Recaps

Chen Changming killed Elder Mo Gan, rescued his poisoned squadmates, and concealed his strength by claiming an unknown senior had saved them. The squad split from the Vermilion Bird Camp lieutenants to continue its mission, while the Underground Palace learned that Mo Gan had died.

• Elder Mo Gan attacked Chen Changming and the unconscious Vermilion Bird Guards, but Chen Changming revealed his strength and killed him with the Slaughter Demon Sword.
• Chen Changming collected a small white cauldron and a Storage Ring, then used Detoxification Pills and the Sweet Dew Art to restore his squadmates.
• Chen Changming told Cheng Lie and the others that an unknown senior had driven off Mo Gan and gave them the Detoxification Pills.
• Three Vermilion Bird Camp lieutenants arrived, heard the squad's account, and directed Cheng Lie to take a different route while they investigated ahead.
• An Underground Palace figure learned that Elder Mo Gan's soul lamp had gone out.

Liu Hanshu fought a high-stage Void Refinement Realm Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat to obtain and swallow a Rootless Flower that could help her injured Dantian. As she fled the enraged beast, Yuan Nanhua recognized her and suspected she was connected to Elder Mo Gan’s death.

• Yuan Nanhua and a black-robed man left Decaying Essence Hall’s Underground Palace disguised in azure robes to search Fuli Marsh for the third party they suspected had killed Elder Mo Gan.
• Liu Hanshu found a Rootless Flower in a mudflat, but a high-stage Void Refinement Realm Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat claimed it as its own.
• Liu Hanshu unleashed dozens of sixth-tier talismans to distract the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat, seized the Rootless Flower, and swallowed it.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat attacked Liu Hanshu as she fled, and she used defensive talismans and a silver sword to fend off its sonic attacks.
• Yuan Nanhua and his companion hid from the battling cultivator and beast, and Yuan Nanhua suspected Liu Hanshu and the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat were involved in Elder Mo Gan’s death.

Yuan Nanhua and his subordinate pursued Liu Hanshu and the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat, hoping to take advantage if both were badly wounded. As the two fought, Chen Changming discovered Liu Hanshu was in danger and sent the Rotten-Leaf Black Earthworm to scout, but the bat detected it and attacked.

• Yuan Nanhua and the burly black-robed man agreed to follow Liu Hanshu and the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat, planning to claim their prizes if both weakened.
• Liu Hanshu exhausted most of her talismans, activated a secret technique, and wounded the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat with her fourth natal Flying Sword.
• The fighters' soundwaves swept through Fuli Marsh, killing nearby Beasts and knocking out Yi Fire Third Squad members except Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming used the Rotten-Leaf Black Earthworm's shared vision to confirm that Liu Hanshu was fighting the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat and appeared to be in worse condition.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat sensed the Rotten-Leaf Black Earthworm nearby and spat a sonic attack at it.

Chen Changming’s Rotten-Leaf Black Earthworm was killed by the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat, and he followed the battle between the bat and Liu Hanshu, hoping to take advantage of their exhaustion. As Yuan Nanhua and his companion arrived to do the same, Chen Changming appeared beside the badly wounded Liu Hanshu and claimed he had come after hearing the fighting.

• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat sensed the Rotten-Leaf Black Earthworm and blasted it into a cloud of blood mist, enraging Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming stored the unconscious members of Yi Fire Third Squad in the Universe Pagoda and quietly headed toward the battlefield.
• Liu Hanshu pierced the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat with a Swift Swan Sword Talisman, but both combatants collapsed, badly wounded.
• Yuan Nanhua and a companion arrived, saw that Liu Hanshu and the bat were nearly spent, and approached cautiously.
• Chen Changming arrived, noticed the two newcomers, teleported to Liu Hanshu, and said he had come after hearing the battle.

Chen Changming used the Spring Return Immortal Art to restore Liu Hanshu’s strength, allowing her to defeat the Decaying Essence Hall’s attackers. Liu Hanshu thanked Chen Changming after killing Yuan Nanhua and the burly man in black robes.

