Recaps

Chen Cheng chose to join the Fishery Pavilion after using his newly perfected Moon Breath trait to harvest Treasure Fish and Treasure Medicines, and he rejected offers from the Fist, Sword, and Dragon Pavilions. He ended the chapter receiving an expensive spear manual from Qing Chan on behalf of her mysterious mistress and preparing a return gift.

• Ning Chong and Han Chou urged Chen Cheng to seek a master, but Chen Cheng decided he preferred the freedom and resources of the Fishery or Hunting Pavilion.
• Yuan Feiche recognized Chen Cheng's talent and chose to wait rather than oppose him, while Jiang Yujiao ordered Gu Qianqian to offer Chen Cheng two Golden Meat Carp and invite him to Dragon Pavilion.
• Chen Cheng perfected Moon Breath of Avici, sensed nearby treasures under the full moon, and caught eight Treasure Fish and Treasure Snakes while gathering two Treasure Medicines.
• Chen Cheng accepted three Golden Scale Fruits from Ning Chong on behalf of Dong Chuo, then decided to join the Fishery Pavilion rather than accept recruitment offers from the Fist, Sword, or Dragon Pavilions.
• Qing Chan delivered the Secret Six-Harmony Great Spear from her mysterious mistress, and Chen Cheng called her back to prepare a return gift.

Chen Cheng entered the Fishery Pavilion after learning that his Taiji might become the martial art that birthed his Innate Divine Spirit, and he secretly mastered the Secret Six-Harmony Great Spear. He discovered Dong Chuo and Cui Zifeng might have poisoned the Golden Scale Fruits, while events at Whale-Fishing Pass and Ye Yang’s group’s hunt for a strange beast unfolded elsewhere; Chen Cheng ended the chapter asking where he could exchange for resources.

• Chen Cheng gave Qing Chan five Treasure Fish and promised to catch more, then asked Li Wenrou about the Secret Six-Harmony Great Spear and learned how secret martial arts shaped Innate Divine Spirit Qi.
• Chen Cheng decided Taiji would be his qi-birthing martial art, secretly reached entry in the Secret Six-Harmony Great Spear, and practiced it underwater before estimating he could condense his ninth Blood Qi wick within days.
• Chen Cheng declined Yin Xi’s invitation to hunt after overhearing Dong Chuo and Cui Zifeng discuss using people as live bait to hunt a Golden-Eyed Strange Tiger, and suspected the Golden Scale Fruits had been tampered with.
• Li Wenrou delivered Chen Cheng’s Fishery Pavilion supplies and Waist Token, while Ye Yang, Zhu Mingyuan, and Qiao Qiao prepared to capture a high-grade strange beast and Zhuang Zhuang faced the coming advance into Whale-Fishing Pass.
• Chen Cheng learned Lip Reading, reported to Sanshi Island, and officially joined the Inner Sect’s Fishery Pavilion with Lv Qinyi’s help.
• Chen Cheng chose not to live on the island and asked Lv Qinyi to show him the Fishery Pavilion General Affairs Hall so he could check its exchange resources.

Chen Cheng settled into the Fishery Pavilion, received gear and guidance from Lv Qinyi, and began exploring the Sea Marsh while avoiding forbidden waters. After following a distress call into a battle between Shanhai Sect forces and their enemies, he used the chaos to approach a severely wounded opponent and launched a sudden spear attack.

• Lv Qinyi guided Chen Cheng through the Fishery Pavilion and later gave him a Sea Marsh map, Fish Breath Powder, signal flares, and medicines while explaining the fishing quotas and dangers.
• Chen Cheng exchanged six thousand taels for fishing tools, memorized the map, and entered the Sea Marsh, where Moon Breath revealed a dead Fishery Pavilion disciple and a Golden-Tail Eel that he caught.
• Chai Liang led Chen Cheng and other disciples toward a distress signal, where they found bodies linked to Giant Whale Stronghold and the Immortal Bone Sect, then witnessed several Python Pavilion experts fighting a powerful enemy.
• Chen Cheng pretended to withdraw from the battle, hid nearby, and waited as Mysterious Breath Inspiration detected heavenly treasures amid the aftermath.
• Chen Cheng secretly approached the gravely wounded crimson-robed fighter and thrust his Black Iron Spear with Cloud-Piercing Sun-Penetrating.

