Recaps

Xiao Yuanming backed down from attacking Lin Tian and tried to take the Gang Ascension Pill, but Mu Chunfeng intervened and seized it for the Heavenly Steed Lineage. Mu Chunfeng challenged Luo Tiandao to come confront him at Heavenly Steed Peak if he objected.

• Xiao Yuanming hesitated to strike Lin Tian, then withdrew his True Essence and used suction to take the Gang Ascension Pill.
• A stronger True Essence pressure forced Xiao Yuanming down onto the Alchemy Plaza, and Lin Tian recognized the familiar aura.
• Mu Chunfeng appeared and increased the pressure, forcing Xiao Yuanming to prostrate himself.
• Mu Chunfeng accused Xiao Yuanming of breaking sect rules by trying to attack a Gang Realm disciple of the Heavenly Steed Lineage.
• Mu Chunfeng took another Gang Ascension Pill and declared it belonged to the Heavenly Steed Lineage after Xiao Yuanming's failed attempt to seize their resources.
• Xiao Yuanming invoked Luo Tiandao's name, but Mu Chunfeng said he would take even Wu Tianze's Pill and invited Luo Tiandao to find him at Heavenly Steed Peak.

Lin Tian returned to Heavenly Steed Peak with Mu Chunfeng, who gave him a Gang Ascension Pill and warned him that Xiao Yuanming might retaliate. Meanwhile, Luo Tiandao ordered Xiao Yuanming to negotiate with the elders to obtain another pill for the Hua Family.

• Mu Chunfeng left the pill distribution after Xiao Yuanming departed, and Xiong Tian and Jin Huan collected their pills.
• Lin Tian offered Mu Chunfeng both Gang Ascension Pills, but Mu Chunfeng took one and said the other belonged to Lin Tian.
• Mu Chunfeng warned Lin Tian that Xiao Yuanming held grudges, then assured him that Heavenly Steed Peak would support him if needed.
• Mu Chunfeng revealed through his thoughts that Lin Tian's resolve at the Alchemy Plaza had been a test, and that he was considering investing more resources in him.
• Xiao Yuanming told Luo Tiandao that Mu Chunfeng had taken the pills, leaving none available for the Hua Family's deal.
• Luo Tiandao said they would try to obtain a pill from the sect and ordered Xiao Yuanming to negotiate with the elders.

Xiao Yuanming, unable to challenge Mu Chunfeng directly, redirected his anger toward Lin Tian and nudged Zhao Santong toward taking action to obtain the Gang Ascension Pill. Lin Tian began consuming a Pill to improve his True Qi, only to discover that his Demon-Subduing Golden Body refined it automatically as Zhao Santong arrived nearby.

• Luo Tiandao ordered Xiao Yuanming to replace the lost Gang Ascension Pill, and Xiao Yuanming left the pavilion resentful.
• Xiao Yuanming blamed Lin Tian for the loss but restrained himself from confronting him after Mu Chunfeng's warning.
• Xiao Yuanming told Zhao Santong that Lin Tian was the only True Disciple Candidate in the Heavenly Steed Lineage and would receive one of Mu Chunfeng's three Gang Ascension Pills.
• Zhao Santong understood Xiao Yuanming's hint and headed to Heavenly Steed Peak to find Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian took a Pill and discovered that his Demon-Subduing Golden Body in the Golden Raiment Realm automatically refined its medicinal power.
• Lin Tian sensed Zhao Santong within the range of his Sea of Consciousness.

Zhao Santong confronted Lin Tian over the Gang Ascension Pill and proposed a wagered duel, expecting Lin Tian to refuse. Lin Tian accepted, seeing the duel as a chance to earn points and demonstrate his strength.

