Recaps

Lin Yuan learned that the Interception Sect had a one-hundred-percent death rate, but his Fate-Reversal Inheritance promised him the strongest ability of anyone he saved from a destined death. He chose the Interception Sect and was transported into the Primordial Investiture of the Gods Secret Realm.

• Chen Qingshan warned Class Seven that no Dragon Kingdom student who had chosen the Interception Sect had returned alive.
• Lin Yuan recalled the doomed Interception Sect figures and decided the Elucidation Sect was safer, until the Fate-Reversal Inheritance activated.
• Lin Yuan realized he could gain powerful abilities by changing the fates of people destined to die in the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• When the class chose factions, Lin Yuan selected the Interception Sect, shocking Chen Qingshan and his classmates.
• A spatial force swept Lin Yuan away as he entered the secret realm.

Lin Yuan arrived in the Primordial World as a low-ranking Earth Immortal of the Intercepting Sect and realized he could gain power by saving people fated to die. He raced toward Skeleton Mountain to save Biyun and Lady Shiji, but reached it just as Nezha’s arrow was about to strike Biyun.

• Lin Yuan learned that he was a registered disciple in Golden Spirit Holy Mother’s lineage and recognized that the Investiture of the Gods calamities had not yet fully begun.
• Lin Yuan identified Biyun and Lady Shiji as two people whose deaths he could prevent and set out for Skeleton Mountain.
• Lin Yuan struggled to travel quickly, exhausted his dharma power twice, and resolved to rely on powerful allies rather than fight beyond his strength.
• After three days, Lin Yuan reached Skeleton Mountain and saw Nezha’s Heaven-Shaking Arrow racing toward it.
• Biyun walked near White Bone Cave with a medicine basket as the arrow approached, and Lin Yuan poured power into his flying sword to reach him.

Lin Yuan saved Biyun from the Heaven-Shaking Arrow and received Innate Spiritual Perception as his first Fate Reversal reward. After Shiji set out for Chentang Pass, Lin Yuan warned her not to pursue anyone to Qianyuan Mountain alone, leaving her demanding to know why he was certain she would die.

• Lin Yuan deflected the Heaven-Shaking Arrow that was about to kill Biyun, suffering injuries and ruining his refined iron Magic Sword.
• Lin Yuan successfully reversed Biyun’s fatal calamity and gained Innate Spiritual Perception, which sharpened his senses and let him see flaws in his sword technique.
• Lin Yuan and Biyun identified the arrow as the Heaven-Shaking Arrow from Chentang Pass, and Shiji arrived and recognized Li Jing’s weapon.
• Shiji thanked Lin Yuan for saving Biyun and decided to confront Li Jing at Chentang Pass.
• Lin Yuan warned Shiji not to go alone to Qianyuan Mountain because her life would be in danger, and Shiji asked why he was certain she would die.

Lin Yuan accompanied Shiji and Biyun to Chentang Pass to confront Li Jing and Nezha over the Heaven-Shaking Arrow that nearly killed Biyun. When Taiyi tried to shield Nezha, Lin Yuan summoned his own sect’s support, and Golden Spirit Holy Mother set out for Chentang Pass.

• Lin Yuan told Shiji that Nezha was the likely one who had fired the Heaven-Shaking Arrow and warned her that danger awaited her, then urged her to confront Chentang Pass rather than endure the insult.
• Shiji carried Lin Yuan and Biyun to Chentang Pass, where she showed Li Jing the arrow and demanded an explanation.
• Nezha admitted that he had pulled the bow for fun, and Taiyi arrived to defend him and asked Shiji to let the matter go.
• When Taiyi refused to let Nezha return to Skeleton Mountain with Shiji, Lin Yuan identified himself as Golden Spirit Holy Mother's disciple and called for sect support.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother learned what had happened and left Golden Turtle Island for Chentang Pass.

Lin Yuan helped Shiji resolve the conflict with Taiyi and Nezha at Chentang Pass, preventing Shiji’s destined death and gaining a Blackstone Dao Body. As he returned to Golden Turtle Island with a new spirit treasure, his ranking surged, and he looked ahead to saving more members of the Intercepting Sect.

