Recaps

Chen Lin learned that he had been transported to Feng Country on the Northern Continent and faced an ambush while seeking a way back to Yuming City. After searching his attacker’s memories, he discovered that the swamp was being searched by the Wang Lineage for a hidden Divine Oracle.

• Chen Lin healed, approached a guarded building, and learned from a burly man that he was in Feng Country on the Northern Continent, far from Lingyun Country.
• Chen Lin flew toward the Dark Sea while studying his Natal Runic Inscription and recalling what the Red-Haired Mouse had told him about rule runic inscriptions.
• Three black-clad men ambushed Chen Lin, and his counterattack killed two and left the third severely wounded.
• Chen Lin questioned the survivor, used the Soul-Searching Technique on him, and erased all traces of the three men.
• Chen Lin learned that the Gao Family had come to seize a Divine Oracle the Wang Lineage was secretly searching for in the swamp, and he turned back toward the Wang contact station.

Chen Lin searched the Swamp for the Divine Oracle while avoiding the Gao Family and Wang Lineage, but found nothing and decided to leave. Near the sea, he sensed a faint fluctuation underground and burrowed toward it.

• Chen Lin tested his runic barrier against an ambush by Wang Lineage cultivators, killed eleven attackers, and searched the survivor's soul before destroying it.
• Chen Lin found the building he had visited reduced to ashes and used tiny Runic Puppets to search the surrounding area.
• Chen Lin swept the entire Swamp with his Runic Puppets, then searched underground with the Gemstone Belt's Earth Escape Technique.
• After ten days and a search down to sixty zhang, Chen Lin found no Divine Oracle and grew wary of the powerful reinforcements arriving for the Gao Family and Wang Lineage.
• Chen Lin left the Swamp, sensed a faint fluctuation underground near the sea, and burrowed toward it.

Chen Lin tracked the Divine Oracle’s aura underground and found Zhao Meng carrying it in a Storage Bag. He took the bag, brought Zhao Meng along toward the Eastern Continent, and continued deeper underground until he plunged into an Underground River.

• Chen Lin pursued a moving aura and caught Zhao Meng, a young cultivator using an Earth-Yellow Bead to travel underground.
• He discovered that Zhao Meng had found a Storage Bag inside a Burrowing Rat and took it from her.
• Chen Lin found the Divine Oracle token inside the bag and kept it hidden to avoid attracting the Gao Family or Wang Lineage.
• He offered Zhao Meng resources or a place as his maid, and she chose to travel with him to the Eastern Continent.
• Chen Lin suspected Zhao Meng might be Zhao Mengru’s other self, left her bead with her, and carried her onward in a sack.
• He used the Earth Escape Technique to descend more than two thousand zhang and fell into an Underground River.

Chen Lin and Zhao Meng reached Yuming City after a year of travel, and Chen Lin discovered that Hua Yi and the others had left Qingyang Mountain. He learned they had moved outside the city and set off for Qingshigang to find them.

• Chen Lin escaped the underwater fissure, traveled for a year with Zhao Meng, and arrived at Yuming City.
• Chen Lin entered the city, learned its new entry and residence requirements, and headed for Qingyang Mountain.
• Chen Lin found Qingyang Mountain occupied by the Golden Saber Sect and discovered that Hua Yi and the others were no longer there.
• A young gatekeeper told Chen Lin that the Kaiyuan Sect had moved to Qingshigang outside the city.
• Chen Lin and Zhao Meng left Yuming City for Qingshigang to search for Hua Yi and the others.

Chen Lin returned to the Kaiyuan Sect and learned that Hua Yi had left nearly twenty years earlier to search for him, while Bai Qingshui and the others had struggled to survive. When Attendant Zhou’s allies arrived, Chen Lin confronted their fifth-rank Cage Realm expert, Mayike, with his Soul Master aura and a blue-light attack.

