Recaps

Chen Lin fed nearly ten thousand Nightmare Coins into the Piggy Bank, awakening a Black Pig Monster that would fight for him for the time it took an incense stick to burn. He rushed to Qunfang Pavilion to find Crimson Lotus High Person and confronted him as he appeared with He Ji.

• Chen Lin kept feeding Nightmare Coins into the Piggy Bank until it transformed into the Black Pig Monster, which agreed to fight for him for one incense stick's worth of time.
• Chen Lin hurried to Qunfang Pavilion, paid to book the entire brothel, and demanded that everyone else be cleared out while he waited for his target.
• A skeleton came downstairs and complained about Chen Lin's spending, but Chen Lin ignored him and pressed the Brothel Madam to bring everyone down.
• Crimson Lotus High Person appeared on the third-floor railing with Little Flower Cow, whom Chen Lin recognized as He Ji, the mission's conscriptor.
• The Brothel Madam ordered Crimson Lotus High Person to leave unless he could produce more Nightmare Coins, and he headed for the door.

Chen Lin and his allies fought Crimson Lotus High Person, but his powerful attacks overwhelmed them and left Chen Lin preparing to use the Thunder God Sword. The Black Pig Monster awakened and killed Crimson Lotus High Person, after which the Conscription Order carried Chen Lin away.

• Crimson Lotus High Person attacked Nie Chenxian, and his Blood Saber overwhelmed her defenses after she crushed a talisman and called for Chen Lin to activate the treasure.
• Chen Lin, Lu Xiao, and Si Qi unleashed their treasures and attacks, but Crimson Lotus High Person’s crimson lotus neutralized them and he revealed that he wanted Chen Lin’s Innate Treasure.
• Crimson Lotus High Person’s demonic aura clouded Chen Lin’s thoughts and drained his innate power, so Chen Lin prepared to activate the Thunder God Sword.
• Chen Lin kicked the Piggy Bank toward Crimson Lotus High Person and shouted for it to kill him, causing the Black Pig Monster to awaken and destroy the red lotus.
• The Black Pig Monster killed Crimson Lotus High Person, then returned to its Piggy Bank form as the Conscription Order enveloped Chen Lin and transported him away.

Chen Lin returned from the conscription mission with 9,000 merit points and found his Dao Heart strengthened by his love for Princess Qinghua. As he examined the items he had acquired, he discovered that the Red Fine Needle had astonishing penetrating power.

• Chen Lin returned to his fiefdom, received 9,000 merit points for completing the mission, and reunited with Princess Qinghua.
• Chen Lin reflected on how his family attachments shaped his cultivation path, and his Dao Heart and understanding of the Great Dao deepened.
• Chen Lin examined the Piggy Bank and White Jade Ladle, recognizing their power and the need to replenish his Nightmare Coins.
• Chen Lin stored Tian Yazi's Black Bell because refining the intelligent natal spirit treasure could trigger a dangerous backlash.
• Chen Lin tested the Red Fine Needle and found that innate power could move it, then discovered its penetrating power was extraordinary.

Chen Lin discovered that the Red Fine Needle was a powerful red hair that resonated with the human head ore, then focused on investigating related mysteries. After thirty years of cultivation, he subdued Tian Yazi’s Soul-Eater Bell and assessed his strengths, concluding that condensing a law origin was his most urgent task.

• Chen Lin found that the Red Fine Needle could pierce nearly anything, but it could not damage the human head ore and began wriggling when it touched it; he realized it was a red hair that shared the ore’s strange aura.
• Chen Lin studied the cracked stone slab and Treasure Chest Number Two, then asked Gu Jinliang and Princess Qinghua to seek similar keys and information about the slab’s writing.
• After thirty years of cultivation and wearing down the Soul-Eater Bell’s spirit with innate thunder power, Chen Lin made Black Bull submit and established a contract with him.
• Chen Lin celebrated gaining the Soul-Eater Bell and reviewed his available treasures and abilities, deciding that condensing a law origin was essential to escape the Upper Primal Domain’s suppression.

