Recaps

Chen Lingxi entered Ancestral Mountain to seize its Mother Qi, advanced his cultivation, and killed Consort Chun while competing against powerful cultivators. The arc ended as he and Lu Baizhong clashed over Lu’s matured Thunder Treasure Qi.

• Xu Qingru revealed that Yun Jiao had sealed her and Jiang Xing in coffins for a formation, and Chen Lingxi crippled her and imprisoned her in a cave.
• Chen Lingxi and Xi Mu killed Zhong Wuzhu and his Jade-Qi warriors, then defeated Ying Chi’s incarnation and killed Luo Ran.
• Xiao Zhushan proposed that Chen Lingxi help kill the Crown Prince, while Chen Lingxi traveled to Nanju Twelve Mountains and advanced his cultivation.
• Chen Lingxi stole the Demon Banner, discovered the Pool-Soul Institute’s plan for an Immortal Husk, and learned the Ancestral Mountain Mother Qi would soon emerge.
• Chen Lingxi entered Ancestral Mountain, tracked the battles around the Heavenly Lake, and watched Lin Suri obtain the Mother Qi before fleeing with it.
• Chen Lingxi helped Lin Suri escape Xi Yuan, gained Lin Suri’s trust, and received the Mother Qi before the grotto-heaven collapsed.
• Chen Lingxi refined the Mother Qi, reached Jade Qi Perfection and the Qi Circulation Seventh Floor, and acquired Delayed Light and Sword-Edge Qi.
• Chen Lingxi ambushed Consort Chun during the Spirit-Mechanism Tidal Wave, pursued her, and killed her after she revealed she was an avatar.
• Chen Lingxi took Rong Chun’s treasures and learned the Cloud-Riding Technique and Heaven-Seizing Seal, then fought Lu Baizhong as Lu charged with matured Thunder Treasure Qi.

Chen Lingxi advanced his cultivation, forged a pact with Lin Suri, and uncovered Emperor Daye’s power to manipulate memories and his interest in complete cauldron artifacts. The court tracked Chen Lingxi to the Nanju Twelve Mountains, where two Undying Willow Puppets approached and Xi Yu ordered them to kill him.

• Chen Lingxi defeated Lu Baizhong, received his sword canon and Thunderlight Sword, then set out to rescue Lin Suri and joined him against Xi Yuan’s group.
• Chen Lingxi and Lin Suri signed a Jade-Law Pact exchanging Ancestral Mountain Mother Qi and other assistance for Chen Lingxi’s knowledge of the Immortal Husk, and Chen Lingxi refined the Mother Qi to reach the Eighth Floor.
• Chen Lingxi learned that the Quexing Xi Family’s True Lord planned to refine the Cave Heaven, escaped Ancestral Mountain, and discovered a long river showing two versions of Liu Changle in different worlds.
• Chen Lingxi killed Ying Ju, helped Lin Longyue escape, and later refined the Fated Star Stone to reach the Ninth Floor of Qi Circulation.
• Chen Lingxi killed Crown Prince Ying Chi during the attack at Dragon Palace Mountain, then used Xiao Changlü’s Mystic Entry blood essence and an imperial decree to Sight-Roam Emperor Daye.
• Chen Lingxi saw Emperor Daye alter a chained woman’s memories and found severed limbs labeled with cultivators’ identities, leading him to suspect the emperor used a Cauldron Vessel to fabricate people’s histories.
• Chen Lingxi questioned and killed Ying Chi, learned that the three Heavenly Boat women were one person named Zhou Xuemei, and later heard Emperor Daye order the Marquis of Fushan to retrieve an emerging cauldron artifact fragment.
• Chen Lingxi concealed his treasures in the Nanju Twelve Mountains as two Undying Willow Puppets approached, while Xi Yu spotted him and ordered them to kill.

Chen Lingxi fought through the Slaying-Force Cauldron contest, gained the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade, and defeated the court’s guardians at Heaven Gate Sea. Emperor Daye then revealed the Dao-Seizing Tree and proposed an alliance to escape the failing Cave Heaven.

• Chen Lingxi killed Shi Hong and several contenders, protected Lin Suri, and defeated Wu Mohe, the Heavenly Boat women, and Emperor Bow Earl during the cauldron battle.
• The Slaying-Force Cauldron fragment chose Chen Lingxi and became the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade, while the mysterious man in the Black Banner promised a tribulation from thirty thousand years in the past.
• Chen Lingxi learned the True Edict of Audience with the Dao, discovered that Crown Prince Ying Chi had survived, and investigated Emperor Daye’s plans and the Cave Heaven’s past.
• Chen Lingxi traveled to Jade Pivot Island and used the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade to kill Marquis Fengshan and General Qi Lian, but could not move the Dao Foundation Divine Ability Inscription.
• Emperor Daye met Chen Lingxi at Heaven Gate Sea, showed him memories of his parents’ execution, and proposed that they escape the Cave Heaven together.
• Chen Lingxi agreed to sign a Jade Law Document in return for a great opportunity, and Emperor Daye showed him the Dao-Seizing Tree whose fruit could temporarily grant Cauldron Vessel abilities.

Chen Lingxi uncovered Emperor Daye’s plans, pursued the power needed to survive, and drew the attention of the Dao-Below Academy and the Quexing Xi Family. The stretch ended with him confronting the Demon Sage above Qiu Zhu Prefecture as the Heaven-Inviting Great Sage’s power surged through him.

• Emperor Daye seized Chen Lingxi after he plucked the Dao-Seizing Fruit, but Chen Lingxi escaped the battle by choosing the fruit and returning to Yuan River Prefecture.
• Chen Lingxi learned about Dao Foundation cultivators and their grand divine abilities from Lin Suri, then killed the Eastern King and discovered Liu Changle was an incarnation of Great Sage Luo Yuan.
• Chen Lingxi saw the Dao-Below Academy’s efforts to retrieve the Immortal Husk and realized Emperor Daye was building power through a vast spiritual-qi formation.
• Chen Lingxi discovered that Xiao Changlü was likely Emperor Daye’s unwitting incarnation and learned that a fortune-manipulating ability might be behind a deadly trap set for him.
• Emperor Daye defeated Daoist Shurong and exposed the Immortal Husk’s location, drawing powerful forces toward the Cave Heaven.
• The Dao-Below Academy considered recruiting Chen Lingxi, and Xiao Yaoguang tested him with the Hanging Moon Sword Light before promising to seek a way to save him.
• Chen Lingxi reached the Qi Circulation Eleventh Floor, watched Emperor Daye use the Mirror-Listening Cauldron to identify figures awakening across the Cave Heaven, and set out to devour spiritual essence from Great Xuanzhuo Realm experts.
• Chen Lingxi arrived above Qiu Zhu Prefecture as Demon Lord Zhang prepared an altar using 1.32 million residents, then descended toward the platform as the Great Sage’s power overwhelmed the Demon Sage.