Recaps

Lin Yuan repeatedly improved the Ten Ultimate Formation as the Elucidation Sect attacked, turning the Ten Heavenly Lords’ trials into opportunities to strengthen his formation skills. After several Heavenly Lords survived their death tribulations, Guangchengzi decided the Twelve Golden Immortals would attack the formations together.

• Lin Yuan revised the Ten Ultimate Linked Formation so two Formation Eyes could move, and the Ten Heavenly Lords tested the new version.
• An Elucidation Sect cultivator suppressed Dong Quan’s Wind Roar Formation, but Dong Quan borrowed power from other formations, evaded a sword strike with a moving Formation Eye, and survived.
• Lin Yuan gained Wind Roar Formation Insight and developed further changes, helping Yuan Jiao, Golden Light Holy Mother, and Sun Liang survive their formation trials.
• The Ten Heavenly Lords recognized that Lin Yuan had become the one leading their formation updates, while the Elucidation Sect’s attacks continued to fail.
• Guangchengzi concluded that the Elucidation Sect was helping Lin Yuan improve the formations and ordered the Twelve Golden Immortals to attack them together.

The Twelve Golden Immortals entered the fully activated Ten Ultimate Linked Formation, but Lin Yuan’s shifting formations and coordinated defenses kept them from killing any of the Ten Heavenly Lords. After the Golden Immortals withdrew, Lin Yuan sensed that Bai Li, Yao Bin, Wang Bian, and Zhang Shao still faced deadly danger.

• The Twelve Golden Immortals arrived and entered several of the Ten Ultimate Formations at once.
• Lin Yuan coordinated the linked formations, shifting their cores and sharing power to protect the formation masters from the Golden Immortals’ attacks.
• The Twelve Golden Immortals struggled to break the formations while the Ten Heavenly Lords evaded attacks and survived through mutual support.
• The Golden Immortals withdrew without killing any of the Ten Heavenly Lords, and the Interception Sect disciples celebrated.
• Lin Yuan sensed lingering death threats over Bai Li, Yao Bin, Wang Bian, and Zhang Shao, especially the last two.

Lin Yuan coordinated the Ten Ultimate Linked Formation to rescue Bai Li, Yao Bin, Wang Bian, and Zhang Shao from the Twelve Golden Immortals’ attacks. With all ten formation masters alive and the enemy still trapped inside, Lin Yuan prepared to counterattack.

• Qin Wan gave Lin Yuan the central formation flag as West Qi’s Twelve Golden Immortals launched an assault focused on four formations.
• Lin Yuan redirected the formations’ power and helped Bai Li and Yao Bin evade their death nodes, triggering two successful fate reversals.
• As the enemy began destroying formation positions, Lin Yuan linked the Red Water Formation to the Heaven-Absolute Formation and moved Wang Bian to safety.
• Lin Yuan linked the Red Sand Formation to the Earth Inferno Formation, allowing Zhang Shao to escape the collapsing formation and survive.
• After the final fate reversal, Lin Yuan told the Ten Heavenly Lords that it was time to stop retreating and fight back.

After the Ten Heavenly Lords survived the Twelve Golden Immortals’ attack, Lin Yuan helped them compress the damaged Ten Ultimate Formation and force their opponents to retreat. He advanced to Early Profound Immortal, rose to first place in the secret-realm rankings, and learned that Zhao Gongming was coming to the front lines.

• Lin Yuan and the Ten Heavenly Lords contracted the Ten Ultimate Formation, trapping the Twelve Golden Immortals in a shifting mix of formations until they broke out and withdrew.
• Zhao Jiang and the other Ten Heavenly Lords celebrated that all ten had survived, and Qin Wan and Bai Li credited Lin Yuan with a share in their linked formation.
• Lin Yuan secluded himself, absorbed the ten formation Dao rewards, and broke through from Late True Immortal to Early Profound Immortal.
• Lin Yuan’s name climbed to first place in the Dragon Kingdom’s secret-realm rankings, pushing Chen Yue to second and drawing attention from the monitoring center.
• Wen Zhong told Lin Yuan that Zhao Gongming of Luofu Cave on Mount Emei was coming to the front lines.

