Recaps

Chen Lin refined Eternal Divine Crystals while traveling toward the Sea of Despair, forming a soul star prototype and greatly increasing his strength. After more than six years on the journey, the group entered the Gen Domain, and Chen Lin's new star remained below True Realm level but rivaled peak Void Realm.

• Gu Siming became unusually eager to eat Mother Steamed Buns, and Chen Lin learned that Liu Rumian's buns had helped remove half her Inner World imprint and restore her cultivation to Semi-Void perfection.
• Chen Lin began refining Eternal Divine Crystals, using Luo Sanhuai's help to safely strengthen his inner stars and celestial fire.
• Over two years, Chen Lin consumed more than twenty Brilliant Crystal Stones and formed the outline of his soul star.
• During the following years of travel, Gu Siming defeated attacks from alien races, heretical cultivators, and Void Beasts without needing help.
• Liu Rumian's Mother Steamed Bun gains diminished, but her cultivation recovered to Semi-Void perfection as the imprint weakened.
• After more than six years away from Bright Peak, the group entered the Gen Domain, and Chen Lin completed a soul star prototype comparable to peak Void Realm.

After forming his fifth inner star, Chen Lin discovered that his soul star amplified his soul power and that his celestial fire had grown stronger. Gu Siming warned him about the dangers and hidden purpose of Seven-Star Shining Sun, explained higher realms of intent, and Chen Lin later found himself and his companions facing strange mist in the Void.

• Chen Lin tested his new soul star and found that it amplified his soul power, while his transformed celestial fire suppressed its eerie aura.
• Chen Lin asked Gu Siming how to reach the Netherworld, and she told him its entrance had long been closed and that Ancestor Fengdu in the Fengdu Grotto-Heaven might know a way.
• Gu Siming explained that Seven-Star Shining Sun was designed around the Upper Seven Realms and warned Chen Lin that devouring practitioners could lead him into a trap set by the technique's creator.
• Gu Siming identified Chen Lin's ability to make Mother Steamed Bun as an early manifestation of the Spirit Infusion Realm and described the higher realm of Turning the Void into Reality.
• Chen Lin refused Gu Siming's offer to lend texts in exchange for revealing how he evaded her talent-reading technique, then consulted Luo Sanhuai and resumed cultivating.
• At the ship's bow, Chen Lin, Gu Siming, and Luo Sanhuai saw strange mist ahead, and Luo Sanhuai urged Chen Lin to change course rather than enter it.

Chen Lin and his companions were attacked in the Void by a powerful Phantom Image, and Chen Lin tried to alter his destiny to survive its impending strike. A rare bright moon appeared before the Phantom Image attacked, giving Chen Lin a chance to use the Firefly Divine Ability to activate the Crimson Moon Scimitar.

• Chen Lin and Gu Siming countered a fog domain with the Darkness Domain and an Invisibility Talisman, located the unseen attacker, and drove it off without identifying it.
• As the Spirit Boat continued onward, a towering Phantom Image confronted Chen Lin over his laughter and promised to strike him unless he could withstand one blow.
• Chen Lin used his Talent Ability and Xiaoyu's Clone to change his destiny, survived a Colorful Ray at a node, and watched the Phantom Image knock Grass and Gu Siming unconscious.
• A woman in the Nightmare Realm killed a Centipede Monster with a crescent blade as a bright moon appeared in the sky.
• Chen Lin recognized the rare moonlight as a possible result of changing his destiny and ordered Tianshu to deploy the Darkness Domain so he could use the Firefly Divine Ability to activate the Crimson Moon Scimitar.

Chen Lin survived the Mist Lord’s spear strike and received an unnamed Treasure-Refining Formula as compensation. After learning the Phantom Image was likely the Mist Lord of the Six-Horned Gyre, Chen Lin and Gu Siming examined the formula and debated whether to activate its uncertain Heritage Imprint.

• Chen Lin used his Fireflies to repair and wield the Crimson Moon Scimitar, which clashed with the Mist Lord’s spear and stopped its attack.
• The Mist Lord forgave Chen Lin, left a gray scroll as compensation, and vanished; elsewhere, he told Little Black Cat that he had avoided killing Chen Lin because of his entanglement with significant karma.
• Chen Lin recovered on the Spirit Boat, helped Grass wake, and asked Gu Siming about the Phantom Image; she identified him as likely the Mist Lord, a natural Divine Being of the Six-Horned Gyre.
• Chen Lin unrolled the scroll and found an advanced soul-based Treasure-Refining Formula for refining Eternal Treasures and taking control of their Artifact Spirits.
• Gu Siming found no obvious danger in the formula or its Heritage Imprint but could not guarantee its safety, then offered to activate it herself and teach Chen Lin what she learned.

