Recaps

Chen Changming proved to the Medicine Sect Sect Master that he was a disciple of the Human Realm branch by presenting the Medicine Sect Canon and the God Spirit Reed. After explaining how he had strengthened the Heaven-Locking Spirit-Taming Pact, he persuaded her to abandon the idea of searching his soul.

• Chen Changming presented the three volumes of the Medicine Sect Canon, but the green-robed woman said they were not enough to prove his identity.
• Chen Changming summoned the God Spirit Reed, and the green-robed woman recognized the Medicine Sect sacred beast and learned that it obeyed him.
• The green-robed woman questioned how Chen Changming had controlled the God Spirit Reed, and he explained that he had used the Heaven-Locking Spirit-Taming Pact.
• Chen Changming claimed that his own comprehension had enhanced the pact and made his contract with the God Spirit Reed secure.
• Chen Changming asked whether the Sect Master still intended to search his soul, and she replied that their shared ties to the Human Realm Medicine Sect made their bond especially intimate.

Chen Changming told the green-robed Medicine Sect Master about the Human Realm sect’s near destruction and the Saint Beasts that had turned against their creators. The sect master revealed that she had found a way to control Saint Beasts based on the Human Realm’s Six Ancients, but Spirit Realm experiments involving other races remained harder to control.

• Chen Changming learned that the green-robed sect master had also come from the Medicine Sect in the Human Realm, and she asked why no cultivators had ascended from there in ten thousand years.
• Chen Changming explained that the Medicine Sect in the Human Realm had been nearly wiped out after its god spirit reed went out of control, leaving Yuan Jingyang as its only direct successor.
• The green-robed sect master reacted painfully to the god spirit reed’s rampage and said she could resolve the problem of the Human Realm’s four Saint Beasts if she could descend there.
• Chen Changming told the sect master that Saint Beasts had also attacked Medicine Sect bases in Great Qin and on Wilderness Island, and asked whether the Spirit Realm sect had found a way to control them.
• The sect master said she had a method for Saint Beasts based on the Six Ancients, but that adding other races and True Spirit Races made control more difficult, so the sect searched for their remains in secret.

Chen Changming learned that the Medicine Sect’s experiments with Saint Beasts had brought it into conflict with powerful races and forced it to retreat to the Azure Wave Continent. The sect master revealed that the Medicine Sect’s true legacy came from the Immortal Realm, then offered to strengthen Chen Changming’s God Spirit Reed with remains from other races, leaving him to weigh her offer.

• The green-robed sect master explained that the Medicine Sect’s Saint Beast experiments had drawn attacks from other races and the True Spirit Races, devastating its forces across the other continents.
• Chen Changming asked why the Medicine Sect kept pursuing Saint Beasts, and the sect master revealed that its true legacy came from the Immortal Realm.
• The sect master explained that an immortal had founded the Medicine Sect in the Human Realm before ascending through the Spirit Realm to the Immortal Realm.
• The sect master warned Chen Changming to keep the secret, and he agreed.
• The sect master offered to add remains from other races to Chen Changming’s God Spirit Reed, and Chen Changming considered whether to trust her intentions.

Chen Changming told the Medicine Sect's green-robed sect master that the Immortal Hall had eaten every cultivator who tried to ascend from the Human Realm for ten thousand years, implicating the Ancient Immortals. After discussing the Ancient Immortals' disappearance and the loss of their remains, she personally took Chen Changming and Qian Jiuting to the Ninth Divine Mechanism Palace, leaving Qian Jiuting questioning whether the new honorary elder should be allowed inside.

• The sect master reassured Chen Changming that the Medicine Sect had an older God Spirit Reed and accepted his explanation for guarding his own specimen.
• After learning Chen Changming had traveled from the Wilderness to Great Jin, the sect master asked why no one had ascended from the Human Realm for ten thousand years.
• Chen Changming revealed that the Immortal Hall had eaten the ascending cultivators and recounted the story of its master and Fire Radiance Immortal.
• The sect master said the Ancient Immortals were behind the scheme and explained that their whereabouts were unknown and their remains had vanished during a siege on the Medicine Sect.
• The sect master praised Chen Changming for ending the Immortal Hall's rule, then took him to the Ninth Divine Mechanism Palace and invited Qian Jiuting along.
• Qian Jiuting was surprised by the sect master's attention to Chen Changming and asked whether the new honorary elder should visit the Ninth Divine Mechanism Palace.

