Recaps

As Upper Sect Faction disciples suffered mounting losses in the Secret Realm, Elder Zhou grew alarmed that none of those returning had seen Lin Tian. Hidden in a cave, Lin Tian tempered his meridians with Secret Realm Origin Crystals and prepared to raise his remaining True Gangs to Peerless True Gangs, while a new wave of True Essence Realm Tokens shattered outside.

• Royal Court and Upper Sect Faction disciples entered the Secret Realm in large numbers, and their battles caused the Upper Sect Faction to lose more Tokens.
• Elder Zhou questioned returning disciples, learned that none had seen Lin Tian, and checked that Lin Tian’s Token remained intact.
• Lin Tian used dozens of Secret Realm Origin Crystals to temper his meridians, enduring repeated ruptures and repairs as they grew far stronger.
• Lin Tian estimated that completing the tempering would let him elevate his remaining three True Gangs to Peerless True Gangs.
• Elder Zhou learned that Upper Sect disciples had allied with the Sword Heaven Upper Sect, but then Tokens from both factions’ True Essence Realm teams shattered in a fresh surge.

The discovery of a large supply of Secret Realm Origin Crystals sparked excitement and alarm among the factions inside and outside the secret realm. As the Royal Court geniuses considered taking the crystals for themselves, Gushendu hesitated because he knew Lin Tian’s strength.

• A wounded Dao Origin Sect disciple reported that the Royal Court faction had attacked after the True Essence Realm team found many Secret Realm Origin Crystals, and Yu Xiangtian confirmed the value of one crystal.
• Yu Xiangtian and Elder Zhou worried that the crystals would trigger fierce battles and heavy casualties, while the Sword Heaven Upper Sect elders fretted over how quickly the crystals were being exposed and claimed.
• Royal Court geniuses gathered around a Secret Realm Origin Crystal, and Gushendu confirmed that many crystals had appeared in the secret realm.
• Ba'er urged the Royal Court factions to eliminate their rivals and divide the crystals, and the Divine Martial and Divine Shepherd Royal Court geniuses agreed.
• Gushendu hesitated to join Ba'er’s plan because his knowledge of Lin Tian made him wary of making an enemy of him.

Ba'er urged Gushendu and the Divine Shaman Royal Court to purge the Upper Sect Faction, and Gushendu agreed as the Royal Court prepared to attack. Ye Wandao and the others were surrounded while Lin Tian remained in a cave, completing his cultivation of Peerless True Gang.

• Ba'er mocked Gushendu for fearing Lin Tian and argued that the Royal Court should strike the Upper Sect Faction to claim Secret Realm Origin Crystals.
• Gushendu decided that the Divine Shaman Royal Court would purge the Upper Sect Faction.
• Ye Wandao, Gu Qingshuang, and the others discussed the danger posed by the Royal Court, and Ye Wandao said they had not seen Lin Tian since entering the Secret Realm.
• A disciple warned Ye Wandao and the others that a huge force from the Royal Court was surrounding them, and they went out to face it.
• Lin Tian finished tempering his True Scripture and used Secret Realm Origin Power to raise his final three strands of True Gang to Peerless True Gang.

Lin Tian completed the transformation of his True Gang into Peerless True Gang, and the resulting surge of power devastated the area before his strength reached its limit. As Ba'er’s Royal Court group confronted Ye Wandao and the Upper Sect geniuses, Lin Tian arrived and answered Ba’er’s demand to speak with him.

• Lin Tian’s five streams of True Gang transformed into Peerless True Gang, triggering an uncontrolled surge of power that destroyed the cave and surrounding area.
• Lin Tian’s power growth stopped after his meridians reached their limit, and he decided that his Secret Realm journey was complete.
• Gushendu, Ba'er, and the Royal Court geniuses confronted Ye Wandao and the Upper Sect group, while Ba'er demanded to know where Lin Tian was.
• Ye Wandao claimed Lin Tian was cultivating and asked Ba'er what he wanted to discuss, but Ba'er insisted that Lin Tian come out.
• Lin Tian arrived, heard Ba'er demand to speak with him, and asked what Ba'er wanted to tell him.

Lin Tian joined Ye Wandao and the Upper Sect Faction, then confronted the Royal Court members. Gushendu stopped Ba'er from attacking and demanded that Lin Tian's side leave the Secret Realm and surrender the Secret Realm Origin Crystal, mistakenly believing Lin Tian feared the Royal Court.

