Recaps

Qing Chen used Venerable Flameheart and his demonic forces to defeat Nine Swords True Person and Purple Centipede True Person, then spent seven days purging the battlefield to secure their golden cores. He ended with two cores stripped of their markings and ready to claim.

• Venerable Flameheart battled Nine Swords True Person, whose Blood Slaughter Star-Shattering Formation gravely wounded the Buddhist spirit body and consumed over twenty thousand spirit stones.
• Venerable Flameheart and the Flying Yaksha overwhelmed Nine Swords True Person, breaking his cultivation and preventing him from detonating his golden core.
• The Di Jiang Demon General tore apart Purple Centipede True Person's divine soul and devoured it with the Di Jiang Demon Banner.
• Qing Chen searched the waters and seabed for seven days, then spent fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones to release Venerable Jinming and scour the area with World-Cleansing Buddha Light.
• Qing Chen burned away the remaining traces of both enemies and opened two jade boxes containing their unmarked golden cores.

After killing Nine Swords and Violet Centipede, Qing Chen looted and destroyed their belongings before leaving the sea. When the Condensed Jade Sect learned that Nine Swords had died, Yuji mobilized the sect against its enemies and ordered an investigation.

• Qing Chen burned away the Divine Sense remnants on Nine Swords' and Violet Centipede's Spatial Rings, then stored their treasures in the Nine-Luminaries Glazed Vidyaraja Pagoda.
• Qing Chen destroyed the rings, retrieved his Formation Flags, and flew away, reasoning that he needed Golden Cores and bodies to strengthen his cultivation.
• Zhu Qi saw Nine Swords' soul tablet crack and reported his death to Hua Shan, who sent message talismans to the sect's Elders.
• Yuji received the news that Nine Swords' Soul Lamp had gone out and summoned his subordinates.
• Yuji ordered the Mysterious Blood Warships and Foundation Establishment cultivators to mobilize and kill members of the Impermanence Sect, Blackwood Island, and the Dian Cang Sect on sight.
• Yuji ordered the Law Enforcement Hall to report suspicious movements within three days and said he would report to the Sect Master.

During the Bloody Turmoil, Qing Chen helped destroy the Impermanence Sect and received a golden core from True Person Budong. His attempt to use it to advance his body cultivation failed, leaving him injured in the midst of a destroyed deserted island.

• After Nine Swords True Person and Purple Centipede True Person died, Qing Chen staged attacks on the Impermanence Sect’s subordinate forces while the Golden Core True Persons and Xuanji True Lord fought the real war.
• Xuanji True Lord and the Tianshu Hall forces annihilated the Impermanence Sect, and an envoy from the Shushan Sword Sect later stopped him from continuing his slaughter.
• True Person Budong gave Qing Chen a golden core taken from Elder Zuo of the Three Corpse Demon Sect and warned him to refine it only to the Golden Core Early Stage.
• Qing Chen tried to break through to the seventh level of the Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method using the golden core, but his body could not withstand its power combined with the Yellow Springs Baleful Qi.
• Qing Chen expelled the core before it could seriously harm him, but it burst into a torrent of baleful qi that destroyed the deserted island.

Qing Chen used an infiltration plan and incriminating evidence to launch a years-long massacre across Blackwood Island and its subordinate forces, completing his arrangements for the dark turmoil. During the campaigns, he also expanded Hidden Spirit Island and Mystic Lotus Island and strengthened the Demon Lotus Sect, leaving his faction far more powerful.

• After Blackwood Island and the Dian Cang Sect surrendered, Qing Chen uncovered their secret support for surviving Impermanence Sect disciples and presented Projection Stone evidence to Tianshu Hall.
• Qing Chen led Battle Hall and Law Enforcement Hall forces, joined by cultivators from more than a dozen islands, in a years-long campaign that devastated Blackwood Island and punished even the surrendered Dian Cang Sect.
• Qing Chen's investigation and evidence came from an infiltration plan he had assigned Lin Changsheng ten years earlier, involving Duan Tianya, Han Shi, Ren Carefree, and Demon Lotus Sect disciples.
• Qing Chen relocated spirit veins from several islands to expand Hidden Spirit Island and secretly raised Mystic Lotus Island's spiritual resources.
• Lin Changsheng, Duan Tianya, Jueqing, Han Shi, Su Zixuan, and Yue Ting advanced their cultivation with the Demon Lotus Sect's plundered resources, while Lin Changsheng reached Foundation Establishment middle stage.

