Recaps

Lin Tian arrived at the Dao Origin Sect's main tent and met Qi Tianliang and four other Heavenly Steed Lineage experts. Rather than reclaiming authority over the sky fire marrow crystal distribution, he asked to join their discussion and left after listening.

• A Golden Guard member asked the woman leading the Golden Guard whether they should prepare for Lin Tian's arrival, but she dismissed him as no threat to their plans.
• As Lin Tian approached the Dao Origin Sect's main tent, a woman inside threw a concealed weapon at him, and he caught it.
• Qi Tianliang and the other four experts greeted Lin Tian with a show of force, then apologized and welcomed him after he entered.
• Lin Tian returned the concealed weapon to the woman who threw it and asked Qi Tianliang if he could join their discussion.
• Qi Tianliang welcomed Lin Tian, who sat down and listened silently as the group discussed sky fire marrow crystal resources.
• After the discussion ended, Lin Tian rose and left the tent.

After three days of cultivation, Lin Tian’s Sea of Consciousness compressed and grew powerful enough to extend his awareness nearly four thousand meters and manifest a spear. He suspected the Spirit-Raising Pill had caused the unusual change.

• Qi Tianliang reassured his companions that Lin Tian would not challenge his supervisory authority unless he was prepared to contend over strength and sky fire marrow crystals.
• Lin Tian learned that the crystals emerged from volcanic eruptions and that the allied factions pooled them before dividing them according to strength.
• Lin Tian stayed away from the main tent and cultivated for three days while waiting for a chance to reclaim his authority.
• Lin Tian’s Sea of Consciousness compressed to half its former size, increasing its reach from about one thousand meters to nearly four thousand.
• Lin Tian manifested a consciousness spear, recognized that his Sea of Consciousness had gained Mind Manifestation unusually early, and suspected the Spirit-Raising Pill was responsible.

Lin Tian discovered that the volcano’s eruption had produced rare skyflame marrow crystals with exceptionally potent spiritual energy. He joined the Dao Origin Sect’s experts to inspect them while remaining alert for the Demon Sect.

• Lin Tian tested his mental power and manifested three spears, but could not create a fourth or enough weapons for his formation plans.
• Lin Tian sensed an unusual eruption approaching and watched as the volcano unleashed a brief, massive pillar of fire.
• After the eruption subsided, ordinary disciples from the three factions searched for sky fire marrow crystals while True Essence Realm experts guarded against the Demon Sect.
• Lin Tian sensed unusually powerful crystals among the scattered resources, and Zhan Qitianliang also noticed them.
• A disciple identified the rare finds as skyflame marrow crystals, prompting the True Essence Realm experts to hurry toward them.
• Lin Tian examined the black crystals, recognized their immense spiritual energy, and considered using them to advance his cultivation.

Lin Tian watched the three factions gather Skyflame Marrow Crystals and learned that Qi Tianliang’s Dao Origin Sect group feared they would receive little or none. The factions met to distribute the resources, where Song Qian mocked Qi Tianliang for arriving late.

• Lin Tian surveyed the area for Demon Sect members, but none appeared while the three factions gathered the treasures.
• Qi Tianliang and the Dao Origin Sect cultivators realized that the other factions had stronger experts and might claim the Skyflame Marrow Crystals.
• A Dao Origin Sect disciple urged Qi Tianliang to keep their group’s crystals, but Qi Tianliang refused, warning that it could provoke the other factions and bring severe consequences for the sect.
• Lin Tian listened to the exchange and wondered whether the Golden Guard and Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect would share any of the crystals with the Dao Origin Sect.
• Lin Tian returned with Qi Tianliang’s group to a clearing used for resource distribution, where Song Qian mocked Qi Tianliang for arriving late and suggested he had run off with the crystals.

Lin Tian watched the factions prepare to divide the gathered resources, as the Dao Origin Sect faced a humiliatingly small share and exclusion from the skyflame marrow crystals. The chapter ended when Lin Tian objected before Leng Qingfeng could finalize the distribution.

• Qi Tianliang stopped a Dao Origin Sect expert from confronting the Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect and the Golden Guard, then led his disciples forward with their collected resources.
• Leng Qingfeng proposed giving the Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect fifty percent and the Golden Guard forty percent of the sky fire marrow crystals, leaving the Dao Origin Sect ten percent.
• Qi Tianliang asked how the more valuable skyflame marrow crystals would be distributed, and Leng Qingfeng said the Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect and the Golden Guard would divide them between themselves.
• Leng Qingfeng challenged Qi Tianliang to fight if he objected, but Qi Tianliang held back because he knew he could not defeat him.
• Lin Tian calmly declared that he had an objection.

