Recaps

Chen Changming fought off six Nascent Soul Realm cultivators sent by the Star Moon Trading Firm to rob him, then killed them and trapped two more attackers who had been watching from afar. He rejected their plea for mercy and had the Demon Spirit Vine pierce them.

• Chen Changming deduced that the Star Moon Trading Firm had targeted him after he exchanged valuables for 210 million Spirit Stones.
• Six Nascent Soul Realm cultivators attacked Chen Changming, but he shattered their strikes while the man in white and the man in black watched from a distant mountain.
• The man in white and the man in black ambushed Chen Changming with a Flying Sword and black wind, but he used the Demon Spirit Vine to repel them.
• Chen Changming teleported beside the six cultivators, destroyed their defenses, killed them, and took their Storage Rings.
• Chen Changming trapped the man in white and the man in black in a cage of vines and refused to spare them.
• The Demon Spirit Vine pierced the two men through the chest.

After killing Star Moon Trading Firm’s Nascent Soul cultivators, Chen Changming disguised himself and traveled to Dragon-Driving City to gather ingredients for a Seal-Breaking Pill. He entered an Underground Auction to pursue a rare Blood Dragon Ganoderma.

• Chen Changming killed two groups of Star Moon Trading Firm cultivators, collected their treasures, and disguised himself before flying to Mystic Ice Island.
• The head of Star Moon Trading Firm realized Chen Changming was far more powerful than expected and hoped he would not seek revenge.
• In Dragon-Driving City, Chen Changming bought ingredients for the Seal-Breaking Pill from Medicine Pavilions and trading firms, raising his collection to more than a hundred and twenty kinds.
• An old shopkeeper told Chen Changming that a Blood Dragon Ganoderma would be auctioned at the Underground Auction and offered to recommend him for a fee.
• The next day, the shopkeeper led Chen Changming through a secret entrance, where Chen paid the entry fee and bought a Goat Head Mask.

Chen Changming attended an underground auction, where he offered two low-grade Spirit Treasures for sale and observed the masked crowd. The auction began with a Seven-Colored Jade Ring, while the unmasked Red-Clad Man drew a frightened reaction from a rabbit-masked woman.

• Chen Changming offered a small golden seal and a small black arrow for sale, accepting the auction house's twenty-percent commission.
• A maid led Chen Changming through a hidden passage into the underground auction, where zodiac masks kept attendees' identities concealed.
• The unmasked Red-Clad Man forced another attendee to give up his seat, and a rabbit-masked woman trembled when she saw him.
• Xiao Yu opened the auction and presented a low-grade Spirit Treasure, the Seven-Colored Jade Ring, whose bids climbed to thirty million Spirit Stones.

At an underground auction, Chen Changming bought two pieces of Blood Dragon Ganoderma, spending a total of 120 million Spirit Stones. He left with the ingredient needed for his Snow Feather Ice Sparrow’s Seal-Breaking Pill and a growing feud with Chu Bawang.

• A female cultivator won the Seven-Colored Jade Ring after bidding 31 million Spirit Stones.
• Chen Changming outbid Chu Bawang and bought the first Blood Dragon Ganoderma for 50 million Spirit Stones, despite the Rabbit-Headed Cultivator warning him that Chu Bawang was violent and vengeful.
• As the auction continued, Chen Changming noticed the Rabbit-Headed Cultivator tremble whenever Chu Bawang looked his way.
• When another Blood Dragon Ganoderma was offered, Chen Changming bid 50 million Spirit Stones, then raised Chu Bawang’s bids until he withdrew at 70 million.
• Chen Changming won the second piece for 71 million Spirit Stones, spending more than half of his 200 million Spirit Stones.

Chen Changming obtained the Black Stone, recognizing it as a fragment of Demonic Heaven Vast Yin Mountain, by accepting the seller Mo Lengyao’s two tasks and taking her as his apprentice. After collecting payment for his Spirit Treasures, he followed a maid with Mo Lengyao to another room.

