Recaps

After escaping Ming He, Lin Changqing discovered that the God Slaying Spear could lead him back to the Great Dao Star Sea and spent millennia refining it. He returned to the Star Sea through a hidden passage beneath the Demon Clan Sacred Mountain.

• Tongtian destroyed Ming He's Evil Corpse with a sword strike and warned Ming He's Three Corpses against targeting Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing fled for two thousand years, reached the Eastern Lands, and learned that refining the God Slaying Spear could reveal a way back to the Great Dao Star Sea.
• Lin Changqing claimed a mountain, set up a vast formation, and spent a thousand years refining the spear until he could sense the Star Sea's location.
• Lin Changqing traveled underground beneath the Demon Clan Sacred Mountain and passed through a dense barrier of interwoven Great Daos.
• Lin Changqing emerged into the Great Dao Star Sea, returning to the place of opportunity he had left less than five thousand years earlier.

Lin Changqing consolidated and expanded his Dao Foundation in the sea of Great Dao stars, but the Heavenly Dao’s appearance led him to discover that the sea was the weakened Earthly Dao itself. The Earthly Dao revealed how the Heavenly Dao had seized its power and devoured the Human Dao, leaving Lin Changqing with the truth behind the Primordial World’s ancient conflicts.

• Lin Changqing absorbed and comprehended the Great Dao stars and lesser Dao stars, growing his Dao Foundation to more than five thousand zhang.
• Lin Changqing created stars for Daos found in the Primordial World and, after several thousand years, expanded his Dao Foundation to nine thousand zhang.
• Lin Changqing considered creating Daos absent from the Primordial World, then decided to leave and extract the source of the Destruction Great Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao’s incarnation appeared as the stars trembled and declared that the Earthly Dao was still alive.
• The weakened Earthly Dao identified itself to Lin Changqing and showed him how the Heavenly Dao had devoured the Human Dao’s seed and seized most of the Earthly Dao’s power.
• The Earthly Dao revealed that the sea of Great Dao stars was its own body, and that the Heavenly Dao had destroyed the will and power it had gathered during the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation.

Lin Changqing discovered that the gray figure was the weakened Earthly Dao, which asked him to help it recover by creating stars of the Great Daos. He agreed after confirming it could use the stars to deduce Dao laws, but made it promise not to destroy the Primordial World in a fight against the Heavenly Dao.

• Lin Changqing questioned the gray figure until it revealed that it was the Earthly Dao and explained how the Heavenly Dao had devoured the Human Dao and crippled it.
• The Earthly Dao explained that Lin Changqing’s source of destruction had awakened it, and that it needed more Dao laws to recover and condense a new source of the Great Daos.
• Lin Changqing tested the Earthly Dao by forming a minor-Dao star, which the Earthly Dao rapidly expanded through its deductions.
• Lin Changqing agreed to create stars of the Great Daos to help perfect his Dao Foundation, but required the Earthly Dao to promise not to destroy the Primordial World.
• The Earthly Dao agreed, and Lin Changqing began condensing vast stars of the Great Daos from streams of Dao laws.

Lin Changqing completed the stars of the Great Dao, strengthening his Dao Foundation and helping the Earthly Dao take shape. The Earthly Dao called him a Dao Ancestor and empowered the God Slaying Spear, while its own source remained far from complete.

• Lin Changqing learned that the Earthly Dao’s star-formed body resembled him and Pangu, and that it could hear his thoughts because they shared the same Great Dao.
• Lin Changqing condensed the final Great Dao star, bringing the starry paths together and expanding his Dao Foundation to 9,999 zhang.
• The Earthly Dao thanked Lin Changqing and called him a Dao Ancestor, explaining that only those who created a Dao deserved the title, but Lin Changqing refused it for now.
• Lin Changqing asked when the Earthly Dao could condense its source, but neither of them knew, so he decided not to help until he was stronger.
• The Earthly Dao placed a wisp of the source of Destruction into the God Slaying Spear, restoring and strengthening it, and Lin Changqing planned to complete the weapon.

