Recaps

Lin Changheng completed the Three-Legged Fire Civet bloodline transformation, greatly strengthening his innate fire resistance, and began using Lightning-Struck Grass to temper his body. A letter from Tantai Feiyue then brought news of the Xu Family, including the death of Xu Fugui’s fifth son.

• Lin Changheng completed the Three-Legged Fire Civet transformation, gaining passive fire resistance and raising his fire spirit resonance to forty-nine strands.
• Lin Changheng used Lightning-Struck Grass and the Flourishing Life Divine Ability to endure lightning-based body tempering, loosening his bottleneck before leaving seclusion to rest.
• Lin Changheng received a letter from Tantai Feiyue, who reported that she remained unable to advance to Foundation Establishment Third Layer while Xu Hanji had reached the Second Layer.
• Tantai Feiyue told Lin Changheng that the Xu Family had given its secret-realm place to a trusted Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator rather than enter the realm themselves.
• Tantai Feiyue reported that Xu Fugui’s fifth son had died by suicide after a magical battle injury destroyed his cultivation prospects, and Lin Changheng realized that this explained Xu Fugui’s missing annual letter.

Lin Changheng traded a Premium Foundation Establishment Pill to Zhang Shouyi for a method to refine a Dharma Treasure Embryo, then heeded Zhang’s warning to stay cautious and entered seclusion. A month later, Yan Mingyi reached the Qi Refining ninth layer, while Lin launched a final attempt to break through his body-tempering bottleneck with Lightning-Struck Grass.

• Lin Changheng learned that the Xu Family was preparing for Xu Fugui’s daughter’s Foundation Establishment and that the Huang Household was becoming cautious as Huang Jiuyuan neared the end of his lifespan.
• Zhang Shouyi visited Lin Changheng and offered his Bintie Iron in exchange for a Premium Foundation Establishment Pill for his grandson.
• Lin Changheng traded the pill for Zhang Shouyi’s Dharma Treasure Embryo refining method, and Zhang warned him not to leave the Immortal City’s Outer Lake for a while.
• Lin Changheng decided to strengthen his body before facing possible trouble and entered seclusion, while Yan Mingyi broke through to the Qi Refining ninth layer during the following month.
• Lin Changheng used the Evergreen Azurewood Body technique and struck the Lightning-Struck Grass in an attempt to break through his body-tempering bottleneck.

Lin Changheng endured a lightning tempering and advanced the Evergreen Azurewood Body to its sixth layer, then left for Jade Capital Mountain after warning Yan Mingyi to stay home. He reached Golden Embroidery Peak and was admitted to meet Senior He.

• Lin Changheng guided lightning through his body, using the Flourishing Life Divine Ability to heal the damage and complete his breakthrough to the second tier late stage of body tempering.
• Lin Changheng tested his new strength, defenses, speed, and reactions, finding that Mountain-Bearing Divine Ability true intent raised his strength threefold and let him shatter a meteoric iron Test Stone.
• Lin Changheng reunited with Yan Mingyi, encouraged her to pursue Foundation Establishment, provided for her, and warned her not to leave home while he was away for up to a year.
• Lin Changheng disguised himself, evaded pursuit, and traveled south by Dharma Boat toward Jade Capital Mountain in Azure Rosy Clouds Temple territory.
• Xiang Yuanshan, a temple disciple and steward, escorted Lin Changheng into Golden Embroidery Peak after he requested a meeting with Senior He.

Lin Changheng exchanged a Youth-Preserving Pill with He Yunshu for five genuine Treasure Talismans, then set out for the Sixty-Year Secret Realm. He reached the vast river where its entrance lay and found Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered nearby.

• Lin Changheng met He Yunshu and traded her a Youth-Preserving Pill for five genuine Treasure Talismans.
• He Yunshu offered to notify Lin Changheng if a cultivation site on one of the nearby peaks became available, and he accepted her offer.
• Lin Changheng examined the Treasure Talismans, used Spirit Motion to nurture two while Xiao Bai began nurturing two more, and kept his remaining talismans for later.
• Lin Changheng traveled northeast for several months, heading directly to the secret realm instead of visiting the Xu Family first.
• Lin Changheng arrived above the vast river entrance and spotted Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered along its western bank.