• Chen Lin found out that the Kaiyuan Sect was at Bali Bay and that its master, Bai Qingshui, was being pressured by Attendant Zhou.
• Chen Lin reached the sect, drove off one of Zhou’s men by severing his arm, and immobilized the other.
• Bai Qingshui told Chen Lin that Hua Yi had left nearly twenty years earlier to search for him after gaining strength from a Divine Temple.
• Bai Qingshui explained that Sun Shenggu and Hua Qianyu had left, while she remained with five disciples after the rising cost of living forced them out of the city.
• Attendant Zhou’s allies arrived with Mayike, a fifth-rank Cage Realm expert, and Chen Lin struck at him after overwhelming him with his Soul Master aura.

Chen Lin killed Mayike and Attendant Zhou, seized the Eye of Death, and decided to enter Yuming City despite Bai Qingshui’s warnings. He prepared to challenge the Zhenshan King’s faction while bringing Bai Qingshui and her disciples with him.

• Chen Lin killed Mayike with a dagger, then struck Attendant Zhou with Soul-Destroying Finger as Zhou tried to flee.
• Attendant Zhou unleashed the Eye of Death’s black bees, but Chen Lin repelled them, seized the treasure, and erased Zhou’s mark, killing him.
• Chen Lin finished off the unconscious thick-browed man and his companion, then told Bai Qingshui to pack and come into the city.
• Bai Qingshui warned Chen Lin that three Wheel Realm experts ruled Yuming City and urged him to lie low, but Chen Lin remained confident and chose the Inner City.
• Chen Lin examined the spoils, placed his own mark on the Eye of Death, and tested its limited control range.

Chen Lin returned to Yuming City, killed Yu Yuanqi, and challenged Zhenshan King Yang Shiyuan for control of the city. After their contract-bound duel began, Yang Shiyuan’s Wheel Realm domain trapped Chen Lin and pushed him to the brink.

• Chen Lin claimed Mayike’s disc, gave Attendant Zhou’s Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade to Bai Qingshui, and led her group back to Yuming City.
• Chen Lin forced his way into the city, killed Yu Yuanqi with Blue Enchantress, and took the Exquisite Sect treasure Yu Yuanqi had stolen.
• Chen Lin found He Erniang missing from Yu’s Rice Shop and went to the City Lord Manor to confront Zhenshan King Yang Shiyuan.
• Yang Shiyuan offered a contract: Chen Lin would earn his territory by surviving three spear thrusts, while defeat would make Chen Lin reveal the Secret Land and serve him.
• Chen Lin signed the Imperial Edict and made Yang Shiyuan swear to honor it before Yang Shiyuan attacked him with his golden spear.
• Yang Shiyuan’s first thrust pierced three layers of Chen Lin’s Nine-Layered Armor, then his Wheel Realm domain trapped Chen Lin in golden light and severed his senses and connection to his Natal Runic Inscription.

Chen Lin strengthened the Kaiyuan Sect while waiting for news from the Exquisite Sect's Secret Land and the Lianyun Mountain Range. After receiving a letter from Hua Yi and reports from returning scouts, he examined a seemingly ordinary crystal cup requested by Xiao Jingxia.

• Chen Lin survived the Zhenshan King's two spear strikes, then took control of the Outer City and built up the Kaiyuan Sect with new recruits and resources.
• Chen Lin's trusted followers grew stronger, and Leiming and Fengxue recognized the Kaiyuan Sect as Yuming City's fourth great faction in exchange for resources and information about the Exquisite Sect's Secret Land.
• Chen Lin allowed Hua Qianyu to return to the Kaiyuan Sect but refused Sun Shenggu, then learned from Cheng Dayuan that Hua Yi had left him a letter saying she was investigating a secret in the Exquisite Sect's Secret Land.
• Chu Qiu reported finding an underground spirit crystal mine in the Lianyun Mountain Range, and Chen Lin assigned Zhao Meng to help investigate it.
• Bai Qingshui reported that Xiao Jingxia wanted a crystal cup from Yu Yuanqi's belongings, and Chen Lin examined it before asking whether her request was a pretext to reclaim everything.

