Recaps

Xiao Lin told Xiao Yi Xian about the Netherworld Poison Flame and asked her to deliver a scroll to his grandson, Xiao Yan. He then gave her a one-sided engagement contract as a reward, leaving her flustered and unwilling to agree to a lifelong decision before meeting Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Lin suggested that Xiao Yi Xian search for the Netherworld Poison Flame in the Cloud Empire’s poisonous swamps.
• Xiao Lin gave Xiao Yi Xian a scroll marking the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and asked her to pass it to Xiao Yan without mentioning him.
• Xiao Lin explained that Xiao Yan would likely visit Green Mountain Town while training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to deliver the scroll.
• Xiao Lin handed Xiao Yi Xian a one-sided engagement contract as an additional reward, shocking her.
• Xiao Yi Xian refused to agree to the engagement, saying she had never met Xiao Yan and could not make such a consequential decision.

Xiao Lin gave Xiao Yi Xian a unilateral Engagement Contract with Xiao Yan and revealed his true mastery before leaving. He returned to Wutan City, where people were once again discussing Xiao Yan, though the talk had changed since his last visit.

• Xiao Lin persuaded a reluctant Xiao Yi Xian to keep the unilateral Engagement Contract, which she could choose to sign or ignore.
• Xiao Lin dropped his Old Beggar disguise and vanished, leaving Xiao Yi stunned and Xiao Yu disbelieving that he had missed a great opportunity.
• Xiao Yi returned to work at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, feeling awkward and uncertain about meeting Xiao Yan someday.
• Xiao Lin planned to take Li'er to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace after the Xiao Household's Coming-of-Age Ceremony and returned to Wutan City.
• Xiao Lin heard passersby discussing Xiao Yan, the Xiao Household's third young master, as they had during his previous visit, but the topic had changed.

Xiao Lin returned to the Xiao Household to take Xiao Li away for training, while Xiao Yan’s cultivation remained stable after reaching the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi. As the family gathered, Xiao Yan learned that his second brother would soon leave too.

• The Xiao Household discussed whether Xiao Yan’s cultivation had finally stopped falling after his breakthrough to the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Lin returned to Wutan City, and Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue welcomed him while reflecting on how close Xiao Yan had become to his family.
• Yang Xiyue asked whether Xiao Lin had come to take Xiao Li away, and Xiao Lin confirmed it.
• Xiao Li and Xiao Yan arrived to greet Xiao Lin and their parents, and Xiao Li excitedly asked about the journey to gain experience.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Li would leave the Xiao Household and felt guilty as he recalled how his brothers had cared for him.

Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that he planned to leave the Xiao Household to train, and the brothers discussed Xiao Yan staying with their parents. Later, Xiao Yan privately asked Xiao Lin about the Storage Ring, but Xiao Lin concealed what he knew, leaving Xiao Yan unable to learn whether he knew about Yao Lao.

• Xiao Yan accepted that Xiao Li would leave home to improve his strength, while Xiao Li asked him to spend time with their parents.
• Xiao Lin watched Xiao Yan and Xiao Li get along and felt reassured that Xiao Yan had fully embraced life in the Dou Qi Continent.
• The family shared a meal, after which Xiao Yan followed Xiao Lin to his courtyard to ask about the Storage Ring.
• Xiao Lin feigned confusion about the Storage Ring, and Xiao Yan claimed he had come only to thank him for its usefulness.

Xiao Lin encouraged Xiao Yan to value his family and leave his cultivation to Yao Lao, while Xiao Yan set aside his doubts about his grandfather. After departing Wutan City with Xiao Li, Xiao Lin decided to detour to Stone Desert City to seek out a girl with the potential to become a Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Lin praised Xiao Yan’s promise to help the Xiao Household, and Xiao Yan resolved to live up to his grandfather’s hopes.
• Xiao Yan left without learning whether Xiao Lin knew the secret of his Storage Ring, then accepted Yao Lao’s advice to stop worrying about it.
• A month passed, and Xiao Li broke through to eight-star Dou Zhe three days before the Xiao Household’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• After the ceremony, Xiao Lin and Xiao Li said goodbye to the family and left Wutan City.
• Xiao Li asked about finding Xiao Ding, but Xiao Lin chose to detour to Stone Desert City to look for a girl he believed could become a Dou Sheng.