• Lin Yuan summoned Jin Ling, who confronted Taiyi over Nezha’s Heaven-Shaking Arrow and secured Nezha’s apology and compensation for Shiji.
• Shiji accepted the settlement, severing her destined path to die beneath the Nine-Dragon Divine Fire Canopy.
• Lin Yuan gained the Blackstone Dao Body, which raised his innate foundation to high-grade postnatal and rapidly healed his injuries.
• Shiji gave Lin Yuan the Thick Earth Sword, and Jin Ling invited him to compete in Golden Turtle Island’s upcoming tournament.
• Lin Yuan’s ranking at Jiangcheng No. 1 Transcendent High School jumped to twenty-seventh, surprising Chen Qingshan and the other teachers.
• Lin Yuan returned toward Golden Turtle Island, thinking of Wen Zhong and the Four Sages of Nine-Dragon Island as future targets to save.

Lin Yuan stabilized his Blackstone Dao Body and advanced to Earth Immortal Peak before entering the Intercepting Sect tournament for a chance to accompany Wen Zhong to Great Shang. He drew Early Heavenly Immortal Zhou Yuan as his first opponent and began their match on the arena.

• Golden Spirit Holy Mother told Lin Yuan to stabilize his new Blackstone Dao Body before the tournament and said the Thick Earth Sword suited him.
• Lin Yuan used the spiritual herbs Shiji gave him to cultivate for three months, reaching Earth Immortal Peak and strengthening his body.
• Lin Yuan went to the sect tournament, where Daoist Duobao announced that top performers might accompany Wen Zhong to Great Shang.
• Lin Yuan drew number thirty-seven and learned that his first opponent was the veteran Early Heavenly Immortal Zhou Yuan.
• Lin Yuan and Zhou Yuan entered the arena, and Lin Yuan prepared to test the Blackstone Dao Body in combat.

Lin Yuan used his Blackstone Dao Body to withstand Zhou Yuan’s attacks and defeated him with a counterpunch, winning their arena match. He then drew a Mid Heavenly Immortal opponent known for his fast Cloud Shadow Escape.

• Zhou Yuan opened the match with a sword strike, but Lin Yuan’s Blackstone Dao Body left him unharmed.
• Zhou Yuan increased his strength and struck Lin Yuan with Greenwood Slash, yet only left a pale mark.
• Lin Yuan used a forceful sword strike to break Zhou Yuan’s Azure Wood Swordlight, then punched him off the arena.
• The enforcement disciple declared Lin Yuan the winner, and the crowd reacted with astonishment at his defense.
• Lin Yuan drew a Mid Heavenly Immortal for his next match, and the burly senior brother warned him about the opponent’s Cloud Shadow Escape.

Lin Yuan defeated a faster Mid Heavenly Immortal by using his spiritual perception and the Thick Earth Sword to restrict the arena. After winning two matches, he faced a daunting third-round opponent, Heavenly Immortal Peak Chen Xuanfeng.

• Daoist Duobao and Jin Ling discussed Lin Yuan's Blackstone Dao Body and praised how quickly he had put it to practical use.
• Lin Yuan faced a gray-robed Mid Heavenly Immortal who used Cloud Shadow Escape and wind blades to avoid fighting him head-on.
• Lin Yuan used his Innate Spiritual Perception to predict the Daoist's movements, then filled the arena with sword qi to limit where he could appear.
• Lin Yuan pinned the gray-robed Daoist with the Thick Earth Sword and won his second match, earning respect from fellow disciples.
• The third-round draw paired Lin Yuan with Heavenly Immortal Peak Chen Xuanfeng, who had won both previous matches within three moves.

Lin Yuan used his third-round duel with Heavenly Immortal Peak Chen Xuanfeng to refine his swordsmanship and broke through to the Heavenly Immortal realm during their clash. After Chen Xuanfeng conceded, Daoist Tongtian took notice of Lin Yuan, whose next opponent was an Early True Immortal.