Qing Chen sacrificed the corpses stored beneath Hidden Spirit Island to strengthen the Di Jiang White Bone Demon Mara Banner, while Heavenly Jade Island rose to low-grade fourth-tier status. After suppressing the ghosts and refined corpses stirred by the ritual, he completed the banner’s transformation and merged its Di Jiang Demon General with a demonic god phantom.

• A fourth-tier Spirit Vein-Seeking Grandmaster drew the spirit veins from several islands into Earth Jade Island, transforming it into low-grade fourth-tier Heavenly Jade Island.
• Qing Chen began refining the Di Jiang Demon Mara Banner with cultivator corpses, essence blood, and yin baleful energy in the underground palace beneath Hidden Spirit Island.
• The accumulated resentment animated corpses and produced vengeful spirits, including the Thousand Mountains Island Lord, but Qing Chen destroyed or suppressed them with his demonic and Buddhist techniques.
• After several days, Qing Chen finished feeding the corpses to the banner, which turned pitch-black and manifested a powerful Di Jiang Demon General.
• Qing Chen used his blood to inscribe Immortal-Locking Cult demonic patterns on the banner, then watched the Di Jiang Demon General merge with a faceless demonic god phantom.

Qing Chen successfully advanced the Di Jiang Demon Banner into a magic treasure, though it could no longer effectively devour ordinary mortals or low-level cultivators. He reflected on how the banner and his demon fire could help him strengthen his body and magic power, while political obstacles continued to hinder Xue Qingxia’s alchemy progress.

• Qing Chen fed his blood and killing intent into the Di Jiang Demon Banner as it tore apart the underground palace and absorbed its formations.
• The Di Jiang Demon Banner formed the Di Jiang Hell Diagram, grew to twelve feet, and advanced into a magic treasure.
• Qing Chen concluded that the banner could provide the third-tier qi and blood needed to advance his demon fire beyond its eighth-turn peak.
• Qing Chen considered using his strengthened magic power and body to withstand fusing the Śarīra Method's Golden Core with high-tier killing intent.
• Qing Chen recalled that Xue Qingxia had reached the Foundation Establishment late stage but lacked access to the privileges needed to advance her alchemy.
• Qing Chen wondered why Yuji True Person seemed to be targeting him and resolved to keep his killing of Nine Swords True Person and seizure of the Three Souls Seven Apertures Spirit Embryo Fruit secret.

Qing Chen learned that Xin Bairen and Gongsun Yang were investigating the Demon Lotus Sect and its ties to him. After receiving a coded Jade Slip documenting secret shipments between Mystic Lotus Island and Hidden Spirit Island, he decided to use Ji Bochang to counter the investigation.

• Qing Chen considered how the restored Di Jiang Demon Banner could strengthen him and reflected on his growing conflict with Yuji True Person.
• Lin Changsheng reported that Xin Bairen had sent Gongsun Yang to Black Ape Island to investigate the Demon Lotus Sect and had arranged surveillance of Mystic Lotus Island.
• Lin Changsheng warned that Xin Bairen’s faction might use the investigation to suppress Qing Chen, prompting Qing Chen to consider exploiting Ji Bochang’s imprisonment.
• Duan Tianya presented a coded Communication Jade Slip recording seven supply transfers, including shipments of corpses and Profound Yin Cold Iron between Mystic Lotus Island and Hidden Spirit Island.
• Qing Chen crushed the Jade Slip and decided it was time to move the Ji Bochang chess piece.

Qing Chen arranged a staged confrontation involving Ji Bochang’s escape, then clashed with Xin Bairen and Mo Huaian at a Tianshu Hall council over the sect’s unrest and Battle Hall’s conduct. Yuji True Person intervened and turned his attention to the glowing battle token at Qing Chen’s waist.

• Qing Chen revealed Ji Bochang’s confession and ordered Demon Lotus Guards to disguise themselves as members of rival groups and await his signal.
• At a council in Tianshu Hall a month later, Qing Chen accused Xin Bairen of wanting the Impermanence Sect’s remnants to cause chaos across Condensed Jade territory.
• Xin Bairen challenged Qing Chen over his demonic cultivation art, the cultivators he had killed, and his conduct regarding Mystic Lotus Island.
• Qing Chen brought up Ji Cangming’s betrayal and accused Xin Bairen of hiding him, then defended the Battle Hall’s record of fighting rebellions and suppressing crises.
• Qing Chen’s killing intent overwhelmed Mo Huaian, and Xin Bairen rose in fury but could not answer him.
• Yuji True Person entered, dispersed the murderous intent, and looked at the glowing battle token at Qing Chen’s waist.