• Zhao Santong came to Lin Tian’s door and demanded the Gang Ascension Pill, offering two thousand points in exchange.
• Lin Tian denied having the pill and tried to close the door, but Zhao Santong stopped him and said he knew Lin Tian had received it from Mu Chunfeng.
• Zhao Santong proposed that they duel in one month, with Lin Tian handing over the pill if he lost and Zhao Santong paying thirty thousand points if he lost.
• Lin Tian accepted the wager, viewing it as an opportunity to earn points and improve his standing in the Dao Origin Sect.

Lin Tian raised his wager against Zhao Santong to sixty thousand points, and Zhao Santong publicized their bout to pressure him and boost his own standing. After hearing the news, Mu Chunfeng chose not to intervene and wondered whether Lin Tian had a trump card.

• Lin Tian demanded sixty thousand points for the bet, and Zhao Santong agreed before leaving to spread the news.
• Zhao Santong publicized the bout across the Dao Origin Sect and arranged for an Enforcement Hall elder to witness it a month later.
• Zhao Santong expected to win the Gang Ascension Pill, damage the Heavenly Steed Lineage's reputation, and earn Xiao Yuanming's favor.
• A disciple told Mu Chunfeng that the whole sect knew about the bet and asked whether they should intervene.
• Mu Chunfeng refused to intervene, then questioned why Lin Tian had accepted the challenge and suspected he had some confidence or hidden trump card.

After hearing that Lin Tian and Zhao Santong had arranged a wager battle, the Murong family’s young misses reacted differently, while Murong Ya hurried to warn Murong Yun about the political complications. The chapter left the family concerned about the match, with Fourth Miss convinced that Lin Tian was foolish to challenge Zhao Santong.

• Murong Ya supervised the four young misses’ training until Meihua arrived with news of Lin Tian and Zhao Santong’s wager battle.
• Meihua explained that Lin Tian was at the middle stage of the Gang Realm while Zhao Santong had reached its peak, prompting Xiao Qi to worry for Lin Tian.
• Murong Ya hurried to report the wager battle to Murong Yun because he had personally invested in Lin Tian and the match could strain his ties with the family.
• Xiao Qi openly worried about Lin Tian, while Sixth Miss considered the family’s interests and Fifth Miss looked forward to seeing the fight.
• Fourth Miss privately dismissed Lin Tian as foolish and believed he had accepted the wager out of hotheadedness over Zhao Santong taking the family’s support from him.

Murong Yun dismissed Murong Ya’s concerns about Lin Tian’s wager and asked her to keep watch for Lin Tian’s request to meet. Meanwhile, Lin Tian discovered that his Gang Ascension Pill had strengthened only his Geng Metal True Gang, disrupting the balance of his fused True Gang, and decided to focus on cultivation for now.

• Murong Ya told Murong Yun about Lin Tian’s wager, but Murong Yun remained confident in Lin Tian and asked whether Lin Tian had requested a meeting.
• Murong Ya said there had been no word from Lin Tian, and Murong Yun told her to keep watch before resuming his meditation.
• Lin Tian absorbed the Gang Ascension Pill’s medicinal power and found that it strengthened only his Geng Metal True Gang.
• Lin Tian realized the stronger strand was disrupting the balance of his Five Elements Fusion True Gang and would require four more pills to restore it.
• Lin Tian weighed the benefits of improving all five strands against the time it would cost, then chose to focus on cultivating and considered that becoming a True Disciple might give him better access to pills.

Lin Tian visited the Murong Family to use Murong Ya’s token and enter the Secret Ground to improve his cultivation. His arrival prompted servants to gossip about his upcoming duel with Zhao Santong, until Murong Ya interrupted them.

• Lin Tian decided to visit the Murong Family and use the token Murong Ya had given him to enter the Secret Ground.
• Wang Hu recognized Lin Tian at the mansion gate, inspected his token, and let him pass without announcing him.
• Lin Tian went to the side hall as Murong Ya had instructed, while servants gathered and discussed his wagered duel with Zhao Santong.
• The servants disparaged Lin Tian and speculated that he had come to seek help avoiding the duel, until Murong Ya arrived and challenged them.

