Recaps

Chen Changming guarded the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow as it underwent its breakthrough to the Void Refinement Realm and endured its heavenly tribulations. When an Azure Sky Ice Luan and its Fusion Realm master arrived to prey on it, Chen Changming blocked their path, and the white-robed man mocked his challenge.

• The Snow Feather Ice Sparrow broke through to the early-stage Void Refinement Realm and faced a succession of heavenly tribulations.
• The Snow Feather Ice Sparrow survived the first two waves and the third wave's lightning tribulation, but remained caught in the third heart demon tribulation.
• Chen Changming sensed a silver streak approaching and flew to intercept it before it reached the ravine.
• A white-robed first-layer Fusion Realm man arrived riding an Azure Sky Ice Luan, which intended to devour the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow and Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming told the white-robed man to take a detour, and the man laughed at his challenge.

Chen Changming tested his improved strength against a first-layer Fusion Realm cultivator, blocking the man’s attacks with his body and the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art. He concluded he could hold his own but still lacked the strength to win with his body and fists alone.

• Chen Changming charged the white-robed man, and the Azure Sky Ice Luan’s silver beam failed to stop his punch.
• The white-robed man blocked Chen Changming with a gigantic magical palm, then recognized that Chen’s body cultivation was far higher than he had concealed.
• The white-robed man summoned a silver bell for protection and sent his golden seal to attack Chen Changming with a rain of golden swords.
• Chen Changming unleashed the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art, grew eight arms, and blocked the golden swords despite suffering cuts across his arms.
• The Azure Sky Ice Luan asked its master to kill Chen Changming so it could claim the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow, while Chen judged that he could withstand the white-robed man but could not yet defeat him with physical strength alone.

Chen Changming fought Bai Cangshan in a drawn-out battle, hoping to make him retreat without using a precious talisman. After Bai Cangshan unleashed powerful talismans and wounded him badly, Chen Changming healed himself completely with the Spring Return Immortal Art, leaving his opponent stunned.

• Chen Changming chose to conserve his talismans and challenge Bai Cangshan to abandon the fight, but Bai Cangshan mocked him and refused.
• Bai Cangshan empowered his small seal with essence blood and sent two seventh-rank fire talismans against Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming countered with the Slaughter Demon Sword Art and his six rear arms, while a lightning bolt protected the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow from their shockwaves.
• Bai Cangshan's combined attack overwhelmed Chen Changming, driving him back and leaving his body covered in severe wounds.
• Chen Changming healed every injury within moments using the Spring Return Immortal Art, astonishing Bai Cangshan and Azure Sky Ice Luan.

Chen Changming forced the White-Robed Man to retreat by revealing his ability to heal, then escorted the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow back toward the Clear Mist Sect after it survived its tribulation. The White-Robed Man departed with a drop of Chen Changming’s blood, hinting that he planned to use it against him.

• Chen Changming convinced the White-Robed Man that continuing their fight would be futile, and the White-Robed Man ordered the Azure Sky Ice Luan to leave.
• The Azure Sky Ice Luan reluctantly flew away from the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow, and Chen Changming celebrated that he had saved his demon talisman.
• After the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow passed its tribulation, Chen Changming reassured it and rode with it toward the Clear Mist Sect.
• The Azure Sky Ice Luan worried that retreating would damage the White-Robed Man’s reputation, but he said Chen Changming would not live much longer.
• The White-Robed Man revealed that he had secretly collected a drop of Chen Changming’s blood during their battle.

After returning from the Great Void Grotto-Heaven with the immortality herb, Chen Changming refined it and broke through to the fourth layer of the Void Refinement Realm. As Bai Cangshan and Li Houhai located his cave abode, they prepared to attack him.

• Bai Cangshan set out with the Azure Sky Ice Luan to find Li Houhai and recruit him to capture Chen Changming for his healing divine ability.
• Chen Changming returned to his cave abode with the immortality herb, reassured Su Luo, and entered seclusion.
• Chen Changming refined the immortality herb with the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art over twenty days and broke through to the fourth layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
• Bai Cangshan and Li Houhai arrived above Chen Changming's cave abode, located its formation, and prepared to attack.

Li Houhai and Bai Cangshan sealed off Chen Changming’s cave and broke its Defense Array, forcing him to face them. Chen sent Su Luo into the Universe Pagoda and confronted the two cultivators, while Li Houhai took a keen interest in Chen’s abilities.

