Recaps

Duanmu Hua and Xiao Jiuli arrived to counter the Northern Border forces and prevent interference in Luo Zhixian’s planned confrontation with Li Qingyu. With their allies held at bay, Luo Zhixian and Li Qingyu prepared to settle their two-hundred-year blood feud in a fight to the death.

• Duanmu Hua appeared and struck Di Cang with Purple Qi Soaring Heavens, forcing him into a crater and keeping Chi Lie from intervening.
• Luo Zhixian revealed that he had arranged for Duanmu Hua to join the battle, while Li Qingyu recognized that he had been lured into a trap.
• The Nine Nether Ghost Lord emerged from a Ghost Domain and attacked Luo Zhixian, but Xiao Jiuli cut through the ghost claw and arrived to prevent outsiders from interfering.
• Xiao Jiuli held the Nine Nether Ghost Lord at bay as Duanmu Hua faced Di Cang, leaving Luo Zhixian and Li Qingyu to confront each other alone.
• Luo Zhixian raised his spear and declared that he would show Li Qingyu no mercy, and Li Qingyu raised his sword to accept the duel.

Li Qingyu and Luo Zhixian fought an escalating battle of sword and spear arts in Red Sand Town, while observers learned that Great Snow Mountain envoy Xue Li was heading there. Feng Shuofang took up his spear and set out to meet Xue Li, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Li Qingyu’s True Martial sword strikes and Luo Zhixian’s lightning spear techniques collided, devastating Red Sand Town as Li Yujun shielded Chen Qing and the other Tianbao Supreme Sect disciples.
• Li Qingyu formed the True Martial Demon Purging Sword Array and unleashed a storm of attacks, but Luo Zhixian countered with the Twenty-Eight Mansions Thunder Edict and gathered its power into One Spear Breaks the Law.
• A sword light burst from the dispersing thunder pool and split the clouds above Red Sand Town, leaving the duel’s final result unclear.
• Lu Yunsong told Feng Shuofang that Xue Li, a Great Snow Mountain envoy, was heading to Red Sand Town, where his arrival could change the battle and its political consequences.
• Feng Shuofang summoned Shadow Severer and announced that he would go meet Xue Li.

Mei Yingxue reported that Chen Qing had persuaded Luo Zhixian to visit Lingxiao Supreme Sect after the Six Sects Grand Market, lifting Shen Qinghong’s spirits. At Red Sand Town, Luo Zhixian and Li Qingyu resumed their duel as the surrounding Grandmasters clashed, and a powerful woman from the north arrived above the battlefield.

• Mei Yingxue told Shen Qinghong that Chen Qing had agreed to bring Luo Zhixian to Lingxiao Supreme Sect after the Six Sects Grand Market.
• Shen Qinghong reflected on her past with Luo Zhixian and privately concluded that he had agreed because he wanted to see her.
• Luo Zhixian melted Li Qingyu’s Frost Cold Sword Intent from his chest wound, and the two began another fierce exchange of sword and spear techniques.
• Li Yujun ordered Nan Zhuoran, Chen Qing, Luo Ping, and the other Tianbao Supreme Sect disciples to leave, but Chi Lie attacked them and Li Yujun blocked him.
• Duanmu Hua stopped Di Cang from joining the attack and declared that Lingxiao Supreme Sect did not fear the Eight Tribes or Great Snow Mountain.
• A woman in white arrived from the north on blooming ice lotuses, drawing the attention of everyone at Red Sand Town.

Envoy Xue Li, Xiao Jiuli, and Feng Shuofang joined the standoff in Red Sand Town as Luo Zhixian and Li Qingyu’s duel reached its climax. Luo Zhixian revealed the fourth level of the Spear Domain and shattered Li Qingyu’s Golden Core, but Duanmu Hua sensed a sinister aura awakening within the fallen Li Qingyu.

