Recaps

Chen Heng advanced his cultivation of Southern Bright Separation Fire until his body reached its limit for the day, then accepted Zhang Taichu’s invitation to visit the Mysterious Pearl Blessed Land. Three days later, he arrived near Mysterious Pearl Island and admired its extraordinary aura.

• Chen Heng cultivated Southern Bright Separation Fire by consuming Fire Essence, bringing his body's fire-element qi to its limit and stopping to avoid damaging his Dao body.
• A maidservant delivered Zhang Taichu’s invitation for Chen Heng to visit the Mysterious Pearl Blessed Land in three days to discuss important matters.
• Chen Heng accepted Zhang Taichu’s invitation and had Tu Shan Ge escort the maidservant out.
• Three days later, Chen Heng flew southwest from Changli Island toward the Mysterious Pearl Blessed Land.
• Chen Heng reached the waters near Mysterious Pearl Island and praised its extraordinary aura.

Chen Heng visited Zhang Taichu at the Mysterious Pearl Blessed Land, where he learned about Zhang’s connection to Duke Songgu and the looming threat to Law Sage Heaven. Zhang then raised several clashes between Jadechen’s Dao lineage and the Huzhao Sect, opening an important discussion.

• Chen Heng admired the portrait of Duke Songgu in Zhang Taichu’s Main Hall, and Zhang explained that the Great Xia minister had once taught him.
• Chen Heng reflected on how Xia Ji had expelled rival powers from Law Sage Heaven and established the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty.
• Zhang Taichu worried that the Eight Sects and Six Schools were preparing to unite against Xia Ji, putting Duke Songgu and Law Sage Heaven at risk.
• Zhang Taichu spoke with Chen Heng about his talent and joked that Ding Hэpu’s disciples resented him for making their teacher boast of his Sword Dao instruction.
• Zhang Taichu asked Chen Heng whether he had heard of the recent clashes between Jadechen’s Dao lineage and the Huzhao Sect’s Dao lineage.

Chen Heng agreed to join Yu Shitong’s expedition to Yuyang Kingdom, where Jadechen and Huzhao forces had clashed over Jin De’s restoration to the throne, and Zhang Taichu gave him a map to find rare Mysterious Chamber Water. As the Jadechen expedition departed Leixu Pool, Zhang Taichu received news of a wider alliance forming over Xia Ji, foreshadowing turmoil among the All Heavens.

• Zhang Taichu explained that Jin Shanxin had led three Huzhao Dao lineages to conquer Yuyang and restore his father, Jin De, to the throne, prompting Jadechen to intervene.
• Zhang Taichu told Chen Heng that Yu Shitong would lead the campaign with the Yangde Fandu Golden Mace and invited Chen Heng to join for Dao merit; Chen Heng accepted.
• Zhang Taichu gave Chen Heng a map marking hidden sources of high-quality Mysterious Chamber Water near Yuyang, one of the medicines needed to form a Golden Core.
• After Chen Heng left, Zhang Taichu received word that Chen Yu planned to send an envoy to Xudu Heaven to discuss Xia Ji and form an alliance with the various sects.
• Ten days later, Chen Heng and the other Yuchen Upper Sect disciples gathered at Leixu Pool, then departed aboard a celestial palace for Yuyang.

Yu Shitong led Jadechen cultivators toward Yuyang Kingdom, where he recounted the history of the ascended cultivator Pan Yangzi and his lost legacy abodes. As their flying palace entered a hidden formation, Jin Shanxin received a warning in the capital.

• Yu Shitong told the cultivators that Pan Yangzi had arrived in Xudu Heaven from a Landmass, founded the Five Elders Temple on Ming Mountain, and left three legacy abodes before dying in a calamity.
• Yu Shitong said Jadechen members had found two of Pan Yangzi’s three legacy abodes, while Deng Yunji dismissed the value of the Five Elders Temple’s remnants.
• The Jade Scenery Flying Palace triggered the Turbid Baleful Ghost Thief Heaven-Connecting Formation, and Yu Shitong ordered the cultivators to confront the ambush.
• Jin Shanxin noticed his talisman token twitching in the capital of Yuyang Kingdom and hurried out of his chamber.

Jin Shanxin learned that Jadechen had launched an expedition against Yuyang, while his teacher Tao Tian chose to confront Yu Shitong rather than withdraw. Three days later, Yu Shitong’s forces broke through the formation at Ziming Mountain, and Chen Heng concluded that Huzhao had taken control of all four kingdoms beyond the mountain.

