Recaps

Chen Changming defeated Lin Jiuyang in the third talisman-making contest by producing a top-grade fifth-tier Flame Talisman, thwarting Wu Qiong’s scheme to seize the pavilion master position through the contest. Wu Qiong then resorted to force, summoning two masked Spirit Transformation experts as Lin Jiuyang revealed himself to be Wu Qiong in disguise.

• Chen Changming returned to Thousand Talisman Pavilion and assured Shang Guangming he would stop Wu Qiong’s scheme.
• Six months later, Wu Qiong and Lin Jiuyang arrived for the third contest, and Shang Guangming chose fifth-tier Flame Talismans for the disciples to refine.
• Lin Jiuyang completed a high-grade fifth-tier Flame Talisman while Chen Changming took his time before beginning his own.
• Chen Changming produced a top-grade fifth-tier Flame Talisman, stunning Wu Qiong and Lin Jiuyang and securing victory for Shang Guangming.
• Wu Qiong declared he would take the pavilion master position by force, summoned two masked Spirit Transformation experts, and Lin Jiuyang revealed himself to be Wu Qiong in disguise.

Chen Changming revealed his overwhelming strength while defending the Thousand Talisman Pavilion from Wu Qiong and his allies. Wu Qiong escaped, and black smoke rose from the pavilion, signaling that he had freed the Old Devil.

• Wu Qiong admitted he had temporarily possessed Lin Jiuyang and ordered two black-robed cultivators to attack Shang Guangming and Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming shattered the Tenth Layer cultivator's black net with one punch, then caught and killed him.
• Wu Qiong escaped after unleashing talismans, while the Ninth Layer cultivator recognized Chen Changming from Flying Immortal Mountain, surrendered his Storage Ring, and fled.
• Shang Guangming learned that Chen Changming was the body cultivator who had fought the master of the Immortal Hall at Flying Immortal Mountain.
• Black smoke rose from the Thousand Talisman Pavilion, and Shang Guangming realized Wu Qiong had removed the Buddha Light Demon-Suppressing Talisman and freed the Old Devil.

Chen Changming confronted Mo Lihai after the demon escaped from the Thousand Buddha Hall, defeating him in a fierce fight. He deliberately gave Mo Lihai a chance to use the Demon Planting Art, and Mo Lihai’s detached head shot into Chen Changming’s chest.

• Chen Changming learned that the black smoke came from the devil sealed in the Thousand Buddha Hall and watched Mo Lihai’s thigh emerge from the shattered Buddha statue.
• Mo Lihai planted a Heart Demon in Shang Guangming, who attacked Chen Changming before Chen knocked him unconscious and stored him in the Universe Pagoda.
• Mo Lihai transformed into his tenth-level Spirit Transformation form and challenged Chen Changming, but Chen repeatedly overpowered and mocked him.
• Chen Changming grabbed Mo Lihai by the throat and allowed him an opening so the Black Pill could grow stronger.
• Mo Lihai burned three drops of essence blood, detached his head, and sent it into Chen Changming’s chest to use the Demon Planting Art.

Chen Changming captured Mo Lihai and learned Wu Qiong had died, then helped Shang Guangming settle the aftermath at the Thousand Talisman Pavilion. After Lin Jiuyang joined the pavilion, Chen Changming bid farewell to Shang Guangming and departed.

• Chen Changming lured Mo Lihai into his Dantian, where the Heavenly Toad swallowed him, then stored Mo Lihai's corpse and found Wu Qiong drained dry.
• Chen Changming woke Shang Guangming and explained that Mo Lihai had been killed and Wu Qiong was dead.
• Shang Guangming offered Lin Jiuyang a chance to join the Thousand Talisman Pavilion, and Lin Jiuyang swore loyalty and rejected any thought of avenging his master.
• Chen Changming thanked Shang Guangming for his guidance and said he had to leave to pursue other matters.
• Shang Guangming told Chen Changming the pavilion would welcome him back, and Chen Changming vanished after saying they might meet again if fate allowed.