• Lin Tian appeared behind the Upper Sect Faction, then walked to Ye Wandao and the others as they greeted him.
• Lin Tian confronted Ba'er, whose anger nearly drove him to attack before Gushendu stopped him with a voice transmission.
• Gushendu introduced himself, apologized for the Royal Court's earlier conduct, and asked Lin Tian to leave the Secret Realm and give up the Secret Realm Origin Crystal.
• Lin Tian raised a hand to silence Ye Wandao and the others, while Gushendu took his restraint as proof that Lin Tian feared the Royal Court.

Gushendu offered Lin Tian and the Upper Sect Faction compensation if they left the Secret Realm, but Lin Tian rejected the offer and killed Gushendu with a single spear thrust. The Royal Court Faction surrounded Lin Tian as both sides prepared to fight.

• Gushendu demanded that Lin Tian's group leave the Secret Realm and offered them Secret Realm Origin Power as compensation.
• Gu Qingshuang stopped Gu Changyuan from attacking and waited for Lin Tian to decide what to do.
• Lin Tian refused Gushendu's offer, checked for True Essence Realm experts, and killed Gushendu with his Long Spear.
• Ba'er ordered the Royal Court Faction to attack Lin Tian, while Ye Wandao and the others rushed to protect him.
• The Royal Court Faction moved faster than Ye Wandao's group and surrounded Lin Tian.

Lin Tian overwhelmed the Royal Court geniuses surrounding him, killing several with his spear while Ba'er survived two attacks using a hidden light barrier. The remaining geniuses fled, but Lin Tian continued striking them down as they ran.

• Ye Wandao and the others feared Lin Tian would be killed when Ba'er and the Royal Court geniuses surrounded him.
• Lin Tian vanished through the encirclement and killed four Royal Court geniuses with sudden spear thrusts.
• Ba'er blocked Lin Tian's next attack with a light barrier, but the force wounded him and sent him flying.
• Lin Tian recalled that Agushi had used a similar barrier to escape before, while the onlookers were stunned by his strength.
• The surviving Royal Court geniuses fled, and Lin Tian killed three more before pursuing the rest with his spear.

Lin Tian killed the remaining top Royal Court geniuses, and the Upper Sect Faction drove the Royal Court from the Secret Realm. With the battle over, Lin Tian waited while the victors gathered the realm’s resources before they could leave.

• Lin Tian killed the last three fleeing top Royal Court geniuses just before they reached their camp.
• Lin Tian ordered the Upper Sect Faction to drive every Royal Court member out of the Secret Realm, and Ye Wandao led their charge.
• The Royal Court geniuses scattered, with many crushing their Tokens to escape while others were killed.
• Lin Tian watched from a high spot as the Upper Sect Faction’s attack forced the remaining Royal Court members to flee.
• Ye Wandao killed the last living Royal Court genius, clearing the faction from the Secret Realm.
• Lin Tian waited to leave, knowing the Upper Sect Faction still had to gather the realm’s resources.

After the Royal Court Faction was eliminated, Lin Tian arranged how the Dao Origin Sect and Sword Heaven Upper Sect would divide the Secret Realm’s resources. He uncovered the Sword Heaven Upper Sect’s method for finding Secret Realm Origin Crystals and left them the right to search for those crystals under a seventy-thirty split.

• Lin Tian gathered Ye Wandao, the Dao Origin Sect candidates, Gu Qingshuang, and Gu Changyuan to discuss dividing the Secret Realm’s resources.
• Gu Qingshuang asked Lin Tian how he planned to allocate the resources, hoping the Sword Heaven Upper Sect could gather its own share independently.
• Lin Tian asked whether the Sword Heaven Upper Sect could locate Secret Realm Origin Crystals, revealing that he had seen them use such a method earlier.
• Lin Tian granted the Sword Heaven Upper Sect the right to search for Secret Realm Origin Crystals and set the overall resource split at seventy percent for the Dao Origin Sect and thirty percent for the Sword Heaven Upper Sect.

Lin Tian settled the Secret Realm resource split, then searched the fallen Royal Court geniuses for valuables. Outside the Secret Realm, Gushendu told Guerdo that Lin Tian had defeated the Royal Court forces and that Dao Origin Sect and Sword Heaven Upper Sect were collecting the treasures.

• Gu Qingshuang accepted Lin Tian's decision to give Sword Heaven Upper Sect thirty percent of the resources, and Lin Tian ordered Ye Wandao to coordinate the search.
• Lin Tian turned to the Royal Court geniuses' corpses, wondering whether their storage vessels held Origin Power.
• The Royal Court disciples returned from the Secret Realm, leaving the elders bewildered, and Guerdo questioned the wounded Gushendu.
• Gushendu reported that Lin Tian had killed the Royal Court's top geniuses and driven the Royal Court forces from the Secret Realm.
• Elder Zhou learned from a messenger that the allied sects were gathering Secret Realm Origin Power and Secret Realm Origin Crystals.

