Recaps

Lin Tian decided to retrieve the next cultivation method for the Demon-Subduing Golden Body and prepared to travel north to the Hebei Region despite the Demon Sect threat. After Mu Chunfeng gave him a Mu Family Token, Lin Tian reached the Ten Thousand Weapons Pavilion to collect his rented Flying Boat.

• The elders agreed to seek help from the two neighboring upper sects to face the Demon Sect threat.
• Lin Tian asked Mu Chunfeng why he had pretended to be seriously injured, but Mu Chunfeng said it was a decision made with the Pulse Master.
• Lin Tian told Mu Chunfeng he would travel north alone to retrieve something important, and Mu Chunfeng gave him a Mu Family Token for assistance on the journey.
• Lin Tian went to the Ten Thousand Weapons Pavilion and showed Song Bao'er's rental Token to collect the Flying Boat.
• Lin Tian inspected the grayish-white Flying Boat and judged it suitable for his trip to the Hebei Region.

Lin Tian piloted a Flying Boat past the Dark Forest and the ominous Black Abyss, then began cultivating after escaping the feeling of being watched. He later saw a merchant association losing a fight against mountain bandits, who had the stronger Core Condensation forces.

• A Deacon Disciple explained the Flying Boat's controls and offered to accompany Lin Tian, but he declined and set off alone.
• Lin Tian quickly reached Ghost Forest Mine and continued across the Dark Forest toward the Black Abyss.
• Feeling as if the Black Abyss was watching him, Lin Tian sped away until the sensation disappeared, then cultivated aboard the Flying Boat.
• Lin Tian came upon a merchant association fighting mountain bandits, whose two Core Condensation experts outmatched the association's single expert.

The Black Wind Fort chieftains ambushed the Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce caravan, demanding half its profits and trying to take Ma Yourong hostage. After Elder Guo and the guards were poisoned, an unknown figure killed both chieftains, leaving Elder Guo stunned.

• The Black Wind Fort chieftains demanded half of the Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce's profits from Elder Guo.
• The one-eyed chieftain demanded that Ma Yourong be taken hostage while Elder Guo returned to negotiate.
• Elder Guo confronted the chieftains, but they revealed they knew he was injured and had prepared an ambush.
• The Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce guards collapsed from poison, and Elder Guo was weakened as well.
• Elder Guo urged Ma Yourong to flee, but an unknown figure appeared and killed both Black Wind Fort chieftains.

Lin Tian rescued the Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce caravan and asked Ma Yourong to help him enter Wanbang City under the caravan's identity. He agreed to travel with them, but saw that the survivors were gravely injured and prepared to use the Formless Combat Technique on them.

• Lin Tian, disguised as a middle-aged man, descended and met Elder Guo after helping the caravan.
• Lin Tian declined a reward and asked the caravan to help him enter Wanbang City.
• Ma Yourong agreed to help Lin Tian, who explained he needed an identity to enter the city and did not want to reveal his Dao Origin Sect status.
• Ma Yourong said the caravan needed to rest before setting off, and Lin Tian noticed its members were badly injured.
• Lin Tian became vexed at their condition and prepared to use the Formless Combat Technique on them.

Lin Tian traveled with Madam Ma’s caravan into Wanbang City while secretly refining Secret Realm Origin Power to strengthen his cultivation. After Madam Ma offered to help him, he accepted her invitation, hoping her local connections would help him find the Demon-Subduing Golden Body site.

• Lin Tian chose not to use his distinctive abilities to cure the poisoned caravan members and continued cultivating while they recovered.
• Madam Ma treated Elder Guo and the others, but at least half of the caravan guards died before the group resumed its journey.
• Lin Tian used the caravan as cover to enter Wanbang City without showing identification, then tried to leave quietly.
• Madam Ma stopped Lin Tian and offered assistance after thanking him for saving the caravan.
• Lin Tian realized that a local ally could help him find the stone cave containing the Demon-Subduing Golden Body mural, so he accepted Madam Ma’s invitation.

Lin Tian agreed to cooperate with Madam Ma in Wanbang City, offering her a favor in exchange for help finding the Demon-Subduing Golden Body. Madam Ma also asked him to lend his presence against suspected traitors in the Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce, and Lin Tian agreed only on the condition that he could end the cooperation if anything seemed improper.