Chen Changming returned to the Heavenly Toad Tribe and killed the leader of five Spirit Transformation cultivators who were attacking its formation. After giving the tribe resources from the dead cultivator, he welcomed the idea of more attackers, while the surviving four plotted revenge but admitted they could not defeat him.

• Five Spirit Transformation cultivators attacked the Heavenly Toad Tribe’s formation after receiving no answer from the patriarch.
• Chen Changming arrived at Mount Chulu, killed the black-robed leader with a flying sword, and drove the other four cultivators away.
• Chen Changming reunited with Saintess Ruoyou and reassured the patriarch before giving him the dead cultivator’s resources to distribute.
• The surviving four of the Five Wanderers discussed avenging their leader but recognized that they were no match for Chen Changming.

The Five Wanderers enlisted Thunderfire Sect elder Zhang to confront the Heavenly Toad Tribe over an alleged failure to pay protection money. With Chen Changming advising from within the formation, the chieftain refused Zhang’s demand, and Zhang attacked him.

• The four surviving Five Wanderers visited Thunderfire Sect and persuaded Elder Zhang to investigate the sect in Mount Chulu.
• Elder Zhang traveled to Mount Chulu and ordered the sect leader to meet him, while the Five Wanderers watched from a distance.
• The chieftain emerged from the formation after Chen Changming told him not to yield to any extortion.
• Elder Zhang demanded protection money from the Heavenly Toad Tribe, and the chieftain calmly refused.
• Elder Zhang unleashed a lightning hand and sent it crashing toward the chieftain.

Chen Changming killed Elder Zhang after the Thunderfire Sect elder tried to collect protection dues from the Heavenly Toad Tribe. Sect Master Zhu Chuyuan led several dozen Deacon Hall elders to Mount Chulu and ordered them to destroy the tribe and silence the witnesses.

• Chen Changming's sword strike dispersed Elder Zhang's lightning attack and pierced his glabella, killing him as the clan chief returned to the array with his Storage Ring.
• A man in yellow robes carried news of Elder Zhang's death to the Thunderfire Sect, where the Deacon Hall Master reported it to Zhu Chuyuan.
• Zhu Chuyuan summoned several dozen Deacon Hall elders and set out for Mount Chulu aboard an Immortal Boat, bringing the four Spirit Transformation Rogue Cultivators with him.
• Zhu Chuyuan had the four witnesses knocked unconscious and ordered that their memories be erased after the Heavenly Toad Tribe was dealt with.
• Zhu Chuyuan asked who would silence the tribe, and the elders volunteered before he ordered them to finish the job without leaving a trace.

Chen Changming forced Zhu Chuyuan to recognize his authority and ordered the Thunderfire Sect to protect the Heavenly Toad Tribe. In return, Chen Changming agreed to help the sect settle its old grievance with the Profound Yin Demon Court, while Zhu Chuyuan arranged protection and anticipated news from Yin-Yang Province.

• A Thunderfire Sect elder insulted Chen Changming from outside the grand formation, and Chen Changming hurled him away before Zhu Chuyuan ordered the elders to retreat.
• Zhu Chuyuan recognized Chen Changming, entered the formation, and apologized for Elder Zhang's demand for protection money.
• Chen Changming told Zhu Chuyuan that he had brought the Heavenly Toad Tribe from Great Qin and asked the Thunderfire Sect to protect them; Zhu Chuyuan agreed.
• Zhu Chuyuan asked Chen Changming to seek justice for Thunderfire Sect disciples killed by the Profound Yin Demon Court, and Chen Changming agreed to settle the matter.
• Zhu Chuyuan declared the Heavenly Toad Tribe under Thunderfire Sect protection, and the Deacon Hall Master arranged for five elders to guard the area.
• The Deacon Hall Master erased four rogue cultivators' memories of Mount Chulu, then Zhu Chuyuan left them in a valley and predicted important news from the Profound Yin Demon Court.

Chen Changming invaded the Profound Yin Demon Court to kill Ye Xuanchen and entered the Profound Yin Grotto after learning where he was cultivating. The grotto was empty where Ye Xuanchen was supposed to be, leaving his whereabouts unknown.

