Recaps

Lin Changheng returned to Water Origin City to deliver Liuquan’s borrowed tortoise shell and reunite with Su Shuangjiang, while learning a concealment art and evading the demonic siege. Su Shuangjiang revealed that she had another opportunity for Core Formation, leaving Lin Changheng stunned when she confirmed it was a Core Formation Spirit Object.

• Lin Changheng traded a third-tier spirit plant inheritance to Zhao Sanniang for the Greenwood Spirit-Transformation Art, then studied the spell and reviewed his other techniques.
• True Person Jiang delivered True Person Pine Waves’s reply, and Lin Changheng chose to enter Water Origin City himself rather than risk sending Liuquan’s item through a one-way teleportation channel.
• Lin Changheng left the city with water-element resources, waited until demonic forces moved toward Righteousness Immortal City, and entered Water Origin City through a gap True Person Pine Waves opened in its formation.
• Lin Changheng reunited with True Person Pine Waves, returned Liuquan’s tortoise shell, and urged Pine Waves to face his feelings for Liuquan and follow his Dao Heart.
• Lin Changheng visited Su Shuangjiang, offered to refine a Return-to-Truth Pill for her when she found another auxiliary ingredient, and heard her reveal a second opportunity for Core Formation.
• Su Shuangjiang confirmed that her other opportunity was a Core Formation Spirit Object, astonishing Lin Changheng.

Lin Changheng examined Su Shuangjiang’s Core Formation Spirit Object and learned of the cavern where it had been found, then refined two water-element demon bloodlines and gained new abilities. He decided to investigate the cavern and told Su Shuangjiang to prepare to leave Yue State with him afterward.

• Su Shuangjiang showed Lin Changheng the Core Formation Spirit Object and gave him a Jade Slip recording the cavern where the previous owner had found it, along with mysterious icy accompanying objects.
• Su Shuangjiang delivered the commissioned Moonlight Crab Demon and Wave-Turning Thorn Puffer essence blood, and Lin Changheng used it in seclusion to transform the Wave-Turning Thorn Puffer Treasure Seed into a Supreme True Core and gain the Water-Control Monster Art.
• Lin Changheng used Five-Element Rotation to fuse water and fire, then transformed the Moonlight Crab Demon bloodline, chose Water Repelling, and increased his Water Spiritual Root to thirty strands and his divine sense to twenty-six li.
• Lin Changheng tested Water Repelling in Su Shuangjiang’s fishpond, then joined her for a meal at Watery Moon Tower and told her he would soon leave Yue State.
• Su Shuangjiang agreed to leave with Lin Changheng, who told her to prepare while he investigated the cavern containing the Core Formation Spirit Object.

Lin Changheng found a regenerating source of Core Formation Spirit Object in a hidden cavern and consumed its companion essence cores to raise his Nether Abyss Icefire to third tier. As he prepared to leave, he discovered that nearly a thousand Demonic Path cultivators had surrounded the lake to hunt an injured Righteous Path cultivator, trapping him near his newly discovered treasure ground.

• Lin Changheng entered the lake, used the Water-Repelling Demon Method and Water-Control Monster Art to defeat aquatic demon beasts, and located the hidden cavern described in his jade slip.
• Lin Changheng collected the Core Formation Spirit Object, discovered evidence that the cavern had been shaped by ancient human intervention, and found that the companion growths' essence cores nourished his Nether Abyss Icefire.
• Lin Changheng absorbed the essence cores, advanced his Nether Abyss Icefire from upper-grade second tier to low-grade third tier, and tested its power before preparing to leave.
• True Person Liuquan hid in another underwater cave after fleeing an injured Core Formation middle-stage Demonic Cultivator, who summoned reinforcements and began encircling the lake.
• Lin Changheng discovered the Demonic Path's forces searching the lake and used his divine light to identify the injured middle-stage cultivator as their strongest fighter, then considered how to escape without exposing the cavern.

