Recaps

Lin Tian forced Feng Tianyang to lead him into the Feng Family’s underground vault, where he learned about the Golden Body Liquid and found the Demon-Subduing Golden Body technique. After Feng Tianyang revealed the liquid was beneath the Six-Armed Stone Buddha, Lin Tian entered the hidden chamber and discovered a pool of golden water.

• Feng Tianyang revealed that the Feng Family’s core members needed Golden Body Liquid to cultivate the Golden Body Meridian-Penetrating Scripture, and Lin Tian made him lead the way into the restricted vault.
• Lin Tian subdued the Gang Realm guards with Heart Demon Curses and continued through the vault with Feng Tianyang.
• Feng Tianyang opened an ancient stone door, and Lin Tian read the grotto’s inscriptions to learn the Demon-Subduing Golden Body technique, which covered the Diamond Body, Glazed Body, and Dragon-Subduing Body stages.
• Lin Tian used a Heart Demon Curse to make Feng Tianyang reveal that the Golden Body Liquid lay beneath the Six-Armed Stone Buddha, then opened the hidden passage.
• Lin Tian followed Feng Tianyang into the chamber below and found a powerful pool of golden water that his body yearned to absorb.

Lin Tian discovered that his Demon-Subduing Golden Body could absorb the Feng Family’s Golden Body Liquid without pain, unlike ordinary cultivators. As he rapidly consumed nearly a quarter of the pool, Feng Tianyang realized he had to escape and warn his father.

• Lin Tian approached the Feng Family’s Golden Body Liquid, while Feng Tianyang expected the liquid to destroy him because he had not practiced the family’s scripture.
• Lin Tian absorbed a drop and found that it strengthened his body and rapidly advanced his Demon-Subduing Golden Body.
• Lin Tian entered the pool and absorbed the Golden Body Liquid at an increasing pace without suffering pain.
• A whirlpool formed as the liquid vanished, and Feng Tianyang realized Lin Tian had already refined nearly a quarter of the pool.
• Feng Tianyang decided to escape and report the loss to his father before the family discovered what had happened.

Lin Tian absorbed the Golden Body Liquid, broke through to the True Essence Realm, and continued strengthening his body while Feng Tianyang watched helplessly. Elsewhere, the Feng Family Grand Elder risked his life by consuming a fourth drop of Golden Body Liquid and succeeded in reaching the True Essence Realm.

• Feng Tianyang tried to retreat and alert his family, but Lin Tian's Heart Demon Curse locked him in place.
• Lin Tian's Demon-Subduing Golden Body reached its first breakthrough, triggering a painless Flesh Reconstruction that raised his body to the True Essence Realm.
• Lin Tian continued absorbing the Golden Body Liquid, and Feng Tianyang realized the pool was rapidly disappearing.
• The Feng Family Grand Elder's attempt to break through became unstable, so he swallowed a fourth drop of Golden Body Liquid despite the risk of death.
• The Grand Elder united his will and strength, broke through the barrier in his energy center, and reached the True Essence Realm.

The Feng Family Grand Elder broke through to the True Essence Realm, making the family a Millennial Clan in Wanbang City. He then discovered Lin Tian absorbing nearly all the Golden Body Liquid in the Underground Vault and attacked him without checking his cultivation.

• The Feng Family Grand Elder achieved the True Essence Realm, and the Feng Family Head and elders congratulated him.
• The Grand Elder sensed an intruder in the Underground Vault and rushed there, followed by the Feng Family Head and elders.
• Feng Tianyang watched as Lin Tian absorbed nearly all the Golden Body Liquid while advancing his Demon-Subduing Golden Body toward the late stage.
• The Grand Elder arrived and saw the depleted pool, then attacked Lin Tian in anger without first assessing his cultivation.

Lin Tian defeated the Feng Family Grand Elder with a casual physical strike, forcing him to kneel and protect Lin Tian’s cultivation. As Lin Tian continued absorbing the Golden Body Liquid, his Demon-Subduing Golden Body reached Diamond Body Consummation and manifested a Vajra-like phantom.