Xiao Lin took his grandson Xiao Li to Stone Desert City to find a person with peerless talent, then bring him to Xiao Li’s older brother. After arriving, Xiao Lin used his soul power to search the city and found the person immediately.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Li about the Xiao Household’s profitable partnership with the Snake-People Tribe and explained that they were traveling to Stone Desert City to find someone, not Xiao Ding.
• Xiao Lin and Xiao Li spent ten days to half a month traveling to Stone Desert City, taking bandit routes so Xiao Li could train and they could eliminate criminals.
• Xiao Lin and Xiao Li entered Stone Desert City, where Xiao Lin examined the residents with his late-stage Heavenly Realm soul power.
• Xiao Lin found the person he sought and led Xiao Li toward them without revealing who they were.

Lin Xiao returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace with Xiao Li, Xue Lan, and Qing Lin, alarming Ji Li and Zuo He with his unexpected arrival. After they recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and praised her extraordinary potential, Lin Xiao introduced the three newcomers and said he planned to reveal his true identity to his trusted friends soon.

• Ji Li and Zuo He scolded Lin Xiao for appearing through a spatial passage, and he laughed off their complaints.
• Ji Li recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and he and Zuo He explained that she could control snake-type magical beasts and had great potential to reach the Dou Sheng realm.
• Ji Li and Zuo He examined Qing Lin, while Xiao Li and Xue Lan were astonished by the prospects they described.
• Lin Xiao introduced Xiao Li as his grandson, named Qing Lin and Xue Lan, and told Zuo He that Xiao Ding was also his grandson.
• Lin Xiao decided he would soon reveal his true identity to Ji Li and the others.

Xiao Lin and Xiao Li reached a confrontation in Stone Desert City, where Commander Luo Bu and the Sand Mercenary Group were bullying Xue Lan and Qing Lin. Xiao Lin held back Xiao Li while he assessed the situation, leaving the two girls facing Luo Bu’s demand to take Xue Lan away.

• Xiao Lin used his soul power to make the crowd part and walked through with Xiao Li.
• Xiao Lin and Xiao Li saw Xue Lan shielding Qing Lin from Luo Bu and his men.
• Xiao Li wanted to intervene, but Xiao Lin told him to wait and hear what was happening.
• Luo Bu accused Xue Lan of deliberately bumping into his men and demanded compensation while leering at both girls.
• Xue Lan comforted the frightened Qing Lin, while Luo Bu prepared to take Xue Lan by force after she had rejected his advances.

Xiao Lin encouraged Xue Lan to fight back against Luo Bu and secretly promised to help her. Xue Lan struck Luo Bu with her sword, piercing his Dou Qi Armor and wounding him.

• Xiao Li urged Xiao Lin to destroy the Sand Mercenary Group after learning how Luo Bu had threatened Xue Lan and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Lin told Xiao Li that Xue Lan and Qing Lin were the talented girls they had come to find, especially valuing Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Lin rejected Xiao Li's guess that he planned to provoke the crowd and instead secretly urged Xue Lan to fight Luo Bu.
• Xue Lan decided to protect herself and Qing Lin, then thrust her sword at Luo Bu as he reached for her.
• Luo Bu tried to stop Xue Lan's attack with his Dou Qi Armor, but her sword pierced it and drew blood from his chest.

Xiao Lin secretly helped Xue Lan kill Luo Bu and the Sand Mercenary Group, turning the fight into a one-sided slaughter. After the witnesses scattered, Xue Lan and Qing Lin thanked Xiao Lin for his help.

• Xue Lan killed Luo Bu with a single thrust, and the Sand Mercenary Group charged her in revenge.
• Xiao Lin secretly helped Xue Lan as she defeated the mercenaries, whose weapons vanished and movements were stopped whenever they tried to attack or escape.
• Xue Lan killed the final fleeing mercenary with her sword, and the shocked spectators dispersed as word of the battle spread through Stone Desert City.
• Xue Lan brought Qing Lin to Xiao Lin and Xiao Li, then thanked Xiao Lin for helping them.

Xiao Lin invited Xue Lan and Qing Lin to leave Stone Desert City with him, and they accepted after he offered them protection and a wider world. He brought them and Xiao Li through a Spatial Passage to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace in the Central Plains, where Ji Li and Zuo He recognized their hands-off palace master.

