Recaps

Chen Changming, using the name Ning Jin, agreed to join Skull Island after its recruiter Fang Ming offered him protection from the Silver Phoenix Palace. Li Fengling arrived and challenged the validity of his membership, then ordered her people to seize him.

• Fang Ming approached Chen Changming and offered him a place in Skull Island to protect him from Li Jinxi and the Silver Phoenix Palace.
• After consulting Li San, Chen Changming accepted and introduced himself as Ning Jin.
• Silver Phoenix Palace cultivators arrived to capture Ning Jin, but Fang Ming claimed he was now a member of Skull Island.
• Li Fengling arrived, and Chen Changming was shocked by how much she resembled Su Linger.
• Li Fengling pointed out that Ning Jin had no identity token proving his membership in Skull Island and ordered the Silver Phoenix Palace cultivators to seize him.

Chen Changming was nearly captured by Silver Phoenix Palace in Phoenix Arrival City before Black Charm Immortal intervened and claimed him as a member of Skull Island. After buying a powerful formation, Chen Changming was summoned by the Treasure Pavilion's master.

• Li Fengling ordered Silver Phoenix Palace cultivators to bind Chen Changming, but he chose not to resist while waiting to see if Skull Island would intervene.
• Black Charm Immortal arrived, stopped Li Fengling from taking Chen Changming, and warned that capturing him would provoke Skull Island.
• Li Fengling withdrew, and Chen Changming thanked Black Charm Immortal, who welcomed him to Skull Island and promised to protect him.
• Fang Ming arranged to wait at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion while Chen Changming and Li San entered the Treasure Pavilion.
• Chen Changming spent two hundred thousand Spirit Stones on a Five Elements Sword Spirit Array, then learned that the shopkeeper's master wanted to meet him.

Chen Changming met Li Fengling, the master of Treasure Pavilion and city lord of Phoenix Arrival City, who hired him to spy on Skull Island in exchange for one million Spirit Stones. He accepted the mission to investigate True Person Skull Ghost’s plans for the Ghost Heart Grass and Divine Sense Wave, and left with his advance payment and a Message Transmission Token.

• The old shopkeeper led Chen Changming to meet Li Fengling, who remarked that he seemed familiar to her.
• Li Fengling offered Chen Changming one million Spirit Stones to spy for the Silver Phoenix Palace while keeping his identity as a Skull Island member.
• Chen Changming negotiated for the payment and accepted five hundred thousand Spirit Stones up front, with the rest due when the job was done.
• Li Fengling instructed Chen Changming to get close to Black Charm Immortal and learn how much Ghost Heart Grass True Person Skull Ghost would consume and when and where he would absorb it.
• Li Fengling explained that True Person Skull Ghost wanted to master the Divine Sense Wave Divine Ability, and Chen Changming promised to report what he learned.

Chen Changming traveled to Skull Island to serve under Black Charm Immortal, hoping to learn True Person Skull Ghost’s Divine Sense Wave Ability and obtain Ghost Heart Grass. As Black Charm Immortal summoned him immediately, he entered Black Charm Hall, unaware of what awaited him inside.

• Chen Changming left the Treasure Pavilion and met Fang Ming at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion after expressing interest in True Person Skull Ghost’s Divine Sense Wave Ability and Ghost Heart Grass.
• Li Fengling recalled that Chen Changming felt familiar to her, considered whether he had encountered or killed one of her true self’s divine sense clones, and resolved to investigate after the Skull Island matter.
• Li Fengling revealed that she had fallen to the demonic path and planned to devour her clones and eventually escape her true self’s control by ascending to the Demon Realm.
• Chen Changming and Fang Ming traveled by Spirit Boat to Skull Island, where Fang Ming explained that the island was a chaotic refuge for demonic and heretical cultivators under True Person Skull Ghost’s protection.
• Fang Ming brought Chen Changming, using the name Ning Jin, to Black Charm Hall, where guards admitted him at the Deputy Island Lord’s prior instruction.
• Fang Ming hinted that Black Charm Immortal was eager to meet Chen Changming, then left as Chen Changming entered the hall through a door that opened for him.

