang Baicheng’s invitation to spar, and returned to his courtyard to begin seclusion with a Fusion Origin Pill.
• Lu Chenming condensed his saber intent, broke through to the True Origin Realm, and received congratulations from the Nine Heavens Vein.
• Li Yujun rewarded Lu Chenming with pills and confirmed that he could join Tianshu Pavilion as a Renzhi Seat.
• Qing Dai, Su Wen, Zi Su, and Bai Zhi discussed the sect’s resource allocations and the growing threat from the Demonic Sect.
• A Seven Stars Platform steward delivered Lu Chenming’s challenge to Chen Qing, requiring him to answer within ten days unless he was in seclusion.

After Lu Chenming challenged Chen Qing for his True Disciple Seat, the sect expected Chen Qing to lose, while Han Guxi failed to persuade Li Yujun to admit him early to the Tianshu Pavilion. Chen Qing reached the final point of the seventh layer of his Primordial Five Elements True Gang, leaving him on the verge of breaking through to True Origin.

• Qing Dai calmed Su Wen, Zi Su, Bai Zhi, and the others, telling them to guard the courtyard and leave Chen Qing undisturbed in seclusion.
• Huo Qiushui and Ruan Lingxiu discussed Lu Chenming's challenge, Nan Zhuoran's possible Eleventh Refinement, and the strain in Ruan Lingxiu's marriage to Zhong Yu.
• Disciples across the sect predicted that Lu Chenming would reclaim his True Disciple Seat from Chen Qing.
• Han Guxi offered Li Yujun resources and vacant steward positions in exchange for Chen Qing's exceptional admission to the Tianshu Pavilion, but Li Yujun refused on the grounds that sect law required True Origin.
• Chen Qing absorbed reserve pills and condensed his five-colored True Gang to its limit, reaching 29999 of 30000 progress in the seventh layer and nearing his breakthrough.

Chen Qing broke through to the True Origin Realm, completed his first True Essence Tempering, and discovered the Great Void Annihilation Divine Light as a secret trump card. After accepting Lu Chenming’s challenge for five days later, he invited Zhang Baicheng to watch, leaving Zhang and the other disciples wondering about his intent.

• Chen Qing transformed his True Gang into a vast lake of True Essence, tempered his organs, and condensed divine sense as he entered the True Origin Realm.
• Chen Qing learned that the Great Void True Scripture contained the powerful Great Void Annihilation Divine Light, which he resolved to keep secret.
• Qing Dai told Chen Qing that Lu Chenming had entered the True Origin Realm, taken the Renzhi Seat in Tianshu Pavilion, and challenged him to a match.
• Chen Qing accepted Lu Chenming’s challenge and scheduled the Seven Stars Platform match for five days later.
• Chen Qing sent Zhang Baicheng a letter inviting him to watch the match, and Zhang and his fellow disciples speculated about why he had done so.

Chen Qing revealed that he had entered the True Origin Realm, received the True Martial Spirit Condensing Method, and prepared for his rematch with Lu Chenming. The challenge began on the Seven Stars Platform as Lu Chenming unleashed his aura, while the crowd remained unaware that Chen Qing had already completed one tempering.

• Chen Qing studied the Great Void Annihilation Divine Light and decided to seek the True Martial Spirit Condensing Method as a public cultivation path.
• Chen Qing told Pei Tingchun and Qu He that he had reached True Origin, demonstrated his aura, and received the True Martial Spirit Condensing Method.
• Pei Tingchun and Qu He told Chen Qing that Han Guxi had tried and failed to secure him early entry to Tianshu Pavilion, but his breakthrough now made his entry certain.
• Chen Qing studied the True Martial inheritance and its supernatural abilities, then consolidated his cultivation ahead of the Seven Stars Platform challenge.
• Chen Qing and Lu Chenming faced each other before a packed crowd, and Steward Wu announced the start of their match.
• Lu Chenming erupted with his True Origin Realm aura as the battle began.

Chen Qing revealed that he had reached the True Origin Realm, defeated Lu Chenming, and rebuffed Elder Luo Ziming’s attempt to intervene. He then challenged Zhang Baicheng immediately, and Zhang accepted, setting up another duel on the Seven Stars Platform.

