Recaps

Liu Chengfeng visited Chen Changming at the Vermilion Bird Barracks to apologize on behalf of the Liu Family and offer him ten bottles of Azure Billow Spirit Liquid. Chen Changming accepted the gift, understanding that the Liu Family hoped he would help secure Elder Spirit Charm’s forgiveness.

• Liu Chengfeng arrived at the Vermilion Bird Barracks carrying ten bottles of Azure Billow Spirit Liquid and asked to speak with Ning Jin privately.
• Chen Changming let Liu Chengfeng into his room, where Liu apologized and presented him with a Storage Ring.
• Chen Changming discovered the ring contained ten bottles of Azure Billow Spirit Liquid and realized the Liu Family was trying to make amends with Elder Spirit Charm through him.
• Chen Changming accepted the gift, and Liu Chengfeng removed the room’s restriction and left the barracks.

Chen Changming used ten bottles of Azure Billow Spirit Liquid to repay most of his debt to the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, then studied the Spirit Realm version of the Undying Demon Heart Art. His true body received the Void Crystal Marrow and Azure Billow Spirit Liquid, and prepared to use them to repair the gap in his dantian.

• Chen Changming told Shopkeeper Geng that Elder Spirit Charm had secured his release and dismissed the clerk who had testified against him.
• Chen Changming gave Shopkeeper Geng ten bottles of Azure Billow Spirit Liquid, offsetting five million Spirit Jade of his debt and leaving one million and fifty thousand unpaid.
• Chen Changming returned to the Vermilion Bird Barracks and began studying the Spirit Realm version of the Undying Demon Heart Art.
• The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat returned to Chen Changming's true body with a Storage Ring containing Azure Billow Spirit Liquid and Void Crystal Marrow.
• Bi Cang instructed Chen Changming to draw the Void Crystal Marrow into his dantian and use the Azure Billow Spirit Liquid to seal the gap.

Chen Changming sealed the gap in his Dantian with Void Crystal Marrow and Azure Billow Spirit Liquid, stopping his spiritual power from leaking away. As he headed back toward Azure Billow Royal City, his demonic-path avatar began its breakthrough into the Void Refinement Realm.

• Chen Changming spent a month drawing Void Crystal Marrow into his Dantian and fitting it into the gap.
• Chen Changming used Azure Billow Spirit Liquid to seal the gap around the crystal and stop the loss of spiritual power.
• Bi Cang told Chen Changming to seek more Void Crystal Marrow and Boundary-Stabilizing Mystic Flowers to refine the spatial-law fragments.
• Chen Changming ordered the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat to carry him back to Azure Billow Royal City so he could settle accounts with the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower.
• Chen Changming sensed his demonic-path avatar nearing a breakthrough, and the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat flew him to an uninhabited mountain range.
• Chen Changming released his demonic-path avatar, which began its tribulation and broke into the Void Refinement Realm.

Chen Changming’s demonic-path clone broke through to the Void Refinement Realm and attracted Netherworld Old Devil, who identified it as a True Ming Demon Body and claimed it as his perfect inheritor. Chen Changming retreated with the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat and learned from Bi Cang who the powerful newcomer was.

• Chen Changming watched as his demonic-path clone advanced to the Void Refinement Realm and began undergoing a powerful lightning tribulation.
• Netherworld Old Devil sensed the tribulation, recognized the clone as a True Ming Demon Body, and declared it the perfect successor he had sought for thousands of years.
• Chen Changming judged that he could not fight the seventh-level Fusion Realm elder and retreated more than a thousand li with the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat.
• Chen Changming asked Bi Cang about the elder, and she identified him as Netherworld Old Devil, the True Ming Sect’s sole inheritor and a renowned demonic-path expert.

Chen Changming learned that the Netherworld Old Devil wanted his demonic-path incarnation as a successor because of its True Ming Demon Body, and he accepted the opportunity while remaining wary of Mo Lihai’s possible hidden influence. The incarnation passed five waves of tribulation and endured the sixth wave of lightning, but the Heart Demon Tribulation left it motionless and unconscious in the void.

