Recaps

Lin Changsheng combined Great Heat Burns the Heavens Fist with Magnetic Essence Step to strike back against the Primordial Magnetism Three-Horned Rhino. He continued cultivating on Magnetic Origin Mountain because its magnetic environment was helping his magic power crystallize and improve his chances of reaching the golden core realm.

• Lin Changsheng used Magnetic Essence Step and Great Heat Burns the Heavens to blast the Primordial Magnetism Three-Horned Rhino, forcing it back half a step.
• Lin Changsheng recalled how the rhino had previously wounded him with magnetic needles and how he had survived by mastering Magnetic Essence Step alongside Start of Autumn Falling Leaves Leg Technique.
• Lin Changsheng reflected that Magnetic Origin Mountain's environment had helped crystallize his magic power while he trained and fought its beasts.
• Lin Changsheng resolved to keep cultivating on the mountain and increase his crystallized magic power before using his Golden Jade Liquid Returning Pill to pursue the golden core realm.

Lin Changsheng fought the Primordial Magnetism Three-Horned Rhino using the Yin-Yang Magnetic Wheel and his combat techniques, eventually destroying the beast. As he caught his breath, its body turned into magnetic sand that swarmed around his limbs.

• The Primordial Magnetism Three-Horned Rhino trapped Lin Changsheng in a magnetic storm, and he formed the Yin-Yang Magnetic Wheel to resist it.
• Lin Changsheng used the Start of Autumn Fallen Leaves technique and the Magnetic Essence Step to evade the beast’s attacks and break through its magnetic storm.
• Lin Changsheng struck the rhino’s left eye, smashed its nose with the Yin-Yang Magnetic Wheel, and snapped off two of its horns.
• Lin Changsheng delivered a final combined fist-and-finger strike that fractured the Primordial Magnetism Three-Horned Rhino’s body.
• The rhino’s body disintegrated into deep-blue magnetic sand that wound around Lin Changsheng’s limbs.

Lin Changsheng absorbed the magnetic sand of Primordial Magnetic Origin Mountain and broke through to the pseudo-core level, while Chang Ping'an explained his cultivation and protection to Chang Yao. Chang Yao asked whether Lord Lin Changsheng also entered the mountain.

• Lin Changsheng used the Yin-Yang Magnetic Wheel to draw magnetic sand into his body, strengthening his meridians and crystallized magic power.
• After hours of cultivation, Lin Changsheng raised his crystallized magic power above ten percent and tested his new strength by creating a spear that shattered a magnetic stone.
• Lin Changsheng noticed the mountain’s spiritual energy thinning and wondered why its intensity fluctuated.
• Chang Ping'an told Chang Yao that Magnetic Origin Mountain had helped his cultivation and that a secret treasure protected him.
• Chang Yao asked Chang Ping'an whether the mountain was the place Lord Lin Changsheng often entered.

Chang Ping'an revealed Chang Yao the Duer Sect’s hidden ties and opportunities at Magnetic Origin Mountain, while she concealed the influence Qing Chen’s gu had over her. After more than six years of preparation, Qing Chen began attempting to break through to the middle Golden Core stage in the Blood River Grotto.

• Chang Ping'an warned Chang Yao that Magnetic Origin Mountain was dangerous, then boasted that the Duer Sect’s inherited techniques and secrets gave him special advantages there.
• Chang Ping'an explained that Penglai Spirit Island had destroyed the Duer Sect after learning of Magnetic Origin Mountain’s secrets, and he said the mountain held treasure sites for him to explore.
• Lin Changsheng had located a hidden cave abode using information from a Duer Sect jade slip, while Tie Xiu had escorted the group to Magnetic Origin Mountain’s entrance and left them instructions.
• For more than six years, Xu Jiuling, Gao Yuliang, and the others supplied Qing Chen with pills, corpses, and blood-path materials outside the sealed Blood River Grotto.
• Qing Chen absorbed blood energy from three demon banners and used his resources to attempt a breakthrough from the early Golden Core peak stage to the middle Golden Core stage.

Qing Chen used the Taixuan Pill, Clear Void Yang-Transforming Pills, and blood energy from the Three Demon Banners to break through the Heavenly Surge Meridian Sea and reach the Middle Golden Core Stage. He emerged with greatly increased power and divine sense, while considering the formidable cultivators who might still challenge him.

