Recaps

Qin Changtian divorced Luo Lan, then severed Chen Changming’s Demon Spirit Vine, prompting Chen to vow revenge. The vine rejoined itself, while Qin and Huang Zhenzhen discussed killing Chen and awaited Huang’s father’s inspection of Lingxiao Sect.

• Qin Changtian mocked Chen Changming’s Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root and accused Luo Lan of being entangled with Chen.
• Qin Changtian gave Luo Lan a divorce letter and cut Chen Changming’s Demon Spirit Vine in half.
• Chen Changming resolved to cultivate until Foundation Establishment before killing Qin Changtian, while Luo Lan left to seek more Foundation Establishment Pills for him.
• Chen Changming discovered that the Demon Spirit Vine could reattach its severed halves.
• Qin Changtian told Huang Zhenzhen that he had divorced Luo Lan, and they discussed killing Chen Changming before Huang’s father arrived to inspect Lingxiao Sect.

Qin Changtian agreed to Huang Zhenzhen’s plan to kill Luo Lan, while Chen Changming left Lingxiao Sect to hunt Demonic Beasts in Cloud Mist Mountain. The chapter ended as Chen Changming attacked a Lightning Tiger with his body-forging strength.

• Huang Zhenzhen persuaded Qin Changtian to spare Chen Changming and take care of Luo Lan, and Qin Changtian agreed.
• Chen Changming finished practicing the third layer of the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art and decided to hunt Demonic Beasts for money.
• Chen Changming disguised himself, sneaked out of Lingxiao Sect, and traveled to Cloud Mist Mountain.
• Chen Changming reached the mountain’s depths and found a Level 2 high-tier Lightning Tiger eating a Green Spirit Deer.
• The Lightning Tiger blocked Chen Changming’s Spirit Finger Flick with lightning, so Chen Changming charged at it and raised his fist to strike.

Chen Changming killed a Lightning Tiger, then hunted an Iron-Thread Mantis in Cloud Mist Mountain to avoid leaving evidence of his trip. After defeating and killing the mantis, he was struck by a mysterious silver light that burrowed into his arm.

• Chen Changming killed a Level 2 Lightning Tiger with a single punch and concealed his aura before continuing through Cloud Mist Mountain.
• Chen Changming spotted a pack of Iron-Armored Wolves and hid until they passed without noticing him.
• Chen Changming found a Level 3 Iron-Thread Mantis eating a Lightning Tiger and decided to attack it rather than risk letting it escape.
• Chen Changming ambushed the Iron-Thread Mantis and overwhelmed it with a rapid series of punches before severing its head with the Purple Lightning Sword.
• A faint silver light flew from the Iron-Thread Mantis into Chen Changming's arm, causing sharp pain and making him drop his sword.

Chen Changming captured and killed a silver threadlike worm that had burrowed into his arm, then recovered and headed to Lingyun City to sell Beast carcasses and ask about the Foundation Establishment Pill. At the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, a White-Clad Woman thought the disguised Body Cultivator looked familiar.

• After the Iron-Thread Mantis died, an unknown worm burrowed into Chen Changming's arm, and he escaped Cloud Mist Mountain while injured.
• Chen Changming used the Heavenly Furnace's purple flames to draw the worm out, then cut it into pieces and stored them separately after they stopped moving.
• Chen Changming slept for a day and night, fed Beast meat to the Demon Spirit Vine, and checked the Spirit Rice fields.
• Chen Changming disguised himself as an ugly, rough-looking Body Cultivator and traveled to Lingyun City to sell Beast carcasses and ask about the Foundation Establishment Pill.
• A young attendant welcomed Chen Changming into the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, while a White-Clad Woman wondered why he seemed familiar.

Chen Changming sold two Beasts at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, then revealed three silver fragments that revived as a Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect and attacked Shopkeeper Li. The White-Clad Woman rushed in and shielded Shopkeeper Li with a golden barrier, while Chen Changming recognized her and felt uneasy.

