Recaps

Lin Changheng learned about the July Archipelago while waiting on Gravel Island, then traveled by ship toward Balance Moon Island and discovered a plot involving a Core Formation Spirit Object. After killing the Huang Household conspirators and acquiring their treasure and sea chart, he reached Balance Moon Island and arranged a guarantor so he could stay there long-term.

• Lin Changheng learned from the balding old man that Gravel Island lay on the remote edge of the July Archipelago and that a ship would arrive in about ten days.
• Lin Changheng boarded Shipmaster Huang's vessel, declined Huang's offer to recruit him into the Huang Household, and overheard the household's cultivators planning to attack him and raid another ship for a Core Formation Spirit Object.
• Lin Changheng turned the Huang Household's attempt to poison and kill him against them, then let Little Qing kill them after they raided their target ship; he recovered the Core Formation Spirit Object and a sea chart from their Storage Bags.
• Lin Changheng used the sea chart to travel toward Balance Moon Island, then joined another vessel and arrived at its busy docks.
• Lin Changheng registered for an Island Entry Token and offered Spirit Stones to support Manager Zhuo's struggling merchant association in exchange for Zhuo acting as his guarantor for a long-term stay.

Lin Changheng entered Balance Moon Island under a borrowed identity and traveled to Viewing-Tide City, where he sought medicinal ingredients to heal his injuries. He discovered that the Azure Abyss Sea had extensive resources for studying alchemy and marine demon beasts, and began looking for materials that might help him reach fourth-tier alchemy.

• Lin Changheng obtained an island-entry token with Manager Zhuo's sponsorship, copied the island's laws, and learned that he could not enter Balance Moon Immortal City for five years.
• Lin Changheng reached Viewing-Tide City, paid to enter, and learned from a mortal vendor where to find the cultivators' market ward.
• At the Xiao Family Medicinal Herb Shop, Lin Changheng found four familiar medicinal ingredients under different names and bought alternatives for three missing ingredients, along with a compendium of marine demon-beast medicines.
• Lin Changheng considered whether the Azure Abyss Sea's alchemy and demon-beast research could advance his craft and guide his future spirit seizures.
• Lin Changheng entered Myriad Treasures Pavilion and asked for second-tier cultivation pill formulas, an alchemy inheritance, and editions of a marine demon-beast compendium.

After six years of seclusion in Viewing-Tide City, Lin Changheng recovered from his injuries and advanced his Dao of Alchemy to the quasi-fourth tier. He returned to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion to buy third-tier alchemy inheritances, where its chief hinted she could tell him where to find a fourth-tier fire-method inheritance in exchange for a favor.

• Lin Changheng examined pill formulas and marine demon beast records at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, then rented an upper-grade second-tier cave abode in Viewing-Tide City.
• Lin Changheng spent six years refining pills, adjusting formulas, and healing, while the Truefire Flood Dragon remained asleep and Lin Changheng inspected the Golden Dipper Dharma Treasure and his damaged ancient treasures.
• Lin Changheng emerged at full strength after expelling stagnant blood and reached the utmost limit of third-tier alchemy.
• Lin Changheng returned to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and asked its chief about third-tier high-grade fire-method alchemy inheritances and any fourth-tier inheritance.
• The pavilion chief presented two third-tier inheritances and hinted she knew where to find a fourth-tier fire-method inheritance, then asked how Lin Changheng would thank her.

Lin Changheng learned that Master Cao’s recruitment could lead to a fourth-tier alchemy inheritance and a rare demon core, then acquired several craft inheritances and treasures in Balance Moon Immortal City. Two years later, his three flames fused to produce fourth-tier power, allowing him to begin controlling a Nascent Soul Dharma Treasure, and he decided to pursue the recruitment opportunity.