Zhao Gongming arrived at the Shang Camp and challenged the Elucidation Sect after hearing of its pressure on the Intercepting Sect. Lin Yuan recognized Zhao Gongming as a high-value death-tribulation target, and the chapter ended with Zhao displaying his twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls before asking who would fight first.

• Wen Zhong told Lin Yuan that Zhao Gongming was coming to the Shang Camp, and Zhao soon arrived on his Black Tiger.
• Zhao Gongming praised the Ten Heavenly Lords and the Four Sages of Nine-Dragon Island, then questioned Lin Yuan about his role in improving the Ten Ultimate Formation.
• Lin Yuan received a system prompt identifying Zhao Gongming as a high-value predetermined death-tribulation target with extremely deep involvement.
• Zhao Gongming went alone to the battlefield and challenged the Elucidation Sect, arguing that its members had no right to enter the conflict while barring the Intercepting Sect from doing so.
• Guangchengzi accepted Zhao Gongming's challenge, and Zhao summoned all twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls and asked who would fight first.

Zhao Gongming used his twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls to overwhelm the Elucidation Sect’s Golden Immortals and Twelve Golden Immortals, then withdrew after warning them not to bully the Intercepting Sect. That night, the Elucidation Sect disciples discussed seeking two Wuyi Mountain rogue cultivators, Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, whose unusual treasure might counter the pearls.

• Zhao Gongming shattered an Elucidation Sect Golden Immortal’s attack with a Sea-Calming Pearl, then drove back two more Golden Immortals with his twenty-four pearls.
• Taiyi joined the battle, but Zhao Gongming’s successive waves of Sea-Calming Pearls forced him and the other Elucidation Sect fighters to defend and retreat.
• Zhao Gongming rebuked the Elucidation Sect for complaining about his magical treasures while using their own, and several more disciples joined the fight against him.
• Guangchengzi and other powerful disciples entered the battle, but Zhao Gongming kept them at bay before recalling his pearls and leaving without pursuing them.
• Zhao Gongming returned to the Shang Camp and said he had only meant to teach the Elucidation Sect a lesson, while Lin Yuan anticipated they would resort to schemes.
• That night, the Elucidation Sect disciples discussed asking Wuyi Mountain rogue cultivators Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao for help against the Sea-Calming Pearls.

Lin Yuan recognized Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao’s plan to use the Treasure-Dropping Coin against Zhao Gongming and went with his martial uncle to the battlefield. When Xiao Sheng used the coin to knock a Sea-Calming Pearl out of Zhao Gongming’s control, Lin Yuan charged at him to seize it.

• Zhao Gongming left the Shang Camp to answer West Qi’s challenge, and Lin Yuan persuaded him to come along because he sensed danger.
• Lin Yuan recognized Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao among the West Qi cultivators and suspected Xiao Sheng’s hidden treasure was the Treasure-Dropping Coin.
• Zhao Gongming’s Sea-Calming Pearls overwhelmed the initial attackers while Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao waited for an opening.
• Xiao Sheng used the Treasure-Dropping Coin to knock a Sea-Calming Pearl out of Zhao Gongming’s control.
• Lin Yuan rushed at Xiao Sheng with the Qingxuan Sword, declaring that he was robbing him.

Lin Yuan helped Zhao Gongming protect the twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls and turn Xiao Sheng’s Treasure-Dropping Coin against him. Two days later, Lu Ya arrived at the Shang Camp seeking Zhao Gongming, and Lin Yuan sensed a greater danger ahead.

• Lin Yuan distracted Xiao Sheng while Qin Wan trapped Cao Bao, giving Zhao Gongming time to reclaim the Sea-Calming Pearl.
• Lin Yuan interrupted Xiao Sheng’s attempt to use the Treasure-Dropping Coin again, allowing Zhao Gongming to seize it.
• Zhao Gongming kept all twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls and took the Treasure-Dropping Coin, while the Elucidation Sect’s planned attack failed.
• Back at the Shang Camp, Zhao Gongming praised Lin Yuan and showed him the captured treasure, but Lin Yuan sensed that Zhao Gongming’s death tribulation remained.
• Two days later, Lu Ya arrived at the Shang Camp and announced that he had come to meet Zhao Gongming, causing Lin Yuan’s unease to deepen.