• The White-Clad Woman discussed Chen Changming’s cultivation with Shopkeeper Li and ordered him to inspect the Beasts Chen Changming had hunted.
• Chen Changming sold a Variegated Fierce Tiger for five thousand Spirit Stones and an Iron-Thread Mantis for eight thousand.
• Chen Changming brought out three silver fragments, and the White-Clad Woman recognized them as a Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect.
• The fragments rejoined and shot into Shopkeeper Li’s chest, leaving him writhing in agony.
• The White-Clad Woman rushed into the room and used a talisman to surround Shopkeeper Li with a golden barrier, while Chen Changming recognized her and grew uneasy.

Chen Changming sold the live Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect to the White-Clad Woman, but it escaped and attacked her before fleeing Lingyun City. The insect then ambushed Chen Changming on the mountain path, where he captured it alive and hurried away to study it.

• Chen Changming convinced the White-Clad Woman that he did not recognize the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect and sold it to her for ten thousand Spirit Stones.
• The Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect broke through the Golden Light Talisman's barrier and burrowed into the White-Clad Woman's palm, so she severed her right arm to survive.
• The insect escaped through a window, and the White-Clad Woman reattached her arm and treated the wound.
• After leaving Lingyun City, Chen Changming was attacked from behind by the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect and trapped it inside his body.
• Chen Changming pulled the insect out alive, decided to study it as a potential spirit pet, and fled along the mountain path.

Chen Changming repeatedly burned the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect until the Contract Technique finally bound it, then fed it a Lightning Tiger to recover. He realized the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion’s young lady might trace Senior Sister’s sale of Spirit Rice back to Lingxiao Sect, but reasoned that his old identity was unlikely to attract notice.

• Chen Changming tried to contract the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect, but the first attempt failed.
• Chen Changming scorched the insect with purple flames and repeatedly tried the Contract Technique until it weakened enough for the contract to succeed.
• Chen Changming fed the contracted insect a Lightning Tiger so it could regain its strength.
• Chen Changming worried that the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion’s young lady might connect Senior Sister’s sale of two hundred thousand jin of medium-grade Spirit Rice to Lingxiao Sect.
• Chen Changming concluded that few would suspect him, since decades had passed and others would assume the low-level cultivator from the collapsed Ziyuan Secret Realm had died.

Chen Changming learned that the medium-grade Spirit Rice had not been sold, then accompanied Luo Lan to greet Xiaguang Sect Deputy Sect Master Huang Tianqi. Huang Tianqi arrived and accused Luo Lan of a crime, leaving the Lingxiao Sect facing a new confrontation.

• Chen Changming fed the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect, hid it in his sleeve, and put the Demon Spirit Vine into his Beast Taming Bracelet before leaving his courtyard.
• Chen Changming asked Luo Lan about the medium-grade Spirit Rice, and she said the new Sect Master had ordered it kept for the Xiaguang Sect.
• Luo Lan told Chen Changming that Xiaguang Sect Deputy Sect Master Huang Tianqi was visiting and warned him not to force Foundation Establishment without enough pills.
• Chen Changming and Luo Lan went to Lingxiao Peak, where Huang Zhenzhen and Qin Changtian emerged from the Sect Master Hall.
• Huang Tianqi arrived on a flying sword, embraced Huang Zhenzhen, and revealed that he intended to remove Lingxiao Sect's remaining senior figures.
• Huang Tianqi confronted Luo Lan and demanded to know whether she knew her crime.

Huang Zhenzhen and Huang Tianqi framed Luo Lan for embezzlement, forced her to surrender Chen Changming’s Foundation Establishment Pill, and exiled her to mine at Seven Paths Ridge. Chen Changming agreed to work for Xiaguang Sect but planned to stay long enough to take revenge on Huang Zhenzhen and Qin Changtian.

