Recaps

After Xiao Zhan’s wedding stirred memories of his late wife, Xiao Lin sensed an imminent breakthrough and secretly cultivated until he reached the Three-Star Dou Venerable realm. He returned to the Xiao Household, reunited with his worried family, and welcomed Yang Xiyue as his daughter-in-law with a delayed tea ceremony and a generous gift.

• Xiao Zhan’s marriage reminded Xiao Lin of his late wife, and he spent the night reflecting on their relationship.
• Xiao Lin sensed he was about to break through, ordered the Xiao Household elders to inform Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue, and secretly left for a remote part of the Northwest Continent.
• Five days later, Xiao Lin returned to the Xiao Household at the Three-Star Dou Venerable realm, while keeping his apparent cultivation at Five-Star Battle King.
• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Household higher-ups worried over Xiao Lin until he emerged safely, and Yang Xiyue shyly called him Father after he reminded her of the new family relationship.
• Xiao Lin, Xiao Zhan, and Yang Xiyue held the delayed tea ceremony, and Xiao Lin gave Yang Xiyue a Storage Ring as her gift.

Xiao Lin gave Yang Xiyue a lavish Storage Ring as a wedding gift, including a formation plate that could combine with Xiao Zhan’s to create a Tier 4 formation. Yang Xiyue accepted it after Xiao Zhan reassured her, and Xiao Zhan led her away to reveal the Xiao Household’s secrets as Xiao Lin urged them to have a child.

• Yang Xiyue was shocked by the precious items in the Storage Ring Xiao Lin gave her and initially refused the gift.
• Xiao Lin explained that the formation plate he gave Yang Xiyue could combine with Xiao Zhan’s Thunder-Summoning Formation to create the Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire Formation.
• Xiao Zhan reassured Yang Xiyue that the gift was modest by the Xiao Household’s standards, and she accepted it.
• Xiao Zhan asked Xiao Lin for a gift, but Xiao Lin refused and told him to focus on improving his strength.
• Xiao Lin told Xiao Zhan to share the Xiao Household’s secrets with Yang Xiyue, then embarrassed the couple by saying he wanted a grandson.
• Xiao Zhan took Yang Xiyue away to tell her about the household’s secrets while Xiao Lin laughed.

Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue returned to the Xiao Household after learning that the old patriarch Xiao Dongcheng was critically ill. Xiao Dongcheng spoke with his family, gave Xiao Lin his final advice, and passed away that night.

• Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue received a letter at the Misty Cloud Sect saying that Xiao Dongcheng was critically ill, then hurried back to the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue visited Xiao Dongcheng, who was glad to see them, and stayed with him until sunset.
• Xiao Dongcheng woke at dusk and asked to see Xiao Lin, then spoke with him about the Xiao Household and its future.
• Xiao Dongcheng told Xiao Lin not to hold a grand funeral and entrusted the Xiao Household to him before dying.
• Xiao Lin laid Xiao Dongcheng's body to rest, and the Xiao Household members respectfully bid farewell to their old patriarch.

After Xiao Dongcheng’s death, Xiao Lin curbed the Xiao Household’s excesses and guided it through a quiet year of development. He discovered that Yao Lao’s remnant soul was drawing a small amount of Yang Xiyue’s cultivated Dou Qi, so he summoned her and Xiao Zhan to discuss the ring.

• Xiao Lin disciplined corrupt senior members and restrained the Xiao Household’s growth, following Xiao Dongcheng’s final warning.
• The Xiao Household spent a peaceful year developing discreetly, while Xiao Lin devoted more time to cultivation and Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue advanced in strength.
• Xiao Lin discovered that Yao Lao’s remnant soul was absorbing a tiny portion of Yang Xiyue’s Dou Qi whenever she cultivated.
• After Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue returned from the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Lin summoned them and told Yang Xiyue he wanted to discuss the ring on her hand.

Xiao Lin revealed that Yang Xiyue's Storage Ring slowed her cultivation and might eventually harm her body. He caught the ring after Xiao Zhan threw it away and explained that Yao Lao's remnant soul was hidden inside it.

• Xiao Lin asked Yang Xiyue to compare cultivating with the Storage Ring on and off, and she confirmed it slowed her cultivation by less than one percent.
• Xiao Zhan panicked, but Xiao Lin assured him Yang Xiyue was unharmed for now and warned that prolonged use might affect her body.
• Xiao Zhan threw the Storage Ring away, and Xiao Lin caught it before punching his son for implying he might give it to an enemy.
• Xiao Lin explained that Yao Lao's remnant soul was inside the ring, and he did not want an enemy to use it to cultivate someone who might threaten the Xiao Household.