• Chen Changming recognized the auction’s final item as a fragment of Demonic Heaven Vast Yin Mountain and resolved to obtain it.
• After Xiao Yu announced that the seller required someone to kill a fifth-layer Nascent Soul Realm Body Cultivator and take her as an apprentice, Chen Changming accepted both tasks.
• Mo Lengyao revealed she was the seller, and Chen Changming swore a Dao oath before she knelt and became his disciple.
• Mo Lengyao gave Chen Changming the Black Stone, and he collected sixty-five million Spirit Stones for the two Spirit Treasures he had sold.
• Chen Changming and Mo Lengyao removed their masks, then followed a maid to another room.

After leaving Dragon-Driving City, Chen Changming accepted Mo Lengyao as his disciple and learned that she sought revenge on Chu Bawang for slaughtering her family. He accompanied her to Miaoyin Mountain, where her two deputy pavilion masters questioned why she called a sixth-layer Golden Core cultivator her master.

• Chen Changming and Mo Lengyao used a teleportation array to leave Dragon-Driving City and appear in a valley two thousand miles away.
• Chen Changming gave Mo Lengyao the mid-grade Spirit Treasure Mifeng Bag and warned her to use it carefully after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Mo Lengyao told Chen Changming that Chu Bawang had slaughtered her family and stolen the Seven-Colored Lotus Platform, and explained her role as pavilion master of Miaoyin Pavilion.
• Chen Changming agreed to go with Mo Lengyao to Miaoyin Mountain and planned to help her take revenge before gathering ingredients for the Seal-Breaking Pill.
• Mo Lengyao brought Chen Changming to Miaoyin Pavilion, introduced him to deputy pavilion masters Qin Xiang'er and Wang Ziwei, and Qin Xiang'er questioned whether he was really her master.

Chen Changming defended Mo Lengyao from Green Robe Ancestor and learned that four demonic cultivators threatened Miaoyin Pavilion. Mo Lengyao asked him to help kill Chu Bawang, and the chapter ended with her bringing him to the Red Beauty Hall.

• Wang Ziwei and Qin Xiang'er were shocked when Mo Lengyao revealed Chen Changming was a Nascent Soul Realm Body Cultivator.
• Green Robe Ancestor barged into Miaoyin Pavilion, but Chen Changming sent him flying with a single blow.
• Green Robe Ancestor threatened Mo Lengyao and vanished, while Qin Xiang'er and Wang Ziwei warned that he had three powerful sworn brothers.
• Mo Lengyao said Chen Changming had agreed to help kill Chu Bawang and ordered Qin Xiang'er and Wang Ziwei to gather information about him.
• Mo Lengyao brought Chen Changming to the Red Beauty Hall for a welcome gathering.

Chen Changming calmly entertained Mo Lengyao and the Miaoyin Pavilion disciples, while Green Robe Ancestor summoned his three brothers after being struck by Chen. The four arrived at Miaoyin Pavilion to confront him, and the chapter ended as the black-robed eldest brother’s Sacrificial Demon emerged.

• Mo Lengyao welcomed Chen Changming to Miaoyin Pavilion and arranged wine and a dance for him, but he remained composed.
• Green Robe Ancestor told his three brothers that Chen Changming had struck him with a single palm and was a Nascent Soul Realm Body Cultivator.
• Green Robe Ancestor and his brothers agreed to visit Miaoyin Pavilion and teach Chen Changming a lesson without risking a fight to the death.
• Chen Changming recognized the black-robed man’s Sacrificial Demon as the four brothers arrived at Red Beauty Hall.
• The black-robed man summoned a huge figure from the Black Mist as Chen Changming walked toward him.

Chen Changming defeated the Demon Sacrificial Sect elder’s Sacrificial Demon and ended the Green Robe Ancestor’s group’s plans for revenge. Back at Miaoyin Pavilion, he prepared to cultivate with the Blood Dragon Ganoderma while the black-robed elder considered recruiting him to search the Mystic Ice Cave for Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow.

