Recaps

The Heavenly Fox King survived her tribulation and awakened a second tail, revealing her ancient nine-tail celestial fox bloodline. When two void refinement realm cultivators tried to capture her for a reward, Chen Changming killed them both with one punch.

• The Heavenly Fox King survived three waves of heavenly tribulation and absorbed heavenly earth origin qi as her wounds healed.
• The Heavenly Fox King grew a second tail, and Chen Changming suspected her ancient bloodline had awakened.
• After defeating a Ghost-Faced Venomous Python, two void refinement realm cultivators sensed the Heavenly Fox King's aura and decided to capture her for a reward.
• Chen Changming appeared beside the frightened Heavenly Fox King and rejected the two cultivators' plan.
• The black-robed man attacked Chen Changming, who shattered his sword light and killed both cultivators with a single punch before collecting their Storage Rings.

After learning that the Heavenly Fox King had awakened the Nine-Tail Celestial Fox bloodline, Chen Changming agreed to take her to the clan’s stronghold, Nine-Tail Mountain. He and the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat reached the mountain after more than a month of travel.

• Chen Changming learned that the Heavenly Fox King’s bloodline had awakened and that she had grown a second tail.
• The Heavenly Fox King asked Chen Changming to take her to Nine-Tail Mountain, and he agreed after considering the risks.
• Chen Changming contacted Saintess Qingyi, who told him that Nine-Tail Mountain was in Dark Marsh Province and that its Fusion Realm ancestor had promised rewards for returning clansmen.
• Chen Changming summoned the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat and set off for Nine-Tail Mountain with it.
• After more than a month, Chen Changming and the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat arrived at the foot of Nine-Tail Mountain.

Chen Changming brought the Heavenly Fox King to Nine-Tail Mountain, where the Nine-Tail Celestial Fox ancestor welcomed her and rewarded him with spirit medicines. The ancestor had Chen Changming dissolve his contract with the Heavenly Fox King, and after she was injured by the backlash, he healed her with the Spring Return Immortal Art.

• Chen Changming brought the Heavenly Fox King to Nine-Tail Mountain and followed a young Heavenly Fox clansman to meet the ancestor.
• The Nine-Tail Celestial Fox ancestor recognized the Heavenly Fox King's thin bloodline and faint Human Realm aura, and Chen Changming explained that he had brought her from the Human Realm as his demon pet.
• The ancestor thanked Chen Changming and gave him a Storage Ring containing six Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng roots.
• The ancestor asked Chen Changming to dissolve his contract with the Heavenly Fox King, and he shattered the golden Heavenly Lock of the Spirit-Locking Pact.
• The Heavenly Fox King spat blood from the backlash, so Chen Changming healed her with the Spring Return Immortal Art, surprising the ancestor.

Chen Changming left Nine-Tail Mountain after reuniting the Heavenly Fox King with her kin and receiving six Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng roots. On his return to his cave abode, he mourned the Thunder-Glitter Spirit Falcons that died in tribulations and reunited with a worried Su Luo.

• The Nine-Tail Celestial Fox ancestor invited Chen Changming to stay, but he declined and said farewell to the Heavenly Fox King, who remained on Nine-Tail Mountain to cultivate.
• Chen Changming left with the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat and learned that delivering the Heavenly Fox King had earned him six Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng roots.
• During the return journey, all three Thunder-Glitter Spirit Falcons died beneath their Lesser Heavenly Tribulations, leaving Chen Changming grieving and worried about the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow.
• After reaching Azure Billow Central Province, Chen Changming sent the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat back to Fuli Marsh to watch over Little Snake King and the others, then flew to his cave abode.
• Chen Changming called Su Luo over, and she asked why he had been away for three months.

Chen Changming explained his long absence to Su Luo, then took her to her ancestral home in Ancient Village. After they entered the village, Gu Tian questioned why she had chosen an outsider as her master, and his expression darkened when she said Chen Changming taught her body refinement.

• Chen Changming told Su Luo he had traveled to Dark Marsh Province and said they would head to Vast Mountain.
• Chen Changming and Su Luo rode the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow to Vast Mountain, then spent seven days reaching Ancient Village.
• Su Luo led Chen Changming to the village, where Gu Tian opened the defensive formation and welcomed her back.
• Gu Tian questioned Su Luo's choice of an outsider as her master, and Su Luo admitted Chen Changming taught her body refinement.
• Gu Tian's expression changed sharply and his face darkened at Su Luo's answer.

