Recaps

Su Zhe tried to pressure Chen Changming into giving the Pill Pavilion his healing Divine Ability, but Chen refused. Seven days later, Yi Fire Third Squad reached Red Flame Valley to collect the Vermilion Bird Li Fire Flame Seed.

• Su Ruixing told Su Zhe to obtain Chen Changming’s healing Divine Ability during the trip to Red Flame Valley.
• Su Zhe arrived late at the assembly square, and Zhao Feilian led the squad south aboard the Vermilion Bird Vessel.
• Su Zhe demanded that Chen Changming offer his healing Divine Ability to the Pill Pavilion, but Chen refused and returned to the squad.
• Su Zhe decided he would seek Commander Zhu Liejun’s help after the mission, while Zhao Feilian was pleased to see Su Zhe rebuffed.
• Seven days later, Zhao Feilian activated the vessel’s defensive array and flew into Red Flame Valley.

Chen Changming and the Vermilion Bird Guard arrived at the Vermilion Bird Ancient Shrine to help Su Zhe claim the Vermilion Bird Li Fire Flame Seed. As beasts attacked and the shrine’s barrier opened, Medicine Sect cultivators emerged, intending to seize the Flame Seed and kill Su Zhe.

• Chen Changming learned that Su Zhe was being escorted to claim the Flame Seed hidden in the shrine.
• Su Zhe began opening the shrine’s barrier while scouts reported an approaching Red Flame Giant Python, Southern Li Fire Apes, and hidden human cultivators.
• Zhao Feilian ordered the ten squads to prepare for battle and attacked the Red Flame Giant Python with his Sun-Shooting Divine Bow.
• The Red Flame Giant Python survived Zhao Feilian’s arrows, and the Southern Li Fire Apes charged toward the shrine.
• Steward Li and eight Medicine Sect cultivators left their concealed cave, planned to kill Su Zhe, and moved out as he opened a passage through the barrier.

Steward Li and the Medicine Sect attacked the Vermilion Bird Guard at the Vermilion Bird Ancient Shrine while Su Zhe tried to claim the Vermilion Bird Li Fire Flame Seed. The Red Flame Giant Python drew the Flame Seed out of the shrine, and Su Zhe rushed after it.

• Steward Li intercepted Zhang Ying while the Medicine Sect members charged toward the Vermilion Bird Ancient Shrine.
• A Medicine Sect expert’s flying sword struck the shrine doors, shaking the building and causing the Flame Seed to slip into a gap.
• The Red Flame Giant Python used blood essence to form a rune that pulled the Flame Seed away from Su Zhe’s seals.
• Chen Changming healed the Vermilion Bird Guard with the Sweet Dew Art as the battles intensified.
• The Flame Seed broke free of the doors and flew toward the Python’s rune, prompting Su Zhe to rush after it.

Su Zhe fled after two black-robed attackers shattered his defenses, leaving the Vermilion Bird Guards without their escort. Chen Changming claimed the Vermilion Bird Li Fire Flame Seed for the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame, and the squads rallied to protect him from the Red Flame Giant Python and their enemies.

• The Medicine Sect attacker disrupted the Red Flame Giant Python’s attempt to seize the Flame Seed, while Zhao Feilian stopped him from reaching it.
• Two figures in black robes and bamboo hats attacked Su Zhe, who used a paper talisman to escape through the barrier.
• The Purple Zenith Chaos Flame asked Chen Changming to claim the Flame Seed, and he agreed; he then used the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Formation to stop a black-robed attacker as the Flame Seed flew into his chest.
• The Red Flame Giant Python charged Chen Changming, but Cheng Lie and the other Vermilion Bird Guards used top-grade tier-five paper talismans to drive it back and protect him.
• The Vermilion Bird Guards unleashed their reserves, killed several Southern Li Fire Apes, and forced the survivors to flee as eight squads gathered around the Yi Fire Third Squad.

The Vermilion Bird Guards drove off the Red Flame Giant Python and the black-robed attackers, while Chen Changming healed their injuries. After the battle, Zhao Feilian asked Chen Changming how he had bonded with the Vermilion Bird Li Fire Flame Seed.

• Zhao Feilian ordered eight Vermilion Bird Guard squads to attack the Red Flame Giant Python while he fought the third-layer Void Refinement man.
• Ning Jin healed the injured guards and Zhao Feilian, turning the battle against the attackers.
• Steward Li ordered a retreat, and the attackers used wind talismans to escape as the Red Flame Giant Python fled northwest.
• Zhang Ying warned Zhao Feilian not to pursue the fleeing enemies, and Chen Changming treated the injured guards.
• Zhang Ying revealed Chen Changming had formed a sword formation with thirty-six bonded flying swords, and Zhao Feilian asked how he had taken in the Flame Seed.
• Chen Changming claimed the Flame Seed had sensed a bond with him and flown over of its own accord.

