Recaps

Lin Tian defeated Liang Wankuo, claimed a True Disciple seat, and sought clues to complete the Demon-Subduing Golden Body. As the three royal courts prepared to enter the secret realm together, Lin Tian located the technique in the Hebei Region and the Dao Origin Sect appointed Gu Tiantong to lead its operation.

• Murong Cang persuaded Murong Ao and the Murong Family to remain neutral, but Lin Tian defeated Liang Wankuo in a challenge and became a True Disciple.
• Murong Ao sent Lin Tian an invitation offering the Murong Family’s newly discovered mid-grade Earth Vein, while Lin Tian moved into his new courtyard and accepted Song Bao'er’s help managing its attendants.
• Lin Tian completed the Formless Combat Technique’s third level and used Elder Lei Wanjun’s Enforcement Token to visit Bao Wancheng in Thunder Punishment Prison.
• Bao Wancheng examined Lin Tian’s abilities, gave him a strange Token, and agreed to help with the Demon-Subduing Golden Body in exchange for Lin Tian’s help.
• Bao Wancheng explained that the iron fragment held the technique’s lower part and sent Lin Tian an incomplete map, then told him to return after reaching the True Essence Realm.
• After a Dao Origin Sect Summoning Order, Yu Xiangtian announced that the three royal courts would join forces to enter the secret realm, and Mu Chunfeng warned Lin Tian that the operation would be dangerous.
• Lin Tian matched Bao Wancheng’s map with Wang Gu’s beast-hide map and located the Demon-Subduing Golden Body in the Hebei Region, while Gu Tiantong volunteered to lead the sect’s secret realm operation.

Lin Tian reclaimed the expedition leadership by defeating Gu Qingshuang, while the Dao Origin Sect and Sword Heaven Upper Sect prepared for the Secret Realm under new rules that scattered entrants. The arc ended with Lin Tian and the disciples entering through the opened portal.

• Yu Xiangtian approved the Metal Spirit Pulse Master's request to lead the expedition and told Elder Zhou to seek a partnership with Sword Heaven Upper Sect.
• The Gold Spirit Pulse Master removed Lin Tian from his team leadership post, while Lin Tian continued cultivating toward Gang Realm Perfection.
• Sword Heaven Upper Sect arrived at Dao Origin Sect, and Elder Ling negotiated for his disciples to compete for leadership of the team below the True Essence Realm.
• Gu Changyuan defeated Xuantian Du, then Gu Qingshuang defeated Xie Shi and secured the leadership position for Sword Heaven Upper Sect.
• Lin Tian completed the seventh layer of the Primordial Five Elements Art, broke through to the eighth, and reached Gang Realm Perfection.
• Lin Tian challenged Gu Changyuan for the expedition quota, but Gu Qingshuang took the match and Lin Tian defeated her with his overwhelming Chaos True Gang.
• Yu Xiangtian and Elder Zhou announced no new entry rules after the Three Great Royal Courts changed the Secret Realm so entrants would arrive at random locations and usually fight alone.
• The Secret Realm opened, Elder Zhou gave the disciples Origin Storage Crystals, and Lin Tian led the remaining disciples through the portal after Yu Xiangtian, the elders, and the True Essence Realm disciples entered.

Lin Tian entered the Secret Realm and turned the Royal Court Faction’s ambushes into a series of defeats, while uncovering the Broken Sword’s identity and gathering Origin Power. His victories gave the Upper Sect Faction room to enter the realm, where both sides began seeking resources and allies.

• Lin Tian entered the Secret Realm as the Royal Court Faction and Upper Sect Faction sent their geniuses into battle, and Mu Chunfeng led an early counterattack that killed many Royal Court fighters.
• Lin Tian volunteered to enter alone, killed the ten Royal Court geniuses sent to test him, and obtained enough Origin Power from a spring to fill several crystals.
• Lin Tian discovered that his Broken Sword was the Spatial Spirit Treasure Void, then used its storage space to hold his crystals.
• Lin Tian fought off a much larger Royal Court force, killing many geniuses and gravely wounding Batutian before the survivors withdrew.
• Guerdo learned that Lin Tian had nearly wiped out the Royal Court teams, while Elder Zhou and Yu Xiangtian recognized the advantage his victories gave the Upper Sect Faction.
• The Upper Sect and Royal Court disciples entered the Secret Realm to gather resources, and He Qingwu urged her team to seek Lin Tian’s protection.
• Gushendu warned the Royal Court geniuses not to provoke Lin Tian and persuaded them to gather resources before targeting the Upper Sect.

Lin Tian transformed his True Gang, drove the Royal Court from the Secret Realm, and returned with a vast haul of resources. After learning that the Gold Spirit Lineage had cut his share, he mastered new Broken Sword techniques and went to the Murong Family to fulfill his agreement.

• Lin Tian completed his cultivation in the Secret Realm, turning all five streams of True Gang into Peerless True Gang before confronting Ba'er and Gushendu’s Royal Court forces.
• Lin Tian killed Gushendu and many Royal Court geniuses, then led the Upper Sect Faction in driving the remaining Royal Court members from the Secret Realm.
• Lin Tian divided the recovered resources between the Dao Origin Sect and the Sword Heaven Upper Sect, then left the Secret Realm with over a hundred Secret Realm Origin Crystals.
• Lin Tian learned the Broken Sword’s Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture and returned to the sect, where he received news that his Origin Power share had been cut from fifty percent to forty percent.
• Lin Tian resolved to challenge the Gold Spirit Lineage after reaching the True Essence Realm and advanced the Void Sword-Controlling True Scripture, discovering its Spatial Traversal and Spatial Slash techniques.
• Murong Ya continued preparing to break through to the True Essence Realm as the Murong Family faced pressure from rival clans, and Lin Tian arrived at Murong Mansion to deliver the promised resources.