Chen Lin kept the inheritance scroll after negotiating with Gu Siming, then used its Heritage Imprint and a rare comprehension pill to master the Treasure-Refining Formula. Several days later, he told Gu Siming he could now refine his scimitar and wield it freely, strengthening their prospects for the dangerous journey ahead.

• Chen Lin refused to surrender the inheritance scroll without compensation, and Gu Siming reluctantly let him decide what to do with it.
• Chen Lin copied the Dharmic Formula onto jade slips for the others before the Spirit Boat resumed its journey.
• Chen Lin found Xiaoyu's clone near collapse and decided to delay treating her while he checked whether using the Heritage Imprint was dangerous.
• Chen Lin activated the Heritage Imprint and swallowed a Goddess of Wisdom's Gift pill to handle the flood of inheritance information and artistic conception insights.
• After several days of comprehending the Treasure-Refining Formula, Chen Lin told Gu Siming he could refine his scimitar and wield it at will.

Chen Lin enlisted Gu Siming’s help to gather materials and set up a sacrificial refining formation for the Crimson Moon Scimitar. With the Lord of Devouring’s dog hair suppressing the scimitar’s artifact spirit, Chen Lin successfully refined the eternal treasure and bound it to his soul.

• Chen Lin asked Gu Siming for formation materials, and she supplied five items while identifying Zhulindie as the crucial missing material.
• Chen Lin showed Gu Siming the Lord of Devouring’s dog hair, and she confirmed it could suppress the Crimson Moon Scimitar’s injured artifact spirit.
• Chen Lin, Gu Siming, and Luo Sanhuai completed the sacrificial refining formation and added a defensive array to the flying boat.
• Chen Lin used the Treasure-Refining Formula to send part of his soul into the formation, while the dog hair suppressed the scimitar’s resistance.
• Chen Lin merged his soul with the Crimson Moon Scimitar’s artifact spirit and gained control of the eternal treasure.
• Luo Sanhuai congratulated Chen Lin after he put away the newly refined scimitar.

After mastering the damaged Crimson Moon Scimitar with the Unnamed Treasure-Refining Formula, Chen Lin asked Gu Siming about the Star Whirlpools. Her account revealed what was known about their inhabitants and confirmed that powerful beings from other planes could enter their world, though she kept the details secret.

• Gu Siming congratulated Chen Lin on mastering the damaged Crimson Moon Scimitar and suggested he could eventually repair it by nurturing it with the Soul-Refining Method.
• Chen Lin asked Gu Siming about the Lord of the Moon Palace, but she denied knowing anything, leaving him wary that Yesterday Manor might be probing him for a connection to the Moon Palace.
• Chen Lin asked Gu Siming to explain the Star Whirlpools, and she described them as seven celestial bodies within the Star Screen, with only four known to still harbor living beings.
• Gu Siming explained that the Star Whirlpools held few powerful beings, that their inhabitants seemed unable to leave the Star Screen, and that outsiders could enter only if they were strong enough.
• Gu Siming confirmed that powerful beings from other planes could enter their world and said some had visited Yesterday Manor, but she refused to reveal more and directed Chen Lin to ask her Eleventh Brother.

After crossing into the Gen Domain, Chen Lin learned the Alliance was winning and received a powerful single-use invisibility treasure from Gu Siming. He continued cultivating aboard the Flying Boat, worried about the immense energy needed for his soul star, and chose to save a potent Special Crystal for a later emergency.

• Chen Lin recalled Jin Ruhua's report that the Alliance had recaptured the Qian and Dui Domains and was fighting in the Kun Domain, while unusual beings from the star whirlpool remained uninvolved.
• Gu Siming gave Chen Lin a Big-Eye Tribe eyeball she had refined into a single-use treasure that could conceal him from all perception for at least an hour.
• Chen Lin told Gu Siming he planned to recruit Luo Sanhuai to help protect the Kaiyuan Sect's disciples, and he invited her to stay at the sect headquarters.
• Chen Lin refined brilliant divine crystals and grew concerned that his fifth inner star required more energy than he could readily obtain.
• Chen Lin examined the Special Crystal from the giant's scenario, decided not to risk refining its energy, and put it away for a future emergency.

