Recaps

As Zhao and Wei waged a costly war, Lin Fan stayed behind to support Zhao before cultivating to the late Heavenheart Realm and raiding Wei’s treasuries for silver. He fled the pursuing Wei expert and settled with his companions in a secluded mountain range to prepare for another breakthrough.

• Wei’s surprise attack captured the poorly defended gold mine, prompting Prince Gao’s anger and a crisis in Zhao’s court.
• Zhao mobilized its army and summoned sects to supply troops or pills, so Lin Fan remained at the Azure Elixir Sect to refine medicines while the Sect Master led disciples to the front.
• The fighting spread into a costly war of raids and stalemates, and Lin Fan continued supplying pills as reports of shortages and casualties worried his companions.
• Lin Fan traveled to the seabed to break through to the Late Steel Force Realm, then met the merfolk Qing and returned to the sect after saving Zhao cultivators from Wei warriors.
• Lin Fan secretly took silver from the Azure Elixir Sect treasury and brought Su Qingwei, Chu Lingxi, Lin Ruoruo, and Mao Mao to the wilderness, where sudden enlightenment advanced him into the middle Heavenheart Realm.
• Lin Fan escaped a pursuing Zhao ancestor, perfected his Wind Dao Intent in a remote mountain range, and reached the late Heavenheart Realm before deciding he was not yet strong enough to stop the war.
• Lin Fan carried his companions into the Wei Kingdom and emptied two great treasuries, collecting enough silver to fund further breakthroughs before a Wei Innate Realm expert approached.
• Lin Fan fled back into Zhao and settled with his companions in an uninhabited mountain range, where they built a camp and prepared for his next breakthrough.