Lin Tian challenged Leng Qingfeng over the resource allocation and revealed his immense physical strength in their duel. After Lin Tian sent Leng Qingfeng flying, Leng Qingfeng attacked again with a more powerful sword technique.

• Lin Tian objected to the resource allocation, drew the Yi Chen Spear, and accepted Leng Qingfeng's challenge to fight.
• Lin Tian and Leng Qingfeng unleashed their True Essence, and the onlookers were startled by the vast quantity of Lin Tian's qi.
• Leng Qingfeng attacked with the Heavenly Dawn Seven Swords, Fourth Sword: Heavy Edge Hidden Sword, but Lin Tian cleaved through the cold current with his body and sent him flying.
• Leng Qingfeng steadied himself, charged again, and attacked Lin Tian with the Heavenly Dawn Seven Swords, Fifth Sword: Layered Waves Shaking Mountains and Rivers.

Lin Tian tested his improved strength against Leng Qingfeng, who unleashed the thirteenth and final strike of the Heavenly Dawn Seven Swords. Lin Tian emerged from the freezing tsunami unharmed and knocked Leng Qingfeng backward again.

• Leng Qingfeng’s increasingly powerful sword strikes failed to move Lin Tian, who matched them with his spear while testing his strength.
• Leng Qingfeng revealed that the sword technique’s power culminated in its thirteenth strike and continued building toward it.
• Leng Qingfeng unleashed the final strike, creating a freezing tsunami that swallowed Lin Tian and covered the arena in ice.
• Lin Tian emerged in golden light, forced the freezing currents aside, and struck Leng Qingfeng’s longsword with greater power.
• Leng Qingfeng was sent hurtling backward by Lin Tian’s attack.

Lin Tian and Leng Qingfeng exchanged powerful attacks as Leng Qingfeng unleashed the sixth form of the Heavenly Dawn Seven Swords and shattered Lin Tian’s defensive technique. Leng Qingfeng thought he had won, but he realized his strike had missed and turned just in time to block Lin Tian’s spear.

• Leng Qingfeng recovered from Lin Tian’s previous attack and prepared the sixth form of the Heavenly Dawn Seven Swords.
• Leng Qingfeng unleashed Extreme Radiance Splits the Heavenly River, and Lin Tian defended with Eight Gates Heavenly Guard.
• Leng Qingfeng attacked Lin Tian’s golden barrier repeatedly until it cracked and then shattered under a four-direction assault.
• Leng Qingfeng brought his sword down, believed he had won, and then realized his strike had missed.
• Leng Qingfeng turned and raised his sword to block Lin Tian’s pitch-black spear.

Lin Tian overwhelmed Leng Qingfeng in their spear-and-sword exchanges, but Leng Qingfeng unleashed the seventh sword of the Heavenly Dawn Seven Swords as a final attack. Lin Tian met the colossal ice-forged sword with his fully activated Demon-Subduing Golden Body, and the sword began to crack.

• Lin Tian intensified his spear assault and sent Leng Qingfeng crashing into the rubble, leaving the onlookers convinced the battle was over.
• Leng Qingfeng rose into the air and unleashed the seventh sword, Mountain-Rending Dawn, while the sharp-featured Golden Guard ordered everyone to retreat from the freezing storm.
• Lin Tian activated Demon-Subduing Golden Body Forging, launched himself toward the giant sword, and struck it with a full-strength punch.
• The impact sent cracks spreading across Leng Qingfeng's colossal sword.

Lin Tian defeated Leng Qingfeng and claimed the resources gathered by the three factions, leaving the Golden Guard and the Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect to decide whether they would challenge his distribution.

• Lin Tian shattered Leng Qingfeng's colossal sword and struck him down with a punch, winning the battle for the Dao Origin Sect.
• Lin Tian retrieved the Yi Chen Spear and walked to the gathered Sky Fire Marrow Crystals and Skyflame Marrow Crystals to distribute them.
• Lin Tian allotted ten percent of the Skyflame Marrow Crystals to each of the Golden Guard and the Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect, with the remaining eighty percent going to the Dao Origin Sect.
• Lin Tian took all the more precious Skyflame Marrow Crystals for the Dao Origin Sect and invited anyone who objected to fight him.

After defeating Leng Qingfeng, Lin Tian used skyflame marrow crystals to speed his cultivation and reclaimed authority over the Dao Origin Sect's camp. He asked Qi Tianliang for the resource ledger and figures from the past two months.