Chen Changming kept the Vermilion Bird Li Fire Flame Seed after it bonded with him, and Zhu Liejun and Chu Qiushui accepted his claim that it would perish if forcibly taken. Su Zhe returned to Azure Billow Royal City unaware that Chen Changming had acquired the flame seed.

• Zhao Feilian reported the events at Red Flame Valley to Zhu Liejun, who examined the flame seed Chen Changming summoned.
• Chen Changming said the flame seed would end its own life if forcibly taken, and Zhu Liejun let him leave with it.
• Chen Changming told Chu Qiushui what happened, and she promised to protect him if the Pill Pavilion caused trouble.
• Two days later, Su Zhe confronted Zhu Liejun about the escort mission and relaxed when Zhu Liejun said the flame seed had been preserved.

Su Zhe and Su Ruixing demanded that Chen Changming give up the Vermilion Bird Li Fire Flame Seed, while Zhu Liejun defended his right to keep it. As Su Ruixing threatened to cut off the Pill Pavilion’s ties with the Royal City Guard Army, Senior Chu arrived and challenged his authority.

• Su Zhe insisted that the Flame Seed be stripped from Ning Jin, but Zhu Liejun refused to let him order the Vermilion Bird Guard around.
• Su Zhe brought his uncle, Deputy Pavilion Master Su Ruixing, to the Vermilion Bird camp and demanded to inspect the Flame Seed.
• Chen Changming summoned the refined Flame Seed, and Su Ruixing declared that the Pill Pavilion must reclaim it.
• Zhu Liejun proposed that Chen Changming join the Pill Pavilion after his military service, but Su Ruixing threatened to sever the Pill Pavilion’s ties with the Royal City Guard Army.
• Chen Changming grew anxious as Zhu Liejun struggled to respond, then Senior Chu arrived and confronted Su Ruixing.

Chu Qiushui intervened to end the Pill Pavilion’s dispute over the Vermilion Bird Li Fire Flame Seed, allowing Chen Changming to keep it. Su Ruixing then sought Ice Spirit Fairy, who ordered Chen Changming summoned to her Elder Palace.

• Chu Qiushui declared Chen Changming her granddisciple and ordered Su Ruixing to end the dispute over the Flame Seed.
• Su Ruixing left Vermilion Bird Hall with Su Zhe, and Chen Changming returned to his courtyard to prepare for the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame’s upcoming tribulation.
• Su Zhe asked when another Flame Seed might appear, and Su Ruixing told him to return to the Pill Pavilion and study alchemy.
• Su Ruixing visited Ice Spirit Fairy and recounted how Chu Qiushui had reprimanded him over Chen Changming and the Flame Seed.
• Ice Spirit Fairy ordered Su Ruixing to summon Ning Jin to the Elder Palace.

Su Ruixing brought Ning Jin to the Elders' Palace on Ice Spirit Fairy's order to answer for the flame seed. Ning Jin recognized Ice Spirit Fairy as his old enemy but concealed his identity and cultivation as he greeted her.

• Ice Spirit Fairy ordered Su Ruixing to summon Ning Jin to the Elders' Palace, and Zhu Liejun explained that she was one of the Royal City's Three Elders.
• Su Ruixing offered to speak in Ning Jin's favor and help him join the Pill Pavilion if he surrendered the flame seed, but Ning Jin refused.
• On the way to the palace, Ning Jin suspected Ice Spirit Fairy might be testing whether he had killed her avatar and hoped the mysterious lotus-root-like substance would conceal his body-refining cultivation.
• At the Elders' Palace, Ning Jin recognized Ice Spirit Fairy by her voice and appearance, then pretended to shiver from the cold and respectfully greeted her.

Chen Changming passed Ice Spirit Fairy’s tests, but she demanded the flame seed he had bonded with. Chu Qiushui intervened and stopped the dispute, while Ice Spirit Fairy left Chen Changming with an offer of future guidance.

• Ice Spirit Fairy probed Chen Changming and asked him to demonstrate his healing ability, and he used the Sweet Dew Art to heal Su Ruixing.
• Chen Changming said he came from the Illusion Star Sea and impressed Ice Spirit Fairy with his aptitude and mastery of the art.
• Chen Changming summoned the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame, and Ice Spirit Fairy ordered him to return the flame seed to the Pill Pavilion.
• Su Ruixing tried to seize the flame seed, but Chu Qiushui arrived and confronted Ice Spirit Fairy.
• Ice Spirit Fairy yielded the matter to Chu Qiushui, then praised Chen Changming and said she might guide him in the future.