Chen Cheng killed a wanted man with a poisoned spear and discovered a map among the loot, then confronted Dong Chuo at the General Affairs Hall and revealed his ninth wick of Blood Qi. He rode out to help recover a merchant caravan’s stolen goods while the Zhang family hired Huang Jiao’s Blade-Catching Alliance to pursue the bandits.

• Chen Cheng ambushed and killed the man, looted three treasures, and escaped as the poison destroyed the corpse and contaminated the water.
• Chen Cheng examined a short blade, a pill, and an ancient hide map marking a location in the Sea Marsh, then received a letter asking him to negotiate for a robbed caravan.
• Dong Chuo and his companions mocked Chen Cheng, but Deacon Sun intervened; Chen Cheng rode his tiger at Dong Chuo and knocked him from his horse with a Finger Spear.
• Dong Chuo revealed that Chen Cheng had condensed his ninth wick of Blood Qi, shocking Yin Xi, Ning Chong, Deacon Sun, and Zhou Wansen.
• At the Zhang Family Trading Firm, Zhang Wenhui agreed to Huang Jiao’s fee for the Blade-Catching Alliance to recover the stolen goods, and the seven set out.
• Chen Cheng rode Huang Feng beneath a cluster of trees at noon.

Chen Cheng arrived at Caozhi Mountain, recovered the Zhang Family's stolen goods, and learned where the Golden-Eyed Strange Tiger roamed. At Feidang Mountain, he rescued two infant baits and attacked the hunters waiting for the tiger, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Huang Jiao and the Seven-Person Alliance attacked Caozhi Mountain, but Yan Chong killed several of them and revealed his Divine Treasury Realm strength.
• Chen Cheng rode Tiger Lord into the stronghold, ordered Jin Biao to return the Zhang Family's goods, and allowed two surviving young Martial Artists to leave.
• Yan Chong killed Huang Jiao after she tried to claim a relationship with Chen Cheng, then gave him a Seven-Leaf Purifying Grass and described the Golden-Eyed Strange Tiger's range at Feidang Mountain.
• At the Zhang Family Trading Firm, the surviving Martial Artists reported that Chen Cheng had recovered the goods, foiling Dong Xing's attempt to demand shares and Zhang Yu's hand.
• Dong Chuo and Cui Zifeng used two infants as bait to hunt the Golden-Eyed Strange Tiger, but Chen Cheng secretly rescued the children and hid them nearby.
• Cui Zifeng searched the valley as the tiger roared from the cliffs, while Chen Cheng killed Yin Xi with a projectile; Dong Chuo and Guan Tong then realized the blood and flesh carried deadly poison.

Chen Cheng killed Dong Chuo and his companions, erased the evidence, and returned to the Shanhai Sect with Huang Feng. After learning about Wangyou Valley’s black market and reviewing his spoils, Chen Cheng impressed Lv Qinyi, Chai Liang, and Li Li with his extraordinary underwater speed, leaving Li Li eager to learn how he had developed his dragonlike form.

• Chen Cheng killed Li Gang, incapacitated Ning Chong, defeated Dong Chuo with Six-Harmony Return to Truth, and destroyed the cave and the evidence with Divine Fire Thunders.
• Chen Cheng reunited with Tiger Lord Huang Feng, left Feidang Mountain without leaving a trail, and received six thousand taels from Zhang Wenhui while learning about Yunlei Chamber of Commerce and Wangyou Valley’s black market.
• Chen Cheng returned to the Shanhai Sect, accepted three Shanhai Blood-Boosting Pills from Zhou Wansen, and counted his spoils, including ten Divine Fire Thunders and a gold coin marked with a dragon claw and the character Wang.
• Chen Cheng spent five days tempering Taiji, then met Lv Qinyi, Chai Liang, and Li Li at Qingxi Island for an underwater-skills assessment.
• Chen Cheng overtook Chai Liang and Li Li underwater, and Lv Qinyi praised his dragonlike bodily form while Li Li asked him to teach her how to cultivate it.
• Chen Cheng declined to teach Li Li, and Lv Qinyi warned her against competing with him in underwater endurance because he had a Natural Iron Lung.