• Lin Tian told Madam Ma he was searching for an object and offered her a favor if she helped him find it.
• Madam Ma agreed to cooperate with Lin Tian personally and invited him to the Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce, where she would arrange lodging.
• In the carriage, Madam Ma revealed that she wanted Lin Tian's support to overawe people inside the chamber of commerce.
• Madam Ma said the bandits who ambushed her had known the secret route she took to negotiate with foreign merchants, suggesting someone in the chamber had leaked information.
• Madam Ma identified the chamber's grand elder as its strongest member, at Gang Realm Perfection or possibly Half-Step True Essence Realm, and Lin Tian agreed to lend his presence.
• Lin Tian warned Madam Ma that he would terminate their cooperation and leave if he found anything improper.

Lin Tian accompanied Madam Ma to the Zhou Estate, where she returned as head of the Zhou Family and president of the Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce. After Zhou Dafu challenged her authority, another Zhou Family member emerged with an oppressive aura, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Tian told Madam Ma that he was posing as rogue cultivator Zhao Tian and was searching for a Six-Armed Stone Buddha and the Demon-Subduing Golden Body.
• Madam Ma explained that her late husband had founded the Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce, whose business thrived on pills that enhanced divine soul and consciousness; Lin Tian became interested in acquiring some.
• Lin Tian and Madam Ma arrived at the Zhou Estate, where Zhou Dafu welcomed her and praised her for securing a trade route and partnership with Qinggang City.
• Madam Ma ordered Zhou Dafu to address her as family head or president, and he bristled at her demand.
• An unidentified Zhou Family member challenged Madam Ma's authority as an oppressive aura spread through the courtyard.

Lin Tian stepped out of Madam Ma’s carriage and confronted Zhou Dafu’s Gang Realm elder brother when the man pressured her. Lin Tian overwhelmed the elder’s force and refused to back down, leaving the Zhou Family’s conflict unresolved.

• Zhou Dafu’s elder brother arrived and released Gang Realm pressure, which Lin Tian blocked from inside the carriage.
• Lin Tian emerged from the carriage, and Zhou Dafu and his elder brother realized he was a powerful martial artist.
• The elder demanded an explanation for Lin Tian interfering in Zhou Family affairs, while Madam Ma tried to shield Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian stood in front of Madam Ma, identified himself as her friend, and said he would not let the elder bully her.
• Lin Tian’s pressure overwhelmed the early Gang Realm elder and forced him to recoil, leaving him wary of Lin Tian’s strength.

Lin Tian helped Madam Ma defeat Zhou Dasheng’s attempt to pressure her, then entered the Zhou Family estate as her guest. While brewing tea in his new courtyard, Lin Tian sensed something unusual in the main guest room.

• Madam Ma felt at peace as Lin Tian stood up for her against Zhou Dasheng.
• Zhou Dasheng tried to accuse Madam Ma of conspiring with an outsider, but she countered by warning that he had no authority to reject Lin Tian, a powerful Gang Realm expert, on the Zhou Family’s behalf.
• Zhou Dasheng abandoned his plan and left the estate with Zhou Dafu.
• Madam Ma thanked Lin Tian, promised to keep her word, and arranged for him to stay in a courtyard while she handled the promised matters.
• Lin Tian brewed tea and extended his awareness through the courtyard, then noticed something unusual in the main guest room.

Lin Tian was confronted by Madam Ma’s two daughters after entering their courtyard, and he restrained them with the Myriad Beast Curse. He left them unable to move while he calmly sat down and drank tea.

• Lin Tian discovered someone lived in the courtyard and was about to leave when a young woman returned and attacked him.
• Lin Tian dodged her attack and recognized her resemblance to Madam Ma, then repelled her second strike with a wave of force.
• The young woman’s sister appeared, and Lin Tian explained that Madam Ma had brought him there, but the daughters did not believe him.
• Lin Tian used the Myriad Beast Curse to silence the first daughter and immobilize both young women.
• The frightened sisters remained rooted in place as Lin Tian sat at the stone table and leisurely drank tea.

Lin Tian released Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling, then asked Madam Ma to find him a quiet place to stay outside the Zhou Estate. Meanwhile, a man in a concealed meeting room learned that a powerful Gang Realm expert had thwarted the plan against Madam Ma and demanded an account of the family meeting.

