Recaps

Chen Changming explored the spatial fragments in Line of Sky, collected Deathless Flesh Ganoderma, and discovered the Ghost Realm had sealed the spatial node. After the Demon Spirit Vine devoured the seven Ghost-Suppressing Pillars, he emerged with Little Four and told the Ancient Ming Demon King and Heavenly Fox King what he had found.

• Chen Changming killed the Wandering Souls in the remaining spatial fragments and collected enough Deathless Flesh Ganoderma to bring his total to forty-four.
• Chen Changming entered the spatial node and found Little Four sleeping beneath seven battered Ghost-Suppressing Pillars.
• Bi Cang scouted the node and confirmed that the Ghost Realm had sealed it, apparently fearing Little Four’s devouring ability.
• Chen Changming summoned the Demon Spirit Vine, which absorbed all seven Ghost-Suppressing Pillars before falling asleep.
• The Ancient Ming Demon King and Heavenly Fox King stopped Chen Changming as he emerged with Little Four, and he told them the Ghost Realm had sealed the spatial node.

Chen Changming and the two Demon Kings discovered that the Line of Sky's seal had trapped them, then hurried toward a disturbance and found Glazed Saint Ancestor helping Mo Lihai escape. Chen Changming summoned Bi Cang to confront Mo Lihai's powerful leg while the Demon Kings withdrew.

• Chen Changming stored Little Four in a Beast Taming Bracelet and left the Line of Sky with the Ancient Ming Demon King and Heavenly Fox King.
• The group found the Line of Sky gateway sealed, then felt the secret realm shake after a great boom.
• Chen Changming recognized that Mo Lihai's leg had emerged from its suppression and found Glazed Saint Ancestor beside it.
• Chen Changming urged the Demon Kings to retreat and shattered Mo Lihai's attack when it tried to seize them.
• Chen Changming revealed the Slaughter Demon Sword and summoned Bi Cang, who realized Glazed Saint Ancestor had helped Mo Lihai escape.

Chen Changming, Bi Cang, and the Glazed Saint Ancestor battled Mo Lihai inside the Line of Sky while the cultivators of Eastern Jin completed a formation to seal it away. The Line of Sky vanished into the void, but the fight inside was still raging.

• The Glazed Saint Ancestor revealed that she and Bi Cang had been allies all along, then joined Bi Cang and Chen Changming in attacking Mo Lihai.
• Chen Changming struck Mo Lihai with the Slaughter Demon Sword as Bi Cang and the Glazed Saint Ancestor kept him on the defensive.
• The Heavenly Fox King and Ancient Ming Demon King watched the battle and remarked on Chen Changming's rapid rise in strength.
• After ten days, Eastern Jin's cultivators completed the sealing formation, causing the Line of Sky to disappear into the void.
• The Western Jin cultivators invited the Eastern Jin experts to a feast on Rosy Glow Island, while Chen Changming, Bi Cang, the Glazed Saint Ancestor, and Mo Lihai continued fighting inside the sealed Line of Sky.

Chen Changming, Bi Cang, and the Glazed Saint Ancestor kept attacking the immortal Mo Lihai while waiting for the Demon Spirit Vine to awaken. Little Four emerged from the Beast Taming Bracelet, went to the sealing site, and returned after revealing it had eaten two Ghost-Suppressing Pillars before the remaining ones were taken back to the Ghost Realm.

• Mo Lihai claimed he could not be killed in the Human Realm, but Chen Changming and the Glazed Saint Ancestor shattered his black hand and continued attacking him.
• Mo Lihai stopped resisting and proposed working with Chen Changming, who refused and kept trying to kill him as the three attackers took turns fighting.
• After half a month, Little Four broke out of the Beast Taming Bracelet and flew toward the sealing site instead of joining the battle.
• Little Four returned the next day, upset that the Ghost Kings had taken the remaining Ghost-Suppressing Pillars back to the Ghost Realm after it ate two of them.

Little Four used its innate Divine Ability to restrain Mo Lihai while Chen Changming waited for the Demon Spirit Vine to grow stronger. After it reached level-ten peak, Chen Changming tried to help it break through by having it absorb Mo Lihai’s origin, but Mo Lihai burned his blood essence to blast them away.