Chen Lin learned that the Ocean Floor Ruins would open in three months and advised Princess Qinghua to give her entry place to Luo Xiaoyu, but Qinghua insisted on going to the Upper Primal Domain to find a way to resolve the danger posed by her unusual body. He arranged letters and a possible place for Xiaoyu, then gave Qinghua the ripe fruit from the Sin Fruit Tree before she left to prepare.

• Chen Lin considered the risks of returning to the Upper Primal Domain and decided to delay while avoiding the Pipe Scenario and the Five Elements Region.
• Princess Qinghua told Chen Lin that one hundred cultivators would enter the Ocean Floor Ruins in three months to search for the Primal Domain Rift.
• Chen Lin urged Qinghua to give her place to Luo Xiaoyu because Qinghua's body might not withstand the Upper Primal Domain, but Qinghua insisted she needed to go to seek a cure.
• Chen Lin gave Qinghua letters for Nie Cangqiong and Ximen Wuxue and planned to request an additional place for Luo Xiaoyu.
• Chen Lin offered Qinghua the ripe fruit from the Sin Fruit Tree, and she left to deliver the Jade Slips and prepare for the journey.

After losing contact with Princess Qinghua, Chen Lin learned she had entered an unstable Primal Domain Rift and waited over a century without news. Having mastered a stronger lightning technique and exhausted his reasons to remain in seclusion, he prepared to leave the fiefdom for the Upper Primal Domain.

• Chen Lin discovered that his token connection to Princess Qinghua had vanished and sent Gu Jinliang to check their message drop.
• Chen Lin read Yang Jiawang’s message confirming that Princess Qinghua, Luo Xiaoyu, and several others had entered the unstable Primal Domain Rift.
• After more than a hundred years without news, Chen Lin integrated the Innate Thunderbolt into Five Thunders Smite the Crown and decided to leave.
• Chen Lin learned that Shang Xuelian’s group had found no new rift and gave Gu Jinliang Storage Bracelets to deliver to several people in the Spirit Demon Realm.
• Chen Lin entrusted Gu Jinliang with Soul Steamed Buns for the Big Black Dog and Carefree resources, then dismissed him.

After a year in the Five Elements Realm, Chen Lin weighed his options for reaching another plane while trying to survive without a law origin or usable funds. He left a shop unable to afford flame ganoderma, then spotted the Delicacy Workshop and went inside.

• Chen Lin entered Qianyan City after spending a year traveling the Five Elements Realm and learned that the Extreme Wood Tribe did not control the whole plane.
• Chen Lin considered traveling to a lightning-law plane or the Boundless Realm, but worried that using the only Interrealm Teleportation Formation in Five Elements City would expose him to the Extreme Wood Tribe.
• Chen Lin found flame ganoderma plants in a shop but left without buying them because he had no crystal sand and could not safely sell his Lower Primal Domain treasures.
• Chen Lin considered refining pills to make money but realized that he could not connect to the laws of heaven and earth without a law origin.
• Chen Lin saw the Delicacy Workshop sign, considered it briefly, and entered.

Chen Lin tested the city’s restaurant food and decided to earn money by selling Soul Steamed Buns and Drunken God Brew through a partner. He proposed a consignment deal to the struggling Bright Moon Tower’s Boss Lady and placed his goods on the table for her to inspect.

• Chen Lin tasted dishes from the Delicacy Workshop and judged them inferior to true gourmet fare, while deciding his Soul Steamed Buns and Drunken God Brew could still sell.
• Chen Lin explored the city and chose Bright Moon Tower as a potential business partner rather than competing with the Gourmet Realm chef at the Delicacy Workshop.
• Brother Chi criticized Bright Moon Tower’s food and invited the Boss Lady to join an expedition to the Earth Abyss, but she declined.
• Chen Lin told the Boss Lady that her restaurant’s dishes fell short and proposed selling his food and wine on consignment, with twenty percent of the proceeds going to her.
• Chen Lin placed a basket of Soul Steamed Buns and a pot of Drunken God Brew on the table for the Boss Lady.

Chen Lin negotiated with the Boss Lady over selling his steamed buns and Drunken God Brew at her tavern in Qianyan City. After agreeing to a law contract and giving her an alias and a plausible background, they began discussing prices and a profit-sharing arrangement.