• Lin Tian shattered the Grand Elder’s True Essence attack with a finger flick and knocked him to the ground.
• The Grand Elder realized Lin Tian was a Second True Essence Tempering expert, then knelt and begged for forgiveness.
• Lin Tian ordered the Grand Elder to prevent anyone from disturbing his cultivation.
• When the Feng Family Head and others approached, the Grand Elder stopped them and forbade them from entering.
• Feng Tianyang watched in shock as Lin Tian’s blood qi surged and his Demon-Subduing Golden Body reached Diamond Body Consummation.
• A golden, two-armed Vajra phantom appeared behind Lin Tian, resembling the Six-Armed Stone Buddha outside.

Lin Tian emerged from the Feng Family’s Underground Vault after absorbing the Golden Body Liquid, greatly strengthening his body, and took the remaining liquid with him. He rejected the Grand Elder’s invitation to stay, then left the Feng estate while the Feng Family realized another True Essence Realm expert had been in their vault.

• Lin Tian discovered that his physical strength had increased enough for him to withstand late True Essence Realm attacks and potentially kill such an expert at close range.
• Lin Tian bottled all the remaining Golden Body Liquid, and the Feng Family Grand Elder and Feng Tianyang stayed silent rather than challenge him.
• The Grand Elder told Lin Tian the Feng Family had no claim to the liquid and congratulated him, leaving Feng Tianyang stunned by his flattery.
• The Grand Elder invited Lin Tian to dine with the Feng Family to build a connection, but Lin Tian refused and asked him to clear away the onlookers.
• The Grand Elder led the Feng Family members outside, and Lin Tian immediately flew out of the vault and beyond the estate.
• The Feng Family members realized that the streak of light was a True Essence Realm expert who had been inside their Underground Vault.

After Lin Tian took the Feng Family’s Golden Body Liquid and Demon-Subduing Golden Body technique, the Grand Elder turned his attention to obtaining the Zhou Family’s Spirit-Raising Pill formula. Lin Tian planned to ask Madam Ma for pills before returning to the Dao Origin Sect, and his faster cultivation suggested he might complete multiple true essence temperings on the way.

• The Feng Family Grand Elder had Feng Tianyang brought from the Underground Vault, where the family learned that Lin Tian had taken all their Golden Body Liquid.
• The Grand Elder dismissed the loss of the Golden Body Liquid and proposed taking the Zhou Family’s Spirit-Raising Pill formula to strengthen the Feng Family.
• The Feng Family Head warned that Madam Ma would not willingly give up the formula, but the Grand Elder planned to visit the City Lord’s Manor with a lavish gift.
• Lin Tian reflected on gaining the Demon-Subduing Golden Body and Golden Body Liquid, then decided to ask Madam Ma for Spirit-Raising Pills before leaving Wanbang City.
• After cultivating overnight, Lin Tian discovered that his improved technique had accelerated his progress and might let him complete his third true essence tempering before returning to the Dao Origin Sect.

On the way to visit Lin Tian and thank him, Madam Ma and her daughters discussed Zhao Tian’s strength after he defeated the Feng Family’s Second Elder. Madam Ma offered one theory and began to explain a second, leaving the mystery unresolved.

• Zhou Cai asked whether Madam Ma could estimate Zhao Tian’s martial arts realm, and Zhou Ling revealed that Zhou Cai had been asking everyone since the previous day.
• Zhou Cai described how Zhao Tian had crippled the Feng Family’s Late Gang Realm Second Elder with a flicked teacup, surprising Madam Ma.
• Zhou Cai recounted the Zhou Family elders’ vague theories that Zhao Tian was above Gang Realm Perfection or used a special secret technique.
• Madam Ma proposed that Zhao Tian had reached Gang Realm Perfection in both cultivation and physical strength, allowing him to defeat a Late Gang Realm expert with ease.
• Madam Ma said she thought her first theory was more likely, but that her second theory was difficult even for her to believe.