Yuji True Person reprimanded Qing Chen for the Battle Hall’s indiscriminate violence and stressed the need to govern the Azure Waves Sea Region without alienating its inhabitants. After hearing accusations and defenses of Qing Chen’s actions, Yuji rewarded him for his service but transferred most traitor-hunting affairs to Xin Bairen, leaving Qing Chen to cultivate in seclusion.

• Yuji True Person restored the Mystic Ice Desk, condemned reckless slaughter, and warned that mistreating the Azure Waves Sea Region’s people could drive them to rival forces.
• Yuji True Person addressed Qing Chen as Deputy Hall Vice Lord Qing, and Qing Chen immediately bowed and pledged obedience.
• Xin Bairen accused Qing Chen and the Battle Hall of causing devastation on Chenlong Island and plundering other islands, while Mo Huaian backed the allegations.
• Sun Wudi, the Central Pivot Hall Rogue Persons, and Xu Jiuling defended Qing Chen’s harsh campaigns as necessary to eliminate threats and secure the sect’s rule.
• Yuji True Person awarded Qing Chen ten bottles of Purple Cloud Pills but placed most traitor-hunting affairs in Xin Bairen’s hands and told Qing Chen to cultivate in seclusion.

Qing Chen surrendered the Tianshu Patrol Warden Token to Xin Bairen while secretly relying on a plan already underway. On Black Ape Island, Yue Ting disguised himself as Ji Cangming and rescued the imprisoned Ji Bochang.

• Yuji True Person ordered Qing Chen to hand over his external command authority, and Qing Chen obediently gave him the Tianshu Patrol Warden Token.
• Yuji True Person passed the token to Xin Bairen, who took control of the authority to command sect forces and operations.
• Imprisoned on Black Ape Island, Ji Bochang swallowed a hidden Reverse-Blood Pill and ignited its power while recalling how Xin Bairen’s faction had kept him and Ji Cangming’s family captive.
• Yue Ting used a Thousand Transformations mask to take Ji Cangming’s appearance, entered the prison, and freed the badly injured Ji Bochang.
• The imprisoned Ji family members saw Yue Ting disguised as Ji Cangming and reacted with surprise and hatred.

Duan Tianya and the Demon Lotus Sect began their planned attack on Black Ape Island, trapping the island and launching a bloody assault at its docks. Meanwhile, unaware of the attack, Gongsun Yang relaxed at Tidewatch Pavilion.

• Duan Tianya found a coded Jade Slip and told Jueqing that it was time to draw in the net.
• Han Shi’s disguised ships were exposed when Black Ape Island guards found Blackwood Island cultivators and the prisoner Ji Bochang aboard.
• The dark-robed manager ordered his men to surround Han Shi’s group and summoned Island Lord Gongsun.
• A blast beneath the ships sent up the Demon Lotus Sect’s signal, and a formation sealed Black Ape Island inside a barrier.
• Xie Yu revealed himself and attacked the Outer Sect disciples with Bone-Eroding Nails, killing and wounding them.
• Gongsun Yang lounged at Tidewatch Pavilion as four female cultivators attended to him, unaware of the violence at the docks.

Demon Lotus Sect forces launched a surprise assault on Black Ape Island while Qing Chen used Tianshu Hall’s meeting to conceal the attack. Lin Changsheng’s troops encountered Vice Island Master Di Huaiyi and Condensed Jade Sect disciples, and he prepared to follow Qing Chen’s order to kill them all.

• Gongsun Yang discovered that Black Ape Island was under attack, but the island’s formations failed to activate and the Formation Hub had been sabotaged.
• Su Zixuan sealed Black Ape Island with the Canhe Dragon-Imprisoning Formation, preventing messages from escaping.
• Lin Changsheng gave the signal for five hundred concealed Demon Lotus Guards to join the assault, while the chapter explained the sect’s battle organization.
• Qing Chen used Tianshu Hall’s in-person council as cover to order the attack on Black Ape Island.
• Lin Changsheng, Ren Carefree, Heku, and Wanwan encountered Di Huaiyi, a Foundation Establishment Protector, and three hundred Condensed Jade Sect disciples; Lin Changsheng recalled Qing Chen’s order to leave no one alive.

