Recaps

Lin Changheng accepted Cook Zeng’s Netherworld Shadow Void-Escaping Technique and later strengthened his Spirit Beast methods through Spirit Seizure. After two quiet years of cultivation, he learned more about earth escape and heard that the neighboring Island Lords had returned from their journey looking battered, leaving him wondering whether they had obtained anything worthwhile.

• Cook Zeng gave Lin Changheng the Netherworld Shadow Void-Escaping Technique in gratitude for saving him, and Lin returned the Elixirs for the Huang Household.
• Three hostile Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators later disappeared, easing pressure on the Huang Household; its members suspected Lin Changheng had killed them and resolved to befriend him and seek essence blood for him.
• Lin Changheng used the Deep Lake Spirit Clam and Black-Armored Earth Turtle essence blood to advance their Treasure Seeds and Foreign Methods, then began nurturing his final unused Semi-Finished Treasure Talisman.
• Over the next two years, Lin Changheng studied the Netherworld Shadow Void-Escaping Technique, learned the Earth-Escaping Technique from his enemies’ Storage Bags, and compared it with his Earth Escape Demon Method.
• Yan Mingyi told Lin Changheng that the two neighboring Island Lords had returned from their journey looking bedraggled, and he wondered whether they had found Cold Jade Crystal Scorpion essence blood.

Lin Changheng perfected the Jade Void Radiant Scripture, then traveled to the newly opened Golden Light Market to seek spirit wood, elixirs, and a Foundation Establishment Spirit Treasure for Yan Mingyi. After hiring a mortal guide, he asked where the upcoming auction would be held.

• Lin Changheng reached the Jade Void Radiant Scripture's perfection and fed its stronger crimson true essence to the Redcloud Profound Flame, bringing it to about eighty-seven percent of its required reserves.
• Over the next three months, the Huang Household's conflict with the three opposing lineages eased as their losses and fear led them to reduce the fighting and await peace talks.
• Lin Changheng decided to attend an auction at Golden Light Market to find resources for himself and Yan Mingyi, and left the island without his two spirit beasts so they could protect her.
• At Golden Light Market, Lin Changheng hired a yellow-clad mortal attendant who knew the shops and rumors, and learned that the Divine Materials Hall sold second-tier spirit wood and had ties to the Azure Firmament Sect.
• Lin Changheng asked his guide where the auction would take place, and the attendant pointed out several mountain peaks nearby.

Lin Changheng bought Eastwheel Willow Wood and other supplies in the market ward, learning that a spirit beast advancement elixir would be auctioned. While dining at a spirit wine tower, he met the eccentric Foundation Establishment cultivator Wu Jiu, who hinted that he needed help but could not bring himself to ask.

• Lin Changheng bought three feet and seven inches of Eastwheel Willow Wood from Steward Qian after negotiating its price down to two hundred and twenty spirit stones per inch.
• Lin Changheng purchased supplies around the market ward and learned that a spirit beast advancement elixir would appear at the auction.
• Lin Changheng went to the Drunken Immortal Abode and ordered spirit dishes and Azure Cloud Roast wine.
• Wu Jiu entered Lin Changheng's private dining room uninvited, shared his food and wine, and said he had been traveling in the area for more than thirty years because something was keeping him there.
• Lin Changheng asked whether Wu Jiu wanted his help, and Wu Jiu admitted that he could not bring himself to ask.

Lin Changheng bargained with Wu Jiu for the Wind-Sensing Spirit Discernment secret art in exchange for help refining an unknown object with his Divergent Flame. At a major auction filled with powerful cultivators, he secured several valuable items, then watched as a startling new lot appeared.

