Recaps

Lin Chen pursued research and resources while uncovering market corruption and preparing for a possible war. He began experiments on captives to investigate Foundation Establishment and learned from Yu Man that Lingnan’s origins were tied to fallen immortals.

• Lin Chen developed his Spiritual Energy Law through experiments and used his research to advance his cultivation and combat techniques.
• Lin Chen sold an improved Golden Spear Art to Fang Mingyuan, survived an ambush arranged through the Hundred Treasures Tower, and exposed Fang’s collusion with Blood Cultivators.
• Zhang Mengyao arrested Fang Mingyuan, ordered the Blood Cultivators around the market exterminated, and had Fang executed.
• Lin Chen studied a dangerous blood-refining method, took charge of a medicinal garden, and continued developing his soul-nurturing scripture and incense.
• Lin Chen tested Soul Nurturing Incense 3.0 on Spirit Monkeys, then modeled Foundation Establishment and suspected that consciousness was needed for a spiritual energy breakthrough.
• Lin Chen captured Yu Man and other cultivators and began experiments on captives to investigate his Foundation Establishment Yuan Transformation Secret Ritual.
• Lin Chen tortured Yu Man for information, learned that two Spirit Transformation immortals had fallen in Lingnan, and identified the blood-refining method that was killing him.
• Lin Chen promised to treat Yu Man if he cooperated, then activated an array and sent spiritual energy through his body until a speck of milky-white light appeared.

Lin Chen survived the auction’s bloody aftermath, seized the Hundred Year Jade Marrow, and used it to advance his cultivation through a dangerous transformation. He emerged with Spiritual Sense and a Purple Mansion, then gained inner disciple status and a secluded Cave Mansion at the Azure Cloud Sect.

• Yu Man’s soul transformation turned monstrous, but Lin Chen escaped the Blood Mist and sealed the laboratory before resolving to share his cultivation theories.
• Lin Chen rejected Lin Tianhao’s request to fight for the Lin Family without proper compensation, then traveled to Jia Tai Market for the auction.
• Lin Chen bought the Blood Origin Marrow Refining Scripture and later stole the Hundred Year Jade Marrow from its buyer amid the pursuit of the Spirit Blood Foundation Establishment Method.
• Lin Chen killed pursuing cultivators and took their Storage Bags, then refused Zhang Hao’s offer of the Foundation Establishment Secret Method and demanded other treasures instead.
• Luo Ziyan’s divination led her to a Blood Lotus and a terrifying presence, while True Person Qingyang and Old Demon Taiyin competed for treasures near the canyon.
• Lin Chen studied the spoils, found multiple demonic cultivation methods, and used the Hundred Year Jade Marrow to condense and stabilize mist state true qi.
• Lin Chen endured a vision of his memories, death, and reincarnation, then awakened Spiritual Sense and discovered he had opened the embryonic Purple Mansion.
• Yang Cheng promoted Lin Chen to inner disciple, gave him the address of a secluded Cave Mansion with a Spirit Spring, and urged him to pursue the True Disciple position.

Lin Chen developed his alchemy and Inner Core Martial Way plans, built a book-selling platform with Xu Mengyun, and returned to Jiang City to settle the Lin Family’s affairs. After discovering the Ancestor’s pact with a Blood Cultivator and a plot involving the Blood Origin Longevity Pill, Lin Chen escaped and fought his pursuer in the forest.

• Lin Chen refined impurity-free Non-toxic Qi Pills with his Five Elements method, then began shaping his research into an Inner Core Martial Way for mortals.
• Lin Chen arranged a book-selling platform with Xu Mengyun, enlisted Liu Qiqiang as a potential helper, and set out to resolve the Lin Family’s troubles.
• Lin Chen returned to Jiang City, studied the Lin Family’s defenses, and confronted relatives who had seized his property, killing their servants and attacking his second aunt and uncle.
• Lin Chen rejected the Ancestor’s demand to enter the family register, then discovered the Ancestor’s pact with a Blood Shadow and stole the family’s assets while investigating.
• Lin Chen overheard that the Ancestor had captured clansmen to refine a Blood Origin Longevity Pill, but his Blood Gu exposed him to a black-clothed Blood Cultivator.
• Lin Chen escaped the estate and used a Flesh-and-Blood Substitute, illusions, and True Lord Nuclear Peace to break free from the Blood Cultivator’s pursuit at Jiang City’s wall.
• The Blood Cultivator pursued Lin Chen through the forest, and Lin Chen charged at him with a gray lightning bead, triggering a massive lightning explosion.

Lin Chen survived the Blood Cultivator’s trap, gained control over the Soul Power and Body Gods within him, and developed a network of corpse avatars. When Mysterious Yin Gate launched an assault on Azure Cloud Sect, Lin Chen fought off an ambush and began searching for the attackers’ command hub while a Blood Zombie approached.

• Lin Chen escaped the Blood Cultivator’s trap and survived the Killing Intent by absorbing the Soul Power left behind, forming Body Gods throughout his organs.
• Lin Tianhang killed the Lin Family Ancestor, fell under the Blood Shadow’s influence, and massacred Jiang City before Lin Chen confronted him in an illusion.
• After returning to the sect, Lin Chen developed Body God avatars and new spiritual arts, while True Person Taiyin and Blood Shadow prepared an assault on Azure Cloud Sect.
• Situ Feng and his disguised allies seized control of the sect’s hub, disabling communications and defenses as Mysterious Yin Gate’s forces began slaughtering disciples.
• Lin Chen sensed the danger at Moon Lake Mountain and led Xu Mengyun and Liu Qiqiang away from Lin Yue Tower, but black-clad cultivators ambushed them in the forest.
• Lin Chen used Pressure Light and his Condensing Spirit Technique to kill all five attackers, prompting the blood-robed leader to send more forces after him.
• Lin Chen reunited with Xu Mengyun and Liu Qiqiang, used a Second-tier Talisman against the Peak Protection Great Formation, and assigned avatars to locate the enemy control hub.
• Lin Chen sent more than a dozen clones to search Moon Lake Mountain and sensed a Foundation Establishment Realm Blood Zombie amid the burning ruins.