After Lin Tian drove the Royal Court disciples from his team’s territory, Dao Origin Sect seized nearly half of the fused Secret Realm’s resources and prepared to leave with a huge haul. Lin Tian and the others returned through their Tokens, bringing their collected Origin Crystals and Secret Realm Origin Power back to the elders.

• Elder Zhou and Yu Xiangtian learned that Lin Tian had driven out the Royal Court disciples and claimed the resources in his team’s territory, while Royal Court elder Guerdo feared losing the King’s favor.
• Lin Tian’s team rapidly gathered Secret Realm Origin Power and Origin Crystals without interference from the Royal Court.
• Ye Wandao reported that the team had collected the resources and presented Lin Tian with his filled Energy Storage Crystal and Dao Origin Sect’s share of the Origin Crystals.
• Lin Tian declined to inspect Sword Heaven Upper Sect’s share and told the disciples they could leave or continue searching.
• Ye Wandao ordered the disciples to leave, and they crushed their Tokens to teleport out of the Secret Realm.
• Elder Zhou and the others watched the Tokens flash and realized that Lin Tian’s team had returned with Dao Origin Sect’s bountiful harvest.

Lin Tian emerged from the Secret Realm unharmed after driving the Royal Court out, then handed over more than a hundred Secret Realm Origin Crystals. Yu Xiangtian collected the crystals and left with Elder Zhou, increasingly impressed by Lin Tian.

• More than a hundred disciples emerged from the Secret Realm, followed by Lin Tian, Gu Qingshuang, and other prominent geniuses.
• Elder Zhou checked Lin Tian with his Martial Dao Will and found him uninjured, then realized how extraordinary his victory over the Royal Court's geniuses had been.
• Elder Zhou spotted the hundred-plus Secret Realm Origin Crystals Lin Tian carried and was stunned by their number.
• Lin Tian gave the crystals to Elder Zhou for inspection, and Yu Xiangtian arrived after seeing them.
• Yu Xiangtian stored the crystals in a Spatial Spirit Treasure, praised Lin Tian with a nod, and returned with Elder Zhou to their previous position.

Lin Tian discovered that the Broken Sword in his Sea of Consciousness had revealed clearer writing as his strength increased. He uncovered the Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture, a method for controlling the sword to kill enemies, and realized it might let him defeat opponents above his realm.

• The Royal Court elders resented Lin Tian for claiming the Secret Realm Origin Crystals but could do nothing against the barrier and the Dao Origin Sect's Sect Master.
• Lin Tian noticed another True Essence Realm Token shatter and saw that the Secret Realm was growing dim as it neared closing.
• Lin Tian inspected the Broken Sword in his Sea of Consciousness and read the newly clarified name Primal Grand Profound True Method.
• Lin Tian found a second technique in the Broken Sword, the Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture, which taught him to control the sword to kill enemies.

Lin Tian studied the Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture and cultivated it while waiting for the Secret Realm expedition to end. When the True Essence Realm teams returned, their severe injuries revealed how brutal the battles inside had been.

• Lin Tian learned that advancing the Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture would improve his control of the Broken Sword and eventually unlock the Void Sword Array Diagram.
• Lin Tian began cultivating the scripture by stirring his Martial Dao Will and continued for three days.
• The remaining Tokens on the elevated platform buzzed and flashed, signaling that the True Essence Realm teams had finished their expedition and were being teleported out.
• Dozens of True Essence Realm experts appeared on the platform, badly wounded and bloodied, with some nearly missing their arms.
• Elder Zhou and the other elders handed out healing pills as they saw that both factions had suffered grievous injuries, though the Royal Court Faction was in better condition.

Lin Tian reunited with the badly injured Mu Chunfeng and explained that he had entered the Secret Realm, driven out the Royal Court geniuses, and claimed nearly all its resources. As Mu Chunfeng and the other survivors realized how Lin Tian had saved their team from defeat, they turned their attention to him.

• Lin Tian spotted Mu Chunfeng covered in blood and helped him down from the platform.
• Mu Chunfeng questioned whether Lin Tian had entered the Secret Realm because he was completely uninjured.
• Elder Zhou explained that Lin Tian had expelled every Royal Court member and brought back nearly all the Secret Realm resources, then sent Mu Chunfeng a divine-sense image of what happened.
• Mu Chunfeng accepted the account and was astonished to learn Lin Tian had filled his Energy Storage Crystal and collected over a hundred Secret Realm Origin Crystals.
• Ye Wandao and the other nearby geniuses remembered the danger of the Royal Court's attack and realized Lin Tian's intervention had saved their team.

