Recaps

Chen Changming killed the Xiaguang Sect cultivators who took over Lingxiao Sect, then rescued Luo Lan from Seven Paths Ridge with the help of the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect. He and Luo Lan settled in Donglai City, where Chen Changming began looking for a way to remove her restriction.

• Qin Changtian divorced Luo Lan and cut the Demon Spirit Vine, while Chen Changming resolved to grow strong enough to kill him.
• Chen Changming hunted Demonic Beasts in Cloud Mist Mountain, contracted the Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect, and learned Huang Tianqi had taken control of Lingxiao Sect.
• Huang Tianqi sentenced Luo Lan to labor at Seven Paths Ridge and ordered Chen Changming to work Xiaguang Sect’s spirit fields, so Chen Changming secretly killed Huang Zhenzhen, Qin Changtian, and the sect’s Foundation Establishment cultivators before fleeing.
• Xiaguang Sect blamed Chen Changming for the killings and posted a bounty, while he hid in Cloud Mist Mountain and rescued the injured Liu Qingwu.
• Chen Changming sent the insect to find Luo Lan at Seven Paths Ridge, then dug a hidden tunnel into the mine and killed the guards and miners to free her.
• The Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect unleashed Spirit Energy Storms that destroyed the spirit veins and killed Huang Tianqi and other cultivators, while Chen Changming escaped with Luo Lan.
• Chen Changming and Luo Lan reached Donglai City, where she accepted that Lingxiao Sect had fallen and he rented a secluded courtyard for her recovery.
• After Luo Lan explained how her restriction could be removed, Chen Changming bought medicine and asked the Four Seas Merchant Alliance about Foundation-Building Pills.

Chen Changming escaped the Black Lotus Sect’s plot, hid for years in White Ape Village, and finally reached Foundation Establishment. As demonic corruption engulfed Chu Kingdom, he settled in Cangnan City, traded for a new sword, and advanced further while investigating a suspicious attendant.

• Chen Changming killed Night Owl after discovering the Four Seas Merchant Alliance had tried to pass off fake Foundation Establishment Pills, then left Donglai City with Luo Lan.
• Chen Changming and Luo Lan met Ouyang Qian and Lv Ziqing at an Ancient Temple, where Chen saved them from the Black Lotus Sect and cured Ouyang Qian’s poison.
• At Cuixia Mountain, True Essence Master restored Luo Lan’s cultivation, but Chen Changming failed to establish his Foundation and suffered severe backlash.
• Chen Changming helped Ouyang Qian open her ancestor’s Storage Ring, then escaped Lv Ziqing’s betrayal and the Mei Brothers Trio’s sword formation with the ring’s secret method and other loot.
• Chen Changming hid in White Ape Village for years, restored his damaged spirit root with Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, and eventually used a hundred Foundation Establishment Pills to break through.
• Chen Changming learned that Demonized White Apes had destroyed White Ape Village and that the Demon-Slaying Alliance was fighting a kingdom-wide outbreak of Demonic Qi.
• Chen Changming reached Cangnan City, rented a room at Cangnan Pavilion, and traded the Purple Lightning Sword for the Geng-Gold Sword while concealing the Spirit-Devouring Insect.
• Chen Changming mastered the Sword Tempering Art, advanced to the second level of Foundation Establishment, renewed his lease, and decided to investigate the attendant’s strange expression.

Chen Changming joined the Black Tortoise Division, survived plots within Ninth Incense, and fought his way through the Demonic Qi campaign. He killed Holy Mother Wusheng and Shangguan Xiong, while Wusheng’s Primordial Spirit escaped into the Ancient Demon’s body and the surviving forces withdrew.

• Chen Changming joined the Black Tortoise Division, entered Ninth Incense under Liao Yunfang, and escaped her attempt to make him her cultivation furnace.
• Chen Changming killed Liao Yunfang and Ma Xiao, then later killed the new Incense Master He Changlie after He tried to seize his Geng-Gold Sword.
• Chen Changming worked with Qiu Qianlang, Ying Buli, and Tang Mengshao, cultivated for three years, and reunited with Luo Lan after she took charge of Breeze Hall.
• When the Alliance attacked Mysterious Yin Mountain, Tang Mengshao revealed his Black Lotus Sect allegiance and attacked Chen Changming’s group, but Chen Changming killed him and escaped the ambush with Luo Lan.
• Holy Mother Wusheng revealed herself as Shangguan Wan'er and fought Shangguan Xiong while their forces suffered heavy losses and the two Golden Core cultivators prepared for a decisive clash.
• After Shangguan Xiong wounded Holy Mother Wusheng, Chen Changming beheaded her and destroyed her escaping Primordial Spirit, then killed Shangguan Xiong when he attacked him from behind.
• Chen Changming warned Luo Lan that both Golden Core cultivators had fallen, and she retreated while he killed an Iron-Backed Azure Eagle.
• Yu Tiangong found that Holy Mother Wusheng’s Primordial Spirit had entered the Ancient Demon’s body, then withdrew with the Black Lotus Sect as Cheng Hanhai called for a ceasefire.

Chen Changming survived the Demonic Qi Well, mastered the Pure Yang Sword Art, and continued his journey while hiding his strength and treasures. After helping Liu Qingwu find a Bipolar Flower and destroying Yin Spirit Child, he escaped Zhao Jiucheng’s pursuit with Luo Lan and met Liu Qingwu again in Linqing City.

• Cheng Hanhai, Li Xiushan, Luo Lan, and Chen Changming broke the formation over the Demonic Qi Well, but demonic poison killed Cheng Hanhai and led Li Xiushan to take his own life.
• Chen Changming used the Demon Spirit Vine to save Luo Lan, then destroyed the Ancient Demon’s upper body by detonating the spirit vein and parted from her.
• Chen Changming killed Li Mu, Ma Xingkong, and Li Hefeng, then entered the Pure Yang Water Mansion and passed its three trials.
• Chen Changming mastered the Body Sword Art and Three Yangs Opening Prosperity, escaped Situ Yun’s Lesser Blood Sha Formation, and spent sixteen years away before returning toward Red Sky City.
• Chen Changming met Liu Qingwu, helped treat her poison, killed Liu Hong, and helped her find the Bipolar Flower guarded by a Chessboard Demon Snake.
• Chen Changming buried Li Xiushan’s remains, discovered that Yin Spirit Child had turned the body into a Yin Corpse Puppet Body, and pursued and killed him.
• Zhao Jiucheng’s forces surrounded Chen Changming in Qiyun City, but Luo Lan recognized him and helped him defeat the attackers before they fled to Yan Kingdom.
• Chen Changming and Luo Lan reached Linqing City and waited until Liu Qingwu arrived for their agreed meeting.