Chen Cheng discovered a hidden Grotto-Heaven beneath the Sea Marsh, found the Divine Treasury-level Immortal Bone Golden Body Art, and moved his supplies there while continuing to seek cultivation resources. After Dong Zhou and Cui Zifeng investigated him over several disappearances, Chen Cheng traveled to Wangyou Valley under Dong Chuo’s guest token to sell Treasure Fish, where his first customer arrived.

• Li Li gave Chen Cheng a Yunlei Blood-Condensing Pill and asked him to teach her Dragon-Form Bone Appearance, while Chen Cheng accepted the pill and later received three more through Qing Chan along with Silver-Feathered Wind Wolf jerky.
• Dong Zhou and Cui Zifeng questioned Chen Cheng about Dong Chuo and Ning Chong’s disappearances, then secretly planned to watch him and search Guanlan Pavilion; Dong Zhou also ordered a follower to keep watch on Cui Zifeng.
• Chen Cheng explored the treasure-map location, found a concealed passage beneath the Sea Marsh, and discovered a Grotto-Heaven containing the Immortal Bone Golden Body Art, which he could not cultivate until reaching the Divine Treasury Realm.
• Chen Cheng moved his belongings into the Grotto-Heaven, cultivated with the Yunlei Blood-Condensing Pills, and prepared to sell goods after learning that Dong Zhou’s surveillance of him had ended.
• Chen Cheng entered Wangyou Valley using Dong Chuo’s Wangyou Token and set up a stall to sell Treasure Fish, where the black-cloaked honored guest became his first customer.

Chen Cheng sold his recovered goods at Wangyou Valley, gained the Yin Fragrance Art, and bought Yunlei Blood-Condensing Pills before returning to the Shanhai Sect. He learned of Li Wenrou’s grave injuries, while a letter home revealed his Outer Sect status and promised return stirred reactions among his family, allies, and enemies; the chapter ended with Chen Cheng training at Langyuan Grotto-Heaven.

• Chen Cheng sold three Treasure Fish and other goods to a masked woman, whose examination of medicine bottles triggered his Yin Fragrance Art skill.
• Chen Cheng bought five Yunlei Blood-Condensing Pills from a stall after noticing the seller’s hesitation and outbidding a blue-masked young man.
• Chen Cheng visited the injured Li Wenrou, learned that poisonous water had severely scarred her, and left a Treasure Fish at her door.
• Chen Cheng’s friends and family celebrated a letter saying he had become a Shanhai Sect Outer Sect disciple and would return to Zhao City within three years.
• Pang Shixun dismissed Chen Cheng as no threat and planned to make him submit when he returned, while Wan Qianshan asked Cao Miao to help reconcile with him.
• Chen Cheng completed his daily Inner-Strengthening Taiji practice at Langyuan Grotto-Heaven and checked his progress in tempering his lungs.

Chen Cheng sold Treasure Fish, learned that the Immortal Bone Sect used Gu Insects to control its elites, and explored the abyss while strengthening his cultivation. With ten days left before the Sea Academy Grand Competition, he prepared to dive again under the full moon, while Zhao Tuo grew interested in the Treasure Fish Chen Cheng carried.

• Chen Cheng kept the rare paired Golden-Scaled Strange Fish, sold his other Treasure Fish in Wangyou Valley, and bought Blood-Condensing Pills before learning that his Immortal Gu Pill contained a life-controlling Gu Insect.
• Chen Cheng watched martial-slave auctions to learn how their owners controlled them, then followed a full-moon pull into the abyss, caught a second-tier Treasure Fish, and endured immense spiritual pressure from below.
• Chen Cheng returned with Treasure Fish and medicines, then agreed to help Chai Liang catch a second-tier fish; Zhao Tuo seized it, and Chen Cheng whisked Chai Liang away from Zhao Tuo's pursuing lackeys.
• Chai Liang told Chen Cheng that Zhao Tuo targeted him to establish authority, and Chen Cheng delivered a healing Treasure Fish to Li Wenrou before accepting Shanhai Blood-Condensing Pills from Deacon Sun.
• Thirty days passed, leaving ten days before the Sea Academy Grand Competition; Chen Cheng checked his improved cultivation progress and set out under the full moon.

