Recaps

Chen Qing absorbed Flood Dragon Essence Blood, bringing Wind Snow Hidden Dragon's Roar to Great Accomplishment and beginning a major breakthrough in his body cultivation. Meanwhile, Shang Yuming defeated Marquis Pingding Yue Qianfeng in Jade Capital, prompting Emperor Yan to summon the Six Great Supreme Sects’ finest disciples.

• Chen Qing examined the treasures from his journey, set aside the dangerous Black Bead, and began refining the Flood Dragon Essence Blood.
• Chen Qing reached Great Accomplishment in Wind Snow Hidden Dragon's Roar as the first drop of Essence Blood formed a solid ice crystal Flood Dragon.
• Chen Qing absorbed a second drop of Essence Blood, greatly strengthening his body and advancing Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body toward its ninth layer.
• Shang Yuming overwhelmed Yue Qianfeng, broke through his defenses, and left him unconscious before declaring Yan Kingdom's geniuses inferior.
• Emperor Yan learned of Yue Qianfeng's defeat and ordered the Six Great Supreme Sects to send their finest disciples to Jade Capital.

Li Yujun heard Hua Yunfeng argue that Chen Qing should receive the Eleventh Refinement method and warn that Li Qingyu’s betrayal concealed deeper forces. After breaking through to the Ninth Layer of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body, Chen Qing learned of Shang Yuming’s challenge in Jade Capital and chose to focus on cultivation, while preparing to meet Miao Yuniang.

• Hua Yunfeng asked Li Yujun to have Nan Zhuoran share Patriarch Panwu’s Eleventh Refinement method with Chen Qing and warned her that Li Qingyu’s betrayal involved forces beyond the Nine Heavens Vein’s reach.
• Chen Qing used his remaining Essence Blood to break through to the Ninth Layer of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body, then spent two days stabilizing his new strength.
• Chen Qing met Ping Bo and Zhu Yu, who reported that Shang Yuming had defeated Yue Qianfeng and that the Imperial Court had summoned the Six Great Supreme Sects to send disciples to Jade Capital.
• Chen Qing declined to challenge Shang Yuming because he intended to consolidate his cultivation and attempt the Eleventh Refinement.
• Zhu Yu told Chen Qing that Miao Yuniang, an elder of the Gu Sect, had come to visit, and Chen Qing asked him to bring her over.

Chen Qing secured the Gu Sect’s cooperation in exchange for releasing Huang Chengzhi, then discovered signs that Ruan Lingxiu might be connected to the Demonic Sect. He secretly ordered Ping Bo to monitor her as suspicions about an influential insider within Tianbao Supreme Sect deepened.

• Miao Yuniang told Chen Qing that the Ghost Witch Sect had intensified its human elixir harvest and pressured the Gu Sect for blood tribute.
• Miao Yuniang offered Earth Core Cold Iron Marrow for Huang Chengzhi’s release, and Chen Qing secured the Gu Sect’s cooperation as part of the deal.
• Chen Qing released Huang Chengzhi from Blackwater Abyss Prison, and Huang Chengzhi reunited with Miao Yuniang and left the prison with her.
• Chen Qing noticed a trace of Concentric Demon aura from Ruan Lingxiu and learned she had repeatedly sought access to the prison’s fifth level.
• Chen Qing ordered Ping Bo to secretly monitor Ruan Lingxiu and report any unusual activity.

Chen Qing absorbed the Earth Vein Purple Patterned Ginseng and Xuan Yang Spirit Merging Pill to break through to the Eleventh Refinement, then traveled to the Wutai Sect to meet Li Baichuan. He entered Qingmu Institute’s backyard unannounced, while two disciples expected Master Li to send him away.

• Chen Qing refined most of the Earth Vein Purple Patterned Ginseng and advanced his Great Void True Scripture cultivation toward the Eleventh Refinement.
• Nan Zhuoran visited Chen Qing and gave him Patriarch Panwu’s Eleventh Refinement method, explaining that he had learned from their earlier battle and hoped they would stand together for the sect.
• Chen Qing swallowed the Xuan Yang Spirit Merging Pill and crystallized his True Essence, breaking through to the Eleventh Refinement.
• Chen Qing told Qing Dai that he was leaving for the Wutai Sect and flew to Lake Heart Island on the Golden Feather Eagle.
• Chen Qing arrived at Qingmu Institute and walked into the backyard to see Master Li despite the disciples’ warnings.

