Recaps

After advancing to the fifth layer of the Void Refinement Realm, Chen Changming fought the Eighth Elder but was injured when the elder used his full strength. Chen Changming then revealed a black mountain that was a top-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, and the Seventh Elder prepared to support the Eighth Elder.

• Chen Changming surprised the Eighth Elder by knocking him back with a punch, while the Seventh Elder warned the Ninth Elder not to underestimate him.
• Chen Changming attacked again, but the Eighth Elder unleashed his full strength and sent him flying, leaving him injured.
• Chen Changming realized he could not win through brute force and decided to use the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica.
• Chen Changming summoned the black mountain and manifested six additional arms, revealing that he practiced both body and Dao cultivation.
• The Eighth Elder recognized the mountain as a top-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, and the Seventh Elder warned the Ninth Elder to prepare to support him.

Chen Changming used the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica to overwhelm the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Elders, pinning them against the mountain. The Seventh and Eighth Elders burned their blood essence to break free and protect the Ninth Elder, but Chen Changming remained confident as the fight continued.

• Chen Changming activated the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica, whose suction disrupted the Eighth Elder’s attack and let Chen Changming strike him.
• The Seventh and Ninth Elders rushed to help the Eighth Elder, but the mountain’s suction trapped all three and Chen Changming slammed the Ninth Elder against it.
• Chen Changming battered the Eighth Elder, then used the mountain’s repulsive force to throw off the Seventh Elder and beat him against the mountain as well.
• The Seventh and Eighth Elders burned their blood essence and joined forces to break free, taking the Ninth Elder with them.
• Chen Changming dismissed their escape as temporary and remained confident that he would win.

Chen Changming used the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica’s alternating suction and repulsion to evade and delay the Seventh Elder and Eighth Elder while they burned their blood essence. He left them still attacking as he healed each injury with the Spring Return Immortal Art, waiting for their power to fade.

• Chen Changming moved behind the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica and vanished from the elders’ sight until the Ninth Elder sensed him.
• The Seventh Elder and Eighth Elder charged around the mountain, but its shifting magnetic forces disrupted their attacks as Chen Changming struck the Seventh Elder with a barrage of punches.
• The Eighth Elder’s attack was slowed by the mountain’s magnetic forces, allowing Chen Changming to evade and continue targeting the Seventh Elder before retreating behind the mountain.
• The Seventh Elder threw the Ninth Elder away and charged alongside the Eighth Elder, while Chen Changming used the mountain to stall them rather than fight head-on.
• The two elders landed several heavy blows on Chen Changming, but he repeatedly healed with the Spring Return Immortal Art and returned to his peak condition.

Chen Changming pursued the Sima Family elders and fought to capture the Eighth Elder, relying on the Spring Return Immortal Art and the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica. The Seventh Elder escaped with the Ninth Elder, leaving Chen Changming with one captive to exchange for Dragon Blood.

• The Seventh Elder and Eighth Elder fled with the Ninth Elder after realizing Chen Changming could rapidly heal his injuries.
• Chen Changming pursued them with the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica, while the Seventh Elder and Eighth Elder agreed that one would stay behind to delay him.
• The Seventh Elder escaped with the Ninth Elder as the Eighth Elder turned to confront Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming and the Eighth Elder fought in the air, and Chen Changming repeatedly healed himself while the Eighth Elder's blood essence ran low.
• Chen Changming battered the Eighth Elder into a mountain, pinned him with the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica, and dragged him out of the rubble as a captive.

Chen Changming questioned the captured Eighth Elder about the Sima Family’s Dragon Blood and agreed to take him back in exchange for a small amount. As they traveled toward the family, Chen Changming asked about its strongest Fusion Realm cultivator.

• The Eighth Elder admitted he wanted to live, and Chen Changming asked how much Dragon Blood the Sima Family still had.
• The Eighth Elder estimated the family had twenty or thirty drops and said it might offer three drops for his release.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon demanded twelve drops to leave Chen Changming’s body, and urged him to confront the Sima Family if necessary.
• Chen Changming agreed to take the Eighth Elder to the Sima Family, stowed the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica, and departed with him on a small Immortal Boat.
• Chen Changming asked the Eighth Elder about the cultivation of the Sima Family’s strongest Fusion Realm cultivator.

Chen Changming questioned the Sima Family's Eighth Elder about its seventh-layer Fusion Realm cultivators and learned they had all died from the Blood Dragon Overlord Body Art's backlash. The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon suspected a Myriad-Mother Bloodworm was secretly devouring them, leaving Chen Changming wary of a hidden threat within the family.

• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon urged Chen Changming to ask whether Sima Family members had reached the seventh layer of the Fusion Realm.
• Chen Changming questioned the Eighth Elder, who first evaded his questions about the family's powerful cultivators.
• The Eighth Elder admitted that every Sima Family member who reached the seventh layer had died from the cultivation art's backlash, so the family stopped advancing past the sixth layer.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon identified the suspected cause as a Myriad-Mother Bloodworm that parasitized True Spirit Races and fed on their blood.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon explained that the solitary worm might have lurked in the Sima Family for tens of thousands of years, though its cultivation could still be limited by its slow growth.

Chen Changming discussed the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm’s history and abilities with the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon while considering whether he could capture it for the God Spirit Reed. He remained wary of the unknown creature as he continued toward the Sima Family with their defeated Eighth Elder in his custody.

• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon conjectured that the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm reached the Sima Family through the Blood Spirit Dragon’s severed remains and may have influenced the creation of the Blood Dragon Overlord Body Art.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon described the Bloodworm’s leech-like appearance, its ability to secretly parasitize True Spirit Races, and its likely grave injuries from its escape from the Blood Spirit Dragon.
• Chen Changming wondered whether the wounded Bloodworm could be captured and fed to the God Spirit Reed, but asked whether his Sword Talismans and Demon Talismans could defeat it.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon urged Chen Changming to trust his treasures and Little Four, though Chen Changming remained cautious.
• The Eighth Elder asked Chen Changming to release him, and Chen Changming set the weakened Sima Family elder down on the Immortal Boat’s deck.

Chen Changming brought the captured Eighth Elder to the Sima Family, wary of the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm that might be lurking nearby. The Sima elders prepared Dragon Blood and gathered at their mountain gate, where the First Elder confronted Chen Changming.

• The Eighth Elder took control of Chen Changming’s Immortal Boat and traveled toward the Sima Family, while Chen Changming guarded against the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm.
• The Seventh Elder and Ninth Elder reached the Sima Family first and told the First Elder what had happened at Blood Dragon Mountain.
• The First Elder obtained three drops of Dragon Blood from the ancestral statue and prepared to use them to draw Chen Changming into a trap.
• Three days later, Chen Changming arrived at the Sima Family with the Eighth Elder still in his grasp.
• The First Elder and the other seven Sima elders appeared before the mountain gate, and the First Elder sized up Chen Changming.

Chen Changming demanded twelve drops of Dragon Blood from the Sima Family in exchange for the Eighth Elder’s life, despite their elders’ objections. The First Elder went to seek the Ancestor Statue’s approval, while the Eighth Elder wondered whether Chen Changming had a legendary seventh-rank Realm-Breaking Talisman.

• The First Elder offered Chen Changming three drops of Dragon Blood, but Chen Changming demanded twelve to release the Eighth Elder.
• The Seventh Elder and other elders protested the demand, and the Seventh Elder guessed Chen Changming was a Rogue Cultivator with no powerful backing.
• Chen Changming admitted he was a Rogue Cultivator and insisted the Sima Family decide whether twelve drops were worth the Eighth Elder’s life.
• The First Elder agreed to seek the ancestor’s instructions, then led the other elders to the Ancestral Shrine Hall while Chen Changming kept the Eighth Elder in his grasp.
• The Eighth Elder thanked the First Elder with shame, then asked Chen Changming whether he possessed a seventh-rank Realm-Breaking Talisman.

The Sima Family’s ancestral statue agreed to provide Dragon Blood and ordered the elders to capture Chen Changming and bring him to the shrine. Chen Changming obtained the Dragon Blood, but after swallowing it to feed the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon, he left the Sima elders stunned and faced an increasingly dangerous situation.

• The First Elder and seven other elders asked the ancestral statue for Dragon Blood to ransom the Eighth Elder, and the statue gave them nine drops while ordering them to capture Chen Changming.
• The ancestral statue recognized Chen Changming’s black mountain as a replica of the Ancient Human Clan’s Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain and showed interest in him.
• The First Elder met Chen Changming outside the Sima Family’s mountain gate and handed over a porcelain bottle after Chen Changming swore to release the Eighth Elder.
• Chen Changming discovered the bottle held twelve drops of Dragon Blood and swallowed them so the Yin-Yang Seal could absorb them for the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon.
• The Sima Family’s elders watched in shock as Chen Changming swallowed the Mahayana Realm Dragon Blood without any visible effect.

Chen Changming used the twelve drops of Dragon Blood to strengthen the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon within the Yin-Yang Seal, then released the Eighth Elder as promised. When the Fourth Elder attacked him by surprise, Chen Changming killed him with a Sword Talisman, leaving the Sima Family elders shaken by the weapon’s power.

