Recaps

Ye Lin entered the Azure Cloud Sect’s Inner Sect, received his monthly resources, and learned about upcoming opportunities in the secret realm. He left for Purple Deep Spring to claim Huang Xiong’s opportunity and drove off the Demon Beasts guarding it.

• Ye Lin passed the Inner Sect’s identity checks and marveled at its dense spiritual energy.
• Zhao Li welcomed Ye Lin, warned him about Inner Sect competition, and gave him Spirit Stones, Spirit Nourishing Pills, and an Identity Token.
• Ye Lin planned to claim Huang Xiong’s opportunity before preparing for the medicinal bath and the secret realm, where he intended to reach Blazing Valley first.
• Ye Lin traveled to Purple Deep Spring and found it crowded with Demon Beasts.
• Ye Lin attacked the beasts with his Long Sword, killed a tiger demon, and made the rest flee.

Ye Lin retrieved the Sword Talisman from Purple Deep Spring and returned safely to the Azure Cloud Sect. He endured a medicinal bath that strengthened his body and spiritual energy, leaving him refreshed and better prepared for future cultivation.

• Ye Lin found a Sword Talisman containing faded Sword Intent beneath a Stone at the bottom of Purple Deep Spring and took it away.
• Ye Lin returned to the Azure Cloud Sect, retrieved the Blood Soul Tree from his old servant's quarters, and hid it beneath his bed in his Inner Sect residence.
• Ye Lin went to the administration office for his medicinal bath, and Zhao Li led him to the treatment room.
• Ye Lin entered the boiling medicine tub, circulated the Star Art, and endured the painful treatment for three hours while absorbing the medicinal power.
• The tub exploded after Ye Lin absorbed the medicine, and he emerged feeling refreshed with greater strength and more condensed spiritual energy in his dantian.

After strengthening his body with a medicinal bath, Ye Lin learned that Lin Zisheng planned to assassinate him in the Inner Sect Secret Realm. As the secret realm opened, Ye Lin discovered that Lin Zisheng was a remarkably favored cultivator with many future opportunities, and resolved to claim them for himself.

• Zhao Li told Ye Lin to prepare for the Inner Sect Secret Realm, which would open in three days, after Ye Lin finished the medicinal bath.
• Ye Lin checked his Destiny and learned that Lin Zisheng would try to kill him in the secret realm, but he trusted his Sword Talisman and Fate Panel to help him survive.
• Three days later, Ye Lin joined the Inner Sect disciples as they traveled to the cave where the secret realm would open.
• Ye Lin spotted Lin Zisheng among the five personal disciples and saw his Fate Panel, which listed exceptional traits and several valuable future opportunities.
• Ye Lin decided that despite Lin Zisheng's advantages, he would defeat him and take his opportunities.

Ye Lin entered the Inner Sect Secret Realm, collected three Fire Spirit Stones from Blazing Valley, and then followed Lin Zisheng south in search of Phoenix Valley. He reached a cave he believed held the Phoenix Egg and cautiously entered with his Sword Talisman ready.

• Ye Lin decided to avoid the Evil Demon opportunity and entered the secret realm after the other disciples.
• Ye Lin traveled east to Blazing Valley and used his Spirit Fire to collect three Fire Spirit Stones.
• Ye Lin set out for Phoenix Valley, then followed Lin Zisheng south after seeing him fly in that direction.
• Ye Lin raced through the forest while Lin Zisheng stopped repeatedly to find treasures, eventually reaching a mountain cave.
• Ye Lin entered the cave carefully with his Sword Talisman in hand and followed a corridor deeper inside.

Ye Lin reached the Phoenix Egg after his Spirit Fire absorbed the chamber’s flames and transformed into Phoenix Fire. He hid with the egg while Lin Zisheng obtained a Heaven Grade High Tier cultivation technique, then stored the egg in his Spatial Ring and left to find a way to hatch it.