Chen Cheng broke through to the Divine Treasury Realm and joined the Sea Academy Grand Competition, where he defeated the Python Pavilion’s Lu Jian with a single strike. As the Fishery Pavilion reacted to his unexpected victory, the formidable Du Kuanglan stepped forward to challenge him.

• Chen Cheng reached the Divine Treasury Realm, formed two Innate Divine Spirits, and discovered that his Black and White Divine Steaming Force accelerated his cultivation while consuming more resources.
• Feng Baishi warned Jiang Yujiao and Xu Hanhai that the Demon-Suppressing Abyss had been increasingly disturbed and that the Immortal Bone Sect might disrupt the Sea Academy Grand Competition.
• Chen Cheng arrived at the competition and defeated Lu Jian almost instantly by striking his Qi Gate, surprising the gathered disciples and winning Li Li’s bet with Gu Qianqian.
• Du Kuanglan emerged from the Python Pavilion’s crowd, and Lv Qinyi feared Chen Cheng would lose to the older, intimidating fighter.

Chen Cheng won the Sea Academy Grand Competition’s ordinary-disciple title after defeating Du Kuanglan and Gu Sheng, then revealed that he had already broken through to the Divine Treasury Realm. The chapter ended as Li Li went to compete and Wang Qingfeng admitted he had slept through the earlier matches and knew nothing about Gu Qianqian’s wagers.

• Chen Cheng defeated Du Kuanglan with a single punch, resisted Xu Tianpeng’s aura pressure, and earned an invitation to join the Python Pavilion as an elite disciple.
• Gu Qianqian wagered a Treasure Artifact sword and ordered Gu Sheng to challenge Chen Cheng in an inner-breath contest, but Chen Cheng overwhelmed Gu Sheng and won.
• Xu Tianpeng declared Chen Cheng the ordinary-disciple champion after no one else dared challenge him, and Gu Qianqian paid Li Li the wagered sword, treasure fish jerky, and Shanhai Gathering Pill.
• Li Li and Lv Qinyi learned that Chen Cheng had reached the Divine Treasury Realm in only two months, and Li Li agreed to travel with him to Yunlei City.
• Li Li went to the arena for her match, while Wang Qingfeng told Gu Qianqian that he had fallen asleep and missed the earlier matches and wagers.

Chen Cheng ambushed an Immortal Bone Sect elite and learned the truth about the Heart-Devouring Disk, then spent three days cultivating with rare resources. He returned to Guanlan Pavilion to find Deacon Sun delivering his elite disciple rewards and news that several pavilion leaders had sought him out.

• Wang Qingfeng praised Chen Cheng's achievements, while Gu Qianqian remained convinced that Chen Cheng had used sinister methods.
• Chen Cheng noticed Zhao Liang and three Man Pavilion disciples following him, but an Immortal Bone Sect elite appeared and killed three of them before forcing Zhao Liang to take an Immortal Disk Pill.
• Chen Cheng ambushed the elite, Hong Xuanyi, and defeated him despite Hong Xuanyi's superior realm; under Chen Cheng's threat, Hong Xuanyi used Gu Control to kill Zhao Liang, allowing Chen Cheng to learn about the Heart-Devouring Disk.
• Chen Cheng killed Hong Xuanyi, destroyed the Heart-Devouring Gu, and looted their belongings before returning to the Abyss Grotto-Heaven to cultivate with third-order Treasure Fish Jerky and a Shanhai Gathering Void Pill for three days.
• Deacon Sun delivered Chen Cheng's elite disciple supplies and competition rewards, gave him an additional pill, and told him that the chief disciples of the Man Pavilion and Fishery Pavilion and an elite Dragon Pavilion disciple had come looking for him.

Chen Cheng traveled to Yunlei City, where Li Jinge gave him the Hidden Dragon Chain Blade, and learned that Zhang Yu had been brutally attacked. He followed the trail to Flying Bear Stronghold and slaughtered its bandits with a bow, leaving the Third Leader frozen in terror.