Chen Qing received a pill from Li Baichuan that could grant an additional True Essence Tempering and conceal his Golden Core’s Dao patterns, then accepted a task to obtain nine drops of Baleful Blood from Night Clan Grandmasters. Back at Tianbao Supreme Sect, he learned that Shang Yuming had defeated Wang Jing, while the outcome of Shang’s fight with Lin Haiqing remained unknown.

• Li Baichuan gave Chen Qing the Reversing Fate Star Vortex Pill and explained its effects.
• Li Baichuan identified the person imprisoned beneath Thousand Lotus Lake as a high-ranking Night Clan expert and warned that trouble from the Black Land would spread to Northern Cang.
• Li Baichuan asked Chen Qing to obtain nine drops of Baleful Blood from Night Clan Grandmasters, and Chen Qing accepted without receiving an advance reward.
• Chen Qing returned toward Tianbao Supreme Sect on the Golden Feather Eagle and noticed unrest in Tianbao Giant City and increased security at the sect.
• Qing Dai told Chen Qing that Shang Yuming had defeated Wang Jing in Jade Capital City and that Lin Haiqing had fought Shang a day earlier, though the result had not yet arrived.

After Shang Yuming defeated Lin Haiqing, Chen Qing was asked to represent Tianbao Supreme Sect in Jade Capital City. He completed two techniques and agreed to face Shang Yuming, preparing to depart the next morning.

• Chen Qing cultivated the Immovable as a Mountain Spear and later formed its eleventh spear intent, while also completing the Nine Shadows Evasion Technique.
• Zhu Yu reported Lin Haiqing’s defeat, and Sect Leader Jiang Lishan convened the sect’s leaders to discuss whether Chen Qing should challenge Shang Yuming.
• Jiang Lishan left the decision to Chen Qing, and Han Guxi urged him not to act impulsively or let outside pressure dictate his choice.
• Xin Nishang learned that the Night Clan threat was growing and discussed how Shang Yuming’s victories strengthened the Que Sect’s bargaining position over a Northern Border coalition.
• Xu Min asked Chen Qing to face Shang Yuming, and Chen Qing agreed to travel to Jade Capital City with her at dawn the next day.
• Chen Qing told Qing Dai to notify the Sect Leader and Martial Uncle Hua and put Ping Bo in charge of Wanfa Peak while he was away; news of his decision spread through the sect.

Chen Qing traveled with Xu Min to Jade Capital to face Shang Yuming, who had defeated Yan Kingdom’s leading young fighters. After Xu Min was revealed as Princess Anning, Chen Qing arrived at the Martial Arts Academy and withstood Shang Yuming’s aura attack, leaving their upcoming duel ahead.

• Chen Qing departed Tianbao Supreme Sect with Xu Min and flew toward Jade Capital while the Yan Kingdom’s leaders debated how to answer Shang Yuming’s victories.
• Tang Taixuan informed the Martial Arts Academy assembly that Chen Qing was coming, and Marquis Jingnan was ordered to receive him.
• Shang Yuming learned Chen Qing was approaching and agreed to teach him a lesson when they met.
• Chen Qing arrived at Jade Capital with Xu Min, whom Marquis Jingnan and Eunuch Liu greeted as Princess Anning before she went to see the emperor.
• Shang Yuming sent a giant-whale aura to pressure Chen Qing outside the Martial Arts Academy, but Chen Qing’s golden blood-and-vitality barrier dispersed it without moving him.
• Marquis Jingnan escorted Chen Qing to a quiet courtyard, warned him that the duel endangered his safety, and Chen Qing prepared for Shang Yuming’s formidable strength.

As Yan Kingdom’s leaders discussed Princess Anning’s return and Chen Qing’s chances against Shang Yuming, Chen Qing prepared for their final duel. He entered the arena and revealed a powerful golden Buddhist body-refining aura that pushed back Shang Yuming’s blue force field, astonishing both sides.