• Chen Xuanfeng struck Lin Yuan with his saber, breaking through his defenses and leaving a shallow wound, but Lin Yuan refused to concede.
• Lin Yuan adapted to Chen Xuanfeng's attacks and used the duel to improve his Thick Earth Sword Technique while his mana stirred toward a breakthrough.
• Chen Xuanfeng unleashed Black Tiger Swallows the Mountain, and Lin Yuan broke through to the Heavenly Immortal realm before countering with his sword.
• Their clash shattered Chen Xuanfeng's saber, and he conceded the match while Lin Yuan remained standing as an Early Heavenly Immortal.
• Daoist Tongtian asked whether Lin Yuan was the disciple Jin Ling had mentioned, then noticed Lin Yuan's Thick Earth Sword.
• Lin Yuan saw that his next opponent was an Early True Immortal.

After placing in the top three of the Intercepting Sect’s competition, Lin Yuan received praise and gifts from Tongtian, was promoted to an elite disciple, and agreed to accompany Wen Zhong to Great Shang. Wen Zhong arrived to take the selected disciples and questioned whether Lin Yuan’s cultivation was high enough.

• Lin Yuan conceded after enduring a True Immortal’s attacks, finished among the top three, and received a bonus bottle of Shangqing Primordial Spirit Pills from Duobao.
• Tongtian praised Lin Yuan’s judgment in battle and bestowed the Qingxuan Sword and the Supreme Clarity Immortal Scripture on him.
• Jin Ling promoted Lin Yuan to an elite disciple and selected him to accompany Wen Zhong to Great Shang; Lin Yuan agreed, anticipating the coming conflict around the Four Sages of Nine-Dragon Island.
• At Blue Star, Lin Yuan climbed to eighteenth place among his cohort, while Chen Qingshan warned that the Intercepting Sect would become dangerous later in Investiture of the Gods.
• Wen Zhong arrived at Golden Turtle Island to collect the selected disciples and frowned at Lin Yuan’s Early Heavenly Immortal cultivation.

Wen Zhong tested Lin Yuan’s resolve before agreeing to take him down the mountain, and Lin Yuan joined him on a trip to seek help from the Four Sages of Nine-Dragon Island. As they approached Kowloon Island, Lin Yuan’s system detected multiple death-tribulation targets nearby.

• Wen Zhong asked Lin Yuan whether he feared death, and Lin Yuan admitted he did but said he would help fellow disciples when he could.
• Jin Ling gave Wen Zhong a jade slip reporting that Qi Refiners were gathering in West Qi, and Wen Zhong decided to ask the Four Sages of Nine-Dragon Island for assistance.
• Lin Yuan insisted on accompanying Wen Zhong to Kowloon Island, and Wen Zhong agreed after Lin Yuan said he had nothing to pack.
• Wen Zhong used lightning to speed up Lin Yuan’s flight toward Kowloon Island and told him to focus on mastering the Supreme Clarity Immortal Scripture.
• Lin Yuan’s system detected multiple predetermined death-tribulation targets as four powerful auras rose from the island ahead.

Lin Yuan accompanied Wen Zhong to Kowloon Island, where the Four Sages agreed to help the Shang Army against West Qi. He watched the four defeat West Qi’s Qi Refiners at the front lines, while his spiritual perception warned that their deadly tribulations had begun.

• Lin Yuan met Wang Mo, Yang Sen, Gao Yougan, and Li Xingba on Kowloon Island and learned that all four faced death tribulations tied to the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Wen Zhong asked the Four Sages to help the Shang Army confront the Elucidation Sect’s Immortals, and they agreed to leave the island.
• Lin Yuan joined Wen Zhong and the Four Sages on their journey to the Shang Army’s camp, where they learned West Qi had challenged them that day.
• Wang Mo led Yang Sen, Gao Yougan, Li Xingba, and Lin Yuan onto the battlefield, where the four quickly overwhelmed West Qi’s Qi Refiners.
• West Qi’s cultivators retreated, and Gao Yougan mocked Wen Zhong’s warning that the conflict would be difficult.

Lin Yuan warned the Four Sages of Nine-Dragon Island that West Qi’s retreat might be a trap and insisted they pursue together. His warning exposed an Elucidation Sect Golden Immortal waiting in ambush, and the chapter ended with the four facing him as a group.