• Ye Lin endured the pressure on the ninety-nine steps, and his Spirit Fire absorbed the flames from the five pillars and advanced into Earth Grade Low Tier Phoenix Fire.
• Ye Lin reached the stone table, found no sign of life inside the Phoenix Egg, and hid with it when he heard someone approaching.
• Lin Zisheng entered the chamber, activated a mechanism on the stone table, and received the incomplete Heaven Grade High Tier Phoenix Bathing Heaven Technique.
• After Lin Zisheng left, Ye Lin emerged from the rubble, stored the Phoenix Egg in his Spatial Ring, and left the cave to investigate how to hatch it.

Ye Lin escaped Lin Zisheng’s assassination attempt with a Sword Talisman, injuring him with Sword Intent before studying his opportunities. After cultivating through the night, Ye Lin heard a thunderous boom as the Heavenly Mansion was about to descend.

• Ye Lin checked his panel and learned Lin Zisheng would attack him within five minutes, so he hid and prepared his Sword Talisman.
• Lin Zisheng emerged and attacked Ye Lin, who used the talisman’s sword strike to escape after wounding Lin Zisheng with Sword Intent.
• Ye Lin examined Lin Zisheng’s panel and learned that the Heavenly Mansion would descend the next day, with two opportunities waiting inside it.
• Ye Lin cultivated overnight while Lin Zisheng struggled to suppress the Sword Intent and vowed to kill him.
• Ye Lin awoke close to reaching Qi Refining Level 9, then heard a thunderous boom from the sky.

Ye Lin entered the newly revealed Heavenly Mansion and used his knowledge of Lin Zisheng’s opportunity to claim hidden treasures. The disciples then encountered silver-white bugs that contained Pre-Heaven Spiritual Qi.

• Ye Lin and the other disciples gathered as the Heavenly Mansion descended, and Senior Sister Li explained its connection to an ancient Golden Core cultivator.
• After the gates opened, Ye Lin chose the third path because the panel showed Lin Zisheng would find a Mystic Grade High-Tier Foundation Establishment Pill there.
• Ye Lin found a wooden box beneath the Tiger Statue and an ancient book beneath the Dragon Statue, then concealed his discoveries from the other disciples.
• Lin Zisheng chose a different path and resolved to wait for a chance to kill Ye Lin after they left the secret realm.
• A swarm of silver-white bugs appeared, and a disciple discovered that killing one released pure spiritual energy and slightly improved his cultivation.

Ye Lin and the other disciples defeated a swarm of bugs that contained Pre-Heaven Spiritual Qi, then left the secret realm with new opportunities in hand. After studying Lin Zisheng’s future prospects, Ye Lin planned his next gains as the disciples emerged and their elders called a meeting about the Evil Demons.

• Ye Lin and the disciples killed the strange bugs and collected their Pre-Heaven Spiritual Qi, which they planned to refine after leaving the secret realm.
• Ye Lin read Wang Sheng’s panel, learned he would find a God-Hiding Bead in a stone lion, and secretly retrieved a blue Pillar from the left lion’s base.
• While the disciples waited at the entrance, Ye Lin cultivated and examined Lin Zisheng’s panel, discovering his future opportunities and resolving to pursue the ancient immortal art.
• The secret realm’s entrance opened, and Ye Lin and the other disciples left while Lin Zisheng watched him thoughtfully.
• The old man summoned disciples at Foundation Establishment Realm and above to a meeting, while Ye Lin decided to focus on cultivating.

Ye Lin discovered the powers of the God-Hiding Bead and awakened a faint trace of life in the Phoenix Egg, which consumed his Spirit Stones. After cultivating for eight days, he learned that the sect was sending Inner Sect disciples to fight Evil Demons, and his panels showed that none of the gathered disciples would return alive.

• Ye Lin used the God-Hiding Bead to turn invisible and conceal his aura from anyone below the Golden Core Realm.
• Ye Lin fed the Phoenix Egg his Phoenix Fire and a Mid-grade Spirit Stone, awakening a faint breath of life in it.
• After eight days of cultivation, Ye Lin found that the Phoenix Egg had consumed his three Fire Spirit Stones, so he buried it in his lodgings.
• A disciple named Liu Ming told Ye Lin that the Sect Master had summoned the Inner Sect disciples to the main hall.
• The Sect Master announced that Evil Demons had invaded the sect's territory and ordered the disciples to go down the mountain and exterminate them for Spirit Stone rewards.
• Ye Lin checked the gathered disciples' panels and saw that none of them would return alive.