• Little Four trapped Mo Lihai in a blue halo, and Chen Changming, Bi Cang, and the Glazed Saint Ancestor took turns attacking him until the halo faded three hours later.
• Over the following months, the Demon Spirit Vine advanced to level-ten peak but remained short of breaking through to level eleven.
• Chen Changming asked Little Four to bind Mo Lihai again and released the Demon Spirit Vine to absorb his origin.
• The Demon Spirit Vine pierced Mo Lihai’s thigh and drained nearly half his stored blood essence before Mo Lihai burned a precious drop to blast away both the halo and the vine.

Mo Lihai invaded Chen Changming’s Dantian with the Demon Planting Art and fused with the black pellet, leaving Chen in agony and threatening to seize control of his body. The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon then pushed Chen toward the Heavenly Fox King, believing her virgin yin would help him break through and suppress Mo Lihai.

• Mo Lihai’s Demon Planting Art let him enter Chen Changming’s body, where he found and fused with the black pellet formed from his arm.
• Chen Changming’s pain intensified as Mo Lihai claimed he would soon take half control of his body, while Bi Cang and the Glazed Saint Ancestor watched anxiously.
• Chen Changming suddenly rushed past the Glazed Saint Ancestor and flew to the valley where the Heavenly Fox King and the Ancient Ming Demon King were hiding.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon told Bi Cang that taking the Heavenly Fox King’s virgin yin could help Chen break through to the Nascent Soul Realm and suppress Mo Lihai.
• Chen Changming seized the Heavenly Fox King and tore her dress, while the Ancient Ming Demon King fled and the Glazed Saint Ancestor returned to watch.

Little Four spared the Demon Spirit Vine and learned that the Line of Sky had been sealed, but promised to get everyone out once he grew stronger. In the valley, Chen Changming survived his Heart Demon Tribulation, broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and afterward learned the Glazed Saint Ancestor had watched him and the Heavenly Fox King.

• Little Four spared the Demon Spirit Vine, then asked the Ancient Ming Demon King about his new strength and learned the Line of Sky had been sealed by Eastern Jin cultivators.
• Little Four said he could eventually take everyone out of the secret realm and promised to bring Chen Shan along as his brother-in-law.
• Three days later, Chen Changming passed his Heart Demon Tribulation and broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Chen Changming used the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art to swallow the black pill in his dantian and weaken Mo Lihai's control over his body.
• Chen Changming apologized to the Heavenly Fox King, but she said she had acted willingly and asked him to stay with her another day.
• Afterward, the Heavenly Fox King teased Chen Changming about having a child and revealed that the Glazed Saint Ancestor had watched them in the valley, leaving him nearly collapsing in shock.

After Chen Changming and the Heavenly Fox King emerged from their intimate encounter, they reunited with the others inside the Line of Sky and learned that Little Four could force open a way out. Little Four claimed its new place as Wuyuan Island’s strongest Demon King and prepared to take them home.

• The Heavenly Fox King discovered the Yin-Yang Seal in her sea of consciousness, and Chen Changming explained that a Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon had branded him and the women he slept with.
• Glazed Saint Ancestor teased Chen Changming about his night with the Heavenly Fox King and revealed she had already become his woman, while Bi Cang scolded her.
• Chen Changming urged the group to focus on escaping the Line of Sky, and the Heavenly Fox King said Misfortune could help them.
• Little Four said it could sacrifice some cultivation to force a crack in the sealing formation, astonishing Bi Cang and Glazed Saint Ancestor.
• Little Four demanded to be called Boss, received the title from the Heavenly Fox King and Ancient Ming Demon King, and activated the Four-Colored Diamond Heart to lead them home.

Little Four sacrificed its cultivation and blood essence to lead everyone out of Line of Sky, and Chen Changming healed it after they escaped. As Bi Cang and the Glazed Saint Ancestor departed, Chen Changming headed toward Golden Turtle Island and resolved to bury True Person Pure Yang on Wilderness Island.

