Recaps

Qing Chen entered the Ghost Domain Medicine Garden, overcame its illusions and guardians, and stole the Three Souls Seven Apertures Spirit Embryo Fruit amid a battle among Golden Core cultivators. After escaping suspicion, he expanded his sect’s influence and advanced his cultivation while preparing for wider campaigns.

• Qing Chen passed through the Four Symbols Corpse Refining Formation, entered the grotto-heaven, and broke the Blood Flood Dragon’s restriction to harvest Condensing Gold Fruits and rare spirit herbs.
• Qing Chen used the Mirage Illusion Formation to draw rival cultivators into a battle over false treasures, then opened the way to the hidden garden on Blood Jiangshi Peak.
• Qing Chen summoned Jingyun Arhat to help the Flying Yaksha seize the Three Souls Seven Apertures Spirit Embryo Fruit while Nine Swords True Person and Purple Centipede True Person fought over it.
• Qing Chen escaped with the fruit and hid until he passed the True Persons’ search, convincing Xuanji True Person and the others that he was an ordinary returning disciple.
• Qing Chen implanted a Soul-Extracting Gu in Gao Yuliang, gave him cultivation resources, and secured his oath of loyalty.
• Lin Changsheng, Su Zixuan, Yue Ting, and the armored corpses captured an island base for the Demon Lotus Sect, while Yue Ting reached Foundation Establishment.
• Qing Chen became Battle Hall master and led campaigns across the Azure Wave Archipelago, earning the name Blood River High Person.
• Qing Chen reached peak Foundation Establishment, advanced his Demon Lotus Karmic Fire to the eighth revolution, and revealed that he had refined Zhang Chengfeng into the Di Jiang Demon Banner.

The Condensed Jade Sect faced an invasion while Xuanji True Person attempted a dangerous breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm. After Xuanji emerged victorious and routed the attackers, Qing Chen pursued the wounded Purple Centipede True Person and trapped his fleeing divine soul and Golden Core.

• Qing Chen returned to Earth Jade Island under orders, where he learned the sect was mobilizing and that its mining operation had been suspended to restore the spirit vein.
• The allied forces of Blackwood Island, the Impermanence Sect, the Dian Cang Sect, and the Three Corpse Demon Sect attacked as Xuanji True Person began his breakthrough, and True Person Budong used the Vajra Mound to repel their first assault.
• Qing Chen led the Condensed Jade Sect’s ship defense against Pujin Daoist, while Ji Cangming betrayed the sect and damaged the Condensed Jade Treasure Ship’s defenses.
• After five days of fighting, Xuanji True Person’s breakthrough appeared to fail and the Island-Protecting Grand Array collapsed, leaving the sect’s defenders exposed to the invading forces.
• Xuanji True Person emerged as a Nascent Soul cultivator, pursued the fleeing enemy leaders, killed Impermanence True Person, and destroyed Ghost Corpse True Person’s remnant souls.
• The Condensed Jade Sect pursued the retreating forces, and Qing Chen secretly followed the wounded Purple Centipede True Person as he fought Nine Swords True Person.
• Purple Centipede True Person detonated his Violet Poison Pearl, but Qing Chen trapped his fleeing divine soul and Golden Core in the Three Lives Bewildering Tracks Formation as Demon General Di Jiang attacked them.

Qing Chen strengthened his cultivation while secretly directing the Demon Lotus Sect to destroy Black Ape Island and undermine Xin Bairen’s faction. After Xin Bairen reassigned Mo Huaian to the borderlands, Qing Chen ambushed him at sea and killed him.

• Qing Chen refined the Di Jiang Demon Banner into a magic treasure, then exposed Xin Bairen’s suspected dealings and lost his Tianshu patrol command to him.
• Yue Ting freed Ji Bochang, and Lin Changsheng, Han Shi, Xie Yu, and the Demon Lotus Guards attacked and destroyed Black Ape Island, killing Gongsun Yang and its defenders.
• Xin Bairen blamed the Impermanence Sect and Blackwood Island for the raid, while Qing Chen used the fallen cultivators’ corpses to advance his Demon Lotus Karmic Fire and Vajra cultivation.
• Qing Chen learned that Mo Huaian was obstructing Xue Qingxia’s access to the Earthfire Room and arranged for her to receive ingredients to refine the Golden Jade Liquid Returning Pill.
• Xin Bairen assigned Mo Huaian to Mysterious Pass Island and reassigned Baili Tingfeng, while Qing Chen secretly descended beneath the sea.
• Mo Huaian’s Black Tiger Boat fought Zhu Qi’s ghostly forces, then Heavenfire True Person battled Arhat Fengchi and Qing Chen’s Di Jiang Demon General across the sea.
• Qing Chen attacked the Black Tiger Boat, broke its defenses with the Awakening of Insects Blood Spear, killed Mo Huaian, took his One-Qi Purple-Gold Cauldron, and flew away.

Qing Chen attained the Golden Core realm, took up a post on Earth Pass Island, and used a public Dao discourse to establish his authority. The arc ended with Songshan True Person conceding to Qing Chen, while Spirit Crane True Person’s sword remained trapped in Qing Chen’s fire lotus.

• Qing Chen completed his Golden Core tribulations, and the Condensed Jade Sect named him Hidden Spirit True Person and appointed him a Golden Core elder.
• Qing Chen took charge of Tianshu Hall, nominated Xu Jiuling as Deputy Hall Vice Lord, and was assigned to replace Heavenfire True Person at Mysterious Pass Island.
• Qing Chen chose a damaged Demon Banner from the sect treasury and discovered that it could join his other banners to form the Dutian Demon Mara Formation.
• Xin Bairen sought Yuji True Person’s help to form his Golden Core, while the Snake Spirit Thieves raided a Feng Household convoy.
• Qing Chen arrived at Earth Pass Island with Xu Jiuling, fought Heavenfire True Person, and received the island’s Command Token.
• Qing Chen spread rumors about Songshan True Person and staged the Earth Pass Discourse on the Dao, where Gu Jianchun and Miao Long fought the Dian Cang Sect’s chosen disciples.
• Qing Chen stopped Songshan True Person from intervening in the duels, fought him and Spirit Crane True Person, and forced Songshan to concede and follow his lead.