Lu Ya appeared at the Shang camp, tested Zhao Gongming’s defenses without fighting directly, and left after claiming he had learned much. Lin Yuan sensed a hidden threat from him, and ten days later Zhao Gongming began experiencing headaches and exhaustion, suggesting Lu Ya’s attack had begun.

• Lu Ya arrived to meet Zhao Gongming, saying he had come in accordance with Heaven’s will.
• Lu Ya evaded Zhao Gongming’s Sea-Calming Pearls without counterattacking, then departed after saying he had learned much.
• Lin Yuan warned Zhao Gongming that Lu Ya’s behavior seemed suspicious and sensed danger targeting him.
• Zhao Gongming stayed at the Shang camp while Lin Yuan’s unease grew over the following days.
• On the tenth night, Lin Yuan sensed danger from Zhao Gongming’s tent and found him suffering from headaches, restlessness, and exhaustion.

Lin Yuan realized that Zhao Gongming was being targeted by a distant curse and asked Yao Bin to trace its source. Yao Bin found a soul-drawing force, and Lin Yuan prepared to amplify his search with the Ten Ultimate Linked Formation.

• Lin Yuan recognized Zhao Gongming’s fatigue and restlessness as signs of a curse and suspected Lu Ya’s visit had been meant to confirm its effects.
• Lin Yuan summoned Yao Bin, and the Ten Heavenly Lords gathered to help investigate the curse on Zhao Gongming.
• Yao Bin used a black banner to detect a concealed force drawing Zhao Gongming’s soul toward the northwest.
• Yao Bin said he could trace the force in three to five days, but Qin Wan suggested using a formation to speed up his search.
• Lin Yuan ordered the Ten Heavenly Lords to set up the Ten Ultimate Linked Formation to amplify the Soul-Sundering Formation and find the culprit that night.

Lin Yuan and the Ten Ultimate Linked Formation traced the curse on Zhao Gongming to Lu Ya’s hidden altar. They exposed the Nail-Head Seven-Arrows ritual and confronted Lu Ya, leaving him surrounded as Lin Yuan urged him to continue.

• Yao Bin used the Soul-Sundering Formation, amplified by the other nine formations, to locate the soul connection pulling at Zhao Gongming.
• When the curse intensified, Yao Bin traced its active aura while Lin Yuan sensed malice and helped pinpoint a concealed altar roughly twelve thousand li northwest.
• Zhao Gongming, Lin Yuan, Wen Zhong, the Four Sages of Nine-Dragon Island, and the Ten Heavenly Lords traveled to the mountains where the curse was coming from.
• The Golden Light Holy Mother exposed the concealment formation, and Zhao Gongming smashed it with his Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls.
• The group found Lu Ya performing a ritual before an altar bearing a straw effigy inscribed with Zhao Gongming’s name, and Lin Yuan invited him to continue.

Lin Yuan and Zhao Gongming found Lu Ya worshipping a straw effigy designed to weaken Zhao Gongming’s soul, then fought him while the Ten Heavenly Lords blocked his escape. Zhao Gongming destroyed the altar, but Lin Yuan’s system began reassessing the death tribulation rather than confirming it had been lifted.

• Zhao Gongming confronted Lu Ya at the altar, and Lu Ya attacked when the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls rose.
• Lin Yuan coordinated with Zhao Gongming and the Ten Heavenly Lords, who used formations to block Lu Ya’s escape while Zhao Gongming struck him with the Sea-Calming Pearls.
• Lu Ya unleashed blazing fire and escaped after the Ten Heavenly Lords withdrew, while Zhao Gongming stayed behind to deal with the altar.
• Yao Bin explained how to dismantle the altar safely, and the group extinguished the lamps and destroyed the talismans before Zhao Gongming smashed the straw effigy.
• Lin Yuan’s system began reassessing Zhao Gongming’s predetermined death tribulation without yet confirming its removal.

After Lin Yuan helped Zhao Gongming break free from Lu Ya’s curse, he gained Daluo Combat Insight and Zhao Gongming’s gifts. He used the insight to break through to Early Golden Immortal, then learned that his teacher wanted to see him on Golden Turtle Island.