Murong Ya brought Lin Tian to meet her injured master, Murong Yun, who tested Lin Tian with his Martial Way will and offered him a chance to enter the Secret Ground. Lin Tian asked what price he would owe, and Murong Yun revealed that he wanted one-tenth of the Secret Realm Origin Power Lin Tian obtained there.

• Murong Ya dismissed the servants and led Lin Tian from the side hall to the pavilion where her master was staying.
• Lin Tian sensed a powerful but chaotic True Essence Realm aura and dense Earth Vein Origin Power inside the pavilion.
• Murong Ya introduced Lin Tian to the gravely injured Murong Yun, who tested Lin Tian with his Martial Way will.
• Murong Yun welcomed Lin Tian as his junior because he had been close friends with Hua Chengming, and Lin Tian addressed him as Martial Uncle Yun.
• Lin Tian asked what he would have to pay for the opportunity to enter the Secret Ground, and Murong Yun requested one-tenth of the Secret Realm Origin Power he obtained.

Lin Tian accepted Murong Yun’s offer to take ten percent of his Secret Realm Origin Power in exchange for backing him, then noticed Murong Yun’s injuries were severe. As Murong Ya prepared to escort Lin Tian to the Murong Family’s Secret Ground, Lin Tian offered to try healing Murong Yun, whose excited response surprised them both.

• Murong Yun told Lin Tian there was no minimum amount of Secret Realm Origin Power required and that he would take only ten percent of whatever Lin Tian obtained.
• Lin Tian questioned why Murong Yun had chosen him, and Murong Yun explained that the other Dao Origin Sect candidates already had backing from other clans.
• Murong Yun’s injuries flared up, forcing him to use Earth Vein Origin Power to suppress them while Lin Tian considered healing him with the Formless Combat Technique.
• After suppressing his injuries, Murong Yun ended the meeting and asked Murong Ya to take Lin Tian to the Murong Family’s Secret Ground.
• Lin Tian offered to help heal Murong Yun, and Murong Yun reacted with excitement while Murong Ya voiced her concern.

Lin Tian agreed to treat Murong Yun’s severe injuries, claiming he was only seventy or eighty percent confident. Using the Formless Combat Technique, he healed Murong Yun’s damaged arm and showed that the treatment was working.

• Murong Yun asked Lin Tian where he had learned his healing method, and Lin Tian said he had found it by chance in the Heavenly Derivation Sect.
• Murong Yun believed the technique might have come from Hua Chengming and asked Lin Tian how confident he was about treating his injuries.
• Lin Tian said he was only seventy or eighty percent confident, and Murong Yun eagerly asked him to begin.
• Lin Tian approached Murong Yun, warned him not to resist, and used the gray mist of the Formless Combat Technique on his arm.
• Lin Tian repaired the damaged meridians in Murong Yun’s arm, and Murong Yun felt vitality return as he raised it.

Lin Tian healed Murong Yun’s long-standing injuries, restoring his body and True Essence. Murong Ya thanked Lin Tian and changed her opinion of him, and Murong Yun sent them to the Murong Family’s Secret Ground.

• Lin Tian continued treating Murong Yun with Gray Mist, repairing his meridians, heart meridians, and dantian.
• Murong Yun’s True Essence surged as he recovered, and the eruption shattered the raised platform before he descended, fully healed.
• Murong Ya sensed her master’s restored strength, and Murong Yun confirmed that his chronic afflictions were gone.
• Murong Ya bowed to Lin Tian and thanked him, realizing she had been wrong to resent him for receiving a Secret Ground opportunity.
• Lin Tian asked to go to the Secret Ground, and Murong Yun told Murong Ya to take him there without neglecting him.

Lin Tian entered the Murong Family’s Secret Ground and absorbed the Secret Realm Origin Power stored in its purple crystals. After two hours, the crystals went dull, and he realized the power was now stored in his body, awaiting further refinement.

