Recaps

After mastering the enhanced Slaughter Demon Sword Art, Chen Changming emerged from seclusion and confronted the four Spirit Transformation cultivators attacking the Yin-Yang Duality Formation. He killed Nan Tianlin in a surprise strike, leaving the other three wary and Hao Qianshan coveting Chen Changming’s sword.

• Chen Changming recovered his stamina and spiritual power before leaving the Ancestral Realm.
• Chen Changming told Gu Tianxie he would attack the Holy Demon Sect cultivators, and Gu Tianxie sent him outside the formation.
• Nan Tianlin mistook Chen Changming for a surrender envoy and approached to demand the Heavenly Toad Tribe’s Holy Sword.
• Chen Changming unleashed Sword Blade First Bloom and killed Nan Tianlin before his protective treasure or Nascent Soul could respond.
• Hao Qianshan, Qin Baixiong, and Di Hu activated their defenses and spread apart, while Hao Qianshan guessed Chen Changming’s sword might be a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

Chen Changming fought Hao Qianshan and the other Spirit Transformation cultivators, defeating Di Hu and helping Gu Tianxie and Little Wolf capture Qin Baixiong. As Hao Qianshan pressed his attack, Chen Changming planned to break his first Flying Sword, but Hao Qianshan revealed a second, blood-red sword.

• Hao Qianshan sent Di Hu and Qin Baixiong to attack Chen Changming, but Chen shattered Di Hu's Sunflare Golden Wheel and wounded him.
• Gu Tianxie drew Di Hu into the formation, froze him, and sealed him after an Ice Spear pierced his chest.
• Hao Qianshan attacked Chen with his life-bound Flying Sword, while Chen damaged Qin Baixiong's Heaven-Breaking Bottle and Little Wolf struck Qin.
• Gu Tianxie and Little Wolf trapped Qin Baixiong inside the formation and sealed him after a brief fight.
• Chen held off Hao Qianshan's sword-light attacks and planned to destroy his Flying Sword, but Hao revealed a second, blood-red Flying Sword.

Chen Changming turned the fight against Hao Qianshan around by destroying two of his blood-colored flying swords, while Gu Tianxie and Little Wolf helped trap and attack him. Hao Qianshan's talismans failed to break through the Demon Spirit Vine's defenses, leaving him cornered as the battle continued.

• Chen Changming used Annihilate Myriad Spirits to shatter Hao Qianshan's first natal flying sword and wound him before striking his defensive barrier.
• Hao Qianshan's second flying sword pierced Chen Changming's shoulder, but Chen Changming destroyed it with the Slaughter Demon Sword as the Demon Spirit Vine spread a cage of Black Vines.
• Gu Tianxie teleported into the cage with Little Wolf and helped attack Hao Qianshan, while the Demon Spirit Vine and Gu Tianxie's ice obstructed his escape.
• Hao Qianshan used a talisman to summon three Golden Armor Giants, but Chen Changming destroyed one, another badly injured Gu Tianxie, and the Demon Spirit Vine's Black Vines restrained the third.

Chen Changming nearly defeated Hao Qianshan, but the Glazed Saint Ancestor escaped the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon’s control and took over Hao Qianshan’s body. She asked to speak privately with Bi Cang King and revealed that she had discovered a frightening power hidden beneath Chen Changming’s feet.

• Chen Changming healed Gu Tianxie with the Spring Return Immortal Art and pursued Hao Qianshan, who used talismans and Golden Armor Giants to resist him.
• Chen Changming pierced Hao Qianshan’s protective radiance, but Hao Qianshan struck him with a golden hand as the Glazed Saint Ancestor’s Heavenly Demon Mark entered Hao Qianshan and seized control.
• The Glazed Saint Ancestor, speaking through Hao Qianshan, claimed she wanted to help Chen Changming and asked him to release Bi Cang King so they could speak.
• Chen Changming summoned the Azure Fire Qilin, and the Glazed Saint Ancestor set a restriction to speak with Bi Cang privately while Gu Tianxie warned Chen Changming to be wary.
• The Glazed Saint Ancestor told Bi Cang that she had discovered a power beneath Chen Changming’s feet after observing his Slaughter Demon Sword Art grow tenfold stronger.

