Recaps

Chen Changan earned a Green Robe rank, gathered Grade Four pill ingredients in the Heavenly Snow Secret Realm, and refined a large stock of Supreme-Grade pills. The Branch Alliance built anticipation for their auction as powerful factions began investigating Chen Changan and his lack of backing.

• Chen Changan auctioned Supreme-Grade Pills for millions of low-grade extreme origin stones, then passed his assessment and advanced to Upper-Grade White Robe.
• Chen Changan exchanged Supreme-Grade Golden Marrow Pills for contribution value, advanced to Mid-Grade Green Robe, and memorized three Grade Four Pill Recipes.
• Chen Changan led his companions to the Heavenly Snow Secret Realm, where the Heavenly Snow Race challenged them but ultimately let them gather resources without interference.
• Chen Changan's group collected more than a hundred sets of ingredients, and Da Huang killed a Frost Giant Ape that carried a fire-attribute scorching heart.
• Chen Changan fused a second fragment of the Nameless Sword Art and refined Grade Four Pills, improving his True Immortal Pills until he could produce only Supreme-Grade ones.
• Chen Changan gave the Branch Alliance pills from his batches, used up his ingredients refining True Immortal and Immortal Spirit Pills, and asked that the auction proceeds go to Zhan Kuang.
• Chen Changan explained to Da Huang that supporting the Branch Alliance could benefit the Heavenly Profound Sect, the Guan Family, and the Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds, while warning that Ultimate Heaven was dangerous.
• The Branch Alliance announced Chen Changan's Supreme-Grade Grade Four Pills and delayed the auction for a year and a half, drawing visitors and faction inquiries about his origins and lack of powerful backing.