Xiao Lin learned that Yang Xiyue had found Yao Lao’s Storage Ring while fleeing the destruction of her family, then took the ring after returning its contents to her. He announced that he would travel to the Central Plains to avenge Yang Household, leaving Yang Xiyue moved and worried for his safety.

• Yang Xiyue explained that she had picked up the Storage Ring while escaping the destruction of her family.
• Xiao Lin asked for the ring, and Yang Xiyue gave it to him; he returned everything stored inside it to her.
• Xiao Lin told Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue that he planned to visit the Central Plains and expected them and the clan elders to manage the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Lin revealed that his trip was partly for Yang Xiyue and vowed that the people who destroyed Yang Household and pursued her would pay.
• Yang Xiyue tearfully urged Xiao Lin to abandon his dangerous plan, but he remained determined to avenge her family.

Xiao Lin agreed to avenge Yang Xiyue and prepared the Xiao Household for his absence, appointing Xiao Zhan as young clan leader and arranging Yun Shan's protection. He secretly traveled toward the Central Plains as Lin Xiao, but emerged near the Magical Beast Mountain Range and decided to visit a place of interest there.

• Xiao Lin dismissed Yang Xiyue's fears and insisted that he would avenge her, while Xiao Zhan supported his father and Yang Xiyue eventually agreed.
• Yang Xiyue told Xiao Lin that the Qi Household was a small Central Plains family loosely associated with the Yellow Springs Pavilion.
• Xiao Lin held an open election, and Xiao Zhan became the Xiao Household's young clan leader.
• Xiao Lin asked Yun Shan to protect the Xiao Household while he was away, then handed its affairs to Xiao Zhan and the three great elders.
• Xiao Lin secretly left through a spatial passage and appeared near Green Mountain Town disguised as Lin Xiao.
• After realizing he had reached the Magical Beast Mountain Range by mistake, Xiao Lin decided to explore it instead of opening another spatial passage.

Xiao Lin searched the Magical Beast Mountain Range for a phenomenon he remembered and discovered a weak Beast Flame gathering the souls of dead magical beasts. He set up a Spirit-Gathering Formation to speed its growth, then left, hoping it would eventually become a Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.

• Xiao Lin spread his Soul Power across the Magical Beast Mountain Range, frightening its magical beasts and causing the Amethyst Winged Lion King to submit when Xiao Lin flew past.
• Xiao Lin found a valley where dead magical beast souls gathered around a red Beast Flame and determined it was too weak to be a Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Lin recalled how a Spirit-Gathering Formation had strengthened the Fallen Heart Flame and decided to try the same approach in the valley.
• Xiao Lin set up a fourth-level Spirit-Gathering Formation around the Beast Flame and left the mountain range, expecting the formation to accelerate its growth.

Xiao Lin returned to Jia Nan Academy before heading to the Central Plains and met its hidden Headmaster, Mang Tianchi, whose strength far surpassed his own. Reunited with Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie, Xiao Lin joined them to catch up on events at the academy.

• After leaving the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Lin detoured through the Black-Corner Region and returned to Jia Nan Academy.
• Mang Tianchi sensed Xiao Lin's aura, appeared through a spatial passage, and identified him as Elder Lin Xiao.
• Xiao Lin greeted Mang Tianchi and learned that the Headmaster was a Nine Transformations Dou Venerable from the Lei Clan.
• Mang Tianchi brought Xiao Lin to the Headmaster's office, where Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie welcomed him.
• The five gathered to chat, and Xiao Lin heard about what had happened at Jia Nan Academy since his departure.

After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Lin improved the Trial Grounds and was promoted to Supreme Elder. As he prepared to leave for the Central Plains, he sought Mang Tianchi’s guidance, and Mang Tianchi revealed he had expected Xiao Lin to ask.

• Xiao Lin added several dozen formations to the Trial Grounds and checked the formations in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Mang Tianchi promoted Xiao Lin to Supreme Elder, making him the academy’s third Supreme Elder alongside Qian Mu and Bai Lie.
• Zi Yan reunited with Xiao Lin, forgave him after he coaxed her, and stored the medicinal ingredients she stole because she suspected he would leave again.
• After staying at Jia Nan Academy for several months, Xiao Lin decided he was ready to leave for the Central Plains.
• Xiao Lin visited Mang Tianchi and asked him for pointers, and Mang Tianchi said he had expected Xiao Lin to ask.

Xiao Lin challenged Mang Tianchi to test the gap between their strengths, and the two traveled to an uninhabited area to fight. Mang Tianchi was impressed by Xiao Lin’s Heavenly Realm Soul Power and considered seeking the Lei Clan’s investment in him; their battle began with Xiao Lin’s Starlight Heaven-Suppressing Seal being shattered by Mang Tianchi’s Thunder God’s Axe.

