Recaps

The Lin Household and Si Snake Island forces struggled to hold back the Blood River Old Devil’s army as their leaders were overwhelmed on several fronts. With the defensive line close to collapse, Lin Wu decided to use a hidden measure.

• Lin Shouyi and Lin Shouer collided with Qing Chen’s Demon Lotus Karmic Fire and were badly injured, while the Blood River Old Devil appeared largely unharmed.
• Demon General Pojun’s powerful blade attacks pushed Lin Kaishan into a difficult fight and damaged his armor.
• Lin Wu led the Lin Household, rogue cultivators, and martial artists against the demon soldiers, grudge ghosts, and White Bone Giant Wolves, but their line steadily buckled.
• After a Lin Household disciple warned that they could not hold on, Lin Wu said he had no choice but to use something.

Qing Chen sent three refined corpses against Lin Wu’s Si Snake Puppet while the battle on Si Snake Island continued. The puppet held its own but was damaged, and Qing Chen realized it carried traces of the Mysterious Yin Corpse Refining Mystic Art.

• Qing Chen judged that his fourth-turn demon lotus karmic fire could become powerful enough to challenge a Golden Core True Person at its ninth turn, then resolved to end the fight on Si Snake Island quickly.
• Qing Chen sent two copper-armored corpses and Mo Qiuxian’s living corpse toward the White Bone Giant Wolf’s battlefield.
• Lin Wu summoned the Lin Household’s Si Snake Puppet and ordered it to stop Qing Chen’s three corpses.
• The Si Snake Puppet fought all three corpses, damaging and driving back the copper-armored corpses before Mo Qiuxian’s living corpse struck its back with Mysterious Yin Corpse Explosion.
• Qing Chen noticed that the Si Snake Puppet used the Mangshan Viper Art and sensed traces of power from the Mysterious Yin Corpse Refining Mystic Art within it.

Qing Chen discovered that his Mysterious Yin Corpse Refining Mystic Art could seize control of the Lin Household’s Si Snake Puppet. After turning it against Lin Wu, he sent it after Lin Shouyi and Lin Shouer, who were already close to defeat.

• Qing Chen suspected that the Lin Household’s Si Snake Puppet had been refined using the Mysterious Yin Corpse Refining Mystic Art, though he doubted Lin Wu had refined it himself.
• Qing Chen used the mystic art to interfere with the Si Snake Puppet’s control, while Lin Wu tried to stabilize it with a lineage command token.
• Qing Chen overpowered Lin Wu’s control of the puppet and seized its Spirit Puppet Core.
• Qing Chen directed the Si Snake Puppet to attack Lin Wu, who was fatally wounded and collapsed.
• Qing Chen sent the Si Snake Puppet after Lin Shouyi and Lin Shouer as they struggled against his attacks.

After Lin Wu died, Lin Kaishan risked his life to transform into a serpent demon and fight Demon General Pojun. Qing Chen then summoned the Formless Demon God and launched a deadly seal at Lin Shouyi and Lin Shouer, leaving the attack about to strike.

• Lin Wu died in battle, devastating Lin Shouyi, Lin Shouer, and Lin Kaishan.
• Lin Kaishan activated the life-consuming Snake Spirit Demon Aspect and transformed into a serpent demon.
• Qing Chen sent the Si Snake Puppet, Copper-Armored Corpses, and Mo Qiuxian's Living Corpse to support Lin Kaishan against Demon General Pojun.
• Qing Chen summoned the Formless Demon God and sent it toward Lin Shouyi and Lin Shouer.
• Lin Shouyi and Lin Shouer turned to face the demon god as its blood seal flew toward them.

Qing Chen and his allies defeated the Lin Household’s fighters in a brutal battle. After Lin Shouyi and Lin Shouer fell, Lin Kaishan’s desperate spear strike failed, and Qing Chen struck him down as he tried to utter a final warning about the Lin Household.