After returning to the Primordial World, Lin Changqing traveled to the human lands and found humanity facing a massive demon army at Cangshan Pass. He watched without intervening as a Saint-like Sacred Sword Phantom appeared above the fortress.

• Lin Changqing asked the Earthly Dao to send him to a secluded place near the human lands, then inspected himself and resolved to be wary of the Earthly Dao’s intentions.
• Lin Changqing flew to Kongtong City and saw that humanity had grown to trillions, with Dao Seeking Cliff and Sage Master Temple at its center.
• Lin Changqing reached Cangshan Pass and saw human forces defending the border against an overwhelming demon army.
• Lin Changqing noticed that humanity’s strongest defenders were far weaker than the demons, but he did not intervene.
• A Sacred Sword Phantom appeared above Cangshan Pass, radiating killing intent and the aura of a Saint.

Lin Changqing returned to the Human Race and saw how its people had developed under his Three Paths while resisting the demons. He met the Four Ancestors in the sacred city and announced that it was time to advance the Three Paths further.

• Lin Changqing recognized the Green Ping Sword protecting the Human Race and realized his master had kept Golden Immortal demons from attacking.
• Lin Changqing surveyed the Human Race’s many fortified passes and saw Golden Immortal generals using techniques from the Three Paths to fight the demons.
• Lin Changqing visited the sacred city and found that the Four Ancestors had established a basic governing structure for the Human Race.
• Lin Changqing entered the Human Emperor’s Hall, where Suiren Shi dismissed the court session and welcomed him with the other Human Ancestors.
• Lin Changqing took his Sage Master’s seat, accepted the Four Ancestors’ greetings, and said he had returned to advance the Three Paths of the Human Race.

Lin Changqing gave the Human Race's Four Ancestors methods for advancing the Three Daos and offered to guide Human Race Golden Immortals on Kongtong Mountain. He began strengthening the mountain's defenses, and the Human Race's fortune manifested his statue, prompting people across the race to honor his return.

• Lin Changqing assessed the Four Ancestors' cultivation and decided to pass his insights on the Three Daos to them.
• He infused the Sword Dao, Literary Dao, and Martial Dao methods into Ziyi Shi's sword, Cangjie's brush, and Youchaoshi's Dao Palace seal, then taught Suiren Shi personally.
• The Four Ancestors thanked Lin Changqing, who told them he would stay on Kongtong Mountain for three thousand years to advise Human Race Golden Immortals.
• Lin Changqing used the Kongtong Mirror to reinforce Kongtong Mountain's formations, drawing on the Human Race's fortune as spiritual energy and auspicious life spread through the region.
• A towering golden statue of Lin Changqing appeared, and countless members of the Human Race bowed and offered their Incense Wish Power.

Lin Changqing formed a powerful primordial spirit incarnation from the human race’s Incense Wish Power and left it to guard the human race. After three thousand years of teaching, he departed and slew a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal demon, prompting humans to celebrate his return.

• Lin Changqing combined the human race’s Incense Wish Power with his Divine Demon Heart Refining Art to create Chang Sheng Dao Ren, an incarnation nearly as powerful as himself.
• Lin Changqing assigned Chang Sheng Dao Ren the Kongtun Mirror and the task of guarding the human race, while the incarnation settled into the Human Emperor Temple to absorb further offerings.
• Over three thousand years, Lin Changqing taught the human Golden Immortals, who spread his guidance to lower-ranked cultivators; the number of human Golden Immortals nearly doubled, and Suiren Shi advanced to the early Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
• As demon attacks continued to harm humans beyond their frontier, Lin Changqing left supplies behind and departed, telling Chang Sheng Dao Ren that he would protect the human race one more time before leaving it in the incarnation’s care.
• Days later, Lin Changqing killed a nine-thousand-zhang divine bird, a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal, with one strike, and humans celebrated while calling him the Sage Tutor.

