Recaps

Qing Chen reflected on the qi-blood power he would need to open a third Brahma aperture and the secrets of his Bodhi Spirit Body, while assessing his growing strength and the Condensed Jade Sect’s recent changes. With Condensed Jade Peak sealed and Tianshu Hall established, he suspected that a major event was approaching.

• Qing Chen recalled how the Brahma Aperture Blood-Refining Secret Art had helped him break through to Foundation Establishment and wondered about the Bodhi Spirit Body and the upper realm.
• Qing Chen calculated that opening a third Brahma aperture would demand vast qi and blood, and thought that only a sect-annihilating war could provide enough resources.
• Qing Chen reviewed his military record and chose the Blood-Wing Evasion Technique, which complemented his Yin-Thunder Wings and blood-focused cultivation.
• Xuanji True Person’s campaigns had forced the Dian Cang Sect to mediate, while the sect master’s battle against the Impermanence Sect had revealed pseudo-nascent-soul strength.
• The Condensed Jade Sect established Tianshu Hall above its six halls, and Condensed Jade Peak remained locked down as Qing Chen sensed that something major was underway.

After Tianshu Hall urgently recalled Qing Chen from the front, he prepared a heavily guarded return to Earth Jade Island. There, Yuji True Person organized the sect’s forces and reviewed the Spirit Stone mine, ordering extraction to stop for fifty years.

• Qing Chen received Tianshu Hall’s order to suspend offensive operations and return immediately to Earth Jade Island.
• Qing Chen boarded a War Treasure Ship with senior cultivators, banned communications, and ordered a concealed underwater route with scouts clearing the way.
• Yuji True Person confirmed that 120 cultivators and all five War Treasure Ships would assemble within half a month, while scouts monitored the Impermanence Sect and the Three Corpse Archipelago border.
• Hua Shan reported that thirteen years of mining had yielded more than three million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, over sixty High-Grade Spirit Stones, and ten thousand Middle-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Yuji True Person approved Hua Shan’s recommendation to halt mining for fifty years and repair the damaged spirit vein.

Qing Chen arrived at Earth Jade Island and went to Mingwang Peak to ask his master, True Person Budong, about the sect’s sweeping requisition of forces. True Person Budong promised to protect him if war broke out, then prompted him to consider why Tianshu Hall had been established.

• The Punishing Evil Deputy Hall Master requisitioned Qing Chen’s Battle Hall force and War Treasure Ship after the party reached Earth Jade Island.
• Qing Chen noticed many Protectors and Inspectors gathering in the sect and suspected the mobilization extended beyond his own contingent.
• Qing Chen went to Mingwang Peak and met with True Person Budong, who recognized his concern about the requisitions.
• Qing Chen asked whether the massive mobilization meant a major upheaval had occurred.
• True Person Budong assured Qing Chen he could shelter him in a great battle and asked him to think about why Tianshu Hall had come into being.

Qing Chen considered why Xuanji True Person had reorganized the sect and suspected the Condensed Jade Sect was hiding the true value of a spirit fruit. After returning to Celebration Cloud Peak, he gave Xue Qingxia a spirit herb and learned that Xue Yubing distrusted him because of his bloody actions.

• Qing Chen concluded that Tianshu Hall's creation and the elders' demotion suggested Xuanji True Person was confident of reaching the Nascent Soul realm, though he wondered what resource could replace the missing spirit fruit.
• True Person Budong urged Qing Chen to practice the Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method and reach the peak of the sixth stage, while Qing Chen concealed that he had already attained it.
• Qing Chen recalled that his Holy Son Token had remained intact after the Blood Jiangshi Legacy Mansion, suggesting he might be able to enter its formation again sooner than expected.
• Qing Chen summoned Xue Qingxia and gave her a spirit herb that Zixuan had been unable to deliver because the Condensed Jade Sect was under lockdown.
• Qing Chen learned that Xue Yubing had warned Xue Qingxia to be careful around him after he wiped out Mysterious Mountain Island, and he told Xue Qingxia to discipline her disciple.

Chang Ping'an reported that Purple Centipede True Person had slaughtered the Chang Household’s trading fleet within Condensed Jade Sect territory, including Elder Chang Shan. Qing An realized the threat might reach Qing Chen and rushed to alert Lin Changsheng, asking him to notify Qing Chen immediately.

