Recaps

Chen Changming received Marquis Xuangang’s Undying Xuangang Scripture and Xuangang Battle Armor before Marquis Xuangang’s soul faded away. After being teleported out of the chamber, Chen Changming returned to the third trial and learned that Marquis Xuangang’s father controlled the Silver Puppet.

• Chen Changming admitted that the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art lacked its Mahayana Realm portion, and Marquis Xuangang offered the Undying Xuangang Scripture as an alternative.
• Marquis Xuangang explained that the scripture would let Chen Changming use the Xuangang Battle Armor more easily and urged him to avenge him by killing Li Chengfeng.
• Marquis Xuangang warned Chen Changming to remove the armor before his soul disappeared, and Chen Changming stored it away.
• Marquis Xuangang’s phantom vanished, and Chen Changming bowed to his body in gratitude.
• A formation teleported Chen Changming outside the Sword Lodge’s stone chamber, where he saw that Dong Xueqi had not emerged.
• Chen Changming returned to the third trial, and the Silver Puppet revealed that Marquis Xuangang’s father controlled its body.

Chen Changming accepted the Silver Puppet’s decision to remain in the cave abode and studied the Undying Xuangang Scripture. Meanwhile, Dong Xueqi’s teacher, the Azure Mist Sword Lord, took control of her body to hunt Chen Shan, unaware that the Bronze Ancient Sword and its stronger remnant soul were waiting in her Storage Ring.

• Chen Changming asked the Silver Puppet to leave with him, but the puppet chose to seal the cave abode and remain there.
• Chen Changming accepted the Silver Puppet’s choice and began studying the Undying Xuangang Scripture.
• Dong Xueqi used her spiritual consciousness to consult the Bronze Ancient Sword, whose teacher planned to let the Azure Mist Sword Lord attack Chen Shan before striking him.
• The Azure Mist Sword Lord gathered the sword intent into a mottled sword, merged it with the Dark Teal Stone, and took control of Dong Xueqi’s body.
• Dong Xueqi pretended to submit while trusting that the Bronze Ancient Sword’s stronger remnant soul would protect her.

Chen Changming and Dong Xueqi left Xuangang Marquis's Cave Mansion after claiming their inheritances, but Dong Xueqi ambushed him outside. Chen Changming caught and struck her Variegated Long Sword, and Dong Xueqi revealed that another senior was involved as a bronze sword-light intercepted the damaged weapon.

• Chen Changming and Dong Xueqi crossed the Astral Wind Passage and exited Xuangang Marquis's Cave Mansion as it sank underground.
• Dong Xueqi distanced herself from Chen Changming and attacked his back with the Variegated Long Sword.
• Chen Changming caught the sword and revealed that he had expected Dong Xueqi to betray him.
• The Variegated Long Sword escaped his grip, but Chen Changming struck it with a punch and damaged it.
• Dong Xueqi called for the sword to flee, then summoned a bronze sword-light that struck the Variegated Long Sword.

Dong Xueqi revealed the Bronze Ancient Sword and used it to destroy the Variegated Long Sword and capture the Azure Mist Sword Lord. After the Bronze Ancient Sword’s Artifact Spirit absorbed him and reached the Third Layer of the Fusion Realm, it challenged Chen Changming, whose Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica stopped its attack.

• Dong Xueqi released the Bronze Ancient Sword, which pierced the Variegated Long Sword and split the Dark Teal Sword Embryo in two.
• The Bronze Ancient Sword’s Artifact Spirit seized the Azure Mist Sword Lord and drew his remnant soul and Sword Embryo into the blade.
• Dong Xueqi confronted the Azure Mist Sword Lord, revealing that she had known he planned to seize her body.
• The Artifact Spirit absorbed the Azure Mist Sword Lord, restored some of its injuries, and displayed the strength of the Third Layer of the Fusion Realm.
• The Artifact Spirit demanded that Chen Changming cut his own throat, then attacked him with the Bronze Ancient Sword.
• Chen Changming summoned the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica, whose pull stopped the Bronze Ancient Sword against its side.

