Recaps

Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang were overwhelmed by the Green Lotus Sword Immortal and his fellow sword cultivators. After Du Xiaoliang urged him to escape, Chen Changming raced toward the Death Mist while badly wounded, leaving the Spirit-Devouring Insect injured and stored in his Beast Taming Bracelet.

• Du Xiaoliang struck the Green Lotus Sword Immortal's Flying Sword but was thrown aside and trapped in a cage of six swords.
• Chen Changming was pierced by the Green Lotus Sword Immortal's Spirit Treasure Flying Sword, then tried and failed to break Du Xiaoliang free with a Spirit Energy Storm.
• Du Xiaoliang told Chen Changming to leave her and flee toward the Death Mist, so he rode the Spirit-Devouring Insect away as Flying Swords attacked him.
• Chen Changming seized and locked two Flying Swords in his body, then used the Pure Yang Sword Technique to repel four more swords.
• The Green Lotus Sword Immortal wounded the Spirit-Devouring Insect with another Flying Sword, and Chen Changming stored it in his Beast Taming Bracelet before burning his essence blood and rushing toward the mist.

Chen Changming escaped Green Lotus Sword Immortal by entering the Death Mist, though two flying swords pierced his body and left him gravely wounded. After Green Lotus Sword Immortal lost control of the blades, Chen Changming stopped to heal with the Ancient Buddha Sarira while Green Lotus Sword Immortal remained outside the mist.

• Chen Changming used the Ancient Buddha Sarira to delay Green Lotus Sword Immortal's flying sword, but the blade pierced his chest as he reached the Death Mist.
• Chen Changming entered the Death Mist, and Green Lotus Sword Immortal refused to follow him inside.
• Bi Cang used the Ancient Buddha Sarira's remaining life essence to keep Chen Changming alive while the two swords' attacks continued to damage him.
• As Green Lotus Sword Immortal's control weakened, Chen Changming pulled both swords from his body and stored them away.
• Chen Changming flew deeper into the Death Mist, then stopped to heal beneath the Demon Spirit Vine using the Ancient Buddha Sarira.
• Green Lotus Sword Immortal lost his connection to his two middle-grade Spirit Treasure swords and watched the Death Mist from outside.

Green Lotus Sword Immortal lost two life-bound Flying Swords after Chen Changming escaped into the Death Mist, while Chen Changming struggled to recover inside the mist. The Death Mist vanished from Great Qin and reappeared in a mysterious sea, where an ancient presence revealed another Demon Spirit Vine and Chen Changming’s vine sensed its kind nearby.

• Green Lotus Sword Immortal failed to contact his two lost Flying Swords and had Green Lotus Hall’s sword cultivators watch the Death Mist’s edge.
• Seven days later, the Death Mist disappeared into a rift, which closed before Green Lotus Sword Immortal could investigate.
• Chen Changming continued repairing his body inside the mist, but Green Lotus Sword Immortal’s sword intent remained difficult to remove.
• The Death Mist poured into an underwater abyss, where an ancient voice spoke of two Demon Spirit Vines and claimed all who entered would fall under its rule.
• Chen Changming’s Demon Spirit Vine sensed another Demon Spirit Vine nearby, and Chen Changming stopped cultivating and faced the depths of the mist.

Chen Changming fought an eighth-level Demon Spirit Vine in the Death Mist and helped his own vine devour it, drawing the attention of a powerful great demon. The great demon questioned Chen Changming about his body-forging technique and threatened him when he gave an answer it did not believe.

• Chen Changming sensed an eighth-level Demon Spirit Vine approaching and attacked it with the green sword while protecting his own Demon Spirit Vine.
• Chen Changming's Demon Spirit Vine devoured the severed vines and grew stronger as Bi Cang used the Ancient Buddha Sarira's life essence to suppress the Destruction Sword Intent harming Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming pursued the wounded Demon Spirit Vine into the Mist Abyss until it called out to its master.
• A great demon appeared, shattered the fleeing Demon Spirit Vine, and watched as Chen Changming's vine devoured the pieces and reached the early eighth level.
• The great demon asked Chen Changming what body-forging technique he had cultivated, then threatened him when he answered, "The Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art."

