Recaps

Lin Shuguang exhausted the lightning ore deposit, then helped Pei Xi and Su Muyu escape as a powerful ancient beast approached. After his Thunderstorm trap struck the beast, Lin Shuguang carried Pei Xi away, prompting her to curse at him.

• Lin Shuguang refined all the lightning elemental ore, and Pei Xi and Su Muyu began gathering what remained.
• Pei Xi used her spatial ability to take in the mountain while Su Muyu warned that powerful creatures were approaching.
• Lin Shuguang set a Thunderstorm trap in the mine, and the group fled before an ancient beast arrived.
• The trap unleashed a pillar of lightning that struck the beast, which Lin Shuguang identified as a creature with a crocodile head and python body.
• Lin Shuguang grabbed Pei Xi and ran with her while telling Su Muyu to keep up, and Pei Xi angrily accused him of touching her.

Lin Shuguang and the others reached the Mysterious Shelter, where they debated how to handle its murals and a dangerous Elemental Ore deposit. Pei Xi discovered Treasure Medicine and a wall that had not been there before, while Su Muyu uncovered something deeper in the shelter.

• Chang Hushan considered sending Pei Xi to remove the murals, but Lin Shuguang revealed that their group had found at least ten thousand tons of Elemental Ore guarded by a terrifying Fierce Beast.
• Chang Hushan agreed that Lin Shuguang's group deserved sole credit for the deposit and began discussing contacting reinforcements, but Lin Shuguang heard a sound and led everyone deeper into the shelter.
• Lin Shuguang found Pei Xi eating Treasure Medicine, and she admitted she had found three plants and offered him a shriveled piece.
• Chang Hushan examined the Treasure Medicine and confirmed it had lost most of its potency but had not gone bad.
• Pei Xi pointed out where she had found the medicine, and Chang Hushan's group discovered a wall that had not been present during their earlier search.
• Su Muyu called the others over excitedly after finding something extraordinary farther inside the shelter.

Lin Shuguang memorized an unknown script found on a stone wall, escaped Spark Eleven with the others, and learned the Spring Autumn Cicada could reverse time and space. After refusing the Blood-colored Demonic Saber's offer to abandon his body and flee to the Void Realm, he learned through Lin Lan that Sacred Mountain Destined Souls could be strengthened with Soul Patterns.

• Lin Shuguang shattered the wall to reveal its writing, memorized every character, and let Er Bai carry the slab for the authorities to study.
• Chang Hushan recalled fighting a Demon Fox with a Royal Bloodline ten years earlier, and the group suspected it had orchestrated the ambush before safely leaving Spark Eleven.
• Chang Hushan took Er Bai, Xue Jing, and Jing Hao to report to their superiors, while Bai Hu led Lin Shuguang and the others to handle the Elemental Ore.
• The Blood-colored Demonic Saber told Lin Shuguang that the Spring Autumn Cicada could reverse time and space, then offered to take him to the Void Realm if he abandoned his physical body; Lin Shuguang refused.
• At Sacred Mountain, Zhang Xiaolin told Lin Lan that forming Soul Patterns could at least double a Destined Soul's power, and Lin Lan asked how to form one.

Lin Shuguang obtained the Soul Pattern Condensation Technique and used it to condense a soul pattern on the Slaughter Blade, while the Spring Autumn Cicada absorbed the dangerous karma power his cultivation stirred up. Pei Xi told him that the Fire God Company had been sent to Spark Eleven and that experts were investigating the Stone Stele; when she asked him for more elemental ore, Lin Shuguang invited her on a hike.

• Lin Lan retrieved the Soul Pattern Condensation Technique and learned that entering the Sacred Hall required becoming a Guardian or a Holy Son ranked among the top three in the Saint Child Sequence.
• Lin Lan challenged Cao Shengjie, defeated him with one punch, and immediately issued seven more challenges, drawing a crowd to the platform.
• Lin Shuguang paid to learn the Soul Pattern Condensation Technique and began refining his three Destined Souls, stirring up karma power that the Spring Autumn Cicada absorbed.
• Lin Shuguang condensed a soul pattern on the Slaughter Blade, raising its three abilities to level ten and increasing his mental power by two hundred points.
• Pei Xi told Lin Shuguang that the Fire God Company had been dispatched to Spark Eleven and that experts had detected energy on the Stone Stele similar to the Jade Slip’s.
• Pei Xi asked Lin Shuguang for more elemental ore, and he answered by inviting her on a hike that night.