• The Boss Lady tested Chen Lin’s buns and wine with her little beast before tasting them herself and asking why he had come to Qianyan City.
• Chen Lin claimed to be a rogue cultivator from the Dark Domain searching for materials and said he could supply several years’ worth of food and wine at once.
• The Boss Lady required a law contract and questioned Chen Lin about his name, cultivation path, and law system; he introduced himself as Lin Feiyu and claimed to cultivate the metal law.
• The Boss Lady proposed either buying the goods outright or sharing profits, while Chen Lin argued that his products could revive her struggling tavern.
• Chen Lin offered to sell each basket of buns and each pot of wine for one hundred Crystal Coins, and the Boss Lady questioned whether the price was too high.

Chen Lin struck a deal with Ye Huowu to sell buns and Drunken God Brew in Qianyan City, then delivered the first batch and earned crystal sand. After checking on Gu Jinliang and learning the Spirit Demon Realm was weakening, Chen Lin searched the city for a way to conceal his divine soul but found its resources and prices unsuitable, leaving him determined to leave the plane soon.

• Chen Lin persuaded Ye Huowu to buy a thousand servings of buns and fifty servings of wine, and they signed a contract to begin delivery in three months.
• Chen Lin entered his fiefdom, learned that the Spirit Demon Realm's spiritual and demonic qi were declining, and examined Gu Jinliang's Location Talisman connected to a wood-rich plane.
• Chen Lin gave Gu Jinliang information about the Upper Primal Domain and instructed him and Shang Xuelian's group to collect ingredients for Drunken God Brew.
• After three months of making buns, Chen Lin delivered a thousand baskets and fifty pots of wine to Ye Huowu, earning one hundred and five taels of crystal sand.
• Chen Lin searched Qianyan City's shops for a divine-soul concealment treasure but found no suitable option and realized he needed to leave the plane as soon as possible.

Chen Lin failed to find a suitable precious tool or a viable way to earn money through medicine refining, but Soul Steamed Buns and Drunken God Brew became wildly popular at Bright Moon Tower. When he considered leaving Qianyan City, the Boss Lady persuaded him to continue their partnership, and they agreed to split the profits evenly.

• Chen Lin searched Qianyan City for an Earth Tier Precious Tool and medicinal recipes, but found no affordable tool and failed to refine the medicines he collected.
• Chen Lin examined the Ancestral Dragon Token and Daoist Bu's map, but found no trace of ancestral dragon qi and could not follow the pull of destiny force.
• Soul Steamed Buns and Drunken God Brew became bestsellers at Bright Moon Tower, and their prices climbed as customers flocked to buy them.
• Chen Lin delivered a thousand baskets of buns and only ten pots of God Dropper to the Boss Lady, then told her he might leave because he could not find the ingredients he needed.
• The Boss Lady said she had erased staff memories of their deal and offered Chen Lin a larger share to keep him from leaving.
• Chen Lin agreed to continue the partnership on a fifty-fifty split and supplied twenty more pots of God Dropper.

After ten years of growing Bright Moon Tower’s business, Chen Lin decided to leave Qianyan City and arranged a final delivery with the Boss Lady. He hid underground to project safely into the Nightmare Realm, where he returned to the Grand Arena and noticed something unexpected.

• Chen Lin spent ten years making delicacies for Bright Moon Tower, helping it dominate Qianyan City while secretly killing two late semi-void stage practitioners who threatened his profits.
• The Boss Lady gave Chen Lin the past six months’ earnings, and he told her he was leaving after one final delivery and the cancellation of their contract.
• Chen Lin gave the Boss Lady a batch of delicacies and three months to prepare the crystal sand, then reflected on how lacking a law origin limited his strength.
• Chen Lin built an airtight shelter from human head ore underground and asked Scholar to guard him while he projected into the Nightmare Realm.
• Chen Lin arrived alone in the room from his previous visit, walked to the Grand Arena, and noticed that something there had changed.

Chen Lin summoned the Black Pig Monster to help him defend the arena, and the monster effortlessly killed a challenger wielding a Heaven Tier Precious Tool. As Chen Lin waited to continue, a giant tiger appeared as the next challenger.