Madam Ma reasoned that Zhao Tian’s strength might mean he had reached the True Essence Realm, thrilling Zhou Cai and renewing her desire to ask him about martial arts. Madam Ma rebuked her for being intrusive, then brought her and Zhou Ling to Lin Tian’s courtyard to apologize, where they found him waiting in a pavilion.

• Madam Ma told Zhou Cai that Zhao Tian’s true cultivation might have reached the True Essence Realm, and Zhou Cai became excited by the possibility.
• Zhou Cai asked whether she could question Uncle Zhao again, but Madam Ma and Zhou Ling forbade it; Zhou Ling revealed that Zhou Cai had already asked him about his realm the day before.
• Madam Ma learned of Zhou Cai’s earlier question and scolded her, while Zhou Ling explained what had happened.
• Madam Ma, Zhou Cai, and Zhou Ling arrived at Lin Tian’s courtyard, and Madam Ma told Zhou Cai to apologize to Uncle Zhao.
• Lin Tian sensed their arrival, ended his cultivation, and went outside to meet them; the three found him standing in a pavilion and felt as though he had been expecting them.

Madam Ma offered Lin Tian full-potency Spirit-Raising Pills and asked him to become an attendant of the Zhou Family. She revealed that the Feng Family had learned the pills’ true effects, leaving Lin Tian to consider the danger facing the Zhou Family.

• Madam Ma brought Lin Tian a jade bottle of the Zhou Family’s Spirit-Raising Pills as thanks for saving her and her daughters.
• Madam Ma explained that the Zhou Family weakened the pills sold openly to avoid being devoured by powerful clans.
• Madam Ma offered Lin Tian full-potency pills if he would help the Zhou Family establish itself in Wanbang City.
• Madam Ma described a partnership involving pills that could help martial artists open their Sea of Consciousness, though the pills carried a considerable cost.
• Madam Ma revealed that the Zhou Family’s other major problem was the Feng Family, which she feared had learned the pills’ true effects.

Lin Tian accepted Madam Ma’s Spirit-Raising Pill and sensed that it might suit his Sea of Consciousness, while considering her proposal to work with the Zhou Family against the Feng Family. After Zhou Cai asked about his cultivation, Lin Tian revealed that he had reached the true essence realm.

• Madam Ma explained that the Feng Family knew only about the Spirit-Raising Pill’s ordinary effects and offered Lin Tian a pill to consider cooperation.
• Lin Tian accepted the pill and sensed his Sea of Consciousness responding to its medicinal power.
• Zhou Cai apologized for asking about Lin Tian’s cultivation the previous day, and Lin Tian told her he did not mind.
• When Zhou Cai tried to ask about his cultivation, Madam Ma attempted to stop her, but Lin Tian chose to answer in return for Madam Ma’s sincerity.
• Lin Tian revealed his true essence realm by releasing its aura and manifesting true essence power in his hand.

Lin Tian revealed to Madam Ma that he was a True Essence Realm expert, prompting her to hope he would cooperate with the Zhou Family. After Madam Ma left, Lin Tian swallowed a Spirit-Raising Pill, and his Sea of Consciousness began moving on its own.

• Lin Tian demonstrated his True Essence and confirmed his actual cultivation to Madam Ma, Zhou Cai, and Zhou Ling.
• Madam Ma asked Lin Tian to consider cooperating with the Zhou Family, and Lin Tian agreed to consider it if the Spirit-Raising Pill worked on him.
• Madam Ma took Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling away and warned Zhou Cai not to disturb Lin Tian before he made his decision.
• Lin Tian returned to his room, swallowed a Spirit-Raising Pill, and rapidly refined its medicinal power.
• Lin Tian's Sea of Consciousness began surging and falling on its own, though he sensed it was unharmed.