• Lin Tian assigned Qi Tianliang to oversee distribution of the skyflame marrow crystals, then returned to his tent to recover from his fight with Leng Qingfeng.
• Lin Tian absorbed a skyflame marrow crystal and realized it could cut the time needed to reach the fourth tempering of his true essence to about one month.
• After the three factions finished distributing the crystals, a disciple summoned Lin Tian to the main tent, where Qi Tianliang and four other True Essence Realm martial artists awaited him.
• Lin Tian took the seat of honor and announced that he was reclaiming the authority the sect had originally assigned him to oversee.
• Qi Tianliang handed Lin Tian the sect's authority Token, and Lin Tian asked where the resource ledger and figures for the past two months were.

Lin Tian inspected the Dao Origin Sect’s ledger and openly claimed that its recorded totals were far lower, revealing to Qi Tianliang and the other martial artists that he intended to pocket a large share of the sky fire marrow crystals. He left them struggling to respond as he pushed to reduce the latest haul by another hundred or so crystals.

• Qi Tianliang handed Lin Tian the ledger, which recorded a total of 870 sky fire marrow crystals.
• Lin Tian told the five martial artists that the sect had secured only a little over four hundred crystals, and Qi Tianliang and the others quickly agreed to his false figure.
• Qi Tianliang reported that the latest haul contained 1,157 sky fire marrow crystals and recalled the satisfaction he had felt when the Dao Origin Sect’s rivals received their shares.
• Lin Tian claimed he remembered the latest haul as only five hundred and change, then urged Qi Tianliang to seize opportunities and suggested the total had actually been around four or five hundred.

After Lin Tian encouraged Qi Tianliang and his companions to seize the opportunity to gather treasures, they agreed to pursue the resources. Hidden Demon Sect members debated whether to risk approaching the camps, and the elder grew tempted when told the volcano could yield more Skyflame Marrow Crystals with each eruption.

• Qi Tianliang and the four True Essence Realm cultivators agreed to gather Heaven-and-Earth Treasures after Lin Tian left.
• Lin Tian returned to his tent and cultivated with the Skyflame Marrow Crystal, understanding that Elder Zhou had sent him to secure resources.
• A one-eyed Demon Sect cultivator urged his elder to claim treasures, but the elder warned him about Lin Tian's strength.
• The one-eyed cultivator told the elder that the volcano could produce more Skyflame Marrow Crystals with every eruption.
• The elder considered the claim while the one-eyed cultivator suggested waiting for the volcano's next eruption to confirm it.

Lin Tian discovered that the volcano had erupted more skyflame marrow crystals, then left Qi Tianliang to oversee the resource distribution while he continued cultivating. Qi Tianliang demanded that the Dao Origin Sect receive most of the resources and challenged anyone who objected to defeat Lin Tian, leaving the other camps to decide whether to contest the allocation.

• The Demon Sect elder agreed to join the fight for resources if the volcano kept producing treasures.
• Qi Tianliang and the others agreed to Lin Tian’s proposal to seek resources from the volcano.
• Lin Tian sensed an eruption coming and discovered it contained more skyflame marrow crystals, which he hoped to use for body cultivation.
• The three camps gathered resources after the volcano erupted, while Lin Tian stayed in his tent.
• Qi Tianliang announced that the Dao Origin Sect would take eighty percent of the sky fire marrow crystals and all the skyflame marrow crystals.
• When Leng Qingfeng objected, Qi Tianliang said anyone who wanted a different allocation would have to defeat Lin Tian.

Qi Tianliang claimed the eruption resources for the Dao Origin Sect while a Demon Sect elder rejected an ambush, and Lin Tian continued cultivating with his share. After nearly a month of frequent eruptions, Lin Tian reached the brink of a breakthrough to the fourth true essence tempering.

• Qi Tianliang took the skyflame marrow crystals and distributed the remaining resources to the camps, then returned the Dao Origin Sect’s haul to Lin Tian.
• A Demon Sect elder forbade the One-Eyed Man from attacking, choosing to wait for more resources and avoid alerting Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian stored his share of the resources in the Broken Sword Space and continued cultivating in his tent.
• The volcano erupted every three to five days, and Qi Tianliang repeatedly brought larger batches of resources back to Lin Tian.
• After nearly a month of cultivation, Lin Tian’s true essence surged as he approached a breakthrough to the fourth true essence tempering.

Lin Tian broke through to the Fourth True Essence Tempering and reached the late True Essence stage. After learning that Demon Sect disciples had seized the resources and injured Qi Tianliang and others, he suspected the raid signaled the arrival of a powerful Demon Sect expert.

