Recaps

Chen Changming confronted the Ancient Buddha, who had entered his ninth nirvana while containing a hostile presence inside himself. When the Ancient Buddha trapped them in a sealed array, Chen revealed the Slaughter Demon Sword and attacked, leaving the Ancient Buddha worried he could not hold out.

• The Ancient Buddha explained that his ninth nirvana could be his last and that Cattail Flowers were restraining the black energy inside him.
• Chen Changming said he wanted the Ancient Buddha’s body if he died, provoking the Ancient Buddha to attack him over his connection to the Medicine Sect.
• Chen Changming and the Ancient Buddha fought for an hour without either gaining the upper hand, and their battle exposed golden array patterns beneath the Underground Palace floor.
• The Ancient Buddha used his essence blood to activate a backup array that sealed the Underground Palace and declared that Chen Changming would die with him.
• Chen Changming summoned the Slaughter Demon Sword and revealed that he had obtained the Ancient Demons’ inheritance; the Ancient Buddha realized he could not withstand the sword’s attacks.

Chen Changming defeated Ancient Buddha, but Mo Lihai seized control of Ancient Buddha’s body and damaged the altar to free his own body. Mo Lihai escaped the formation, and Chen Changming allied with Ancient Buddha as the two prepared to face him.

• Chen Changming overwhelmed Ancient Buddha with the Slaughter Demon Sword, and Ancient Buddha revealed the nine Cattail Flowers inside him before admitting defeat.
• Mo Lihai took control of Ancient Buddha, damaged the altar, and tried to free his body; Chen Changming recognized Mo Lihai and learned that his body was about to escape.
• Ancient Buddha warned Chen Changming that Mo Lihai had damaged the formation and proposed that they join forces to suppress him.
• Mo Lihai’s body emerged from the altar and reformed into a burly man, boasting that he was immortal in the Human Realm.
• As the Cattail Flowers attacked Ancient Buddha, Chen Changming used the Spring Return Immortal Art to heal him, astonishing Ancient Buddha with its power.

Chen Changming and Ancient Buddha battled Mo Lihai inside the grand formation, with Chen using the Spring Return Immortal Art to keep Ancient Buddha healed. After a prolonged fight that left all three exhausted, Mo Lihai called for a truce and denied being afraid.

• Chen Changming healed Ancient Buddha with the Spring Return Immortal Art, restoring his body and strengthening his resolve to suppress Mo Lihai.
• Chen Changming and Ancient Buddha attacked Mo Lihai, and Chen's Slaughter Demon Sword wounded Mo Lihai's fist despite his powerful defenses.
• The three fought for three days and nights, with Chen healing Ancient Buddha and restoring his own spiritual power with pills.
• The battle continued for another seven days and then a month, as Mo Lihai remained disadvantaged while Chen and Ancient Buddha kept up the assault.
• Mo Lihai retreated to the edge of the formation and called for a truce, but insisted to Chen Changming that he was not afraid.

Chen Changming and Ancient Buddha used the Demon Spirit Vine to drain Mo Lihai’s vital blood and weaken him inside the grand formation. They restrained him so the vine could pierce his body, but Mo Lihai sacrificed his head and lunged at Chen Changming to possess him with the Demon Planting Art.

• Chen Changming and Ancient Buddha fought Mo Lihai for half a month until Mo Lihai gave up resisting and curled up to defend himself.
• Chen Changming used the Demon Spirit Vine to pierce Mo Lihai and drain more than half his vital blood, revealing that the vine could devour his origin.
• Ancient Buddha recognized the Medicine Sect legacy behind the Demon Spirit Vine and understood how it could finally kill Mo Lihai.
• Mo Lihai battered the nine Cattail Flowers, but Chen Changming and Ancient Buddha attacked him from the front and rear and forced him back.
• Ancient Buddha locked Mo Lihai from behind while Chen Changming restrained his arms, allowing the Demon Spirit Vine to pierce him from every side.
• Mo Lihai sacrificed his head and three drops of vital blood, sending his head into Chen Changming’s chest to attempt possession with the Demon Planting Art.