Lin Changheng waited for the Under-River Secret Realm to open, recognized old allies and enemies among the arriving cultivators, and arranged with Liu Yuhan’s family to acquire rare materials. The Purple Pole Sect’s Core Formation cultivator opened the entrance, but a tremendous gale appeared just as the cultivators prepared to enter.

• Lin Changheng waited at the riverbank as the Purple Pole Sect cultivators arrived, led by a Core Formation woman who announced that the secret realm would open in three days.
• The Beast-Taming Sun Clan and Talisman-Making Song Family ancestors arrived with their clan members, and Lin Changheng spotted Liu Yuhan and the Qiu Family ancestor who had harmed Xu Hanji and killed Bai Fengxian.
• Lin Changheng reminded Liu Yuhan of their past trade in Lantern Grass Spirit Essence Blood and arranged to buy materials gathered from the secret realm in exchange for Spirit Stones or Elixirs.
• The Purple Pole Sect’s Core Formation woman stabilized the river vortex and opened the Under-River Secret Realm, warning that only cultivators with tokens could enter safely.
• A tremendous gale tore across the river as the Foundation Establishment cultivators prepared to enter, drawing grave reactions from Lin Changheng, the False Core ancestors, and the Purple Pole Sect disciples.

The Extreme South Palace arrived at the secret realm, and True Person Lingfeng’s arrival prompted the cultivators to enter. While waiting for the realm to close and reopen, Lin Changheng planned how to obtain resources and agreed to cooperate with a fat cultivator after they exchanged lists and swore Dao Oaths.

• The Extreme South Palace arrived aboard the Moon-Gathering Immortal Vessel, and True Person Lingfeng greeted True Person Xuanji before ordering the cultivators to enter the secret realm.
• True Person Xuanji closed the gateway after the sect disciples entered, and Lin Changheng stayed behind to wait and plan how to trade for resources.
• Three days later, a fat cultivator approached Lin Changheng and proposed that they exchange lists and buy resources for one another.
• Lin Changheng questioned whether the fat cultivator might bring in bandit cultivators, then agreed to cooperate after they swore identical Dao Oaths.

After half a month, the secret realm reopened and fewer than half the cultivators returned, revealing the expedition’s deadly cost. Lin Changheng watched the returning factions settle a tense accusation, then learned that the Liu Family had found two items from his list.

• Lin Changheng observed the waiting cultivators and True Person Lingfeng, then waited for the secret realm to reopen.
• True Person Xuanji reopened the gateway, and fewer than half the cultivators who had entered emerged alive.
• Chen Dongming and a Purple Pole Sect cultivator exchanged accusations over a stolen spirit herb and a severed hand, bringing their factions close to a fight.
• True Person Lingfeng ordered Chen Dongming and the Purple Pole Sect cultivator to apologize, ending the confrontation and warning the onlookers against spreading rumors.
• Lin Changheng found the surviving Liu Family elder and Liu Yuhan, offered them more elixirs, and learned they had collected two items from his list.

Lin Changheng bought rare materials from cultivators who had emerged from the secret realm and gathered information about other ingredients he sought. After purchasing a living section of celestial crystal spirit lotus root, he turned his attention to a woodcutter-clad Foundation Establishment cultivator surrounded by prospective buyers.

• Lin Changheng bought voidstar stone and an azure flower moon lotus rhizome from Liu Yuhan, paying with elixirs and spirit stones.
• Liu Yuhan told Lin Changheng that a Purple Pole Sect cultivator had obtained an auxiliary herb from his list, but it was no longer available.
• Lin Changheng searched the secret realm survivors, found no Huang Household Foundation Establishment cultivators, and noticed that the Qiu Family patriarch had returned dispirited and empty-handed.
• A gray-robed elder offered Lin Changheng a living section of celestial crystal spirit lotus root, and they agreed on a price of two thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Lin Changheng paid for the lotus root and received the elder's information about other items on his list before approaching the woodcutter-clad cultivator.

After the secret realm closed, Lin Changheng traded for a large Molten Rock Crystal to strengthen his Redcloud Profound Flame and acquired Golden-Thread Purple Sandalwood for body tempering. His new connection with Zhu Fugui left open the possibility of obtaining rare materials in bulk after Zhu secured a higher position.