• Li Houhai placed black array flags around the mountains, sealing the area and cutting off spiritual energy.
• Bai Cangshan shattered Chen Changming’s cave Defense Array, and he and Li Houhai landed at the entrance.
• Chen Changming prepared to test his strength after breaking through to the fourth layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
• Su Luo panicked at the two Fusion Realm auras, so Chen sent her into the Universe Pagoda for safety.
• Chen emerged to face Li Houhai and Bai Cangshan, who mistook his cultivation for a disguise concealing greater strength.
• Li Houhai recalled his disappointing experience with the Sweet Dew Art and examined Chen with growing interest.

Li Houhai and Bai Cangshan attacked Chen Changming to seize his healing divine ability and Snow Feather Ice Sparrow, but Chen Changming met their combined assault head-on and emerged uninjured. After gauging his strength against two Fusion Realm cultivators, Chen Changming prepared to strike first and target Bai Cangshan.

• Li Houhai and Bai Cangshan demanded Chen Changming's healing divine ability and Snow Feather Ice Sparrow after destroying his cave abode's formations.
• Chen Changming revealed the Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art's eight arms, and Li Houhai recognized it as a Wang Family cultivation art.
• Li Houhai attacked with an azure beam from his bronze mirror while Bai Cangshan sent a rain of golden swords at Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming broke through their combined attack with his fists, was driven back, and remained unharmed.
• Li Houhai and Bai Cangshan were shocked by Chen Changming's resilience, and Chen Changming decided to strike first and kill Bai Cangshan if he could.

Chen Changming fought Bai Cangshan and Li Houhai at once, breaking through their defenses with his eight-armed Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art. He left Bai Cangshan badly wounded and steadied himself after enduring the backlash of the clash.

• Chen Changming attacked Bai Cangshan with the Slaughter Demon Sword, while Li Houhai fired a powerful beam from his bronze mirror to protect his sworn brother.
• Chen Changming used the Indestructible Demonic Heart and six arms to shatter Li Houhai's beam and break Bai Cangshan's silver-bell barrier.
• Bai Cangshan activated a Golden Armor Talisman as Li Houhai launched more beams and a Golden Sword Talisman at Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming blocked Li Houhai's attacks, then struck Bai Cangshan's armor with a crimson Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure spear.
• Chen Changming shattered the golden armor and wounded Bai Cangshan, then retreated more than ten zhang under the attacks' combined backlash before recovering without injury.

Chen Changming fought Bai Cangshan and Li Houhai while the Azure Sky Ice Luan tried to intervene. After failing to kill Bai Cangshan, Chen Changming killed the Luan and claimed its corpse, then turned his attention back to Bai Cangshan.

• The Azure Sky Ice Luan realized Chen Changming had grown powerful enough to contend with two Fusion Realm cultivators and flew down to help Bai Cangshan.
• Chen Changming threw his crimson spear at Bai Cangshan, but Li Houhai used a formation barrier to blunt the attack and save him.
• Chen Changming shifted targets and killed the Azure Sky Ice Luan with the Slaughter Demon Sword.
• Chen Changming stored the Luan’s body and head in the Beast Taming Bracelet for the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow.
• Chen Changming faced Bai Cangshan and told him that he was next.

Chen Changming fought Bai Cangshan and Li Houhai while they tried to capture him for his healing Divine Ability, but their attacks and the formation repeatedly thwarted his counterattacks. He remained trapped beneath the grand formation, frustrated that he could not kill Bai Cangshan before the others intervened.

• Bai Cangshan unleashed his remaining seventh-rank talismans and natal Spirit Treasure at Chen Changming, while Li Houhai attacked with reduced force to keep Chen Changming alive.
• Chen Changming endured the barrage, suffered severe wounds, and used the Spring Return Immortal Art to heal himself within moments.
• Chen Changming hurled his crimson spear at Bai Cangshan, but Bai Cangshan blocked it with his golden seal-like natal Spirit Treasure.
• Chen Changming charged Bai Cangshan with Sword Blade First Bloom, but the grand formation raised a golden barrier that stopped his sword and then shattered.
• Chen Changming recognized that Li Houhai, Bai Cangshan, and the formation kept foiling his attacks, and he considered using a demonic talisman to destroy them all.