• Lin Shouyi and Lin Shouer’s combined attack failed against Qing Chen’s Demon Lotus Karmic Fire and Formless Illusion-Annihilation Seal, and the brothers died.
• Grief-stricken, Lin Kaishan sacrificed his strength to drive the Mangshan Viper Spear at Qing Chen, but Qing Chen stopped it with his demon fire and Formless Illusion-Annihilation Seal.
• The White Bone Demon General, the Si Snake Puppet, and Mo Qiuxian’s living corpse battered Lin Kaishan until his strength dwindled.
• Qing Chen struck Lin Kaishan with the Formless Illusion-Annihilation Seal, crushing him as he began to speak about the Lin Household.

Qing Chen slaughtered the Lin Household on Si Snake Island and plundered its known treasuries and Scripture Repository. A year and a half later, after surviving Blackwood Island’s pursuit and returning to Condensed Jade Sect territory by a circuitous route, he reflected on the windfalls that had made him stronger.

• Qing Chen’s demon legions routed the Lin Household cultivators and rogue cultivators across Si Snake Island.
• Qing Chen tortured and interrogated Lin Household members, learning the locations of its treasuries and Scripture Repository.
• Qing Chen led demon soldiers in looting the Lin Household’s known treasuries and Scripture Repository, leaving the estate in ruins.
• During the next year and a half, Qing Chen fought off Blackwood Island pursuers, including Snow Palm High Person Zhang Chengfeng, and earned the name Blood River Old Devil.
• Qing Chen returned to Condensed Jade Sect territory by a longer route to avoid Blackwood Island’s powerful cultivators.

Qing Chen spent over a year refining the spoils from his Blackwood Island raids, raising his cultivation and demonic treasures while directing his forces from afar. He uncovered links between the island households and the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult, but the identity and plans of a concealed figure in the Yue Household remained unclear as Qing Chen prepared to return.

• Qing Chen catalogued the spoils from the raids, including Spirit Stones, artifacts, secret techniques, and supplies he planned to give Su Zixuan.
• Qing Chen spent over a year cultivating with the corpses and resources he had gathered, reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment Early Stage and strengthening his demonic treasures.
• Qing Chen directed Hidden Spirit Island, the Inspector's Manor, and the Demon Lotus Sect through the Communication Array while reporting the fighting to Elder Shangshan and avoiding the main battlefield.
• Qing Chen discovered that the Mangshan Viper Art and Mysterious Yin Corpse Refining Mystic Art were incomplete arts of the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult on Immortal-Severing Island.
• Qing Chen found evidence that the Yue Household of Mysterious Mountain Island secretly dealt with the Lin Household of Si Snake Island and that a concealed Yue family figure shared a close history with Lin Kaishan.
• Qing Chen pondered the hidden figure's identity and decided it was time to return.

Qing Chen returned to the Condensed Jade Sect after destroying the Xu Household and reporting his battles on Blackwood Island, earning a Spirit-Raising Mystic Advancement Pill and a Scripture Repository token. As the sect prepared for a decisive battle, two masked-in-purpose cultivators slaughtered a Chang Household disciple and framed the Yue Household, then wondered about their orders.

• Qing Chen presented Elder Shangshan with a battle report and recorded images after reporting that he had destroyed the Xu Household and stirred conflict on Blackwood Island.
• Elder Shangshan praised Qing Chen’s achievements and rewarded him with a Spirit-Raising Mystic Advancement Pill and a fifth-floor Scripture Repository command token.
• Elder Shangshan warned Qing Chen that Blackwood Island and Sea Prosperity Island threatened Chanda Island, and gave him one year to recover and cultivate before new arrangements.
• A white-robed man and Jueqing joined forces with two jiangshi to kill a seventh-layer Qi Refining cultivator of the Chang Household.
• The white-robed man told Jueqing to leave traces of the Yue Household’s mystic arts on the corpse, then wondered whether the Demon Envoy’s orders targeted the Chang Household.

Li Zexin and his companions arrived in Hidden Spirit City and learned that its people were celebrating the Island Lord’s upcoming wedding, while the lord, Qing Chen, was secretly in seclusion. The chapter left Xu Jiuling and Gu Jianchun wondering whether Qing Chen would miss the wedding after arranging it so publicly.