• Lin Tian sensed his cultivation was nearing a breakthrough but chose not to cultivate in front of Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling.
• Madam Ma returned, found Lin Tian drinking tea while her daughters held horse stances, and worried they might have offended him.
• Lin Tian lifted the Myriad Beast Curse, and Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling rushed to shield their mother before Madam Ma told them he had saved her life.
• Madam Ma introduced Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling and apologized, but Lin Tian said they had caused him no trouble and asked to stay outside the Zhou Estate.
• Madam Ma agreed to take Lin Tian to a courtyard she had purchased and reassured him that their agreement would remain unchanged.
• In an underground meeting room, a man berated Zhou Dasheng for failing to advance the plan and asked whether anyone had proposed removing Madam Ma as family head.

Zhou Dasheng and Zhou Dafu reported that Zhao Tian had helped Madam Ma secure her authority in the Zhou Family, prompting a rival to consider targeting him. Madam Ma then settled Lin Tian into a secluded residence, where he discovered a box of her intimate garments hidden beside the bed.

• Zhou Dasheng told the man in the main seat that the bribed Zhou Family members had stayed silent because Zhao Tian backed Madam Ma and her return had brought the family great profit.
• Zhou Dafu explained that Zhao Tian had come from outside Wanbang City and was searching for something, leading the man to consider removing him to isolate Madam Ma.
• Madam Ma brought Lin Tian, Zhou Cai, and Zhou Ling to the residence she had arranged for him, and Lin Tian accepted it with thanks.
• Madam Ma left with Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling after Lin Tian said he did not need servants and could wait for news about his search.
• Lin Tian used his consciousness to pull a hidden wooden box from beside the bed and found it filled with women's intimate garments, which he suspected belonged to Madam Ma.

Lin Tian completed his Second True Essence Tempering and considered his next steps toward finding the Demon-Subduing Golden Body. While practicing the Myriad Shadow Formless Spear Art, he wondered whether mastering many spear techniques could lead him to the Spear Domain.

• Lin Tian cultivated the Primordial Five Elements Art until it reached completion, triggering his Second True Essence Tempering.
• Lin Tian sensed that his True Essence had become more than twice as strong as after his first tempering, with an additional five percent increase in both quality and quantity.
• Lin Tian decided he would ask Madam Ma for a map of Wanbang City rather than rely entirely on her help to find the Demon-Subduing Golden Body.
• Lin Tian spent the night cultivating, then practiced the Myriad Shadow Formless Spear Art on the courtyard Arena with the Yi Chen Spear.
• Lin Tian reflected on how mastering spear techniques deepened his understanding of the Spear Dao and wondered whether accumulating those insights could lead to the Spear Domain.

Lin Tian wondered whether learning more peerless combat techniques could help him gain another Spear Domain, then watched Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling arrive at his courtyard to apologize to Zhao Tian. Zhou Cai resisted the idea of Zhao Tian becoming close to their mother, but Zhou Ling suggested he might be a good person and understood their mother's burden.

• Lin Tian pondered whether mastering more peerless combat techniques could grant him another Spear Domain.
• Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling arrived at the courtyard where Zhao Tian was staying, and Zhou Cai complained about him living there.
• Zhou Ling reminded Zhou Cai that Zhao Tian was a Gang Realm expert who had shown mercy after their attack, and that they needed to apologize.
• Zhou Ling asked whether Zhou Cai disliked Zhao Tian because she feared something might happen between him and their mother.
• Zhou Ling said she would not mind if their mother found support, while Zhou Cai worried Zhao Tian might be after the Zhou Family's fortune.
• Zhou Ling argued that Zhao Tian had looked at them differently from other men, prompting Zhou Cai to reconsider what she had noticed.

Zhou Ling redirected Zhou Cai’s anger from Zhao Tian by bringing up marriage and Senior Brother Xu, whom Zhou Cai despised for repeatedly harassing her. The sisters went to visit Lin Tian but could not find him in the main guest room, leaving them unsure where to search next.

• Zhou Cai insisted that any man she fancied would need to be an outstanding young prodigy, while Zhou Ling teased her about Senior Brother Xu.
• Zhou Cai reacted with disgust to Senior Brother Xu and recalled his harassment of her and her family at the sect.
• Zhou Ling urged Zhou Cai to stop discussing Senior Brother Xu and go check on Uncle Zhao as their mother had instructed.
• Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling searched the main guest room, found no sign that Lin Tian had stayed there, and felt warmly toward him for leaving their family’s meaningful room untouched.
• Unable to find Lin Tian, Zhou Cai worried that he might have gone out and said they could not simply return without completing their visit.

Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling secretly watched Lin Tian practice his spear art, then apologized for yesterday’s attack. Lin Tian dismissed their apology and asked them to help him obtain a map so he could search for the Six-Armed Stone Buddha.

• Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling went to the Performance Stage and secretly watched Lin Tian practice the Myriad Shadow Formless Spear Art.
• Lin Tian noticed them, finished his practice, and invited them to sit for tea.
• Zhou Ling apologized for watching him practice, and Lin Tian reassured the sisters that he did not mind.
• Zhou Ling explained that she and Zhou Cai had come to apologize for their actions the previous day at Madam Ma’s request.
• Lin Tian told them to help find what he was looking for and asked them to get him a map for his search for the Six-Armed Stone Buddha.

Lin Tian asked Zhou Ling to obtain a detailed map of Wanbang City so he could search for what he was looking for. The map revealed three possible locations, and Zhou Ling asked whether she and Zhou Cai could accompany him to investigate.

• Lin Tian asked Zhou Ling for a comprehensive map of Wanbang City to narrow down his search.
• Zhou Ling returned with Zhou Cai and a detailed map provided by Madam Ma, then watched Lin Tian practice his spear technique.
• Zhou Ling and Zhou Cai were astonished by Lin Tian's spear practice and the insights it gave them into their own martial skills.
• Lin Tian compared the city map with the map in his memory and identified three possible locations.
• Lin Tian agreed to inspect the locations himself, and Zhou Ling asked him to take her and Zhou Cai along.

Lin Tian agreed to take Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling with him after Madam Ma gave her permission, and the three set off for a Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple in search of the Six-Armed Stone Buddha. On the way, Zhou Cai questioned whether Lin Tian’s true cultivation was really at the Gang Realm, but he dodged the question with an explanation of his spear technique before their carriage reached its destination.

• Zhou Ling asked Lin Tian to take her and Zhou Cai out, and Lin Tian insisted they get Madam Ma’s permission first.
• Madam Ma agreed, so Lin Tian traveled by carriage with Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling toward the nearest of his three destinations, a place rumored to have a Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.
• Zhou Cai asked whether Lin Tian’s true cultivation was only at the Gang Realm after she and Zhou Ling gained insight from watching his spear technique.
• Lin Tian claimed the technique was unusually profound and suited their cultivation paths, avoiding a direct answer about his cultivation.
• Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling accepted his explanation as the carriage stopped at their destination.

Lin Tian visited the Ten Thousand Buddhas Small City with Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling, then waited at an inn because the temple was overcrowded. There, he noticed a group watching the siblings as the Second Young Master and Second Elder prepared to capture them.

• Lin Tian learned that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Small City had been established by the powerful Ten Thousand Buddhas Kingdom, which Wanbang City's lord had allowed to remain.
• Lin Tian, Zhou Cai, and Zhou Ling waited at an inn after finding the queue to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple too long to enter.
• Lin Tian sensed a late-stage Gang Realm martial artist spying on him and realized the man’s group was also watching Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling.
• The Second Young Master asked the Second Elder whether the Zhou siblings had powerful protectors, and the Second Elder said their companion was only mid Gang Realm.
• The Second Elder approved the capture plan, assigning himself to deal with Lin Tian while the Second Young Master prepared to act.

Feng Tianyang tried to lure Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling away, but Lin Tian pinned him down and exposed the Feng Family Second Elder behind the scheme. As the Second Elder threatened to take the sisters, Lin Tian challenged his confidence.

• Feng Tianyang approached Lin Tian and the Zhou sisters, then claimed he had information about Madam Ma’s murder to lure them outside.
• Zhou Ling saw through Feng Tianyang’s excuse, and he tried to seize the sisters before Lin Tian’s pressure slammed him to the floor.
• Lin Tian recognized the Feng Family Second Elder, who revealed himself and released his Late Gang Realm aura.
• The Second Elder admitted the Feng Family wanted to take Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling to negotiate with Madam Ma, then threatened them despite Lin Tian’s presence.
• Lin Tian asked the Second Elder if he was truly confident he could take the sisters away right in front of him.