Chen Lin activated the Soul Shadow Cup and met Xiao Jinxia, who revealed that he was a life experiencer and that more than a hundred others had entered this plane. She explained that the experiencers belonged to rival factions with adversarial tasks, then asked Chen Lin to tell her his task.

• Bai Qingshui told Chen Lin that Xiao Jinxia had requested the cup as the betrothal token she once exchanged with Yu Yuanqi.
• Chen Lin activated the cup with his Soul Power, and it pulled his soul into a confined space where he met Xiao Jinxia.
• Xiao Jinxia asked Chen Lin about his life task, and Chen Lin denied knowing what she meant.
• Xiao Jinxia revealed that over a hundred male life experiencers had entered the plane and become women, and she said He Erniang and Jian Wu had helped her observe Chen Lin.
• Xiao Jinxia told Chen Lin that life experiencers belonged to competing factions whose tasks could cause one another to fail, then asked him to disclose his task.

Chen Lin learned from Dugu Batian that the Divine Temple and the Life Ferry were opposing forces, and agreed to help Dugu Batian dispel the rules that had turned him into a woman in exchange for punishment-technique knowledge. After Dugu Batian vanished, Chen Lin stayed cautious about summoning a Divine Temple and began studying information that could help him improve the Soul-Destroying Finger.

• Chen Lin questioned Dugu Batian about his faction and learned that he belonged to the Third Faction and wanted to cooperate with him.
• Dugu Batian explained that the Divine Temple opposed the Life Ferry, described the faction rules and dangers of entering Divine Temples, and warned Chen Lin to avoid the Second Faction.
• Dugu Batian promised to send Chen Lin punishment-technique materials in exchange for help restoring his male form, then ended their conversation through the Soul Shadow Cup.
• Chen Lin returned to his body, decided to postpone using the Divine Oracle Token, and considered whether Dugu Batian’s claims about the transformation rules were reliable.
• Xiao Jinxia offered jade for the handkerchief, and Chen Lin received a jade slip containing information about punishment techniques and the Soul-Destroying Finger.
• Chen Lin sent Xiao Jinxia rare spirit herbs as compensation for the handkerchief and continued studying the jade slip in a state of childlike innocence.

Chen Lin investigated a strange devouring liquid beneath the Lianyun Mountain Range’s Spirit Crystal Mine and discovered it connected to an unknown building. After the liquid vanished and left behind a needle-shaped crystal, he ordered the Kaiyuan Sect to search widely for information about the Dawn Stone.

• Chen Lin tasked Liu Yanchu with searching for the Red-Haired Mouse and Hua Yi after helping him advance to the Cage Realm.
• Over several years, Zhao Meng reached the middle stage of the Mang Realm, the Kaiyuan Sect’s Spirit Crystal Mine was nearly exhausted, and Chen Lin chose not to enter the Divine Temple.
• Bai Qingshui brought Chen Lin to a strange liquid in the mine, where he found that it devoured energy and resisted his attempts to collect it.
• Chen Lin used a Runic Puppet to open a fissure in the liquid and sensed a building beyond it, but an indistinct figure emerged and was destroyed by higher-order runic inscriptions.
• The liquid solidified into a Crystal Needle, and Chen Lin learned that the vanished figure had mentioned trading away a Dawn Stone.
• Chen Lin ordered Bai Qingshui to search settlements for information about the Dawn Stone and promised great rewards to anyone who found one.

Chen Lin attended a meeting at the Snow House after a Two-Headed Humanoid monster threatened Yuming City. Fengxue demanded resources to prepare for her imminent breakthrough, then warned that the city might have to be abandoned if she failed.