• Marquis Zhenbei warned the Empress not to interfere with Princess Anning and explained that the court needed Que Sect’s help against the Night Clan.
• Marquis Zhenbei praised Chen Qing as one of Yan Kingdom’s two strongest young fighters but judged Shang Yuming the likely victor.
• Chen Qing spent the night preparing in seclusion, then went to the training ground with Princess Changle.
• Shang Yuming filled the arena with his overwhelming Giant Whale Force Field, deepening the crowd’s despair.
• Chen Qing entered the arena and spread a solid golden aura that forced Shang Yuming’s blue force field back, shocking the Que Sect elders and Yan Kingdom’s observers.

Chen Qing fought Shang Yuming, revealing that he had incorporated the Que Sect’s Vast Whale Overturning Sea intent into his Buddhist body-tempering art and briefly driven Shang back. Shang then unleashed his Twelfth Refinement True Origin and Vast Sea Nine Layer Wave, and Chen Qing pierced the first wave with the Jingzhe Spear before the second stopped his advance.

• Chen Qing and Shang Yuming exchanged powerful close-range attacks, with Chen Qing matching Shang’s physical strength.
• Shang Yuming unleashed Whale Swallows Four Seas, and Chen Qing answered with Dragon Elephant Prison Suppressing Strength and a Vajra phantom.
• Chen Qing’s Vajra Rune revealed traces of the Vast Whale Overturning Sea intent, and his punch forced Shang Yuming to stagger backward.
• Shang Yuming began using his Twelfth Refinement True Origin, while Chen Qing claimed he had used only forty percent of his strength and raised the Jingzhe Spear.
• Shang Yuming attacked with Vast Sea Nine Layer Wave, and Chen Qing pierced through the first wave with the Heaven-Burning Spear Intent.
• Shang Yuming launched the Second Wave, which halted Chen Qing’s charge and drove him back nine meters.

Chen Qing endured Shang Yuming’s escalating Vast Sea Nine Layer Wave, then turned the battle with his hidden Eleventh Refinement True Origin and Wind Snow Hidden Dragon’s Roar. He defeated Shang Yuming with the Stacking Wave Battle Art and an attack combining eleven Spear Intents, leaving the Que Sect disciple gravely wounded and the match decided.

• Shang Yuming overwhelmed Chen Qing with successive waves, but Chen Qing shattered the sixth wave with Wind Snow Hidden Dragon’s Roar and an Ice Dragon spear attack, injuring Shang Yuming as well.
• Chen Qing blocked Shang Yuming’s eighth wave with his Jingzhe Spear, while the spectators and Que Sect elders realized Chen Qing had reached Eleventh Refinement.
• Shang Yuming unleashed the Ninth Wave, Vast Sea Overturning Heaven, and swallowed Chen Qing in its attack.
• Chen Qing emerged with nine golden figures formed by the Nine Shadows Evasion Technique and used the Stacking Wave Battle Art to bombard Shang Yuming with progressively stronger spear strikes.
• Chen Qing recalled the nine clones, merged eleven Spear Intents into one attack, and struck Shang Yuming down.
• Shang Yuming fell to his knees with broken arms and a grievous chest wound, conceding defeat to Chen Qing.

Chen Qing defeated Shang Yuming in Jade Capital, winning Yan Kingdom’s acclaim and drawing the emperor’s attention. After Xu Min confirmed Chen Qing was recovering, she prepared to take him to meet Xu Yin.

• Chen Qing defeated Shang Yuming, prompting celebrations among Yan Kingdom’s spectators and shock among the Que Sect delegation.
• Marquis Jingnan arranged medical care for Shang Yuming and escorted the injured Chen Qing to the Martial Arts Academy’s Quiet Room.
• Xu Yin offered Xu Min a return to the palace, but she challenged his promise by invoking what had happened to Mother Consort.
• Eunuch Liu reported Chen Qing’s victory, and Xu Yin ordered him summoned to the palace to receive a reward.
• Xu Min visited Chen Qing, confirmed his injuries were stable, and prepared to bring him to meet Xu Yin.

After refusing Emperor Yan’s offers of high office, Chen Qing received permission to choose two treasures from the royal secret treasury. He selected incense to aid his spear cultivation and a Crimson Flame Fruit to strengthen his body, then noticed an unusual map scroll.