Lin Changheng discovered that the Demonic Cultivators’ formation would expose anyone hiding in the lake, and he met Liuquan, who revealed herself to draw their attacks away from him. After Liuquan was nearly killed by Fate-Defying True Person, Lin Changheng returned to save her and unleashed his hidden power, leaving Fate-Defying True Person as the last enemy standing.

• Lin Changheng concealed the passage to his refuge, searched for the hidden cultivator, and fled when the Binding Formation began sweeping the lake with a pulse that could expose him.
• Lin Changheng found Liuquan, who gave him a black object for Songtao and rose from the lake to draw the Demonic Cultivators’ attention so he could escape.
• Liuquan attacked the Demonic Cultivators, killing the white-haired False Core elder and wounding Fate-Defying True Person with a Treasure Talisman, but the Blood Lotus overwhelmed her.
• Lin Changheng returned and struck Fate-Defying True Person’s Blood Lotus with a tricolored blade, then destroyed the alluring Core Formation Early Stage Demonic Cultivator and two warships with his flying swords.
• Lin Changheng stood with Liuquan and faced Fate-Defying True Person as the remaining Demonic Cultivators fled and the other attackers were killed.

Lin Changheng intervened to save Liuquan and fought Fate-Defying True Person, using his array of hidden methods and trump cards to kill the Core Formation middle-stage Demonic Cultivator. After gathering the spoils, Lin Changheng took the wounded Liuquan and fled toward the Righteous Path Alliance.

• Lin Changheng killed the wounded alluring female cultivator with his swords and sent Xiao Hei and Little Qing to eliminate the remaining Demonic Cultivators.
• Lin Changheng gave Liuquan healing pills, then faced Fate-Defying True Person with layered defenses and fought off his blood lotus and three water dragons.
• Lin Changheng escaped the blood lotus with Fire Escape and trapped Fate-Defying True Person in dense mist and windblown sand, while swords, Beast Puppets, and the River-Calming Pearl harried him.
• Lin Changheng detonated the three-colored pearl, destroying Fate-Defying True Person's defenses and blood lotus before finishing him with four Myriad Manifestations Origin Swords.
• Lin Changheng collected Fate-Defying True Person's storage bag and corpse, gathered the Demonic Cultivators' bodies, and flew with Liuquan toward the Righteous Path Alliance.

Lin Changheng escorted the wounded Liuquan to safety, then traveled to the Reef-Strewn Sea to seize a third-tier spirit vein. He lured the cave’s new owner, a powerful demon crocodile, into an ambush and killed it, leaving the spirit vein within reach.

• Lin Changheng inspected the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land and decided to draw out the third-tier spirit vein beneath the Green-Scaled Frost Flood Dragon’s former cavern.
• Lin Changheng delivered Liuquan and her dark object to a city under the Vast Righteousness Sect, then rested before setting out for the Reef-Strewn Sea.
• A White Bone Mountain cultivator reported that three Core Formation soul tablets, including Fate-Defying True Person’s, had shattered, and True Person Buried Bones learned his disciple was dead.
• Lin Changheng found that a third-tier middle-stage demon crocodile had occupied the cavern, so he prepared an ambush and lured it into his formations.
• Lin Changheng trapped the demon crocodile with mist, a Beast Puppet, and a Water Flood Dragon, then used his sword formation to pierce its skull and kill it.

Lin Changheng killed a third-tier middle stage demon crocodile, harvested its remains, and extracted a third-tier spirit vein to strengthen the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land. Seven days later, he entered Water Origin City after killing a Foundation Establishment Demonic Cultivator in front of True Person Blood Ember and escaping into the city under True Person Pine Waves’s protection.