• Qing Chen abandoned his attempt to open the Third Brahma Aperture and prepared to use his remaining resources to advance his cultivation.
• Qing Chen consumed the Taixuan Pill and drew blood energy from the Three Demon Banners as he forced his true essence toward the Heavenly Surge Meridian Sea.
• Qing Chen used nine blood needles and the power of a Clear Void Yang-Transforming Pill to break open the meridian barrier and complete the eighth-layer formula of the Brahma Demon-Refining Art.
• Qing Chen reached the Middle Golden Core Stage, manifested the Blood-Killing Heavenly Phenomenon, and gained the Eightfold Brahma Curse and roughly fifty additional years of lifespan.
• Qing Chen assessed his increased combat strength, reflected on Ye Wushang and other powerful rivals, and discovered that his divine sense extended seventy-eight li.

After six or seven years in seclusion, Qing Chen emerged with late Golden Core-level divine sense and demonstrated its reach by seizing three Foundation Establishment cultivators who mocked him. Their memories revealed ties to Lesser Cold Temple, while news of his breakthrough to the middle Golden Core stage spread across the Azure Wave Archipelago.

• Qing Chen tested his newly strengthened divine sense and found he could smoothly use several techniques at once while spending less true essence.
• Qing Chen heard three Foundation Establishment cultivators on a Spirit Boat insult him and blasted their boat with demon fire, capturing them alive.
• Qing Chen used the Soul-Seizing Technique to search the three cultivators' memories and discovered their connection to Lesser Cold Temple.
• News of Qing Chen's breakthrough spread through the Azure Wave Archipelago, and Xu Jiuling celebrated the prospect of gaining benefits from his growing power.
• Gao Yuliang joined Xu Jiuling in the great hall, where they joked about Qing Chen's favor and reflected on how far their positions had risen.

Gu Zhiruo’s elders pressured her to serve Qing Chen more effectively, while Yuji True Person blamed Qing Chen for his failed breakthrough and Xin Bairen considered switching sides. Months later, Poison Python True Person practiced the Lesser Cold Temple’s Blissful Lineage with Dharma Master Miao Xuan but questioned whether the temple could withstand Qing Chen.

• Songshan True Person and Spirit Crane True Person warned Gu Zhiruo to please Qing Chen and suggested she learn the Lesser Cold Temple’s arts.
• Gu Zhiruo, overwhelmed by humiliation and grief, resolved to fight Qing Chen to the death rather than endure further degradation.
• Yuji True Person failed to break through to the late Golden Core stage, smashed his pill bottle, and blamed Qing Chen for distracting him.
• Xin Bairen privately considered abandoning Yuji True Person and seeking a future under Qing Chen.
• Months later, Dharma Master Miao Xuan explained the Blissful Lineage to Poison Python True Person as they practiced its arts together.
• Poison Python True Person expressed concern that the Lesser Cold Temple might be threatened by Qing Chen if war broke out.

Dharma Master Miao Xuan explained how Lesser Cold Temple planned to keep Qing Chen occupied in war while Poison Python True Person helped it gain influence over the Heavenly Illumination Archipelago. The chapter traced the origins of Lesser Cold Temple and the split of the former Heavenly Serpent Sect, then ended with an author’s note about a map.

• Dharma Master Miao Xuan told Poison Python True Person that Lesser Cold Temple and Cold Mountain Temple had arranged to use the Heavenly Illumination Archipelago conflict to keep Qing Chen from visiting Wuji Island and cultivating the Magnetic Origin Great Art.
• Poison Python True Person worried that the Eight Serpent Sect could not withstand Qing Chen, but Dharma Master Miao Xuan said its Golden Core forces could hold out and that Xuanji True Lord could not enter the fighting.
• Dharma Master Miao Xuan promised Poison Python True Person that Lesser Cold Temple could take control of the region if the Eight Serpent Sect fell, and make him its ruler.
• The chapter recounted how Lesser Cold Temple split from Cold Mountain Temple after its founder adopted the Blissful Evil Technique and how the sect survived with help from neighboring powers.
• The chapter recounted how the death of Heavenly Serpent True Lord and the ensuing turmoil divided the Heavenly Serpent Sect into the Heavenly Illumination Sect, Eight Serpent Sect, and Radiant Night Palace.