Ye Lin took the Nirvana Fruit from the Dark Abyss, then followed a group of Inner Sect disciples on the demon-slaying mission while planning to escape. In Wang Family Village, the disciples found a massacre, and Ye Lin concealed himself as they began searching for the Evil Demon.

• Ye Lin decided to avoid fighting the Evil Demon and went alone to the Dark Abyss, where he collected the Nirvana Fruit and sensed something frightening below.
• Ye Lin returned to the sect and followed twenty Inner Sect disciples after they set out to hunt the Evil Demon.
• Wang Li divided the twenty-one disciples into three groups, and Ye Lin joined the group headed for Wang Family Village.
• The group found the village filled with dried corpses, and the burly disciple ordered everyone to search separately.
• Ye Lin recognized that the disciples were exposing themselves to attack and used the God-Hiding Bead to conceal himself.

Ye Lin watched Mo Yi slaughter the demon-hunting party, then faked his own injuries to conceal that he had survived. After recovering, he prepared to pursue Lin Zisheng’s opportunities and placed the Nirvana Fruit on the Phoenix Egg.

• Ye Lin used the God-Hiding Bead to observe Mo Yi and saw that the Evil Demon planned to flee to Hundred-Broken Mountain, where it would find a Spirit Spring and Ice Soul Needles.
• Mo Yi killed Long Aotian and the other disciples, drained their blood, and received a report from a cloaked accomplice.
• Ye Lin returned to the Azure Cloud Sect after injuring himself to make his escape seem convincing, and told the Sect Master that the Evil Demon had killed the others.
• After recovering with the Sect Master's Rejuvenation Pill, Ye Lin planned to claim Lin Zisheng's opportunities at Hundred-Broken Mountain and Golden City.
• Ye Lin dug up the Phoenix Egg and placed the Nirvana Fruit on it.

Ye Lin fed the Phoenix Egg with the Nirvana Fruit and his spiritual energy, then waited three days before leaving the sect to seek the North Wind Fruit. At Hundred-Broken Mountain, he recovered three Ice Soul Needles and climbed down a cliff, where a mysterious light in the forest caught his attention.

• Ye Lin used the Nirvana Fruit and his Phoenix Fire to strengthen the Phoenix Egg, then buried it again and decided to wait three days before leaving the sect.
• After three days, Ye Lin checked his fate and learned Lin Zisheng planned to ambush him in a month, so he set out for the North Wind Fruit and Golden City.
• At Hundred-Broken Mountain, Ye Lin followed a woodcutter’s directions to a spring and retrieved a wooden box from its bottom.
• Ye Lin killed the Qi Refining Level 3 python that seized his leg and found three Ice Soul Needles in the box.
• Ye Lin climbed to the mountain’s summit, descended the cliff, and spotted a flickering light in the nearby forest.

Ye Lin reached Golden City to search Antique City for the shabby flowerpot connected to the One Breath Becomes Three Purities opportunity, and entered the notorious Fate Treasure Pavilion. There, he encountered Heavenly Sword Sect disciples Tang Xue and her senior brother, who were investigating the Evil Demon’s whereabouts.

• Ye Lin found a North Wind Fruit beside an almost depleted Mid-grade Spirit Stone and set off for Golden City to claim the One Breath Becomes Three Purities opportunity.
• Ye Lin arrived in Golden City and hired Wang Laoliu to guide him to Antique City and Fate Treasure Pavilion.
• Wang Laoliu warned Ye Lin that Fate Treasure Pavilion was famous for selling fakes, then left after Ye Lin paid him.
• Ye Lin entered the pavilion and searched for the shabby flowerpot while proprietor Wang Guofu tried to sell him antiques.
• Tang Xue and her senior brother from the Heavenly Sword Sect arrived, and Ye Lin learned they were investigating the Evil Demon’s whereabouts.

