Recaps

Lin Xuan befriended the sheltered clan cultivator Tian Xiaojian while traveling to Heavenly Eye Mountain for a trade fair. When the mountain’s Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array began to stir, Tian Xiaojian explained its immense power, leaving Lin Xuan surprised by what the formation could do.

• Lin Xuan met Tian Xiaojian on the way to Heavenly Eye Mountain and agreed to travel with him.
• Tian Xiaojian accidentally revealed that he had family subordinates, then admitted he was a young Foundation Establishment cultivator who wanted a friend.
• Lin Xuan explained his own cultivation as the result of consuming a strange immortal fruit, and Tian Xiaojian accepted the story.
• The Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array began churning the mountain fog and surrounding spiritual energy as the cultivators gathered.
• Tian Xiaojian said the ancient formation could draw on the mountain’s Spirit Vein and might even trap Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.

Tian Xiaojian explained how the Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array had saved the Heavenly Eye Sect from destruction and protected its Spirit Vein and rare herbs. Lin Xuan learned that the array’s full power remained unknown, while the sect had since recovered and flourished.

• Lin Xuan asked Tian Xiaojian which array was most famous in You Province, and Tian Xiaojian identified the Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array before them.
• Tian Xiaojian said Heavenly Eye Mountain’s Spirit Vein and rare herbs had attracted many sects, but the array had kept them from attacking.
• Tian Xiaojian recounted how, fifteen hundred years earlier, the weakened Heavenly Eye Sect faced an alliance of enemies seeking its Spirit Vein and herbs.
• The Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array annihilated the invading cultivators, though Tian Xiaojian said it had displayed only half its power.
• Tian Xiaojian said the Heavenly Eye Sect later regained strength as several disciples achieved Core Condensation and the sect master advanced to the late Core Condensation stage.

Lin Xuan and the other cultivators entered Heavenly Eye Mountain for its ten-year trade fair, passing through the sect’s dangerous Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array. The arrival of Golden Core cultivators on an enormous immortal crane left Lin Xuan wondering what the major righteous and demonic powers were planning.

• The Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array transformed the fog into a sea of clouds, and Lin Xuan recognized that it concealed a deadly formation while Tian Xiaojian showed signs of caution.
• Lu Yu inspected the cultivators’ Jade Tokens and led them through the formation to Heavenly Eye Mountain’s temporary market, warning them not to climb beyond the gorge.
• Lin Xuan wondered why no Core Condensation experts had arrived, and Tian Xiaojian pointed out an enormous immortal crane carrying powerful Golden Core cultivators.
• Lin Xuan noticed that the major righteous and demonic powers had sent no representatives as the crane flew to a pavilion reserved for Core Condensation cultivators.

Lin Xuan grew suspicious of Tian Xiaojian after their conversation at the valley entrance. Tian Xiaojian revealed that he planned to infiltrate Heavenly Eye Mountain and destroy its Spirit Vein to weaken the Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array and prove himself to the cultivators under his ancestor.

• Lin Xuan declined Tian Xiaojian's invitation to browse the market together but said he might accompany him later.
• After entering the valley, Lin Xuan suspected Tian Xiaojian of concealing his cultivation and approaching him with ill intentions.
• Tian Xiaojian spoke with Night Demon, a strange face on his arm, after the other cultivators had left.
• Tian Xiaojian explained that his ancestor's forces had discovered how to weaken the Cloud Sea Splitting Light Array by destroying Heavenly Eye Mountain's Spirit Vein.
• Tian Xiaojian said he intended to undertake the dangerous mission himself to earn merit and establish his prestige among the Core Condensation cultivators.

Lin Xuan searched Heavenly Eye Mountain’s market for the Myriad Phenomenon Herb and eventually spent several hours inspecting Hundred Herb Hall. The herb was not on display, but an old man finally approached him, leaving Lin Xuan hopeful that the shop’s master might have more information.

• Lin Xuan browsed the market’s spiritual tools and bought a few talismans sealed with defensive spells.
• Lin Xuan entered Hundred Herb Hall and inspected its many rare medicinal ingredients, but did not find the Myriad Phenomenon Herb.
• The shop assistant grew uneasy as Lin Xuan lingered for several hours without explaining what he wanted.
• An unusual-looking old man asked Lin Xuan whether the shop lacked what he needed, and Lin Xuan was surprised when he examined the man with his divine sense.

