Recaps

Li Miaoyuan agreed to give Chen Cheng one more month to enter the Black Law Punitive Thunder Scripture before taking him to Green Bamboo Peak. After reaching the peak of the Nine-Qi Divine Treasury, Chen Cheng learned that Chu Jingchuan had trapped Ji Jingyou and Liang Fengwen into losing their freedom and courtyard, and he confronted Mu Qing about Chu Jingchuan.

• Li Miaoyuan told Lu Mingyang she planned to take Chen Cheng for study, but agreed to wait until his three-month deadline ended before acting.
• Feng Fang warned Chen Cheng that Yuwen Xun and Baili Hong's allies sought revenge and that three Star Ranking geniuses might threaten him.
• After twenty days of cultivation, Chen Cheng reached the peak of the Nine-Qi Divine Treasury but paused to seek more ninth-order God-Casting Pills.
• Chen Cheng found Ji Jingyou and Liang Fengwen working in the beast pens after Chu Jingchuan defeated them in wagers and took Ji Jingyou's courtyard.
• Mu Qing urged Ji Jingyou to reconcile with Chu Jingchuan and Yan, but Ji Jingyou refused and declared his loyalty to Chen Cheng.
• Chen Cheng asked Mu Qing whether she knew Chu Jingchuan.

Chen Cheng helped Ji Jingyou master the Black Law Punitive Thunder Scripture, enabling him to defeat Chu Jingchuan and win their wager. After Ji Jingyou was summoned to meet the Sect Master, Chu Jingfeng proposed that Chen Cheng spar with Chu Jingchuan, with the outcome deciding whether Chen Cheng would mediate between him and Ji Jingyou.

• Chen Cheng revealed his black lightning to Ji Jingyou and used the Thunder-Control Technique to help him enter the Black Law Punitive Thunder Scripture.
• Ji Jingyou vowed to keep Chen Cheng's help secret, then challenged Chu Jingchuan at the Battle Star Platform under a written wager.
• Ji Jingyou defeated Chu Jingchuan with lightning and Elder Zhang Song identified his martial art as the Black Law Punitive Thunder Scripture.
• Mu Qing gave up hope of being with Ji Jingyou, while Liang Fengwen thanked Chen Cheng for helping Ji Jingyou win.
• Fu Qianzhong took Ji Jingyou away to meet the Sect Master, then Tuoba Longlie invited Chen Cheng to exchange pointers and Chu Jingfeng asked him to mediate with Ji Jingyou.
• Chu Jingfeng proposed that Chu Jingchuan spar with Chen Cheng, with Chen Cheng agreeing to mediate if he lost and choosing the stakes if he won.

Chen Cheng defeated Chu Jingchuan and learned that his victory secured a promise from Chu Jingfeng concerning Yuwen Min’s dispute with Qi Family Fortress. After revealing that he had entered the Black Law Punitive Thunder Scripture, Chen Cheng began a ten-day push to open his first Divine Aperture, while a report about Ji Jingyou’s sudden progress reached Lu Mingyang.

• Chen Cheng accepted Chu Jingfeng’s challenge, then defeated Chu Jingchuan by stopping his saber between two fingers and forced Chu Jingfeng to concede.
• Chen Cheng turned down Zhao Yiqi’s offer to join Heavenly Pool Peak and told Qiu Tongtian that he had reached the introductory stage of the Black Law Punitive Thunder Scripture.
• Yuwen Min warned Chen Cheng that Chu Jingfeng might break his promise in the coming dispute over the waters, and Chen Cheng learned Chu Jingfeng was likely in the middle stage of the two-aperture God-Forging Realm.
• Ji Jingyou gave Chen Cheng a ninth-rank God-Casting Pill and said the Sect Master had chosen him as a disciple; Chen Cheng declined the Sect Master’s tutelage because he disliked strict rules.
• Chen Cheng swallowed Ji Jingyou’s pill and began a ten-day assault on his first Divine Aperture, while an Inner Sect disciple reported Ji Jingyou’s sudden advancement to Lu Mingyang.

