Recaps

After giving Tu Shan Ge the Cloud-Piercing Flying Boat, Chen Heng drove out servants who tried to exploit his generosity and prepared to borrow the Rong Clan's Jade Womb Mother Pool. He arrived at the Imperial Palace and found Rong Tuo enjoying himself, leaving their meeting awkwardly poised.

• Chen Heng noticed his changed appearance, then gave Tu Shan Ge the Cloud-Piercing Flying Boat as a reward.
• Chen Heng discovered that several former servants were refusing to leave the Tong residence and demanding more money, so he exposed their greed and swept them outside.
• Chen Heng warned Tu Shan Ge not to let others' words shake his resolve and said they would return to Blazing Mountain after he borrowed the Rong Clan's Jade Womb Mother Pool.
• Chen Heng flew to the Imperial Palace and interrupted Rong Tuo while he was with several palace maids.

Chen Heng entered the Rong Clan’s Jade Womb Mother Pool to cultivate, despite the clan’s hidden plans to kill him. He drained nearly all its spiritual energy in two days, carved a verse bearing his name into the pool, and departed, leaving Rong Tuo furious.

• Chen Heng arrived at the Rong Clan hall, intimidated Rong Tuo and Huang Zaichen with his imposing presence, and collected the thousand Talisman Coins promised by their Spirit Contract.
• Rong Tuo took Chen Heng to the Jade Womb Mother Pool while Rong Xuantao and Rong Jin prepared the White Lion Illusion Play Picture to ambush him.
• Chen Heng entered the sealed underground chamber and used the pool’s spiritual energy to advance his Tai Su Jade Body cultivation.
• After two days, Chen Heng left only a shallow puddle in the pool, wrote a letter, carved a verse signed with his name, and flew away before his five days were up.
• Rong Tuo arrived to find the pool nearly drained and Chen Heng’s inscription, then roared in rage.

After Chen Heng drained the Jade Womb Mother Pool, the Rong Clan chose not to pursue him and kept his warning inscription, while his letter offered them a Mid-Grade Talisman Artifact if he was alive in thirty years. Outside Yuanjing, Chen Heng secretly tested whether his Qi Cultivation Art could absorb embryonic breathing from Tong Gaolu’s corpse, then buried it and returned to the Cloud-Piercing Flying Boat.

• Rong Tuo pretended to want revenge, but Rong Xuantao persuaded him that provoking Chen Heng could endanger the Rong Clan and showed him Chen Heng’s letter.
• Rong Xuantao told Rong Tuo that Chen Heng had offered a Mid-Grade Talisman Artifact in thirty years and had invited the Rong Clan to find him outside Yuanjing if they remained dissatisfied.
• Rong Xuantao convinced Rong Tuo to preserve Chen Heng’s inscription on the Jade Womb Mother Pool, and Rong Tuo secretly left it intact.
• Chen Heng waited outside Yuanjing with Tu Shan Ge and the others, then explained that he had punished the Rong Clan to deter them rather than risk a broader fight.
• Chen Heng used his Qi Cultivation Art to draw embryonic breathing from Tong Gaolu’s corpse, buried the body, and returned to the Cloud-Piercing Flying Boat.

Chen Heng fought Xu Zhi’s Mind Image for over a month, improving his swordsmanship until he killed it through swordplay alone, though he still failed to attain Ten Steps, One Kill. Later, he tried to avoid a woman he recognized aboard a floating tower ship, but she pursued him and called out to him.

