Recaps

Ye Lin defeated Lin Zisheng in a fierce sword duel, revealing the power of his Fifth-Grade Dao Platform and leaving Lin severely wounded. After the arena barrier fell, the Third Elder arrived, accused Ye Lin of cruelty, and threatened to punish him.

• Lin Zisheng challenged Ye Lin, but Ye Lin's Life and Death Three Swords pushed him back and exposed the gap in their strength.
• Lin Zisheng unleashed Sword Dao Thunder, while Ye Lin countered with One Sword of Yin and Yang and his Fifth-Grade Dao Platform, piercing Lin with a hidden strike.
• Ye Lin checked Lin Zisheng's status and discovered his Fate Rank had fallen to damaged Purple after the defeat.
• The arena barrier vanished, and the gathered disciples saw Ye Lin standing while Lin Zisheng lay gravely wounded.
• The Third Elder rushed in, gave Lin Zisheng pills, accused Ye Lin of striking ruthlessly, and declared that he would punish him.

Ye Lin became Chu Xue’s disciple after defeating Lin Zisheng, and Chu Xue drove off the Third Elder. After the Grand Competition ended, Ye Lin accepted Li Miaoling’s invitation to join a mission with her the next day.

• Chu Xue arrived at the Arena, took Ye Lin as her disciple, and punished the Third Elder for challenging her.
• The Third Elder retreated with the unconscious Lin Zisheng, and Chu Xue told Ye Lin to visit her residence after settling his affairs.
• The Ninth Elder announced the Grand Competition’s results and awarded Ye Lin first place, a chance to view the sect-defending martial technique, and a Mid-grade Spirit Stone.
• Li Miaoling invited Ye Lin on a mission for two Foundation Establishment cultivators, and he agreed to meet her the next day.
• Ye Lin inspected Li Miaoling’s panel and learned that she had concealed her Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivation and possessed several future opportunities.

Ye Lin collected his Grand Competition reward, learned the Azure Cloud Sect’s guardian fist technique, and met his master, Chu Xue, at Lone Peak. After moving into the ancient tower she gave him, he discovered its cultivation floor had a Spirit Gathering Formation.

• Sun Xiao gave Ye Lin a Mid-grade Spirit Stone, and Ye Lin studied the five-level Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest at the Scripture Depository.
• Ye Lin went to Lone Peak, where Chu Xue welcomed him as her disciple and warned him to keep his Fifth-Grade Dao Platform secret and be cautious of Song Changsheng.
• Chu Xue gave Ye Lin cultivation supplies, designated the middle ancient tower as his residence, and handed him a book about the surrounding area.
• Ye Lin returned to his old residence, retrieved the Blood Soul Tree, and carried it back to Lone Peak.
• Ye Lin entered the ancient tower and found a small Spirit Gathering Formation on its third floor, where spiritual energy was three times denser than outside.

Ye Lin learned that the Azure Cloud Sect faced rival sects, families, and stirring Evil Demons, while his panel revealed Lin Zisheng planned to hire assassins to kill him. During a mission with Li Miaoling at Mystic Ice Lake, Ye Lin helped her battle a powerful Demon Beast and was stomped into the lake, where he expected to find a Glazed Bead.

• Ye Lin read about the forces surrounding the Azure Cloud Sect and discovered that Lin Zisheng would hire Killing Sect assassins to ambush him in a month.
• Ye Lin met Li Miaoling at the Inner Sect plaza and accompanied her to Mystic Ice Lake to kill a Demon Beast.
• Lin Zisheng watched Ye Lin and Li Miaoling leave and vowed to kill Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin attacked the Demon Beast while Li Miaoling prepared her Ice Sealing Heaven and Earth technique, which froze the beast but exhausted her spiritual energy.
• The Demon Beast broke free and charged Li Miaoling, so Ye Lin shoved her aside and was stomped into the lake.