• Chen Changming refused to abandon Liu Hanshu as Yuan Nanhua and the burly man in black robes sent a Redwater Miasma Qiang to test their strength.
• Chen Changming cast the Spring Return Immortal Art on Liu Hanshu, rapidly healing her and restoring her magical power.
• Liu Hanshu regained enough strength to kill the Redwater Miasma Qiang with her silver sword, prompting Yuan Nanhua and the burly man in black robes to flee.
• Liu Hanshu pursued and killed both Decaying Essence Hall men, destroyed their Corrupt Essence Tripods, and seized their Storage Rings.
• Liu Hanshu knelt to thank Chen Changming for saving her, and he helped her back to her feet.

Chen Changming healed Liu Hanshu with the Spring Return Immortal Art, then stopped her from killing the injured Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat and learned about Liu Hanshu’s damaged Dantian. The chapter left Chen Changming wondering why his healing art could not repair it in the Spirit Realm.

• Liu Hanshu thanked Chen Changming for saving her, and he asked her to keep the Spring Return Immortal Art secret.
• Liu Hanshu prepared to kill the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat, but Chen Changming asked her to spare it so he could make it his contracted beast.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat offered to acknowledge Chen Changming as its master and swear a soul oath in exchange for its life.
• Liu Hanshu explained that she had sought the Rootless Flower to slow the decline caused by a hole in her Dantian.
• Chen Changming told Liu Hanshu that his healing art had repaired a destroyed Dantian in the Human Realm, and they considered whether the Spirit Realm’s laws or her cultivation weakened its effect.

Chen Changming secured the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat’s loyalty by verifying his soul Dao oath and healing his near-fatal injuries. After exhausting most of his magical power, Chen invited the demon to cultivate in his Universe Pagoda, but noticed his hesitation.

• Chen Changming realized the Spring Return Immortal Art was less effective in the Spirit Realm and asked Liu Hanshu how binding a soul Dao oath was.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat swore an oath to serve Chen Changming, and Liu Hanshu examined his sea of consciousness and confirmed it was genuine.
• Chen Changming repeatedly cast the Spring Return Immortal Art to heal the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat, using nearly all his magical power before the wound in the demon’s head closed.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat transformed into a man, thanked Chen Changming, and respectfully accepted him as his master.
• Chen Changming offered to let the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat cultivate in the Universe Pagoda, then asked what was troubling him when he hesitated.

Chen Changming arranged for the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat to cultivate in Fuli Marsh and keep an avatar in his Universe Pagoda, then reflected on his gains and future cultivation needs. After the squad woke from the battle’s aftershocks, they resumed hunting Azure-Eyed Lone Wolves.

• Liu Hanshu suggested that the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat cultivate in Fuli Marsh while Chen Changming traveled, and Chen Changming agreed.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat created a flesh-and-blood avatar for the Universe Pagoda, giving Chen Changming a discreet mount and a way to summon help.
• Chen Changming returned to the unconscious squad, pretended to be unconscious, and considered his three gains: Liu Hanshu’s gratitude, a powerful Beast pet, and insight into the limits of his techniques.
• Cheng Lie woke first and stood guard until the other members, including Chen Changming, regained consciousness.
• Su Qingyan located two Azure-Eyed Lone Wolves, and Cheng Lie led the Yi Fire Third Squad toward them.

After Yi Fire Third Squad returned from Fuli Marsh, the deputy commander questioned how the small squad had won the Azure-Eyed Lone Wolf purge. Chen Changming demonstrated his Sweet Dew Art, leaving the camp astonished by its healing power.

• Shi Li confidently claimed that Yi Fire Third Squad would take first place, despite others doubting the six-member squad.
• The thirty squads returned to the royal city, and the Deacon Hall tallied the Beasts they had slain.
• Elder Zhao reported the results, and the deputy commander announced that Yi Fire Third Squad had won first place.
• The deputy commander asked Cheng Lie whether the squad had cheated, and Cheng Lie explained that Ning Jin's healing Divine Ability let them recover quickly.
• The deputy commander ordered Chen Changming to heal a wounded Vermilion Bird Guard, and Chen Changming's Sweet Dew Art fully healed him within moments.
• The deputy commander and the Vermilion Bird Guards stared at Chen Changming in astonishment after seeing the art work faster than a Returning Spirit Pill.