Chen Cheng broke through to the God-Forging Realm and arrived at the Battle Star Platform, where he defeated the stronger Chu Jingfeng in a lethal duel. His overwhelming victory stunned the sect and left his future prospects—and the fate of Breezewind Water Stronghold—poised to change.

• Chen Cheng opened his first Divine Aperture after refining his shackles, entering the God-Forging Realm and revealing a powerful Divine Treasury filled with pure Innate Thunder Qi.
• Yan Guinan used a Star-Burning Pill to defeat Ji Jingyou in their contest for the leading newcomer title, while Chen Cheng arrived afterward and dismissed Yan Guinan's condescending remarks.
• Chen Cheng volunteered to fight Chu Jingfeng in Yuwen Min's place, then calmly confirmed that he had entered the God-Forging Realm that morning.
• Chu Jingfeng launched a surprise attack and used a hidden sleeve-sword and toxic mist, but Chen Cheng broke the weapon, maimed him, and forced the poison into his mouth.
• Zhang Song announced Chen Cheng as the winner, and the crowd recognized him as a new Star Ranking elite while Dong Huipeng watched him with growing wariness.

Chen Cheng accepted Qi Tianyi’s challenge for Three-Day Isle and Chu Jingchuan’s life, then defeated Qi Tianyi on the Battle Star Platform. He left the fight uninjured after breaking Qi Tianyi’s treasured sword and crushing his head.

• Qi Tianyi challenged Chen Cheng, offering Three-Day Isle as the stake, and Chen Cheng added Chu Jingchuan’s life to the wager.
• Fu Qianzhong authorized the match, and Chen Cheng signed the challenge letter despite Dong Huiteng’s objections.
• Qi Tianyi attacked Chen Cheng with the City-Linker Sword, while Chen Cheng initially held off his assault with a Qi Aura barrier.
• Chen Cheng unleashed Azure Horn Heaven-Piercer, shattered Qi Tianyi’s sword formation, and broke the City-Linker Sword with a stomp.
• Chen Cheng crushed Qi Tianyi’s head with his final stomp and landed at the edge of the platform without a trace of blood on him.

Chen Cheng defeated Baili Qin with perfect entry into the Black Law Punitive Thunder Scripture, then subdued her with the No-Thought Moon Eye after accepting her challenge to save his family. He declined Lu Mingyang’s offer of tutelage and chose to seek a Grand Alchemist as his master, leaving for Purple Empyrean Peak with Lu Zhenting.

• Chen Cheng took control of Three-Day Isle and agreed to give Yuwen Min seventy percent of its profits for Breezewind Water Stronghold.
• Baili Qin challenged Chen Cheng and threatened his family, promising to help rescue his father from Shattered Leaf City if Chen Cheng accepted; Chen Cheng signed the battle agreement.
• Baili Qin attacked with Snow Injury, but Chen Cheng’s black lightning Sword Qi destroyed her Sword Qi, and he used the No-Thought Moon Eye to make her his moon slave.
• Chen Cheng defeated Baili Qin and declared his perfect entry into the Black Law Punitive Thunder Scripture; Fu Qianzhong then took him to meet Lu Mingyang.
• Chen Cheng declined Lu Mingyang’s offer to become his master and said he sought a Grand Alchemist to treat his friend’s illness, so Lu Mingyang sent Lu Zhenting to escort him to Purple Empyrean Peak.
• Lu Mingyang gave Chen Cheng an Aperture Refining Pill and hinted that he hoped Chen Cheng would help Lu Zhenting enter the Black Law Punitive Thunder Scripture.

Chen Cheng passed Purple Empyrean Peak’s tests and secured a chance to learn alchemy from Ren Changsheng, while learning from Baili Qin that the Marquis of Northern Suppression planned to open Whale-Fishing Pass to the Yin army. He ordered Baili Qin to investigate the invasion and turn her enemies’ plot against them, leaving him determined to protect his father and the Shanhai Sect.