• Bi Cang explained that the Netherworld Old Devil likely viewed Chen Changming’s demonic-path incarnation as the successor he had long sought.
• Bi Cang warned that Mo Lihai might have left a hidden trap in the incarnation, but Chen Changming said he would suppress it if it ever rebelled.
• Chen Changming sensed that the incarnation had passed the first four waves of tribulation and was facing increasingly powerful trials.
• The demonic-path incarnation survived the fifth lightning and Heart Demon waves, impressing the Netherworld Old Devil.
• The sixth lightning wave battered the incarnation, which used the Undying Demon Heart Art to regenerate and survive.
• Scarlet lightning entered the incarnation’s sea of consciousness, plunging it into the Heart Demon Tribulation.

Chen Changming’s demonic-path avatar survived the sixth wave and endured the devastating seventh wave of the Heart Demon Tribulation. As the avatar struggled beneath the lightning, the Thunder Flood Dragon King arrived, leaving Chen Changming sensing imminent danger.

• The demonic-path avatar emerged from the sixth wave of the Heart Demon Tribulation with his resolve intact, and a seventh wave of lightning gathered.
• The seventh wave struck the avatar with dusky-gold lightning, leaving him badly wounded as Chen Changming felt his pain and Netherworld Old Devil watched anxiously.
• The Thunder Flood Dragon King appeared and confronted Netherworld Old Devil, saying he had come to watch the tribulation.
• Netherworld Old Devil warned Thunder Flood Dragon King not to target his disciple, but Thunder Flood Dragon King dismissed the threat.
• Chen Changming sensed intense danger through his demonic-path avatar as Thunder Flood Dragon King watched the tribulation.

Chen Changming retreated with the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat while his demonic-path avatar endured the seventh wave of the lightning tribulation and the heart demon tribulation. The avatar survived and began recovering, but the Thunder Flood Dragon King moved to kill him, and the Netherworld Old Devil stood in his way as a bolt of lightning flew toward him.

• Chen Changming ordered the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat to carry him several thousand miles away from the Thunder Flood Dragon King and his demonic-path avatar.
• The demonic-path avatar survived the seventh wave of the lightning tribulation despite suffering severe injuries.
• The demonic-path avatar endured the blood-red heart demon tribulation, while the Netherworld Old Devil anxiously watched and the Thunder Flood Dragon King threatened to kill him afterward.
• Heavenly earth origin qi and black lawlight restored the demonic-path avatar's body and strengthened his demonic qi.
• The Thunder Flood Dragon King prepared to attack the recovering avatar, so the Netherworld Old Devil moved between them.
• The Thunder Flood Dragon King fired a bolt of blue lightning at the Netherworld Old Devil.

Elder Spirit Charm intervened when Thunder Flood Dragon King attacked the Demonic Dao clone receiving the Heavenly Dao’s gift, then defeated him and drove him away. She recognized the clone’s rare True Ming Demon Body and urged Netherworld Old Devil to nurture him as she departed.

• Thunder Flood Dragon King injured Netherworld Old Devil and sent a powerful lightning attack toward the Demonic Dao clone.
• Elder Spirit Charm appeared, destroyed the lightning, and declared the clone belonged to the Demonic Dao.
• Elder Spirit Charm defeated Thunder Flood Dragon King with a single punch, and he withdrew after warning her he would return.
• Netherworld Old Devil thanked Elder Spirit Charm, who explained she had acted to protect the demonic path’s junior.
• Elder Spirit Charm praised the clone’s talent and told Netherworld Old Devil to nurture his True Ming Demon Body before departing.
• Netherworld Old Devil watched Elder Spirit Charm leave, then turned toward the Demonic Dao clone.

Chen Changming returned toward Azure Billow Royal City after his demonic path avatar survived its tribulation and joined the True Ming Sect. After repaying Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, he searched the royal city for three rare spirit herbs and concluded that the Pill Pavilion was his last lead.

