Recaps

Lin Tian arrived at the Murong Mansion to meet Murong Ya, and the steward welcomed him as an honored guest. After Murong Ya came to greet him, the two exchanged familiar forms of address, leaving their reunion poised to continue.

• The Murong Mansion steward welcomed Lin Tian at the entrance and escorted him inside, hoping Lin Tian might help the family avoid ruin.
• The guards remarked that Lin Tian had risen from Inner Disciple to one of the Dao Origin Sect’s Top Ten True Disciples in less than two years, and Zhou Zheng silenced their gossip.
• The steward led Lin Tian toward the main hall and said Murong Ya was on her way.
• Murong Ya arrived, and Lin Tian greeted her as Junior Sister Ya; she replied by calling him Junior Brother Lin.

Lin Tian visited Murong Yun to fulfill their agreement by giving him one-tenth of his Secret Realm Origin Power. Murong Yun discovered that the share filled his Origin Storage Crystal, revealing how vast Lin Tian’s gains were; Lin Tian still had three-tenths remaining.

• Lin Tian left the steward and went with Murong Ya to Murong Yun’s pavilion.
• Lin Tian and Murong Yun recognized each other’s improved cultivation and discussed Murong Yun’s recovery and coming advancement.
• Lin Tian transferred one-tenth of his Secret Realm Origin Power into Murong Yun’s purple Origin Storage Crystal.
• Murong Yun saw that the crystal was full and realized that even one-tenth of Lin Tian’s resources was an extraordinary amount.

After leaving Murong Mansion, Lin Tian returned to the Dao Origin Sect and focused on cultivating for a breakthrough to the True Essence Realm. A month later, Liang Wankuo used a True Transformation Pill and Secret Realm Origin Power to break through, manifesting a golden longsaber Dharma Body as cultivators gathered to witness it.

• Lin Tian completed his agreement with Murong Yun, left Murong Mansion, and returned to the Dao Origin Sect to cultivate.
• Murong Yun gave Murong Ya the prepared Secret Realm Origin Power and told her to prepare for her breakthrough; Murong Ya asked about Lin Tian's chances, and Murong Yun told her not to compare herself to a genius of his caliber.
• A month later, Liang Wankuo resolved his doubts and swallowed a True Transformation Pill while absorbing Secret Realm Origin Power from an Origin Storage Crystal.
• Liang Wankuo compressed his True Gang until it vanished, then formed True Essence and broke through to the True Essence Realm.
• A golden beam revealed Liang Wankuo's Martial Dao Dharma Body, and True Essence Realm cultivators on Golden Spirit Peak rushed over to watch a golden longsaber appear in the sky.

Liang Wankuo broke through to the True Essence Realm with a twenty-eight-zhang Initial Dharma Body, drawing praise from Golden Spirit Peak’s powerhouses and the Pulse Master. In a secluded part of the Dao Origin Sect, Lin Tian also broke through, revealing a nine-point-nine-zhang Dharma Body that gave him the potential for seventeen True Essence refinements.

• Liang Wankuo’s breakthrough produced a twenty-eight-zhang Initial Dharma Body, and the True Essence Realm powerhouses recognized his potential to complete a tenth refinement.
• The Pulse Master arrived at Golden Spirit Peak after sensing Liang Wankuo’s aura.
• Lin Tian broke through to the True Essence Realm in a remote back-mountain location, where his powerful breakthrough caused widespread destruction.
• Lin Tian examined his humanoid Dharma Body, activated the five petals of its lotus mark, and grew it from three zhang to nine point nine zhang.
• Lin Tian realized his Initial Dharma Body gave him the potential to complete seventeen True Essence refinements, three more than Wu Tianze.

Lin Tian broke through to the True Essence Realm and discovered that his fused Primordial True Essence could make matter disintegrate. Meanwhile, Liang Wankuo gained the Metal Spirit Pulse Master's backing to challenge Lin Tian and reclaim the True Disciple position.