Chen Lin checked on Liu Rumian’s progress weakening her mark and gave her a divine ability to practice. As the Spirit Boat continued toward the Sea of Despair, Gu Siming tried to persuade Chen Lin to investigate a nearby Thunder Pond, then revealed Yesterday Manor kept detailed records of dangerous places.

• Chen Lin learned that Mother Steamed Bun had weakened Liu Rumian’s mark by less than half, though she could now resist true energy and use limited spells and divine abilities.
• Chen Lin gave Liu Rumian an Inheritance Bead containing Tyrant Fist, which Gu Siming had provided for her.
• Chen Lin exchanged cultivation insights with Luo Sanhuai as the Spirit Boat traveled through the Gen Domain, where the group encountered and defeated one band of dark cultivators.
• Gu Siming urged Chen Lin to explore a nearby Thunder Pond for lightning treasures and possible innate spiritual entities, but he initially refused.
• Gu Siming explained that Yesterday Manor kept detailed records of Void Realm dangerous places, and Chen Lin asked to visit the manor and read them.

Chen Lin changed course to explore the Thunder Pond after Grass sensed something important there, and he and Gu Siming entered its lightning despite the danger. Grass revealed that an innate thunder spirit lay within, while Chen Lin learned Gu Siming was searching for a Purple Thunder Bead; they continued deeper into the Thunder Pond.

• Chen Lin refused Gu Siming's suggestion to visit the Thunder Pool at first and planned to head for the Sea of Despair, but changed his mind after Grass sensed something nearby that mattered to her.
• Chen Lin ordered Luo Sanhuai to steer the spirit boat toward the Thunder Pond and later left Luo Sanhuai, Liu Rumian, and Tianshu aboard while he, Gu Siming, and Grass approached it.
• Grass revealed that she sensed an innate thunder spirit in the Thunder Pond, which could become a powerful natal spirit treasure, and Gu Siming explained that laws had no true hierarchy and that the Thunder Law was especially high in rank.
• Chen Lin entered the Thunder Pond with Grass protecting him from its lightning, while Gu Siming relied on a glowing jade bracelet to shield herself.
• Gu Siming told Chen Lin she sought a highest-grade Thunder Bead, and Grass identified it as a Purple Thunder Bead used to craft Eternal Tier treasures.

Chen Lin and Grass crossed the Thunder Pond in search of a powerful innate thunder spirit, while Grass advised him to avoid treasures that seemed deliberately arranged for him. At the Pond’s center, they found an opening that Grass recognized as connected to the place where she was born, and she asked Chen Lin to enter with her.

• Grass warned Chen Lin about a weak thunder spirit, then swallowed it and several others as they advanced through the Thunder Pond.
• Grass urged Chen Lin to use the Crimson Moon Scimitar as a vessel for an innate thunder spirit, explaining that the change could strengthen his soul and help him avoid accumulating more karma; Chen Lin agreed to pursue the plan.
• Chen Lin found a sword-shaped innate spirit herb inside a light orb, but accepted Grass’s advice to leave it behind, and Grass destroyed it before they continued.
• Chen Lin and Grass reached the Thunder Pond’s center, where he found a dark opening that periodically spewed Thunder Balls and suspected it connected to the Eye of Chaos.
• Grass recognized the opening as connected to her birthplace and asked Chen Lin to go inside with her.

Chen Lin entered the Chaos Thunder Pool with Gu Siming and learned that Grass had concealed her connection to the treasure. After Gu Siming left with a Thunder Bead, Grass plunged into the pool and drew Chen Lin down with her to temper his body.

• Chen Lin trusted Grass and entered the Chaos Thunder Pool, where he found Gu Siming waiting with a Thunder Bead.
• Chen Lin questioned Grass about the pool, and Grass confessed she had hidden her fear that she might be the treasure's reincarnation.
• Chen Lin examined the pool's sturdy barrier and three cracks while Gu Siming explained how she had collected the Thunder Bead.
• Gu Siming left through a crack and told Chen Lin she would wait three months for him to rejoin the team.
• Grass jumped into the multicolored pool, surfaced, and invited Chen Lin to join her; he jumped in and let her pull him toward the bottom.