• The Sima Family elders speculated that Chen Changming had stored the Dragon Blood inside another space rather than refining it.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon devoured the twelve drops of Dragon Blood and rapidly grew stronger within the Yin-Yang Seal.
• Chen Changming released the Eighth Elder, and the First Elder caught him.
• The Fourth Elder attacked Chen Changming on the First Elder’s secret orders, but a sword lotus blocked his fist and a Sword Talisman pierced his forehead.
• The First Elder examined the Fourth Elder’s corpse and warned the elders that Chen Changming possessed a Sword Talisman capable of killing a fourth-level Fusion Realm cultivator.

Chen Changming fought the Sima Family elders to force them to hand over Dragon Blood. He killed the Second Elder and wounded the First Elder, who admitted the family had only twelve drops left while secretly waiting for the Seventh Elder to summon the Ancestor Statue.

• The First Elder and Second Elder attacked Chen Changming with their Blood Dragon Overlord Body Art despite his warning about his Sword Talismans.
• Chen Changming used two Sword Talismans to block their punches and sent out two little swords, killing the Second Elder and shattering the First Elder’s right fist before wounding his chest.
• The First Elder ordered the other elders to retreat and sent the Seventh Elder to the Ancestral Shrine Hall to seek aid from the Ancestor Statue.
• The First Elder regenerated his hand and asked Chen Changming who he was; Chen Changming demanded twenty drops of Dragon Blood in exchange for sparing the Sima Family.
• The First Elder said the Sima Family had only twelve drops of Dragon Blood left and secretly watched for the Seventh Elder to return with the Ancestor Statue’s power.

The Myriad-Mother Bloodworm abandoned the Sima Family's dwindling Dragon Blood and possessed the Seventh Elder to confront Chen Changming. It easily broke Chen Changming's Sword Talisman and tore through his Sword Lotus, leaving him facing an overwhelming enemy.

• The Seventh Elder returned from the Ancestral Shrine Hall possessed by the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm, and the First Elder realized the ancestor had manifested.
• The Myriad-Mother Bloodworm recognized Chen Changming's powerful Ancient Human bloodline and revealed that it had possessed the Seventh Elder after abandoning the withered dragon tail.
• The First Elder withdrew as the possessed Seventh Elder ordered him to leave Chen Changming to the ancestor.
• Chen Changming attacked with a Sword Talisman, but the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm shattered its sword and tore open the protective Sword Lotus with its blood-red body.

Chen Changming's talismans failed to injure the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm, so he let the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon take control of his body and retrieve the Golden Dragon Horn. The horn joined the Silver Dragon as its third horn just as the Demon Lotuses were about to collapse.

• Chen Changming used three Demon Talismans to block the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm and sent three black sword strikes at it, but its tail shattered them with barely a scratch.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon urged Chen Changming to surrender control of his body and promised to use the Golden Dragon Horn to hold off the Bloodworm.
• Chen Changming agreed, and the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon took control of his body and demanded the Golden Dragon Horn from the Life and Death Bottle's artifact spirit.
• The artifact spirit gave the Golden Dragon Horn to the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon, which brought it from the Storage Ring into the sea of consciousness.
• As the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm tore through the Demon Lotuses, the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon joined the Golden Dragon Horn to its forehead as a third horn.

The Mysterious Lotus-Root Node stopped the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon from taking over Chen Changming’s body and shattered the Yin-Yang Seal. Chen Changming regained control and reinforced his defenses against the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm, while the Lotus-Root Node began absorbing the dragon.

• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon took the Golden Dragon Horn and tried to anchor the Yin-Yang Seal inside Chen Changming’s body.
• The Mysterious Lotus-Root Node appeared, pierced the dragon and the Yin-Yang Seal, and shattered the seal as the dragon pleaded for his life.
• Chen Changming regained control of his body and thanked the Mysterious Lotus-Root Node, which said it needed time to absorb the dragon.
• Chen Changming saw the Demon Lotuses nearly destroyed by the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm and activated five Demon Talismans to restore his defenses.
• Chen Changming sent five black sword lights at the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm, who covered himself in blood-red armor and charged into them.

Elder Spirit Charm sensed that Chen Changming was in danger and arrived to save him from the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm. She rescued her martial nephew, while the Sima Family’s First Elder realized Chen Changming was her martial nephew.