• Qing Chan gave Chen Cheng a Third-Order Shanhai Gathering Void Pill, and Chen Cheng continued tempering his life-bound Taiji.
• Dong Xing and Cui Zifeng decided to lure Chen Cheng out and kill him, while the Zhang Family prepared to reward him for helping their caravan.
• Li Li warned Chen Cheng about the Immortal Bone Sect's attacks and told him Senior Sister Lu had been poisoned; she then took Chen Cheng to Yunlei City.
• Li Jinge tested Chen Cheng's strength and gifted him the Hidden Dragon Chain Blade, a weapon that transformed between a belt, chain blade, and sword.
• Chen Cheng discovered that Zhang Yu had been badly beaten and robbed; after hearing her account, he took a token linking the attackers to Flying Bear Stronghold and rode out to investigate.
• Chen Cheng attacked Flying Bear Stronghold, killing its guards and bandits with arrows until the Third Leader charged him and recoiled in terror.

Chen Cheng slaughtered Flying Bear Stronghold, defeated and coerced Cui Zifeng into revealing the Dong Family’s crimes, then returned to Yunlei City and prepared to go back to Shanhai Sect. The Dong Family was arrested, Chen Cheng received money and a chain-blade martial art from Li Li, and an Immortal Bone Sect agent ordered him watched.

• Chen Cheng killed Luan Feng, Fu Long, Ma Kui, Ying Jin, and the rest of Flying Bear Stronghold before defeating Cui Zifeng and forcing him to reveal the Dong Family’s collusion with the Immortal Bone Sect and Rebel Army, as well as Ning Chong’s location.
• Chen Cheng spared Cui Zifeng but activated the Immortal Gu inside him and ordered him to report monthly; Cui Zifeng disclosed where Dong Xing’s evidence was hidden.
• Chen Cheng returned the Zhang Family’s twenty thousand taels, and Ma Kui’s replacement reported that the White Dragon Army had arrested the Dong Family after an anonymous blood letter exposed its crimes.
• Chen Cheng found Madam Li’s letter and a twenty-thousand-tael draft from his family, then an Immortal Bone Sect informant told Ink Venerable that Cui Zifeng had vanished and Flying Bear Stronghold had been wiped out; Ink Venerable ordered Chen Cheng watched.
• Chen Cheng cashed the draft, told Li Li he was returning to the sect, and accepted a Divine Treasury-grade chain-blade manual from her.

Chen Cheng received a reward and training opportunity after rescuing Ning Chong, then impressed the Fist Pavilion disciples with his skill in sparring. He left Zhou Cunfeng unconvinced, and Zhou challenged him to a real fight using sixty percent of his Xi Force.

• Chen Cheng returned Ning Chong to Li Wenrou and Zhou Wansen, then stored his supplies and an azure scale in the Abyss Grotto-Heaven before cultivating his martial arts and breaking through in Inner-Strengthening Taiji.
• Chen Cheng met Li Li and Ji Liuchuan at the Mountain Academy and learned that winning the Seven Pavilions Grand Competition could make him a Seven Pavilions Walker with access to every pavilion.
• Geng Yuliang explained the competition rules, gave Chen Cheng two Shanhai Gathering-Void Pills, and invited him to train at Xiaosong Peak before the tournament.
• Chen Cheng sparred with Qian Hai and defeated him in a contest of strength, then outmaneuvered Zhou Cunfeng and stopped his Finger Spear at Zhou's throat.
• Zhou Cunfeng challenged Chen Cheng to a real fight and said he would use sixty percent of his Xi Force while trying not to injure him.

Chen Cheng learned from Geng Yuliang, discovered a sealed woman cultivating Breath Consumption at the abyss’s bottom, and traded Treasure Fish for pills in Wangyou Valley. After buying a battered furnace that hid a rare substance, he drew a crowd when it released Essence of Pill Vapor, which the old man identified as a supreme treasure.

• Geng Yuliang sparred with Chen Cheng and taught him fist and weapon techniques, while Zhou Cunfeng promised to challenge him at the Seven Pavilions Grand Competition.
• Chen Cheng’s Dragon Scale trait let him reach the abyss’s bottom, where he found a chained woman and learned the Breath Consumption art she was using to sustain herself.
• Chen Cheng sold fifty-three Treasure Fish in Wangyou Valley and exchanged two bottles of Immortal Bone pills for five Qi-Gathering Pills.
• Chen Cheng bought a battered Lightning-Struck Heavenly Iron furnace for one million taels after his Mysterious Breath Inspiration revealed a powerful attraction inside it.
• Chen Cheng drew Wu Force through the furnace’s thunder patterns, causing medicinal liquid to emerge as crowds gathered around him.
• The old man in gray cloth identified the liquid as Essence of Pill Vapor from a thousand-year spirit furnace.

