Recaps

Chen Shuangbai helped the Jade Spring Sect nurture the Jade Parasol Tree and fought for the Clear Scenery Alliance as it expanded its war against the Spirit-Seeking Sect. After a string of victories brought the alliance to Mountain Pass City, True Lord Xuanwu arrived to aid the defenders.

• Heiming Xuanzhao, Chen Shuangbai, and Wei Zheng fled the Wrathful Plume Dark Eagle, but Wei Zheng was gravely injured before the Dark Crow Tribe's great shaman and True Person Mei drove the eagle away.
• Chen Shuangbai convinced True Person Bo and True Person Mei to nurture the Jade Parasol Tree seed with Moon Soul True Water, and the tree sprouted and flourished in a secluded valley with Fang Xiao's help.
• As war spread through the twelve countries, the Jade Spring Sect purged spies, allied with the Empty Sword Sect, and helped destroy the Heart-Eroding Stronghold before fighting the Spirit-Seeking Sect and Great Buddha Temple.
• Chen Shuangbai rescued Cheng Xing and wounded Dharma lineage disciples, then led the vanguard at Wild Geese South Pass and helped rout the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance by defeating the Golden Light Guards and capturing Jin Household cultivators.
• Gao Hao negotiated a trade partnership between the Gao Clan and the Jade Spring Sect, gave Chen Shuangbai the Cold Abyss Sword-Washing Pill formula, and received a promise of future protection.
• The Clear Scenery Alliance attacked the enemy rear camp, and Chen Shuangbai defeated Jin Yuankai before helping drive the enemy into retreat and advancing with the alliance toward Ling Province.
• The Clear Scenery Alliance confronted High Person Jinke and the defenders at Mountain Pass City, where Jin Yuanxi welcomed True Lord Xuanwu of the Arrayed Mystery Sect.

Chen Shuangbai helped the Jade Spring Sect end the war, became its Dao Child, and cultivated the True Illumination Cavern Abyss Five Qi Art while strengthening his Chen Clan and taking Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen as disciples. He formed a supreme-grade Golden Core, was named Xuhong at his ceremony, and then turned to helping Wei Zheng recover and advancing his cultivation and alchemy.

• True Lord Xuanwu demanded an end to the war, but True Person Mei challenged whether he would aid the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance, prompting Qingchen to arrive and reveal his Nascent Soul cultivation.
• Qingchen defeated True Lord Xuanwu, ended the alliance’s resistance, and ordered the Great Buddha Temple to leave Sha Province as Chen Shuangbai helped settle the conquered territories.
• True Lord Qingchen named Chen Shuangbai the Jade Spring Sect’s Dao Child and offered him a choice of three profound inheritances, which Chen Shuangbai chose to be the True Illumination Cavern Abyss Five Qi Art.
• Chen Shuangbai studied the art, comprehended water’s virtues, and returned to White Water County, where he saw how Chen Moyan had built up the Chen Clan and brought the twins Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen back to the sect.
• True Lord Qingchen diagnosed the twins’ unusual physiques and restrictions, and Chen Shuangbai accepted them as disciples and began guiding their studies and cultivation.
• Chen Shuangbai entered seclusion beneath the Jade Parasol Tree, while the Jade Spring Sect expanded its influence and the Empty Sword Sect relocated overseas.
• Chen Shuangbai formed a supreme-grade Lunar Rites Golden Core, and the Jade Spring Sect celebrated his achievement with a grand ceremony where True Lord Qingchen named him Xuhong.
• Chen Shuangbai repaired Wei Zheng’s Dantian, continued training his disciples and refining pills, and received congratulatory gifts from Gao Hao.

Chen Shuangbai defended the Jade Spring Sect against the Transformation Sect, welcomed Lu Xiangyuan as his disciple, and traveled to the Deer-Chasing Sea as spiritual currents surged. Inside the Cavern Abyss Heaven, he claimed a cauldron and fought three Demon Kings, leaving the battle raging among the ruins.

• Chen Shuangbai studied artifact forging at Great Thunder Mountain, crafted Spirit Artifacts for Feiguang and Gray Ball, and helped Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen advance their cultivation.
• True Lord Qingchen sent Chen Shuangbai to Wu Province, where he defeated the Transformation Sect’s corpse ghouls and helped the Jade Spring Sect hold Hengzhang City against He Chong’s forces.
• After returning to Jade Screen Peak, Chen Shuangbai developed incense formulas and accepted Lu Xiangyuan as his disciple after discovering her Pearl-Holding Physique.
• True Lord Qingchen sent Chen Shuangbai and True Person Yuan to the Jade Wave Immortal Market and then the Deer-Chasing Sea, where they joined Yue You amid a surge of spiritual energy and rumors of a Spirit Embryo.
• When a water mansion’s gate rose from the seabed, Chen Shuangbai opened a passage through its restrictions and entered the Cavern Abyss Heaven with Yuan Sheng and Yue You.
• Chen Shuangbai refined the Cinnabar Purple Profound Fire, discovered the Cavern Abyss Heaven had belonged to Water Immortal, and fought Deng Jue before reaching a hall with a glowing square cauldron.
• Chen Shuangbai dissolved the hall’s restrictions and claimed the cauldron, then struck Demon King Huaguang away when he tried to seize it, setting off a fight with the demon kings.
• Demon Kings Shuiying, Moling, and Huaguang surrounded Chen Shuangbai, after Moling blasted him into the ruins, Chen Shuangbai emerged and struck Huaguang in the chest with [A Line Across the Frosty Sky].

Chen Shuangbai seized a Mystic Sea Spirit Embryo and defeated Demon King Junyu, then escaped the Cavern Abyss Heaven with his new avatar, Zhanlu. He returned to Jade Spring Sect with Gao Yi, offered the sect a treasured cauldron, and resumed life on Jade Screen Peak with his disciples and a newly accepted attendant.

• Chen Shuangbai spared Demon King Shuiying under a soul-binding curse, then discovered that Heiming Gu Du knew the location of a Spirit Embryo and agreed to help him protect the Dark Crow Tribe.
• Chen Shuangbai entered the central palace with Yuan Sheng and Yue You, then followed Heiming Gu Du to a hidden chamber and took the Spirit Embryo from beneath Sui Qiuyu’s watch.
• Sui Qiuyu and several demon kings pursued Chen Shuangbai, who refused to surrender the Spirit Embryo and fought Demon King Canglong and Demon King Junyu inside the suppressive palace.
• Chen Shuangbai used the Dragon-Binding Rings and Moon Comet Star-Swallowing Dire Incantation to defeat Demon King Junyu, though Junyu’s final attack badly wounded him.
• After recovering, Chen Shuangbai refined the Spirit Embryo into the Golden Core-strength avatar Zhanlu and left Cavern Abyss Heaven with True Lord Qingchen’s help.
• True Lord Qingchen drove off Crimson Flame Demon Lord, and Chen Shuangbai returned to Jade Spring Sect with Gao Yi, whom he accepted as his fourth disciple.
• Chen Shuangbai presented the Azure Yi Mystic Cauldron to True Lord Qingchen, discussed strengthening Yi Chongyue’s foundation, and returned to Jade Screen Peak.
• Chen Shuangbai accepted Juanniang as Jade Screen Peak’s attendant, welcomed her cooking, and tested the spells of Chen Fuguang, Chen Yazhen, and Lu Xiangyuan.