• Qing An questioned Chang Ping'an about why he had urgently sought the dock manager.
• Chang Ping'an revealed that Purple Centipede True Person had killed the Chang Household trading fleet and its grand elder, Chang Shan.
• Chang Ping'an pleaded with Qing An to alert Hall Master Qing Chen because the attack had occurred within Condensed Jade Sect territory.
• Qing An feared that Blackwood Island might be advancing toward Qing Chen and hurried away to contact Lin Changsheng.
• Qing An sent Lin Changsheng a message reporting the attack and urging him to notify Qing Chen.

The Condensed Jade Sect’s border defenses collapsed under coordinated attacks, forcing its forces to scatter and hide while Hidden Spirit Island was destroyed. Impermanence True Person then tried to persuade Dian Cang True Person to join a thirteen-Golden-Core assault on Earth Jade Island and disrupt Xuanji True Person’s Nascent Soul breakthrough.

• Blackwood Island, the Impermanence Sect, and other forces attacked the Condensed Jade Sect, whose leadership ordered scattered groups to abandon untenable strongholds and preserve their strength.
• Hidden Spirit Island’s defenders and mortals were slaughtered and its buildings destroyed, but Lin Changsheng warned Qing Chen, Su Zixuan, and the others in time for them to evacuate into Demon Lotus Sect hideouts.
• Impermanence True Person waited at the Dian Cang Sect before meeting Dian Cang True Person, who questioned why he had left the campaign against the Condensed Jade Sect.
• Impermanence True Person argued that Xuanji True Person was in seclusion attempting a Nascent Soul breakthrough and would be unable to intervene for about a month.
• Impermanence True Person proposed that the Dian Cang Sect join the Impermanence Sect, Blackwood Island, and the Three Corpse Demon Sect in sending thirteen Golden Core True Persons against Earth Jade Island to disrupt Xuanji True Person’s breakthrough.

Yue Chengfeng mourned his family and vowed to make Qing Chen pay before meeting Jianlong Daoist, who asked about potential defectors within the Condensed Jade Sect. Yue Chengfeng revealed that a Deputy Hall Master might be worth trying to recruit.

• Yue Chengfeng grieved before the memorial tablets of his family and renewed his vow to exact revenge on Qing Chen.
• Yue Chengfeng prepared to flee when an unseen visitor disturbed his courtyard formation, then recognized Jianlong Daoist and lowered his guard somewhat.
• Jianlong Daoist thanked Yue Chengfeng for building an intelligence network and said the war might let him avenge his family.
• Jianlong Daoist asked whether Yue Chengfeng had contacted influential Condensed Jade Sect cultivators who might defect.
• Yue Chengfeng explained that senior officials were difficult to sway, but said one Deputy Hall Master seemed worth approaching.

As the Condensed Jade Sect faced invasion and Earth Jade Market fell under siege, Deng Ziyue led Battle Hall disciples in arresting suspected spies, including Ji Cangming’s subordinate Lan Yu. Ji Bochang confronted Ji Cangming over Qing Chen’s crackdown and defiantly blamed Qing Chen for stirring internal conflict.

• Yue Chengfeng named Ji Cangming as his target, and Jianlong Daoist pledged his support.
• Earth Jade Market became isolated as the three Azure Wave Archipelago sects invaded and rumors spread that Xuanji True Person was near death.
• Deng Ziyue led Battle Hall disciples through the market to arrest suspected spies, including Lan Yu, who claimed to serve Ji Cangming.
• Ji Cangming berated Ji Bochang for exposing his Foundation Establishment and drawing Qing Chen’s suspicion.
• Ji Bochang defended himself, accused Qing Chen of abusing his authority, and resented being treated as inferior.

Ji Cangming tried to make Ji Bochang apologize to Gao Yuliang, but his nephew refused and fled, leaving Ji Cangming to seek help from Xin Bairen. Half a month later, Qing Chen heard Gao Yuliang’s account of Ji Bochang’s suspected scheme and assigned him to the Battle Hall just as dark clouds gathered.

• Ji Cangming ordered Ji Bochang to visit Gao Yuliang with gifts and apologize, but Ji Bochang refused and insulted Gao.
• Ji Cangming rebuked Ji Bochang for provoking Qing Chen, but Ji Bochang angrily flew away.
• Ji Cangming flew to Transmission Peak to seek help from Xin Bairen and threatened to reveal Xin’s role in the Dragon Gate Gathering plot.
• Half a month later, Gao Yuliang told Qing Chen that Ji Bochang had lured a Green-Scaled Python to attack him and implicated Ji Cangming.
• Qing Chen assigned Gao Yuliang to serve as a Sect Protector in the Battle Hall as dark clouds gathered overhead.

