Recaps

Lin Yuan used the Fate-Reversal Inheritance to save doomed Interception Sect disciples and grow stronger, then helped the Ten Heavenly Lords link and improve their formations. The arc ended with Lin Yuan gaining Zhao Jiang’s formation insight and declaring that their tested formation was already outdated.

• Lin Yuan chose the Interception Sect, entered the secret realm, and saved Biyun from Nezha’s Heaven-Shaking Arrow at Skeleton Mountain.
• Lin Yuan warned Shiji of her danger and summoned Golden Spirit Holy Mother, who secured Nezha’s apology and compensation for Shiji.
• Lin Yuan gained the Blackstone Dao Body, won several tournament matches, and received the Qingxuan Sword and Supreme Clarity Immortal Scripture from Tongtian.
• Lin Yuan accompanied Wen Zhong to Kowloon Island and joined the Four Sages of Nine-Dragon Island in the conflict against West Qi.
• Lin Yuan repeatedly protected Wang Mo, Yang Sen, Gao Yougan, and Li Xingba from ambushes, changing their death trajectories and gaining new abilities.
• Lin Yuan helped the Ten Heavenly Lords link their formations so they could share power and repel West Qi’s testers.
• Lin Yuan saved Qin Wan from a concealed attack in the Heaven-Absolute Formation and gained Heaven-Severing Formation Insight.
• Lin Yuan directed Zhao Jiang through auxiliary formation routes to evade a killing strike, then gained Zhao Jiang’s formation insight and proposed further changes.

Lin Yuan helped the Ten Heavenly Lords and the Three Cloud Sisters survive their death tribulations, then used what he learned to urge the Interception Sect to protect its disciples. After Tongtian established new rules for the sect, Lin Yuan prepared to leave Golden Turtle Island for Jiameng Pass.

• Lin Yuan revised the Ten Ultimate Linked Formation, helping the Ten Heavenly Lords withstand the Twelve Golden Immortals and reverse the death nodes of Bai Li, Yao Bin, Wang Bian, and Zhang Shao.
• Lin Yuan helped Zhao Gongming defeat Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao’s plot, then joined the Ten Heavenly Lords in uncovering and destroying Lu Ya’s altar and straw effigy, severing the curse on Zhao Gongming.
• Tongtian named Lin Yuan a Dao Seed Candidate, and Lin Yuan accompanied Zhao Gongming to West Qi, where the Three Cloud Sisters challenged the Twelve Golden Immortals with the Nine-Twist Yellow River Formation.
• When Yuanshi Tianzun threatened the sisters after their victory, Lin Yuan shattered Tongtian’s Dao-Guarding Sword Token, bringing Tongtian to the battlefield and forcing Yuanshi to leave.
• Lin Yuan inherited insights from Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao, broke through to Early Taiyi Golden Immortal, and attended Tongtian’s gathering at Biyou Palace.
• Lin Yuan proposed rules against important disciples going down the mountain alone, refusing to retreat when outmatched, and letting pride take precedence over rescuing fellow disciples, and Tongtian made them sect-wide instructions.
• After Duobao reported that West Qi’s army was nearing Jiameng Pass, Lin Yuan asked Tongtian to let him leave Golden Turtle Island and said he would bring others with him.

Lin Yuan helped the Four Demon Generals escape their fated deaths, then uncovered and destroyed the formation trapping Wen Zhong at Dragon-Severing Ridge. He later intervened when Guangchengzi attacked Holy Mother Huo Ling at Jiepai Pass, and Duobao arrived in time to take her to recover.

• Lin Yuan helped the Four Demon Generals fight together against West Qi, severing all four of their death trajectories before leaving Jiameng Pass for Wen Zhong’s camp.
• Lin Yuan accompanied Wen Zhong to Dragon-Severing Ridge, discovered a formation targeting him, and worked with Wen Zhong and the Four Demon Generals to destroy its locks and Formation Eye.
• Wen Zhong and the Shang Army escaped Dragon-Severing Ridge, and Lin Yuan received the source of the Mystic Thunder Eyes before breaking through to the Mid-Stage Taiyi Golden Immortal.
• Lin Yuan hurried to Jiepai Pass after learning that Guangchengzi had clashed with Holy Mother Huo Ling, and warned her as she fought off the Elucidation Sect disciples and evaded the Heaven-Flipping Seal.
• Guangchengzi wounded Huo Ling and pursued her and Lin Yuan as they tried to retreat, while Lin Yuan sensed her death tribulation intensify.
• Lin Yuan pulled Huo Ling clear of the Heaven-Flipping Seal, and Duobao arrived to shield them, end the clash, and take Huo Ling away to recover.

Lin Yuan rescued Interception Sect disciples and organized the sect’s warnings, but each escape redirected the Investiture of the Gods’ vacant fates toward other factions. Named Daoist Heir, he faced a public challenge from Xue Ehu, who blamed him for Han Dulong’s death.

• Lin Yuan rescued Yu Yuan from Lu Ya’s execution platform using Zhao Gongming’s Treasure-Dropping Coin, then gained Yu Yuan’s Indestructible Immortal Body after Yu Yuan’s death fate was reversed.
• Lin Yuan and Qin Wan established a Life-Lamp Warning Formation, while Haotian discovered that many expected candidates remained alive and their vacant fates were spreading beyond the Interception Sect.
• Yuanshi forbade Guangchengzi from secretly attacking Lin Yuan and arranged an open challenge between younger disciples, which Lin Yuan accepted.
• Lin Yuan defeated three Elucidation Sect disciples and then Chen Yue in the dueling arena, but Han Dulong soon died during an attack on a supply convoy and became the first replacement candidate from the Elucidation Sect.
• Lin Yuan told Tongtian that the Interception Sect should fight in self-defense rather than kill others to fill the list, as the tribulation spread to the West, unaffiliated cultivators, and other factions.
• Lin Yuan reached Taiyi Golden Immortal Peak, and Tongtian named him the Interception Sect’s Daoist Heir after announcing that thirty-seven disciples had escaped their fated deaths.
• Xue Ehu blamed Lin Yuan for Han Dulong’s death and challenged him, and Lin Yuan entered the Dueling Arena with Chen Yue watching for the Jade Clarity Sword Talisman hidden in Xue Ehu’s sleeve.