Recaps

After emerging from seclusion as a Nascent Soul cultivator, Chen Shuangbai reunited with Gao Yi and stabilized his cultivation at the Gao Clan’s immortal market. He then set course directly through the waters off Ning Country, and Gao Yi realized his master intended to confront whatever lay ahead.

• Gao Hao and Gao Yi welcomed Chen Shuangbai, who had emerged from seclusion after breaking through to Nascent Soul.
• The Gao Clan’s ancestor greeted Chen Shuangbai, and the clan celebrated his breakthrough.
• Chen Shuangbai spent a month stabilizing his Nascent Soul and Divine Abilities with the Gao Clan’s hospitality.
• Gao Yi bid farewell to his family and boarded True Lord Canxia’s flying boat with Chen Shuangbai.
• When Gao Yi questioned their route, Chen Shuangbai said they would return through the waters off Ning Country, and Gao Yi praised his master’s resolve.

Chen Shuangbai and True Lord Canxia froze the demon-infested waters off Ning Country, drawing the attention of three Nascent Soul demon lords. After Iron Spine fled upon recognizing Chen Shuangbai, True Lord Shendu arrived with Holy Origin Alliance cultivators to confront him.

• Chen Shuangbai’s snowy radiance froze the sea off Ning Country and put its demons to sleep before a golden-armored demon demanded to know who had caused the disturbance.
• Chen Shuangbai and True Lord Canxia faced the demon lords Golden Horn, Qiujing, and Iron Spine as they emerged from the sea.
• Qiujing recognized Chen Shuangbai and realized he had reached the Nascent Soul stage; Golden Horn and Iron Spine also recognized him as the Jade Spring Dao Child and Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal.
• Iron Spine fled after warning the others that Earth Scale had died to a human cultivator wielding Sword Intent on someone else’s behalf.
• True Lord Shendu arrived with Holy Origin Alliance cultivators and confronted Chen Shuangbai.

Chen Shuangbai and True Lord Canxia faced four Nascent Soul enemies above the coast, including True Lords Shendu and Youluo and two Demon Lords. As the attackers struck, Chen Shuangbai unleashed a devastating sword attack that forced them to recognize his threat, and True Lord Youluo called for everyone to reveal their full abilities.

• True Lord Youluo remarked on Chen Shuangbai's age and Nascent Soul cultivation, while the Golden Crow Demon Lord realized the Holy Origin Alliance intended to kill him.
• The Golden Crow Demon Lord challenged True Lord Canxia, who said he was escorting a junior back to the lands within the seas.
• True Lord Youluo launched a pitch-black lightning strike at Chen Shuangbai and True Lord Canxia, but Canxia's Azure Rosy Cloud Treasure Fan blocked it.
• True Lord Youluo sent a torrent of ghosts at them, and Canxia used his fan to create a sanctuary against it.
• Chen Shuangbai drew his sword and unleashed gold-and-white Sword Essence, destroying the ghost river and driving the four opponents apart.
• True Lord Youluo urged the others to show their full abilities.

The Holy Origin Alliance’s mobilization tied down the Vast Waves Alliance’s Nascent Soul cultivators, leaving Chen Shuangbai isolated at sea against True Lord Shendu and Demon Lord Qiujing. As the battle continued, Chen Shuangbai countered their attacks while the allies who might aid him remained occupied inland.

• True Lord Qingyu fought True Lord Liudu in Ning Country while the Holy Origin Alliance’s forces and local demon lords kept the Vast Waves Alliance’s Nascent Soul cultivators occupied.
• True Lord Jihai battled True Lord Xuetu, who claimed that the Holy Origin Alliance’s ancestor and the Transformation Sect’s sect master had gone to attack the Jade Spring Sect and Flower Washing Sword Sect.
• True Lord Jihai vowed to make True Lord Xuetu pay, gathering powerful water-element divine light around himself.
• True Lord Shendu summoned five poison banners and unleashed Five Poisons Devour the Heart against Chen Shuangbai near the shore.
• Chen Shuangbai used his Supreme Yin mirror and blue-jade Dharma body to defend against the poison light and pursue Demon Lord Qiujing’s white mist.

Chen Shuangbai fought Demon Lord Qiujing, True Lord Shendu, and Chan Master Baotong after Shendu stole and suppressed her Azure Sea Hanging Rainbow Dragon-Binding Ring. Baotong’s Buddhist formation failed against her sword, leaving four vajras dead and three badly wounded.