• Li Miaoyuan confronted Lu Mingyang about Chen Cheng, but Lu Mingyang said Chen Cheng had chosen to visit Purple Empyrean Peak and might be destined to master the Black Law Punitive Thunder Scripture.
• Lu Zhenting guided Chen Cheng up Purple Empyrean Peak and explained Ren Changsheng’s past, the Longevity Pills, and rumors that demonic forces had planted the pill formula that ruined the peak.
• Zhu Xian’er tested Chen Cheng with Sleepless Powder, but he resisted it, endured a Longevity Pill, and earned her agreement to take him to Ren Changsheng.
• Ren Changsheng offered Chen Cheng a chance to join Purple Empyrean Peak if he learned to refine a fifth-rank treasure pill, and Zhu Xian’er agreed to teach him starting the next morning.
• Chen Cheng met Baili Qin, learned that she had planned to use his mother to lure him into an ambush, and ordered her to refine that scheme into a plan to eliminate their enemies.
• Baili Qin revealed that her father planned to open Whale-Fishing Pass to the Yin army and destroy the Kingdom of Sorrow; Chen Cheng ordered her to investigate the details and resolved to protect his father and the Shanhai Sect.

Chen Cheng moved to Purple Empyrean Peak, discovered a hidden treasure beneath Coiling Dragon Cliff, and began pursuing alchemy to save his friend. After quickly passing Zhu Xian’er’s herb-identification test, he obtained the Sleepless Powder recipe and a Fire Control Technique, which his Vertical Eye Mark recorded as a new skill.

• Shen Qing delivered Chen Cheng his monthly salary and reported that Lord Admiral might go to the Whale-Fishing Pass front, then agreed to serve under him.
• Chen Cheng moved to Purple Empyrean Peak with Ning Shuangxu and Lu Zhenting, and chose the vacant Coiling Dragon Cliff cave residence for its secluded location and hidden spiritual resources.
• Chen Cheng sensed a high-grade treasure beneath the dried spring in the cave’s training room, then went to Red Cloud Cave to meet Zhu Xian’er.
• Zhu Xian’er explained that Chen Cheng’s lightning-attribute Divine Treasury made alchemy difficult and instructed him to study the Myriad Medicines Canon, but Chen Cheng quickly memorized it and passed her herb-selection test.
• Zhu Xian’er gave Chen Cheng the Sleepless Powder recipe and a Fire Control Technique, and his Vertical Eye Mark registered Basic Fire-Control Art at beginner level.

Chen Cheng passed Zhu Xian'er’s fire-control test, began refining a fifth-order Great Qi-Deriving Pill, and advanced his cultivation while preparing for a planned operation. At Falling Star Valley, Baili Qin and Feng Fang slaughtered the gathered enemies, but a powerful newcomer appeared and attacked Feng Fang.

• Chen Cheng controlled Zhu Xian'er’s eighth-order treasure fire, received the Basic and Advanced Alchemy Arts, and later found that Lu Zhenting had supplied a fifth-order furnace, ingredients, and a pill formula.
• Chen Cheng cultivated for twenty days, sent intelligence and Sleepless Powder to his allies, and advanced to the late stage of First-Aperture God-Casting.
• Chen Cheng collected four months of Great Qi-Derivation Pills from Lin Yue, rejected her offer to join Green Bamboo Peak, and received a threat demanding that he come alone to Falling Star Valley to save Madam Li.
• Chen Cheng followed the apparent hostage trap to Falling Star Valley, where Baili Qin revealed that the hostage was Feng Fang and the two of them killed Qi Zhengbang, Tian Huayu, and the other gathered enemies.
• Feng Fang killed Su Yifeng, Xiao Xuan, and Qi Tiansheng, but a tall stranger arrived and struck Feng Fang, blasting Chen Cheng from his horse and injuring Baili Qin.

