Recaps

Ye Lin and Xuan Hu traveled to Flame Mountain to hunt a Flame Python, where they encountered two Golden Core peak Flame Pythons. Ye Lin wounded one with his sword techniques, but the other knocked Xuan Hu away, shattered Ye Lin’s swordlight, and sent Ye Lin crashing into a mountain.

• Ye Lin and Xuan Hu set out from Nameless Mountain’s Outer Sect territory for Flame Mountain, where they hoped to find a Flame Python and possibly a rumored natural Spirit Fire.
• At Flame Mountain, Xuan Hu sensed a Flame Python nearby and warned Ye Lin to be careful as they entered the blazing mountain range.
• A Golden Core peak Flame Python ambushed Ye Lin, who used Evil Slayer to block its attack while Xuan Hu rushed in to fight it.
• Ye Lin battled a second Flame Python, wounded it with Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, and formed a giant sword to finish it.
• The Flame Python fighting Xuan Hu knocked him away, smashed Ye Lin’s giant sword, and struck Ye Lin into a mountain with its tail.

Ye Lin discovered a hidden Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire in Flame Mountain, where his Phoenix Fire fought and devoured it. The Phoenix Fire evolved into a powerful giant phoenix, leaving Ye Lin facing its terrifying aura.

• Xuan Hu struck one Flame Python with his hammer but was forced to defend himself against the pair while Ye Lin entered a cave.
• Ye Lin found a Sky Blue Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire, which vanished until his Phoenix Fire emerged and drew it back into view.
• The two Spirit Fires battled as the cave grew hotter, and Ye Lin used the Star Art and his Nameless Mountain robes to endure the heat.
• The Phoenix Fire gained the upper hand and completely devoured the Sky Blue Fireball.
• After half an hour, the Phoenix Fire transformed into a giant crimson phoenix whose aura made Ye Lin retreat.

Ye Lin survived Phoenix Fire’s transformation and joined Xuan Hu in killing the Flame Python. After collecting the spoils, they prepared to take the three Flame Python Eggs to the Mission Hall and complete their mission.

• Phoenix Fire entered Ye Lin’s body, strengthening his physical strength, defense, and meridians, though he realized its full power would rapidly exhaust his spiritual energy.
• Ye Lin left the cave and found Xuan Hu battered but still standing against the Flame Python, while its mate’s corpse lay nearby.
• Ye Lin pierced the Flame Python with Evil Slayer, and Xuan Hu struck its head with his hammer before Ye Lin finished it with Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin.
• Xuan Hu told Ye Lin to take what he wanted from the Flame Python and went to retrieve the eggs; Ye Lin took the Snake Gallbladder and left the Demon Core for him.
• Xuan Hu returned with three Flame Python Eggs, and the two prepared to take them to the Mission Hall to complete the mission.

Ye Lin and Xuan Hu left Flame Mountain after defeating the Flame Pythons, and Xuan Hu was moved when Ye Lin gave him the Demon Cores. At the mission hall, Ye Lin helped Meng Yiran retrieve two gourds from a well and received valuable Wutong Brew, leaving with a new friend.

• Ye Lin gave Xuan Hu the two Flame Python Demon Cores, and Xuan Hu reflected on Ye Lin's generosity and his own past.
• A middle-aged man appeared on Flame Mountain, restored two peak-Golden Core Flame Pythons, and ordered them to remain there for ten years.
• Xuan Hu went to collect their mission rewards while Ye Lin waited outside the hall, where Meng Yiran asked him to hold a rope as she entered a well.
• Xuan Hu returned, handed Ye Lin his share of the rewards, and left while Ye Lin continued holding the rope.
• Ye Lin pulled Meng Yiran from the well, and she rewarded him with a small gourd of Wutong Brew and declared him her friend.

Ye Lin and Xuan Hu encountered the Heavenly Path opening for Outer Sect disciples, offering a chance to hear a great expert lecture on the Dao. As Ye Lin climbed, he recognized how Li Xiaoyao's Sword Body and Sword Intent helped him advance, then used his own control over the power of heaven and earth to overcome the path's pressure.

• Xuan Hu offered Ye Lin twenty Mid-grade Spirit Stones for his Wutong Brew, but Ye Lin refused to sell it.
• The Heavenly Path appeared above Nameless Mountain's Outer Sect, and Xuan Hu explained that climbers who reached its summit could hear a lecture on the Dao.
• Xuan Hu and Ye Lin joined the disciples climbing the 9,999 steps, while Xuan Hu warned Ye Lin to jump down if he could not finish within three hours.
• At the 3,000th step, Ye Lin struggled as many disciples gave up, but Li Xiaoyao ran past him and said he would wait at the summit.
• Ye Lin realized Li Xiaoyao was aided by his Sword Body and Sword Intent, then used his control of the power of heaven and earth to make the pressure disappear.