The chapter recounts how Earth Pass Island grew into a prosperous, heavily policed trade hub under Qing Chen, earning the title pearl of Azure Wave. It leaves Earth Pass Island’s importance rising further after Guanyin Tower Master establishes an Elysium black market there.

• Qing Chen enforced harsh, impartial punishments on Earth Pass Island while allowing merchants and factions to conduct business for a price.
• Earth Pass Island expanded its ferry ports and trade, drawing thousands of visiting cultivators each day and generating over four hundred thousand spirit stones annually for the Condensed Jade Sect.
• Wan Hun, Yuji, and Elder Tianhuo resented Qing Chen keeping most of Earth Pass Island’s profits for himself.
• Earth Pass Island became the largest trade transit hub linking the Azure Wave, Three Corpse, and Cold Mountain Archipelagos.
• Guanyin Tower Master traveled to Heavenly Jade Island, met Xuanji True Lord, and established an Elysium black market on Earth Pass Island.

After emerging from seclusion, Qing Chen had strengthened Earth Pass Island’s influence, while rumors about his power spread through the archipelago. Li Lingzhu brought him news of an Eight Serpent Sect insult and an attempted self-detonation, then finished reporting as he listened from the shadows.

• Earth Pass Island’s black market flourished, and Songshan and Spirit Crane True Person increasingly acted as Qing Chen’s allies.
• At Tide Sound West Ferry, Li Xiao’er sold recordings of Qing Chen’s breakthrough while cultivators traded rumors, including claims that the Eight Serpent Sect had slighted him.
• Li Lingzhu arrived with Li Household cultivators and arrested the gossiping cultivators; a sword-bearing man tried to detonate his Sea of Qi, but she knocked him toward the sea.
• Li Lingzhu took the group to Earth Pass City, waited for an audience, and entered Qing Chen’s hall beneath his overwhelming killing intent.
• Qing Chen ordered Li Lingzhu to speak, and she recounted the ferry incident and the rumors about the Eight Serpent Sect before a tapping sounded from the shadows.

Qing Chen questioned Li Lingzhu and Xu Xiake about the Eight Serpent Sect’s spreading rumors and uncovered a high-ranking insider’s role in suppressing reports. He ordered everyone who had overheard the discussion killed, leaving Xu Xiake to invent an official reason for the executions.

• Qing Chen summoned Xu Xiake to verify Li Lingzhu’s account of the Eight Serpent Sect’s activity.
• Xu Xiake reported that rumors had spread across more than thirty islands and that the White Dragon Envoy was directing the sect from behind the scenes.
• Xu Xiake revealed that a deeply rooted Golden Core Elder had likely suppressed information on Heavenly Jade Island.
• Gao Yuliang warned that the discussion must not get out, and Li Lingzhu and the other captives begged for mercy.
• Qing Chen ordered Xu Xiake to kill them all and hand their bodies to Han Shi, then told him to draw up a reason for the executions.

Qing Chen spared Li Lingzhu and Li Xiao'er after learning that Li Xiao'er was a gifted merchant whose Mystic Treasure City had greatly increased the Li Household’s profits. He appointed Li Xiao'er to the General Affairs Hall and declared war over the Eight Serpent Sect’s humiliation and the suppression of news about it.

• Qing Chen threatened Li Lingzhu and Li Xiao'er with soul refinement or transformation into an armored corpse, but Li Lingzhu explained Li Xiao'er's business talents.
• Li Lingzhu described how Li Xiao'er built Mystic Treasure City at Tide Sound Ferry and increased the Li Household's earnings through shops, discounts, pet care, and Dao lectures.
• Qing Chen ordered Xu Xiake to deal with everyone except Li Lingzhu and Li Xiao'er according to the rules.
• Qing Chen appointed Li Xiao'er as a General Affairs Hall manager and deputy city lord of Earth Pass City, serving under Gao Yuliang.
• Qing Chen demanded an explanation from Heavenly Jade Island for suppressing news of the Eight Serpent Sect's humiliation and assigned Tide Sound West Ferry to the Li Household, ordering the Xu Household to relocate.
• Qing Chen declared war.

Qing Chen traveled in secret to Mystic Lotus Island to check on Qing An and the Demon Lotus Sect, while reflecting on his efforts to strengthen the Qing Household and its cultivators. He left the chapter poised to use the Demon Lotus Sect, whose true membership had grown far beyond its public limit, as a hidden force amid the turmoil caused by his declaration of war.