Lin Changqing returned from the Sea of Stars and headed home to the Interception Sect after evading Bifang's Evil Corpse. Near Golden Ao Island, he found a fellow disciple attacking another disciple's island and prepared to intervene.

• Lin Changqing killed a divine bird with the God Slaying Spear, then escaped before Bifang's Evil Corpse could find him.
• Bifang's Evil Corpse pursued Lin Changqing but fled after a sword light from the human lands cut a plume from his brow.
• Lin Changqing traveled across the East Sea toward the Interception Sect, eager to return after more than forty thousand years away.
• Lin Changqing heard a disciple threatening a Little Junior Sister and striking her island's protective formation with a chain-shaped spiritual treasure.
• Lin Changqing concealed himself, landed on the island, and challenged the disciple for bringing shame upon the Interception Sect.

Lin Changqing returned to the immortal island and discovered Chang Er Ding Guang Xian abusing Hanzhi and other junior sisters. After rescuing Hanzhi, he declared that he would purge the Interception Sect of disciples who harmed others.

• Lin Changqing watched as Chang Er Ding Guang Xian mocked him and tried to force Hanzhi to cultivate with him in dual cultivation.
• Hanzhi’s formation backlash sent her flying, and Lin Changqing caught and healed her.
• Hanzhi told Lin Changqing that Chang Er Ding Guang Xian had harmed many junior sisters, then urged him to leave the matter alone because Dingguang served Tongtian.
• Lin Changqing set Hanzhi down and vowed to clean up the Interception Sect, insisting its disciples must not bully others, deceive the world, or slaughter and wreak havoc across the Primordial World.

Lin Changqing rescued Han Zhi Xian from Chang Er Ding Guang Xian and bound Chang Er after hearing her account of his crimes. He brought Han Zhi Xian and the captured Chang Er to Golden Ao Island to report the matter to Tongtian.

• Han Zhi Xian trusted Lin Changqing and named the Interception Sect disciples who had helped Chang Er and Ma Yuan coerce and mistreat her.
• Chang Er broke through Han Zhi Xian’s failing island formation, then tried to blame her when he found Lin Changqing there.
• Lin Changqing told Chang Er he had heard everything, restrained him, and transformed him into a trembling rabbit.
• Lin Changqing invited Han Zhi Xian to testify before Tongtian, and she agreed to go with him.
• Lin Changqing arrived below Biyou Palace with Han Zhi Xian and Chang Er and announced that he had returned to pay his respects to Tongtian.

Lin Changqing returned to Golden Ao Island with Hanzhi and accused Chang Er Ding Guang Xian before Biyou Palace. Tongtian welcomed Lin Changqing and praised him for turning the Green Ping Sword into a Merit Supreme Treasure, while Hanzhi and the captured Chang Er waited outside.

• Lin Changqing arrived at Biyou Palace with Hanzhi and announced that she had come to accuse Chang Er Ding Guang Xian.
• Tongtian retraced what had happened, summoned Lin Changqing inside, and barred Hanzhi and the rabbit from entering.
• Bixiao and Jinling heard that Lin Changqing had returned and hurried toward Golden Ao Island.
• The six other Seven Attendant Immortals rushed to Biyou Palace, unaware that Lin Changqing had already captured Chang Er.
• Tongtian greeted Lin Changqing warmly and praised him for creating the Green Ping Sword, a Merit Supreme Treasure.

Tongtian warned Lin Changqing not to pursue Sainthood and appointed him deputy leader of the Interception Sect, entrusting him with the sect’s management. Lin Changqing accepted the Green Ping Sword and prepared to handle Chang’er’s misconduct.

• Tongtian praised Lin Changqing’s ability to create Daos and warned him that his path did not lead to becoming a Saint.
• Lin Changqing asked about the place Ming He had taken him, and Tongtian explained that Senior Disciple Brother had said it held Lin Changqing’s opportunity.
• Lin Changqing urged Tongtian to punish Chang’er for bullying fellow disciples and accumulating karmic obstacles.
• Tongtian gave Lin Changqing the Green Ping Sword, which represented Tongtian and had become a Merit Supreme Treasure through Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing suspected Tongtian wanted to avoid managing the sect, but accepted Tongtian’s appointment as deputy leader of the Interception Sect.