• Emperor Yan offered Chen Qing a first-rank marquisate and then a Jingwu Guard post, but Chen Qing declined both.
• Xu Min reminded Emperor Yan to honor his promise of a reward, so he let Chen Qing choose two items from the third level and below of the Earth section.
• After Chen Qing and Xu Min left, Emperor Yan ordered Chen Qing made an honorary second-rank marquis and granted him a golden palace-pass token.
• Eunuch Liu led Chen Qing and Xu Min into the royal secret treasury and explained its collections.
• Chen Qing chose Deep Sea Dragon Saliva Incense to aid his comprehension and a Crimson Flame Fruit to strengthen his body.
• As Chen Qing prepared to leave, he spotted an unusual partially unfurled map scroll on a purple sandalwood rack.

Chen Qing selected two treasures from the imperial treasury, received a marquis title, and planned to return to his sect and cultivate toward the Grandmaster Realm. Meanwhile, Chi Lie and the Night Clan’s Jin Yi plotted to ambush him on the journey home and infect him with Path Corroding Miasma supplied by Li Qingyu.

• Chen Qing and Xu Min examined a copy of the Mountain River Society Map and learned that the thirteen Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasures were connected to the Night Clan and a great calamity.
• Chen Qing chose Dragon Saliva Incense and the Crimson Flame Fruit, then received the title of Second Rank Loyal and Brave Marquis and a gold token from the Emperor.
• Xu Min explained that the Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasures held hidden secrets, and she agreed to leave Jade Capital with Chen Qing in five days.
• Chen Qing planned to cultivate with his new treasures, gather all Eighteen Spear Intents, and eventually enter the Grandmaster Realm.
• In Liangzhou City, Chi Lie and Jin Yi discussed Chen Qing’s growing power and decided to ambush him during his return journey.
• Jin Yi revealed that Li Qingyu had supplied Path Corroding Miasma, and Chi Lie agreed to use it to sabotage Chen Qing’s future cultivation rather than kill him outright.

Xiao Jiuli learned that Chen Qing had defeated Shang Yuming with eleven Spear Intents and warned that pursuing more could endanger his cultivation. At Emperor Yan’s banquet, the Empress proposed Chen Qing marry Princess Pingyang, but Chen Qing refused, and Xu Min intervened; afterward, Marquis Jingnan stopped Chen Qing as he was leaving.

• Ling Han told Xiao Jiuli that Chen Qing had defeated Shang Yuming and used eleven different Spear Intents.
• Xiao Jiuli and Ling Han discussed the dangers of Chen Qing pursuing more Spear Intents, and Xiao Jiuli ordered Ling Han to keep watching Jade Capital.
• Princess Changle invited Chen Qing to Emperor Yan’s celebration banquet, where he met the court’s nobles and saw the Empress, Xu Min, and the Seventh Prince, Xu Chengkang.
• The Empress proposed Chen Qing marry Princess Pingyang, but Chen Qing declined, citing his vow to avenge Luo Zhixian before marrying.
• Xu Min spoke in Chen Qing’s defense, and the Empress withdrew the proposal before Emperor Yan resumed the banquet.
• After the banquet, Marquis Jingnan stopped Chen Qing as he was leaving.

After the banquet, Marquis Jingnan explained the Empress’s scheme involving Xu Min and told Chen Qing about a dangerous Ancient Kingdom Ruins. Chen Qing obtained two more spear manuals from Bai Xi and, with only Cold Star Jade Point Spear remaining, prepared to pursue his goal of forming a Spear Domain.

• Marquis Jingnan told Chen Qing that the Empress’s marriage proposal was meant to sow discord between him and Xu Min, then revealed that the Imperial Court had discovered a dangerous Ancient Kingdom Ruins contested by several factions.
• Chen Qing asked to study Peerless Spear Techniques, and Marquis Jingnan agreed to send him a copy of Cold Star Jade Point Spear the next day.
• Bai Xi visited Chen Qing at night and exchanged Flowing Light Chasing Moon Spear and Mountain Shattering Heaven Shaking Spear for the Fruit of the Azure Dragon Entwining Heart Vine.
• Bai Xi offered to teach Chen Qing the later portions of Vast Whale Overturning Sea Technique in exchange for precious medicines or spiritual materials in the future, and Chen Qing agreed.
• Chen Qing mastered both spear techniques and resolved to obtain Cold Star Jade Point Spear before cultivating all eighteen techniques toward his own Spear Domain.