Bi Cang recognized the Mystic Scorpion King in the Mist Abyss and tried to stop him from targeting Chen Changming by revealing the Key he carried. The Mystic Scorpion King ignored her warning, knocked Chen Changming unconscious, and sent a scorpion to strike him as Bi Cang noticed something in the distance.

• Bi Cang appeared and greeted the Mystic Scorpion King, who learned that her clone had been ambushed and her body taken over by the sealed Glazed Saint Ancestor.
• The Mystic Scorpion King demanded to know Chen Changming's body-forging technique, then threatened to take it when Bi Cang identified it as the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art.
• Bi Cang revealed that Chen Changming carried the Key and warned the Mystic Scorpion King that harming him would bring certain death.
• The Mystic Scorpion King dismissed Bi Cang's warning, struck Chen Changming with a soul attack, and sent a small scorpion to stab his forehead.
• Bi Cang suddenly noticed something in the distance and stared at it in disbelief.

Mysterious black flames killed Mystic Scorpion King after he attacked Chen Changming, though Bi Cang was prevented from revealing the truth. Chen Changming continued cultivating in the Illusion Star Sea and hoped the Immortal Alliance would believe he was dead.

• Black flames engulfed the Scorpion Puppet and then Mystic Scorpion King's avatar, burning both to ash.
• Bi Cang tried to explain Mystic Scorpion King's death to Chen Changming but was silenced by a mysterious force, so she claimed he had died from a cultivation mishap.
• Chen Changming resumed cultivating with the Ancient Buddha Sarira and healed the Spirit-Devouring Insect while the Demon Spirit Vine absorbed another vine's remains and advanced to the middle eighth level.
• After cultivation, Chen Changming worried that the Ancient Buddha Sarira was nearly depleted and that the Destruction Sword Intent could eventually kill him.
• The Demon Spirit Vine told Chen Changming they were in the Illusion Star Sea, and he felt relieved that he was outside Great Qin's territory.

Chen Changming explored the ruined Medicine Sect base beneath the Illusion Star Sea and found its repaired Ancient Teleportation Array. He emerged into the remote sea, resolved to hunt Demonic Beasts to restore his dwindling life essence, and set out to find land and learn about local cultivators.

• Chen Changming learned from the Demon Spirit Vine that the Medicine Sect had built an underwater base in the isolated Illusion Star Sea and had reached it through an Ancient Teleportation Array.
• Chen Changming followed the Demon Spirit Vine to the base and found it in ruins, though the Ancient Teleportation Array had been repaired by the Mystic Scorpion King.
• Chen Changming searched the base but found no second half of the Medicine Sect Canon, and reflected that the Mystic Scorpion King had destroyed the Medicine Sect.
• Chen Changming left the Mist Abyss with the Demon Spirit Vine and sensed that the surrounding spiritual energy was thin, suggesting he was near the Illusion Star Sea's outer reaches.
• Chen Changming concealed the Demon Spirit Vine, considered using the Blood Transformation Technique to absorb Demonic Beasts' life essence, and flew toward the horizon to find land and local cultivators.

Chen Changming crossed the remote sea to Black Star Island and cultivated the Blood Demon Brahma Heaven Technique to its third layer. He defeated the island's owner, Black Star Rogue, who agreed to submit, and was asked why he had come to the island.

• Chen Changming flew east across the sea for a month, killing Demonic Beasts and cultivating the Blood Demon Brahma Heaven Technique until he reached its second layer.
• Chen Changming found Black Star Island, discovered the cave abode marked with the words "Black Star," and settled there to cultivate.
• Chen Changming cultivated the Blood Demon Brahma Heaven Technique to its third layer while the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect kept watch.
• Black Star Rogue returned to his cave abode and challenged Chen Changming after finding it occupied.
• Chen Changming disarmed Black Star Rogue's sword with his Flying Sword and made him submit.
• Black Star Rogue agreed to serve Chen Changming and asked why he had come to Black Star Island.

Chen Changming defended Black Star Rogue from Li Jidong and the Black Water Sect cultivators who pursued him over the Ancient Moon Token. After defeating them, Chen Changming revealed his confidence in facing the sect's Golden Core experts and explained that he had lost his memories after being injured.