Chen Changming demonstrated that his Sweet Dew Art could heal a Void Refinement Realm cultivator, easing suspicion that it came from Ancient Ghost inheritance. Yi Fire Third Squad received military merits and a share of Beast corpses, while other Vermilion Bird Guards crowded around Chen Changming to request treatment for a fee.

• Chen Changming refused to heal Vermilion Bird Guards for free, and Elder Zhao raised concerns that his ability might be linked to Ancient Ghost.
• At the deputy commander's order, a Vermilion Bird Camp lieutenant injured his thigh, and Chen Changming healed him with repeated casts of the Sweet Dew Art.
• The deputy commander and Elder Zhao concluded that Chen Changming's healing ability was unlikely to come from Ancient Ghost inheritance.
• Elder Zhao awarded each member of Yi Fire Third Squad eight hundred military merits and gave Cheng Lie the squad's share of the Beast corpses.
• Chen Changming requested fifty Azure-Eyed Lone Wolf corpses for his Demon Pet, then told the Vermilion Bird Guards seeking treatment that he would charge a fee.

After Yi Fire Third Squad’s victory, Chen Changming set prices for treating Vermilion Bird Guards with his healing Divine Ability and prepared to open for business. Zhu Liejun reported Chen Changming’s ability to Chu Qiushui, who defended him and warned against looking down on Human Realm cultivators; meanwhile, Chen Changming released the Heavenly Fox King from his room.

• Chen Changming announced that Yi Fire Third Courtyard would begin charging Vermilion Bird Guards for serious and minor injury treatments the next day.
• The deputy commander told Zhu Liejun that Yi Fire Third Squad had taken first place and showed him a recording of Chen Changming’s healing Divine Ability.
• Zhu Liejun brought the recording to Chu Qiushui, who agreed that the ability differed from the Ancient Ghost Clan’s and warned him not to regard Human Realm cultivators as inferior.
• Chu Qiushui assessed Chen Changming’s body cultivation and combat strength, concluding he might contend with a first-level Void Refinement Realm cultivator.
• Chen Changming activated a formation in his room and released the Heavenly Fox King, who complained that he had taken so long to let her out.

Chen Changming reunited with the Heavenly Fox King in the Spirit Realm and explained its dangers and rules. He gave her Azure-Eyed Lone Wolf flesh to help her grow stronger, then set out for the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower to buy materials and resume refining pills.

• Chen Changming greeted the Heavenly Fox King, reassured her that her human form was unlikely to be affected by Spirit Realm rules, and explained what he knew about the Spirit Realm.
• Chen Changming gave the Heavenly Fox King Azure-Eyed Lone Wolf flesh, and she eagerly ate some before returning to the Universe Pagoda with thirty carcasses.
• Chen Changming distributed the remaining Azure-Eyed Lone Wolf carcasses to his Demon Pets and decided to visit the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower for spirit herbs.
• Cheng Lie and Su Qingyan teased Chen Changming about his many talents, and he left Yi Fire Third Courtyard to go to the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower.

Chen Changming bought spirit herbs and refined Heavenly Spirit Pills at the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower before attempting to make Flesh Pills in the military camp. The furnace explosion destroyed part of the camp, and Zhu Liejun considered punishing him under the military regulations as Cheng Lie pleaded for leniency.

