Recaps

Li Chen turned the Bone Kun into a mobile stronghold as the Immortal Alliance and Righteous Qi forces attacked Guangyun and its allies. After Fang Yuan shattered the continent and millions died or were displaced, Li Chen became acting lord of Golden Light City and accepted the task of upgrading its Puppet Legion.

• Fang Yuan and the White Bone Dharma King battered Golden Light City, while coordinated attacks struck Pagoda City and Thousand Pearl City.
• Golden Sun True Person emerged from seclusion, fought Qinghe and a Shadow Sect cultivator, then escaped Chi Zong’s attack as invaders plundered Golden Sun Gate.
• Li Chen learned that the Immortal Alliance was recruiting local factions and used the Azure Billow Immortal Abode to awaken and steer the Giant Kun as a cosmic warship.
• The Outer Dao forces uncovered Li Chen’s Star Sea network, and Fang Yuan brought reinforcements to Guangyun with orders to capture Li Chen alive.
• Fang Yuan’s Book of Years crippled Guangyun’s defenses, but Li Chen coordinated his legions against divided enemy forces and killed numerous Core Formation cultivators.
• Fang Yuan abandoned his fight at Golden Light City and struck Guangyun, shattering its land and killing millions before the Golden Crow Puppet helped drive him away.
• Li Chen arranged for the Shaman Folk to relocate, then met Heavenly Will, who appointed him acting lord of Golden Light City and tasked him with upgrading its Puppet Legion.
• He Changnian showed Li Chen the city’s battle-puppet reserves and explained that the Puppet Dao hoped his intelligent devices and Swarm of Bees Technique could improve its forces.

Li Chen transformed Golden Light City into a networked puppet stronghold, helped the Creation Sect defeat the Outer Dao, and earned promotion to Grandmaster Artisan. After returning to Guangyun, he investigated Queen Bee No. 6’s mutation and learned that Fang Yuan’s allies were hiding in the Chess Mountain Domain.

• Li Chen rebuilt Golden Light City’s command system around Heavenly Network, and its puppet legions demonstrated how communication towers let Controllers direct vast forces.
• Li Chen shared his mechanical intelligence architecture and Swarm of Bees Technique, while Huang Ding developed a new long-distance communication device and the Creation Sect recognized Li Chen as a Grandmaster Artisan Candidate.
• Li Chen and He Changnian expanded the network across allied cities, coordinated massive puppet armies, and prepared the Creation Sect’s forces for a counterattack against the Outer Dao.
• Li Chen’s networked armies overwhelmed the Outer Dao across several battlefields, killing major enemies including the White Bone Dharma King, while Fang Yuan escaped.
• The Creation Sect awarded Li Chen the White Bone Dharma King’s remnant soul and a long-term lease on the Seven-Star Demon Eye, then exceptionally promoted him to Grandmaster Artisan.
• Li Chen’s attempt to resurrect the White Bone Dharma King failed, but his study of the remnant soul gave him insight into the divine soul and formed a half-step Nascent Soul Dao Fruit.
• Li Chen created a mechanical Substitute Puppet as a backup for rebirth and learned that Queen Bee No. 6 had mutated beneath the Guangyun ruins.
• Li Chen found Queen Bee No. 6 laying enormous eggs, ordered Heavenly Pivot to observe and guide it, and then learned that Fang Yuan’s connected disciples were hiding in the Chess Mountain Domain.

Li Chen rooted out Outer Dao agents in Chess Mountain, then developed a new Confucian school through poetry, scripture, and experiments on demons. After reaching Nascent Soul and rebuilding his body as a Seven-Star Battle Puppet, he joined the Golden Sun Gate’s ascension ceremony as powers discussed unifying the Vast Sea and advancing into the Central Sea.

• Li Chen exposed Lu Ming’s plot in Chess Mountain, killed him with Mu Suo’s help, and led a search that captured the hidden Outer Dao cultivators while Meng Fuyun escaped.
• After learning about the Confucian Dao, Li Chen cultivated it through poetry, reached Tongsheng rank, and began writing the Analects as an original classic.
• Li Chen gathered the Literary Star School and other experts to develop Confucian research, then partnered with Qi Yishan to explore mass-producing Ink Treasures and awakening demons and nature spirits.
• Li Chen experimented on Servant Demons, developed Standards for Students and the Demon Confucian system, and experienced the transformation of his divine soul as a dharma eye appeared.
• Shen Longcheng revealed the Creation Sect’s plans to capture Whirlpool City and explained Heavenly Will’s authority and the Upper Realm’s history, while Li Chen declined to join the campaign directly.
• Heavenly Will integrated with the Dao and launched the Puppet World Heavenly Net, and Li Chen later spent thirty years mastering Soul Deconstruction, empowering Heavenly Pivot, and reaching Nascent Soul.
• Li Chen rebuilt his body as a Seven-Star Battle Puppet, demonstrated his control of Sun Ash, and traveled with Mei Xuan to the Golden Sun Gate’s ascension ceremony.
• At the ceremony, Li Chen and other leaders recognized that the Creation Sect’s expansion of divine thunder prepared for war, then met privately to discuss unifying the Vast Sea and advancing into the Central Sea.

Li Chen investigated the Sea Emperor Token, uncovered the mind-corrupting disaster that destroyed Rainbow Shell City, and deciphered the formation sealing the Blue Sea Water Realm. After breaking into the realm, he was transformed into a monstrous body, and Heavenly Pivot expelled his Primordial Spirit Projection before Xiao Die and Xiao Ying helped him escape.

• Li Chen expanded spiritless zones and developed technology for mortals while preparing to investigate the Sea Emperor Token’s hidden realm.
• Li Chen entered the ocean grotto-heaven with Ye'e Di Luosha, fought demons, and discovered records of Rainbow Shell City’s destruction and the Sea Emperor’s madness.
• Li Chen encountered the Demon Eyes’ law-based corruption, killed the mutated Qina Luo and her retainers, and later gained the Dao Fruit through his study of the eyes.
• Li Chen developed Law Synchronization and the Primordial Spirit Virus, enhanced his allies, and tested the Soul-Shaking Divine Thunder.
• Heavenly Pivot decoded the Sea Emperor Token and identified 116 grotto-heavens forming a seal around a possible Water Realm, so Li Chen began demolishing the formation.
• Li Chen broke a Boundary Gate, fought its Sea Demon guardians, and learned that the Last Sea Emperor had tried to devour the Water Realm before entering the collapsing Void Gate.
• Li Chen battled ancient guardians released from sealed mausoleums, then crossed the Boundary Gate and followed floating brains toward a glowing nebula.
• Li Chen transformed into an enormous octopus-like monster, but Heavenly Pivot expelled his Primordial Spirit Projection, and he possessed Xiao Ying to escape with Xiao Die.