• Mang Tianchi opened a spatial passage and took Xiao Lin to an uninhabited area in the Northwest Continent so their battle would not damage Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Lin and Mang Tianchi faced off, and Xiao Lin revealed his Three-Star Dou Venerable cultivation and Mid-Heavenly Realm Soul Power.
• Mang Tianchi praised Xiao Lin’s soul strength and considered speaking with the Lei Clan about investing in him.
• Xiao Lin attacked with the Starlight Heaven-Suppressing Seal, and Mang Tianchi countered with the Thunder God’s Axe.
• Mang Tianchi’s axe shattered the seal and then exploded, sending a surge of lightning toward Xiao Lin.

Xiao Lin challenged Mang Tianchi and used Astral Dou Qi, Soul Power, and Earth Attribute Dou Techniques, but Mang Tianchi’s superior cultivation and skill overwhelmed him. The two-hour fight ended with Xiao Lin exhausted and lying on the ground, while Mang Tianchi remained nearly unscathed.

• Xiao Lin blocked Mang Tianchi’s Thunder Great Axe with Star-Devouring Jade, and Mang Tianchi assessed that Xiao Lin had yet to master Astral Dou Qi’s full power.
• Xiao Lin resumed the fight and used God-Slaying Finger, but Mang Tianchi easily slapped the attack apart.
• Xiao Lin tried to pierce Mang Tianchi’s mind with Soul Power, but Mang Tianchi blocked the attack and criticized Xiao Lin’s crude control.
• Xiao Lin used his Mid-Heavenly Realm Soul Power to strengthen his Dou Qi, raising its perceived level from Three-Star to Eight-Star Dou Venerable.
• Xiao Lin attacked with Astral and Earth Attribute Dou Techniques, but Mang Tianchi’s Desolate Thunder Dragon shattered Star-Devouring Jade and forced Xiao Lin to evade.
• After roughly two hours, Xiao Lin had exhausted his Dou Qi and collapsed, while Mang Tianchi remained calm with only a little dust on his clothes.

After recovering from his training fight with Mang Tianchi, Xiao Lin realized he was close to a breakthrough and reached the Four-Star Dou Venerable realm. He told Mang Tianchi he planned to return to Central Plains, only to learn that the dean had stayed at Jia Nan Academy waiting for him and intended to travel with him.

• Mang Tianchi accidentally knocked the exhausted Xiao Lin back to the ground, then carried him to Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Lin recovered for three days.
• Xiao Lin reviewed the fight and resolved to improve his Astral Dou Qi, soul techniques, and Dou Techniques.
• Sensing an imminent breakthrough after exhausting his Dou Qi, Xiao Lin postponed his departure and entered seclusion.
• After another month, Xiao Lin broke through to the Four-Star Dou Venerable realm.
• Xiao Lin told Mang Tianchi he wanted to return to Central Plains, and Mang Tianchi said he would go with him.
• Su Qian explained that Mang Tianchi had stayed at Jia Nan Academy for months waiting for Xiao Lin.

Xiao Lin and Mang Tianchi traveled from Jia Nan Academy to the Central Plains, where Mang Tianchi revealed that he belonged to the Lei Clan. Before parting to return to his clan, Mang Tianchi gave Xiao Lin a token that would let him seek the Lei Clan’s help.

• Xiao Lin agreed to leave Jia Nan Academy with Mang Tianchi after three days and said goodbye to his acquaintances, including Zi Yan.
• Xiao Lin and Mang Tianchi traveled through spatial passages and reached the Central Plains in about two and a half days.
• Mang Tianchi told Xiao Lin that he would return to his clan, and Xiao Lin feigned surprise when Mang Tianchi revealed he was a member of the Lei Clan.
• Mang Tianchi said he planned to prepare for a breakthrough to Half-Saint and gave Xiao Lin a Lei Clan token to use if he needed help during his training.

Xiao Lin accepted Mang Tianchi’s token before deciding to avenge his daughter-in-law’s household by targeting the Qi Household in Baiting City. Disguised as Lin Xiao, he reached the Qi Household’s celebration, where Qi Wei welcomed him before Lin Xiao’s next words changed his expression.