Lin Xuan searched Hundred Herb Hall for the rare Myriad Phenomenon Herb, but learned that the shop did not carry it. Yellow Crane Loose Immortal gave him a token that could lead him to the Heavenly Eye Sect’s higher-level trade fair, where he might find it.

• Lin Xuan met the Hundred Herb Hall shopkeeper, Yellow Crane Loose Immortal, and followed him upstairs to inspect the rare medicinal ingredients.
• Lin Xuan said he needed Myriad Phenomenon Herb, and Yellow Crane Loose Immortal explained that the ancient herb was no longer available at the shop.
• Yellow Crane Loose Immortal told Lin Xuan that Core Condensation cultivators could attend a higher-level trade fair held by the Heavenly Eye Sect.
• Yellow Crane Loose Immortal gave Lin Xuan a sandalwood waist token and directed him to the end of the valley to seek entry to the trade fair.

Lin Xuan used a ploy at Hundred Herb Hall to obtain a token for a secluded trade fair, hoping to find the Myriad Phenomenon Herb. He reached the hidden entrance and was escorted inside while Heavenly Eye Sect disciples watched him and debated admitting Foundation Establishment cultivators.

• Lin Xuan recognized that Yellow Crane Loose Immortal had given him the token with ill intent, but decided to seek the trade fair for the Myriad Phenomenon Herb anyway.
• Lin Xuan followed the directions to a concealed cave entrance and opened it by pressing his palm against the mountain wall.
• Zhang Xiaodie emerged, checked Lin Xuan's waist token, and led him into the cave as he secretly examined the surroundings.
• Six Heavenly Eye Sect disciples monitored Lin Xuan through a ball of light, and one questioned why Foundation Establishment cultivators were allowed into a fair for Core Condensation cultivators.

Lin Xuan arrived at Heavenly Eye Mountain’s screening hall and learned that only three cultivators would be admitted to the Core Condensation trade fair. Zhou Hai announced a competition to gather Wood Spirit Fruits and keep them from being stolen, setting the cultivators against one another.

• Lin Xuan entered the hall with Zhang Xiaodie and found dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered there.
• Lin Xuan reunited with Tian Xiaojian, who explained that only three cultivators would be allowed into the higher-level trade fair.
• Zhou Hai introduced himself and announced that Heavenly Eye Mountain would select three attendees from the gathered cultivators.
• Zhou Hai revealed that contestants would be divided into three groups and compete to gather Wood Spirit Fruits within a time limit.
• Zhou Hai said contestants could lose their gathered fruits to other cultivators, alarming the crowd with the prospect of fighting over entry.

Lin Xuan joined the Heavenly Eye Sect’s contest to qualify for a Core Condensation trade fair, where cultivators were split into groups and teleported into a mountain forest to compete for the Wood Spirit Fruit. After setting out to search for it, he was ambushed by Hu Fan, a powerful Foundation Establishment cultivator whom Lin Xuan detected through his disguise.

• Zhou Hai announced that cultivators had to compete for three trade-fair slots, and most chose to stay and draw lots.
• The cultivators drew Jade Tokens, formed three groups, and teleported to separate locations in a mountain region.
• Lin Xuan surveyed his surroundings and set out to find the fruit trees, determined to obtain the Wood Spirit Fruit.
• Hu Fan attacked Lin Xuan with Thunderbolt Strike, but Lin Xuan blocked the lightning with a shield.
• Lin Xuan saw through Hu Fan’s Shape-Shifting Talisman and demanded that the disguised cultivator reveal himself.

Lin Xuan faced Hu Fan, who attacked him after Lin Xuan saw through his Earth-rank Shape-Shifting Art. Lin Xuan captured Hu Fan’s Ghost Snake Sword and claimed it, leaving Hu Fan shocked and disarmed.

• Hu Fan was stunned that Lin Xuan had seen through his Shape-Shifting Talisman, while Lin Xuan realized the danger he had narrowly avoided.
• Hu Fan attacked Lin Xuan with his top-grade spiritual artifact, the Ghost Snake Sword, which curved around Lin Xuan’s shield.
• Lin Xuan released black mist that swallowed the Ghost Snake Sword and severed Hu Fan’s connection to it.
• A giant ghostly hand emerged from the mist, gripping the sword as Lin Xuan declared that he would take it.
• Lin Xuan pulled the Ghost Snake Sword into his hand, and the ghostly hand dispersed.