• Chen Lin remained in seclusion for three years while a Two-Headed Humanoid monster prowled near Yuming City, leaving the city short of resources and the surrounding survivors dead.
• Bai Qingshui told Chen Lin that Fengxue had summoned him to discuss the monster, and Chen Lin went to the Snow House.
• Fengxue demanded that the Zhenshan King sell her Lingyun Precious Jade, and he agreed in exchange for a pearl that could extend his lifespan by three hundred years.
• Leiming offered Fengxue a High-Grade Divine Pill, but she said it could not help her cross the threshold to the Fourth Rank.
• Fengxue announced that she had to attempt her breakthrough soon and warned that if she failed, the monster would attack while she was unable to defend Yuming City.

Chen Lin asked Fengxue about Dawn Stones, hoping to find one that could avert a calamity. She named Sunset Lake and a sun eroded by dark energy as possible sources, while explaining that Dawn Stones from other planes could not replace this realm’s rules.

• The Zhenshan King proposed fighting the monster, but Fengxue refused and said she needed Elder Yan to isolate her from the dark energy while she attempted ascension.
• Chen Lin agreed to protect Fengxue and the city, and Fengxue offered information about Dawn Stones as payment for his help.
• Fengxue described Dawn Stones as ancient energy crystals capable of becoming suns and named the legendary Sunset Lake on the nonexistent Rainbow Continent as one possible source.
• Fengxue ruled out the Divine Temple and explained that only a Dawn Stone from this realm could affect its highest rules.
• Fengxue identified the second possible Dawn Stone as the sun eroded by dark energy.

Chen Lin gave Fengxue a Divine Oracle, which let her break through to the Wheel Realm sixth layer, and asked her to help investigate the dark energy and search for several people and treasures. Fengxue agreed to assist after stabilizing her cultivation and gave Chen Lin the thousand-threaded red willow he needed, leaving him with all six Soul-Unlocking Objects.

• Fengxue told Chen Lin that the sun still existed but was suppressed by the dark rule, and warned that powerful cultivators might oppose efforts to restore the light.
• Fengxue admitted she had little chance of ascending and asked Chen Lin to kill her if dark energy made her lose control; Chen Lin offered her a Divine Oracle in exchange for her help.
• Fengxue activated the Divine Oracle and entered the Divine Temple, where a Divine Statue raised her from the Wheel Realm third layer to the sixth before she refused to become its servant and returned.
• Fengxue's sudden surge of power unleashed deadly cold across Yuming City, so she ordered Dongzhi to assess casualties and compensate the victims' families.
• Fengxue agreed to stabilize her cultivation for three months, then help Chen Lin deal with the monster and search for Sunset Lake, Hua Yi, the Red-Haired Mouse Demon, and his requested treasures.
• Fengxue gave Chen Lin a piece of thousand-threaded red willow, completing his set of six Soul-Unlocking Objects.

Chen Lin received Strange Beast Inner Cores from Lady Fengxue, arranged food and protection for the Outer City, and discovered a mysterious inheritance hidden in a gold object and a runic diagram. After refining hundreds of drops of spirit liquid to use with his Heaven-Opening Eye, he comprehended the inheritance and learned its name: Guanyun Dense Seal.

• Lady Fengxue sent Chen Lin several dozen Cage Realm Strange Beast Inner Cores, while Bai Qingshui warned him that supplies in the Outer City were running low.
• Chen Lin ordered the Zhenshan King to provide supplies for the Outer City, ending the looting and unrest.
• Lady Qu Zhang offered Chen Lin a strange gold object and revealed that her late husband's secret method included a runic diagram and a Spirit Liquid Formula.
• Chen Lin refined the spirit liquid and discovered that it improved his Heaven-Opening Eye enough to reveal the diagram as a moving runic inscription.
• Chen Lin gathered and refined nearly nine hundred drops of spirit liquid, studied the inscription, and comprehended the Guanyun Dense Seal inheritance.