Chen Changming infiltrated Black Charm Hall and used the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect to control Black Charm Immortal. He learned that True Person Skull Ghost had collected over seven hundred stalks of Ghost Heart Grass and needed at least a thousand.

• Black Charm Immortal tried to seduce Chen Changming and trap him in an illusion, but he resisted both.
• Chen Changming pierced Black Charm Immortal's defensive treasure and sent the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect into her chest.
• Black Charm Immortal recognized the insect and agreed to cooperate because Chen Changming controlled her life.
• Chen Changming asked about Ghost Heart Grass, and Black Charm Immortal revealed that True Person Skull Ghost had gathered over seven hundred stalks and needed at least a thousand.
• Chen Changming inferred that Black Charm Immortal and True Person Skull Ghost had an intimate relationship, while Skull Island's forces included ten Nascent Soul Realm experts.

Chen Changming used his control over Black Charm Immortal to learn about True Person Skull Ghost’s plans for the Ghost Heart Grass and settled into a cave abode on Skull Island. He left Black Charm Immortal under orders to obey him and began cultivating the Golden Origin Unification Art.

• Chen Changming learned from Black Charm Immortal that True Person Skull Ghost planned to absorb the Ghost Heart Grass in about half a year, after array masters finished preparing an array beneath Heartless Valley.
• Chen Changming questioned Black Charm Immortal about who would command the array but learned that she did not know.
• Black Charm Immortal arranged an identity token, clothes, and a protected cave abode for Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming warned Black Charm Immortal that the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect remained linked to his will, and she promised to behave.
• Black Charm Immortal went to Heartless Valley after the insect made her chest hurt, while Chen Changming monitored her through it.
• Chen Changming heard Black Charm Immortal meet a man and then began cultivating the Golden Origin Unification Art.

Chen Changming, disguised as Ning Jin, drove off one of Black Charm Immortal’s former lovers after the man challenged him, but the humiliated cultivator returned with a larger group to attack Chen’s cave abode. Chen effortlessly dispelled their barrage and appeared before them, leaving the terrified men fleeing.

• A handsome fifth-level Golden Core cultivator confronted Chen Changming, accusing him of taking Black Charm Immortal’s attention and challenging him to fight.
• Chen Changming seized the man despite his protective magic treasure and slammed him into the ground, leaving him unconscious and badly injured.
• After recovering, the man gathered more than twenty of Black Charm Immortal’s former lovers and led them to attack Chen’s cave abode.
• Chen Changming emerged and dispelled the group’s attacks with a punch before appearing in front of them.
• Luan recognized the danger, shouted for the others to run, and fled using a teleportation talisman.

Chen Changming defeated the Golden Core cultivators who attacked him and warned them to leave him alone. Luan Qing then went to Heartless Valley to report Ning Jin’s relationship with Black Charm Immortal to True Person Skull Ghost, who dismissed his concerns.

• Chen Changming caught Luan Qing and hurled him into a fifth-layer Golden Core cultivator, killing the latter, then sent the surviving attackers away with a warning.
• Luan Qing teleported away, while the other cultivators went to Black Charm Hall to find out whether Black Charm Immortal would punish Ning Jin.
• Black Charm Immortal told Luan Qing to leave and warned him not to provoke Ning Jin again.
• Luan Qing concluded that Black Charm Immortal had been won over by Ning Jin and went to Heartless Valley to report the matter to True Person Skull Ghost.
• True Person Skull Ghost told Luan Qing that Black Charm Immortal was free to choose her companions and that Luan Qing had no right to interfere.

True Person Skull Ghost recruited Ning Jin into the Skull Death Squad to prepare for the coming battle against Silver Phoenix Palace. At the squad’s headquarters, Ning Jin shattered their formation and seized Captain Number One, leaving the members terrified.

• Luan Qing told True Person Skull Ghost that Ning Jin was a powerful Body Cultivator, prompting the Island Lord to take an interest in him.
• True Person Skull Ghost ordered Black Charm Immortal to bring Ning Jin into the Skull Death Squad and have him prepare for the battle in half a year.
• Black Charm Immortal led Ning Jin to Black Valley, where Captain Number One and the other squad members challenged him.
• Ning Jin stamped the ground and made the squad’s formation falter, then grabbed Captain Number One by the throat and carried him into the air.