Lin Xuan killed Hu Fan after revealing his Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation, then found the Wood Spirit Tree. Two approaching cultivators arrived, and Lin Xuan recognized them as the twin brothers who were also Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators.

• Hu Fan tried to flee after attacking Lin Xuan with a fire talisman, but Lin Xuan’s Hook Swords killed him and captured his soul.
• Lin Xuan took Hu Fan’s Storage Bag and Ghost Snake Sword, finding several dozen mid-grade spirit stones in the bag.
• Lin Xuan found the Wood Spirit Tree and prepared to pick its fruits, but sensed two powerful cultivators approaching.
• Lin Xuan chose to face the newcomers openly rather than hide or abandon the fruits.
• The two cultivators landed, and Lin Xuan recognized them as twin brothers and the other Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators in the group.

Lin Xuan recognized the notorious Luo Brothers at the Wood Spirit Tree and realized the encounter could not end peacefully. He launched a rapid series of powerful spells to test his own strength, leaving the brothers facing his attacks.

• Lin Xuan recalled the Luo Brothers’ reputation and their past victory over a pair of False Core Dao companions.
• The Luo Brothers spotted Lin Xuan at the Wood Spirit Tree and reached for their Storage Bags, while Lin Xuan decided to strike first.
• Lin Xuan activated his Spirit Power Shield and layered several defensive barriers with talismans.
• Lin Xuan unleashed a thousand ice needles and sent a Fire Bird formed from his Innate True Fire toward the Luo Brothers.
• Lin Xuan used the Mud to Stone Technique to shape dozens of sharp stone pillars and send them flying at his opponents.

Lin Xuan’s spells failed to break through Luo Tong’s unusual defenses, while Luo Biao countered with a barrage of talismans and revealed a formidable set of Mother-Child Swords. The brothers remained confident as Lin Xuan recognized the rare top-grade weapon in their possession.

• Luo Tong shielded Luo Biao with a glowing barrier and used a cold current and a strange body-hardening ability to withstand Lin Xuan’s spells.
• Lin Xuan sent stone pillars crashing into Luo Tong, but they bounced off his body after the barrier broke.
• Luo Biao threw several dozen talismans at Lin Xuan, who blocked them with a top-grade shield and summoned his Hook Sword.
• Luo Biao summoned seven Mother-Child Swords, and Lin Xuan recognized the azure primary blade as a rare top-grade treasure.

Lin Xuan fought the Luo Brothers, countering their coordinated spiritual tools with his own treasures before revealing his ghostly cultivation and using the Hundred Soul Banner. He captured Luo Biao’s six Mother-Child Swords and threatened to take both brothers’ lives.

• Luo Biao attacked Lin Xuan with the Mother-Child Swords’ water tornado, while Lin Xuan sent his Hook Sword in the form of a fire dragon to meet it.
• Lin Xuan attacked with a Gold Brick, but Luo Tong used the Silver Arm to block it as Luo Biao prepared a throwing dart.
• Lin Xuan brought out the Hundred Soul Banner, revealing dense ghostly qi and making the Luo Brothers question how he could wield both orthodox Daoist and ghost-path powers.
• Luo Biao sent the six child swords at Lin Xuan, who used ribbons of ghostly mist to bind them despite their attempts to cut free.
• Lin Xuan recalled the six sword cocoons and told the Luo Brothers he would take their swords and lives.

The Luo Brothers unleashed their Green Glow Maggots against Lin Xuan, but his zombies resisted the poison and crushed many of the insects. The brothers fled, and Lin Xuan pursued them to keep them from revealing his mastery of both yin and yang spiritual power.

• The Luo Brothers combined their divine senses and used Luo Biao's blood essence to send their Green Glow Maggots swarming at Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan summoned zombies from the Hundred Soul Banner, and they crushed the maggots despite being covered by them.
• Luo Biao recalled the surviving maggots, and the Luo Brothers fled after realizing they could not defeat Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan chased them because they had witnessed him using both orthodox Daoist arts and ghost Dao abilities.
• As Lin Xuan closed to within a hundred zhang, Luo Tong burned a talisman that formed a golden wall to delay him.

Lin Xuan killed the Luo brothers, destroyed their Green Glow Maggots, collected the poisonous essence, and took the Wood Spirit Fruit before teleporting back. In the return chamber, he found that fewer than a third of the cultivators had survived, while a smug man in a scarlet Daoist robe watched with greed in his eyes.