Ye Lin retrieved the Glazed Bead, killed the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Demon Beast, and saved Li Miaoling before returning to the Azure Cloud Sect. He began refining the spirit medicine she gave him, but the Phoenix Fire consumed half of it, and he remained far from advancing to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

• Ye Lin found the Glazed Bead in the lake and stored it in his Spatial Ring after Li Miaoling was knocked unconscious by the Demon Beast.
• Ye Lin used Phoenix Fire, martial techniques, and his sword to kill the Demon Beast, then took its Demon Core and gave Li Miaoling a Healing Pill.
• Li Miaoling awoke, gave Ye Lin a Mysterious Grade Low Tier spirit medicine in thanks, and privately realized he had lied about how he defeated the Demon Beast.
• Ye Lin and Li Miaoling returned to the Azure Cloud Sect, where Ye Lin went to Lone Peak and examined the Glazed Bead.
• Ye Lin swallowed the spirit medicine, but the Phoenix Fire consumed half of its spiritual energy; after cultivating for three hours, he found he was still far from Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

Ye Lin learned how to use the Glazed Bead from Chu Xue, then went to Green Mountain City to claim Lin Zisheng's opportunity. After discovering Qian Hu carried a demonic bead, Ye Lin suspected the Qian Family and Azure Cloud Sect Master were colluding with Evil Demons and headed back to the sect.

• Ye Lin brought the Glazed Bead to Chu Xue, who explained that it could improve cultivation and warned him to keep it secret.
• Ye Lin cultivated with the Glazed Bead overnight, then went to Green Mountain City to find Lin Zisheng's jade pendant.
• Ye Lin found the jade pendant beneath the city gate and recognized it as the key to a Golden Core cave dwelling.
• Qian Hu tried to take the pendant, but Ye Lin grabbed him and demanded everything he carried.
• Ye Lin discovered that Qian Hu's black bead contained demonic energy and suspected the Qian Family and Azure Cloud Sect Master were dealing with Evil Demons.
• Ye Lin connected the Evil Demons' plans to a future conflict between the Azure Cloud Sect and the Heavenly Sword Sect, then returned toward the Azure Cloud Sect.

Ye Lin learned that Chu Xue was organizing a joint demon hunt, then traveled to Lianyun Mountain and claimed three Longevity Pills from a hidden coffin. He gave two pills to Little Red and used the last one to cultivate.

• Ye Lin learned that Chu Xue had arranged for disciples from the Azure Cloud Sect, Holy King Sect, and Heavenly Sword Sect to descend the mountain and exterminate demons in three days.
• Chu Xue warned Ye Lin that the invasion was suspicious and gave him a jade pendant containing her full-strength strike.
• Ye Lin traveled to Lianyun Mountain, followed the pendant into a hidden chamber, and retrieved three Longevity Pills from a coffin.
• Ye Lin returned to the Azure Cloud Sect, gave two Longevity Pills to Little Red, and watched it begin refining them.
• Ye Lin swallowed the last Longevity Pill and began cultivating.

Ye Lin and Li Miaoling joined the demon-slaying campaign and traveled to Green Mountain City to investigate reports of Evil Cultivators. They entered the Qian Family residence to ask about demons, where the family head welcomed them.

• Chu Xue briefed Azure Cloud Sect's six True Disciples on the month-long campaign and sent them out to hunt Evil Cultivators and Evil Demons.
• The Sect Master questioned Chu Xue's decision, but she said her senior brother had approved the campaign and warned the Sect Master about the threat of Evil Demons.
• Li Miaoling invited Ye Lin to travel with her, and he agreed after seeing that she could find a Spirit Gathering Formation Disk at the Qian Family residence.
• Ye Lin and Li Miaoling chose to investigate Green Mountain City, while Lin Zisheng grew jealous of their departure and Fatty Liu teased him.
• Ye Lin and Li Miaoling found Green Mountain City unusually peaceful and went to the Qian Family, where they identified themselves as Azure Cloud Sect True Disciples and were welcomed by the family head.

Li Miaoling and Ye Lin investigated suspicious activity at the Qian residence in Green Mountain City and overheard evidence that the Azure Cloud Sect's Sect Master was colluding with Evil Cultivators. They escaped detection with the God-Hiding Bead as Qian Zaitian ordered the city sealed and the powerful black-robed cultivator fled.