Ye Lin bought a jade box and a battered vase at Fate Treasure Pavilion, with Tang Xue paying when he ran out of money. Outside Golden City, Tang Xue and Cao Ze were ambushed by Evil Cultivators, and Cao Ze fled, leaving her in their hands.

• Ye Lin saw Tang Xue’s fate and opportunity, then bought the jade box and a battered vase that matched a treasure description.
• Ye Lin discovered he had no money, so Tang Xue paid for his purchases before leaving with Cao Ze.
• Ye Lin followed Tang Xue and Cao Ze out of the city, intending to repay her by saving her life.
• Three black-robed men ambushed Tang Xue and Cao Ze, and Cao Ze threw Tang Xue behind him before fleeing.
• One of the black-robed men seized Tang Xue and threatened her while she stared in disbelief at Cao Ze’s abandonment.

Ye Lin rescued Tang Xue from three Evil Cultivators and returned to his residence, where a crystal taught him the powerful One Breath Becomes Three Purities. Unable to cultivate it before reaching the Golden Core stage, he began studying Demon Shadow No Trace instead.

• Ye Lin killed the three black-robed Evil Cultivators who were attacking Tang Xue, then told her his name and that he was from the Azure Cloud Sect.
• After a day of travel, Ye Lin returned to his residence, fed the Phoenix Egg a North Wind Fruit, and buried it again.
• Ye Lin smashed a battered vase and absorbed a diamond-shaped crystal that sent him into a three-day unconscious state.
• Ye Lin awoke having learned that One Breath Becomes Three Purities could create three powerful external avatars, but required Golden Core cultivation.
• Ye Lin read Demon Shadow No Trace, understood its three speed-enhancing levels, and began cultivating it.

Ye Lin discovered that Lin Zisheng planned to ambush him, then joined Zhao Li on a mission after learning Zhao Li would find a rare fruit at Dark Moon Pool. When Ye Lin saw Lin Zisheng return to the sect, he noticed his destiny had changed and wondered who the mysterious Tenth Elder was.

• Ye Lin reviewed his cultivation progress and learned that Lin Zisheng intended to attack him the next day.
• Ye Lin agreed to join Zhao Li in hunting three Rock Crocodiles at Dark Moon Pool after seeing Zhao Li’s opportunity to find a Moon Spirit Fruit.
• Ye Lin and Zhao Li left the Outer Sect, and Zhao Li noticed Ye Lin’s cultivation had reached Qi Refining Level 9.
• Ye Lin saw Lin Zisheng return to the sect and checked his panel, finding that his destiny and opportunities had changed.
• Ye Lin wondered about the mysterious Tenth Elder who would supposedly take Lin Zisheng as a personal disciple.

Ye Lin and Zhao Li went to Dark Moon Pool to kill three Rock Crocodiles, where Ye Lin secretly retrieved a nearly ripe Moon Spirit Fruit. Back at his residence, Ye Lin considered using the fruit and a Foundation Establishment Pill to advance but decided to visit the Scripture Depository first.

• Zhao Li told Ye Lin a rumor about a mysterious female Inner Sect elder at the peak of the Golden Core Realm.
• Ye Lin and Zhao Li reached Dark Moon Pool and fought three Qi Refining Level 9 Rock Crocodiles that had cut off nearby villages’ water supply.
• Ye Lin let a Rock Crocodile knock him into the pool, where he found and took the nearly ripe Moon Spirit Fruit.
• Ye Lin returned to shore and killed a Rock Crocodile with a flame-covered punch while Zhao Li defeated the last one.
• Zhao Li gave Ye Lin the promised twenty-five Low-Tier Spirit Stones, and Ye Lin later considered breaking through with the Moon Spirit Fruit and Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Ye Lin put away the treasures and headed to the Scripture Depository to prepare before attempting Foundation Establishment.