Chen Changming entered the Ninth Divine Mechanism Palace with the Medicine Sect master and Qian Jiuting, discovering that it held three of the sect’s Saint Beasts. He asked why the Buddha Spirit Gourd was absent, leaving its whereabouts unexplained.

• The woman in green confirmed that Chen Changming was Physician Ning, a Medicine Sect disciple who had ascended from the Human Realm, surprising Qian Jiuting.
• The sect master authorized Qian Jiuting’s token, and the three traveled through several teleportations to the Ninth Divine Mechanism Palace.
• The sect master opened the palace’s formation barrier and introduced Chen Changming to the two cultivators guarding its entrance.
• After the three entered and the doors closed, the guards wondered why the sect master had brought a newly promoted elder into the sect’s forbidden grounds.
• Chen Changming saw a God Spirit Reed, a Demon Spirit Tree, and a Demon Spirit Vine in separate areas of the palace, while the fourth area was empty.
• Chen Changming asked the woman in green why the Buddha Spirit Gourd was missing.

The woman in green told Chen Changming how the Ancient Buddha Hall had forced the Medicine Sect to surrender every Buddha Spirit Gourd and explained the power of the distant Ancient Buddha Hall and Myriad Spirits Hall. The Medicine Sect elders then questioned Chen Shan’s appointment as an honorary elder, and Qian Jiuting defended it by citing his strength and donated healing art.

• The woman in green revealed that the Ancient Buddha Hall had captured the previous sect master and demanded every Buddha Spirit Gourd in exchange for his life.
• The woman in green explained that the Ancient Buddha Hall was a powerful ancient faction allied with the Myriad Spirits Hall, the strongest righteous sect on the Primordial Continent.
• The woman in green cautioned Chen Changming not to dwell on factions too distant for the Medicine Sect to challenge.
• Several Medicine Sect elders arrived, and the woman in green introduced Chen Shan as the sect’s newly appointed elder.
• Qian Jiuting explained that Chen Shan had donated the Spring Return Immortal Art and claimed his strength rivaled a first-layer Fusion Realm cultivator after an elder questioned his appointment.

Chen Changming brought his Human Realm God Spirit Reed to the Medicine Sect’s Divine Mechanism Palace, where its arrival provoked the Spirit Realm God Spirit Reed into a violent frenzy. Though the Sect Master and elders calmed the sacred beasts, Chen Changming grew suspicious that the Medicine Sect’s reed was dangerously unstable.

• The Sect Master vouched for Chen Changming’s strength and explained to the elders that he had ascended from the Human Realm and had once been a Medicine Sect disciple.
• The Sect Master led Chen Changming, Qian Jiuting, and the elders to the fourth area and told Chen Changming to place his God Spirit Reed there.
• Chen Changming released his golden God Spirit Reed, and the Spirit Realm God Spirit Reed attacked its formation barrier while the Demon Spirit Vine and Demon Spirit Tree also grew restless.
• The guarding elders used incantations to calm the Demon Spirit Vine and Demon Spirit Tree, but the Spirit Realm God Spirit Reed remained faintly agitated.
• Chen Changming asked his own reed about its reaction and, learning it had only been frightened, suspected the Medicine Sect’s God Spirit Reed might eventually lose control and turn against the sect.

Chen Changming convinced the God Spirit Reed to remain in the Medicine Sect's Divine Mechanism Palace and learn its cultivation methods. The Sect Master revealed that a God Buddha had once escaped the Medicine Sect after reaching the Fusion Realm and later attained the Mahayana Realm, leaving Chen Changming wary of its unknown whereabouts.