• Li Miaoling introduced herself as an Azure Cloud Sect direct disciple, and Qian Zaitian welcomed her and Ye Lin to the Qian residence.
• After noticing demonic energy and a suspicious remark from Qian Zaitian, Li Miaoling and Ye Lin left the city, waited until night, and sneaked back into the residence.
• In the rear courtyard, Li Miaoling defeated two Qi Refining Level 9 cultivators while Ye Lin found and took a Formation Disk hidden beneath a water barrel.
• Ye Lin and Li Miaoling overheard Qian Zaitian speaking with a black-robed cultivator about blood sacrifices, Demon Beads, and the Sect Master's collusion with Evil Cultivators.
• Li Miaoling accidentally revealed their presence, so Ye Lin hid them both with the God-Hiding Bead as the black-robed Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator ordered a search and escaped.
• Qian Zaitian ordered his guards to seal Green Mountain City while the hidden Ye Lin and Li Miaoling remained in danger.

Ye Lin and Li Miaoling uncovered evidence of the Sect Master's connection to Evil Demons and brought Demon Beads to Chu Xue. Chu Xue sent Ye Lin, Li Miaoling, and Shi Jian to Tiger City, where they hurried toward a clash of weapons.

• Ye Lin killed Qian Zaitian, took the three Demon Beads, and warned Li Miaoling not to report the Sect Master's collusion to anyone.
• Ye Lin and Li Miaoling met Shi Jian, who learned that Evil Demons had been spotted in Green Mountain City, and the three returned to the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Ye Lin told Chu Xue about the Qian Family's involvement and showed her the Demon Beads; she explained that they were made from a thousand people's blood and extended life by three months.
• Chu Xue sent Ye Lin, Li Miaoling, and Shi Jian to support three Heavenly Sword Sect disciples attacked by Evil Cultivators in Tiger City.
• The three entered deserted Tiger City, heard weapons clashing ahead, and followed Shi Jian toward the fight.

Ye Lin helped Shi Jian and Li Miaoling defeat the Evil Cultivators surrounding the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples, then killed their leader, Chen Song, and took a jade box. The survivors revealed that the Evil Cultivators had been guarding Demon Beads and that their base lay beneath Tiger City, leaving the group ready to investigate it.

• Ye Lin chased Chen Song outside Tiger City and killed him with an Ice Soul Needle after their fight turned against him.
• Ye Lin took Chen Song's Ice Soul Needle and a jade box, then returned to find Shi Jian and Li Miaoling had defeated the remaining Evil Cultivators.
• Xu Yin introduced himself and his companions, Xu Long and Xia Yu, and explained that they had found the Evil Cultivators' base while investigating the Evil Demon.
• Xu Long showed three Demon Beads, and Ye Lin explained that each could extend a person's life by three months but was made from the blood of a thousand people.
• Xu Long revealed that the Evil Demon's base was in an underground passage in Tiger City's center, and the group realized they could investigate it now that its guards were dead.

Ye Lin exposed Xu Long as Lord Evil Demon's servant after Xu Long tried to lure the group into a false hideout, and Xu Long escaped after injuring Xia Yu. Ye Lin and his companions searched the underground site, then he concluded Golden City might contain the real Evil Cultivators' hideout and began cultivating for the coming conflict.

• Ye Lin recognized that Xu Long's claim to know the Evil Cultivators' hideout was suspicious and confronted him.
• Xu Long admitted he served Lord Evil Demon, increased his cultivation with demonic qi, and escaped after shattering Xia Yu's life-bound Flying Sword.
• Ye Lin, Shi Jian, and Li Miaoling explored the underground cavern, found a site used to refine Demon Beads, and collapsed its entrance after leaving.
• Shi Jian prepared to claim the mission reward while Ye Lin returned to Lone Peak and reasoned that Golden City might hold the real hideout and that Lord Evil Demon would trigger a war between the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Ye Lin used a Spirit Gathering Formation Disk and a Mid-grade Spirit Stone to cultivate.

