Recaps

The Murong Family decided to stay neutral during Lin Tian’s challenge against Liang Wankuo, despite Murong Yun believing this was their last chance to support Lin Tian. Three days later, Lin Tian and Liang Wankuo faced each other before a massive crowd, and Lin Tian answered Liang Wankuo’s taunts with confidence.

• Murong Cang urged Murong Ao and the Murong Family to avoid siding with Lin Tian until after his challenge, arguing that Liang Wankuo’s backing made the risk too great.
• Murong Ao and the gathered clan members decided to remain neutral and wait to see how Lin Tian’s challenge turned out.
• Murong Ya told Murong Yun about the decision, and he regretted being unable to influence the clan because he was confined to his room.
• Three days later, a large crowd of sect disciples, clan members, elders, True Disciples, and two Pulse Masters gathered to watch Lin Tian’s challenge.
• Liang Wankuo mocked Lin Tian and dismissed him as an insect, but Lin Tian raised Yi Chen Spear and told his senior brother he would have no more such troubles after the battle.

Lin Tian and Liang Wankuo began their True Disciple Challenge, and Lin Tian gained the upper hand with his strength. After gauging Liang Wankuo's ability, Lin Tian empowered his spear and charged again, leaving Liang Wankuo horrified as their weapons collided.

• Yu Xiangtian kept Elder Zhou at Boundless Pavilion because the Secret Realm Gate required attention, and told him to trust Lin Tian.
• The three Witness Elders arrived and started the challenge by releasing a sphere of true essence between Lin Tian and Liang Wankuo.
• Lin Tian and Liang Wankuo exchanged rapid blows, and Lin Tian's spear sent Liang Wankuo flying and numbed his saber hand.
• Lin Tian activated Demon-Subduing Golden Body, increased the Yi Chen Spear's weight, and enveloped it in nascent spear intent.
• Lin Tian charged and struck Liang Wankuo's saber with overwhelming force, making Liang Wankuo realize too late that he was in danger.

Lin Tian appeared to overwhelm Liang Wankuo in their True Disciple challenge, but Liang Wankuo revealed a spiritual artifact treasure that greatly increased his strength and turned the battle again. As the two faced off, Lin Tian was engulfed in darkness and vanished.

• Lin Tian struck the airborne Liang Wankuo with a powerful spear attack, leaving the watching disciples stunned by the apparent reversal.
• Liang Wankuo unleashed more of his true gang and transformed his saber into a spiritual artifact treasure, sharply increasing his aura.
• Lin Tian and Liang Wankuo collided, and their shockwave shattered the already damaged Arena.
• The elders identified Liang Wankuo's weapon as a spiritual artifact treasure, while Ye Wandao realized Liang Wankuo and Lin Tian were both beyond his expectations.
• Liang Wankuo prepared to taunt Lin Tian, but Lin Tian was suddenly covered in starry darkness and disappeared.

Lin Tian used his concealed speed and alternating attack rhythm to pressure Liang Wankuo, who struggled to keep up and feared Lin Tian still had more power in reserve. Liang Wankuo then unleashed his strongest saber technique, a force that seemed to surpass the Gang Realm, leaving Lin Tian to face his final trump card.

• Lin Tian's sudden burst of speed let him launch rapid attacks that Liang Wankuo could only barely defend against.
• Mu Chunfeng realized Lin Tian had a real chance to defeat Liang Wankuo and become a True Disciple, potentially changing the fortunes of the Heavenly Steed Lineage.
• Liang Wankuo grew increasingly anxious as Lin Tian's attacks numbed his arms and nearly pierced him, while Lin Tian's varying speed kept him from judging the young fighter's limits.
• Liang Wankuo unleashed his full True Gang and revealed a powerful saber technique whose aura seemed to break past the Gang Realm.
• Liang Wankuo rose into the air and challenged Lin Tian to block his final and strongest trump card.

Liang Wankuo unleashed Blade Intent and his Ninefold Thunder Firmament Saber Art, while the Metal Spirit Pulse Master prepared to stop Dugu Lin from saving Lin Tian. Just as the arena was swallowed by lightning and everyone assumed Lin Tian had lost, a shadow as black as night appeared and consumed the lightning.

• Liang Wankuo revealed Blade Intent, making Mu Chunfeng fear Lin Tian could not withstand his attack.
• The Metal Spirit Pulse Master told Dugu Lin he would stop him from intervening if Liang Wankuo injured Lin Tian, and Dugu Lin openly challenged him.
• Dugu Lin prepared to intervene, but noticed Lin Tian remained calm and sensed a fluctuation of intent from him.
• Liang Wankuo unleashed the Ninefold Thunder Firmament Saber Art, filling the arena with a sea of lightning that obscured Lin Tian.
• A black shadow emerged and swallowed the dazzling lightning.