• Chen Changming traveled to the Profound Yin Demon Court after enhancing his fifth-tier Flame Talisman and barged into its Sect Master Hall.
• Chen Changming effortlessly defeated the attacking elders and killed several Spirit Transformation elders before demanding to know where Ye Xuanchen was.
• The deputy sect master revealed that Ye Xuanchen was supposedly cultivating in the Profound Yin Grotto and offered to guide Chen Changming there.
• Chen Changming killed the eight guards at the grotto entrance, then followed the deputy sect master through its strange underground terrain.
• The deputy sect master stopped at an empty area and realized Ye Xuanchen was not in the Profound Yin Grotto.

Chen Changming entered the hidden Crimson Yang Grotto and found Ye Xuanchen preparing to sacrifice more than a hundred captives to a Fire God. He stopped the sacrifice and trapped Ye Xuanchen, who suspected he was the powerful Body Cultivator from Flying Immortal Mountain.

• Chen Changming broke through the array in the Profound Yin Grotto and discovered the Crimson Yang Grotto hidden beyond it.
• Chen Changming searched the fiery underground world and found Ye Xuanchen kneeling before over a hundred helpless captives.
• Ye Xuanchen called the captives pure yang sacrifices for the Fire God and raised a blood saber to kill them.
• Chen Changming appeared before the captives and caught the saber, then questioned Ye Xuanchen about the sacrifice.
• Ye Xuanchen attacked Chen Changming with his natal Spirit Treasure, but Chen Changming repelled it with one palm and trapped him with an invisible force.
• Ye Xuanchen recognized Chen Changming as a formidable Body Cultivator and suspected he was the person who fought the master of the Immortal Hall at Flying Immortal Mountain.

Chen Changming learned that the Profound Yin Demon Court sought to sacrifice pure-yang youths to a sentient flame inside Crimson Yang Grotto, then faced the purple fire when it emerged. Ye Xuanchen escaped the grotto and killed Li Hezhang, while Chen Changming remained engulfed in the flames.

• Chen Changming seized Ye Xuanchen and forced him to reveal the Profound Yin Demon Court's plan to offer 9,999 pure-yang people to the flame called Lord Fire God.
• Chen Changming rescued the gathered children and youths, then confronted Ye Xuanchen over the righteous-path disciples killed in Water Moon Cave Heaven.
• Lord Fire God emerged as a mass of purple flame, burned Chen Changming, and blocked his pursuit of the fleeing Ye Xuanchen.
• Ye Xuanchen escaped Crimson Yang Grotto and found Li Hezhang waiting outside; after hearing that the elders had died, he attacked and killed Li Hezhang.
• Ye Xuanchen sent a black bird puppet into Crimson Yang Grotto to check whether Lord Fire God had wounded Chen Changming.

Chen Changming fought the intelligent purple flame in the Crimson Yang Grotto and learned that Fire Radiance Immortal had once tried and failed to subdue it. After killing Ye Xuanchen, Chen Changming returned to the grotto to face the flame again.

• Chen Changming endured the purple flame’s attacks, healed his burns with the Spring Return Immortal Art, and sensed that the flame had weakened.
• Ye Xuanchen watched the battle and planned to help the purple flame kill Chen Changming so he could win its allegiance for the Profound Yin Demon Court.
• The purple flame revealed that it was an innate sacred flame from the Spirit Realm and had encountered the Fire Ancient Gods and Fire Radiance Immortal.
• Chen Changming learned that the Fire Ancient Gods had brought Fire Radiance Immortal to the grotto, but the purple flame had driven him away.
• Chen Changming teleported away, then appeared before Ye Xuanchen and killed him after he begged to become Chen Changming’s servant.
• Chen Changming recalled his promise to Zhu Chuyuan and entered the Crimson Yang Grotto again.

Chen Changming fought Purple Flame for seven days and seven nights until it agreed to enter his body and make him its vessel. After the Heaven-Locking Spirit-Taming Pact failed to bind the incorporeal flame, Chen Changming invited it into his body anyway.