• Lin Changheng harvested the crocodile demon’s hide, core, blood, and flesh, then found no mate or eggs in its cavern.
• Lin Changheng used Spirit-Seizing and Vein-Drawing with Little Qing and Xiao Hei to extract a third-tier spirit vein and plant it in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land, greatly enriching the small world.
• Seven days later, Lin Changheng signaled his arrival near Water Origin City and killed the Demonic Cultivators who tried to intercept him.
• True Person Blood Ember blocked Lin Changheng’s attack on the squad’s leader, but Lin Changheng killed the Foundation Establishment cultivator through a fog with a swift flying sword.
• Lin Changheng escaped True Person Blood Ember’s counterattack with the Fire Escape Demon Method and entered the city through an opening made by True Person Pine Waves, who welcomed him as Brother Fang.

Lin Changheng left the besieged Yue State with Su Shuangjiang after True Person Pine Waves thanked him, returned the tortoise shell, and gave him a precious breakthrough pill. Back in Origin Immortal City, he learned that Lu and Zhao had destroyed the Jinwu State and began considering seclusion to strengthen himself amid the region’s growing turmoil.

• Lin Changheng and True Person Pine Waves exchanged thanks for their help, and Pine Waves gave him the tortoise shell containing the Five-Qi Turtle Scripture of Returning to the Origin.
• True Person Pine Waves gave Lin Changheng a Life-Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill, then helped him and Su Shuangjiang leave Water Origin City by distracting True Person Blood Ember.
• Lin Changheng took Su Shuangjiang through the Yuanshan State to Origin Immortal City, where they heard that Lu and Zhao had jointly conquered and divided the Jinwu State.
• True Person Dong told Lin Changheng that the Jinwu State had been destroyed after its leaders discovered a scarce resource, which Lu and Zhao now shared.
• Lin Changheng considered taking the pill and entering prolonged seclusion as he weighed the growing danger across the Eight States Region.

Lin Changheng emerged from more than six years of seclusion having advanced to the Core Formation Middle Stage, strengthened his flames, divine sense, and sword control, and filled the Origin Treasure Seed’s Spirit Seizure progress. As the Eight States Region’s wars worsened, he learned that the Great Shun Merchant Association had found a new source of Nether Void Grade demon beast essence blood and hurried to investigate.

• Lin Changheng broke through to the Core Formation Middle Stage with the aid of a Life-Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill, then stabilized his cultivation and tested his improved abilities.
• Lin Changheng transformed his natal core flame and carefully fused it with the Dark Radiance Profound Flame and Nether Abyss Iceflame, while his divine sense reached thirty-four li and his control of sixteen sword lights improved.
• Lin Changheng saw that the Origin Treasure Seed’s Spirit Seizure had reached 1000/1000, but the Origin Cauldron did not absorb Huang Lingsu’s Dragon Roar Body essence blood, so he resolved to seek thunder-attribute essence blood for Transformation.
• Lin Changheng emerged from seclusion and learned that Righteousness Immortal City had fallen to the Demonic Path, the Jin State was losing ground to the Yan State, and the Lu and Zhao States were clashing over their spoils.
• Lin Changheng learned that the Great Shun Merchant Association had found a source of Nether Void Grade demon beast essence blood and immediately set out for its headquarters.

After six years of seclusion, Lin Changheng returned to the Great Shun Merchant Association with cultivation that appeared to have reached the Core Formation Middle Stage. He secured the association’s continued support, promised to help Su Shuangjiang obtain a Return-to-Truth Pill, and began Spirit-Seizing Transformation with Essence Blood from the Soulweaving Demon Butterfly.

• True Person Dong and Su Shuangjiang visited Lin Changheng, recognized his powerful new aura, and congratulated him on his advancement.
• True Person Dong presented 130 bottles of Nether Void Essence Blood and introduced his son, Dong Lide, as a prospective successor to the Great Shun Merchant Association; Lin Changheng approved of him and gave him gifts and cultivation advice.
• Su Shuangjiang showed Lin Changheng the ingredients she had gathered for a Return-to-Truth Pill, and he agreed to organize a group contribution after returning to the Song Region.
• Lin Changheng shared his insights into Core Formation with Su Shuangjiang and warned her to keep them secret.
• Lin Changheng examined the Soulweaving Demon Butterfly’s Spirit-Seizing Transformation, which offered the talents Spirit-Sealing Life Spring, Egg Parasite, and Every Plant a Soldier.