Chen Cheng fought Luo Hanying, the Demonic Sacred Sect’s Holy Maiden, but his strongest attack could not hurt her. After both were affected by the secret medicine Obedient for a Night, they disappeared together, and Chen Cheng woke beside her the next morning with murderous intent.

• Feng Fang and Baili Qin were struck by the shockwave of Luo Hanying’s clash with Feng Fang, and Chen Cheng saw Luo Hanying overpower Feng Fang and attack him.
• Chen Cheng used Moon Step of Impermanence and Punitive Thunder Tribulation Annihilation against Luo Hanying, but she suffered no injury and seized him by the throat.
• Chen Cheng countered Luo Hanying’s eye technique with the No-Thought Moon Eye, then scattered Obedient for a Night over her face before she could recover.
• Luo Hanying identified herself as the Holy Maiden of the Demonic Sacred Sect, but the medicine affected both her and Chen Cheng, and she fled as its effects took hold.
• Chen Cheng struggled to resist the medicine while Feng Fang went to fetch water, but Luo Hanying returned and the two vanished in a crash.
• A day and a night later, Chen Cheng woke beside the sleeping Luo Hanying and immediately felt murderous intent.

Chen Cheng spared the sleeping Luo Hanying, then learned she had withdrawn the Demonic Sect forces and found her innate primordial yin inside his Taiji Space. He reached Dragonflower Temple to deliver urgent intelligence to Song Linwei, but she was away, and he faced Ouyang Shang, whose rank and questions tested Chen Cheng’s authority.

• Chen Cheng abandoned his plan to kill Luo Hanying, covered her with his coat, and left while she pretended to sleep.
• Chen Cheng reunited with Baili Qin and Feng Fang, gathered their supplies, and learned Demonic Sect forces had surrounded the valley because they were targeting him, likely over the Eye of Hell.
• Luo Hanying ordered the Demonic Sect forces to withdraw, and Chen Cheng discovered her innate primordial yin in his Taiji Space before leading Baili Qin and Feng Fang out of the valley.
• Chen Cheng and Baili Qin traveled to Liang Province, where he went alone to Dragonflower Temple to contact Song Linwei about the Marquis of Northern Suppression’s imminent rebellion and the planned hostage interception.
• Chen Cheng learned Song Linwei was away and refused to share his urgent information with the temple’s Taoist priest; Ouyang Shang summoned him and challenged the legitimacy of his Thousand-Household Officer rank.
• Chen Cheng revealed that Shen Qing had promoted him and that Song Linwei had insisted on his appointment, then asked whether Ouyang Shang and the other officers dared hear what he meant to tell Song Linwei.

Chen Cheng rode toward Flying Dragon Gorge with Baili Qin, intending to help Song Linwei and capture Baili Qin’s mother, while Lin Qian and Lu Chong followed him. In the forest, Lin Qian poisoned Lu Chong and revealed his defection to the Marquis just as Chen Cheng confronted two Fifth-Aperture God-Casting attackers.

• Ouyang Shang directed Chen Cheng to Flying Dragon Gorge and had Lin Qian and Lu Chong provide him with horses and a route map.
• Chen Cheng met Baili Qin among the ruins and told her they would head to Flying Dragon Gorge to help Song Linwei and capture her mother.
• Chen Cheng and Baili Qin entered the forest, where two masked Fifth-Aperture God-Casting men prepared to ambush them.
• Chen Cheng sensed the attackers approaching and told Baili Qin to keep clear, then charged toward them.
• Lu Chong rushed to help Chen Cheng, but Lin Qian stabbed him with a poisoned blade and urged him to pledge loyalty to the Marquis, revealing the Marquis’s agreement with Northern Yin.
• A thunderous blast erupted as Chen Cheng advanced against the two attackers, leaving Lin Qian and Lu Chong shocked.