Hao Qianshan agreed to serve Chen Changming after sensing the terrifying power beneath him, and Bi Cang released her divine soul and surrendered her body. After Bi Cang and Glazed Saint Ancestor transformed and argued over whose figure was better, they demanded that Chen Changming decide which of them was prettier.

• Hao Qianshan agreed to help Chen Changming, and Bi Cang released her divine soul from the Azure Fire Qilin.
• Bi Cang agreed to return Glazed Saint Ancestor's body, while the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon warned Chen Changming that doing so was a trap.
• Chen Changming released Glazed Saint Ancestor's body, and her divine soul reunited with it as Bi Cang regained her own body.
• Bi Cang and Glazed Saint Ancestor transformed to show off their figures and challenged Chen Changming to say which was prettier.

Chen Changming secured the Glazed Saint Ancestor's departure and brought Bi Cang into the Universe Pagoda, then dealt with the surviving enemies at the plaza. The chapter ended with Hao Qianshan's body revealing that the Heavenly Demon Mark's incarnation was a female Holy Ancestor.

• Chen Changming told Bi Cang that she was more beautiful, prompting the Glazed Saint Ancestor to leave and promise they would meet in Great Jin.
• Bi Cang said she would cultivate inside the Universe Pagoda, and Chen Changming brought her there.
• Chen Changming healed Little Wolf, dismissed the grand array, and explained to Saintess Ruoyou and the clan chief that the Heavenly Demon Mark controlled Hao Qianshan.
• Chen Changming decided to kill Qin Baixiong and Di Hu and devour their Nascent Souls, while Saintess Ruoyou agreed they should each consume one.
• Gu Tianxie killed Qin Baixiong and extracted both Nascent Souls, and Hao Qianshan revealed that a female Holy Ancestor had taken control of his body.

Chen Changming enhanced the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art while digesting Qin Baixiong’s Nascent Soul, gaining cultivation from it and breaking through to the eighth layer of the Golden Core Realm. He then asked the Heavenly Toad Tribe’s chieftain whether the art had any side effects.

• The phantom Heavenly Toads swallowed Di Hu and Qin Baixiong, leaving Chen Changming and Saintess Ruoyou to circulate the art to endure the strain.
• Hao Qianshan took the frozen Di Hu and Qin Baixiong back to the Great Jin Holy Demon Sect to handle the aftermath.
• Chen Changming enhanced the art twice, discovered it was feeding him cultivation, and broke through to the seventh layer of the Golden Core Realm.
• After a third enhancement, Chen Changming digested Qin Baixiong’s Nascent Soul in two months and advanced to the eighth layer of the Golden Core Realm.
• Chen Changming asked the chieftain whether the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art had any side effects.

Chen Changming learned the risks and long-term potential of the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art, then continued refining Mo Lihai’s black core. He abandoned his cultivation when Hao Qianshan told him Du Xiaoliang was about to marry someone else and set out for Great Jin.

• The clan chief explained that devouring divine souls strengthened the Heart Demon Tribulation and that the art’s tenth Spirit Transformation level could grant a Nascent Soul phantom.
• Chen Changming’s Heavenly Toad phantom swallowed the black core, weakening its control over the black threads in his body, and he began trying to refine Mo Lihai’s divine soul.
• The clan chief sent the other Heavenly Toad Tribe members away but stayed behind while Chen Changming cultivated.
• Half a year later, Hao Qianshan arrived and reported that Du Xiaoliang was going to marry someone else.
• Chen Changming suspected Du Xiaoliang was being forced into the marriage and told Hao Qianshan to take him to Great Jin.

Chen Changming traveled to Great Jin after learning that Du Xiaoliang was to marry on Golden Turtle Island, and planned to sneak onto the island and take her away. Near the island, he disguised himself as a Golden Core cultivator but confronted a hostile disciple, whom he struck after appearing on his flying Beast.