• Chen Shuangbai struck Demon Lord Qiujing’s giant clam form with the Azure Sea Hanging Rainbow Dragon-Binding Ring, breaking part of its shell and injuring her.
• True Lord Shendu used a multicolored flying creature and the Five-Colored Miasma Light Treasure Vase to seize and suppress Chen Shuangbai’s ring.
• Chan Master Baotong revealed himself and demanded that Chen Shuangbai return to Lotus Temple with him, while True Lord Shendu objected that this violated their agreement.
• Chanxia warned Chen Shuangbai that Baotong’s seven converted vajras were dangerous, and Baotong ordered them to form the Wondrous Origin Returning Light Buddhist Conversion Grand Formation.
• Chen Shuangbai unleashed the Zhengguang Jielin Jade Pool Flying Immortal Sword, shattered the Buddhist formation, killed four vajras, and severely wounded the other three.

Chen Shuangbai overcame True Lord Shendu’s poison and used Great Yin’s concealment to strike down Demon Lord Qiujing. He stood before the remaining Shendu and Chan Master Baotong, who realized they could not sense his presence.

• Chen Shuangbai shattered Baotong’s golden attacks and destroyed True Lord Shendu’s poisonous creatures and Dharma body with his sword.
• True Lord Shendu used [Spirit-Pointing Shackles Gu Poison] against everyone present, including his ally Qiujing, but Chen Shuangbai resisted it with [Dew-Drinking Radiance].
• Chen Shuangbai appeared behind Shendu and pierced him with his sword, unleashing Great Yin radiance and poison light.
• Chen Shuangbai concealed himself from the Nascent Souls’ senses and approached Demon Lord Qiujing unnoticed.
• Chen Shuangbai killed Qiujing with a sword strike, scattering her body and soul as ice crystals.
• Chen Shuangbai turned toward True Lord Shendu and Chan Master Baotong, who recoiled in horror.

Chen Shuangbai defeated True Lord Shendu and Chan Master Baotong after they unleashed their treasures and Divine Abilities against him. Baotong’s final attack struck an illusion, and Chen Shuangbai froze and shattered him with the Great Yin treasured sword.

• Chen Shuangbai killed Qiujing with a sudden sword strike, and Shendu escaped the next blow by sacrificing a poisonous insect.
• Shendu and Chan Master Baotong attacked Chen Shuangbai with their Law Treasures, but he calmly advanced through their assaults.
• Baotong used his Heavenly Eye Divine Ability to locate Chen Shuangbai, and he and Shendu unleashed a barrage that appeared to destroy him.
• Chen Shuangbai revealed that Baotong’s target had been an illusion, then pierced him through his golden defenses with the Great Yin treasured sword.
• Chen Shuangbai froze Baotong and shattered his manifestation into ice crystals.

Chen Shuangbai killed True Lord Shendu after defeating Qiujing and Baotong, while the Golden Crow Demon Lord and True Lord Youluo escaped. Youluo warned that Sunken Jade Valley was in danger, and Chen Shuangbai and True Lord Canxia raced toward the inner seas.

• Chen Shuangbai killed True Lord Shendu with his moonlit sword, and Shendu cursed him before dying.
• The Golden Crow Demon Lord sacrificed Essence Blood to escape, while Chen Shuangbai's attack forced True Lord Youluo to flee through a collapsing point in the void.
• Before disappearing, True Lord Youluo warned that Sunken Jade Valley might not be safe, leaving Chen Shuangbai and True Lord Canxia gravely concerned.
• Gao Yi, Feiguang, and Changming welcomed Chen Shuangbai aboard True Lord Canxia's flying boat after the battle.
• True Lord Canxia surmised that a Nascent Soul Late Stage expert might be guarding the sect grounds, and he sped the flying boat toward the inner seas.

Chen Shuangbai returned to Sunken Jade Valley after forming his Nascent Soul and found the sect badly damaged by battle. He reunited with Yi Chongyue and True Lord Canxia, then saw True Lord Qingchen in the Myriad Phenomena Hall and noticed that one of his eyes had changed.