Gu Tian confronted Su Luo and Chen Changming over Su Luo’s body cultivation, then revealed that Ancient Village forbade its people from tempering the body. Su Luo stayed in her deceased grandfather’s courtyard, while Chen Changming resolved to learn the reason behind the village’s rule.

• Gu Tian learned that Su Luo had reached the second level of the Foundation Establishment Realm in body cultivation and demanded that she stop, but Chen Changming defended her talent.
• Gu Tian threatened to drive Chen Changming away until Su Luo explained that her master had cured her Heavenly Muteness, prompting Gu Tian to soften and allow her to continue body cultivation.
• Gu Tian told them Ancient Village’s ancestral precept forbade body cultivation and said Su Luo could stay in her grandfather’s empty courtyard.
• Su Luo mourned her grandfather as she and Chen Changming went to the courtyard, where Chen Changming agreed to investigate the village’s rule.
• Chen Changming suspected the villagers shared Su Luo’s ancient bloodline but had sealed away its aura.

Chen Changming questioned Ancient Village elder Gu Nanguan about the villagers’ Ancient Human bloodline and their abandoned body-forging inheritance. Their conversation was interrupted when two figures appeared above the village and attacked its protective formation.

• Chen Changming took Su Luo around Ancient Village and learned that its strongest resident was elder Gu Nanguan, who had reached the tenth level of the Void Refinement Realm.
• Chen Changming visited Gu Nanguan and confirmed that the villagers carried a slumbering Ancient Human bloodline.
• Gu Nanguan explained that the ancestors had forbidden body-forging because it attracted trouble, and revealed that outsiders had repeatedly sought the clan’s lost cultivation art.
• Chen Changming denied coming for the inheritance, but a thunderous impact shook the courtyard as someone attacked Ancient Village’s protective formation.
• Gu Nanguan suspected Chen Changming’s backer, while Chen Changming looked up and saw two figures standing above the formation.

Two Demon Kings attacked Ancient Village, demanding the Ancient Human Clan’s Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art. After they shattered the village’s defensive formation, Mad Lion Demon King seized Gu Nanguan and demanded the inheritance.

• Chen Changming denied having any connection to the two Demon Kings, while Gu Nanguan suspected him.
• Gu Nanguan asked Mad Lion Demon King and Blood Ancestor Bear King why they had come, but Mad Lion demanded to know whether the villagers belonged to the Ancient Human Clan.
• Blood Ancestor Bear King struck the defensive formation twice, shattering it with his second punch, while Mad Lion Demon King diverted the shockwave to protect the villagers.
• Chen Changming sent Su Luo into his Universe Pagoda to keep her safe.
• Mad Lion Demon King seized Gu Nanguan and demanded the Ancient Human Clan’s Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art.

The Blood Ancestor Bear King and Mad Lion Demon King tortured the Ancient Village’s people while searching for the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art. Chen Changming intervened and claimed he knew the art, then asked where the Demon Kings came from.

• Gu Nanguan told the Mad Lion Demon King that the Ancient Village did not possess the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art, but the Blood Ancestor Bear King broke his arm and demanded it.
• The Blood Ancestor Bear King seized a boy and threatened to eat his eyes, then knocked the boy’s grandfather unconscious when he tried to intervene.
• The villagers watched helplessly as the two Demon Kings terrorized them, until Chen Changming teleported in with two Sword Talismans ready.
• Chen Changming claimed he knew the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art, making both Demon Kings eager to hear more.
• Chen Changming asked the Demon Kings where they came from, and they exchanged puzzled glances.

Chen Changming defended Ancient Village by killing the Blood Ancestor Bear King and the Mad Lion Demon King with two Sword Talismans. After rescuing the injured villagers and collecting the Demon Kings’ bodies, he began treating Gu Nanguan’s broken arm.

• The Blood Ancestor Bear King and the Mad Lion Demon King mocked Chen Changming and attacked Ancient Village.
• Chen Changming activated two Sword Talismans, piercing both Demon Kings through the forehead and killing them instantly.
• Gu Tian caught the falling corpses and set them down safely while Chen Changming rescued Gu Nanguan and an unconscious youth.
• Chen Changming stored the Demon Kings’ bodies in his Storage Ring, and Gu Nanguan kowtowed to thank him for saving the village.
• Gu Tian arrived with other village cultivators, and Chen Changming began healing Gu Nanguan’s broken arm.