• Little Four pierced the three-layer seal around Line of Sky, sacrificing cultivation and burning blood essence to carry everyone safely through it.
• Chen Changming thanked Little Four and repeatedly used the Spring Return Immortal Art to restore its damaged body and vital energy.
• Bi Cang left to seek opportunities to restore her cultivation, and the Glazed Saint Ancestor departed soon afterward.
• The Heavenly Fox King took Little Four and the Ancient Ming Demon King toward Wuyuan Island, while Chen Changming chose to continue to Golden Turtle Island later.
• Chen Changming considered his gains from Line of Sky, including breakthroughs in cultivation, the Pure Yang Sword Art, and the Demon Spirit Vine's growth.
• Chen Changming decided to visit Wilderness Island and bury True Person Pure Yang's remains after returning to Golden Turtle Island.

Chen Changming returned from the Line of Sky and gave Du Xiaoliang and Du Shengyue Deathless Flesh Ganodermas to help them advance their cultivation. He then traveled to Wilderness Island, laid True Person Pure Yang to rest, and reunited with Yu Hailong.

• Chen Changming returned to Golden Turtle Island and gave Du Xiaoliang a Deathless Flesh Ganoderma, explaining that he had reached the tenth level of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Chen Changming visited Du Shengyue and gave him another Deathless Flesh Ganoderma, which Du Shengyue accepted eagerly.
• Chen Changming left Golden Turtle Island with Du Xiaoliang's identity token and passed through Heaven-Piercing Pass into Great Qin territory.
• Chen Changming reached Wilderness Island, buried True Person Pure Yang's remains in the Pure Yang Water Mansion, and paid his respects.
• Chen Changming found Yu Hailong cultivating at the Yu Family ancestral residence and greeted him as Senior Brother Yu.

Chen Changming returned to Wilderness Island, reunited the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insects, and promised Yu Hailong he would take him to Great Jin in the future. He then headed toward the Heavenly Toad Tribe and spotted Han Shanguang and Han Xiuxiu near a guarded valley in Great Qin.

• Chen Changming told Yu Hailong he had returned to bury True Person Pure Yang's remains and described finding his master's inheritance and remains in Great Jin.
• Chen Changming reunited the male Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect with its mate and ten offspring, then gave Yu Hailong a Storage Ring of Beast hearts and other parts.
• Chen Changming told Yu Hailong that Senior Sister was in Great Jin, but Yu Hailong chose to remain with the Yu Family until it had more Golden Core cultivators.
• Chen Changming left the Yu Family and rode toward the Heavenly Toad Tribe as Ten Celestial Venerables guarded a valley in Great Qin.
• Chen Changming recognized Han Shanguang and Han Xiuxiu standing near the guarded valley.

Chen Changming found the Immortal Alliance guarding Cloud-Touching Valley and learned that Han Shanguang and the other Celestial Venerables had been ordered to keep everyone away. After Han Shanguang warned him of the valley’s danger, Chen Changming set off to investigate, while Han Xiuxiu remained confident in his abilities.

• Chen Changming questioned an Immortal Alliance patrol near Cloud-Touching Valley, then swept the squad aside when its members refused to answer.
• The patrol captain reported Chen Changming to Han Shanguang, who arrived with Han Xiuxiu and greeted Chen Changming respectfully.
• Han Shanguang told Chen Changming that the Immortal Alliance had sworn Dao oaths and could not reveal why it was guarding Cloud-Touching Valley.
• Chen Changming knocked Han Shanguang unconscious, entrusted him to Han Xiuxiu, and vanished toward Cloud-Touching Valley.
• Han Xiuxiu refused the captain’s suggestion to notify the other Celestial Venerables, saying Chen Changming was strong and cautious and had never failed in her experience.

Yin Spirit Child reached the second level of the Spirit Transformation Realm by absorbing power from Yin Corpse Puppet Bodies and learned that eight half-demon inheritors spoke through his Yin Corpse Pearl. When Chen Changming found him in Cloud-Touching Valley, Yin Spirit Child attacked, but Chen proved far stronger and destroyed the puppet army.