Chen Qing completed his collection of all eighteen Peerless Spear Techniques and left Jade Capital with Xu Min. During their journey, Xu Min revealed the painful history behind her departure from the palace, before the Golden Feather Eagle led them to a clearing where they discovered an Exquisite Golden Mandarin.

• Princess Changle delivered the Cold Star Jade Point Spear manual to Chen Qing, and Yue Qianfeng praised his strength and invited him to spar in the future.
• Chen Qing mastered Cold Star Jade Point Spear, completing his collection of eighteen Peerless Spear Techniques and planning to form his own Spear Domain.
• Xu Min asked Chen Qing to leave Jade Capital early, and the two departed quietly on the Golden Feather Eagle and Azure Bird.
• During a rest in the forest, Xu Min told Chen Qing that her mother, Consort Ping, had disappeared when Xu Min was seven after becoming involved with the Mountain River Society Map, and that Xu Min later left the palace after Consort Yun died.
• The Golden Feather Eagle led Chen Qing and Xu Min deep into the forest, where they found a strange fruit-bearing tree and Xu Min identified its fruit as an Exquisite Golden Mandarin.

Chen Qing and Xu Min were ambushed by Chi Lie and Jin Yi in a Blood Leopard Tribe array, where the two Grandmasters nearly killed them. A powerful sword strike tore open the array and forced the attackers to change plans, but Jin Yi lunged for Chen Qing as the chapter ended.

• Chen Qing approached the Exquisite Golden Mandarin tree, but Chi Lie attacked him with a black pillar of light and revealed that the tree was bait.
• Chi Lie activated the Blood Prison Trapped Dragon Array, while Jin Yi struck Chen Qing with the Night Fiend Soul Suppressing Palm and pressed his attack.
• Chen Qing used the Nine Shadows Evasion Technique and the Myriad Phenomena Diagram to wound Jin Yi with Wind Snow Hidden Dragon's Roar, but Jin Yi struck him back as Xu Min blocked Chi Lie's saber force.
• Chen Qing's little sword flew out and unleashed powerful Sword Qi, which tore open the array and alerted Chi Lie and Jin Yi to approaching Yan Kingdom experts.
• Jin Yi ordered Chi Lie to hold off the approaching swordsman, then lunged toward Chen Qing with his clawed hand.

Chen Qing and Xu Min survived an ambush by Jin Yi and Chi Lie after Hua Yunfeng arrived, killed Jin Yi, and drove Chi Lie into flight. Hua Yunfeng discovered that Jin Yi had infected Chen Qing with Path Corroding Miasma, which could make future breakthroughs vastly more difficult, but Chen Qing trusted that his fate would let him overcome it.

• Chen Qing and Xu Min briefly held off Jin Yi, who secretly sent Path Corroding Miasma into Chen Qing’s body, while Chi Lie’s Blood Prison Trapped Dragon Array confronted Hua Yunfeng’s sword strike.
• Hua Yunfeng shattered Chi Lie’s formation and badly wounded him with Sword Rain, forcing him to flee into the forest.
• Hua Yunfeng split Jin Yi’s Baleful Intent dragon and wounded him, then killed him with a swift sword strike when Jin Yi tried to detonate his martial Golden Core.
• Fei Ming arrived, thanked Chen Qing for helping his family, and joined Hua Yunfeng and Xu Min as Chen Qing collected the Exquisite Golden Mandarin and searched Jin Yi’s belongings.
• Hua Yunfeng examined Chen Qing and found Path Corroding Miasma attached to his dantian and meridians; Fei Ming explained that it could severely obstruct Chen Qing’s future breakthroughs.
• Chen Qing feared the consequences less than the others because he believed his Heaven Rewards Diligence fate would let him overcome any bottleneck.

After the Night Clan ambushed Chen Qing with Path Corroding Miasma, Hua Yunfeng brought him back to Tianbao Supreme Sect, where the Grandmasters failed to remove it and ordered the matter kept secret. Chen Qing returned to Wanfa Peak, suspected Li Qingyu had arranged the attack, and decided to enter seclusion while the miasma might keep him out of his enemies’ attention.