• Chen Heng endured Xu Zhi’s Ten Steps, One Kill swordsmanship and gradually adapted, eventually piercing Xu Zhi’s Mind Image through the skull while Xu Zhi’s final strike was stopped by Chen Heng’s Tai Su Jade Body.
• Chen Heng reflected on his progress, concluded that the Little Scarlet Dragon Sword Manual might lead him toward Ten Steps, One Kill, and considered how his age and poor aptitude limited his prospects.
• Chen Heng examined the Maha Golden Book, noted his newly recorded scriptures and talisman artifacts, then resumed dueling Xu Zhi’s Mind Image for over a month.
• Aboard the Cloud-Piercing Flying Boat, Tu Shan Ge told Chen Heng that an acquaintance had recognized them aboard a floating tower ship.
• Chen Heng recognized the woman in red and told Tu Shan Ge to avoid her, but the tower ship followed and the woman flew over, asking why Senior Brother Chen was ignoring her.

Chen Heng met Zhu Wanzhi and her White Crane Grotto companions aboard their floating tower ship, where a matchmaking visit turned into an enthusiastic discussion of Daoist cultivation. He departed with news of Cave Lord Huaiwu’s upcoming Immortal Dao Marketplace, while a mysterious young lady named Wen arrived too late to meet him and recognized his name.

• Tu Shan Ge explained that the floating tower ship had overtaken Chen Heng’s slower flying boat, and Chen Heng greeted Zhu Wanzhi when she approached.
• Zhu Wanzhi invited Chen Heng aboard the ship, where Zhou Xingling tried to arrange a match between them, but Chen Heng politely denied harboring romantic feelings for her.
• Chen Heng and the White Crane Grotto disciples debated Daoist cultivation, exchanged insights, and resolved several questions that had puzzled them.
• Zhou Xingling told Chen Heng about Cave Lord Huaiwu’s returning Immortal Dao Marketplace and gave him a jade slip with information about it.
• Chen Heng declined the disciples’ invitation to stay and left the ship, after which a young lady called Junior Sister Wen arrived and recalled that her aunt had spoken of Chen Heng.

After returning to Blazing Mountain, Chen Heng learned that Grotto Master Huaiwu planned to reopen Golden Valley Market and headed toward Floating Jade Lake to sell his loot and buy a flying-sword talisman artifact. On the way, he encountered a group of bandits threatening two travelers, but declined to intervene and told them to kill themselves if they feared humiliation.

• Chen Heng told Tu Shan Ge about his visit to White Crane Grotto and declared his resolve to fight his way toward the Dao.
• Chen Heng read that Grotto Master Huaiwu would rebuild Golden Valley Market at Floating Jade Lake and planned to sell his loot and seek a mid-grade flying-sword talisman artifact there.
• Chen Heng returned to Blazing Mountain, gave Tu Shan Ningning a plum sprig as a gift, and spent three days refining qi before flying to Floating Jade Lake.
• A young woman and the green-clad Qing'er traveled toward Floating Jade Lake to capture an Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon, following a divination that promised an opportunity.
• The Seven Sons of Miaonan intercepted the travelers and demanded a toll, while Huang Hao threatened the veiled young woman with sexual violence.
• When Huang Hao and his companions intercepted Chen Heng's flying boat, Qing'er called for help, but Chen Heng refused to intervene and suggested the women kill themselves if they feared humiliation.

Chen Heng slaughtered the Miaonan Peak bandits who were extorting cultivators on the road to Floating Jade Lake, while a veiled young woman helped trap Huang Hao. After Huang Hao died in an artifact explosion, Chen Heng began using his blood in a curse ritual, but a piercing scream from the horizon interrupted them.

• Huang Hao invited Chen Heng to join the Seven Sons of Miaonan, then ordered him to pay Talisman Coins when he refused to answer.
• Chen Heng emerged from the flying boat and killed two sixth-level Qi Refining cultivators, then defeated the remaining Miaonan Peak bandits and pursued the one who fled.
• The veiled young woman trapped Huang Hao in a golden-light formation, and Chen Heng attacked him with his Thunderfire Thunderclap Bead.
• Huang Hao exhausted his defenses and detonated a mid-grade Talisman Artifact, destroying the hill and disappearing in the blast.
• Chen Heng took Huang Hao's blood and used it on the Qing'e Painting as the young woman questioned him.
• A piercing, desperate scream sounded from the horizon, startling Chen Heng and the young woman.