Chen Changming fought off Bai Cangshan and Li Houhai until they withdrew, then broke free of their formation and realized they could track him, likely by using his blood. He planned to move before they returned with stronger allies, while the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow rested after eating the Azure Sky Ice Luan's head.

• Chen Changming rejected using a magic talisman and relied on his healing Divine Ability to outlast Bai Cangshan and Li Houhai.
• Li Houhai raised a golden barrier to cover their retreat, then escaped with Bai Cangshan through the formation.
• Li Houhai persuaded Bai Cangshan to let him find allies and took the tracking Compass, while Bai Cangshan flew away separately.
• Chen Changming shattered the formation and found that Bai Cangshan and Li Houhai had escaped.
• Chen Changming suspected they had tracked him using his blood and decided to change locations; the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow lay full after eating the Azure Sky Ice Luan's head.

After the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow gained Ice-Type Origin by devouring the Azure Sky Ice Luan, Chen Changming realized enemies could track him through his blood and left his ruined cave to seek Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng at Blood Dragon Mountain. He stopped outside the Clear Mist Sect to meet Saintess Qingyi, who noticed his breakthrough to the fourth layer of the Void Refinement Realm.

• The Snow Feather Ice Sparrow told Chen Changming that eating the Azure Sky Ice Luan's head had awakened a wisp of Ice-Type Origin in its bloodline.
• Chen Changming told the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow to remain in the Beast Taming Bracelet and refine the Azure Sky Ice Luan's corpse.
• Chen Changming concluded that Bai Cangshan and Li Houhai had tracked him using his blood and resolved to use a demonic talisman against them if they returned with reinforcements.
• Chen Changming left his ruined cave and set out for Blood Dragon Mountain to search for Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng.
• Chen Changming sent a message to Saintess Qingyi outside the Clear Mist Sect, and she recognized that his cultivation had reached the fourth layer of the Void Refinement Realm.

Chen Changming said goodbye to Saintess Qingyi and traveled to Blood Dragon Mountain in search of Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng. There, he encountered his former captain Cheng Lie, who did not recognize his changed appearance.

• Chen Changming thanked Saintess Qingyi for giving him the War God Fragment Map and told her he was leaving to seek opportunities, starting at Blood Dragon Mountain.
• Saintess Qingyi asked to travel with Chen Changming, but he refused and promised to return to see her after handling his affairs.
• Chen Changming left the Clear Mist Sect on his Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat and reached Blood Dragon Mountain after three days.
• Chen Changming noticed injured cultivators fleeing the mountain and recognized the wounded Cheng Lie among them.
• Chen Changming called Cheng Lie “Captain,” but Cheng Lie hesitated because Chen Changming looked nothing like Ning Jin.

Chen Changming reunited with Cheng Lie, revealed his immense progress in body cultivation, and healed his wounds. After learning that the Five Peaks Sword Sect had seized a ravine where Primal Magnetism Ironstone was found, Chen Changming took a sample and was left focused on the discovery.

• Chen Changming transformed back into Ning Jin's appearance and surprised Cheng Lie with his fourth-layer Void Refinement Realm cultivation in both body and Dao.
• Chen Changming asked Cheng Lie to keep his identity and cultivation secret, then healed his shoulder with the Spring Return Immortal Art.
• Cheng Lie said the Five Peaks Sword Sect had attacked him and other Rogue Cultivators and sealed a ravine where they had found Primal Magnetism Ironstone.
• Chen Changming recognized the stone's significance, examined a piece Cheng Lie had taken, and stored it in his Beast Taming Bracelet.

Chen Changming learned that Primal Magnetism Ironstone could help his Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle and decided to confront the Five Peaks Sword Sect forces occupying the ravine. As he and Cheng Lie traveled there, they discussed their years apart and Cheng Lie revealed he had not seen Su Qingyan since she went to Cold Light Province.

• The Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle recognized the Primal Magnetism Ironstone and said it would greatly aid its cultivation, prompting Chen Changming to seek more.
• Chen Changming dismissed Cheng Lie’s warning about the high-stage Void Refinement Realm cultivators guarding the ravine and refused to rely on Chu Qiushui’s identity.
• Chen Changming changed back to his unfamiliar appearance, and Cheng Lie took him toward the ravine aboard an Immortal Boat.
• During the journey, Cheng Lie said his life as a Rogue Cultivator had been manageable, while Chen Changming worried about the hardships he had endured.
• Cheng Lie explained that he had not visited Chen Changming after being injured and had received no news of Su Qingyan since she went to Cold Light Province.