Chen Cheng consumed the Essence of Pill Vapor, broke through to the middle stage of the second-vapor Divine Treasury Realm, and ambushed an Immortal Bone Sect ship to seize its supplies and treasures. Twelve days later, he continued training in Abyss Grotto-Heaven while a banquet in Yunlei City set up a rivalry over his reputation.

• Chen Cheng swallowed the Essence of Pill Vapor instead of auctioning it, secretly absorbing its force as the gathered buyers left convinced it was fake.
• After buying dried exotic beast meat, Chen Cheng followed an Immortal Bone Sect ship from Giant Whale Water Stronghold and killed its crew, including Deacon Liu, whose attack revealed Chen Cheng's new second-vapor strength.
• Chen Cheng took the ship's supplies, money, Immortal Disk Pill, and map of the sect's occupied islands, then sank the ship and returned to Abyss Grotto-Heaven.
• At a Yunlei City banquet hosted by Ji Liuchuan, Li Li said she could not find Chen Cheng, while Fei Long dismissed his victories and claimed he would lose easily to Su Chang'an.
• Chen Cheng used an Immortal Bone Gathering-Void Pill to train the Nine Scale Transformations, discovering that his Pill Vapor Strange Fragrance improved his training before it faded.
• Twelve days later, Chen Cheng's training progress had advanced, with his Nine Scale Transformations nearing minor mastery and his Immortal Bone Golden Body Art approaching the same milestone.

Chen Cheng attended the Seven Pavilions Grand Competition, where a crowd of disciples challenged him and Pavilion Master Xue let him choose an opponent. After Jiang Yujiao secured him another exception, Chen Cheng prepared to make a request.

• Chen Cheng met Cui Zifeng at a ruined temple, suppressed his Heart-Devouring Disk, and ordered him to investigate the Immortal Bone Sect’s plans.
• Geng Yuliang asked Feng Baishi to transfer Chen Cheng to his branch, but Feng Baishi said Chen Cheng and Jiang Yujiao would have to agree; they also discussed Sea Academy’s troubles and possible help from the Feng Family.
• Ink Venerable berated Qi Changgeng for failing to find Cui Zifeng, Chen Cheng, and Xia Yan, then ordered him to take Chen Cheng to Heiqian Bay after the competition.
• Gu Qianqian reached the fifth vapor of the Divine Treasury, while Gu Yi vowed to defeat Chen Cheng at the competition.
• At the competition, Chen Cheng spoke with Ning Chong and Xu Tianpeng before Su Chang'an took the other platform; Gu Yi, Zhou Cunfeng, Fei Long, Qi Changkui, and others then challenged Chen Cheng.
• When Chen Cheng asked Xue Xun to make another exception, Jiang Yujiao intervened, and Xue Xun agreed to hear his request.

Chen Cheng won first place in the Seven Pavilions Grand Competition and received elite status, gifts, and warnings about the dangers facing Sea Marsh. After learning that Feng Xiaofeng had entered the Six-Harmony Return to Simplicity Art, Chen Cheng visited the Sword Pavilion and Fishery Pavilion, where he heard news about Yun Shuangling and was offered a mysterious reward.

• Tang Xian'en explained that Chen Cheng's balanced Five Poles might eventually form Five Extremes Riding Together, while Jiang Yujiao said she was arranging something for him.
• Xue Xun announced Chen Cheng as the ordinary disciples' first-place winner and awarded him a Seven Pavilions Elite uniform and Seven Pavilions Order.
• Feng Xiaofeng regretted not challenging Chen Cheng and resolved to defeat him publicly, while Chen Cheng's friends and pavilion representatives brought him congratulatory gifts.
• Qing Chan warned Chen Cheng to cultivate diligently and hinted that he would eventually compete with Feng Xiaofeng.
• At Chuanyun Peak, Feng Xiaofeng revealed that he had entered the Six-Harmony Return to Simplicity Art, and Xue Xun told Chen Cheng he planned to search for Yun Shuangling in the north.
• At Sanshi Island, Feng Baishi offered Chen Cheng an additional reward hidden in his fishing rod, but said Chen Cheng could take it only if he could perceive it.