Lin Changheng chose the [Spirit-Sealing Life Spring] talent, gained the ability to draw out and preserve a wisp of a target’s soul, and improved his curse seal with an Ice-Fire Taiji Flame. He then postponed his battlefield plans to attend a core formation trade fair, preparing pills to exchange.

• Lin Changheng compared the [Soulweaving Demon Butterfly] talents and chose [Spirit-Sealing Life Spring] for its potential to preserve souls and help him control adult demon beasts.
• Lin Changheng used more than a hundred bottles of essence blood to complete spirit seizure and refined [Spirit-Sealing Life Spring] into himself.
• Lin Changheng discovered that his life spring could draw a soul fragment and spark of true spirit from a subdued target, and considered how to combine it with the [Divine Blood Curse Seal Demon Method].
• Lin Changheng spent seven days improving the curse seal with the [Ice-Fire Taiji Flame], making it more concealed and potentially effective against stronger cultivators and demon beasts.
• Lin Changheng received an invitation from [True Person Feng Yue] to a core formation trade fair held by the Alliance Headquarters and decided to attend before traveling to the Golden Swallow Battlefield.
• Lin Changheng prepared a premium first-tier [Lifespan-Extending Pill], premium [Foundation Establishment Pills], and premium [Youth-Preserving Pills] for the trade fair.

Lin Changheng attended the Alliance Headquarters' Core Formation trade fair as Fang Yuan, where his overwhelming Divine Sense silenced cultivators who scrutinized him. As the trading began, he spotted a broken root tendril from a Desire-Cleansing Demon Vine, a valuable ingredient for a Nascent Soul Elixir.

• Lin Changheng completed his deductions for a second-tier Lifespan-Extending Pill formula and sent the Great Shun Merchant Association a list of ingredients and substitutes he needed.
• Late Core Formation cultivators Fenggu, Tuohai, Qingyun, and Dragon Granny arrived at the trade fair in the Radiant Mist District, where Fenggu and Tuohai exchanged hostile remarks.
• Lin Changheng arrived as Fang Yuan carrying three second-tier premium-grade Lifespan-Extending Pills, and True Person Feng Yue welcomed him into the pavilion.
• When several cultivators directed hostile Divine Sense at Fang Yuan, he struck back with overwhelming force, leaving them in pain and impressing the late Core Formation cultivators.
• True Person Feng Yue opened the trade fair, and several early Core Formation cultivators began exchanging treasures before a woman presented a Desire-Cleansing Demon Vine root tendril that caught Lin Changheng's attention.

At the Trade Fair, Lin Changheng traded two premium Lifespan-Extending Pills for True Person Guanyun’s Desire-Cleansing Demon Vine root and received a Fire Sacred Mountain token. He then offered seven premium pills in exchange for demon beast essence blood and escape techniques, drawing several possible leads.

• True Person Guanyun revealed that True Person Qixia was her grandaunt and that Qixia had entrusted her with the Desire-Cleansing Demon Vine root, defusing suspicion about its origins.
• True Person Guanyun offered the root in exchange for lifespan-extending treasures or elixirs, but the other cultivators could not meet her requirement for a premium pill extending lifespan by twenty years.
• Lin Changheng traded two Second-Tier Premium Grade Lifespan-Extending Pills for the root and received a Fire Sacred Mountain token from True Person Guanyun.
• Lin Changheng took the platform and offered three Premium Foundation Establishment Pills, three Second-Tier Premium Youth-Preserving Pills, and one Second-Tier Premium Lifespan-Extending Pill.
• Lin Changheng sought Blazing Origin-level demon beast essence blood, a source of nether void essence blood, and Wind Escape, Thunder Escape, or Five Elements Escape Arts; several cultivators approached him with possible leads and offers.