• Black Star Rogue admitted that he was hiding from enemies, and Chen Changming promised to protect him when their pursuers arrived.
• Li Jidong and three Black Water Sect cultivators demanded Black Star Rogue hand over the Ancient Moon Token and threatened Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming killed Li Jidong and one other cultivator, while the remaining two fled into the sea.
• Black Star Rogue urged Chen Changming to escape, but Chen Changming asked about the Black Water Sect's Golden Core experts and said they could wait for them.
• Chen Changming claimed that an injury had caused him to lose many of his memories, and Black Star Rogue accepted the explanation.

Chen Changming questioned Black Star Rogue about the Illusion Star Sea’s powers, cultivation, and Ancient Moon Secret Realms. After learning that an Ancient Human legacy had helped the Illusion Star Palace dominate the Inner Sea, Chen Changming became interested in the secret realms.

• Black Star Rogue explained that the Year Star Alliance was the Outer Sea’s strongest force and that the Illusion Star Palace ruled the Inner Sea through its Nascent Soul Palace Masters.
• Black Star Rogue told Chen Changming that many cultivators in the Illusion Star Sea practiced alchemy and that he had bought ingredients to make Heaven-Returning Pills.
• Chen Changming decided to cultivate in the Outer Sea rather than risk traveling to the Inner Sea without an important reason.
• Black Star Rogue revealed that the Ancient Moon Token granted entry to the Lower Ancient Moon Secret Realm and that three realms opened at intervals of fifty, one hundred, and three hundred years.
• Black Star Rogue explained that the Ancient Moon Secret Realms came from the Ancient Human Clan and contained dangerous beasts, treasures, and a legacy that had helped the Illusion Star Palace rise to power.

Chen Changming took Black Star Rogue’s Ancient Moon Token and planned to enter the Lower Ancient Moon Secret Realm himself, then refined high-grade Heaven-Returning Pills for him. After using the Ancient Buddha Sarira to help the Spirit-Devouring Insect recover, Chen Changming began cultivating the Blood Transformation Technique and mastered it seven days later.

• Chen Changming took the Ancient Moon Token from Black Star Rogue and said he would enter the Lower Ancient Moon Secret Realm in two years, explaining that his cultivation had fallen to Foundation Establishment.
• Chen Changming set up a Five Elements Spirit Light Illusion Array and refined five batches of high-grade Heaven-Returning Pills, giving one batch to Black Star Rogue.
• Black Star Rogue inspected the pills and realized they were high-grade, enough for one to heal his injuries.
• Chen Changming cultivated the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art and used the Ancient Buddha Sarira’s life essence to help the Spirit-Devouring Insect recover.
• Chen Changming began cultivating the Blood Transformation Technique to save the body damaged by sword intent, and mastered it after seven days.

Chen Changming mastered and strengthened the Blood Transformation Technique by absorbing the life essence of sea beasts, then continued searching for stronger beasts to heal his injuries. Meanwhile, Black Star Rogue feared the Black Water Sect’s return, and He Changtian led a black ship across the Outer Sea.

• Chen Changming used the Blood Transformation Technique on a Level 4 sea wolf but could not absorb all its life essence, then had the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect kill a Level 5 sword-toothed shark.
• Chen Changming slew a school of more than a thousand Level 3 golden arrow fish and absorbed their life essence one by one.
• Chen Changming strengthened the Blood Transformation Technique twice, gaining the ability to absorb Level 4 and then mid-tier Level 5 Demonic Beasts.
• Chen Changming decided to keep searching for stronger beasts because the golden arrow fish’s life essence did little to heal him.
• Black Star Rogue worried that Chen Changming had abandoned him and decided to flee if his lord did not return within a day.
• He Changtian, the Black Water Sect’s Golden Core leader, traveled across the Outer Sea aboard a black ship.

The Black Water Sect arrived at Black Star Island to avenge its dead elders, while Black Star Rogue fled after realizing he had mistaken Chen Changming for a Golden Core cultivator. Chen Changming and the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect killed the invading sect members, and Chen Changming began searching their Storage Rings for useful items.