Chen Lin reached the Thunder Pond’s core with Grass and used its power to refine his body and the Crimson Moon Scimitar. The scimitar became a flawless eternal lightning treasure, while Chen Lin’s soul remained unchanged.

• Grass led Chen Lin to the triangular groove at the bottom of the Thunder Pond and drew him inside.
• Grass transferred thunder power to Chen Lin, refining his body and clearing impurities from his soul source.
• Chen Lin stopped Grass from further refining his soul and asked her to focus on the Crimson Moon Scimitar.
• Grass stripped away the scimitar’s old components and transformed it into a smaller, flawless blue-green eternal treasure.
• The Thunder Pond’s radiance flooded the groove, and the scimitar’s split soul fused with the blade before it returned to Chen Lin, wreathed in lightning.

Chen Lin and Grass drained the Chaos Thunder Pool to empower the Crimson Moon Scimitar and transform Chen Lin, destroying the eternal-tier treasure in the process. As they gathered the remaining energy, observers saw the pool collapse, while Three-Color Light Rays extracted most of a Thunder Ball from a mysterious young man's body.

• Grass continued converting the Chaos Thunder Pool’s energy despite the damage, and Chen Lin’s body and Thunder Mark were transformed as the Crimson Moon Scimitar gained a mature artifact spirit and Thunderbolt Meaning.
• Grass asked Chen Lin to use the scimitar to gather the Chaos Thunder Pool’s remaining energy and condense its origin core.
• Luo Sanhuai, Liu Rumian, and Tianshu saw the Light Orb shrinking, and Gu Siming told them Chen Lin had entered the treasure’s core space with Grass.
• Cultivators in the Boundless Realm watched the Chaos Pool rapidly drain, but none knew what was happening.
• Three-Color Light Rays extracted most of a Thunder Ball from a young man’s body, causing him to stir as a small portion returned to him.

Chen Lin absorbed the Origin Essence Light Cluster and began transforming his understanding of the Thunder Law, but a yellow light bearing Nightmare Realm Aura struck his Thunder Mark and pulled him away. Grass emerged from the collapsing Chaos Thunder Pool and told the others that Chen Lin had vanished into a place resembling the Nightmare Realm, leaving them to wait for him.

• Grass urged Chen Lin to absorb the Tri-Color Light Orb, and he refined it over two months while the treasure space cracked apart.
• Gu Siming, Liu Rumian, and the others waited outside the vanished Thunder Pool Dangerous Land, while the Youth Ancient Corpse sent a bronze mirror into a Void Rift.
• Chen Lin finished refining the Origin Essence Light Cluster, and his Thunder Law understanding began a difficult transformation that formed a mystic Thunder Mark.
• A yellow light bearing Nightmare Realm Aura struck Chen Lin's Thunder Mark and carried him away just as Grass tried to stop it.
• Grass emerged from the collapsing pool, explained Chen Lin's disappearance, and heard Gu Siming say they should wait because Chen Lin might survive the Nightmare Realm.

Chen Lin was forcibly dragged into a Nightmare Realm scenario by a small bronze mirror, but discovered that he had successfully absorbed a high-grade Thunder True Principle Mark before entering. Unable to summon his companions or determine how to leave, he began exploring the island and suspected the Blind Girl had reached the Void Realm.

• Chen Lin landed on a small island in the Nightmare Realm after a bronze mirror forcibly transported him, and he suspected the master of the Chaos Thunder Pond had sent him there.
• Chen Lin examined himself and found that he had completed absorbing a three-colored Thunder True Principle Mark, greatly improving his prospects of ascending to the True Realm.
• Chen Lin failed to summon Grass, while Grass and Gu Siming waited aboard the Flying Boat in the Void Realm and concluded that a barrier separated Grass from Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin tried and failed to summon Grass, Jinlin, the Blind Girl, Fat Tiger, and Hua Ruyu, then inferred from their connection strengths that the Blind Girl might be in the Void Realm.
• Chen Lin spread his Soul Wings and flew off to explore the island.

Chen Lin explored a vast sea filled with enormous sword-shaped islands while searching for the Nightmare Realm departure mission, but found no way to reach the gigantic island beyond the second Road Guide Barrier. Just as he considered spending a Merit Coin to contact Grass, an enormous ship entered the barrier.