Lin Changheng traded premium pills for escape techniques, rare essence blood, and the last ingredient needed for the [Dust-Descending Pill], then secured two sources of [Nether Void Essence Blood]. He privately traded a second Lifespan-Extending Pill to Dragon Granny, earning her goodwill while prompting her to warn True Person Qingluo about his calculating methods.

• True Person Qingyun spurred a bidding contest, and Lin Changheng traded a Lifespan-Extending Pill to Lay Buddhist Fenggu for the Wind Escape Technique Essentials, five drops of thunder-attribute blazing origin essence blood, and information on a nether void essence blood source.
• Lin Changheng exchanged his remaining publicly offered pills for the complete human Five Elements Escape Art and arranged another essence blood source.
• Lin Changheng acquired [Rootless Spirit Dew], completing his collection of ingredients for the [Dust-Descending Pill].
• Lin Changheng arranged regular essence blood deliveries with Daoist Brother Qiu and received information from True Person Feng Yue about hunting [Azure Thunder Demon Rocs].
• Lin Changheng met Dragon Granny and True Person Qingluo privately and exchanged his second Lifespan-Extending Pill for fifteen drops of metal-attribute and earth-attribute blazing origin essence blood.
• Dragon Granny explained Lin Changheng's maneuvering to True Person Qingluo and advised her to keep her distance, but True Person Qingluo became more curious about him.

Lin Changheng revived a fourth-tier desire-cleansing demon vine root, then returned to the Song Region and arrived at the Xu Family as it faced a Purple Pole Sect conscription. He promised to protect the family, revealed that his cultivation had advanced again, and learned that Yan Mingyi had completed the Hundred-Grievance Blood Corpse.

• Lin Changheng reviewed the sources of demon beast essence blood and other gains he had secured in Yuanshan State, then revived the desire-cleansing demon vine root at the cost of four years of lifespan and planted it in his Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land.
• After half a month, Lin Changheng left for the Song Region, arranged for the Great Shun Merchant Association to open a shop in Extreme Mountain Immortal City, and flew toward the Xu Family.
• Xu Hanji convened the Xu Family's leaders to discuss the Purple Pole Sect's demand for cultivators, while Xu Zonghuan volunteered to lead the family's warriors to the front.
• Xu Hanji rejected the suggestion that the family ask Lin Changheng to intervene, explaining that the Xu Family should not exploit its relationship with him or burden him with its crisis.
• Lin Changheng emerged in Flying Cloud Hall, praised Xu Hanji and Tantai Feiyue for their consideration, and promised that he would not let the Xu Family be put in a difficult position.
• Lin Changheng revealed that he had advanced another step in cultivation, and Yan Mingyi told him that she had finished refining the Hundred-Grievance Blood Corpse.

Lin Changheng became a third-tier mid-grade Dao of Alchemy Grandmaster, gained more lifespan, and gave Xu Hanji, Tantai Feiyue, and Yan Mingyi valuable pills. When Purple Pole Sect envoys threatened the Xu Family with harsher conscription, Lin Changheng learned their leader, Elder Gu, was an old enemy and resolved to settle their grudges.

• Lin Changheng refined premium Lifespan-Extending Pills and a batch of Dust-Descending Pills, then raised his lifespan to 668 years by consuming one.
• Lin Changheng emerged from seclusion as a third-tier mid-grade Dao of Alchemy Grandmaster and gave the three women premium Dust-Descending Pills and Lifespan-Extending Pills.
• Lin Changheng asked Xu Hanji to have the Flying Cloud Trade Alliance record Spirit Veins in the Endless Savage Wilderness, and Xu Hanji said the alliance had already found two First-Tier Spirit Veins.
• Purple Pole Sect envoys led by a False Core Cultivator arrived at Flying Cloud Hall, humiliated Xu Zonghuan and the Xu Family, and raised their conscription quotas to three Foundation Establishment cultivators and double the Qi Refining quota.
• Xu Bazheng recognized the envoy as Elder Gu, who had once driven her and Xu Yongzhen into flight, and told Lin Changheng that he was the same man.
• Lin Changheng recalled his own old grievances with Elder Gu and decided to settle both the old and new enmities together.

