Recaps

Lin Tian broke through to the Gang Realm and survived a Demon Sect ambush while tracking a fugitive Wang Family elder. Though the Heavenly Derivation Sect received a corpse believed to be his, Hua Chengming was certain Lin Tian was alive.

• Long Tianchao and Mo Sheli formed an alliance among the Ten Great Sects, and Mo Sheli rewarded Lin Tian before Lin Tian revealed his high-grade Azure Wood True Qi.
• Hua Chengming gave Lin Tian the Heavenly Dao Jade technique, which transformed Lin Tian’s appearance as he cultivated it and prepared for the Dao Origin Sect’s Hundred Sects Selection.
• Lin Tian agreed to help Zhou Wanqian with her pain after meeting Capital Commandant Zhou, then broke through to the Gang Realm in the back mountain.
• Mo Sheli ordered the Core Disciples to hunt escaped martial artists from clans that had joined the Demon Sect, and Lin Tian set out with Ye Zhen and Xiao Shaoyang.
• At an inn, Lin Tian sensed hidden Demon Sect cultivators and warned the others, but the attackers ambushed the groups and separated Lin Tian from Ye Zhen and Xiao Shaoyang.
• Lin Tian killed one Black and Profound Elder, then defeated and killed the second after the elder absorbed his companion’s cultivation, and Lin Tian also killed the disguised Wang Family elder and took a hidden box.
• Ye Zhen and Xiao Shaoyang reported that Lin Tian had likely died, but Mo Sheli’s search party found a charred corpse that was clearly not Lin Tian, and Hua Chengming declared there was no need to worry.

Lin Tian fused three elements of True Gang, treated Zhou Wanqian, and killed four Demon Sect protectors while pursuing a treasure in Canglan Prefecture City. After joining the Hundred Sects Plan, he returned to Qingchuan County to visit his family, while the Bao and Zhao families reflected on their ties to him.

• Lin Tian learned the Hundred Meridians Treasure Refining Art and fused Azure Wood True Gang with Thick Earth True Gang, forming Chaos True Gang.
• Lin Tian traveled with Capital Commandant Zhou to Canglan Prefecture City, cured Zhou Wanqian, and defeated Qi Lianghai in a techniques-only match.
• Lin Tian won the Vajra Glazed Crystal at auction and absorbed it, fusing Geng Metal True Gang into his Fused True Gang.
• Lin Tian killed Black Baleful and three Demon Sect Protectors who pursued him, then returned to the Heavenly Derivation Sect.
• Mo Sheli announced Lin Tian's Gang Realm breakthrough and presented the Hundred Sects Plan, and Lin Tian agreed to participate before leaving for home.
• Lin Tian reunited with Lin Wan and his parents in Qingchuan County, celebrated the Lantern Reunion Festival with them, and revealed his Gang Realm cultivation.
• Bao Tianhua kept Lin Tian's pill as a personal trump card, while Zhao Cang and Zhang Ming discussed Lin Tian's visit and the pills he left behind.

Lin Tian joined the Heavenly Derivation Sect’s journey to the Dao Origin Sect and entered the Hundred Sects Plan’s tower trial. He reached ninth place before a Broken Sword struck his mind, while Long Wukong claimed first place and the sects dispersed.

• Lin Tian left Qingchuan County to join the Heavenly Derivation Sect’s Hundred Sects Plan party, then met Miao Tianwu and learned about the prodigy rankings and the Spirit Jade Sect’s hostility toward his sect.
• Kui Shengyang led the disciples through the Dao Origin Sect’s Heavenly Ladder, where Lin Tian sensed its Martial Way will, before the party received special lodging and joined the gathering of Hundred Sects prodigies.
• Lin Tian traded a Refined Gang Condensation Pill and money for Liu Jingyue’s Sea Tear, then exchanged five drops of Heavenly Derivation Liquid for part of the Myriad Beast Curse.
• The Dao Derivation Tower trial began, and reports revealed that its floors tested combat skill and courage while the Dao Origin Sect factions wagered ten True Disciple positions.
• Lin Tian passed the tower’s first three floors and faced an imagined life in which his family had died, choosing to pursue the Martial Way despite the hopeless circumstances.
• Lin Tian passed the incomplete-method trial on the eleventh floor after receiving the Taotie Source Devouring technique, then rose to ninth place before deciding to stop climbing.
• A Broken Sword pierced Lin Tian’s mind as six puppets attacked, and the tower expelled him after one puppet stopped its thrust short of his heart.
• Long Wukong reached the eighteenth floor and took first place, while Mu Qingxue placed ninety-fifth and the Dao Origin Sect ended the Hundred Sects Plan.

Lin Tian completed the Primordial Five Elements Art, proved himself in the Dao Derivation Tower, and finished cultivating the Demon-Subduing Golden Body. He entered Ghost Forest Mine to gather rare materials and found an Ebony Purple Lotus, but five Gang Realm experts confronted him at the cave entrance.

• The Sect Master ordered closer observation of the Hundred Sects Plan candidates, while Kui Shengyang gave Lin Tian and Mu Qingxue rewards before Heavenly Derivation Sect departed.
• Chen Qingyu chose to stay at Dao Origin Sect as an Outer Disciple, and Song Bao'er introduced Lin Tian to the inner disciples’ rankings, points, and residence.
• Lin Tian delivered Hua Chengming’s letter to Murong Ya, received a token with fifteen hundred points from Murong Yun, and later bought a Sky Fire Marrow Crystal.
• Lin Tian fused his five True Gangs into Primordial True Qi, then watched Long Wukong reach the thirty-second floor of the Dao Derivation Tower.
• After rumors mocked his Insight Trial result, Lin Tian climbed to the twenty-fifth floor, earned points, and returned to cultivate while Tang Bailiang decided to eliminate him.
• Lin Tian completed the Demon-Subduing Golden Body and formed Blood-Colored True Gang, then resolved to seek better cultivation resources through a sect mission.
• Lin Tian entered Ghost Forest Mine, gathered herbs, and found an injured Crystallized Exotic Beast guarding an Ebony Purple Lotus.
• Lin Tian killed the beast and took the lotus, then emerged from its cave to face five Gang Realm experts, one of whom told the others to hold on.