• Huang Zhenzhen accused Luo Lan of embezzling sect resources, and Huang Tianqi threatened to kill her.
• Lingxiao Sect’s inner disciples, including Chen Changming, knelt and begged Huang Tianqi to spare Luo Lan, so he sentenced her to twenty years of mining at Seven Paths Ridge instead.
• Chen Changming handed over the Foundation Establishment Pill, which Huang Zhenzhen claimed, and Huang Tianqi sealed Luo Lan’s cultivation before sending her away with a Xiaguang Sect cultivator.
• Huang Zhenzhen gave Huang Tianqi two hundred thousand jin of Spirit Rice grown by Chen Changming, and Huang Tianqi ordered Chen Changming to work Xiaguang Sect’s spirit fields.
• Chen Changming persuaded Huang Tianqi to let him finish planting at Lingxiao Sect before leaving in half a month, while secretly planning to kill Huang Zhenzhen and Qin Changtian.

Chen Changming decided to flee Lingxiao Sect after seeing how it treated his Senior Sister, but first planned to assassinate Huang Zhenzhen, Qin Changtian, and the other Xiaguang Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators. On a stormy night, he killed the guard outside the Sect Master Hall and sent the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect inside, where he chose Huang Zhenzhen as his first target.

• Huang Tianqi left after seeing Huang Zhenzhen and Qin Changtian together, and Huang Zhenzhen kept Chen Changming’s Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Chen Changming returned to the Spirit Rice fields, decided he could not stay in Lingxiao Sect, and planned to kill Huang Zhenzhen, Qin Changtian, and the other Xiaguang Sect cultivators before fleeing.
• Chen Changming disguised himself and slipped through the rain toward the Sect Master Hall, where he killed its Foundation Establishment guard with the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect.
• Chen Changming sent the insect through a crack into the hall and used its senses to see Huang Zhenzhen and Qin Changtian together.
• Chen Changming chose to kill Huang Zhenzhen first.

Chen Changming used the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect to assassinate Huang Zhenzhen and Qin Changtian, then continued targeting Xiaguang Sect’s Foundation Establishment cultivators. After killing nine weaker cultivators, he set out to ambush the sixth-level expert at Gengjin Peak.

• Chen Changming ordered the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect to kill Huang Zhenzhen, then ambush Qin Changtian, and both died in the Sect Master Hall.
• Chen Changming decided not to take their Storage Rings so the deaths would look like the work of a Beast and keep Senior Sister safe from suspicion.
• Chen Changming and the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect killed all nine Xiaguang Sect cultivators below the fifth level of Foundation Establishment.
• Chen Changming learned that the sixth-level cultivator was alone on Gengjin Peak and the three fifth-level cultivators were together on Skyfire Peak.
• Chen Changming traveled to Gengjin Peak and sent the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect toward the sixth-level cultivator’s cave dwelling.

Chen Changming and the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect used coordinated ambushes to kill Xiaguang Sect’s Foundation Establishment cultivators at Lingxiao Sect. After leaving in the rain, Chen Changming was gone by morning, when an outer sect disciple found a Foundation Establishment cultivator dead outside the Sect Master Hall.

• Chen Changming lured a cautious sixth-level Foundation Establishment cultivator out of his array, allowing the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect to kill him at Gengjin Peak.
• Chen Changming and the insect continued killing Xiaguang Sect’s Foundation Establishment cultivators throughout the night.
• At Skyfire Peak, the insect killed a fifth-level cultivator and then attacked one of the two men who came to investigate.
• Chen Changming shattered the burly survivor’s golden barrier and the insect killed him before he could report the deaths.
• After the insect finished eating the three men’s hearts, Chen Changming left Lingxiao Sect in the rain.
• The next morning, an outer sect disciple found a first-level Foundation Establishment cultivator dead outside the Sect Master Hall and stared toward the hall in alarm.

Zhao Yishan and Senior Brother Sun discovered that the Lingxiao Sect’s leaders and Foundation Establishment cultivators had all died mysteriously. Fearing the same ominous force would target the remaining disciples, they fled and sparked a mass evacuation that left the sect deserted.

