Recaps

Lin Changheng followed Qiu through the Teleportation Formation after fitting the Antique Jade Talisman Fragment into its hidden socket. He tracked Qiu to a forest cave and blasted through his defenses, leaving Qiu cornered and preparing for a final fight.

• Qiu escaped the Nascent Soul Cave-Dwelling Ruins with Lin Changheng's Myriad Manifestations Origin Sword, and Lin Changheng activated the formation after discovering that the Antique Jade Talisman Fragment fit its hidden socket.
• True Person Martial Bone and Cloudmist Adept ordered the camp cultivators to patrol but chose not to risk entering the ruins themselves.
• Qiu arrived in an ancient forest, defeated a green leopard-shaped demon beast, and hid in a cave to treat his wounds.
• Lin Changheng's Three-Colored Flame Pearl struck Qiu's cave, destroying most of Qiu's defenses while his Defense-Type Treasure Talisman kept him alive.
• Lin Changheng entered the ruined cave with three flying swords, and Qiu challenged him to throw another pearl before Lin Changheng said Qiu's life was not worth one.

Lin Changheng survived the Thunder Cultivator surnamed Qiu’s Nascent Soul Talismanized Treasure and defeated him in a brutal battle, then killed him and searched his soul. The information Lin Changheng uncovered left him astonished.

• Lin Changheng evaded Qiu’s attacks and used the Spirit-Binding Mirror, Dust-Returning Vase, and his defensive treasures to survive the Nascent Soul Talismanized Treasure’s strike.
• After Qiu tried to flee, Lin Changheng replenished his mana, pursued him, and used his treasures and Hundred-Grievance Blood Corpse to wear down Qiu’s defenses.
• Qiu drank a blood-red secret medicine and charged Lin Changheng, but Lin Changheng overpowered him in a close-quarters fight despite Qiu’s late third-tier body tempering.
• Lin Changheng battered Qiu into submission, prevented him from self-detonating, and killed him with a life-bound flying sword.
• Lin Changheng searched Qiu’s soul and reacted with growing astonishment at what he learned.

After killing the thunder cultivator surnamed Qiu, Lin Changheng discovered he had entered the Yan State’s Large Secret Realm seven days before the other cultivators and claimed the man’s treasures and knowledge. He transformed Qiu’s essence blood into a Thunder Spiritual Root, then began mastering thunder techniques in his hidden cave.

• Lin Changheng destroyed a demon wasp that ambushed him, then fled the ruined battlefield and hid in a cave behind a concealed formation.
• He learned from Qiu’s memories that he had entered the Large Secret Realm early and identified several promising locations to explore before the Three States’ cultivators arrived.
• Lin Changheng extracted nine drops of thunder-attribute essence blood from Qiu’s corpse and collected a Nascent-Soul-Level Talismanized Treasure, thunder materials, and five cultivation and craft inheritances from his Storage Bag.
• He used five drops of essence blood to complete the Origin Mystic Root transformation and merged the Thunderclap Mystic Root into his spiritual foundation, gaining a Thunder Spiritual Root with twenty-seven strands of spirit resonance.
• Lin Changheng studied the Thunder Transformation into a Hundred Weapons Art and demonstrated his new thunder power by forming lightning blades, a spear shadow, and a sword light.

Lin Changheng advanced his thunder techniques, discovered that his divine sense had grown stronger, and hunted demon beasts while searching the secret realm for treasures and Nether Void essence blood. He entered Mistbound Valley and found a demon serpent colony whose blood could serve his purposes.

• Lin Changheng reached the beginner level in "Lightning Flash, Startling Swan" and used Thunder Escape to evade an ambush by a Pitch-Black Toad, which he killed for its Nether Void essence blood and water-attribute demon core.
• Lin Changheng avoided investigating a strange snow mountain and located Mistbound Valley using Cultivator Qiu's memories.
• Lin Changheng entered the valley, used his Six-Colored Divine Light and Candle Gaze Divine Ability to see through its mist and illusions, and killed mist beasts for their essence blood.
• Lin Changheng entered the valley's poisonous core layer, controlled the mist to keep it away, and searched the black forest for demon beasts with Nether Void bloodlines.
• Lin Changheng found a colony of demon serpents, killed a second-tier serpent, and confirmed that its essence blood was Nether Void Essence Blood.