Chen Lin discovered that the Guanyun Dense Seal activated a golden key that fit Fengxue’s Lingyun Precious Jade, but they postponed investigating the Treasure Vault until after dealing with the monster. A year later, Fengxue joined Chen Lin, Leiming, and the Zhenshan King to confront the monster, which trapped them in a false Divine Temple and revealed itself as Crown Prince Wuxuan; the battle continued as Chen Lin attacked the throne that anchored its domain.

• Chen Lin learned the Runic Inscription activated the golden key and discovered its ring required another object to fit inside.
• Fengxue placed her Lingyun Precious Jade in the key, and Chen Lin activated it with the Guanyun Dense Seal; they agreed to investigate the Treasure Vault after killing the monster.
• Leiming traded Chen Lin two hundred sets of materials for information about the Divine Oracle, and Chen Lin spent the following year refining spirit liquid to improve his Heaven-Opening Eye Divine Ability.
• After stabilizing her cultivation, Fengxue led Chen Lin, Leiming, and the Zhenshan King out of the city to hunt the monster, which transported them into a gilded hall resembling a Divine Temple.
• The monster revealed itself as Crown Prince Wuxuan and killed the Zhenshan King by declaring his beheading; Fengxue identified the golden chair as the domain’s core.
• Chen Lin’s Blue Dagger severed Wuxuan’s head, but the monster’s beheading power struck back and was stopped by Chen Lin’s ninth armor layer; Chen Lin then attacked the chair while Wuxuan’s assault also targeted Fengxue and Leiming.

Chen Lin and Fengxue escaped the Disheveled Monster’s domain and later opened Lingyun Country’s Treasure Vault, entering a pristine Secret Realm. After exploring a tower filled with valuable books, they stepped outside and saw a rainbow beneath a darkening sky.

• Chen Lin, Fengxue, and the others escaped the Disheveled Monster’s domain, and Chen Lin discovered they had returned to their original positions as the Zhenshan King and Leiming died.
• Fengxue explained that the monster had used a domain modeled on the Divine Temple, and she and Chen Lin agreed to leave after searching Lingyun Country’s Treasure Vault.
• A month later, Chen Lin and Fengxue opened the Golden Lock beneath the Imperial Palace and entered a Secret Realm untouched by dark energy.
• Chen Lin and Fengxue explored the tower and found preserved books by the Hermit of the Mountains, including works on innate qi and soul origin essence.
• Chen Lin recognized that the tower resembled the Hexagonal Tower in the vine space, and the sky darkened as a dazzling rainbow appeared.

Chen Lin discovered that the pagoda stood within a Divine Pagoda Coiling Dragon Array and, after failing to find its exit, decided to become emperor of Lingyun Country to obtain the imperial qi needed to control it. He took over Yuming City and began searching for the Imperial Seal, while He Yunqing revealed that Lingyun’s precious jade could be refined into a State Seal that might expose secrets about dark descent and the Divine Temple.

• Chen Lin found a Coiled Dragon Pillar underground, identified the array around the pagoda, and searched it with Fengxue but found no exit; they returned to the Underground Treasure Vault with its books and treasures.
• Fengxue suggested that the ruler of Lingyun Country might control the array through imperial qi, so Chen Lin resolved to find the Imperial Seal or become emperor himself.
• Chen Lin killed most of the Zhenshan King's Imperial Guards, proclaimed himself emperor, appointed officials including Bai Qingshui and Zhao Meng, and ordered the sect disciples to seize the king's territory and search for the Imperial Seal.
• Chen Lin purged Yuming City, moved into the Imperial Palace, and studied the books Fengxue had taken from the pagoda.
• He Yunqing came before Chen Lin and said she knew where the Imperial Seal was; she explained that Lingyun had no official seal, but its precious jade could be refined into one to reveal a secret involving dark descent and the Divine Temple.

Chen Lin used the Cloud Pattern Carving to gain imperial qi, which let him leave the Divine Pagoda Coiling Dragon Array and discover that the light came from Sunset Lake beside a possible rank-seven spirit plant. Unable to reach the Dawn Stone, he was attacked by a spear-wielding boy and counterattacked while fleeing toward the Giant Tower.