Lin Tian left the Secret Realm and handed over his Origin Storage Crystal for processing before returning to Dao Origin Sect. While the women waiting at his residence feared he had been gravely injured, Lin Tian’s calm voice came from outside the door.

• The Secret Realm split apart, and Lin Tian and the Upper Sect Faction exited while the Royal Court Faction disappeared from view.
• Elder Zhou requested everyone’s Energy Storage Crystals and explained how the Secret Realm Origin Power would be divided.
• An elder told Lin Tian that processing his special Origin Storage Crystal would take more than half a day, so Lin Tian left for his Cultivation Chamber.
• Song Bao'er reported that Mu Chunfeng had returned severely injured and that True Essence Realm experts were also gravely hurt, deepening the women’s fears for Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian spoke from outside the door, asking why everyone had gathered there.

Lin Tian returned unharmed from the Secret Realm, bathed, and reviewed the resources he had brought back. He decided to cultivate until he reached the True Essence Realm before traveling to the Hebei Region for the next Demon-Subduing Golden Body method, while the families prepared to fight over their rankings in Dao Origin City.

• Lin Tian returned to the courtyard, reassured Song Bao'er and the other women that he was unharmed, and asked them to prepare hot water.
• Song Bao'er teased Wen Qingxue about her feelings for Lin Tian after Wen Qingxue admitted she had helped wipe his back.
• Lin Tian examined his Secret Realm Origin Power and one hundred and twenty-five Secret Realm Origin Crystals, then decided to cultivate before traveling to the Hebei Region.
• Lin Tian began cultivating and planned to advance the Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture while preparing to break through to the True Essence Realm.
• The aristocratic families and the Sword Heaven Upper Sect departed after settling their Secret Realm matters, as battles over family rankings and resource shares loomed in Dao Origin City.

The Murong Family discussed the threat of other clans after the Secret Realm ended, but Murong Ao rejected the idea of seeking outside help. Murong Ya trained under Murong Yun to improve her chances of reaching the True Essence Realm, and Murong Yun assured her that Lin Tian had healed his injuries and that he could help preserve the family.

• Murong Ao heard an elder propose using Zhao Santong's Secret Realm Origin Power to seek an alliance, but he dismissed the plan because no clan would risk opposing their rivals.
• Murong Yun tempered Murong Ya with True Essence until she could endure an hour of it, raising her chance of breaking through to the True Essence Realm to nearly thirty percent.
• Murong Ya recognized that her breakthrough could help save the Murong Family, which could no longer rely on outside aid.
• Murong Yun told Murong Ya that Lin Tian had healed his injuries and that, although he could not guarantee the family's survival, preserving the Murong Family name would not be difficult.
• Murong Ya thought of something after hearing Murong Yun's reassurance and prepared to speak.

Murong Yun explained why Lin Tian would not help the other Murong elders, and Murong Ya accepted that his present status made their old arrangement impossible to repeat. As Dao Origin City’s clans fought for power, the Murong Family remained mysteriously untouched while Murong Ya continued preparing to break through to the True Essence Realm.

• Murong Yun rejected Murong Ya’s suggestion to ask Lin Tian to treat the other elders, explaining that Lin Tian had offered his help when he was weak but was now a powerful True Disciple.
• Murong Yun told Murong Ya to recover with medicinal baths after her body and meridians adapted to True Essence.
• Over the next three days, rivalries among Dao Origin City’s great clans intensified, but the Murong Family remained untouched and grew increasingly uneasy.
• Murong Ya endured an hour and a half of True Essence Baptism, bringing her closer to a breakthrough that would raise her success chance to thirty-five percent.
• Murong Yun admitted he did not know why the Murong Family had been spared and urged Murong Ya to focus on breaking through so she could help the family survive its crisis.

Murong Ya worried that Lin Tian might not honor his agreement to give the Murong Family ten percent of his Secret Realm gains, which she needed to improve her chances of reaching the True Essence Realm. Lin Tian learned that the sect would give him only half of the Secret Realm Origin Power in his crystal and that he had to collect it himself, leaving him to consider the sect’s priority for young True Essence Realm cultivators.

• Murong Ya asked Murong Yun whether Lin Tian would still seek them out, fearing he might withhold the promised resources.
• Murong Yun reassured Murong Ya that Lin Tian was trustworthy, though he did not explain his reasoning.
• Song Bao'er delivered Elder Zhou’s letter to Lin Tian in the Cultivation Chamber.
• Lin Tian read that he would receive fifty percent of the Secret Realm Origin Power stored in his crystal and would need to collect it at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• Lin Tian regretted receiving only half and recalled that the sect prioritized resources for True Essence Realm cultivators under one hundred, whom it considered pillars of the sect.