• Yin Spirit Child learned from eight voices in his Yin Corpse Pearl that he was a half-demon and an inheritor of the Yin Corpse Sect, and they warned him to hide from Eastern Jin.
• Yin Spirit Child absorbed gray smoke from over a thousand Yin Corpse Puppet Bodies and advanced to the second level of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Chen Changming entered Cloud-Touching Valley and recognized Yin Spirit Child, who was delighted to meet the enemy who had killed his true body.
• Yin Spirit Child attacked Chen Changming, but Chen broke his palm with a single punch and sent him flying.
• Yin Spirit Child ordered over a hundred Spirit Transformation puppet bodies to attack Chen Changming, who unleashed a tenfold-power punch that annihilated the attacks and smashed the puppet bodies below.

Chen Changming killed Yin Spirit Child in Cloud-Touching Valley, though the escaped Yin Corpse Pearl left him unsure whether his enemy could return. He burned the Yin Corpse Puppet Body fragments and emerged to face the apprehensive Ten Celestial Venerables.

• Yin Spirit Child used the Yin Corpse Pearl to raise his power to the third layer of the spirit transformation realm, but Chen Changming defeated him again with a punch.
• Yin Spirit Child fled, and Chen Changming caught him with his teleportation speed and killed him with the Slaughter Demon Sword.
• The Yin Corpse Pearl escaped Chen Changming’s grasp, and its hidden consciousnesses carried it away.
• Chen Changming gathered and burned all the Yin Corpse Puppet Body fragments in Cloud-Touching Valley.
• Chen Changming emerged from the valley, where the Ten Celestial Venerables awaited him anxiously.

Chen Changming killed Yin Spirit Child in Cloud-Touching Valley and continued toward the Southern Border Kingdom, realizing that the gray bead might be the key to his foe’s repeated returns. Meanwhile, Yin Corpse Sect members sent a masked man to steal Golden Turtle Island’s Immortal-Beating Stone, and a cultivator on Wuyuan Island broke through to level eleven.

• Chen Changming told the Ten Celestial Venerables that he had killed Yin Spirit Child, then left Cloud-Touching Valley for the Southern Border Kingdom.
• Chen Changming suspected the gray bead in Yin Spirit Child’s dantian enabled his rapid breakthroughs and concluded he had to destroy it to prevent another revival.
• The Yin Corpse Pearl reached an underground space, where its keepers decided to repair it with the Immortal-Beating Stone from Golden Turtle Island.
• A black-robed man shattered Golden Turtle Island’s ancestral temple formation, seized the Immortal-Beating Stone, and unleashed a demonic aura that afflicted the Human Sect disciples.
• Someone on Wuyuan Island announced that Fourth Master had broken through to level eleven.

Little Four punished the Azure Scale Demon King after he challenged Little Four’s authority, but a white-robed Spirit Transformation elder and a girl from the Beast Taming Immortal Sect arrived to capture the Demon Kings. The chapter ended with the girl noticing Little Four and asking what kind of Beast it was.

• Little Four demanded that the Azure Scale Demon King acknowledge him as Boss, but Azure Scale refused because Little Four had only just reached Level Eleven.
• Little Four trapped Azure Scale in a blue halo and stripped away all his scales, leaving him injured and unconscious.
• The Heavenly Fox King asked to take Azure Scale to Golden Turtle Island, and Little Four agreed.
• A white-robed old man and a girl in red arrived, using the old man’s sixth-level Spirit Transformation aura to suppress the Demon Kings.
• The girl in red revealed that she and her grandfather came from the Beast Taming Immortal Sect of Eastern Jin to take the Beasts back as demon pets.
• The girl in red spotted Little Four and asked her grandfather what breed the sheep-bodied, dog-headed Beast was.

A Beast Taming Immortal Sect elder captured the Demon Kings of Wuyuan Island, while the Azure Scale Demon King escaped and went to Golden Turtle Island for help. Chen Changming returned to find the Human Sect poisoned and its Immortal-Beating Stone stolen, leaving the sect master gravely ill.