• Chen Changming resumed fighting Purple Flame and tried to persuade it to submit while wearing it down with his powerful body and healing Divine Ability.
• After seven days and seven nights, Purple Flame admitted it could not defeat Chen Changming but demanded to reside inside his body as its vessel.
• Chen Changming attempted to bind Purple Flame with the Heaven-Locking Spirit-Taming Pact, but the Golden Heaven Lock could not find anything to fasten onto.
• Chen Changming accepted Purple Flame's terms and told it to enter his body, while Purple Flame charged toward him intending to torment him.

Chen Changming's mysterious lotus-root-like substance subdued a hostile purple flame, which then acknowledged him as its master and revealed its origins. The newly named Purple Zenith Chaos Flame warned that its enemy, the Crimson Sky Flame Dragon, might have reached the Mahayana Realm.

• Purple Zenith Chaos Flame entered Chen Changming's Dantian and attacked Mo Lihai's Black Pill, then recognized the demon and stopped burning him.
• Purple Zenith Chaos Flame advanced toward Chen Changming's head, but the mysterious substance appeared as a jade-like lotus root and ordered it to surrender or die.
• Purple Zenith Chaos Flame swallowed Chen Changming's blood, acknowledged him as its master, and introduced itself as Little Flame.
• Chen Changming learned that Purple Zenith Chaos Flame had fled the Spirit Realm to escape the Crimson Sky Flame Dragon and had devoured the Human Realm's spirit flames to recover.
• Purple Zenith Chaos Flame explained that its enemy was a powerful dragon who might now have reached the Mahayana Realm, and Chen Changming asked whether keeping it would put him in danger.

Chen Changming refined a fifth-tier supreme-grade Realm-Breaking Talisman and prepared to enter the Spirit Realm to search for Bi Cang. After returning to the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect, he devoted himself to body cultivation and reached the sixth level of Spirit Transformation.

• Purple Zenith Chaos Flame promised to hide inside Chen Changming and help him refine pills and artifacts while growing stronger by devouring spirit flames.
• Chen Changming returned to Mount Chulu and resumed drawing fifth-tier Flame Talismans as news arrived that the Profound Yin Demon Court had suffered devastating losses.
• After five years, Chen Changming enhanced his fifth-tier Flame Talismans for a third time and successfully refined a fifth-tier supreme-grade Realm-Breaking Talisman.
• Chen Changming made twelve fifth-tier top-grade Realm-Breaking Talismans, left Little Wolf to protect the Heavenly Toad Tribe, and returned to the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect.
• Chen Changming cultivated the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art for five years and broke through to the sixth level of Spirit Transformation in body cultivation.

The Immortal Hall Master and the Stone Man agreed to join forces against the mysterious Body Cultivator, with the Immortal Hall Master seeking to claim his body. The Immortal Hall Master captured the Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf, and the Stone Man recognized it as a rare Spirit Realm Beast.

• The Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf broke through to the middle tier of Level Thirteen and left Mount Chulu to hunt.
• The Immortal Hall Master and the Stone Man concluded that the mysterious Body Cultivator had taken the Immortal Sealing List Fragment and agreed to work together, while the Immortal Hall Master demanded the Body Cultivator's body.
• The Immortal Hall Master sensed the Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf and attacked it with giant hands formed from the laws of heaven and earth.
• The Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf fought back but was injured, and the Immortal Hall Master captured it and brought it into the Immortal Hall.
• The Stone Man recognized the wolf as a Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf, and the Immortal Hall Master asked whether it came from the Spirit Realm.

The Immortal Hall Master tried to contract the Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf, but learned it already belonged to Chen Changming and planned to kill him with the Stone Man. Chen Changming arrived at the Immortal Hall after reaching the Sixth Layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm, ready to confront them.

• The Stone Man confirmed that the Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf came from the Spirit Realm but refused to reveal more about its bloodline.
• Chen Changming sensed Little Wolf’s distress and rushed from Azure Spirit Cave toward Eastern Arrival Divine Province.
• The Immortal Hall Master failed to contract the Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf, discovered it already had a master, and vowed to kill Chen Changming.
• The Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf realized Chen Changming had entered Mount Chulu and reached the Sixth Layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Chen Changming appeared outside the Immortal Hall, and the Immortal Hall Master and the Stone Man came out together to face him.