• Lin Changheng learned that Master Cao, a fourth-tier alchemy grandmaster, was recruiting cultivators to find a demon beast whose core was an ingredient in the Azure Abyss Sea’s Nascent Soul Transformation Pill, and he discovered that Master Cao was the beautiful woman’s father-in-law.
• Lin Changheng bargained for alchemy, formation, artifact-refining, and geomancy inheritances, then entered Balance Moon Immortal City and bought more inheritances to broaden his knowledge.
• Lin Changheng bought contaminated Sea Abyss Cold Marrow and fed it to the Nether Abyss Iceflame, while a Soul-Nurturing Crystal helped nourish the Truefire Flood Dragon’s sleeping soul.
• Two years later, Lin Changheng’s Nether Abyss Iceflame advanced to third-tier superior grade, and fusing his three flames briefly produced fourth-tier power.
• Lin Changheng used the fused flames to weaken the Golden Dipper Dharma Treasure’s imprint and gained limited control of the Nascent Soul treasure; he then left his cave to pursue Master Cao’s opportunity.

After two years of study, Lin Changheng advanced his alchemy and geomancy arts and traveled to meet Master Cao in hopes of obtaining a fourth-tier fire-method alchemy inheritance. During the voyage to Embracing Moon Island, he learned troubling rumors about Master Cao, gained a secret art from Pan Lian'er, and revealed a seven-colored breakthrough in his divine light.

• Lin Changheng refined his alchemy knowledge and advanced his geomancy arts to upper-grade second-tier before seeking an alchemy inheritance in Viewing-Tide City.
• Lin Changheng met Pan Lian'er at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, agreed to join its voyage to Embracing Moon Island, and learned Master Cao's recruitment still had one place open.
• Lin Changheng used conversations in Viewing-Tide City to hear rumors that Master Cao had betrayed his former master, and confirmed that Master Cao was a late Core Formation cultivator.
• Lin Changheng boarded the pavilion's enormous ship with Pan Lian'er, who explained why powerful rogue cultivators were respected in the Azure Abyss Sea.
• During the voyage, Lin Changheng learned the Kangding Art from Pan Lian'er and rapidly advanced it to mastery.
• On the night before the ship's arrival, Lin Changheng's divine light erupted from his eyes in seven colors and illuminated the distance.

Lin Changheng refined his Seven-Colored Divine Light by fusing six perception arts, then arrived with Pan Lian'er at Embracing Moon Island and learned that his Daoist title matched that of a powerful Golden Core Mountain Lord. After reaching the Cao Family estate to seek a fourth-tier fire-method Dao of Alchemy inheritance, he faced a rival for a demon-hunt position, and Cao Feng proposed testing both candidates’ divine sense.

• Lin Changheng fused the Appraisal Technique with five other perception arts, creating a more comprehensive and undetectable form of the Seven-Colored Divine Light.
• Pan Lian'er brought Lin Changheng to Embracing Moon Island, where he learned that another renowned Core Formation cultivator called Ten Thousand Longevity was a Golden Core Mountain Lord of the Sacred Peak Sect.
• Lin Changheng entered Embracing the Core Immortal City and stayed at the Cao Family estate while awaiting a meeting about recruitment for Cao Feng's demon hunt.
• Pan Lian'er informed Lin Changheng that Shen, a late Core Formation cultivator from the Falling Star League, would compete with him for the final position.
• Cao Feng met Lin Changheng and Shen, then proposed that they demonstrate the strength of their divine sense before he chose between them.

Lin Changheng suspected that Cao Feng had an ulterior motive for emphasizing divine sense, but he defeated the gold-robed cultivator in their contest and secured a fourth-tier fire-method Dao of Alchemy inheritance as his reward. A month later, Cao Feng led the group to the Sacred Peak Archipelago to travel to the Outer Sea, with the defeated cultivator added to the expedition.

• Cao Feng proposed a divine-sense test, and Lin Changheng agreed despite his suspicions about the unusual emphasis on divine sense.
• Lin Changheng and the gold-robed cultivator attacked each other simultaneously, and Lin Changheng overwhelmed him, injuring his soul and shocking the Cao Family guests.
• Cao Feng offered Lin Changheng half of a fourth-tier fire-method Dao of Alchemy inheritance in exchange for his help hunting demons and a promise not to pass on the inheritance.
• Cao Jingyuan hosted Lin Changheng at a banquet, where Pan Lian'er confided that she planned to return to Balance Moon Island after the expedition.
• A month later, Cao Feng brought the group to Dui Peak Island in the Sacred Peak Archipelago, and Lin Changheng discovered that Cao Feng had added the gold-robed cultivator to the Outer Sea hunt.