• True Person Xuanji closed the secret realm, and True Person Lingfeng departed with the Extreme South Palace cultivators.
• Lin Changheng bought Ye Wugui’s Molten Rock Crystal for twenty-four thousand spirit stones after inspecting it and bargaining.
• Lin Changheng obtained Golden-Thread Purple Sandalwood from Zhu Fugui in exchange for an item and some spirit stones.
• Lin Changheng and Zhu Fugui exchanged names and tokens, and Zhu invited him to visit Extreme Mountain Immortal City.
• Lin Changheng asked Zhu whether higher-grade Turbid Baleful, mystic spirit, and demon beast essence blood could be purchased in bulk, and Zhu suggested he might help after settling into a position in three years.

Lin Changheng followed the Qiu Family ancestor and a green-robed cultivator, waiting for them to fight so he could strike at the right moment. After the green-robed cultivator killed the ancestor, Lin Changheng ambushed and killed him, leaving both men dead.

• Lin Changheng secretly followed the Qiu Family ancestor after noticing that a green-robed cultivator was pursuing him, and planned to wait for them to weaken each other.
• The green-robed cultivator attacked the Qiu Family ancestor with his Black Seal Platform, breaking through the ancestor’s defenses despite his talismans and artifacts.
• The Qiu Family ancestor begged for mercy and offered his Storage Bag, but the green-robed cultivator feigned agreement before crushing him with the Black Seal Platform.
• As the green-robed cultivator reached for the ancestor’s belongings, Lin Changheng used an illusion to distract him and struck with an azure-gold light, severing his head.

Lin Changheng killed the green-robed cultivator, then discovered a rare Dormant Dragon Grass root among the Qiu Family patriarch’s possessions. After returning to Blackwater River, he arrived at the Xu Family manor to report the patriarch’s death and seek a share of the family’s spoils.

• Lin Changheng used Illusion Foreign Method: Clarity and the Flowing Light Sword to kill the green-robed cultivator, then collected the Black Seal Platform and the two men’s belongings.
• Lin Changheng inspected the spoils and found a hundred-year-old Yellow Phoenix Fungus and a Dormant Dragon Grass root, an auxiliary herb for Dust-Descending Pills.
• Lin Changheng kept the damaged Copper Bowl and other valuables, then traveled back toward Blackwater River, intending to visit Tantai Feiyue, pay respects to Old Bai, and inform the Xu Family High Council.
• Lin Changheng arrived above the Xu Family manor and released his Foundation Establishment pressure, triggering the protective formation and bringing three figures out to meet him.

Lin Changheng returned to the Xu Family, where he was warmly welcomed and learned that Master Mo was nearing the end of his life. He revealed that he had killed the Qiu Family ancestor, prompting the Xu Family to prepare for a final war, then spent the evening with Tantai Feiyue.

• Lin Changheng reunited with Tantai Feiyue, Xu Xujun, and Xu Hanji, who welcomed him into the Xu Family grounds.
• The Xu Family members praised Lin Changheng’s help and told him that Master Mo’s health had failed despite treatment.
• Lin Changheng learned that the Qiu Family ancestor had died and told the Xu Family that he had finished him off while the ancestor was gravely wounded.
• The Xu Family leadership began planning a final war to destroy the Qiu Family and claim its resources, promising Lin Changheng a substantial reward.
• Lin Changheng left the Council Hall with Tantai Feiyue, and they shared spirit tea while discussing her cultivation progress.

Lin Changheng visited the dying Master Mo, comforted Xu Fugui with news of the Qiu family ancestor’s death, and helped prepare for the Xu Family’s campaign against the Qiu family. He then secluded himself to take a second-tier Youth-Preserving Pill and investigate lifespan extension.

• Lin Changheng gave Master Mo a Life-Stabilizing Pill to prolong his life until Mo Zhaoli could arrive, and promised to care for Li'er and continue pursuing the Dao of Alchemy.
• Lin Changheng told Xu Fugui that the Qiu family ancestor was dead and that the Xu Family was preparing to annihilate the Qiu family, while Xu Fugui described how the Xu Family had cared for Bai Fengxian’s descendants.
• Xu Fugui told Lin Changheng that Hanyi had been killed by Qiu family cultivators, and Lin Changheng later joined Xu Fugui in visiting Bai Fengxian’s grave.
• The Xu Family announced the Qiu family ancestor’s death and began organizing its attack, while Xu Fugui sought military merit to help his eighth daughter.
• Lin Changheng secluded himself in Tantai Feiyue’s residence, swallowed a second-tier Youth-Preserving Pill, and began exploring lifespan extension.