• Lin Yuan stopped Wang Mo from chasing the retreating West Qi Qi Practitioners alone and warned the Four Sages to stay together.
• Lin Yuan persuaded Wang Mo, Gao Yougan, Yang Sen, and Li Xingba to pursue the enemy as a group, even when one Qi Practitioner tried to lure them away.
• As the four approached Valley, Lin Yuan sensed danger and stopped them just before a Golden Immortal from the Elucidation Sect launched an attack.
• The Four Sages blocked the Golden Immortal’s magical strike together and forced him to appear.
• The Golden Immortal realized Lin Yuan had foiled his ambush, while Wang Mo and the others prepared to fight him four against one.

Lin Yuan helped Wang Mo, Yang Sen, Gao Yougan, and Li Xingba defeat an Elucidation Sect Golden Immortal’s ambush by warning them of incoming attacks. The next day, Lin Yuan stepped in when West Qi tried to lure Gao Yougan into a trap, but Nezha arrived and challenged him, leaving Lin Yuan facing a barrage of flaming spear strikes.

• Wang Mo and the other three fought together against the Elucidation Sect Golden Immortal while Lin Yuan called out attacks and warned them not to pursue; the Golden Immortal eventually escaped.
• Lin Yuan received no Fate-Reversal Prompt for Wang Mo and realized the ambush had only been one danger on Wang Mo’s path toward death.
• West Qi’s forces planned to provoke Gao Yougan, but Lin Yuan took his place in a duel against a True Immortal and fought him evenly.
• Nezha arrived during the duel, and Lin Yuan recognized that West Qi was using him to keep Lin Yuan occupied while targeting Gao Yougan.
• Lin Yuan blocked Nezha’s spear with the Thick Earth Sword and endured the blow, after which Nezha unleashed a storm of flaming spear shadows.

Lin Yuan stalled Nezha in battle while warning Gao Yougan away from a concealed ambush, then returned to camp to recover. His spiritual perception sensed danger at night, and he realized Senior Brother Li was missing.

• Lin Yuan evaded Nezha’s attacks and used the duel to learn his spear techniques, frustrating Nezha with his taunts.
• Lin Yuan spotted two concealed West Qi fighters targeting Gao Yougan and warned him to stay beside Wang Mo and the others.
• Lin Yuan briefly fought Nezha with both swords while Gao Yougan stayed with the group, causing the hidden attackers to withdraw.
• Nezha struck Lin Yuan with his spear shaft before retreating when West Qi sounded the gong, and Gao Yougan thanked Lin Yuan for saving him from another ambush.
• Lin Yuan returned to his tent to meditate, sensed danger nearby, and realized Senior Brother Li was missing.

Lin Yuan rescued Li Xingba from an ambush, was wounded protecting him, and helped turn the fight around when Wen Zhong and the other sages arrived. After the group changed Wang Mo’s fated death, Lin Yuan gained Supreme Clarity Battle Intent, and the story left with history beginning to change.

• Lin Yuan learned Li Xingba had left camp alone and followed his aura to a formation where two immortals were attacking him.
• Lin Yuan shoved Li Xingba clear of a Lock-Meridian Nail, taking the wound himself, then struck the gray-robed Daoist with the Qingxuan Sword.
• Wen Zhong, Wang Mo, Yang Sen, and Gao Yougan arrived and drove the attackers to flee, while Wang Mo chose not to pursue them.
• Wen Zhong removed the nail and sealed Lin Yuan’s wound, and Li Xingba promised not to go off alone again.
• The system declared Wang Mo’s predetermined death node had shifted and granted Lin Yuan Supreme Clarity Battle Intent.
• Lin Yuan realized history had begun to change and felt an urge to test his new battle intent with a sword strike.

After recovering from his injuries, Lin Yuan used his newly gained combat instincts to help Yang Sen escape a deadly trap and reverse the battle. The system rewarded him with Wind-Thunder Escape, giving him the speed to intervene more proactively in future dangers.

• Lin Yuan recovered more than half his meridians and discovered that Supreme Clarity Battle Intent had sharpened his fighting instincts.
• When a West Qi Daoist used a silver ring to disrupt Yang Sen's cultivation art, Lin Yuan warned him away from a hidden spike and helped break the ring's connection.
• Wang Mo and the others protected Yang Sen, then pressed the attack until West Qi retreated without the Four Sages of Nine-Dragon Island giving chase.
• The system declared Yang Sen's fated death trajectory severed and granted Lin Yuan the Wind-Thunder Escape talent.
• Lin Yuan tested Wind-Thunder Escape by flashing more than a hundred zhang away, leaving Yang Sen bewildered by his supposed sudden enlightenment.