• Zhao Yishan found Elder Li dead in the Law Enforcement Hall and told Senior Brother Sun that the Sect Master Hall was silent.
• Senior Brother Sun opened the Sect Master Hall and found Huang Zhenzhen and Qin Changtian dead, then learned the deaths showed no visible wounds or blood.
• Senior Brother Sun sent Zhao Yishan to check the other peaks, where he found that every Foundation Establishment elder had died the same way.
• Senior Brother Sun warned Zhao Yishan that the ominous force might target Qi Refining cultivators next, and the two fled while urging other disciples to leave.
• More than a thousand Lingxiao Sect disciples fled, leaving the sect empty within half a day.

Liu Ruyan arrived at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, sidelined Liu Qingwu, and investigated the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect’s attack on Lingxiao Sect. After joining forces with Xiaguang Sect to identify the culprit, she helped launch a kingdom-wide search while Chen Changming hid in Cloud Mist Mountain.

• Liu Ruyan told Liu Qingwu that she had been removed from her post and should leave to venture around, then appointed Shopkeeper Wang to oversee the Lingyun City pavilion.
• Liu Ruyan investigated Shopkeeper Li’s death and learned that Foundation Establishment cultivators at Lingxiao Sect had also been killed with their hearts missing.
• Liu Ruyan searched Lingxiao Sect and the surrounding area for the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect, then ordered Shopkeeper Wang to gather more information.
• Huang Tianqi arrived at Lingxiao Sect, and Liu Ruyan told him that a male Body Cultivator had released the insect and provided a portrait of the suspected culprit.
• Xiaguang Sect posted reward notices across the Yue Kingdom and neighboring kingdoms while Chen Changming cultivated in a remote cave in Cloud Mist Mountain.

Chen Changming went to Lingyun City in disguise to learn what had happened after the attack on Lingxiao Sect. He discovered that Xiaguang Sect had issued a bounty for him and abandoned Lingxiao Sect, then encountered a familiar face at a marketplace stall.

• Chen Changming disguised himself, concealed his cultivation, and reached Lingyun City after seven days in hiding.
• At the city gate, Chen Changming saw Xiaguang Sect's bounty notice offering ten thousand Spirit Stones for information about him.
• Chen Changming listened at a tavern and learned that the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insects had killed cultivators at both the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion and Lingxiao Sect, prompting Xiaguang Sect to issue the bounty.
• Chen Changming learned that Xiaguang Sect had stripped Lingxiao Sect of its valuables and that the sect's disciples had fled, then bought a Foundation Establishment version of the Evergreen Art from a former fellow disciple.
• Chen Changming continued through the marketplace, recognized several Lingxiao Sect disciples, and suddenly stopped at a stall.

Chen Changming bought an incomplete Yue Kingdom map, returned to Cloud Mist Mountain, and killed Qingxiao Sect disciples who had occupied his cave. He then watched a wounded figure pursued by a swarm of third-level Blood Spirit Bats crash near his cave.

• Chen Changming bought a tattered map of the Yue Kingdom from a stallkeeper for nine Spirit Stones and left Lingyun City for Cloud Mist Mountain.
• Chen Changming found five or six Qingxiao Sect disciples occupying his cave and killed them with Spirit Finger Flicks.
• Chen Changming collected the disciples' belongings, found Fireball Art among their spells, and cleaned the cave.
• Chen Changming heard a battle approaching from deep within Cloud Mist Mountain and concealed his aura.
• Chen Changming saw a wounded white figure pursued by a swarm of Blood Spirit Bats crash near his cave.

Chen Changming found the gravely wounded young lady of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion after she defeated a swarm of Blood Spirit Bats, then carried her to a cave and waited for her to recover. He collected some of the bats’ corpses and, as dawn came, Liu Qingwu woke and saw him beside the fire.