Chen Changming used the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica to restrain the Bronze Ancient Sword and learned that the remnant inside it mistook his strength and treasure for Marquis Xuangang’s inheritance. After the sword broke free and the two clashed, Chen Changming pressed his attack, leaving the man to make a desperate final strike.

• Chen Changming pinned the Bronze Ancient Sword with the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica, shocking the man and Dong Xueqi.
• The man recognized the mountain as a replica of Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain and asked whether Marquis Xuangang had given it to Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming ordered Xiao Yuan to intensify the mountain’s pull, but the man used a blood-red technique to free the sword and cut apart Chen Changming’s punch.
• Chen Changming struck back, and the clash sent the Bronze Ancient Sword flying and left the man’s phantom form unstable.
• Chen Changming charged with the mountain, whose pull knocked Dong Xueqi unconscious and pinned the man in place.
• The man forced the Bronze Ancient Sword to slash at Chen Changming’s incoming fist.

Chen Changming defeated the remnant soul, whose power had reached the Third Layer of the Fusion Realm, and prepared to destroy him. Before the strike landed, the man revealed that he was the Ancient Sword Immortal, bringing the Fire Radiance Immortal to Chen Changming’s mind.

• Chen Changming seized the Bronze Ancient Sword despite its edge cutting his palm and pinned it down with the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica.
• Chen Changming grew two arms from his back and used their demonic force to shatter the man's Starlight Defense.
• Chen Changming demanded to know who the man was, but the man instead questioned how Chen Changming had obtained and refined the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica.
• Chen Changming raised his palm to destroy the man's remnant soul after the man refused to yield.
• The man identified himself as the Ancient Sword Immortal, and Chen Changming remembered the name Fire Radiance Immortal.

Chen Changming recognized Ancient Sword Immortal as an Ancient Immortal and confronted him about the clan’s crimes in the Human Realm. After revealing that he had destroyed their lair and showing the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele, Chen Changming pressed Ancient Sword Immortal about the treasure’s purpose, but he refused to speak.

• Chen Changming paused before killing Ancient Sword Immortal and recognized him as a member of the Ancient Immortal Clan.
• Ancient Sword Immortal inferred that Chen Changming’s body-refining technique came from the Ancient Human Clan, and Chen Changming confirmed it.
• Ancient Sword Immortal boasted of the Ancient Immortals’ strength, so Chen Changming slapped him and demanded to know how he knew of the Human Realm.
• Chen Changming revealed that he had destroyed the Ancient Immortals’ lair in the Human Realm and showed Ancient Sword Immortal the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele.
• Chen Changming asked whether the stele had another use, but Ancient Sword Immortal denied it and said the Ancient Immortals did not fear death.

Chen Changming captured the weakened Ancient Sword Immortal and killed Dong Xueqi after she had tried to murder him. He left the underground space with the Bronze Ancient Sword and the overlooked Half Sword Embryo, which contained several dormant sword intents.

• Chen Changming trapped the Ancient Sword Immortal in the Life and Death Bottle and took the Bronze Ancient Sword.
• Chen Changming thanked Xiao Yuan for helping him defeat the Ancient Sword Immortal and promised to keep the captive alive for information about the Spirit-Origin Immortal Stele.
• Chen Changming killed the unconscious Dong Xueqi, who had tried to silence him and steal his opportunities.
• Chen Changming reflected on how his trip to Flying Sunset City had led to the conflict in Xuangang Marquis's Cave Mansion.
• Chen Changming found the Half Sword Embryo and sensed several different sword intents inside it before putting it away.

Chen Changming secluded himself to refine Spirit Transformation Pills and advanced to the Sixth Layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm. As he faced the resulting Lesser Heavenly Tribulation, a powerful Ghost Path cultivator watched from afar, considering whether to capture him.