Ye Lin recovered three Mid-grade Spirit Stones from the Wutong Tree in Golden City and returned to the Azure Cloud Sect, where he learned about Lin Zisheng’s latest opportunities and the coming opening of Dragon Profound Cave. He left knowing Lin Zisheng had advanced to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and was gathering resources, while Dragon Profound Cave offered a new potential prize.

• Ye Lin visited Golden City, paid Wang Laoliu to locate its Wutong Tree, and found three Mid-grade Spirit Stones hidden at its base.
• Ye Lin returned to the Azure Cloud Sect and saw that Lin Zisheng had reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, with an opportunity to find a sword in Dragon Profound Cave in a month.
• Lin Zisheng noticed Ye Lin, gave him a cold glance, and hurried away from the Inner Sect Mission Pavilion.
• Sun Xiao told Ye Lin that Lin Zisheng had been taking missions and exchanging Evil Cultivator Marks for rewards.
• Sun Xiao explained that Dragon Profound Cave was the ruin of a destroyed sect, opened every five years, and was due to open soon.

Ye Lin entered the Lanyun Cave to hunt a mid-stage Foundation Establishment Demon Beast and strengthen his foundation ahead of the Dragon Profound Cave opening. He killed a giant spider but left aware that his soul remained vulnerable to mental attacks.

• Sun Xiao told Ye Lin that each sect could send only three disciples to the Dragon Profound Cave, which was expected to open next month.
• Ye Lin headed to the Lanyun Cave, seeking a mid-stage Foundation Establishment Demon Core to support a stable breakthrough.
• A giant black spider attacked Ye Lin with webs and mental cries, but he used Phoenix Fire and his sword techniques to fight back.
• Ye Lin overwhelmed the spider with Phoenix Fire and sword attacks, then killed it with One Sword of Yin and Yang.
• Afterward, Ye Lin recognized that mental attacks were a serious weakness and resolved to look for a mental cultivation technique.

After obtaining a Realm Breaking Pill and a Demon Core, Ye Lin learned about the Azure Cloud Sect’s annual resource collection and was assigned to collect tribute from the Long Family. He prepared to break through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage before heading to Heavy Armor City.

• Ye Lin retrieved a Mysterious Grade Middle Tier Realm Breaking Pill from Lanyun Cave and returned toward the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Li Miaoling gave Ye Lin his share of the Evil Cultivator reward and explained that the Azure Cloud Sect collected resources from the Three Great Sects and Four Great Families each year.
• Ye Lin warned Li Miaoling about Xu Long and saw that her future opportunities involved the Heavenly Sword Sect and Golden City.
• Chu Xue ordered Ye Lin to collect resources from the Long Family in Heavy Armor City and told him to put the family in its place.
• Chu Xue gave Ye Lin three Calm Heart Pills to help him break through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

Ye Lin advanced to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, strengthened his Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest technique, and checked his Destiny. He learned that Lin Zisheng would later conspire with Song Changsheng and two sect disciples to ambush him in the Dragon Profound Cave, but Ye Lin hinted that he had a hidden weapon of his own.

• Chu Xue gave Ye Lin three Calm Heart Pills and told him to display the Azure Cloud Sect's dominance at the Long Family.
• Ye Lin consumed a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Demon Core, a Realm Breaking Pill, and the Calm Heart Pills, then used five Mid-grade Spirit Stones to advance after two days of seclusion.
• Ye Lin discovered that his Fifth-Grade Dao Platform was the size of a water vat and held more than ten times the spiritual fluid of an ordinary cultivator's.
• Ye Lin trained behind Lone Peak for a day and night, then broke through to the second level of Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest, multiplying the technique's power fivefold.
• Ye Lin checked his Destiny and learned that Lin Zisheng planned to hire an assassin, then conspire with Song Changsheng and two sect disciples to ambush him in the Dragon Profound Cave.
• Ye Lin realized Lin Zisheng's hidden weapon could shatter his Dao Platform and smiled, thinking that he had a hidden weapon of his own.