• Liu Hanshu helped Chen Changming obtain five hundred each of six spirit herbs, and he paid three thousand spirit jade from his pill-refinement earnings.
• Chen Changming refined ten batches of Heavenly Spirit Pills at the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower and returned to Yi Fire Third Courtyard.
• Chen Changming attempted to refine Flesh Pills using the spirit herbs and an Azure-Eyed Lone Wolf corpse, but the pill furnace exploded and wrecked nearby rooms.
• Cheng Lie sounded the alarm, and the Vermilion Bird Camp officers gathered around the ruins as Chen Changming admitted he had caused the explosion while refining pills.
• Zhu Liejun asked Zhang Kuiyun how military regulations applied, and Zhang Kuiyun said Chen Changming should have his cultivation abolished and be imprisoned.
• Su Qingyan urged Cheng Lie to protect Chen Changming, and Cheng Lie asked Zhu Liejun to spare him because the explosion was an accidental first offense.

After a pill furnace explosion put Chen Changming’s cultivation at risk, Chu Qiushui intervened and took him to the Elder Palace. There, she revealed that she had founded the Beast Taming Immortal Sect, and Chen Changming recognized her as his founding patriarch.

• Zhu Liejun and Gu Ran decided to preserve Ning Jin’s cultivation and send him to prison, while the Vermilion Bird Guard officers agreed.
• Chu Qiushui arrived at the Vermilion Bird Guard camp, and Zhu Liejun reduced Ning Jin’s punishment to a deduction of one hundred military merits.
• Chu Qiushui took Chen Changming to her Elder Palace and asked whether he had been refining Flesh Pills.
• Chu Qiushui revealed that she had founded the Beast Taming Immortal Sect and was its only surviving ascended member.
• Chen Changming bowed to Chu Qiushui as his founding patriarch, and she declared that she would not let outsiders bully her disciple on her territory.

Chen Changming met Chu Qiushui, who revealed why she had scarred her face and gave him three Spirit Realm Flesh Pill formulas. She urged him to focus on cultivating and raising Spirit Realm Beasts, while he left still determined to find Dust-Transcending Pills for his Human Realm Demon Pets.

• Chu Qiushui showed Chen Changming her scarred face and explained that she had disfigured herself to avoid trouble caused by her beauty.
• Chu Qiushui gave Chen Changming a Jade Slip containing three Flesh Pill formulas for Beasts of different cultivation realms.
• Chu Qiushui advised Chen Changming that his Human Realm Demon Pets would need to endure heavenly tribulations without Dust-Transcending Pills, and offered to help him find Void Refinement Realm Beast pets when he reached the tenth level of Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Changming returned to the Vermilion Bird Guard camp and hoped Liu Hanshu could find Beast-specific Dust-Transcending Pills or their formula.
• Chen Changming studied the Jade Slip and discovered that the Spirit Realm Flesh Pill formula required ten spiritual herbs instead of six, so he planned to visit Ten Thousand Treasures Tower.

Chen Changming returned to the military camp with Chu Qiushui’s backing and settled in with Yi Fire Third Squad. The next morning, he healed a crowd of wounded Vermilion Bird Guards for Ling Yu, earning four thousand as the Divine Physician Ning.

• Chen Changming told the Vermilion Bird Camp lieutenant that Chu Qiushui was his sect’s patriarch, and the lieutenant escorted him to Bing Fire Nineteenth Courtyard.
• Chen Changming reunited with Yi Fire Third Squad, retrieved his pill furnace from Cheng Lie, and explained his connection to Chu Qiushui.
• Chen Changming activated his room’s formation and resumed cultivating the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art after a month without time to train.
• A crowd of wounded Vermilion Bird Guards arrived the next morning, and Chen Changming treated Qin Hu for two hundred Ling Yu.
• Chen Changming healed twenty seriously wounded guards with the Sweet Dew Art, earning four thousand Ling Yu.

Chen Changming earned Ling Yu by treating Vermilion Bird Guards, repaid Shopkeeper Geng, and learned the Beast-exclusive Dust-Transcending Pill formula had been lost. After buying spirit herbs, he heard one of his Beast pets was about to break through and needed a place to undergo its tribulation.