• Li Zexin and his companions entered Hidden Spirit City and saw its streets decorated for the Island Lord’s wedding.
• An inn waiter praised Hidden Spirit High Person for improving the lives of the city’s common people, but Lingzhu insulted him as Blood River Old Devil, prompting the inn staff to eject the party.
• Li Zexin stopped Lingzhu from escalating the dispute and led the party toward the Inner City, noting Hidden Spirit Island’s growth.
• Gao Yuliang and Deng Ziyue reported to Xu Jiuling and Gu Jianchun that Qing Chen had secretly entered seclusion a month earlier to break through his bottleneck.
• Xu Jiuling remarked that Qing Chen had set a wedding date with the Yue Household of Mysterious Mountain Island and questioned whether he would disappear before the ceremony.

Qing Chen returned to the Condensed Jade Sect, chose the Six Directions Evasion Technique, and used a Jade Ancient Spirit Crocodile’s essence and a precious advancement pill to break through his cultivation bottleneck. Fine cracks appeared in the barrier as his breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage neared.

• Qing Chen expanded Hidden Spirit Island and grew his influence while directing its affairs across long distances through a Communication Array.
• Qing Chen visited the Scripture Repository and chose the high-tier mystic-grade Six Directions Evasion Technique to improve his escape speed.
• Qing Chen spent over twenty thousand spirit stones to obtain the corpse of a late-second-tier Jade Ancient Spirit Crocodile.
• Qing Chen refined the crocodile’s essence in his cave abode, but initially struggled to break through the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage bottleneck.
• Qing Chen swallowed Elder Shangshan’s Spirit-Raising Mystic Advancement Pill, and the combined force of the pill and crocodile essence cracked the bottleneck’s barrier.

Qing Chen held a lavish wedding in Hidden Spirit City, where visiting Lineages learned that their gift size determined their seats. He revealed his recent breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment middle stage, leaving the guests and his allies astonished as he relished his new prestige.

• Lineages across Qing Chen’s inspection territory and nearby islands sent wedding gifts and guests to Hidden Spirit City.
• Chang Zhichong learned from Li Zexin that Qing Chen’s Hundred Immortals Tower assigned higher seats to guests who gave more lavish gifts.
• Qing Chen appeared above the city and announced his wedding, inadvertently revealing his Foundation Establishment middle stage aura.
• Chang Zhichong and Li Zexin were shocked by Qing Chen’s advancement, while Xu Jiuling and Gu Jianchun also reacted with surprise.
• Gao Yuliang, Deng Ziyue, and the gathered guests congratulated Qing Chen on his breakthrough and wedding.
• Qing Chen reflected on his rise from a Qi Refining cultivator and enjoyed the guests’ awe, expecting generous wedding gifts.

Qing Chen had quietly broken through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and spent more than twenty days stabilizing his cultivation while strengthening his combat abilities. Xu Jiuling and Gu Jianchun congratulated him and asked why he had summoned them during the war with Elder Shangshan’s permission.

• Qing Chen’s divine sense expanded to two li, his Demon Lotus Karmic Fire reached the fifth turn, and his magic power and Mingwang Scripture cultivation grew stronger.
• Qing Chen upgraded his Three Yin Sword Formation, refined Foundation Establishment armored corpses, and raised Mo Qiuxian to the silver-armored corpse level.
• Qing Chen advanced the Brahma Demon-Refining Art to its fifth level, stored forty drops of Brahma Aperture essence blood, and strengthened the Pojun White Bone Demon Mara Banner and Demon General Pojun.
• Xu Jiuling reflected on Qing Chen’s rise from a minor Qi Refining cultivator and congratulated him on reaching the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Gu Jianchun congratulated Qing Chen and asked why he had summoned them during the war with Elder Shangshan’s permission.

Qing Chen told Xu Jiuling and Gu Jianchun that the Yue Household had conspired against the Condensed Jade Sect, and they finalized a plan to strike during the wedding. Meanwhile, Chang Silang learned that the Sect wanted the Chang Household to attack Mysterious Mountain Island, but Chang Fenghu warned that they lacked the strength to defeat the Yue Household.

