Recaps

During their journey, Chen Changming learned from the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat about Azure Billow Spirit Liquid and the medicines used by Void Refinement Realm cultivators. After three months of travel, they left Azure Billow Central Province and entered Azure Nether Province.

• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat explained that Azure Billow Spirit Liquid nourished high-grade spiritual materials and could help heal severe injuries.
• Chen Changming compared the liquid's healing effects with his Spring Return Immortal Art and asked about its uses and recovery time.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat described Purple Thunder Pills, Jade Origin Spirit Fluid, Purple Celestial Pills, and Void Transformation Pills, including their rarity and roles in cultivation.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat taught Chen Changming about the Spirit Realm during their journey, while he fed it Flesh Pills during rest stops.
• After three months, Chen Changming and the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat crossed into Azure Nether Province.

Chen Changming reached Azure Nether Province and learned that Little Snake King secretly visited a formation-shrouded valley, which might be connected to Senior Bi Cang. After hearing that a dispute over Spirit-Inducing Grass was unfolding nearby, Chen Changming went to claim it for himself.

• Chen Changming arrived in Azure Nether Province after three months of travel and asked the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat whether it had learned anything from Little Snake King.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat reported that Little Snake King regularly entered a formation-shrouded valley and proposed earning his trust by helping him fight Black Stone Patriarch and two other Demon Race powerhouses.
• Chen Changming wondered whether Little Snake King had imprisoned Senior Bi Cang, but could not determine the valley's purpose.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat pointed out cultivators fighting over Spirit-Inducing Grass, which could help Chen Changming break through from the peak of the tenth level of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Chen Changming declined the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat's offer to seize the grass and flew toward the battlefield himself.

Chen Changming waited for the battle over the Spirit-Inducing Grass to end before driving away the victorious sect disciples. As he claimed the field, Old Huang arrived to take the herb for the young master surnamed Wang.

• Chen Changming watched from nearby as three sect disciples defeated five Rogue Cultivators around the Spirit-Inducing Grass.
• A young man surnamed Wang and his Spirit Transformation Realm attendant, Old Huang, observed the fight through a bronze mirror and discussed the herb.
• After the Rogue Cultivators fled, Chen Changming defeated the three sect disciples with his flying swords and ordered them to leave.
• The young man surnamed Wang sent Old Huang to retrieve the Spirit-Inducing Grass, and Old Huang appeared beside it and reached toward Chen Changming's circling swords.

Chen Changming defeated Old Huang, took the Spirit-Inducing Grass, and consumed it to break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm. As he began undergoing the Lesser Heavenly Tribulation, Wang Haichao arrived and waited for the lightning to end before attacking him.

• Chen Changming evaded Old Huang’s grasp, shattered his Spirit Treasure with one punch, and knocked him unconscious against the mountainside.
• Chen Changming pulled up the Spirit-Inducing Grass and ate it, while Wang Chong contacted his father, Wang Haichao, to report the theft and Old Huang’s defeat.
• Chen Changming absorbed the herb’s energy and broke through from the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm to the first layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• A Lesser Heavenly Tribulation gathered over Crane Mountain, and Chen Changming judged its lightning too weak to temper his body much.
• Wang Haichao arrived beside Wang Chong and promised to kill Chen Changming after the tribulation; Chen Changming was then engulfed by the lightning.

Chen Changming easily passed his Spirit Transformation tribulation, then faced Wang Haichao, who attacked him over the injured Wang Family protector. Chen Changming effortlessly kicked the first-level Void Refinement Realm cultivator flying twice, while Wang Chong watched in shock.

• Chen Changming endured two waves of lightning and Heart Demon Tribulations with ease before the tribulation clouds vanished.
• Chen Changming speculated that the mysterious lotus-root-like substance had concealed his true aptitude from the Spirit Realm's Heavenly Dao.
• Wang Haichao arrived after the tribulation and accused Chen Changming of killing a Wang Family protector, but Chen Changming pointed out that Old Huang was still alive.
• Wang Haichao attacked Chen Changming with a spiritual-power palm, but Chen Changming dodged it easily.
• Wang Haichao tried to grab Chen Changming with his body-cultivation strength, but Chen Changming kicked him flying twice, leaving Wang Chong stunned.