• Chen Shuangbai arrived at the sect entrance, where disciples welcomed him as their Dao Child after learning he had formed his Nascent Soul.
• Chen Shuangbai healed the gathered disciples’ lingering injuries with moonlight before entering the damaged sect with True Lord Canxia.
• Chen Shuangbai reunited with Yi Chongyue and stopped his master from bowing to him, then introduced True Lord Canxia.
• A woman called to True Lord Canxia, who hurried into the hall to see his daughter.
• Chen Shuangbai entered the Myriad Phenomena Hall and found True Lord Qingchen safe, but noticed that one of Qingchen’s eyes was pure white with three pale azure rings.

Chen Shuangbai returned to the Jade Spring Sect after forming a Heaven Nascent Soul and discussed the alliance’s losses and his victories with True Lord Qingchen. The conversation revealed that Qingchen’s cultivation had changed in a frightening way, and Chen Shuangbai pressed him to explain what had happened.

• Chen Shuangbai recalled the losses suffered by the Vast Waves Alliance and the attacks on the Jade Spring Sect and Flower Washing Sword Sect.
• Chen Shuangbai met True Lord Qingchen in the Myriad Phenomena Hall and saw a terrifying snake-dragon pupil before Qingchen suppressed the strange green Qi.
• Chen Shuangbai returned the sect’s accumulated reserves in several Storage Bags and recounted his experiences at sea.
• True Lord Qingchen learned that Chen Shuangbai had formed a Heaven Nascent Soul and praised his achievement.
• True Lord Qingchen reassured Chen Shuangbai that the Holy Origin Alliance and Lotus Temple would not act rashly now that he had succeeded.
• Chen Shuangbai asked True Lord Qingchen what had happened to his cultivation.

True Lord Qingchen revealed the Jade Spring Sect’s hidden inheritance and explained that he had merged with the remnant soul of a Spirit Transformation Peak Green Chi to gain Nascent Soul Late Stage or Peak strength. He told Chen Shuangbai that the dragon soul had to remain suppressed by the sect’s jade ruyi, leaving Qingchen dependent on the treasure.

• True Lord Qingchen’s dragon-like presence overwhelmed Chen Shuangbai until Qingchen used a jade ruyi to suppress it.
• True Lord Qingchen named the ruyi as the Scarlet Yang Pure Truth Mountain-Suppressing Ruyi and revealed that the sect’s inheritance included two Spirit Treasures and three profound arts.
• True Lord Qingchen explained that the Azure Firmament Vast Sea Tribulation-Crossing Heavenly Boat was a superior-grade Spirit Treasure that had carried Patriarch Jade Spring across the Buried Wind Ocean.
• True Lord Qingchen revealed that the inheritance’s remaining entity was a Green Chi dragon once honored as a Dragon Lord, whose body had perished and whose chi soul was being refined into Dragon Illumination Treasure Liquid.
• True Lord Qingchen told Chen Shuangbai that merging with the dragon’s remnant soul gave him Nascent Soul Late Stage or Peak strength, but the jade ruyi had to suppress the soul at all times.

Chen Shuangbai reflected on True Lord Qingchen’s bond with a Green Chi before leaving for the Zhao Kingdom. At the Black River Water Manor, the Black Jade Flood Dragon King feared Chen Shuangbai would demand Heiming Gu Du’s return, so he contacted the Flood Dragon Clan for help.

• Chen Shuangbai sent the two attendants from his cave abode to the outer sect with a letter, pills, and Spirit Stones so they could retire comfortably.
• Chen Shuangbai considered the danger of True Lord Qingchen sharing a body with the Green Chi, and Qingchen said mastering its dragon soul could lead him to Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Shuangbai left the sect and headed to the Zhao Kingdom.
• After hearing of Chen Shuangbai’s recent victories, the Black Jade Flood Dragon King worried that he would have to return Heiming Gu Du and abandon his plans.
• The Black Jade Flood Dragon King decided to seek help from his sea-dwelling kinsmen and activated a token to contact the Flood Dragon Clan.

Chen Shuangbai and Heiming Xuanzhao arrived at the Black River Water Manor to retrieve Heiming Gu Du and test the flood dragons’ intentions. When a sea-born flood dragon named Beigong Chi appeared, Chen Shuangbai directly questioned whether the Flood Dragon Clan planned to come ashore.

• Feiguang carried Chen Shuangbai and Heiming Xuanzhao toward the Black River Water Manor as Chen Shuangbai considered the manor’s possible ties to the Flood Dragon Clan at sea.
• The Black Jade Flood Dragon King greeted Chen Shuangbai and invited him to stay, but Chen Shuangbai demanded that the manor hand over Heiming Gu Du.
• The Black Jade Flood Dragon King grew hostile when Chen Shuangbai displayed his power and refused to exchange pleasantries.
• Beigong Chi introduced himself as a member of the Flood Dragon Clan at sea, and Chen Shuangbai asked whether the sea dragons intended to come ashore.