Lin Changheng gained ten years of lifespan from a Youth-Preserving Pill, then supported Mo Zhaoli as her grandfather died and returned to Floating Life Immortal City. After deciding to move his cave abode, he used Black-Spined Vulture essence blood to acquire the Insight Foreign Method.

• Lin Changheng absorbed the Youth-Preserving Pill's power to gain ten years of lifespan, confirmed that another pill of the same grade had no effect, and gained half a year from a Premium Beauty-Preserving Pill.
• Mo Zhaoli arrived at the Xu Family to see her dying grandfather, and Lin Changheng's pill briefly revived Master Mo so they could say goodbye before he passed away.
• The Xu Family buried Master Mo, while Mo Zhaoli departed on her mission and Lin Changheng returned to Floating Life Immortal City.
• Lin Changheng decided to seek a larger cave abode and use more Azure Rain Mist Toad essence blood to improve his Illusion Foreign Method.
• Lin Changheng spirit-seized Black-Spined Vulture essence blood and chose to integrate Insight, gaining the Insight Foreign Method, Path-peeking.

Lin Changheng awakened and tested the [Insight] talent, then sought a spirit land to rent outside Floating Life Immortal City. Steward Shangguan identified several suitable options but warned that two carried trouble and risks tied to their former owners and hidden secrets.

• Lin Changheng refined another [Insight] treasure seed from the [Black-Spined Vulture] essence blood and gained the [Insight Foreign Method: Spirit Motion].
• Lin Changheng tested his new vision, seeing minute details, spiritual qi, and distant cultivators before stopping when his eyes became sore.
• Lin Changheng asked Artifact Master Guo to repair the cracked [Copper Bowl] and told him he planned to leave Floating Life Immortal City to rent spirit land for his spirit beasts.
• Lin Changheng visited brokerage offices, then went to the [Purple Pole Sect] station and asked disciple surnamed Li to introduce him to Steward Shangguan.
• Lin Changheng explained his rental requirements to Steward Shangguan, who said several spirit lands might suit him but warned that two involved trouble and risks.

Lin Changheng compared several spirit lands and used his enhanced perception to investigate them before choosing a place to live. After ruling out Emerald Screen Mountain because of suspicious neighbors, he arrived at Jade Belt Lake to inspect its vacant island.

• Steward Shangguan described Emerald Screen Mountain and Jade Belt Lake, and Lin Changheng requested a map so he could inspect both sites.
• Lü Tong confirmed that the cave abodes offered by the Azure Firmament Sect and Azure Rosy Clouds Temple had hidden problems, leaving Lin Changheng to consider the Purple Pole Sect's two sites.
• Lin Changheng rapidly advanced his Qi-Reading Technique and combined it with his Insight Foreign Method and Spirit-Sensing Technique to examine spiritual energy and detect a secretive neighbor leaving the Outer Lake.
• Lin Changheng chose not to follow the neighbor and later visited Emerald Screen Mountain, where his perception revealed blood-colored killing intent from two residents, so he rejected the site.
• Lin Changheng arrived at Jade Belt Lake and saw that its southern island was vacant while the other two islands were occupied.

Lin Changheng inspected the Jade Belt Lake spirit land, met its neighboring cultivators Xu Maoling and Cheng Suling, and decided to rent Perching Moon Island. After signing the contract, he prepared to move and sent Bai Hengwan a message about his new location.

• Lin Changheng examined the unoccupied island and its surroundings, deciding that Perching Moon Island suited his needs for a cave abode.
• Chu Lingyu welcomed Lin Changheng into Jade Belt Lake, where he met the spirit planter Xu Maoling and learned about his extensive spirit fields.
• Xu Maoling accompanied Lin Changheng to Floating Star Island, where he met its geomancer, Cheng Suling, and discussed her craft.
• Half a month later, Lin Changheng confirmed the rental with Steward Shangguan, signed the magic contract, and told Yan Mingyi to prepare for the move.
• Lin Changheng collected his repaired Copper Bowl spirit artifact from Artifact Master Guo and sent Bai Hengwan a Communication Jade Slip to inform her of his whereabouts.

Lin Changheng traveled to Floating Life Lake's Furnace Spirit Island to meet Elder Kong, who sought his help with a third-tier alchemy deduction. Their collaboration continued for half a month, surprising Bai Hengwan when she arrived and found them still working together.