Lin Tian’s Spear Intent devoured Liang Wankuo’s lightning Saber Intent, but Liang suddenly regained strength from an unknown source. Lin Tian unleashed fused Peerless True Gangs and charged at Liang, leaving their latest clash shaking the Arena.

• Lin Tian’s Spear Intent devoured Liang Wankuo’s Saber Intent and grew stronger, shocking the elders and spectators.
• Dugu Lin withdrew his hand from intervening, while Gu Tiantong worried that Liang’s defeat could ruin the New Faction’s plans to divide the Secret Realm Origin Power.
• Liang Wankuo’s lightning surged back with even greater force, and Lin Tian sensed that something inside Liang was replenishing and enhancing his strength.
• Lin Tian activated the Demon-Subduing Golden Body and revealed Peerless Azure Wood and Geng Metal true gang, then fused them into Chaos True Gang.
• Lin Tian rushed at Liang Wankuo with Myriad Shadows, and their weapons collided in an explosion that shook the Arena.

Lin Tian defeated Liang Wankuo and became the Dao Origin Sect’s tenth True Disciple, while Murong Ao decided his family could keep associating with Zhao Santong because he expected Lin Tian not to survive the consequences of the challenge. The chapter left Lin Tian’s fate uncertain as Murong Ao’s prediction remained untested.

• Liang Wankuo dropped his blade, collapsed, and lost to Lin Tian, prompting five bells to announce a True Disciple replacement.
• The arena’s disciples and elders reacted with shock to Lin Tian’s victory and his two merged strands of Peerless True Gang.
• Yu Xiangtian and Elder Zhou heard the bells confirming Lin Tian’s win; Elder Zhou then turned their chess game around and defeated Yu Xiangtian.
• Fourth Miss visited Murong Ao and her grandfather, and Murong Ao told her to keep in contact with Zhao Santong.
• Murong Ao said Lin Tian would be targeted by Liang Wankuo and important figures from the Gold Spirit Lineage, and predicted Lin Tian would not leave the arena safely.

After Lin Tian defeated Liang Wankuo and became a True Disciple, the Murong Family reconsidered its plans to seek Zhao Santong’s help and chose to send Lin Tian a valuable gift instead. Lin Tian was taken to Heavenly Steed Pavilion, where he sensed unusually dense Earth Vein Origin Power and wondered if it sat above a mid-grade Earth Vein.

• Murong Ao and Fourth Miss learned that Lin Tian’s True Disciple Challenge result had arrived and heard that he had defeated Liang Wankuo.
• Murong Ao and Fourth Miss read the report describing Lin Tian’s overwhelming victory and his physical strength, Spear Intent, and two fused kinds of Peerless True Gang.
• Fourth Miss asked whether she should still approach Zhao Santong, and Murong Ao decided the Murong Family should send Lin Tian a gift invitation offering its newly discovered mid-grade Earth Vein.
• The Heavenly Steed Pulse Master and Mu Chunfeng took Lin Tian to Heavenly Steed Pavilion after his victory, while Liang Wankuo was carried away and the Metal Spirit Pulse Master left in a foul mood.
• Lin Tian sensed the dense Earth Vein Origin Power in Heavenly Steed Pavilion and wondered whether a mid-grade Earth Vein lay beneath it.

Lin Tian received a reward from Dugu Lin for winning a true disciple seat for the Heavenly Steed Lineage, and he carefully asked for help locating the remaining part of a cultivation technique without revealing his Demon-Subduing Golden Body. As Mu Chunfeng warned him that other disciples would challenge his tenth seat, Lin Tian reflected that a breakthrough to True Essence Realm could cost him the position—and that he would not mind continuing to grow stronger out of the spotlight.

• Dugu Lin praised Lin Tian for winning back a true disciple seat and offered him a reward.
• Lin Tian decided to ask tactfully for help finding the rest of a cultivation technique while keeping his Demon-Subduing Golden Body secret.
• Lin Tian left the Heavenly Steed Pavilion with Mu Chunfeng, who congratulated him on becoming a true disciple.
• Mu Chunfeng warned Lin Tian that challengers would target his tenth true disciple seat, and Lin Tian recognized that a True Essence Realm breakthrough could displace him.