• Lin Tian completed the Fourth True Essence Tempering, liquefied his True Essence, and gained strength comparable to late True Essence experts.
• A disciple told Lin Tian that Demon Sect disciples had attacked during resource allocation, stolen the resources, and severely injured Qi Tianliang and others.
• Lin Tian visited Qi Tianliang, checked on his injuries, and reassured him that he was not to blame for the raid.
• Lin Tian concluded that the Demon Sect's first attack might mean reinforcements had arrived and considered how strong their expert could be.
• Lin Tian worried that an enemy at the Ninth True Essence Tempering or above could be dangerous because he could use Spatial Slash only once.

Lin Tian focused on advancing the Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture before the volcano erupted, but the eruption began just short of his breakthrough. He steadied the Dao Origin Sect disciples, and all three camps collected the volcanic resources without encountering the Demon Sect, leaving their absence unexplained.

• Lin Tian chose to practice the Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture because its fourth-level breakthrough would improve his techniques and let him learn the Formation Diagram.
• After three days of cultivation, Lin Tian was still short of the breakthrough when the volcano began rumbling and the ground shook.
• Lin Tian left his tent to reassure the anxious Dao Origin Sect disciples, whose experts were still injured.
• Lin Tian led the cautious journey to the volcanic crater, using his expanded mental perception to watch for the Demon Sect.
• The three camps quickly collected all the resources, but no members of the Demon Sect appeared.

The three factions gathered to divide an unusually large haul of skyflame marrow crystals, but Lin Tian sensed the Demon Sect approaching with several True Essence Realm experts. The newly advanced Demon Sect Elder dismissed the need for blood mist and ordered a direct attack, while Lin Tian offered to face him.

• The three factions returned to their open clearing with the skyflame marrow crystals, whose quantity was greater than any previously recorded eruption.
• Lin Tian sensed thousands of Demon Sect members and several powerful experts, then warned the Golden Guard's Heroic Woman and Leng Qingfeng through voice transmission.
• Lin Tian volunteered to take on the Demon Sect expert who had undergone seven true essence temperings, surprising the Heroic Woman and Leng Qingfeng.
• The Demon Sect Elder revealed that he had advanced to the late True Essence Realm and rejected the One-Eyed Man's suggestion to use blood mist.
• The Demon Sect Elder ordered the Demon Sect to charge and declared that he would test Lin Tian's strength.

The Demon Sect launched a bloody assault on the three allied camps, using its disciples to draw the formations apart while its elites watched from behind. After the Demon Sect Elder decided enough fighters had fallen, he prepared to enter the battle and warned his followers not to interfere with his plans.

• The Demon Sect Elder ordered his disciples to charge the three camps, and their combined bloody aura revealed that they greatly outnumbered their opponents.
• The Golden Guard, Dao Origin Sect, and Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect formed up and met the Demon Sect in battle, initially holding their ground against the disorganized assault.
• As stronger Demon Sect fighters joined the fight, casualties mounted and the allied formations began to falter while Lin Tian and the other True Essence Realm experts held back.
• Leng Qingfeng, the Heroic Woman, and the others noticed that the Demon Sect disciples fought without fear and seemed to consume their fallen comrades.
• The One-Eyed Man told the Demon Sect Elder that enough disciples had died, and the Elder agreed to act while warning his followers not to compete over the geniuses.

Lin Tian and the other True Essence Realm cultivators clashed with the Demon Sect’s forces, while Lin Tian overwhelmed the Demon Sect Elder in their duel. The Elder retreated in terror after nearly losing his life, and Lin Tian turned his attention elsewhere.

• Lin Tian and the allied cultivators sensed the Demon Sect’s elite fighters approaching and divided into teams before charging into battle.
• The righteous and demonic True Essence Realm cultivators collided, sending a shock wave through the clearing and injuring weaker disciples.
• Leng Qingfeng, the Heroic Woman, and the allied squads engaged their assigned Demon Sect opponents while Lin Tian faced the late True Essence Realm Demon Sect Elder.
• Lin Tian’s heavy spear attacks forced the Elder back and nearly knocked the saber from his hand.
• The Elder barely blocked Lin Tian’s thrust toward his heart, retreated in terror, and realized how outmatched he was.
• Lin Tian did not pursue the Elder because his attention was focused elsewhere.

Lin Tian defeated the Demon Sect Elder and used a Heart Demon Curse to learn that the Demon Sect had attacked only to seize resources, not because reinforcements were hiding nearby. With Lin Tian joining the fight, the allied forces quickly won, though the One-Eyed Man and some Demon Sect cultivators escaped.