Lin Tian refused to let the Feng Family’s Second Elder take Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling, then crippled him with a single flick of his teacup. With the Second Elder defeated, Feng Tianyang was left without protection.

• The Second Elder urged Lin Tian to leave and threatened to injure him if he interfered with the Feng Family.
• Lin Tian told the Second Elder to leave without taking Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling, but the man intensified his Gang Realm pressure and prepared to attack.
• As the Second Elder moved to strike, Lin Tian flicked his teacup at him.
• The Second Elder blocked the teacup, but its force twisted and crippled his arm and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Feng Tianyang trembled at the sight of the defeated Second Elder, while Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling stared at Lin Tian in amazement.

Lin Tian defeated the Feng Family's Second Elder and forced Feng Tianyang to reveal that Zhou Dasheng had helped bandits attack Madam Ma. Feng Tianyang hinted that he knew more, and Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling questioned him about why the Feng Family had come for them.

• Lin Tian's single blow badly injured the Second Elder, who tried to escape, while Feng Tianyang cowered before him.
• Feng Tianyang offered information in exchange for his life, and Lin Tian recognized that he and the Second Elder had encountered the Demon-Subduing Golden Body.
• Feng Tianyang revealed that Zhou Dasheng had told bandits Madam Ma's trade route, prompting Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling to question him.
• Feng Tianyang claimed he knew nothing else about the attack, so Zhou Cai asked why he had come and why the Second Elder wanted to take her and Zhou Ling away.
• Feng Tianyang hesitated, and the pressure bearing down on him surged again.

Lin Tian helped Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling expose the Feng Family’s scheme, then let Madam Ma take charge of the captured attackers. After learning the Demon-Subduing Golden Body might be in the Feng Family estate, he disguised himself and infiltrated it to question Feng Tianyang and the Second Elder.

• Feng Tianyang confessed that the Feng Family had targeted Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling to seize the Zhou Family’s profitable deal and planned to drug them to control Madam Ma.
• Zhou Cai wanted to kill Feng Tianyang, but Zhou Ling stopped her, warning that the Zhou Family could not afford to provoke the Feng Family.
• Zhou Ling asked Lin Tian to leave the attackers alive, and Madam Ma arrived to take charge of Feng Tianyang and his companions.
• Lin Tian parted ways with Madam Ma and the sisters, then changed his clothes and appearance before slipping into the Feng Family estate.
• Lin Tian sensed that the estate’s strongest member was only at the Half-Step True Essence Realm and waited for Feng Tianyang and the wounded Second Elder to return so he could question them.

Lin Tian followed Feng Tianyang back to the Feng Family estate and waited until night to use the Heart Demon Curse on him. He began questioning Feng Tianyang about whether he had learned a Body Tempering Technique.

• The Feng Family Head told the injured Second Elder and Feng Tianyang to rest instead of punishing them for their failures.
• Lin Tian followed Feng Tianyang to his courtyard, marked its location, and explored the Feng Family estate while waiting for nightfall.
• Lin Tian sensed a Feng Family martial artist attempting to break through to the True Essence Realm but left without investigating.
• After night fell, Lin Tian entered Feng Tianyang's room and used the Heart Demon Curse to control him.
• Lin Tian ordered Feng Tianyang to answer his questions, and Feng Tianyang said he had never learned a Body Tempering Technique.

Lin Tian discovered that the Feng Family's Golden Body Meridian-Penetrating Scripture was derived from the Demon-Subduing Golden Body and learned that its stone cavern was hidden beneath the family's Underground Vault. After Feng Tianyang resisted revealing the vault's location, Lin Tian tortured him until he agreed to lead the way.

• Lin Tian questioned Feng Tianyang and confirmed that the Feng Family's Golden Body Meridian-Penetrating Scripture was closely connected to the Demon-Subduing Golden Body.
• Feng Tianyang revealed that his ancestor had found the technique in a stone cavern.
• Lin Tian used a second Heart Demon Curse to make Feng Tianyang disclose that the stone cavern lay beneath the Feng Family's Underground Vault.
• Feng Tianyang resisted Lin Tian's command to take him to the vault, so Lin Tian used the Formless Combat Technique to torture him.
• Feng Tianyang led Lin Tian out of the courtyard, trembling with fear.