Recaps

Chen Changming uncovered the Gatekeeper’s plan to sacrifice him and the other alchemists, then fought Xue Wenzheng and Mo Lihai after the seals behind the Great Qin Gate broke. He survived Mo Lihai’s Demon Planting Art with the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon’s help, but the demonic pill remained a threat as the Glazed Saint Ancestor rejected an alliance.

• Chen Changming won the Green Deer Mountain alchemy competition by refining supreme-grade Earth Nascent Pills, then joined Li Jin and Medicine King True Person in the Nameless Forbidden Zone to refine a life-extending pill.
• Chen Changming discovered that the Blood Essence Seeds required for the Nine-Turn Blood Wraith Pill were made from hundreds of thousands of people, but continued refining while investigating the sealed bronze gate with Gu Tianxie.
• As the three alchemists completed the pill, Xue Wenzheng ordered the Four Spirit Generals to sacrifice Li Jin and Medicine King True Person, but Chen Changming crushed the pill and fought back.
• Chen Changming and Little Wolf battled Xue Wenzheng while Bi Cang confronted the Glazed Saint Ancestor, and Gu Tianxie’s breach of the seal freed Mo Lihai’s Black Arm.
• Chen Changming killed Xue Wenzheng, but the Glazed Saint Ancestor escaped into Chen Changming’s sea of consciousness as the Heavenly Demon Mark, while Mo Lihai attacked him and his allies.
• Chen Changming, Gu Tianxie, Little Wolf, and the Demon Spirit Vine fought Mo Lihai for weeks, until Mo Lihai planted a Black Pill in Chen Changming’s dantian and began draining him.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon froze Mo Lihai’s Black Pill and weakened the Demon Planting Art, leaving Chen Changming in severe pain whenever he used his physical strength.
• Bi Cang gave Chen Changming a soul pearl to find her missing spiritual sense, while the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon trapped the damaged Glazed Saint Ancestor, who refused to ally with him.

Chen Changming killed his pursuers, gained the Heavenly Toad Tribe’s trust, and received the true Slaughter Demon Sword from an ancient demon. As the Great Jin Holy Demon Sect attacked the tribe’s formation, Chen Changming completed the Slaughter Demon Sword Art’s first enhancement.

• Chen Changming returned to the Immortal Alliance, killed Ye Feilong and other former pursuers, then confronted Sword Heavenly Venerable and the Ten Celestial Venerables at Sword God Palace.
• Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie killed Poison Venerable and Sword Heavenly Venerable with help from Han Shanguang and seven other Celestial Venerables, then Chen Changming set out for the Southern Border Kingdom.
• Chen Changming won Saintess Ruoyou’s marriage contest, and Ruoyou helped him open a spirit aperture and learn the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art.
• Chen Changming retrieved the tribe’s Holy Sword and discovered the true Slaughter Demon Sword in the Ancestral Realm, where an ancient demon entrusted him with the Ancient Demon Clan’s inheritance.
• Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie helped the Heavenly Toad Tribe defeat Black Mountain Demon Venerable, and the tribe refined his Nascent Soul before preparing for the Holy Demon Sect’s retaliation.
• Chen Changming cultivated the Slaughter Demon Sword Art while Gu Tianxie and the Heavenly Toad Tribe built the Yin-Yang Duality Formation against the approaching Holy Demon Sect cultivators.
• Hao Qianshan and three other Holy Demon Sect cultivators attacked the formation, but it held as Chen Changming mastered the eighth and ninth sword forms and reached the art’s major mastery realm.

Chen Changming rescued Du Xiaoliang from an arranged marriage, defeated the Gongsun Family’s challenges, and killed Yin Spirit Child’s true body on Wuyuan Island. Years later, disciples began disappearing from Golden Turtle Island, and the First Ancestor crushed Gongsun Ming after discovering he was a puppet.

• Chen Changming defeated Nan Tianlin, Di Hu, Qin Baixiong, and Hao Qianshan’s attacks, then negotiated with the Glazed Saint Ancestor and returned her body in exchange for Bi Cang’s freedom.
• Chen Changming devoured Qin Baixiong’s Nascent Soul, advanced through the Golden Core Realm, and then traveled with Hao Qianshan to rescue Du Xiaoliang from her planned marriage.
• Chen Changming revealed himself to Du Xiaoliang and Du Shengyue, secured the Third Ancestor’s approval by offering the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art, and defeated Gongsun Tie with one punch.
• Gongsun Ming hired Yin Spirit Child to cripple Chen Changming, but Chen and Du Xiaoliang killed the Yin Corpse Puppet Bodies sent to attack them on Wuyuan Island.
• Chen Changming lured Yin Spirit Child out and killed him, while the surviving puppet absorbed the Yin Corpse Pearl and became Yin Spirit Child’s new true body.
• Three years later, Du Xiaoliang reached the second level of the Nascent Soul Realm as cultivators began disappearing from Golden Turtle Island despite patrols and defensive formations.
• The First Ancestor recognized Gongsun Ming as a Yin Corpse Puppet Body and crushed him, while Yin Spirit Child fled toward Heaven-Piercing Pass and the Second Ancestor learned Gongsun Ming had vanished.

Chen Changming uncovered the God Spirit Reed’s possession of First Ancestor, defended Golden Turtle Island, and forged ties with the demon kings of Wuyuan Island. After reaching great strength and learning the Golden Turtle War God Art, he went to Falling Star Island to rescue Du Shengyue and cut down Second Ancestor.

• First Ancestor devoured Third Ancestor under the influence of the God Spirit Reed, but Bi Cang defeated him and Chen Changming concealed the truth from Golden Turtle Island.
• Chen Changming protected the Human Sect from Extreme Yang Ancestor and other challengers, then arranged for Luo Lan, True Person Purple Sun, and Yu Luoyue to cultivate safely in the Holy Demon Sect.
• After Little Four abducted Du Xiaoliang toward Wuyuan Island, Chen Changming pursued them, healed Ancient Ming Demon King, and received three Blood Dragon Ganoderma.
• Miaolu True Person pursued Chen Changming for the ganoderma, but Little Wolf defeated him and Chen Changming later captured Miaolu and four Spirit Transformation sword cultivators.
• Chen Changming returned to Golden Turtle Island and met Second Ancestor’s challenge, revealing enough strength to make him reconsider fighting.
• The Human Sect Master explained the Ancient Demon Beast origins of the Golden Turtle War God Art, which Chen Changming memorized and quickly comprehended.
• Li Wanhai kidnapped Du Shengyue, and Second Ancestor lured Chen Changming into the Reverse Yin-Yang Array to force him to reveal the full Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art.
• Chen Changming entered the array to rescue Du Shengyue, severed Second Ancestor’s arm with the Slaughter Demon Sword, then cleaved his body in two with a fragment of Demonic Heaven Vast Yin Mountain.