After defeating Liang Wankuo, Lin Tian moved into a newly built residence with an Earth Vein that had once served Liang Wankuo. He learned that Earth Veins could be relocated by the Lei Family, while women from influential families gathered outside his new courtyard hoping to become his maids.

• Lin Tian worried that he had revealed too many of his trump cards, and Mu Chunfeng reassured him that his rivals would not challenge him before reaching the True Essence Realm.
• A Deacon Disciple assigned by Dugu Lin escorted Lin Tian from his old loft to his new residence as a True Disciple.
• Lin Tian learned that the Earth Vein beneath his new courtyard had been moved from Liang Wankuo's former residence.
• The Deacon Disciple told Lin Tian that the Lei Family managed Earth Vein relocation and suggested he could ask about it using his True Disciple status.
• A group of women from influential Dao Origin City families gathered outside Lin Tian's new courtyard to seek positions as his maidservants.

Wen Qingxue and Song Bao'er waited among aristocratic women hoping to become a True Disciple's maid, where a powerful family's daughter pushed beautiful rivals to the back. Song Bao'er urged Wen Qingxue to approach the True Disciple, but Wen Qingxue remained doubtful as they realized the woman was eliminating potential competition.

• A fierce woman from a great family yanked a woman from a minor family out of the front row and sent her to the back.
• Wen Qingxue worried that the woman would target Song Bao'er, but Song Bao'er linked arms with her and defended her.
• Wen Qingxue warned Song Bao'er that offending a great family could endanger their families despite the woman's low standing at home.
• Song Bao'er encouraged Wen Qingxue to move forward and suggested the fierce woman was pushing beautiful women back to improve her own chances with the True Disciple.

Lin Tian learned that newly promoted True Disciples were expected to choose women from Dao Origin City's prominent families to help maintain ties with the sect and its allies. He agreed to select some, then spotted an acquaintance among the women gathered before him.

• Wen Qingxue heard Song Bao'er speak and briefly felt excited before doubting their chances.
• Lin Tian arrived with a Deacon Disciple, who explained that the women had come to serve him and that refusing to choose them could carry political implications.
• Lin Tian accepted the custom, reasoning that a few people could help maintain his large courtyard.
• The Deacon Disciple said True Disciples usually selected at least seven to ten women, and Lin Tian began looking over the candidates.
• Lin Tian noticed an acquaintance among the women.

Lin Tian recognized Song Bao'er, whom he had met when he first joined the inner sect, and entrusted her with choosing attendants for his courtyard. After cultivating the Formless Combat Technique, he came out to find ten beautiful women waiting to greet him, leaving him puzzled by Song Bao'er's choices.

• Lin Tian recognized Song Bao'er and approached her to confirm her identity.
• Lin Tian gave Song Bao'er a token and asked her to select seven to ten people and manage their daily affairs; she eagerly agreed.
• Lin Tian had a Deacon Disciple take him to the courtyard's cultivation room and practiced the Formless Combat Technique.
• Lin Tian sensed that the technique would reach its final level in about ten days, after which he planned to use Secret Realm Origin Crystals and gather Earth Vein Origin Power.
• Lin Tian left the cultivation room and found ten women waiting outside, then wondered why Song Bao'er had chosen such delicate-looking attendants.

Lin Tian checked the women assigned to care for his courtyard, then returned to cultivation, while the three rival royal courts of Hebei gathered at the Divine Shaman Royal Court. The old man reminded Guerdo that he had to focus on the King’s mission to unite them.

• Song Bao'er greeted Lin Tian and asked whether he had instructions for the women.
• Lin Tian praised their work, left the courtyard in their care, and returned to his cultivation chamber to resume cultivating.
• At the Divine Shaman Royal Court, representatives of the Divine Martial and Divine Shepherd Royal Courts questioned Guerdo about why they had been summoned.
• The old man considered the three royal courts’ rivalries and doubts about whether they could be united.
• As the three representatives nearly came to blows, the old man sent Guerdo a message reminding him not to forget the King’s mission.

Guerdo told Agul and Baturu that the Divine Shaman Royal Court wanted their royal courts to enter its secret realm, in return for future access to theirs. The meeting ended with the decision left to the three kings, while the elder privately suspected their king was trying to consolidate the Hebei Region’s resources for a larger purpose.