• Lin Changheng received Elder Kong's invitation and went shopping with Yan Mingyi before visiting Talisman Master Chu, telling him about his move to Jade Belt Lake and asking him to inquire about Eastwheel Willow Wood.
• Lin Changheng transplanted his spirit plants, then left with an envoy for Furnace Spirit Island, glimpsing the immense Feather Immortal Island on the way.
• Elder Kong showed Lin Changheng his third-tier alchemy deductions, and Lin Changheng identified difficulties and developed unconventional solutions that impressed Elder Kong.
• Lin Changheng and Elder Kong continued working through the alchemy deductions for half a month.
• Bai Hengwan arrived at the Purple Sun Pill Hall, learned Lin Changheng had been with Elder Kong for half a month, and heard Elder Kong's laughter from behind the closed doors.

Lin Changheng received Elder Kong’s help in obtaining Jiao Blood Fruit and collected Azure Rain Mist Toad essence blood, which let him advance his Illusion foreign method. He later abandoned negotiations for Eastwheel Willow Wood after the seller demanded double the price, and urged Talisman Master Chu to gather Foundation Establishment Pill ingredients faster.

• Elder Kong thanked Lin Changheng for their alchemy discussions and agreed to supply him with Jiao Blood Fruit, while Bai Hengwan explained the fruit’s connection to the Azure Glass Flood Dragon.
• Bai Hengwan gave Lin Changheng over a hundred bottles of Azure Rain Mist Toad essence blood and revealed that the Azure Glass Flood Dragon’s appetite kept the supply plentiful.
• Lin Changheng used the essence blood to advance his Illusion foreign method to True Ascension, gaining the ability to weave realistic illusions from a target’s emotions, memories, and desires.
• An envoy delivered nine Jiao Blood Fruits at a forty-percent discount on Elder Kong’s orders, and Lin Changheng began refining one.
• Talisman Master Chu told Lin Changheng that the Eastwheel Willow Wood seller had demanded a steep price increase, so Lin Changheng ended negotiations and told Chu to speed up gathering Foundation Establishment Pill ingredients.

Lin Changheng and Yan Mingyi established Perching Moon Island as their new cultivation grounds, fortifying it with three formations and developing its halls, Spirit Fields, and gardens. Years later, as Lin Changheng prepared to celebrate his ninetieth birthday, Xu Xujun arrived with news of gains in battle.

• Lin Changheng brought Yan Mingyi to Perching Moon Island, where she planned to use her Humanoid Puppets to help with the renovation.
• Lin Changheng installed three formations around and beneath the island, creating a layered defense.
• Lin Changheng sought Xu Maoling's advice on reclaiming Spirit Fields, and Xu Maoling gave him practical instructions in a Jade Slip.
• Lin Changheng and Yan Mingyi completed the island's main residence, Spirit Fields, and medicine garden, while Lin Changheng arranged tasks for the Three Spirit Beasts and dug an escape passage.
• Several years later, Yan Mingyi began planning a banquet for Lin Changheng's ninetieth birthday, and Lin Changheng prepared to invite his neighbors.
• Two days before the banquet, Chu Lingyu reported that Senior Xu Xujun had arrived, apparently with gains from battle, and Yan Mingyi went to welcome him.

Lin Changheng broke through to become a superior-grade Formation Master, but Cook Zeng arrived with news that three hostile lineages had attacked the Huang Household after its ancestor died. Lin Changheng refined the requested elixirs and learned that Cook Zeng was ambushed after seeking help from the Mangdang Mountain Huang Household; Cook Zeng planned to return to his lineage.

• Xu Xujun told Lin Changheng that the Xu Family had destroyed the Qiu Family and gave him a share of the spoils and two letters.
• Lin Changheng hosted a birthday banquet, then spent a year in seclusion and advanced to become a superior-grade Formation Master.
• Cook Zeng told Lin Changheng that three hostile lineages had attacked the Huang Household after its ancestor died and asked him to refine healing and other elixirs.
• Lin Changheng agreed to refine the elixirs, while Cook Zeng warned that the Huang Household's allies and associates were being attacked and pressured to sever ties.
• Cook Zeng returned more than twenty days later, injured and disheveled, and said he had escaped an ambush after seeking help from the Mangdang Mountain Huang Household.
• Lin Changheng gave Cook Zeng the refined elixirs, and Cook Zeng decided to return to his lineage after recovering overnight.