Chen Changming trapped Mo Lihai inside his dantian and helped the Ancient Buddha defeat the demon's body. After they sealed the Cattail Flowers and the Ancient Buddha opened the formation, the Ancient Buddha died, leaving Chen Changming to continue confronting Mo Lihai's remaining parts.

• Chen Changming let Mo Lihai use the Demon Planting Art, then trapped him inside a Heavenly Toad phantom in his dantian.
• The Ancient Buddha released Mo Lihai's body, and the Demon Spirit Vine devoured it before Chen Changming stored the vine in his Beast Taming Bracelet.
• Chen Changming and the Ancient Buddha weakened and sealed all nine Cattail Flowers, which Chen Changming stored in his Universe Pagoda.
• The Ancient Buddha explained the Ninefold Nirvana Art and said the Heavenly Dao would not let him survive his ninth nirvana.
• The Ancient Buddha activated the backup formation and died as it vanished, and Chen Changming bowed to him.

Chen Changming contracted the Buddha Spirit Gourd and let it absorb the Ancient Buddha’s body before continuing to search the Demonic Cloud Sea Ruins with Yun Xueqi. After the expedition, he returned to his cave abode with several Thousand-Year Blood Crystal Flowers and began cultivating to break through to the second level of Spirit Transformation in body cultivation.

• Chen Changming used the Spirit-Locking Pact to contract the Buddha Spirit Gourd, then watched it root into and absorb the Ancient Buddha’s body.
• Chen Changming searched the Demonic Cloud Sea and found a Thousand-Year Blood Crystal Flower and a Thousand-Year Milk Crystal Flower, then gave the milk crystal flower to Yun Xueqi.
• Chen Changming and Yun Xueqi explored the ruins together for a month, finding enough treasures for Yun Xueqi to obtain three Thousand-Year Milk Crystal Flowers and Chen Changming to obtain three Thousand-Year Blood Crystal Flowers.
• Chen Changming and Yun Xueqi left the ruins and traveled toward Immortal Taming City, where Yun Xueqi returned to the Yun Clan to cultivate in seclusion.
• Chen Changming returned to his cave abode, swallowed a petal from a Thousand-Year Blood Crystal Flower, and circulated the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art to refine its medicinal power.

Chen Changming began refining the Medicine Sect’s Human Origin Great Pills to treat Yuan Jingyang and the other elders’ damaged seas of consciousness. After ten days of preparation and nearly ten more days refining the first batch, the furnace heated dramatically as the pills neared completion.

• Guan Lin told Chen Changming that Yuan Jingyang’s condition had worsened and brought him to Medicine Immortal Hall.
• Yuan Jingyang explained that the Ancient Buddha’s divine sense attack had badly injured him and the other Medicine Sect elders.
• Chen Changming confirmed he could refine supreme-grade Li Fire Ice Marrow Pills, and Yuan Jingyang entrusted him with ten sets of Human Origin Great Pill ingredients.
• Chen Changming studied the recipe for ten days, determined to refine all ten batches without wasting the rare herbs.
• Chen Changming spent nearly ten days refining the first batch, and the furnace glowed red as flames surged from its opening.

Chen Changming refined ten batches of Human Origin Great Pills, healing Yuan Jingyang and sharing the pills with him. After years of cultivation and major breakthroughs, Chen Changming became the subject of Li Zizai’s renewed request to let him cultivate the Spirit-Taming Pact, and He Changkong pointed toward the sect’s mountain range.

• Chen Changming successfully refined a middle-grade Human Origin Great Pill, and Yuan Jingyang praised his work.
• Yuan Jingyang swallowed a pill, healed his injuries, restored his blood vitality, and greatly extended his lifespan.
• Chen Changming refined all ten batches over more than three months, and Yuan Jingyang gave him five bottles while warning him to keep the pills secret.
• Chen Changming returned to his cave abode and cultivated; over the next six years, his Nascent Soul cultivation reached its fifth layer, while his main body advanced to the second layer of Spirit Transformation.
• Li Zizai again asked He Changkong to allow Chen Shan to cultivate the Spirit-Taming Pact, and He Changkong pointed toward the depths of the sect’s mountain range.