• Netherworld Old Devil invited the demonic path avatar to join the True Ming Sect, and the avatar accepted.
• Chen Changming learned through their restored connection that his avatar had obtained the Spirit Realm version of the Undying Demon Heart Art and that Liu Chengfeng had delivered ten bottles of Azure Billow Spirit Liquid.
• Chen Changming sent the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat back to Fuli Marsh, reunited with his Dao cultivation incarnation, and entered Azure Billow Royal City in disguise.
• Chen Changming repaid Shopkeeper Geng the remaining 1.05 million Spirit Jades and asked whether Ten Thousand Treasures Tower had three rare spirit herbs; Shopkeeper Geng had none.
• Chen Changming searched several other trading houses for the herbs, found none, and decided to try the Pill Pavilion.

Chen Changming went to the Pill Pavilion to obtain three spiritual herbs for his injuries, but Deputy Pavilion Master Su Ruixing initially refused to sell them to an outsider. After Chen Changming invoked his connection to Elder Spirit Charm, Su Ruixing relented and asked which herbs he needed.

• Chen Changming met Li Xing at the Pill Pavilion and asked to speak privately with Deputy Pavilion Master Su Ruixing about buying spiritual herbs.
• Su Zhe tried to block Chen Changming from going upstairs but yielded after Chen Changming invoked his standing and connection to Elder Spirit Charm.
• Su Ruixing initially refused to sell herbs to Chen Changming, insisting the Pill Pavilion did not sell to outsiders.
• Chen Changming challenged Su Ruixing by threatening to seek Elder Spirit Charm’s help, then turned to leave when Su Ruixing refused.
• Su Ruixing stopped Chen Changming and asked which herbs he wanted, and Chen Changming named the Purifying Poison Nether Lotus, Ten Thousand Poison Iceheart Grass, and Boundary-Stabilizing Mystic Flower.

Chen Changming visited the Pill Pavilion seeking several rare spirit herbs and bought its sole Boundary-Stabilizing Mystic Flower for two million spirit jades. He still needed two more, and after learning they grew in the elusive Spirit Star Ancient Ruins, he asked Bi Cang about the ruins’ origins.

• Chen Changming asked Su Ruixing whether the Pill Pavilion had the Purifying Poison Nether Lotus, Ten Thousand Poison Iceheart Grass, and Boundary-Stabilizing Mystic Flower, and Su Ruixing said it had only one Boundary-Stabilizing Mystic Flower.
• Chen Changming paid Su Ruixing two million spirit jades for the flower, and Bi Cang confirmed it was genuine and of superior quality.
• Chen Changming left the Pill Pavilion with Li Xing and asked Bi Cang where he could find two more Boundary-Stabilizing Mystic Flowers.
• Bi Cang said the flowers grew in the Spirit Star Ancient Ruins, which appeared only once every several hundred years, and reassured Chen Changming that his dantian gap was already sealed.
• Chen Changming connected the Spirit Star Ancient Ruins to the Spirit Star Realm and asked Bi Cang about the ruins’ origin.

Chen Changming learned the origins of the Spirit Star Ancient Ruins, separated his true body from his cultivation avatar, and began studying the incomplete Undying Demon Heart Art. Meanwhile, his demonic path avatar became the thirty-seventh-generation heir of the True Ming Sect and received its cultivation method and a supply of Ten Thousand Poison Iceheart Grass.

• Bi Cang explained that the Spirit Star Ancient Ruins were remnants of the shattered Spirit Star Realm, and Chen Changming decided to cultivate the Undying Demon Heart Art away from Azure Billow Royal City.
• Chen Changming sent his cultivation avatar back to Azure Billow Royal City in Vermilion Bird Armor, then traveled to a secluded valley and established a cave dwelling.
• After seven days of study, Chen Changming concluded that the Undying Demon Heart Art was incomplete and chose to continue strengthening the Human Realm version.
• Chen Changming purged the poison law fragments in his body with the Spring Return Immortal Art and restored his mana with the Mountain-Suppressing Primordial Unity Art.
• At Night Nether Mountain, Netherworld Old Devil named Chen Changming's demonic path avatar the thirty-seventh-generation heir of the True Ming Sect and gave him the True Ming Demon Art.
• Netherworld Old Devil explained that the True Ming Sect used Ten Thousand Poison Iceheart Grass to temper the body toward a True Ming Demon Body.