• Chen Changming reassured the God Spirit Reed that the Divine Mechanism Palace was safe and explained that the Medicine Sect's methods could strengthen it.
• The God Spirit Reed overcame its fear of another reed and agreed to stay and consume portions of other races' remains as part of its cultivation.
• Chen Changming asked the Sect Master whether mature Buddha Spirit Gourd gourds could produce a God Buddha, and she confirmed that they could.
• The Sect Master explained that a God Buddha had once escaped the Medicine Sect after reaching the Fusion Realm and had later reached the Mahayana Realm without harming the sect.
• Chen Changming agreed that the God Spirit Reed would accept the Medicine Sect elders' cultivation, and the Sect Master instructed the elders before leaving with Chen Changming and Qian Jiuting.

Chen Changming received a multifunctional token from the Medicine Sect and obtained a second Boundary-Stabilizing Mystic Flower from its Medicine Hall. He now had two of the three flowers he needed.

• The woman in green explained that Chen Changming's token provided identity verification, teleportation, communication, storage, and spirit-herb cultivation functions.
• Chen Changming was briefly captivated by the Sect Master's smile, but Qian Jiuting pulled him away before he caused offense.
• The Sect Master offered Chen Changming rare spirit herbs, and he asked whether the Medicine Hall had a Boundary-Stabilizing Mystic Flower.
• The Sect Master sent Qian Jiuting to take Chen Changming to Elder Qin and retrieve a flower.
• Elder Qin verified Chen Changming's honorary elder token and gave him a Boundary-Stabilizing Mystic Flower more than two thousand years old.

Chen Changming left the Medicine Hall after Elder Qin treated him with contempt, then discussed the Spring Return Immortal Art with Qian Jiuting. After reading the Medicine Sect Elder Handbook, Chen Changming used his token to teleport back to the mountain cave he had visited before.

• Elder Qin dismissed Chen Changming and Qian Jiuting coldly, and Chen Changming left the Medicine Hall with Qian Jiuting.
• Qian Jiuting explained that Chen Changming could find teleportation instructions in the Medicine Sect Elder Handbook and asked why the Spring Return Immortal Art worked less effectively for other elders.
• Chen Changming said his comprehension was different from everyone else's, but declined to explain further.
• After Qian Jiuting teleported away, Chen Changming anticipated that the elders might demand answers from the sect master and resolved to prove his ability if needed.
• Chen Changming read and memorized the handbook, then used his token to teleport to the mountain cave he had visited before and flew out into the open sky.

Chen Changming returned to Blood Dragon Mountain with Cheng Lie to continue searching for high-year Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng after reflecting on his gains from the trip. The chapter ended as he detected the herb’s scent in a foggy gorge and told Cheng Lie he had found it.

• Chen Changming recalled that he had gained an imitation Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain, helped the Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle, and joined the Medicine Sect as an honorary elder.
• Chen Changming rode the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow back to Blood Dragon Mountain, where his cultivation had advanced during the month-long journey.
• Chen Changming summoned Cheng Lie at the ravine and told him he had refined the Primal Magnetism Iron Ore.
• Chen Changming and Cheng Lie resumed exploring, and Chen Changming helped Cheng Lie collect spirit herbs while declining to split the proceeds.
• Chen Changming detected the scent of Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng in a secluded gorge and told Cheng Lie they had found it.

Chen Changming and Cheng Lie tracked the Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng to a valley, where they also discovered a Spirit Transformation Herb beside a surrounded Crimson-Sky Dawn Tiger. As the tiger threatened to fight back against the cultivators, a young man from the Sima Family appeared with an inscrutable old man.

• Chen Changming followed the scent of the Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng into the gorge, with Cheng Lie close behind.
• After hearing a beast roar, Chen Changming and Cheng Lie hurried to a misty valley and found a group of cultivators surrounding a mid-stage Void Refinement Realm Crimson-Sky Dawn Tiger.
• Chen Changming spotted the Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng behind the tiger, while Cheng Lie noticed a nearby Spirit Transformation Herb.
• Cheng Lie warned Chen Changming that they could not let the cultivators destroy the Spirit Transformation Herb, and Chen Changming recognized its potential to help his Dao cultivation.
• The Crimson-Sky Dawn Tiger accused the cultivators of bullying it and threatened to fight to the death.
• A young man identifying the conflict as involving disciples of the Sima Family appeared in the air with an ordinary-looking old man in black.

