Recaps

Yuji learned that Xuanji True Lord’s dharma body had taken shape, and the four True Persons opened the secret chamber so Yuji could see it. They discussed the deadlocked battle at Earth Pass Island, where Yuji accused Elder Qing Chen of abandoning his post and delaying reinforcements, while Xuanji True Lord defended his mission to eradicate enemy remnants.

• Yuji received a jade slip announcing that Xuanji True Lord’s dharma body had taken shape and hurried to the summit.
• Yuji, Wan Hun, Budong, and Heavenfire opened the formation passage to the secret chamber, where Yuji found Xuanji True Lord’s dharma Nascent Soul inside the completed body.
• Xuanji True Lord explained that the dharma body could let him fight an ordinary Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator after he fully fused with it.
• Yuji asked Xuanji True Lord about the deadlocked fighting at Earth Pass Island, and Xuanji praised Elder Qing Chen for forming the Ceasefire Alliance.
• Yuji criticized Elder Qing Chen for leaving Earth Pass Island for Xuanchi Island and cited accusations that he had delayed sending reinforcements.
• Xuanji True Lord said Elder Qing Chen had gone to eradicate the remnants of the Impermanence Sect and Blackwood Island, but Yuji remained suspicious.

Xuanji True Lord defended Qing Chen’s ambitions and argued that he could strengthen the Condensed Jade Sect as its future leader, despite Yuji True Person’s distrust. Meanwhile, the Snake Spirit Thieves were trapped and badly defeated at Earth Pass Island, where Fu She ordered a breakout as their enemies continued to batter them.

• Yuji True Person accused Qing Chen of endangering Earth Pass Island and objected to his private force and possible succession, but Xuanji True Lord defended his service and potential to lead the sect.
• Xuanji True Lord explained that Qing Chen could help the Condensed Jade Sect grow into a powerful Nascent Soul sect, while Yuji True Person remained personally hostile to him.
• Xuanji True Lord reassured Yuji True Person that a worthy successor from the Xuanji Lineage would retain the sect master position, leaving Qing Chen to serve as a vajra protector.
• Songshan True Person arrived at Earth Pass Island to find the Snake Spirit Thieves surrounded and suffering heavy losses.
• Fu She ordered Yin Jiu to lead the disciples in a northwest breakout, while Yin Jiu fought off Spirit Crane True Person’s sword strikes with his life-bound snake soul.
• Dragon-Seal Vajra and Corpse-Blood True Person continued to overwhelm the Snake Spirit Thieves without killing Fu She or Yin Jiu, while Corpse-Blood attacked those trying to escape.

Songshan True Person and the other Golden Core cultivators crushed the Snake Spirit Thieves’ assault on Earth Pass Island, forcing Fu She and Yin Jiu to flee aboard their treasure ship. Fu She escaped with a small elite force and vowed revenge against Three Corpse Demon Sect and Cold Mountain Temple.

• Spirit Crane True Person resolved to punish Yin Jiu for poisoning Dian Cang Sect cultivators’ artifacts during the island assault.
• Songshan True Person shattered a Snake Spirit Thieves spirit boat with the Edgeless Heavy Ruler, killing nearly half its two hundred disciples and the Thunder-Pattern Python General Fu She had trained.
• Fu She unleashed the Dark Orchid Sword’s Demon-Sealing Two Qi-Gloomy Bone-Erosion technique, but Dragon-Seal Vajra and Songshan True Person stopped its attack.
• As the Snake Spirit Thieves’ forces collapsed, Yin Jiu urged Fu She to retreat, and the two used a desperate strike to break through the Golden Core cultivators’ blockade.
• Fu She and Yin Jiu escaped aboard the Snake Spirit Treasure Ship, while the remaining Snake Guards on the battlefield were slaughtered.
• Looking back toward Earth Pass Island, Fu She swore revenge on Three Corpse Demon Sect and Cold Mountain Temple for their intervention.