• Wu Jiu revealed that he had sensed Lin Changheng's concealed Divergent Flame and offered to teach him Wind-Sensing Spirit Discernment if Lin Changheng helped refine an object; Lin Changheng negotiated a controlled exchange with no spirit-stone payment.
• Lin Changheng secretly followed Wu Jiu out of the city but found no evidence of a trap, then attended the auction in disguise as a burly, yellow-robed Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Lin Changheng observed a False Core cultivator and numerous powerful Foundation Establishment experts arrive before Ximen Gu opened the auction.
• Lin Changheng won an [Azurefall Cold Branch] for ten thousand seven hundred spirit stones, then gave up bidding against the Palace-Robed Female Cultivator for a [Prairie-Blazing Pill].
• Lin Changheng later bought [Tidal Water Essence Powder] for the [Deep Lake Spirit Clam] and four pieces of [Molten Rock Crystal] for his [Redcloud Profound Flame].
• The auction introduced its next item, leaving Lin Changheng staring in surprise.

At the auction, Lin Changheng watched a coveted Dharma Treasure embryo spark a fierce bidding war, then slipped away before the other cultivators could notice him. Two masked cultivators followed him into a mountain hollow, where Lin Changheng used an illusion to trap one of them and launched a surprise attack.

• Ximen Gu auctioned ancient Thunderstrike wood, which High Person Jichen won for over sixty thousand spirit stones.
• Ximen Gu unveiled a high-quality sword-shaped Dharma Treasure embryo, and several powerful cultivators bid fiercely as Lin Changheng left the auction unnoticed.
• A tiger-masked Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivator and a rat-masked Foundation Establishment middle-stage cultivator followed Lin Changheng from the auction.
• Lin Changheng detected the pursuers and led them into a secluded mountain hollow while preparing an ambush.
• Lin Changheng trapped the rat-masked cultivator in his True Ascension illusion, while the tiger-masked cultivator recognized the attack too late to stop a faint red gleam from striking.

Lin Changheng killed the rat-faced cultivator in a surprise attack, then fought the Tiger-Faced Cultivator, a Foundation Establishment late-stage bandit. After countering his spells and artifacts, Lin Changheng defeated him with a single punch and left after clearing the battlefield.

• Lin Changheng killed the rat-faced cultivator with a crimson streak before the man could activate his Magic Power Shield.
• The Tiger-Faced Cultivator attacked with his Ghost-Head Great Saber, and Lin Changheng countered his blade qi with earth and fire abilities.
• Lin Changheng and the Tiger-Faced Cultivator exchanged spells and Spirit Artifacts, while Lin Changheng’s Flying Sword wounded the cultivator and broke his mask.
• The Tiger-Faced Cultivator charged into close combat using his Black Baleful Demon Body, but Lin Changheng shattered his arm and chest with a punch, killing him.
• Lin Changheng collected the fallen cultivator’s Storage Bags and Spirit Artifacts, destroyed the bodies and traces, and vanished.

Lin Changheng searched the bandit cultivators’ Storage Bags, acquired several spirit artifacts, and discovered an unknown divine wood that reacted to his Redcloud Profound Flame. After refining two artifacts, he met Daoist Wu Jiu again at the Spirit Wine Tower, where Wu Jiu hinted that he had been eagerly waiting for him.

• Lin Changheng searched the two Storage Bags, discarded suspicious items, and chose to refine the Myriad Poison Skull among five spirit artifacts.
• Lin Changheng identified a powerful shield, the concealed Void-Hiding Blade, and an emerald defensive bracelet, while finding more than thirty thousand Spirit Stones’ worth of other spoils.
• Lin Changheng found a heavy charcoal-like fragment that resisted his probes, then used the Redcloud Profound Flame to expose dark azure wood beneath its charred shell.
• Lin Changheng sensed that the fragment was an extraordinary divine wood unlike any of the Seven Divine Woods, then put it away and refined the Myriad Poison Skull and Void-Hiding Blade.
• Lin Changheng returned to the Spirit Wine Tower, where Daoist Wu Jiu appeared, took the wine pot, and said he had found the wait unbearable.

Lin Changheng refined Wu Jiu’s Vajra Bodhi Wood and discovered that it had been contaminated with demonic qi as part of a plan to create a Demonic Sacred Relic. After Wu Jiu exchanged the wood for a secret art and departed, Lin Changheng learned that three more pieces were held by hidden Demonic Path leaders to the west.