Chen Changming defeated the Skull Death Squad, secured a cave abode on Skull Island, and secretly reported the island’s defenses and Ghost Heart Grass to Li Fengling. At Silver Phoenix Palace, Li Fengling and Li Qingtian discussed his strength and his role in the coming battle, while Li Fengling hinted she had plans for him afterward.

• Chen Changming crushed the Skull Death Squad’s battle formation, spared its captain, and declined the captaincy in favor of a cave abode where he could cultivate.
• The Skull Death Squad captain kept Chen Changming’s strength secret, and True Person Skull Ghost praised him for preventing Silver Phoenix Palace from learning Skull Island had gained another powerful Body Cultivator.
• Chen Changming told Li Fengling that he had earned Black Charm Immortal’s trust and learned about more than seven hundred Ghost Heart Grass and a secret formation under construction in Heartless Valley.
• Li Fengling told Li Qingtian and Li Jinxi about Chen Changming, and Li Jinxi warned that his true cultivation might be higher than she had guessed.
• Li Fengling said she would increase Chen Changming’s reward to secure his help, then hinted she would make plans for him after the battle, prompting Li Jinxi to tease her about falling for him.

Chen Changming learned that True Person Skull Ghost planned to consume the Ghost Heart Grass before the announced date, threatening his plan to help Silver Phoenix Palace. As Skull Island prepared for battle, Chen Changming sent Black Charm Immortal to find out whether True Person Skull Ghost could be reached.

• Li Fengling told Li Jinxi and Li Qingtian that she lived to cultivate and aimed to reach Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Changming learned from Black Charm Immortal that True Person Skull Ghost had announced he would consume Ghost Heart Grass on the seventh day of the seventh month, and he passed information to Li Fengling.
• True Person Skull Ghost secretly gathered fourteen hundred stalks of Ghost Heart Grass and began consuming them early inside the Five Elements Spirit Control Array.
• Chen Changming left the Skull Death Squad’s post and met Black Charm Immortal beneath a pine, asking how much Ghost Heart Grass True Person Skull Ghost had collected.
• Chen Changming suspected True Person Skull Ghost might already be cultivating his Divine Sense Wave Ability and ordered Black Charm Immortal to try to meet him.

Chen Changming learned that True Person Skull Ghost had begun absorbing Ghost Heart Grass ahead of schedule and alerted the Silver Phoenix Palace. The Silver Phoenix Palace dispatched its Spirit Boats toward Skull Island.

• Chen Changming staged an assault on Black Charm Immortal so she could plausibly seek refuge with True Person Skull Ghost.
• Black Charm Immortal entered Heartless Valley and found True Person Skull Ghost already absorbing Ghost Heart Grass.
• True Person Skull Ghost told Black Charm Immortal to guard him while he continued his cultivation.
• Chen Changming learned that True Person Skull Ghost had moved his plans forward and sent the intelligence to Li Fengling.
• Li Fengling and the Silver Phoenix Palace sent Spirit Boats racing toward Skull Island.

Silver Phoenix Palace invaded Skull Island after receiving intelligence from Ning Jin, and the battle reached Heartless Valley. Chen Changming revealed himself to the Skull Death Squad as a spy, but three Nascent Soul demonic cultivators confronted him with a giant face of green demonic fire.

• Li Qingtian led Silver Phoenix Palace's forces to Skull Island and attacked, while the Silver-Clad Elder drew the powerful Bone Beast away from Heartless Valley.
• Chen Changming sensed the Bone Beast's familiar Ancient Ghost aura and hoped the Demon Spirit Vine could devour it.
• The Eight Vice Island Masters blocked Li Qingtian and the Nascent Soul cultivators as the righteous and demonic forces clashed.
• Chen Changming stopped the Skull Death Squad captain from joining the battle and revealed that he had served as a spy for Silver Phoenix Palace.
• Three Nascent Soul demonic cultivators approached the squad, and a huge face formed from green demonic flames fixed its gaze on Chen Changming.