• Chen Changming watched the woman in white defeat the Blood Spirit Bats before collapsing, then recognized her as the young lady of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
• Chen Changming decided to help the unconscious young lady, carried her to his cave, and gathered the Blood Spirit Bat corpses, keeping one Storage Bag and leaving the other for her.
• Chen Changming stayed by the fire through the night, and Liu Qingwu briefly woke and asked where she was before falling asleep again.
• After the medicine helped her recover somewhat, Liu Qingwu woke again and opened her eyes to see Chen Changming.

Chen Changming received two Foundation Establishment Pills and the Blood Spirit Bat corpses from the grateful Liu Qingwu, then waited until she recovered before they parted ways. After making sure she had not followed him, he disguised himself and set out toward Seven Paths Ridge to rescue his Senior Sister.

• Liu Qingwu used a Spirit Gathering Pill to regain enough spiritual power to open her Storage Ring, then gave Chen Changming two Foundation Establishment Pills as thanks for saving her.
• Liu Qingwu let Chen Changming keep the Blood Spirit Bat corpses and swore a Dao oath that she would not harm him after recovering.
• Chen Changming cared for Liu Qingwu and practiced the Fireball Art while she recovered over the next seven days.
• Liu Qingwu and Chen Changming left Cloud Mist Mountain together, then parted ways and traveled in opposite directions.
• Chen Changming checked that Liu Qingwu had not followed him, washed away his scent, changed his appearance, and began planning his journey to Seven Paths Ridge to rescue his Senior Sister.

Chen Changming reached Seven Paths Ridge and used the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect to scout Xiaguang Sect’s mine. The insect entered the mine and revealed that Luo Lan was being forced to work there.

• Chen Changming observed Foundation Establishment cultivators flying to and from Seven Paths Ridge and concluded that Chu Kingdom’s sects had occupied its seven Spirit Stone Mines.
• Chen Changming sent the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect to find Xiaguang Sect’s mine and locate Senior Sister.
• The insect reached the First Path Ridge, where Chen Changming saw guards and heard that Deputy Sect Master Huang Tianqi was searching for his daughter’s killer.
• Chen Changming learned that Xiaguang Sect had Spirit Vein Chambers and sent the insect deeper into the cave.
• The insect followed a tunnel into the mine and heard a man whip Luo Lan and order the Foundation Establishment cultivator to work faster.

Chen Changming used the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect to scout the Xiaguang Sect’s Spirit Stone Mine and discovered Luo Lan suffering there. After the insect entered the Spirit Vein, Huang Tianqi spotted it and pursued it into the depths.

• Chen Changming watched Luo Lan toil in the mine and saw the Xiaguang Sect overseers drive the starving miners to work and eat dust-covered buns.
• Chen Changming sent the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect through another tunnel and found the Spirit Vein and its nine cultivation chambers.
• Huang Tianqi emerged from a chamber, spotted the insect, and attacked it with a hand of magical power.
• Chen Changming ordered the insect to flee into the Spirit Vein, and Huang Tianqi followed it inside behind a golden defensive barrier.
• The insect raced deeper into the Spirit Vein as the increasing pressure threatened to shatter Huang Tianqi’s barrier.

After Huang Tianqi drove the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect into the Spirit Vein, Chen Changming devised a way to reach Xiaguang Sect’s mine and rescue his Senior Sister. He dug a concealed tunnel toward the mining area as Huang Tianqi eventually abandoned his vigil to pursue a breakthrough.

• Huang Tianqi’s defensive barrier shattered in the Spirit Vein, so he used a jade pendant to escape and waited outside for the insect to emerge.
• Chen Changming realized he could use his mental connection with the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect to map a route from his hiding place to the mine.
• Chen Changming sent the insect on repeated underground trips until it found a safe route to the mine without alerting Xiaguang Sect’s Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Chen Changming began digging a hidden tunnel, compressing the soil and rock aside and disguising the entrance with grass.
• After half a month, Chen Changming’s tunnel reached the vicinity of the mining area, while Huang Tianqi gave up waiting and returned to seek a breakthrough.