• Chen Lin watched a powerful Arena Defense defeat a golden-haired challenger, then saw her leave the Nightmare Realm instead of continuing her defense.
• Chen Lin spent ten thousand Nightmare Coins to summon the Black Pig Monster and learned that it could take form outside the Nightmare Realm for at least one hundred thousand coins per use.
• Chen Lin and the Black Pig Monster entered the arena, where the monster punched away a giant war hammer and killed its unseen challenger.
• Chen Lin collected the challenger's Heaven Tier Precious Tool and received an Arena Ticket while the slender girl watched from the shadows.
• After the Arena Ticket's light faded, a Suspended-Eyed White-Forehead Giant Tiger approached as the next challenger.

Chen Lin completed the first ten arena defenses with the Black Pig Monster’s help and received a Treasure Vault Exchange Voucher. Before he could use it, Liu Rumian approached to trade for it, and they agreed to seek a law-origin treasure while binding themselves to a contract against harm.

• Chen Lin paid the Black Pig Monster another ten thousand Nightmare Coins to finish the final arena defense, where it defeated a formidable Sword Immortal.
• The Black Pig Monster explained that it could not help with the War General selection, and Chen Lin received five Arena Tickets and a Treasure Vault Exchange Voucher.
• Liu Rumian, an inner disciple of the Six Mysteries Sect, appeared and offered to trade for the voucher.
• Chen Lin asked for a treasure that could condense a law origin, and Liu Rumian said she could obtain one but could not bring it into the Nightmare Realm in projection form.
• Chen Lin told Liu Rumian he was in the Five Elements Realm, ruled by Wuyuanzi, and proposed that she find a way to deliver the treasure.
• Chen Lin drafted a mutual non-harm contract, Liu Rumian signed it, and she left to make inquiries.

Chen Lin and Liu Rumian discussed three treasures that could help him condense a law origin, each with drawbacks. Liu Rumian offered a strand of power-law light, but Chen Lin still needed to decide whether any option suited him.

• Liu Rumian confirmed she could deliver an item to Chen Lin through a passage between the Five Elements Realm and the Boundless Realm, then explained that all three available treasures had drawbacks.
• Liu Rumian described a fire-attribute True Spirit Inner Core that could yield a powerful law origin but risked killing Chen Lin or eroding his will, and Chen Lin rejected it.
• Liu Rumian described a weak Law Origin Orb that would likely limit Chen Lin to the Semi-Void Realm, and Chen Lin refused to consider it.
• Liu Rumian offered a strand of power-law light, explaining that it could form a pure, high-ceiling law origin but was difficult to control and preserve without help from the True-Realm Expert who made it.
• Liu Rumian finished explaining the three options and waited for Chen Lin to choose.

Chen Lin negotiated with Liu Rumian for the light of law and additional items, agreeing to trade his Treasure Vault Exchange Voucher while arranging a later exchange in the Five Elements Realm. He accepted Liu Rumian’s Golden Nightmare Coin as collateral after his Piggy Bank reacted to it.

• Chen Lin rejected the Law Origin Orb and True Spirit Inner Core, then insisted that Liu Rumian provide lightning-attribute light of law.
• Liu Rumian said she could not obtain lightning-attribute light of law and offered other valuables for the Treasure Vault Exchange Voucher.
• Chen Lin agreed to trade for the light of law if Liu Rumian also provided an Earth Tier Top Grade Soul-Concealing Precious Tool, its refining method, passage into the Five Elements Realm, and information about the Boundless Realm.
• Chen Lin learned that he could not receive the light of law in the Nightmare Realm as a projection and arranged to meet Liu Rumian again in half a year.
• Liu Rumian offered a Golden Nightmare Coin as collateral, and Chen Lin agreed after the Piggy Bank inside his sleeve trembled in response to it.

Chen Lin traded Liu Rumian a Treasure Vault Exchange Voucher for a Golden Nightmare Coin, which let Niuniu briefly contact him and send him a secret art for condensing an innate law origin. He decided to seek an Innate Spiritual Fetus in the Earth Abyss and asked the Boss Lady about its dangers.