• Lin Tian manifested a nine-zhang-nine Dharma Body despite not yet completing a True Essence tempering, giving him strength comparable to someone at the perfected initial stage of the Gang Realm.
• Lin Tian tested his Primordial True Essence's chaos trait, disintegrating stone and shattering a high-quality longsword, and realized it could also disrupt enemies' True Essence and techniques.
• The Metal Spirit Pulse Master praised Liang Wankuo for breaking through to the True Essence Realm and reminded him to handle an important matter without error.
• The Metal Spirit Pulse Master expected Liang Wankuo to help the Gold Spirit Lineage compete for resources against the Heavenly Steed Lineage.
• Liang Wankuo pledged to suppress Lin Tian and reclaim the True Disciple position, promising not to disappoint the Metal Spirit Pulse Master again.

Liang Wankuo challenged Lin Tian after breaking through to the True Essence Realm, and Lin Tian accepted a duel for the next day. Liang Wankuo prepared to crush Lin Tian’s hopes, while the news reached the injured Mu Chunfeng.

• Liang Wankuo accepted the Token for his challenge against Lin Tian and gloated that his new True Essence Realm would give him the advantage.
• Song Bao'er told Lin Tian that Liang Wankuo had challenged him, and Lin Tian accepted the fight at the Arena for the next day.
• Liang Wankuo learned that Lin Tian had accepted and convinced himself Lin Tian wanted to exploit his newly achieved breakthrough before his foundation stabilized.
• Liang Wankuo decided his powerful Dharma Body would let him defeat Lin Tian and planned to crush Lin Tian’s confidence in the Arena.
• Mu Chunfeng heard that Liang Wankuo had challenged Lin Tian and that Lin Tian had agreed to meet him at the Arena.

Mu Chunfeng learned that Lin Tian had accepted Liang Wankuo’s True Disciple Challenge despite Liang’s breakthrough to the True Essence Realm. He used a precious ginseng to suppress his injuries so he could watch over Lin Tian, while Lin Tian studied a map of the Hebei Region and prepared for his next journey.

• Mu Chunfeng heard that Liang Wankuo had advanced to the True Essence Realm and worried that Lin Tian could not defeat him in the challenge.
• Mu Chunfeng asked Bai Shao to bring the fifty-year Hundred-Spirit Ginseng so he could suppress his injuries and attend the challenge.
• Bai Shao reluctantly brought the medicine after Mu Chunfeng explained that he wanted to protect Lin Tian from Liang Wankuo.
• News of the challenge spread through the Dao Origin Sect, and disciples gathered near the challenge Arena.
• Song Bao'er and the others waited anxiously outside Lin Tian's Cultivation Chamber.
• Lin Tian activated his autonomous cultivation and studied a map of the Hebei Region to choose his destination for seeking the next Demon-Subduing Golden Body cultivation method.

Lin Tian chose to temper his True Essence gradually before heading toward a contested region, while Mu Chunfeng faced Gold Spirit Lineage provocation at the True Disciple Challenge. The chapter ended with Wu Tianshu announcing Yan Xingshan’s challenge to Mu Chunfeng in ten days and threatening the Heavenly Steed Lineage’s already precarious position.

• Lin Tian decided to complete one round of True Essence tempering before building his foundation further, and began tempering with Secret Realm Origin Power.
• The Arena filled with disciples, elders, and True Disciples for Liang Wankuo and Lin Tian’s challenge.
• Mu Chunfeng faced Wu Tianshu and Yan Xingshan, who had come to represent the Gold Spirit Lineage.
• Wu Tianshu taunted Mu Chunfeng about his injuries, and he replied that his wounds were trivial.
• Wu Tianshu announced Yan Xingshan’s True Disciple ranking challenge against Mu Chunfeng in ten days and warned that the Heavenly Steed Lineage could lose another True Disciple.

Mu Chunfeng realized Wu Tianshu intended to exploit his injuries, while Liang Wankuo waited for Lin Tian to begin their True Disciple challenge. Lin Tian arrived, mocked Liang Wankuo, and spotted Yan Xingshan among the Gold Spirit Lineage True Disciples, deciding he could face them both.