After saving Ancient Village, Chen Changming learned that its ancestors had not left behind the complete Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art, so he departed for Vast Mountain. A mysterious man in black then appeared and challenged him to a body-refining spar.

• Chen Changming healed Gu Nanguan's broken arm with the Spring Return Immortal Art, and Gu invited him into his house.
• Gu Nanguan explained that Ancient Village's ancestors had abandoned and sealed the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art to protect their people, leaving no complete inheritance to give Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming accepted the explanation and left Ancient Village, while Gu Nanguan watched him go in tears.
• A concealed figure followed Chen Changming through Vast Mountain, and later a man in black confronted him and proposed a body-refining spar.
• Chen Changming questioned the stranger's motives and studied his stance and aura, suspecting he had watched the battle at Ancient Village.

Chen Changming sparred with a mysterious man in black who revealed himself as the Ancient Human Clan’s hidden guardian. Impressed by Chen Changming’s body cultivation, the guardian gave him the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art, leaving Chen Changming with the inheritance he had sought.

• The man in black challenged Chen Changming to a sparring match, and Chen agreed to test their body cultivation without intending to injure each other.
• Chen Changming and the man in black exchanged increasingly powerful punches, and Chen ultimately proved stronger even when his opponent reached the tenth layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
• The man in black admitted defeat and praised Chen Changming’s body cultivation.
• The man in black revealed that he was an Ancient Human Clan guardian who had secretly protected the Ancient Village and tested Chen Changming’s abilities.
• The guardian offered Chen Changming the Ancient Human Clan’s Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art, and Chen accepted the Jade Slip.

Chen Changming learned that the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art lacked its Mahayana portion and asked the puppet guardian of Ancient Village to explain the Six Ancients’ history. The puppet revealed that the Six Ancients split into factions during their war with the Spirit Realm’s races, and that Ancient Village’s ancestors had chosen neutrality and seclusion.

• The man in black told Chen Changming that the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art was incomplete because its Mahayana portion had been lost amid the Six Ancients’ wars and internal strife.
• Chen Changming revealed that he came from the Human Realm and had cultivated both the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art and the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art.
• Chen Changming demonstrated the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art, and the man in black was astonished by his achievement.
• The man in black removed his hood and revealed that he was a puppet containing an Ancient Human’s divine sense.
• The puppet explained that the Spirit Realm’s races had waged a long war against the Six Ancients, whose clans later divided into war, peace, and neutral factions.
• The puppet confirmed that Ancient Village’s ancestors belonged to the neutral faction and had secluded themselves in Vast Mountain to preserve their bloodline.

Chen Changming learned more about the Six Ancients and discovered that the puppet lacked the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art, then gave it four Ancient Human Clan puppets. After the puppet departed, Chen Changming settled in a temporary cave abode in Vast Mountain with Su Luo to wait for the Great Void Grotto-Heaven to open.

• The puppet explained that the war and peace factions of the Six Ancients had been devastated, while the neutral factions survived in hiding, and said Ancient Village was only one of the Ancient Human Clan's remaining branches.
• Chen Changming asked for the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art, but the puppet said his branch had never possessed its inheritance.
• Chen Changming gave the puppet four Ancient Human Clan puppets he had obtained in the Ancient Moon Secret Realm, and the puppet left after declaring Ancient Village safe for the time being.
• Chen Changming carved a temporary cave abode deep within Vast Mountain, set up a formation, and summoned Su Luo from the Universe Pagoda.
• Chen Changming warned Su Luo not to underestimate opponents in the Great Void Grotto-Heaven, then dismissed her to cultivate and took out a Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng.

Chen Changming refined all five Mystic Dragon Blood Ginsengs to strengthen his body before entering the Great Void Grotto-Heaven in disguise. After arriving, he ignored a ninth-layer Void Refinement Realm cultivator’s command and flew ahead.

• Chen Changming refined the Mystic Dragon Blood Ginsengs for several months, increasing his physical strength without reaching the fourth level of the Void Refinement Realm.
• Chen Changming sensed the Great Void Grotto-Heaven open, sent Su Luo into the Universe Pagoda, and changed his appearance before setting out.
• Chen Changming flew through the silver vortex and arrived in the Grotto-Heaven among numerous Void Refinement Realm cultivators.
• A red-robed ninth-layer cultivator ordered everyone to wait while he explored, and the lower-level cultivators froze in fear.
• Chen Changming, disguised as a middle-aged man in plain clothes, ignored the red-robed cultivator and flew ahead.