• Lin Xuan used the Ghost Snake Sword to kill Luo Tong and Luo Biao, then took their Storage Bags and claimed the Water Cloud swords.
• Lin Xuan burned the masterless Green Glow Maggots with his Innate True Fire and collected the poisonous green mist in a jade bottle.
• Lin Xuan plucked the Wood Spirit Fruit, recovered his spirit power with little Yue'er standing guard, and followed a Jade Slip's directions to a teleportation formation.
• Lin Xuan teleported back to the stone chamber and saw that fewer than a third of the cultivators had returned.
• Zhou Hai greeted Lin Xuan, whose gaze settled on the defeated survivors and a smug man in a scarlet Daoist robe who watched them greedily.

Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian returned to the stone room and revealed that they had collected more Wood Spirit Fruits than anyone else. Lin Xuan’s haul of all eighteen fruits from his group left the cultivators wondering whether everyone who had been teleported with him had perished.

• Zhou Hai began declaring the search over, but Tian Xiaojian returned through the teleportation array just before he finished.
• Tian Xiaojian reunited with Lin Xuan while the other cultivators assumed the two young Foundation Establishment cultivators had avoided the struggle.
• Zhou Hai collected the Wood Spirit Fruits, and Xu Han’s twelve fruits put him ahead of the other returning cultivators.
• Tian Xiaojian announced that he and Lin Xuan had fruits to submit, then revealed a haul of fifteen.
• Lin Xuan submitted eighteen Wood Spirit Fruits, prompting Zhou Hai and the other cultivators to realize he had collected every fruit in his group’s area.

Lin Xuan and two other cultivators earned invitations to the Heavenly Eye Sect’s transaction fair for Core Condensation seniors. Settled in a sandalwood pavilion, Lin Xuan recovered his strength and began attuning the Water Cloud Mother-Child Swords.

• Lin Xuan told the cultivators that the Luo Brothers had died fighting several other cultivators, and Zhou Hai awarded Lin Xuan, Tian Xiaojian, and Xu Han Jade Tokens for the transaction fair.
• Zhou Hai took the three men by spiritual tool through the sect’s flight-forbidding area to a pavilion on Heavenly Eye Mountain.
• Xu Han recognized that the pavilion was built from sandalwood, and Zhou Hai told the guests the fair would begin the next day.
• Lin Xuan secured his sandalwood room with restrictions and meditated until his spiritual power recovered.
• Lin Xuan brought out the Water Cloud Mother-Child Swords and used his Innate True Fire to refine them.

Lin Xuan finished refining his spiritual swords and prepared a potent poison from the Green Glow Maggot’s essence. A message led him to the Heavenly Eye Sect’s trade fair, where he arrived at the hall guarded by the sect’s revered Golden Fur Roar.

• Lin Xuan refined the mother sword and six child swords, merging his divine sense into each blade.
• Lin Xuan refined the Green Glow Maggot’s remaining essence and Mystic Demonic Qi into a concealed poison bead.
• Lin Xuan received a Sound Transmission Talisman announcing that the trade fair would open at dawn.
• Lin Xuan showed his Jade Token at several inspections and reached the trade fair hall.
• Lin Xuan saw the Golden Fur Roar statue and learned that the sect’s powerful mountain-guarding beast was revered for its age, strength, and service to the Heavenly Eye Sect.

Lin Xuan entered the Heavenly Eye Sect's trade fair after presenting his Jade Token, while the sect's three treasures and the founding ancestors' safeguard were explained. The chapter left Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian inside the hall, puzzled by the envy the Core Condensation cultivators showed toward them.

• The chapter described the Heavenly Eye Sect's three treasures: its spirit beast, Hundred Flower Valley's rare herbs, and the Meteor Rings left by its founding ancestors.
• Lin Xuan showed his Jade Token to the guard, who confirmed he qualified to enter the trade fair.
• Two Heavenly Eye Sect disciples discussed Lin Xuan's qualification and hinted that an immortal opportunity might fall to him.
• Tian Xiaojian caught up with Lin Xuan, and they entered the great hall together.
• The Core Condensation cultivators inside stared at Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian, then looked away, though several appeared envious.