• Qing Chen stabilized his middle Golden Core stage cultivation and considered improving his aptitude and opening a third Brahma aperture.
• Qing Chen recalled that Qing An had become the Demon Lotus Sect's Deputy Hall Master and reviewed the secret techniques and resources he had provided to strengthen the Qing Household.
• Qing Chen remembered giving Qing An Blood Furnace Treasure Pills containing concealed Blood Furnace Gu and a self-destruct mechanism.
• Qing Chen's fourth edict declared war, stirring turmoil across the Azure Wave Archipelago and neighboring regions, while his whereabouts remained unknown.
• Qing Chen reached Mystic Lotus Island after two and a half days of travel and noted that the Demon Lotus Sect secretly had more than four thousand members.

Qing Chen returned to Mystic Lotus Island, tested Qing An’s strength, and personally taught him the next stage of the Mingwang Scripture. He asked about the Qing Household’s descendants, and Qing An reported that the family was flourishing.

• Qing Chen planned to strengthen the Demon Lotus Sect by training its cultivators in battle formations and deploying its treasure ships.
• Qing Chen passed through Mystic Lotus Island’s protective array and entered the Technique Transmission Hall.
• Qing An mistook Qing Chen for an assassin and attacked him, but Qing Chen effortlessly stopped his axe and restrained him.
• Qing Chen praised Qing An’s cultivation, demonstrated the fifth-level Mingwang Scripture method, and gave him purified Yellow Springs baleful qi to help him advance.
• Qing Chen joked with Qing An about the distance between them, then asked about the Qing Household’s descendants.
• Qing An told Qing Chen that the Qing Household was flourishing with descendants.

Qing An reported that the Qing Household had twenty-six descendants with spiritual roots, and Qing Chen supplied him with resources to expand the lineage and guide its cultivation. Qing Chen left Qing An confident that the household could soon raise a hundred spiritual-root cultivators while concealing the Blood Furnace Gu’s role in improving their roots.

• Qing An told Qing Chen that Qing Yun’s descendants had helped the Qing Household reach twenty-six younger members with spiritual roots, most of whom had taken Blood Furnace Treasure Pills.
• Qing Chen secretly considered how the Blood Furnace Gu could turn the qi and blood of deceased relatives into hidden spirit-supplementing furnace qi that improved their lineage’s spiritual roots.
• Qing Chen gave Qing An a Storage Ring containing five Foundation Establishment Pills, spirit stones, and other resources for the Qing Household.
• Qing Chen gathered spiritual herbs from the Nine-Luminaries Glazed Vidyaraja Pagoda and gave Qing An another Storage Ring filled with valuable medicines.
• Qing Chen told Qing An to nurture talented descendants, have them cultivate the Corpse-Blood Dao before pursuing body cultivation or dual cultivation, and seek more resources from him as needed.

Grand Elder Wan Hun confronted Sun Wudi over Qing Chen’s disappearance and his unauthorized war declaration against the Eight Serpent Sect. After leaving the hall, Wan Hun grew resentful of Qing Chen’s rising influence and began considering a proposal from Lesser Cold Temple.

• Wan Hun demanded that Sun Wudi explain Qing Chen’s whereabouts and withdraw the war declaration, but Sun Wudi said he had only followed Qing Chen’s orders.
• Sun Wudi told Wan Hun that Qing Chen had reached the middle Golden Core stage and might be cultivating in seclusion, angering the Grand Elder.
• Wan Hun ordered Sun Wudi to summon Qing Chen and have him withdraw the declaration, but Sun Wudi warned that Qing Chen might not receive the message immediately.
• Wan Hun left after deciding he had no grounds to punish Sun Wudi while True Person Budong was on the island.
• Wan Hun reflected on Qing Chen’s breakthroughs, resources, and growing standing, then began to waver over Lesser Cold Temple’s proposal.

Xuanji True Lord discussed the Sect’s turmoil with Chi Xuntian while fishing at Xuanji Peak, revealing that he hoped his disciple might one day inherit the Sect. He caught a rare Blood-Eyed Flood Dragon Fish and declared it could give Chi Xuntian a chance to form a pseudo-core or golden core, leaving Chi Xuntian wondering how he could refine such a powerful demon beast.