Lin Changsheng and the Demon Lotus Sect attacked Di Huaiyi and the Condensed Jade Sect forces, overwhelming them with corpse arts and the Suspended Skull Battle Formation. Di Huaiyi was forced to his knees, while Protector Li was gravely wounded as the battle continued.

• Lin Changsheng ordered the Demon Lotus Sect to attack, and five hundred Demon Guards formed the Suspended Skull Battle Formation.
• Lin Changsheng transformed into a silver-armored corpse and broke through Di Huaiyi's Lesser Profound Heaven Palm, while Ren Carefree wounded Protector Li.
• The Demon Guards' formation battered the three hundred Condensed Jade disciples, and Lin Changsheng's corpse qi corroded Di Huaiyi's magic power.
• Lin Changsheng used the Flying Blood Corpse Aspect to shatter Di Huaiyi's protective gang qi and force him to his knees.
• The Suspended Skull Battle Formation trapped and slaughtered Condensed Jade disciples as Ren Carefree's hook shredded Protector Li's legs.

Xie Yu, Han Shi, and Yue Ting led the Demon Lotus Sect’s forces into Black Ape Island’s Market Ward to kill Gongsun Yang and wipe out its defenders. As their forces attacked from three directions, Yue Ting followed a medicinal scent through the drains toward the fleeing target.

• Xie Yu and Han Shi chose to bypass Lin Changsheng’s battle and head for the Market Ward to kill Gongsun Yang, while Duan Tianya and Jueqing were ordered to attack the Condensed Jade Sect’s base.
• Han Shi split the five hundred Demon Lotus Guards into three groups, sending Xie Yu to East Street, himself to West Street, and Yue Ting through the drainage channel beneath Central Street.
• Xie Yu attacked the patrols on East Street with poisonous sand and black chains, killing Condensed Jade Sect disciples and rogue cultivators.
• Han Shi used the Hundred Ghosts Devouring Spirit Vines and his Mountain-Slaying Great Blade to slaughter defenders on West Street.
• Yue Ting detected the scent of Joyous Union Powder mixed into ambergris in the drains and followed it toward Gongsun Yang.

Yue Ting and the Demon Lotus Guards killed Gongsun Yang and seized Black Ape Island after wiping out its cultivators. Lin Changsheng ordered the island burned and declared that Blackwood would next destroy Diku.

• Yue Ting broke into Gongsun Yang’s secret chamber and defeated his traps with the Li Fire Chains and a Miasma-Clearing Pill.
• Han Shi and Xie Yu joined Yue Ting, and the Demon Lotus Guards crushed Gongsun Yang with the Suspended Skull Battle Formation.
• By dawn, Lin Changsheng’s forces had taken Black Ape Island, killed its leaders and cultivators, and gathered their belongings and manuals.
• Yue Ting, Duan Tianya, and Jueqing reported their forces’ losses and confirmed that the fallen Demon Lotus Guard disciples’ bodies had been collected.
• Lin Changsheng ordered the entire island burned and had the message carved: “Blackwood takes vengeance, impermanence claims lives; first slay Black Ape, then destroy Diku.”

Xin Bairen learned that Black Ape Island had been annihilated and questioned who was behind the attack. With Qing Chen and the Demon Lotus Sect apparently uninvolved, Wu Zhen suggested Ji Cangming and his allies might have carried it out.

• Xin Bairen received a report that Black Ape Island had been destroyed and that Gongsun Yang was presumed dead.
• Wu Zhen recounted how attackers from Blackwood Island and the Impermanence Sect had stormed the island and left a blood-written message threatening Black Ape and Diku.
• Xin Bairen realized the destruction of his stronghold would leave him blamed for failing to protect the Azure Wave Archipelago.
• Xin Bairen suspected Qing Chen, but Wu Zhen reported that Qing Chen and the Demon Lotus Sect had shown no unusual activity.
• Wu Zhen proposed that Ji Cangming and his allies might have attacked to free Ji Bochang and avenge their imprisoned clansmen.

Qing Chen used the corpses from Black Ape Island to advance his Demon Lotus Karmic Fire and expand his divine sense to nine and a half li. After reviewing months of accumulated intelligence, he issued orders to support Xin Bairen’s campaign against Blackwood Island and the Impermanence Sect remnants while keeping Lin Changsheng’s forces hidden and ready.

