Recaps

Qing Chen returned to the Condensed Jade Sect, became True Person Budong’s direct disciple and the Immovable Wisdom King Lineage’s official inheritor, then served as chief examiner of the Dragon Gate Gathering. The rankings put Gao Yuliang in the top ten, while Hua Tieshou narrowly missed them, and Qing Chen’s final lecture sent the disciples toward their next trials.

• Xu Jiuling brought Qing Chen back to the Condensed Jade Sect after explaining that the Fourth Grand Supreme had chosen him as a personal disciple and describing the Vajra Mound trial.
• True Person Budong accepted Qing Chen as his direct disciple and named him an inheritor of the Immovable Wisdom King Lineage, teaching him its heart method and giving him a True Disciple Command Token and the Yin-Thunder Wings.
• Qing Chen became chief examiner of the Dragon Gate Gathering, designed its Trial Island No. 2 tests, and personally inspected contestants despite pressure from faction representatives to overlook violations.
• During the trial, Deng Ziyue was injured and forced to escape, while Gao Yuliang survived by hiding underground and reached the gate before the deadline.
• Qing Chen and the assistant examiners tallied the contestants’ scores, reduced Hua Tieshou’s points over damaged materials, and placed Gao Yuliang tenth and Hua Tieshou eleventh.
• Qing Chen obtained Zhongli Duantian’s Three-Turn Scarlet Jade Furnace, then announced the Gold Ranking, with Baili Tingfeng first and Gao Yuliang among the Top Ten Disciples.
• Hua Tieshou grew angry after Ji Bochang mocked his result, but Qing Chen’s lecture on his path of killing and blood prompted the disciples to thank him as he departed.

Lin Changsheng and Su Zixuan killed Cao Yuan and secured clues to the Blood Jiangshi Legacy Mansion, while Qing Chen joined the expedition to Immortal-Severing Island. After gathering the baleful intent needed to summon the Blood Jiangshi Bone Tree, Qing Chen entered the mansion’s trial and became trapped in a passage that seemed to repeat itself.

• Lin Changsheng and Su Zixuan trapped and killed Cao Yuan, then Qing Chen received his Ghost Mantis Tokens and the formation beacon linked to the Blood Jiangshi Legacy Mansion.
• Qing Chen joined the Azure Wave Archipelago’s Golden Core cultivators and their allies as they opened the Forbidden Grand Array and entered Immortal-Severing Island.
• Ten Thousand Souls True Person sent Qing Chen and six other Foundation Establishment cultivators to collect qi and blood, killing intent, and resentment from sites across the seven kingdoms.
• Qing Chen gathered the ancient battlefield’s condensed essence and visited Hanchuan City, where Qing An told him that Qing Jie had gone missing and recounted the brothers’ past with Zhao Ningyi.
• Qing Chen gave Qing An an Inspector's Command Token, cultivation guidance, and protection for his journey, then returned to the expedition with the last spirit bottle.
• Ten Thousand Souls True Person combined the collected essence to summon the Blood Jiangshi Bone Tree, and the disciples entered the mansion’s black entrance for its trial.
• The entrance scattered Qing Chen from Xu Jiuling, Gu Jianchun, Xue Qingxia, and Ji Cangming, leaving him alone in a blood-mist passage guarded by his refined corpses.
• Qing Chen found the same three eerie portraits appearing again along the passage and suspected he had to deal with them to escape.

Qing Chen entered the Inner Hall trials, gathered Yellow Springs Baleful Intent, and reached Foundation Establishment late stage after harvesting Xue Qingxia’s spiritual essence. He overcame the White Bone Path and began secluded cultivation in Cloudfoot Celestial Palace while Ten Thousand Souls True Person instructed his group to await the Sect Master's chosen moment.

• Qing Chen destroyed the three Corpse Demon Paintings, obtained a Blood Jiangshi True Mansion Token, and chose to enter the Inner Hall trial.
• Qing Chen scouted the Naihe Bridge, discovered that larger groups attracted more demonic creatures, and hunted monsters for Yellow Springs Baleful Intent to temper his body.
• Qing Chen intervened after Chu Feikong and Ding Buxing attacked Xue Qingxia, defeated them with his armored corpses, and accepted Ding Buxing’s information before allowing him to leave under an oath.
• Qing Chen subdued Chu Feikong, planted a demon seed in him, and harvested the unconscious Xue Qingxia’s spiritual essence to reach Foundation Establishment late stage and the sixth layer of the Brahma Demon-Refining Art.
• Qing Chen sent Xue Qingxia outside the mansion, sealed Chu Feikong in a Bronze Coffin for later refinement, and gathered more Yellow Springs Baleful Intent before following the Demon Lotus Stone’s guidance into the White Bone Path.
• Qing Chen used the Yin-Thunder Wings and Heartless Demon Aspect to overcome the Di Jiang Demon General, collected the Dijiang Demon Mara Banner, and escaped the collapsing path through a teleportation vortex.
• Qing Chen reunited with Xu Jiuling and Gu Jianchun at Cloudfoot Heavenly Palace, received a Grade-A cave abode, and began refining his accumulated Yellow Springs Baleful Intent.
• Ten Thousand Souls True Person told Heavenfire True Person that their group had to remain together in the Inner Hall and wait for the Sect Master's chosen moment.

Qing Chen cleared the Nine-Story Tower’s trials, became one of the Twelve Holy Sons, and gained the pagoda’s powers. He then entered the Spring and Autumn Ghost Grave Path as Ding Buxing and rival sects faced danger near the Condensing Gold Fruit Tree.

• Ding Buxing learned from Elder Pan that his Identity Command Token could help control Qing Chen, while the Soul-Cleansing Bell signaled that the trials were beginning.
• Qing Chen reached the Sixth Heaven, entered the Inner Sect grounds, and discovered that the Nine-Story Tower’s sealed gate could only be opened through a trial formation.
• Qing Chen defeated the tower’s guardians through the eighth floor, losing most of his demon army, then followed the meditation cushion’s urging to challenge the ninth.
• Qing Chen defeated the Immovable Wisdom King Bodhisattva with help from the nine-colored light, passed the ninth trial, and became one of the Twelve Holy Sons.
• The Nine-Luminaries Glazed Vidyaraja Pagoda entered Qing Chen’s sea of qi and granted him new authorities, including access to an island with medicinal fields.
• Qing Chen killed Daoist Changxuan, absorbed his corpse into the Pojun Demon Banner, and found a clay Daoist, cenotaph, and wordless stele in a mountain worship hall.
• Qing Chen presented his Twelve Holy Son Token at the Wordless Stele and entered the Spring and Autumn Ghost Grave Path, while Elder Shangshan led Xu Jiuling’s group toward the Condensing Gold Fruit Tree.
• Gold-Armored and Silver-Armored Corpses attacked the Condensed Jade Sect group and surrounded the rival sects elsewhere.