Lin Changheng joined Master Cao and four other Core Formation cultivators on a hunt for a Pearl-Weeping Fierce Shark in the Outer Sea, whose demon core could supply a missing principal ingredient for the Nascent Soul Transformation Pill. After the group scattered to search at night, Lin secretly returned to watch Master Cao.

• Lin Changheng eased the golden-robed cultivator Shen’s fear of him and traveled with the group to Duiyue Immortal City’s Teleportation Hall.
• The six cultivators teleported to the Outer Sea, where Master Cao explained their target was a late third-tier peak Pearl-Weeping Fierce Shark and gave them Jade Slips with its details.
• Lin learned that Azure Abyss Sea pill formulas shared an origin with the formulas he had collected, and that the shark’s demon core could fill a missing ingredient in his Nascent Soul Transformation Pill formula.
• Master Cao provided the group with mana-restoring elixirs, and Lin secretly stored his dose in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land.
• At midnight, the cultivators scattered to search for the shark, and Lin returned unseen to observe what Master Cao would do alone.

Lin Changheng followed Master Cao and uncovered his plot to lure six Core Formation cultivators into a trap for the Pearl-Weeping Fierce Shark. After Master Cao and True Person Poisonmist betrayed the group and summoned four demonic cultivators, Lin Changheng seized the shark’s corpse and broke the formation, but a hidden attack sent the gold-robed cultivator plunging toward the sea.

• Lin Changheng secretly followed Master Cao, noticed True Person Poisonmist’s suspicious report, and helped the group locate the Pearl-Weeping Fierce Shark.
• Master Cao and the other cultivators trapped and killed the shark, then Master Cao and True Person Poisonmist attacked High Person Long Kun and Daoist Dangqi.
• Four late Core Formation demonic cultivators arrived to aid Master Cao and True Person Poisonmist, while Master Cao tried to claim the shark’s corpse.
• Lin Changheng cut off Master Cao’s mana, seized the corpse, froze the formation with Nether Abyss Iceflame, and opened a breach for himself and the others to escape.
• Master Cao used black water from a sealed jade bottle, causing the gold-robed Core Formation cultivator to scream and fall from the sky.

Lin Changheng exposed Master Cao’s poison scheme and swiftly killed the Netherworld Duo Fiends, then defeated and captured Cao. After a Shura Island Young Island Lord arrived, Lin finished searching Cao’s soul and discovered two fourth-tier alchemy inheritances and enough Nascent Soul Transformation Pill ingredients for a complete set.

• A blood-red-robed Demonic Cultivator killed the poisoned gold-robed cultivator and joined True Person Poisonmist in surrounding Daoist Dangqi, while two childlike Demonic Cultivators blocked Lin Changheng’s escape.
• Lin Changheng resisted Master Cao’s curse, killed one demon child with his flying swords, then slew the transformed second twin after he wounded Little Qing.
• Lin Changheng pursued Master Cao, damaged his Black Sickle, froze him with Nether Abyss Iceflame, and began searching his soul as the Shura Island Young Island Lord approached.
• Daoist Dangqi and High Person Long Kun fled in alarm at the Young Island Lord’s arrival, while Lin Changheng evaded his attack and finished searching Master Cao’s soul.
• Lin Changheng killed Master Cao and learned that his Storage Bag held two fourth-tier fire-method Dao of Alchemy inheritances and ingredients completing one set of Nascent Soul Transformation Pill materials.

Lin Changheng fought the Young Island Lord of Shura Island after uncovering Master Cao’s alliance with the Outer Sea demonic cultivators and their Blood Soul Pill scheme. He killed the Young Island Lord with the Golden Dipper Dharma Treasure, escaped with his spoils, and discovered an item in the Storage Bag that seemed to be a Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item.