• Jin Shanxin found Tao Tian’s jade statue unresponsive, then visited his dying father, Jin De, without telling him about Jadechen’s attack.
• Tao Tian restored his presence in the temple and told Jin Shanxin that he would face Yu Shitong, while advising him to prepare for Gu Yi’s arrival.
• Jin Shanxin learned that Tao Tian and other Huzhao disciples would personally join the campaign, which he feared would bring casualties and trouble.
• Three days later, Yu Shitong’s forces shattered the formation at Ziming Mountain, and Chen Heng warned that Huzhao had likely seized the four kingdoms beyond it.
• The Jade Scenery Flying Palace advanced toward Weiyong, and Yu Shitong recognized that Chen Heng’s assessment was likely correct.

Yu Shitong and Tao Tian agreed to let their disciples fight for three months across the Shuo River, with the outcome deciding control of several kingdoms. Just as the sects prepared to begin, Tao Tian called for a spectacle and someone flew out of the Spiral Golden Hall.

• Yu Shitong brought the Jade Scenery Flying Palace to confront Tao Tian and the Huzhao forces at the Spiral Golden Hall, where the two leaders traded insults and clashed their Dharma Forms.
• The Hemp-Robed Daoist reassured Jin Shanxin that Huzhao's forces were strong and explained that Gu Yi had her own reasons for acting as she did.
• Tao Tian proposed that the Jadechen and Huzhao disciples fight for three months in the emptied Weiyong Kingdom, with the Shuo River dividing their territories.
• Tao Tian offered Yuyang to Jin De if Huzhao won, while agreeing to surrender Danpu and Zhongqu to Jadechen if Yu Shitong's disciples won; the two signed a Spirit Contract.
• Tao Tian stopped Yu Shitong from leaving and proposed watching a spectacle, as a streak of light flew out of the Spiral Golden Hall and Chen Heng watched the newcomer arrive.

Chen Heng entered the duel between Jadechen and Huzhao after Tang Du killed four Jadechen Lower Court disciples. He crushed Tang Du beneath a barrage of mountains, leaving the Huzhao forces stunned.

• Ruan Liang challenged Jadechen, and Xiang Qiong of Stone Seal Temple stepped forward to fight him.
• Ruan Liang used Snake-Dragon Divine Smoke against Xiang Qiong’s sword, but Xiang Qiong’s spiritual leaf protected it; Ruan Liang later knocked Xiang Qiong from the clouds and returned victorious.
• Tang Du, Snake-Dragon Mountain’s eldest disciple, killed the disciple surnamed Sun and three more Jadechen Lower Court disciples in succession.
• Yu Shitong ordered Chen Heng to face Tang Du, and Chen Heng appeared before the Huzhao ranks.
• Tang Du charged Chen Heng, who trapped him beneath repeated mountains and killed him, leaving only a bloody mass in a crater.

Chen Heng killed Tang Du, then defeated and slew the Golden Core True Persons Wang Qi and Wang Yi after they challenged him. The Huzhao camp’s remaining disciples stayed back as Chen Heng continued to dominate the battlefield.

• Chen Heng crushed Tang Du with a single blow, leaving the Huzhao disciples too fearful to challenge him.
• Tao Tian ordered Wang Qi to fight Chen Heng, and Wang Qi accepted despite Wang Yi’s objections.
• Wang Qi attacked Chen Heng with Star Sand, sound waves, and Snake-Dragon phantoms, but Chen Heng countered with Red Water, Divine Light, and Purple-Clear Divine Thunder.
• Wang Qi used the Spirit-Shifting Mirror against Chen Heng’s false body, but Chen Heng appeared behind him and killed him with a sword strike.
• Wang Yi charged at Chen Heng in anger, fought him for nearly a hundred exchanges, then fled before Chen Heng’s sword cut him into pieces.

Chen Heng’s defeat of two Golden Core cultivators drove the Huzhao forces to withdraw, while Jadechen’s leaders prepared their disciples for the sects’ battle three months later. More than a month afterward, Bao Xian faced a frightening scene at the Shuo River in Weiyong Kingdom.