• Xue Li attacked Xiao Jiuli with a freezing True Origin tide, but he split it apart with a casual sword-hand stroke.
• Di Cang and Chi Lie prepared to attack the Tianbao Supreme Sect, but Feng Shuofang arrived and planted the Shadow-Severing Spear before them.
• The Nine Nether Ghost Lord considered fleeing, but Xiao Jiuli noticed and warned him to stay.
• Luo Zhixian unleashed the fourth level of the Spear Domain and pierced Li Qingyu’s abdomen, shattering his martial Golden Core.
• Duanmu Hua sensed a cold, sinister aura awakening within Li Qingyu after his defeat.

Li Qingyu revealed his Night Clan Killing Intent and fought Luo Zhixian in a clash that left both grievously wounded. He appeared to self-destruct and target Chen Qing and Nan Zhuoran, but the blast was a decoy that concealed his escape north, prompting Xue Li, Di Cang, Chi Lie, and Xiao Jiuli to pursue him.

• Li Qingyu unleashed his Killing Intent, transformed his Golden Core, and attacked Luo Zhixian with a baleful sword while the other Grandmasters resumed fighting.
• Luo Zhixian countered Li Qingyu’s attack with his full Spear Domain, and both men were hurled away with severe injuries.
• Li Qingyu ignited his damaged Golden Core and sent a destructive torrent toward Chen Qing and Nan Zhuoran, forcing the fighters to retreat or defend themselves.
• Luo Zhixian used his remaining strength to carry Chen Qing away, while Li Yujun and the other Tianbao Supreme Sect disciples fled the blast.
• The apparent self-destruction proved to be a decoy, and Li Qingyu escaped north in a bloody streak.
• Xue Li, Di Cang, Chi Lie, and Xiao Jiuli recognized Li Qingyu’s escape and pursued him north.

After escaping the battle, Luo Zhixian succumbed to his injuries and left Chen Qing with warnings, allies, and his martial legacy. Chen Qing was left holding his master's hand as the old man died in the desert.

• Luo Zhixian's strength failed, and he and Chen Qing fell into the sand.
• Chen Qing gave Luo Zhixian a Cangyuan Spirit Nurturing Pill, which briefly stabilized his condition.
• Luo Zhixian explained that he had planned to kill Li Qingyu and pave the way for Chen Qing, then warned that Li might survive and that the Tianbao Tower's secrets remained at risk.
• Luo Zhixian told Chen Qing whom to trust, including Shen Qinghong and Hua Yunfeng, and cautioned him not to sacrifice himself for causes that could not be saved.
• Luo Zhixian entrusted Chen Qing with his cultivation notes, secret technique, and Meteorite Spear before dying in Chen Qing's arms.

Tianbao Supreme Sect learned that Luo Zhixian had died after being corrupted by the baleful qi, and his death sent the sect into mourning. As Hua Yunfeng erupted from seclusion in grief, Li Yujun and the others recovered Luo Zhixian’s remains and carried them back toward the sect with Chen Qing at his side.

• Li Yi discovered that Luo Zhixian’s Life Tablet had cracked, and Jiang Lishan hurried to confirm the report as news spread through the sect.
• The Main Peak rang its seven bells to announce a Grandmaster’s death, and Qiku told Hua Yunfeng that Luo Zhixian had departed.
• Hua Yunfeng unleashed a vast Sword Qi from Prison Peak, prompting the sect’s Grandmasters and Xu Min to recognize that he might leave seclusion.
• Li Yujun found Chen Qing carrying Luo Zhixian’s lifeless body across the Gobi, and she ordered Nan Zhuoran to report the death to the Sect Leader.
• Li Yujun and the others secured Luo Zhixian’s remains on a Golden Feather Eagle, and Chen Qing accompanied his master’s body back toward the sect.

After Luo Zhixian’s body returned to Tianbao Supreme Sect, Chen Qing received his master’s spear, teachings, and hidden intelligence network, and vowed to continue his unfinished vengeance. Hua Yunfeng then explained that Li Qingyu’s corrupted power came from the Night Clan and warned that their possible alliance with Great Snow Mountain and the Golden Court could threaten the Northern Foothills.