• Black Star Rogue regretted believing a boastful cultivator and fled Black Star Island with nine Heaven-Returning Pills.
• Chen Changming noticed Black Star Rogue leaving but ignored him as the Black Water Sect's flying boat approached the island.
• The Black Water Sect elders attacked the cave abode, but the Rotten-Leaf Black Earthworm killed one of them and forced the group to defend themselves.
• Chen Changming appeared behind He Changtian and identified the Beast as a Rotten-Leaf Black Earthworm.
• He Changtian attacked Chen Changming, but the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect killed him and then slaughtered the remaining Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• The Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect collected the Storage Rings and brought them to Chen Changming, who began removing their mental imprints.

Chen Changming found a complete sea chart among the Black Water Sect’s spoils and continued hunting Demonic Beasts to resist the Destruction Sword Intent. After a year and a half, he maxed out the Blood Transformation Technique, but the Ancient Buddha Sarira was spent and he still needed to absorb many powerful Beasts each day.

• Chen Changming used He Changtian’s Storage Ring to find a complete chart of the Outer Sea and collected the Black Water Sect cultivators’ remains and spoils.
• Chen Changming left Black Star Island, hunted more than a thousand Level 5 Demonic Beasts in a day, and practiced the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art on a deserted island each night.
• Chen Changming repeated his hunting and cultivation routine for a year and a half, gradually wearing away at the Destruction Sword Intent.
• Chen Changming raised the Blood Transformation Technique to its maximum level, allowing him to absorb mid-grade Level 7 Demonic Beasts, while the Ancient Buddha Sarira ran dry.
• Chen Changming concluded that he needed to absorb at least a hundred mid-grade Level 7 Demonic Beasts daily and planned to improve the Blood Demon Brahma Heaven Technique and his cultivation.

Chen Changming set out for the Ancient Moon Secret Realm while planning his cultivation, but encountered Han Xueyi fleeing two Golden Core pursuers over an Ancient Moon Token. After Han Xueyi killed one pursuer, Chen Changming intervened to save her from the other.

• Chen Changming put away his formation and planned to travel toward the Ancient Moon Secret Realm while hunting Beasts and cultivating.
• Chen Changming considered his cultivation plans and chose to keep the Marrow Cleansing Pill stored away.
• Han Xueyi, pursued by two first-layer Golden Core cultivators, crashed onto Chen Changming's island after coughing blood.
• Han Xueyi threw her Ancient Moon Token toward the sea, then used a golden Flying Sword to kill the burly pursuer.
• The tall, thin pursuer attacked Han Xueyi with a black ribbon, but Chen Changming blocked it with a streak of silver light and said he was saving her.

Chen Changming saved Han Xueyi from a Qin Family cultivator and learned that her family’s Golden Origin Unification Art could strengthen his future cultivation. He pressed her to trade the full art for her life, but when she offered only its lower-realm techniques, he warned that her killing of a Golden Core cultivator could make returning to her family dangerous.

• Chen Changming dismissed the Qin Family cultivator’s threat, and the man left rather than fight him.
• Han Xueyi thanked Chen Changming, who asked how she had killed a Golden Core cultivator despite her Foundation Establishment cultivation.
• Han Xueyi explained the Golden Origin Unification Art and revealed that her family was declining and its ancestor had reached the second layer of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Chen Changming asked Han Xueyi to exchange the full art for his rescue, but she offered only techniques below the Golden Core Realm if he joined her family as an honorary elder.
• Chen Changming rejected the offer and pointed out that Han Xueyi might face trouble at home after killing the Qin Family cultivator.

Han Xueyi recruited Chen Changming as a guest elder of the Han Family by giving him the Golden Origin Unification Art, and he accompanied her back to Taichang Island. They arrived at the Han Family’s base in Yongning City, where an old man warned her to flee because the Liu Family would seek revenge for Liu Nangong’s death.