• Mu Chunfeng understood Wu Tianshu's challenge to his position and left with Bai Shao, who panicked after hearing their exchange.
• Three Witness Elders arrived, but Lin Tian was still absent, making Liang Wankuo recall that Lin Tian had arrived late during their previous challenge.
• Lin Tian entered the Arena, and Liang Wankuo taunted him for keeping everyone waiting and suggested he feared the fight.
• Lin Tian mocked Liang Wankuo as weak and noticed Yan Xingshan on the high platform.
• Lin Tian decided he could defeat Liang Wankuo and then deal with Yan Xingshan as well.

Lin Tian and Liang Wankuo began their True Disciple Challenge, and Lin Tian revealed that he had also reached the True Essence Realm. Lin Tian overwhelmed Liang Wankuo with a single spear strike, leaving him bloodied on the arena floor.

• Lin Tian realized Liang Wankuo had overheard his dismissive remarks, while Liang struggled to contain his anger.
• Wu Tianshu taunted Mu Chunfeng and said the Gold Spirit Lineage would teach Lin Tian manners.
• The Witness Elders signaled the start of the challenge, and Liang Wankuo charged Lin Tian with a powerful wave of Metal True Essence.
• Lin Tian revealed his True Essence Realm cultivation and raised his Long Spear as Liang Wankuo’s attack approached.
• Lin Tian cleaved through Liang Wankuo’s True Essence with one blow, and the resulting blast left Liang bloodied beneath the spear.

Lin Tian defeated Liang Wankuo with one strike, then challenged Yan Xingshan, the fifth-ranked True Disciple of the Gold Spirit Lineage. Wu Tianshu stopped Yan Xingshan from accepting immediately as she weighed the risks and the chance to suppress Lin Tian before the Heavenly Steed Lineage gained a larger share of resources.

• Lin Tian revealed his True Essence Realm cultivation and defeated Liang Wankuo with a single strike, leaving the watching disciples stunned.
• As Wu Tianshu and Yan Xingshan prepared to leave, Lin Tian challenged Yan Xingshan to display his twin-blade skills.
• Yan Xingshan moved to accept Lin Tian's challenge, but Wu Tianshu stopped him and told him to wait.
• Wu Tianshu considered whether Lin Tian's challenge concealed a scheme, then recognized that suppressing him could limit the Heavenly Steed Lineage's growing influence over resource shares.

Lin Tian challenged Yan Xingshan despite Mu Chunfeng's warning that Yan's Dharma Body was nearly nine zhang tall. As the battle began, Lin Tian revealed a ten-zhang Dharma Body and Five Elements True Essence, leaving the watching elders stunned by the power of his fused True Gang.

• Wu Tianshu decided Yan Xingshan should suppress Lin Tian to protect the Gold Spirit Lineage's plans, and she let Yan accept the challenge.
• Mu Chunfeng tried to warn Lin Tian that Yan Xingshan's Dharma Body was nearly nine zhang tall, but Lin Tian insisted he knew his limits.
• Yan Xingshan jumped onto the Arena, and the three Witness Elders recognized Lin Tian's True Disciple Challenge.
• The battle began, and Lin Tian unleashed his full True Essence against Yan Xingshan.
• Lin Tian's ten-zhang Dharma Body and Five Elements True Essence appeared, astonishing the elders who had heard he possessed only two strands of Fused True Gang.

Lin Lao observed Lin Tian’s True Essence and said that its density suggested Lin Tian had possessed at least three types of True Astral Force when he reached the True Essence Realm. Lin Tian’s strike overwhelmed Yan Xingshan, leaving him badly wounded and realizing that Lin Tian’s power surpassed his own.

• Lin Lao joined the elders watching the fight and estimated that Lin Tian had possessed at least three types of True Astral Force before his breakthrough.
• Wu Tianshu asked Lin Lao how many types Lin Tian had possessed, but Lin Lao said he needed to observe him longer.
• Lin Tian attacked Yan Xingshan with a heavy spear strike, and Yan Xingshan raised his saber to block it.
• Lin Tian’s blow shattered the Arena and sent Yan Xingshan flying out of the dust.
• Yan Xingshan steadied himself, bleeding and trembling, and recognized that Lin Tian’s power had surpassed his own.