Lin Changheng ambushed the Purple Pole Sect envoy and his men, tested his soul-controlling method, and forced the envoy to exempt the Xu Family from conscription. After returning to Flying Cloud Valley, he gave Cook Zeng a way to extend his life and went with Yan Mingyi to inspect her completed Hundred-Grievance Blood Corpse.

• Purple Pole Sect cultivators plotted to extort the Xu Family, but Lin Changheng ambushed them, killed three, and subdued the False Core cultivator surnamed Gu.
• Lin Changheng tested the Spirit-Sealing Life Spring Foreign Method on Gu, bound him with a curse seal, and ordered him to secure the Xu Family's exemption while blaming the dead cultivators on the Demonic Path.
• Lin Changheng checked the Mystic Fire Rhinoceros Treasure Seed and returned to Flying Cloud Valley, where Huang Lingsu gave him Torch Yin Vine Matriarch essence blood.
• Lin Changheng gave Cook Zeng and Huang Lingsu Lifespan-Extending Pills, then gave Cook Zeng the Dark Nether Baleful Art so he could prolong his life and continue cultivating.
• Lin Changheng shared a banquet with his friends and family, then took Yan Mingyi to the emerald pool to see her completed Hundred-Grievance Blood Corpse.

Lin Changheng bound and tested Yan Mingyi’s completed Hundred-Grievance Blood Corpse, then absorbed Torch Yin Vine Matriarch essence blood and awakened the sixth Divine Ability True Intent, Candle Gaze. After returning to Floating Life Immortal City, he learned Azure Mist Rogue Person had entered seclusion and discovered Bai Hengwan had advanced to the Core Formation middle stage.

• Yan Mingyi showed Lin Changheng the completed Hundred-Grievance Blood Corpse and explained how to bind it, while telling him she could now refine third-tier low-grade puppets.
• Lin Changheng established two protective formations, bound the blood corpse, and tested its powerful threads, resilience, regeneration, strength, and speed.
• Lin Changheng absorbed Torch Yin Vine Matriarch essence blood, advanced his Hold a Candle to the Night talent, and witnessed a manifestation that revealed Candle Gaze as his sixth Divine Ability True Intent.
• Three days later, Lin Changheng left the Xu Family for Floating Life Immortal City after giving Yan Mingyi materials for third-tier puppets and retrieving the genuine Return-to-Truth Pills.
• Lin Changheng heard that Azure Mist Rogue Person had entered extended seclusion and appointed Bai Hengwan acting city lord.
• Lin Changheng sensed that Bai Hengwan had reached the Core Formation middle stage and suspected she had formed a Golden Core, but wondered how she had concealed its celestial phenomena.

Lin Changheng supported Bai Hengwan as she took charge of Floating Life Immortal City, arranged a new Return-to-Truth Pill crowdfunding batch, and advanced his Wind Escape Technique. After Azure Rosy Clouds Temple summoned him, he learned he would travel to Extreme Mountain Immortal City to meet a cultivator carrying wind-attribute Blazing Origin essence blood.

• Lin Changheng visited Bai Hengwan on Feather Immortal Island, comforted her about the burden of governing the Immortal City, and accepted a restricted Jade Box left for him by Azure Mist Rogue Person.
• Lin Changheng arranged a special crowdfunding batch that exchanged ingredients for standard Return-to-Truth Pills, and two cultivators secured the remaining places with rare gifts and materials.
• Lin Changheng stayed in Floating Life Immortal City, assessed True Disciple Wu and Elder Kong, kept his cultivation and alchemy advances secret, and found that he could not open the Jade Box's third-tier superior-grade restrictions.
• Lin Changheng received Grand Elder Zhengwang's invitation, traveled to Azure Rosy Clouds Temple, and learned that two cultivators there, including Jing Yuan, had become Third-Tier Alchemists after his guidance.
• Boy Zhengwang told Lin Changheng that they would meet the holder of the wind-attribute Blazing Origin essence blood at Extreme Mountain Immortal City during a gathering convened by Extreme South Palace, and Lin Changheng agreed to depart with him in seven days.
• Lin Changheng tested Wind Escape on his way to Azure Rosy Clouds Temple and confirmed that it made him faster and more agile while using less mana.

