Recaps

Qing Chen fueled conflict among the Western Regions kingdoms, expanded his covert trade, and used the proceeds to advance his cultivation. After reaching Nascent Soul peak, he proposed a joint invasion of the Golden Tent Khanate while Qing Yuanjia and Ding Buxing fled pursuers in the Gouwu Sea.

• Qing Chen waived Dayuan’s smuggling tax and discounted its supplies in exchange for Helian Shan’s fortune-node method, which he successfully tested inside the Nine-Luminaries Glazed Vidyaraja Pagoda.
• Qing Chen sent Lie Feng and Bu Jingyun to attack the Persian and Qingqiu delegations and plant false evidence, provoking border clashes and increased weapons orders.
• Qing Chen safely escorted Hening Commandery Princess’s wedding procession to Loulan and later accepted the Yinghuo Illumination-of-the-World Dream Scripture from Consort Nian.
• Qing Chen coerced Consort Nian, accepted Ji Chengjing as his third personal disciple, and sent him into the Cangming Army after teaching him primordial magnetism techniques.
• Qing Chen broke through to late Immortality through body refinement, rewarded his followers from trade profits, and ordered a hunt for Ding Buxing after learning of his betrayal.
• Qing Chen spent billions of Spirit Stones on Blood Path enlightenment and completed his third Brahma-Blood Demon Wheel, reaching Nascent Soul peak.
• Qing Chen admitted his military smuggling to Tie Ming, intimidated him into silence, and sent him to propose a coordinated attack on the Golden Tent Khanate to Tie Hengjiang.
• Qing Yuanjia carried the wounded Ding Buxing toward an entrance to the Reincarnation Dead Sea while Zhu Ritian and Immortal Dynasty forces closed in.

Qing Chen led the Northwestern armies against the Black Fox King, endured a costly campaign, and captured the king with help from Tie Hengjiang’s seal and Hua Tieshou’s sacrifice. Great Jin rewarded Qing Chen while leaving the greater prize of the Black Fox Royal Court conditional, and a figure emerged from the blood mist a year later.

• Qing Yuanjia escaped Zhu Ritian through the reverse-flowing cloud waterfall with Ding Buxing and reached the outer Reincarnation Dead Sea.
• Qing Chen led a million Dao Soldiers north, drew the Black Fox King into a prolonged campaign, and used raids and blood steles to provoke him while keeping the Northwestern armies supplied.
• The Black Fox King attacked Qing Chen’s forces repeatedly, but Qing Chen held his ground as the armies suffered heavy casualties and Hua Tieshou prepared to trap the king.
• The Black Fox King isolated the Bloodedge Army and nearly broke its formation, but Hua Tieshou activated Tie Hengjiang’s Blue-Black Dao Seal and confined him beneath thirteen golden palaces.
• Qing Chen battered the trapped Black Fox King with his rules, demon banners, and Primordial Magnetism Cauldron, then captured the king’s Primordial Spirit alive.
• Qing Chen credited Hua Tieshou with the victory and attempted to restore his ruined Nascent Soul, then withdrew the armies and returned to Yanmen Pass.
• Qing Chen used the Black Fox King’s remains to strengthen the Di Jiang Demon Banner, while officials in Jade Capital Mountain debated his reward.
• Emperor Jingtai made Qing Chen First-Rank Cangming Duke and promised the title Duke of Yan if he recovered the Black Fox Royal Court, and a year later a figure emerged from the blood mist beneath Yanmen Pass.

Qing Chen accepted his ducal title, prepared for a mission into the Reincarnation Dead Sea, and amassed resources before answering the court's summons. After surviving an assassination attempt and killing his negligent escort, he reached Emperor Jingtai and offered dream cultivation scriptures and insights.

• Qing Chen accepted the Imperial Edict and learned that Qing Yuanjia had helped Ding Buxing escape into the Reincarnation Dead Sea with the Black Jade Ancient Lamp.
• Qing Chen gave Yue Ting the Nine Netherworlds Soul-Returning Marrow for Xie Yu and spent five years refining the Immortal Demon Nascent Soul Chapter through Hua Tieshou’s cultivation.
• Tie Hengjiang reclaimed the Primordial Magnetism Cauldron, agreed to reforge Qing Chen’s weapon, and sought his cooperation in investigating Wu Gui’s plans in the Reincarnation Dead Sea.
• Qing Chen seized wealth from Northwestern Circuit smugglers and delayed the imperial summons until he received and refined the Blood Abyss God-Slaying Halberd.
• Qing Chen handed the Northwestern Circuit-Surveying Seal to Tie Zhan and departed for the Divine Capital, but Xue Wugui’s sword attacked his ship and killed Wei Jin.
• Qing Chen survived the attack, killed the negligent imperial escort with the Nine Extremes Blood Prison, and disguised their deaths as the work of assassins.
• Qing Chen returned to Tie Qingyao in the Divine Capital while a masked client renewed the assassination contract with Xue Wugui.
• Qing Chen appeared before Emperor Jingtai and interrupted his admonishment by offering the Yinghuo Illumination-of-the-World Dream Scripture and his dream cultivation insights.