Lin Tian overwhelmed Yan Xingshan with repeated spear strikes, then unleashed his Chaos Trait as Yan Xingshan formed his Dharma Body. The trait destabilized Yan Xingshan's True Essence and made his Dharma Body sluggish, leaving him unable to resist Lin Tian's incoming attack.

• Yan Xingshan drew his second saber and unleashed his True Essence, but Lin Tian struck him back with another powerful spear thrust.
• Yan Xingshan crossed both sabers against Lin Tian's Long Spear, yet the clash sent him flying and made him spit blood.
• Lin Tian pursued Yan Xingshan and struck his chest again, hurling him to the ground with severe injuries.
• Lin Tian leaped down with his spear aimed at Yan Xingshan, who scrambled up and began forming his nearly nine-zhang Dharma Body.
• Lin Tian unleashed the Chaos Trait, causing Yan Xingshan's Dharma Body to grow sluggish and his True Essence to become unstable.

Lin Tian defeated Yan Xingshan and became the Fifth True Disciple, preventing the Gold Spirit Lineage from challenging Mu Chunfeng and threatening the Heavenly Steed Lineage’s resource share. Lin Lao revealed that Lin Tian had fused Five True Essences to reach the True Essence Realm, leaving the elders and Mu Chunfeng stunned.

• Lin Tian overwhelmed Yan Xingshan with his final attack, but an elder stopped his spear before it could pierce Yan Xingshan.
• The Witness Elder declared Lin Tian the winner and named him the Fifth True Disciple.
• Mu Chunfeng realized Yan Xingshan’s defeat thwarted the Gold Spirit Lineage’s plan to challenge him, while Wu Tianshu recognized her side’s losses.
• Lin Lao praised Lin Tian’s achievement and revealed that he had fused Five True Essences to enter the True Essence Realm.
• The elders and Mu Chunfeng reconsidered Lin Tian’s extraordinary combat strength after hearing Lin Lao’s revelation.

After defeating Yan Xingshan, Lin Tian met Mu Chunfeng, whose severe injuries had only been suppressed by medicine. Mu Chunfeng praised Lin Tian’s victory and promised to report his merit to the Heavenly Steed Lineage, while Lin Tian suspected his senior brother had come to support him.

• Lin Tian defeated Yan Xingshan, greeted the elder, and prepared to leave for the Hebei Region.
• Lin Tian spotted Mu Chunfeng on a high platform and went to greet him.
• Mu Chunfeng began coughing, and Bai Shao gave him a Pill after his medicine’s suppressive effect weakened.
• Lin Tian sensed that Mu Chunfeng’s injuries had not healed and had only been temporarily suppressed.
• Bai Shao held back from revealing that Mu Chunfeng had come to support Lin Tian after Mu Chunfeng signaled her to stay quiet.
• Mu Chunfeng praised Lin Tian’s victory, noted his promotion to fifth True Disciple, and said he would report Lin Tian’s merit to the Pulse Master.

Lin Tian offered to use the Formless Combat Technique to treat Mu Chunfeng’s injuries, including damage to his Martial Origin. Mu Chunfeng accepted, and Lin Tian’s treatment began healing his wounds and clearing the True Essence Residue in his meridians.

• Lin Tian offered Mu Chunfeng a healing technique that could affect his Martial Origin, and Mu Chunfeng agreed to try it.
• Lin Tian placed a hand on Mu Chunfeng’s shoulder and sent black-and-white mist into his body.
• Mu Chunfeng felt the treatment rapidly heal both his recent wounds and old injuries.
• Lin Tian’s technique cleared the True Essence Residue from Mu Chunfeng’s meridians, raising Mu Chunfeng’s hopes of recovering from his injuries.

