Recaps

Lin Lin unified the Nine Provinces, established the Da Xia Dynasty, and developed powerful Mythical Martial Arts and a way to direct his power through People's Aspirations. The arc ended with the new dynasty rewarding its officials and completing a census and land survey as the realm entered a period of recovery.

• Lin Lin destroyed the forces opposing him, accepted Star Moon Palace’s submission, and became the leader of Hundred Flowers Valley before declaring himself Xia King.
• Lin Lin organized his officials and armies, took Morning Sun City, and established governance that won residents’ support as Da Xia expanded across the provinces.
• Lin Lin developed Mythical Martial Arts, including Starlight Yuan Magnetic Swordplay, Riding the Clouds and Mist, Golden Flesh Jade Bones, and the power-boosting Starfall technique.
• Lin Lin uprooted Illuminating Moon Mountain, astonishing the martial artists who witnessed his strength, then shared the Hundred Flowers Secret Records with the elders while keeping the evolving Martial Codex private.
• After Cui Hao reported Chen Province’s recovery, Lin Lin proclaimed the Great Xia Dynasty and the Prosper the People era at the Sun and Moon Altar.
• Lin Lin absorbed and purified People's Aspirations, reaching initial mastery of his Sword Heart and discovering that prayers could help him perceive distant places and guide long-range Sword Qi.
• Lin Lin granted hereditary titles and fiefs to key officials, honored his family, and held a feast as Da Xia began its peaceful recovery.
• Da Xia completed its population census and land survey, recording more than 103 million commoners, 4.21 million captives and others, 700 million mu of farmland, and 63.1 million mu of Medicine Fields.

Lin Lin strengthened Da Xia’s institutions and prosperity while inheriting Dugu Zhihan’s warning to preserve the world’s dwindling Heaven and Earth Essence Qi. After conquering the Southern Domain Kingdoms, Lin Lin reached a new cultivation threshold, but his breakthrough consumed so much Essence Qi that he began seeking other ways to sustain himself.

• Lin Lin founded the Wind and Snow Guard, Inner Guard Bureau, Royal Guard, Da Xia Royal Academy, and Da Xia Royal Bank, then used prosperity and public works to strengthen Da Xia and gain People’s Aspirations.
• Lin Lin developed the Investigation of Things Academy, literacy education, fertilizer and steel research, and new medical training while preparing Da Xia for future expansion.
• Cui Ximing broke through to the Heaven and Human Realm, and Dugu Zhihan revealed the threat posed by dwindling Heaven and Earth Essence Qi before entrusting Lin Lin with preserving the Martial Arts System and Soaring Sky City’s legacy.
• After Dugu Zhihan died, Lin Lin studied the Longevity Secret Record and Hunyuan Induction Chapter, greatly extended his lifespan, and returned to govern Da Xia.
• Lin Lin used Divine Power to examine Aqua Blue Star, but the overwhelming information shattered his Sword Heart, and he later chose to devote Divine Power to studying the human body and natural sciences.
• Da Xia conquered the Southern Domain Kingdoms, and Bei Gongxiao and twenty other rulers surrendered before Lin Lin as the region’s prosperity and population promised to strengthen the dynasty.
• Lin Lin secluded himself on a meteorite and completed a breakthrough that transformed his body, opened its Potential Doors, united Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and produced his first wisp of astral qi.
• Lin Lin realized his breakthrough had consumed one-eighth of Aqua Blue Star’s Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, so he planned to rely on People’s Aspirations and pursue genetic and bloodline editing to let humans draw energy from sunlight and electricity.

Lin Lin rebuilt cultivation around new techniques, medicine, overseas expansion, and solar energy as Heaven and Earth Essence Qi disappeared. After moving his research and court to the moon, he used the Merit System to increase Divine Power, but it began to disrupt education and commerce.

• Lin Lin developed the Divine Hidden Treasures Method, then combined it with the Martial Codex and Hunyuan Induction Chapter to create the Eternal Life Art and raise all his Potential Doors to level 2.
• Lin Lin introduced the Longevity Secret Record and realm-specific cultivation pills, then set rules for overseas martial artists to expand Great Xia’s reach without massacring foreign populations.
• The Jinhe Alliance and Qixia Dynasty joined forces against Great Xia, but Lin Lin’s overseas policies and growing population strengthened the dynasty as Heaven and Earth Essence Qi dwindled.
• After Heaven and Earth Essence Qi was exhausted, the Western Sky Allied Forces attacked Zhiyuan Port with three million soldiers and forty-five experts, but Lin Lin restored Zhang Yi and annihilated the fleet with a single strike.
• Lin Lin used cloning and gene research to develop Light No. 1 and Radiance No. 2, learned to sustain himself with solar energy, and moved his base to the moon, where he built Guanghan Palace.
• Lin Lin connected a Merit System to household registration, rewarding citizens for merit and raising his annual Divine Power income from fewer than 400 drops to 16,000.
• Lin Lin condensed the Blazing Sun Sword Emperor Intent Realm and expanded his perception across Aqua Blue Star, while waiting for a Planet-Level Computer to help him investigate the formation of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi.
• By the eightieth year of Great Xia, Lin Lin returned from Guanghan Palace and learned from Lin Yue that the Merit System had damaged education and commerce as citizens prioritized prayer, while automated production sustained the population.

Lin Lin advanced his cultivation, developed reincarnation and new cultivation methods, and transformed the Da Xia Immortal Dynasty into an interstellar civilization. After discovering the Purple Mist Civilization, he opened contact and authorized Great Xia to gather its People's Aspirations.

• Lin Lin developed the Soul Cultivation Method and Nascent Soul Method, then established reincarnation and became Heavenly Emperor as Great Xia entered a new age.
• Lin Lin derived how to produce Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, improved the Zhou Tian Star Array, and formed a Planetary Golden Core that drew power from stars.
• Lin Lin left the Solar System to cultivate, transformed his body into a Myriad Phenomena Body, and continued rebuilding his Golden Core and Nascent Soul.
• The Heavenly Court planned the Human Realm and Immortal Realm, while Great Xia moved planets, built spirit stone mines, and expanded across thousands of star systems.
• A distant probe discovered artificial structures, and Lin Lin identified their makers as the Purple Mist Civilization, a society apparently withdrawn into its Virtual World.
• Lin Lin exchanged mathematical messages with the Purple Mist Civilization, then authorized a dedicated network to spread his faith and gather its People's Aspirations.