Xuanji True Person began his Nascent Soul breakthrough, drawing vast spiritual energy to Condensed Jade Peak as Qing Chen and the sect’s leaders gathered. Five enemy treasure ships arrived and attacked the Island-Protecting Grand Array, leaving True Person Budong to counter them.

• Xuanji True Person’s breakthrough stirred the spiritual energy across Earth Jade Island and began the Core Shattering and Nascent Soul Condensation Pass.
• Qing Chen flew toward Condensed Jade Peak as Ten Thousand Souls True Person ordered cultivators and hall leaders to assemble.
• Qing Chen joined the other leaders outside Condensed Jade Peak, where they noticed the formation consuming its earth vein essence unusually quickly.
• Five treasure ships from the Impermanence Sect, Blackwood Island, and the Dian Cang Sect appeared above Earth Jade Island.
• The leaders identified the Ten Thousand Yin Corpse Demon Banner, whose Golden Core Yaksha and Grudge Ghosts attacked the grand array alongside the Blackwood Treasure Ship’s poisonous centipede.
• True Person Budong ordered, “Vajra Mound, suppress them!”

True Person Budong unleashed the Condensed Jade Sect’s Vajra Mound against the invading treasure ships, destroying or repelling their attacks and rallying the sect’s defenders. Impermanence True Person and Mysterious Altar True Person realized Budong’s body cultivation had made an unexpected breakthrough.

• True Person Budong raised the Vajra Mound and used its Buddhist light to crush attacks from the five invading treasure ships.
• True Person Budong vowed to avenge the invasion and destroy the enemies’ treasures, then used the Vajra Mound to wipe out ghouls and specters.
• The disciples and cultivators of the Condensed Jade Sect cheered as Qing Chen marveled at Budong’s strength.
• Impermanence True Person and Mysterious Altar True Person recognized that Budong’s body cultivation had unexpectedly broken through.

Impermanence True Person recognized that True Person Budong and the Vajra Mound made Earth Jade Island difficult to attack, so he prepared to force a decisive battle. Ghost Corpse True Person challenged Budong and countered the Vajra Mound with the Blood Buddha Demon Shadow, leaving Budong weakened.

• Mysterious Altar True Person and Impermanence True Person assessed Budong’s strength and the advantages he held on Earth Jade Island.
• Impermanence True Person sent a message and resolved to crush Budong’s momentum with a decisive first battle.
• Ghost Corpse True Person appeared near Budong and challenged him over the damage to Blood Corpse’s Ten Thousand Yin Corpse Demon Banner.
• Budong left the array to fight, using the Vajra Mound’s chains and Demon-Subduing Bell to counter Ghost Corpse True Person’s corpse puppets and yin-soul nails.
• Ghost Corpse True Person summoned a Bronze Coffin and unleashed the Blood Buddha Demon Shadow, corroding the Vajra Mound’s Buddhist radiance and weakening Budong.

True Person Budong fought Ghost Corpse True Person but retreated into the mountain-protecting formation as the enemy forces assembled twelve True Persons against Condensed Jade Sect. Ten Thousand Souls True Person rallied the sect’s seven elders and ordered its warships into battle while Xuanji True Person continued his Nascent Soul breakthrough in seclusion.

• Ghost Corpse True Person countered True Person Budong’s attacks with the Essence-Devouring Yin Casket and Heavenly Corpse Soul-Scatter Claw, forcing Budong to retreat behind the formation.
• The golden flood dragon re-formed from the Vajra Mound and burned away the Ghost Corpse Demon-Summoning Curse before it could take shape.
• Impermanence True Person summoned twelve allied True Persons from the Dian Cang Sect, Impermanence Sect, Blackwood Island, and Three Corpse Demon Sect.
• Ten Thousand Souls True Person and six Condensed Jade Sect grand elders joined True Person Budong, and Ten Thousand Souls ordered five deputies to command warships against the enemy fleet.
• Xuanji True Person continued breaking through the Core Shattering and Nascent Soul Condensation Pass inside a sealed chamber, using two Nascent Soul Formation Herbs and a piece of spiritwood.

Qing Chen led the Condensed Jade Sect in a coordinated assault on Pujin Daoist’s Blackwood Treasure Ship, using formations, ballistas, and the Sea-Splitting Wave-Dividing Rudder to disrupt its defenses. After Qing Chen wounded Pujin Daoist, the Blackwood forces raised a poison barrier and created a powerful centipede puppet, leaving the battle poised for a counterattack.