• Han Xueyi realized the Liu Family would pursue her for killing Liu Nangong and offered Chen Changming the Golden Core portion of the Golden Origin Unification Art if he joined the Han Family.
• Han Xueyi explained that the Nascent Soul portion was sealed inside a Golden Sun Stone, and Chen Changming agreed to become a guest elder and help her return to Taichang Island.
• Chen Changming accepted the art, gave Han Xueyi a top-grade Heaven-Returning Pill, and went hunting Beasts while she recovered aboard the Spirit Boat.
• After several days at sea, Chen Changming and Han Xueyi reached Yongning City and descended into the Han Family’s plaza.
• A black-robed old man warned Han Xueyi that the Liu Family would not forgive her for killing Liu Nangong and urged her to flee.

Han Xueyi introduced Chen Changming as the Han Family’s honored guest elder, and he promised to handle the Liu Family’s threat. When Liu Family cultivators attacked, Chen Changming swiftly killed two and forced the others to flee, leaving the Han Family victorious.

• Han Xueyi introduced Senior Chen Shan, who used the name Chen Changming, as the Han Family’s honored guest elder.
• Chen Changming refused to disclose his cultivation level and assured the Han Family that he would handle the Liu Family if they appeared.
• Four Liu Family cultivators arrived and threatened Han Xueyi, prompting Chen Changming to rise and confront them.
• Two Liu Family cultivators attacked Chen Changming with Flying Swords, but he caught the swords and hurled them back, killing both men.
• The red-robed Liu Family elder and another cultivator fled, while Chen Changming destroyed the two dead cultivators’ fleeing Primordial Spirits.
• Han Xueyi told the Han Family patriarch that Chen Changming cultivated both the body and the Dharma, and the elders celebrated their victory.

After helping the Han Family defeat the Liu Family, Chen Changming demanded access to the Golden Sun Stone, which contained the Nascent Soul Realm portion of the Golden Origin Unification Art. Han Tianming led him to the Golden Origin Tower, where Chen entered alone to test the stone’s seal.

• Han Xueyi told Han Tianming that she had given Chen Changming the Golden Core portion of the Golden Origin Unification Art to secure his help, and Han Tianming accepted her decision.
• Han Tianming and the Han Family elders thanked Chen Changming, and the clan gathered to pay their respects.
• Chen Changming revealed that he wanted the Nascent Soul Realm portion of the art sealed in the Golden Sun Stone, and Han Xueyi confirmed she had agreed to let him try to obtain it.
• Han Tianming explained that only a cultivator at the tenth layer of the Golden Core Realm could break the seal and led Chen Changming and Han Xueyi to the Golden Origin Tower.
• Chen Changming entered the tower alone and found the Golden Sun Stone, which carried a trace of Nascent Soul Realm aura.

Chen Changming searched the shattered Golden Sun Stone for the complete Golden Origin Unification Art, but instead awakened the Han Family Ancestor’s remnant soul. The ancestor tried to possess Chen Changming, only to discover that Chen Changming was a Nascent Soul Body Cultivator and be captured.

• Chen Changming shattered the Golden Sun Stone with his Spirit Treasure sword but found no Golden Origin Unification Art inside.
• The Han Family Ancestor appeared as a remnant soul and demanded to know who Chen Changming was.
• Chen Changming identified himself as the Han Family’s guest elder, and the ancestor tried to take his sword before revealing his plan to possess him.
• The Han Family Ancestor’s remnant soul charged at Chen Changming’s brow but bounced off his powerful body.
• The ancestor attacked with the sword, but Chen Changming disarmed him and seized him by the neck.
• The Han Family Ancestor realized that Chen Changming was a Nascent Soul Body Cultivator.

Chen Changming broke the Golden Sun Stone, obtained the Nascent Soul-level Golden Origin Unification Art, and reassured the Han Family that he would remain its Guest Elder for now. After the Han leaders swore to keep his cultivation secret, the story shifted to the Liu Family, whose Ancestor waited anxiously with the surviving Guest Elder.

• Chen Changming had Bi Cang capture the Han Family Ancestor’s remnant soul for interrogation while explaining that he had helped the Han Family rather than harmed it.
• Han Tianming and Han Xueyi worried that Chen Changming might leave the Han Family if he broke the Golden Sun Stone.
• Chen Changming emerged from the Golden Origin Tower and confirmed that he had broken the stone, prompting Han Tianming and Han Xueyi to congratulate him respectfully.
• Chen Changming promised to serve as the Han Family’s Guest Elder and said he would give them the complete Golden Origin Unification Art after they were established, in exchange for keeping his cultivation secret.
• Han Tianming and Han Xueyi swore to Heaven to keep the secret, then followed Chen Changming out.
• At the Liu Family’s stronghold in Taining City, Liu Jinbo and the surviving Guest Elder waited anxiously for someone to arrive.