Chen Changming lured Mo Yangzi away from the battle and revealed his strength and Number Five Puppet, turning the hunt against the demonic cultivator. Meanwhile, reinforcements arrived for both sides at Heartless Valley, and Chen Changming was left pursuing Mo Yangzi with two more silver beams descending over the sea.

• Mo Yangzi pursued Chen Changming while the Skull Death Squad attacked the Silver Phoenix Palace, and True Person Skull Ghost expected his three demonic allies to buy him time to master his Divine Ability.
• Li Qingtian summoned three Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, easing the Silver Phoenix Palace’s disadvantage against the demonic forces.
• Chen Changming knocked aside Mo Yangzi’s Green Nether Demon Flame and lured him toward an uninhabited stretch of sea, planning to kill him before pursuing the Bone Beast.
• Mo Yangzi trapped Chen Changming in demonic flames, but Chen Changming turned black, smashed the fire serpents, and summoned Number Five Puppet, a fifth-level Nascent Soul Realm puppet.
• Chen Changming and Number Five Puppet battered Mo Yangzi’s flames and pursued him despite his Instant Shift; Chen Changming then sent two silver beams of light down over the sea.

Chen Changming killed Mo Yangzi, then helped the Silver-Clad Elder escape the Bone Beast and let the Demon Spirit Vine devour it. The vine broke through to the ninth rank, becoming Chen Changming’s strongest battle companion, and he wondered how powerful it could ultimately become.

• Chen Changming summoned his puppets, trapped Mo Yangzi, and killed him after Number Four Puppet destroyed his Nascent Soul.
• Chen Changming collected Mo Yangzi’s Storage Ring and Green Small Seal, disguised himself as a seventh-layer Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, and flew toward the Bone Beast’s battle.
• Chen Changming sent Number Five Puppet to fight the Bone Beast, allowing the Silver-Clad Elder to leave the battlefield.
• Chen Changming released the Demon Spirit Vine, which bound the Bone Beast and absorbed its essence.
• The Demon Spirit Vine advanced from the mid-level eighth rank to the initial level of the ninth rank, and Chen Changming wondered how far it could grow.

Chen Changming considered the danger of the Demon Spirit Vine devouring the Six Ancients and headed back toward Skull Island. There, the Silver Phoenix Palace surrounded True Person Skull Ghost’s array, and the arrival of Chen Changming’s Spirit Boat gave its cultivators hope of breaking through.

• Chen Changming worried that the Demon Spirit Vine might lose control if it devoured the Three Ancients, and resolved to perfect his Contract Technique.
• Chen Changming put away the Demon Spirit Vine and flew toward Skull Island with Number Five Puppet.
• The Silver Phoenix Palace drove off the demonic cultivators and surrounded True Person Skull Ghost inside the Five Elements Spirit Control Array.
• True Person Skull Ghost refused Li Fengling’s demand to surrender the Ghost Heart Grass, while Black Charm Immortal considered using her Thousand-Mile Teleportation Talisman to escape.
• The Silver Phoenix Palace’s Supreme Elder recognized Chen Changming’s approaching Spirit Boat, and the cultivators saw that it carried two powerful Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.

Chen Changming bluffed True Person Skull Ghost into giving him Ghost Heart Grass and the Divine Sense Wave Divine Ability, then left Heartless Valley with his gains. Li Fengling saw through Chen Changming’s concealed aura and realized he was only at the Golden Core Realm.

• Chen Changming told the Silver Phoenix Palace that he had come to Heartless Valley for Ghost Heart Grass, alarming Li Qingtian and angering Li Fengling.
• Chen Changming ordered True Person Skull Ghost to hand over the Ghost Heart Grass in exchange for sparing his life, and True Person Skull Ghost sent him a Storage Bag holding a thousand stalks.
• Chen Changming offered True Person Skull Ghost Ghost Heart Pills in exchange for the Divine Sense Wave technique, and True Person Skull Ghost gave him a Jade Slip with the ability.
• Chen Changming let True Person Skull Ghost leave safely, then departed on his Spirit Boat as the Silver Phoenix Palace watched helplessly.
• Li Fengling examined Chen Changming’s retreating figure and realized his Breath Concealment Technique hid the fact that he was only at the Golden Core Realm.