Lin Shuguang arranged to sell most of Pei Xi’s elemental ore while she fantasized about robbing ancient beings for treasure. On the Sacred Mountain, Lin Lan’s rapid rise through the Saint Child Sequence alarmed the elders until he defeated Zhou Bo and broke through to the Profound Connection Realm.

• Lin Shuguang called Lin Yi to arrange for Liu Fang to collect the shipment of elemental ore at Dawnlight Port and sell it.
• Pei Xi proposed that she and Lin Shuguang rob revived ancient beings, but admitted she did not know where to find them.
• Pei Xi took her share of the ore and happily counted it instead of using it to cultivate.
• Lin Lan’s victories during three days of Sequence Battles sparked an argument among Sacred Mountain elders over his talent and ruthlessness.
• A disciple reported that Lin Lan defeated Zhou Bo in three moves, advancing to the Profound Connection Realm during the fight and knocking Zhou Bo off the Challenge Platform.

After winning seventeen consecutive Sequence Battle matches, Lin Lan was granted entry to the Sacred Hall. Through Lin Lan, Lin Shuguang used the brief visit to search for cultivation methods and the language of the Mysterious Stele Inscription.

• The Guardians halted the Sequence Battle after Lin Lan's seventeen consecutive victories and awarded him one entry to the Sacred Hall.
• Disciples praised Lin Lan's fighting skill and envied his chance to enter the Sacred Hall.
• Lin Shuguang controlled Lin Lan as he entered the Sacred Hall, a hidden space of boundless chaos.
• Lin Shuguang scattered queries for techniques and other information to conceal his search for the Mysterious Stele Inscription.
• Lin Shuguang ordered the Steel Alliance to gather funds, then used Pay-to-Win to learn the Sacred Hall's Mysterious Stele Inscription language.

Lin Shuguang deciphered most of the Mysterious Stele Inscription and learned it pointed toward the Totem Continent, but its final coordinates remained obscured. He arranged to examine the Stone Stele at the research base, where Grand Scholar Qin Hai dismissed him to a side task.

• Lin Shuguang realized the inscription described Totem Monsters and the Totem Continent, but a force erased its final line from his memory.
• Lin Shuguang asked Pei Xi where Chang Hushan was and learned he was overseeing the Stone Stele’s examination.
• Lin Shuguang steered Old Fire into assigning him to help decipher the inscription by revealing his past work with oracle bone script.
• Chang Hushan warned Lin Shuguang that Grand Scholar Qin Hai and the other researchers were unwelcoming, but Lin Shuguang insisted on seeing the Stone Stele himself.
• Chang Hushan brought Lin Shuguang to the laboratory, where Qin Hai assigned him to gather information in Area Wu and turned back to his work.

Lin Shuguang entered Qin Hai’s secure room to decipher the final line on the Stone Stele, claiming he would finish before eight that evening. As a map revealed the mysterious person’s final coordinates, Chang Hushan returned with news that something had happened.

• Lin Shuguang demanded access to the Stone Stele, and Chang Hushan backed his request by citing Lin Shuguang’s expertise and role in revealing its writing.
• Qin Hai gave Lin Shuguang three days to produce results, but Lin Shuguang promised to finish before eight that evening.
• Qin Hai led Lin Shuguang and Chang Hushan to the Stone Stele and left Lin Shuguang alone to study it for five hours.
• Lin Shuguang touched the Stone Stele and deciphered the final line, which unfolded into a map showing the mysterious person’s final coordinates.
• Chang Hushan knocked on the door and told Lin Shuguang that something had happened.

After leaving the Secret Base, Lin Shuguang joined Chang Hushan’s mission to rescue the besieged team at Spark Eleven. The group encountered a Four-tailed Demon Fox, and Lin Shuguang charged forward to attack it.