• Lin Changheng confronted the Young Island Lord of Shura Island, who offered him submission or death, and learned more about the lord’s identity and ambitions.
• Lin Changheng ambushed the Young Island Lord with the Spirit-Commanding Secret Art, then survived attacks from the Yellow Springs Corpse Puppet and Black-and-White Long Halberd.
• Lin Changheng captured the Yellow Springs Corpse Puppet, damaged the Young Island Lord’s ancient treasure, and destroyed his blood pool Dharma Treasure with a powerful light pillar.
• The Young Island Lord activated a Nascent Soul Talismanized Treasure, but Lin Changheng used the Golden Dipper to shatter it and kill him.
• Lin Changheng gathered the Young Island Lord’s remains and belongings, fled toward the Inner Sea, and sensed a Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item in the Storage Bag.

Lin Changheng escaped with a Nascent Soul formation spirit item and a finished Nascent Soul Transformation Pill, then hurried to teleport back to the Inner Sea. The Shura Devil Lord possessed Kuangshou and pursued him, arriving at the formation site after Lin Changheng had already departed.

• Lin Changheng examined the Young Island Lord’s spoils, finding a Nascent Soul formation spirit item, a standard-grade Nascent Soul Transformation Pill, and the sinister Blood Soul Pill formula, whose human materials he buried.
• True Person Poisonmist, Kuangshou, and the blood-robed Demonic Cultivator returned with High Person Long Kun’s corpse and learned that the Young Island Lord was expected to kill Lin Changheng.
• The Shura Devil Lord’s roaming spirit appeared, revealed that his son had died, possessed Kuangshou, and took a Jade Slip showing the teleportation routes to the Inner Sea.
• Lin Changheng reached the teleportation formation and persuaded its steward to activate it by offering two Storage Bags, then departed with three Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Kuangshou and his companions arrived too late to catch Lin Changheng, seized one of the steward’s Storage Bags, and killed the cultivators at the site before searching their souls.

Lin Changheng escaped the Outer Sea after the Shura Devil Lord massacred a Sacred Peak Sect outpost, then learned that the Luminous Jade Palace was ruled by powerful Nascent Soul cultivators. After taking stock of his spoils and reaching Luminous Jade Palace territory, he flew toward its central island to prepare for Nascent Soul formation.

• The scarred cultivator Soul Searched the outpost’s cultivators, spared the Core Formation Steward’s soul for punishment, and left with the blood-robed Demonic Cultivator and True Person Poisonmist.
• Sacred Peak Sect investigated the massacre, cleared Lin Changheng after three cultivators confirmed his account, and cracked down on bribery involving teleportation formations.
• Lin Changheng traveled aboard a passenger ship toward Luminous Jade Palace territory and learned from Fellow Daoist Ai about its palace masters, including a Nascent Soul Late Stage Great Cultivator and a vanished Spirit Transformation predecessor.
• Lin Changheng reviewed his spoils, gaining ingredients for the Nascent Soul Formation Twin Pills, a fourth-tier pill-refining inheritance and furnace, and several powerful treasures and secret arts.
• Lin Changheng reached the Radiant-Mottled Archipelago, gave Fellow Daoist Ai premium elixirs, and flew toward Luminous Jade Sky Island in search of a place to prepare for Nascent Soul formation.

Lin Changheng reached Luminous Jade Sky Island, learned that the Luminous Jade Palace lent fourth-tier spirit lands to cultivators attempting breakthroughs, and rented Long Deer Peak. After three years of preparation there, he broke through to the ninth layer of Core Formation, one step from peak Core Formation and an attempt at Nascent Soul Formation.

• Lin Changheng arrived at Luminous Jade Sky Island and entered Luminous Jade Immortal City using his existing island-entry token.
• Lin Changheng learned from a False Core Cultivator that the Luminous Jade Palace lent fourth-tier residences to qualified cultivators attempting to break through to Nascent Soul Formation, subject to inspections, deposits, and a queue.
• Lin Changheng rented Long Deer Peak in the Ascend-to-Heaven Mountains and heard that a major auction jointly organized by the Luminous Jade Palace and Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild would take place in about five years.
• Lin Changheng spent three years studying fourth-tier alchemy and cultivating at Long Deer Peak, using Five-Element Spirit Materials and the Three-Colored Flame to prepare for a breakthrough.
• Lin Changheng broke through from the eighth to the ninth layer of Core Formation and recognized that he was one step away from peak Core Formation.