Chen Shuangbai arrived at the Profound Firmament Sect, where True Lord Xuanyuan welcomed him and hosted him with his companions. Behind closed doors, Xuanyuan asked about the Vast Waves Alliance’s position on their proposed Spirit Treasure transaction.

• Profound Firmament Sect disciples traded increasingly embellished stories about Chen Shuangbai’s victory over the demonic flood dragon at the Black River Water Manor.
• Chen Shuangbai arrived at the mountain gates with two black-robed companions and Feiguang, and True Lord Xuanyuan personally welcomed him.
• At the Discern the Profound Palace, Chen Shuangbai’s companions enjoyed the spirit fruits, while Zhao Shiyong and Han Zhao greeted the sword immortal.
• True Lord Xuanyuan sealed the hall and asked Chen Shuangbai about the Vast Waves Alliance’s position on the transaction involving a Spirit Treasure.

Chen Shuangbai and True Lord Xuanyuan completed a trade of rare fourth-tier spiritual materials, with the Profound Firmament Sect acquiring Heavenly Light Goldstone for its Spirit Treasure project. The exchange also secured Sea Soul Light-Holding Amber for Yuan Jun Sword Lord’s recovery, and True Lord Xuanyuan moved on to the next matter.

• The chapter explained that Spirit Treasures gave sects a major advantage and that the Profound Firmament Sect was nearing completion of its own after centuries of gathering materials.
• Chen Shuangbai presented the Flower Washing Sword Sect’s fourth-tier, mid-grade Heavenly Light Goldstone to True Lord Xuanyuan.
• True Lord Xuanyuan exchanged the Profound Firmament Sect’s fourth-tier, high-grade Sea Soul Light-Holding Amber for the goldstone.
• Chen Shuangbai planned to send the amber to Yuan Jun Sword Lord, who remained in seclusion recovering from her grave wounds.
• True Lord Xuanyuan put away the goldstone and asked Chen Shuangbai to continue discussing their second matter.

After rescuing Heiming Gu Du from the Black River Water Manor, Chen Shuangbai reported the Black Flood Dragon’s plan to seek a buried treasure in Great Li Mountain, and True Lord Qingchen ordered the Jade Spring Sect to stay out of the matter. Chen Shuangbai then received orders to deliver a healing treasure to the Sword Alliance in Wu Country and reunited with his second disciple, Chen Yazhen.

• Chen Shuangbai declined True Lord Xuanyuan’s invitation to remain at the Profound Firmament Sect and departed with Feiguang and the others.
• Chen Shuangbai healed Heiming Gu Du and asked him to explain what had happened in the Black River Water Manor.
• Chen Shuangbai told True Person Mei and True Lord Qingchen that the Black Flood Dragon sought Heiming Gu Du as a secret treasure to open a seal hiding a fallen flood dragon lord’s legacy in Great Li Mountain.
• True Lord Qingchen told Chen Shuangbai to keep the matter quiet and sent him to Wu Country with the Sea Soul Light-Holding Amber for the Sword Alliance and a healing gift for Junior Brother Bo.
• Chen Shuangbai returned to Jade Screen Peak and was greeted by Chen Yazhen, who congratulated him on reaching Nascent Soul and shared her experiences with him.

Chen Yazhen reunited with Chen Shuangbai and recounted how confinement in an ancient cave had brought her to the late Foundation Establishment stage and earned her a high-grade Law Treasure. Chen Shuangbai then visited the wounded True Lord Jihai, who warned him not to lend his Sword Intent to the Profound Firmament Sect.

• Chen Yazhen told Chen Shuangbai how she had been trapped in a Golden Core cultivator's cave, cultivated to the late Foundation Establishment stage, and escaped with a high-grade Law Treasure.
• Li Muxian and Huo Min welcomed Chen Shuangbai to Calming Waves City, and he went to see the injured True Lord Jihai.
• Chen Shuangbai suppressed the lingering manifestations of True Lord Jihai's injuries and helped him recover with a treasure pill and Great Yin Divine Ability.
• True Lord Jihai explained that the Purple Flame Fire Crow and its [Bing Sun Divine Lamp] had badly wounded him, leaving him to recover in seclusion for years.
• Chen Shuangbai described his dealings with the Profound Firmament Sect, including its request to borrow his Sword Intent for a Spirit Treasure.
• True Lord Jihai warned Chen Shuangbai not to agree to the Profound Firmament Sect's request.