• Qing Chen assembled ten Foundation Establishment cultivators and three hundred Qi Refining disciples, then ordered them to activate the Mystic Ice Silkworm Formation and prepare their weapons.
• Xue Qingxia and Xue Yubing raised the ship’s ice defenses while Gu Jianchun, Gao Yuliang, and Deng Ziyue readied the dark iron ballista, and Miao Long, Li Feiyu, Di Huaiyi, and Xu Xiake deployed the Sea-Splitting Wave-Dividing Rudder.
• Qing Chen directed the Condensed Jade Sect’s forces to strike the Blackwood Treasure Ship’s southeastern Xun position, disrupting its drainage patterns and turning its poisonous miasma against its own cultivators.
• Qing Chen attacked Pujin Daoist with the Formless Illusion-Annihilation Seal and a golden blade ray, injuring him and helping the ballista strike the ship’s stern.
• Pujin Daoist expelled some of the baleful intent in his body, froze the Condensed Jade Sect’s next attacks, and joined twelve Foundation Establishment cultivators in forming three layers of poison cocoons around the ship.
• Three hundred Qi Refining disciples fed blood into the Spirit-Feeding Formation, creating a Hundred-Legged Venomous Centipede Puppet that absorbed the poisonous mist and rose to nearly Golden Core Stage as Pujin Daoist ordered a counterattack.

The Impermanence Sect’s twelve Golden Core True Persons besieged Earth Jade Island while the Condensed Jade Sect’s elders struggled to protect the island and Xuanji True Person’s breakthrough. Qing Chen kept the Blackwood Treasure Ship occupied away from the main battle and prepared his escape talismans.

• The Impermanence Sect’s twelve True Persons formed the Twelve Mystic Gates Spirit-Locking Formation around Earth Jade Island as the Condensed Jade Sect’s elders activated the Xuanji Heaven-Illuminating Formation.
• Ghost Corpse True Person and Ten Thousand Souls True Person clashed, while True Person Budong fought two enemies outside the island-protecting formation.
• Impermanence True Person trapped True Person Budong with his Treasure Mirror and chains, but Yuji True Person used the formation to pull him back to the island.
• The Impermanence Sect’s attacks battered the Island-Protecting Grand Array as Ten Thousand Souls True Person worried that Xuanji True Person might not complete his breakthrough in time.
• Qing Chen continued suppressing Pujin Daoist’s Blackwood Treasure Ship away from the Golden Core battlefield and held five Evasion Technique Spirit Talismans given to him by True Person Budong.

As the Impermanence Sect’s forces battered the Condensed Jade Sect’s protective array for five days, Xuanji True Person began breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm. Her Golden Core shattered and her Nascent Soul appeared, leaving the attackers shocked as they continued their assault.

• The Island-Protecting Grand Array endured five days of attacks while consuming nearly two million Spirit Stones, and its defenders grew exhausted.
• Ji Cangming secretly planned to sabotage the Condensed Jade Treasure Ship and help the Impermanence Sect when the array was about to fall.
• A thunderous sound announced Xuanji True Person’s Golden Core shattering, and her spiritual energy condensed into a jade ruyi containing a Nascent Soul.
• Dian Cang True Person and Impermanence True Person reacted with shock and fear when they realized Xuanji True Person had passed the first breakthrough trial.
• Ghost Corpse True Person urged the attackers to continue, warning that Xuanji True Person still faced the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon Pass and the Three-Colored Thunder Pool Tribulation.

Xuanji True Person's apparent breakthrough collapsed when the Jade Ruyi shattered, leaving the Condensed Jade Sect fearing its destruction. As Ghost Corpse True Person and Impermanence True Person renewed their hopes of victory, Ji Cangming began his betrayal by attacking Gongsun Yang.

• The Condensed Jade Sect's forces rallied after hearing news of Xuanji True Person's breakthrough, and Ji Cangming joined the defense instead of sabotaging it.
• Yuji True Person recognized signs that Xuanji True Person was risking his life and recalled his master's failed breakthrough and final sacrifice.
• The Jade Ruyi cracked and exploded, releasing spiritual energy that the sect's formation partly drew into Condensed Jade Peak.
• Ghost Corpse True Person and Impermanence True Person took the shattered Jade Ruyi as proof that Xuanji True Person had failed and renewed their confidence.
• Ji Cangming's Gilt Jade Slip shattered after blood touched it, and he attacked Gongsun Yang with the Three-Spirit Soul-Seizing Seal while Yang controlled the ballista.

