Recaps

Qing Chen’s Golden Core ceremony established his reputation among the archipelago’s major powers, and his duel with Ye Wushang ended in a draw after Ye broke through. As Qing Chen prepared to expand his sect and pursue new resources, old enemies and distant opportunities began to surface.

• Qing Chen opened his Golden Core ceremony with a grand arrival, taught the Dao, and revealed a powerful demon god dharma form that awed the gathered cultivators.
• Ye Wushang arrived, claimed the title of Shushan Sword Chief, and exchanged gifts with Qing Chen for advice on making his entrance more imposing.
• Qing Chen and Ye Wushang fought above the clouds, each revealing formidable sword and demonic arts as the crowd watched.
• Qing Chen’s White Bone Immortal-Locking Yuanchen Gourd shattered Ye Wushang’s sword formation, but Ye broke through to the middle Golden Core stage, and Qing Chen called their duel a draw.
• After the ceremony, Qing Chen traded Wutong’s Black Jade Ring to Xuangu for the White Devil Lynx’s remains and demon core, while Yue Chengfeng and Yue Daishi mourned their ruined household and left Wandering Mountain with their companions.
• Qing Chen reviewed the ceremony’s many gifts, ordered his sect to seek supplies and routes to the Heavenly Illumination Archipelago, and prepared to cultivate the Third Brahma Aperture.
• Yuji True Person and Xin Bairen killed a Scarlet Blood Demon Lizard, while Xin Bairen accused Qing Chen of wrongdoing and Yuji hoped the beast materials would help fund a search for the Yu Yu Profound True Pill.
• The Eight Serpent Sect sent Qing Chen a belated gift, while Lin Changsheng faced a Pseudo-Core-level Primordial Magnetism Three-Horned Rhino in a dangerous mountain.

Lin Changsheng strengthened his crystallized magic power on Magnetic Origin Mountain while Qing Chen advanced to the middle Golden Core stage, consolidated his influence, and prepared to confront the Eight Serpent Sect and Lesser Cold Temple. The arc left Qing Chen building alliances and interrogating captives as conflict gathered across the archipelagos.

• Lin Changsheng defeated the Primordial Magnetism Three-Horned Rhino and absorbed its magnetic sand, raising his crystallized magic power above ten percent.
• Qing Chen broke through to the middle Golden Core stage, gained the Eightfold Brahma Curse, and captured three cultivators whose memories linked them to Lesser Cold Temple.
• Qing Chen expanded Earth Pass Island into a major trade hub, then declared war after uncovering the Eight Serpent Sect’s campaign against him and the suppression of news on Heavenly Jade Island.
• Qing Chen strengthened the Demon Lotus Sect and the Qing Household, giving Qing An cultivation resources and directing him to develop the family’s descendants.
• Qing Chen summoned Xu Jiuling to gather evidence against Wan Hun, Yuji, and the Eight Serpent Sect, while arranging support for Li Xiao'er and inviting Dragon-Seal Vajra to discuss the Ceasefire Alliance.
• Wang Shisan and other cultivators considered enlistment as the Eight Serpent Sect mobilized its vassal islands for war.
• Qing Chen defeated Dragon-Seal Vajra in their wager and proposed an alliance against Lesser Cold Temple, offering Cold Mountain Temple the region’s waters.
• Qing Chen gathered Demon Lotus Sect leaders and captives in an underground hall, tortured a nun and a rogue cultivator, and prompted the nun to offer information.

Qing Chen exposed corruption within the Condensed Jade Sect, became Deputy Sect Master, and assembled an allied force to attack Lesser Cold Temple. The campaign overran several guard islands, leaving the temple’s defenders fearful of defeat.

• Qing Chen forced the White Dragon Envoy to cooperate, then rallied the Demon Lotus Sect to attack Lesser Cold Temple and seize its territory.
• Huishan committed Cold Mountain Temple to an allied offensive, while Qing Chen developed his magnetic techniques and prepared for the campaign.
• Xuanji True Lord stripped Yuji of his position after Xin Bairen revealed Yuji’s dealings with the Eight Serpent Sect, then appointed Qing Chen Deputy Sect Master.
• Qing Chen told Xuanji that he had planned the Lesser Cold Temple campaign with Cold Mountain Temple’s help, and Xuanji allowed him to proceed without personally intervening.
• Qing Chen returned to Xuanchi Island and learned that his forces had taken twenty-seven Second-Level Islands, while rival armies fought over Guangqi Island.
• Qing Chen assembled cultivators and warships, promised rewards for victory, and sent Xue Qingxia and Sun Wudi to reinforce key positions.
• Qing Chen placed the Demon Lotus Sect’s hidden forces under Su Zixuan’s command as the allied assault advanced against Lesser Cold Temple.
• After four guard islands fell, Miao Xuan warned that the temple was badly outnumbered while Su Xin sat silently on her lotus platform.

Qing Chen led the defeat of Lesser Cold Temple and began consolidating the Condensed Jade Sect’s gains while preparing for further conflict. The arc ended with Qing Chen confronting Cold Mountain Temple’s Dharma Master Xingchi over Coldwater Island.

• Su Xin Dharma Master’s reinforcements joined the battle for East Third Guard Island, where Qing Chen confronted her and the Radiant Night Palace Master.
• Qing Chen broke through their ghost-domain and sword attacks with the Vajra Mound, defeated Su Xin, and helped rout the defenders.
• Qing Chen’s forces destroyed Lesser Cold Temple, gathered spoils, and began rebuilding for a future advance toward Guangqi Island.
• The Eight Serpent Sect punished Poison Python True Person, while news of Qing Chen’s victory reached Ye Wushang and the Vajra Zen Sect.
• Qing Chen opened his third Brahma aperture as Lin Changsheng fought a magnetic beast and followed Chang Yao’s signal into Primordial Magnetic Origin Mountain.
• Qing Chen honored Songshan True Person at his funeral, granted Longyou Island to the Dian Cang Sect, and allowed Spirit Crane True Person to found a sect.
• Xuanji True Lord appointed Chi Xuntian as the Condensed Jade Sect’s Walker and sent him to observe Qing Chen’s campaign.
• At Coldwater Island, Hua Tieshou refused Dharma Master Xingchi’s demand to reclaim the island, and Qing Chen arrived and struck Xingchi away.