• Xin Bairen rejected the idea that Ji Cangming or Qing Chen could have destroyed Black Ape Island alone and blamed the Impermanence Sect and Blackwood Island for the attack.
• Three months later, Qing Chen used the corpses of cultivators killed on Black Ape Island to advance his Demon Lotus Karmic Fire and open a petal of its demon lotus.
• The demon lotus transformed Qing Chen’s sea of consciousness, expanding his divine sense to nine and a half li and allowing him to control the Di Jiang Demon Banner more smoothly.
• Qing Chen reviewed the information collected during his seclusion and ordered Gao Yuliang, Deng Ziyue, and others to support Xin Bairen’s campaign against Blackwood Island and the Impermanence Sect remnants.
• Qing Chen ordered Lin Changsheng to distribute the sect’s share of the spoils to participating demon envoys and demon guards, keep his forces disguised and dispersed, and await further orders.

Qing Chen recovered from mastering the Śarīra Method and reflected on how it had transformed his body and combat abilities. He had reached the Vajra Realm and gained a new defensive divine ability, while Condensed Jade Sect inspectors complained about Xin’s strict rules.

• Three Condensed Jade Sect inspectors drank in the Hundred Blossoms Pavilion and grumbled that Xin had stopped them from exploiting patrols and had punished one of them for harassing a female rogue cultivator.
• The inspectors criticized Xin for failing to catch the culprits behind the Black Ape Island raid and contrasted his rule with Qing Chen’s former patrols.
• Qing Chen relaxed at the Demon Lotus Sect’s bathing pool as Wanwan and Ren Yingying attended him.
• Qing Chen recalled refining nearly a third of his magic power into crystallized magic power through repeated demon-fire tempering.
• Qing Chen explained that Nine Swords True Person’s Golden Core and Yellow Springs Baleful Qi had helped him form a baleful core and break into the Vajra Realm.
• Qing Chen had mastered the seventh level of the Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method and gained the Indestructible Vajra divine ability, complementing his Golden Sinews and Silver Bones.

Qing Chen recalled the dangers of possession and wondered why he had escaped its first two tribulations. An urgent message from Lin Changsheng reported that Xue Qingxia had become a third-tier alchemist and was nearing the ability to refine the Golden Jade Liquid Returning Pill, while Mo Huaian obstructed her access to an earthfire room.

• Qing Chen remembered True Person Budong's warning that possession involved three deadly tribulations, then wondered whether his unusual method had spared him the first two.
• Wanwan delivered Lin Changsheng's urgently marked jade slip, and Qing Chen dismissed the female disciples before reading it in a secret chamber.
• Lin Changsheng reported that Xue Qingxia had successfully refined third-tier low-grade pills and had some confidence in refining the Golden Jade Liquid Returning Pill.
• Lin Changsheng warned that Rogue Person Mo Huaian was interfering with Xue Qingxia's access to the Pill Hall's high-grade Earthfire Room.
• Qing Chen praised Xue Qingxia's progress and dismissed Mo Huaian as a clown.

Xin Bairen berated Baili Tingfeng for failing to suppress border raids and considered recruiting Mo Huaian to stabilize the region. At Celebration Cloud Peak, Xue Qingxia thanked Qing Chen for helping her rise to Pill Hall Master, and Qing Chen remarked that Xin Bairen had failed to make use of his opportunity.

• Xin Bairen entrusted the Demon Lotus Sect to Lin Changsheng and the Condensed Jade Sect to Xu Jiuling, Gao Yuliang, and other capable subordinates, leaving Qing Chen free to focus elsewhere.
• Xin Bairen scolded Baili Tingfeng for failing to stop Ji Cangming's attacks and criticized his lack of experience and focus.
• Xin Bairen decided he might need to persuade Mo Huaian to oversee the troubled borderlands and guide Baili Tingfeng.
• Xue Qingxia thanked Qing Chen for helping her become Pill Hall Master and improve her alchemy.
• Qing Chen told Xue Qingxia that Xin Bairen had traded the Pill Hall position for peace but had failed to make good use of the chance.

Qing Chen reassured Xue Qingxia that Mo Huaian would no longer interfere with her use of the high-grade Earthfire Room, clearing the way for her to refine the Golden Jade Liquid Returning Pill. After receiving a signal that his plans had succeeded, Qing Chen gave her three sets of ingredients and urged her to apply for the room.