• Hua Yunfeng and Fei Ming agreed to seek ways to cure Chen Qing’s Path Corroding Miasma, and Hua Yunfeng took Chen Qing and Xu Min back to Tianbao Supreme Sect.
• Xu Min split off on the way, while Hua Yunfeng brought Chen Qing to the main peak to consult Jiang Lishan, Ke Tianzong, Su Muyun, and Li Yujun.
• Jiang Lishan confirmed that Chen Qing had Path Corroding Miasma, and the five Grandmasters failed to remove it without risking damage to his foundation.
• Jiang Lishan ordered the miasma kept secret and sent the sect to search for treatments, while Hua Yunfeng doubted the news could remain hidden from the Night Clan.
• Chen Qing returned to Wanfa Peak, suspected Li Qingyu had plotted the ambush, and decided to cultivate in seclusion while the miasma might help him avoid attention.

Chen Qing cultivated with an Exquisite Golden Mandarin and advanced his Great Void True Scripture, while Emperor Yan Xu Yin ordered an investigation into the Night Clan and sent aid to the injured cultivator. Ke Tianzong brought Chen Qing rare treasures and advice, leaving him with more resources to pursue the Twelfth Refinement.

• Chen Qing consumed the Exquisite Golden Mandarin and raised his Great Void True Scripture proficiency from 46,500 to 63,200 over ten days.
• Xu Yin learned that Chen Qing had been ambushed by Chi Lie and a Night Clan Night Watcher who planted Path Corroding Miasma in his dantian, and ordered a thorough investigation of infiltrators.
• Xu Yin directed Hua Jiuying to send an alchemy physician and palace medicines to the Tianbao Supreme Sect to examine Chen Qing and seek a cure.
• Chen Qing continued cultivating in seclusion and planned to use Earth Vein Fire Origin Pills and other resources to reach the Twelfth Refinement.
• Ke Tianzong visited Chen Qing, delivered rare medicines and materials from himself, Su Muyun, and the Sect Leader, and recounted his failed attempts at breaking through to Grandmaster.
• Chen Qing accepted the gifts and resolved to use the sect's goodwill and his growing strength to gather enough resources for further cultivation.

Chen Qing’s Purple Light drew him to Tianbao Tower, where he met the founding patriarch’s lingering consciousness on the Seventieth Floor. After the patriarch defeated him in a trial, Chen Qing returned to the first floor and wondered who could match such strength.

• Chen Qing reached the Extreme Realm in Mountain Shattering Heaven Shaking Spear, condensed his twelfth spear intent, and neared a breakthrough to the Twelfth True Essence Tempering.
• The Purple Light in Chen Qing’s Sea of Consciousness pulled him to Tianbao Tower, where it carried him directly to the Seventieth Floor.
• Chen Qing encountered a phantom he believed was the founding patriarch, who revealed that he had reached the peak of the Thirteenth Refinement and failed to complete the Fourteenth.
• The patriarch’s phantom challenged Chen Qing and overwhelmed his spear strike with a palm and the power of the miniature Tianbao Tower.
• The trial returned Chen Qing to the first floor, where he recovered from his wounds and reflected on the patriarch’s overwhelming strength.

After learning that the Path Corroding Miasma had no reliable cure, Chen Qing received rare resources from the Imperial Court and Han Guxi to help him grow strong enough to break through it. He returned to Wanfa Peak and began refining the remaining Stone Marrow Milk as he prepared for seclusion.

• Chen Qing ordered Zhu Yu and Ping Bo to manage Wanfa Peak while he entered seclusion, and Ping Bo reported that Ruan Lingxiu had secretly traveled to Blackwind Ridge, where a powerful aura had been detected.
• Chen Qing told Ping Bo to keep watching Ruan Lingxiu from a distance and received a token sent by Wu Xuan of the Black Python Tribe, which he ordered Ping Bo to store for now.
• Qing Dai summoned Chen Qing to the main peak, where Wei Bai examined his Path Corroding Miasma and said it could only be overcome by finding legendary treasures or forcing a breakthrough.
• Wei Bai's Cloud Pattern Tribulation Crossing Needles and Hundred Year Stone Marrow Milk failed to remove the miasma, but Tang Taixuan presented Chen Qing with a Crimson Sun Dragon Blood Pill and Ice Heart Jade Leaf on the Imperial Court's behalf.
• Han Guxi gave Chen Qing rare medicinal treasures and revealed that he and Li Qingyu had encountered the same miasma over two hundred and thirty years earlier in the Thousand Reef Sea.
• Chen Qing returned to Wanfa Peak, gathered his new resources in the Quiet Room, and began refining the remaining Stone Marrow Milk with the Great Void True Scripture.