Lin Tian went to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion to collect his Secret Realm Origin Power and discovered that his share was only forty percent, not the fifty percent Elder Zhou had told him to expect. After learning the Gold Spirit Lineage had distributed it, he considered going there to find out why.

• Lin Tian left the Cultivation Chamber and went to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion to collect his Origin Storage Crystal.
• Steward Meng Lang eagerly guided Lin Tian, while the other stewards regretted missing the chance to approach him.
• A female disciple verified Lin Tian's identity and gave him a crystal containing his Secret Realm Origin Power.
• Lin Tian examined the crystal and found it held only forty percent of the power, despite Elder Zhou having told him he would receive fifty percent.
• The female disciple said the Gold Spirit Lineage had distributed the allocation, and Lin Tian considered visiting them for an explanation.

Lin Tian realized the Gold Spirit Lineage had cut his share of the Secret Realm Origin Power to suppress him and resolved to challenge one of its True Disciples after breaking through. Meanwhile, the Metal Spirit Pulse Master backed the resource allocation and prepared Liang Wankuo for another fight with Lin Tian.

• Lin Tian thanked a female disciple for explaining the Gold Spirit Lineage’s role in reducing his share, then left the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and decided he would no longer tolerate the lineage’s suppression.
• Lin Tian considered challenging Yan Xingshan, the Gold Spirit Lineage’s fifth-ranked True Disciple, after reaching the True Essence Realm, which he expected to do within a month.
• An elder told the Metal Spirit Pulse Master that Liang Wankuo had received the item and was about a month from breaking through to the True Essence Realm.
• The Metal Spirit Pulse Master dismissed concerns that the resource cuts were too obvious, claiming he had authority to allocate the Secret Realm Origin Power and had given Lin Tian more than ordinary True Disciples.
• The Metal Spirit Pulse Master ordered the elder to tell Liang Wankuo in a month not to disappoint him again.

Lin Tian refined the Broken Sword in his mind and gained control of it after advancing his Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture. He tested its spatial abilities and discovered that it could open traversable rifts and unleash an extremely fast crescent blade of light.

• Lin Tian returned to his courtyard and cultivated the Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture to its Second Layer.
• Lin Tian used his Sea of Consciousness to refine the Broken Sword and later summoned it into his hand.
• Lin Tian went to an empty area and used the Broken Sword to cut open paired spatial rifts.
• Lin Tian threw a stone through one rift and watched it emerge from the other.
• Lin Tian poured mental force into the Broken Sword and unleashed a silver-white crescent blade that moved too quickly to see.

Lin Tian tested the Broken Sword’s spatial abilities and learned that its powerful Spatial Slash could exhaust his Sea of Consciousness after one use. He set off for the Murong Family to honor their agreement, while Murong Ya continued her True Essence cleansing.

• Lin Tian found that his Spatial Slash had carved a vast, smooth fissure and discovered the attack had excessively depleted his Sea of Consciousness.
• Over two hours of testing, Lin Tian learned that Spatial Traversal reached up to ten meters and could be used three times before his Sea of Consciousness ran out.
• Lin Tian learned that Spatial Slash consumed even more energy and could only be used once with his current strength, though he believed it could cripple or kill a True Essence Realm expert.
• Lin Tian put the Broken Sword away and headed to the Murong Family in Dao Origin City to deliver the agreed share of resources from the Dao Origin Sect’s Origin Storage Crystal.
• Murong Ya endured two hours of True Essence cleansing as Murong Yun watched approvingly, judging that her body, meridians, and willpower were ready for a breakthrough to the True Essence Realm.

Murong Ya told Murong Yun she planned to attempt a breakthrough to the True Essence Realm in three days, while the Murong Family faced growing pressure from rival families. Lin Tian arrived at Murong Mansion to meet Murong Yun and Murong Ya, leaving the chapter as Murong Ya went to invite him inside.

• Murong Ya said she would attempt to break through to the True Essence Realm in three days, and Murong Yun silently agreed.
• Murong Ya asked whether they should contact the family head for Secret Realm Origin Power, as Lin Tian had not yet fulfilled their agreement.
• Murong Ya explained that rival families had begun testing the Murong Family by blockading one of its mines, while Murong Yun remained confident in Lin Tian.
• Meihua reported that Lin Tian had arrived at Murong Mansion, and Murong Yun told Murong Ya to invite him in while he stayed hidden.
• Lin Tian exchanged greetings with guard captain Zhou Zheng at the entrance, and hurried footsteps sounded behind him.