Recaps

Li Chen prepared Broad Cloud Peak for war with the Heavenly Dragon Gate while drawing the Shaman Folk to safety and strengthening his forces. The arc left the Fifth Avatar facing four Foundation Establishment Cultivators as Li Chen sent reinforcements to intervene.

• Li Chen defeated Yuan Keshan’s Three-Excellence Heavenly Treasure Centipede, but the Heavenly Dragon Gate rallied under Centipede Daoist and declared war on Broad Cloud Peak.
• Li Chen modified ten Shaman warriors, used a puppet impersonating Wushi Yan to win the tribes’ trust, and began bringing the displaced Shaman Folk to Broad Cloud Ward.
• Dong Pengfei and representatives of several households and merchants arrived aboard the Rainbow Glow Flying Boat, bringing people, supplies, and funding to establish businesses at Broad Cloud Peak.
• Li Chen enhanced Jingang and his Fifth Avatar, while Jingang drove off scouting Demon Centipedes and the Fifth Avatar helped Red Wolf and other tribal leaders bring their people to safety.
• Li Chen and Qi Maigu found a Stardust Mine and planned to use its nether-origin crystal to make Blazing Sun Divine Thunder as the Heavenly Dragon Gate gained support from the Everflow Merchants' Association.
• Centipede Daoist sent troops into Barren Mountain to search for the Fifth Avatar, while Li Chen evacuated scattered Mountain Folk and prepared a rocket-equipped artillery platform.
• Four Foundation Establishment Cultivators confronted the Fifth Avatar and demanded Wushi Yan, so Li Chen sent Xiao Die, Xiao Ying, and Jingang to help.

Li Chen captured Mei Xuan, used her ransom to prepare Broad Cloud Ward for war, and deployed new Mechas and Thunderhawk Fighters against the Heavenly Dragon Gate. He drove back Centipede Daoist’s army but could not kill the Daoist, so he turned to completing his ultimate weapon.

• Li Chen rescued the Fifth Avatar’s battlefield by destroying the ambush force, killed the Ancient Thunder Beast’s controller, and captured Mei Xuan after defeating her allies.
• Li Chen killed Mei Xuan and preserved her brain, then used her as a double to negotiate a ransom and ceasefire with the Heavenly Dragon Gate.
• Avatar Six returned to the enemy camp disguised as Mei Xuan while Li Chen used the ransom supplies to build Mechas, Thunderhawk Fighters, and other weapons.
• Li Chen’s air raids devastated the Heavenly Dragon Gate’s forces, but Centipede Daoist lured his fighters into an ambush and sent ten thousand Human-Head Centipedes toward the Market District.
• Li Chen’s Mecha pilots repelled the tunnel attack, while he taught Yu Feng and the others his compiling techniques and showed them his expanding weapons production.
• The Heavenly Dragon Gate launched a full assault on the Market District, and Centipede Daoist revealed his Heavenly Dragon Transformation as Li Chen confronted him.
• Li Chen blasted Centipede Daoist repeatedly, but the Daoist regenerated through his Heavenly Dragon Undying Body and escaped after wounding the Great Wilderness Giant.
• Li Chen declined to pursue Centipede Daoist, ordered a tally of the battle, and resolved to finish his ultimate weapon.

Li Chen used Mei Xuan’s identity and an alliance with Helm Master Lin to defeat the Heavenly Dragon Gate and kill the Centipede Daoist with the Blazing Sun Divine Thunder. He took control of Heavenly Dragon Peak, reshaped the Shaman Folk under Wushi Yan, and turned his attention to the Shaman King and the spreading uprisings.

• Li Chen arranged a counterattack with the Sixth Incarnation, who used Mei Xuan’s identity to gather equipment and persuade Helm Master Lin’s forces to betray the Heavenly Dragon Gate.
• Li Chen’s allies seized the gate’s strongholds and drove Centipede Daoist west, while Helm Master Lin agreed to help eliminate him and the Shaman King.
• Li Chen lured Centipede Daoist to a hidden outpost, but the Daoist destroyed the unfinished base and charged toward Broad Cloud Ward.
• Centipede Daoist captured the Sixth Incarnation, who melted away, and Li Chen killed him with the Blazing Sun Divine Thunder, which melted Broad Cloud Peak’s snow and ice.
• Li Chen revealed to Mei Xuan that he had hidden her real body and used a clay double, then offered her a new identity as he explained his plan for a Materialized Kingdom.
• Li Chen freed Wushi Yan and showed him how the Shaman Folk lived in the Market District, then shaped a new faith around the creation of heroic spirits from recorded memories.
• Li Chen negotiated with Lin Hongting and the Everflow Merchants' Association, securing Heavenly Dragon Peak as his personal property and commercial terms for Heavenly Dragon Ward.
• Li Chen took possession of Heavenly Dragon Peak, reviewed the surrendered disciples and their texts, and decided to kill the Shaman King after learning he controlled the region’s Centipede Heavenly Dragon.

Li Chen conquered Sufang City, uncovered the Shaman King’s secrets, and acquired a Mother Empress Juvenile and the Golden Cicada Transformation. As the Carefree Pavilion pursued him, Li Chen rebuilt his body through Puppet Conversion and reached Foundation Establishment Peak, while an assassin prepared another attempt.

• Wizard Ze led the rebel army’s assault on Sufang City, and Li Chen’s Human Puppets and Falling Stars helped defeat the Shaman King’s forces.
• Li Chen’s forces found the Centipede Heavenly Dragon beneath the palace, and the Shaman King leaped into its mouth before it fled underground to evolve.
• Li Chen discovered that the palace concealed a blessed land and later killed the Centipede Heavenly Dragon, finding a living egg inside its corpse.
• Li Chen traded the egg to Yuan Xiye for the Golden Cicada Transformation and a Spell Contract to share research on the heavenly dragon undying body.
• Li Chen expanded his territory and welcomed new arrivals, but assassins attacked him at the celebration and the Carefree Pavilion continued targeting his substitute puppet.
• Li Chen obtained specialized Dharma Eyes and other components, upgraded his body, and let Mei Xuan test its strength before preparing for Puppet Conversion.
• Li Chen transformed his organs and then the rest of his body through Puppet Conversion, reaching Foundation Establishment Peak while leaving his brain unmodified.
• A Silver-Grade Assassin learned that Li Chen could afford new equipment, and the Carefree Pavilion kept the assignment active as the assassin prepared one final attempt.