Cloudwater Supreme Sect and Lingxiao Supreme Sect forces were ambushed by Night Clan fighters, leaving Mao Yisheng dead and Bai Yue near death before Duanmu Hua rescued him. Meanwhile, Chen Qing advanced to the twelfth layer of the Great Void True Scripture and formed the embryonic seed of a martial Golden Core.

• Mao Yisheng and Hai Mingcheng led Cloudwater Supreme Sect disciples to attack a Demonic Sect stronghold, where black-robed fighters ambushed and killed Hai Mingcheng and the other disciples.
• Two black-robed Grandmasters trapped Mao Yisheng inside a formation and killed him after defeating his swordsmanship.
• Three black-clad fighters overwhelmed Bai Yue and killed Junior Brother Zhang and Junior Brother Liu, while Bai Yue launched a desperate counterattack.
• Duanmu Hua arrived in time to drive the black-clad fighters away and used pills and true essence to stabilize Bai Yue's critical injuries.
• Chen Qing broke through to the twelfth layer of the Great Void True Scripture, transforming his True Essence Lake and condensing the embryonic form of a martial Golden Core.

After breaking through to the Twelfth Refinement, Chen Qing learned that coordinated assassinations had killed two Grandmasters and dozens of experts across Yan Kingdom, likely at the hands of the Golden Court and Night Clan. Hua Yunfeng set out to investigate and visit Xuantian Supreme Sect’s Hundred Herbs Secret Realm in hopes of finding a cure for Chen Qing’s Path Corroding Miasma, while Chen Qing returned to training spear techniques.

• Chen Qing mastered his newly strengthened True Origin, then emerged from seclusion and heard Zhu Yu report that assassins had killed experts across Yan Kingdom, including two Grandmasters.
• Chen Qing suspected the Golden Court and Night Clan were behind the attacks and ordered Zhu Yu to keep Wanfa Peak’s disciples inside while he sought more information from Hua Yunfeng.
• Hua Yunfeng confirmed the deaths of Mao Yisheng and Chu Lie, described the Sects’ joint investigation and counter-hunt, and said he would travel south to Xuantian Supreme Sect’s Hundred Herbs Secret Realm.
• Chen Qing assured Hua Yunfeng that the Grandmaster Realm was not beyond his reach, while Hua Yunfeng resolved to seek a way to dispel Chen Qing’s Path Corroding Miasma.
• Chen Qing returned to Wanfa Peak, lit Deep Sea Dragon Saliva Incense, and practiced the Flowing Light Chasing Moon Spear as he worked toward condensing the remaining Six Paths Spear Intent.

Jiang Lishan agreed to increase support for Nan Zhuoran while continuing to aid Chen Qing, whose breakthrough prospects remained uncertain because of the Path Corroding Miasma. Chen Qing mastered two more Spear Intents and received seven high-grade Earth Vein Fire Origin Pills, leaving him equipped to attempt the Thirteenth Refinement.

• Li Yujun told Jiang Lishan that Chen Qing had emerged from seclusion without breaking through and urged the sect to support Nan Zhuoran as well.
• Jiang Lishan agreed to allocate more resources to Nan Zhuoran, hoping he would soon reach the Grandmaster realm.
• Chen Qing comprehended Flowing Light Spear Intent and Cold Star Spear Intent, bringing his total to fourteen Spear Intents.
• Chen Qing went to Danxia Peak and watched Gongye Zhuo and three elders complete the pill refinement.
• Gongye Zhuo presented Chen Qing with seven high-grade Earth Vein Fire Origin Pills, and Chen Qing thanked the pill refiners.