Li Fengling used forbidden power to see through Chen Changming’s disguise and led Silver Phoenix Palace in an attack to reclaim the Ghost Heart Grass. As the battle erupted between the palace’s experts and Chen Changming’s four puppets, Li Fengling and Chen Changming faced one another while True Person Skull Ghost watched in confusion.

• Li Fengling said she had used forbidden power, intimidated the Silver-Clad Elder, and led Silver Phoenix Palace to pursue Chen Changming’s Spirit Boat.
• Li Fengling exposed Chen Changming as a first-layer Golden Core cultivator disguised as an eighth-layer Nascent Soul expert and ordered the palace to attack.
• The Silver-Clad Elder fought Number Five Puppet, while Li Qingtian and the other Nascent Soul experts battled Chen Changming’s three additional puppets.
• Li Fengling and Chen Changming remained facing each other as True Person Skull Ghost watched the battle through an Ancient Mirror and asked Black Charm Immortal what was happening.

True Person Skull Ghost prepared to attack Chen Changming with the Fire Spirit Cannon while Chen Changming faced Li Fengling and the Silver Phoenix Palace’s forces. After the palace cultivators fled under the puppets’ assault, Li Fengling revealed that she could raise her cultivation to the Nascent Soul Realm fifth layer, leaving Chen Changming facing a far more dangerous opponent.

• True Person Skull Ghost decided to retaliate against Chen Changming and began charging the Fire Spirit Cannon with Spirit Stones and his own power.
• Chen Changming confronted Li Fengling, who accused him of being a Golden Core cultivator hiding behind Nascent Soul Realm puppets.
• The Silver Phoenix Palace’s hired third-layer Nascent Soul Realm cultivator fled, and the puppets wounded or drove away the palace’s other cultivators.
• The puppets joined Number Five Puppet against the Silver Phoenix Palace Grand Elder, while Li Qingtian and the Silver-Clad Elder escaped.
• Li Fengling recognized the puppets as creations of the Ancient Humans and raised her cultivation from the Nascent Soul Realm first layer to the fifth, spreading ice across the area.

Li Fengling unleashed the Great Ice Art, freezing Chen Changming and her four silver puppets in a vast block of ice, but Chen survived. When Bi Cang King spoke through Chen and recognized Li Fengling as the Ice Spirit Fairy, Li Fengling decided to attack and capture them.

• True Person Skull Ghost watched Li Fengling and Chen Changming fight through the Ancient Mirror and waited for both to be wounded before using the Fire Spirit Cannon.
• Li Fengling cast the Great Ice Art, trapping Chen Changming and the four silver puppets in ice while freezing the sea around them.
• Li Fengling weakened and coughed up blood after casting the forbidden Divine Ability, while Chen Changming survived the extreme cold.
• Li Fengling sent countless ice spikes toward Chen, but Bi Cang King spoke through him and identified her as the Ice Spirit Fairy.
• Bi Cang King revealed that he was an avatar inside Chen Changming and said he had seen another of Li Fengling’s avatars in Great Qin.
• Li Fengling decided to capture Chen and Bi Cang King, then launched the ice spikes at them.

Chen Changming escaped Li Fengling’s Great Ice Art with the Demon Spirit Vine, while Bi Cang suspected she had been corrupted by demonic arts and was pursuing power from Ice Spirit Fairy’s clones. As Chen Changming remained weakened, True Person Skull Ghost launched a surprise attack from Skull Island.

• The Demon Spirit Vine burst through Li Fengling’s ice prison, but Li Fengling escaped its attack in a cloud of black smoke.
• Bi Cang identified Li Fengling’s black smoke as demonic aura and suspected she had cultivated a Demon Realm legacy to strengthen her True Spirit Divine Sense.
• Chen Changming and Bi Cang discussed Ice Spirit Fairy’s identity and the possibility that Li Fengling sought to devour her other clones.
• At Skull Island, True Person Skull Ghost decided to kill the wounded Chen Changming and claim his puppets.
• True Person Skull Ghost fired the Fire Spirit Cannon toward Chen Changming across the sea.