• Chen Heng slew Wang Qi and Wang Yi, astonishing both armies as He Lizi resolved to challenge him again after advancing his Sword Dao.
• Tao Tian refused to let Fu Ling fight Chen Heng and withdrew the Huzhao forces, warning Yu Shitong that he would watch Jadechen until their contest three months later.
• Chen Heng returned with the Spirit-Shifting Mirror and Coiling Dragon Great Halberd, and Yu Shitong sealed the mirror’s connection to its former owner.
• Yu Shitong gave the Jadechen disciples a Jade Tally describing how to create an Evil-Expelling Divine General and warned them that they had to win.
• More than a month later, Bao Xian gripped a Golden Brick at the Shuo River in Weiyong Kingdom and felt a chill as he faced a frightening scene.

Huzhao forces routed Deng Yunji’s Jadechen troops after Gu Yi’s ambush and the destruction of his numinous treasure altar, while Wan Youyue pressed the advantage on the battlefield. Chen Heng arrived and unleashed his power, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Deng Yunji’s forces crossed the Shuo River to attack a Hook-and-Cross Fortress, but Gu Yi ambushed him, grievously wounded him, and helped rout his troops.
• Junior Fellow Disciple Lu destroyed Deng Yunji’s numinous treasure altar, preventing him from producing more Evil-Expelling Divine Generals.
• Huzhao troops pursued the retreating Jadechen forces as Wan Youyue shot down a Cloud-Sweeping Sect disciple and urged his companions to keep attacking.
• Wan Youyue refused to withdraw despite a gray-robed Daoist’s warning that Jadechen reinforcements might arrive.
• Chen Heng appeared above the battlefield, dispersed the demonic mists, and summoned lightning.

Chen Heng unleashed Purple-Clear Divine Thunder against Huzhao’s forces, rescued Deng Yunji’s remnants, and led them back to his fortified camp. After detecting and driving off a mysterious observer, Chen Heng gathered the remaining True Persons and asked why Deng Yunji had crossed the river with only one division to attack Huzhao.

• Chen Heng gathered power and unleashed Purple-Clear Divine Thunder, killing Wan Youyue and many Huzhao soldiers.
• Chen Heng and Jadechen’s forces resumed fighting, then withdrew with Deng Yunji’s surviving troops as Huzhao’s True Persons hesitated to challenge him.
• Chen Heng spotted a white cloud with a trace of yao qi and warned that it was not from Huzhao; the white-robed man inside later left, seeking the Five Elders Temple legacy estate.
• Chen Heng took command of Deng Yunji’s remnants and led them to a fortified camp, where Chi Ying reported that Huzhao had withdrawn and the other divisions were safe.
• Chen Heng summoned the Immortal Dao True Persons and asked why Deng Yunji had led a single division across the river to attack Huzhao.

Chen Heng’s forces learned that Gu Yi had disguised herself as Lü Xing and used a Dragon-Trapping Nail to defeat Deng Yunji, costing Jadechen a Numinous Treasure Altar. As the True Persons argued over strategy and blame, Chen Heng refused to abandon Deng Yunji’s survivors and prepared to move the camp forward; Su Tong arrived with a rare treasure to present to him.

• Senior Brother Zhou reported that Gu Yi had infiltrated Deng Yunji’s camp as Lü Xing, struck Deng Yunji from behind, and helped route his forces.
• Pang Yi urged Chen Heng to separate Deng Yunji’s battered survivors from the main force, but Senior Brother Zhou and others objected.
• Chen Heng silenced the arguing True Persons and ordered Chi Ying to marshal the troops, refusing to abandon Deng Yunji’s survivors.
• Chen Heng told Chi Ying he knew of the danger that Gu Yi might infiltrate his camp again and said he had a way to counter her demonic art.
• Su Tong of the Chenzhang Sect arrived at the command tent and asked to present Chen Heng with a rare treasure.

Su Tong offered Chen Heng a Merfolk woman named Xu Qing, claiming she had the rare Peach Kang Constitution, and asked to transfer with his master to Shen Cheng’s division. After Su Tong left, Xu Qing tried to persuade Chen Heng to teach her cultivation, but Chen Heng exposed her as Gu Yi in disguise and killed her apparent body with Sword Qi.

• Su Tong presented the Merfolk woman to Chen Heng as a rare treasure and explained how he and Li Yi had found her while searching for Black Mystery Fish.
• Su Tong claimed the woman’s identity was genuine despite Gu Yi’s infiltration, then asked Chen Heng to let him and Li Yi transfer to Shen Cheng’s division.
• Chen Heng dismissed Su Tong without agreeing to the request, leaving him alone with the woman he had named Xu Qing.
• Xu Qing asked Chen Heng to teach her cultivation and began approaching him while removing her robes.
• Chen Heng killed Xu Qing’s apparent body with Sword Qi and identified the woman as Gu Yi in disguise.
• Gu Yi laughed and told Chen Heng that he had no appreciation for romance.