At 227, Lin Changheng traveled to Luminous Jade Immortal City to gather Blackwater White Kun essence blood and prepare for his future Nascent Soul formation. He followed a group of Core Formation cultivators to Luminous Jade Palace and watched as someone began forming a Nascent Soul, using his Seven-Colored Divine Light to observe through the formation.

• Lin Changheng checked Mo Zhaoli's soul lamp, saw that she remained in the Azure Abyss Outer Sea, and decided to travel there after making a stop in Luminous Jade Immortal City.
• Lin Changheng learned that Little Qing had advanced to the late third tier and that Xiao Hei had reached the middle third tier, then rode with both spirit beasts toward the city.
• Lin Changheng entered Luminous Jade Immortal City on Xiao Hei, attracting attention, and bought Blackwater White Kun essence blood from Steward Qi at Myriad Spirits Pavilion.
• After buying materials for fourth-tier elixirs, Lin Changheng saw seven Core Formation cultivators hurry out of the city and secretly followed them to Luminous Jade Palace.
• Lin Changheng found dozens of Core Formation cultivators gathered outside a valley and realized someone was beginning Nascent Soul formation.
• Lin Changheng used his Seven-Colored Divine Light to see through the valley's formation as spiritual power from the surrounding region poured inside.

Lin Changheng observed a cultivator’s Nascent Soul formation, drew the attention of Luminous Jade Palace’s Second Palace Master Shiqun, and witnessed the cultivator succeed. Back in his cave, Lin refined the Blackwater White Kun’s Ablution Water Origin talent, whose cleansing current unexpectedly flowed into his Golden Core.

• Lin Changheng watched the five-colored Nascent Soul formation phenomenon and judged that the cultivator was struggling to break through.
• Second Palace Master Shiqun noticed Lin Changheng after sensing his Seven-Colored Divine Light and considered recruiting him to Luminous Jade Palace.
• After passing the Heart Demon Tribulation, the cultivator completed Nascent Soul formation, and the watching cultivators congratulated him as a True Lord.
• Shiqun and True Lord Qingwei congratulated the newly ascended True Lord, while Shiqun and Lin Changheng noticed each other as the crowd departed.
• Back at his cave, Lin Changheng used Blackwater White Kun essence blood to acquire and refine the Ablution Water Origin talent.
• The talent’s cleansing current entered Lin Changheng’s dantian and plunged into his Golden Core, startling him.

Lin Changheng cleansed and strengthened his golden core, tested his ability to remove corruption from a spiritual treasure, and became a fourth-tier Dao of Alchemy Grandmaster. After discovering that ordinary beasts on Long Deer Peak seemed unusually intelligent, he searched for the hidden treasure behind the peak’s old rumors but found nothing before leaving for an auction to obtain an ingredient for his Nascent Soul pills.

• Lin Changheng used Calamity-Washing Water-Origin Foreign Method: Clarity to cleanse his golden core, then filled the resulting gaps with pure core power to strengthen its structure.
• Lin Changheng removed about thirty percent of the cold baleful intent from a Blue-Tide Jade Branch and noted his spiritual roots and divine sense had improved.
• Lin Changheng spent two years refining pills and successfully made a fourth-tier Clear-Origin Rosycloud Pill, becoming a fourth-tier Dao of Alchemy Grandmaster.
• Lin Changheng found Little Qing and Xiao Hei leading ordinary beasts at Long Deer Mountain and suspected their behavior revealed a hidden treasure beneath the peak.
• Lin Changheng sent the beasts and his two companions into the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land, searched Long Deer Peak for seven days, and found no trace of the treasure.
• Lin Changheng left for the Luminous Jade Immortal City Auction to seek the remaining principal ingredient for his Illusion-Breaking Pill.

