Recaps

Qing Chen learned that Ancestor Heavenly Serpent had been a Holy Son of the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult, then punished Zhaoshenzi and extended his imprisonment. He ordered Lin Changsheng to confront Mystic Yin Island over the missing cultivators and begin building a vast city for his upcoming Nascent Soul Ceremony.

• Zhaoshenzi revealed that Ancestor Heavenly Serpent had been a Holy Son, whose status had helped him explore Immortal-Severing Island.
• Qing Chen activated Zhaoshenzi’s seals, tortured him, and changed his sentence from two hundred years to three hundred years.
• Lin Changsheng reported that Jia Daoyi’s forces had nearly wiped out Cold Mountain Temple’s remnants, and that Dragon-Seal Vajra had fallen.
• Qing Chen ordered Chi Xuntian to demand an accounting from Mystic Yin Island for the disappearance of Xuanji True Lord and True Lord Jiyin, threatening to visit the island himself if it refused.
• Qing Chen commanded Lin Changsheng to build a vast city on Cangming Island, including a ten-thousand-zhang mountain and palace, as the site of his Nascent Soul Ceremony.
• Lin Changsheng accepted the order and went to find Chi Xuntian.

Chi Xuntian delivered Qing Chen’s ultimatum to Mystic Yin Island over Xuanji True Lord’s disappearance, but Daoist Tongyou held back from attacking him. Meanwhile, Lin Changsheng oversaw a massive construction project on Cangming Island.

• Chi Xuntian arrived at Mystic Yin Island and invoked Qing Chen’s Divine Sense Imprint to demand an account of Xuanji True Lord’s disappearance, Jiyin’s records, and eighty million low-grade spirit stones.
• Daoist Tongyou unleashed his pressure against Chi Xuntian but ultimately let him leave, then ordered Mystic Yin Island’s defenses strengthened and went to the Blissful Union Tower.
• On Cangming Island’s eastern plain, millions of Force Martial Artists and cultivators began leveling the land and building a vast project.
• Zhaoshenzi and other cultivators uprooted and moved a thousand-foot mountain while workers and flying boats transported construction materials.
• Lin Changsheng supervised the work with a detailed formation diagram and ten Spirit Construction Masters beside him.

Lin Changsheng committed to completing the vast construction project for Qing Chen’s Nascent Soul Ceremony within five years. Meanwhile, the Blissful Union Tower planned how to appease Qing Chen, while Penglai Spirit Island’s leaders reacted angrily to his growing influence.

• Lin Changsheng promised the spirit architects abundant manpower and resources, and set a five-year deadline for the ceremony grounds.
• Daoist Tongyou told the Blissful Union Tower that Qing Chen demanded eighty million spirit stones from Mystic Yin Island.
• Guanyin Tower Master warned Yinji that Qing Chen was exceptionally formidable, but Yaoyue advised negotiating rather than confronting him.
• Yaoyue instructed Daoist Tongyou to offer forty million spirit stones and have Mystic Yin Island withdraw from the Upper Eight Cave Spirit Islands to earn Qing Chen’s favor.
• True Lord Yunmiao crushed a report about Qing Chen’s actions, while Yuan Lingzi cautioned that Qing Chen was skilled in crooked schemes.

Qing Chen secretly led a force into the Endless Storm and Thunder Sea while outsiders believed he was focused on building Jianzhou City. As his troops confronted a powerful demon beast, Great Jin moved to restrict his access to high-grade resources.

• Yuan Lingzi and True Lord Yunmiao dismissed Qing Chen’s ambitions, while spies across the Gouwu Sea speculated about his plans and the coming Nascent Soul Ceremony.
• Xiao Canglan heard reports of Qing Chen’s territorial expansion and city-building, then ordered Great Jin’s circuits to withhold exchanges of fourth-tier mid-grade and higher resources from Qing Chen and his followers.
• A year later, Jianzhou City was rising on Cangming Island as Qing Chen secretly operated elsewhere, and his true body traveled to the Endless Storm and Thunder Sea with Su Zixuan, Formation Masters, and twenty thousand elite body cultivators.
• A peak third-tier Thunder Armor Kuang Sha attacked Qing Chen’s treasure ship, and ten Vajra Realm body cultivators struck it with a combined fist attack.

Qing Chen’s forces cleared the waters around Immortal-Severing Island and began building a vast concealed formation, while Lie Feng and Bu Jingyun watched a dangerous mid-fourth-tier demon. The formation’s first core was secured, and the chapter ended as the Thunder Baleful Intent Ghost Flood Dragon began to wake.

• Lie Feng’s ten Vajra Realm body cultivators destroyed a peak third-tier Thunder Armor Kuang Sha, and Qing Chen revealed they belonged to his secret force of twenty thousand body cultivators.
• Lie Feng reported that his forces had cleared most third-tier and stronger demon beasts from the waters around Immortal-Severing Island, avoiding a fourth-tier great demon.
• Su Zixuan anchored the first formation core with Qing Chen’s help, creating a concealed formation field that spread across several thousand li.
• Qing Chen directed the group to continue building a fourth-tier formation intended to conceal and seal a fifteen-thousand-li domain around Immortal-Severing Island.
• A month later, Lie Feng and Bu Jingyun monitored a sleeping mid-fourth-tier Thunder Baleful Intent Ghost Flood Dragon, which lay coiled over an undersea spirit vein.
• Bu Jingyun noticed the ghost flood dragon was waking, and it roared beneath the storm clouds.

Qing Chen arrived as the Thunder Baleful Intent Ghost Flood Dragon attacked the floating platform and used his laws and the Blood River God-Slaying Spear to overpower it. After severing the flood dragon’s horn, he launched another strike as it fled into the sea.

• The awakened Thunder Baleful Intent Ghost Flood Dragon attacked the platform with lightning pillars, and Qing Chen intercepted them with a five-colored barrier.
• Qing Chen summoned the Blood River God-Slaying Spear and used his Blood Path Rules and Magnetic Origin Rule to absorb and deflect the flood dragon’s massive lightning sphere.
• Qing Chen burned his essence blood to empower his body and spear, then rushed through the flood dragon’s lightning attacks.
• Qing Chen shattered the flood dragon’s lightning armor and severed its horn with a direct spear thrust.
• The wounded flood dragon tried to flee, and Qing Chen burned more essence blood before slashing at it with a five-hundred-zhang streak of blood-colored Spear Radiance.

Qing Chen killed the Thunder Baleful Intent Ghost Flood Dragon, captured and refined its soul, and used it to strengthen the Five-Dragon Carriage Treasure Talisman. He ordered Lie Feng, Bu Jingyun, and the others to continue clearing powerful demon beasts from the waters around Immortal-Severing Island.

• Qing Chen severed the Ghost Flood Dragon in two with a Blood Path Rules attack and collected its corpse in the Nine-Luminaries Glazed Vidyaraja Pagoda.
• Qing Chen extracted the flood dragon’s soul and suppressed it with Demon Seed Divine Sense.
• Qing Chen replaced two weaker souls in the Five-Dragon Carriage Treasure Talisman with the captured mid-fourth-tier soul and an early-fourth-tier flood dragon soul.
• The upgraded talisman gained five linked flood dragon phantoms and enough speed to rival a first-rate high-grade flying magic treasure.
• Qing Chen ordered Lie Feng, Bu Jingyun, and the others to remove third-tier and stronger demon beasts within a hundred thousand li while leaving weaker beasts alone.

Qing Chen returned to Cangming Island and made the Guanyin Tower Master and Daoist Tongyou wait before hearing Mystic Yin Island’s plea over its unpaid debt. He accepted a reduced payment after Guanyin intervened, leaving the island with three days to deliver its treasury and Jiyin’s records.

• Qing Chen left Su Zixuan and twenty thousand troops to secure the waters near Immortal-Severing Island, then traveled to Cangming Island.
• Lin Changsheng informed Qing Chen that the Guanyin Tower Master and Daoist Tongyou had waited all day to see him, but Qing Chen told them to keep waiting.
• Qing Chen arrived at the Welcome Immortals Pavilion, where his presence terrified Daoist Tongyou into kneeling.
• Daoist Tongyou explained that Mystic Yin Island could not pay the demanded eighty million spirit stones and offered forty million plus Jiyin’s notes, sea charts, and jade slips.
• The Guanyin Tower Master asked Qing Chen to show mercy, and he gave Mystic Yin Island three days to deliver the forty million spirit stones and Jiyin’s records.

Qing Chen learned that Xiao Canglan had blocked his access to high-grade resources in Great Jin, and the Guanyin Tower Master offered to help him through her personal channels. After they cultivated together, Qing Chen warned her to keep the Blissful Union Tower publicly distant from him, leaving his plans and trust in the sect uncertain.

• The Guanyin Tower Master told Qing Chen that Xiao Canglan had obstructed the Blissful Union Tower and other channels from buying high-grade spirit items for him in Great Jin.
• She offered to connect Qing Chen with her personal channels there, and he agreed before asking her to help with her sluggish cultivation.
• Qing Chen and the Guanyin Tower Master practiced their yin-yang cultivation technique together, circulating their magic power and strengthening their Nascent Souls.
• Afterward, the Guanyin Tower Master asked why Qing Chen remained in the Gouwu Sea, and he said he had his own plans.
• Qing Chen advised her to keep the Blissful Union Tower publicly distant from him because Xiao Canglan, Penglai Spirit Island, and the Vajra Zen Sect could not be trusted.

Qing Chen considered how dual cultivation with powerful female cultivators could advance his cultivation, then entrusted Ye Wushang with guarding his sect while he entered seclusion. Two years later, Qing Chen returned to Immortal-Severing Island and inspected the completed concealment formation surrounding its waters.

• After the Guanyin Tower Master left, Qing Chen reflected on his strength and considered pursuing dual cultivation with her sisters, Yinji and Yaoyue, to improve his cultivation.
• Six months later, Qing Chen asked Ye Wushang to guard him while he entered seclusion and gave him the title of Heaven-Slaying Sword Lord.
• Qing Chen activated the restrictions and entered seclusion, while Ye Wushang stayed behind to cultivate the Azure Firmament Sword Path.
• Another six months later, Su Zixuan reported that she had linked ten formation cores to complete the Heaven-Hiding Flood Dragon-Locking Formation around Immortal-Severing Island.
• Qing Chen praised Su Zixuan and received the formation cores, which allowed authorized people to pass through the concealed waters and could briefly trap a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator.

Qing Chen prepared to enter Immortal-Severing Island by clearing the surrounding waters and tearing open its ancient Forbidden Grand Array. He breached the formation, revealing a hidden island of verdant hills and clear waters.

• Lie Feng reported that all third-tier and stronger Demon Beasts within a hundred thousand li had been cleared, and Qing Chen ordered his people to guard the formation and kill the Formation Masters if anything went wrong.
• Qing Chen used the Jade Talisman and a Holy Son Token to locate the healed breach in the Overturning Heaven and Earth Four Symbols Formation.
• Qing Chen flew through the mist to the formation and gathered his physical strength, Nascent Soul True Essence, demonic apparitions, and Blood River God-Slaying Spear.
• Qing Chen attacked the formation, endured its thunder, fire, wind, and water backlash, and widened cracks in its membrane.
• Qing Chen tore open a ten-zhang breach, exposing the verdant hills and clear waters of Immortal-Severing Island.

Qing Chen entered Immortal-Severing Island and found that its mortals had formed the unified kingdom of Great Shun, then traveled to the Ghost-Crying Mountain Range to investigate a strange discordance in the island’s laws. He tore open the Blood Jiangshi Legacy Mansion’s hidden formation core and exposed the enormous spine of a demon king.

• Qing Chen slipped through a breach in the grand array and watched it close behind him.
• Qing Chen discovered that Great Shun had grown into a sizable mortal kingdom, then found Northern Mang Mountain occupied by soldiers and its old secret chamber emptied.
• Qing Chen sensed that something was wrong with the laws near the Ghost-Crying Mountain Range, though his Divine Sense found no visible cause.
• Qing Chen located the hidden formation network beneath the valley and summoned three Devil Aspects to seize its roots.
• Qing Chen uprooted the formation core, revealing a massive spinal column from a late-stage Transformation demon king.

Qing Chen uprooted the demon king’s spine and collected the blood-colored fruits before entering the Ancient Mansion through the vortex beneath it. After destroying the Corpse Demon Paintings, he received a mysterious jade pendant marked “Zhao” and continued down the passage.

• Qing Chen tore the demon king’s spine from the earth, freeing three thousand blood-colored fruits and storing them in his Storage Ring.
• Qing Chen entered the Ancient Mansion’s dark vortex and walked through its corpse baleful intent, protected by his physical body.
• Qing Chen destroyed the three Corpse Demon Painting phantoms with a burst of devilish intent.
• The white-robed pregnant woman briefly reappeared, told Qing Chen he was not the person she sought, and offered him a jade pendant marked “Zhao.”
• Qing Chen sealed the jade pendant inside the Nine-Luminaries Glazed Vidyaraja Pagoda and proceeded along the passage.

Qing Chen crossed the Flowing Sand River by enduring its weak-water projection and crushing the vast host of Dao soldiers with his overwhelming presence. The trial ground gathered the river water and baleful qi into a colossal Weak Water Giant, which attacked him with the laws of weak water.

• Qing Chen recognized that the Flowing Sand River was a projection of weak-water power and strode directly into the air above it.
• Qing Chen drew hundreds of thousands of Dao soldiers toward him and destroyed those that entered the range of his pressure.
• The weak-water projection gathered the river water and leftover Yellow Springs baleful qi into a nearly five-hundred-zhang Weak Water Giant.
• The Weak Water Giant struck at Qing Chen with a palm that sealed his escape routes and carried the laws of weak water.

Qing Chen battled the Baleful Water Giant, whose weak water rules suppressed his strength and nearly overwhelmed him. He used the Holy Son Token to disrupt the guardian, pierced its body, and reached the supreme-grade water spirit stone at its core, which he struck with his spear.

• The Baleful Water Giant trapped Qing Chen in a weak water domain and attacked him with its enormous palm.
• Qing Chen resisted with the Blood River God-Slaying Spear but struggled to break through the giant’s stronger rules.
• Qing Chen produced the Twelve Holy Son Token, causing the giant to hesitate and its weak water domain to falter.
• Qing Chen burned much of his essence blood and drove a Rules Thread through the giant’s palm and arm toward its chest.
• Qing Chen reached the giant’s supreme-grade water spirit stone core and thrust his spear at it.

Qing Chen shattered the giant of baleful water at Frost Moon Weak Water Pass and earned excellent marks in the hidden trial, unlocking Holy Son privileges across the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult. He opened the White Bone Path and subdued the Asura White Bone Demon Mara Banner, leaving him with six demon banners and plans to establish another formation.

• Qing Chen shattered the yellow crystal sustaining the giant of baleful water and collected the resulting high-grade Yellow Springs Weak Water Baleful Sha.
• The trial recognized Qing Chen as the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult’s twelfth Holy Son, recorded his excellent performance, and unlocked Holy Son-level privileges throughout the cult.
• Qing Chen used the Holy Son Token to open all six paths of reincarnation and sent its power into the White Bone Path.
• The White Bone Path produced the Asura White Bone Demon Mara Banner, a high-grade demon treasure seized from the Immortal-Locking Cult.
• Qing Chen used the Dijiang Demon Mara Banner and his divine sense to suppress the Asura Banner until it submitted, giving him six demon banners.

Qing Chen used the Holy Son Token to enter the true Cloudfoot Celestial Palace and found a Spirit Eye Spring cave abode ideal for cultivation. He began breaking through the eleventh level of the Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method, tempering his five viscera and preparing to condense Immortality True Blood.

• Qing Chen used the Holy Son Token to pass through the blood-mist barriers and reach the Cloud Sea Immortal Palace.
• Qing Chen arrived at the Cloudfoot Celestial Palace and entered a cave abode filled with exceptionally dense spiritual energy and a Spirit Eye Spring.
• Qing Chen set protective restrictions and entered the Spirit Eye Spring to cultivate the eleventh level of the Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method.
• Qing Chen used his stored fruits, flood dragon materials, baleful crystal, and other resources to batter the breakthrough barrier and temper his bones and five viscera.
• Qing Chen drew the cold essence from the Yellow Springs Weak Water Baleful Crystal to balance his viscera’s yang fire and nourish his immortal true intent.

Qing Chen completed his cultivation of the eleventh layer of the Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method, reaching the Immortal Realm middle stage and greatly increasing his combat strength. Unable to remove the Spirit Eye Spring, he gathered its spiritual liquid and herbs, then followed the Jade Hook Talisman to the Wordless Stele to uncover a hidden passage.

• Qing Chen endured Weak Water killing intent in his five viscera, opened the Five Viscera Divine Storehouses, and refined Immortality True Blood.
• After his cultivation consumed most of his resources, Qing Chen broke through to the Immortal Realm middle stage and tested his greatly enhanced strength.
• Qing Chen failed to uproot the Spirit Eye Spring because it was bound to the Cloudfoot Celestial Palace, so he collected the spiritual liquid and Spirit Herbs instead.
• Qing Chen followed the Holy Son Token through the Ancient Mansion, ignoring lesser resources and enemies on his way to the hall containing the Wordless Stele.
• At the hall, Qing Chen used the Jade Hook Talisman and Blood Jiangshi Holy Son Token to seek the hidden passage before the Wordless Stele.

Qing Chen discovered that the Wordless Stele’s true passage to Moon-Worshipping Island could only be activated with the Blood Jiangshi Orthodox Token, which revealed Spirit Venerable Qu Ba’s warning about the dangers awaiting there. He weighed the chance to gain powerful legacies and treasures against the formidable Immortal-Locking Cult Holy Son candidates, but had not yet decided whether to enter.

• The Heavenly Serpent True Lord’s message revealed an emerald teleportation vortex leading toward the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult’s headquarters and its valuable legacies.
• Qing Chen used the Blood Jiangshi Holy Son Token to suppress the Heavenly Serpent’s message and activate the stele’s deeper restrictions.
• Spirit Venerable Qu Ba’s final message explained the Great Darkness Calamity, identified the route to the Moon-Washing Pool, and warned that the Reincarnation Dead Sea had become an Immortal-Locking Cult trial ground.
• Qing Chen learned that his orthodox token and lack of a demon lotus would make him a target there, and that he should not go without the strength of an upper-grade Great Cultivator.
• Qing Chen considered the tempting legacies and the chance to devour Demon Seed Golden Lotus cultivators, but judged himself unprepared to face the strongest candidates.

Qing Chen chose to delay entering the Reincarnation Dead Sea, then uncovered and destroyed Heavenly Serpent True Lord’s hidden restrictions in the Dust-Returning Hall. He left determined to return once he was stronger, while a colossal flood dragon appeared in a distant battlefield used by the Immortal-Locking Cult to select Holy Sons.

• Qing Chen decided to wait until his cultivation and strength improved before entering the Reincarnation Dead Sea, then withdrew the Blood Jiangshi Holy Son Token from the Wordless Stele.
• Using the Heavenly Serpent Three Treasures, Qing Chen found a hidden restriction beneath a pillar and discovered traces that it had been activated at least three times, possibly by Xuanji True Lord and True Lord Jiyin.
• Qing Chen destroyed the restriction and searched the Dust-Returning Hall for several more days, finding two additional hidden restrictions that also showed signs of activation.
• Over ten days, Qing Chen destroyed all of Heavenly Serpent True Lord’s hidden restrictions and used the Holy Son Token to restore the hall’s defenses and erase their traces.
• Qing Chen left the Dust-Returning Hall, vowing to return to the Reincarnation Dead Sea and confront its dangers when he was ready.
• In a distant battlefield used by the Immortal-Locking Cult to select Holy Sons, a colossal flood dragon emerged from the mist above ruined palace remains.

A fifth-tier flood dragon sensed that someone had destroyed one of its restrictions and suspected a new variable had emerged among the Immortal-Locking Cult's Holy Son candidates. Qing Chen sealed the Dust-Returning Hall, then followed his Holy Son Token to a hidden location beneath Blood Jiangshi Main Peak and reached a concealed stone wall.

• The old flood dragon devoured a corrupted ancient beast, sensed its restriction had been removed, and reflected on the Holy Son candidates and its chance at transcendence.
• Qing Chen sealed the Dust-Returning Hall with blood-colored magic and hidden formations, warning that anyone but him who entered would die.
• Qing Chen used the Holy Son Token to travel safely to Blood Jiangshi Main Peak and enter its caves.
• Qing Chen followed the token's guidance through the fourth-tier medicine garden, ignored its spirit medicines, and pressed the token against a hidden stone wall.

Qing Chen entered a hidden chamber on Blood Jiangshi Peak and chose two treasures from the twelve guarded inheritances. After claiming the Yin Marrow Bone Pearl, he survived the Blood Nightmare True Blood’s soul-seizing attack and received its transformed inheritance.

• Qing Chen found twelve treasures guarded by fifth-tier restrictions and decided to take the Yin Marrow Bone Pearl and Blood Nightmare True Blood.
• Qing Chen claimed the Yin Marrow Bone Pearl, cleansed its corpse qi, and sealed it for Lin Changsheng.
• The Blood Nightmare True Blood awakened Qing Chen’s blood-path essence and attacked him as a blood serpent.
• Qing Chen destroyed the serpent with the Blood River God-Slaying Spear and withstood the Blood Nightmare Soul-Seizing.
• The voice within the blood acknowledged Qing Chen and transformed the drop into purer blood marked with tiny runes.

Three and a half years later, Cangming Island had become the site of a vast city centered on Jade Rock Mountain and Demon Lotus Palace, built for Qing Chen’s upcoming Nascent Soul Ceremony. Lin Changsheng and Chi Xuntian reviewed the completed defenses and the enormous wealth flowing into the Demon Lotus Sect, while Chi Xuntian realized Qing Chen intended to gather the Gouwu Sea’s people and resources and set major events in motion.

• Lin Changsheng and Chi Xuntian surveyed Demon Lotus City, its nine districts, and the defenses designed to withstand a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Chi Xuntian reported that Jade Rock Mountain and Demon Lotus Palace’s main hall and front square were complete, though the auxiliary buildings needed another month.
• Lin Changsheng and Chi Xuntian accounted for the gifts and spoils that had paid for the city and left the Demon Lotus Sect with a net profit of just over a hundred million spirit stones.
• Chi Xuntian noted that the Demon Lotus Sect’s new territories also produced over seven hundred thousand spirit stones each month, apart from vassal tribute.
• Chi Xuntian concluded that Qing Chen was using the city as a central hub to draw together the Gouwu Sea’s resources and people, and intended to stir things up.

Qing Chen comprehended the Blood Path rules in Blood Nightmare True Blood, strengthening his cultivation and gaining two wisps of their power. He emerged from seclusion with his strength increased and turned his thoughts toward Xiao Canglan, Yue Hanshan, the Qing Household, and Great Jin.

• Chi Xuntian worried that the Demon Lotus Sect would absorb or exploit the Condensed Jade Sect, then told Lin Changsheng which sects planned to attend his master's Nascent Soul Ceremony.
• Qing Chen recalled securing the Ancient Mansion and ordering Lie Feng, Hua Tieshou, and others to open and occupy the sea route from the Azure Wave Archipelago to Immortal-Severing Island.
• Qing Chen studied Blood Nightmare True Blood and gained insight into Senior Blood Fiend's refined understanding of the Dao of Blood.
• Qing Chen's blood-colored Nascent Soul formed a second wisp of Blood Path rules, increasing his personal control over the power.
• Qing Chen emerged from seclusion with his Immortal Realm middle stage stabilized and his physical strength improved, then named Xiao Canglan, Yue Hanshan, the Qing Household, and Great Jin as targets on his mind.

Two years later, Xuangu True Person and Gong Shisan arrived at Cangming Island with the Infinite Extremity Devil Palace delegation. They were stunned by the scale of Demon Lotus City and the preparations for Qing Chen’s grand ceremony.

• Xuangu True Person and Gong Shisan sailed toward Cangming Island, where ships from sects across the Gouwu Sea were gathering.
• The delegation saw Cangming Island’s towering walls, powerful defenses, and the supreme sword intent carved above its gate.
• A Demon Lotus Sect envoy welcomed the Infinite Extremity Devil Palace delegation and escorted them into Demon Lotus City.
• Xuangu True Person compared the vast, bustling city with his memories of Earth Pass Island and realized how dramatically Qing Chen’s domain had grown.
• The envoy explained that Demon Lotus City housed the Demon Lotus Sect’s Main Altar and that Jade Rock Mountain would host the grand ceremony.