The Demonic Dao clone learned that Netherworld Old Devil had over a hundred stalks of Ten Thousand Poison Iceheart Grass and devised a way to alert the main body while his master healed. He contracted an Emerald Feather Wind Owl and sent it to Azure Billow Royal City with a stalk of the grass and a message for the cultivation-path clone.

• Netherworld Old Devil told the Demonic Dao clone that Ten Thousand Poison Iceheart Grass would help his True Ming Demon Body, then entered seclusion to heal his injuries.
• The Demonic Dao clone left the sect’s formation and found an Emerald Feather Wind Owl to carry a Storage Ring to Azure Billow Royal City.
• The Demonic Dao clone formed a contract with the Emerald Feather Wind Owl and gave it a ring containing a stalk of Ten Thousand Poison Iceheart Grass and a slip marked “Mo Lihai.”
• The Demonic Dao clone showed the owl a portrait of the cultivation-path clone and sent it toward Vermilion Bird Guard Ning Jin at the Vermilion Bird Barracks.

The Demonic Avatar studied the True Ming Demon Art and began using Ten Thousand Poison Iceheart Grass to temper his True Ming Demon Body. After two months, the Emerald Feather Wind Owl reached Azure Billow Royal City and delivered a Storage Ring from Mo Lihai to Chen Changming.

• The Demonic Avatar learned that the True Ming Sect and True Demon Sect had once been one sect, then began cultivating the True Ming Demon Art with a leaf of Ten Thousand Poison Iceheart Grass.
• Two months later, the battered Emerald Feather Wind Owl arrived near Azure Billow Royal City and spotted Chen Changming among the Vermilion Bird Guards.
• The Emerald Feather Wind Owl flew to Chen Changming and gave him a Storage Ring containing Ten Thousand Poison Iceheart Grass and a note bearing the name Mo Lihai.
• Chen Changming recognized that his demonic-path clone had sent the ring and thanked the Emerald Feather Wind Owl for its dangerous journey.

Chen Changming received the Ten Thousand Poison Iceheart Grass from the Emerald Feather Wind Owl and decided to wait until he reached the Void Refinement Realm before approaching Changchun True Person. Six years later, he broke through to the Void Refinement Realm in body cultivation.

• Chen Changming healed the Emerald Feather Wind Owl, learned it had brought a spiritual herb, and invited it to stay with him.
• Chen Changming told Bi Cang that he had obtained the Ten Thousand Poison Iceheart Grass, leaving only the Purifying Poison Nether Lotus to find.
• Chen Changming decided to wait until he reached the Void Refinement Realm before seeking Changchun True Person and continued cultivating while his avatar completed its military service.
• Six years later, Chen Changming left his cave dwelling to undergo his breakthrough in the mountains and advanced his body cultivation to the Void Refinement Realm.

Chen Changming faced his heavenly tribulation, enduring seven increasingly powerful waves of lightning and Heart Demon trials with his formidable body and the Spring Return Immortal Art. The tribulation ended before an eighth wave appeared, and he accepted the Heavenly Dao’s gift of Origin Energy and law-spirit light.

• Chen Changming entered the tribulation clouds and easily endured the first five waves of lightning and Heart Demon Tribulation.
• Chen Changming suffered minor injuries during the sixth lightning wave and held fast through its difficult Heart Demon trial.
• Chen Changming endured the seventh wave of pure golden lightning by healing his severe wounds with the Spring Return Immortal Art.
• Chen Changming survived the seventh golden Heart Demon Tribulation and received the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Energy and law-spirit light.
• Chen Changming briefly regretted that no eighth wave appeared, then accepted that seven waves were good and opened himself to the Heavenly Dao’s gift.

After breaking through to the Void Refinement Realm, Chen Changming rescued Saintess Qingyi from two demonic cultivators and defeated them with his physical strength. He introduced himself under the alias Chen Shan, then noticed that Qingyi was showing increasingly severe signs of poisoning.