• Lu Chenming unleashed a True Origin Realm saber strike, but Chen Qing revealed his own True Essence and knocked him back with a punch.
• Chen Qing drew the Mysterious Dragon Spear and overwhelmed Lu Chenming, breaking his Nine Heavens Cloud Dragon Slash and piercing his chest after Lu Chenming used a blood-fueled secret technique.
• Elder Luo Ziming tried to stop Chen Qing, but Chen Qing invoked the contest rules, and Elder Gong Nansong rebuked Luo; Nine Heavens Vein disciples carried the unconscious Lu Chenming away.
• After defeating Lu Chenming, Chen Qing challenged Zhang Baicheng, and Zhang accepted despite the risks of fighting a newly advanced True Origin Realm cultivator.
• News of Chen Qing’s consecutive challenge spread, drawing elders and disciples toward the Seven Stars Platform as the arena prepared for the next duel.

Chen Qing battled Zhang Baicheng on the Seven Stars Platform, matching his spear techniques and Great Sun Burning Heaven Spear with True Martial Spear Intent and the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body. The chapter ended with Chen Qing breaking through Zhang Baicheng’s spear intent and forcing him back to the arena’s edge, leaving the spectators stunned.

• The sect’s disciples and elders crowded around the Seven Stars Platform to watch Chen Qing challenge Zhang Baicheng.
• Chen Qing and Zhang Baicheng traded precise basic spear moves before Zhang Baicheng unleashed the Great Sun Burning Heaven Spear.
• Chen Qing countered Zhang Baicheng’s scarlet spear tide with True Martial Facing the Abyss and endured its backlash with the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body.
• Zhang Baicheng manifested his Great Sun Burning Heaven Spear Intent, and Chen Qing met it with True Martial Spear Intent as spectators assumed Chen Qing would lose.
• Chen Qing unified his will, Qi and Blood, and true essence, then broke through Zhang Baicheng’s spear intent and forced him back seven or eight steps.

Chen Qing defeated Zhang Baicheng with his True Martial technique and was officially ranked eighth among the True Disciples. He then entered the sect’s Hall of Ten Thousand Laws Returning to Origin to register his Life Tablet, received cultivation benefits and Wutu Earth Essence, and left as Luo Ping and Yan Song reflected on his rise.

• Zhang Baicheng unleashed the Xuan Yang Secret Art’s Heaven-Burning Blazing Flame, but Chen Qing countered it with Demon-Subduing Mountain Shaker and won the clash.
• Gong Nansong announced Chen Qing’s victory and eighth-place True Disciple ranking, while Zhang Baicheng conceded defeat and left for treatment.
• Luo Ping escorted Chen Qing to the main peak’s Hall of Ten Thousand Laws Returning to Origin, where Chen Qing inscribed his True Origin intent into a Life Tablet.
• Luo Ping explained Chen Qing’s new monthly benefits and gave him Wutu Earth Essence at the Sect Leader’s instruction.
• After Chen Qing departed, Yan Song and Luo Ping discussed the Sect Leader’s regard for him and the upheaval his rise could bring.

After Chen Qing defeated Lu Chenming and Zhang Baicheng, elders learned he had likely fused all five of Wutai Sect’s True Gangs, drawing the attention of both the Nine Heavens and True Martial lineages. The chapter ended with Han Guxi ordering Chen Qing’s cultivation to be heavily supported while Luo Ziming arranged for Zhong Yu to keep a closer, covert watch on him.

• Luo Ziming told Li Yujun and Nan Zhuoran that Chen Qing had defeated Zhang Baicheng and likely fused all five True Gangs.
• Luo Ziming warned Nan Zhuoran not to underestimate Chen Qing, but Nan Zhuoran remained confident that Chen Qing was far beneath him.
• Luo Ziming summoned Zhong Yu and instructed him to pay special attention to Chen Qing without leaving evidence behind.
• Pei Tingchun told Han Guxi about Chen Qing’s victories and likely five-True-Gang foundation, prompting Han Guxi to celebrate his potential.
• Han Guxi gave Pei Tingchun Wutu Earth Essence and Northern Darkness Mystic Sha to deliver to Chen Qing for cultivating his divine abilities.

Chen Qing received a Tianshu Token and rare materials from the sect, then cultivated the Mountain River Seal and Mystic Tortoise Spirit Armor Technique to Minor Achievement. At the Tianbao Tower, the Purple Light in his mind stirred a connection to the tower, and after defeating a powerful beast on the thirty-fourth floor, he discovered the Myriad Phenomena Diagram of the Heavenly Cycle.