Lin Changsheng led the Demon Guards in slaughtering Xuanchi Island’s inhabitants and attacked the Li Household at Earthfire Fortress. He transformed into a gold-armored corpse and broke through the Li Household’s defenses while Li Yanyi and Li Chizhi struggled to stop him.

• Yuwen Bujing gathered more than two thousand corpses and countless treasures for the Purple Tenuity Devil Lord.
• Lin Changsheng ordered the Li Household’s cultivators and mortals killed, with youths possessing spiritual roots captured if possible.
• Li Yanyi raised the Flamefire Shield and Flamefire Banner to protect Li Chizhi and the Li Household’s disciples as Demon Lotus Guards stormed the fortress.
• Lin Changsheng transformed into a gold-armored corpse, greatly increasing his aura and resisting Li Chizhi’s Earthfire Sword.
• Lin Changsheng used the Thousand-Soul Banner’s corpse-poisonous skulls to weaken Li Yanyi’s fire barrier and threatened to kill Li Chizhi.

Lin Changsheng killed Li Chizhi and Li Yanyi while fighting the Li Household’s defenders, then learned that two Golden Core True Persons were approaching Xuanchi Island. He ordered the Demon Lotus Sect forces to regroup at Xuanchi City and prepare the Mystic Ice Silkworm Formation while Qing Chen remained in seclusion.

• Lin Changsheng injected corpse qi into Li Chizhi, then snapped his neck as Li Yanyi’s Earthfire-powered attack failed to stop him.
• Li Yanyi crushed the Earthfire Command Token, but Lin Changsheng broke through the Flamefire Shield and killed him by tearing out his spine.
• A Nether Star Devil Envoy reported that two Golden Core True Persons were heading toward Xuanchi Island.
• Lin Changsheng recognized the approaching enemies as Mysterious Altar True Person and Old Devil Wutong, and sent Voice Transmission Talismans to summon the Demon Lotus Sect forces.
• Lin Changsheng ordered the Demon Guards to regroup at Xuanchi City and prepare the Mystic Ice Silkworm Formation until Qing Chen emerged from seclusion.

After Xuanchi City's defenders prepared for the arrival of two Golden Core cultivators, Mysterious Altar True Person and Old Devil Wutong appeared and began attacking the city. Lin Changsheng activated the city's defenses, but their overwhelming power left the Demon Guards uncertain whether they could hold out until Qing Chen emerged from seclusion.

• Lin Changsheng learned that Old Daoist Xuantan and Old Devil Wutong were approaching Xuanchi Island and ordered Spirit Stones distributed to the Demon Guards, Demon Envoys, and Mystic Ice Silkworm Formation.
• Yuwen Bujing reported that the two Golden Core cultivators would reach Xuanchi Island within an incense stick's time.
• Dark clouds gathered over Xuanchi Island as Mysterious Altar True Person approached using the Purple Cloud Escape Technique and Old Devil Wutong advanced across the sea with five Yin-Demon Wolves.
• Lin Changsheng activated the White Bone Cauldron to anchor the Suspended Skull Battle Formation while the Mystic Ice Silkworm Formation blocked the incoming waves.
• Mysterious Altar True Person shouted for Qing Chen to come out, and his voice shook the formation's barrier and forced several Demon Guards backward.

Mysterious Altar True Person and Wutong arrived at Xuanchi City, intent on finding Qing Chen and attacking the city. When Qing Chen sent the Xuanming Demon General to aid Lin Changsheng, the two Golden Core fiends chose to press their assault rather than retreat.

• Mysterious Altar True Person and Wutong descended on Xuanchi City and threatened Lin Changsheng, with Wutong claiming the commander for refinement.
• Lin Changsheng taunted the two fiends, telling them their forces and strongholds had been wiped out.
• A skeletal serpent emerged from the western clouds, and Lin Changsheng learned through a Voice Transmission Talisman that Qing Chen had sent it to help.
• Qing Chen, busy refining the Pojun Demon Banner, directed the Xuanming Demon General to obey Lin Changsheng through his demon seed seal.
• Mysterious Altar True Person and Wutong agreed to join forces to break the formation and kill the Xuanming Demon General.