Chu Qiushui protected Chen Changming from Ice Spirit Fairy and gave him a jade sword talisman that could withstand a Fusion Realm strike. Back at the Vermilion Bird Barracks, Chen Changming received military merits and his squadmates were compensated for their escort mission, just before someone came looking for him.

• Chu Qiushui challenged Ice Spirit Fairy, then left the Elders' Palace with Chen Changming after Ice Spirit Fairy backed down.
• Chu Qiushui gave Chen Changming a jade sword talisman for protection and sent him back to the barracks.
• Chen Changming returned to Bing Fire Nineteenth Courtyard, where Cheng Lie and Su Qingyan welcomed him and learned that Senior Chu had resolved the dispute.
• Zhu Liejun ordered Elder Zhao to award Chen Changming five hundred military merits and compensate the Vermilion Bird Guards for their spent talisman papers.
• Elder Zhao distributed the rewards and compensation to the returning squads, and a Vermilion Bird Guard told Chen Changming that someone outside was looking for him.

Chen Changming went to the Heavenly Arrival Inn to heal a young man and discovered that the Medicine Sect wanted to buy his Sweet Dew Art. He considered the offer of five hundred thousand spirit jades but asked the buyer to reveal his faction before agreeing.

• A stranger offered Chen Changming two thousand spirit jades to treat his bedridden nephew, and Chen Changming followed him from the Vermilion Bird Barracks to the Heavenly Arrival Inn.
• Chen Changming healed the young man with three casts of the Sweet Dew Art while Steward Li and Hall Master Song watched through a mirror from a private suite.
• Hall Master Song instructed the stranger to offer to buy Chen Changming's healing ability, and the stranger approached Chen Changming after the treatment.
• The stranger raised his offer from two hundred thousand to five hundred thousand spirit jades, and Chen Changming asked which faction he belonged to, warning that he would refuse if the man was from the Pill Pavilion.

Chen Changming negotiated with a mysterious Medicine Sect disciple over his healing divine ability and demanded the Dust-Transcending Pill formula instead of spirit jade. He agreed to trade for the cultivator formula, but ended the chapter with a warning.

• Chen Changming questioned the unfamiliar man about his ties to the Pill Pavilion, and the man claimed under oath that he and his associates had a grudge against it.
• Hall Master Song and Steward Li watched the exchange from an upstairs room and believed they could raise their spirit jade offer until Chen Changming accepted.
• Chen Changming refused to sell his healing divine ability for spirit jade and asked instead for the Dust-Transcending Pill formula.
• Hall Master Song agreed to the trade, but the unfamiliar man said they only had the formula for cultivators, not beasts.
• Chen Changming accepted the cultivator formula as the next best option and said he had a warning to make before finalizing the deal.

Chen Changming traded the Sweet Dew Art for the Dust-Transcending Pill recipe, then planned to test the recipe and travel to Fuli Marsh for the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame’s breakthrough. He reached the Spirit Herb Pavilion to buy ingredients, but learned that the shop lacked one of the herbs.

• Chen Changming swore that the Sweet Dew Art was genuine, while the Medicine Sect’s representative swore that he was not from the Pill Pavilion and that the Dust-Transcending Pill recipe was authentic; they exchanged jade slips.
• Hall Master Song and Steward Li examined the Sweet Dew Art, and Chen Changming returned to the Vermilion Bird Barracks to study the pill recipe.
• Chen Changming decided to buy the recipe’s herbs and test the pill, hoping to use the results to devise a version for beasts.
• The Purple Zenith Chaos Flame told Chen Changming it would break through in five or six days and asked him to take it to Fuli Marsh; Cheng Lie said their squad had two months without missions.
• Chen Changming brought the ingredient list to the Spirit Herb Pavilion, where the shop assistant said the shop lacked one of the twelve herbs.

Chen Changming searched for Rootless Water to refine the Dust-Transcending Pill, but neither the Spirit Herb Pavilion nor the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower carried it. After obtaining a map and heading to Fuli Marsh, he learned the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat had spirit jade from killing human cultivators.

• Chen Changming learned Rootless Water could be gathered at Clear Mist Cliff, but declined to buy eleven other spirit herbs because they cost five thousand spirit jade.
• Manager Geng gave Chen Changming a map of Azure Wave Continent in exchange for Chen refining an extra batch of Heavenly Spirit Pills, while Liu Hanshu showed concern about his search for Rootless Water.
• Chen Changming left the royal city, changed his appearance, and flew toward Fuli Marsh to meet the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat.
• Chen Changming asked the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat to help find spirit herbs, and the bat offered spirit jade from its cave abode, explaining that it had taken the funds from human cultivators it killed.