Chen Changming confronted Wei Wujiang, a ninth-layer Void Refinement Realm cultivator, and defeated his attacks with overwhelming strength. After Wei Wujiang fled, Chen Changming claimed to be a tenth-layer body cultivator and flew toward the mountains.

• Wei Wujiang stopped Chen Changming and demanded his name, but Chen insulted him and refused to answer.
• Wei Wujiang attacked with a scorching palm strike and a barrage of fireballs, which Chen Changming shattered with his fists.
• Wei Wujiang sent a crimson flying sword at Chen Changming, but Chen knocked it aside and struck through his protective spiritual light.
• Realizing he was outmatched, Wei Wujiang fled, leaving Chen Changming among the astonished spectators.
• Chen Changming told the crowd he was a tenth-layer Void Refinement Realm body cultivator, bid them farewell, and flew toward the mountains.

Chen Changming found golden marrow grass in the Great Void Grotto-Heaven and fought off its guardian, a Three-Headed Blackscale Lizard. As he tried to claim the herb, a powerful elderly body cultivator in black struck him and declared that he wanted it too.

• Chen Changming recalled that the Great Void Grotto-Heaven could remain open for months unless someone took the immortality herb from the War God Temple.
• Chen Changming found golden marrow grass guarded by a Three-Headed Blackscale Lizard and fought the beast while an elderly man in black watched from a hill.
• Chen Changming wore down the lizard until it fled, then approached the herb.
• The elderly man in black ambushed Chen Changming with a punch, and Chen Changming met it with tenth-layer Void Refinement Realm power but was hurled away.
• The elderly man in black praised Chen Changming's strength and admitted that he wanted the golden marrow grass.

Chen Changming and Vajra Master failed to keep the Golden Marrow Grass from Limitless Wanderer, who had once cultivated at the First Layer of the Fusion Realm. After learning why powerful former Fusion Realm cultivators had entered the Great Void Grotto-Heaven, Chen Changming formed a temporary alliance with Vajra Master to compete for the immortal medicine at the War God Temple.

• Vajra Master attacked a hidden intruder, but a golden barrier blocked his punch as the Golden Marrow Grass vanished underground.
• Limitless Wanderer appeared, thanked Vajra Master, and escaped through the void with the Golden Marrow Grass.
• Vajra Master told Chen Changming that he and Limitless Wanderer had once been First Layer Fusion Realm cultivators who lowered their cultivation to seek the life-extending immortal medicine.
• Vajra Master proposed that he and Chen Changming look after each other at the War God Temple, and Chen Changming agreed while giving the alias Ning Shan.
• Vajra Master and Chen Changming parted, each heading toward the War God Temple.

Chen Changming reassessed his chances in the Great Void Grotto-Heaven and sought spiritual medicines to raise his cultivation. He encountered the Sun Moon Divine Sect's injured Saintess, who recognized him and offered him Dragon Saliva Fruits and one million spirit jade in exchange for treatment.

• Chen Changming decided to search for body-tempering medicines so he could increase his cultivation and gain an edge over powerful rivals.
• Three days later, Chen Changming found nine Dragon Saliva Fruits guarded by cultivators from the Sun Moon Divine Sect.
• The sect's Saintess stopped her followers from attacking Chen Changming and offered him all the fruits.
• The Saintess met Chen Changming privately, explained that she had searched for him using Green Spirit qi, and asked him to treat her injuries.
• Chen Changming agreed to heal the Saintess in exchange for the fruits and one million spirit jade, but requested the fruits first.

Chen Changming traded the Saintess nine Dragon Saliva Fruits and one million Ling Yu for healing her long-standing injuries, then refined the fruits to strengthen himself. He continued searching the Great Void Grotto-Heaven for body-refining herbs, still intent on improving before entering the War God Temple.

• The Saintess gave Chen Changming nine Dragon Saliva Fruits and one million Ling Yu, and he healed her with his twenty-seven-zhang Azure Spirit Divine Tree.
• The Saintess promised to keep Chen Changming's identity secret and agreed to look after one another when they reached the War God Temple.
• Chen Changming refined all nine Dragon Saliva Fruits over nine days, modestly increasing his cultivation and combat strength.
• Chen Changming left his cave and flew through the Great Void Grotto-Heaven searching only for herbs useful to body-refining cultivators.
• After seven or eight days of travel across mountains and rivers, Chen Changming had found no suitable spirit herbs.