• Chen Changming dodged the Sacrificial Demon’s hammers and defeated it with a single slap, prompting the black-robed man to concede.
• The Green Robe Ancestor apologized to Mo Lengyao, and he and his companions left Miaoyin Pavilion without seeking revenge.
• The black-robed man proposed inviting Chen Changming to join a group searching the Mystic Ice Cave for Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow.
• Chen Changming told Mo Lengyao he would use the Blood Dragon Ganoderma to cultivate, then gave her a list of medicinal herbs and a Storage Ring to gather them.

After refining the Blood Dragon Ganoderma, Chen Changming broke through to the fourth layer of the Nascent Soul Realm and learned that two rare ingredients were still missing from his collection. Pang Xiuran then invited him to explore the dangerous Mystic Ice Cave, and Chen Changming asked what opportunities awaited there.

• Chen Changming gave Mo Lengyao a hundred million Spirit Stones and refined the Blood Dragon Ganoderma in seclusion for a month.
• Chen Changming broke through to the fourth layer of the Nascent Soul Realm and asked Mo Lengyao about the remaining medicinal ingredients.
• Mo Lengyao reported that Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow and Millennium Seven-Colored Lotus were still missing, and explained the Gongsun Clan's Li Fire Ice Marrow Pills.
• A disciple reported that Demon Sacrificial Sect elder Pang Xiuran had arrived, and Mo Lengyao invited him in.
• Pang Xiuran invited Chen Changming to explore the Mystic Ice Cave, and Chen Changming asked what opportunities it held.

Chen Changming learned that the Mystic Ice Cave contained Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow and joined Pang Xiuran’s group to enter it. They reached the cave and discovered that another group had arrived first, but went inside anyway.

• Pang Xiuran told Chen Changming that the Mystic Ice Cave held Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, and Chen agreed to go in search of it.
• Chen Changming left Miaoyin Mountain with Pang Xiuran and joined Green Robe Ancestor, Zhou Kui, Wei Madman, and three Demon Sacrificial Sect elders.
• Pang Xiuran introduced Yu Donglai, Jian Qiuyang, and Yu Jingwu, then carried the group north aboard his black war chariot.
• After four days of travel, the group reached the Mystic Ice Cave and found that someone had entered ahead of them.
• Pang Xiuran reassured the others that the cave held multiple deposits of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, and Yu Donglai led them inside.

Chen Changming and the Demon Sacrificial Sect group explored Mystic Ice Cave, where they encountered Gu Huaibei and the Ice and Snow Palace. After Gu Huaibei secretly followed them to use them as scouts, the group came under attack from Ice Whirlwinds.

• Chen Changming and seven members of the Demon Sacrificial Sect descended into Mystic Ice Cave and entered a tunnel in search of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow.
• The group encountered Gu Huaibei and the Ice and Snow Palace, and Yu Donglai withdrew when he realized he could not challenge her.
• Gu Huaibei followed Yu Donglai's group from a distance, intending to let them scout the tunnels and deal with the cave's dangers.
• Yu Donglai warned the group as Ice Whirlwinds surged through their tunnel, and he ordered everyone to spread out when the whirlwinds began merging.

Chen Changming and Yu Donglai’s group fought through increasingly dangerous Ice Whirlwinds in Mystic Ice Cave before encountering a horde of Ice Wraiths. As the Wraiths overwhelmed them, Gu Huaibei proposed that the Ice and Snow Palace join forces with their group to pursue the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow.

• Chen Changming helped Green Robe Ancestor destroy the Ice Whirlwinds, and the group continued deeper into the tunnel.
• Yu Donglai asked Chen Changming to choose among three tunnels, and Chen picked the left one, which remained free of Ice Whirlwind attacks for a time.
• Yu Donglai identified a horde of ghostly blue apparitions as Ice Wraiths, and the Wraiths attacked the group.
• Chen Changming repelled the Wraiths with his powerful blood and qi, while Pang Xiuran saved Green Robe Ancestor from their influence.
• Yu Donglai ordered the group to retreat, but Gu Huaibei appeared and proposed joining forces with them.
• Yu Donglai agreed, and Gu Huaibei and the Ice and Snow Palace cultivators joined the battle against the Ice Wraiths.