Ji Cangming sabotaged the Condensed Jade Sect’s treasure ship and fled as the Impermanence Sect pressed its assault on Earth Jade Island. Two days into the siege, the Condensed Jade Sect’s spirit-stone reserves were nearly exhausted, yet its Golden Core cultivators continued defending the formation.

• Ji Cangming wounded Gongsun Yang, damaged the dark iron ballista, seized its spirit stones, and escaped toward the sea.
• Hua Shan pursued Ji Cangming, but Leng Jingfei intervened while the Impermanence Treasure Ship’s Heavenly Halberd Ballista battered the Condensed Jade Treasure Ship.
• After two days of fighting, Ten Thousand Souls True Person learned from Yuji True Person that the Island-Protecting Grand Array had less than a million spirit stones left and could last at most two more days.
• The Impermanence Sect’s twelve Golden Core cultivators continued attacking Earth Jade Island, while the Condensed Jade Sect’s seven Grand Supremes held their positions and Xuanji True Person remained missing.
• Ghost Corpse True Person wondered why the Condensed Jade Sect’s Golden Core cultivators kept defending instead of trying to break out.

Xuanji True Person used a second Nascent Soul Formation Herb and soul-nourishing wood to forge his Nascent Soul while Qing Chen and the cultivators defending Earth Jade Island awaited the outcome. The Island-Protecting Grand Array collapsed under the assault, leaving Condensed Jade Peak exposed.

• Xuanji True Person refined the soul-nourishing wood with the Jade Ruyi fragments and his essence blood, causing his Nascent Soul to grow more solid as his body withered.
• Qing Chen noticed the spiritual energy vortex around Earth Jade Island collapse and waited for news of Xuanji True Person’s hidden trump card.
• Ghost Corpse True Person, Impermanence True Person, and the other attackers intensified their assault on the Island-Protecting Grand Array and its defenders.
• A Three Corpses ballista bolt pierced the array’s weakest point, and its poison miasma killed Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining disciples.
• The formation altars collapsed, breaking the Island-Protecting Grand Array.

The Xuanji Heaven-Illuminating Formation collapsed, leaving the Condensed Jade Sect under a devastating assault from the Impermanence Sect and its allies. As the Grand Supremes fought desperately against overwhelming odds, a phoenix cry and three-colored radiance erupted from Condensed Jade Peak.

• The Xuanji Heaven-Illuminating Formation shattered, and its backlash and the invading forces killed and wounded Condensed Jade Sect disciples across the island.
• Qing Chen left command to ten Foundation Establishment cultivators and prepared to use his Yin-Thunder Wings while Xu Jiuling tried to raise the ship’s formation.
• Hua Shan fought to defend the Condensed Jade Treasure Ship as Ji Cangming attacked its formation operators and stole spirit stones.
• Ten Thousand Souls, Yuji, Heavenfire, and Budong battled the enemy Golden Core True Persons while burning their essence to hold them back.
• Purple Centipede True Person wounded Nine Swords True Person, whose swords and Jinghong Sword were damaged.
• A clear phoenix cry sounded from Condensed Jade Peak as three-colored radiance pierced the clouds and shot into the heavens.

Xuanji True Person emerged as True Lord Xuanji with a Dharma Nascent Soul, turning the tide against the invading sects. He trapped Ghost Corpse True Person and Impermanence True Person, who joined forces to face him.

• Yuji True Person sensed Xuanji True Person's breakthrough and fought desperately with the other Condensed Jade Sect elders to hold off the attackers.
• Ghost Corpse True Person and Impermanence True Person abandoned their assault and fled, while Ten Thousand Souls and True Person Budong tried to stop them.
• True Lord Xuanji appeared in a towering phantom manifestation and shattered Ghost Corpse True Person's escape talisman while damaging Impermanence True Person's treasure mirror.
• True Lord Xuanji pursued the fleeing enemies with Star-Shift Cold-Shadow Escape and trapped them with the Heaven-Locking Ice Prison Art.
• Ghost Corpse True Person and Impermanence True Person joined forces, and Ghost Corpse True Person summoned the Three Corpses Immortal-Slaying Dharma Body.

True Lord Xuanji used his newly formed dharma Nascent Soul to defeat Ghost Corpse True Person and kill Impermanence True Person, then considered the cost and limits of his transformation. He planned to strengthen the Condensed Jade Sect before vowing vengeance on whoever stole his three souls seven apertures spirit embryo fruit.