Ye Lin learned that reaching Foundation Establishment with a Fifth-Grade Dao Platform required perfecting his cultivation, divine beast blood, and a rare Nine-Turn Dragon Chant Flower, so he postponed his breakthrough. As he went to claim Lin Zisheng’s opportunity in Green Mountain City, Lin Zisheng ambushed him, and Ye Lin later entered a pleasure house seeking its Heaven-Grade No. 1 Private Room.

• Ye Lin studied the Foundation Establishment Realm and learned the Dao Platform’s grade determined a cultivator’s potential; he decided to pursue a Fifth-Grade Dao Platform using Little Phoenix’s blood and a Nine-Turn Dragon Chant Flower.
• Ye Lin cultivated with five Low-Tier Spirit Stones and planned to claim Lin Zisheng’s Geng Metal Essence and absorb Earth Vein Fire Qi before hatching Little Phoenix.
• Lin Zisheng ambushed Ye Lin on the road, but Ye Lin dodged most of the attack with Demon Shadow No Trace and escaped with a small wound.
• Ye Lin entered Green Mountain City, found its streets unnervingly quiet, and headed to a pleasure house in the city center.
• Ye Lin requested the Heaven-Grade No. 1 Private Room and learned he could earn access by composing a poem for Miss Ru Yan or pay one hundred taels per night.

Ye Lin discovered that Huang Ruyan was destined to become Lin Zisheng’s dao companion, but he resisted her Allure Physique and claimed the opportunities meant for her. He found the Geng Metal Essence hidden in the brothel and three Mid-grade Spirit Stones by Green Mountain City’s lake, then left the unsettling city for the Azure Cloud Sect.

• Ye Lin met Huang Ruyan and learned from her panel that she would receive a sword from Lin Zisheng, find the Wind-Stabilizing Pearl, and discover three Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Huang Ruyan’s Allure Physique failed to sway Ye Lin, and she marveled that he had resisted it like Young Master Zisheng.
• Ye Lin rented the Heaven-Grade No. 1 Private Room, overturned its bed, and took the Geng Metal Essence hidden beneath it.
• Ye Lin noticed that Green Mountain City had no children and found three Mid-grade Spirit Stones in a hollow in a century-old tree by the lake.
• Ye Lin left Green Mountain City and headed back to the Azure Cloud Sect.

After refining Geng Metal Essence, Ye Lin learned that Lin Zisheng planned to defeat him at the Inner Sect Grand Competition and shatter his Dao Heart. Ye Lin headed to the Mission Pavilion after discovering Lin Zisheng’s upcoming opportunities, hoping to secure what he needed to hatch Little Phoenix and turn the tables.

• Ye Lin refined Geng Metal Essence over eight days, greatly increasing his physical strength.
• Ye Lin saw that Lin Zisheng would challenge and defeat him at the Inner Sect Grand Competition in twenty days, potentially ruining his cultivation.
• Ye Lin resolved to hatch Little Phoenix within ten days and considered seeking treasures in the Fire Cloud Mountain Range, though he feared breaking through prematurely.
• Lin Zisheng warned Ye Lin to enjoy his last days, then went to the Mission Pavilion to choose missions.
• Ye Lin read Lin Zisheng’s panel, learned about his upcoming opportunities in Demon Scorpion Valley and the Fire Cloud Mountain Range, and followed him to the Mission Pavilion.

Ye Lin accepted a dangerous mission to kill Demon Scorpions in Demon Scorpion Valley, where he gathered valuable loot and tested his strength. He pressed deeper into the valley, aiming for a spirit herb while planning to reach the Golden Core Realm before a predicted sect war.

• Ye Lin accepted Sun Xiao’s mission to kill ten Qi Refining Level 9 Demon Scorpions and learned that Sun Xiao would later find a Beast Taming Bag in Saint King Valley.
• Ye Lin realized the bag could hide Little Phoenix and resolved to reach the Golden Core Realm within three years, before the predicted war between the Azure Cloud Sect and the Heavenly Sword Sect.
• Ye Lin entered Demon Scorpion Valley and cut down the weaker Demon Scorpions with his Phoenix Fire sword.
• Ye Lin collected a Mysterious Grade Middle Tier Demon Cloud Fruit as he fought his way deeper into the valley.
• Ye Lin killed three Qi Refining Level 9 Demon Scorpions and collected their stingers before hurrying toward the valley’s depths.