• Chen Changming changed his appearance, found a secluded cave, and sealed it with a formation before beginning to cultivate with Spirit Transformation Pills.
• After several days of cultivation, Chen Changming concluded that ten bottles of pills could carry him to the Tenth Layer, where he planned to use the Nine-Colored Immortal Spirit Flower to break through to the Void Refinement Realm.
• Chen Changming grew more determined to cultivate because he feared his low cultivation would prevent him from helping his grandmaster, Chu Qiushui, if she failed to reach the Mahayana Realm.
• Three months later, Chen Changming broke through to the Sixth Layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm and flew to a distant mountaintop to face his Lesser Heavenly Tribulation.
• A black-robed old man at the Second Layer of the Fusion Realm watched from over a thousand miles away and considered capturing Chen Changming as a Ghost Path avatar if he survived more than four waves.
• Chen Changming passed three waves of Lesser Heavenly Tribulation, including the Heart Demon Tribulation, while the old man continued watching.

Chen Changming reached the tenth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm and prepared to harvest the Nine-Colored Immortal Spirit Flower from Fire Radiance Immortal’s preserved clone. The chapter left him wondering whether Fire Radiance Immortal would sense that his clone’s corpse had been exposed in the Spirit Realm.

• After Chen Changming passed his tribulation in three waves, a black-robed elder dismissed him as an ordinary talent and returned to his cave dwelling.
• Chen Changming cultivated with Spirit Transformation Pills for two years, reached the ninth layer, and passed another three-wave Lesser Heavenly Tribulation.
• The black-robed elder saw Chen Changming’s rapid progress, assumed he relied on pills, and scorned the choice before leaving.
• Chen Changming used his remaining Spirit Transformation Pills to reach the tenth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Chen Changming brought out Fire Radiance Immortal’s preserved clone in a Crystal Coffin and considered whether Fire Radiance Immortal could sense its exposure in the Spirit Realm.

Chen Changming swallowed the Nine-Colored Immortal Spirit Flower and advanced from the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm to the First Layer of the Void Refinement Realm. As he faced his Great Heavenly Tribulation, a nearby old man in black watched in disbelief and tried to discover how he had progressed so quickly.

• Chen Changming sealed away the Nine-Colored Immortal Spirit Flower's aura, swallowed it, and absorbed its power.
• After seven days, Chen Changming reached the peak of the Tenth Layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm, then broke through to the Void Refinement Realm the following day.
• Chen Changming flew far from his cave and waited beneath the clouds for the Void Refinement Realm Great Heavenly Tribulation.
• An old man in black emerged from seclusion and was astonished to recognize Chen Changming as the cultivator undergoing the tribulation.
• Chen Changming weathered the first three waves of lightning with ease while the old man in black wondered what miraculous pill had enabled his rapid breakthrough.

After Chen Changming completed his Void Refinement Realm tribulation, a black-robed elder tried to capture him and demanded to know how he had advanced. Chen Changming refused to be intimidated and lunged at the elder, leaving their confrontation poised to begin.

• The black-robed elder watched Chen Changming survive the fourth tribulation wave and realized he practiced the Dual Cultivation of Body and Dao, making him a desirable Ghost Path clone.
• Chen Changming absorbed the Heavenly Earth Origin Qi and Lawlight, stabilized his Void Refinement Realm, First Layer cultivation, and found that the poison-law and space-law fragments within him had weakened.
• After the tribulation ended, the black-robed elder used a ghostly hand to seize Chen Changming and bring him before him.
• The black-robed elder offered Chen Changming a way out in exchange for information about the miraculous pill that enabled his breakthrough.
• Chen Changming rejected the offer and crossed the distance between them in a burst of force.

Chen Changming struck the black-robed elder with overwhelming force, but the elder escaped by swapping places with a clone using the Substitute Technique. After fleeing, the injured elder encountered Li Danyang, who wanted help capturing a Fusion Realm Body Cultivator, and agreed to lead him to Chen Changming.