Chen Heng fled a Strength Aberrant Demon that had devoured Huang Hao, while the young woman and the little girl in blue faced a swarm of heavenly demons unleashed from the demon’s hidden prison. Chen Heng reached them with the horde close behind, leaving the young woman to accuse him of bringing the danger to share it.

• A Strength Aberrant Demon caught and devoured Huang Hao, and Chen Heng’s Thunderfire Thunderclap Bead failed to harm it.
• Chen Heng escaped in his Canhe Chariot as the young woman and the little girl in blue flew away; the demon then crushed a Qi Refining cultivator’s shuttle and killed him.
• The young woman and the little girl in blue found themselves surrounded by vast numbers of hungry heavenly demons, which the young woman identified as offspring of the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon Aunt had refined.
• The young woman fought the demons with her flying sword and fire dragons, but her Qi Refining Spirit Body began to tire and remained trapped.
• Chen Heng arrived and struck down demons with his Thunderfire Thunderclap Bead, but thousands more pursued him; the young woman accused him of bringing them to her, and he said they should weather the disaster together.

Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang fought their way through a seemingly endless horde of heavenly demons while Wei Lingjiang suspected Chen Heng had inherited a powerful Outer Heaven Daoist Canon. After Chen Heng charged the demons repeatedly without breaking through, Wei Lingjiang offered a way to save them and identified his True Qi as the Ninth-Rank Lower Grade Great Formless Constant Realm True Qi, but Chen Heng denied it.

• Wei Lingjiang and Chen Heng battled through waves of heavenly demons as they headed toward Floating Jade Lake, and she wondered what inheritance gave him such refined embryonic breath.
• The girl in green urged Wei Lingjiang to abandon her Spirit Body and flee, but Wei Lingjiang refused to sacrifice her and said Chen Heng might help them escape.
• Chen Heng unleashed the Thunderfire Thunderclap Bead, frightened the demons into retreating, and entrusted the rescued boy to Wei Lingjiang before attacking the horde with his fists.
• After Chen Heng failed to break through the demons despite charging their formation seven times, Wei Lingjiang offered to examine his embryonic breath and named the True Qi she believed he cultivated.
• Chen Heng denied Wei Lingjiang's claim that he possessed the Great Formless Constant Realm True Qi left by True Person Yan Xi.

Wei Lingjiang taught Chen Heng the Scattering Radiance and Concealing Form Art while they fought through a tide of Heavenly Demons, and Chen Heng discovered that his primordial beginning true origin could use it. When a Strength Aberrant Demon attacked, Chen Heng mastered the art and fought back, but a Cavern Mystery Refiner’s golden fire then swept toward them.

• Wei Lingjiang explained the origins of great formless constantly merging true qi and the Scattering Radiance and Concealing Form Art, while Chen Heng denied that his cultivation came from True Person Yan Xi.
• Wei Lingjiang gave Chen Heng a wisp of embryonic breathing and offered to teach him the art, and they both swore Dao Oaths to keep her knowledge secret and help each other survive.
• Wei Lingjiang recited the art to Chen Heng as she defended their group, and Chen Heng found that his primordial beginning true origin could circulate it despite the art’s stated requirements.
• A Strength Aberrant Demon attacked, and Chen Heng hurled Wei Lingjiang away before striking its palm with his Purple-Gold Baleful-Breaking Hammers.
• Chen Heng revealed that he had mastered the Scattering Radiance and Concealing Form Art, and he and Wei Lingjiang saw a Cavern Mystery Refiner’s golden divine fire approach.

Chen Heng and his companions watched a Cavern Mystery Refiner annihilate the heavenly demons with golden-fire divine radiance, then met the old man as he appeared beside them. The chapter left them greeting the Refinement Master.