Chen Shuangbai learned that tempering a Spirit Treasure with his Sword Intent could let it counter him, and True Lord Jihai said the Vast Waves Alliance would not admit the Profound Firmament Sect intact. Meanwhile, the alliance’s forces attacked the Celebrated Origin Sect, whose headquarters fell after True Lord Liudu died in a poison-fueled explosion.

• True Lord Jihai warned Chen Shuangbai that a Spirit Treasure tempered by his Sword Intent might develop the ability to counter it, and told him to leave the matter to the sect’s elders.
• True Lord Jihai said the Vast Waves Alliance would not accept a completely intact Profound Firmament Sect, hinting that it would have to lose strength first.
• True Lord Huoyang, High Person Kuchan, and True Lord Suwen led Vast Waves Alliance forces through the Holy Origin Alliance’s defenses toward the Celebrated Origin Sect.
• True Lord Suwen suppressed the yin puppet with the Clear and Turbid Two Modes Ring while True Lord Huoyang trapped True Lord Liudu in heavenly fire and True Lord Kuchan attacked the sect’s defensive formation.
• True Lord Liudu cursed the Vast Waves Alliance and exploded, spreading poisonous light across the land.
• The Celebrated Origin Sect’s headquarters was breached, and the three Vast Waves Alliance True Lords sealed and cleansed the site over several days.

True Lord Qingchen besieged the Transformation Sect’s headquarters and revealed that the Celebrated Origin Sect’s sword immortal was elsewhere. Chen Shuangbai arrived at the Profound Nether Palace, where the absent Nascent Soul defenders left its remaining guards facing his attack.

• True Lord Qingchen used the [Scarlet Yang Pure Truth Mountain-Suppressing Ruyi] to seal Ten Thousand Grottoes Ridge and confront Devil Lord Yuandu.
• True Lord Qingchen transformed the Transformation Sect’s demonic mountain stronghold into a flourishing spiritual land and asked Yuandu to guess where the Jade Spring Sect’s sword immortal was.
• Chen Shuangbai emerged from the moonlight at the Profound Nether Palace and announced that he had come to challenge its members on the Vast Waves Alliance leader’s orders.
• True Person Xiaoyao recognized Chen Shuangbai’s fearsome reputation and realized no Nascent Soul cultivator was present to defend the palace.
• Chen Shuangbai’s sword light spread over the palace, prompting its Golden Core and Foundation Establishment guards to flee as Xiaoyao tried to stop them.

Chen Shuangbai destroyed the Holy Origin Alliance’s Profound Nether Palace, earning praise from the Vast Waves Alliance, then spent months at the Jade Spring Sect before giving a three-day Dao lecture. After vanishing in a shower of golden blossoms, he read a letter on Jade Screen Peak and realized something had happened as expected.

• Chen Shuangbai destroyed the Profound Nether Palace in three sword strikes and left a message identifying himself as Xuhong.
• Chen Shuangbai returned to Calming Waves City, where the Vast Waves Alliance’s True Lords praised his attack after the alliance destroyed the Celebrated Origin Sect.
• True Lord Jihai and True Lord Qingchen advised Chen Shuangbai to return to the Jade Spring Sect and consolidate his abilities.
• Chen Shuangbai stayed at the Jade Spring Sect for more than half a year and gave a three-day Dao lecture that prompted many cultivators to break through.
• Chen Shuangbai concluded his lecture, vanished beneath falling golden blossoms, and later read a letter on Jade Screen Peak, recognizing that events had unfolded as expected.

After sixty years away, Chen Shuangbai returned to the White Water Chen Household and reunited with Chen Mingxuan. He went to the ancestral hall to pay respects to his deceased grandfather, second uncle, father, and mother.

• Chen Shuangbai entered the expanded Chen Household with Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen following behind.
• Chen Mingxuan recognized Chen Shuangbai and wept as the brothers reunited after sixty years apart.
• Chen Mingxuan told Chen Shuangbai about the clan’s changes over the past six decades.
• Chen Mingxuan informed Chen Shuangbai that their grandfather and second uncle had died, and Chen Shuangbai asked to visit them.
• Chen Shuangbai entered the ancestral hall and stood silently before the spirit tablets of his four deceased relatives.

