Recaps

Chen Shuangbai helped the Jade Spring and Empty Sword sects disrupt the Heart-Eroding Stronghold’s forces, then advanced his cultivation as the allied sects took territory. When True Person Xuanguang arranged a contest to pause the war, Chen won his sword match against Pang Zhiyuan, and the alliance began reclaiming five commanderies.

• Chen Shuangbai joined Jin Shaoyou’s team to destroy a Heart-Eroding formation at Mulberry Wood Forest, then healed a disciple’s severed arm with Life-Accepting Spirit Liquid.
• At White Creek Camp, Chen Shuangbai drew Bone-Eroding Miasma from the wounded and followed Lu Mingxuan to confront the Devil Cultivators threatening captured disciples.
• Chen Shuangbai killed Xue Pan and another Devil Cultivator, helped rescue the captives, and learned about the sword path from Lu Mingxuan.
• Chen Shuangbai led Lin Jingtao, Ji Yang, and Wang Tongfang on raids against Heart-Eroding Stronghold outposts, including the destruction of Insect Miasma Ridge.
• Zhang Heng sent Heart-Rotting Butterflies after the raiders, but Chen Shuangbai broke through a formation barrier and escaped with his squad aboard Feiguang.
• After the Heart-Eroding Stronghold retreated, Chen Shuangbai reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining and spent three months cultivating and refining artifacts inside the [Sharp Mountains and Embracing Rivers Painting].
• True Person Xuanguang proposed a contest between the factions’ young elites, and Lu Mingxuan, Qu Ling, Feng Jintang, and Yan Heng fought their matches before Chen Shuangbai faced Pang Zhiyuan.
• Chen Shuangbai defeated Pang Zhiyuan by producing sixteen indigo sword lights, helping the Kong Jian-Jade Spring Alliance win four of five matches before the allied sects began reclaiming five commanderies.

Chen Shuangbai completed Foundation Establishment, gained two Divine Abilities, and was registered as a True Disciple of the Jade Spring Sect. He returned to White Water County to strengthen his family’s cultivation lineage and settle the strained relationship with the Prefecture City Chen Clan.

• Chen Shuangbai returned from the border and gave Yi Chongyue the Profound Yin Crystal Marrow, then resumed refining pills and studying incense.
• Yi Chongyue taught Chen Shuangbai about Foundation Establishment and gathered the materials for his ritual artifact, which Yi Chongyue and Peng Yu forged before Chen Shuangbai entered seclusion.
• Chen Shuangbai broke through to Foundation Establishment, formed a lake-like Dao foundation, and gained the Divine Abilities [Dew-Drinking Radiance] and [Fallen Toad Light].
• Chen Shuangbai registered as a True Disciple, received sect rewards, and learned about the Jade Spring Sect’s origins and the other new Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Chen Shuangbai helped Lu Zhiyuan seek protection for uninvolved members of the Changlin Lu Lineage, then attended a banquet celebrating his and Fu Qianlan’s advancement.
• Chen Shuangbai traveled to White Water County, presented cultivation methods to his clan, and arranged for Chen Mingxuan to become heir to his father’s line.
• Chen Shuangbai accepted the Prefecture City Chen Clan’s apology and gifts, declared the past settled, and abolished the annual tribute between the clans.

Chen Shuangbai repaired Jinghua Prefecture’s grand array, then represented the Jade Spring Sect in a contest that secured True Person Xu’s right to establish a sect on Great Arrival Island. He set out for Jade Wave Immortal Market and intervened when the Bai Household pursued a wounded clam spirit.

• Chen Shuangbai left the White Water Chen Clan for Jinghua Prefecture, where he confronted Jin Wuyu and Huiming over the grand array and helped restore it after discovering a dangerous Sha Beast beneath it.
• Chen Shuangbai returned to the sect, awakened his reforged sword Foot-Long Silk, and spent more than a year cultivating before Yi Chongyue invited him to help True Person Xu establish a sect.
• Chen Shuangbai traveled with True Person Mei and fellow Jade Spring Sect disciples to Fallen Star Reef, where the three Ning Country sects challenged True Person Xu’s supporters to a contest.
• Zhang Xian won the first duel, Chen Shuangbai defeated Mo Li with one sword, and Zhao Shiyong won the final match, securing True Person Xu’s victory.
• Chen Shuangbai and the other disciples traveled to Great Arrival Island, received Jade Wave tokens and Storage Bags, then set out on their own journeys.
• On the way to Jade Wave Immortal Market, Chen Shuangbai found cultivators pursuing a wounded blue clam spirit and extinguished the fire they had set to drive it out.
• Chen Shuangbai confronted the pursuers, learned they belonged to the Bai Household of Five Yellow Island, and ordered them to leave.

Chen Shuangbai traveled through the sea markets, helped Gao Hao win the Pearl-Seeking Contest, and gained Mystic Origin Heavy Water while advancing his cultivation. He then returned to Bai Nianyuan’s hidden island and successfully refined three Aging-Delay Pills during the first storm of the season.

• Chen Shuangbai captured a clam spirit’s treasure pearl, then traveled toward Jade Wave Immortal Market with Gray Ball and Feiguang, where Gao Hao recruited him to help win the Gao Household’s Pearl-Seeking Contest.
• Chen Shuangbai sold pills, explored the market, and bought an ancient bronze flask and Star Sea Jade Coral before rescuing Xu Zhanlu and the Changlin Xu Clan and arranging their shelter with Gao Hao.
• Chen Shuangbai trained Feiguang at Turbulent Current Reef until it awakened the [Shattering Frost Wind] bloodline talent, then defeated Wu Jiu’s attack on Hexing Island and visited Swan Immortal Market.
• Bai Nianyuan asked Chen Shuangbai to refine an Aging-Delay Pill, offering rare materials and a silver-foil page, and Chen Shuangbai agreed to return after handling other business.
• Chen Shuangbai joined Gao Hao in the Pearl-Seeking Contest, subdued Gao Qi and the other attackers with Yin Lightning, and helped Gao Hao retrieve four precious pearls from a giant spirit clam.
• Gao Hao rewarded Chen Shuangbai with two portions of [Mystic Origin Heavy Water] and two [Water Origin Spirit Pearls], then delivered three Spirit-Nurturing Clams as Chen Shuangbai prepared to return to Bai Nianyuan.
• As storm season began, Chen Shuangbai refined the Aging-Delay Pill in Bai Nianyuan’s volcanic chamber, failed twice, then produced one standard-grade pill and two premium-grade pills.