• A Cavern Mystery Refiner’s golden-fire divine radiance burned through the heavenly demons and drove the Strength Aberrant Demon into the void.
• Wei Lingjiang recognized the Dao Art as resembling the Four Luminaries Bone-Rending True Fire, though greatly strengthened.
• Chen Heng recalled how the Strength Aberrant Demon had overpowered him and considered how difficult escaping the demon horde would have been.
• The little girl in green accused Chen Heng of intending to abandon them, but he redirected his attention to the boy he had rescued.
• The golden radiance vanished, and an old man with crane-white hair and a Scarlet Register appeared beside Chen Heng.
• Chen Heng, Wei Lingjiang, and the others bowed and greeted the old man as the Refinement Master.

Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang survived the Heavenly Demon tide, and Cave Lord Huaiwu revealed that he had captured the Strength Aberrant Demon. As they flew back to Floating Jade Lake, the rescued boy reunited with his grandfather, who said Chen Heng’s future place in the sect depended on his own affinity and fortune.

• Cave Lord Huaiwu arrived, confirmed the Strength Aberrant Demon was trapped in his sleeve, and left to search for other survivors.
• Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang boarded a Golden Roselight Flying Boat after the rescued boy reunited with his grandfather beneath a weeping willow.
• The boy asked his grandfather to let Chen Heng join the sect, but the old Daoist said Heaven’s Dao had its own course and turned the boy into a gourd.
• Nearly ten thousand mortals and Rogue Cultivators appeared beneath the willow after the old Daoist departed, revealing he had gathered them while the Heavenly Demons pursued Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang.
• On the flying boat, Wei Lingjiang hesitated before addressing Chen Heng.

Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang discussed the Heavenly Demons and teased each other during their flight, then arrived at the bustling Floating Jade Lake. The Floating Jade Lake Daoist offered them gifts from his master, though neither had accepted them yet.

• Wei Lingjiang questioned why Heavenly Demons had attacked them and explained the Gang Qi layer and the dangers posed by Devil Lords and Demon Gods.
• Qingzhi teased Wei Lingjiang and Chen Heng about becoming a couple, prompting Wei Lingjiang to punish her and threaten to withhold food for fifty years.
• Chen Heng resumed refining spiritual energy from his Talisman Coin while Wei Lingjiang meditated.
• The Golden Roselight Flying Boat descended at Floating Jade Lake, where the Floating Jade Lake Daoist described the markets and the upcoming Golden Valley Market ceremony.
• The Floating Jade Lake Daoist offered Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang two wooden boxes from his master, but Chen Heng politely declined them.

Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang received Crane Embryo Pills from Luo Zhang, then settled on Red Leaf Island before visiting the Treasure-Gathering Studio. The chapter ended with the studio manager reacting in shock to the dozens of Heaven and Earth Bags Chen Heng brought in.

• Wei Lingjiang identified the pills’ sealing method, and Luo Zhang explained that his master’s wife had learned Daoist arts connected to the Jade Dawn School.
• Luo Zhang gave Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang two Crane Embryo Pills on Cave Lord Huaiwu’s instructions, while Qingzhi lamented that she could not take one.
• Luo Zhang gave Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang lodging tokens for Red Leaf Island, and Wei Lingjiang explained that the inns’ spirit-gathering formations made superior rooms valuable.
• Wei Lingjiang gave Chen Heng the false name Wen Ning, and Chen Heng answered with the false name Chen Baxian before they entered the Immortal Guest Residence.
• The next day, Chen Heng brought dozens of Heaven and Earth Bags to the Treasure-Gathering Studio, and its manager mistook his spoils for evidence of slaying fiends and vanquishing demons.

Chen Heng brought a large collection of Heaven and Earth Bags and talisman artifacts to the Treasure-Gathering Studio, where Hao Qingyan appraised them. Chen Heng then asked whether the studio bought Dao Arts and Qi Cultivation Arts, and Hao Qingyan revealed that it did not, warning that such items had once caused tremendous disasters.