Lin Yuan helped the Four Sages of Nine-Dragon Island turn West Qi’s ambush into a counterattack, then led the pursuit while keeping the group together. Gao Yougan and Li Xingba survived their final death traps, and Lin Yuan gained two new rewards that strengthened his body and battlefield awareness.

• West Qi tried to isolate Gao Yougan with a temporary barrier, but Lin Yuan broke through and held off one attacker until Wang Mo and the others smashed the barrier.
• Lin Yuan sensed a hidden magical treasure aimed at Li Xingba and deflected it, allowing the Four Sages to regroup.
• Lin Yuan urged the Four Sages to chase West Qi together, and they drove the retreating Qi Practitioners hundreds of miles before high-level cultivators forced them to withdraw.
• The system confirmed that Gao Yougan and Li Xingba had escaped their original death trajectories, granting Lin Yuan Vajra Immortal Bone and Battlefield Killing Intent Perception.
• Lin Yuan tested his new awareness by sensing Wang Mo approaching from behind, then smiled at his rescued senior brothers.

After the Four Sages of Nine-Dragon Island rewarded Lin Yuan for helping them, he advanced to Late True Immortal and climbed to seventh place in the national rankings. When Wen Zhong summoned ten fellow disciples to face West Qi, Lin Yuan recognized them as multiple targets fated to die.

• The Four Sages praised Lin Yuan for saving them and gave him pills, spiritual essence, herbs, and an immortal fruit.
• Lin Yuan refined the gifts during months of secluded cultivation, advancing from Heavenly Immortal to Late True Immortal.
• Lin Yuan rose to seventh place in the nationwide rankings, drawing the attention of Chen Yue and the teachers at Jiangcheng No. 1 Transcendent High School.
• Wen Zhong told Lin Yuan that West Qi had made another move and that ten fellow disciples had arrived to help.
• Qin Wan and the other nine Ten Heavenly Lords arrived, and Lin Yuan's Fate-Reversal Inheritance identified multiple targets fated to die.

Lin Yuan watched the Ten Heavenly Lords arrive and learned that they planned to use their Ten Ultimate Formation against the Elucidation Sect. After spotting that the ten formations could not support one another, he warned Qin Wan that the enemy might break them one at a time.

• Lin Yuan saw all ten Heavenly Lords arrive and recognized each as a predetermined death tribulation target.
• Wen Zhong introduced Lin Yuan to the Ten Heavenly Lords, and Qin Wan praised him before inviting him to study formations.
• Wen Zhong explained West Qi's conflict with the Elucidation Sect, and the Ten Heavenly Lords decided to answer with their Dao arts.
• Qin Wan and the others deployed the Ten Ultimate Formation outside the Shang Camp.
• Lin Yuan noticed that the formations were isolated from one another and asked Qin Wan what would happen if the enemy attacked them one by one.

Lin Yuan proposed that the Ten Heavenly Lords make the Ten Ultimate Formation’s separate formations support one another instead of letting enemies defeat them one by one. After several failed experiments, they successfully transferred power between two formations and began connecting all ten.

• Lin Yuan pointed out that the Elucidation Sect could attack the formations one at a time, and suggested that nearby formations lend power or stabilize one under attack.
• The Ten Heavenly Lords considered the idea and chose Qin Wan’s Heaven-Absolute Formation and Zhao Jiang’s Earth Inferno Formation for their first test.
• Their initial attempts exploded, until Golden Light Holy Mother and Qin Wan realized the formations needed an origin mark to convert the power between them.
• After three days of experiments, the Heavenly Lords used a Supreme Clarity Formation Talisman to transfer power from the Earth Inferno Formation into the Heaven-Absolute Formation without a clash.
• Qin Wan confirmed the borrowed power worked, and the Ten Heavenly Lords began connecting all ten formations to share their strength.