• Zhao Gongming recovered as Yao Bin confirmed that his soul had stabilized and its tether had been severed, and Lin Yuan received the Fate Reversal reward of Daluo Combat Insight.
• Zhao Gongming gave Lin Yuan a storage jade ring of cultivation resources and lent him a Sea-Calming Pearl to study.
• Lin Yuan entered seclusion and used Daluo Combat Insight to connect his combat techniques and refine the resources Zhao Gongming had given him.
• Lin Yuan broke through to Early Golden Immortal after a new insight into how he could have fought Nezha differently.
• Zhao Gongming told Lin Yuan to return to Golden Turtle Island with him because Lin Yuan’s teacher wanted to see him.

Lin Yuan explained to Tongtian how the Interception Sect’s loyalty could be exploited to draw more disciples into the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, and Tongtian named him a Dao Seed Candidate. The chapter ended with Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao heading to West Qi after hearing Zhao Gongming had nearly been cursed to death.

• Zhao Gongming recounted how Lin Yuan and the Ten Heavenly Lords had uncovered and stopped Lu Ya’s plot to kill him with the Nail-Head Seven-Arrows Book.
• Tongtian questioned Lin Yuan about repeatedly saving fellow disciples and asked what he thought of the Interception Sect’s future.
• Lin Yuan warned that the Interception Sect’s loyalty and willingness to send more disciples into danger could gradually wear it down, and said disciples should live to fight again.
• Tongtian gave Lin Yuan the Supreme Purity Guardian Sword Token and named him a Dao Seed Candidate of the Interception Sect.
• Zhao Gongming received word that Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao had left Three Immortal Island for West Qi.

Lin Yuan and Zhao Gongming joined the Three Cloud Sisters at the Shang camp, where Yunxiao declared their intent to challenge the Elucidation Sect with a formation. Lin Yuan warned them that Yuanshi, not the Twelve Golden Immortals, was the greater danger; the sisters proceeded, and Yunxiao completed the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation.

• Zhao Gongming explained that Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao had come down the mountain after hearing Lu Ya nearly cursed him to death, and Lin Yuan went with him to West Qi.
• Bixiao praised Lin Yuan for helping the Intercepting Sect, while Yunxiao said the sisters intended to settle their rivalry with the Elucidation Sect through a contest of formations rather than fight to the death.
• Lin Yuan warned the sisters that Yuanshi could intervene if the Twelve Golden Immortals were humiliated, and Yunxiao promised they would not force themselves to oppose someone beyond the younger generation.
• The Three Cloud Sisters left the Shang camp the next day and chose a broad stretch between the armies to establish their formation.
• Yunxiao raised the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation, and Lin Yuan judged it far more complex than the Ten Ultimate Formation.

The Three Cloud Sisters opened the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation against the Twelve Golden Immortals, revealing a formation that could disrupt cultivation as well as trap its enemies. After the first Golden Immortal emerged shaken, Guangchengzi decided the Twelve Golden Immortals would enter together.

• Lin Yuan and the Ten Heavenly Lords recognized the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation as a seamless, seemingly endless whole that could grind away immortal aura.
• The Three Cloud Sisters invited the Twelve Golden Immortals into the open formation, and Guangchengzi accepted the challenge after the Elucidation Sect failed to inspect it from outside.
• The first Elucidation Sect Golden Immortal entered the formation, where shifting space, inverted directions, and yellow sand obstructed him.
• The Golden Immortal escaped after about half an hour and reported that the formation could stir the three flowers and five energies, alarming the Twelve Golden Immortals.
• Guangchengzi said the Twelve Golden Immortals would enter together rather than send another person in alone.

The Twelve Golden Immortals entered the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation together, and Lin Yuan secretly helped the Three Cloud Sisters stabilize it from outside. As the formation began stripping away the Golden Immortals’ cultivation, Yunxiao committed to deciding the contest, leaving Lin Yuan to consider how the Intercepting Sect could withdraw safely afterward.

• Guangchengzi led all Twelve Golden Immortals into the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation, where they stayed together and used their treasures to resist its distortions and attacks.
• Lin Yuan sensed the formation’s outer patterns faltering under the Golden Immortals’ combined assaults and reinforced them with Formation-Stabilizing Talismans, allowing Yunxiao to restore the formation’s flow.
• Taiyi accused Yunxiao of using methods that stripped cultivation, and Yunxiao reminded him that the Golden Immortals had entered the formation voluntarily, just as they had once challenged the Ten Heavenly Lords.
• As the formation wore down the Golden Immortals’ Three Flowers and Five Qi, Guangchengzi ordered everyone to attack with all their strength.
• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao intensified the formation while Lin Yuan reinforced it from outside, and the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation began stripping the Golden Immortals’ cultivation in earnest.