Chen Changming confronted the Immortal Hall Master and the Stone Man over his captured Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf and the suspected theft of an Immortal Sealing List fragment. After overpowering both men, he pursued the Stone Man into his heavenly tribulation and punched through the Heavenly Dao’s blood-colored lightning, leaving the Stone Man terrified.

• Chen Changming demanded that the Immortal Hall Master return his Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf, while the Stone Man accused him of stealing an Immortal Sealing List fragment.
• The Stone Man and the Immortal Hall Master attacked Chen Changming together, but he sent them both flying with a single punch.
• The Stone Man decided to retreat and broke through to the Void Refinement Realm, summoning tribulation clouds as he prepared to ascend.
• Blood-colored tentacles seized the Immortal Hall Master and dragged him into the Immortal Hall, which vanished into the void.
• Chen Changming entered the tribulation clouds and scattered the lightning with a punch, then punched straight through the Heavenly Dao’s blood-colored bolt, terrifying the Stone Man.

Chen Changming killed the Stone Man and pursued the Immortal Hall, where its Artifact Spirit revealed that it had devoured the previous Hall Masters to complete its Spirit Blood Dao Body. After devouring the current Hall Master and taking a new body, the Fire God confronted Chen Changming and threatened to eat him.

• Chen Changming dodged the Eye of Heaven's blood-colored lightning, killed the Stone Man, and collected his shattered remains for Purple Zenith Chaos Flame.
• Chen Changming pursued the fleeing Immortal Hall while its Artifact Spirit attacked and began devouring the Immortal Hall Master.
• The Artifact Spirit revealed that it had deceived the Hall Masters and devoured the previous two, then explained that it was the Fire God and needed the current Hall Master to complete its Spirit Blood Dao Body.
• The Immortal Hall Master cursed the Fire God before being consumed, and the Fire God fused with the blood-red tentacles to form a new body.
• Chen Changming struck the Immortal Hall, and the newly formed Fire God confronted him, admitted to eating all three Hall Masters, and threatened to eat him next.

Chen Changming discovered that the blood-clad youth behind the Immortal Hall had devoured its three successive masters and countless cultivators who ascended to the Spirit Realm. After defeating him in the void, Chen Changming emerged beside the Glazed Saint Ancestor, where Mo Lihai's head was battling the Ancient Demon Beast, and the blood-clad youth reformed to attack again.

• The blood-clad youth admitted that he had raised and eaten the three Immortal Hall masters and used ascended cultivators as nourishment for his Spirit Blood Dao Body.
• Chen Changming learned that Little Wolf was only imprisoned, then fought the blood-clad youth and knocked him apart while driving back the Immortal Hall.
• The blood-clad youth used a secret art to strengthen himself, but Chen Changming unleashed his full power and shattered him with a punch.
• Chen Changming seized the Immortal Hall and emerged from a void fissure beside the Glazed Saint Ancestor, who told him that Mo Lihai's head was fighting the Ancient Demon Beast.
• Chen Changming explained the blood-clad youth's identity and deeds, and the youth reformed and sent tendrils from the Immortal Hall toward him.

Chen Changming fought the blood-clad young man and rescued Little Wolf, while Mo Lihai attacked the Demon Heaven Clan to strengthen himself. The blood-clad young man then proposed joining forces with Mo Lihai against Chen Changming.

• The Purple Zenith Chaos Flame burned away the blood-colored tentacles, and the blood-clad young man released Little Wolf from the Immortal Hall.
• Chen Changming healed Little Wolf, returned him to the Beast Taming Bracelet, and resumed fighting the blood-clad young man when he refused to reveal his identity.
• Mo Lihai overwhelmed the Ancient Demon Beast, then devoured over a hundred Demon Heaven Clan members and raised his cultivation to the peak of the tenth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• The Ancient Demon Beast reached Chen Changming, who healed him with the Spring Return Immortal Art and promised Glazed Saint Ancestor he would kill Mo Lihai.
• The blood-clad young man recognized Mo Lihai and asked him to join forces against Chen Changming.