• Xiao Lin offered to take Xue Lan and Qing Lin away from Stone Desert City so they could grow under his protection.
• Xue Lan accepted the invitation for herself and Qing Lin, who agreed to follow her decision.
• Xiao Lin opened a Spatial Passage, swept Xiao Li and the two sisters inside, and left Stone Desert City as onlookers watched.
• Xiao Lin told Xiao Li that his eldest brother would answer his questions once they arrived at their destination.
• Xiao Lin brought the group to the depths of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace in the Central Plains, reassuring Ji Li and Zuo He, who had mistaken his arrival for an enemy incursion.

Xiao Lin reunited with Ji Li, confirmed he had reached Dou Sheng, and received two Heaven Rank earth-attribute Dou Techniques. He renamed Earth Sword to Cliffside Sword and examined Infinite Purgatory, a domain technique that let him control gravity within an area.

• Ji Li realized Xiao Lin had become a Dou Sheng, and Xiao Lin admitted he had broken through during his previous return.
• Xiao Lin asked about Ji Li's progress, and Ji Li said he planned to skip Half-Saint and advance directly to Dou Sheng.
• Ji Li gave Xiao Lin two Heaven Rank earth-attribute Dou Technique scrolls he had found for him.
• Xiao Lin renamed the offensive technique Earth Sword to Cliffside Sword after Ji Li suggested he could change its name.
• Xiao Lin discovered that Infinite Purgatory was a domain technique that let its user manipulate gravity and gravitational attraction within an enclosed region.

Xiao Li reunited with Xiao Ding, learned the truth about their grandfather and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and settled into the sect with Xue Lan and Qing Lin. After seeing them adjust, Xiao Lin prepared to tell Ji Li, the Eight Elders, and his other friends the truth about himself.

• Xiao Lin taught Xiao Li the Heaven Rank Dou Techniques Cliffside Sword and Infinite Purgatory, while Zuo He registered Xiao Li, Xue Lan, and Qing Lin as disciples.
• Xiao Li reunited with Xiao Ding, who told him that their grandfather had founded the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and was an expert beyond the Dou Venerable realm.
• Xiao Ding also revealed their grandfather's strength, the palace's powerful forces, and his recent acquisition of the three thousand burning flame from Danta.
• Xiao Ding reminded Xiao Li to keep their grandfather's identity and their relationship with him secret, and Xiao Li agreed to make his own way in the sect.
• Xiao Li, Xue Lan, and Qing Lin settled into the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, where elders personally trained Qing Lin to develop her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Lin watched the three newcomers adjust, then resolved to come clean to Ji Li, the Eight Elders, and his other friends about matters he had kept hidden.

Xiao Lin gathered Ji Li and the Eight Elders to reveal the identity he had concealed behind the name and appearance of Lin Xiao. After changing into his true youthful form, he gave them his real name and apologized for keeping the secret.

• Xiao Lin summoned Ji Li and the Eight Elders alone, leaving the Ye Family and other members of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace out of the meeting.
• Yi Moqiu complained that Xiao Lin had gathered them while leaving the sect’s work for them to handle.
• Xiao Lin transformed from the elderly-looking Lin Xiao into a handsome young man, astonishing the group and prompting Wu Yunfeng to joke that he was an impostor.
• Xiao Lin apologized to Ji Li and the Eight Elders, revealed that his true name was Xiao Lin, and said he had concealed his identity for reasons he could not disclose.

Xiao Lin revealed that he had concealed his identity because the force behind the Soul Hall threatened the Xiao Household, and his companions accepted his explanation. They playfully beat him as punishment, settling the matter among them.

• Ji Li and Zuo He connected Xiao Lin’s name to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and asked why he had hidden the truth.
• Xiao Lin told the group he had come clean because they were friends who had faced hardship together.
• Xiao Lin explained that the Xiao Household’s enemy was the force behind the Soul Hall, and that exposing his identity could endanger them all.
• The group accepted Xiao Lin’s reason and understood why he had kept his identity secret.
• Baili Qing declared that Xiao Lin deserved punishment, and the others—including Ji Li—playfully beat him.

After Xiao Lin revealed his identity to trusted allies, the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace kept his secret and continued growing under Ji Li’s daily leadership. The announcement that disciples could enter the Realm of Formations for Essence of Life drew particular interest from Lei Guang and Lei Ya, the sect’s leading core disciples.