Gu Yi’s disguised Emanation was exposed by Chen Heng and destroyed, but she escaped by sacrificing it and left behind the Dragon-Trapping Nail. Chen Heng warned the Jadechen True Persons to prepare for renewed fighting while quietly waiting for his Spell Formula to reach full mastery and give him a way to break the stalemate.

• Gu Yi revealed how she had manipulated Deng Yunji into a disastrous attack, then asked Chen Heng how he had seen through her disguise.
• Chen Heng surrounded Gu Yi’s Emanation with Dao lineage cultivators and rejected her attempt to unsettle him with words.
• Gu Yi abandoned the Emanation, leaving the Dragon-Trapping Nail in a gold hairpin and promising to retrieve it herself.
• Chen Heng reassured the shaken True Persons, warned that battle would resume soon, and dismissed them; Li Yi left the tent relieved to have survived.
• Chen Heng reflected on Jadechen’s disadvantage without one Spirit-Treasure Altar and decided to endure a few more days until his Spell Formula was complete.
• Aboard a boat in the northern Weiyong Kingdom, Gu Yi opened her eyes, realized the Emanation was lost, and sighed.

Gu Yi recovered from the backlash of her Changing Form art and led Huzhao’s forces against Chen Heng across the Shuo River. She challenged him personally, but Chen Heng seized the true mother insect behind her golden swarm.

• Gu Yi took Huzhao’s secret medicine to recover from the injuries caused by her destroyed Emanation and vowed to retrieve the Dragon-Trapping Nail from Chen Heng.
• Several days later, Gu Yi’s army arrived at the Shuo River, where Chen Heng and the Jadechen forces met them across the water.
• Gu Yi offered Chen Heng the Dragon-Trapping Nail if he signed a Spirit Contract and withdrew his forces, but he refused and called her a demoness.
• Gu Yi and Chen Heng attacked each other while ordering their allies to stay out of the duel and guard their camps.
• Gu Yi unleashed True Thought Golden Insects to wear Chen Heng down, but he endured her yin-light attack and seized the hidden mother insect.

Chen Heng and Gu Yi fought an escalating duel above the Shuo River, trading powerful arts until Chen Heng’s divided sword lights forced Gu Yi onto the defensive. After his Sword-Light Differentiation proved unsustainable, both prepared to unleash another clash, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Chen Heng identified and seized the True Thought Golden Insect, but Gu Yi transferred it into her Sleeve Pouch and attacked him with black cords.
• Gu Yi unleashed the Nether Spring White Bone Great Hand, and Chen Heng dodged it before splitting it apart with a sword strike.
• Gu Yi summoned twenty-four White Bone Great Hands, but Chen Heng broke through their encirclement with twenty-four sword lights and attacked her.
• Gu Yi used Northern Calamity Netherfire to deflect the sword lights, while Chen Heng pressed forward with his Yin-Eroding Red Water and eventually breached her ring of fire.
• Chen Heng’s divided sword lights began to collapse before Gu Yi could be struck, and he withdrew as Gu Yi remarked that he had not mastered Sword-Light Differentiation.
• Chen Heng and Gu Yi traded taunts, then raised their hands and began forming Spell Formulas as their auras shook the river and threatened the spectators.

Chen Heng and Gu Yi fought a prolonged, destructive battle, each unleashing powerful artifacts and killing techniques. Their forces arrived as the duel escalated into a clash between Chen Heng’s Purity-Cleansing Seed and Gu Yi’s Jade-Scale Surge, leaving Wang Sen and Fu Shen'an wary of intervening.

• Chen Heng and Gu Yi exchanged divine thunder, spell spirits, magical artifacts, and close-range attacks, with neither gaining a decisive advantage.
• Gu Yi recognized the Five-Qi Cosmic Ring and reflected on Chen Heng’s unusual strength and lack of familiar battle records.
• Chen Heng taunted Gu Yi to surrender, but she mocked him and used her alluring voice attack while continuing to fight.
• Wang Sen and Fu Shen'an arrived with their forces, briefly distracting the duelists before both unleashed their trump cards.
• Chen Heng’s Purity-Cleansing Seed and Gu Yi’s Jade-Scale Surge collided, devastating the Shuo River and nearby mountains as Wang Sen and Fu Shen'an exchanged wary looks.