Lin Changsheng led Xuanchi Island’s defenses against Mysterious Altar True Person and Old Devil Wutong, using a blood-boned boat, the Mystic Ice Silkworm Formation, and the Xuanming Demon General to resist their attacks. The boat was destroyed, but the island’s grand array held, leaving both sides locked in a difficult battle.

• Mysterious Altar True Person unleashed the Demon-Breaking Finger while Old Devil Wutong attacked the battlements with the Five-Element Sky-Rending Blade.
• Lin Changsheng activated the Suspended Skull-Blood Sea Soul-Burying Boat, which bit apart some of the Demon-Breaking Finger’s rays, while the Mystic Ice Silkworm Formation met Wutong’s blades with ice spears.
• Lin Changsheng commanded the Xuanming Demon General to burn the Five-Element Sky-Rending Blade with Dark Nether Phosphorus Fire, weakening it and stabilizing the fight.
• Mysterious Altar True Person recognized the demon fire as belonging to a Demon Banner once held in the Impermanence Sect’s treasury.
• Mysterious Altar True Person’s attacks pierced the blood boat and struck the Island-Protecting Grand Array, forcing Han Shi and the other defenders to expend over a hundred middle-grade spirit stones to reinforce it.
• Mysterious Altar True Person and Old Devil Wutong realized Xuanchi Island’s defenses would make the battle bitter.

As Xuantan and Wutong battered Xuanchi City's defenses, Lin Changsheng struggled to keep the Mystic Ice Silkworm Formation supplied while the defenders grew exhausted. In seclusion, Qing Chen restored the Po Jun Banner into a magic treasure and summoned a massive demon idol, leaving the Slaughter Formation ready to sweep through Xuanchi.

• Lin Changsheng distributed pills and spirit stones to help Xuanchi City's defenders recover while the Mystic Ice Silkworm Formation endured the Golden Core cultivators' attacks.
• Mysterious Altar True Person used the Demon-Breaking Finger and Yin-Yang Heavenly Halberd Treasure Talisman to break through the city's defenses and drain the formation.
• Wutong Old Devil channeled the Five-Element Sky-Rending Blade through Wutong's Black Jade Ring, forcing the Xuanming Demon General to defend the formation as the ice silkworm phantom was sliced apart.
• Xuantan and Wutong maintained their assault for hours, consuming thousands of Middle-Grade Spirit Stones and exhausting Xuanchi City's defenders.
• Qing Chen drew the last essence blood into the Po Jun Banner, sealed its cracks with demon runes and his essence blood, and restored it to a magic treasure.
• Qing Chen poured in his true essence and summoned a thirty-zhang Two-Headed Six-Armed Demon Idol as demonic qi surged into the sky.

Qing Chen broke free and rushed to Xuanchi City, where his arrival revived the defenders and restored the Xuanming Demon General. He confronted Mysterious Altar True Person and Wutong Old Devil, striking back so forcefully that he damaged their treasure talismans.

• Qing Chen destroyed the formation holding him and used Heaven Escape Soaring to the Skies to race toward Xuanchi City.
• Lin Changsheng and the exhausted defenders cheered when Qing Chen appeared, while Qing Chen absorbed a load of corpses into the Xuanming Demon Banner and healed the Xuanming Demon General.
• Mysterious Altar True Person and Wutong Old Devil attacked Qing Chen with black finger-force, Heavenly Halberd Treasure Talismans, and an annihilation light wheel.
• Qing Chen used the Four-Armed Wisdom King Divine Ability and several body-cultivation abilities to withstand the attacks, then swung his Buddha's Wrath Wisdom King Ring-Pommel Saber at the treasure talismans.
• Qing Chen cracked the Yang Talisman and sent both talismans flying back to Mysterious Altar True Person, who was shocked by his strength.