Ye Xuanji broke through to Spirit Transformation and attempted to form a pact with the Calamity Beast, while He Changkong and Li Zizai argued over whether Chen Shan would get a chance if he failed. Ye Xuanji’s Heaven Locks met fierce resistance, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• He Changkong told Li Zizai that Ye Xuanji was undergoing tribulation and would try to pact with the Calamity Beast after breaking through.
• Li Zizai reminded He Changkong that Chen Shan could try if Ye Xuanji failed, and He Changkong agreed to honor his word.
• Ye Xuanji survived the ordinary and blood-red heavenly tribulations and arrived at the Sect Master Hall as a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• He Changkong and Li Zizai took Ye Xuanji to the Underground Palace, where Ye Xuanji began using the Spirit-Taming Pact on Little Four.
• Little Four resisted Ye Xuanji’s nine purple Heaven Locks, and Ye Xuanji’s expression twisted under the strain.

Ye Xuanji failed to contract the Calamity Beast, so Li Zizai brought Chen Shan to try instead. Chen Shan revealed the Heavenly Fox King, and Little Four realized that Chen Shan was the avatar of the person who had already contracted the Demon Kings.

• Ye Xuanji’s nine Heavenly Locks shattered, forcing him to abandon his contract attempt and promise to try again after advancing his cultivation.
• Li Zizai persuaded He Changkong to let Chen Shan attempt the contract, then hurried to bring him from the Ten Thousand Beast Garden.
• Chen Changming arrived in the Underground Palace and faced Ye Xuanji’s mockery before approaching Little Four’s cage.
• Chen Changming released the Heavenly Fox King, who secretly told Little Four that Chen Shan’s avatar had contracted the Demon Kings from Wuyuan Island.
• Little Four recognized Chen Shan as that avatar, while Ye Xuanji questioned the secret exchange between the Heavenly Fox King and the Calamity Beast.

Chen Changming used the Spirit-Locking Pact to contract the Calamity Beast, Little Four, despite Ye Xuanji and He Changkong trying to stop him. Little Four escaped the Demon Suppression Cage and greeted Chen Changming as its master, while the seven Demon Kings of Wuyuan Island regained their freedom.

• The Heavenly Fox King told Little Four that cooperating with the pact was the way out, then relayed Little Four’s agreement to Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming cast a massive Golden Heaven Lock that entered Little Four, astonishing Ye Xuanji and the elders.
• He Changkong tried to stop Chen Changming, but Li Zizai confronted him and defended Chen Changming’s right to continue.
• Ye Xuanji claimed the Calamity Beast for himself and demanded He Changkong’s answer, but the Golden Heaven Lock vanished and the Demon Suppression Cage dissolved.
• Little Four escaped after Chen Changming successfully contracted it, and the seven Demon Kings of Wuyuan Island regained their freedom.
• Little Four greeted Chen Changming as its master while Ye Xuanji angrily pointed out that Chen Shan had contracted the Calamity Beast.

Chen Changming contracted the Calamity Beast, but He Changkong dismissed the achievement as a reason to let him learn the Spirit-Taming Pact. Chen Changming decided to stay undercover and rely on Li Zizai for a chance to learn it later.

• Ye Xuanji accused Chen Shan of cheating, but Li Zizai defended Chen Shan’s contracts with the Heavenly Fox King and the Calamity Beast.
• Little Four claimed that Chen Shan had contracted nine eleventh-level Demon Kings, but He Changkong secretly suppressed it and ordered Chen Shan to put away his Beasts.
• Li Zizai asked He Changkong to let Chen Shan cultivate the Spirit-Taming Pact, but He Changkong refused and said the Spirit-Locking Pact was enough.
• Li Zizai left the Underground Palace with Chen Changming, while He Changkong took Ye Xuanji away.
• Chen Changming resolved to remain undercover to seek the Spirit-Taming Pact, and Li Zizai urged him to reach Spirit Transformation before challenging He Changkong again.

Li Zizai gave Chen Changming a powerful life-saving talisman while He Changkong secretly plotted to kill him and reclaim the Calamity Beast through Ye Xuanji’s family. The Beast Taming Immortal Sect then sent its core disciples to Flame Mountain, and Li Zizai suspected the mission was a trap aimed at Chen Shan.