Tongtian appointed Lin Changqing deputy sect leader and gave him the Green Ping Sword to purge the Interception Sect’s injustices. Outside Biyou Palace, Lin Changqing confronted the Seven Attendant Immortals, captured Ma Yuan, and told Bixiao to summon the sect’s disciples.

• Tongtian appointed Lin Changqing deputy sect leader and handed him the Green Ping Sword, which Lin Changqing accepted as a charge to purge the Interception Sect’s ills.
• Lin Changqing left Biyou Palace with Chang Er Ding Guang Xian restrained, while Han Zhi Xian followed and thanked Tongtian for supporting them.
• Wu Yun Xian tried to take Chang Er and enter Biyou Palace, but Lin Changqing blocked the entrance with the Green Ping Sword and forbade the Seven Attendant Immortals from passing.
• Ma Yuan tried to flee when Lin Changqing called him over, but a golden bell captured him and brought him back before Biyou Palace.
• Bixiao and Jinling arrived, and Lin Changqing told Bixiao to strike the Golden Bell and summon the Ten Thousand Immortals of the Interception Sect.

Lin Changqing summoned the Interception Sect’s Ten Thousand Immortals and announced that Tongtian had appointed him Vice Leader. With the sect gathered, he began judging Chang Er Ding Guang Xian and called on Han Zhi Xian to testify, while the Seven Attendant Immortals intimidated her.

• Lin Changqing ordered Bixiao to ring the golden bell, and its nine peals summoned Interception Sect disciples from across the Primordial World.
• Duobao, Zhao Gongming, Guiling, and many other disciples hurried back to the sect over the next three years, until ninety thousand immortals had gathered outside Biyou Palace.
• Lin Changqing revealed the Green Ping Sword and declared that Tongtian had appointed him Vice Leader of the Interception Sect.
• Lin Changqing brought Chang Er Ding Guang Xian and Ma Yuan before the gathered disciples and accused Chang Er Ding Guang Xian of oppressing fellow disciples and committing many evil deeds.
• Lin Changqing asked Han Zhi Xian to testify, but the Seven Attendant Immortals continued to pressure her, prompting Lin Changqing to unleash his killing intent and rebuke them.

Lin Changqing exposed Chang Er Ding Guang Xian’s crimes and used the Green Ping Sword to judge corrupt Interception Sect disciples. After punishing thousands, he announced that he would establish sacred rules for the sect.

• Han Zhi Xian accused Chang Er Ding Guang Xian of trying to force her into dual cultivation, and Wu Yun Xian defended Chang Er and accused Han Zhi Xian of slander.
• Lin Changqing showed the disciples a vision proving Chang Er’s crimes, then ordered Duobao, Zhao Gongming, and others to seize fleeing suspects as accusations poured in.
• Lin Changqing used the Green Ping Sword to identify falsely accused disciples and expose more offenders, then stripped Chang Er of his cultivation, expelled him, and suppressed him for ten thousand years.
• Lin Changqing punished Ma Yuan, confined Wu Yun Xian and the other Seven Attendant Immortals, and imposed further sentences on countless Interception Sect disciples.
• Lin Changqing declared that he would establish sacred rules for the Interception Sect.

Lin Changqing established binding rules for the Interception Sect and delegated their enforcement to its Eight Personal Disciples. After Tongtian approved his actions, Lin Changqing admitted he had made little progress toward the Great Encompassment and resolved to pursue the Three-Flower Realm by nurturing his Dao Fruit with Dao soil.