Feng Baishi gave Chen Cheng Primordial Qi, causing him to enter a dangerous state of unity with heaven and earth and absorb far more than expected; Jiang Yujiao confirmed he survived and later Chen Cheng discovered Taiji One was releasing Primordial Qi. Chen Cheng then tracked Giant Whale Stronghold's expedition and watched a strange fish slaughter its forces, before spotting something unusual in the depths and rushing toward it.

• Feng Baishi's fishing revealed Primordial Qi to Chen Cheng, who absorbed thirty feet of it before Feng knocked him unconscious to stop him.
• Jiang Yujiao examined Chen Cheng and found his body had survived the excess Primordial Qi without damage; the next morning, Chen Cheng awoke and discovered Taiji One was releasing Primordial Qi.
• Chen Cheng learned that Jiang Yujiao had brought him back, then went underwater near Giant Whale Stronghold to monitor its preparations to capture a Third-Order Treasure Fish.
• Chen Cheng followed the fleet to a Dark Reef Forest, where Li Xuesha and Hong Xuanji's forces baited and surrounded a huge, dark green fish.
• The strange fish smashed through the attackers, killed Li Xuesha and the Three Divine Treasuries experts, and began destroying the ships as Hong Xuanji tried to flee.
• Chen Cheng spotted something unusual in the depths and rushed toward it while the strange fish continued its slaughter.

Chen Cheng recovered the Nine-Sac Ghost Grass, tested his strength against Li Li, and heard about growing turmoil across the Northern Border. After discovering that Qi Changgeng and Qi Changren were Immortal Bone Sect agents luring him into a trap, Chen Cheng turned the ambush around and killed them both.

• Chen Cheng harvested the Nine-Sac Ghost Grass from the Dark Reef Forest and planted it in the Unfrozen Ice Spring, then judged that the strange fish was likely a late- or peak-stage Three Divine Treasuries opponent.
• Li Jinge agreed to repair Chen Cheng's Lightning-Struck Heavenly Iron Cauldron after finishing urgent work, and Chen Cheng sparred with Li Li to assess the gap between his strength and hers.
• At Tianxiang Restaurant, Chen Cheng and the others discussed hijacked military equipment, demonic factions, and Immortal Bone Sect activity before Yan Yifeng challenged Xu Tianpeng to a duel.
• Li Li told Chen Cheng she feared her mother might be endangered by an internal saboteur at the Yunlei Chamber of Commerce, and Chen Cheng later saw Wang Qingfeng entering Dream Relic Pavilion.
• Qi Changgeng invited Chen Cheng to help hunt Dong Zhong at Black Shark Bay, but Chen Cheng turned back; Qi Changgeng then revealed that he and Qi Changren served Ink Venerable, who had ordered them to lure Chen Cheng there.
• Chen Cheng ambushed the brothers on the road, killing Qi Changgeng suddenly and pulverizing Qi Changren's head with a single strike.

Chen Cheng joined Wang Qingfeng and Li Li in attacking the Immortal Bone Sect’s Black Shark Bay stronghold, where he revealed his skill with the Scale Transformation Nine Heavens and tamed a Third-Order Howling Sky Eagle. Back in Yunlei City, he prepared to exchange his battlefield spoils for Third-Order Dried Meat while the eagle flew into the nearby mountains.

• Chen Cheng returned to Yunlei City after killing Qi Changgeng and Qi Changren, then agreed to join Wang Qingfeng and Li Li on a mission to Black Shark Bay.
• Wang Qingfeng entered the hidden grotto alone, while Chen Cheng and Li Li waited outside and fought Red-Robed Cultists who fled the stronghold.
• Chen Cheng used the Scale Sword and chain-blade techniques to kill the fleeing cultists, and Wang Qingfeng emerged having killed Meng Jiaorui, Dong Zhong, and the other defenders.
• Chen Cheng searched the grotto for spoils and tamed the Third-Order Howling Sky Eagle with the Raptor Taming technique; the eagle then fed on the cultists’ corpses.
• After returning to Yunlei City, Wang Qingfeng went to claim martial merit and Li Li went home to see her mother, while Chen Cheng bought a black cloak and set out to exchange his gains for Third-Order Dried Meat.