Chen Changming reunited with Cheng Lie, learned the fate of their former companions, and agreed to help him assess the Five Peaks Sword Sect. On the way, Cheng Lie led him to a canyon where a Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng grew near a Golden-Toothed Ground Rat nest.

• Cheng Lie told Chen Changming that Su Qingyan had gone missing and Shi Li had died during his Void Refinement Realm tribulation, leaving a message about how fortunate he had felt to be their comrade.
• Chen Changming assured Cheng Lie that their brothers would no longer be bullied, while Cheng Lie warned him not to confront the Five Peaks Sword Sect recklessly.
• Chen Changming asked Cheng Lie about Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng, and Cheng Lie recalled leaving a young plant near a Golden-Toothed Ground Rat nest.
• Cheng Lie diverted the Immortal Boat to the canyon, where he and Chen Changming descended near the rat nest to retrieve the ginseng.
• Cheng Lie warned Chen Changming that the rats' golden teeth could chew through Spirit Treasures, so they should avoid using bonded treasures against them.

Chen Changming found a Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng and gave it to Su Luo before rejoining Cheng Lie. After they spotted a Primal Magnetism Ironstone vein guarded by the Five Peaks Sword Sect, Chen Changming took Cheng Lie toward the ravine to confront them.

• Chen Changming uprooted a Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng, drove off the Golden-Toothed Ground Rats, and gave the herb to Su Luo inside the Universe Pagoda.
• Chen Changming returned to Cheng Lie's Immortal Boat, and Cheng Lie flew toward a mountain ravine where the Five Peaks Sword Sect was gathering to search for an ore vein.
• Cheng Changming became determined to claim the Primal Magnetism Ironstone vein and promised to help Cheng Lie settle the score with the sect members who had injured him.
• Chen Changming took control of the Immortal Boat and flew toward the ravine, where Five Peaks Sword Sect disciples recognized Cheng Lie and assumed he had returned with help to seek revenge.

Chen Changming confronted the Five Peaks Sword Sect disciples who had injured Cheng Lie and effortlessly shattered their attacks. The sect disciples began plotting to kill Chen Changming and Cheng Lie, while Chen Changming’s punch sent three giant swords flying.

• A Five Peaks Sword Sect disciple mocked Chen Changming and Cheng Lie, and Chen Changming asked the green-robed Jiang whether he had injured Cheng Lie.
• Jiang attacked Chen Changming with a rain of sword phantoms, but Chen Changming crushed them with his purple-glowing hand.
• The Five Peaks Sword Sect disciples were shocked by Chen Changming’s strength and agreed to join forces and kill him and Cheng Lie to silence them.
• Jiang summoned three enormous flying swords and brought them crashing down on Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming punched the three swords away, sending them spinning through the air.

Chen Changming overwhelmed the Five Peaks Sword Sect disciples and captured the green-robed young man who had injured Cheng Lie. He left the captive at Cheng Lie’s feet so his captain could take revenge.

• Chen Changming tore through the green-robed young man’s golden defense, wounded him, and captured him alive for Cheng Lie.
• The Five Peaks Sword Sect disciples attacked Chen Changming with dozens of flying swords, and Cheng Lie sent his own sword to help.
• Chen Changming caught Cheng Lie’s sword, returned it to him, and told him to stay out of the fight.
• Chen Changming returned to the battlefield and blasted away the flying swords, injuring and scattering the Five Peaks Sword Sect disciples.
• Chen Changming returned to the Immortal Boat and tossed the captured young man at Cheng Lie’s feet.

Cheng Lie killed the green-robed Five Peaks Sword Sect disciple who had tormented him, accepting the risk of making an enemy of the sect. He and Chen Changming then followed signs of Primal Magnetism Ironstone to a guarded cavern, where Chen Changming prepared to enter.