• Hao Qianshan explained that Great Jin was divided into Eastern Jin and Western Jin, and that Golden Turtle Island had three Spirit Transformation Realm patriarchs.
• Chen Changming learned that Du Xiaoliang's father, Du Shengyue, followed the Third Patriarch and that Gongsun Xuan, the Second Patriarch's grandson, had pursued her for more than two hundred years.
• Chen Changming decided to sneak onto Golden Turtle Island and take Du Xiaoliang away before her wedding, while Hao Qianshan agreed to wait inside the Universe Pagoda.
• After three days, Chen Changming reached the sea near Golden Turtle Island, stored Hao Qianshan in the Universe Pagoda, changed his appearance, and flew toward the island.
• A Golden Turtle Island disciple riding an azure bird ordered Chen Changming to leave and attacked him, but Chen Changming appeared on the bird's back and slapped the disciple on the head.

Chen Changming disguised himself as Lin Feng to reach Du Xiaoliang, who was confined on Golden Turtle Island, and reunited with her. When Gongsun Xuan arrived, Chen Changming made clear he was ready to face him.

• Chen Changming knocked out Lin Feng, searched his soul, took his identity and flying Beast, and infiltrated Golden Turtle Island.
• Chen Changming slipped past the guards into Du Xiaoliang's room, where she recognized him despite his disguise.
• Chen Changming embraced Du Xiaoliang, explained how he had survived and returned, and promised they would not be separated again.
• Gongsun Xuan entered the room, but Chen Changming vanished before he could attack.
• Chen Changming appeared behind Gongsun Xuan after dealing with the guards and told him he had not imagined seeing Lin Feng.

Chen Changming rescued Du Xiaoliang from her forced marriage to Gongsun Xuan and revealed his true identity to Du Shengyue. Du Shengyue called off the marriage and took Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang to seek the Third Ancestor’s help, while Gongsun Xuan fled vowing revenge.

• Chen Changming overpowered Gongsun Xuan when he found him in Du Xiaoliang’s room, and spared him at Du Xiaoliang’s request.
• Du Shengyue arrived, recognized that the man wearing Lin Feng’s face was not his disciple, and learned from Du Xiaoliang that he was Chen Shan.
• Chen Changming revealed his true appearance and asked Du Shengyue to cancel Du Xiaoliang’s marriage to Gongsun Xuan.
• Du Xiaoliang declared that she and Chen Shan were true Dao companions and pleaded with her father to approve their relationship.
• Du Shengyue called off the marriage and released Gongsun Xuan, who fled after threatening Chen Changming.
• Du Shengyue took Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang to meet the Third Ancestor to resolve the conflict.

Chen Changming sought the Third Ancestor’s approval to become Du Xiaoliang’s Dao companion and accepted a test against Zhaowu. Their clash of body-forging arts was interrupted when the Second Ancestor arrived with Gongsun Xuan and his son.

• Du Shengyue introduced Chen Shan to the Third Ancestor and explained his relationship with Du Xiaoliang.
• The Third Ancestor agreed to consider Chen Shan as Du Xiaoliang’s Dao companion if he defeated a third-layer Nascent Soul Realm disciple.
• Du Shengyue brought Zhaowu to challenge Chen Changming, who concealed his strength and agreed to fight.
• Chen Changming and Zhaowu clashed using the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art and Golden Turtle War God Art, and Chen Changming held his own while restraining himself.
• The Second Ancestor arrived at the hall with Gongsun Xuan and his son while Chen Changming and Zhaowu were still fighting.

Chen Changming agreed to give the Second Ancestor the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art so Gongsun Xuan’s forced marriage to Du Xiaoliang could be called off. After Chen Changming swore the inheritance had not been tampered with, the Second Ancestor accepted it and left with Gongsun Ming and Gongsun Xuan.