Ye Lin and Li Xiaoyao endured the Heavenly Path’s soul-crushing pressure and reached its summit together. Qingfeng True Person welcomed them as disciples and began preaching the Dao for three days.

• Ye Lin used Sword Intent to overcome the Heavenly Path’s initial pressure, then relied on the Mystic Light Pagoda and Phoenix Fire to protect his soul on the final steps.
• A disciple beside Ye Lin suffered a soul injury and was sent away, leaving Ye Lin and Li Xiaoyao as the only two climbers still standing.
• Ye Lin viewed Li Xiaoyao’s panel and learned that his opportunity was to reach the summit and become Qingfeng True Person’s True Disciple.
• With one minute remaining, Ye Lin and Li Xiaoyao each took three steps and reached the top together.
• Qingfeng True Person appeared, welcomed Ye Lin and Li Xiaoyao, and began preaching the Dao as Ye Lin focused on understanding his words.

Qingfeng True Person chose Li Xiaoyao as his disciple and offered Ye Lin resources instead of an honorary title, which Ye Lin accepted. After being sent back to his residence, Ye Lin headed for the Scripture Depository, while Yu Feng's attempt to direct two disciples toward Ye Lin ended in another beating.

• After three days of lectures, Qingfeng True Person asked Li Xiaoyao to become his disciple, and Li Xiaoyao immediately accepted.
• Qingfeng True Person offered Ye Lin resources or an honorary discipleship, and Ye Lin chose the resources and received a Storage Bag.
• Qingfeng True Person sent Ye Lin back to his residence, and Ye Lin set off for the Scripture Depository to seek Li Xiaoyao's sword technique opportunity.
• Yu Feng urged two disciples to rob Ye Lin, but they recognized Ye Lin as Senior Brother Xuan Hu's friend and beat Yu Feng instead.
• The two disciples scorned Yu Feng's complaints about fairness and left him sitting wounded on the ground.
• Ye Lin arrived before Nameless Mountain's magnificent Scripture Depository.

Ye Lin stole the Azure Tide Sword Wave from the Scripture Depository, mastered its third level, and became strong enough to consider practicing One Breath Becomes Three Purities. After discovering that refining its powerful clone required a fortune in treasures and human cultivator meridians, he decided to gather the materials within a month.

• Ye Lin secretly took a jade pendant from the Scripture Depository and learned the Azure Tide Sword Wave.
• Ye Lin spent three months cultivating and mastered the technique's third level.
• Ye Lin studied One Breath Becomes Three Purities and learned how to refine a powerful clone that could match his strength.
• Ye Lin assessed the clone's costly materials and decided to seek opportunities to gather them within a month.

Meng Yiran recruited Ye Lin to lure the Poison Bees away from their mountain while she collected their honey, offering him a Mysterious Grade Middle Tier Treasure and other rewards. Ye Lin accepted and flew with her to Poison Bee Mountain, where he saw the swarm’s terrifying home.

• Meng Yiran visited Ye Lin and asked him to help with a task, promising a Mysterious Grade Middle Tier Treasure.
• Meng Yiran explained that Ye Lin had to draw away the Poison Bees for half an hour while she stole their honey, but concealed how dangerous their stings were.
• Ye Lin suspected a trap, but Meng Yiran increased her offer with ten Beauty-Preserving Pills and ten Mid-grade Spirit Stones, and he agreed.
• Meng Yiran paid Ye Lin the Withered Wood Branch and ten Mid-grade Spirit Stones in advance, promising the pills after the task.
• Ye Lin and Meng Yiran flew to Poison Bee Mountain, and Ye Lin shuddered at its terrifying appearance.

Ye Lin used Little Red’s divine beast bloodline to control a poison bee swarm while Meng Yiran harvested Bee King Honey on Poison Bee Mountain. After the task ended, Meng Yiran left to submit it, and Ye Lin returned to the mountain for an undisclosed purpose.

• Meng Yiran gave Ye Lin a jade-green bead and explained that he had to lure the poison bees away from Poison Bee Mountain for half an hour.
• Ye Lin activated the bead, drew the swarm away, and used Little Red’s divine beast bloodline to hold the bees motionless until the time was up.
• Meng Yiran hurried to collect Bee King Honey but left half behind when the returning swarm threatened to trap her.
• Ye Lin met Meng Yiran after she escaped, and she promised to give him his reward in three days before flying off to submit the task.
• Ye Lin flew back toward Poison Bee Mountain after Meng Yiran had left.