• Chen Changming treated the injured Vermilion Bird Guards, collected six thousand five hundred Ling Yu, and left the military camp for the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower.
• Chen Changming repaid Shopkeeper Geng, then met Liu Hanshu, who told him the Beast-exclusive Dust-Transcending Pill formula had vanished with an exterminated alchemy family.
• Liu Hanshu gave Chen Changming a bottle of expired Beast-exclusive Dust-Transcending Pills and suggested he try to reverse-engineer the formula.
• Chen Changming bought four kinds of spirit herbs from the Spirit Herb Pavilion for one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six Ling Yu.
• As Chen Changming prepared to return to the military camp, one of his Beast pets told him it was about to break through to Level Fourteen and asked him to find a place for its tribulation.

Chen Changming rushed to Fuli Marsh to help Demon Spirit Vine prepare for its Level Fourteen tribulation, but two cultivators ambushed him along the way and were killed. He arrived at the marsh with the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat just as Demon Spirit Vine said its breakthrough was imminent.

• Demon Spirit Vine told Chen Changming it could hold on for only two more days, so he summoned the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat and left Azure Billow Royal City in disguise.
• Two Void Refinement Realm cultivators tried to seize Chen Changming's Level Thirteen peak Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat, and Chen Changming killed them with his body-tempering strength.
• Chen Changming continued to Fuli Marsh and met up with the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat's true body.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat carried Chen Changming into Fuli Marsh, where Demon Spirit Vine urgently announced that its Level Fourteen tribulation was about to begin.

Demon Spirit Vine began its Void Refinement breakthrough in Fuli Marsh, facing a powerful tribulation that Chen Changming feared it might not survive. As the Heart Demon Tribulation continued, a green-robed Void Refinement cultivator approached and was shocked by the unknown black vine.

• Chen Changming released Demon Spirit Vine and asked Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat to protect it while it underwent tribulation.
• Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat explained that the breakthrough tribulation involved lightning, heart demons, and a strengthening golden force, especially dangerous for a Human Realm beast without a Dust-Transcending Pill.
• Demon Spirit Vine broke through to the Void Refinement Realm and fought off the first wave of deep-blue lightning.
• After the lightning vanished, blood-red Heart Demon Tribulation bolts engulfed Demon Spirit Vine, and Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat warned Chen Changming of their danger.
• A green-robed sixth-layer Void Refinement cultivator approached the tribulation and could not identify Demon Spirit Vine.

Chen Changming watched the Demon Spirit Vine endure successive waves of its tribulation while a contemptuous Void Refinement Realm cultivator from the Spirit Realm observed from afar. The Vine survived the third lightning wave, but its aura weakened as the third Heart Demon Tribulation began to gather.

• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat spotted a sixth-level Void Refinement Realm cultivator approaching, and Chen Changming chose to wait rather than attack.
• The Demon Spirit Vine survived the first blood-red lightning wave and then endured a stronger second wave laced with golden tribulation lightning.
• The Spirit Realm cultivator dismissed the Vine as an inferior Human Realm Beast, then decided to capture it if it survived and proved useful.
• The Demon Spirit Vine resisted the golden-threaded Heart Demon Tribulation, while Chen Changming could only watch as their mental connection was severed.
• The Demon Spirit Vine survived the third lightning wave, though its aura weakened, and the Spirit Realm cultivator sneered as the third Heart Demon Tribulation approached.

Demon Spirit Vine endured the fourth and fifth waves of Lightning Tribulation, recovering from severe damage before facing a seemingly deadly fifth Heart Demon Tribulation. It remained motionless but intact when the tribulation ended, leaving its fate uncertain as the heavenly trials continued.

• Demon Spirit Vine passed the fourth Heart Demon Tribulation unharmed, then endured a fourth Lightning Tribulation that cracked its outer vines without breaking them.
• Chen Changming realized Demon Spirit Vine would need powerful resources such as the Six Ancients' corpses or Mo Lihai's demonic energy to keep evolving in the Spirit Realm.
• Demon Spirit Vine survived the golden fifth Lightning Tribulation by curling into a sphere, losing most of its size before rapidly regrowing with energy from Mo Lihai and an Ancient Demon Corpse.
• The fifth Heart Demon Tribulation descended, and Demon Spirit Vine remained motionless throughout it, alarming Chen Changming and the onlookers.
• After the fifth Heart Demon Tribulation ended, Demon Spirit Vine still lay intact in its black sphere, silent and unmoving.