• The Second Ancestor arrived and offered to cancel Gongsun Xuan and Du Xiaoliang’s marriage if Chen Shan handed over the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art.
• Chen Changming knocked Zhaowu back and agreed to give the inheritance to the Second Ancestor.
• The Second Ancestor slapped Gongsun Xuan twice when he protested that he could not live without Du Xiaoliang.
• Chen Changming gave the Second Ancestor a Jade Slip and swore to the heavens that the cultivation art had not been tampered with.
• The Second Ancestor accepted Chen Changming’s oath and left with Gongsun Ming and Gongsun Xuan.

After offering the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art to help Du Xiaoliang, Chen Changming settled with him in the Purple Bamboo Grove and revealed the danger of the dragon possessing him. Meanwhile, Gongsun Xuan and Gongsun Ming plotted to have Chen Shan beaten, and three days later Gongsun Xuan arrived at Chen Changming’s courtyard with a powerful young man.

• Chen Changming offered the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art for Du Xiaoliang, earning praise from Du Shengyue, the Third Ancestor, and Zhaowu.
• Du Shengyue led Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang to the Purple Bamboo Grove, where they settled into separate rooms to cultivate.
• Chen Changming resisted Du Xiaoliang’s advances and explained that the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon possessed him and could make intimacy dangerous.
• Du Xiaoliang urged Chen Changming to cultivate with him and seek a solution in Eastern Jin.
• Gongsun Ming and Gongsun Xuan arranged for Gongsun Tie, who had reached the fourth level of the Nascent Soul Realm, to challenge Chen Shan under the guise of sparring.
• Three days later, Gongsun Xuan arrived at Chen Changming’s courtyard with a young man as Chen Changming finished cultivating.

Chen Changming accepted Gongsun Tie’s challenge and defeated the fourth-layer Nascent Soul Realm body cultivator with a single punch. The crowd was left stunned as Gongsun Tie lay injured on the martial stage.

• Gongsun Xuan brought his cousin Gongsun Tie to challenge Chen Changming, and Du Xiaoliang warned Chen Changming that Tie might have reached the fourth layer of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Chen Changming agreed to fight Gongsun Tie, and the pair went to the martial stage as disciples from the three sects gathered to watch.
• Gongsun Tie revealed his fourth-layer cultivation, while Du Shengyue suspected the match was unfair and prepared to intervene if Chen Shan was endangered.
• Chen Changming attacked first and sent Gongsun Tie flying with a single punch, then struck him into the stage floor.
• Chen Changming declared that Gongsun Tie had lost, leaving the injured Gongsun Tie disbelieving and the crowd silent.

Chen Changming defeated Gongsun Tie in one move, prompting Gongsun Ming to threaten Du Shengyue before retreating with his injured nephew. Gongsun Ming then sought outside help to retaliate, visiting Yin Spirit Child at a hidden underground cultivation site.

• Chen Changming defeated Gongsun Tie with one move and revealed that he was at the third level of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Gongsun Ming warned Du Shengyue to protect Chen Changming, then took Gongsun Tie away from the martial arts platform.
• Gongsun Ming told Gongsun Xuan and Gongsun Tie that he would seek outside help to restore the Gongsun Family's face.
• Gongsun Ming flew to a small island and entered an underground chamber where Yin Spirit Child cultivated among over a thousand followers.

Gongsun Ming recruited Yin Spirit Child to cripple Chen Shan, while Yin Spirit Child weighed whether to swallow a dangerous Yin Corpse Pearl. The pearl’s appearance stirred mysterious coffins across Eastern Jin and Western Jin, though Yin Spirit Child remained unaware.

• Gongsun Ming offered Yin Spirit Child four Golden Turtle Island Nascent Soul disciples’ corpses in exchange for crippling Chen Shan when he left the island.
• Gongsun Ming explained that Chen Shan had taken Du Xiaoliang from his son, and that the Second Ancestor had approved their marriage after receiving Chen Shan’s body-tempering technique.
• Yin Spirit Child absorbed blood qi from one of the offered corpses, fading the corpse spots on his body, then complained that he could not reach the ninth Nascent Soul Realm layer.
• Yin Spirit Child considered swallowing the Yin Corpse Pearl but put it away, fearing it would alter his temperament as it had his master’s.
• Black coffins in mysterious spaces across Eastern Jin and Western Jin trembled and spoke of the last one remaining, while Yin Spirit Child wondered whether the Yin Corpse Sect had hidden branches in Eastern Jin.