• Lin Changqing proclaimed three rules forbidding disciples from harming fellow disciples, committing evil, and accepting disciples without regard for character.
• Lin Changqing sent the Green Ping Sword into the sect's fortune, where it formed a sword phantom to enforce the rules.
• Lin Changqing empowered Duobao and the other personal disciples to wield the Sacred Sword and punish rulebreakers while he was away.
• Lin Changqing apologized to Tongtian for overstepping, but Tongtian praised him for solving a major problem for the Interception Sect.
• Tongtian asked Lin Changqing about his progress toward the Great Encompassment, and Lin Changqing concluded that he would cultivate his Dao Fruit with Dao soil to reach the Three-Flower Realm.

Lin Changqing revealed his perfected 9,999-zhang Dao Foundation, astonishing Tongtian and the Interception Sect disciples. Tongtian announced a sermon at Biyou Palace a thousand years later, and Lin Changqing gave Huo Ling'er a treasured greeting gift.

• Lin Changqing told Tongtian that his Dao Foundation was complete but he needed more experience before advancing further.
• Tongtian announced he would preach the Dao at Biyou Palace in a thousand years and sent Duobao to ring the Golden Bell.
• Lin Changqing manifested his nine-layer Dao Foundation at its maximum height of 9,999 zhang, shocking Tongtian and the other disciples.
• The Golden Bell summoned the Interception Sect cultivators to Golden Ao Island to await Tongtian's sermon.
• Huo Ling'er introduced herself to Lin Changqing and asked him for a greeting gift.
• Lin Changqing praised Huo Ling'er's innate nature and gave her a Supreme Grade Houtian Spiritual Treasure, the Flowing Cloud Xiayi.

Lin Changqing hosted a Dao discussion that became a sermon for the Interception Sect, then listened as Tongtian taught the Dao of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal. As Tongtian’s sermon filled Biyou Palace with visions of the Great Dao, Lin Changqing’s Dao took human form and flew from his body.

• Huo Ling'er accepted a Supreme Grade robe from Lin Changqing, who invited her to sit with Duobao and the other Interception Sect immortals.
• Zhao Gongming and Saint Mother Jinling described their Daos, but Lin Changqing found little inspiration in them, and his insights led the gathered disciples into comprehension.
• After a thousand years, Lin Changqing awakened the disciples and ordered Duobao to ring the bell, summoning them to Biyou Palace for Tongtian’s sermon.
• Tongtian preached the Dao of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal, filling Biyou Palace with golden lotuses, clouds, flowers, and visions of the Great Dao.
• As Tongtian preached, Lin Changqing’s Dao gathered into a human form and flew away from his seated body.

Lin Changqing used his Dao Incarnation to absorb Tongtian’s Sage-level lecture, strengthening his Dao Foundation as the other Interception Sect disciples gradually left Biyou Palace. After twenty-five thousand years, he remained in seclusion, poised just short of a ten-thousand-zhang Dao Platform but still waiting for the insight needed to break through.

• Tongtian watched Lin Changqing’s Dao Incarnation withstand and absorb Dao Flowers, then expanded the golden-cloud world to help him comprehend the Great Dao.
• Lin Changqing entered the Sage’s golden-cloud world, grew his Dao Incarnation solid, and drew wisps of Dao aura into his Dao Foundation.
• Over the following years, the Interception Sect disciples left Biyou Palace after completing their enlightenment, with several advancing their cultivation.
• After twenty-five thousand years, Duobao, Zhao Gongming, and Jinling departed, leaving Lin Changqing as the only disciple still meditating.
• Lin Changqing’s Dao Platform reached nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang and nine cun, but he stopped gaining Dao aura and waited for a flash of insight to break through.

After ten thousand years without progress, Lin Changqing overcame the question threatening to make him merge with the Dao and formed a ten-thousand-zhang Dao Foundation. His Three Flowers Dao Tree grew and began blooming with thirty-six petals, revealing the Bearing of a Saint.