Lin Tian discovered that a Spirit-Raising Pill had strengthened his Sea of Consciousness by five percent overnight, making him consider partnering with the Zhou Family to obtain more. Zhou Cai arrived to tell him that the Feng Family and Dragon Family had surrounded the Zhou Family, and Lin Tian agreed to help.

• Lin Tian sensed his Sea of Consciousness expand soon after swallowing a Spirit-Raising Pill and continued cultivating.
• The Feng Family Grand Elder ordered the family to move against the Zhou Family and offer the Dragon Family seventy percent of the Zhou Family's business partnership benefits, while keeping the Spirit-Raising Pills for themselves.
• After a night of cultivation, Lin Tian found that the pill had increased his Sea of Consciousness by five percent and considered pursuing a partnership with the Zhou Family.
• Zhou Cai hurried to Lin Tian and reported that the Feng Family had surrounded the Zhou Family, with members of the Dragon Family among them.
• Lin Tian reassured Zhou Cai that he would help the Zhou Family after seeing the Spirit-Raising Pill's effects.

Lin Tian agreed to help Zhou Cai and set out without taking a carriage as the Feng Family confronted the Zhou Family. The Feng Family demanded that Madam Ma become a concubine, then revealed their Grand Elder had reached the True Essence Realm, leaving the Zhou Family elders stunned.

• Lin Tian told Zhou Cai they would leave immediately without a carriage.
• The Feng Family entered the Zhou Family estate and gathered with its leaders in the main hall.
• Madam Ma stopped her elders from attacking and asked the Feng Family Head why he had come.
• The Feng Family Head proposed that Madam Ma become his son's concubine and claimed the Zhou Family would climb the Feng Family's high branch.
• The Feng Family Grand Elder appeared with True Essence Realm pressure, and the Feng Family Head announced his breakthrough and the clan's rise in status.

The Feng Family used the City Lord’s guarantee and their Grand Elder’s strength to demand that Madam Ma become a concubine, threatening her control of the Spirit-Raising Pill recipe. Lin Tian arrived to protect her, but the Feng Family Grand Elder said he was acting on the City Lord’s orders, leaving Lin Tian facing a more complicated confrontation.

• The Feng Family Head revealed that the City Lord had endorsed the marriage and said the Feng Family would escort Madam Ma away in three days.
• Madam Ma reassured Zhou Ling that she had escape plans for Zhou Ling and Zhou Cai, while Zhou Ling urged her to seek help from Zhao Tian.
• Zhou Cai arrived with Lin Tian, who told Madam Ma to leave the matter to him and released his true essence realm aura.
• The Feng Family Grand Elder recognized Lin Tian as the expert who had absorbed the Golden Body Liquid and immediately showed deference.
• The Feng Family Grand Elder insisted he had come on the City Lord’s orders, while Lin Tian sensed another True Essence Realm cultivator nearby who had reached the third tempering.

Lin Tian turned the Feng Family’s appeal to the city lord’s order into a test of their own strength, refusing to let them take Madam Ma without defeating him. Long Wuhui of the Dragon Family arrived and challenged Lin Tian on the Feng Family’s behalf, leaving them facing off.

• Lin Tian told the Feng Family’s Grand Elder that he would not oppose the city lord’s order but would require the Feng Family to defeat him before taking Madam Ma.
• The Feng Family’s Grand Elder reacted angrily, then relaxed after receiving a voice transmission.
• Long Wuhui entered and was recognized as the Dragon Family’s Second Elder.
• Long Wuhui claimed he would take Lin Tian’s challenge on the Feng Family’s behalf and stepped into the open space to wait for him.
• Lin Tian sensed Long Wuhui’s strength but welcomed his direct challenge.

Lin Tian faced Long Wuhui in the arena after the Dragon and Feng Families targeted him as part of their plan against the Zhou Family. Long Wuhui attacked without holding back, but Lin Tian defeated him with a single punch, leaving him buried in dust.