Qing Chen shattered Wutong Old Devil’s demonic attack, forcing Wutong and Mysterious Altar True Person to unleash their strongest techniques against him. Trapped and facing a failing Demon Fire barrier, Qing Chen used the Demon Lotus Treasure-Corroding Curse to corrode Wutong’s Black Jade Ring.

• Qing Chen used his strength and Indestructible Vajra Divine Ability to destroy Wutong Old Devil’s grinding wheel spell and knock back his black jade ring.
• Wutong Old Devil, enraged by Qing Chen’s superior strength, summoned the Five-Element Annihilation Divine Needle and trapped him in a five-colored water prison.
• Mysterious Altar True Person used the Xuantan Edict Command Finger to surround Qing Chen with nine dark shadows and barbed chains, pushing his Demon Fire barrier close to collapse.
• Jueqing tried to leave the battlements to help Qing Chen, but Lin Changsheng ordered him to hold position and prepare the formation.
• Qing Chen released the Demon Lotus Treasure-Corroding Curse, dimming and destroying the five elements surrounding Wutong’s Black Jade Ring and weakening Wutong’s connection to the treasured artifact.

Qing Chen seized Wutong Old Devil’s Black Jade Ring and drove both Wutong and Mysterious Altar True Person into flight. As Mysterious Altar True Person fled, a golden Arhat appeared ahead and attacked him with the Thousand-Mile Thunderclap Fist.

• Qing Chen suppressed Wutong Old Devil’s Black Jade Ring, erased its divine sense imprint, and took the treasure for himself.
• Wutong Old Devil fled using the Five-Element Yin Demon Wolf Escape Technique while the defenders on the city wall cheered Qing Chen’s victory.
• Mysterious Altar True Person fled northeast, and Qing Chen broke free of the Xuantan Edict Command Finger’s seal after three breaths.
• Mysterious Altar True Person escaped beyond Qing Chen’s divine sense range and encountered a golden Arhat approaching through lightning-filled clouds.
• The Arhat struck Mysterious Altar True Person with the Thousand-Mile Thunderclap Fist.

Qing Chen used Thunderclap Arhat to intercept Mysterious Altar True Person and trapped him inside the White Bone Immortal-Locking Yuanchen Gourd. The gourd refined Mysterious Altar True Person to death, leaving Qing Chen victorious.

• Mysterious Altar True Person threw his damaged Yin-Yang Heavenly Halberd Treasure Talisman and fled as Qing Chen pursued him.
• Qing Chen activated his three Demon Banners and formed the Twelve Earthly Branches Mara Grand Formation.
• The banners manifested the White Bone Immortal-Locking Yuanchen Gourd, whose suction dragged Mysterious Altar True Person inside.
• Qing Chen drove the gourd’s yin-yang millstone and blade qi against Mysterious Altar True Person, suppressing his Golden Core and draining his vitality.
• Mysterious Altar True Person died inside the gourd, his spirit and body utterly annihilated.

Qing Chen returned to Xuanchi Island with Mysterious Altar True Person’s severed head and used his victory to strengthen the Demon Guards’ loyalty with praise and rewards. He left the island under their control and ordered Lin Changsheng to find promising mortals and send a Recording Jade Slip to Gao Yuliang.

• Qing Chen arrived at Xuanchi Island carrying Mysterious Altar True Person’s head, and Lin Changsheng and the Demon Guards were shocked to learn he had killed a Middle Golden Core Stage cultivator.
• Qing Chen displayed Mysterious Altar True Person’s remains and essence blood before absorbing them into the Xuanming Demon Banner.
• Qing Chen praised the Demon Guards and promised them spirit stones, medicinal pills, cultivation techniques, and time to practice the Qi and Blood Inner Core Art.
• Lin Changsheng and the Demon Guards pledged themselves to Qing Chen, while Duan Tianya celebrated their decision to follow him.
• Qing Chen told Lin Changsheng to search for mortals with spiritual roots and sturdy root bones, and to send a Recording Jade Slip to Gao Yuliang through the Communication Array.