• Lin Changheng learned about the Azure Firmament Sect from Wu Jiu and later accepted his Vajra Bodhi Wood for refinement.
• Lin Changheng used Redcloud Profound Flame to remove the wood’s impurities and uncovered a concealed mass of demonic qi.
• After seven days, Lin Changheng finished refining the wood and realized his own charred wood fragment might be even more valuable.
• Wu Jiu taught Lin Changheng Wind-Sensing Spirit Discernment, and Lin Changheng returned the refined wood to him.
• Wu Jiu revealed that four Demonic Path leaders held pieces of Vajra Bodhi Wood for a Demonic Sacred Relic, pointed Lin Changheng west, and flew away.

Lin Changheng sold several spirit artifacts, then oversaw Xiao Bai’s successful breakthrough to mid-stage second tier. He later obtained Cold Jade Crystal Scorpion essence blood and pill formulas from Cheng Suling, bought more essence blood from Xu Maoling, and returned to Perching Moon Island to prepare for Spirit Seizure.

• Lin Changheng connected a former neighbor in Floating Life Immortal City to the surviving False Core demonic cultivators and decided to stay away from the Vajra Bodhi Wood.
• Lin Changheng sold spirit artifacts at several market wards and returned to Jade Belt Lake with more spirit stones and resources.
• Xiao Bai broke through to mid-stage second tier after Lin Changheng supplied Tidal Water Essence Powder, while Yan Mingyi watched from the island’s pavilion.
• Cheng Suling gave Lin Changheng second-tier Cold Jade Crystal Scorpion essence blood, more than four hundred bottles of first-tier essence blood, and pill formulas in exchange for his agreement to refine two batches of pills.
• Lin Changheng bought over two hundred more bottles of essence blood from Xu Maoling, returned to Perching Moon Island, and prepared to perform Spirit Seizure.

Lin Changheng completed spirit seizure of the Cold Jade Crystal Scorpion’s Water-Shadow Stealth talent and tested its concealment, underwater movement, and decoy abilities. Three months later, a vast spiritual energy phenomenon gathered over Perching Moon Island, signaling that someone was breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

• Lin Changheng compared the Cold Jade Crystal Scorpion’s three talents and chose Water-Shadow Stealth for its value in concealment, escape, and underwater movement.
• Lin Changheng completed three layers of spirit seizure, strengthening his soul and increasing his divine sense range to 450 zhang.
• Lin Changheng tested Water-Shadow Stealth on Jade Belt Lake, concealing his presence from a spirit fish, moving swiftly underwater, and creating a water-shadow double.
• Lin Changheng reviewed his essence blood seed slots and noted that his water spiritual root had reached seventeen strands of spirit resonance.
• Three months later, a spiritual energy vortex formed above Perching Moon Island, and Xu Maoling and Cheng Suling watched from afar as someone appeared to be breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

Yan Mingyi broke through to Foundation Establishment, received a protective Spirit Artifact from Lin Changheng, and revealed an inheritance of puppet techniques. Lin Changheng later advanced to the Foundation Establishment fifth layer and received an invitation to celebrate Elder Kong’s advancement as a Third-Tier Alchemist.

• Yan Mingyi completed her Foundation Establishment breakthrough, and Lin Changheng gave her the Azure Congeal bracelet as a congratulatory gift.
• Yan Mingyi regained access to the Hundred Refinements Spirit Puppet Manual inheritance, which Lin Changheng examined before returning to cultivation.
• Lin Changheng celebrated Yan Mingyi’s breakthrough with Cheng Suling and Xu Maoling, but a panicked cultivator arrived at Rising Sun Island and prompted the two guests to leave.
• Lin Changheng tended his Spirit Plant Garden, learned that Elder Kong had become a Third-Tier Alchemist, and heard that the Huang Household’s conflict was nearing a settlement.
• Lin Changheng broke through to the Foundation Establishment fifth layer, then received an invitation from the immortal city to attend a ceremony honoring Elder Kong.

Lin Changheng visited the recovering Huang Household after hearing that its conflict had ended in a Purple Pole Sect-supervised ceasefire. The Huang Household thanked him with a chest of high-grade demon beast essence blood, leaving him to consider the gift’s significance.