Chen Cheng revealed the power of his Thunder Crystal Longsword and black lightning as he defeated Venerable Mang and the Blue-Eyed Man. He turned his seventy-two Sword Qis on Lin Qian, who begged for his life and offered vital intelligence about Lord Admiral.

• Chen Cheng countered Venerable Mang’s Nine-Sanskrit Vajra Fist with thirty-six crimson-gold Sword Qis, leaving him bloodied while Chen Cheng remained nearly unharmed.
• Venerable Mang and the Blue-Eyed Man attacked Chen Cheng together, but Chen Cheng drew his Thunder Crystal Longsword and cleaved through Venerable Mang’s forearm.
• Chen Cheng used his burst of speed to behead Venerable Mang, then charged the Blue-Eyed Man as Lu Chong warned him that Lin Qian was an enemy skilled in poison.
• Chen Cheng broke through the Blue-Eyed Man’s Blade Qi with seventy-two Sword Qis and black lightning, then cut the Blue-Eyed Man into pieces.
• Chen Cheng sent the seventy-two Sword Qis toward Lin Qian, who dropped his weapon and begged for mercy, offering vital intelligence about Lord Admiral.

Chen Cheng learned that the Marquis of Northern Suppression planned to ambush Song Linwei at Flying Dragon Gorge and discovered a way to seize the Marquis's real wife, Bai Fengyi, to break the deadlock. As Chen Cheng went to capture her, Baili Qin arrived at the guarded carriage, and a hidden strand of blood descended toward Zhao Xiaohu.

• Chen Cheng used Demonic Eye Heart Inquiry on Lin Qian, who revealed the planned ambush at Flying Dragon Gorge and the location of the real Marquis of Northern Suppression's Wife.
• Lin Qian disclosed that capturing Bai Fengyi could force the Marquis to hesitate, then gave Chen Cheng the antidote before his consciousness collapsed; Chen Cheng killed him and sent Lu Chong to warn Song Linwei.
• Lu Chong reached Song Linwei at Flying Dragon Gorge, where she rejected Yuwen Tuo's plan to lead a force out and decided to rely on Chen Cheng.
• Baili Qin arrived at the woods where Bai Fengyi was guarded, and the two embraced as mother and daughter.
• Bai Fengyi asked Zhao Xiaohu to leave so she could speak privately with Baili Qin, but he refused to leave her side as a strand of blood silently descended from above.

Chen Cheng rescued Song Linwei from Flying Dragon Gorge with Bai Fengyi’s help after discovering that Bai Fengyi was not Baili Jueluo’s ally. They escaped while Baili Jueluo recovered from poison, but he vowed to hunt them down.

• The Corpse Demon killed Zhao Xiaohu and the guards, while Bai Fengyi revealed her martial arts and destroyed the demon with a single strike.
• Chen Cheng made Bai Fengyi his Moon Slave and confirmed that Baili Jueluo intended to sacrifice her as Cauldron Material, so he took her toward Flying Dragon Gorge.
• At Flying Dragon Gorge, Bai Fengyi pretended to bring Chen Cheng as a captured Soulshatter Office leader while Song Linwei lay badly wounded near the entrance.
• Bai Fengyi poisoned Baili Jueluo and blasted him into the mountain wall, giving Chen Cheng time to carry Song Linwei away.
• Chen Cheng used the Seed Essence Technique to stabilize Song Linwei’s injuries and suppress her poison, while Baili Jueluo broke free and swore to pursue them.

Chen Cheng settled Song Linwei and his family in Emperorfall City, revealed to Madam Li and Shen Bi that he was an alchemist, and promised to help the Su Family with its crisis. The chapter ended with Su Wangxing reporting an emergency as Baili Qin and Bai Fengyi entered the city.