• Xue Qingxia explained that she needed about a year of uninterrupted access to the high-grade Earthfire Room to safely refine the Golden Jade Liquid Returning Pill, but Mo Huaian repeatedly claimed the room after her half-year sessions ended.
• Qing Chen said he had planned for months to send Mo Huaian away, while secretly manipulating sect personnel and border conflicts to make the transfer appear necessary.
• Xue Qingxia praised Qing Chen's progress in alchemy and explained the intricate steps required to refine even a Qi Gathering Pill.
• A jade slip shattered in Qing Chen's sleeve, and he announced that his undertaking had succeeded.
• Qing Chen gave Xue Qingxia three sets of Golden Jade Liquid Returning Pill ingredients and told her to apply for the Earthfire Room, promising her an extra pill if the refinement produced one.

Qing Chen traveled toward Hidden Spirit Island while investigating Xin Bairen’s plan to appoint Mo Huaian at Mysterious Pass Island, suspecting that the announcement was bait. He evaded detection and reflected on the limits of his body-and-magic cultivation, while preparing to overturn Xin Bairen’s scheme.

• Qing Chen learned from Xu Jiuling’s jade slip that Xin Bairen planned to appoint Mo Huaian Island Lord and Inspector of Mysterious Pass Island and reassign Baili Tingfeng as Vice Island Master.
• Qing Chen suspected Xin Bairen had leaked the news to intimidate border forces and draw out whoever was plotting against him.
• Qing Chen used concealment formations to descend deep beneath the sea and evade Golden Core cultivators’ divine sense searches.
• Qing Chen considered Xin Bairen’s plan to gather spirit stones and treasures for his Golden Core breakthrough, including a Dragon-Tiger Golden Core.
• Qing Chen concluded that his magic-cultivation origin meridian meant his lifespan remained two hundred and forty years despite his Vajra Realm body.

Mo Huaian and Zhu Qi led the Black Tiger Boat into an ambush by Ghost Manor’s undead forces, including a Pseudo-Core White Bone Demon General. As a Vajra Realm Arhat attacked and the battle turned desperate, someone aboard revealed that the enemies had followed them and vowed revenge for Elder Nine Swords.

• Mo Huaian commanded the Black Tiger Boat as it sailed toward Mysterious Pass Island, and ghostly mist surrounded it.
• Zhu Qi challenged the ghost boat, while Mo Huaian used his One-Qi Purple-Gold Cauldron to bind it with poisoned chains.
• A White Bone Demon General and its ghost and bone-soldier forces attacked the Black Tiger Boat, starting a fierce stalemate.
• The White-Faced Arhat arrived and struck at the boat with the Heavenly Eagle Drop, prompting Zhu Qi to recognize a Vajra Realm expert.
• An unseen person aboard the Black Tiger Boat shouted that the enemies had followed them and promised vengeance for Elder Nine Swords, then unleashed a sea of fire.

Arhat Fengchi and Qing Chen’s Di Jiang Demon General fought Heavenfire True Person but could not match his Golden Core cultivation and Magic Treasures. They fled across the sea while battling his pursuit, and the chapter left the three still locked in an escalating fight.

• Heavenfire True Person attacked Arhat Fengchi with the Five Qi Disk and Fire God Sword, overwhelming his defenses and knocking him into the sea.
• Qing Chen’s Di Jiang Demon General emerged and trapped Heavenfire True Person in a water prison, giving Arhat Fengchi time to recover and escape with it.
• Heavenfire True Person broke free, destroyed Demon General Pojun, and burned most of the Grudge Ghost Demon Soldiers while pursuing the pair.
• Arhat Fengchi struck back with Eagle Strikes the Nine Heavens, and the Di Jiang Demon General used a Demon Gate to help break Heavenfire True Person’s counterattack.
• Heavenfire True Person continued pursuing Arhat Fengchi and the Di Jiang Demon General as their battle across the sea intensified.

Qing Chen disguised himself as a demonic cultivator and attacked the Black Tiger Boat while its crew feared the Third Elder’s return. He shattered the boat’s defenses, killed Mo Huaian, and escaped with the One-Qi Purple-Gold Cauldron.

• Zhu Qi and Mo Huaian waited anxiously after the Golden Core battle, then Qing Chen arrived disguised as a demonic cultivator.
• Mo Huaian ordered the crew to activate the Black Tiger Boat’s formations and hold off the attacker until the Third Elder returned.
• Zhu Qi and another protector directed the disciples as they powered the Yin-to-Yang Transformation Formation and summoned the Heavenly Tiger Devours the Sun.
• Qing Chen used the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Soul-Shocking Art to unleash Third Terror: Earth Annihilation with the Awakening of Insects Blood Spear.
• Qing Chen shattered the boat’s defenses, struck Mo Huaian into pieces, seized the One-Qi Purple-Gold Cauldron, and flew away.