The Demon Spirit Vine endured the sixth wave of its tribulation, including Heavenly Dao Annihilation, and survived despite being reduced to a stump. After the tribulation ended, the Heavenly Dao’s gift restored it, and it grew into an enormous Void Refinement Realm Black Vine.

• Chen Changming confirmed that the Demon Spirit Vine was still alive as the sixth wave of tribulation gathered.
• The sixth wave’s golden lightning battered the Demon Spirit Vine, destroying its outer vines and reducing its main trunk to a short stump.
• Golden lightning streaked with crimson struck the stump, and the Demon Spirit Vine endured the sixth wave without visibly moving.
• Heavenly Earth Origin Qi and Lawlight descended from the Heavenly Dao vortex and nourished the battered Demon Spirit Vine.
• The Demon Spirit Vine rapidly recovered and grew into a towering Void Refinement Realm Black Vine.

After the Demon Spirit Vine survived six heavenly tribulations and became an early-stage Void Refinement Realm Demon King, the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat killed a blue-robed cultivator who tried to claim it. Chen Changming learned that tribulation would not erase his Demon Pets’ Human Realm aura, then refined a batch of Flesh Pills before heading toward Azure Billow Royal City.

• The blue-robed man tried to make the newly ascended Demon Spirit Vine acknowledge him as its master, but the Vine refused and attacked.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat ambushed the blue-robed man, crushed his head, and declared that Chen Changming’s Demon Pet was not his to claim.
• Chen Changming reunited with the Demon Spirit Vine, which had survived six tribulations and reached the early stage of the Void Refinement Realm.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat explained that tribulation would not remove the Human Realm imprint and that Human Realm creatures needed Dust-Cleansing Pills to purge it.
• Chen Changming stored the Demon Spirit Vine, refined a successful batch of Flesh Pills, and rode the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat’s avatar toward Azure Billow Royal City.

Chen Changming returned to Azure Billow Royal City, earned Ling Yu treating Vermilion Bird Guards, and tried to break the spiritual imprint on a Storage Ring. He finally encountered Senior Bi Cang, who led him to a secluded place to talk.

• Chen Changming entered the Vermilion Bird military camp and told Captain Cheng Lie he had spent his Ling Yu on materials for refining medicine.
• Chen Changming refined thirty batches of Flesh Pills from Azure-Eyed Wolf corpses and held back from giving them to the Heavenly Fox King because he feared her next tribulation.
• Chen Changming treated injured Vermilion Bird Guards and earned 1,100 Ling Yu, but later found that few Guards needed treatment while their squads were resting.
• Chen Changming spent hours using the Lesser Soul-Erasing Art on a Storage Ring from a black-robed cultivator, but its spiritual imprint remained unbroken even after half a month.
• Senior Bi Cang contacted Chen Changming on the street, and she led him to a secluded corner after checking that no one was following them.

Chen Changming reunited with Bi Cang, gave her Realm-Breaking Talismans, and watched her leave to search for her true body. Back at camp, he learned his squad would escort Pill Pavilion steward Su Zhe, with an extra reward offered if he performed well.

• Bi Cang told Chen Changming that her true body was alive but missing, then refused to stay with him and left to search for former subordinates from Bi Cang Mountain.
• Chen Changming gave Bi Cang most of his Realm-Breaking Talismans and later refined thirty batches of pills at the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower.
• Cheng Lie told Chen Changming that Yi Fire Third Squad had been assigned to escort a Pill Pavilion steward to the Vermilion Bird Ancient Shrine in Red Flame Valley.
• Chen Changming learned that the steward was Su Zhe, whom he already knew, and kept his personal displeasure to himself.
• Three days later, Zhao Feilian told the squad that Chen Changming could earn an additional five hundred military merits if he performed outstandingly on the escort mission.