Chen Changming defeated Wang Haichao and forced him to reveal the name of the Wang Family's inherited body-tempering technique, the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art. After studying an incomplete Jade Slip, Chen Changming recognized its connection to the Ancient Human Clan and demanded to know where the rest was kept.

• Wang Haichao transformed into a four-armed form and attacked Chen Changming, but Chen Changming overpowered him and took his escape talisman.
• Chen Changming restrained Wang Haichao and threatened him until the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat brought Wang Chong as a captive.
• Wang Haichao agreed to reveal the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art and handed Chen Changming an ancient Jade Slip.
• Chen Changming studied the incomplete technique and felt an unusual familiarity with its scriptures and meridian routes.
• Chen Changming demanded the rest of the technique, and Wang Haichao said the ancestor kept it back home.

Chen Changming took Wang Haichao and the others to the Wang Family estate, hoping to obtain the complete Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art. The Wang Family patriarch arrived with several hostile cultivators, leaving Chen Changming facing the family’s welcoming party.

• Chen Changming captured Wang Haichao, Wang Chong, and Old Huang, then ordered the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat to take him to the Wang Family estate.
• Wang Haichao and Wang Chong secretly discussed how the patriarch might defeat Chen Changming and claim his body-cultivation art.
• Chen Changming reflected that the Wang Family’s inherited art was likely the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art and hoped to learn its complete form.
• Wang Haichao pointed out the Wang Family estate, and Chen Changming arrived at its entrance on the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat.
• Wang Haichao asked the gate guards to inform the patriarch, who soon appeared with several Wang Family cultivators and faced Chen Changming.

Chen Changming confronted the Wang Family Patriarch and demanded to borrow the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art, then fought Wang Jianyi when the family refused. Wang Jianyi revealed the art’s six-armed form but was defeated by Chen Changming’s overwhelming strength.

• Chen Changming returned Wang Haichao, his son, and Old Huang to the Wang Family Patriarch and asked to borrow the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art.
• After the Wang Family Patriarch refused, Chen Changming put away the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat and challenged the family to settle things by force.
• Wang Jianyi attacked Chen Changming and was knocked backward by a single punch.
• Wang Jianyi used the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art to grow two extra arms and unleash a barrage of punches.
• Chen Changming shattered Wang Jianyi’s attacks with one punch and sent him crashing into a pit, leaving the Wang Family in stunned silence.

After Chen Changming defeated Wang Jianyi, he challenged the Wang Family Patriarch to a fight for the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art. The Patriarch revealed his eight-armed form and clashed with Chen, leaving their battle underway.

• Chen Changming defeated Wang Jianyi with one punch, shocking the Wang Family.
• Chen Changming challenged the Wang Family Patriarch, who agreed to fight to defend his family’s reputation and inherited technique.
• The Wang Family Patriarch used the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art to grow to three times his size and gain six additional arms.
• Chen Changming transformed his body with the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art and met the Patriarch’s eight-armed assault head-on.
• Their blows produced powerful shockwaves, forcing the Wang Family members to use talismans for protection.

Chen Changming turned the tide against the Wang Family Ancestor by unleashing the Indestructible Demonic Heart and defeating him with one punch. With the Wang Family’s strongest fighter incapacitated, Chen Changming asked to discuss the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art.

• The Wang Family Ancestor used his eight arms and the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art to suppress Chen Changming, though Chen’s body withstood the barrage.
• The Wang Family Ancestor proposed ending the fight in a draw, but Chen Changming said the real battle was only beginning.
• Chen Changming drew on the Indestructible Demonic Heart, releasing a terrifying aura that made the Wang Family Ancestor try to retreat.
• Chen Changming crossed the distance in an instant and struck the Wang Family Ancestor with a punch that shattered his defense and left him severely wounded in a crater.
• Wang Haichao collapsed and Wang Chong cowered as Chen Changming asked the Wang Family Ancestor to discuss the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art.