• Qin Hai deciphered Lin Shuguang’s note as a possible clue about the Stone Stele and tried to find him for answers.
• Chang Hushan explained that the Demon Fox Clan and other powerful beasts had attacked the miners, forcing the team to focus on rescuing their people.
• Lin Shuguang arrived at Spark Eleven with Chang Hushan, Pei Xi, Bai Hu, and the others, and they hurried toward the mineral vein.
• Chang Hushan’s group attacked the beasts surrounding the trapped cultivators, but a Four-tailed Demon Fox blocked their assault.
• As the others hesitated at the sight of the Four-tailed Demon Fox, Lin Shuguang drew his saber and charged at it.

Lin Shuguang held off the Four-tailed Demon Fox while Chang Hushan led the mining martial artists out of Spark Eleven, then unleashed his Divine Demon Body and fought the beast until a strange vortex swallowed them. The rescuers found no body and could not determine what had happened, while Lin Shuguang awoke in the Demon Domain with the dying demon fox in his grasp.

• Lin Shuguang carved a path through the beasts, and a mining martial artist sacrificed himself to buy the group time.
• Lin Shuguang ordered Pei Xi to lead the rescue while he drew the beasts' attention; Chang Hushan and the others escorted the miners to safety as Lin Shuguang stayed behind.
• Lin Shuguang invoked his Divine Demon Body and fought the Four-tailed Demon Fox while Pei Xi and the others waited outside Spark Eleven for cyborg rescuers.
• Investigators reported that Lin Shuguang was missing, the ore vein had lost all its energy, and a force exceeding a four-tail had erupted there.
• Lin Shuguang and the Four-tailed Demon Fox were swallowed by a vortex, and Lin Shuguang later woke in the Demon Domain holding the dying beast.

Lin Shuguang reached a mysterious ancient tower in the Demon Domain, where the Four-tailed Demon Fox’s blood awakened it and drew him inside. As the tower’s power silenced and immobilized Sea Monsters throughout the Demon Domain, Lin Shuguang heard an unseen voice greet him: “You’ve come...”

• Lin Shuguang dragged the badly injured Four-tailed Demon Fox through the Demon Domain toward the coordinates he remembered, frightening away the Sea Monsters in his path.
• Old General Yang learned of the disturbance and told his adjutant to hold position, recognizing that Lin Shuguang had returned.
• Lin Shuguang reached an ancient tower that the Sea Monsters avoided, and after his Divine Demon Body ended, the tower devoured the Four-tailed Demon Fox’s blood.
• The tower sent an invisible wave across the Demon Domain, silencing the region and freezing Sea Monsters in place while human cultivators attacked them.
• Sacred Mountain elders and other factions investigated the strange events, while Lin Xiaoxi trained, Lin Haiyang and Mother Lin discussed Lin Shuguang’s marriage, and Si Qianjun handled a new crisis.
• A strange force pulled Lin Shuguang into the ancient tower, where visions passed through his mind before an ethereal voice said, “You’ve come...”

Lin Shuguang met the mysterious Tower Master, who explained the danger of entering the Totem Continent and offered him a way to go safely. Lin Shuguang agreed only after demanding more rewards.

• Lin Shuguang questioned the Tower Master in the star-filled interior of the tower and learned that the Totem Continent was the master world, while his world was a stolen fragment of its will.
• The Tower Master warned Lin Shuguang that the Totem Continent's world will would erase him unless he concealed the will carried by his Martial Dao.
• The Tower Master gave Lin Shuguang a Baojian Sect Command Token and explained that he would have to enter the Totem Continent alone.
• Lin Shuguang refused to go without assurances of safety, so the Tower Master taught him the Spirit Suppressing Technique and corrected rumors about the war.
• Lin Shuguang demanded treasure medicine, divine techniques, and money, then started to leave; the Tower Master called him back.

Lin Shuguang arrived in a mountain lake in the Totem Continent and concealed his World Mark to avoid detection. After leaving the mountains, he rescued Qin Musheng from a Red Ghost Ape and took the injured man toward a nearby market town.

• Lin Shuguang concealed his World Mark, then set off through an unfamiliar mountain range to find the Baojian Sect and learn about higher cultivation ranks.
• Lin Shuguang avoided powerful ferocious beasts and eventually reached the mountains’ outskirts, where he found signs of human cultivators.
• Lin Shuguang heard a fight and saw Qin Musheng, a Viscera Refining Realm cultivator, losing to a Red Ghost Ape.
• Lin Shuguang killed the Red Ghost Ape with one slash and introduced himself to the badly injured Qin Musheng.
• Lin Shuguang made Qin Musheng a sturdy mat from branches and vines, then dragged him toward a nearby market town as Qin Musheng gave directions.