Lin Changheng reached a hidden cavern in Mistbound Valley, overcame the Golden Lotus Seed’s heart-demon illusion, and seized the seed and the lotus’s roots before the cavern and surrounding mountains collapsed. With his powers restored amid the chaos, he returned to the valley to hunt demon serpents for their essence blood.

• Lin Changheng followed the strange radiance to a cave where the mist suppressed his mana, Divine Sense, and treasures, but his Heaven-in-a-Pot Divine Ability and body-tempering powers still worked.
• Inside a cavern, Lin Changheng found three long-dead cultivators and a Golden Lotus Seed that drew him into illusions of past regrets and enemies; he broke free by reaffirming his convictions.
• Lin Changheng discovered that the Golden Lotus Seed clarified the mind and might be an ingredient for the Illusion-Breaking Pill, then stored it in his Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land.
• Lin Changheng uprooted the lotus and its roots with his full strength, drained much of the crimson pool water, and fled as the cavern and mountain range began to collapse.
• After escaping the valley’s poisonous mist and recovering his mana and Divine Sense, Lin Changheng returned amid the fleeing beasts and killed demon serpents to collect their essence blood.

Lin Changheng slaughtered the Darkwood Ancient Snakes in Mistbound Valley, killed their late third-tier king, and harvested their essence blood and other spoils. He restored a fourth-tier treasure lotus, assimilated the Thousand-Poison Spirit Erosion talent, and left the Black River to explore the secret realm’s three remaining locations before other cultivators arrived.

• Lin Changheng fed demon carcasses to his spirit beasts in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land and hunted Demon Serpents through Mistbound Valley, collecting enough essence blood for hundreds of progress points.
• The late third-tier Darkwood Ancient Snake confronted Lin Changheng, but he overcame its poisonous mist, roots, and attacks before killing it with his flying sword and Thunder Spear.
• Lin Changheng routed the remaining Demon Serpents, collected their corpses and essence blood, then hid beneath the Black River in a concealed underwater cave.
• Lin Changheng planted the damaged treasure lotus in his blessed land and spent a year of his lifespan restoring it to perfect condition.
• Lin Changheng completed five layers of Spirit Seizure and assimilated the Thousand-Poison Spirit Erosion talent, gaining the ability to absorb, store, and release toxins.
• After examining his spoils and resting overnight, Lin Changheng left the Black River to search the secret realm’s three remaining locations.

Lin Changheng escaped four late-third-tier desert demon beasts after stealing an immature Five-Colored Lingzhi, and Old Chi revealed the names and formulas of two Nascent Soul Formation pills. As Lin Changheng began refining the lingzhi in seclusion, four Nascent Soul True Lords gathered before the Yan Kingdom secret realm opened.

• Lin Changheng escaped the desert after stealing a Five-Colored Lingzhi, evading the four demon beasts guarding it.
• Lin Changheng learned from Old Chi that the Earth-Breath Soil could aid Xiao Hei and that the Nine-Pattern Yellow Court Lotus produced an ingredient for the Illusion-Breaking Pill.
• Old Chi gave Lin Changheng the pill formulas for the Illusion-Breaking Pill and the Nascent Soul Transformation Pill.
• Lin Changheng found the second treasure site empty, then took the Five-Colored Lingzhi from the desert and escaped its four furious guardians.
• Lin Changheng chose to refine the immature Five-Colored Lingzhi, while the Yan Kingdom secret realm began opening before cultivators from Three States.
• Illusion-Breaking True Lord and Azure Firmament True Lord discussed the kingdoms' disadvantage and the need to find Nascent Soul Formation medicines.

Lin Changheng refined a five-colored lingzhi elixir and advanced from Core Formation Fifth Layer to Sixth Layer while cultivators entered the secret realm and searched for opportunities. After learning that True Person Yukong and many Core Formation cultivators were gathering at Snow Mountain, Lin Changheng set out to watch for a chance to profit.

