Recaps

Chen Sheng built a family and career at the Huang Clan Pill Workshop, taking Qin Yuan as his alchemy disciple while pursuing cultivation and a path to Foundation Establishment. After his breakthrough attempt failed, he focused on body refinement as Tang Xichen advanced far away and Qin Yuan prepared to travel.

• Chen Sheng inherited a Low-grade Spiritual Root through the Myriad Lives Tome, began a new life as Tang Yun, and borrowed money from Qin Dajiang to pursue an alchemy apprenticeship.
• Chen Sheng joined Master Huang’s Pill Workshop, married Huang Wangyou, advanced in cultivation, and helped Huang Yueyang develop the Yi Fa Pill.
• Chen Sheng took Qin Yuan as his disciple after learning Qin Shuang had died, then raised him alongside Tang Xichen as Qin Dajiang died and the young pair grew close.
• Chen Sheng failed his first attempt at Foundation Establishment, later reached Qi Condensation Seventh Level, and bought Sword Arts and a Beauty-Preserving Pill at auction as the Zhou Clan crushed the Zhang and Li Clans.
• Tang Xichen left for Linglong Immortal City to seek Foundation Establishment, while Chen Sheng’s own attempt failed because his mana could not pass the Mana Barrier.
• After recovering, Chen Sheng abandoned another Foundation Establishment attempt in this life and trained the Crimson Flood Dragon Burning River Seal, opening a Hidden Meridian and forming self-repairing Crimson Scale Armor.
• Qin Yuan reached Qi Condensation Seventh Level and planned to travel around Thousand Mechanisms Workshop, while Tang Xichen reported reaching Qi Condensation Ninth Level and sent Chen Sheng a superior Body Refining Method for him to pass on.

Chen Sheng completed his plans for a Secret Abode, entered the cultivation world again, and established himself as an alchemist in Fenghua Immortal City. As his cultivation and influence grew, he built ties with the He Clan and began seeking more resources for Foundation Establishment.

• Chen Sheng returned to Qianji Market, learned of Huang Yueyang’s death and his daughter’s disappearance, and comforted Huang Wangyou as she grieved.
• After years of teaching and preparing his successor, Chen Sheng left Qianji Market and built a hidden Secret Abode in Yan Land.
• Chen Sheng traveled to Linglong Immortal City and destroyed the Lin Clan’s Treasure Artifact Pavilion with Huntian Thunders, then began his second life after his death.
• Chen Sheng recovered in the Jianghu, helped Bai Li train, and later reunited with him after Bai Li became the Duke of England and had destroyed the Brocade Banner Bandits.
• Chen Sheng established Heart-Seeking Hall in Fenghua Immortal City, joined Qinghua Alchemy Hall, and began teaching at the Pill Alliance while advancing his cultivation and fire-control techniques.
• Chen Sheng opened a successful Fine-grade Pill Hall, accepted He Ping'an as his disciple, and agreed to lend his seed to the He Clan while declining marriage.
• Chen Sheng learned to turn his Mana flame into a freezing dark-violet fire, lectured at the Pill Alliance, and resolved to seek more Foundation Establishment resources after hearing of Zhao Jin Hu’s friend’s failure.

Chen Sheng advanced from a celebrated alchemist to a Foundation Establishment cultivator, became Daoist Longxu’s disciple, and took on new duties while expanding his merchant network. The arc left him pursuing stronger body cultivation and pill research as his family’s children and the Chen Clan’s prospects drew growing attention.

• Chen Sheng moved to Dongxun Workshop, refined a fine-grade pill that drew Fang Lingxiao’s scrutiny, and received an exclusive Tongming Pill assignment from the Alchemy Hall.
• Chen Sheng broke through to Body Refining Fourth Layer and was honored by cultivators and clan leaders, where Li Changyang announced that he would become Daoist Longxu’s disciple.
• Daoist Longxu accepted Chen Sheng as his seventh disciple, gave him the Sea Overturning Flood Dragon Art, and directed him to focus on cultivation and seeking the Golden Core Mysterious Pass.
• Chen Sheng established the Chen Clan Merchant Association, completed the first three layers of the Flood Dragon Art, and broke through to Foundation Establishment with twenty drops of liquid mana.
• Chen Sheng studied fire cultivation and pill refinement under Daoist Longxu, learned the Myriad Divine Transformation Formation, and became Palace Master and instructor of Fire Spirit Palace.
• Chen Sheng bought the Golden Sun Qi and Blood Pill formula, then worked with Fang Lingxiao to revise formulas and develop pills for Foundation Establishment body cultivators.
• Wu Guang displayed an Earth-grade Wood Spiritual Root, and Daoist Longxu began gathering resources to help Chen Sheng advance his Body Refining.

Chen Sheng helped Qinghua Sect prepare for and expand into the Western Frontier, building the Soothing Miasma Jade Dew Pill trade and rising within the Pill Alliance and Alchemy Hall. After Li Guishou died pursuing a Golden Core and Daoist Longxu departed, Chen Sheng took on greater responsibilities while continuing to cultivate and guide his son.

• Chen Sheng mastered the fourth layer of the Flood Dragon Subduing Sea Art, earned a place on Qinghua Sect’s Golden Core Seed list, and was promised Third-rank Flood Dragon Essence Blood.
• Chen Sheng punished Li Rulong, then learned that Robber Cultivators had destroyed the Chongyun Lin Clan.
• Chen Sheng trained Li Min and Hu Bao in alchemy and developed the Soothing Miasma Jade Dew Pill, which became a major source of supplies and profit for the Western Frontier campaign.
• Qinghua Sect launched its reclamation campaign, and Zhao Jin Hu, Huang Qingxu, and He Manlou led their clans west as Chen Sheng’s pill business flourished.
• Chen Sheng became Pill Alliance Master with Yu Linqing as Vice Alliance Master, then helped expose Demonic Cultivators and promised Chen Hanchi and Bai Yutang’s clans a place in the reclaimed lands.
• Li Guishou died during his attempt to form a Golden Core, while Li Yuan later achieved the False Core Realm and was appointed Alchemy Hall Master when Daoist Longxu departed.
• Chen Sheng refined Breakthrough Pills that helped twenty-three Elders advance, became renowned as a quasi-third-grade Alchemy Master, and took charge of Alchemy Hall affairs.
• Chen Sheng approved Chen Yuquan’s decision to study Artifact Refining, and Wu Qingshan arranged for him to train at the Artifact Alliance.