• Long Wuhui tried to provoke Lin Tian into apologizing and surrendering, while Madam Ma realized he meant to injure him and feared for the Zhou Family.
• Lin Tian leaped into the arena and mocked Long Wuhui's plans to return to his courtyard for tea.
• Long Wuhui unleashed the power of his third True Essence tempering, and the onlookers retreated from the force of it.
• Lin Tian stood unmoved and beckoned Long Wuhui to attack with one hand, enraging him.
• Long Wuhui charged with a powerful True Essence strike, but Lin Tian answered with a punch that tore through the surrounding force.
• Lin Tian's punch sent Long Wuhui flying through several walls until dust obscured him, stunning the Zhou and Feng Family members.

Lin Tian defeated Long Wuhui with one punch, then pressured the Dragon and Feng Families into abandoning their attempt to arrange a marriage with the Zhou Family. The Feng Family Grand Elder accepted the defeat and agreed not to blame the City Lord, Lin Tian, or the Zhou Family as the visitors were invited to stay for a meal.

• Lin Tian severely injured Long Wuhui with a single punch, shocking both families.
• Long Wuhui apologized to Lin Tian and blamed the Feng Family for bringing him to the Zhou Family.
• Lin Tian invited the Feng Family Grand Elder to fight him, but the Grand Elder refused and said the Feng Family gave up.
• Lin Tian warned that leaving and complaining to the City Lord could make the Zhou Family seem defiant, so the Grand Elder said the Feng Family alone was too weak to pass the test.
• Lin Tian approved of the Grand Elder's response and invited the visitors to stay for a meal at the Zhou Family.

Lin Tian forced the Feng Family to roll out of the Zhou Family estate, then received thirty Spirit-Raising Pills from Madam Ma. When he said he would soon leave Wanbang City, he showed her a token revealing that he was a True Disciple of the Dao Origin Sect.

• Lin Tian stopped the Feng Family Grand Elder from leaving and ordered the Feng Family members to roll out through the Zhou Family gates.
• Zhou Cai laughed about the Feng Family's humiliation, and Madam Ma apologized for her daughter's behavior.
• Madam Ma gave Lin Tian thirty Spirit-Raising Pills as part of their cooperation, and he put them away.
• Lin Tian told Madam Ma and Zhou Cai that he planned to leave Wanbang City soon, disappointing Madam Ma.
• Lin Tian showed Madam Ma his token, and she discovered it identified him as a True Disciple of the Dao Origin Sect.

Lin Tian revealed that he was a True Disciple of the Dao Origin Sect and explained that he had come to bid farewell and discuss his cooperation with Madam Ma. Madam Ma firmly chose to continue supplying him with Spirit-Raising Pills, and Lin Tian began to show his sincerity.

• Madam Ma told Zhou Cai and Zhou Ling that Lin Tian was a True Disciple of the Dao Origin Sect, leaving them shocked and making Zhou Cai embarrassed about her earlier behavior.
• Lin Tian reassured the mother and daughters that they could treat him as before, then explained that he would soon leave Wanbang City and offered Madam Ma two choices for their cooperation.
• Madam Ma immediately agreed to keep working with Lin Tian and supply him with Spirit-Raising Pills on behalf of the Zhou Family.
• Madam Ma reaffirmed that the Zhou Family would regularly supply the pills, and Lin Tian said he would show his sincerity as his face began to change.

Lin Tian revealed his true appearance and identity to Madam Ma and her daughters, leaving them his Dao Origin Sect token as protection before departing. After visiting the Feng Family, he continued his journey and broke through in cultivation, bringing himself closer to being able to cultivate the Formation Diagram.