• Mang Tianchi left Xiao Lin with a token offering the Lei Clan’s aid, and Xiao Lin decided he would seek help only if necessary.
• Xiao Lin chose to avenge his daughter-in-law’s destroyed household and headed for Baiting City, where the Qi Household had swallowed up the Yang Household.
• Qi Zhong celebrated his breakthrough to Dou Emperor by hosting a banquet attended by Baiting City’s powers.
• Disguised as Lin Xiao, Xiao Lin approached the Qi Household’s gate, and Qi Wei stopped him to ask who he was.
• Qi Wei invited Lin Xiao into the celebration, but Lin Xiao’s next words made Qi Wei’s expression change dramatically.

Xiao Lin went to the Qi Household to avenge the Yang Household, which it had destroyed, and effortlessly killed its defenders and Qi Wei. He gave outsiders time to flee before erasing the Qi Household, then disappeared from Baiting City.

• Xiao Lin announced that he had come to the Qi Household for revenge, and Qi Wei ordered his people to surround him.
• Xiao Lin took a step and caused the surrounding Qi Household members to explode, then killed Qi Wei with another step.
• Qi Zhong arrived, and Xiao Lin gave everyone outside the Qi Household three minutes to leave.
• The guests fled, while Qi Zhong demanded to know why Xiao Lin had come; Xiao Lin explained that his daughter-in-law belonged to the Yang Household, which the Qi Household had destroyed.
• After the three minutes passed, Xiao Lin summoned a gigantic stellar palm that crushed the Qi Household and left a deep pit.
• Xiao Lin disappeared from Baiting City after the dust settled.

After avenging the Xi Yue Clan, Xiao Lin wandered through the Central Plains while searching for materials to forge a weapon. He arrived at Heavenly Star City, learned it belonged to Starfall Pavilion, and entered with Xu Mo, who asked what had brought him there.

• Xiao Lin considered what to do after taking revenge on the Xi Yue Clan and decided to keep wandering while gathering weapon-refining materials.
• Xiao Lin reached Heavenly Star City and admired its protective formation and imposing name.
• Xu Mo told Xiao Lin that Heavenly Star City was a major city under Starfall Pavilion and offered to introduce it.
• Xiao Lin learned that Xu Mo was the city lord's son and a Starfall Pavilion disciple who had become a Dou Emperor in his twenties.
• Xu Mo sensed that Xiao Lin was extremely powerful, addressed him as Senior Lin, and asked why he had come to Heavenly Star City.

Xiao Lin learned that the Starfall Pavilion possessed the Extraterrestrial Meteoric Iron and Stellar Sand he sought, but obtaining them required completing an external commission. He declined the search for Yao Lao and heard that the Pavilion urgently needed a grandmaster formation mage.

• Xiao Lin asked Xu Mo to help him find Extraterrestrial Meteoric Iron and Stellar Sand, but Xu Mo said Heavenly Star City had none.
• Xu Mo explained that the Starfall Pavilion had both materials because its founders had built the Pavilion around an Extraterrestrial Meteorite.
• Xu Mo said Xiao Lin could claim the materials by locating Yao Lao, but Xiao Lin chose not to take that commission.
• Xu Mo revealed that the Starfall Pavilion had another commission for a grandmaster formation mage, and Xiao Lin recognized that it suited his skills.

Xiao Lin met Xu Mo, who was seeking a Formation Grandmaster for Starfall Pavilion, and proved his skill by setting up several formations. Xu Mo brought him back to the sect, where the abundant Astral Power began loosening Xiao Lin’s Four-Star Dou Venerable bottleneck.

• Xiao Lin learned that Xu Mo had been tasked with finding a Formation Grandmaster for Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Lin revealed his knowledge of formations and set up several low-level formations to prove his skill to Xu Mo.
• Xu Mo accepted Xiao Lin as a Formation Grandmaster and took him to Starfall Pavilion without stopping at the City Lord's Manor.
• Xiao Lin sensed the dense Astral Power in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range and admired Starfall Pavilion as a place to cultivate.
• Xiao Lin's body absorbed the Astral Power, and his Four-Star Dou Venerable bottleneck began to loosen.

Xiao Lin arrived at Starfall Pavilion and proved his extraordinary formation skill to Xu Mo’s master. Feng Xian welcomed him and Xiao Lin identified the sect-protecting formation as the source of the Pavilion’s trouble, leaving its leaders stunned.

• Xu Mo brought Xiao Lin to meet his master after reporting that he had found a Formation Grandmaster.
• Xiao Lin identified seven low-level formations along the way and revealed that he had disabled the formation in the hall.
• Xiao Lin reactivated and then stopped the hall’s formation, convincing Xu Mo’s master that he was exceptionally skilled.
• Xu Mo’s master took Xiao Lin to meet Feng Xian, Starfall Pavilion’s deputy Pavilion Master.
• Xiao Lin told Feng Xian that Starfall Pavilion’s sect-protecting formation had developed a problem, shocking Feng Xian and Xu Mo’s master.