After years of staying out of the Huang Household’s conflict, Lin Changheng discovered a cultivator hiding near Jade Belt Lake and decided to strike first. He ambushed the Foundation Establishment sixth-layer cultivator, whose defense began to crack beneath Lin Changheng’s Black Seal Platform.

• Lin Changheng saw Cook Zeng off and learned that the promised Profound Spirit Essence Blood would be delayed because of the Huang Household’s crisis.
• Over the following years, the Huang Household lost Huang Qingshan and much of its territory, while Cook Zeng reported that a traitor had been exposed and that an attack on Lin Changheng had been canceled.
• During Cook Zeng’s fourth visit, Lin Changheng sensed someone following him, then used his sight techniques to find the hidden figure in the woods.
• Lin Changheng concealed himself and approached the figure, preparing his Black Seal Platform, Azure Gold Flying Sword, and talismans for an ambush.
• Lin Changheng unleashed his illusion technique and a barrage of attacks; the hidden cultivator emerged with Foundation Establishment sixth-layer spiritual pressure, but the Black Seal Platform crushed his bone shield.

Lin Changheng killed a Cloudwild Lake Wang Household assassin sent to investigate his support for the Huang Household, then reviewed his resources and his protection through Mo Zhaoli. He learned that Yan Mingyi had reached the Qi Refining ninth-layer peak and considered preparing her for Foundation Establishment, before later accepting a banquet invitation from Cheng Suling.

• Lin Changheng overwhelmed a concealed Foundation Establishment middle-stage cultivator with the Black Seal Platform, Flying Sword, and talismans, killed him, and searched his corpse for information.
• Lin Changheng learned the dead cultivator belonged to the Cloudwild Lake Wang Household, one of the lineages besieging the Huang Household, and destroyed suspicious items from his Storage Bag.
• Lin Changheng reflected on Mo Zhaoli's offer to use the Purple Pole Sect against anyone who attacked his leased land and read letters reporting Tantai Feiyue's breakthrough and Xu Hanji's cultivation progress.
• Lin Changheng considered giving Yan Mingyi a Premium Foundation Establishment Pill after she reached the Qi Refining ninth-layer peak, and planned to seek a Foundation Establishment Spirit Treasure for her.
• Lin Changheng continued pill refining, advanced his alchemy, and later accepted a banquet invitation from Cheng Suling, the Island Lord of Floating Star Island.

Cheng Suling invited Lin Changheng and Xu Maoling to help clear a Water-Eye Spirit Aperture of Cold Jade Crystal Scorpions and claim its Gui water essence, but Lin refused and offered to buy scorpion essence blood instead. After returning to his pill refining, Lin saw the wounded Cook Zeng pursued by two Foundation Establishment middle-stage cultivators reach Jade Belt Lake and cry for help.

• Lin Changheng and Xu Maoling attended Cheng Suling’s annual gathering on her carefully arranged island.
• Cheng Suling revealed that an Ancient You River grotto contained Gui water essence but was occupied by a nest of Cold Jade Crystal Scorpions, and proposed joining forces to clear it in three months.
• Lin Changheng rejected the expedition because he did not trust the others enough to take the risk, while Xu Maoling continued discussing the opportunity with Cheng Suling.
• Lin Changheng offered to buy any Cold Jade Crystal Scorpion essence blood they collected, then returned to refining pills.
• Cook Zeng arrived at Jade Belt Lake wounded and pursued by two Foundation Establishment middle-stage cultivators, calling on Lin Changheng to save him.

Lin Changheng rescued Cook Zeng from two pursuing foundation establishment middle stage cultivators, drove them away, then secretly killed them and discovered he had underestimated his own strength. Seven days later, he asked Cook Zeng what had caused the pursuit, and Cook Zeng revealed that he had been seeking allies for his clan.

• Cook Zeng fled into Lin Changheng’s formation, where Lin blocked the pursuers’ attacks and let him inside.
• Lin Changheng refused to hand Cook Zeng over, and his three formations persuaded the two cultivators to leave.
• Lin Changheng secretly followed the cultivators and killed them, taking their Storage Bags and recognizing that he had misjudged his strength.
• Seven days later, Lin Changheng questioned the recovered Cook Zeng, who admitted he had been seeking allies for his clan.