• Tongtian tried to stop Lin Changqing from merging with the Dao by disrupting the Great Daos, and Lin Changqing regained clarity.
• Lin Changqing realized that he was himself and the Dao was the Dao, then reached the perfected ten-thousand-zhang Dao Foundation realm.
• A Dao Seed sprouted on Lin Changqing's Dao Foundation and absorbed energy from his body, Biyou Palace, and the surrounding worlds.
• Lin Changqing's Three Flowers Dao Tree grew to ten thousand zhang, drained him nearly to a skeleton, and then began restoring his body.
• The Dao Tree shrank as its flower bloomed, while its petals multiplied beyond the Ninth-Grade Three Flowers until Tongtian witnessed thirty-six petals, the Twelfth-Grade Three Flowers.

Lin Changqing resisted dividing his Three Flowers by the Three Corpses method, believing his divine demon bloodline had detected a flaw in it. He found another way forward and formed three thirty-six-petal blossoms, each containing a figure resembling himself.

• Tongtian watched Lin Changqing’s Three Flowers exceed thirty-six petals as old petals withered and new ones grew.
• Lin Changqing held back the Three Flowers’ division because his divine demon bloodline rejected the Three Corpses method.
• The divine demon within Lin Changqing revealed that he could use substitutes for his three selves, and Lin Changqing accepted the insight.
• Lin Changqing’s Three Flowers divided into three blossoms, each of which grew to thirty-six petals.
• Three beams of light from Lin Changqing formed figures in the blossoms: a blood-red divine demon, a purplish-black dragon-like figure, and a golden figure filled with the aura of merit.

Lin Changqing refined three external Dao Fruits into incarnations and broke through to Quasi-Sage-level power, drawing Purple Firmament Divine Lightning over Golden Ao Island. He sent two incarnations to test the tribulation and prepared to summon the Blood God against the intensifying thunder.

• Lin Changqing used the three flowers to refine the Chaos True Dragon Qi, the Divine Demon image, and the Merit Golden Body into three incarnations.
• Purple Firmament Divine Lightning gathered above Golden Ao Island, alarming the Interception Sect disciples until Lin Changqing announced that it was his tribulation.
• Lin Changqing stepped into the air and shattered the Primordial World’s space, revealing power at the Quasi-Sage level.
• Lin Changqing summoned Purple Dragon, which punched a hole through the sea of Purple Firmament Divine Lightning.
• Lin Changqing summoned Golden Venerate, whose golden light tore gaps through the thunder before the incarnation vanished and the lightning gathered into a stronger assault.
• Lin Changqing called on the Blood God to shatter the renewed thunder.

Lin Changqing overcame his Grand Unity Golden Immortal tribulation and learned that he would have to forge his own path, while Tongtian warned him to protect himself. After three thousand years with his fellow disciples, Lin Changqing prepared to resume his training, unaware that Tongtian had been gravely injured stopping him from merging with the Dao.

• Lin Changqing formed three powerful incarnations that annihilated his tribulation lightning, then refined the energy and assessed his new strength.
• Bixiao and the Interception Sect disciples marveled at Lin Changqing's power, and he thanked Tongtian for his teachings.
• Tongtian urged Lin Changqing to teach his junior disciples and find a Dao companion, but Lin Changqing refused and realized his master had tried to keep him anchored after he nearly merged with the Dao.
• Tongtian warned Lin Changqing to protect himself if the future became impossible, then revealed after Lin Changqing left that stopping him from merging with the Dao had badly injured him.
• Lin Changqing spent three thousand years catching up with the Eight Personal Disciples, then watched them depart and prepared to continue training.

Lin Changqing returned to the East Sea Dragon Clan and discovered its members were training beside the dangerous Blood Abyss. Ao Mu told him that Ao Ying had gone into its depths and vanished, leaving her fate unknown.

• Lin Changqing left Biyou Palace and traveled through the perilous void for five hundred years to reach the Dragon Clan's territory.
• Lin Changqing called out to the Dragon Clan, but found no one at the palace and used his Divine Demon Eye to see the clan gathered around the Blood Abyss.
• Lin Changqing met the wounded Ao Mu, who explained that the Dragon Clan had been training in the Blood Abyss under pressure from the demon race.
• Ao Mu told Lin Changqing that Ao Ying had entered the Blood Abyss after failing to break through and had not returned.