Ye Lin collected Demon Scorpion stingers and a Beast Taming Bag in the Hundred Thousand Mountains before returning to the Azure Cloud Sect to hatch his Phoenix Egg. The newly born Little Red accepted him as its master and gave him a drop of its essence blood, leaving it weakened.

• Ye Lin killed Demon Scorpions in Demon Scorpion Valley, took a wooden box, and escaped before the creatures could surround him.
• Ye Lin reached Saint King Valley, avoided three Heavenly Sword Sect disciples fighting a Foundation Establishment Realm Demon Beast, and found a Beast Taming Bag in a hidden cave dwelling.
• Ye Lin returned to the Azure Cloud Sect and fed the Phoenix Egg the Demon Cloud Fruit and the wood from the box, causing it to hatch.
• The Little Phoenix emerged at Foundation Establishment Peak Stage, and Ye Lin named it Little Red.
• Little Red gave Ye Lin a drop of its essence blood, then weakened; Ye Lin placed it in the Beast Taming Bag and realized it had accepted him as its master.

Ye Lin completed the Demon Scorpion quest and used the divine beast's blood essence to break through to Foundation Establishment, forging a Fifth-Grade Dao Platform. After consolidating his realm, he heard that the mysterious Tenth Elder had emerged and might choose a disciple at the Inner Sect Grand Competition.

• Ye Lin turned in ten Demon Scorpion stingers to Sun Xiao and collected eighty Low-Tier Spirit Stones.
• Ye Lin swallowed the divine beast's blood essence and spent five days forging a Fifth-Grade Dao Platform marked by the five elements.
• Ye Lin completed his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, tested his Sword Qi, and spent the remaining days consolidating his realm.
• The mysterious Tenth Elder emerged from seclusion, prompting rumors that the Golden Core cultivator might choose a disciple at the Inner Sect Grand Competition.
• Ye Lin heard about the Tenth Elder and headed to the main hall to attend the competition.

The Azure Cloud Sect’s Inner Sect Grand Competition began, and Ye Lin concealed his strength while advancing through the melee. After drawing Ren Dong as his opponent, Ye Lin faced the blind swordsman as the next duel was about to start.

• The Ninth Elder announced the competition rules, and the disciples entered the Arena for a melee to determine the top ten.
• Ye Lin evaded attacks and sent one charging disciple off the Arena with a slap while the other contestants fought.
• Wang Hu challenged Ye Lin, but Ye Lin dodged his Thunderbolt Fist and pushed him to the Arena’s edge, prompting Wang Hu to withdraw.
• Ye Lin drew Ren Dong’s name, and Lin Zisheng won the first duel after Zhang Lei surrendered.
• Ye Lin stepped onto the Arena to face Ren Dong, who warned him to attack first because he might otherwise have no chance to react.

Ye Lin defeated Ren Dong and advanced to the final match against Lin Zisheng, where he shattered Lin Zisheng’s sword attack and sent him flying. With the Arena sealed off, Lin Zisheng revealed his Mystic-Grade High-Tier Spirit Fire and Third-Grade Dao Platform, preparing to fight Ye Lin in earnest.

• Ye Lin dodged Ren Dong’s sword light and knocked him off the Arena with a punch, winning their match.
• The disciples cheered for Ye Lin, while Lin Zisheng privately dismissed his Foundation Establishment cultivation as no threat to his Third-Grade Dao Platform.
• Li Miaoling conceded to Lin Zisheng, setting up the final match between him and Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin shattered Lin Zisheng’s sword light with a punch and sent him crashing against the Arena’s edge.
• A mysterious expert shielded the Arena, allowing Ye Lin to fight without exposing his secrets.
• Lin Zisheng ignited his Mystic-Grade High-Tier Spirit Fire and boasted that its power and his Third-Grade Dao Platform would let him defeat Ye Lin.