Qing Chen refined Mysterious Altar True Person’s remains and divine soul, gaining nourishment for his cultivation and strengthening his black-gold fire lotus. He explored Xuantan’s possessions and found the Five-Dragon Carriage Treasure Talisman especially useful.

• Qing Chen refined Mysterious Altar True Person’s head into a Blood Pill and swallowed it to nourish his cultivation.
• Qing Chen considered using Xuantan’s remains and Golden Core to advance further in the early Vajra Realm.
• Qing Chen devoured Mysterious Altar True Person’s divine soul, strengthening his fire lotus and extending his divine sense to forty li.
• Qing Chen searched Xuantan’s Storage Ring and found cultivation techniques, spell compendiums, and the Impermanence Sect’s talisman legacies.
• Qing Chen dismissed the Yin-Yang Heavenly Halberd Treasure Talisman because it required a century of refinement, then took interest in the Five-Dragon Carriage Treasure Talisman.

Qing Chen studied Xuantan’s treasure talismans and learned how the One-Origin Mysterious Qi Treasure Talisman could absorb a cultivator’s power at the cost of hidden dangers. After Lin Changsheng reported the island’s spoils and warned that the selected youths might seek revenge, Qing Chen rewarded him with two supreme-grade spirit artifacts.

• Qing Chen found an Impermanence Blood Pact bearing Xuantan and Wutong’s names, and suspected Xuantan had left a scheme against the demon.
• Qing Chen found the One-Origin Mysterious Qi Treasure Talisman and learned that it could absorb one cultivator’s lifetime of cultivation, but also brought foreign soul fragments, true essence, and divine sense.
• Lin Changsheng reported the island’s collected treasures and said he had selected 237 children and youths with spiritual roots and robust physiques.
• Lin Changsheng warned Qing Chen that most of the selected youths’ families and sects had been destroyed by their forces, but Qing Chen insisted he had his own reasons.
• Qing Chen praised Lin Changsheng’s service and gave him the Yin-Thunder Wings and Nine-Palaces Iron Armor.

Qing Chen secretly gathered resources and selected promising youths on Xuanchi Island while his massacre there sparked a dispute among the elders of the Shushan Sword Sect. The elders debated whether his actions had provoked powerful allies of the Cold Mountain Temple, while Xuanji True Lord listened in silence.

• Qing Chen told Lin Changsheng that the youths would not join the Demon Lotus Sect and ordered him to secretly bring more than two hundred disciples, including Lie Feng, Bu Jingyun, Duan Lang, and Lian Chengbi, into a side hall unconscious.
• Qing Chen assessed his spirit stones and the resources he had invested in the Nine-Luminaries Glazed Vidyaraja Pagoda, then secretly extracted three second-tier spirit veins from Xuanchi Island.
• On Xuanji Peak, Yuji condemned Qing Chen for killing the cultivators on Xuanchi Island and provoking Dharma Master Cold Mountain.
• Budong defended Qing Chen, arguing that Impermanence Sect and Blackwood Island operatives had infiltrated the island and deserved death.
• Tianhuo praised the strength of Xuanji True Lord and noted that Qing Chen had spared the Cold Mountain Temple branch altar, while Dan Ding urged caution because the temple was allied with the Shushan Sword Sect.
• Xuanji True Lord remained silent as the elders argued over Qing Chen's actions.

The elders debated how to address Qing Chen’s unauthorized actions on Xuanchi Island, and Grand Elder Wan Hun proposed a written warning instead of punishment. Elder Budong then revealed that Qing Chen had slain the middle Golden Core cultivator Xuantan, leaving the elders stunned.