Mo Lihai allied with the blood-robed youth to seize Chen Changming’s Immortal Hall, but the youth betrayed him and tried to ascend to the Spirit Realm. Mo Lihai attempted to possess Chen Changming again and discovered the Black Pill inside him.

• The blood-robed youth offered to help Mo Lihai find one of his missing body parts in exchange for joining forces to take Chen Changming’s Immortal Hall, and Mo Lihai accepted.
• The blood-robed youth and Mo Lihai attacked Chen Changming, but Chen Changming overpowered the youth while Mo Lihai failed to move the Immortal Hall.
• Chen Changming seized Mo Lihai as the blood-robed youth took the Immortal Hall and entered the tribulation clouds to ascend, leaving Mo Lihai furious at being used.
• Mo Lihai burned all ten of his remaining drops of essence blood and flew into Chen Changming’s body to use the Demon Planting Art.
• Mo Lihai reached Chen Changming’s dantian, saw the enormous Black Pill, and realized he had been tricked.

Chen Changming defeated Mo Lihai and battled the scarlet-clad youth amid his blood-red heavenly tribulation. The youth reached the ascension passage and revealed that he belonged to the Fire God Clan.

• The Heavenly Toad swallowed Mo Lihai and the Black Pill, and Chen Changming stored Mo Lihai's body in his Beast Taming Bracelet.
• Chen Changming entered the tribulation clouds and attacked the scarlet-clad youth, who revealed that he was one of the Six Ancients after recognizing the Slaughter Demon Sword.
• The Eye of the Heavenly Dao unleashed blood-red lightning as Chen Changming repeatedly shattered the youth and damaged his Immortal Hall with Annihilate All Spirits.
• The youth gathered near the Eye of the Heavenly Dao, where a seven-colored passage appeared, while Chen Changming continued attacking him.
• The youth told Chen Changming that he belonged to the Fire God Clan.

Chen Changming trapped the blood-clad young man, learned that Fire Radiance Immortal had given him the Spirit Blood Dao Body inheritance, and refused to spare him. With the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame refining the man, Chen Changming began cutting him apart to avenge Qiu Zhenyun.

• Chen Changming pierced the blood-clad young man with the Slaughter Demon Sword and used the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame and his palm to stop him escaping through the seven-colored passage.
• The Purple Zenith Chaos Flame offered to refine the young man's blood and qi so Chen Changming could absorb it and strengthen his cultivation.
• The blood-clad young man begged for mercy and revealed that Fire Radiance Immortal had given him the Spirit Blood Dao Body inheritance and promised the Fire Ancient Gods powerful techniques in exchange for betraying the Ancient Gods.
• Chen Changming decided the blood-clad young man had to die because he had devoured Qiu Zhenyun, Chen Changming's grandmaster.
• Chen Changming repeatedly cut the blood-clad young man's body apart while the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame continued refining him.

Chen Changming defeated the blood-clad youth and planned to enter the Spirit Realm to search for Bi Cang, while preparing to grow stronger first. After saying farewell to the Glazed Saint Ancestor and entrusting the Ancient Demon Beast with protecting his loved ones, he returned to Mount Chulu and broke through to the seventh level of Spirit Transformation.

• The Purple Zenith Chaos Flame finished refining the blood-clad youth, leaving behind a vast mass of blood-qi energy.
• The Glazed Saint Ancestor advised Chen Changming to use a demonic avatar to scout the Spirit Realm, and Chen Changming planned to follow it hidden inside a spatial Spirit Treasure with a top-grade Realm-Breaking Talisman.
• The Glazed Saint Ancestor hugged and kissed Chen Changming goodbye before returning to the Demon Realm.
• Chen Changming asked the Ancient Demon Beast to remain in the Human Realm and watch over his relatives and friends, giving him a Jade Slip with their information.
• Chen Changming returned to Mount Chulu, informed the clan chief that Little Wolf was safe and the master of the Immortal Hall was dead, then entered seclusion.
• After half a year of consuming the blood-energy and cultivating with the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art, Chen Changming reached the seventh level of Spirit Transformation.