Lin Changheng left the Treasure Boat to rescue Xiao Donglin and learned that Yun Zhi had formed her core. He killed True Person Fu with one strike, leaving Yun Zhi and Xiao Donglin stunned and the Azure Firmament Sect's response uncertain.

• Lin Changheng questioned Boy Zhengwang about the Extreme South Palace's five hall masters, its suppression of rival powers, and the true story behind Illusion-Breaking True Lord's famous battle.
• Lin Changheng sensed that Xiao Donglin was in danger, left the Treasure Boat, and flew toward him at extraordinary speed.
• Xiao Donglin fled True Person Fu, who pursued him over a treasure and tried to enlist Yun Zhi to block his escape; Yun Zhi had recently formed her core but hesitated to oppose the Azure Firmament Sect.
• Lin Changheng arrived, rescued Xiao Donglin, and reunited with Yun Zhi, who recognized him as Brother Li.
• Lin Changheng killed True Person Fu with one Flying Sword strike, then collected the dead cultivator's Life-Bound Flying Sword as Yun Zhi and Xiao Donglin watched in shock.

Lin Changheng killed True Person Qingwu, concealed his remains, and learned that Xiao Donglin had found valuable gilded mystic fire jade while fleeing him. The Azure Firmament Sect launched a region-wide hunt for the killer, while Lin Changheng reached Extreme Mountain Immortal City and discovered Zhu Fugui was recovering elsewhere.

• Lin Changheng killed True Person Qingwu, stored his body and soul in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land, and took the three of them to a secluded pavilion in Yellow Maple Cliff's domain.
• Yun Zhi deduced that Xiao Donglin's encounter with True Person Qingwu likely involved a valuable object, and Lin Changheng promised to keep her and the Yun Family clear of the blame.
• Xiao Donglin revealed that he had found third-tier superior grade gilded mystic fire jade in a remote cave, and Lin Changheng rewarded him before sending him away to recover.
• The Azure Firmament Sect failed to find Qingwu's remains, inferred that the killer possessed a spatial ancient treasure, and issued a Criminal Pursuit Order with a large bounty.
• Lin Changheng arrived in Extreme Mountain Immortal City under his public identity as Alchemist Lin and learned that Zhu Fugui was recuperating with his wife's family after a bandit attack.

Lin Changheng entered Extreme Mountain with Boy Zhengwang, traded pill-refining services for wind-attribute demon beast essence blood, and completed the Wind-Splitting Falcon treasure seed’s transformation. As they headed to meet True Person Qi about the war effort, Lin Changheng gained the Azure-Eyed Micro-Perception Demon Method, leaving only Candle Gaze to complete his Six-Colored Divine Light.

• Lin Changheng arrived at Extreme Mountain, where the guards recognized his reputation as Ten Thousand Longevity, and Boy Zhengwang came to escort him inside.
• Boy Zhengwang introduced Lin Changheng to True Person Shouxuan of Yellow Maple Cliff, who exchanged seven drops of Blazing Origin-grade wind-attribute essence blood for Lin Changheng’s promise to refine Return-to-Truth Pills for his sect.
• Boy Zhengwang explained that True Person Qi oversaw the recruitment of craft masters to support the war in Jin and could provide resource subsidies to willing participants.
• Lin Changheng used five drops of essence blood to complete the Wind-Splitting Falcon treasure seed’s transformation and incorporated the resulting Blue-Eyed Insight ability.
• Lin Changheng and Boy Zhengwang flew to meet True Person Qi, while Lin Changheng reflected that only Candle Gaze remained to complete his Six-Colored Divine Light.