• The secret realm opened, and the Illusion-Breaking True Lord used the Essence-Inspecting Glazed Lamp to check for avatars before allowing the cultivators to enter.
• Lin Changheng refined the five-colored lingzhi into a single elixir, absorbed its medicinal power, and broke through to Core Formation Sixth Layer.
• Four demon beasts ambushed Yan cultivators at the lingzhi basin, killed a Core Formation middle-stage cultivator, and sent a surviving Foundation Establishment cultivator away to lure more humans.
• True Person Yukong and True Person Sword Tide searched the Mistbound Valley cave dwelling, found that Lin Changheng had taken its resources, and left angrily.
• Lin Changheng questioned two Song Foundation Establishment cultivators, gave them Dust-Forgetting Pills, and learned that True Person Yukong had entered the secret realm and that Core Formation cultivators were gathering at Snow Mountain.

Lin Changheng secretly joined the fighting around the Eerie Snow Mountain, killed True Person Yukong, seized his Primordial Jianmu fragment, and forced a Yan State cultivator surnamed Sun to submit. After learning Granny Barren Mountain escaped with the Sun-Chasing Cloak, he decided to wait for a better chance to take the ancient treasure.

• Lin Changheng concealed his identity and scouted the cultivators gathered at the Eerie Snow Mountain, where he spotted True Person Cloud Crane and True Person Yukong.
• The White-Robed Exiled Immortal Cultivator attacked the Yan State cultivators, setting off several battles that drew Granny Barren Mountain, True Person Sword Tide, and the Jin State prince into the fighting.
• Lin Changheng ambushed True Person Yukong during his fight with a Yan State cultivator, killed Yukong, and compelled the surviving cultivator surnamed Sun to submit using the Divine Blood Curse Seal.
• Granny Barren Mountain escaped with the Sun-Chasing Cloak, and Lin Changheng learned that the damaged ancient treasure could greatly enhance escape techniques.
• Lin Changheng searched True Person Yukong's possessions and found a fourth Primordial Jianmu fragment, which would let him complete the swords needed for his second Cloudsea Sun-Piercing Sword Formation.

Lin Changheng completed his fifth natal sword and tested the power of his paired sword formations before turning to ambushers and killing them. At Eerie Snow Mountain, the five Core Formation cultivators who entered fled as the mountain split and a terrifying presence began to awaken.

• Lin Changheng used the Spirit-Stripping Seal to graft two damaged dharma treasures’ spirituality into a new sword, completing his fifth natal dharma treasure.
• Lin Changheng tested his five swords and found that paired Cloudsea and Sun-Piercing Sword Formations trapped enemies and concentrated devastating attacks.
• Lin Changheng questioned the Core Formation Cultivator surnamed Sun about Yan State’s plans, learned of a mysterious late Core Formation leader, and heard that Granny Barren Mountain might later explore Snow Mountain.
• Lin Changheng decided to avoid dangerous sites and ambushed cultivators by gathering tolls, but two bandits blocked his path and attacked him.
• Lin Changheng incapacitated and froze the middle-stage bandit cultivator, then used the Mixed Sand Bell, poison, and paired sword formations to destroy the late-stage bandit cultivator and his treasures.
• The Eerie Snow Mountain split apart as its rosy light turned dark red and a terrifying aura awakened; the five Core Formation cultivators who had entered fled in panic.

Lin Changheng learned that Snow Mountain imprisoned a fourth-tier Truefire Flood Dragon after True Person Sword Tide revealed what happened inside. He acquired swordsmanship inheritances and valuable materials, and became interested in a method for nurturing a true Sword Spirit.

• True Person Xuan Ci, Fairy Han Shuang, True Person Cloud Crane, True Person Sword Tide, and Prince Rui fled Snow Mountain, but the Truefire Flood Dragon killed Prince Rui with a flaming claw.
• Lin Changheng saw the fleeing cultivators, intercepted True Person Sword Tide, defeated and cursed him, then forced him to provide information and Heavenly Gang Sword Sect sword inheritances.
• True Person Sword Tide's account revealed that a fourth-tier Truefire Flood Dragon was shackled beneath Snow Mountain and had injured the five cultivators after they tried to take its treasure.
• Lin Changheng considered whether to confront the weakened Flood Dragon with his Nascent Soul Talismanized Treasure, but decided to wait and see what Song-Jin and the Yan State would do.
• Lin Changheng examined the bandits' Storage Bags and found Demon Cores and Blazing Origin Essence Blood that advanced his plans for transformation.
• Lin Changheng studied the sword inheritances and became intrigued by an unnamed method that could nurture a thinking Sword Spirit inside a sword.

