Recaps

Lin Sheng rescued Gongsun Shou, killed Guo Feng and a Blood Demon Centipede, then escorted his companions toward Linjiang Prefecture while confronting the Phantom Demon Beast’s demon seed. After both major sects offered him only outer sect status, he delayed joining one and sought Qi Ning through Dark Star.

• Lin Sheng tracked the bandits who robbed Xiao Shi, killed Balong, and freed Wang Dehai and the other prisoners from their camp.
• Lin Sheng sent Lin Hong, Xie Guilan, Xiao Shi, Old Zhou, and Wang Dehai toward Linjiang Prefecture, then stormed Tian Yuan Pavilion and killed Guo Feng and the Blood Demon Centipede.
• Gongsun Shou taught Lin Sheng the Blood Beast Spirit Nurturing Method and directed him to Liu Xin before dying, and Lin Sheng gained the Blood Demon Centipede’s Rapid Healing Talent.
• Lin Sheng caught up with the traveling group, advanced to Late Muscle Forging, and learned from Yellow Dog about bloodlines, true techniques, and the great powers of Linjiang Prefecture.
• Lin Sheng and Yellow Dog fought bandits led by Du Hu, but the Phantom Demon Beast later possessed Du Long and pursued their carriages.
• Lin Sheng defeated the Phantom Demon Beast’s demon seed with his beast imprints and poisons, then reunited with Yellow Dog and reached Linjiang Prefecture City.
• Liu Xin arranged Lin Sheng’s entry to the Yuanyang Beast Sect, but Steward Sun and Fang Yun judged his bloodline too weak for the inner sect, so Lin Sheng declined the outer sect offer.
• Lin Sheng also rejected Tianxiang Sword Sect’s outer sect terms, chose to keep cultivating and seek resources through Dark Star, then went to Fine Rain teahouse and asked for Qi Ning.

Lin Sheng joined the Seven Forms Sect, avenged the Cao family by killing Luo Hu, and strengthened his abilities by assimilating several beasts. As Wanhua City’s factions contended over a newly discovered beast mine, Lin Sheng trained in Samadhi and the Ape Fetus Technique while the Seven Forms Sect held back from major conflict.

• Lin Sheng joined the Seven Forms Sect’s Qingniao Institute, became Xie Qingyun’s fifth personal disciple, and began cultivating Qingniao Chasing Star Finger.
• Lin Sheng accepted Cao Ying’s commission to kill Luo Hu, followed Cao Luan to Pingshan County, and fought his way through the Red-haired Bandits to reach Luo Hu’s hideout.
• Lin Sheng killed Luo Hu, recovered his hidden wealth, and returned Cao Luan safely to Cao Ying, who rewarded him and offered him a share in her business.
• Lin Sheng bought a Three-eyed Spirit Monkey and eventually assimilated it, gaining its Iron Bone and mutated Heart Ape talents and greatly improving his Ape Fetus Technique.
• Lin Sheng activated the Heart Ape talent, rampaged through a mountaintop, and later discovered that the monkey’s effect could help him reach Blood Circulation in about two months.
• Ouyang Bing chose to focus the Seven Forms Sect’s efforts on Great Cui Peak’s beast mine while postponing decisions about the other peaks.
• Bai Qing defeated Lin Sheng in a spar and taught him about Samadhi’s skill, body, and heart realms, then offered to guide his training.
• Lin Sheng learned that the White Dragon Gang and Fang Family were fighting hardest over the beast mine while the Seven Forms Sect avoided major conflict and held its position.

Lin Sheng broke into Blood Circulation, clashed with the White Dragon Gang, and returned to Wanhua City before taking a Dark Star mission to hunt Kong Qi. In Zhoushan County, he encountered Pei Er and an unknown Daoist’s party while Kong Qi remained at large, with Lin Sheng pursuing them beyond the city.

• Lin Sheng broke through into Blood Circulation, gained a Third Imprint, and joined Cao Ying’s caravan, where White Dragon Gang attackers targeted the Cao siblings and Lin Sheng killed Fat Dragon and A'gou.
• Xie Qingyun brought Fat Dragon’s head and Crimson Flame Stones to Ouyang Bing, while Qi Ning later killed Shi Gu after Shi Gu confronted Lin Sheng over the Three-eyed Spirit Monkey.
• Lin Sheng returned to Wanhua City, strengthened his Three Corpses Soul Severing Palm with the Black Fiend Snake, and accepted a Dark Star mission to kill Jade-Faced Man Kong Qi.
• Lin Sheng followed leads to Zhoushan County, where Pei Er attacked him by mistake and later escaped before Lin Sheng caught him and was paid by a bamboo-hatted man to release him.
• Lin Sheng watched Su Mei’s wedding and then staked out Sun Yu’s residence, while Kong Qi abandoned his attempt to reach Sun Yu after spotting the tracking preparations.
• An old Daoist and a youth chased Kong Qi out of Zhoushan County, and Lin Sheng followed them after his birds failed to report back.

Lin Sheng’s search for beast ore seeds drew him into conflict with the Fang Family, while he secretly collected powerful Demon Beast Ore Seeds and advanced his cultivation. After the Imperial Court destroyed Crimson Whale Hall, it ordered all forces off Yunshui Mountain, leaving Wanhua City on the verge of chaos.

• Lin Sheng killed Kong Qi, acquired the Yang Extremity Skill, and returned to Wanhua City before buying and absorbing the injured Green-eyed Fierce Eagle.
• At Great Cui Peak, Lin Sheng found rich beast ore deposits, rescued Gou Donglai’s mining group from an Earth Armored Beast, and discovered a Demon Beast Ore Seed.
• Lin Sheng found an ancient deposit near Bai Peak and uncovered an ore seed containing Bone-Piercing Azure Fiend Python blood, while also discovering three Blazing-Eyed Flame Dragon ore seeds in an underground magma cavern.
• When Fang Huajie attacked Gou Donglai’s group over a mining site, Lin Sheng defeated him and learned that the Fang Family was searching for the Bone-Piercing Azure Fiend Python ore seed.
• Lin Sheng killed Fang Huasheng after a pursuit, then hid his discoveries as Fang Jinping investigated the Fang Family’s disappearance at Great Cui Peak.
• The Fang Family received the high-year beast ore site, and Lin Sheng’s garrison assignment ended early with rewards from Xie Qingyun.
• Lin Sheng broke through the fifth level of Qingniao Chasing Star Finger, then learned from Xie Qingyun that Zhang Songbai had killed Crimson Hair and wiped out Crimson Whale Hall.
• Zhao Kongfang told Lin Sheng that the Divine Seed at Bai Peak was an Ancient Beast Ore Seed, while the Imperial Court ordered everyone to withdraw from Yunshui Mountain.