• Qing Chen told Xu Jiuling and Gu Jianchun that Elder Shangshan had confirmed the Yue Household's treachery and proposed using the wedding to take them down.
• Qing Chen presented evidence linking the Yue Household to Blackwood Island, Si Snake Island, and the Impermanence Sect, including proof that Yue Three Reflections was still alive.
• Qing Chen, Xu Jiuling, and Gu Jianchun discussed the evidence, finalized their strategy, and went their separate ways.
• Chang Silang told Chang Yong that the Condensed Jade Sect had ordered the Chang Household to attack Mysterious Mountain Island under authorization from a Sect elder.
• Chang Yong welcomed the chance to fight the Yue Household, but Chang Fenghu warned that their few Foundation Establishment cultivators could not overcome the Yue Household's forces and defensive array.

The Chang Household agreed to join the Condensed Jade Sect’s attack on Mysterious Mountain Island in exchange for promised treasures, while Qing Chen secretly kept a Foundation Establishment Pill for Su Zixuan. He gave Su Zixuan the pill and a Meridian-Guarding Pill, leaving her prepared to attempt a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

• The Chang Household agreed to march against Mysterious Mountain Island after the Condensed Jade Sect offered them pills and Dark Yin Swords.
• Chang Feng Hu warned Chang Silang that Qing Chen was ruthless and calculating, and that they should not trust him.
• Qing Chen secretly kept one Foundation Establishment Pill instead of giving the Chang Household all the pills promised.
• Qing Chen asked Su Zixuan to seek Xue Yubing’s help, and obtained a Meridian-Guarding Pill for her.
• Qing Chen gave Su Zixuan a Foundation Establishment Pill and sent her to prepare for her breakthrough in his former secluded cultivation valley.

Qing Chen’s Demon Lotus Sect grew into a force of nearly two hundred members, and its disciples gained cultivation, rank, and access to the Five-Colored Guardian Immortal Nether Lotus Method. At a hidden island stronghold, Duan Tianya reported that the sect had found traces of Great Qin’s descendants on Mysterious Constancy Island, though some appeared disloyal to the dynasty.

• Lin Changsheng, Su Zixuan, Duan Tianya, Jueqing, and other disciples advanced in cultivation and received positions in Qing Chen’s Demon Lotus Sect.
• Qing Chen directed the sect to target the Yue and Chang households and search Mysterious Mountain Island and Mysterious Constancy Island for Great Qin’s descendants.
• The White Bone Demon Mara Banner revealed an incomplete Five-Colored Guardian Immortal Nether Lotus Method, which Qing Chen taught to Lin Changsheng for the disciples to obtain through contribution points.
• Qing Chen mastered the first layer of the Six Jia Evasion Technique and traveled to a secluded Demon Lotus Sect stronghold near Hidden Spirit Island.
• Duan Tianya told Qing Chen that he and Jueqing had found traces of Great Qin’s descendants on Mysterious Constancy Island, but some were no longer loyal to the dynasty.

After learning how the Qin Household’s ancestors fled Immortal-Severing Island and lost their treasures to betrayal, Qing Chen assigned Lin Changsheng, Duan Tianya, and Jueqing to handle the matter and gave them powerful corpse puppets. He then took Lin Changsheng to the Treasury to discuss the sect’s contribution system for remains.

• Duan Tianya and Jueqing found the nearly extinguished Qin Household and rescued them from a Water Bandit attack arranged by Lin Changsheng.
• Qin Yan'er told Duan Tianya that her family descended from the Great Qin Dynasty, and Qin Hai explained how the Cao Household, Liu Household, and Sun Household once protected the Qin descendants and received portions of a secret-realm map and key.
• Qin Hai revealed that the Liu and Sun households later attacked the Qin Household to seize its secrets, while the Cao Household sacrificed itself to help the survivors escape.
• Duan Tianya reported that the Liu Household and Sun Household had grown powerful on Mysterious Constancy Island, and Qing Chen ordered the matter left to Lin Changsheng, Duan Tianya, and Jueqing.
• Qing Chen gave them a Copper-Armored Corpse and five late Qi Refining Black Jiangshi as trump cards, then summoned Lin Changsheng to the Treasury.

Yue Ting rushed to seek Qing Chen’s help for his critically wounded master, Xie Yu, after exhausting his own resources. Qing Chen received him and heard his plea, leaving Xie Yu’s fate unresolved.