• Chen Changming recovered from his tribulation and discovered that his strength had greatly increased.
• Chen Changming recognized the wounded Saintess Qingyi as the woman who had helped him at Clear Mist Cliff and blocked the two demonic cultivators pursuing her.
• Chen Changming defeated both seventh-layer Void Refinement Realm cultivators with single punches, killed one, and let the other escape.
• Saintess Qingyi thanked Chen Changming, asked about his cultivation, and offered repayment from the Clear Mist Sect.
• Chen Changming introduced himself as Chen Shan and asked Qingyi whether she had been poisoned as her condition worsened.

Chen Changming tried to cure Saintess Qingyi’s aphrodisiac poison with the Spring Return Immortal Art, but when her life was in danger, he chose to save her by spending the night with her. After the poison was gone, two demonic cultivators arrived and found them in the valley.

• Saintess Qingyi asked Chen Changming to help her overcome the aphrodisiac poison, but he refused and knocked her unconscious.
• Chen Changming used the Spring Return Immortal Art to heal Saintess Qingyi’s injuries, but the poison worsened instead of fading.
• When Saintess Qingyi’s condition became life-threatening, Chen Changming decided to save her and set up an isolation array around them.
• Several hours later, the poison had cleared, and Chen Changming covered Saintess Qingyi with a spare robe before waiting for her to wake.
• Two black-robed demonic cultivators arrived above the valley, and the gaunt ninth-level Void Refinement Realm man mocked Junior Brother Qin about Chen Changming benefiting from their pursuit of Saintess Qingyi.

After curing Saintess Qingyi’s poison, Chen Changming faced Yue Xiao and Qin Feng, who had come to seize her and the War God Fragment Map. Though Qingyi offered herself and the map in exchange for Chen’s safety, he refused to leave her behind, and they prepared to fight.

• Yue Xiao questioned Qin Feng’s claim that Chen Changming had defeated his two junior brothers, then agreed to help after Qin Feng offered half his gains from the Clear Mist Sect.
• Saintess Qingyi woke cured of her poison and thanked Chen Changming for saving her.
• Yue Xiao and Qin Feng arrived, and Qingyi recognized Yue Xiao as a powerful threat.
• Qingyi offered Yue Xiao the War God Fragment Map and agreed to go with him if he spared Chen Changming.
• Yue Xiao accepted, but Chen Changming told Qingyi he would take her with him, so she readied a water-element Spirit Treasure for battle.

Chen Changming and Saintess Qingyi fought their way toward the Clear Mist Sect while Yue Xiao pursued them. After Chen Changming killed Qin Feng and endured Yue Xiao’s attacks with his many techniques and treasures, Yue Xiao finally stopped short of the sect’s territory.

• Yue Xiao attacked Chen Changming and Saintess Qingyi as they fled, but Chen Changming blocked his strikes and pressed on toward the Clear Mist Sect.
• Saintess Qingyi used her Water Spirit Pearl to shield Chen Changming, while Qin Feng joined the pursuit and attacked from the flank.
• Chen Changming empowered himself with the Undying Demon Heart Art and killed Qin Feng with the Slaughter Demon Sword.
• Yue Xiao unleashed a barrage of poisonous palm seals that wounded Chen Changming and Saintess Qingyi, but Chen Changming used the Spring Return Immortal Art to heal them.
• When Yue Xiao sent his bonded sword after Chen Changming, Chen grew two extra arms and used a red spear and black saber to block it.
• After a day of pursuit, Yue Xiao stopped when Chen Changming and Saintess Qingyi came within a thousand li of the Clear Mist Sect, wary of its Fusion Realm guardian.

After Chen Changming drove off Yue Xiao, he followed Saintess Qingyi to the Clear Mist Sect for refuge. Their arrival sparked rumors about their relationship, and the Azure Dragon Holy Son went to confront the man staying in Qingyi’s courtyard.