• Chen Qing brought Luo Zhixian’s body back to Tianbao Supreme Sect, where Jiang Lishan honored Luo and ordered the sect to prepare a memorial seven days later.
• Chen Qing returned to Wanfa Peak, where Ping Bo explained Meteorite’s origins, gave him Luo Zhixian’s cultivation and Spear Dao writings, and revealed that Wu Xuan was a hidden contact within the Golden Court Eight Tribes.
• Chen Qing vowed to strengthen himself and avenge Luo Zhixian before reflecting on his master’s death at Cloud-Sea Cliff.
• Hua Yunfeng asked Chen Qing to recount the battle in Red Sand Town, then explained that Li Qingyu’s Half-Malevolent Body likely came from Night Clan inheritance linked to Great Snow Mountain.
• Hua Yunfeng warned that the Night Clan might threaten the Northern Foothills, recalling that five hundred years earlier a force of about a hundred Night Clansmen had caused catastrophic losses before three powers drove them back.

Hua Yunfeng told Chen Qing that Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasures carried inheritances pointing beyond the True Core Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm, and vowed to deal with Li Qingyu himself. Chen Qing absorbed a drop of Purple Marrow Spirit Liquid, broke through to the eighth layer of the Great Void True Scripture, and sensed a faint resonance from his Meteorite Spear.

• Hua Yunfeng explained the Night Clan’s danger, said Li Qingyu’s fate remained unknown, and revealed that Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasures held inheritances for reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Hua Yunfeng said Li Qingyu wanted the Tianbao Tower’s inheritance and power, then took responsibility for dealing with him and left Chen Qing to cultivate.
• Chen Qing studied Luo Zhixian’s Twenty-Eight Mansions Thunder Edict and began cultivating it with the Great Void True Scripture as his foundation.
• Chen Qing used one drop of Purple Marrow Spirit Liquid to break through to the eighth layer of the Great Void True Scripture and further temper his body.
• The Meteorite Spear briefly trembled and released silver starlight, but Chen Qing sensed no lasting disturbance and continued stabilizing his cultivation.

Tang Taixuan reported Li Qingyu’s connection to the Night Clan and Great Snow Mountain to Emperor Yan, who ordered further investigations and sent him to Tianbao Supreme Sect to contact a hidden figure. Meanwhile, Qi Xunnan agreed to support a plot surrounding Cloudwater Supreme Sect’s succession, while preparing for the Night Clan threat and assessing Qi Yu’s progress.

• Tang Taixuan told Emperor Yan about Luo Zhixian’s death, Li Qingyu’s Half-Malevolent Body, and the suspected intervention of Great Snow Mountain’s Holy Master.
• Emperor Yan ordered Tang Taixuan to investigate the Northern Border, continue searching for Li Qingyu, and visit Tianbao Supreme Sect to deliver a message to a certain person.
• A white-robed man urged Qi Xunnan to support a plan to influence Cloudwater Supreme Sect’s succession after Xue Suhe’s impending death, and Qi Xunnan agreed to act after Luo Zhixian’s memorial service.
• Qi Xunnan and Sikong Hui suspected Xie Mingyan or Jiang Shagui was behind the white-robed man, while Qi Xunnan warned that the meeting could be a trap.
• Qi Xunnan dismissed Sikong Hui’s fears about a Night Clan invasion and asked about Qi Yu, learning that she had advanced her cultivation in seclusion since returning from Blackwater Abyss Prison.

After refining Purple Marrow Spirit Liquid and breaking through to the eighth layer of the Great Void True Scripture, Chen Qing prepared and attended Luo Zhixian’s memorial service on Guiyun Peak. The service drew powerful mourners from across the martial world, and the chapter ended with Chen Qing seeking Ling Han to learn whether Li Qingyu had survived Xiao Jiuli’s pursuit.