Chen Shuangbai arranged for Chen Tianjun to become Yuan Bikong’s disciple, then refined toad stones to strengthen [Fallen Toad Light]. After honing two Divine Abilities with resources from the Celebrated Origin Sect, he took out an object whose identity was not revealed.

• Chen Shuangbai brought Chen Tianjun to Yuan Bikong, who accepted the talented child as his disciple.
• Chen Shuangbai considered his obligations to the White Water Chen Clan and resolved not to favor it excessively over the Jade Spring Sect.
• The Vast Waves Alliance’s True Lords rejected a swift new offensive and focused on distributing the Celebrated Origin Sect’s spoils.
• Chen Shuangbai refined three toad stones and found that [Fallen Toad Light] had grown stronger but still fell short of his hopes.
• Ding Chengyu sent Chen Shuangbai requested cultivation resources, and Chen Shuangbai honed [Fallen Toad Light] and [Dew-Drinking Radiance] before taking out an object.

Chen Shuangbai used the Purple Mansion Soul Crystal to evolve a new pill formula, then began refining it with his Mystic Sea Avatar at the ruins of the Celebrated Origin Sect. The Seven-Return Spirit-Soul Pill’s ingredients were purified, and the pair started the final furnace process.

• Chen Shuangbai identified the crystal as a Purple Mansion Soul Crystal and used the Dao Fruit to evolve the Origin-Returning Soul-Nourishing Pill formula into the Seven-Return Spirit-Soul Pill.
• Chen Shuangbai decided he could refine the supreme third-tier pill himself and went to the Celebrated Origin Sect ruins, where Ding Chengyu showed him the Origin Red Copper Furnace.
• Chen Shuangbai prepared the gloomy pill chamber and summoned Zhanlu, his Mystic Sea Avatar, to assist with her Cinnabar Purple Profound Fire and alchemy skills.
• Chen Shuangbai and Zhanlu purified the seven auxiliary ingredients, with Chen Shuangbai refining the medicinal liquids until they were crystalline and free of impurities.
• Chen Shuangbai guided the purified liquids into the furnace and intensified the flames to begin refining the pills.

Chen Shuangbai left his Mystic Sea Avatar to finish refining the Seven-Return Spirit-Soul Pill while he studied a golden book leaf and tried to derive a new Divine Ability from it. Meanwhile, Devil Lord Yuandu and Old Monster Hentian discussed the Celebrated Origin Sect’s fall and began plotting against Qingchen’s Dao Child.

• Chen Shuangbai handed the remaining four rounds of pill refinement to his Mystic Sea Avatar, then left the pill chamber to practice his arts.
• Chen Shuangbai entrusted Ding Chengyu with helping True Lord Jihai and the other sects divide the Celebrated Origin Sect’s inheritance, then secluded himself with the golden book leaf from Pengyu Heaven.
• Chen Shuangbai deciphered the Innate Six-Wheel Divine Rite and attempted to use it as the foundation for a new Divine Ability, but the attempt failed.
• True Lord Youluo informed Devil Lord Yuandu that Old Monster Hentian wanted to speak with him, and Yuandu opened a communication screen.
• Old Monster Hentian told Devil Lord Yuandu that the Vast Waves Alliance could not be allowed to grow stronger and that Qingchen’s Dao Child had to die; Yuandu asked whether Hentian had a plan.

Chen Shuangbai learned that the seal at Black and Yellow Land had cracked, threatening to release two Nascent Soul Peak Demon Lords, and agreed to join the response. He traveled with Qingsongzi to the Sword Alliance’s headquarters, where the sects’ Nascent Soul cultivators had gathered.

• Azure Cloud Sword Lord notified the sects that the seal at Black and Yellow Land had developed a crack, possibly due to outside interference.
• True Lord Qingchen explained the danger to Chen Shuangbai and said the alliance had assigned him to travel with Qingsongzi and leave Sword Intent on the Sword Stele.
• Chen Shuangbai informed the Mystic Sea Avatar and Ding Chengyu that he would be away, then returned to Calming Waves City.
• Several months later, Chen Shuangbai traveled aboard Qingsongzi’s flying boat toward Ten Thousand Ren Mountain.
• Qingsongzi urged Chen Shuangbai to remain calm as they arrived at the Sword Alliance’s headquarters, where cultivators from across the sects had gathered.