Yunxiao used the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation to strip away much of the Twelve Golden Immortals’ cultivation, then began opening the formation after securing victory. Before the captives could escape, a Jade Clarity Saint’s overwhelming presence descended, and Lin Yuan recognized that the true death tribulation had begun.

• Guangchengzi failed to break through the formation, and Yunxiao used the Primordial Golden Dipper to weaken the Twelve Golden Immortals and scatter their Five Qi.
• Bixiao rebuked Taiyi and Guangchengzi for their past actions against the Intercepting Sect as the formation continued stripping away the immortals’ cultivation.
• Yunxiao stopped the attack and ordered Qiongxiao to open the formation after the Twelve Golden Immortals had suffered severe losses.
• Lin Yuan sensed the formation opening and prepared to retreat to Golden Turtle Island, but his Innate Spiritual Perception suddenly detected an overwhelming presence.
• A Jade Clarity Saint’s pressure descended over the battlefield, silencing the gathered Intercepting Sect members as Lin Yuan gripped the Supreme Purity Guardian Sword Token and recognized the true death tribulation.

Yuanshi Tianzun intervened after the Three Cloud Sisters defeated the Twelve Golden Immortals, and Lin Yuan’s system identified Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao as nearing their death tribulation. As Yuanshi moved to break the formation, Lin Yuan challenged his intervention and left the confrontation unresolved.

• Yuanshi Tianzun arrived and told Yunxiao that the Three Cloud Sisters had to be punished for stripping the Twelve Golden Immortals of their cultivation.
• Zhao Gongming defended his sisters and questioned why Yuanshi intervened after the Twelve Golden Immortals had entered the formation willingly.
• Yuanshi began breaking the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation, and Lin Yuan’s system marked Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao as approaching their predetermined death node.
• Lin Yuan asked Yuanshi why a Saint should enter a contest between disciples after the Elucidation Sect had lost.
• Yuanshi warned Lin Yuan that he had great nerve, and Lin Yuan admitted he was afraid of dying and accustomed to calling for help.

Lin Yuan broke Tongtian’s Dao-Guarding Sword Token to summon him when Yuanshi’s pressure threatened the Three Cloud Sisters. Tongtian arrived to confront Yuanshi, leaving the two Saints facing each other over the trapped disciples.

• Yuanshi pressed his Jade Clarity giant hand down on the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation, bringing the Three Cloud Sisters’ Death Nodes close.
• Zhao Gongming and the others prepared to intervene, but Lin Yuan stopped them and revealed Tongtian’s Dao-Guarding Sword Token.
• Lin Yuan shattered the token, and Tongtian’s Sword Qi halted Yuanshi’s giant hand.
• Tongtian arrived from the Eastern Sea, confirmed the Intercepting Sect disciples were safe, and asked Yuanshi whether he had been bullying his disciple.

Tongtian arrived to stop Yuanshi from punishing Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao after they defeated the Twelve Golden Immortals in the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation. He escorted the confrontation to a close, told Lin Yuan to contact him if trouble arose again, and summoned the group back to Golden Turtle Island, where Lin Yuan’s system showed that the three sisters’ Death Nodes were dissipating.

• Tongtian challenged Yuanshi’s claim that Yunxiao and her sisters had crossed a line, arguing that the Twelve Golden Immortals had entered the formation willingly and lost.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian exchanged threats but avoided fighting, and Yuanshi departed with the Twelve Golden Immortals after Yunxiao opened the formation.
• Tongtian praised Yunxiao’s formation, encouraged her not to hesitate when fighting, and told Lin Yuan to send for him if trouble arose again.
• Tongtian ordered Lin Yuan, Zhao Gongming, the Three Cloud Sisters, the Ten Heavenly Lords, and the Four Sages of Nine-Dragon Island to return to Golden Turtle Island after the matter ended.
• Lin Yuan’s system showed that Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao’s Death Nodes had begun to dissipate.