• Chen Changming's palm shattered the black-robed elder's protective Spirit Treasure and sent him flying.
• The elder used the Substitute Technique to exchange places with a Void Refinement Realm clone, which exploded while his true body appeared ten li away.
• The black-robed elder fled, took a Healing Pill, and reflected on his loss and fear of Chen Changming's body cultivation.
• Li Danyang intercepted the elder and asked whether an enemy was pursuing him.
• The elder told Li Danyang that Chen Changming was a Second Layer Fusion Realm Body Cultivator, and Li Danyang revealed that the Elder Council wanted to capture one.
• The black-robed elder agreed to lead Li Danyang to Chen Changming.

Li Danyang learned that Chen Changming had recently reached the Void Refinement Realm and suspected he had used a Nine-Colored Immortal Spirit Flower, said to grow from a dead Ancient Immortal. When Li Danyang confronted Chen Changming with Fire-Type Divine Arts, Chen suspected the Elder Council elder was connected to Fire Radiance Immortal and realized the Ancient Immortal might have sensed his clone.

• The black-robed old man told Li Danyang about Chen Changming’s cultivation and his near-fatal encounter with Chen.
• Li Danyang said an ancient Elder Council text linked the Nine-Colored Immortal Spirit Flower to the corpse of an Ancient Immortal.
• Li Danyang and the black-robed old man spotted Chen Changming approaching, and Li Danyang told the old man to stand aside.
• Li Danyang advanced toward Chen Changming, revealing his mastery of Fire-Type Divine Arts as the black-robed old man retreated.
• Chen Changming recognized Li Danyang’s fire arts and suspected he was connected to Fire Radiance Immortal.
• Chen Changming realized Fire Radiance Immortal may have sensed his clone despite the formation concealing its spiritual energy.

Chen Changming recognized Li Danyang as a clone of Fire Radiance Immortal and revealed that he knew the corpse’s origins. Li Danyang attacked Chen Changming and struck down the fleeing black-robed old man.

• Chen Changming reasoned that Li Danyang was a clone of Fire Radiance Immortal because he was only at the fifth level of the Fusion Realm.
• Li Danyang asked whether Chen Changming had consumed a Nine-Colored Immortal Spirit Flower and demanded the Ancient Immortal’s corpse in exchange for his life.
• Chen Changming named Fire Radiance Immortal, making Li Danyang realize his secret had been exposed and launch a sea of flames at him.
• The black-robed old man recognized the danger of Li Danyang being an Ancient Immortal and fled.
• Li Danyang sent flames after the black-robed old man, burned through his protective Spirit Treasure, and engulfed him.

Chen Changming fought Li Danyang’s double, who survived Chu Qiushui’s Sword Talisman and deduced that Chen was Ning Jin. As Chen prepared a second strike, Li Danyang threatened to send the information to his true body before the double died.

• Li Danyang’s flames failed to destroy the Sword Lotus protecting Chen Changming, and Chu Qiushui’s sword intent struck him.
• Li Danyang unleashed the flame mark between his brows and survived the Sword Talisman’s attack, though he was badly injured.
• Li Danyang recognized Chu Qiushui’s sword intent and deduced that Chen Changming was Ning Jin, the successor who had obtained his double in the Human Realm.
• Chen Changming activated another Sword Talisman and resolved to kill Li Danyang before he could escape.
• Li Danyang claimed that killing his double would not stop him from passing the information to his true body, as the weakened flame mark began to throb.

Chen Changming killed Li Danyang, but Li Danyang’s final warning drew the attention of Fire Radiance Immortal, who launched a deadly attack from the Purple Flame Continent. As the Great Prime True Flame engulfed Chen Changming on the Azure Wave Continent, he activated two Sword Talismans and faced imminent death.

• Li Danyang died after Chen Changming pierced his skull with a tiny sword, but his dying words left Chen Changming sensing a powerful presence watching him.
• Fire Radiance Immortal learned from his avatar’s transmitted information that Chen Changming had killed it with Chu Qiushui’s Sword Talisman, and sent a wisp of Great Prime True Flame across continents.
• Chen Changming took Li Danyang’s corpse and tried to flee when the sky turned blood-red and the Great Prime True Flame descended toward him.
• Purple Zenith Chaos Flame warned Chen Changming that it could not devour the Mahayana Realm attack, so Chen Changming activated two Sword Talismans as the flames closed in.