• Chen Lin found that his three-color Road Guide let him pass the first Road Guide Barrier, and he discovered that the sea's islands extended underwater as flattened shapes.
• Chen Lin dug into his island and uncovered an immense sword hilt, confirming that the islands were giant swords sunk into the sea.
• Chen Lin found a gigantic island beyond the second Road Guide Barrier but could not reach it, then searched the surrounding waters for three months without finding any other land.
• Chen Lin spent another three months trying bizarre actions to trigger the departure mission, but found nothing and grew concerned that Grass and the others might worry about him.
• Chen Lin spotted an enormous ship sailing into the Road Guide Barrier while surveying the gigantic island.

Chen Lin encountered Yuan Qing aboard a great ship and traded his unused Grade Yi Universal Secret Curse for Tianyi Divine Water. He then asked Yuan Qing where he had obtained the Death Gaze Secret Method, leaving the question unanswered.

• Chen Lin spotted Yuan Qing aboard the ship, approached, and was admitted after Yuan Qing vouched for him.
• Chen Lin learned Yuan Qing had advanced to Five-Star and asked about information, trade fees, and the secret curse.
• Yuan Qing confirmed the curse was unused and could obtain one Grade Yi treasure, while Chen Lin asked whether Tianyi Divine Water qualified.
• Yuan Qing gave Chen Lin a Summoning Copper Coin after learning Chen Lin had cultivated a Unique Secret Method.
• Chen Lin exchanged the curse for Tianyi Divine Water and asked Yuan Qing where he had obtained the Death Gaze Secret Method.

Chen Lin learned that his departure mission in the Sword Woman Scenario was to observe the Sword Formula on Sword Woman’s back, but Sword Woman was a deadly powerhouse who had killed even formidable pursuers. Yuan Qing explained how Chen Lin could leave the Sword Sea and warned him to choose a sword he could refine, leaving Chen Lin to face the challenge of gaining a sword’s approval.

• Chen Lin paid Yuan Qing to learn that his departure mission was to observe the Sword Formula on Sword Woman’s back, which differed for each person.
• Yuan Qing revealed that Sword Woman was the strongest in the Local Region and had killed Invisible Master Xikeli and Crazy Saber Zhuyi when they secretly watched her bathe.
• Chen Lin learned that gaining the approval of any sword in the Sword Sea would exempt him from needing an advanced Road Guide.
• Yuan Qing explained that entering the Inner World required mastering the Sword Formula and earning the title of Sword Sect Master or higher.
• Yuan Qing said Chen Lin could refine a giant sword by withstanding its sword will backlash and advised him to choose one near the limit of his ability.

Chen Lin learned more about the Dominator Realm and traded several treasures with Yuan Qing for a secret curse and a powerful single-use spell. The chapter ended with Yuan Qing warning that the Sword of Adjudication would strike whoever it judged to be in the wrong, friend or foe.

• Yuan Qing explained that the Dominator Realm stood above Eternity and that Sword Woman had only grasped a portion of a Dominator's power.
• Chen Lin exchanged assorted treasures for an unregistered Grade Bing Universal Secret Curse, intending to save it for Chen Ling'er.
• Chen Lin asked Yuan Qing about a weapon capable of killing a True Realm completion expert, but he lacked the required Three-Color Nightmare Coin and suitable exchange treasures.
• Yuan Qing identified Chen Lin's Star Crystal as max-level and offered a Grade Jia treasure for it, but Chen Lin refused to trade it.
• Yuan Qing accepted three portions each of Mother Steamed Bun and Immortal-Slaying Brew in exchange for a Wizard Plane scroll containing the Sword of Adjudication.
• Yuan Qing warned Chen Lin that the spell would judge and kill the party in the wrong without distinguishing between friend and foe.

Chen Lin discovered that a wooden scabbard resonated with a small Sword Island and uncovered a matching Wooden Sword buried beneath it. Hoping to escape the waters without using a Merit Coin, he began refining the sword.

• Chen Lin exchanged ten Golden Nightmare Coins for Sword Coins aboard Yuan Qing’s pleasure boat, then left to search for a way out of the waters.
• Chen Lin tested the wooden scabbard and Bronze Mirror against every Sword Island and found that the scabbard faintly resonated with one small island.
• Chen Lin dug beneath the island and uncovered a Wooden Sword that fit the scabbard perfectly.
• Chen Lin considered refining the Wooden Sword as a way to leave the waters and began using the Nightmare Realm Treasure-Refining Formula.