• Lin Changheng accepted Elder Kong’s invitation to a ceremony and left Perching Moon Island after entrusting its defenses to Yan Mingyi and his spirit beasts.
• Little Qing returned from a hunt, and Lin Changheng noticed the young Blue-Furred Tiger’s unusual azure-and-white markings before departing.
• Lin Changheng visited the Huang Household, where Cook Zeng and Huang Linglin confirmed that a ceasefire had been reached under the Purple Pole Sect’s supervision.
• Huang Linglin invited Lin Changheng to stay for the lineage’s gesture of gratitude, and he agreed to remain for two days.
• Three days later, Lin Changheng received a chest containing more than fifty portions of demon beast essence blood, which he recognized as higher than turbid baleful grade.

Lin Changheng received second-tier Red-Eyed Fire Ogre essence blood from the Huang Household and learned that Huang Lingsu’s cultivation had declined because of her Dragon Roar Body. After visiting old friends and hearing news about Elder Kong’s celebration, he visited the diminished Hundred Herbs Shop, where he learned that Junior Brother Cheng had died and helped Cheng Zhiyuan with pills.

• Lin Changheng recognized the Huang Household’s second-tier Red-Eyed Fire Ogre essence blood, accepted their gift, and learned that Huang Lingsu’s cultivation had fallen to the Third Level of Qi Refining.
• Lin Changheng gave Huang Linglin a Beauty-Preserving Pill for her sister, declined to meet Huang Lingsu, and left the lineage grounds.
• Lin Changheng entered Floating Life Immortal City, learned that a special auction would coincide with Elder Kong’s celebration, and decided not to attend it.
• Talisman Master Chu told Lin Changheng that the Azure Firmament Sect steward who had inflated the price of Eastwheel Willow Wood had been punished for stealing sect resources.
• Lin Changheng visited the Hundred Herbs Shop and learned from Cheng Zhiyuan that Junior Brother Cheng had died five years earlier.
• Lin Changheng gave Cheng Zhiyuan a Realm-Breaking Pill and Essence-Nourishing Pills, urged him to preserve the shop, and then departed.

Lin Changheng met Bai Hengwan before Elder Kong’s promotion ceremony, learned that the event would include a disciple selection, and discussed the political pressure surrounding her rivalry with True Disciple Yang. Bai Hengwan offered him a rare Dharma Treasure material in exchange for his public support, future assistance, and secrecy about its source.

• Lin Changheng met Bai Hengwan and learned that Elder Kong would accept disciples at the ceremony, though he declined to try for a place.
• Lin Changheng accepted only a little over two hundred bottles of [Azure Rain Mist Toad] essence blood and learned that True Disciple Yang might try to recruit him.
• Bai Hengwan offered Lin Changheng her help after her expected breakthrough to core formation if he gave her his full support.
• Bai Hengwan showed Lin Changheng [earthcore fire marrow iron], [nine-heavens stardust sand], and [Xun-Wind thunder liquid], offering to transfer one in exchange for his unequivocal support, assistance once when needed, and secrecy about their source.

Lin Changheng accepted Bai Hengwan’s offer of Xun-Wind Thunder Liquid, advanced the Azure Rain Mist Toad Treasure Seed’s Spirit Seizure to completion, and considered how to refine a Dharma Treasure Embryo. At Elder Kong’s alchemy discourse, Lin Changheng gained insights into a possible breakthrough while Azure Mist Rogue Person observed him, and Lin detected the powerful gaze with his Wind-Sensing Spirit Discernment.

• Lin Changheng agreed to support Bai Hengwan within his abilities and chose her Xun-Wind Thunder Liquid as his supplementary material.
• Lin Changheng absorbed Azure Rain Mist Toad essence blood, advanced its Treasure Seed to fivefold, and perfected his Illusion Foreign Method’s Spirit Seizure.
• Lin Changheng examined the mysterious wood he planned to use for a Dharma Treasure Embryo and considered the other materials and cultivation method he would need.
• At Elder Kong’s celebration on Heavenly Inquiry Island, Lin Changheng listened to Elder Kong’s discourse on alchemy and recognized insights that could help him break through to Upper-Grade Second-Tier Alchemist.
• Azure Mist Rogue Person told Bai Hengwan to maintain friendly ties with Lin Changheng and observe him rather than forcing him to choose a side.
• Lin Changheng sensed Azure Mist Rogue Person’s scrutiny through his Wind-Sensing Spirit Discernment and realized the secret art was more effective than he had expected.