• Li Zizai gave Chen Changming a jade talisman that could withstand attacks from powerful Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators and promised to come to his aid.
• Chen Changming returned to the Ten Thousand Beast Garden and wondered whether absorbing a mysterious substance in the Immortal Pool had accelerated his cultivation.
• Ye Xuanji complained to He Changkong about losing the Calamity Beast, and He Changkong suggested arranging for Ye Xuanji’s family to kill Chen Shan and reclaim it.
• He Changkong planned to send the disciples to Flame Mountain so Ye Xuanji’s family could attack Chen Shan during the mission.
• Three days later Ye Xuanji returned from his family, and the sect issued the Flame Mountain mission the next day.
• Li Zizai suspected the mission was timed to target Chen Shan and vowed that no one would harm him.

Chen Changming joined the mission to Flame Mountain, but after Thirteen Peaks rejected him, he rode the Calamity Beast openly toward Spirit Cloud Commandery alone. He Changkong’s plan to have the Ye Family assassinate Chen Shan was underway, while Ye Xuanji learned that Chen Shan had flaunted the Beast before the sect and was enraged.

• Liu Qingwu told Chen Changming that core disciples and prodigies were heading to Flame Mountain to eradicate the fire demons, and he agreed to join her Thirteen Peaks team.
• Thirteen Peaks disciples and a Spirit Transformation elder rejected Chen Changming, so he accepted the elder’s challenge to travel alone and departed on Little Four, the Calamity Beast.
• Chen Changming rode Little Four openly through the sect so everyone would know he had contracted the Beast, while a Thirteen Peaks elder reported the sighting to He Changkong.
• He Changkong kept to his plan for Ye Family Spirit Transformation experts to assassinate Chen Shan at Flame Mountain, and the sect’s Immortal Boats set out for Spirit Cloud Commandery.
• Ye Xuanji received word that Chen Shan had ridden the Calamity Beast toward Spirit Cloud Commandery and grew furious at the public humiliation.

Chen Changming accepted an impossible Flame Mountain mission after the sect isolated him, then led his nine Demon Kings into the mountain. Three spirit transformation cultivators arrived to attack him, and he recognized them as Ye Xuanji’s men.

• Chen Changming arrived at Flame Mountain with Little Four and revealed that his true body had reached the second layer of the spirit transformation realm.
• Liu Qingwu tried to team up with Chen Changming, but a Thirteen Peaks elder ordered her back and assigned Chen Changming a quota of five hundred tenth-tier fire demons and three eleventh-tier fire Demon Kings.
• Chen Changming accepted the mission and entered Flame Mountain with Little Four, summoning his nine Demon Kings to clear out fire demons and collect their corpses.
• Three third-layer spirit transformation cultivators appeared and used the laws of heaven and earth to pin Chen Changming and the nine Demon Kings in place.
• Chen Changming asked whether Ye Xuanji had sent the three cultivators.

Chen Changming’s true body killed three Ye Family cultivators who attacked him, and he led the Demon Kings deeper into Flame Mountain in search of stronger fire demons. Meanwhile, Ye Xuanji learned the Ye elders had died and arranged a joint Ye and Lin Family force to pursue Chen Shan; the chapter left Chen Changming approaching a level-twelve Demon King’s territory.

• Chen Changming’s masked true body destroyed the White-Robed Men’s attack and killed all three, then collected their Storage Rings.
• Chen Changming led the nine Demon Kings deeper into Flame Mountain, where they killed level-ten fire demons and one level-eleven Fire Demon King.
• Ye Xuanji discovered that the Ye Family elders’ soul lamps had gone out and concluded someone alongside Chen Shan had killed them.
• Ye Xuanji and his father arranged for Ye and Lin Family Spirit Transformation elders to join forces and attack Chen Shan.
• Little Four sensed a level-twelve Demon King, then led Chen Changming and the other Demon Kings to a gorge with a broad river of magma.

Chen Changming investigated the Fire Demon Kings gathered beside a lava river and discovered a living Fire Ancient God emerging from its depths. The Fire Ancient God’s presence left Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie stunned, while Little Four sensed something tempting about him but could not explain what it was.