Chen Changming forced the Wang Family patriarch to surrender the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art and discovered its original record on a Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment. As he prepared to leave after sparing the Wang Family, a seventh-layer Void Refinement Realm expert arrived carrying a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

• Chen Changming defeated the Wang Family patriarch and threatened him until he handed over a Jade Slip containing an incomplete Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art.
• Chen Changming suspected the patriarch had withheld the original and pressured him until he produced a Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment.
• The Wang Family patriarch explained that his ancestors had derived their six-armed cultivation method from the incomplete text, which Li Qingsong had obtained from an ancient ruin.
• Chen Changming took the fragment and agreed to let the Wang Family's earlier attack on others go unpunished.
• A seventh-layer Void Refinement Realm old man arrived above the Wang Family with a golden Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

Golden Light Wanderer pursued Chen Changming after finding him at the Wang Family and fought him across the wilderness for half a month. Just as Golden Light Wanderer wounded Chen with three powerful talismans, the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat arrived and damaged his Golden Light Mountain.

• Golden Light Wanderer confronted Chen Changming over the Wang Family ancestor and attacked him with Golden Light Mountain.
• Chen Changming blocked the golden sword lights, retreated, and secretly called for the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat’s true body.
• Chen Changming and Golden Light Wanderer fought across the wilderness for half a month, with neither able to defeat the other.
• Golden Light Wanderer used three sixth-grade high-quality talismans to wound Chen Changming with lightning, flames, and ice blades.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat struck Golden Light Mountain with a sound wave, cracking the Spirit Treasure and causing Golden Light Wanderer to spit blood.

Chen Changming took the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art and escaped with help from the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat, while Golden Light Wanderer returned to the Wang Family badly injured. Chen settled near Black Cloud Mountain to study the art in seclusion.

• Golden Light Wanderer used the Phantom Escape Art and a talisman to flee after the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat overwhelmed him, and Chen Changming healed his wounds and left with the bat.
• Golden Light Wanderer told the Wang Family that Chen Changming had the support of a high-stage Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat and advised them to let the matter rest.
• The Wang Family patriarch accepted that he could not reclaim the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art and ordered his family not to pursue the matter.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat carried Chen Changming to a secluded valley near Black Cloud Mountain, where he carved out a cave and began studying the art’s cultivation diagram.

Chen Changming completed the first layer of the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art and grew two new arms. He used a Red-Scaled Giant Tiger as a sparring partner until he mastered all four arms, leaving the exhausted Demon King unable to stand.

• Chen Changming completed the first layer of the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art, growing two powerful but clumsy arms on his back.
• A Red-Scaled Giant Tiger that had reached the initial stage of the Void Refinement Realm entered the valley, hoping to devour Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming fought the tiger using only his new arms, gradually improving their control while preventing it from escaping.
• After three days of battle, Chen Changming learned to coordinate all four arms, while the Red-Scaled Giant Tiger became badly wounded and exhausted.
• On the fourth morning, the Red-Scaled Giant Tiger lay helpless and asked Chen Changming what he was.

Chen Changming advanced the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art and learned why Little Snake King imprisoned Bi Cang King’s avatar. The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat tricked Little Snake King into giving him access to the valley, where he found Senior Bi Cang near death in a well.

• Chen Changming killed the Red-Scaled Giant Tiger, then cultivated for half a year and grew two more arms, reaching six arms in total.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat reported that Little Snake King blamed Bi Cang King for his father Black Snake King’s death and had imprisoned her avatar in a valley.
• Chen Changming told the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat to find a way into the valley and check Senior Bi Cang’s condition.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat pretended to share Little Snake King’s hatred of Bi Cang King, and the drunken Little Snake King gave him a token to enter the valley.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat entered the valley and found Senior Bi Cang chained in a well, being eroded by black water, then respectfully greeted her.

The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat reunited with Bi Cang in the well and revealed that Chen Changming was seeking a way to rescue her. When the Little Snake King arrived, the Bat pretended to attack Bi Cang to conceal his intentions, then left after the Snake King confiscated his token.

• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat told Bi Cang that Chen Changming had sent him to find her and was nearby planning a rescue.
• The Bat realized that disturbing any of the ninety-nine chains would alert the Little Snake King, so he decided to consult Chen Changming before acting.
• The Little Snake King caught the Bat with Bi Cang and demanded that he prove his revenge by attacking her.
• The Bat struck Bi Cang with controlled sonic attacks while pretending to torment her, and the Little Snake King stopped him before he killed her.
• The Little Snake King took the Bat's token, claiming he needed it to repair the valley's formation, and sent the Bat away.

Chen Changming learned that Little Snake King was torturing Bi Cang and decided to use one of his treasured Sword Talismans to save her. He left the next step unresolved as he prepared to act.

• Little Snake King whipped Bi Cang in the well, blaming her for his father's death and his years of hardship.
• Little Snake King forced a pill into Bi Cang's mouth to keep her alive, then left the sealed valley.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat reported Bi Cang's condition to Chen Changming and apologized for attacking her while maintaining his cover.
• Chen Changming rejected a plan to ally with Black Stone Patriarch, fearing Little Snake King might kill Bi Cang if alerted.
• Chen Changming chose to use one of the Sword Talismans refined by Chu Qiushui to save Bi Cang.

Chen Changming and the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat confronted Little Snake King at Black Cloud Mountain, using Chu Qiushui’s Sword Talisman to kill him before he could react. The gathered Demon Kings were left in stunned silence.

• Chen Changming revealed that Chu Qiushui had given him a Sword Talisman capable of slaying a Fusion Realm expert and said he would use it to kill Little Snake King in one blow.
• Chen Changming and the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat secretly traveled to Little Snake King’s cave abode and entered together.
• Chen Changming accused Little Snake King of taking revenge on Bi Cang King’s clone instead of confronting Green Wood King, and Little Snake King realized the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat had betrayed him.
• Little Snake King summoned seven or eight Void Refinement Realm Demon Kings and ordered them to kill Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming activated the Sword Talisman, and its sword-light split Little Snake King in two before he could respond.

Chen Changming killed Little Snake King, won the remaining Demon Kings over to the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat, and rescued Bi Cang King from her chains after healing her wounds. Bi Cang was freed from the well, though the chapter left her and Chen Changming still inside the valley.

• Chen Changming killed Little Snake King, and the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat persuaded the Demon Kings to serve under his command until Bi Cang King could rise again.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat took the array token from Little Snake King's corpse and led Chen Changming to the hidden valley.
• Chen Changming found Bi Cang King bound by ninety-nine chains in a black well and used the Spring Return Immortal Art to heal her injuries.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat used the Slaughter Demon Sword to sever all ninety-nine chains, freeing Bi Cang King.

Chen Changming learned that the Mystic Scorpion King had captured Bi Cang’s true body with the support of a more powerful force, and he vowed to uncover the truth. After Bi Cang entered the Universe Pagoda and the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat prepared to relocate the Demon Kings, Chen Changming traveled into a secluded valley to cultivate the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art.

• Bi Cang told Chen Changming that the Mystic Scorpion King had turned the Green Wood King against her and captured her true body, likely with backing from a stronger force.
• Chen Changming promised to help Bi Cang find her true body and eventually take revenge on the Mystic Scorpion King.
• Chen Changming sent Bi Cang into the Universe Pagoda, while the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat warned that the Black Stone Patriarch might attack Black Cloud Mountain after Little Snake King's death.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat decided to lead the Demon Kings to Fuli Marsh, and Chen Changming chose to continue searching Azure Nether Province for opportunities.
• Three days later, Chen Changming arrived at a secluded valley and decided to cultivate the incomplete Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art there.

After two and a half years of secluded cultivation, Chen Changming mastered the Six Arms realm and traveled to Yellow Dragon City to gather information and seek opportunities for body cultivators. At Yellow Dragon Pavilion’s auction, the rare Star Marrow Wolfheart Fruit was revealed, drawing the attention of the assembled cultivators and a mysterious gray-robed old man.