After receiving Elder Kong’s guidance, Lin Changheng broke through to become an upper-grade second-tier alchemist. He informed Elder Kong and Bai Hengwan of his advancement and departed, leaving both of them astonished and impressed.

• Lin Changheng watched Elder Kong choose three disciples, excluding Luo Su, then accepted Elder Kong’s invitation to meet at the Bamboo Grove Retreat.
• Elder Kong explained that alchemists had to guide ingredients and harmonize their properties rather than rely solely on precise control, helping Lin Changheng understand how to advance.
• Lin Changheng spent a month refining pills, produced three premium mid-grade second-tier pills, and then successfully refined an upper-grade second-tier elixir.
• Lin Changheng sent messages thanking Elder Kong and informing Bai Hengwan of his advancement, then said farewell without waiting for their replies.
• Elder Kong and Bai Hengwan read Lin Changheng’s news and reacted with astonishment and admiration, while Bai Hengwan also felt joy.

Bai Hengwan learned that Lin Changheng had become an upper-grade second-tier alchemist, while Yang Ziling sent a secret message to a mysterious neighbor. On his return to Jade Belt Lake, Lin Changheng discovered that Xu Maoling and Cheng Suling were under coordinated attack and moved to save Cheng Suling.

• Bai Hengwan learned Lin Changheng had left the Immortal City after reaching upper-grade second-tier alchemy mastery and regretted missing the chance to speak with him.
• Yang Ziling dismissed rumors of Lin Changheng's breakthrough, then sent a sealed jade talisman to the mysterious neighbor in Cave Abode Number Ninety-Seven, who crushed it and left that night.
• Lin Changheng hurried toward Jade Belt Lake and, after sensing battle, concealed himself and observed the attacks from the clouds.
• Lin Changheng saw that several cultivators were assaulting Xu Maoling's Rising Sun Island while Cheng Suling's Floating Star Island had already been breached.
• Lin Changheng warned Yan Mingyi to hold Perching Moon Island's formations, sent Xiao Bai underwater toward Floating Star Island, and approached the battle to rescue Cheng Suling.

Lin Changheng intervened when Cheng Suling’s Talismanized Treasure failed to kill the black-robed late-stage cultivator, saving her and killing him. Cheng Suling survived but was badly injured, and Lin Changheng helped her recover.

• Lin Changheng watched Cheng Suling use Geomancy Arts to hold off the late-stage cultivator and the traitorous cultivator surnamed Luo.
• Cheng Suling activated a Mixed-Gold Halberd Talismanized Treasure, but the late-stage cultivator used a Secret Art to exchange places with Luo, who was annihilated by the strike.
• The late-stage cultivator attacked the weakened Cheng Suling, but Lin Changheng detonated a Heavenly Thunder Seed to interrupt him.
• Lin Changheng used the Fifth-Level Illusion Art to distract the late-stage cultivator, then killed him with his azure-gold Flying Sword.
• Lin Changheng supported the injured Cheng Suling, helped her sit and regulate her breathing, and gave her a healing elixir.

Lin Changheng defeated the ambush on Floating Star Island, then killed Jia San while he was on his way to investigate. On Rising Sun Island, the silver-masked cultivator broke Xu Maoling’s formation and attacked, but Xu Maoling fought back against all three enemies.

• Lin Changheng collected the spirit artifacts and the Storage Bag of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator he had killed, while Cheng Suling healed her injuries.
• The silver-masked cultivator sent Jia San to investigate the fighting on Floating Star Island as he continued attacking Rising Sun Island’s formation.
• Lin Changheng ambushed Jia San with the Black Seal Platform and Void-Hiding Blade, killed him, and took his Storage Bag and Tortoise-Scale Shield.
• The silver-masked cultivator used a second-tier formation-breaking talisman to shatter Rising Sun Island’s weakened formation, injuring Xu Maoling through the backlash.
• The silver-masked cultivator, Jia Yi, and Jia Er charged Xu Maoling, who raised earth walls and spikes and held them off with his spells and sickle.