Ye Lin arrived in Heavy Armor City to collect resources from the Long Family and accepted Long Sheng’s challenge after recognizing the family’s scheme. The two headed to the Martial Arts Arena, where Ye Lin intended to defeat Long Sheng and secure the resources.

• Ye Lin flew from the Azure Cloud Sect to Heavy Armor City to collect the Long Family’s resources.
• Long Xuan and the elders discussed testing the visiting Azure Cloud Sect disciple against Long Sheng, who had recently reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Ye Lin entered the city and objected to being greeted by a mortal, then met Long Xuan at the family hall.
• Long Sheng challenged Ye Lin to a duel, while Long Xuan acted as though the challenge were unplanned.
• Ye Lin inspected Long Sheng’s cultivation and future opportunity, then accepted the challenge.
• Long Xuan led Ye Lin and Long Sheng toward the Martial Arts Arena in the rear courtyard.

Ye Lin defeated Long Sheng in a Martial Arts Arena fight and collected the resources Long Xuan had promised. Long Xuan let Ye Lin leave safely but vowed to reclaim the Long Family’s losses after reaching the Golden Core Stage.

• Long Sheng challenged Ye Lin and offered to suppress his cultivation, but Ye Lin told him to fight at full strength.
• Long Sheng’s spear attack clashed with Ye Lin’s bare fist, leaving Long Sheng’s arm numb and Ye Lin unharmed.
• Ye Lin overpowered Long Sheng with two attacks, knocking him off the Arena and leaving his life uncertain.
• Long Xuan handed Ye Lin the promised resources, and Ye Lin collected them and departed the Long Family.
• The Great Elder asked to kill Ye Lin, but Long Xuan refused because the Azure Cloud Sect would suspect the Long Family and vowed to reclaim their losses after breaking through to the Golden Core Stage.

Ye Lin bought and cultivated the Mystic Light Pagoda, a defensive spiritual technique that could protect him from attacks below the Golden Core Realm, while Lin Zisheng hired an assassin to kill him. Chu Xue then told Ye Lin that the Dragon Profound Cave would open in half a month and asked him to obtain a rare Hundred-Color Flower.

• Ye Lin delivered the Long Family’s resources to Chu Xue, who rewarded him with three Mid-grade Spirit Stones as their contest with the Sect Master began.
• Ye Lin bought the Mystic Light Pagoda for five Mid-grade Spirit Stones at the Department Building, where an old Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator took notice of him.
• Ye Lin cultivated the Mystic Light Pagoda for ten days and gained protection from spiritual attacks below the Golden Core Realm.
• Lin Zisheng hired an assassin from the Killing Sect to kill Ye Lin.
• Chu Xue told Ye Lin that the Dragon Profound Cave would open in half a month and that she wanted him to obtain a Mysterious Grade High Tier Hundred-Color Flower.

Ye Lin accepted missions to kill Evil Cultivators after learning they had slaughtered half of Green Mountain City. He infiltrated their gathering and began eliminating them, starting with a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator.

• Ye Lin learned that Evil Cultivators had killed nearly a hundred thousand people in Green Mountain City and accepted missions to kill them.
• Ye Lin reached Green Mountain City and found the streets strewn with dried corpses.
• Ye Lin followed two Evil Cultivators to the Qian Family estate and overheard their leader order the remaining mortals killed before they withdrew.
• The Evil Cultivators split up to search the city, and Ye Lin planned to pick them off one by one.
• Ye Lin ambushed a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Evil Cultivator and pierced his throat with his sword.

Ye Lin used the God-Hiding Bead to kill the Evil Cultivators who had infiltrated Green Mountain City and returned to the Azure Cloud Sect after eliminating their leader. He sensed a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage pursuer near the sect and suspected Lin Zisheng had hired an assassin.