Chen Changming faced the Great Prime True Flame as it burned through his Sword Talismans and consumed his body. The Heaven-Escaping Spirit Root and Purple Zenith Chaos Flame kept him alive and weakened the fire, leaving the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame poised to swallow it.

• The Heaven-Escaping Spirit Root told Chen Changming that it and the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame could keep him alive if he used the Sword Talismans to help hold back the Great Prime True Flame.
• Chen Changming activated all his remaining Sword Talismans, forming a barrier of Sword Lotuses around himself, but the Great Prime True Flame burned through them.
• A wisp of the Great Prime True Flame pierced the barrier and burned Chen Changming's chest, but the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame emerged and swallowed it.
• The Heaven-Escaping Spirit Root shielded Chen Changming's heart and bones as the Great Prime True Flame burned away his flesh and blood, while the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame held the captured wisp.
• The Heaven-Escaping Spirit Root weakened the Great Prime True Flame until it dwindled to a small cluster, and the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame finally leaped forward and swallowed it.

After the Great Prime True Flame attacked, Chen Changming survived as a cracked purple skeleton, while the Purple Zenith Chaos Flame began digesting the fire it had devoured. Two nearby Void Refinement Realm cultivators, Hall Master Song and Steward Li, approached the scorched area and found Chen Changming.

• The Purple Zenith Chaos Flame told Chen Changming it needed time to digest the Great Prime True Flame, then settled beside his heart.
• Chen Changming examined his ruined body and realized the Mysterious Lotus-Root Node had protected his heart and sea of consciousness, preserving his life and treasures.
• Chen Changming feared that the flames had drawn dangerous cultivators, especially Ice Spirit Fairy, and searched the area with his divine sense.
• Hall Master Song urged Steward Li to investigate the scorched land before a Fusion Realm cultivator arrived, and Steward Li reluctantly agreed.
• Hall Master Song and Steward Li reached the burned area and found Chen Changming's motionless purple skeleton; Steward Li concluded that the flames were out and there was no danger.

Chen Changming lay badly wounded as Hall Master Song and Steward Li discovered his regenerating body and considered capturing him for merit. After he revealed his Medicine Sect identity token, they recognized him as honorary elder Chen Shan and bowed in respect.

• Hall Master Song and Steward Li found Chen Changming's purple skeleton, black heart, and regenerating flesh, realizing he was still alive.
• Hall Master Song proposed sealing Chen Changming before he could rebuild his body, and Steward Li reluctantly agreed.
• Chen Changming recognized the two Medicine Sect members and called them fellow sect members through divine sense.
• Hall Master Song and Steward Li doubted his claim until Chen Changming presented his identity token.
• Song Chaojiang and Li Qingyun recognized Chen Changming as the newly appointed honorary elder and greeted him respectfully.

Chen Changming persuaded Song Chaojiang and Li Qingyun to flee with him, and Song Chaojiang carried him toward Medicine Sect headquarters. Li Qingyun was captured by Ice Spirit Fairy, whose attempt to search his soul triggered a seal that destroyed his sea of consciousness.

• Chen Changming ordered Song Chaojiang and Li Qingyun to escort him to Medicine Sect headquarters, and Song Chaojiang sealed him inside a Universe Pagoda.
• Song Chaojiang and Li Qingyun used Ten-Thousand-Mile Talismans to flee in separate directions.
• Song Chaojiang spent all five of his talismans to put fifty thousand miles between himself and the scorched site, then flew toward a hidden Medicine Sect teleportation site.
• Ice Spirit Fairy immobilized Li Qingyun and froze him after finding him alone near the place scorched by flames.
• Ice Spirit Fairy began searching Li Qingyun's soul, but a crimson seal identifying him as a Medicine Sect disciple exploded and destroyed his sea of consciousness.