Chen Changming and the others faced Spatial Rifts and an Ice Cave Storm while exploring the Mystic Ice Cave. Chen Changming charged into the storm with Gu Huaibei following, leaving them trapped between two approaching vortices.

• Gu Huaibei questioned Chen Changming about his identity and cultivation, and he introduced himself as Chen Bai.
• A Spatial Rift severed Yu Jingwu’s legs and cut Chen Changming’s robe, prompting Yu Jingwu and Green Robe Ancestor to leave the expedition.
• After the group traveled through the silent tunnels, an Ice Cave Storm appeared and an Ice and Snow Palace elder was swallowed by a Spatial Rift.
• Chen Changming charged deeper into the tunnel, and Gu Huaibei followed, hoping to reach the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow.
• Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei found Ice Cave Storms closing in from both sides, and Chen Changming charged toward the storm ahead.

Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei struggled together through the Ice Cave Storm as its physical and soul attacks grew stronger. Chen Changming carried her deeper into the passage, but the storms kept merging and his body began to crack.

• Chen Changming used the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art to harden his skin against the storm while Gu Huaibei approached to help him resist its soul attacks.
• When the two Ice Cave Storms merged and Gu Huaibei's defenses faltered, she gave Chen Changming her Soul-Calming Bead and asked him to take her out.
• Chen Changming put Gu Huaibei on his back and pushed forward, shielding her from the storm fragments attacking from the front.
• After hours of struggling through the passage and its forks, Chen Changming found the Ice Cave Storm still raging and growing stronger.
• Chen Changming's body developed cracks as he kept moving and watched Gu Huaibei, ready to release the Demon Spirit Vine if she lost consciousness.

Chen Changming protected the unconscious Gu Huaibei from the Ice Cave Storm and recovered with the help of his Demon Spirit Vine and cultivation art. After defeating an Ice Flood Dragon, he found an Ice Dragon Crystal, which Gu Huaibei absorbed and identified as a rare treasure that strengthened her cultivation and suppressed the side effects of her Nine-Turn Cold Ice Art.

• Chen Changming used the Demon Spirit Vine to shield himself and Gu Huaibei from the Ice Cave Storm and carried them through it.
• Chen Changming restored his injuries, gave Gu Huaibei three high-grade Heaven-Returning Pills, and waited for her to recover.
• An Ice Flood Dragon attacked Chen Changming, who shattered it with a punch and found a dark-blue shard among its remains.
• Gu Huaibei woke and absorbed the shard, identifying it as Ice Dragon Crystal that enhanced her cultivation and suppressed the side effects of her Nine-Turn Cold Ice Art.
• Gu Huaibei thanked Chen Changming for saving her from the storm.

Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei discovered a cavern containing Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow and a horde of Ice Flood Dragons, then fought the dragons and divided the spoils. They left the cavern’s eighteen Ancient Demon statues unexplained as they collected their share of the treasures.

• Gu Huaibei told Chen Changming that Ice Dragon Crystals came from an ancient Ice Dragon’s shattered core and could help Body Cultivators resist extreme cold.
• Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei continued down the tunnel and found a cavern with eighteen Ancient Demon statues, Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, and a dozen or more Ice Flood Dragons.
• The Ice Flood Dragons attacked, and Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei fought them together, killing the entire horde.
• Chen Changming gathered nineteen Ice Dragon Crystals and agreed to take ten while Gu Huaibei took nine.
• Gu Huaibei divided the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow into two equal piles, each containing more than a hundred large chunks.

Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei refined Ice Dragon Crystals in the Mystic Ice Cave, where Chen discovered an inscription by True Person Ice Spirit and learned the cave’s history from Bi Cang. After three days of cultivation, Gu Huaibei emerged with her aura strengthened and close to a breakthrough.

• Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei collected Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, then absorbed and refined the Ice Dragon Crystals.
• After finishing his crystals, Chen Changming explored the cavern, identified the eighteen black statues as an Ancient Demon formation, and collected fragments from a damaged statue.
• Chen Changming found True Person Ice Spirit’s inscription, which said the Ancient Demons had slain a Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon and sealed the Ice Spirit Crystal Cluster.
• Bi Cang told Chen Changming that the dragon and the Ice Spirit Crystal Cluster had vanished from the Spirit Realm before reaching the Human Realm, where the Ancient Demons defeated the dragon.
• Chen Changming waited three days while Gu Huaibei cultivated, and she emerged with a stronger aura, nearing the ninth layer of the Nascent Soul Realm.

Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei discovered Ice Spirit Fairy’s message in Mystic Ice Cave, then lost their reason after the Ice Dragon Crystal’s aphrodisiac poison took effect. Three days later, Gu Huaibei accepted what happened and invited Chen Changming to call her “Xiao Bei.”

• Gu Huaibei recognized the writing as a message from the Ice and Snow Palace’s founding ancestor, True Person Ice Spirit, and paid her respects.
• Chen Changming asked Gu Huaibei about the Ice Dragon Crystal’s connection to the Soul-Calming Flower, but she refused to reveal the palace’s secret.
• Gu Huaibei and Chen Changming were overcome by the Ice Dragon Crystal’s aphrodisiac poison and fell together as a mysterious man and woman observed the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon’s plan.
• Three days later, Gu Huaibei woke and teleported away, while Chen Changming noticed the bloodstains and felt guilty about what had happened.
• Gu Huaibei returned, said their night together was fate’s doing, and asked Chen Changming to call her “Xiao Bei” when they were alone.

Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei escaped the Ice Cave Storm and emerged from the Mystic Ice Cave just before it closed. Chen Changming revealed a huge piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow and divided it among his fellow cultivators, earning their gratitude.

• Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei worked together to pass through the weakened Ice Cave Storm and flew toward the Mystic Ice Cave's exit.
• Yu Donglai and the others prepared to leave, believing Chen Changming had perished, until he and Gu Huaibei appeared outside the cave.
• Pang Xiuran asked whether Chen Changming had found Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, and Chen Changming displayed a washbasin-sized piece.
• Chen Changming split the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow into eight pieces and shared them with Yu Donglai and the other cultivators.
• Yu Donglai and Green Robe Ancestor thanked Chen Changming for the generous share.

Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei brought their Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow to the Gongsun Clan to have Li Fire Ice Marrow Pills refined, but learned that Ancestor Gongsun was incapacitated by Li Fire. The chapter ended with Chen Changming recognizing that his Medicine Sect Canon contained the recipe for the Nine Yin Nourishing Yang Pill that might save him.

• Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei shared some of their Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow with the Ice and Snow Palace elders before the groups traveled to Li Fire Island.
• At the Gongsun Clan, Yu Donglai asked Gongsun Wuji to have Ancestor Gongsun refine Li Fire Ice Marrow Pills, but Gongsun Wuji said his ancestor was ill from Li Fire invading his body.
• Gu Huaibei tried to drive the Li Fire out of Ancestor Gongsun, but found it had reached his marrow and scorched his soul.
• Gongsun Wuji revealed that Ancestor Gongsun believed the Nine Yin Nourishing Yang Pill could free him from the Li Fire's torment.
• Chen Changming realized that his Medicine Sect Canon contained the recipe for the Nine Yin Nourishing Yang Pill.

Chen Changming secretly refined Jiuyin Zhiyang Pills and returned to the Gongsun clan, suspecting Old Ancestor Gongsun had ties to the Medicine Sect. He offered a pill to Gongsun Wuji in exchange for the Fire-Leaving Ice Marrow Pill formula, and Wuji recognized what he wanted.