• Qing Chen returned to Hidden Spirit Island after instructing Lin Changsheng and refining years of collected White Bone Essence into the Army-Breaking White Bone Banner.
• Yue Ting hurried through Hidden Spirit City to request an audience with Qing Chen because his master, Xie Yu, was near death.
• Yue Ting pleaded with Gao Yuliang to announce him despite Qing Chen’s orders to receive no visitors.
• Qing Chen heard Yue Ting’s request and invited him into the Guest Hall.
• Yue Ting knelt before Qing Chen and begged him to save Xie Yu, promising to pay any price.

Qing Chen learned how Xie Yu was gravely wounded while saving Yue Ting on the Chanda battlefield and examined him in Yue Ting’s crude cave abode. He explained that Xie Yu’s worsening divine-soul injuries required a mid-grade or high-grade second-tier healing pill or a powerful divine-soul mystic art, then began to offer Yue Ting some ideas.

• Qing Chen helped Yue Ting up, and Yue Ting explained that Xie Yu had been conscripted to fight on the Chanda battlefield.
• A Blackwood Island cultivator used the low-tier mystic grade Spirit-Destroying Palm against Yue Ting, and Xie Yu took the strike while protecting his disciple.
• Yue Ting drove off the attacker and used his medicinal supplies and a century-old ice bed to keep Xie Yu alive.
• Qing Chen examined Xie Yu and found that the wound to his chest had mostly healed, but his divine soul was growing weaker.
• Qing Chen told Yue Ting that Xie Yu needed a powerful divine-soul healing pill or mystic art, then said he had a few ideas.

Yue Ting learned that Qing Chen could arrange help for his injured master, Xie Yu, through Lin Changsheng and the Demon Lotus Sect. Meanwhile, Chang Ping'an attended a celebration at Hidden Spirit City's Hundred Immortals Tower, where guests presented gifts to the Blood River Old Devil.

• Qing Chen told Yue Ting that his master's divine soul injuries might be treated by a mysterious expert skilled in divine soul mystic arts.
• Yue Ting swore to keep the conversation secret and vowed to pay any price to save his master.
• Qing Chen gave Yue Ting a Jade Slip with the expert's address and left to contact him.
• Qing Chen intended for Lin Changsheng to heal Xie Yu so that Xie Yu would owe the Demon Lotus Sect a great favor and join it to cultivate the Five-Colored Guardian Immortal Nether Lotus Method.
• Chang Ping'an feasted in the plaza outside the Hundred Immortals Tower, where cultivators presented gifts and congratulations to the Blood River Old Devil.

Cultivators from across the region presented lavish gifts for Qing Chen’s wedding, while Condensed Jade Sect disciples performed magical displays in the square. Qing Chen received the guests’ praise and quietly exchanged messages with Xue Yubing and Di Huaiyi.

• Deng Ziyue closed the Inner City gate, leaving several late-arriving cultivators stranded outside as the gift ceremony continued within.
• The master of ceremonies announced gifts from many lineages and cultivators, assigning guests access to different floors of the Hundred Immortals Tower.
• Xu Jiuling and Gu Jianchun sent gifts through Condensed Jade Sect disciples, while Xue Yubing and Di Huaiyi presented valuable treasures and gained third-floor admission.
• Condensed Jade Sect disciples cast dazzling spells above the square, including Li Ling’er’s Colored Clouds Chasing the Moon and Zhao Wuji’s Water Dragon Roars at the Sky.
• Liu Huaide praised Qing Chen at the Hundred Immortals Tower, and Qing Chen secretly communicated with Xue Yubing and Di Huaiyi.

As the Yue Household arrived for Qing Chen’s wedding to Yue Lingshan, a message prompted Qing Chen and Condensed Jade Sect cultivators to take positions around the guests. Qing Chen activated the Three-Life Bewildering Trail Formation and attacked Yue Xipo, rejecting the wedding alliance.

• Qing Chen chose Xue Yubing and Di Huaiyi as helpers, and the two joined him when the Yue Household arrived in Hidden Spirit City.
• Yue Xipo presented Yue Chongxiao and Yue Jiuta and offered congratulations on the marriage, while Yue Lingshan appeared withdrawn and silent.
• Qing Chen received a Voice Transmission Talisman, glanced toward the Condensed Jade Sect party, and went down to greet Yue Xipo as Xue Yubing and Di Huaiyi spread out around the Yue Household.
• Yue Xipo secretly urged Yue Lingshan to stop being willful, but she remained silent and searched the square with her eyes.
• Qing Chen activated the Three-Life Bewildering Trail Formation around the island and unleashed sword rain and a blazing attack on Yue Xipo.