• Xiao Lin’s allies agreed to keep his identity secret, and he continued leading the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace as Lin Xiao while avoiding public appearances.
• The Myriad Formation Spirit Palace expanded its resources and disciples, with Ji Li and the Eight Elders managing its routine affairs.
• The sect established cultivation-based ranks, making Dou Emperors under fifty core disciples and reserving elder and steward roles for stronger or older members.
• Lei Guang and Lei Ya advanced from early-stage Dou Wangs to Peak Dou Emperors over six or seven years and became the sect’s top-ranked core disciples.
• The siblings looked down on ordinary disciples but refrained from bullying them, until the sect’s leaders announced that the Realm of Formations would be opened and contained Essence of Life.

Zuo He announced that the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s Realm of Formations contained essence of life, and disciples who ranked in the top ten of their cultivation tier could enter for three months. After a month of preparation, the sect’s first Ranking Tournament began, leaving disciples ready to compete.

• Zuo He revealed the Realm of Formations, and Lei Guang and Lei Ya were shocked to learn it could contain essence of life.
• Lei Guang resolved to compete for a top-ten place, while Lei Ya questioned whether the Realm of Formations truly held such a treasure.
• Xiao Lin and the other Formation Grandmasters prepared the Realm of Formations with trials around its wutong trees, including a Fifth-Level Grand Formation around the ancient Cangwu tree.
• The Myriad Formation Spirit Palace divided the rankings into three cultivation tiers, allowing thirty disciples to qualify for the three-month cultivation opportunity.
• A month later, disciples signed up and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace held its first Ranking Tournament.

The Myriad Formation Spirit Palace held ranking tournaments for its ordinary, inner, and core disciples, with senior leaders focusing most closely on the core contest. Xiao Lin and the other leaders watched Lei Guang and Lei Ya overwhelm their fellow core disciples, leaving the siblings as the tournament’s most dominant contenders.

• The Myriad Formation Spirit Palace began its ranking tournaments, while Xiao Ding competed among inner disciples and Xiao Li among ordinary disciples.
• Xiao Lin had already given Xiao Ding and Xiao Li essence-of-life baptisms, and Qing Lin and Xue Lan did not enter the tournament.
• The core disciples began competing before nearly all the senior leaders, including palace master Xiao Lin.
• Lei Guang defeated a Peak Dou Emperor core disciple in fewer than a hundred exchanges without showing his full strength.
• Lei Ya defeated an Eight-Star Dou Emperor in just over ten exchanges, and Ji Li attributed the siblings’ dominance to their Emperor Clan talent and foundations.

Xiao Lin and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace elders grew frustrated as Lei Guang and Lei Ya defeated the sect’s disciples, so they decided to release Tian Huangzi from the Realm of Formations to challenge the siblings. Ji Li went to retrieve him while the ranking tournament continued.

• Lei Guang and Lei Ya defeated more core disciples, leaving Zuo He, Wu Yunfeng, Ji Li, and the Eight Elders frustrated that no disciple could match them.
• Xiao Lin said Qing Lin could eventually challenge the siblings but proposed releasing Tian Huangzi rather than waiting for her to grow stronger.
• The elders explained that Tian Huangzi had surpassed their Dou Huang limit and reached Dou Zong while confined in the Realm of Formations.
• Xiao Lin asked Ji Li to retrieve Tian Huangzi, and Ji Li opened a Spatial Passage and left as the tournament continued.

The Myriad Formation Spirit Palace settled the core disciple tournament rankings as Lei Guang yielded the final to Lei Ya. Tian Huangzi emerged from the Realm of Formations, arriving above the arena after thirteen years in seclusion.

• Lei Guang and Lei Ya defeated their semifinal opponents, and Lei Guang forfeited the final so Lei Ya could take first place.
• A Peak Dou Emperor disciple challenged the current third-place disciple and took his ranking, prompting further challenges to settle the standings.
• A piercing cry rang through the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and Xiao Lin recognized it as Tian Huangzi's normal cry.
• A huge golden fireball flew from deep within the sect and stopped above the arena.
• Tian Huangzi emerged from the fireball and announced that he had come out of the Realm of Formations after thirteen years.

After passing Ji Li’s Nightmare Sky Mist trial, Tian Huangzi left the Realm of Formations and joined the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s core disciple Ranking Tournament. He challenged Lei Guang and Lei Ya together, revealing that he was a Five-Star Dou Zong despite being under twenty.

