Recaps

Lin Xuan discovered that the blue light in his dantian could purify Waste Pills and used the pills to rapidly advance his cultivation while hiding his secret. After becoming steward of the Waste Pill Room, he reached the fourth layer of the Spirit Movement Stage, began purifying Mid-Grade Pills, and turned to practicing with Spirit Tools.

• Lin Xuan endured the Heart Refining Path and continued cultivating despite mockery and repeated failures to reach the second layer of the Spirit Movement Stage.
• While searching a gorge for herbs, Lin Xuan witnessed Zhou Yan kill Zhang Yu, then escaped Zhou Yan’s attack by using traps he had set in the valley.
• Lin Xuan found a strange seashell in Zhou Yan’s belongings, and its Blue Light Spots entered his dantian after he opened it.
• Lin Xuan discovered that the Blue Light Spots could purify Waste Pills into Marrow Cleansing Pills, and he refined a large supply to support his cultivation.
• After taking eighteen Marrow Cleansing Pills, Lin Xuan broke through to the second layer of the Spirit Movement Stage and found that his Star Sea had grown.
• Lin Xuan bribed Steward Feng with a Spirit Stone fragment to become steward of the Waste Pill Room, where he secretly gained access to its uncounted supply of Waste Pills.
• Lin Xuan spent half a year purifying and consuming pills, advancing to the fourth layer of the Spirit Movement Stage while concealing his ability.
• Lin Xuan learned to purify Mid-Grade Marrow Cleansing Pills, then slowed his cultivation to build a stable foundation and began practicing with the Gold Binding Rope, a flying sword, and Zhang Yu’s Jade Snow Ring.

Lin Xuan attended the Treasure Trade Fair to obtain cultivation arts and the Spirit Control Technique, then killed Yan Tianheng and Yan Ming after overhearing their involvement in an ambush. As Lin Xuan prepared to cultivate in seclusion, the Yan and Wang families’ conflict widened into clashes between rival sects and cultivation lineages.

• Lin Xuan practiced the Spirit Tool and spells, mastering the Spirit Power Shield, Ice Needle Technique, and Wind Control Technique before realizing he needed the Spirit Control Technique to use his tools fully.
• After learning that Lingyun Sect was disbanding, Lin Xuan traveled to Heavenly Pillar Mountain disguised as Zhao Gang and prepared to trade pills for cultivation arts.
• Lin Xuan bought 108 Talismans from a young cultivator, acquired Lingyun Art, and outbid Yan Ming for the Spirit Control Technique.
• Yan Ming and Yan Tianheng arrived in the forest where Lin Xuan was hiding and discussed their ambush on the Wang Family disciples.
• Lin Xuan attacked Yan Ming and Yan Tianheng, countered their spells with Talismans, and killed Yan Tianheng with the Ice Needle Technique before killing Yan Ming.
• Lin Xuan looted Yan Tianheng’s Storage Bracelet, buried the bodies, returned to Floating Cloud Valley, and resolved to increase his spiritual power through cultivation.
• Lin Xuan purified pills and prepared to cultivate in seclusion as the Wang Family sought revenge for its slain disciples and the Yan Family appealed to the Fire Spirit Sect, escalating conflict across Yanzhou.

Lin Xuan concealed his rapid cultivation, killed Ye Tian when the latter tried to sacrifice him, and used Ye Tian’s identity to seek guidance and supplies. After reaching Great Perfection and failing to establish a Foundation, Lin Xuan traveled to Daofu Mountain to find resources, where he encountered a seller demonstrating imitation high-grade Talismans.

• Lin Xuan advanced to the sixth level of the Spirit Movement Stage and purified Red Silk Grass into a liquid that concealed his cultivation without weakening his spells.
• Lin Xuan watched Ye Tian trap the Song Brothers and their companion, then fought Ye Tian and killed him with a high-grade Spirit Tool.
• Lin Xuan studied Ye Tian’s possessions, mastered the Spirit Control Technique with Ginseng Essence, and reached Great Perfection in the Spirit Movement Stage after years of cultivation.
• As Floating Cloud Valley and Fire Spirit Sect entered a war of attrition, Lin Xuan repeatedly failed to achieve Foundation Establishment and learned that Top-Grade Pills required additional herbs found in dangerous Stream Leap Ravine.
• Lin Xuan traveled to Daofu Mountain disguised as Ye Tian and entered its Talisman Fair, hoping to buy high-grade Talismans.
• Lin Xuan bought three mid-grade defensive Talismans, then watched Liu Jing demonstrate low-grade Talismans that mimicked the effects of high-grade Spells.

Lin Xuan entered Stream Leap Ravine for spirit herbs and became caught in the Fire Spirit Sect’s massacre and the fight over an emerging treasure. After escaping with Qin Yan and valuable spoils, he crossed into You Province, prepared to refine pills, and made a fortune selling them at a rented shop.

• Lin Xuan traded his Fire Snake Spirit Tool for a Sky-Soaring Bird Beast Talisman and impersonated an elder to enter Stream Leap Ravine.
• Qingling True Person ordered Fire Spirit Sect disciples to kill outsiders while Lin Xuan searched the ravine for spirit herbs.
• Lin Xuan killed a Venomous Toad and claimed its three-thousand-year-old Millennium Ginseng as other cultivators were slaughtered.
• Lin Xuan crossed the blood-mist river, defeated the Fierce Ghost and Zombie guarding Silver Moon Flower and Firefly Grass, and collected the herbs.
• Qin Yan escaped Xiang Wu with Palm Lightning and later joined Lin Xuan in fighting Qingling True Person, whom they defeated with their combined attacks.
• Lin Xuan and Qin Yan seized emerging treasures and escaped the ravine, then agreed to keep Lin Xuan’s secrets after he demanded a Heart Demon Oath.
• Lin Xuan crossed into You Province, obtained alchemy supplies and Earth Fire Talismans, and studied techniques while preparing to refine pills.
• Lin Xuan rented a shopfront and sold his low-grade Marrow Cleansing Pills for nearly five thousand Spirit Stones, then worried he would be targeted.