Chen Changming survived True Person Skull Ghost’s Fire Spirit Cannon attack by sacrificing the Demon Spirit Vine as a decoy, then used it to ambush and capture True Person Skull Ghost and Black Charm Immortal on Skull Island. He left with his four frost-damaged puppets, hoping to find help repairing them in the Middle Ancient Moon Secret Realm.

• Chen Changming used the Demon Spirit Vine and layers of Spirit Energy Barriers to withstand the Fire Spirit Cannon, though the blast worsened his injuries and damaged his puppets.
• True Person Skull Ghost failed to kill Chen Changming and considered sending Black Charm Immortal to test him.
• The Demon Spirit Vine survived the cannon blast, secretly reached Skull Island, and enveloped the main hall.
• The Demon Spirit Vine captured True Person Skull Ghost and Black Charm Immortal, while True Person Skull Ghost wondered whether it had eaten his Bone Beasts.
• Chen Changming asked Bi Cang how to repair his frostbitten puppets, and Bi Cang suggested searching for help in the Middle Ancient Moon Secret Realm.
• Chen Changming put away the four puppets and flew toward Skull Island.

Chen Changming captured True Person Skull Ghost and learned that the Bone Beast came from a ruined Ancient City hidden in Black Mist at Illusion Mist Reef. He spared True Person Skull Ghost by implanting a Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect and invited him on an expedition, while True Person Skull Ghost secretly considered attacking him.

• Chen Changming collected the Fire Spirit Cannon and Void Sky Mirror from the damaged hall.
• True Person Skull Ghost offered to reveal the Bone Beast's history in exchange for his life, and Chen Changming learned about the ruined Ancient City in Illusion Mist Reef.
• Chen Changming implanted a Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect in True Person Skull Ghost and asked him to join a trip to Illusion Mist Reef.
• Black Charm Immortal realized that Chen Changming was the person known as Ning Jin, then kept quiet when he looked her way.
• After the Demon Spirit Vine returned to the Beast Taming Bracelet, True Person Skull Ghost considered using his Divine Sense Wave Divine Ability to attack Chen Changming.

Chen Changming brought True Person Skull Ghost and Black Charm Immortal to Illusion Mist Reef, where he planned to wait for the Black Mist while recovering from the Great Ice Art. As he began healing in his cave, he discovered that the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art greatly accelerated his recovery.

• Chen Changming ordered True Person Skull Ghost and Black Charm Immortal to accompany him to Illusion Mist Reef, and they piloted a Spirit Boat there.
• Li Fengling escaped the Black Vine’s encirclement but suffered severe injuries and flew toward a place she knew rather than return to Phoenix Perch Island.
• Seven days later, Chen Changming reached Illusion Mist Reef and chose an island where his companions built cave dwellings.
• Chen Changming sent True Person Skull Ghost and Black Charm Immortal to check for the Black Mist every three days while he rested and treated his injuries.
• Chen Changming realized the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art, combined with Heaven-Returning Pills, could heal him more than twice as fast.

Chen Changming recovered from the extreme cold while refining Ghost Heart Pills to strengthen his divine sense. Ten years passed without Black Mist appearing in Illusion Mist Reef, but his body recovered and his combat strength increased.

• Chen Changming learned that True Person Skull Ghost had Heaven Star Root and began preparing to refine Ghost Heart Pills.
• True Person Skull Ghost and Black Charm Immortal searched Illusion Mist Reef for three years without finding Black Mist while Chen Changming practiced to dispel the cold.
• Chen Changming refined Ghost Heart Pills and used them with the Three-Nine Divine Aperture Technique to advance all twenty-seven strands of his divine sense to the second layer of the Golden Core Realm.
• Chen Changming considered learning the Divine Sense Wave Ability early and received Bi Cang's approval.
• After ten more years without Black Mist appearing, Chen Changming had dispelled all the extreme cold and reduced the Destruction Sword Intent within him to four-fifths of its former strength.