• Guerdo explained that the Divine Shaman Royal Court planned to let Agul and Baturu’s royal courts enter its secret realm.
• Baturu asked what conditions the Divine Shaman Royal Court expected in return.
• Guerdo required the other royal courts to allow the Divine Shaman Royal Court into their secret realms when they opened.
• Guerdo told Agul and Baturu to report the proposal to their kings, who would decide, and said his own king would visit to discuss it.
• After the meeting, the elder told Guerdo to follow the king’s decision without questioning it, then returned to report the meeting’s progress.
• The elder suspected the king was integrating the Hebei Region’s resources to prepare for something beyond the region.

After ten days in seclusion, Lin Tian advanced the Formless Combat Technique to Law Formless and discovered new abilities, including sensing and gathering Earth Vein Origin Power and disguising his cultivation aura. He received a letter saying the person he had requested had been found, then went to meet them at the location provided.

• Lin Tian completed the Formless Combat Technique's third level, Law Formless, and found that he could sense and gather Earth Vein Origin Power.
• Lin Tian failed to move the Earth Vein beneath him but tested his new ability to disguise his aura as a Core Condensation Realm or True Essence Realm cultivator.
• Song Bao'er delivered a letter from the Pulse Master confirming that someone familiar with various Cultivation Techniques had been found.
• Lin Tian bathed and left his courtyard to meet the person at the location marked in the letter.
• Lin Tian arrived and wondered whether the person had really stayed in one place waiting for him.

Lin Tian entered Thunder Punishment Prison with an Enforcement Token to find Bao Wancheng, expecting to question an ordinary prisoner. He learned Bao Wancheng had chosen to stay there and was famous for knowledge that had helped disciples find ancient ruins and become True Essence Realm powerhouses.

• A guard refused Lin Tian entry to Thunder Punishment Prison despite his status as a True Disciple.
• Lin Tian showed the guard the Enforcement Token he had received from Elder Lei Wanjun, and the guard changed his attitude and escorted him inside.
• Lin Tian asked the guard to take him to Bao Wancheng, who was being held in a well-furnished cell.
• The guard explained that Bao Wancheng was a well-known prisoner who had chosen to be there himself.
• Lin Tian learned that disciples sought Bao Wancheng for information about treasures and ancient ruins, and that some had used his advice to find ruins and reach the True Essence Realm.

Lin Tian entered Thunder Punishment Prison to seek information from Bao Wancheng, a prisoner known for revealing secrets only once in ten years. Bao Wancheng challenged Lin Tian to prove he could make him talk, and the chapter ended as they clasped hands.

• A disciple warned Lin Tian that Bao Wancheng had not shared intelligence in ten years and that others had failed to persuade him.
• The disciple gave Lin Tian the key to Bao Wancheng's cell, and Lin Tian entered to seek answers about a cultivation technique.
• Bao Wancheng crawled out from beneath the bed in a bizarre manner, startling Lin Tian, then mocked his status and questioned his methods.
• Lin Tian hinted that he had prepared a trick and asked whether Bao Wancheng dared to try it, prompting Bao Wancheng to clasp his hand.

Lin Tian tried to use the Myriad Beast Curse on an old man, but the old man recognized the technique, immobilized him, and exposed his many secrets. The old man invited Lin Tian to the Upper Region, then revealed he could not return there yet, leaving Lin Tian wary and preparing to escape.

• Lin Tian activated the Myriad Beast Curse when his hand touched the old man's, but the old man recognized the technique and seized his hand.
• The old man used the Myriad Beast Curse to stop Lin Tian from moving, then inspected his cultivation and revealed his six True Essences, powerful body, vast Sea of Consciousness, and mastered techniques.
• The old man released Lin Tian and praised his talent, saying he was exceptional even by Upper Region standards.
• The old man invited Lin Tian to the Upper Region, then admitted he could not go back yet and sulked.
• Lin Tian prepared to flee and claimed he had somewhere to be, but the old man asked if he was trying to run.

Lin Tian tried to avoid the old man's suspicions while the old man reminisced about a talented young man from Lin Tian's sect who had once rejected his daughter. The old man asked Lin Tian to deliver a Token for him in the future, and Lin Tian discovered that it sharpened his mind as the old man grew visibly haggard.

• Lin Tian suppressed the power he had been gathering and changed the subject when the old man noticed his intentions.
• The old man described a prodigy from Lin Tian's sect who had risen from the lower reaches to the upper reaches, then complained that the young man had rejected his daughter.
• The old man scrutinized Lin Tian, then asked him to deliver something for him when Lin Tian reached a certain position.
• The old man gave Lin Tian a strange black Token, which made Lin Tian's mind feel clearer and his spirit stronger.
• Lin Tian noticed that the old man looked much more haggard after handing over the Token.