• Xuanji True Lord caught Blade-Whiskered Pythonfish in the Spirit Pool while Chi Xuntian asked whether he would intervene in the conflict between Elder Wan Hun and Elder Qing Chen.
• Xuanji True Lord said he was reluctant to intervene because the Xuanji Lineage lacked successors, and he considered Chi Xuntian a promising candidate to inherit the Sect.
• Xuanji True Lord hooked and bound a low-grade third tier Blood-Eyed Flood Dragon Fish from Crescent Moon Spring.
• Xuanji True Lord told Chi Xuntian the rare fish could help him form a pseudo-core or golden core, and Chi Xuntian asked how he could refine a third tier great demon.

Xuanji True Lord explained the medicinal fish’s benefits and warned Chi Xuntian away from Primordial Magnetic Origin Mountain, then taught him about rules and the paths to cultivation. He revealed that his own dharma nascent soul had no hope of further growth and shared his wish for Chi Xuntian to become a Nascent Soul True Lord.

• Xuanji True Lord explained that the medicinal fish could help Chi Xuntian reach the pseudo-core realm and provide a rare core for refining a superior Dragon-Tiger Golden Core.
• Xuanji True Lord warned Chi Xuntian that Primordial Magnetic Origin Mountain held dangerous magnetic origin rule power and could not be entered safely by Nascent Soul True Lords.
• Xuanji True Lord explained how cultivators comprehended rules, described basic and special rules, and urged Chi Xuntian to choose a cultivation path suited to his sect’s technique.
• Xuanji True Lord lamented that his dharma nascent soul could neither advance nor truly commune with heaven and earth, and said he hoped Chi Xuntian would become a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Chi Xuntian grieved for Xuanji True Lord and hated the thief who had taken his master's three souls seven apertures spirit embryo fruit.

Qing Chen reflected on improving his spiritual roots and grew more suspicious that Xuanji was hiding a gifted rival for the Sect Master position. He summoned Xu Jiuling to ask about unusual movements in the sect.

• Qing Chen gave Qing An Golden Core Talismans and left Mystic Lotus Island, thinking about his cultivation aptitude and the resources he had invested in his clansmen.
• Qing Chen recalled the Heaven-Mending Ginseng and its power to improve spiritual roots, then resolved to find the young man Xuanji had brought to the mountain.
• Qing Chen concluded that Xuanji’s hidden young man might threaten his claim to the Sect Master position and grew angrier after reading a message from Sun Wudi about the sect’s treatment of him.
• Qing Chen landed on a barren island, carved out a cave, and activated a Wind-Thunder Communication Formation.
• Xu Jiuling answered Qing Chen’s summons, and Qing Chen asked whether anything unusual had happened inside or outside the sect.

Qing Chen learned that Li Xiao'er’s business ventures had increased Condensed Jade Sect’s revenue and ordered rewards to help him expand the Windrider Envoys. He also set Xin Bairen a test of loyalty and summoned Dragon-Seal Vajra to discuss the Ceasefire Alliance.

• Xu Jiuling told Qing Chen that Xin Bairen wanted to join him and had left an address for messages.
• Qing Chen told Xu Jiuling to demand that Xin Bairen gather conclusive evidence against Wan Hun, Yuji, and the Eight Serpent Sect members who intercepted Qing Chen’s congratulatory gifts.
• Xu Jiuling reported that Li Xiao'er’s Spirit Crystal VIP Card and Windrider Envoy service had raised Condensed Jade Sect’s revenue by five percent.
• Qing Chen ordered Xu Jiuling to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill for Li Xiao'er and promote him to steward of the General Affairs Hall.
• Qing Chen told Xu Jiuling to invite Dragon-Seal Vajra to Earth Pass Island to discuss the Ceasefire Alliance’s next steps.

Rogue cultivator Wang Shisan hesitated over joining the Eight Serpent Sect’s recruitment until his friend Liu Laosi persuaded him that the war was too distant to pose a real threat. Across the sect’s vassal islands, cultivators began mobilizing under Second Elder Poison Python True Person’s decree.

• Wang Shisan received Liu Laosi’s urgent message and opened his cave abode to hear about the recruitment.
• Liu Laosi explained that volunteers at the fifth Qi Refining layer or above would receive rent waivers, a stipend, and merit rewards.
• Wang Shisan initially refused, wary that the offer concealed danger and that cultivators would be sent to die in battle.
• Liu Laosi argued that the Condensed Jade Sect would have to pass through other territories before reaching them, and urged Wang Shisan to enlist for the benefits.
• Wang Shisan’s resistance faded, and he asked about the recruitment requirements and whether making talismans would affect his pay.
• Cultivators across the Eight Serpent Sect’s vassal islands began mobilizing, with Eight Serpent True Person supporting Poison Python True Person’s decision.

Qing Chen met Dragon-Seal Vajra on a remote island to discuss strengthening the Ceasefire Alliance against the Eight Serpent Sect. Dragon-Seal demanded a fight before discussing business, and their battle began with a clash of weapons.

• Qing Chen waited on a barren island at the border of the Azure Wave Archipelago and the Cold Mountain Archipelago for Dragon-Seal Vajra to arrive.
• Qing Chen proposed putting more effort into the Ceasefire Alliance because the Eight Serpent Sect had grown increasingly arrogant, but Dragon-Seal rejected the idea of involving Cold Mountain Temple.
• Dragon-Seal accused Qing Chen of having used him before and demanded an all-out fight as the price of further discussion.
• Qing Chen agreed to fight without using his Demon Gourd and wagered a bottle of Clear Void Yang-Transforming Pills.
• Dragon-Seal struck Qing Chen with his Demon-Subduing Pestle, and Qing Chen counterattacked with his Pojun Battle Halberd, aiming at Dragon-Seal's lower body.

Qing Chen and Dragon-Seal Vajra fought a brutal close-quarters battle on Broken Reef Island, with Qing Chen using his Second Demon Aspect and mixed halberd techniques to wound and overpower the Vajra. Dragon-Seal Vajra brought out his ultimate weapon and launched a final head-on attack, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Dragon-Seal Vajra blocked Qing Chen’s halberd with his shoulder and pursued him with a storm of attacks.
• Qing Chen activated the Heartless Demon Aspect and Four-Armed Wisdom King phantom, then struck Dragon-Seal Vajra with fiery and icy halberd techniques.
• Qing Chen’s blood-colored ice dragon shattered Dragon-Seal Vajra Finger and wounded Dragon-Seal Vajra.
• Dragon-Seal Vajra summoned his golden Dharma Form and used the Dragon Splendor Demon-Breaking Pestle, while Qing Chen met his attack with a karmic-fire lotus and Pojun Battle Halberd.
• Qing Chen pressed the advantage with swift, sinister halberd strikes, and Dragon-Seal Vajra launched Dragon Splendor Demon-Subduing in a head-on assault.

Qing Chen defeated Dragon-Seal in a brutal contest of strength and claimed the wagered jade bottle. He proposed that Cold Mountain Temple ally with him against Lesser Cold Temple, and Dragon-Seal agreed to consult his fellow disciples before answering.

• Qing Chen overpowered Dragon-Seal with his Devil Aspect-enhanced strength and Third Terror: Earth Annihilation, leaving the monk gravely wounded.
• Dragon-Seal admitted defeat and handed Qing Chen the Clear Void Yang Transformation jade bottle as their wager required.
• Qing Chen asked Dragon-Seal to ally with him against Lesser Cold Temple, offering Cold Mountain Temple its waters while claiming only the Lesser Cold Corridor Sea.
• Dragon-Seal wondered whether Qing Chen's interest in Lesser Cold Temple stemmed from its alluring nuns, then said he would consult his fellow disciples about the alliance.
• Qing Chen pressed his palms together and thanked Dragon-Seal for the trouble.

Three months later, Qing Chen presided over a Demon Lotus Sect stronghold beneath a barren islet and interrogated captives from rival sects and the surrounding waters. He began torturing a Lesser Cold Temple nun and a rogue cultivator, while the other prisoners watched in fear.

• Qing Chen gathered Demon Lotus Sect leaders and roughly thirty captives in the underground palace’s Central Hall, with Lin Changsheng absent.
• Qing Chen warned the kneeling captives to fear the Demon Lotus Sect more than the Condensed Jade Sect in the Azure Wave and Cold Mountain Archipelagos.
• Qing Chen pinned a Lesser Cold Temple nun to the wall with a blood spike that tormented her body and soul.
• Qing Chen dragged a pockmarked rogue cultivator across the floor with an iron chain and burned him with ghostly green flames.
• The terrified nun offered to speak.