• Murong Yun took Lin Tian and Murong Ya to the underground staircase leading to the Murong Family’s Secret Ground.
• Lin Tian recognized that Martial Dao Will guarded the staircase and descended alone using Murong Yun’s Token.
• Lin Tian reached the stone door, placed the Token in its hole, and entered a mine filled with purple crystals containing Secret Realm Origin Power.
• The stone door closed, the crystals released purple mist, and Lin Tian absorbed the power as it flowed into him without effort.
• After two hours, the crystals went dull, and Lin Tian concluded he had absorbed their power, which still needed to be refined before it could become cultivation.

Lin Tian returned from absorbing the Secret Realm Origin Power far sooner than expected, while Murong Yun accepted his success without pressing for an explanation. Meanwhile, Zhao Santong demanded steep terms for helping the Murong Family, and Murong Ao left the meeting without rejecting them.

• Lin Tian left the secret realm and returned to Murong Yun and Murong Ya in less than three hours.
• Murong Yun and Murong Ya worried that something had gone wrong, but Lin Tian showed them his dense Secret Realm Origin Power aura and said the absorption had gone smoothly.
• Murong Yun assumed Lin Tian's extraordinary speed was connected to Hua Chengming and let the matter drop.
• Zhao Santong presented his conditions to Murong Ao and left the Murong Family's main hall.
• The elders condemned Zhao Santong's demands, but Murong Ao ended the meeting without refusing them because the family needed his help with the Dao Origin Sect secret realm.

After negotiating for Murong Family resources, Zhao Santong spotted Lin Tian at Murong Mansion and suspected he had come to interfere with their wager. Zhao Santong provoked Lin Tian, then claimed the Murong Family had chosen him and taunted Lin Tian about relying on their support.

• Zhao Santong left the main hall and told a disciple that the Murong Family would agree to his conditions because they could not afford to take risks.
• Zhao Santong saw Lin Tian with Murong Ya and wondered whether Lin Tian had come to use his connections to cancel their wager.
• Zhao Santong sent a palm strike toward Lin Tian, but Murong Ya intercepted it, and the clash drew a crowd of servants and elders.
• Zhao Santong told the gathered people that he had only tested Lin Tian because they were fellow True Disciple Candidates with a wager between them.
• Zhao Santong told Lin Tian that he had come to obtain the Murong Family's resources and mocked Lin Tian for still seeking the family's support.

Zhao Santong manipulated the crowd to make sure Lin Tian would honor their wager, then left to spread the story. After the Murong Family elders treated Lin Tian coldly, Murong Ya felt that he mattered far more to her than Zhao Santong did.

• Zhao Santong suggested Lin Tian had come to challenge their wager and urged him to apologize, hoping public pressure would prevent him from backing out.
• Lin Tian confirmed he would honor the wager and taunted Zhao Santong about preparing to hand over sixty thousand points.
• Zhao Santong left, satisfied that Lin Tian would appear at the Arena a month later, and planned to spread news of their exchange.
• Zhao Santong intended to cripple Lin Tian in the wager to earn Xiao Yuanming's trust.
• The Murong Family elders departed after speaking coldly with Lin Tian, and Murong Ya felt displeased because Lin Tian meant more to her than Zhao Santong did.

Murong Ya worried that Lin Tian would be in danger during the wagered battle against Zhao Santong, but Murong Yun believed Lin Tian would only act if he had absolute certainty. The chapter left Murong Ya stunned by the suggestion that Lin Tian was certain he could defeat Zhao Santong, who was at the peak of the Gang Realm.