Lin Changheng helped Little Qing form a Heavenly Core and advance to the middle stage, then took her out to hunt and train. After they killed a disguised Late Core Formation Cultivator who tried to steal Little Qing, Lin Changheng searched his memories and learned that a hidden Golden Core Cultivator was involved.

• Lin Changheng completed the Darkwood Ancient Snake Treasure Seed’s transformation, strengthening his resistance to toxins and extending his divine sense to forty-four li.
• Lin Changheng prepared Five Elements Beast-Origin Powder from five late Core Formation demon cores, and Little Qing used it to form a Heavenly Core and advance directly to the middle stage of the Heavenly Core realm.
• Lin Changheng took Little Qing out of Mistbound Valley to hunt demon beasts, where she rapidly improved her combat skills by killing increasingly powerful opponents.
• A disguised eighth-layer Late Core Formation Cultivator ambushed Little Qing and tried to make her submit, but Lin Changheng and Little Qing worked together to kill him with the Dual Sun-Piercing Sword Formation.
• Lin Changheng recognized the dead cultivator as the Shi Core Formation Cultivator and used the Soul-Seizing Secret Art to search his memories, discovering that a Golden Core Cultivator had been hiding her identity.

Lin Changheng learned that Moon-Embracing True Person had secretly formed a Golden Core and that the Shi cultivator had sought medicinal treasures for a possible Nascent Soul path, then used the dead man’s identity to join the Snow Mountain expedition. When the Truefire Flood Dragon nearly trapped the cultivators with its feigned weakness, Lin Changheng fled first, and the survivors escaped while the Flood Dragon spent its remaining strength on a deadly breath attack.

• Lin Changheng learned through the Shi cultivator’s memories about Moon-Embracing True Person’s Golden Core, the marriage alliance, and the three-origin qilin sprout sought for Nascent Soul formation.
• Lin Changheng adopted the Shi cultivator’s identity and joined the Song and Jin cultivators at Snow Mountain, where he kept a low profile during their clashes with Yan State.
• Lin Changheng entered the mountain with twelve cultivators and discovered a wounded Truefire Flood Dragon sealed in a cavern beneath the ice.
• Lin Changheng warned the cultivators that the Truefire Flood Dragon might be using their attacks to weaken its seal, causing them to hesitate and consider retreating.
• The Truefire Flood Dragon revealed its plan and unleashed its breath as Lin Changheng escaped; a Yan State cultivator was vaporized, the others fled, and the Flood Dragon collapsed after exhausting its strength.

After the cultivators fled the Snow Mountain, Lin Changheng returned under cover of night and watched Granny Barren Mountain approach the weakened Truefire Flood Dragon. He helped the dragon kill her and received her treasures, then asked what cooperation the dragon wanted.

• Lin Changheng declined offers to explore with the Song-Jin Cultivators, left the Snow Mountain, and secretly returned after dark.
• Lin Changheng discovered Granny Barren Mountain hiding in the clouds and waited until she entered the Snow Mountain before following her.
• Granny Barren Mountain threatened the Truefire Flood Dragon and took the fire-aspect treasure, while Lin Changheng launched a surprise attack with his Three-Colored Flame Pearl and flying swords.
• Granny Barren Mountain survived Lin Changheng's attack with a Substitute Talisman, but the Truefire Flood Dragon killed her with a final Breath Exhalation.
• The Truefire Flood Dragon offered Granny Barren Mountain's Storage Bag, fire-aspect treasure, and ancient treasure cloak to Lin Changheng as a token of cooperation.
• Lin Changheng accepted the treasures, found that the fire-aspect treasure strengthened his body-tempering cultivation, and asked the Truefire Flood Dragon to explain its proposal.

Lin Changheng agreed to help the Truefire Flood Dragon escape the secret realm by housing its soul in his Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land, in exchange for the dragon’s body and knowledge of the realm’s secrets. After the dragon’s soul fled into soul-nourishing wood and the dragon died, Lin Changheng harvested its enormous corpse and discovered something at the point where the formation patterns converged.