Lin Changheng intervened when attackers threatened Rising Sun Island and Floating Star Island, killing the invading cultivators with Xu Maoling’s help and a surprise strike from Xiao Bai. After the survivors thanked him and reunited with their allies, Lin Changheng inventoried the spoils and found rare materials, including gui water essence that could aid Core Formation.

• Xu Maoling was nearly killed by the silver-masked cultivator, Jia Er, and Jia Yi until Lin Changheng appeared, killed Jia Er with the Void-Hiding Blade, and crushed Jia Yi with the Black Seal Platform and talismans.
• Lin Changheng and Xu Maoling defeated the silver-masked cultivator after Xiao Bai’s water arrow stopped his Blood-Escaping Secret Art, and Lin Changheng killed him and searched his soul without recovering his sealed memories.
• Xu Maoling thanked Lin Changheng for saving Rising Sun Island, while Lin Changheng reassured Cheng Suling that every attacker had been killed and asked her to explain the affair once she had recovered.
• Yan Mingyi embraced Lin Changheng after his return to Perching Moon Island, and he praised Xiao Bai for helping stop the silver-masked cultivator’s escape.
• Lin Changheng sorted the five Storage Bags and found that his total spirit-stone wealth exceeded eighty thousand low-grade spirit stones, with seized resources worth more than one hundred and fifty thousand.
• Lin Changheng discovered gui water essence among the spoils, a rare spiritual substance that could offer some assistance with Core Formation.

Lin Changheng secured Gui Water Essence and Five-Element Spirit Resin, then coordinated accounts with Xu Maoling and Cheng Suling as the Purple Pole Sect investigated the attack at Jade Belt Lake. Zhen Xinghe questioned the three island lords, imposed a five-year rent increase, and left after warning them that the sect would watch the region.

• Lin Changheng identified the Gui Water Essence and Five-Element Spirit Resin among the silver-masked cultivator’s possessions and assessed his growing collection of Dharma Treasure Embryo materials.
• After news of Chu Lingyu’s death reached the Purple Pole Sect, Sect Leader Canglang ordered a thorough investigation and a crackdown on bandits, while Mo Zhaoli informed Lin Changheng of the decision and her recent cultivation breakthrough.
• Xu Maoling and Cheng Suling visited Lin Changheng, explained how the cultivator surnamed Luo had lured them into an ambush, and agreed to coordinate their accounts for the Purple Pole Sect’s investigation.
• Zhen Xinghe arrived at Jade Belt Lake with four disciples and questioned Lin Changheng, Xu Maoling, and Cheng Suling about the attack and the powerful strike recorded there.
• The three island lords described the attackers as masked robbers, credited their survival to Lin Changheng and their combined efforts, and explained that Cheng Suling’s Talismanized Treasure had been exhausted.
• Zhen Xinghe ordered the three islands to submit evidence and detailed reports, raised their rent and tribute by thirty percent for five years, and departed after warning them to avoid further incidents.

Lin Changheng emerged from a year and a half of seclusion after refining a fragment he recognized as Primordial Jianmu, and prepared for his hundredth birthday banquet. Three days before the celebration, Tantai Feiyue and Xu Hanji arrived, and Yan Mingyi introduced herself as Lin Changheng’s concubine.

• Lin Changheng’s seclusion continued while Yan Mingyi decorated Perching Moon Island with upgraded puppets for his hundredth birthday.
• Lin Changheng refined the charred layer from the wood fragment, discovered it was a remnant of Primordial Jianmu, and began preparing to make a Dharma Treasure Embryo.
• Lin Changheng continued using Spirit Seizure on the two spirit beasts, strengthening his treasure seeds, earth-control methods, and ability to escape.
• Lin Changheng emerged from seclusion, approved Yan Mingyi’s guest list, and saw that Island Lord Xu and Fairy Cheng planned to attend.
• Tantai Feiyue and Xu Hanji arrived three days before the banquet, and Yan Mingyi introduced herself to them as Lin Changheng’s concubine.
• Yan Mingyi served tea to Tantai Feiyue, who thanked her for managing the household and offered her a toast.