• Murong Ya offered to ask Murong Yun to intervene in Lin Tian's wagered battle, but Lin Tian declined and left Murong Mansion.
• Murong Ya noticed Lin Tian had remained calm despite the danger and wondered what he was planning.
• Murong Ya returned to Murong Yun, who was disguising his recovery to conceal that Lin Tian had healed him.
• Murong Yun explained that he hid his recovery both to repay Lin Tian and to keep the Murong Family's enemies from acting against them.
• Murong Ya told Murong Yun about Zhao Santong and asked whether they should help Lin Tian, but Murong Yun said Lin Tian would not act without absolute certainty.
• Murong Ya was shocked that Murong Yun believed Lin Tian was certain to win against Zhao Santong, a peak Gang Realm expert.

Lin Tian refined Secret Realm Origin Power and reached the late Gang Realm, gaining the ability to project True Gang at a distance. As two of his Five Elements True Gang strands became Peerless True Gang and destabilized his Primordial True Qi, he planned to use the coming secret realm to elevate the rest at once.

• Lin Tian discovered that his body could autonomously refine Secret Realm Origin Power and considered whether it could also cultivate True Gang without his direct effort.
• With less than three days remaining before his duel, Lin Tian completed the seventh layer of the Primordial Five Elements Art and advanced to the late Gang Realm.
• Lin Tian tested his new Outer Gang ability by slicing a distant boulder cleanly in two.
• Lin Tian found that his Azure Wood True Gang and Geng Metal True Gang had both reached the Peerless True Gang level, making it harder to keep his Primordial True Qi stable.
• Lin Tian decided to focus on raising his remaining True Gang strands during the upcoming Dao Origin Sect secret realm.

Three days before his duel with Zhao Santong, Lin Tian trained to push the Eight Gates Heavenly Guardian Spear Art past its limit. On the day of the fight, Zhao Santong waited at the crowded Arena while Lin Tian remained absent and the crowd began to question his courage.

• Lin Tian saw that the Eight Gates Heavenly Guard Art was nearing its limit and trained with the Yi Chen Spear ahead of the duel.
• Dao Origin Sect disciples crowded the Arena after Zhao Santong spread news of the duel, and Zhao Santong believed Lin Tian could not back out.
• An Enforcement Hall elder arrived to oversee the duel, followed by True Disciples Mu Chunfeng and Xiao Yuanming.
• With less than an hour until the duel, Zhao Santong was at the Arena but Lin Tian had not appeared.
• Disciples speculated that Lin Tian was afraid to fight, while Zhao Santong listened to the criticism he had arranged to undermine the Heavenly Steed Lineage.

Elders and prominent families gathered to watch Lin Tian’s wagered duel with Zhao Santong, while Lin Tian’s absence fueled speculation that he had fled. The chapter left Elder Zhou, the Murong Family, and Mu Chunfeng waiting anxiously for Lin Tian to appear.

• Elder Liu mocked Elder Zhou, Lin Tian, and the Heavenly Steed Lineage over Lin Tian’s absence and the duel’s expected outcome.
• Representatives of prominent families gathered to assess Zhao Santong, whom they saw as the Murong Clan’s last hope.
• Xiao Qi searched the crowd for Lin Tian, and Fourth Miss said he had probably fled and could have dragged the Murong Family down with him.
• Mu Chunfeng wondered why Lin Tian had not appeared and feared that his absence would disgrace the Heavenly Steed Lineage.

Lin Tian arrived at the wager match with Zhao Santong and insisted on starting immediately so he could return to cultivation. The fight began, and the chapter left the crowd stunned as Lin Tian charged at Zhao Santong without using True Gang.

• Mu Chunfeng worried that Lin Tian might miss the match, while Zhao Santong regretted that his planned public victory might lose its impact if Lin Tian did not appear.
• Lin Tian arrived at the arena, where a large crowd had gathered, and said he wanted to finish the wager match quickly and return to cultivating.
• Elder Liu laughed at Lin Tian's confidence, while Fourth Miss showed greater disgust; Zhao Santong picked up his Mountain-Cleaving Axe and warned Lin Tian that he might not be able to hold back.
• Lin Tian replied that Zhao Santong should also be careful because his spear techniques were difficult to restrain.
• When the Enforcement Hall elder's signal began the match, Zhao Santong charged with True Gang covering his body, while Lin Tian rushed at him without any visible True Gang.