Lin Changheng returned to Luminous Jade Immortal City to buy Blackwater White Kun essence blood and attend the auction, where he advanced his water-affinity treasure seed and bid on Nascent Soul Formation ingredients. He secured the black jade dragonwhisker ginseng, while the wealthy young cultivator whose presence stirred Lin Changheng’s Primordial Jianmu sword remained an unresolved mystery.

• Lin Changheng bought enough Blackwater White Kun essence blood from Manager Qi, declined to join a hunt for a Blazing Origin bloodline demon beast, and offered to buy its essence blood if the hunt succeeded.
• Lin Changheng refined the essence blood, advanced his Ablution Water Origin treasure seed to the fifth layer, and strengthened his Water Spiritual Root to thirty-five strands while studying the Nascent Soul Formation Twin Pills.
• Lin Changheng entered the Core Formation auction and noticed that a wealthy young cultivator carried Primordial Jianmu Fragments; the two exchanged guarded greetings.
• Lin Changheng won sea sandalwood golden saliva incense to aid the Truefire Flood Dragon’s revival, then waited as the auction turned to Nascent Soul Formation ingredients.
• Lin Changheng outbid the other competitors for the black jade dragonwhisker ginseng at two hundred and thirty-five superior-grade spirit stones, rebuffing intrusive divine-sense probes along the way.

Lin Changheng secured the final ingredients for his Nascent Soul pills, negotiated a trade with Guan Sheng, and used the Wind-Piercing Beast bloodline essence to complete a transformation that refined his golden core. The chapter ended with him achieving a leakless, flawless upper-tier golden core.

• Lin Changheng decided to spend lifespan to ripen his remaining pill ingredients and watched the auction conclude after winning a fourth-tier artifact-refining inheritance.
• Lin Changheng approached Guan Sheng, learned that the Green Jade Gate needed pill ingredients to help its sect leader's disciple attempt Nascent Soul formation, and offered him the Pearl-Weeping Fierce Shark demon core in exchange for demon beast essence blood.
• Lin Changheng and Guan Sheng signed a Heavenly Dao Contract, and Guan Sheng gave him five portions of water-attribute Blazing Origin essence blood along with a promise to deliver more.
• Lin Changheng absorbed the essence blood, completed a transformation, and integrated the Ablution Water Origin into his body.
• Lin Changheng's golden core underwent a thorough cleansing, and he filled its newly formed pores with mana until it became a leakless, flawless upper-tier golden core.

Lin Changheng perfected his golden core, reached peak late Core Formation, and used his abilities and painstaking preparations to refine a Premium Nascent Soul Transformation Pill and a Standard one. He left Long Deer Mountain for Luminous Jade Immortal City with his Nascent Soul resources secured.

• Lin Changheng tested his flawless upper-tier golden core, discovered his divine sense extended seventy-three li, and completely cleansed the Blue-Tide Jade Branch with the Ablution Water Origin Demon Method.
• Lin Changheng cultivated in seclusion for eight cycles of cold and heat, broke through to peak late Core Formation, and achieved golden core perfection.
• Lin Changheng examined Guan Sheng's Wind-Piercing Beast essence blood, searched unsuccessfully for the cause of the wild beasts' awakened intelligence, and used lifespan to mature three herbs needed for Nascent Soul pills.
• Lin Changheng refined the Nascent Soul Transformation Pills, using the Pill-Transformation Spirit-Guiding Art to turn three pill embryos into one Premium Pill and one Standard Pill.
• Half a year later, Lin Changheng flew from Long Deer Mountain toward Luminous Jade Immortal City and its cave residence rental office.

Lin Changheng tested his greatly increased escape speed and arrived at the Luminous Jade Palace to seek a site for Nascent Soul formation. There he clashed with True Person Treasure Sea over who would get a site first, and both were brought before True Lord Qingwei for judgment.