Lin Tian fully healed Mu Chunfeng’s injuries and restored his Martial Origin, leaving Mu Chunfeng eager to repay him. Lin Tian declined and left because he needed to attend to other matters, while a trembling Compass indicated that Old Man Hua was looking for him.

• Mu Chunfeng realized Lin Tian’s treatment could shorten his recovery from years to less than one year.
• Mu Chunfeng felt the black-and-white mist enter his Martial Origin and discovered that it had been restored.
• Lin Tian finished treating Mu Chunfeng, who found that his injuries were gone and his meridians had been cleansed.
• Mu Chunfeng tried to keep Lin Tian and repay him, but Lin Tian said he had matters to handle and took his leave.
• Lin Tian headed off because the Compass in his arms was trembling, signaling that Old Man Hua was looking for him.

Lin Tian healed Mu Chunfeng's injuries and delivered the compass and Secret Realm Origin Crystals to Hua Chengming. Hua Chengming offered to give Lin Tian the compass in exchange for ten crystals, but Lin Tian questioned its value because the Secret Realm opened only every fifty or sixty years.

• Lin Tian left the arena, and Mu Chunfeng realized his injuries and damaged Martial Dao Foundation had been completely healed.
• Bai Shao noticed Mu Chunfeng's recovery, and he told her he was free of ailments.
• Lin Tian followed the compass to a cliff behind the Dao Origin Sect and reported to Hua Chengming that he had completed the mission.
• Hua Chengming took the compass and Secret Realm Origin Crystals, then asked Lin Tian whether he had any extras.
• Lin Tian tried to conceal his surplus crystals, but Hua Chengming offered him the compass for ten crystals.
• Lin Tian doubted the compass was worth ten crystals because the Secret Realm opened only once every fifty or sixty years.

Lin Tian learned that the Compass Hua Chengming traded him for ten Secret Realm Origin Crystals was the Celestial Star Compass, a spiritual treasure that could survey terrain and help break formations. After Hua Chengming left for the Heavenly Derivation Sect, Lin Tian returned to his courtyard, where Song Bao'er and the others congratulated him on becoming the Fifth True Disciple.

• Hua Chengming told Lin Tian to infuse the Compass with True Essence, and it unfolded into a chessboard-like form.
• Hua Chengming revealed that the Celestial Star Compass could locate Secret Realm Origin Crystals, survey Earth Veins and nearby terrain, and help its holder break formations.
• Lin Tian agreed that the Compass was worth the ten Secret Realm Origin Crystals and handed them to Hua Chengming.
• Hua Chengming flew away after revealing that he was headed to the Heavenly Derivation Sect.
• Lin Tian returned to his courtyard, where Song Bao'er and the other women congratulated him on becoming the Fifth True Disciple.
• Lin Tian declined a celebration and offered to share any rewards he received that the others could use.

Lin Tian offered his sect rewards to Song Bao'er and the other women, but they refused so his cultivation would not be hindered. While cultivating the Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture, he learned that the Demon Sect had scattered across the Great You Dynasty and grew concerned for his family in Qingchuan County.

• Song Bao'er and the other women refused Lin Tian's offer to share his sect resources, insisting that his cultivation came first.
• Lin Tian returned to his Cultivation Chamber and focused on cultivating the Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture while preparing to seek the next technique of the Demon-Subduing Golden Body in the Hebei Region.
• Lin Tian learned that the sect's Flying Boats had been requisitioned because of Demon Sect activity, delaying his trip.
• Lin Tian recalled that the Righteous Alliance of twelve upper sects had attacked the Demon Sect but suffered a serious setback, forcing two sects to withdraw.
• Lin Tian learned that the Demon Sect had dispersed across the Great You Dynasty, disrupting the upper sects and prompting the Righteous Alliance to disband temporarily.
• Lin Tian worried that the Demon Sect's widespread activity might threaten his family in Qingchuan County.

Lin Tian cultivated while the Dao Origin Sect’s Metal Spirit Pulse Master learned that Lin Tian had defeated Liang Wankuo and Yan Xingshan, ruining his plan against the Heavenly Steed Lineage. Mu Chunfeng then told the Heavenly Steed Pulse Master that Lin Tian had also healed his Martial Origin injuries, leaving the Pulse Master astonished.