• Yu Donglai and the other guests left the Gongsun clan after no one recognized the Jiuyin Zhiyang Pills.
• Chen Changming met Gu Huaibei southeast of the clan, embraced her before they parted, and watched her teleport away.
• Chen Changming gathered the herbs, refined ten mid-grade Jiuyin Zhiyang Pills, and suspected Old Ancestor Gongsun possessed another volume of the Medicine Sect's Tome.
• Chen Changming disguised himself and returned to the Gongsun clan, telling Gongsun Wuji he had news of the pills.
• Chen Changming showed Gongsun Wuji a Jiuyin Zhiyang Pill and said he would not give it away for nothing; Gongsun Wuji guessed he wanted the Fire-Leaving Ice Marrow Pill formula.

Chen Changming traded Nine Yin Nourishing Yang Pills to cure Ancestor Gongsun and obtain the Li Fire Ice Marrow Pill formula. The two discovered they were fellow disciples of the Medicine Sect and exchanged copies of their incomplete sections of its canon.

• Chen Changming offered a Nine Yin Nourishing Yang Pill to Gongsun Wuji in exchange for the Li Fire Ice Marrow Pill formula, and Gongsun Wuji took him to Ancestor Gongsun.
• Ancestor Gongsun swallowed Chen Changming's pill, and Chen Changming later gave Gongsun Wuji a second pill that restored the ancestor's senses.
• Ancestor Gongsun sent Gongsun Wuji away and promised Chen Changming the formula, then proposed that they write down the names of their inheritances.
• Chen Changming and Ancestor Gongsun each revealed the words "Medicine Sect" and recognized one another as junior and senior brothers.
• Ancestor Gongsun gave Chen Changming a copy of his incomplete middle section of the Medicine Sect Canon, including the complete Li Fire Ice Marrow Pill formula.

Chen Changming and Ancestor Gongsun exchanged pill recipes before Gongsun revealed his Buddha Spirit Gourd and tried to force Chen to surrender the complete Medicine Sect Canon. Chen unleashed his level-ten Demon Spirit Vine and cornered Gongsun, who offered to follow him and help rebuild the Medicine Sect.

• Chen Changming and Ancestor Gongsun exchanged Jade Slips containing pill recipes and swore oaths that the recipes were genuine.
• Ancestor Gongsun led Chen to his Medicine Garden, where Chen discovered a Buddha Spirit Gourd growing on a vine.
• Ancestor Gongsun demanded Chen's complete Medicine Sect Canon, the location of his Demon Spirit Vine, and his submission, then trapped him with an ancient bell.
• Chen summoned his level-ten Demon Spirit Vine, which struck away the bell and enclosed the Medicine Garden.
• Ancestor Gongsun admitted he was no match for Chen's vine and offered to follow him and support the Medicine Sect.

Chen Changming obtained the Buddha Spirit Gourd and the middle volume of the Medicine Sect Canon from Ancestor Gongsun, then learned the Medicine Sect had been secretly cultivating four great beast demons. He left with the Ghost Heart Grass and a letter revealing the previously unknown God Spirit Reed.

• Ancestor Gongsun gave Chen Changming the Buddha Spirit Gourd and the middle volume of the Medicine Sect Canon, explaining that he had found them in a cave abode.
• Chen Changming brought out the Black Flame Earth Buddha, and the Buddha Spirit Gourd wrapped around it and began absorbing it.
• Ancestor Gongsun swore a vow to the Heavenly Dao to assist Chen Changming, who collected several hundred stalks of Ghost Heart Grass.
• Ancestor Gongsun showed Chen Changming a letter from the deceased Medicine Sect disciple describing the sect's secret cultivation of four great beast demons.
• Chen Changming learned that the four included the Demon Spirit Vine, Demon Spirit Tree, Buddha Spirit Gourd, and God Spirit Reed, and wondered what the Buddha Spirit Gourd would become after evolving.