Lin Shuguang settled into Qin Musheng’s martial arts hall in Pingyuan Town, learned about the Baojian Sect’s selection, and discovered he could not upgrade his divine ability with money from his old world. The chapter left him approaching a wealthy-looking young man who had arrived to see Qin Xiaoyue.

• Lin Shuguang brought the injured Qin Musheng to his home in Pingyuan Town, where Qin Xiaoyue treated her father and thanked Lin Shuguang for saving him.
• Qin Xiaoyue told Lin Shuguang that the Baojian Sect was holding a selection and that Qin Musheng had hunted beasts to obtain medicine for his disciples.
• Lin Shuguang visited the martial arts hall’s Training Ground and judged the disciples’ martial skills immature.
• Qin Musheng told Qin Xiaoyue that Lin Shuguang likely came from an extraordinary background and that they should focus on repaying his kindness.
• Lin Shuguang found that he could not use his wealth to upgrade Thunder Tribulation Annihilation and suspected he needed the local currency.
• Lin Shuguang saw a well-dressed young man approach Qin Xiaoyue and stepped forward to befriend him.

Lin Shuguang learned that Zhao Wulie was pursuing Qin Xiaoyue and heard Qin Musheng’s account of the Zhao Family’s crimes. After studying the martial arts at the Qin Family’s Training Ground, Lin Shuguang received a map showing the Baojian Sect’s location.

• Zhao Wulie left the Qin Family’s Martial Arts Hall and ordered a servant to investigate Lin Shuguang.
• Lin Shuguang told Qin Musheng about Zhao Wulie’s visit, and Qin Musheng described the Zhao Family’s violent history and Zhao Wulie’s alleged crimes.
• Qin Xiaoyue told Lin Shuguang that Zhao Wulie was likely in the Body Tempering Realm and his father was probably at its peak.
• Lin Shuguang watched the Qin Family’s students practice at the Training Ground and asked Qin Xiaoyue about their cultivation.
• Qin Xiaoyue gave Lin Shuguang a map and pointed out that the Baojian Sect was a little over a hundred kilometers from Pingyuan Town.

Lin Shuguang left the Qin Family after warning Qin Xiaoyue about the journey to Baojian Sect, while Zhao Wulie ordered an attack on her. Lin Shuguang broke into Zhao Wulie's room, subdued him, and found gold leaves that could help him learn Thunder Tribulation Annihilation.

• Qin Xiaoyue warned Lin Shuguang that the route to Baojian Sect crossed the dangerous Five Elephants Mountain Range, but Lin Shuguang thanked her and left.
• Qin Xiaoyue told Qin Musheng that Lin Shuguang had departed, and Qin Musheng worried about the Zhao Family.
• Zhao Wulie learned that Qin Musheng had been seriously injured and ordered his servant to kill the man Qin Xiaoyue seemed to care about without leaving traces.
• Lin Shuguang entered Zhao Wulie's room and held a saber to his neck while Zhao Wulie offered him money.
• Lin Shuguang stabbed Zhao Wulie in the shoulder, forced poison from his body, and found gold leaves in a cabinet.
• Lin Shuguang saw the system prompt that eight gold leaves would let him learn the first level of Thunder Tribulation Annihilation.

Lin Shuguang forced Zhao Shengke to surrender the Zhao Family’s money, then left the family residence burning, killing Zhao Shengke and Zhao Wulie in the fire. In the aftermath, Qin Xiaoyue decided to enter the State Selection and pursue cultivation with the Baojian Sect so she could reach Xuanyuan City and find her mother.

• Zhao Shengke rushed in to defend Zhao Wulie, but Lin Shuguang defeated him and held a saber to his throat.
• Zhao Shengke agreed to pay Lin Shuguang to spare their lives and led him to the Zhao Family’s money.
• A fire engulfed the Zhao Family residence, and Zhao Shengke and Zhao Wulie died in the flames.
• Qin Musheng and Qin Xiaoyue heard that the Zhao Family had fallen, while Qin Xiaoyue reasoned that a powerful opponent of evil must have acted.
• Qin Xiaoyue told Qin Musheng she would enter the State Selection to reach Xuanyuan City and find her mother.
• Qin Xiaoyue declared that she wanted to cultivate with the Baojian Sect.