• The Myriad-Mother Bloodworm shrugged off Chen Changming’s sword attack, leaving him to rely on his remaining Demon Talismans to delay it.
• Elder Spirit Charm, gravely injured by a backlash from attempting to break through to the mahayana realm, sensed the Demon Talismans being consumed and rushed to help Chen Changming.
• The Myriad-Mother Bloodworm taunted Chen Changming as it tore through the demon lotuses, and he prepared to activate five more Demon Talismans.
• Elder Spirit Charm appeared and struck the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm with black light, blasting it backward and drawing Chen Changming to safety.
• The Sima Family’s First Elder recognized Elder Spirit Charm and realized that the body cultivator who had fought the family was her martial nephew.

Elder Spirit Charm arrived in time to save Chen Changming from the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm, then killed the Sima Family elders who had tried to murder him. Afterward, Chen Changming realized her attempt to break through to the Mahayana Realm had failed and that she was concealing her injuries.

• Elder Spirit Charm saved Chen Changming from the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm and reassured him before Sima Nantian came to pay his respects.
• Chen Changming explained that the Sima Family had tried to kill him and identified their ancestral spirituality as a parasitic alien race called the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm.
• Elder Spirit Charm killed Sima Nantian with one palm and slew the remaining Sima Family elders when the Third Elder threatened to appeal to Elder Ice Spirit.
• Chen Changming reflected on Elder Spirit Charm's care for him and noticed signs that she had been injured during her failed Mahayana breakthrough.
• Elder Spirit Charm admitted she was injured but told Chen Changming not to worry because her Indestructible Demonic Heart would keep her alive.

Chen Changming tried to save Elder Spirit Charm after the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm absorbed the Sima Family elders’ corpses and parasitized her. He used the Life and Death Bottle to amplify his healing art, leaving a massive Azure Spirit Divine Tree delivering life force into her body.

• The Myriad-Mother Bloodworm devoured the Sima Family elders’ corpses and strengthened itself before attacking Elder Spirit Charm.
• The Myriad-Mother Bloodworm bypassed Elder Spirit Charm’s demonic-light hand, injected a blood ray into her palm, and burrowed into her chest.
• Chen Changming asked the Heaven-Escaping Spirit Root for help, but it refused because it was using its strength to refine the Ice Dragon.
• Chen Changming summoned the Life and Death Bottle and channeled the Azure Spirit Body-Healing Art into it.
• The bottle amplified the healing art into a hundred-zhang Azure Spirit Divine Tree, whose roots entered Elder Spirit Charm’s body and delivered healing power.

Elder Spirit Charm was parasitized by the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm, and Chen Changming used the Azure Spirit Body-Healing Art to stabilize her but could not stop the parasite. She revealed that the Withered Nether Life-Sealing Crystal could suppress it, then passed Chen Changming the art’s incomplete instructions before preparing to use it.

• Chen Changming’s Azure Spirit Divine Tree restored Elder Spirit Charm’s clarity, and she recognized his healing art and Life and Death Bottle.
• Elder Spirit Charm told Chen Changming that the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm was consuming her vitality faster than his healing could restore it.
• Chen Changming blamed himself for bringing Elder Spirit Charm into danger, but she reassured him that she would not die just yet.
• Elder Spirit Charm explained that the Withered Nether Life-Sealing Crystal could permanently suppress the parasite inside her.
• Elder Spirit Charm transmitted the art’s crystal-forming portion to Chen Changming, hoping he could deduce the missing Crystallization Method and that they might meet again.

Elder Spirit Charm sealed the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm inside herself by transforming into a Life-Sealing Crystal, and Chen Changming vowed to deduce a way to revive her. He then forced the Sima Family clan leader to lead him to the Dragon Blood hidden in the Ancestor Statue.

• Elder Spirit Charm used Withered Nether—Life-Sealing Crystal, sealing the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm and herself in black crystal as Chen Changming promised to revive her.
• Chen Changming stored Elder Spirit Charm's crystal form in the Universe Pagoda and returned the Azure Spirit Divine Tree to the Life and Death Bottle.
• Chen Changming flew to the Sima Family's territory and threatened to destroy the clan unless its leader handed over the remaining Dragon Blood.
• The Sima Family clan leader led Chen Changming to the Ancestral Shrine Hall and revealed that the Dragon Blood was hidden inside a space in the Ancestor Statue's chest.
• Chen Changming tore open the array barrier inside the statue's chest.

Chen Changming found twelve drops of Dragon Blood and a withered Blood Spirit Dragon tail inside the statue at the Sima Family's Ancestral Shrine Hall. After leaving the Sima Family, he headed for his secluded cave abode to absorb the Dragon Blood and prepare for a tribulation.