Chen Changming found a Millennial Blood Ganoderma but was struck aside by Bai Qi, who claimed it as his own. Qin Zhao and the Sun Moon Divine Sect took the medicine, then Qin Zhao gave it to Chen Changming before leaving.

• Chen Changming discovered a Millennial Blood Ganoderma in a canyon and moved to take it.
• Bai Qi appeared, struck Chen Changming with his Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, and sent him crashing into the mountainside.
• Qin Zhao seized the Millennial Blood Ganoderma and gathered the Sun Moon Divine Sect cultivators around her, forcing Bai Qi to retreat.
• Qin Zhao gave the Millennial Blood Ganoderma to Chen Changming and left with her group.
• Chen Changming recognized Bai Qi as a formidable opponent and resolved to stay cautious in the Great Void Grotto-Heaven.

Chen Changming refined spirit herbs for eight months, strengthening his body before the War God Fragment Map summoned him to the War God Temple. He arrived with Qin Zhao and joined dozens of powerful cultivators, including Vajra Master, Limitless Wanderer, and Bai Qi.

• Chen Changming refined a thousand-year blood ganoderma in a hidden cave, improving his cultivation and drawing closer to the fourth layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
• Over the next eight months, Chen Changming searched for and refined spirit herbs, greatly increasing his strength without yet breaking through.
• The War God Fragment Map began pointing toward the War God Temple, and Chen Changming followed its shifting guidance for seven days to a mist-shrouded mountain.
• Qin Zhao arrived, and she and Chen Changming used their War God Fragment Maps to pass through the formation and enter the temple grounds.
• Chen Changming found Vajra Master and Limitless Wanderer among the gathered cultivators, and their remarks about his strength eased the crowd’s disdain.
• Bai Qi arrived and reacted with surprise at seeing Chen Changming beside Qin Zhao.

Chen Changming and the other cultivators entered the War God Temple, where they found an immortal medicine growing inside a deep well. The grotto-heaven’s long-dead master appeared and announced a trial for claiming it, leaving Chen Changming questioning whether the rules would be fair.

• Bai Qi threatened to spread rumors about Qin Zhao and Chen Changming, but Qin Zhao calmly dismissed him.
• After ninety-eight cultivators gathered in the square, the War God Fragment Maps transported them into the War God Temple.
• Chen Changming saw the immortal medicine in the well and agreed to cooperate with Qin Zhao, Vajra Master, and Limitless Wanderer.
• A voice from the well identified itself as the master of the Great Void Grotto-Heaven and announced a trial to determine who would claim the immortal medicine.
• Chen Changming asked whether the trial would be unfair to those who arrived after the first person to reach the medicine.

A mysterious voice offered over a hundred immortal medicines as rewards for passing a trial in the War God Temple, but Chen Changming suspected the supposed Mahayana Realm senior was hiding something. As cultivators entered the gray mist barrier and one emerged badly injured, Chen Changming stayed back to observe.

• The voice revealed over a hundred immortal medicines and promised one to every cultivator who passed the trial.
• Chen Changming doubted the voice's identity and suspected the trial concealed a trap, while Vajra Master and Limitless Wanderer confirmed the medicines were genuine.
• The voice explained that the gray mist caused illusions and suppression, and one frightened cultivator left the War God Temple.
• Bai Qi challenged Chen Changming to enter the well, but Chen Changming told Bai Qi to go first, and neither moved.
• Several cultivators entered the gray mist, and one was hurled back injured after only a few breaths.
• Vajra Master and Limitless Wanderer entered the well, while Chen Changming stayed behind and watched the trial.

Chen Changming entered the gray-mist trial and obtained an immortal medicine, but the fruits absorbed into the ten successful cultivators’ bodies as they returned. The deep well’s voice fell silent, leaving everyone to wonder what had been done to them.

• Qin Zhao and other cultivators entered the well, where the gray mist injured many and crushed an old man to death.
• After the deep voice threatened to expel him, Chen Changming entered the well and fought through its illusions and hidden gray particles.
• Vajra Master and Bai Qi reached the immortal trees, and Chen Changming passed the trial and picked an immortal medicine among ten successful cultivators.
• As the ten returned through the gray mist, their immortal medicines melted and seeped into their bodies.
• Bai Qi demanded an explanation from the deep well, but its voice remained silent, while Vajra Master questioned Limitless Wanderer about what had entered them.