• Ji Li told Xiao Lin that Tian Huangzi had passed his final trial and was ready to leave the Realm of Formations.
• Xiao Lin invited Tian Huangzi to compete in the tournament’s final challenge stage, and Tian Huangzi eagerly accepted.
• Tian Huangzi chose Lei Guang and Lei Ya as his opponents, angering the siblings by challenging them both at once.
• Tian Huangzi revealed his Five-Star Dou Zong cultivation and offered to suppress it to the peak of Dou Emperor for their match.
• Lei Guang was stunned by Tian Huangzi’s strength and could not bring himself to refuse the challenge.

Tian Huangzi began his one-against-two challenge against Lei Guang and Lei Ya, suppressing his cultivation to Peak Dou Emperor as promised. He gained the upper hand with a swift counterattack, and the fight continued as Lei Guang met Tian Huangzi’s Flame Radiance Palm with a lightning technique.

• Lei Guang accepted Tian Huangzi’s challenge, and Lei Ya agreed to fight alongside him despite sensing Tian Huangzi’s unusual strength.
• The Myriad Formation Spirit Palace disciples and elders speculated about Tian Huangzi’s identity and debated the siblings’ chances.
• Tian Huangzi gave Lei Guang and Lei Ya the first move, and the twins attacked together with a punch and Heavenly Thunder Annihilation.
• Tian Huangzi caught Lei Guang’s fist and used him to force Lei Ya to redirect her lightning strike, then sent Lei Guang flying with a blow to the stomach.
• Tian Huangzi pursued Lei Guang with Flame Radiance Palm, and Lei Guang countered with Ten Thousand Thunders Shaking Heaven Palm, causing the two attacks to collide.

Tian Huangzi continued to overwhelm Lei Guang and Lei Ya in the Challenge Tournament, even while holding back against Lei Ya. After the siblings joined forces and attacked with lightning techniques, Tian Huangzi grew serious and unleashed Phoenix Flame Annihilation, leaving them to defend with their strongest technique.

• Lei Ya attacked Tian Huangzi from behind, but he blocked her punch and teased her before fending off her furious assault.
• Lei Guang tried to ambush Tian Huangzi, but Tian Huangzi anticipated him and retreated; Lei Guang then regrouped with Lei Ya, and they recognized how formidable their opponent was.
• Lei Guang and Lei Ya abandoned their earlier tactics and bombarded Tian Huangzi with lightning Dou Techniques, but he repeatedly broke through or blocked their attacks.
• Tian Huangzi declared that he would end the match and summoned a golden fire phoenix with Phoenix Flame Annihilation.
• Lei Guang and Lei Ya used Heavenly Thunder Realm Barrier together to form a protective shield against the charging fire phoenix.

Tian Huangzi defeated Lei Guang and Lei Ya with the Nirvana Holy Flame and became the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace's chief disciple. Palace Master Xiao Lin then announced the privileges and annual challenge rights of the Ten Ranked Disciples.

• Tian Huangzi's golden flames broke through Lei Guang and Lei Ya's Heavenly Lightning Barrier, then healed them while keeping them at his mercy.
• Lei Guang realized that Tian Huangzi's flames united life and death, but could not identify them as the Nirvana Holy Flame.
• Lei Ya persuaded Lei Guang to concede, and the siblings admitted defeat as Tian Huangzi withdrew the flames.
• Palace Master Xiao Lin appointed Tian Huangzi chief disciple after no one objected.
• Xiao Lin announced that the Ten Ranked Disciples could challenge the chief disciple once a year and receive elder-like privileges and access to the Realm of Formations.

After the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s Ranking Tournament ended, Xiao Lin decided to return to the Xiao Household as Xiao Yan quietly reached the Dou Zhe realm. Xiao Yan tested his new strength and eagerly called on Yao Lao to teach him the cultivation method he had promised.

• Zuo He announced Tian Huangzi as chief disciple and named the Top Ten Sequence Disciples, then thirty ranked disciples entered the Realm of Formations.
• Xiao Lin visited his grandsons and left the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace for the Xiao Household, thinking Xiao Yan’s adventure had begun early.
• Xiao Yan experimented with his newly condensed Dou Qi, then went to the Xiao Household Back Mountain and smashed a large rock with one punch.
• Xiao Yan called out to Yao Lao and proudly announced that he had reached the Dou Zhe realm.
• Xiao Yan urged Yao Lao to teach him the promised top-tier cultivation method so he could catch up to Nalan Yanran.