• Cheng Lie weighed the danger of killing the green-robed young man, then split him in two with a sword strike.
• Chen Changming praised Cheng Lie, and Cheng Lie thanked him for helping avenge his hatred before taking the young man's Storage Ring and discarding the corpse.
• Cheng Lie and Chen Changming put away the Immortal Boat and followed the dried riverbed through the ravine in search of the Primal Magnetism Ironstone vein.
• Cheng Lie and Chen Changming reached a cavern guarded by two Five Peaks Sword Sect disciples and suspected the vein lay inside.
• Chen Changming assured Cheng Lie he was confident, flew toward the cavern, and was ordered to stop by a gatekeeping disciple.

Chen Changming and Cheng Lie entered Blood Dragon Mountain’s cave after Chen defeated the Five Peaks Sword Sect disciples guarding it. They discovered a powerful magnetic suction deeper inside, and Chen continued alone after storing Cheng Lie in his Universe Pagoda.

• Chen Changming overwhelmed the two Five Peaks Sword Sect gatekeepers and entered the cave with Cheng Lie.
• The pair found no reinforcements inside and continued deeper into the silent, twisting passage.
• Chen Changming and Cheng Lie sensed an increasingly strong suction force and identified it as the pull of a primal magnetism iron mine.
• When the force began straining Cheng Lie’s body, Chen placed him in his Universe Pagoda.
• Chen Changming proceeded alone toward the source of the suction.

Chen Changming reached a cavern where the Primal Magnetism Ironstone had trapped more than a dozen Five Peaks Sword Sect disciples. When they attacked him with talismans, he destroyed their barrage with one punch and injured many of them, leaving them helpless against him.

• Chen Changming fought the mine’s powerful suction as he traveled deeper into the tunnel.
• Chen Changming found Five Peaks Sword Sect disciples and their Spirit Treasures stuck to a huge Primal Magnetism Ironstone wall.
• The trapped disciples realized Chen Changming was their enemy and used talismans to attack him.
• Chen Changming shattered the talisman attacks with a single punch, and its shockwave struck the stone wall and injured the disciples.

Chen Changming claimed a massive Primal Magnetism Ironstone vein, killed the Five Peaks Sword Sect disciples who resisted, and brought out the Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle to sample the ore. As the turtle prepared to bite again, a whip-like shadow emerged from the hole it had made.

• Chen Changming declared the mineral vein his and killed Senior Brother Qin with a finger strike.
• A seventh-level Void Refinement Realm man and the other Five Peaks Sword Sect disciples attacked Chen Changming with their talismans.
• Chen Changming shattered the talisman assault with a punch, killing more than a dozen disciples and leaving their belongings stuck to the magnetic wall.
• Chen Changming summoned the Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle, which was drawn to the ore and bit a chunk off the wall.
• A slender whip-like shadow emerged from the opening the Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle had bitten.

A mysterious black snake emerged from the Primal Magnetism Ironstone, swallowed the Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle, and escaped into the ore after its magnetic field blasted Chen Changming away. Chen Changming failed to damage the seemingly indestructible mine, while Elder Ren arrived and learned that an intruder had reached it.

• A black snake bit the Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle and swallowed it whole before Chen Changming could intervene.
• The Primal Magnetism Ironstone's magnetic force reversed, repelling Chen Changming and allowing the snake to disappear into the stone.
• Chen Changming struck the mine with his full strength, but the ore remained unmarked despite being driven backward.
• Elder Ren arrived and learned from a Five Peaks Sword Sect disciple that a Body Cultivator had injured them and headed for the mine.
• Elder Ren teleported to the cave entrance, saw the injured guards, and angrily sent them flying away.

Chen Changming fought the blue-robed old man in the cavern, but a hidden presence in the Primal Magnetism Ironstone ore intervened and trapped them with a powerful suction force. Chen Changming used the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment to suppress the force, and Xiao Yuan began drawing in the ore.

• The blue-robed old man confronted Chen Changming about the Five Peaks Sword Sect disciples, and Chen Changming admitted he had killed them.
• The old man attacked with his natal Flying Sword, but Chen Changming shattered it with a punch and broke through the old man's defensive barrier.
• The blue-robed old man burned his blood essence to escape, but the cavern's suction force halted and dragged him back to the ore wall.
• A hidden voice revealed itself and turned its suction force on Chen Changming, who brought out the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Fragment to weaken it.
• Chen Changming asked Xiao Yuan to control the Primal Magnetism Ironstone ore, and Xiao Yuan began drawing it in.