Lin Xuan attended a gathering of Core Condensation cultivators at Heavenly Eye Mountain, hoping to obtain the Myriad Phenomenon Herb. True Person Withered Wood opened the exchange by offering an earth-grade spirit talisman, and the gathering turned its attention to its powerful escape spell and price.

• Lin Xuan noticed Xu Han at the gathering, and Xu Han met his gaze with open hostility.
• True Person Withered Wood arrived and invited the cultivators to exchange items, but they waited for Heavenly Eye Mountain’s offerings.
• True Person Withered Wood displayed three boxes and revealed an earth-grade mid-level talisman containing the Thousand-Mile Instantaneous spell.
• The cultivators grew interested after learning the talisman could help its user escape danger and that True Person Withered Wood had made it himself.
• True Person Withered Wood offered the talisman for two thousand crystal stones.

At the trade fair, Lin Xuan bought an earth-rank spirit talisman while waiting for the Myriad Phenomenon Herb to appear. As the fair neared its end, True Person Withered Wood abruptly left to welcome a powerful senior, and an overwhelming spiritual force entered the hall.

• Lin Xuan inspected True Person Withered Wood’s earth-rank spirit talisman and bought it for two thousand crystals.
• True Person Withered Wood continued presenting increasingly precious items, but the Myriad Phenomenon Herb never appeared.
• As the fair neared its end, True Person Withered Wood sensed a senior’s arrival, put away a magic treasure, and hurried out to welcome them.
• Lin Xuan noticed Xu Han and a Core Condensation cultivator beside him looking at him and Tian Xiaojian with hostility.
• Lin Xuan turned toward Tian Xiaojian to discuss the strange situation, but an immense spiritual force suddenly swept in from outside.

Lin Xuan and the other cultivators were confronted by the Red-Haired Ancestor, a feared Nascent Soul rogue cultivator, whose arrival overwhelmed the great hall. After noticing Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian, the ancestor remarked on their cultivation techniques without exposing their concealed strength.

• Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian felt the pressure of a powerful spiritual aura fill the great hall.
• True Person Withered Wood introduced the red-haired visitor as the Red-Haired Ancestor, a renowned Nascent Soul rogue cultivator.
• The assembled cultivators bowed to the Red-Haired Ancestor, who took the main seat and surveyed the hall.
• The Red-Haired Ancestor reacted with surprise when he noticed Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian among the Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• The Red-Haired Ancestor praised the techniques Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian had trained in, and Lin Xuan realized Tian Xiaojian was concealing his cultivation too.

True Person Withered Wood explained why the Red-Haired Ancestor had come to choose a servant, not a disciple, and how a rumor had forced them to arrange a brutal selection. After seeing Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian, the Red-Haired Ancestor reconsidered and thought they might be worthy of inheriting his mantle.

• True Person Withered Wood announced that the Red-Haired Ancestor intended to take one Foundation Establishment cultivator as a servant, and Xu Han objected that the rumor had promised a disciple.
• Xu Han's Third Uncle silenced him and warned him not to risk angering the Red-Haired Ancestor.
• True Person Withered Wood recalled that the Red-Haired Ancestor had refused to join the Heavenly Eye Sect but had offered to take one of its Foundation Establishment disciples in repayment for an old kindness.
• The Red-Haired Ancestor and True Person Withered Wood learned that rumors had falsely promised a discipleship, so they devised the servant selection to avoid appearing to break the Red-Haired Ancestor's word.
• The Red-Haired Ancestor saw Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian and reconsidered, thinking that the two young Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators might be suitable disciples.

Lin Xuan weighed the risks of becoming Red-Haired Ancestor’s disciple and decided to refuse, since the arrangement could expose his secrets and offered him little benefit. He claimed he was already a disciple of Azure Cloud Mountain and its Supreme Elder, leaving Red-Haired Ancestor astonished.

• Lin Xuan and Tian Xiaojian stayed quiet while Xu Han consulted his Third Uncle by voice transmission.
• Red-Haired Ancestor privately asked Lin Xuan to become his disciple, saying he had first intended to take him as a servant.
• Lin Xuan considered the danger of revealing his lack of a spiritual root and the Blue Star Sea, as well as the limited value of Red-Haired Ancestor’s techniques to him.
• Lin Xuan praised Red-Haired Ancestor’s offer, then claimed he already belonged to Azure Cloud Mountain and had been taken as a disciple by its Supreme Elder.
• Red-Haired Ancestor opened his eyes in surprise at Lin Xuan’s claim.