Chen Changming reunited with the Spirit-Devouring Insect, learned it had reached Level 5 and gained a powerful Spirit Energy Storm ability, then used it to support his plan to rescue Senior Sister. He freed Luo Lan from the mine and brought her out into the mountains, where she did not recognize his ordinary-looking face.

• The Spirit-Devouring Insect found Chen Changming in his tunnel and told him the Demon Spirit Tree had died protecting it, and that it had advanced to Level 5.
• Chen Changming learned the insect could trigger a devastating Spirit Energy Storm inside a Spirit Vein and continued digging toward the mine.
• The Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect scouted the Spirit Vein Chamber, and Chen Changming broke through into the mine after reaching the rock behind it.
• Chen Changming killed the Xiaguang Sect disciples and the miners with his Spirit Finger Flick, then grabbed Luo Lan and led her into the tunnel.
• Chen Changming and Luo Lan emerged from the grass in the dark mountains, where Luo Lan asked who he was because she did not recognize his face.

Chen Changming rescued Luo Lan from the mine at Seven Paths Ridge and fled before the Spirit-Devouring Insect detonated the spirit vein. The blast destroyed First Path Ridge and killed Xiaguang Sect’s leaders, while another explosion began beneath Third Mountain Ridge.

• Chen Changming revealed himself to Luo Lan, who recognized him and chose not to question his secrets.
• Chen Changming confirmed the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect had returned, carried Luo Lan on his back, and escaped hundreds of miles.
• The Spirit-Devouring Insect unleashed a Spirit Energy Storm that destroyed First Path Ridge and killed Huang Tianqi and Xiaguang Sect’s other high-ranking cultivators.
• Foundation Establishment cultivators from the other sects gathered above the ruins, and their sect masters ordered investigations while warning them to avoid entering the unstable spirit vein.
• A thunderous crash beneath Third Mountain Ridge caused the mountain to collapse and sent another wave of force skyward.

Chen Changming escaped toward the Chu Kingdom with Luo Lan as the Spirit-Devouring Insect destroyed all seven spirit veins at Seven Paths Ridge. He brought Luo Lan to Donglai City to recover and hide, then asked whether her bodily restriction could be removed.

• The Spirit-Devouring Insect caused the remaining six spirit veins at Seven Paths Ridge to explode, leaving the cultivators from the Chu Kingdom's sects devastated.
• Chen Changming learned that the Spirit-Devouring Insect had been born at Seven Paths Ridge and destroyed the veins out of revenge; he also discovered it could consume a mysterious aura and produce white energy.
• Chen Changming continued fleeing with the unconscious Luo Lan and reached a forest near Donglai City by daybreak.
• After Luo Lan woke, Chen Changming told her the Lingxiao Sect had fallen, and she accepted that they could not return to the Yue Kingdom.
• Chen Changming bought Luo Lan clothes and a carriage, then rented a secluded courtyard in Donglai City for three years so she could recover.
• Chen Changming asked Luo Lan whether there was a way to remove the restriction on her body.

Chen Changming sought a way to remove the restriction keeping Luo Lan from cultivating and went out in disguise to buy medicine. After purchasing healing pills, he entered the Four Seas Merchant Alliance to ask about Foundation-Building Pills, unaware that its staff targeted outsiders.

• Luo Lan told Chen Changming that a powerful cultivator, Restriction-Breaking Pills, or a fourth-level Restriction-Breaking Array could remove her restriction, and he promised to find a way.
• Chen Changming disguised himself as an ugly, middle-aged man and left their secluded courtyard to buy medicine.
• At Ruyi Pavilion, Chen Changming bought ten bottles of Foundation-Cultivating Pills and a bottle of Golden Dew Powder for 420 Spirit Stones.
• The Ruyi Pavilion shopkeeper ordered an attendant to watch Chen Changming, then called off the plan when he saw him enter the Four Seas Merchant Alliance.
• Chen Changming entered the Four Seas Merchant Alliance and asked whether it had Foundation-Building Pills.