• The white-robed old man captured Little Four and the other Demon Kings, but left the scale-stripped Azure Scale Demon King behind.
• The Azure Scale Demon King realized the Beast Taming Immortal Sect had taken the Demon Kings and decided to tell Chen Shan.
• At Golden Turtle Island, the Azure Scale Demon King learned that a mysterious Spirit Transformation expert had stolen the Immortal-Beating Stone and poisoned the Human Sect disciples.
• The Azure Scale Demon King gave the poisoned disciples his blood, which eased their suffering, then waited for Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming returned from the Heavenly Toad Tribe, found the ancestral temple’s formation broken and the Immortal-Beating Stone missing, and saw the dying sect master.

Chen Changming returned to Golden Turtle Island to find the Immortal-Beating Stone stolen and the Human Sect's Nascent Soul disciples poisoned, then learned that the Beast Taming Immortal Sect had captured the Wuyuan Island demon kings and Little Four. After healing the injured and arranging for the Azure Scale Demon King to guard the island, Chen Changming prepared to pursue the captives in Eastern Jin.

• Chen Changming healed the Human Sect Master, who explained that a masked Spirit Transformation expert had stolen the Immortal-Beating Stone and poisoned the Human Sect's Nascent Soul disciples.
• Chen Changming promised to find the Immortal-Beating Stone and learned that the Azure Scale Demon King had helped ease the poisoned disciples' suffering with his blood.
• The Azure Scale Demon King told Chen Changming that an elder from the Beast Taming Immortal Sect had captured the six great demon kings of Wuyuan Island and Little Four.
• Chen Changming agreed to rescue the captives and let the Azure Scale Demon King remain on Golden Turtle Island as its guard.
• Chen Changming healed the Azure Scale Demon King, Du Shengyue, and the poisoned Human Sect disciples over the next two days while Du Xiaoliang stayed by his side.

Chen Changming left Du Xiaoliang and traveled from Western Jin to Eastern Jin, where he headed toward Azure Cloud Province. A demonic sect ambushed him as prey, but he lured its sect master into revealing himself and his Spirit Treasure.

• Chen Changming said farewell to Du Xiaoliang and flew toward Eastern Jin on the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow.
• After more than half a month at sea, Chen Changming reached Western Heaven Province and set out east using the map the Human Sect Master had given him.
• Luan Zhengde of the Black Bright Sect learned that a tenth-layer Nascent Soul cultivator had arrived and sent elders to intercept Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming recognized the ambush, evaded Luan Zhengde's hidden attack, and drew him out with the Black Dragon Rope.
• Chen Changming identified Luan Zhengde's position and revealed that he had deliberately lured the sect master from hiding.

Chen Changming defeated Luan Zhengde and the Black Bright Sect elders, then discovered that Luan Zhengde possessed a first-level Spirit Transformation Black Flame Earth Buddha. After swearing not to kill Luan Zhengde, Chen Changming learned that the black Buddha had come from Great Black Heaven.

• Chen Changming destroyed Luan Zhengde's Black Dragon Rope and Golden Bell Talisman, then slaughtered the Black Bright Sect elders when they formed a battle formation.
• Chen Changming caught up with the fleeing Luan Zhengde, who summoned a first-level Spirit Transformation Black Flame Earth Buddha.
• Chen Changming broke the Black Flame Earth Buddha's neck and immobilized Luan Zhengde to question him about its origin.
• Luan Zhengde demanded a Heavenly Dao oath in exchange for information, and Chen Changming swore not to kill him.
• Luan Zhengde told Chen Changming that he had bought the black Buddha from Great Black Heaven.

Chen Changming learned that Great Black Heaven had given Luan Zhengde a black Buddha and a method for refining Human Origin Liquid, then imprisoned him while he investigated the secretive force. After two months of travel, Chen Changming reached Azure Cloud Province and learned that the Beast Taming Immortal Sect was exceptionally powerful, leaving him wary as he sought the Heavenly Fox King and the others.

• Luan Zhengde told Chen Changming that Great Black Heaven had supplied him with a Nascent Soul Realm Black Flame Earth Buddha and the method to refine Human Origin Liquid, which he used to raise the puppet to the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Chen Changming sealed Luan Zhengde’s cultivation and put him in the Universe Pagoda, promising to release him after finding someone from Great Black Heaven.
• Chen Changming collected the Storage Rings of the Black Bright Sect elders he had killed, inspected the sect, and left after discovering that its Spirit Transformation cultivators were gone.
• Chen Changming changed his appearance and mounts, then traveled toward Azure Cloud Province on Thunder-Glitter Spirit Falcons while cultivating the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art.
• After two months, Chen Changming entered Azure Cloud Province and learned that the Beast Taming Immortal Sect had several ninth-level Spirit Transformation cultivators and powerful Level 13 Demonic Beasts.