• True Lord Xuanji’s manifestation overwhelmed Ghost Corpse True Person’s Three Corpses Immortal-Slaying Dharma Body and destroyed his corpse army.
• Impermanence True Person detonated the Impermanence Treasure Mirror to break through the ice barrier, while Ghost Corpse True Person split into four bodies to try to escape.
• True Lord Xuanji killed Impermanence True Person with Xuanpo Divine Light and captured Ghost Corpse True Person’s three remnant souls before destroying them.
• True Lord Xuanji collected the defeated cultivators’ treasures and planned to relocate nearby islands and acquire Spirit-Raising Talismans for the Condensed Jade Sect.
• True Lord Xuanji examined his dharma Nascent Soul and accepted that he would need a fourth-tier water- or wood-attribute treasure to form a replacement body.
• True Lord Xuanji swore to find and punish the thief who had stolen his three souls seven apertures spirit embryo fruit.

True Lord Xuanji’s Dharma Aspect devastated the Golden Core cultivators, and Ten Thousand Souls True Person took command while Xuanji withdrew to stabilize his new Dharma Nascent Soul. As the Condensed Jade Sect pursued its enemies, Qing Chen continued fighting on Earth Jade Island, where confusion over the breakthrough led to both deserters and loyal disciples dying.

• True Lord Xuanji’s Dharma Aspect wounded the Golden Core cultivators and killed the Red-Haired Cultivator, while Yuji True Person recognized its power to draw on heaven and earth.
• Yuji True Person told Ten Thousand Souls True Person that Xuanji had slain Ghost Corpse and Impermanence and entrusted the remaining affairs to them.
• Ten Thousand Souls True Person ordered the pursuit of enemy disciples while warning the Condensed Jade Sect not to harm mortals recklessly.
• Yuji True Person used thirty-six azure Sword Qi banners to announce Xuanji’s ascension and command the disciples to hunt the Impermanence, Diancang, and Heimu sects.
• Qing An and Lin Changsheng relayed news of Xuanji’s breakthrough to Qing Chen, who led the attack and executed disciples who deserted or switched sides.
• On Earth Jade Island, some disciples died as traitors without knowing Xuanji had broken through, while others who had held out loyally were killed by Qing Chen before they could learn the news.

After the battle, Qing Chen secretly pursued the wounded Purple Centipede True Person, who was fleeing across the sea. He reached the area where Purple Centipede True Person and Nine Swords True Person were fighting, then hid underwater as their Golden Core battle raged nearby.

• Qing Chen ordered Xue Qingxia, Deng Ziyue, Di Huaiyi, and Li Feiyu to escort the Condensed Jade Treasure Ship to Earth Jade Island, then sent the remaining cultivators after the fleeing enemy forces.
• After learning that Purple Centipede True Person was badly wounded and fleeing, Qing Chen concealed his identity and used a Star-Chasing Moon-Pursuing Talisman to chase him.
• Nine Swords True Person intercepted Purple Centipede True Person above a barren island and attacked him with the Blood Slaughter Nine Tribulations Sword.
• Purple Centipede True Person countered with poison dragons, but Nine Swords True Person destroyed two of them and damaged his spirit staff.
• Qing Chen sensed the Golden Core battle ahead, deactivated his escape talisman, and hid beneath the sea.

Qing Chen secretly watched the duel between Purple Centipede True Person and Nine Swords True Person, then used the fighters’ exhaustion to spring his trap. As Di Jiang went after Purple Centipede’s Golden Core and divine soul, a fiery monk appeared behind Nine Swords, leaving both survivors in danger.

• Qing Chen sent Grudge Ghosts and White Bone Giant Wolves to spy on the wounded Purple Centipede True Person and Nine Swords True Person.
• Purple Centipede revealed that the Myriad Poisons Illustrated Record was in his flesh, then detonated his Violet Poison Pearl in a bid to take Nine Swords down with him.
• The explosion destroyed Demon General Pojun and severely poisoned Nine Swords, while Purple Centipede’s body was reduced to poisonous rain and his divine soul fled with his Golden Core.
• Qing Chen activated the Three Lives Bewildering Tracks Formation, trapping Purple Centipede’s fleeing divine soul and Golden Core.
• Demon General Di Jiang charged at Purple Centipede’s Golden Core and divine soul as Nine Swords tried to escape.
• A flaming monk appeared behind Nine Swords and declared that it was time for him to be reborn in paradise.