Recaps

Chen Qing strengthened his cultivation, returned to Tianbao Supreme Sect, and prepared for the contest over Xuan Yang Spirit Merging Pills as Zhong Yu worked to weaken the True Martial lineage. The arc ended with Chen Qing objecting when Zhong Yu tried to claim the six remaining pills for the Nine Heavens Vein.

• Chen Qing secured the Seven-Leaf Golden Lotus after the battle at Black Stone Reef, helped capture Qi Yu, and completed his second True Essence Tempering.
• Chen Qing defeated Luo Chengxuan in the pill allocation contest, claimed six Spirit Nourishing and Soul Calming Pills, and became the seventh-ranked True Disciple.
• Chen Qing rejected Nan Zhuoran’s offer for the Nine Nether Yin Sha, then learned Zhong Yu planned to deny the True Martial lineage Xuan Yang Spirit Merging Pills.
• Chen Qing returned to Yunlin Prefecture, recovered the Nine-Bend Grass, learned the Nine Shadows Evasion Technique, and advanced his Dragon Elephant Prajna Vajra Body.
• Zhong Yu injured Qu He over the True Martial lineage’s pill allocation, while Chen Qing secured five True Essence Pills each month through Meng Qianxue and prepared to compete.
• Chen Qing tempered his divine sense, completed his third True Essence Tempering, and learned from Master Qiku that the Killing Intent was linked to a prisoner on Blackwater Abyss Prison’s fifth level.
• Zhong Yu built support for his pill allocation plans as Chen Qing trained for the contest, and Gongye Zhuo opened the furnace to reveal eleven Xuan Yang Spirit Merging Pills.
• Zhang Baicheng claimed three pills for the Xuan Yang lineage and Huo Qiushui received two before Chen Qing objected to Zhong Yu taking the remaining six.

Chen Qing rose in standing and strength while investigating Elder Deng’s murder, uncovering Demonic Sect spies and confronting enemies at sea. After returning to Tianbao Supreme Sect, he guarded Prison Peak as the being beneath it began to break free.

• Chen Qing defeated Zhong Yu, took the six Xuan Yang Spirit Merging Pills, and became the sect’s third-ranked True Disciple.
• Chen Qing gained temporary control of the Tianbao Tower, then joined Han Guxi’s mission to investigate Elder Deng’s murder amid growing conflict between Cloudwater Supreme Sect and the Tianxing Alliance.
• Chen Qing killed Qiao Lian Zheng and his allies at sea with Xu Min’s help, then learned that Qiao and Wang Hai were tied to the Demonic Sect and Que Sect.
• Chen Qing defeated Ming Hai Cheng at Fuyu Mountain Island and earned an extra share of the Earth Vein Profound Marrow before discovering that Huang Mei was a Demonic Sect spy with an informant among the sect’s upper ranks.
• Chen Qing returned to the sect, received rewards and a request from Li Baichuan to find a Seven-Colored Moon Orchid, then spent months cultivating and arranged for Lang Shanghai to forge a new spear.
• Chen Qing went to Prison Peak after the baleful qi surged, where Master Qiku suppressed the erupting Evil Fruit, while Qi Xunnan cursed Su Muyun during an ambush near Soul Severing Forest.
• Chen Qing stayed to guard Prison Peak as Su Muyun’s curse resisted treatment and Luo Zhixian went to investigate the ambush.
• A being on the prison’s fifth layer declared it would break free, killed a menial disciple with its roar, and pulled the upper floors’ Killing Intent into a vortex.

Chen Qing strengthened his cultivation, uncovered more of Tianbao Supreme Sect’s hidden conflicts, and accepted a secret mission to assist Tiger Hall in Lingxiao Supreme Sect’s sphere. After reaching Qinglan City, he tracked down Lin Shaoqi, killed him, and took the Four Symbols Thunderbolt Bow.

• Chen Qing weathered the attack on Prison Peak, helped repel Qi Yu, and learned that Qi Xunnan and Great Snow Mountain’s Dharma Kings had attacked to rescue prisoners.
• Chen Qing advanced his spear and body-tempering skills, defeated Qiao Taiyue in the arena, and secretly mastered the Myriad Phenomena Return to Origin supernatural skill.
• Chen Qing accepted Bai Xi’s commission to find the bearer of the matching Jade Pendant, then cultivated the Great Void True Scripture and completed its fifth tempering.
• Chen Qing named his newly forged spear Jingzhe, rescued Qi Yu from Xing Han’s unauthorized interrogation, and obtained her written instructions for the Concentric Demon Seeding Great Law.
• Chen Qing entered the Cave Heaven seeking the remaining Great Void True Scripture methods, but Li Qingyu’s remnant injured his divine sense, and Xu Min’s Nine Revolutions Spirit Restoring Pills helped him recover.
• Chen Qing learned from Luo Zhixian that Li Qingyu had killed the former Nine Heavens Pulse Master, then accepted a secret assignment to assist Tiger Hall in Lingxiao Supreme Sect’s factional conflict.
• Chen Qing traveled in disguise to Qinglan City, where he and the Zhenyuan Escort Agency convoy encountered the Huan Yuan Cult and its Human Elixirs before reaching the city.
• Chen Qing learned that Lin Shaoqi held the Blood Bodhi, found him at the Huan Yuan Cult’s stronghold, killed him despite his blood gu, poison, and Yin Sha Ghost Skull, and took the Four Symbols Thunderbolt Bow.

Chen Qing rose to second among the sect’s younger disciples, gathered new techniques and allies, and set out with Luo Zhixian for the Six Sects Grand Market. Their journey was interrupted when Canglang Tribe fighters attacked an inn and targeted Chen Qing and the other guests.

• Chen Qing defeated Zhou Xiang at the Dragon Tiger Tournament, then learned the Gu Sect had helped refine Human Elixirs for a Ghost Witch Sect ritual and killed Mo Xing and Han Ku when they attacked him.
• Chen Qing returned to Tianbao Supreme Sect, reported the schemes to Luo Zhixian, became a Diheng Seat, and advanced his cultivation while preparing for the True Disciple rankings.
• Chen Qing gave Qiku two Blood Bodhi, learned the Dragon Elephant Prison Shattering Force, and released Qi Yu under the sect’s agreement with the Wuji Demonic Sect.
• Chen Qing challenged Ji Yunliang for the second True Disciple Seat and defeated him at the Seven Stars Platform with his clones and Wind Snow Hidden Dragon's Roar.
• Chen Qing accepted a True Origin Realm puppet from Shan Jiwen, received the Sky-Splitting Cross Spear from Xu Min, and prepared to travel to the Six Sects Grand Market with Luo Zhixian.
• Chen Qing and Luo Zhixian stopped at Hanshi Town during a storm, where the Fei siblings arrived at Kelai'an Inn and Tumen led Canglang Tribe fighters in an attack.
• Chen Qing killed a Canglang Tribe attacker, and Tumen ordered his fighters to kill Chen Qing and pursue the escaping guests.