After upgrading Thunder Tribulation Annihilation, Lin Shuguang set out for the Baojian Sect and joined the Violet Orchid Merchant Guild’s caravan to cross the Five Elephants Mountain Range. As the caravan prepared to leave, Liu Duozhuang told him about the Baojian Sect expert who had driven off the mountain’s four demon kings.

• Lin Shuguang upgraded Thunder Tribulation Annihilation to level three and headed toward the Baojian Sect with the Gold Leaves he had left.
• At a way station, Butler Fu invited Lin Shuguang to travel with his young master’s caravan, and Lin accepted despite wondering whether the offer had another purpose.
• Lin Shuguang joined the Violet Orchid Merchant Guild’s caravan, met Liu Duozhuang, and learned that the young master was leading the group.
• Liu Duozhuang explained that a Baojian Sect expert had once split a mountain with one sword strike and driven the four demon kings into the range’s inner region.
• Liu Duozhuang warned Lin Shuguang not to use his cultivation method near the old battlefield because the sword qi could injure him.

Lin Shuguang traveled with the Violet Orchid Merchant Team through the Five Elephants Mountain Range, learning about the Baojian Sect and the higher cultivation realms beyond his small world. After the team’s young master used a talisman seal to drive back attacking beasts, she sensed Lin Shuguang spying on her and demanded to know who he was.

• Lin Shuguang crossed the ravine’s enduring sword intent and learned from Liu Duozhuang that it came from a Baojian Sect powerhouse who had reached Grand Perfection in the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Liu Duozhuang revealed that the Violet Orchid Merchant Team was delivering supplies to the Baojian Sect, which was recruiting disciples, and said their young master had once refused the sect.
• Beasts blocked the merchant procession, but the young master’s talisman seal deterred them until a distant roar sent them retreating.
• Lin Shuguang recognized that the talisman required mental-power spellcraft and grew curious about the young master’s abilities.
• The young woman opened her eyes inside the carriage and demanded to know who Lin Shuguang was and why he was spying on her.

Lin Shuguang identified the middle-aged spy from the Maple Leaf Merchant Team, who mistakenly believed Liu Duozhuang had exposed him and planned to kill him. After Lin Shuguang secretly poisoned the man, he confronted him with a blade at his neck.

• Yang Xiaojin sensed someone spying on her carriage, while Lin Shuguang realized his own Mental Power had alerted her during his attempt to investigate.
• Lin Shuguang identified the spy as a middle-aged man from the Maple Leaf Merchant Team, but Liu Duozhuang’s friendly gestures made the man believe Liu had exposed him.
• Lin Shuguang warned Liu Duozhuang to stay safe, then destroyed the Mental Mark the spy had placed on him as he left the merchant team.
• The spy mistook the destruction of the mark as proof that Liu Duozhuang had detected him and planned to kill Liu after two hours.
• The spy suddenly began coughing black blood from poisoning, and an unseen attacker placed a blade against his neck and warned him not to move.

Lin Shuguang secretly killed Zhou He and gained two mental techniques before heading to the Baojian Sect, where a girl tried to get money from him and a sword-bearing young man stepped in to help her. The young man claimed to be wealthy but admitted he carried no Qi Gathering Pills after the girl asked for six.

• Steward Ma learned that Zhou He had died from poisonous fruit and ordered his body disposed of while the Maple Leaf Merchant Team searched for a new inn.
• Lin Shuguang reviewed the two mental techniques he had extracted from Zhou He and decided to conserve his gold leaves rather than spend more on upgrades.
• Lin Shuguang left Ping'an City for the Baojian Sect and passed young cultivators discussing the upcoming trials.
• At the Sword Pit, a girl told Lin Shuguang that a thief had stolen her purse and asked him for money to buy a Qi Gathering Pill, but he criticized her lack of preparation.
• A sword-bearing young man rebuked Lin Shuguang and offered to help the girl, then claimed he carried no Qi Gathering Pills when she asked for six.