Chen Heng forced Gu Yi to withdraw, then persuaded Wang Sen to join a risky plan to destroy Huzhao's Hook-and-Cross Fortresses. After seven quiet days, Chen Heng announced that his preparations were complete.

• Gu Yi withdrew after admitting Chen Heng was stronger, and Fu Shen'an led Huzhao's forces back to their camp.
• Wang Sen asked Chen Heng to assess Gu Yi, and Chen Heng said he could defeat her only by wearing down her strength in a prolonged fight.
• Chen Heng persuaded Wang Sen to help destroy Huzhao's fortresses before their formation could turn Weiyong Kingdom into a Yin-Evil Demon Sea.
• Wang Sen gave Chen Heng the Shengdou Pearl for protection and went to coordinate with He Lizi and Shen Cheng.
• After seven days without major battles, Chen Heng opened his eyes from meditation and said his preparations were complete.

Chen Heng perfected the Earth-Traveling Art and infiltrated a Hook-and-Cross Fortress through the underground baleful qi, hoping to find and destroy its core restrictions. Inside, he discovered Gu Yi was preparing a spell involving his portrait and followed her to learn what she planned.

• Chen Heng used an Earth Element Yellow Dragon Gallbladder to perfect the Earth-Traveling Art and decided to infiltrate a Hook-and-Cross Fortress from below.
• Chen Heng concealed himself within the underground baleful qi, rode it into the fortress, and evaded the Heavenly Demon statue’s lotus lamps and the guards’ detection.
• Chen Heng explored the fortress and determined that the cavern hall was not its true core, then searched for the earth-vein baleful qi’s containment site.
• Chen Heng saw Gu Yi arrive with a Yaksha Attendant, who reported that their work was nearly eighty percent complete and that Chen Heng’s portrait had been prepared.
• Chen Heng followed Gu Yi onto the Colorful Boat to discover what she intended to do with his portrait.

Gu Yi prepared the Five Plague Strongmen to attack Chen Heng from afar and planned to capture his aura, while Chen Heng secretly discovered the Huzhao camp’s hidden Hook-and-Cross Fortress hub and waited for the right moment to strike. Five days later, the Evil-Expelling Divine Generals were complete, and both camps mobilized for battle.

• Gu Yi used a portrait of Chen Heng to complete the Five Plague Strongmen ritual and planned to trap him with the Profound Void Pot to capture his aura.
• Chen Heng searched the city and found a concealed well leading to a cavern that housed a Hook-and-Cross Fortress hub, guarded by five Dao lineage True Persons and a Heavenly Demon statue.
• Chen Heng realized that destroying the statue could cripple the fortress, but he stayed hidden and waited for an opportunity.
• Gu Yi challenged Chen Heng during the next five days, but Chen Heng refused to answer her challenge.
• Chen Heng’s Emanation sensed that the Evil-Expelling Divine Generals were complete, summoned the Jadechen troops, and declared that the time had come.
• Gu Yi sensed the generals’ completion, took her command token, and headed outside the city to meet the Jadechen forces.

Jadechen launched an all-out assault on the Hook-and-Cross Fortress with two Evil-Expelling Divine Generals, while Gu Yi prepared the defenders and watched for danger. Chen Heng disguised himself as Senior Sister Li and ambushed a Golden Core cultivator overseeing the fortress formations, killing him before he could react.

• Chen Heng and Wang Sen manifested Evil-Expelling Divine Generals and led their forces in an attack on the Hook-and-Cross Fortress as all four Jadechen divisions committed their troops.
• Gu Yi warned Xiong Zhong and the other defenders not to underestimate the assault, then ordered them to arrange formations and sent spirit talismans to summon additional formation overseers.
• A spirit talisman reached five Dao lineage True Persons in a cavern beneath the fortress, and a blue-robed cultivator volunteered to leave and oversee a formation.
• Senior Sister Li drew the blue-robed cultivator aside in the Tribulation Water and showed him what appeared to be an object from her sleeve.
• Chen Heng, disguised as Senior Sister Li, fired the Lunar Wheel Mirror at point-blank range and pierced the cultivator's skull with Scarlet Sword Qi, killing him and destroying his Origin Spirit.