• Elder Fei gave Chen Qing the Tianshu Token and the Sect's Secret Treasury inventory, while Pei Tingchun delivered Wutu Earth Essence and Northern Darkness Mystic Sha approved by Pulse Master Han Guxi.
• Chen Qing cultivated the Mountain River Seal and Mystic Tortoise Spirit Armor Technique to Minor Achievement, then learned that Void Gold Stone cost 60,000 Contribution Points and that Nine Nether Yin Sha might be found at Dragon Marsh Lake.
• Chen Qing went to the Tianbao Tower, easily defeated the guardians on the thirty-second floor, and endured the True Essence and spiritual trials on the thirty-third floor as the Purple Light briefly connected him to the tower.
• On the thirty-fourth floor, Chen Qing defeated a formidable exotic beast by using the Mountain River Seal.
• The Purple Light guided Chen Qing to the Myriad Phenomena Diagram of the Heavenly Cycle, a spatial treasure that contained a framework for deriving and deploying many kinds of arrays.

After acquiring the Myriad Phenomena Diagram of the Heavenly Cycle, Chen Qing struggled to secure enough True Essence Pills and learned that the Nine Heavens Vein was restricting his access to them. He cultivated for three months with help from Zhang Yi and Pei Tingchun, then received an emergency summons to Tianshu Pavilion.

• Chen Qing studied and refined the Myriad Phenomena Diagram of the Heavenly Cycle, then planned his cultivation and calculated the resources he needed.
• Chen Qing sought True Essence Pills from Zhang Yi and other Danxia Peak elders, but they refused; Zhong Yu warned him that he was trying to claim resources beyond his standing.
• Zhang Yi told Chen Qing that the Nine Heavens Vein had reserved the elders' surplus pills, then promised to provide him three pills each month.
• Pei Tingchun gave Chen Qing five of his monthly True Essence Pills and promised to send him five more each month.
• Chen Qing cultivated for three months, advancing his techniques and abilities, before Qing Dai delivered a summons to an emergency Tianshu Pavilion assembly.
• Chen Qing went to the main peak and entered Tianshu Pavilion, where members had gathered beneath its starry dome.

Chen Qing attended the Tianshu Pavilion assembly, was assigned to join Ruan Lingxiu on a mission to Dragon Marsh Lake, and traveled there to investigate demonic activity. The pair detected dense Blood Fiend Qi near a small island as they arrived.

• Chen Qing learned that Elder Shan Jiwen oversaw many of Tianbao Tower’s puppets, then heard the assembly discuss threats at East Pole City and Soul Severing Gorge and requests for aid from Lingxiao Supreme Sect and Cloudwater Supreme Sect.
• Jiang Lishan assigned Luo Zhixian to visit Lingxiao Supreme Sect, while the sect selected Yan Chi and Ruan Lingxiu for the Dragon Marsh Lake mission.
• After Yan Chi entered seclusion, Luo Ping told Chen Qing that the Sect Leader had chosen him to replace Yan Chi and travel with Ruan Lingxiu.
• Qu He warned Chen Qing that Cloudwater Supreme Sect might use the joint mission to assess Tianbao Supreme Sect’s younger disciples, while Chen Qing considered the mission’s rewards and possible treasures.
• Chen Qing and Ruan Lingxiu flew toward Dragon Marsh Lake, where she described its misty waters and searched for Cold Marrow True Dew; five days later, they arrived at the lake.
• Ruan Lingxiu sensed dense Blood Fiend Qi near a rain-shrouded island, and Chen Qing steered their Golden Feather Eagle toward it.

Chen Qing and Ruan Lingxiu found an Azure Profound King Snake undergoing Dragon Transformation beside three Thunder Profound Fruits and struck while it was vulnerable. After Chen Qing drove off the powerful attacker, Ruan Lingxiu identified his Azure Sky Great Palm Seal as an art exclusive to Blackwater Great City.

• Chen Qing and Ruan Lingxiu discovered the Azure Profound King Snake’s Dragon Transformation and recognized the nearby Thunder Profound Fruits as a valuable treasure.
• Chen Qing and Ruan Lingxiu attacked the snake during its transformation, knocking it unconscious as Chen Qing collected the fruits.
• A concealed middle-aged man ambushed Chen Qing, but Ruan Lingxiu intercepted him and was knocked into the lake.
• The middle-aged man tried to seize the snake, but Chen Qing’s True Martial Seven Sections broke his Azure Sky Great Palm Seal and Black Tortoise Shaking the Mountain drove him back.
• The attacker escaped through the rain and mist, and Ruan Lingxiu identified his technique as one of Blackwater Great City’s exclusive supreme arts.

Chen Qing and Ruan Lingxiu divided the spoils from the Azure Profound King Snake, and Chen Qing refined its inner gall, breaking through to the Fifth Layer of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body. They reached Yanbo Town to meet the Cloudwater Supreme Sect, only to learn that its disciples had withdrawn from the joint operation against the Demonic Sect.