• Chen Cheng settled the injured Song Linwei at the Su Family residence and gave Madam Li and Shen Bi money while promising to find them a home.
• Shen Bi discussed opening a business, and Chen Cheng revealed that he was an alchemist, asking her and Madam Li to keep it secret until he received certification.
• Chen Cheng checked on Song Linwei, promised to seek a cure for her poison, and asked her to gather news about his father from Shattered Leaf City.
• Su Dakang told Chen Cheng that Lu Shaochuan was threatening the Su Family after Su Wangxing offended him, and Chen Cheng promised to handle the matter after learning Lu Shaochuan's identity.
• Su Wangxing urgently called for his parents after Chen Cheng left, while Baili Qin and Bai Fengyi entered Emperorfall City according to Chen Cheng's arrangements.

Su Dakang learned that Lu Shaochuan’s men had detained the Su Family’s urgent shipment for the Divine Physiognomy Sect, while Chen Cheng learned the Mysterious Female True Absorption Art from Bai Fengyi. After Feng Lihua warned Feng Yan'an to keep Chen Cheng at a distance, Chen Cheng returned to Coiling Dragon Cliff and Zhu Xian'er came to see him.

• Su Wangxing reported the detained shipment, and Su Dakang left to seek help from the White Lotus Merchant Association after explaining the contract’s severe penalty.
• Chen Cheng met Bai Fengyi in Green Vine Alley and learned the positions, breathing methods, and cultivation mnemonic for the Mysterious Female True Absorption Art.
• Bai Fengyi told Chen Cheng that her rare dragon bloodline could aid his cultivation, but he had to reach the Divine Vein level before performing Harvesting and Supplementing on her.
• Feng Yan'an told Feng Lihua that she had opened her sixth Divine Aperture and that Lu Shaochuan’s men had seized the Su Family’s goods.
• Feng Lihua told Feng Yan'an not to offend or grow close to Chen Cheng because Purple Empyrean Peak might reject him.
• Chen Cheng returned to Coiling Dragon Cliff by a mountain ridge, where Zhu Xian'er came to find him.

Chen Cheng impressed Zhu Xian'er by refining a fifth-rank treasure pill in only a month, prompting her to report his talent to the Purple Empyrean Peak Master. As Chen Cheng continued strengthening his Taiji True Fire, Lu Zhenting warned him about threats from Green Bamboo Peak and the loss of Three-Day Isle, but Zhu Xian'er arrived with news that the master wanted to accept him immediately.

• Chen Cheng revealed a completed fifth-rank treasure pill to Zhu Xian'er, who praised his alchemy and hurried to report his progress to her master.
• Ning Shuangxu told Chen Cheng that the spirit spring had made strange, snake-like noises and that Lu Zhenting had repeatedly come looking for him.
• Chen Cheng discovered that Luo Hanying's Innate Primordial Yin strengthened and balanced his Taiji True Fire as he practiced Fire Nourishing Taiji.
• Lu Zhenting warned Chen Cheng that the Green Bamboo Peak Master might target him, that Profound Owl Manor had taken Three-Day Isle, and that Yuwen Min had wagered Breezewind Water Stronghold on a fight in seven days.
• Lu Zhenting urged Chen Cheng to seek the Sect Master's favor and prepare for the Vast Righteousness Alliance Outer Sect Grand Competition, but Chen Cheng said he intended to join Purple Empyrean Peak.
• Zhu Xian'er summoned Chen Cheng to the summit, saying the Purple Empyrean Peak Master was satisfied and would accept him into the lineage after confirming his alchemy.

Chen Cheng became an official disciple of Purple Empyrean Peak after Wang Changsheng tested his alchemy and made him swallow a Longevity Pill. Wang Changsheng warned him away from a friend's mysterious illness, leaving Chen Cheng determined to investigate cautiously and keep the full truth to himself.