Chen Changming learned that the Heavenly Fox King and the other demon kings were still uncontracted, but the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s safeguards prevented him from learning its Heaven-Locking Spirit-Taming Pact by searching a disciple’s soul. He planned to infiltrate the sect through its upcoming recruitment using a Golden Core clone, then considered how to conceal his true cultivation.

• Chen Changming captured a low-ranking Beast Taming Immortal Sect disciple and searched his soul, learning that the Heavenly Fox King and the other demon kings remained imprisoned but uncontracted.
• Chen Changming discovered that the sect had divided the Heaven-Locking Spirit-Taming Pact into three sections and protected its disciples with soul restrictions and Dao oaths.
• Chen Changming learned that the sect would recruit talented Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators from the nine provinces of Eastern Jin in three months.
• Chen Changming decided to cultivate the Blood Treasury Clone Art and send a Golden Core clone to the recruitment.
• Chen Changming searched Luan Zhengde's Storage Ring, refined the Hidden Immortal Mirror, and wondered whether his clone could enhance cultivation techniques.

Chen Changming visited Immortal Taming City to buy a stronger technique for concealing his cultivation. At the Seven Treasures Pavilion, he unexpectedly encountered Liu Qingwu and bought the Divine Concealment Technique, then asked about Li Fire Ice Marrow Pills.

• Chen Changming flew to Immortal Taming City and hired a young cultivator to guide him through the city.
• The guide explained that Eastern Jin cultivators usually meant mid-grade Spirit Stones, and Chen Changming paid him the proper amount.
• On the way to the Seven Treasures Pavilion, Chen Changming recognized Liu Qingwu, who had joined the Beast Taming Immortal Sect and reached the sixth level of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Liu Qingwu did not recognize Chen Changming, and he told her she reminded him of an old friend before she left.
• Chen Changming purchased the Divine Concealment Technique for one hundred thousand medium-grade Spirit Stones.
• When asked if he needed anything else, Chen Changming asked whether the pavilion had Li Fire Ice Marrow Pills.

Chen Changming rented a secure cave dwelling in Immortal Taming City and cultivated the Blood Treasury Clone Art. He successfully stripped a fifth-layer Golden Core Realm clone from his body, though it remained a half-finished product.

• Chen Changming learned that the Seven Treasures Pavilion auctioned low-grade Li Fire Ice Marrow Pills for prices that generally exceeded two million Spirit Stones.
• Chen Changming toured Immortal Taming City with a local guide and rented a Nascent Soul Realm cave dwelling for one year.
• Chen Changming studied the Blood Treasury Clone Art and decided against stripping away all his cultivation, choosing instead to create a fifth-layer Golden Core Realm clone.
• Chen Changming spent three days comprehending the art, then began cultivating it despite the severe pain involved.
• Two months later, Chen Changming produced a small, blurred clone and completed the art's first step.

Chen Changming created a Golden Core clone to infiltrate the Beast Taming Immortal Sect and pursue the Heaven-Locking Spirit-Taming Pact. He dispatched the clone to the sect’s recruitment while remaining nearby to study the Divine Concealment Technique and support it if needed.

• Chen Changming finished creating a clone that resembled him, gave it cultivation techniques, equipment, and Spirit Stones, and assigned it the identity of a Rogue Cultivator from Western Heaven Province.
• Chen Changming refined all his Deathless Flesh Ganoderma, but his body cultivation only reached the peak of the tenth level of the Nascent Soul Realm, leaving him short of Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Changming suspected he would need to cultivate the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art to its fifth great completion to break through to Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Changming traveled toward the Beast Taming Immortal Sect and released his clone a thousand li away from it.
• Chen Changming settled in a nearby mountain cave to study the Divine Concealment Technique while the clone flew to the sect’s mountain, where more than a hundred thousand people had gathered.