• Chen Heng presented dozens of Heaven and Earth Bags and a dozen or so talisman artifacts to Hao Qingyan for appraisal and sale.
• Hao Qingyan used his Spirit-Recognizing Dao Eye to assess the artifacts and explained how form-refining and restrictions determined their grades.
• Chen Heng asked whether the Treasure-Gathering Studio purchased Dao Arts and Qi Cultivation Arts.
• Hao Qingyan dismissed the assistants and told Chen Heng that the studio and its neighbors did not buy such arts because they had once caused tremendous disasters.

Chen Heng learned why Treasure-Gathering Studio carefully vetted rare Dao methods and found that common ones were cheap and widely available, so he postponed selling his own. After returning to Red Leaf Island, he left Zhou Xingling and the White Crane Grotto Daoists behind; Zhou Xingling then told Elder Gu Jun about Chen Heng, drawing the elder’s interest.

• Hao Qingyan explained how the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower and Six Harmonies Society were destroyed over a forbidden Divine Ability, prompting merchants to scrutinize rare Dao methods.
• Chen Heng browsed Treasure-Gathering Studio’s catalog, discovered that it already offered many common Dao Arts, and set aside his plan to sell Dao methods.
• Chen Heng arranged for Hao Qingyan to notify him when the market’s flying swords arrived, then returned to Red Leaf Island with his Talisman Coins.
• Zhou Xingling and the White Crane Grotto Daoists arrived by tower ship at an islet, where their honored master was playing go with Elder Gu Jun.
• Zhou Xingling praised Chen Heng to his honored master, and Elder Gu Jun asked him to explain who Chen Heng was.

Chen Heng advanced to the fifth layer of Qi Refining by using the Dynamic and Still Thunderclap Sound Guiding Art, then searched Golden Valley Market for useful Dao Arts. His search led him to a fish bearing the Innate Great Sun Divine Light, while Wei Lingjiang found a mysterious rusty jar.

• Chen Heng completed a long cultivation session and advanced from the third to the fifth layer of Qi Refining.
• Chen Heng reflected on his growing collection of Dao Arts, the scarcity of useful Higher Vehicle Dao Arts, and his inability to cultivate the Aurora Great Escape without dry silver star ore.
• Chen Heng found Qingzhi asleep and snoring in the corridor, covered her with his crane cloak, and left for the markets; Wei Lingjiang later carried Qingzhi southwest after sensing a possible opportunity.
• At a fish stall on Accumulated Rock Island, Chen Heng used Great Secrecy Radiance Concentration and discovered that a White Sand Spirit Fish carried the Higher Vehicle Dao Art Innate Great Sun Divine Light.
• Wei Lingjiang found a rusty iron jar at another stall, and its old owner offered it to her for half a talisman coin.

Chen Heng met Elder Gu Jun on Accumulated Rock Island, passed his test of his cultivation, and received an offer to leave the Mysterious Truth Sect for White Crane Grotto. Wei Lingjiang decided to seek him out, while Gu Jun's proposal left Chen Heng astonished.

• Chen Heng bought a white-sand spirit fish after an opportunity connected to the Innate Great Sun Divine Light appeared strangely to him.
• Gu Jun found Chen Heng, tested his cultivation, and confirmed that he had reached Qi Refining with Ingot-Gold True Qi.
• Gu Jun told Chen Heng he would not tolerate him if he had cultivated Demonic Dao arts, then took him away to speak privately.
• Wei Lingjiang and Qingzhi left the teahouse and discussed the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon and Chen Heng before Wei Lingjiang decided to go back and find him.
• Gu Jun offered to explain Chen Heng's departure from the Mysterious Truth Sect to the sect master and arrange for him to join White Crane Grotto as Jiang Gu's final disciple.

Gu Jun revealed why he had backed Chen Heng and asked him to protect his clan for a hundred years, while Chen Heng questioned him about Xu Zhi before Gu Jun left. Days later, Chen Heng discovered that the Crane Embryo Pill transformed its drinker into a Heavenly Demon and rushed out, where he encountered Wei Lingjiang; meanwhile, a Golden-Whiskered Big Carp and a white-haired old man hinted that a scheme on Floating Jade Lake had succeeded.