Lin Yuan and the Ten Heavenly Lords completed a linked version of the Ten Ultimate Formation, allowing its formations to lend power to one another. After West Qi’s testers failed to break through, they stopped sending ordinary Qi Practitioners and prepared to bring in stronger experts.

• Qin Wan tested the linked Heaven-Absolute Formation and confirmed that power from the other nine formations could stabilize its weak points.
• Wen Zhong invited West Qi to test the Ten Ultimate Formation, and a Qi Practitioner entered the Heaven-Absolute Formation the next day.
• The Heaven-Absolute Formation borrowed power from the other nine formations, thwarting the tester’s attacks and forcing him to flee.
• Zhao Jiang’s Earth Inferno Formation borrowed power from the Ice Formation, defeating another West Qi tester with a combined attack.
• West Qi stopped sending ordinary Qi Practitioners, and Lin Yuan sensed a far stronger presence as Jade Clarity Immortal Light rose in the distance.

West Qi’s prepared Qi Practitioners tested the Ten Ultimate Formation, but the linked formations repeatedly overcame their countermeasures. Lin Yuan sensed a far greater danger among the Elucidation Sect’s watchers, and the next morning a Jade Clarity Immortal arrived to test Qin Wan’s Heaven-Absolute Formation.

• Qin Wan linked the Heaven-Absolute Formation with the Earth Inferno Formation and then the Wind Roar Formation, burning and battering a Qi Practitioner despite his countermeasures.
• Dong Quan used the Golden Light Formation and the Ice Formation to overcome a second tester’s Wind-Calming Banner, while West Qi’s other formation testers also failed.
• Qin Wan, Golden Light Holy Mother, and Lin Yuan discussed weaknesses in the linked formations and agreed that their sudden changes could still catch opponents off guard.
• Lin Yuan sensed a dangerous aura among the Elucidation Sect’s observers and warned his senior brothers to be careful the next day.
• A Jade Clarity-robed Immortal arrived the next morning and told Qin Wan that he had come to test the Heaven-Absolute Formation.

Lin Yuan saved Qin Wan from a deadly attack by rerouting the power of the Ten Ultimate Formation, changing Qin Wan’s predetermined death. He inherited Heaven-Severing Formation Insight and immediately saw flaws in the routes the Ten Heavenly Lords had painstakingly devised.

• A second-generation Elucidation Sect disciple entered the Heaven-Absolute Formation and used a jade mirror to expose its formation patterns.
• The Daoist repeatedly struck the southeastern formation node, forcing Qin Wan to channel power from the other nine formations while concealing an attack aimed at Qin Wan himself.
• Lin Yuan recognized the danger and ordered the other nine formations to cut their support, but the Daoist then launched his sword directly at Qin Wan.
• Lin Yuan used the linked Formation Talisman to reroute the nine streams of Dharma Power, allowing Qin Wan to move and evade the sword by a hair.
• Qin Wan withdrew from the damaged formation, and Lin Yuan received Heaven-Severing Formation Insight after changing Qin Wan’s predetermined death.
• Lin Yuan examined the linked formation’s power routes and told Qin Wan that several of them took the long way around.

Lin Yuan used his new formation insight to redesign the Ten Ultimate Linked Formation, and the Ten Heavenly Lords tested it when the Elucidation Sect attacked again. Zhao Jiang survived through the new auxiliary routes and position-shifting formations, while Lin Yuan gained further formation insight and immediately began planning another revision.

• Lin Yuan identified inefficient power routes and helped the Ten Heavenly Lords add auxiliary paths and temporary position-shifting patterns to the formations.
• The next day, an Elucidation Sect expert attacked Zhao Jiang in the Earth Inferno Formation with a treasure that suppressed Earthfire and a Formation-Breaking Ring that blocked the central support routes.
• Lin Yuan directed Zhao Jiang to use the eastern auxiliary route, allowing him to shift away from a killing strike and continue fighting.
• The Elucidation Sect experts failed to break the formation or kill Zhao Jiang and withdrew, triggering Lin Yuan's successful Fate Reversal and granting him Zhao Jiang's formation insight.
• Lin Yuan saw new possibilities for modifying the formations and told the Ten Heavenly Lords that the version they had just tested was already outdated.