Ye Lin found seven Seven-Colored Lotus Seeds inside a cave on Poison Bee Mountain and learned they could strengthen his body when combined with other treasures. He discovered that he needed a Three Immortals Flower and left the Scripture Depository asking Xuan Hu about it.

• Ye Lin entered a cave on Poison Bee Mountain, endured the Lotus Platform's shockwaves, and collected its seven Seven-Colored Lotus Seeds.
• The Lotus Platform flew away, and Ye Lin left the mountain for the Scripture Depository to identify the seeds.
• Ye Lin read a treasure guide and learned that combining the seeds with a Seven-Colored Fruit and a Three Immortals Flower could greatly temper his body.
• Ye Lin found Xuan Hu in the Scripture Depository and asked whether he knew of the Three Immortals Flower.
• Xuan Hu confirmed that the Three Immortals Flower was a top-notch body-tempering treasure and warned Ye Lin that it would be difficult to find.

Ye Lin traveled to Ice-Breaking Cliff to obtain the Three Immortals Flower and began climbing its cultivation-sealing slope. A deadly storm engulfed him, and as he climbed through it, mysterious energy began emerging inside his body.

• Xuan Hu told Ye Lin that Three Immortals Flowers grew at the top of Ice-Breaking Cliff and gave him a map to its location.
• Ye Lin reached the cliff, saw the flowers at its summit, and realized he had to climb using only his physical strength because the area sealed cultivation.
• Ye Lin grabbed the first ice pillar, began climbing, and quickly outpaced the other disciples.
• A powerful storm swept down the slope, and Ye Lin was caught in its freezing winds as he clung to an ice pillar.
• Ye Lin climbed upward through the storm despite his worsening wounds, then felt warmth and noticed mysterious energy emerging inside him.

Ye Lin climbed Ice-Breaking Cliff, refused Wang Wu’s demand for two Three Immortals Flowers, and claimed all three at the summit. He learned that Wang Wu’s opportunity was a Breath-Concealing Pill that could hide Little Red’s divine beast bloodline, but other disciples immediately pressed him to give up two flowers.

• Ye Lin passed through the storm belt and continued toward the summit as Wang Wu watched from beneath an icicle.
• Wang Wu introduced himself as the Seventh Group’s leader and demanded that Ye Lin leave him two Three Immortals Flowers, but Ye Lin refused and continued climbing.
• Ye Lin saw Wang Wu’s status panel and learned about the Breath-Concealing Pill hidden in Crocodile Valley, which could conceal Little Red’s bloodline.
• Ye Lin reached the summit, picked all three Three Immortals Flowers, and jumped safely back to the ground.
• Wang Wu vowed to kill Ye Lin after escaping Ice-Breaking Cliff, while a disciple offered Ye Lin a hundred Low-Tier Spirit Stones for two flowers.

Ye Lin auctioned two Three Immortals Flowers, traded a Long Sword for a Seven-Colored Fruit, and chose a mission to kill the Crocodile King. Qi Mengmeng warned him that the Crocodile Valley mission was too dangerous for his current strength.

• Ye Lin auctioned one Three Immortals Flower for a hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones and another for a Mysterious Grade High Tier Long Sword.
• Ye Lin traded the Long Sword to Qi Mengmeng at the Mission Pavilion for a Seven-Colored Fruit.
• Ye Lin read the Crocodile Valley mission to kill the Golden Core peak Crocodile King and decided to take it.
• Qi Mengmeng told Ye Lin that the mission could cost him his life at his current strength.

Ye Lin traveled to Lava Mountain and tempered his body in its magma with the Seven-Colored Fruit, Three Immortals Flower, and Seven-Colored Lotus Seeds. After three days, he emerged with physical strength at the middle Golden Core stage and prepared to continue toward Crocodile Valley.

• Ye Lin reassured Qi Mengmeng that he would pursue the Crocodile King mission and planned to bring back its Demon Core.
• Ye Lin studied Xuan Hu's map, found Lava Mountain near Crocodile Valley, and flew there to temper his body before completing the mission.
• Ye Lin swallowed the Seven-Colored Fruit, Three Immortals Flower, and Seven-Colored Lotus Seeds, then plunged into the magma and circulated the Star Art through three days of agony.
• The magma engulfing Ye Lin dried up and burst apart, leaving him unharmed and with physical strength at the middle Golden Core stage.
• Ye Lin dressed and realized that his combined physical strength and cultivation could let him contend with peak Golden Core cultivators.