• Chen Qing finished refining the Purple Marrow Spirit Liquid, strengthened his cultivation, and reached the eighth layer of the Great Void True Scripture.
• Chen Qing and Ping Bo prepared Luo Zhixian’s mourning hall at the Heroic Soul Mausoleum on Guiyun Peak, where Chen Qing placed the Meteorite Spear beside the coffin.
• Chen Qing welcomed mourners at Luo Zhixian’s memorial service as Jiang Lishan led the rites and visitors including Jiang Shagui, Sikong Lieyang, Ling Han, Su Cheng, Feng Shuofang, Shi Xiangyang, and Tang Taixuan paid their respects.
• Feng Shuofang bowed solemnly to Luo Zhixian and challenged Chen Qing to prove he could bear his master’s name.
• Shen Qinghong arrived at dusk, wept before Luo Zhixian’s memorial tablet, and asked to speak with him alone.
• Chen Qing left Guiyun Peak for Welcome Guest Peak to ask Ling Han how Xiao Jiuli’s pursuit of Li Qingyu had ended.

Chen Qing learned that a powerful unknown force had rescued the wounded Li Qingyu, while Nan Zhuoran’s growing strength sharpened the rivalry between them. Meanwhile, sect leaders and imperial representatives weighed the threat of the Night Clan, and Jiang Lishan ordered a secret investigation into whether Luo Zhixian’s death was connected to Tianbao Tower.

• Ling Han and Su Cheng told Chen Qing and Nan Zhuoran that a white projection of will had intercepted Xiao Jiuli, rescued Li Qingyu, and fled north, possibly acting for Great Snow Mountain or the Night Clan.
• Su Cheng asked about Nan Zhuoran’s progress toward the Eleventh Refinement, and Nan Zhuoran offered Chen Qing help with cultivation before leaving to enter seclusion.
• Ling Han told Su Cheng that Nan Zhuoran and Chen Qing would eventually contend for supremacy among Tianbao Supreme Sect’s True Disciples.
• Chen Qing returned to True Martial Peak, welcomed the news that Li Qingyu was alive, and vowed to avenge his master himself.
• Jiang Lishan, sect elders, and Tang Taixuan discussed the Night Clan’s possible alliance with Great Snow Mountain, divisions among the Golden Court tribes, and plans to investigate and prepare for a wider conflict.
• Jiang Lishan suspected Li Qingyu had attacked Luo Zhixian over a secret involving Tianbao Tower and ordered Luo Ping to investigate Luo Zhixian’s contacts with the tower without alerting Hua Yunfeng.

After Luo Zhixian’s funeral, Chen Qing received advice from Hua Yunfeng about securing Wanfa Peak and completing his cultivation, then learned that Jiang Shagui had been ambushed by Yan Jin, Qi Xunnan, and a third attacker. As tensions spread across the northeast, Chen Qing continued cultivating until he was summoned to an emergency sect meeting.

• Shen Qinghong gave Chen Qing her jade token before leaving Luo Zhixian’s funeral, and Hua Yunfeng warned him to obtain the remaining Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body techniques before seeking Flood Dragon Essence Blood.
• Hua Yunfeng urged Chen Qing to claim the vacant Master of Wanfa Peak position and promised to help him contend with Nan Zhuoran, Luo Ping, and Ji Yunliang.
• After Luo Zhixian was buried, Chen Qing received an unsigned condolence letter with a distinctive fragrance, then refined Purple Marrow Spirit Liquid to advance his cultivation.
• Qu He told Chen Qing that Jiang Shagui had been ambushed by Yan Jin, Qi Xunnan, and an unidentified third attacker, prompting the Cloudwater Supreme Sect to prepare a response.
• Chen Qing continued cultivating amid growing unrest, then received notice that an emergency sect meeting would be held at Tianquan Pavilion the following evening.

Tianbao Supreme Sect’s leaders met to respond to threats from the Night Clan and the Demonic Sect, then began choosing an acting Master of Wanfa Peak. Nan Zhuoran gained broad support, but Pei Tingchun and Han Guxi backed Chen Qing, leaving the decision contested.

• Jiang Lishan convened Tianshu Pavilion and briefed the sect on the Night Clan threat and the difficulty of securing allies in the Buddhist Kingdom and Western Regions.
• Jiang Lishan ordered Han Guxi to seek Que Sect’s support and tasked Su Muyun and Luo Ping with finding and eliminating Demonic Sect strongholds in the Three Paths Land.
• Jiang Lishan assigned Hua Yunfeng to investigate Li Qingyu and Great Snow Mountain, avenge Luo Zhixian, and monitor the Northern Border.
• Jiang Lishan announced that a Diheng Seat member would temporarily lead Wanfa Peak, and Xing Han and other elders supported Nan Zhuoran.
• Pei Tingchun and Han Guxi argued that Chen Qing was qualified, while Li Yujun challenged their position and defended Nan Zhuoran.