The Ice Spirit Fairy concluded that the scorched site had been devastated by a Mahayana expert wielding the Great Prime True Flame, while Song Chaojiang rushed Chen Changming’s remains toward the Medicine Sect. Song Chaojiang reached a first-tier teleportation point and followed Qian Jiuting to the Sect Master Hall to meet the sect master.

• The Ice Spirit Fairy examined the scorched site and identified the Great Prime True Flame, leading her and the Fusion Realm cultivators to believe a Mahayana expert from the Purple Flame Continent had acted.
• The Ice Spirit Fairy abandoned the search, and the Fusion Realm cultivators departed, relieved they had not encountered the supposed Mahayana expert.
• Song Chaojiang used teleportation arrays to travel toward the Medicine Sect and showed his token to pass inspections.
• At a third-tier teleportation point, Song Chaojiang revealed the Purple Skeleton and beating black heart inside the Universe Pagoda, prompting the inspector to urge him to reach headquarters quickly.
• Qian Jiuting met Song Chaojiang at a first-tier teleportation point and escorted him to the Sect Master Hall.

Nalan Yue learned that Chen Changming had returned to the Medicine Sect gravely injured and examined his skeletal remains. After Chen Changming revealed that the Fire Radiance Immortal had attacked him with the Great Prime True Flame, Nalan Yue offered a Seven-Treasure Reconstitution Pill to help restore his body.

• Song Chaojiang brought Chen Changming’s purple skeleton into the Sect Master Hall, shocking Nalan Yue and Qian Jiuting.
• Chen Changming assured them through divine sense that he was alive, and Nalan Yue ordered Qian Jiuting to investigate Li Danyang’s backers.
• After Qian Jiuting and Song Chaojiang left, Chen Changming told Nalan Yue that Li Danyang had been an avatar of the Fire Radiance Immortal, who attacked him with the Great Prime True Flame.
• Nalan Yue recognized the Fire Radiance Immortal and learned Chen Changming survived by cultivating the Undying Demon Heart Art.
• Nalan Yue offered Chen Changming a Seven-Treasure Reconstitution Pill to help restore his body.

Chen Changming recovered his body with Nalan Yue’s help after the Great Prime True Flame nearly killed him, and discovered that the black moles granting his enhancement ability had returned. As Nalan Yue tended to him and warned him about the lingering fire laws in his bones, he told her he had found a shriveled section of a dragon’s tail.

• Nalan Yue used three Seven-Treasure Reconstitution Pills to help Chen Changming regrow his body.
• Chen Changming feared the black moles on his soles had vanished, but found that they had reappeared after his body was restored.
• Nalan Yue blushed when she saw Chen Changming naked, and he quickly put up a barrier and dressed before apologizing.
• Nalan Yue explained that the Fire Radiance Immortal had sent the Great Prime True Flame from afar rather than arriving in person, and warned Chen Changming that fire laws still clung to his cracked bones.
• Chen Changming felt moved by Nalan Yue’s care and told her he had found a shriveled section of a dragon’s tail while away.

Chen Changming donated a Mahayana Realm Blood Spirit Dragon tail to the Medicine Sect, earning Nalan Yue’s gratitude. When the elders arrived to challenge the Spring Return Immortal Art and demand that Chen Shan lose his honorary elder title, the dragon tail distracted them before Nalan Yue announced Chen Changming’s donation.

• Chen Changming showed Nalan Yue a shriveled Mahayana Realm Blood Spirit Dragon tail and explained that he had obtained it from the Sima Family.
• Chen Changming donated the tail to the Medicine Sect for use with the God Spirit Reed, and Nalan Yue credited him with a great contribution.
• Nalan Yue told Chen Changming that Elder Ji and other elders wanted an explanation for their poor results with the Spring Return Immortal Art and wanted his honorary elder title revoked.
• Nalan Yue admitted that she too had struggled with the art, then ordered Qian Jiuting to let the elders into the hall.
• The elders entered, became absorbed in examining the dragon tail, and learned from Nalan Yue that Chen Changming had donated it to the Medicine Sect.