• Wan Hun silenced the arguing elders and said the sect needed to consider whether Qing Chen’s actions benefited or harmed it.
• Wan Hun acknowledged Qing Chen’s success in eliminating the Impermanence Sect and Blackwood Island remnants, but noted his unauthorized stay on Xuanchi Island had damaged the sect’s reputation.
• Wan Hun proposed letting Qing Chen’s merit and fault cancel each other out and issuing him a written warning, and the other elders stopped arguing.
• Budong told the sect master and elders that Qing Chen had rendered another tremendous service by slaying Xuantan.
• Yuji, Wan Hun, Tianhuo, and Dan Ding reacted with disbelief because Xuantan had been a middle Golden Core cultivator.

After Qing Chen’s feat of killing Xuantan was confirmed, Xuanji True Lord rewarded him with a powerful magic treasure and broad authority in Tianshu Hall. The chapter ended with Elder Yuji and Elder Wan Hun recognizing that the sect’s balance of power had shifted.

• True Person Budong confirmed that Qing Chen had killed the stronger Xuantan, stunning the elders and silencing Elder Yuji’s objections.
• Xuanji True Lord declared that Qing Chen had removed a threat to the sect and granted him the Pojun Battle Halberd.
• Xuanji True Lord appointed Qing Chen Tianshu Hall Hall Vice Lord and ordered Elder Yuji to focus on secluded cultivation.
• Xuanji True Lord authorized Qing Chen to mobilize most sect forces and act first before reporting in matters that did not directly confront Nascent Soul-level powers.
• Elder Wan Hun and Elder Yuji exchanged a knowing glance as they realized Qing Chen’s new authority had altered the sect’s power structure.

Xuanji True Lord defended his decision to give Qing Chen broad authority, arguing that the sect needed bold action and that his own strength could protect it from major threats. He sent True Person Budong to deliver Qing Chen’s appointment and order him to hold his Golden Core Ceremony on Earth Pass Island, where Budong asked to stay and guard him.

• Elder Yuji objected to Qing Chen’s promotion and authority, but Xuanji True Lord silenced him by asserting his position as sect master.
• Grand Elder Wan Hun warned that Qing Chen’s conflicts with Cold Mountain Temple and the Snake Spirit Thieves could provoke retaliation and drag the Shushan Sword Sect into the dispute.
• Xuanji True Lord revealed that his new Dharma Body had greatly increased his strength and declared that the sect should take risks to revive itself rather than hide its light.
• Xuanji True Lord ordered True Person Budong to deliver Qing Chen’s Pojun Battle Halberd and appointment documents, and to tell him to hold his Golden Core Ceremony on Earth Pass Island within three to five years.
• True Person Budong warned that Earth Pass Island was dangerous and asked permission to stay there with Qing Chen after delivering the appointment.

Four years after Qing Chen’s rise, Duan Tianya and Yuwen Bujing led a hunt against the remaining Impermanence Sect forces in the Cold Mountain Archipelago. Ji Cangming and Leng Jingfei’s dwindling followers faced near destruction, while Qing Chen remained in seclusion and Xu Jiuling oversaw the campaign.

• Duan Tianya attacked Ji Cangming with the Seven Forms of the Illusory Sword-Light-Splitting, while Yuwen Bujing fought an Impermanence Sect cultivator.
• Yuwen Bujing activated the Suspended Skull Fifth Transformation, trapping more than a hundred Impermanence Sect remnants in a blood-colored cage.
• Ji Cangming and Leng Jingfei had stayed in the Azure Wave Archipelago to search for Ji Bochang and save their disciples, but the Impermanence Sect and Blackwood Island remnants were hunted down over the next four years.
• Blackwood Island’s remaining disciples were wiped out a year earlier, ending the island’s four-thousand-year lineage.
• Xu Jiuling directed the hunts and purges according to Qing Chen’s orders while Qing Chen remained in seclusion.

Leng Jingfei and Ji Cangming were cornered by Demon Lotus Sect and Condensed Jade Sect forces while trying to flee Earth Pass Island. As Leng Jingfei fought to hold them off, thirteen Impermanence Sect disciples began sacrificing themselves to open a path for her escape.