• Lin Tian set aside worries about his family’s safety and focused on cultivation after sending a letter to the Heavenly Derivation Sect.
• A jade pendant vibrated in the white-haired old man’s cell in Thunder Punishment Prison, and he worried that his sect had been found and hoped Lin Tian would act quickly.
• Wu Tianshu told the Metal Spirit Pulse Master that Lin Tian had defeated Liang Wankuo and Yan Xingshan, leaving both with severe Martial Origin injuries.
• The Metal Spirit Pulse Master realized his effort to undermine the Heavenly Steed Lineage had failed and dismissed Wu Tianshu.
• Mu Chunfeng told the Heavenly Steed Pulse Master that Lin Tian had reached the True Essence Realm, defeated Liang Wankuo and Yan Xingshan, and healed Mu Chunfeng’s injuries.
• The Heavenly Steed Pulse Master was especially shocked that Lin Tian had instantly restored Mu Chunfeng’s Martial Origin injuries.

After Lin Tian’s actions weakened the Gold Spirit Lineage’s hold over the Heavenly Steed Lineage, the Heavenly Steed Pulse Master assured Mu Chunfeng he would protect Lin Tian. A month later, as demonic calamities spread through Dao Origin Sect territory and disciples prepared to fight, Lin Tian tested the Broken Sword’s newly unlocked spatial ability and discovered it could cut through an exceptionally hard boulder with ease.

• Mu Chunfeng warned the Heavenly Steed Pulse Master that the Gold Spirit Lineage might retaliate against Lin Tian, and the Pulse Master said he would watch over him.
• The Heavenly Steed Pulse Master told Mu Chunfeng that any attack on Lin Tian would give him grounds to take the Gold Spirit Lineage’s share of sect resources.
• During a month of quiet, Dao Origin Sect disciples entered secluded cultivation after returning from the Secret Realm, while demonic calamities spread across the sect’s territory.
• Lin Tian advanced the Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture to the third layer and unlocked a spatial ability of the Broken Sword.
• Lin Tian controlled the Broken Sword to slice an extremely tough black boulder in half with a single, silent sweep.

After a month of cultivation, Lin Tian strengthened the Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture and prepared to travel to the Hebei Region. As he told two courtyard attendants he would be away for about two months, urgent bells rang throughout the Dao Origin Sect.

• Lin Tian tested the Broken Sword and found that it could unleash powerful, low-cost slashes capable of splitting a boulder.
• Cultivating the Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture to the third level extended Lin Tian's Spatial Traversal range to a hundred meters and increased Spatial Slash's power by at least fifty percent.
• Lin Tian learned that Song Bao'er had received the Flying Boat he ordered and decided to depart for the Hebei Region.
• Two women on courtyard duty told Lin Tian that the others were still cultivating in seclusion, and he instructed them to refer visitors to Song Bao'er during his two-month absence.
• The women warned Lin Tian that the Demon Sect had been active and urged him to wait a few days, but urgent bells suddenly rang throughout the Dao Origin Sect before he could finish reassuring them.

Lin Tian attended a Dao Origin Sect meeting where Sect Master Yu Xiangtian revealed that a Demon Sect Branch Master had entered their territory and killed ten True Essence Realm elders. The elders debated the threat as Lin Tian considered what it meant for the True Disciples.

• Lin Tian arrived at the sect meeting and drew the True Disciples’ attention because of his recent victory over Yan Xingshan and his five True Essences.
• Lin Tian noticed Mu Chunfeng’s sickly appearance was a disguise, but Yu Xiangtian arrived before they could speak.
• Yu Xiangtian announced that ten Dao Origin Sect True Essence Realm cultivators had been killed.
• Yu Xiangtian explained that one of the Demon Sect’s three Branch Masters had entered the sect’s territory and killed the ten elders.
• The elders began discussing the threat while Lin Tian considered the concerns facing the True Disciples.