Hua Yunfeng rejected a vote for the Master of Wanfa Peak and set a strength-based contest between Chen Qing and Nan Zhuoran for six months later. Chen Qing cultivated intensely, reached the Ninth Layer of the Great Void True Scripture and the Nine Refinements, then set out for Blackwater Abyss Prison to visit Qiku before traveling to the Pure Land for the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body’s missing cultivation method.

• Hua Yunfeng rejected Jiang Lishan’s proposed vote, and Nan Zhuoran and Chen Qing agreed to fight for the Master of Wanfa Peak position six months later.
• Li Yujun gave Nan Zhuoran a Hundred-Year Ripplewater Fish King Inner Core and urged him to win the coming contest.
• Chen Qing refined Purple Marrow Spirit Liquid and trained for more than a month, breaking through the Great Void True Scripture’s Ninth Layer and completing the Nine Refinements.
• Chen Qing discovered that his Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body had reached its seventh-layer limit without the subsequent cultivation method, so he resolved to seek guidance from Qiku before going to the Pure Land.
• Chen Qing left True Martial Peak and arrived at Blackwater Abyss Prison on Prison Peak.

Chen Qing learned from Master Qiku that he must travel to the Pure Land and seek Jingming for the next Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body method, then set out west. After detecting a pursuer in Huayun Path, he ambushed the woman and wounded her with the Jingzhe Spear.

• Chen Qing visited Master Qiku, who directed him to seek Jingming at Great Sumeru Temple and entrusted him with a golden bead to sink in Thousand Lotus Lake if he had the chance.
• Chen Qing told Hua Yunfeng about his journey and upcoming battle with Nan Zhuoran, received back the gray sword, and learned Hua Yunfeng planned to investigate the northern border alone.
• Chen Qing departed True Martial Peak on the Golden Feather Eagle and traveled northwest toward the Pure Land.
• After sensing someone following him through Huayun Path, Chen Qing hid in a forest clearing and waited for the pursuer to approach.
• Chen Qing struck the woman riding a Black Feather Vulture with the Jingzhe Spear, wounded her shoulder, and recognized her as someone he knew.

Chen Qing and Qi Yu agreed to travel together toward the Great Sumeru Temple, where each sought a different Buddhist sacred site. After crossing into the Western Desert and learning of old tensions between the Buddhist Kingdom and Yan Kingdom, they stopped at an abandoned beacon tower, where they sensed a distant battle involving Great Snow Mountain practitioners.

• Chen Qing struck Qi Yu when she approached, but she recovered and explained that they were traveling toward the Pure Land for separate reasons.
• Qi Yu persuaded Chen Qing to travel with her to the Great Sumeru Temple, and he agreed on the conditions that they act independently and she conceal her identity in the Buddhist Kingdom.
• While flying west, Qi Yu explained the Buddhist Kingdom's sects, the guarded Vajra Pavilion, and the Buddhist higher-ups' distrust of Yan Kingdom because of an old betrayal.
• Chen Qing noticed a disguised group of elite Jingwu Guard members traveling in a caravan, but he and Qi Yu continued without confronting them.
• Chen Qing and Qi Yu rested overnight at an abandoned beacon tower, where Qi Yu revealed she planned to use the Eight Treasures Merit Pool to manage backlash from her cultivation.
• Around midnight, Chen Qing and Qi Yu sensed a distant fight bearing the icy aura of Great Snow Mountain methods.

Chen Qing and Qi Yu discovered Great Snow Mountain experts trying to seize Master Jingtai, a revered Lotus Sect monk, and Chen Qing intervened. Chen Qing killed Tie He in a rapid spear battle, leaving the remaining fighters to react to his arrival.