• Chen Changming entered the hidden space in the statue and found a withered dragon tail beside a ceramic jar containing twelve drops of Dragon Blood.
• Chen Changming stored the Dragon Blood and dragon tail, planning to give the tail to the Medicine Sect to nourish the God Spirit Reed.
• Chen Changming returned to the Ancestral Shrine Hall and told the Sima Family clan head that he had obtained the Dragon Blood, warning that the clan had brought the disaster on itself by provoking him.
• The clan head accepted the warning and resolved to keep the Sima Family discreet while it rebuilt its strength over the coming centuries.
• Chen Changming flew toward his secluded cave abode near the Clear Mist Sect to absorb the Dragon Blood and prepare for the sixth-level Void Refinement Realm Lesser Heavenly Tribulation.

After Elder Spirit Charm's soul lamp went out, Ice Spirit Fairy ordered the Elder Council to recover her body and faced a threat from the Mystic Scorpion King. She relied on the Ice Spirit Crystal Cluster nearing restoration as she weighed the danger of the Demon Race.

• Elder Zhou reported that Elder Spirit Charm's soul lamp had gone out, and Ice Spirit Fairy ordered the Elder Council to find her body before the Demon Race could claim it.
• Ice Spirit Fairy privately felt relief at Spirit Charm's death but worried that she alone would have to defend the Royal City while Chu Qiushui was in seclusion.
• The Mystic Scorpion King demanded Spirit Charm's body and threatened to bring several Demon Kings to the Royal City if Ice Spirit Fairy refused.
• Ice Spirit Fairy delayed a decision until the body was found, then examined her Ice Spirit Crystal Cluster and said it was close to being restored to its former Profound-Heaven Spirit Treasure rank.

Ice Spirit Fairy learned that the Sima Family’s nine Fusion Realm elders had been killed and ordered a search for the disguised body cultivator, suspecting he might be connected to Elder Spirit Charm. As Chen Changming traveled toward the Clear Mist Sect in disguise, the Heaven-Escaping Spirit Root reassured him that it could still conceal his body-refining cultivation from Ice Spirit Fairy.

• Elder Zhou reported that the Sima Family’s Fusion Realm elders had been wiped out, and Ice Spirit Fairy ordered him to hunt down the body cultivator and discover who supported him.
• Ice Spirit Fairy wondered whether Elder Spirit Charm had killed the Sima elders to help the body cultivator and resolved to capture him.
• Chen Changming flew toward the Clear Mist Sect in a changed appearance, concerned that Ice Spirit Fairy would use the Elder Council to find him.
• The Heaven-Escaping Spirit Root revealed that it had absorbed the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon and could still hide Chen Changming’s body-refining cultivation from Ice Spirit Fairy.

Chen Changming received the Golden Dragon Horn, a Profound-Heaven Spirit Treasure, after the Heaven-Escaping Spirit Root sealed its aura and ordered it to obey him. He bonded with the horn and tested its ability to change size, then stored it away.

• The Heaven-Escaping Spirit Root subdued the Golden Dragon Horn and sealed its aura so that only a Mahayana Realm cultivator could recognize it as a Profound-Heaven Spirit Treasure.
• The Heaven-Escaping Spirit Root told Chen Changming to use the Golden Dragon Horn in battle and then disappeared into his sea of consciousness.
• Chen Changming brought the Golden Dragon Horn out and had it grow from over a foot long to a full zhang, testing its weight and handling.
• The Golden Dragon Horn asked Chen Changming to drip blood on it so they could establish a connection.
• Chen Changming bonded with the Golden Dragon Horn, controlled it with his thoughts until it shrank to the size of a fishhook, and stored it in his Storage Ring.

After binding the Golden Dragon Horn and reflecting on the gains and losses from Blood Dragon Mountain, Chen Changming encountered an Elder Council search and decided he could no longer remain in Azure Billow Central Province. He left undetected, knowing the search led by Ice Spirit Fairy made his original plan too dangerous.

• Chen Changming bound the Golden Dragon Horn, which submitted under the pressure of his Heaven-Escaping Spirit Root, though he could not yet unleash its full power.
• Chen Changming considered the rewards from the Sima Family and mourned Elder Spirit Charm, vowing to deduce the Crystallization Method and revive her.
• Chen Changming spotted Elder Council cultivators searching with an Octagonal Ancient Mirror, but its probe mistook him for a minor Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator.
• Chen Changming realized that breaking through near his planned cave dwelling would draw the Elder Council because the Lesser Heavenly Tribulation would cause a major disturbance.
• Chen Changming decided to leave Azure Billow Central Province, suspecting Ice Spirit Fairy had mobilized the search because of Elder Spirit Charm's death.