• Gu Jun explained that he had praised Chen Heng to help him gain Jiang Gu's favor and asked Chen Heng to protect his clansmen for a hundred years if he survived the Earth Abyss and became Jiang Gu's disciple.
• Chen Heng asked whether Gu Jun had expelled Xu Zhi for shrinking from battle, and Gu Jun admitted that his son had died before leaving in anger.
• Chen Heng told Wei Lingjiang that he did not need her pity, then left while she and Qingzhi stayed behind to settle their restaurant bill.
• Several days later, Chen Heng swallowed the Crane Embryo Pill in the One True Dharma Realm and discovered that it caused a Heavenly Demon transformation.
• Chen Heng rushed from his room and encountered Wei Lingjiang, while a Golden-Whiskered Big Carp and a white-haired old man on Floating Jade Lake celebrated the success of a scheme.

Dao Lord Taiwen Miaocheng revealed his immense power and brought Golden Radiance and an unconscious fish seller to his palace in Preserved Radiance Land. There, he watched Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang from afar and explained that cultivation depended on connections and companions.

• Golden Radiance transformed from a golden-whiskered carp and frightened a young fish seller, while Dao Lord Taiwen Miaocheng revealed his true appearance and identity.
• Dao Lord Taiwen Miaocheng stopped Golden Radiance from transferring energy to the unconscious fish seller and scolded him for his reckless talk.
• Dao Lord Taiwen Miaocheng transported Golden Radiance and the fish seller to Preserved Radiance Land, where the giants welcomed his arrival.
• Dao Lord Taiwen Miaocheng settled into his palace and projected Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang’s circumstances so he could watch them.
• Golden Radiance questioned why Dao Lord Taiwen Miaocheng cared about Chen Heng, and the Dao Lord said success in cultivation depended on powerful connections and good companions.

Taiwen Miaocheng Dao Lord explained that Chen Heng was one of many people identified by the Two Modes Destiny Disk, and that he had helped him to aid Wei Lingjiang and eliminate a demon. As Ba Serpent Yue You approached Eastern Maitreya Province, Chen Heng sensed visitors and pulled Wei Lingjiang into his bedroom, telling her to stay quiet.

• Golden Rosy Clouds questioned why Taiwen Miaocheng Dao Lord was backing Chen Heng, and the Dao Lord explained Chen Jade Pivot’s stolen destinies and his plan to make his children bear his calamities.
• Taiwen Miaocheng Dao Lord revealed that Chen Heng was one of the possible people who could help Wei Lingjiang overcome the Three Calamities, and that he had given him a Dao Art to help her eliminate the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon.
• Taiwen Miaocheng Dao Lord sensed Ba Serpent Yue You racing toward Eastern Maitreya Province but predicted that Wei Lingjiang would complete her task before it arrived.
• Taiwen Miaocheng Dao Lord dismissed the images of Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang and began listening to music with Golden Rosy Clouds.
• At Floating Jade Lake, Chen Heng sensed Luo Zhang and others approaching, pulled Wei Lingjiang into his bedroom, and ordered her to stay quiet.

Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang hid from a search by pretending to be intimate while Cave Lord Huaiwu’s disciple came to deliver news about Huaiwu Cave. After the visitors left, Chen Heng apologized to Wei Lingjiang, while Luo Zhang celebrated the cave’s reopening.