Lin Tian discovered that the old man had tested him and agreed to their deal. Lin Tian asked about the missing parts of the Demon-Subduing Golden Body, but the old man said he did not know them.

• The old man’s vitality faded as the Token left his hand, then returned to normal after Lin Tian showed only confusion and a desire to escape.
• The Token’s apparent mental enhancement vanished, and Lin Tian realized it had been an illusion.
• The old man told Lin Tian he would not harm him and agreed to help with his problem in exchange for Lin Tian’s help.
• Lin Tian showed the old man the iron plate bearing the Demon-Subduing Golden Body and asked about the missing portions.
• The old man reacted with shock to the technique, wondered how Lin Tian had practiced it, and then said he did not know the rest.

Lin Tian learned that the Demon-Subduing Golden Body was divided into three parts and received an incomplete map that might lead to its middle part. After the old man sent him away and asked him to return once he reached the True Essence Realm, Lin Tian was interrupted by an urgent Summoning Order from the Dao Origin Sect.

• Lin Tian prepared to leave after the old man said he did not know the cultivation technique, but the old man offered to share clues.
• The old man explained that the Demon-Subduing Golden Body had upper, middle, and lower parts, and that the lower part was the iron fragment Lin Tian held.
• The old man sent an incomplete map connected to the Demon-Subduing Golden Body into Lin Tian's mind, and Lin Tian recognized it from something he had obtained before.
• Lin Tian reaffirmed his agreement to help the old man, who told him to return after reaching the True Essence Realm and then cast him out of the cell.
• Lin Tian returned to his courtyard, but six bell tolls announced an urgent Summoning Order from the Dao Origin Sect.

Lin Tian attended the Dao Origin Sect’s mandatory meeting after Mu Chunfeng brought him to the Council Hall, where he saw the sect’s True Disciples and many elders. Sect Master Yu Xiangtian arrived and surveyed the gathered disciples, leaving the meeting’s purpose still to be revealed.

• Mu Chunfeng found Lin Tian preparing to return to cultivation and took him to the sect meeting, explaining that the Summoning Order was mandatory and likely concerned an upcoming Secret Realm.
• Lin Tian observed that nearly all the True Disciples had reached the True Essence Realm, including Yu Wangchuan, and noted Wu Tianze’s imposing presence.
• Lin Tian counted at least thirty-five True Essence Realm elders in attendance and realized the sect had many more experts beyond those present.
• Yu Xiangtian entered the Council Hall, received bows from the elders and disciples, and took his seat.
• Yu Xiangtian checked which elders had arrived, then turned his gaze toward the True Disciples.

Lin Tian attended a meeting where Dao Origin Sect planned for three royal courts to enter the secret realm together, creating a serious disadvantage. The sect decided to separate entrants by cultivation level and in batches, and Mu Chunfeng told Lin Tian he would likely lead the group below the True Essence Realm.

• Yu Xiangtian and the elders informed the gathering that the three royal courts of the Hebei Region would join forces to enter the secret realm.
• Yu Xiangtian asked the elders and True Disciples to discuss how Dao Origin Sect could handle the threat of the combined royal courts.
• The meeting ended with a plan to divide entrants by cultivation level and have them enter the secret realm in fixed-size batches.
• Mu Chunfeng told Lin Tian that he was the only True Disciple below the True Essence Realm and would likely lead that group.
• Mu Chunfeng explained that the sect's disciples would need to coordinate rather than fight separately because their opponents would attack without mercy.

Lin Tian completed the map pointing to the Demon-Subduing Golden Body, only to discover it led to the distant Hebei Region. Meanwhile, Yu Xiangtian asked the four lineage Pulse Masters to choose who would lead the dangerous Secret Realm operation, and Gu Tiantong volunteered.

• Mu Chunfeng warned Lin Tian that the Three Great Royal Courts made the Secret Realm operation dangerous and said the leader would receive an extra share of Secret Realm Origin Power.
• Lin Tian matched Wang Gu's beast-hide map with the map the old man had placed in his mind, completing it and locating the Demon-Subduing Golden Body in the Hebei Region.
• Lin Tian realized the Hebei Region was over a thousand li away and traveling there from the Dao Origin Sect would take more than a month.
• Yu Xiangtian told the four lineage Pulse Masters that one of them had to lead the Secret Realm operation and asked who would accept the responsibility.
• Gu Tiantong, the Pulse Master of the Gold Spirit Lineage, volunteered to take on the task.