After half a year cultivating on Golden Turtle Island, Chen Changming accompanied Du Xiaoliang to Wuyuan Island to hunt Beasts. After he swiftly killed a level-eight Black-Scaled Snake, ten gray-robed men in black bamboo hats appeared and surrounded them.

• Chen Changming decided to focus on the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art after the Slaughter Demon Sword Art’s second enhancement made it too draining to use at full strength.
• Chen Changming persuaded Du Xiaoliang to take him along on her trip to Wuyuan Island to hunt Beasts for Golden Turtle Island.
• Gongsun Xuan and Gongsun Ming watched Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang leave, and Gongsun Ming went to find Yin Spirit Child.
• Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang discussed Wuyuan Island’s seven Demon Kings and the dangers of hunting there.
• Chen Changming killed an initial-stage level-eight Black-Scaled Snake with one slap, then ten gray-robed men surrounded him and Du Xiaoliang.

Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang were ambushed by ten fifth-level Nascent Soul Realm Gray-Robed Men, whom Chen Changming recognized as Yin Corpse Puppet Bodies. He killed them all, suspected Gongsun Ming had arranged the attack, and the chapter ended with Du Xiaoliang's fire talisman failing to burn their corpses.

• Ten Gray-Robed Men attacked Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang, and Chen Changming realized they had come for him.
• Chen Changming recognized the attackers' corpse spots and powerful bodies as signs of Yin Corpse Puppet Bodies from the Yin Corpse Sect.
• The Gray-Robed Men fled when Chen Changming used the Pure Yang Sword Art, but he pursued and killed all ten.
• Du Xiaoliang asked about Chen Changming's cultivation, and he said he was at the third layer of the Nascent Soul Realm and could defeat enemies above his level.
• Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang suspected Gongsun Ming had sent the Yin Corpse Puppet Bodies, though they had no proof.
• Du Xiaoliang tried to burn the corpses with a fire talisman, but the flames could not incinerate them.

Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang burned Yin Spirit Child’s puppets and continued hunting Beasts on Wuyuan Island. After Chen Changming beat back a group from the Purple Dawn Sword Sect, the pair found the Azure Sky Panther again, where a strange Beast suddenly appeared.

• Chen Changming used a fourth-level mid-grade fire talisman to destroy Yin Spirit Child’s ten Yin Corpse Puppet Bodies.
• Yin Spirit Child sensed the puppets’ destruction, prepared a seventh-layer Nascent Soul Realm puppet with a Yin Corpse Pearl as backup, and flew toward Wuyuan Island to investigate.
• Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang counted twenty-nine early eighth-level Beasts and set out to hunt an Azure Sky Panther.
• When Purple Dawn Sword Sect disciples tried to interfere with the hunt, Chen Changming knocked them down and made them promise to avoid Body Cultivators.
• Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang found the Azure Sky Panther in a ravine, where an unfamiliar Beast sprang out from the grass.

Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang encountered a strange Beast that frightened away an Azure Sky Leopard and was soon taken by a Level 11 Demon King. The Beast was brought before Wuyuan Island’s Seven Great Demon Kings, who decided to keep it imprisoned because killing it could bring disaster upon the island’s demon races.

• The strange Beast emerged from the grass and scared off the Azure Sky Leopard, and Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang found it was only an early Level 5 Demonic Beast.
• A green-robed Level 11 Demon King seized the Beast after it spoke and begged Chen Changming to save it, then vanished with it.
• Chen Changming and Du Xiaoliang continued searching for Level 8 Demonic Beasts and decided to leave the Azure Sky Leopard alone.
• The green-robed Demon King brought the Beast to a fog-shrouded valley, where the Seven Great Demon Kings forbade killing it and ordered it confined in a stronger formation.
• The Beast recognized the Heavenly Fox King’s true form at a glance, astonishing the Demon Kings.