• Chen Cheng asked Lu Zhenting to wait while he went to meet the Purple Empyrean Peak Master, and Lu Zhenting hoped Chen Cheng would help him gain standing in the Lu Family.
• Wang Changsheng examined Chen Cheng's Little Black Cauldron and helped complete a Fifth-Order Great Qi-Deriving Pill into an ultimate-grade pill.
• Wang Changsheng made Chen Cheng swallow a Longevity Pill, officially accepted him as a disciple, and ordered Zhu Xian'er to give him pills and access to advanced alchemy and fire-control techniques.
• Wang Changsheng demanded that Chen Cheng refine a ninth-order treasure pill within three years, then refused to help with Chen Cheng's friend's sunlight-triggered illness and advised him not to interfere.
• Chen Cheng concealed what he knew about Jiang Yujiao's illness and resolved to investigate carefully while withholding Song Linwei's condition; Zhu Xian'er then handed him two medicine bottles.

Chen Cheng joined Purple Empyrean Peak, gained new alchemy and fire-control techniques, and helped Lu Zhenting enter the Black Law Punitive Thunder Scripture. The next morning, he met Ji Jingyou and Gu Zhilan, who confronted him about refusing Heavenly Pool Peak.

• Zhu Xian'er gave Chen Cheng Longevity Pills, Mid-Grade Aperture-Refining Profound Pills, Purple Empyrean Peak robes and a token, and high-rank alchemy and fire-control techniques.
• Zhu Xian'er told Chen Cheng about the upcoming Alchemy Dao Grand Competition and said he could enter the intermediate division.
• Chen Cheng helped Lu Zhenting enter the Black Law Punitive Thunder Scripture, and Lu Zhenting promised to keep Chen Cheng's involvement secret.
• Chen Cheng mastered the two high-rank techniques and considered how to acquire a high-rank pill flame, a pill formula, and ninth-rank medicinal ingredients.
• On his way to the General Affairs Hall, Chen Cheng encountered Ji Jingyou and Gu Zhilan, who said she had heard that he refused Zhao's invitation to join Heavenly Pool Peak.

Chen Cheng revealed that he had joined Purple Empyrean Peak and refined a top-grade Fifth-Order Great Qi-Deriving Pill, silencing those who had doubted his alchemical prospects. Zou Yan welcomed him with three Lower-Grade Aperture-Refining Profound Pills and then demanded that Qiu Xueman and Lin Yue settle who was at fault in their dispute.

• Ji Jingyou defended Chen Cheng, but Gu Zhilan doubted he could qualify for Purple Empyrean Peak until Chen Cheng showed his disciple token.
• At the General Affairs Hall, Lin Yue urged Chen Cheng to join Green Bamboo Peak and interrupted him until he placed his Purple Empyrean Peak token on the counter.
• Zou Yan asked Chen Cheng about his first fifth-order treasure pill, and Chen Cheng said he had refined a top-grade Fifth-Order Great Qi-Deriving Pill.
• Zou Yan praised Chen Cheng and gave him three Lower-Grade Aperture-Refining Profound Pills as a welcome gift.
• Zou Yan questioned Qiu Xueman and Lin Yue about their argument and ordered them to admit who was at fault.

Chen Cheng was invited by Chu Muzhen to help hunt a Blazingheart Tiger Beast, while secretly learning that Chu Muzhen and Lin Yun intended to kill him for Great Yin. Chen Cheng accepted the invitation and entered the burning forest with them, where Chu Muzhen revealed his killing intent.

• Zou Yan dismissed Lin Yue from the sect’s internal affairs and promoted Qiu Xueman to steward disciple with doubled monthly contribution points.
• Chen Cheng collected two Ninth-Rank treasure pills and rode toward the port, hoping to reach Emperorfall City and then Breezewind Water Stronghold in time for the fight over Three-Day Isle.
• Near Falling Star Valley, Chen Cheng heard a Profound Realm demon beast roar and found Yan Guinan, Tuoba Longlie, Chu Muzhen, and others fleeing a forest fire caused by a Second-Rank Profound Realm Blazingheart Tiger Beast.
• Chen Cheng overheard Chu Huofang and Lin Yun plotting to kill him because the Great Yin Martial Guard Office had placed him on its wanted list.
• Chu Muzhen invited Chen Cheng to help hunt the Blazingheart Tiger Beast and promised to split the gains, and Chen Cheng accepted despite warnings from Yan Guinan and Tuoba Longlie.
• Chen Cheng entered the burning forest with Chu Muzhen, Chu Huofang, and Lin Yun, and Chu Muzhen tightened his grip on his spear as killing intent appeared in his eyes.