Ye Lin went to Crocodile Valley to obtain the Breath-Concealing Pill and fought through the Crocodile King's guards. He countered the Crocodile King's near-Nascent Soul attack with One Sword of Death, but the chapter ended as their attacks collided.

• Ye Lin flew to Crocodile Valley, spotted the Breath-Concealing Pill's hiding place behind the Crocodile King, and challenged the crocodiles.
• Ye Lin killed more than a dozen Foundation Establishment crocodiles and five Golden Core mid-stage crocodiles with his sword techniques.
• Ye Lin fought three Golden Core late-stage crocodiles, pierced one through the head, and battered another until it fell into the river.
• The Crocodile King charged a deep-blue beam whose power neared the Nascent Soul Realm and fired it at Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin used One Sword of Death to send black sword light against the Crocodile King's beam, and the attacks collided.

Ye Lin summoned Little Red to kill the fleeing Crocodile King, then fed her a Breath-Concealing Pill to hide her divine beast bloodline. When Xuan Hu arrived, Little Red attacked him after he mistook her for an ordinary Big Fire Turkey, and Ye Lin called her back.

• The Crocodile King fled after clashing with Ye Lin, but Little Red emerged from the Beast Taming Bag and killed it with a fireball.
• Little Red devoured the smaller crocodiles while Ye Lin broke open the boulder and retrieved the Breath-Concealing Pill.
• Ye Lin fed Little Red the pill, suppressing her divine beast aura before a Spirit Transformation True Person could discover her.
• Ye Lin learned that Little Red could not speak because divine beasts developed more slowly and would gain speech upon reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Xuan Hu arrived to check on Ye Lin, and Little Red attacked him after he called her a Big Fire Turkey; Ye Lin stopped her before she could seriously harm him.

Ye Lin returned from Crocodile Valley after completing his mission, and Xuan Hu explained the upcoming Outer Sect examination and warned him not to bring Little Red. Ye Lin submitted the Crocodile King's hide and Demon Core at the Mission Pavilion, where Qi Mengmeng prepared his reward.

• Xuan Hu admired Little Red's strength, and Ye Lin let the cub fly freely around the Outer Sect.
• Xuan Hu told Ye Lin that the Outer Sect examination was approaching and described its three-day trial in an isolated space filled with traps and Demon Beasts.
• Xuan Hu warned Ye Lin not to bring Little Red to the examination and left to attend to his missions.
• Ye Lin took the Crocodile King's hide and Demon Core to the Mission Pavilion to submit his mission.
• Qi Mengmeng was surprised that Ye Lin had survived Crocodile Valley and completed the mission, then went to get his reward.

Ye Lin received a Blood Explosion Pill and Beauty-Preserving Pills, then spent half a month stabilizing his cultivation before being summoned to the Outer Sect examination. At the examination site, he learned that Li Xiaoyao’s opportunities could provide the materials he needed to forge a clone, while the disciples were warned that anyone who failed would be sent away from Nameless Mountain.

• Qi Mengmeng gave Ye Lin twenty Mid-grade Spirit Stones and a Blood Explosion Pill for the upcoming examination, and Meng Yiran later delivered him ten Beauty-Preserving Pills.
• Ye Lin spent half a month regulating his unstable aura before a Nascent Soul Realm disciple summoned him to the Outer Sect examination.
• At the examination site on a Desolate Mountain, Ye Lin met Li Xiaoyao, who said his master had sent him despite his status as a Spirit Transformation True Person’s disciple.
• Ye Lin viewed Li Xiaoyao’s panel and learned of opportunities involving a Nascent Soul Realm Demon Beast and three Mysterious-Grade Middle Tier spirit plants, which could supply materials for his clone.
• A figure on a cloud cushion announced that only disciples who passed the examination could remain at Nameless Mountain, while those who failed would be sent back.

Ye Lin entered the Outer Sect test at Nameless Mountain and battled Zhao Liu on a chain above the Endless Abyss. Zhao Liu had been hired by Wang Wu to drive Ye Lin away, and their fight was still underway.

• The True Person opened a gate to an independent space and sent the disciples into a three-day trial.
• Ye Lin entered the space, where flight was suppressed and the disciples had to cross chains over an abyss amid increasing pressure and slicing winds.
• As the chains narrowed, some disciples fell into the abyss, while others shoved rivals off the chains.
• Zhao Liu confronted Ye Lin, revealed that Wang Wu had asked him to drive Ye Lin off Nameless Mountain, and challenged him with a spear.
• Ye Lin read Zhao Liu's panel and discovered his Invincible Heart and powerful fate traits, then drew Evil Slayer to fight him.
• Ye Lin and Zhao Liu exchanged more than a hundred blows as the other disciples moved away from their battle.