• Chen Changming found numerous Fire Demon Kings gathered reverently along the lava river and suspected a powerful creature was hidden beneath it.
• Chen Changming stored the weaker Demon Kings and his avatar, then brought his true body to observe the river with Little Four.
• A massive vortex formed in the lava, and a crimson-armored man emerged with an eighth-layer Spirit Transformation aura.
• Chen Changming summoned Gu Tianxie, who identified the mysterious man as a living Fire Ancient God.
• Little Four said something about the Fire Ancient God made its mouth water, though it denied wanting to eat him and could not explain the feeling.
• The Fire Ancient God opened his eyes and smiled faintly as he emerged from the vortex.

Chen Changming encountered the living Fire Ancient God in Flame Mountain and fought him after the god tried to kill him. Their first clash revealed that the Fire Ancient God was a formidable opponent, and Chen Changming launched his strongest punch as the battle began.

• The Fire Ancient God tore apart a level-twelve fire Demon King and swallowed its demon core while Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie watched from the forest.
• Chen Changming identified the place as Flame Mountain, and Gu Tianxie suspected the Fire Ancient God was still alive.
• The Fire Ancient God spotted Chen Changming and Little Four, recognized Gu Tianxie’s body as an Ice Ancient God, and declared that Chen Changming had to die for witnessing his emergence.
• Chen Changming sent Gu Tianxie into the Universe Pagoda and struck the Fire Ancient God with a tenfold-force punch, injuring his hand before the god regenerated it with flames.
• The Fire Ancient God attacked Chen Changming with a fire-wreathed punch, and Chen Changming activated the Indestructible Demonic Heart and countered with his strongest punch.

Chen Changming fought the Fire Ancient God, whose unfamiliarity with the Slaughter Demon Sword led him to suspect that someone else possessed the god’s body. Little Four confirmed a ghost was inside and weakened it, allowing Chen Changming to land a deep sword wound as the battle continued.

• Chen Changming and the Fire Ancient God traded powerful blows, and Chen Changming healed his injuries with the Spring Return Immortal Art.
• Chen Changming drew the Slaughter Demon Sword, while the Fire Ancient God summoned the fire Demon Kings to help attack him.
• Chen Changming repelled the Demon Kings and wounded the Fire Ancient God, who spat crimson flames at him before retreating to heal his arms.
• Little Four sensed a ghost inside the Fire Ancient God and used four-colored radiance to pressure it, then urged Chen Changming to injure the host.
• Chen Changming seized the opening and drove the Slaughter Demon Sword through the Fire Ancient God’s armor and into his chest.

Chen Changming pulled Ten Thousand Ghosts True Person out of the Fire Ancient God's corpse, learned about a palace beneath the lava river, and explored it. The palace mural revealed a conflict between the Fire and Water Ancient God clans, while Chen Changming remained unsure whether it held any connection to Mo Lihai.

• Little Four extracted the ninth-level ghost cultivator Ten Thousand Ghosts True Person from the Fire Ancient God's body, and Chen Changming ordered Little Four to devour him.
• Chen Changming stored Little Four and the Fire Ancient God's corpse, killed two level-eleven fire Demon Kings for his clone, and entered the magma river.
• Chen Changming found a dilapidated palace beneath the magma and saw murals depicting Fire Ancient Gods living at Flame Mountain.
• Chen Changming found a mural of Fire Ancient Gods battling humans surrounded by waves and summoned Gu Tianxie to identify them as Water Ancient Gods.
• Gu Tianxie confirmed that the water and fire branches of the Ancient God Clan often fought, and Chen Changming asked whether the lake in the mural was their home.

Chen Changming learned more about the Fire Ancient God and the Water Ancient Gods before encountering five Ye Family cultivators in the underground palace. He killed them all with one full-strength strike and remained in the palace after the ambush.

• Gu Linglong identified the mural as the Fire Ancient God attacking the Water Ancient Gods’ holy land, Cloud Dream Lake, and Chen Changming promised to help her visit it if he found it.
• Gu Tianxie determined that the Fire Ancient God had both fire and dark attributes, allowing Ten Thousand Ghosts True Person to inhabit the body and use its Fire-Type Divine Arts.
• Chen Changming returned Gu Tianxie and Gu Linglong to the Universe Pagoda, stored the Fire Ancient God’s body, and prepared to leave the underground palace.
• Five Ye Family Spirit Transformation experts entered and questioned Chen Changming about the battle outside; he recognized Ye Xuan among them.
• Chen Changming attacked the five with teleportation and tenfold strength, shattering their protective Spirit Treasures and killing them in a single blow.

