Recaps

Lin Ran expanded his alliances, struck at Soul Hall, and secured the Ancient Void Dragon bloodline’s Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. The arc ended as the Beast Region ruins’ puppets awakened and Soul Hall closed in on the Dou Saint skeleton.

• Lin Ran absorbed a Soul Origin to reach the Heavenly Realm, but Gu Yuan summoned him to the Ancient Realm, where he appointed Lin Ran Fifth Commander of the Black Mist Army.
• Lin Ran recruited help from Yao Chen and the Pill Tower, then joined Qing Mu to defeat Great Heavenly Venerable, Heavenly Scorpion, and their allies before raiding a Soul Hall branch.
• Qing Mu recognized Zi Yan’s royal Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and took her back to the clan, while Lin Ran strengthened the Saint Rain Sect’s influence across the Northwest Continent.
• Lin Ran headed to the Beast Region ruins with Mu Qingluan and defeated Venerable Lei and four Heavenly Nether Sect Dou Zuns after they drove Starfall Pavilion from its campsite.
• Lin Ran entered the Bone Sea ruins with Mu Qingluan, claimed ten Earthly Demon Puppets, and found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit by following his Ancient Void Dragon bloodline.
• Lin Ran collected the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and ancient dragon and phoenix remains, then reunited with Starfall Pavilion at the main hall as Soul Hall arrived.
• The Soul Hall Third Heavenly Venerable clashed with Lin Ran before they reached a temporary ceasefire, and the opening of the sealed treasures awakened the stone puppets.
• Lin Ran sent Starfall Pavilion’s people to safety, claimed control of two Human Puppets, and saw the Third Heavenly Venerable and Soul Hall experts encircle the Dou Saint skeleton.

Lin Ran strengthened his allies and Starfall Pavilion, helped Zi Yan reunify the Ancient Void Dragon clan, and pursued a Demonic Flame Remnant Map at the Space Trading Convention. The arc ended with Lin Ran capturing a Soul Hall Dou Sheng and taking control of the map.

• Lin Ran defeated the Dou Sheng Skeleton, secured its treasures, and returned to Starfall Pavilion to cultivate with the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Qiu Di attacked the Heavenly Snake Mansion, but Green Yi and Xiao Yi Xian defeated the Soul Hall forces, while Lin Ran emerged from seclusion at peak first-turn Dou Zun.
• Lin Ran helped Zi Yan absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then returned to Starfall Pavilion and crushed Saint Hun Qing’s attack when Soul Hall besieged the pavilion.
• Lin Ran guided Xiao Yan to a treasure site, took the Netherworld Lotus Flame Fragment Map from his Storage Ring, and left him the treasure buried there.
• Lin Ran helped Zi Yan defeat the Three Dragon Kings, reunify the four Dragon Islands, and turned North Dragon King into the three-star Dou Saint puppet North King.
• Lin Ran attended the Space Trading Convention with Cai Lin and Yao Chen, but a Soul Hall Dou Saint won the Demonic Flame Remnant Map at auction.
• Lin Ran tracked the Soul Hall Dou Saint after the convention, and North King wounded him before Lin Ran sealed him away and captured his soul.

Lin Ran advanced to Three-Star Dou Sheng, united major factions under the Sacred Sect, and freed Yao Ming while helping Cai Lin cultivate. As Cai Lin entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s descent began, and Lin Ran set out to pursue it.

• Lin Ran revealed the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s corruption, cleared its evil consciousness, endured a hundred cycles of reincarnation, and killed Hun Yu and the Soul Hall experts who attacked him.
• Lin Ran refined a Ninth-Rank Treasure Pill, helped Yao Chen break through to Dou Saint, and spent two years in seclusion before emerging at Three-Star Dou Sheng.
• Lin Ran defeated Old Monster Hou in the Pill Tower’s selection with his Bodhi Great Returning Pill and brought the Pill Tower into the Sacred Sect alongside the Flower Sect and Blazing Flame Valley.
• Lin Ran organized the Sacred Sect, linked its allied factions with Space Wormholes, and led attacks that destroyed two Soul Hall branch halls.
• Lin Ran freed Yao Ming from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, helped him reclaim leadership of the Netherworld Python Clan, and secured the clan’s alliance with the Sacred Sect.
• Lin Ran overcame the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s remnant soul and received his techniques and essence blood, then gave Cai Lin a Bodhi Great Returning Pill and half the essence blood.
• Cai Lin entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to cultivate while Lin Ran absorbed his share of the essence blood and reached the peak of Three-Star Dou Sheng.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s descent was heralded by twin moons and nine aligned stars, and Lin Ran left to pursue it while Yao Ming guarded Cai Lin.

Lin Ran subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, returned stronger, and drove back the Soul Clan’s assault on the Sacred Sect. He then traveled with Yao Chen to the Yao Clan for the Medicine Codex, where Hun Xuzi arrived as the Soul Clan’s threat loomed.

• Lin Ran entered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s domain with Xun Er, Yao Chen, and the other experts, overcame its trials, and helped the survivors escape its illusion and Fire Slaves.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame trapped the gathered factions in Flame Refining Heaven, but the Netherworld Lotus Saint appeared through Lin Ran and opened a path out for the others.
• Lin Ran remained behind, cooled the flame, absorbed its Demon Flame Origin, and fused it with the Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame to reach Seven-Star Dou Sheng.
• After two years, Lin Ran returned to Xun Er and learned that the Shi Clan had vanished and the Soul Hall threatened the Sacred Sect.
• At Fallen Peak, Lin Ran defeated Hun Miesheng and Old Man Soul Demon, then fought Hun Sha until Gu Dao arrived and helped drive the Soul Clan away.
• Lin Ran reunited with Cai Lin after her evolution and asked Yao Chen to help investigate the Soul Clan before traveling with him to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Codex.
• When Yao Wan Gui threatened Lin Ran and Yao Chen, Elder Wan Huo intervened, punished Yao Wan Gui, and escorted them to the Medicine Codex.
• Yao Dan and Elder Shen Nong greeted Lin Ran and Yao Chen at the gathering, then Hun Xuzi arrived uninvited and Lin Ran recognized the danger posed by the Soul Clan and the Nihility Devouring Flame.