Chen Heng killed the Blue-Robed Daoist, infiltrated the Hook-and-Cross Fortress, and destroyed its Heavenly Demon stone statue, collapsing the city’s defenses and turning the battle in Jadechen’s favor. As the armies clashed and Gu Yi fought Chen Heng, he directed the Evil-Expelling Divine Generals to bombard Jin Shanxin until an aged voice ordered them to stop.

• Chen Heng killed the Blue-Robed Daoist, took his corpse, and sent an Emanation disguised as him into the cavern while his true body headed for the Heavenly Demon stone statue.
• Chen Heng’s Emanation attacked Senior Sister Li, while Chen Heng’s true body fought through the fortress wards and struck the statue with his sword light.
• The Heavenly Demon stone statue shattered, causing Gu Yi’s fortress wards to collapse and weakening the other two Hook-and-Cross Fortresses as well.
• Fu Shen'an and Sun Pu mobilized their forces, but Jadechen’s assault overwhelmed Huzhao, and Gu Yi attacked Chen Heng amid the battle.
• Chen Heng ordered the Evil-Expelling Divine Generals to shoot Jin Shanxin repeatedly, and an aged voice suddenly commanded them to stop.

Chen Heng challenged Tao Tian to test the gulf between Golden Core and Primordial Spirit cultivation, but Tao Tian defeated the Evil-Expelling Divine Generals and invited Chen Heng to join Huzhao. Chen Heng refused, and Tao Tian withdrew after Yu Shitong enforced the Spirit Contract and negotiated compensation.

• Tao Tian saved Jin Shanxin by destroying the arrows and breaking the Spirit Contract, forcing Huzhao to forfeit its claim to the campaign.
• Chen Heng took control of an Evil-Expelling Divine General and attacked Jin Shanxin, but Tao Tian deflected his arrows and fought him with overwhelming power.
• Tao Tian bound Chen Heng's divine general with a crimson chain, destroyed it, and then destroyed Wang Sen's divine general before explaining the gulf between their cultivation realms.
• Tao Tian offered to bring Chen Heng into Huzhao as his fellow disciple, but Chen Heng declined, and Yu Shitong appeared to confront Tao Tian over breaking the contract.
• Tao Tian agreed to give Yu Shitong four Primordial Chaos Divine Pu Pills as compensation and led Huzhao's forces away.
• Gu Yi warned Chen Heng that they would meet again while seeking Golden Core medicines, and Chen Heng threatened to kill her if she made no progress.

Yu Shitong rewarded Jadechen’s allies after its victory over Huzhao, granting Chi Ying’s Lingshu Mountain permission to seek a new foundational scripture and giving Chen Heng a precious pill and Sword Dao Insights. Chen Heng later arrived at a vast mountain range, where he believed he had found the place he sought.

• Yu Shitong praised Chi Ying’s service and promised to report Lingshu Mountain’s request to replace the Scripture of the Mysterious Cavern with the Collected Nine Essentials of the Primal Capital.
• Yu Shitong gave Chen Heng and the others Primordial Unity Divine Simplicity Pills, then presented Chen Heng with a book of Sword Dao Insights left by his martial uncle.
• Wang Sen remarked that Deng Yunji was likely in trouble because Yu Shitong had shown him little concern after his defeat.
• Chen Heng left the Jade Scenery Flying Palace and, ten days later, reached a mountain range in Eastern Maitreya Province, where he thought he had found the right place.

Chen Heng searched Wing-Gazing Mountain for Mysterious Chamber Water to prepare for forming a first-rank Golden Core, collecting fifteen drops before discovering that another cultivator had taken the last cache. The cultivator had also found a Five Elders Temple Legacy Abode there, and Chen Heng pursued him to settle the water’s ownership and investigate the unexpected discovery.

• Chen Heng entered a hidden cavern beneath Wing-Gazing Mountain and collected three drops of superior-quality Mysterious Chamber Water.
• He followed Zhang Taichu’s scroll to search the mountain’s other hidden locations, gathering fifteen drops over two days, though he still lacked enough for a first-rank Golden Core.
• As Chen Heng approached the scroll’s final location, a young man burst from a hill in Five-Colored Light and said he had found both a Five Elders Temple Legacy Abode and Mysterious Chamber Water.
• Chen Heng recognized the young man from their earlier encounter and realized he had taken the water from the final cache.
• Chen Heng considered why a Five Elders Temple Legacy Abode had appeared far from its expected location, then pursued the young man.