• The Truefire Flood Dragon explained that the secret realm’s restrictions prevented souls and living creatures from leaving unless they were carried in a spatial treasure that formed its own world, and Lin Changheng acknowledged that he possessed one.
• Lin Changheng and the Truefire Flood Dragon agreed to cooperate: Lin Changheng would take the dragon’s soul in his Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land, while the dragon offered its body and guidance to deeper secrets of the realm.
• The Truefire Flood Dragon used its secret art to leave its body, carrying its inner core and essence blood into the supreme yin soul-nourishing wood, where it rested as its body died.
• Lin Changheng used Extreme Cold Iceflame and two Cloudsea Sun-Piercing Sword Formations to cut apart the fourth-tier flood dragon corpse, then stored it in his blessed land and fashioned crude armor from its hide.
• Lin Changheng examined the formation where the bronze chains’ patterns converged, and a hum sounded as a powerful fishy odor emerged, leaving him astonished.

Lin Changheng collected the Truefire Flood Dragon’s essence blood, advanced his body tempering, and refined its Dragonkin Breath talent. The refinement awakened a seventh divine ability true intent, Dragon Breath, while Daoist Heir Songyun arrived too late to claim the flood dragon.

• Xiao Hei, Little Qing, and Old Chi saw the enormous fourth-tier Truefire Flood Dragon corpse in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land and realized Lin Changheng had killed it.
• Lin Changheng collected more than a hundred and eighty masses of the flood dragon’s essence blood and left Snow Mountain, where Daoist Heir Songyun later found the empty cavern and vowed to find the thief.
• Lin Changheng absorbed the Fire-Attribute Flood Dragon Breath Treasure, raising his Crimson Emperor Fire Sovereign Body to the ninth layer and his body tempering to the third-tier peak, while his Mountain-Bearing Divine Ability gained a five-and-a-half-fold strength boost.
• Lin Changheng began spirit-seizing the Truefire Flood Dragon’s essence blood and chose to refine Dragonkin Breath as his offensive talent.
• The Origin Cauldron manifested a dragon-marked Dao Fruit, and Lin Changheng witnessed a colossal dragon unleash a devastating breath before awakening the seventh divine ability true intent, Dragon Breath.
• Lin Changheng wondered whether the Truefire Flood Dragon could tell him where to find bloodlines beyond Blazing Origin grade.

Lin Changheng refined the Sun-Chasing Cloak, used it and his powerful body and Dragonkin Breath to kill a Giant-Tusked Elephant Demon, and learned that his spatial treasure might be a rare Heavenly Spirit Treasure. The Truefire Flood Dragon awakened and explained the treasure’s significance, and Lin Changheng asked whether they could now explore the secret realm’s depths.

• Lin Changheng refined the Sun-Chasing Cloak and discovered that his exceptional mana and escape arts let him reach Nascent Soul-level speed, though precise control became difficult at maximum acceleration.
• Lin Changheng watched Little Qing struggle against a late-third-tier Giant-Tusked Elephant Demon, then intervened and killed the beast with a blast of Dragonkin Breath.
• Lin Changheng collected the elephant demon’s materials and earth-attribute demon core, then spoke with the awakened Truefire Flood Dragon inside the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land.
• The Truefire Flood Dragon identified the Heaven-in-a-Pot as possibly a spatial Heavenly Spirit Treasure and explained that such treasures were exceedingly rare and coveted by powerful cultivators.
• Lin Changheng avoided revealing how he controlled the treasure and asked the Truefire Flood Dragon whether they could now explore the secret realm’s depths.

Lin Changheng learned how the Truefire Flood Dragon had been made one of the Four Symbols and followed its guidance to uncover a hidden Bronze Palace beneath the desert. After the palace emerged and drew demons and cultivators east, Lin Changheng explored its labyrinthine interior and found a Bronze Gate.

• The Truefire Flood Dragon revealed that a Spirit Transformation cultivator had captured him and used him to suppress one direction of the secret realm, then directed Lin Changheng toward a moving location beneath the Boundless Desert.
• Lin Changheng descended into the sand, found the hidden Bronze Palace, and struck it with mana, causing it to burst out of the ground.
• The palace's emergence shook the secret realm and drew the four powerful demons and surviving cultivators eastward, including Daoist Heir Songyun and Purple Thunder True Person.
• Lin Changheng entered the palace and explored its maze of corridors and restrictions with the Truefire Flood Dragon's help.
• Lin Changheng followed the increasingly dense spiritual energy and elaborate carvings through the labyrinth until he reached a Bronze Gate.