Liu Jinbo allied with the Zhao and Qin Families to avenge their losses and destroy the Han Family, while Chen Changming accepted their challenge. The chapter ended as the three families formed their battle array atop Boundless Mountain and Chen asked Han Tianming what kind of formation it was.

• Liu Jinbo welcomed Qin Nian and the six Zhao Family Golden Core cultivators, who agreed to help him fight the Han Family.
• Qin Nian proposed using the Cage Battle Array, and Liu Jinbo challenged the Han Family to a fight to the death atop Boundless Mountain seven days later.
• Han Tianming and Han Xueyi discussed the challenge with Chen Changming, who agreed to fight and asked the Han Family to gather herbs for Heaven-Returning Pills.
• On the sixth day, Han Tianming delivered thirty sets of pill ingredients to Chen Changming, and they traveled with Han Xueyi to Boundless Mountain.
• The twelve Golden Core cultivators of the Liu, Zhao, and Qin Families formed their battle array as Chen Changming arrived and asked Han Tianming what formation they were using.

Chen Changming entered the Cage Battle Array set by the Liu, Zhao, and Qin families, while Taichang Island’s powerful families watched to assess him. He struck a weak point in the formation and killed a Liu Family cultivator, slowing the array.

• Han Tianming recognized the Cage Battle Array and explained that it could kill cultivators of higher cultivation levels.
• Zhao Xiong challenged Chen Changming to enter the array, as Golden Core cultivators from across Taichang Island gathered to watch.
• The Chang Family’s Ancestor and another family’s Ancestor speculated about Chen Changming’s strength and origins.
• Chen Changming warned the three families that they would all die if they lost, then entered the Cage Battle Array.
• Chen Changming’s punches distorted part of the array, and a streak of silver light pierced a first-level Golden Core cultivator from the Liu Family, making the formation slow by a third.

Chen Changming and the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect annihilated the Golden Core cultivators of the Liu, Qin, and Zhao families, then revealed the insect’s identity and sex to Chang Jiangchen. Chang Jiangchen invited Chen to visit the Chang Family the next day, leaving Chen suspicious that he wanted to take the insect.

• The Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect pierced the Cage Battle Array and killed two Golden Core cultivators, allowing Chen Changming to break the formation.
• Chen Changming and the insect slaughtered the three families’ Golden Core cultivators, including their ancestors Liu Jinbo, Qin Nian, and Zhao Xiong.
• Han Xueyi, Han Tianming, and the watching cultivators reacted with shock as Chang Jiangchen arrived to greet Chen.
• Chang Jiangchen identified the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect as a seventh-level early-stage Beast and asked whether it was male or female.
• Chen Changming confirmed that the insect was male, and Chang Jiangchen invited him to visit the Chang Family the next day to discuss an important matter.

Chen Changming traveled to the Chang Family estate in Changle City after Ancestor of the Chang Family invited him to discuss an important matter. There, Chang Jiangchen revealed that he wanted Chen Changming’s Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect to breed with the last remaining queen, though Chen Changming suspected something was amiss.

• Chang Jiangchen invited Chen Changming to visit the Chang Family, while the Gongsun Family’s elder decided to observe and prevent the Chang Family from taking the insect by force.
• After the other forces left Boundless Mountain, Han Tianming and Han Xueyi collected the fallen Golden Core cultivators’ treasures and gave Chen Changming his spoils.
• Chen Changming received a map of Taichang Island and flew directly to Changle City, while Han Tianming and Han Xueyi discussed claiming the Liu, Zhao, and Qin Families’ properties.
• A streak of light returned Han Xueyi’s Ancient Moon Token, and she told Han Tianming that Chen Changming’s Dao cultivation was only at Foundation Establishment.
• At the Chang Family estate, Chang Jiangchen asked to breed Chen Changming’s Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect with the last remaining queen, leaving Chen Changming suspicious.