Lin Shuguang confronted Nan Li after she swindled three gold leaves from Chi Tianxiang, then discovered an ancient bronze object in her bag. He proposed teaming up for a big score, and Nan Li immediately bargained over their shares.

• Nan Li played the victim and persuaded Chi Tianxiang to give her three gold leaves, while Lin Shuguang disappeared.
• Lin Shuguang cornered Nan Li in an alley and demanded two of the gold leaves, demonstrating his power with a Mental Power Secret Technique.
• Nan Li handed over two gold leaves, but Lin Shuguang seized her Cloth Bag despite her protests about the rules of the Jianghu.
• Lin Shuguang examined a poisoned black needle without harm and found a fist-sized ancient bronze object resembling a Rubik's Cube.
• Lin Shuguang proposed teaming up for a big score, and Nan Li immediately asked for sixty percent of the proceeds.

Nan Li demonstrated Lin Shuguang’s modified Rubik’s Cube on Ping'an Town’s west bridge, attracting competing offers from the Rosen Chamber of Commerce and the Silver Horse Chamber of Commerce. A gray-robed old man seized the cube and trapped Nan Li with him inside a barrier, leaving her terrified and calling for Lin Shuguang to save her.

• Nan Li presented the Rubik’s Cube as a family heirloom and activated it, causing its markings to move and emit a lingering resonance of the Martial Dao.
• Chi Tianxiang drew his sword to protect Nan Li from the crowd, then offered a hundred gold leaves but admitted he needed credit.
• Manager Qi of the Rosen Chamber of Commerce offered a hundred and twenty gold leaves, and Manager Ma of the Silver Horse Chamber of Commerce raised the bid to a hundred and thirty gold leaves with a store discount.
• A gray-robed old man arrived, suppressed the crowd with his aura, took the Rubik’s Cube from Nan Li, and enclosed them both in a barrier of light.
• The gray-robed old man asked Nan Li how to activate the cube, and she silently begged Lin Shuguang to rescue her.

Nan Li sold Lin Shuguang’s altered Rubik’s Cube to a powerful gray-robed elder for ten Tongyou Pills and an Earth-grade Sword Technique, then fled Ping'an City after Lin Shuguang warned her the elder would discover the deception. Lin Shuguang reached the Baojian Sect with a Supreme Token, prompting the sect to rush to welcome it.

• Nan Li demonstrated the Rubik’s Cube to the gray-robed old man, who sensed traces of the Martial Dao and bought it with ten Tongyou Pills and an Earth-grade Sword Technique.
• Lin Shuguang collected eight Tongyou Pills from Nan Li and returned the sword technique to her, then warned her to leave Ping'an City before the old man realized he had been tricked.
• Nan Li asked Lin Shuguang to make more mysterious objects with her, but he refused and disappeared; she then clubbed Chi Tianxiang unconscious, took his money, and left the city.
• Lin Shuguang went to the Baojian Sect and showed its gatekeeper a Supreme Token, which had been missing for over ten thousand years.
• The gatekeeper reported the token to the elders, and the Great Hall was shaken as they ordered that Lin Shuguang be welcomed.

The Baojian Sect accepted Lin Shuguang as a disciple because he carried the genuine Supreme Token, but its elders doubted he could become Holy Son because he lacked a sword embryo. At his first lesson, Lin Shuguang used his system to learn Piercing Wind Hall as Elder Qu demonstrated it, stunning the elder.

• The Baojian Sect's leaders confirmed that Lin Shuguang's Supreme Token was genuine, but argued over his lack of a sword embryo and agreed to send him to Clear Sword Peak without deciding whether he would become Holy Son.
• Xu Baiyang brought Lin Shuguang to a secluded, overgrown courtyard and arranged supplies for him, while news of his arrival stirred resentment among the sect's ambitious young disciples.
• Xu Baiyang escorted Lin Shuguang to the Training Ground, where Elder Qu was teaching new disciples Piercing Wind Hall.
• Elder Qu demonstrated the sword art, and Lin Shuguang's system offered to teach him its first level for 0.2 gold leaf and showed that practice could improve his strength and defense.
• Lin Shuguang learned Piercing Wind Hall and began practicing along with Elder Qu's demonstration, prompting Elder Qu to stop and stare at him in astonishment.