Chen Changming encountered the Sima Family and secured a Spirit Transformation Herb while they prepared to fight the Crimson-Sky Dawn Tiger over the Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng. After thanking the Sima youth, Chen Changming remained determined to claim the ginseng, and the youth ordered him to leave.

• Chen Changming and Cheng Lie discovered that a brocade-robed youth and his black-robed protector belonged to the Sima Family of Southern Mausoleum Mountain.
• Cheng Lie recognized the Sima Family as a powerful body cultivation clan that practiced the Blood Dragon Overlord Body Art.
• Chen Changming interrupted the standoff and asked the Sima Family to give him the Spirit Transformation Herb.
• The Sima youth ordered a cultivator to toss Chen Changming the herb, which Chen Changming carefully stored away.
• Chen Changming thanked the youth but resolved to pursue the Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng, and the youth contemptuously told him to leave.

Chen Changming refused to give up the Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng and prepared to fight the Sima Family, while the Crimson-Sky Dawn Tiger planned to use the clash to escape with the treasure. The chapter left Chen Changming facing Sima Zhou in a head-on fist fight, with the Sima Family expecting him to be crushed.

• Chen Changming rejected the Sima Family’s demand that he leave, and Sima Shaoyu ordered the Ninth Elder to kill anyone who stood in their way.
• Chen Changming sent Cheng Lie into his Universe Pagoda for safety, prompting the Crimson-Sky Dawn Tiger to consider him a potential opportunity to escape with the Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng.
• Sima Shaoyu ordered Sima Zhou to teach Chen Changming a lesson with the Sima Family’s Unrivaled Body Technique.
• Sima Zhou attacked with a powerful punch, and Chen Changming met it directly with his own fist as the Sima Family watched, confident that he would lose.

Chen Changming fought off the Sima Family cultivators while the Crimson-Sky Dawn Tiger escaped with the Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng. He then attacked Sima Shaoyu, leaving the young master injured and questioning Chen Changming’s true strength.

• Chen Changming knocked Sima Zhou back and injured his fist with a single punch.
• Sima Shaoyu sent four Sima Family cultivators to help Sima Zhou, while the Crimson-Sky Dawn Tiger swallowed the Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng and fled.
• Chen Changming exchanged blows with all five Sima Family cultivators and knocked them back.
• Sima Shaoyu ordered the Ninth Elder to pursue the tiger, and the elder left to follow it.
• Chen Changming attacked Sima Shaoyu and shattered his finger strike, breaking Sima Shaoyu’s finger.
• Sima Shaoyu wondered whether Chen Changming was actually a Fusion Realm Body Cultivator.

Chen Changming overwhelmed Sima Shaoyu and the Sima Family cultivators, then faced Sima Shaoyu’s desperate counterattack after he burned his blood essence. Chen Changming’s palm shattered Sima Shaoyu’s fist shadows and drove through his bloodlight as the Blood Dragon lunged to bite it.

• Chen Changming knocked down the Sima Family cultivators who rushed to protect Sima Shaoyu.
• Sima Shaoyu tried to flee, but Chen Changming caught him and kicked him into a deep pit, leaving him alive.
• Sima Shaoyu burned his blood essence to strengthen himself and stall until the Ninth Elder returned.
• Sima Shaoyu charged Chen Changming with a barrage of powerful fists, but Chen Changming crushed the fist shadows and pierced his bloodlight with a palm.
• The Blood Dragon lunged and bit at the edge of Chen Changming’s palm.

Chen Changming defeated Sima Shaoyu and his family’s cultivators, then demanded Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng in exchange for sparing the young master. The black-robed old man revealed that the Crimson-Sky Dawn Tiger had swallowed and refined the ginseng, leaving the exchange at a stalemate.