Chen Changming returned from Flame Mountain after completing his mission, while Ye Xuanji discovered that the forces sent to kill him had been wiped out. The chapter ended with Ye Xuanji and He Changkong suspecting that Li Zizai had protected Chen Changming.

• Chen Changming left Flame Mountain, summoned his clone near Immortal Taming City, and sent it to the Beast Taming Immortal Sect to turn in the Fire Demon mission.
• Chen Changming told Elder Li that he had contracted the Calamity Beast using the Spirit-Locking Pact, then returned to the Ten Thousand Beast Garden to cultivate.
• A Deacon Hall elder reported Chen Changming's return and Calamity Beast contract to He Changkong, who wondered whether Ye Xuanji's people had failed to act in time.
• Ye Xuanji told He Changkong that two groups of Ye Family and Lin Family experts had been killed in Flame Mountain.
• He Changkong and Ye Xuanji suspected that Li Zizai had been protecting Chen Changming.

He Changkong and Ye Xuanji plotted to expel Chen Shan by accusing him of leaking the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s secret about the Calamity Beast. When the sect master summoned Chen Shan, Chen Changming dissolved his contract with Little Four so he could claim the beast had escaped to Flame Mountain.

• Ye Xuanji blamed Li Zizai for protecting Chen Shan, and He Changkong proposed expelling Chen Shan on a charge of leaking sect secrets.
• He Changkong explained that Chen Shan had exposed the Calamity Beast by riding it out of the sect, and Ye Xuanji agreed with the plan to strip him of his core disciple status.
• He Changkong summoned the peak masters and core elders, who supported expelling Chen Shan and reclaiming the Calamity Beast.
• He Changkong sent an elder to summon Chen Shan from Ten Thousand Beast Garden.
• Chen Changming suspected He Changkong was plotting against him and forcibly dissolved his contract with Little Four so he could claim it had escaped to Flame Mountain.

He Changkong expelled Chen Changming from the Beast Taming Immortal Sect and barred him from contacting its members, then secretly ordered three Peak Masters to seize the Calamity Beast outside the sect. Li Zizai stopped their attack and confronted He Changkong, who defended his actions as serving the sect.

• He Changkong accused Chen Changming of exposing the sect’s secret by riding the Calamity Beast and expelled him from the sect.
• The Thirteenth Peak Master and law enforcement disciples prevented Chen Changming from seeing Li Zizai or Guan Lin, so he left for Immortal Taming City.
• He Changkong approved the First, Seventh, and Thirteenth Peak Masters’ plan to reclaim the Calamity Beast outside the sect’s territory.
• The three Peak Masters caught up with Chen Changming and attacked him, but his life-saving jade talisman shielded him.
• Li Zizai arrived and blocked the attack, then challenged the Peak Masters for trying to kill Chen Changming.
• He Changkong appeared with the other Peak Masters and elders and told Li Zizai that Chen Changming deserved punishment for exposing the sect’s secrets.

Li Zizai forced He Changkong to withdraw Chen Changming’s expulsion and protect him during three months of confinement, but He Changkong continued plotting to seize the Calamity Beast. Yuan Jingyang then threatened to cut off Medicine Immortal Valley’s pill trade if Chen Changming was harmed, while He Changkong set out to recruit two reclusive elders to help carry out his plan.

• Li Zizai confronted He Changkong and made him choose between withdrawing Chen Changming’s expulsion or expelling Li Zizai as well.
• He Changkong withdrew the expulsion order but required Chen Changming to remain in seclusion for three months, and Li Zizai gave him three powerful life-saving jade talismans.
• He Changkong told the peak masters and elders that he planned to persuade Divine Light and Divine River to keep Li Zizai occupied so they could kill Chen Changming and take his Calamity Beast.
• Yuan Jingyang confronted He Changkong and threatened to end Medicine Immortal Valley’s pill transactions with the sect if anyone harmed Chen Changming.
• He Changkong left to seek the two reclusive elders and ordered the others to prepare to act once he succeeded.