Chen Cheng led Chu Muzhen, Chu Huofang, and Lin Yun to the Blazingheart Tiger Beast, hiding his plan while using his fire-control skill to help Chu Muzhen attack it. After Chu Muzhen grievously wounded the beast, Chen Cheng redirected its final fire attack and struck the group himself, killing Chu Huofang and Lin Yun and leaving Chu Muzhen alive and facing him.

• Chen Cheng demonstrated his High-Rank Fire Control Technique, convincing Chu Muzhen and the others to use his help against the Blazingheart Tiger Beast.
• Chen Cheng led the group through the burning mountains while deliberately exhausting them, then guided them to the beast.
• Chu Muzhen attacked the Blazingheart Tiger Beast, and Chen Cheng stripped the demonfire from its magma projectiles so Chu Muzhen could wound it.
• The wounded beast unleashed a powerful pillar of fire, and Chen Cheng split and redirected the attack into Chu Muzhen while adding lightning and Sword Qi.
• Chen Cheng killed Chu Huofang and Lin Yun, but Chu Muzhen survived and raised his spear toward Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng killed Chu Muzhen and the Blazingheart Tiger Beast, then brought his family and companions into Emperorfall City’s Inner City to settle down. He could not afford a suitable shop, and as the group considered postponing the pill business, someone recognized him.

• Chen Cheng pierced Chu Muzhen and the Blazingheart Tiger Beast through the heart, then collected the beast’s Profound-Realm Demonfire spark and stored its remains and the group’s belongings in Taiji Space.
• Three days later, Su Dakang, Sun Shuping, and Su Wangxing thanked Chen Cheng for resolving their conflict with Lu Shaochuan, and Chen Cheng borrowed a carriage to travel to the Inner City with Madam Li, Shen Bi, and the injured Song Linwei.
• Song Linwei revealed that Chen Cheng was an eighteen-year-old intermediate alchemist, prompting Shen Bi and the others to praise his talent and achievements.
• Chen Cheng brought the group through the Inner City gate using his Purple Cloud Palace disciple token and searched for a home and shop near the commercial district.
• Chen Cheng could not afford the Inner City properties, so he decided to postpone the pill business rather than risk his companions’ safety by settling in the Outer City.
• A hearty voice called out to Chen Cheng as he and Shen Bi left a shop.

Chen Cheng secured a residence in Yunfeng Alley and helped Lu Zhenting cancel the Su Family’s breach-of-contract penalty by defeating Luo Xin in one move. After buying and learning the Nine-Turn Spirit-Melting Art, Chen Cheng was surrounded on the Heaven Sword Land Bridge, where he recognized Luo Hanying and gave her the jade scripture; she offered him something in return.

• Lu Zhenting offered Chen Cheng a mansion in Yunfeng Alley, and Chen Cheng accepted the residence as a gift from the Lu Family.
• Chen Cheng accompanied Lu Zhenting to negotiate with Ji Yujin and defeated Luo Xin in one move, prompting Ji Yujin to cancel the Su Family’s hundredfold penalty.
• Ji Yujin warned Chen Cheng that he would face a bloody disaster within three days, and Chen Cheng decided to stay in Emperorfall City.
• Chen Cheng sold the Blazing Heart Tiger’s remains, bought the Cinnabar Book Jade Scripture at the Ghost Market, and learned the Nine-Turn Spirit-Melting Art.
• Twelve armed pursuers surrounded Chen Cheng on the Heaven Sword Land Bridge and demanded the scripture, so Chen Cheng called out Luo Hanying and gave it to her.
• Luo Hanying gave Chen Cheng an item in return as he prepared to leave.