Lin Changheng opened one of five bronze gates, entered a sealed boudoir, and exploited its restrictions to take six protected objects before being teleported to a white jade corridor. After drinking spirit liquid from the teapot, he broke through to the Seventh Layer of Core Formation and entered the late stage; he then prepared to explore the corridor ahead.

• Lin Changheng followed the Truefire Flood Dragon's advice, chose the third bronze gate, and found himself in a sealed boudoir where his Divine Sense was suppressed.
• Lin Changheng examined the boudoir's objects and discovered that touching the incense burner and portrait triggered gray shields and a teleportation force.
• Lin Changheng used the Nether Abyss Iceflame and his attacks to break through the restrictions and take six objects, including the portrait, incense burner, offering table, teapot, round table, and stool, before being teleported away.
• Lin Changheng arrived in a white jade corridor, inspected the objects, and found that the teapot contained spirit liquid with powerful effects.
• Lin Changheng drank the spirit liquid, which strengthened his Golden Core and broke his bottleneck, advancing him to the Seventh Layer of Core Formation and the late stage.

Lin Changheng crossed an illusion-filled suspension bridge with his Candle Gaze Divine Ability and used an offering table to trigger a teleportation from the White Jade Inner Hall. He arrived at a small forest containing a damaged Secret Realm Core, but a Spirit Transformation cultivator’s formation kept him from reaching it.

• Outside the Bronze Palace, six late third-tier great demons formed a Heavenly Net and waited for the cultivators inside to emerge.
• Lin Changheng tested his improved cultivation, raised his natal core flame to third-tier superior grade, fused three flames, and measured his divine sense at fifty-six li.
• Lin Changheng used the Candle Gaze Divine Ability to dispel the suspension bridge’s illusions and crossed safely, while the Truefire Flood Dragon retreated into the Soul-Nourishing Wood.
• Lin Changheng and the Truefire Flood Dragon found a mural matching the boudoir behind the Bronze Gate, and Lin Changheng placed the missing offering table into it, triggering teleportation.
• Daoist Heir Songyun reached the White Jade Inner Hall, failed to activate a matching mural, and waited for another cultivator whose item he could take.
• Lin Changheng found a damaged Secret Realm Core in a forest but failed to breach the Spirit Transformation cultivator’s powerful formation.

Lin Changheng discovered that he could not break the altar’s formation, so he waited for someone else to open it and watched as Daoist Heir Songyun used prepared formations to extract spatial origin and imprint the Secret Realm Core. Just as Songyun drew out the finished Spatial Origin Bead, Lin Changheng launched a surprise attack.

• Lin Changheng tested the altar’s defenses, learned that the surrounding forest suppressed spells and divine sense, and decided with the Truefire Flood Dragon to wait for someone who could open the formation.
• Daoist Heir Songyun killed Fairy Han Shuang, coerced the other cultivators into surrendering their treasures, and left the White Jade Inner Hall for the jungle.
• Songyun reached the altar and laid two formations that extracted spatial origin while channeling a gray bead’s imprint into the Secret Realm Core.
• Lin Changheng and the Truefire Flood Dragon deduced that Songyun was helping the Yan State gain control of the secret realm, and Lin Changheng waited for a chance to disrupt the plan.
• When the Spatial Origin Bead finished forming, Songyun called it toward himself, and Lin Changheng struck him from behind; Songyun recognized his attacker.

Lin Changheng watched Daoist Heir Songyun battle the black-mist cultivator, whose Nascent Soul Talismanized Treasure and escape were thwarted by Songyun’s ancient treasure, fourth-tier Treasure Talisman, and revealed fourth-tier divine sense. As the black-mist cultivator fought desperately, Lin Changheng learned from the Truefire Flood Dragon that Songyun’s divine sense was likely borrowed through a Divine Seed Implantation Secret Art.

• Daoist Heir Songyun survived the black-mist cultivator’s ambush, then destroyed the attacker’s imitation ancient treasure saber with his Seven-Star Bracelet.
• Lin Changheng stayed concealed and learned that Songyun had killed Fairy Han Shuang and driven other Song-Jin cultivators away to enter the secret ground.
• The black-mist cultivator revealed a Nascent Soul Talismanized Treasure, while Songyun countered with a fourth-tier Treasure Talisman.
• Songyun’s fourth-tier divine sense disrupted the black-mist cultivator’s talisman, and Songyun beheaded him with a blade of light, though a Substitute Talisman kept him alive.
• The black-mist cultivator tried to flee, but Songyun blocked his escape and forced him into a desperate fight.
• The Truefire Flood Dragon proposed that Songyun’s master had implanted part of his soul through a Divine Seed Implantation Secret Art, allowing Songyun to use fourth-tier divine sense.