Lin Tian charged Zhao Santong without using True Gang, surprising everyone who expected him to be badly injured. Their clash shattered the Arena, but Lin Tian’s physical strength sent Zhao Santong flying, giving Elder Zhou and Mu Chunfeng hope they could still bring the wagered duel to a draw.

• Elder Liu mocked Lin Tian for charging Zhao Santong with his body, while Elder Zhou and others worried about his choice.
• Zhao Santong secretly prepared an instant battle technique, intending to cripple or kill Lin Tian in their clash.
• Lin Tian stood his ground and swung his spear against Zhao Santong’s descending attack, shattering the Arena with the impact.
• Zhao Santong’s hidden technique erupted, but he realized Lin Tian’s strength was far greater than expected.
• The dust cleared to reveal Zhao Santong had been sent flying, and the witnesses concluded Lin Tian had cultivated a powerful body-tempering hard art.
• Elder Zhou and Mu Chunfeng saw a chance that they could bring the wagered duel to a draw.

Lin Tian matched Zhao Santong despite Zhao Santong's powerful combat skill, and his growing strength pushed Zhao Santong toward defeat. Desperate to avoid losing the wager and everything he stood to lose, Zhao Santong began using a skill he had saved for the True Disciple contest.

• Zhao Santong recognized that Lin Tian had endured his attack through formidable physical strength, then charged again with a scorching axe technique.
• Lin Tian met Zhao Santong's attack with the Thousand Peak Heavy Prison Spear, and their clashes shook the Arena as they fought evenly.
• Zhao Santong realized Lin Tian's spear strikes were growing faster and heavier and that he was at risk of losing the wager.
• Lin Tian struck Zhao Santong with a blow powerful enough to nearly knock the battle axe from his hands.
• Zhao Santong retreated and unleashed a hidden skill that made True Gang burn around him and caused his aura to grow stronger.
• Lin Tian watched Zhao Santong's transformation and wondered whether it was also a combat skill.

Lin Tian faced Zhao Santong’s desperate attack after Zhao used a combat skill that doubled his strength at the cost of rapidly consuming his True Gang. Lin Tian revealed his defensive spear art, fledgling Spear Intent, and peerless metallic true essence, and the chapter ended with him standing after their final clash.

• Zhao Santong activated a strength-amplifying combat skill and overwhelmed Lin Tian with a barrage of fiery axe strikes.
• Lin Tian emerged unscathed from the destroyed arena, revealing golden light that Mu Chunfeng recognized as the threshold of Spear Intent and elders identified as the Eight Gates Heavenly Guardian Spear Art.
• Zhao Santong pushed his True Gang to its limit and launched a final attack, knowing his combat skill would soon exhaust him.
• Lin Tian dropped his defensive stance, revealed his peerless metallic true essence, empowered the Yi Chen Spear, and charged Zhao Santong.
• Lin Tian and Zhao Santong collided in midair, and after the light and flames faded, Lin Tian was the only one still standing.

Lin Tian defeated Zhao Santong in the wagered duel, revealing late Gang Realm cultivation and a Peerless True Gang. His victory transformed the elders’ view of his potential and raised hopes that he could become a True Disciple, strengthening the Heavenly Steed Lineage.

• Lin Tian defeated Zhao Santong without being injured, stunning the spectators and Murong Clan members who had once rejected him.
• The elders realized Lin Tian had advanced to the late Gang Realm and possessed a second, metal-attributed Peerless True Gang.
• The elders recognized that Lin Tian’s age, Spear Intent, and other abilities made him a leading candidate for a future True Disciple seat.
• Elder Zhou and Mu Chunfeng welcomed the prospect that Lin Tian could help the Heavenly Steed Lineage gain resources and influence within the sect.