• Lin Tian shed his disguise, revealed his true face, and told Madam Ma and her daughters that he was Lin Tian, the fifth-ranked True Disciple of the Dao Origin Sect.
• Lin Tian entrusted Madam Ma with his token and instructed her to keep his identity secret, promising that she could contact him if the token could not resolve a problem.
• Madam Ma agreed to protect Lin Tian's secrets and left to arrange the monthly delivery of Spirit-Raising Pills, while Zhou Ling teased Zhou Cai about watching Lin Tian leave.
• Lin Tian departed from the Zhou Family and descended into the Feng Family's grounds before continuing his journey.
• Nearly half a month later, Lin Tian broke through in cultivation, expanded his sea of consciousness to almost twice its former size, and produced a strand of blood-colored true essence.

After his blood-colored true essence increased his strength, vitality, and lifespan, Lin Tian worried that his blood might attract the Demon Sect. He then investigated the Six-Armed Stone Buddha and discovered two techniques that complemented the Demon-Subduing Golden Body.

• Lin Tian realized his blood-colored true essence strengthened his body and added twenty years to his lifespan.
• Lin Tian suspected his blood had become a potent medicine and decided to avoid shedding it lest the Demon Sect discover its properties.
• Lin Tian examined the Six-Armed Stone Buddha he had taken from the Feng Family's Underground Vault and uncovered the Six Demon-Subduing Forms.
• Lin Tian searched the statue's legs and discovered One Reed Crosses the River, a technique claiming to be the fastest under heaven, without equal.

Aboard the Flying Boat, Lin Tian tested the Six Demon-Subduing Forms and One Reed Crosses the River, gaining powerful defensive, soul-attacking, and movement techniques before returning to the Dao Origin Sect. He found the Inner Sect’s disciples reduced by at least two-thirds, apparently because of the Demon Sect.

• Lin Tian tested Demon-Subduing Golden Body Construction and found its golden protection could withstand attacks from powerful cultivators.
• Lin Tian used Demon-Subduing Brahma Sound, discovering that it attacked enemies’ souls and seas of consciousness at the cost of his own mental power.
• Lin Tian activated One Reed Crosses the River and moved nearly fifty meters in a step while the world seemed to slow around him.
• Lin Tian cultivated for half a month aboard the Flying Boat, advanced toward his fourth true essence tempering, and returned to the Dao Origin Sect.
• Song Bao'er greeted Lin Tian and accepted the Flying Boat Token as she accompanied him into the Inner Sect.
• Lin Tian noticed that the Inner Sect had lost at least two-thirds of its disciples and suspected the Demon Sect was responsible.

Lin Tian received Elder Zhou’s deployment order and learned that the Demon Sect’s advance had drawn the Dao Origin Sect, the Great You Dynasty, and the Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect into a chaotic three-way campaign. He flew toward his assigned post, anticipating conflict among the forces.

• Song Bao'er gave Lin Tian a scroll about the Demon Sect and a letter from Elder Zhou containing a deployment order.
• Lin Tian learned that the demonic scourge had become severe and that the True Disciples had been sent to assigned suppression posts.
• Lin Tian told Song Bao'er to manage the courtyard and left immediately aboard a Flying Boat.
• Lin Tian read that the Great You Dynasty had sent the Golden Guard and that the Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect had joined the Dao Origin Sect near their shared border.
• Lin Tian concluded that the three forces would likely clash internally as well as fight the Demon Sect.

Lin Tian arrived at the Hundred Veins Land to reclaim the authority over the Dao Origin Sect camp and gain access to its sky fire marrow crystals. As he headed to the main tent, the Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect’s Leng Qingfeng learned who he was and dismissed him as no cause for concern.

• Lin Tian learned that the Hundred Veins Land’s sky fire marrow crystals could improve cultivation and temper the body, then decided to pursue them.
• Lin Tian landed at the Dao Origin Sect camp and saw that the person managing his assigned post had not come out to greet him.
• Lin Tian asked a disciple to lead him to the main tent, where he heard people talking and went inside to reclaim his authority.
• Song Qian mocked Lin Tian as a coward who had come for the resources, while Leng Qingfeng told her to show him respect.
• A messenger confirmed that the arriving True Disciple was Lin Tian, and Leng Qingfeng concluded that he was no cause for concern.