Recaps

Lin Ming purified the Bodhi Ancient Tree, awakened an Emperor Soul, and returned to lead the Five Elements Sect through preparations for war. While he remained in seclusion, the Heaven Nether Sect arrived with powerful allies to attack the Five Elements Sect and its supporters.

• Lin Ming endured the ancient tree’s Hundred Lives of Reincarnation, refined the Demon Emperor’s malice, and awakened an Emperor Soul while helping the Bodhi Ancient Tree regain its consciousness.
• Lin Ming drew the Bodhi Ancient Tree into his Inner World, then emerged and defeated Nine Nether and the Heavenly Phoenix experts before returning to the Five Elements Sect.
• Lin Ming entered seclusion to refine the Bodhi Heart, while the Five Great Ancient Races confronted the Soul Clan over hidden formations and the Soul Clan publicly denied responsibility.
• Ya Fei distributed Lin Ming’s Bodhi Seeds to allies, while the Flower Sect and other groups became caught in escalating conflicts with rival sects.
• The Heaven Nether Sect declared war on the Five Elements Sect, and Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Elder Yao prepared their defenses as Lin Ming remained sealed away.
• Tianmingzi and Gui Yuan led the Heaven Nether Sect to Thousand Ren Snow Peak, where Heavenly Underworld Old Demon revealed himself as a Dou Sheng and the battle began.
• Ya Fei deployed the Ice Puppet as she, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin moved to hold off Tianmingzi, while Elder Yao confronted Gui Yuan over their old grudge.

Lin Ming returned to the Five Elements Sect, defeated the invading Heaven Nether Sect and saved the Flower Sect, then forged an alliance and refined a Tier 9 Bodhi Pill. After the wider cultivation world took notice, he set out with Qing Lin for the Beast Domain to reach the Nether Python Clan.

• Tianmingzi and the Heaven Nether Sect attacked the Five Elements Sect while Heavenly Underworld Old Demon assaulted the Flower Sect, leaving both sects battered and their leaders in danger.
• Lin Ming emerged from seclusion as a One-Star Dou Saint, rescued Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and erased Tianmingzi, Gui Yuan, and the Heaven Nether Sect forces.
• Lin Ming arrived at the Flower Sect, saved Yun Yun, defeated Heavenly Underworld Old Demon with Five Elements Annihilation, and captured him in the Light Wheel.
• The Flower Sect recovered and formed an eternal alliance with the Five Elements Sect, whose forces divided the Heaven Nether Sect’s territories and resources.
• Lin Ming refined a Bodhi Pill in the Myriad Beast Cauldron, endured Black Demon Lightning that advanced his body cultivation to the Half Sage stage, and subdued the pill after it became a Tier 9 Treasure Pill.
• News of Lin Ming’s pill and strength spread, and he accepted Xuan Kongzi’s invitation to attend the Little Pill Tower elder selection in eleven months.
• Lin Ming left for the Beast Domain with Qing Lin, slipped into the Nether Python Clan’s territory, and reached its heavily guarded headquarters at the Nether Serpent Earth Vein.

Lin Ming freed Yao Ming from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and helped him defeat Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder, restoring him as Clan Leader. In return, Yao Ming led Lin Ming to the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet, where Lin Ming entered its inner realm to seek the Yellow Springs Heaven Rage inheritance.

• Lin Ming and Qing Lin slipped past the Nether Python Clan’s defenses and descended to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where Lin Ming searched the lake for Yellow Spring Blood Crystals.
• Lin Ming found the chained former Clan Leader Yao Ming, accepted his soul seal, and freed him by destroying the mechanism sustaining his imprisonment.
• Yao Xiaotian attacked Qing Lin as Lin Ming and Yao Ming emerged from the lake, and Lin Ming fought him while Yao Ming exposed the usurpation to the clan elders.
• Yao Ming proved his identity with the Nine Nether Underworld Staff, while Lin Ming battled Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder as elders rallied behind Yao Ming.
• Yao Ming defeated and sealed Yao Xiaotian, and Lin Ming stopped the Great Elder’s attempted self-destruction before Yao Ming restored order in the clan.
• Yao Ming named Lin Ming an eternal ally and revealed that the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet held the Yellow Springs Heaven Rage and possibly the Demon Saint’s Natal Blood Essence.
• Lin Ming entered the tablet’s inner realm, endured its thunder trials, countered a Yellow Springs Finger, and shattered a giant palm with a Soul Storm.

Lin Ming won the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance, defeated the Heaven Demon Phoenix ambush, and strengthened himself before entering the Little Pill Tower elder selection. The stretch ended as Lin Ming’s Bodhi Pill neared completion and a dark thundercloud overshadowed the other contestants’ pill lightning.

• Lin Ming defeated the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s Remnant Soul, received Yellow Springs Finger, Yellow Springs Palm, Yellow Springs Heaven Rage, and its Natal Blood Essence, then preserved its fading Soul Imprint.
• After leaving the Nether Python Clan with Qing Lin, Lin Ming and his allies defeated Fenghuang, Kun Huang, and Ying Huang when Yellow Springs Heaven Rage shattered their Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Phantom.
• Lin Ming ordered the Five Elements Sect to hide and protect its disciples, then traveled alone to the Magma World and devoured hundreds of Flame Lizardmen for their Fire Beads.
• Lin Ming refined the Fire Beads, reached peak One-Star Dou Saint, and left Zhu Kun guarding Zi Yan as she continued absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Lin Ming reunited with Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ya Fei, then entered the Little Pill Realm with Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi for the elder selection.
• Lin Ming faced Old Monster Hou at the selection and began refining a Bodhi Pill in the Myriad Beast Cauldron using the New Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame.
• After eight days, Old Monster Hou completed his Flame Demon Clear Profound Pill while Lin Ming accelerated his own pill’s formation, and a dark thundercloud spread above the plaza.