Chen Changming brought the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat to its cave abode and collected the Ling Yu it had gathered before asking it to find a safe place for a tribulation. Purple Zenith Chaos Flame broke through to the Void Refinement Realm inside Chen Changming, and the chapter left them enduring the first wave of heavenly lightning.

• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat led Chen Changming to its cave abode and showed him its stash of Ling Yu and Spirit Treasures.
• Chen Changming collected more than ninety thousand intact Ling Yu and let the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat keep the Spirit Treasures.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat took Chen Changming to an ancient swamp where a great demon had once perished, and they waited for his tribulation.
• Purple Zenith Chaos Flame began breaking through, and Chen Changming moved away from the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat so it could undergo the tribulation inside his body.
• Purple Zenith Chaos Flame reached the Void Refinement Realm, drawing tribulation clouds that struck Chen Changming as he opened his pores to let the flame absorb the lightning.

Chen Changming and the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame underwent heavenly tribulation in the Spirit Realm, where Chen faced a heart demon shaped by his past with Su Linger and the Ice Spirit Fairy. After passing two rounds, he endured a more powerful third lightning wave that drove him into an ancient marsh, where a huge, decaying creature began to stir.

• The Purple Zenith Chaos Flame welcomed the chance to grow stronger and eventually seek revenge on the Crimson Sky Flame Dragon as Chen Changming began his Spirit Realm tribulation.
• During the first Heart Demon Tribulation, Chen relived a memory with Su Linger, who revealed herself as the Ice Spirit Fairy and tried to kill him.
• Chen defeated the Ice Spirit Fairy's illusion and passed his first Heart Demon Tribulation, then entered a second round of lightning and heart demons with the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat watched Chen's tribulation and wondered whether the hidden demon pet within him might surpass the Black Vine's six rounds.
• The third lightning wave blasted Chen into a crater in the ancient marsh, where he rose exhilarated by the tempering before a colossal, sickly green creature stirred inside a nearby boulder.

Chen Changming endured the fifth Lightning Tribulation and continued strengthening his body, while the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame faced the fourth Heart Demon Tribulation. A colossal creature beneath the pit recognized Chen Changming’s Human Realm aura and planned to possess him, as Chen Changming was engulfed by the fifth Heart Demon Tribulation.

• Chen Changming passed the third Heart Demon Tribulation after killing the women from the Human Realm, including Senior Sister, in its illusion.
• Chen Changming endured the fourth Lightning Tribulation, and the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame survived its Heart Demon Tribulation by resisting the Crimson Sky Flame Dragon and cursing it.
• A colossal creature beneath the pit recognized Chen Changming as a cultivator from the Human Realm who practiced the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art and decided to possess him.
• The colossal creature noticed an upper-stage Void Refinement Realm Demon Race cultivator nearby and waited for a chance to act.
• Chen Changming suffered severe injuries during the fifth Lightning Tribulation but healed himself with the Spring Return Immortal Art as his body-refining cultivation advanced.
• The fifth Heart Demon Tribulation descended and plunged Chen Changming into stillness, while the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame judged that five trials were its limit.

After surviving the Heart Demon Tribulation, Chen Changming was attacked by an emerald-green toad with Fusion Realm strength. The toad stopped his escape and revealed that it was the Heavenly Toad within the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art.

• Chen Changming emerged from the Heart Demon Tribulation alive, while the creature underground prepared to possess him.
• The emerald-green toad burst from underground and tried to seize Chen Changming, but the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat knocked its attack aside and Chen Changming teleported away.
• The toad threatened Chen Changming, and the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat defended its master before being struck and sent flying.
• Chen Changming fled through Fuli Marsh with a Sword Talisman, but the toad trapped him with its aura and caught up.
• The toad asked whether Chen Changming had cultivated the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art, then claimed that it was the Heavenly Toad within that art.

Chen Changming activated his Sword Talisman to kill the emerald toad that tried to possess him, and Chu Qiushui arrived to rescue him. She discovered an Immortal Sealing List fragment in the toad’s belly and took the Heavenly Toad to refine into a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure for Chen Changming.