Chen Changming lured Yin Spirit Child into revealing his true body by pretending to struggle against the Yin Corpse Puppet Bodies. He destroyed the puppets and trapped Yin Spirit Child, leaving him at Chen Changming’s mercy.

• Chen Changming sent Du Xiaoliang to wait while he confronted ten Yin Corpse Puppet Bodies and deliberately appeared to be losing.
• Yin Spirit Child watched from a distance, grew impatient, and personally arrived with nine stronger puppets.
• Chen Changming revealed his strength and destroyed all nineteen Yin Corpse Puppet Bodies with one punch.
• Chen Changming trapped Yin Spirit Child and asked whether he was facing his true body.
• Yin Spirit Child admitted it and glared at Chen Changming, resigned to his apparent fate.

Chen Changming killed Yin Spirit Child’s true body and Yin Corpse Puppet Bodies after foiling his attempted self-destruction. Yin Spirit Child’s surviving puppet swallowed the Yin Corpse Pearl to seek power, while Gongsun Ming learned that Chen Shan had a Dao Guardian.

• Chen Changming refused to accept Yin Spirit Child’s submission and killed him when he began self-destruction, then destroyed his remaining puppet bodies and burned the corpses.
• A surviving seventh-layer Yin Corpse Puppet Body learned that Yin Spirit Child’s true body had died and resolved to become the new true body by swallowing the Yin Corpse Pearl.
• Gongsun Xuan saw in the Ancient Mirror that Chen Shan had returned safely, and Gongsun Ming went to confront Yin Spirit Child.
• Yin Spirit Child absorbed and consumed his Yin Corpse Puppet Bodies, telling Gongsun Ming that his true body had died on Wuyuan Island because Chen Shan had a Dao Guardian.
• Yin Spirit Child suspected Chen Shan kept his Dao Guardian inside a spatial Spirit Treasure like the Universe Pagoda.

Yin Spirit Child rebuilt his body and grew more dangerous, prompting Gongsun Ming to decide to end their cooperation. Years later, disciples began vanishing across Golden Turtle Island, and the island’s Spirit Transformation ancestors took up the investigation after their senior brother could not leave seclusion.

• Yin Spirit Child absorbed a Yin Corpse Puppet Body, reached the eighth level of the Nascent Soul Realm, and asked Gongsun Ming for corpses in compensation for losing his true body.
• Gongsun Ming became wary of Yin Spirit Child and resolved to sever their cooperation, then berated Gongsun Xuan for mentioning Chen Shan and Du Xiaoliang.
• Three years later, Du Xiaoliang broke through to the second level of the Nascent Soul Realm, and Du Shengyue warned her and Chen Changming about disciples mysteriously disappearing from the island.
• Chen Changming set up a defensive formation as disappearances continued despite patrols, eventually affecting disciples at the sixth and seventh levels of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The three sect masters reported the disappearances to the Spirit Transformation ancestors, and the Second Ancestor learned that their senior brother was in seclusion and had left the matter to them.

Gongsun Ming, now Yin Spirit Child’s puppet, was captured and killed by the First Ancestor, revealing that the First Ancestor was also abducting and devouring Golden Turtle Island’s disciples. Yin Spirit Child fled toward Heaven-Piercing Pass, while the Second Ancestor learned his son had disappeared and warned the Third Ancestor.

• The Second and Third Ancestors and the three sect masters discussed how to find the culprit as the First Ancestor remained in seclusion.
• Gongsun Ming recalled how Yin Spirit Child had coerced him into abducting Nascent Soul Realm disciples before turning him into a puppet.
• The First Ancestor transported Gongsun Ming to his underground palace, recognized him as a Yin Corpse Puppet Body, and crushed him after Gongsun Ming accused him of devouring disciples.
• Yin Spirit Child sensed Gongsun Ming’s death, left the Yin Corpse Underground Palace, and headed for Heaven-Piercing Pass to lie low.
• The Second Ancestor learned that Gongsun Ming had vanished and told the Third Ancestor, who was shocked that even an eighth-level Nascent Soul Realm cultivator could disappear.