• Chen Lin comprehended the Cloud Pattern Carving, forged its cloud into an Imperial Seal, and was hailed as Human Emperor before appointing Bai Qingshui, Zhao Meng, and Shen Changming to a cabinet of three.
• Chen Lin used the Imperial Seal to cross the Divine Pagoda Coiling Dragon Array, but Fengxue could not follow; he sent her back to Yuming City and later flew toward the source of the fading light.
• Chen Lin spotted a vast mountain range visible through the Heaven-Opening Eye and recognized its shape as the Old Ox Carrying a Mushroom spirit plant, while identifying the golden lake between its peaks as Sunset Lake and its light as the Dawn Stone.
• Chen Lin failed to approach the lake because the spirit plant's aura weakened his Nine-Layered Armor, and he concluded that he had to collect the plant before taking the Dawn Stone.
• A fiery-haired boy appeared, attacked Chen Lin with a red-tasseled spear, and laughed when Chen Lin emerged unharmed; Chen Lin summoned the Blue Enchantress and other attacks before escaping toward the Giant Tower.

Chen Lin prepared for an impending faction conflict while improving his cultivation and trying to remove the abnormal rule force in his True Solar Fire. After reaching the fourth layer of the Cage Realm, he sacrificed the fire and began devouring his Seven Inner Stars as well.

• Chen Lin chose to improve his cultivation before attempting soul dissolution, assigned his people to gather resources and investigate several mysteries, and secluded himself for ten years.
• Chen Lin learned from Dugu Batian that the Divine Temple might start the faction conflict early, and Dugu Batian identified himself with the Third Faction, the Light Faction, while warning that the temples might be searching for a treasure.
• Dugu Batian traded Chen Lin a piece of variegated crystal and a Blood Banner containing refined bloodline essence for Chen Lin's cultivation theories.
• After three years of seclusion, Chen Lin's natal runic inscription broke down the abnormal rule force in his True Solar Fire, and he let it devour the fire.
• Chen Lin then controlled his runic puppets to envelop and devour his Seven Inner Stars, abandoning the Seven-Star Shining Sun Cultivation Technique.

After sacrificing his inner stars, Chen Lin strengthened his Destiny Law and discovered that his Natal Runic Inscription could absorb his abilities and power the Crystal Needle. As he considered how to defeat the Red-Clothed Boy, a monster attacked the city, and Chen Lin recognized it as resembling the Black Bear Magistrate from the Nightmare Realm.

• Chen Lin fused his Life Dan into his Natal Runic Inscription, forming a Destiny Runic Inscription that let him enter his destiny domain with his true body.
• Chen Lin tested his remaining abilities and learned they now drew power from his Natal Runic Inscription, though their effects were weak in high-dimensional space.
• Chen Lin considered ways to defeat the Red-Clothed Boy and discovered that the Crystal Needle could destroy a high-grade divine weapon, but its use exhausted his runic force.
• A guard warned Chen Lin that a monster was attacking, so he went to help Fengxue and test the Crystal Needle.
• A black bear attacked Chen Lin with streaks of its fur, and he recognized its resemblance to the Black Bear Magistrate from the Nightmare Realm.

Chen Lin recognized Xiong Ziqi and learned that Li Fuyao led the Second Faction before she arrived and attacked him with a Seven-Colored Arrow. Chen Lin and Fengxue were cornered by Li Fuyao’s forces until a black cat appeared and caused Li Fuyao’s belly to swell.