• The emerald toad tried to devour Chen Changming and possess his body, so he activated his Sword Talisman and struck it down.
• Chu Qiushui sensed the Sword Talisman’s activation and rushed from Azure Billow Royal City to Fuli Marsh.
• Chen Changming told Chu Qiushui that his demon pet was undergoing tribulation, and she identified the dead toad as the Heavenly Toad of the Green Toad Palace.
• Chu Qiushui found an Immortal Sealing List fragment inside the Heavenly Toad and took it, noting that its former master’s death might have been connected to the fragment.
• Chu Qiushui offered to refine the Heavenly Toad into a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure for Chen Changming and gave him a replacement Sword Talisman.

After killing the Heavenly Toad with Chu Qiushui’s Sword Talisman, Chen Changming healed the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat and told it about his powerful grandmaster. He then traveled to Clear Mist Cliff to collect Rootless Water, seeking a Purifying Bottle so he could later experiment with Dust-Transcending Pills for Beasts.

• Chen Changming returned to find the severely injured Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat and healed it with the Spring Return Immortal Art.
• Chen Changming explained that Chu Qiushui had given him the Sword Talisman that killed the Heavenly Toad, and the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat learned that Chu Qiushui had also taken the corpse to refine into a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.
• Chen Changming praised the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat for facing the Heavenly Toad and urged it to cultivate toward the Fusion Realm.
• Chen Changming left Fuli Marsh and traveled for several days toward Clear Mist Cliff.
• Chen Changming approached Clear Mist Cliff, where he planned to pay the Clear Mist Sect for Rootless Water and obtain a Purifying Bottle to store it for his Beast-pill experiments.

Chen Changming paid to collect rootless water at Clear Mist Cliff, where he defended his prime spot from a bullying cultivator and was ordered to leave for breaking the no-fighting rule. A blue-robed woman arrived and testified that he had acted in self-defense.

• Chen Changming paid five hundred spirit jades to collect rootless water for ten days and claimed an open spot at the summit of Clear Mist Cliff.
• A black-robed old man demanded Chen Changming surrender his prime spot, but Chen Changming refused.
• The old man attacked with his Void Refinement Realm aura, and Chen Changming knocked him away with his powerful body cultivation.
• A blue-clad Clear Mist Sect protector arrived, accused Chen Changming of breaking the rules, and ordered him to leave.
• A beautiful woman in blue robes appeared and told Cen Protector that Chen Changming had acted in self-defense.

Saintess Qingyi defended Chen Changming at Clear Mist Cliff, where he collected Rootless Water before leaving to refine Dust-Transcending Pills. The black-robed old man pursued him and, still seeking revenge, watched as Chen Changming baited him into a secluded valley.

• Saintess Qingyi testified that Chen Changming had acted in self-defense, and Protector Cen allowed him to stay.
• Saintess Qingyi spoke with Chen Changming about his cultivation and alchemy before waiting for the Rootless Water to condense.
• Chen Changming gathered twenty jade bottles of Rootless Water and left Clear Mist Cliff to return to the Royal City.
• The black-robed old man followed Chen Changming, judged his strength, and called for allies with a Message Transmission Token.
• Chen Changming noticed the pursuit and landed in a secluded valley, pretending to refine pills to lure the black-robed old man closer.
• The black-robed old man watched from a distance and resolved to kill Chen Changming for revenge.

Chen Changming fought four Void Refinement Realm cultivators who attacked him in the valley. He killed three, while the red-robed old man escaped.

• The black-robed old man brought three Void Refinement Realm cultivators to attack Chen Changming and revealed that he served the Pill Pavilion.
• The red-robed old man attacked Chen Changming with Red Cloud Poison Sand, but Chen Changming punched through it unharmed and damaged the gourd.
• The red-robed old man fled as Chen Changming struck back at the two sword cultivators, shattering their flying swords and killing them with a punch.
• The black-robed old man tried to escape behind talismans, but Chen Changming caught up and killed him with a punch.
• Chen Changming remained in the valley as the red-robed old man vanished into the distance.

After escaping the ambush, Chen Changming disguised himself and took a detour through Fuli Marsh to evade the Tiele Alliance’s search. He entered Azure Billow Royal City safely and returned to the Spirit Herb Pavilion to buy herbs.

• Chen Changming took the black-robed elder’s Storage Ring and fled toward Fuli Marsh in disguise, while Wang Lin reported Zhang Taiyi’s death to the Tiele Alliance.
• The Tiele Alliance searched for Chen Changming near Clear Mist Cliff and at Azure Billow Royal City’s gates but found no trace of him.
• The Tiele Alliance issued a wanted notice offering one million Ling Yu for Chen Changming’s death.
• Chen Changming returned to Azure Billow Royal City in his Vermilion Bird Guard guise and passed the guards watching the city gate.
• Chen Changming went to the Spirit Herb Pavilion and asked for ten portions each of the eleven spirit herbs he had bought before.