• Chen Lin agreed to Liu Rumian's contract terms, exchanged the voucher for her Golden Nightmare Coin, and left the Five Elements Realm.
• Chen Lin placed the coin on Niuniu's straw Talisman, and the Talisman absorbed its energy and opened a brief connection to Niuniu.
• Niuniu sent Chen Lin a Jade Slip containing a secret art for condensing an innate law origin, then her chained hand vanished back through the vortex.
• Chen Lin studied the art, decided to search the Earth Abyss for an Innate Spiritual Fetus, and returned to Bright Moon Tower.
• Chen Lin met the Boss Lady privately and asked about the Earth Abyss after learning that Chijiang and his group had never returned from exploring it.

Chen Lin learned about the Earth Abyss from the Boss Lady and declined her offer to explore it together. He ended their tavern partnership and left, while the Boss Lady’s treasure hunt remained unresolved.

• The Boss Lady explained that the Earth Abyss contained regions governed by different laws, strange creatures, and an energy that could permanently mutate those who stayed too long.
• The Boss Lady said she and Chijiang’s group had come from the Boundless Realm, and she described the Five Elements Platform as the only publicly known passage out of the Five Elements Realm.
• Chen Lin asked about the Earth Abyss’s treasures, and the Boss Lady invited him to help find soul-path treasures that could aid their path to the Void Realm.
• Chen Lin refused the offer because she had not revealed enough about the treasures and said he did not need them.
• Chen Lin declared their contract void, arranged to collect his remaining profits from the Daqian Firm, and left the tavern.

Chen Lin met Liu Rumian in Myriad Clans City and admitted that a Nightmare Realm creature had devoured her Golden Nightmare Coin. They agreed that he would repay her with two coins within a hundred years, and Chen Lin went to the Jinfeng Mountain Range to collect the promised goods while allowing her to mark him.

• Chen Lin traveled to the Jinfeng Mountain Range after gathering information about the Earth Abyss and innate spiritual entities.
• Liu Rumian demanded her Golden Nightmare Coin, and Chen Lin told her it had been devoured by a powerful Nightmare Realm creature.
• Chen Lin agreed to compensate Liu Rumian with two Golden Nightmare Coins within a hundred years, and she accepted while requiring him to report his progress each year.
• Liu Rumian's insect, Xiaobai, placed a concealed mark inside Chen Lin's soul seed, and he chose not to remove it.
• Chen Lin instructed Liu Rumian to have her people leave the goods on the summit of the third southern peak of the Jinfeng Mountain Range, then flew there to wait for the delivery.

Chen Lin received Liu Rumian’s gifts, including a law-refining method, a soul-concealing token, and a one-use passage token, then traveled to the Earth Abyss. He joined Long Jianwu’s expedition during a major law patch shift and descended into the fissure with the group to seek treasures.

• A Void Realm Expert delivered Liu Rumian’s items to Chen Lin, who gave the alias Lin Feiyu and learned the man mistakenly thought he was living off Liu Rumian.
• Chen Lin inspected the gifts, confirmed the Fist Token could conceal his soul aura and cultivation, and used his imprint to claim it.
• Chen Lin left the small city and, after more than half a year of travel, reached the Earth Abyss and probed its depths before visiting Wanghai City Twenty-Five.
• Several months later, Chen Lin joined Long Jianwu and four other practitioners for an expedition into the Earth Abyss.
• When Long Jianwu learned that a large law patch shift was underway, he led the six practitioners into the fissure to search for treasures.

Chen Lin descended into the Earth Abyss with Long Jianwu’s group, where a strange creature emerged and attacked the treasure hunters. Chen Lin rescued Mo Zhen, captured the creature, and used the Six Mysteries Sect’s name to deter Ba Yiqing, leaving the group still deep within the Rift.

• Chen Lin descended with the others and learned that the deeper levels of the Earth Abyss held greater risks and potential treasures.
• Yue Beichuan urged the group to descend, but Mo Zhen warned that the violent patch displacement made it safer to wait.
• A black light shot upward, and the Bearded Man seized it before the Black Little Snake devoured him.
• The Black Little Snake attacked Mo Zhen, but Chen Lin struck it with lightning, saved her, and captured it as a precious medicine.
• Ba Yiqing demanded that Chen Lin hand over the Reincarnation Flower, but Chen Lin invoked the Six Mysteries Sect and made Ba Yiqing withdraw.