Chen Lin failed to refine the Wooden Sword with treasure-refining formulas, survived the giant sword’s devastating Sword Will, and spent more than half a year infusing the Wooden Sword with spirit until it accepted him as its “Mommy.” After learning the sword’s abilities, he flew toward the large island, preparing to continue his search for a way to leave.

• Chen Lin tried two Treasure-Refining Formulas on the Wooden Sword, but neither could refine it, so he searched another Sword Island.
• Chen Lin triggered the Giant Black Sword’s powerful Sword Will; the Azure Moon Saber was damaged, but the Heaven-Swallowing Golden Toad swallowed the attack, and Death Gaze stopped the sword from striking again.
• Chen Lin refined most of the Tianyi Divine Water, reached a bottleneck in his Unique Secret Method, and continued investigating how to refine the Wooden Sword.
• Chen Lin used the Spirit Infusion State to communicate with the Wooden Sword for more than half a year until it accepted his goodwill and called him “Mommy.”
• Chen Lin learned that the spirit-infused Wooden Sword could pierce defenses but had no other extraordinary powers, then flew toward the large island.

After landing in the Northern Sword Continent, Chen Lin was mistaken for a challenger by five sword cultivators and forced into a duel with Wang Shouyi. He used the Wooden Sword he had refined in the Sword Sea, and his opening thrust pierced Wang Shouyi’s defenses.

• Chen Lin passed through the Road Guide Barrier to the Second Layer and flew from the Offshore Area onto land.
• Five white-robed sword cultivators confronted Chen Lin, and Wang Shouyi attacked him after mistaking his greeting for a challenge.
• Chen Lin deflected Wang Shouyi’s strike with the Azure Moon Saber but was seriously injured by the Scenario’s suppression.
• Chen Lin showed the Wooden Sword he had refined in the Sword Sea, convincing the sword cultivators that he was a sword cultivator.
• Wang Shouyi challenged Chen Lin to a serious duel, and Chen Lin entered the spirit infusion state and thrust with the Wooden Sword.
• The Wooden Sword’s fluctuations accelerated Chen Lin’s thrust, pierced Wang Shouyi’s sword-light defense, and plunged into his chest.

After killing Wang Shouyi in the trial, Chen Lin reached Luoxian City on the Northern Sword Continent and paid a beggar for information about its sword cultivators. He learned the world’s hierarchy and began questioning its fixed numbers of high-ranking swordsmen.

• Chen Lin killed Wang Shouyi with his Wooden Sword, and Wang Shouyi’s companions accepted the outcome and left without attacking him.
• Chen Lin flew to Luoxian City, avoided a challenge from Yao Liuguang, and gave a Sword Coin to a beggar in exchange for information.
• The beggar told Chen Lin that Grandmaster Luoxian was the city lord and that thirty-six of the world’s three hundred and sixty Sword Sect Masters lived on the Northern Sword Continent.
• The beggar explained that the Sword Woman ruled the world from Sword Lake, guarded by thirty-six Sword Masters, and described Sword Sect Masters and the three ranks of Sword Guests.
• Chen Lin questioned why the numbers of Sword Masters and Sword Sect Masters were fixed, and the beggar had not yet answered.

Chen Lin learned how sword ranks and access to the Central Continent worked, then entered the city seeking information and a path to become a White-Clothed Swordsman. The chapter ended with him sensing an unexplained taboo in the city's unnaturally quiet streets and teahouse.

• The old man told Chen Lin that the Sword Woman had fixed the number of Sword Masters and Sword Sect Masters, and that holders could be replaced through deadly challenges.
• Chen Lin learned that becoming a White-Clothed Swordsman required passing the Sword Pond's trial or receiving the status from a Sword Guest, and the old man offered to introduce him to Hall Master Lian Jiucheng for four Sword Coins.
• Chen Lin paid the old man and received a broken sword tip as a token for the Lian Clan Sword Hall.
• The old man said that only three of the thirty-six Sword Masters were women, and Chen Lin clarified that he hoped to find a powerful disciple master who could help him approach the Sword Woman.
• Chen Lin entered the city without an identity check or entrance fee, then ordered the teahouse's most expensive tea for one Sword Coin.
• Chen Lin noticed that the city and teahouse were nearly deserted and that people seemed reluctant to speak or interact.