Ye Lin defeated Zhao Liu in their fight on the iron chain, but Zhao Liu swallowed a pill, reached the peak of the Golden Core stage, and fled. Ye Lin reached the next trial, where cultivation and physical strength were suppressed in a desert; he found relief in Meng Yiran's Wutong Brew, drawing the thirsty disciples' attention.

• Zhao Liu's spear techniques shattered Ye Lin's sword, but Ye Lin countered with Sword Intent and knocked Zhao Liu off the chain.
• Zhao Liu swallowed a pill to raise his cultivation to the Golden Core peak, forced Ye Lin back, and escaped along the chain.
• Ye Lin chose not to pursue Zhao Liu, crossed the first stage, and saw that five disciples had failed to arrive.
• Ye Lin and the other disciples entered a desert trial that suppressed their cultivation and physical strength, leaving them thirsty and exhausted.
• Ye Lin drank Meng Yiran's Wutong Brew, recovered his energy, and attracted the attention of nearby disciples.

Ye Lin traded Wutong Brew for valuable treasures from thirsty disciples during the desert trial, then reached an oasis where his cultivation returned. Li Xiaoyao told him that only five candidates would pass and proposed they join forces for the final battle.

• Ye Lin persuaded the thirsty disciples to trade Mystic Grade Mid-Tier treasures for cups of Wutong Brew, collecting enough treasures to advance his clone refinement.
• After the brew ran out, Ye Lin pushed through the exhausting sandstorm alone until he found an oasis.
• Ye Lin stepped into the oasis, recovered his cultivation and energy, and flew onward with other candidates.
• Li Xiaoyao caught up with Ye Lin and said only five people would pass the trial after a final battle.
• Li Xiaoyao proposed teaming up and warned Ye Lin that three mysterious candidates were at least as strong as Zhao Liu.

Ye Lin agreed to help Li Xiaoyao with the Outer Sect assessment, then entered a canyon filled with Golden Core Demonic Beasts and discovered a hidden cavern. There, he accepted Hei Xie’s offer to escort a Little White Snake, the Great Elder of the Myriad Demon Palace’s direct child, in exchange for precious resources and a future reward.

• Ye Lin agreed to meet Li Xiaoyao at the assessment’s final stage and help him defeat Zhao Liu.
• Ye Lin entered the canyon ahead of the other disciples and killed Demonic Beasts, collecting their corpses and Demon Cores.
• Ye Lin found a cave marked with mysterious images and entered a cavern packed with black pythons.
• Hei Xie offered Ye Lin resources to spare the Little White Snake and take her to the Myriad Demon Palace, where she would be rewarded.
• Ye Lin accepted the deal, took the offered resources, and received the Little White Snake from Hei Xie.

Ye Lin took Bai Ling, the Great Elder of the Myriad Demon Palace’s young relative, from Hei Xie and continued through the canyon trial. At the canyon’s end, three mid-Golden Core Demon Beasts demanded that he hand over Bai Ling, while Hei Xie’s fate was revealed.

• Hei Xie explained how he had hidden Bai Ling from Nameless Mountain’s disciples and asked Ye Lin to honor his promise to protect her.
• Ye Lin put Bai Ling into his Storage Bag and left; Hei Xie sent the pythons after him to keep Demon Beasts from attacking.
• Ye Lin celebrated the treasures he had gained and hurried toward the trial’s end, unaware that the pythons were protecting him from afar.
• Ye Lin reached the exit and saw Hei Xie’s half-body in a tiger-like Demon Beast’s mouth.
• An elephant-like Demon Beast demanded that Ye Lin hand over Bai Ling in exchange for passage and completion of the Outer Sect test.

Ye Lin defeated three Demon Beasts that tried to seize Bai Ling, then reached the final trial on the White Jade Disk, where only five disciples could become Outer Sect disciples of Nameless Mountain. As the trial began, Li Xiaoyao gave Ye Lin a mysterious treasure to help Li Qingyu pass, and Ye Lin agreed without making any promises.

• Ye Lin used his sword intent to send the three Demon Beasts crashing into the mountainside, forcing them to flee.
• Ye Lin reached the White Jade Disk and waited while the surviving disciples gathered; only nineteen of the original group remained.
• A seven-colored cloud formed a path to the disk as the gorge collapsed, and Ye Lin led the disciples onto the final trial ground.
• Li Xiaoyao introduced Li Qingyu to Ye Lin and privately asked him to help her pass the trial.
• Li Xiaoyao gave Ye Lin a mysterious treasure, and Ye Lin agreed to help Li Qingyu but said he could not guarantee her success.