• Ruan Lingxiu explained Blackwater Great City's influence and identified the slain man as Zhang Huaigu, a former Ziyang Supreme Sect traitor ranked among its Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars.
• Ruan Lingxiu allocated Chen Qing two Thunder Profound Fruits and the Azure Profound King Snake's inner gall, while she took the other fruit and the snake's remaining parts.
• Chen Qing cautiously monitored Ruan Lingxiu before consuming the inner gall and refining its essence in seclusion.
• Chen Qing broke through to the Fifth Layer of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body and gained the Dragon-Elephant Power divine ability.
• Chen Qing and Ruan Lingxiu traveled to Yanbo Town, where Shi Xuan told them the Cloudwater Supreme Sect's three representatives had left and refused to cooperate against the Demonic Sect.

Chen Qing and Ruan Lingxiu tracked Lu Hanyin to Ghost Cry Ravine, where he was refining the rare Nine Nether Yin Sha. After Feng Yu exposed their approach, Chen Qing fought Zhang Huaigu and killed him with a single overwhelming strike.

• Shi Xuan explained that Cloudwater Supreme Sect was divided over its alliance with Tianbao Supreme Sect and reported that Lu Hanyin was refining Nine Nether Yin Sha at Ghost Cry Ravine.
• Chen Qing and Ruan Lingxiu set out for Ghost Cry Ravine, found Lu Hanyin absorbing the baleful treasure, and discovered Zhang Huaigu and Feng Yu guarding him.
• Feng Yu sensed the intruders and attacked, forcing Chen Qing and Ruan Lingxiu to reveal themselves; Ruan Lingxiu fired a signal flare while Lu Hanyin asked Zhang Huaigu and Feng Yu to delay them.
• Feng Yu engaged Ruan Lingxiu, while Zhang Huaigu confronted Chen Qing and was driven back by Chen Qing's Nine Heavens Thunder Finger.
• Chen Qing struck Zhang Huaigu with Dragon-Elephant Power, shattered his defenses, and killed him.

Chen Qing and Ruan Lingxiu defeated Lu Hanyin and secured the Nine Nether Yin Sha, but three Cloudwater Supreme Sect disciples demanded the treasure for themselves. Chen Qing refused to hand it over and challenged them to take it by force.

• Feng Yu fled after Chen Qing killed Zhang Huaigu, while Ruan Lingxiu attacked Lu Hanyin’s allies and Chen Qing confronted Lu Hanyin.
• Lu Hanyin summoned his Concentric Demon, which wounded Ruan Lingxiu before Chen Qing crushed it with the Mountain River Seal and killed Lu Hanyin with his Mysterious Dragon Spear.
• Chen Qing took the Nine Nether Yin Sha from Lu Hanyin’s inky-jade bottle as Zhou Qianjun, Li Muyun, and Liu Hanyan arrived and claimed it belonged to the Cloudwater Supreme Sect.
• Ruan Lingxiu and Chen Qing rejected the disciples’ demand for the treasure, and Chen Qing warned them against provoking a conflict between the sects.
• Chen Qing refused to surrender the Nine Nether Yin Sha and challenged the three Cloudwater Supreme Sect disciples to take it.

Chen Qing defeated Zhou Qianjun in a fierce clash at Ghost Cry Ravine, survived Li Muyun’s divine-sense attack, and escaped with Ruan Lingxiu after Gong Nansong arrived. After dividing their spoils, the group learned that Qi Yu had wounded Gong Nansong and remained near Dragon Marsh Lake, then decided to head to Blackwater Great City while Tianbao Supreme Sect summoned reinforcements.

• Chen Qing fought Zhou Qianjun, using the Mountain River Seal and Mystic Tortoise Spirit Armor to withstand his attacks before counterstriking and forcing him back.
• Li Muyun struck Chen Qing’s Sea of Consciousness with Tidal Profound Sound Rupture, but Chen Qing’s armor blocked Zhou Qianjun’s follow-up sword strike and let him recover.
• Gong Nansong arrived, prompting Zhou Qianjun, Liu Hanyan, and Li Muyun to flee; Chen Qing and Ruan Lingxiu then searched Lu Hanyin’s and Zhang Huaigu’s bodies.
• Chen Qing and Ruan Lingxiu divided the spoils, including Cold Marrow True Dew, precious herbs, a spirit treasure, and True Essence Pills, while Chen Qing recognized his divine sense as a weakness.
• Gong Nansong told Chen Qing and Ruan Lingxiu that Qi Yu had wounded him, had likely reached six rounds of True Essence Tempering, and was still near Dragon Marsh Lake.
• Gong Nansong proposed going to Blackwater Great City while they awaited reinforcements, and Chen Qing and Ruan Lingxiu agreed.