Lin Changheng used the Truefire Flood Dragon’s help to withstand Daoist Heir Songyun’s fourth-tier divine sense, lured him into the Spirit-Severing Land, and killed him with his physical strength. After Daoist Tianzhu’s soul phantom traced the killing and identified Lin Changheng, Lin returned to the altar and swallowed the Spatial Origin Bead with his Heaven-in-a-Pot ability.

• Lin Changheng stole the Black-Mist Cultivator’s storage bag and fought Daoist Heir Songyun, who struck him with fourth-tier divine sense and pursued him into the jungle.
• The Truefire Flood Dragon took the divine-sense attack for Lin Changheng, who feigned injury and lured Daoist Heir Songyun into the Spirit-Severing Land.
• Lin Changheng ambushed Daoist Heir Songyun in the jungle, shattered his body with two punches, and killed him despite his pleas for mercy.
• A gray Soul Power Seed emerged from Daoist Heir Songyun’s corpse and became a phantom of Daoist Tianzhu, who sensed Lin Changheng before the jungle’s rules erased the apparition.
• Lin Changheng examined the altar, found the Spatial Origin Bead in Daoist Heir Songyun’s storage bag, and let his Heaven-in-a-Pot ability swallow it.

Lin Changheng’s Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land expanded dramatically, and he examined valuable spoils from the secret realm, including a complete ancient treasure and a matching bronze-token fragment. After leaving the inner hall, he was ambushed by True Person Zhen and an accomplice, but swiftly killed True Person Zhen.

• The Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land grew to a thousand zhang across as its sky, land, water, spirit fields, and natural life transformed, astonishing Xiao Hei, Little Qing, Old Chi, and the Truefire Flood Dragon.
• Lin Changheng decided to develop the blessed land further, planned to seek the Truefire Flood Dragon’s advice about the Four Symbols Earth Suppression method, and vowed to claim the Secret Realm Core on his next visit.
• Lin Changheng refined the intact [Seven-Star Bracelet], stored a Nascent Soul Talismanized Treasure and a fourth-tier [Purifying Concealment Talisman], and asked the Truefire Flood Dragon to break the seal on a jade slip.
• Lin Changheng burned grime from a black token fragment, joined it to the bronze fragment from the Yun Family, and discovered that the two pieces belonged to the same incomplete token.
• Lin Changheng dismantled Daoist Heir Songyun’s formations and left the core secret ground, but was ambushed in the White Jade Inner Hall by True Person Zhen and another cultivator.
• Lin Changheng evaded the ambush, restrained True Person Zhen with the [Seven-Star Bracelet], seized him, and crushed his neck.

Lin Changheng killed True Person Zhen, subdued True Person Xuan Ci of the Medicine King Valley, and obtained pill-refining inheritances and Fairy Han Shuang’s corpse. After escaping the Bronze Palace with Purple Thunder True Person and True Person Wulun, he fled from two of six peak third-tier demons and prepared to turn on them.

• Lin Changheng killed True Person Zhen and forced True Person Xuan Ci to submit using the Spirit-Sealing Life Spring Foreign Method.
• True Person Xuan Ci gave Lin Changheng three pill-refining inheritances and agreed to help collect Nether Void Fire Elephant essence blood; he also revealed that True Person Zhen had stored Fairy Han Shuang’s corpse.
• Lin Changheng and True Person Xuan Ci met Purple Thunder True Person and True Person Wulun in the maze, where they discovered six peak third-tier demons guarding the Bronze Palace exit.
• Lin Changheng led the four cultivators in a coordinated escape, then they scattered as the demons broke formation and pursued them.
• The Three-Legged Monstrous Bird and Giant Scorpion Demon King pursued Lin Changheng east, while the other demons chased Purple Thunder True Person, True Person Wulun, and True Person Xuan Ci.
• Lin Changheng used the Sun-Chasing Cloak to outpace the Three-Legged Monstrous Bird and planned to kill it before confronting the scorpion demon.