After revealing his connection to the Six Mysteries Sect, Chen Lin led the remaining cultivators deeper into the Earth Abyss and learned how its mysterious energy transformed treasures and living beings. The group reached the law patches and rushed to collect treasures scattered when two patches collided.

• Long Jianwu and the others warmed to Chen Lin after learning he belonged to the Six Mysteries Sect, while Chen Lin asked them to keep his identity secret.
• Mo Zhen withdrew from the expedition, gave Chen Lin a Transmission Bead, and returned to Wuyuan City.
• Chen Lin led the remaining cultivators deeper into the Earth Abyss, and Long Jianwu explained that the mysterious energy could mutate treasures and living beings.
• The group descended past ten thousand zhang and saw countless glowing law patches, each containing its own space and a different law.
• Two law patches collided and collapsed, scattering streaks of light, and Chen Lin and the other cultivators rushed toward them to collect the unknown contents.

Chen Lin joined Long Jianwu, Jun Li, and Zhe Ziyan in searching the Earth Abyss for a rumored Seven-Color Patch containing innate spiritual entities. After discovering that his soul could repel the mysterious energy and that his Soul-Destroying Finger could cripple a bizarre creature, he gained confidence about venturing deeper.

• Chen Lin collected treasures from bright streaks of light, then learned that Yue Beichuan and Wang Zhengshan had perished.
• Long Jianwu told Chen Lin that rumors placed multiple innate spiritual entities inside a conspicuous Seven-Color Patch, and Jun Li and Zhe Ziyan agreed to search for it with them.
• The group passed through the Vacuum Zone, where Chen Lin discovered that soul power could expel the mysterious energy invading his body.
• A mantis-like creature appeared and made Jun Li vanish, but Chen Lin struck it with Soul-Destroying Finger and killed it, leaving behind a Black Sphere.

Chen Lin obtained a Dragon Clan inheritance from Long Jianwu’s Inheritance Bead and learned that his lineage believed him to be their ancestor. He erased Long Jianwu’s memories, left him with Earth Abyss treasures, and returned to the dangerous region to guard against the Long Family Ancestor’s possible reincarnation.

• Chen Lin took the Bizarre Heart left by the mantis and learned its uses from Long Jianjiu, while Zhe Ziyan chose to leave the Earth Abyss.
• Chen Lin recognized Long Jianwu’s Dragon Tooth and asked him for information about the Dragon Race, so Long Jianwu gave him the Inheritance Bead passed down by his lineage.
• Chen Lin activated the bead with Ancestral Dragon Qi and discovered information about Ancestral Dragon Island, the Reverse Scale Curse, and the Dragon Language; Long Jianwu bowed and called him Ancestor.
• Chen Lin told Long Jianwu that he was not the Long Family Ancestor, then stunned him and carried him out of the mysterious-energy region.
• Long Jianwu woke with his memories erased and a new Storage Bracelet containing Earth Abyss treasures, noticed the Inheritance Bead was gone, and flew away.
• Chen Lin watched Long Jianwu leave, reflected that he had spared him to preserve his Dao Heart and guard against the Long Family Ancestor’s possible reincarnation, then returned to the region of law patches.

Chen Lin was ambushed by five cultivators but killed them with his lightning and soul-based techniques. Exhausted afterward, he faced Xiao Buyi of the Six Mysteries Sect and invoked Liu Rumian’s name to buy time.

• Chen Lin explored law patches in search of an innate spiritual entity, then was ambushed by five cultivators led by a towering man and a Hemp-Clad Saber Cultivator.
• Chen Lin used the Seven-Color Disc and Heavenly Soul Bell to expose the attackers, then killed the towering man by swallowing his soul with the Soul-Eater Bell.
• Chen Lin defeated the black-robed old man and two other attackers with his soul techniques and innate lightning, while the Hemp-Clad Saber Cultivator escaped his lightning behind a Silver Leaf.
• The Hemp-Clad Saber Cultivator merged with his saber and launched a killing strike, but Chen Lin shattered the weapon with the Red-Haired Fine Needle.
• Xiao Buyi appeared with a maidservant and identified himself as a fellow Six Mysteries Sect disciple; Chen Lin, exhausted, produced Liu Rumian’s Round Token and spoke Liu Rumian’s name.