Xiao Lin agreed to repair Starfall Pavilion’s malfunctioning Starfall Formation in exchange for rare materials, then found an extraordinary meteorite that drew in Astral Power. He asked Feng Xian to let him take a small piece of it instead, suspecting it was a Stellar Fragment.

• Feng Xian revealed that Starfall Pavilion’s Starfall Formation had stopped functioning and apologized for testing Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin offered to repair the formation in exchange for Extraterrestrial Meteoric Iron and Stellar Sand, and Feng Xian accepted immediately.
• Feng Xian led Xiao Lin to the stone tower where stellar energy gathered around an extraterrestrial meteorite.
• Xiao Lin felt the meteorite’s immense Astral Power and asked Feng Xian to replace his original payment with a small piece of it.
• Xiao Lin suspected the meteorite was a Stellar Fragment left behind by an exploding star.

Xiao Lin agreed with Feng Xian to repair Starfall Pavilion’s Starfall Formation in exchange for carving a small piece from the Stellar Fragment. After strengthening the formation and fixing its Astral Power leakage, Xiao Lin prepared to absorb the abundant power throughout the Heavenly Star Mountain Range.

• Xiao Lin asked Feng Xian for permission to carve a one-meter piece from the Stellar Fragment, and Feng Xian agreed as long as Starfall Pavilion and its formation were unaffected.
• Xiao Lin promised to repair the Starfall Formation and increase its power by around thirty percent, and Feng Xian stepped aside so he could begin.
• Xiao Lin discovered that the crude formation had been leaking Astral Power drawn in by the Stellar Fragment, leaving the Heavenly Star Mountain Range saturated with it.
• Xiao Lin used Spirit Seals over several days to improve the Starfall Formation and prevent it from failing when Astral Power became too dense.
• After finishing the repairs, Xiao Lin decided to absorb the Astral Power throughout Starfall Pavilion and the Heavenly Star Mountain Range.

Xiao Lin absorbed the Astral Power accumulated in Starfall Pavilion and advanced from a Four-Star Dou Venerable to a Nine-Star Dou Venerable. After more than three months of cultivation, the mountain range returned to normal, leaving him to marvel at his breakthrough.

• Xiao Lin began devouring the Astral Power stored in Starfall Pavilion, making the Heavenly Star Mountain Range glow like a sea of stars.
• Feng Xian reassured Starfall Pavilion’s disciples and elders, who accepted the transformation as a harmless effect of Xiao Lin repairing the formation.
• Xiao Lin cultivated with the Star Codex for nearly three months as the Astral Power in Starfall Pavilion steadily diminished.
• The Astral Power phenomenon faded, drawing the attention of nearby forces away from Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Lin opened his eyes and discovered that he had advanced from a Four-Star Dou Venerable to a Nine-Star Dou Venerable.

Xiao Lin improved Starfall Pavilion’s formation, received a Stellar Fragment, and left after staying for three days. Soon after he departed, two hidden figures identified him as the man who had destroyed the Qi Household.

• Xiao Lin told Feng Xian that he had improved the Starfall Formation, and Feng Xian activated it to confirm its power had increased by at least thirty percent.
• Feng Xian arranged for Xu Mo to host Xiao Lin, who stayed at Starfall Pavilion for three more days.
• Xiao Lin bid Feng Xian farewell and accepted a one-meter Stellar Fragment as his reward.
• Xiao Lin left the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, pleased with his breakthrough to the Nine-Star Dou Venerable realm, the fragment, and his mastery of the Starfall Formation.
• Two hidden figures watched Xiao Lin and identified him as the man who had destroyed the Qi Household in Baiting City.

Kunwu, a Six-Star Dou Zong elder of Yellow Springs Pavilion, tracked Xiao Lin to avenge the destroyed Qi Household and mistook Xiao Lin for a weaker Dou Zong. Xiao Lin revealed his Dou Venerable strength, defeated Kunwu, and headed for Yellow Springs Pavilion with him as a captive.

• A man identified Xiao Lin to Kunwu, explaining that Xiao Lin had destroyed the Qi Household, which Kunwu had taken under Yellow Springs Pavilion's protection.
• Kunwu pursued Xiao Lin through the Central Plains, while Xiao Lin changed course twice and realized he was being followed.
• Kunwu confronted Xiao Lin over the Qi Household and demanded that he return to Yellow Springs Pavilion for judgment.
• Xiao Lin stopped hiding his strength and struck Kunwu down with a Starry Hand, sparing his life.
• Xiao Lin seized Kunwu and flew toward Yellow Springs Pavilion to prevent further retaliation from its elders.