• Chen Lin identified Xiong Ziqi, who explained that the Dark Descent had corrupted him and warned that Li Fuyao was the Second Faction’s powerful King's Envoy.
• Li Fuyao appeared, recognized Chen Lin, and attacked him with the Seven-Colored Arrow, but his Natal Runic Inscription stopped it.
• Li Fuyao ordered her forces to kill Chen Lin and Fengxue, while Fengxue froze the battlefield and Chen Lin killed Blue Enchantress.
• Li Fuyao used a Black Token to control Xiong Ziqi and summoned more than a dozen experts to surround Chen Lin and Fengxue.
• A black cat arrived and told Li Fuyao to have a child with Chen Lin, then caused her lower abdomen to swell and made her dry-heave.

The Black Cat’s ability forced Li Fuyao to conceive a child with Chen Lin, and a battle erupted as Li Fuyao vanished and summoned monsters. Chen Lin evacuated his followers into the Secret Realm, where rival factions gathered over the Shadow Scholar Heritage; after they entered, Lord Rat appeared beside Chen Lin.

• The Black Cat explained that leaving more traces, including children, might improve Chen Lin’s chances of surviving, while Li Fuyao disappeared after giving birth and unleashed monsters.
• Chen Lin retreated with Fengxue and led the Kaiyuan Sect disciples and his followers into the Underground Treasure Vault as the city descended into chaos.
• A Yellow-Robed Woman attacked the vault, and Wen Ruyu arrived seeking Lan Menghan; Li Fuyao then threatened Chen Lin’s child to demand the Shadow Scholar’s treasures.
• Chen Lin allowed Wen Ruyu, Dugu Batian, the Black Cat, Li Fuyao, and Chunjiu to enter the Secret Realm, warning them about its formation and asking them not to harm innocents.
• After advising the remaining cultivators to flee, Chen Lin entered the Secret Realm and found Fengxue waiting; Lord Rat then appeared at his feet.

Chen Lin joined the Red-Haired Mouse, Fengxue, and the rival factions as they prepared to break the Divine Pagoda Coiling Dragon Array. The Red-Haired Mouse identified the rainbow as the mature Prancing Bull, a spirit plant that could grant a Primal Runic Inscription, while the factions began choosing who would help break the array.

• The Red-Haired Mouse warned Chen Lin not to speak of the Peach Spirit, then learned that Wen Ruyu had entered the Life Ferry as a Rank Four Dominator.
• Fengxue asked about the Life Ferry and accepted the Red-Haired Mouse's offer to take her out of the world; he later gave her a bead containing a battle-array method.
• The Red-Haired Mouse recognized Wen Ruyu's true body and identified the rainbow as a sign of the Prancing Bull's maturity.
• Wen Ruyu proposed that five factions each send one person to break the array, with only participants allowed to compete for the Prancing Bull; Chen Lin declined and said he wanted only the Dawn Stone.
• The Red-Haired Mouse insisted that his faction help break the array, and he and Chen Lin reached a Coiled Dragon Pillar as the Red-Haired Mouse explained the Prancing Bull's power to grant a Primal Runic Inscription.

Chen Lin and the Red-Haired Mouse helped break the formation, then joined the struggle for the Prancing Bull as Wen Ruyu and the others battled its fiery guardian. Chen Lin withdrew toward Sunset Lake while Wen Ruyu began sealing the Red-Clothed Boy in an Ashen Pocket.

• Chen Lin traded the Prancing Bull collection method for the Red-Haired Mouse’s help and told him about the Red-Clothed Boy guarding it.
• Wen Ruyu sealed the tower’s power, and Li Fuyao, the Black Cat, Chunjiu, and the Red-Haired Mouse pulled out the four Coiled Dragon Pillars, causing the formation barrier to vanish.
• Chen Lin, Fengxue, and the Red-Haired Mouse approached the Prancing Bull, where the Red-Clothed Boy fought the treasure hunters with powerful flames.
• The Red-Haired Mouse burrowed underground to evade a flame spear, while Chen Lin used the Gemstone Belt to head toward Sunset Lake.
• Wen Ruyu brought out an Ashen Pocket, and the others restrained the Red-Clothed Boy while she began drawing his enormous flame-spear form inside.