Tongtian ordered the Three Cloud Sisters, Zhao Gongming, and the Ten Heavenly Lords to withdraw from the West Qi battlefield, changing how the Interception Sect would respond to the Investiture of the Gods calamity. As they left the battle region, Lin Yuan received confirmation that the Three Cloud Sisters had escaped their designated death nodes.

• After Yuanshi left, Tongtian stayed until his aura vanished, then told Yunxiao to dismiss the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation and return.
• Bixiao praised Lin Yuan for questioning Yuanshi, while Qiongxiao and Yunxiao agreed the group should return to Three Immortal Island.
• Tongtian ordered Zhao Gongming and the Ten Heavenly Lords to leave the front lines, and told Wen Zhong to rely on mortal methods unless the Elucidation Sect sent Immortals into battle.
• Tongtian summoned Lin Yuan to return with the group to Golden Turtle Island, and Yunxiao thanked him for helping the Three Cloud Sisters.
• As the group traveled away from West Qi, Lin Yuan received successive system notifications confirming that Yunxiao and the other two sisters had escaped their designated death nodes.

After Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao underwent successful Fate Reversals, Lin Yuan gained three powerful abilities that unified and strengthened his existing skills. He returned to Golden Turtle Island with his Early Golden Immortal bottleneck beginning to crack and prepared to enter seclusion.

• Lin Yuan inherited Yunxiao's Innate Formation Core, which organized his formation knowledge and let him partially understand the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation.
• Lin Yuan inherited Qiongxiao's Nine-Heavens Qi Mastery, improving his control of wind and cloud currents and reducing the cost of his movement technique.
• Lin Yuan inherited Bixiao's Primal Battle Intuition, which resonated with his other combat abilities and made him feel capable of fighting Nezha more effectively.
• Yunxiao invited Lin Yuan to study the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation's diagram on Three Immortal Island, while Bixiao offered to teach him to use the Primordial Golden Dipper.
• Lin Yuan traveled to the Eastern Sea using his improved movement technique, then arrived at Golden Turtle Island as his cultivation bottleneck began to loosen.
• The system reported that the three consecutive Fate Reversals had fed back into Lin Yuan's fate, and he decided to enter seclusion.

Lin Yuan broke through to the Early Taiyi Golden Immortal realm and was summoned with the Interception Sect’s surviving core disciples to discuss the sect’s next move. On Blue Star, monitoring stones reported a 17.3% historical deviation and lowered the Interception Sect’s destruction probability from 100% to 63%, while Tongtian asked how the sect should proceed.

• Lin Yuan integrated his formation and combat insights, broke through to the Early Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, and Jin Ling told him to attend Tongtian’s gathering at Biyou Palace.
• Blue Star’s monitoring stones reported a 17.3% historical deviation and recalculated the Interception Sect’s destruction probability, which fell from 100% to 63%.
• Lin Yuan followed Jin Ling to Biyou Palace, where he found Tongtian, Duobao, Wu Dang, Gui Ling, Zhao Gongming, the Three Cloud Sisters, the Ten Heavenly Lords, and others gathered.
• Tongtian seated Lin Yuan beside the Core Disciples and asked how the Interception Sect should proceed as the Investiture of the Gods continued.

Lin Yuan persuaded Tongtian and the Interception Sect leaders to adopt rules against going alone, refusing to retreat, and neglecting fellow disciples during the Investiture of the Gods. When an urgent report arrived that the Four Demon Generals were fighting at Jiameng Pass, Lin Yuan asked to leave the mountain with others.

• Lin Yuan explained how Interception Sect disciples had repeatedly been endangered by acting alone and being drawn into successive rescues.
• Lin Yuan proposed three rules: important disciples should not go down the mountain alone, should retreat when they could not win, and should prioritize rescuing fellow disciples over pride.
• Yunxiao and Zhao Gongming supported the rules, and Tongtian established them as sect-wide instructions for the Karmic Tribulation.
• Tongtian’s decree spread across Golden Turtle Island and to Interception Sect disciples throughout the Primordial World, while Lin Yuan sensed a subtle change in the sect’s fortune.
• Duobao received an urgent report that West Qi’s army was nearing Jiameng Pass and that the Four Demon Generals were fighting there.
• Lin Yuan asked Tongtian for permission to leave the mountain and added that he would bring others with him.