• Chen Changming shattered the Blood Dragon, restrained Sima Shaoyu with his extra arms, and struck him hard in the chest.
• Chen Changming sent the Sima Family cultivators flying with a powerful palm strike, and Sima Shaoyu begged him not to kill him.
• Chen Changming demanded the Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng as the price for releasing Sima Shaoyu.
• The black-robed old man arrived with the dead Crimson-Sky Dawn Tiger and explained that the beast had swallowed and refined the ginseng.
• Chen Changming demanded replacement ginseng, but the black-robed old man and Sima Shaoyu knew their group had already used up the available supply.

Chen Changming forced the Sima Family elder to demonstrate how he would recover the Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng from the Crimson-Sky Dawn Tiger. After three hours of refining, the cauldron revealed only a dust-sized red dot, leaving Chen Changming to see what the elder had extracted.

• Chen Changming refused to release Sima Shaoyu without compensation and challenged the black-clad elder to pay two Mystic Dragon Blood Ginseng plants.
• Sima Shaoyu reminded the elder of the Crimson-Sky Dawn Tiger, and the elder explained that the beast had swallowed the ginseng and could be refined to recover it.
• The black-clad elder summoned a black cauldron and spent three hours refining the tiger's corpse while Chen Changming watched and held Sima Shaoyu.
• When the cauldron appeared empty, Chen Changming accused the elder of making a joke of him.
• The elder cleared the cauldron's black light, revealing a dust-sized red dot floating above its bottom.

Chen Changming learned that the Sima Family had refined all mature mystic dragon blood ginseng on Blood Dragon Mountain into concentrated Blood Spirit Dragon blood. Tempted by the chance to reach the fifth layer of the Void Refinement Realm, he demanded that the Sima Family hand over all their refined essence before he would spare Sima Shaoyu.

• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon explained that the red speck was concentrated blood from a Mahayana Realm Blood Spirit Dragon, extracted from the Sima Family's harvested mystic dragon blood ginseng.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon urged Chen Changming to claim more dragon blood, saying a full drop could help him break through to the fifth layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
• Chen Changming asked Sima Shaoyu whether the Sima Family had refined all the mystic dragon blood ginseng on Blood Dragon Mountain, and Sima Shaoyu accidentally confirmed it.
• The black-robed elder handed Chen Changming the red essence and asked him to release Sima Shaoyu.
• Chen Changming kept Sima Shaoyu in his grasp and demanded that the Sima Family surrender all their refined blood ginseng essence in exchange for the young master's life.

Chen Changming demanded the dragon blood essence from Sima Shaoyu and the black-robed elder, who eventually gave him a complete drop. The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon said the drop would let Chen Changming break through to the fifth layer of the Void Refinement Realm.

• Chen Changming demanded all the dragon blood essence while holding Sima Shaoyu captive.
• Sima Shaoyu told the black-robed elder to give Chen Changming half a drop to save his life.
• Chen Changming rejected the half-drop and threatened Sima Shaoyu until he demanded the rest.
• Sima Shaoyu warned the black-robed elder that Chen Changming's strength matched his and urged him to hand over the remaining blood.
• The black-robed elder gave Chen Changming another half-drop, completing the drop of dragon blood.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon celebrated and said Chen Changming could use the drop to reach the fifth layer of the Void Refinement Realm.

Chen Changming faced the Sima Family’s black-robed elder after Sima Shaoyu escaped, and the elder mistook his Pagoda-Lifting Heavenly Art for a Wang Family technique. The two evenly matched body refiners clashed, leaving their fight unresolved.

• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon secretly planned to absorb excess dragon blood when Chen Changming broke through.
• Chen Changming released Sima Shaoyu, who escaped with the Sima Family aboard a Bronze War Chariot while the black-robed elder stayed to challenge him.
• The black-robed elder offered to make Chen Changming an honored guest if he handed over the Blood Ginseng Essence, but Chen Changming refused.
• Chen Changming revealed six additional arms and a towering purple body, prompting the elder to ask which Wang Family ancestor he was; Chen Changming gave no answer.
• The black-robed elder attacked with the Blood Dragon Overlord Body Art, and Chen Changming met his fists with all eight arms, leaving them evenly matched.