Lin Changheng advanced his Insight ability by refining the Black-Spined Vulture essence blood and hosted a hundredth-birthday banquet that drew powerful guests impressed by his alchemy reputation. The chapter ended with Floating Life Immortal City’s spirit boat arriving and True Disciple Bai Wan appearing before the assembled cultivators.

• Tantai Feiyue and Xu Hanwu brought Lin Changheng birthday gifts, including Black-Spined Vulture essence blood, and Tantai Feiyue later visited him in his cultivation chamber.
• Lin Changheng refined the essence blood, formed third- and fourth-level Black-Spined Vulture treasure seeds, and improved his Insight Foreign Method, gaining sharper vision of formations and their weak points.
• Lin Changheng checked his spiritual roots and anticipated receiving Red-Eyed Fire essence blood from the Huang Household before his hundredth-birthday banquet began.
• Guests arrived in far greater numbers than expected, drawn in part by rumors that Lin Changheng had advanced to upper-grade second-tier alchemist.
• The Huang Household, the Sun Clan, Mo Zhaoli, and other guests presented gifts and birthday greetings to Lin Changheng.
• A spirit boat from Floating Life Immortal City arrived above Perching Moon Island, and the guests recognized True Disciple Bai Wan as she appeared.

At his hundredth-birthday banquet, Lin Changheng received a remarkable gift from Elder Kong and finished absorbing the Red-Eyed Fire Ogre treasure seeds. His fire spiritual root rose to the High-Grade threshold, while the story left him considering how to use the creature’s curse-seal talent against enemies.

• Bai Hengwan arrived on Elder Kong’s behalf and presented Lin Changheng with a second-tier upper-grade alchemy cauldron and a Three-Turn Azure Spirit Pill.
• Lin Changheng hosted his birthday banquet as guests praised him, while he watched the Huang Household and wondered whether Cook Zeng had brought the Red-Eyed Fire Ogre essence blood.
• After the guests departed, Tantai Feiyue left with Xu Hanji, and Lin Changheng gave Mo Zhaoli a storage bag and cautioned her to prioritize her safety.
• Lin Changheng studied the Red-Eyed Fire Ogre’s Spirit-Burning Power Boost, Flame-Light Shadow Split, and Divine Blood Curse Seal, deciding the curse seal could help him control enemies.
• Lin Changheng completed Spirit Seizure for two treasure seeds and discovered that his fire spiritual root had reached fifty-one wisps of spirit resonance, making it a High-Grade Spiritual Root.

After transforming his spiritual root, Lin Changheng tested his improved cultivation and refined the Divine Blood Curse Seal with the Redcloud Profound Flame. Five years later, turmoil across the Song Region stirred his sense of danger, and Mo Zhaoli’s invitation to a Purple Pole Sect mission in the Savage Wilderness offered a chance to strengthen himself and acquire useful resources.

• Lin Changheng discovered that his new high-grade fire spiritual root made cultivation faster and more efficient, then used a Divine Blood Curse Seal to kill a wolf demon and began developing an enhanced version with the Redcloud Profound Flame.
• Lin Changheng learned from Yan Mingyi that his birthday gifts totaled nearly forty thousand spirit stones, and he sorted the gifts, keeping useful materials and delegating other items.
• Five years later, Lin Changheng heard of a new Beast Tide near Azure Rosy Clouds Temple, escalating friction between Mystic Ice Valley and Yellow Maple Cliff, and turmoil in the Jin State.
• Lin Changheng decided he needed to improve his strength, but his Dharma Treasure Embryo still lacked Century-Old Warm Jade, while several Treasure Seeds awaited transformation with Nether Void essence blood.
• Lin Changheng accepted Mo Zhaoli’s invitation to help clear demonic beasts from a transforming Spirit Land in the Savage Wilderness, where Purple Pole Sect would establish a formation.