• Chen Changming survived his battle with Yue Xiao, learned that the Void Poison Demon Sect included Xuan Yi, and agreed to hide at the Clear Mist Sect with Saintess Qingyi.
• Chen Changming healed himself and Qingyi with the Spring Return Immortal Art, then followed her to her secluded courtyard and accepted a room there.
• Qingyi’s maid Xiao He saw Chen Changming in the courtyard, and word that the Saintess had brought a man back spread through the sect.
• The Azure Dragon Holy Son, angered by the rumors and Qingyi’s attentions toward Chen Changming, headed to her courtyard and entered.

Saintess Qingyi defended Chen Changming after the Azure Dragon Holy Son confronted him over staying in her courtyard. The Azure Dragon Holy Son then consulted Jade Sky True Person, who suggested humiliating Chen Changming in public to drive him away.

• Saintess Qingyi told the Azure Dragon Holy Son that Chen Changming had saved her life and was staying in her courtyard temporarily.
• The Azure Dragon Holy Son barged into Chen Changming’s room, insulted him, and tried to seize his collar, but Saintess Qingyi stopped him and threatened to involve the sect master.
• The Azure Dragon Holy Son left after warning Saintess Qingyi she would regret defending Chen Changming, while Chen Changming said he only wanted to recover in peace.
• The Azure Dragon Holy Son suspected Chen Changming was hiding his strength and told Jade Sky True Person about his concerns.
• Jade Sky True Person confirmed Chen Changming’s cultivation was at the first layer of the Void Refinement Realm but noted his unusually strong body, then advised the Azure Dragon Holy Son to make him embarrass himself publicly.

The Azure Dragon Holy Son sent Duan De to challenge Chen Shan, hoping to humiliate him and drive him from the Clear Mist Sect. Chen Shan defeated Duan De with one slap, and the Azure Dragon Holy Son was left furious and newly wary of his strength.

• Jade Sky True Person advised the Azure Dragon Holy Son to send a stronger disciple to defeat Chen Shan and make him leave the Clear Mist Sect.
• The Azure Dragon Holy Son ordered fourth-layer Void Refinement cultivator Duan De to challenge Chen Shan, and Duan De went to Saintess Qingyi's courtyard.
• Saintess Qingyi tried to stop Duan De, but he attacked Chen Changming with a palm of magical power.
• Chen Changming slapped Duan De through the courtyard gate, defeating him in a single exchange.
• News of Duan De's defeat spread through the sect, and the Azure Dragon Holy Son angrily realized Chen Shan's strength was far beyond his expectations.

The Azure Dragon Holy Son planned to challenge Chen Shan after Jade Sky True Person encouraged him to avenge Duan De. Saintess Qingyi told Jade Mist True Person about Chen Shan’s strength and chose to let the challenge proceed.

• Jade Sky True Person assured the Azure Dragon Holy Son that Chen Shan was at the first layer of the Void Refinement Realm and urged him to challenge Chen Shan.
• The Azure Dragon Holy Son decided to challenge Chen Shan, hoped to frighten him into leaving, and ordered a disciple to spread the news.
• Clear Mist Sect disciples debated the challenge, while Saintess Qingyi confidently predicted Chen Shan would accept it.
• Saintess Qingyi visited Jade Mist True Person and recounted how Chen Shan had rescued her and fought the Void Poison Demon Sect cultivators.
• Jade Mist True Person offered to stop the Azure Dragon Holy Son, but Saintess Qingyi urged her to let the challenge proceed, and her master agreed.

The Azure Dragon Holy Son challenged Chen Shan to a duel at the Clear Mist Sect, and Chen Changming accepted. At the arena, Chen Changming shattered the Azure Dragon Holy Son’s water dragon with one punch, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Saintess Qingyi told Chen Changming to accept the Azure Dragon Holy Son’s challenge for the next day at noon, and Chen Changming agreed.
• News of the duel spread through the Clear Mist Sect, where disciples expected the Azure Dragon Holy Son to defeat Chen Shan in one move and placed bets.
• The Azure Dragon Holy Son waited on the martial arena as Chen Changming arrived with Saintess Qingyi and faced him.
• The Azure Dragon Holy Son summoned an azure water dragon with the Clear Mist True Canon and attacked Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming punched the water dragon, instantly collapsing it into droplets and silencing the cheering crowd.