• Leng Jingfei and Ji Cangming were surrounded by Demon Lotus Sect members and Condensed Jade Sect forces as they tried to leave Earth Pass Island.
• Leng Jingfei unleashed the Iceedge Sword’s Frost and Wind Across the Fields, forcing Yuwen Bujing back and weakening the battle formation.
• Zhang Er joined the fight and, with Baili Tingfeng and the inspector disciples, helped contain Leng Jingfei beneath a restricting formation.
• Thirteen Impermanence Sect disciples activated the Impermanence Body-Burning Disintegration Curse and prepared to detonate themselves and their spirit artifacts for Leng Jingfei’s escape.

Impermanence Sect disciples sacrificed themselves to break the Blood-Colored Cage and weaken the Condensed Jade Sect's Restricting Formation, giving their surviving comrades a chance to escape. Li Meng died creating an opening for Leng Jingfei, while the remaining disciples launched a desperate talisman assault on the barrier.

• Yuwen Bujing tried to stop the Impermanence Sect disciples, but thirteen of them detonated themselves and shattered the Blood-Colored Cage.
• The freed Impermanence Sect disciples regrouped as Leng Jingfei fought Zhang Er and heard Li Meng urge her to live on.
• Li Meng swallowed the Impermanence Treasure Mirror jade slip and detonated himself beside the Restricting Formation, hoping to open a path for Leng Jingfei.
• Zhang Er forced Leng Jingfei back, and the fragment of Li Meng's storage bag disappeared before she could catch it.
• The remaining Impermanence Sect disciples hurled their Formation-Breaking Talismans at the damaged formation node as their scar-faced leader urged them to use everything they had.

Impermanence Sect disciples sacrificed themselves and unleashed Formation-Breaking Talismans to shatter the Restricting Formation while Leng Jingfei held off their pursuers. Thirty-nine cultivators escaped across the coral reefs, leaving Leng Jingfei alone to block the Demon Lotus Sect and Condensed Jade Sect.

• Impermanence Sect disciples bombarded the blood-colored wall of mist with Formation-Breaking Talismans, while some detonated themselves and their talismans to weaken it.
• Leng Jingfei fought Zhang Er and the Inspector disciples, killing several and forcing them back with her relentless sword attacks.
• Baili Tingfeng secretly created a brief pause in the Restricting Formation, and the talisman bombardment opened a wide crack in its barrier.
• Ji Cangming detonated a mid-grade spirit artifact and escaped through the breach as Duan Tianya tried to stop him.
• More than twenty wounded Impermanence Sect cultivators detonated their talismans and Dharma Artifacts to cover the escape of thirty-nine disciples.
• Leng Jingfei stood alone against the pursuing Demon Lotus Sect and Condensed Jade Sect cultivators, preventing them from following the escapees.

Leng Jingfei broke through to the pseudo-core realm and turned the tide against the forces encircling the Impermanence Sect. Half a month later, Xu Jiuling heard the costly battle report as Qing Chen’s trusted followers gathered at the Condensed Jade Sect Base on Earth Pass Island, where Qing Chen’s reforms and promotions had strengthened their influence.

• Leng Jingfei crystallized her magic power during the battle and drove back the Condensed Jade Sect and Demon Lotus Sect forces, killing whenever she attacked Zhang Er.
• The inspection disciple reported to Xu Jiuling that the Impermanence Sect remnants escaped the encirclement after detonating themselves, while Leng Jingfei’s breakthrough inflicted heavy casualties on both attacking sects and severely injured Zhang Er.
• Xu Jiuling listened as the inspection disciple recounted how the Demon Lotus Sect’s sixth-revolution battle formation had finally forced Leng Jingfei back.
• Gu Jianchun, Miao Long, Gao Yuliang, Li Feiyu, and other Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered as Qing Chen’s core followers, while several of his trusted subordinates held important posts across Tianshu Hall and its islands.
• Qing Chen had restructured Tianshu Hall and its subordinate forces with Xuanji True Lord’s support, promoting his trusted followers while he remained in seclusion.