Qing Chen's attack forced Yue Xipo to defend against the Dark Yin Sword rain, Blood Baleful Intent Divine Saber, and Demon Lotus Karmic Fire at once. The Demon Lotus Karmic Fire broke through Yue Xipo's defenses, leaving him to counter it with a hastily formed Winter Solstice Yang-Returning Qi.

• The Condensed Jade Sect's Foundation Establishment High Persons declared the Yue Household traitors and moved to attack them.
• Yue Xipo blocked Qing Chen's Dark Yin Sword rain with Returning Origin Gang Qi and used the Autumn Waters Spirit Sword to resist the Blood Baleful Intent Divine Saber.
• Yue Xipo's Spring Equinox Yin-Yang Palm and Minor Heat Carefree Art formed a taiji symbol to confront the Demon Lotus Karmic Fire.
• The Demon Lotus Karmic Fire shattered the taiji symbol and pierced Yue Xipo's weakened Returning Origin Gang Qi.
• Yue Xipo hastily activated Winter Solstice Yang-Returning Qi and released a white arrow of air, but could not bring the Secret Technique to its full power.

Qing Chen attacked Yue Xipo during the Yue Household’s marriage alliance ceremony, while Condensed Jade Sect officials announced a Golden Core Grand Supreme’s execution decree against the household. The assembled Lineages stayed out of the fight, and the chapter ended with Yue Xipo denouncing Qing Chen as a traitor and a mere whelp.

• Qing Chen’s Demon Lotus Karmic Fire overwhelmed Yue Xipo’s defenses and knocked him down with minor injuries.
• Yue Lingshan cried out for her father as Condensed Jade Sect disciples fought the Yue Household, and the sect’s Foundation Establishment High Persons announced the execution decree.
• The assembled Lineages and Rogue Cultivators watched in shock as Qing Chen’s attacks proved powerful enough to overwhelm Yue Xipo.
• Qing Chen slapped Yue Lingshan aside, and Yue Xipo cursed him, claimed he had forged the decree, and urged the onlookers to help capture him.

Qing Chen recognized Yue Xipo’s technique as a crude use of the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult’s Twenty-Four Solar Terms Soul-Shocking Art, then fought him head-on. The chapter left Yue Xipo’s divine sense trapped in Qing Chen’s Soul-Seizing and Spirit-Snatching attack.

• Qing Chen slapped Yue Lingshan away and realized Yue Xipo was using fragments of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Soul-Shocking Art.
• Yue Xipo ordered Chongxiao and Jiuta to capture the two newly established Foundation Establishment cultivators while he attacked Qing Chen.
• Yue Xipo combined his gang qi, Extreme Yang Palm Force, Extreme Yin Secret Technique, and Autumn Waters Spirit Sword against Qing Chen.
• Qing Chen defended himself with his fifth-turn demonic flames and Mingwang Blood Baleful Intent Armor, then used Jiazi Cloud Wandering to escape Yue Xipo’s qi lock.
• Qing Chen appeared above Yue Xipo and used the White Bone Demon Mara Banner’s Soul-Seizing and Spirit-Snatching ability to engulf his divine sense.

Qing Chen overwhelmed Yue Xipo with the Purgatory Illusion, Demon Fire serpents, and Formless Illusion-Annihilation Seal, leaving the Yue family head near death. Yue Chongxiao and Yue Jiuta continued fighting Di Huaiyi and Xue Yubing, then saw Yue Xipo’s grave condition.

• Qing Chen broke Yue Xipo’s defenses and battered him until his aura nearly fell below the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Yue Chongxiao attacked Di Huaiyi with the Start of Winter Annihilation Sword while Di Huaiyi defended himself with the Lesser Profound Heaven Palm.
• Yue Jiuta attacked Xue Yubing with his spirit pagoda and the Autumn Equinox Yin-Yang Finger, while she blocked the strikes with her pink silk artifact.
• Yue Jiuta and Yue Chongxiao saw Yue Xipo grievously wounded by Qing Chen and cried out in alarm.