Lin Changheng met True Person Qiyue, considered joining the Song Region’s war effort as an alchemist, and transformed the Dark Radiance Profound Flame into a superior-grade flame. After the Extreme Mountain Assembly ended, Fairy Qu visited him at night but left abruptly when he mentioned Young Master Shi, leaving her purpose unclear.

• True Person Qiyue invited Lin Changheng to accompany the expedition as an alchemist and showed him the rear camp’s protections and resource subsidies, while Lin weighed the terms.
• Lin Changheng tested the Azure-Eyed Micro-Perception Demon Method, then used flame essence materials to raise the Dark Radiance Profound Flame to third-tier superior grade and stabilize his Three-Colored Flame Pearl to eighty percent.
• The Extreme Mountain Assembly concluded after three days of negotiations, and Lin observed Yun Zhi, Sun Yiming, True Person Cloud Crane, and Purple Thunder True Person among the departing cultivators.
• Fairy Qu visited Lin Changheng’s courtyard at night, chatted with him without explaining her purpose, and left soon after he mentioned Young Master Shi.

Lin Changheng heard Boy Zhengwang report on the wars surrounding Song, Jin, and Yue, and learned that Jin’s factions were trading guarded resources and inheritances to support their resistance against Yan. After Little Qing approached the threshold of a third-tier breakthrough and Boy Zhengwang speculated that Moon-Embracing True Person might seek Lin Changheng’s help escaping her betrothal, Lin Changheng resolved to stay out of her affairs and avoid provoking the Qu and Shi families.

• Boy Zhengwang told Lin Changheng that the Azure Firmament Sect had been assigned the hardest frontline duty in Jin after the other sects refused to excuse it over a grand elder’s death.
• Boy Zhengwang explained that the Yu Royal House had secretly weakened Jin’s six sects, prompting the sacred land to kill the emperor and install a collateral ruler, and said Jin factions had opened resources and inheritances for trade.
• Boy Zhengwang reported that Yue’s Demonic Path had defeated the Righteous Path Alliance, but Liang State had sheltered the survivors and joined them in a standoff that left Song vulnerable to a possible southern invasion.
• Boy Zhengwang identified Moon-Embracing True Person as a descendant of True Person Cangxing and said she was expected to marry True Person Haoyang, whom Lin Changheng suspected was Young Master Shi.
• Little Qing reached the peak of the second tier and neared a breakthrough, while Xiao Hei resolved to cultivate harder after feeling overshadowed.
• Boy Zhengwang speculated that Moon-Embracing True Person wanted Lin Changheng to act as a shield against her betrothal, but Lin Changheng warned that involvement could make him a target of the Qu and Shi families and decided to stay clear.

Lin Changheng planned to trade scarce pill-refining services for cultivation resources and enlisted Boy Zhengwang to negotiate for the roots of Purple Thunder True Person's Nascent Soul Formation herb. At the Dao Discussion Gathering, Moon-Embracing True Person and True Person Haoyang arrived, and Lin Changheng drew their attention.

• Boy Zhengwang pledged to help Lin Changheng personally even when Azure Rosy Clouds Temple could not.
• Lin Changheng excluded sensitive pills and seized treasures from his trade offerings and decided to offer limited pill-refining slots instead.
• Lin Changheng attended the Dao Discussion Gathering with Boy Zhengwang and congratulated Yun Zhi on reaching Core Formation.
• Boy Zhengwang relayed Purple Thunder True Person's request for Dust-Descending Pills and agreed to negotiate for the roots of his Five-Element Nascent Soul-Nurturing Herb.
• True Person Qi arrived with Moon-Embracing True Person and True Person Haoyang, and Lin Changheng received successive scrutinizing gazes.