• Chen Qing and Qi Yu watched four Great Snow Mountain experts attack Master Jingtai and his two Martial Monk protectors.
• Qi Yu identified Jingtai as a highly respected Lotus Sect teacher, and she urged Chen Qing to rescue him for the favor and to strike at Great Snow Mountain.
• As Tie He moved to seize Jingtai, Chen Qing attacked from the dunes and wounded him with the Jingzhe Spear.
• Tie He countered with Netherworld Ice Flame and a storm of palm strikes, but Chen Qing broke through them with Thunder Edict: Army Breaker.
• Chen Qing pierced Tie He's throat with lightning, killing Xue Li's eldest disciple within a few breaths.

Chen Qing and Qi Yu rescued Master Jingtai from Great Snow Mountain’s attempt to abduct him, killing four of Xue Li’s disciples. After learning that Jingtai would try to help him obtain the later levels of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body at Great Sumeru Temple, Chen Qing continued west with Qi Yu, carrying a map of Great Snow Mountain’s border bases.

• Chen Qing killed Tie He, while Qi Yu trapped the two fleeing Eight Refinements experts in Black Fiend Qi and their Concentric Demons.
• Chen Qing intercepted Han Shan, shattered his attacks, trapped his escape with the Twenty-Eight Mansions Thunder Edict, and killed him with his spear.
• Chen Qing joined Qi Yu in killing the two remaining Great Snow Mountain experts, and Qi Yu drained the four corpses’ Essence Blood and True Essence.
• Master Jingtai thanked Chen Qing for saving him, recognized him as Luo Zhixian’s Closed-Door Disciple, and explained that Great Snow Mountain had tried to use Jingtai’s influence to obstruct an alliance between Yan Kingdom and the Buddhist Kingdom.
• Chen Qing asked for the later levels of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body, and Master Jingtai warned that obtaining them would be difficult but promised to speak on Chen Qing’s behalf at Great Sumeru Temple.
• Qi Yu shared Cold Marrow Pills, a Great Snow Mountain Elder Token, and a map of its Western Regions bases with Chen Qing, and the two departed west on their spirit birds.

Xue Li learned that Tie He and Han Shan had been killed and weighed how to investigate without provoking the Buddhist sects. Chen Qing and Qi Yu reached Great Sumeru Temple during a major Buddhist conference, where Jingming refused to teach Chen Qing the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body’s later levels but revealed another way to obtain them: challenge the Vajra Platform.

• Xue Li sensed that Tie He and Han Shan had died and considered the danger their deaths posed to Great Snow Mountain’s plans.
• Chen Qing and Qi Yu arrived in Sumeru City, learned that the Wuzhe Conference had drawn monks from across the Buddhist Kingdom, and continued toward Great Sumeru Temple.
• Qi Yu entered the temple to meet Master Pushan, while Chen Qing presented Qiku’s Guangmu Vajra Seal and was admitted to see Jingming.
• Chen Qing asked Jingming for the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body’s later levels, but Jingming warned that an outsider risked losing control without Buddhist teachings and refused to share the temple’s core inheritance.
• Jingming explained that the two ways to learn the complete art were to become a Buddha’s Child or challenge the Vajra Platform.

Chen Qing secured permission to challenge Great Sumeru Temple’s Vajra Platform for the later stages of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body, while Yan Kingdom’s Gu Chengzong weighed the trial’s political consequences. With the trial approaching, Chen Qing received secret guidance from Qi Yu and prepared for the eight tests.

• Jingming explained the Vajra Platform trial to Chen Qing, who agreed to attempt it and was settled in Qingtan Courtyard by Huizhen.
• Jingming persuaded the temple leaders to approve Chen Qing’s challenge, and they scheduled the Vajra Platform to open after the first day of the Wuzhe Conference’s Dharma assembly.
• Gu Mingyue told Gu Chengzong that Chen Qing would challenge the platform, and Gu Chengzong warned her that Jingkong might use Chen Qing’s likely failure as leverage in negotiations with Yan Kingdom.
• Huizhen informed Chen Qing of the trial date and its eight linked tests, while a messenger delivered him a booklet of detailed trial information from Qi Yu.
• Chen Qing spent the days before the Wuzhe Conference consolidating his cultivation and observing the temple as Buddhist leaders and Western Regions nobles gathered.