After the Ninth Elder failed to seize Chen Changming’s Dragon Blood, Chen assessed the Sima Family’s strength and chose a remote valley for seclusion. He prepared to refine the Dragon Blood and left Little Four on watch, suspecting the Sima Family had a deeper connection to the Blood Spirit Dragon.

• The Ninth Elder conceded that Chen Changming matched his strength and withdrew rather than risk a fight.
• Chen Changming learned from Cheng Lie that the Sima Family’s strongest Fusion Realm cultivator was reportedly at the sixth layer, then reassured Cheng Lie and planned to refine the Dragon Blood.
• Chen Changming summoned Little Four and assigned it to watch the underground river for approaching Fusion Realm cultivators.
• Chen Changming carved out a cave, set up a defensive formation, and sat down to enter seclusion with the Dragon Blood.
• Chen Changming wondered whether the Sima Family’s Blood Dragon Overlord Body Art was connected to the Blood Spirit Dragon and considered the possibility that the family possessed more Dragon Blood Essence.

Chen Changming swallowed a drop of Mahayana dragon blood and broke through to the fifth layer of the Void Refinement Realm, but the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon secretly took half the essence to rebuild his body. Chen Changming tried to swallow the Yin-Yang Seal with his Emerald Heavenly Toad, and the dragon insisted that he would eventually leave on his own.

• Chen Changming swallowed the dragon blood and used the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art while the Yin-Yang Seal devoured part of its energy.
• After three days of refining the blood, Chen Changming broke through to the fifth layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
• Chen Changming confronted the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon and learned that it had secretly consumed half the dragon blood to create a new physical body.
• Chen Changming summoned his Emerald Heavenly Toad to devour the Yin-Yang Seal, but the seal dodged the attack.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon told Chen Changming that it intended to grow strong enough to leave his body and seek women for dual cultivation.

Chen Changming negotiated with the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon over the terms of its departure and considered why the Sima Family was seeking dragon blood. The Sima Family tracked him to the valley, where its elders arrived intending to kill him and recover the blood.

• Chen Changming demanded that the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon swear to leave his body in exchange for half of the Sima Family's remaining dragon blood, but the dragon said it could not take the Yin-Yang Seal with it.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon explained that the Sima Family's dragon blood had dwindled and that Sima Shaoyu likely needed to find a third drop to break through to the Fusion Realm.
• Little Four warned Chen Changming that three Sima Family members were approaching, including two at the second level and one at the first level of the Fusion Realm.
• Chen Changming recognized the Ninth Elder among the newcomers and realized the Sima Family had tracked the lingering dragon blood aura on him.
• The Ninth Elder told the two accompanying elders that the Heavenly Spirit Rat had located Chen Changming, and the gray-robed elder ordered them to kill him and use the Myriad Things Cauldron to extract the dragon blood.

Chen Changming confronted three Sima Family elders seeking the dragon blood, and the Eighth Elder attacked him with the Blood Dragon Overlord Body Art. Chen Changming met his punch head-on and remained standing while the Eighth Elder staggered back, leaving the stronger elder shocked by his power.

• The Ninth Elder told the Seventh and Eighth Elders that Chen Changming had matched him in combat, and the Eighth Elder went to confront Chen Changming as he arrived.
• The Seventh Elder learned from the Heavenly Spirit Rat that only a faint trace of dragon blood remained on Chen Changming and believed the Sima Family could still extract it.
• Chen Changming planned to test the Eighth Elder first, then use the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica to capture all three elders alive and bargain for more dragon blood.
• The Eighth Elder activated the Blood Dragon Overlord Body Art and charged Chen Changming with a powerful punch.
• Chen Changming activated the Indestructible Demonic Heart and countered with his own punch, forcing the Eighth Elder back three steps while barely moving himself.