Chen Cheng visited the Hunting Pavilion, learned about techniques and lucrative missions, reunited with Qiao Qiao, and heard news of their old companions. After weeks of preparation, he confronted and killed the wounded monster fish, though its venom spread across his hands before his strengthened body neutralized it.

• Chen Cheng showed Tang Chuan and the Hunting Pavilion disciples his third-tier Howling Sky Eagle, then learned that Heart-Chain Spirit-Control cost one hundred thousand taels or one thousand martial merit points.
• Cheng Yuan told Chen Cheng about a dangerous expedition into Black Wind Insect Valley, and Chen Cheng found the Ten Thousand Beasts Mortal-Shedding Scripture listed in the Hunting Pavilion Resource Manual.
• Li Wenrou told Chen Cheng that Cheng Yuan might have been considering taking him as a direct disciple and that Senior Brother Xu's next match would be fought on land in two months.
• Chen Cheng met Qiao Qiao in the Medicine Pavilion, learned that Zhu Mingyuan had gone north to fight Northern Yin and that Master Ye was hiding from the Red Moon Cult, and heard that Dong Zhou and Gu Qianqian were being tortured through medicine testing.
• After forty-odd days of cultivation and covert attacks on thirteen supply ships, Chen Cheng ambushed the wounded monster fish and broke its tail in a clash before killing it with his Black Sword.
• Chen Cheng was contaminated by the monster fish's venom, but his strengthened heart and liver decomposed the toxins before they could harm him.

Chen Cheng stored the strange fish and studied intelligence that led him to prepare for a breakthrough, while the Shanhai Sect selected reinforcements for Whale-Fishing Pass. Yuan Feiche gave Chen Cheng the Ten Directions Thunder Movement sword manual, and Wu Zhuoyi grew jealous as Chen Cheng returned to the Abyss Grotto-Heaven to read it.

• Chen Cheng dried the strange fish's meat, preserved its other parts, and read Cui Zifeng's report on events across the martial world.
• Chen Cheng bought Qi-Condensing Pills and began secluded cultivation, but Li Li's letter summoned him to Zhenwu Hall.
• Yuan Feiche selected twenty Shanhai Sect disciples to reinforce Whale-Fishing Pass, including Wang Qingfeng and Lv Qinyi.
• Yuan Feiche offered Chen Cheng a chance to compete for the Yunlei Martial Tournament, but Chen Cheng declined and accepted the Ten Directions Thunder Movement sword manual instead.
• Wu Zhuoyi saw Chen Cheng with the manual and privately criticized Yuan Feiche for giving it to him, but Yuan Feiche rebuked him.
• Chen Cheng returned to the Abyss Grotto-Heaven and opened the sword manual.

Chen Cheng mastered Ten Directions Thunder Movement, broke through to the Three-Qi Divine Treasury realm, and demonstrated his strength to Su Chang'an. After agreeing to help Xu Tianpeng, he visited Yuan Feiche and revealed that he had already entered the threshold of Ten Directions Thunder Movement, leaving Wu Zhuoyi in disbelief.

• Chen Cheng mastered Ten Directions Thunder Movement and, after a month of training, broke through to the Three-Qi Divine Treasury realm.
• Chen Cheng met Su Chang'an and Xu Tianpeng, learned that Su Chang'an had been chosen to fight Yan Yifeng's disciple, and accepted Xu Tianpeng's decision to replace him.
• Su Chang'an challenged Chen Cheng to a spar, but Chen Cheng refused and used Thunder Illusion Step to take Su Chang'an's two sabers without him noticing.
• Su Chang'an acknowledged Chen Cheng as his senior brother, and Chen Cheng agreed to help Xu Tianpeng in the upcoming battle.
• Chen Cheng visited the Ancient Stele Forest with Wu Zhuoyi and told Yuan Feiche he had already entered the threshold of Ten Directions Thunder Movement.
• Wu Zhuoyi vehemently denied Chen Cheng's claim.