Chen Qing met Hui Ling, the Chan Sect’s Buddha Son, who revealed the Great Brahma Heavenly Thunder Spear and tied access to it to Chen Qing’s Vajra Platform trial. As the Wuzhe Conference opened, Huizhen led Chen Qing to Vajra Pavilion, where the trial was about to begin.

• Chen Qing watched Hui Ling expound the Heart Sutra in Bodhi Square and recognized his mastery of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body.
• Hui Ling publicly identified Chen Qing and announced his plan to challenge Vajra Platform, then told him the Great Brahma Heavenly Thunder Spear was in the Scripture Pavilion and offered to show it to him if he came down from the platform.
• Chen Qing assessed Hui Ling’s words as a mixture of pressure and political goodwill, then set aside his concerns and focused on obtaining the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body’s next cultivation method.
• The Wuzhe Conference opened with a grand Dharma assembly at Spirit Vulture Mountain while Chen Qing meditated in Qingtan Courtyard.
• Huizhen came to escort Chen Qing to Vajra Pavilion, and Chen Qing collected his spear and belongings before following him to the stone platform, where a crowd had gathered.

Chen Qing challenged the Vajra Platform to obtain the next cultivation technique and passed its first two trials. He remained composed after overcoming a crushing mountain phantom and an Inner Demon Realm that turned his devotion to martial arts into the foundation of his Dao Heart.

• Jingkong thanked Chen Qing for helping Jingtai and warned him about the Vajra Platform's dangerous eight trials before allowing him to begin.
• Jingkong and Jingming activated the platform, and Chen Qing shattered the first trial's towering mountain phantom with one punch.
• Chen Qing entered the Inner Demon Realm, where illusions tempted him with power and inflamed his hatred and self-reproach.
• Chen Qing accepted his greed, anger, and obsession as parts of his martial path, causing the inner demons to fade and the second trial to end.
• Jingkong, Jingming, and the gathered spectators were astonished by how quickly and calmly Chen Qing passed the Inner Demon Realm.

Chen Qing defeated the eighteen Vajra Puppets in the third trial, then entered the Reincarnation Realm, where he endured repeated, realistic failures to break through to Grandmaster. As Gu Chengzong joined Princess Changle outside the platform, Chen Qing remained trapped in the trial, resisting its assault on his will.

• Chen Qing used his spear technique and physical strength to defeat the eighteen Vajra Puppets and break their combined formation.
• Master Jingkong praised Chen Qing's foundation, spear skill, and resolve but warned that the remaining trials would be more perilous.
• Chen Qing entered the fourth trial and repeatedly attempted to break through to Grandmaster, suffering a different failure in each cycle.
• Hui Tong explained that the Reincarnation Realm tested entrants by subjecting them to hundreds or thousands of realistic breakthrough failures to destroy their resolve.
• Gu Chengzong appeared beside Princess Changle as Chen Qing continued enduring the trial.

Chen Qing endured the Vajra Platform’s Reincarnation Realm, then unexpectedly comprehended the Buddhist supernatural skill Eight Dragon Sounds and passed the Mystical Dharma Realm. His success summoned the long-unseen Vajra manifestation for the sixth trial, which would determine whether he qualified as a Guardian Vajra.

• Chen Qing overcame the Reincarnation Realm’s illusions by trusting his perseverance and passed the fourth stage.
• As Chen Qing sat beneath the Bodhi tree, his [Heaven Rewards Diligence] Fate helped him comprehend Eight Dragon Sounds, producing Sanskrit chants and golden light that marked his passage through the fifth stage.
• The watching Buddhist masters and nobles reacted with shock, and Master Jingkong said Chen Qing had affinity with the Buddha.
• The eight stone pillars shook and summoned a thirty-zhang Vajra manifestation, beginning the sixth trial, the Wisdom King Realm.
• Gu Chengzong explained that passing the sixth trial would qualify Chen Qing for the title of Guardian Vajra and a chance to obtain the next Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body cultivation method, while Qi Yu worried whether Chen Qing could withstand the trial.