• Luo Zhang escorted Ninth Senior Sister to the rooms where Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang were staying, hoping his hospitality would win Cave Lord Huaiwu’s favor and earn him a method for opening the mansion.
• Ninth Senior Sister learned that the rooms had a concealed connecting door and worried that Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang might be Dao companions, but Luo Zhang explained that he had merely assumed they were close.
• When Ninth Senior Sister sent her True Qi into the room, Chen Heng pulled Wei Lingjiang close and concealed their auras with the Scattering Radiance and Concealing Form Art.
• Ninth Senior Sister failed to detect them and left word that Cave Lord Huaiwu would reopen Huaiwu Cave for the ceremony and had sent Crane Embryo Pills to guide them.
• Luo Zhang rejoiced over Huaiwu Cave’s reopening, and Chen Heng stepped away from Wei Lingjiang and apologized for his presumption.

After discovering that the Crane Embryo Pills were meant to turn him into a puppet, Chen Heng decided to flee Floating Jade Lake, while Wei Lingjiang tried to persuade him to help her kill Cave Lord Huaiwu and an Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon. Their plans were interrupted when Wei Lingjiang summoned Ancestor Fu Can, who recognized Chen Heng’s Qi Cultivation Art and warned her to stay away from him.

• Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang purged the pills’ fragrance and realized Cave Lord Huaiwu had set a trap for them.
• Chen Heng planned to return to the Mysterious Truth Sect for protection, while Wei Lingjiang pressed him to help expose Cave Lord Huaiwu’s dealings with Heavenly Demons.
• Wei Lingjiang admitted she wanted to eliminate an Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon and proposed using outside strength to kill Cave Lord Huaiwu.
• Chen Heng doubted Wei Lingjiang’s chances and joked about burning offerings for her and taking her Heaven and Earth Bag if she died.
• Wei Lingjiang produced the Ten-Thousand-Li Illumination Talisman, summoning Ancestor Fu Can, who recognized Chen Heng’s art and warned her to stay away from him.

Chen Heng learned that Ancestor Fu Can would not reveal the truth about his father, then heard Wei Lingjiang’s plan to use him as bait to expose Cave Lord Huaiwu’s demonic schemes. After accepting a Golden Light Divine Talisman and bargaining for payment, Chen Heng met Wei Lingjiang and Qingzhi at the Treasure-Gathering Studio the next day.

• Ancestor Fu Can boasted about his origins, teased Chen Heng and Wei Lingjiang, and refused to explain what he knew about Chen Heng’s father.
• Wei Lingjiang explained that she planned to use Ancestor Fu Can’s Ten-Thousand-Li Illumination Talisman and the Jade Dawn School to expose Cave Lord Huaiwu’s use of Heavenly Demon arts.
• Wei Lingjiang gave Chen Heng a Golden Light Divine Talisman to protect him if Cave Lord Huaiwu tried to make him a Demon Retinue.
• Chen Heng agreed to serve as bait but demanded payment for the risk, and Wei Lingjiang reacted to his joking bargain.
• Qingzhi interrupted them, and Wei Lingjiang hurriedly took her away after knocking her down when she saw Wei Lingjiang holding Chen Heng’s sleeve.
• The next day, Chen Heng arrived at the Treasure-Gathering Studio with Wei Lingjiang and Qingzhi, surprising Hao Qingyan.

Chen Heng visited the Treasure-Gathering Studio with Wei Lingjiang and Qingzhi to buy a flying sword and learn about its wares. He chose the expensive Azure-Law Sword, then sought a magical robe for Huaiwu Cave, where Zhu Wanzhi offered to buy him the most expensive one as Wei Lingjiang watched coldly.

• Hao Qingyan led Chen Heng, Wei Lingjiang, and Qingzhi through the Treasure-Gathering Studio and showed them its rare wares, including a Red-Spirit Colorful Parrot and a fragment of the White Talisman Wandering God's golden body.
• Chen Heng selected the Azure-Law Sword, and Wei Lingjiang paid for it with a magic coin.
• Chen Heng asked Hao Qingyan to find him a magical robe for entry into Huaiwu Cave, but learned that only costly mid-grade robes remained.
• Zhu Wanzhi arrived with the White Crane Grotto group and offered to buy Chen Heng the most expensive magical robe, prompting Wei Lingjiang's expression to grow colder.