• Lin Tian unleashed his Demon-Subduing Golden Body and defeated the Demon Sect Elder in a clash of spear and blade.
• The Demon Sect Elder's defeat alarmed the Demon Sect cultivators, while Leng Qingfeng and the others resumed their battles and prevented them from fleeing.
• Lin Tian used a Heart Demon Curse to question the wounded elder, who revealed that the Demon Sect had no expert reinforcements and had attacked for resources.
• Lin Tian beheaded the Demon Sect Elder and rushed to help kill the remaining Demon Sect True Essence Realm cultivators.
• The One-Eyed Man escaped Lin Tian's attack despite suffering severe injuries, and the allied forces soon ended the fighting, though some Demon Sect cultivators escaped.

After the battle, Lin Tian distributed most of the seized resources to his side while leaving shares for the Golden Guard and Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect. A month later, he received a sect recall order and began arranging the Dao Origin Sect’s withdrawal, noticing the other two factions were preparing to leave as well.

• Lin Tian took eighty percent of the resources and left ten percent each for the Golden Guard and Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect.
• Lin Tian rewarded every Dao Origin Sect disciple who fought the Demon Sect with a sky fire marrow crystal.
• After a month without further attacks, Lin Tian received a sect order recalling all True Disciples and most Inner Disciples.
• Lin Tian told Qi Tianliang and the others to prepare an orderly withdrawal and hand over the resource point.
• Lin Tian saw that the Golden Guard and Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect camps were also preparing to leave.

As Lin Tian withdrew from the Hundred Veins Land, Mu Chunfeng told him the Demon Sect had pulled its forces out of the upper sects’ territories and explained how Lin Tian’s recent victories had benefited the Dao Origin Sect and the Heavenly Steed Lineage. He then revealed that Guan Tianming, a spear-wielding Grandmaster known as the “Spear Obsessive,” wanted to meet Lin Tian.

• Lin Tian withdrew with the first group of disciples and encountered Mu Chunfeng on the way back to the sect.
• Mu Chunfeng told Lin Tian that Demon Sect forces had suddenly withdrawn from the territories of the Dao Origin Sect and other upper sects.
• Mu Chunfeng said Lin Tian’s defeat of the Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect’s Third True Disciple and his slaying of a Demon Sect cultivator had earned praise and goodwill for the Heavenly Steed Lineage.
• Mu Chunfeng explained that the goodwill could bring the lineage a larger share of resources when the sect distributed its gains.
• Mu Chunfeng told Lin Tian that Guan Tianming, a Mountain Beyond Mountain Grandmaster known as the “Spear Obsessive,” had asked to meet him.

Lin Tian learned that Grandmaster Guan, a renowned Spear Dao master, had summoned him and might test him as a potential disciple. After returning to the Dao Origin Sect, Lin Tian met Elder Zhou, who celebrated his victory over the Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect’s Third True Disciple.

• Mu Chunfeng told Lin Tian that Senior Guan was a peak Grandmaster under two hundred years old and might consider taking him as a disciple.
• Lin Tian considered the value of gaining a master in the Dao Origin Sect, especially to learn how to cultivate a spear domain, while Mu Chunfeng warned that Senior Guan would likely test him.
• Lin Tian and Mu Chunfeng discussed their experiences and learned that Elder Zhou had assigned them resource points suited to their cultivation needs.
• Lin Tian and Mu Chunfeng returned to the Dao Origin Sect and went their separate ways after disembarking from the Flying Boat.
• Elder Zhou met Lin Tian, praised him for bringing honor to the Heavenly Steed Lineage, and recalled how the Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect’s elders reacted to Lin Tian’s victory.

Elder Zhou told Lin Tian that Elder Guan’s test could bring benefits beyond becoming a Grandmaster’s disciple, and revealed Guan’s reputation as his generation’s “Number One in Killing Power.” After Lin Tian learned that two other disciples would also take the test, he returned to his courtyard, where Song Bao’er began explaining the rewards the sect had granted him for defeating the Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect’s Third True Disciple.

• Elder Zhou told Lin Tian that Elder Guan had never chosen a Patrimony Heir and had once been known as the “Number One in Killing Power” of his generation.
• Elder Zhou informed Lin Tian that three spear-talented disciples, including two former True Disciples, would take Guan Tianming’s test in three days at Wuya Peak.
• Lin Tian thanked Elder Zhou, who left, and then returned to his courtyard.
• Song Bao’er and the other women welcomed Lin Tian back and told him that his victory over the Heavenly Dawn Upper Sect’s Third True Disciple had earned rewards for him and care for their group and lineages.