• Chen Changming cultivated the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art for a year and gained six additional arms, reaching the Six Arms realm.
• Chen Changming studied the incomplete art for another half year but could not find a path to Eight Arms, then decided to leave seclusion and visit a nearby city.
• Chen Changming disguised himself, flew to Yellow Dragon City, and entered the Yellow Dragon Pavilion auction.
• A gray-robed old man watched the auction from a private room and expressed interest in who would obtain the Star Marrow Wolfheart Fruit.
• The auctioneer presented the Star Marrow Wolfheart Fruit and explained its benefits, prompting excitement among the cultivators, especially those in the Void Refinement Realm.

Chen Changming won the Star Marrow Wolfheart Fruit at auction and paid with two Demon King corpses after negotiating their value with Yellow Dragon Pavilion. The gray-robed old man learned what Chen Changming had used to pay and disappeared from the private room.

• Chen Changming outbid the remaining cultivators and bought the Star Marrow Wolfheart Fruit for one million two hundred thousand Ling Yu.
• Chen Changming told the white-haired old man he had no Ling Yu and offered a Red-Scaled Giant Tiger corpse and a Black Nether King Snake corpse instead.
• The white-haired old man valued the two corpses at three million five hundred thousand Ling Yu, accepted them, and gave Chen Changming the fruit and two million six hundred thousand Ling Yu in change.
• After Chen Changming left, the white-haired old man assumed a Fusion Realm expert backed him and brought the corpses to the gray-robed old man.
• The gray-robed old man heard what Chen Changming had paid with, accepted his share of the auction proceeds, and vanished from the private room.

Chen Changming took Little Wolf deep into the mountains to consume the Star Marrow Wolfheart Fruit under the full moon, unaware that the gray-robed elder who had followed him recognized Little Wolf as the Silver Wolf King's son. Little Wolf’s aura rose to the peak of Level Thirteen, one step from the Void Refinement Realm.

• Chen Changming traveled into a remote mountain range on his Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat to find a safe place for Little Wolf’s breakthrough.
• The gray-robed elder secretly followed Chen Changming and discovered that he had a Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf.
• Chen Changming gave Little Wolf the Star Marrow Wolfheart Fruit, and Little Wolf swallowed it beneath the full moon.
• Little Wolf used the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art to absorb the fruit’s power and the moonlight.
• Little Wolf reached the peak of Level Thirteen, while the gray-robed elder resolved to free the Silver Wolf King’s son from Chen Changming.

Little Wolf broke through to the Void Refinement Realm and began his heavenly tribulation while Chen Changming watched. As cultivators were drawn to the Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf, the gray-robed elder killed those who approached to keep them from taking Little Wolf.

• Little Wolf absorbed the star marrow wolfheart fruit’s power and broke through from the thirteenth tier to the Void Refinement Realm.
• Tribulation clouds gathered, and Little Wolf rose to face his heavenly tribulation as the gray-robed elder watched.
• Three Void Refinement cultivators spotted Little Wolf, recognized him as a Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf, and decided to claim him.
• The gray-robed elder blocked the three cultivators, destroyed their weapons, and killed them after revealing his Fusion Realm strength.
• The gray-robed elder killed another approaching cultivator and set off to eliminate others drawn by Little Wolf’s tribulation.

Little Wolf endured the sixth wave of heavenly tribulation as Chen Changming and Wanderer Eight Voids watched. A greedy Fusion Realm cultivator arrived, but Wanderer Eight Voids intercepted him and declared Little Wolf was under his protection.

• Little Wolf passed the fourth and fifth waves of heavenly tribulation, then suffered serious wounds in the sixth wave of Lightning Tribulation.
• Little Wolf faced the fierce sixth wave of Heart Demon Tribulation as Chen Changming watched with concern.
• Wanderer Eight Voids sensed Venerable Absolute Baleful approaching and intercepted him with a barrier of laws.
• Wanderer Eight Voids identified Venerable Absolute Baleful and told him Little Wolf was one of the Beasts he had raised.
• Venerable Absolute Baleful mocked Wanderer Eight Voids and threatened him, claiming everyone would covet the Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf.