Recaps

Qing Chen rescued Tie Zhan’s family from the great demons at Bone Claw Plain and joined them in opening Dust-Departure Hall. After passing its trial, he cultivated for years, advanced his powers, and prepared to leave as the hall’s rejection force grew.

• Qing Chen revealed that he had kept the real fifth Fire Seed Fragment and chose to leave the Heavenly Devil Tower behind while he recovered and planned his escape.
• Qing Chen healed Tie Shou, who guided him toward Bone Claw Plain and the Iron Household.
• Qing Chen arrived as the four great demons and Venerable Sanmu threatened Tie Qingyao, Tie Zhan, and Tie Ming, then defeated them and killed Qingliao.
• Tie Zhan accepted Qing Chen as an ally and used the Primordial Magnetism Cauldron to open the passage to Dust-Departure Hall.
• Venerable Xuan of Dust Departure admitted Qing Chen, Tie Qingyao, and Tie Ming to the hall’s trial, where Tie Ming was sent to cultivate and Tie Qingyao qualified for the Outer Sect Primordial Magnetism Hall.
• Qing Chen illuminated eight marks on the trial platform and earned ten years in the Inner Sect’s Primordial Magnetism Hall, along with a sealed inheritance of Primordial Magnetism Annihilation Divine Thunder.
• Qing Chen advanced his Divine Boat to great achievement, condensed a Magnetic Origin Rule Thread, and broke through to Nascent Soul middle stage peak while completing the eleventh layer of the Brahma Demon-Refining Art.
• As his ten-year term neared its end, Qing Chen took the Low-Grade Spirit Crystal and sensed the hall’s growing force of rejection.

Qing Chen mastered Primordial Magnetism Annihilation Divine Thunder, defeated Long Yuan, and survived the expulsion from the Nine Netherworlds Forbidden Grounds before spending years in seclusion. He returned to find the Golden Scale Alliance pressuring the Demon Lotus Sect, and challenged Thunder Flood Dragon True Lord over control of the Cangming Army.

• Qing Chen emerged from Dust-Departure Hall with Primordial Magnetism Annihilation Divine Thunder and prepared with Tie Zhan, Tie Qingyao, Tie Ming, and Tie Shou to face Long Yuan and the demons.
• Qing Chen used the Primordial Magnetism Cauldron to wound Long Yuan with Primordial Magnetism Annihilation Blood Thunder, then threatened to strike again as the Heavenly Devil Tower’s disturbance forced the forbidden grounds to expel the cultivators.
• Qing Chen returned the cauldron to Tie Zhan, escaped underground, and spent a year healing before reviewing his inheritances and beginning secluded cultivation.
• Qing Chen endured the Profound Womb Demon Lotus Platform Method, formed its first petal, and later forged the Brahma-Blood Demon Wheel while the Golden Scale Alliance faced growing demon attacks.
• At the Golden Scale Assembly, Thunder Flood Dragon True Lord crushed Jia Daoyi and joined Old Man Tianchi and Sea-Calming True Lord in pressuring the Demon Lotus Sect to surrender territory.
• Lin Changsheng challenged Abbot Hui'an to defend the alliance’s purpose, and Qing Chen returned to the meeting with the broken fang of the Three-Headed Black-Tailed Snake as proof that he had killed it.
• Qing Chen proposed placing all alliance-levied cultivators under the Demon Lotus Sect’s Cangming Army, then attacked Thunder Flood Dragon True Lord when he challenged the proposal.

Qing Chen defeated the Gouwu Sea’s resisting powers, brought the region under Demon Lotus Sect rule, and was summoned to Great Jin’s capital with an imperial title and marriage decree. After reaching the capital and answering Xie Xuanwei’s Daoist riddle, he met Emperor Jingtai, whose questions about dreams and spirit suggested a personal interest in Qing Chen’s insight.

• Qing Chen defeated Old Man Tianchi, Thunder Flood Dragon True Lord, and Abbot Hui'an, then secured the Gouwu Sea’s submission and made its factions Demon Lotus Sect vassals.
• Qing Chen divided the conquered territories, ordered the Cangming Army to expand, and left the Gouwu Sea to settle Flying Bear True Lord’s opportunity.
• The Imperial Court debated Qing Chen’s appointment, then made him First-Class Azure Abyss Marquis, summoned him to the capital, and arranged his marriage to Tie Qingyao.
• Qing Chen met Tie Qingniu, learned about the imperial princes and his enemies, and traveled north with the Iron Household’s grand procession as news of his status spread.
• At Heaven-Bearing Gate, Qing Chen confronted Ji Chengjing and other nobles who blocked his procession, then stopped Xie Xuanwei’s challenge by posing the Butterfly-Dream Question.
• Qing Chen arrived at Cangming Peak but was summoned immediately to Jade Capital Mountain, where he studied the murals in the Profound-Nurturing Hall.
• Emperor Jingtai appeared before Qing Chen and questioned him about dreams and spirit, then showed keen interest in Qing Chen’s answers.

Qing Chen married Tie Qingyao, strengthened his cultivation, and was drawn into Emperor Jingtai’s dream-seal research. The court then weighed sending him to the Northern Border after heavy losses, while Xiao Canglan pushed for reinforcements in the Southern Borderlands.

• Emperor Jingtai appointed Qing Chen as a Palace Attendant and gave him access to Jade Capital Mountain’s dream records, while Gao Wuyong escorted him home.
• Yan Moyou told Qing Chen that foreign races threatened the Chi Xi Ancient Battlefield, and Qiu Qiansha tasked him with investigating the final Yinghuo Grand Void Dream Seals.
• Tie Ce and Tie Zhan proposed that Qing Chen and Tie Qingyao jointly wield the Primordial Magnetism Cauldron, and the Iron Household prepared an elaborate wedding for them.
• Qing Chen and Tie Qingyao married before the capital’s gathered factions, and the Blood God Sect and Origin-Initial Devil Sect presented powerful gifts.
• Qing Chen and Tie Qingyao began their life together, while Qing Chen refined his gifts and advanced his cultivation during nine peaceful years.
• Emperor Jingtai summoned Qing Chen to study the Dream Pool Essays with Gao Wuyong, Yuan Guanxing, and Yue Hanzhang, offering access to the fourth Yinghuo Grand Void Dream Seal for the best insights.
• At the grand court assembly, Pei Xuance reported the Northern Border victory and the deaths of Han Chixiao, four Nascent Soul battle generals, and over 254,000 Black Armor Army cultivators, prompting officials to consider Qing Chen for command.
• Xiao Canglan called for reinforcements in the Southern Borderlands, and Qing Chen suspected he was maneuvering to send him there.