• Ye Lin killed the remaining Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Evil Cultivators and learned that their life-extending technique drained their bodies and cultivation.
• Wang Dali ordered the surviving Evil Cultivators to gather at the Qian Family compound after realizing their strongest fighters had vanished.
• Ye Lin killed a Foundation Establishment Early Stage Evil Cultivator, then told a boy who witnessed it to return to his mother.
• Wang Dali tried to flee with his gathered followers, but Ye Lin killed the Qi Refining cultivators and killed Wang Dali with the Life and Death Three Swords technique.
• Ye Lin took the Aurora Sword and returned to the Azure Cloud Sect, where he sensed a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator following him and suspected Lin Zisheng had hired the assassin.

Ye Lin turned in his missions, killed the assassin sent after him, and returned to cultivating before the Dragon Profound Cave opened. After learning the assassin had died, Lin Zisheng received advice from the Third Elder and began plotting to kill Ye Lin inside the cave.

• Ye Lin turned in the demonic tokens and the Aurora Sword to Sun Xiao, who verified them and gave him his rewards.
• Ye Lin lured the assassin into attacking him outside the sect and killed the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage One-Armed Masked Man with a punch.
• Ye Lin found only three Low-Tier Spirit Stones on the assassin, then returned to the Azure Cloud Sect to cultivate.
• Lin Zisheng learned that the assassin had disappeared and admitted to the Third Elder that he had hired the Killing Sect to kill Ye Lin.
• The Third Elder told Lin Zisheng to kill Ye Lin himself inside the Dragon Profound Cave, and Lin Zisheng began forming a plan.

Ye Lin and Chu Xue traveled with the Azure Cloud Sect’s personal disciples to the Dragon Profound Cave, where their sect’s rivals had gathered. After Zhang Wushuang’s disciple Liu Neng threatened Ye Lin, Chu Xue ordered Ye Lin to show no mercy when the cave opened the next day.

• Ye Lin mastered the third layer of Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest and prepared to enter the Dragon Profound Cave with Chu Xue.
• At the Inner Sect Main Hall, the Sect Master warned the six personal disciples that the cave contest was a clash between major powers and told them to help one another.
• Ye Lin saw Lin Zisheng’s panel reveal several hidden treasures in the cave’s Alchemy Room and Artifact Refining Room.
• Chu Xue led the Azure Cloud Sect group to the cave entrance, where Zhang Wushuang introduced his disciple Liu Neng and hinted that he should target Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin addressed Liu Neng as Junior Brother, and Chu Xue ordered Ye Lin to show no mercy before he quietly asked Shi Jian about her history with the Holy King Mansion.

Ye Lin entered the Dragon Profound Cave with the Azure Cloud Sect disciples and found the ruins of an ancient faction. After the group split up to explore, he confronted Wang Tian, who claimed the Alchemy Room for the Wang Family, and left him stunned by destroying his sword with one punch.

• Shi Jian explained how Chu Xue and the Holy King Sect's Great Elder had carried a long-standing grudge after she repeatedly beat him.
• The Dragon Profound Cave opened, and Rogue Cultivators entered first before Ye Lin and the other direct disciples followed.
• Ye Lin and the other disciples explored separately after Li Miaoling handed them Jade Talismans for communication.
• Ye Lin found the Alchemy Room, where Wang Tian ordered him to leave because the Wang Family had claimed it.
• Ye Lin blocked Wang Tian's Tyrant Blade Slash with a punch and damaged his broadsword, leaving Wang Tian shocked.

Ye Lin killed Wang Tian, collected pills from the Alchemy Room, and entered the Artifact Refining Room in search of treasures. After defeating two assassins from the Killing Sect and securing a mysterious golden metal, he returned to the side hall to look for Black Gold.

• Ye Lin killed Wang Tian, searched his body for fifteen Low-Tier Spirit Stones, and continued deeper into the ruins.
• Ye Lin found three Energy Recovery Pills and a pill-filled wooden box in the Alchemy Room, then headed to the Artifact Refining Room.
• Two disciples discovered Wang Tian's corpse and concluded that his killer had been strong enough to overwhelm him instantly.
• Ye Lin entered the Artifact Refining Room, avoided a poisoned-arrow trap, and confronted two masked Killing Sect members stealing golden metal.
• Ye Lin killed both assassins, took the golden metal, and returned to the side hall to retrieve his Black Gold.