• Lin Changheng combined his violet lightning escape technique with the Sun-Chasing Cloak and discovered that his speed could outpace ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.
• At Luminous Jade Immortal City, Lin Changheng encountered True Person Treasure Sea, who also wanted to rent a site for Nascent Soul formation.
• Lin Changheng argued that True Person Treasure Sea had not yet completed the Immortal Palace assessment and therefore had no claim to priority; True Person Treasure Sea threatened him, but Lin Changheng dispersed his pressure.
• Lin Changheng and True Person Treasure Sea agreed to let the Luminous Jade Palace resolve their dispute and traveled there with the False Core elder.
• The elder brought them to the Fifth Heaven and summoned Elder Qingwei, who arrived unseen behind them and asked them to turn around.

Lin Changheng secured the fourth-tier spirit land with True Lord Qingwei’s help, declined the Luminous Jade Palace’s offer of protection and affiliation, and spent months preparing for Nascent Soul formation. He began the first Core-Filling stage, drawing spiritual energy into his flawless golden core as disturbances spread through the valley.

• True Lord Qingwei recognized True Person Treasure Sea’s connection to his late ancestor, then favored Lin Changheng and offered a fair way to decide who would rent the spirit land.
• True Person Treasure Sea withdrew from the competition, leaving Lin Changheng to rent the fourth-tier spirit land first.
• True Lord Qingwei offered Lin Changheng a place in the Luminous Jade Palace and support if his breakthrough failed, but Lin Changheng refused and received the valley’s exclusive key token.
• Lin Changheng entered the secluded valley, checked it for hidden measures, and spent five months preparing his body and reviewing his Nascent Soul Formation Insights.
• At age 239, Lin Changheng began Nascent Soul formation by using the Five-Qi Turtle Scripture of Returning to the Origin to fill his flawless golden core with spiritual energy and five-element essence.

Lin Changheng endured Core Shattering and overcame the Heart Demon Tribulation before completing Nascent Soul formation. His breakthrough unleashed celestial phenomena spanning nearly two hundred li, and the chapter ended as he opened his eyes and the winds and clouds changed.

• Lin Changheng’s Nascent Soul formation drew five-element spiritual power into the valley, attracting dozens of Core Formation cultivators and the attention of True Lord Feili, True Lord Lingxiu, and True Lord Qingwei.
• Lin Changheng reached the core-filling state in half a day, then spent two days weakening his flawless Golden Core with successive shattering methods.
• Lin Changheng took the Premium Nascent Soul Transformation Pill, shattered his Golden Core, and triggered celestial phenomena that expanded to nearly two hundred li.
• Lin Changheng entered the Heart Demon Tribulation, confronted illusions drawn from his past, and broke free in less than the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Lin Changheng absorbed the Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item and gathered his soul and Golden Core fragments to form a three-and-a-third-inch Nascent Soul.
• Lin Changheng opened his eyes as a vast aura erupted and the winds and clouds changed outside the valley.

Lin Changheng completed his Nascent Soul Formation as True Lord Ten Thousand Longevity, unveiling new powers and discovering that his lifespan had increased to 1,507 years. After testing his Nascent Soul, flames, divine sense, and flying swords, he resolved to strengthen the swords with better materials once his cultivation had stabilized.

• Lin Changheng's Nascent Soul pressure forced the watching cultivators to prostrate themselves, and his towering light-form lifted them back to their feet before greeting True Lord Qingwei, True Lord Feili, and True Lord Lingxiu.
• Lin Changheng examined his Nascent Soul and found that he could teleport instinctively and cast mastered spells without hand seals or incantations.
• Lin Changheng used Flourishing Life Divine Ability to confirm that his remaining lifespan was 1,507 years, an increase of 700 years after Nascent Soul Formation.
• Lin Changheng advanced his Life-Bound Nascent Flame to the fourth tier and fused it with the Dark Radiance Profound Flame and Nether Abyss Iceflame into a flame approaching fourth-tier mid-grade.
• Lin Changheng measured his divine sense at 143 li and refined his five Life-Bound Flying Swords with Nascent Soul mana, then decided to seek sharper spirit materials and meet True Person Treasure Sea after stabilizing his cultivation.

Lin Changheng stabilized his Nascent Soul cultivation, strengthened his spirit medicines, and set out to thank Luminous Jade Immortal Palace for its help. He arrived at the palace and met True Lord Qingwei, who was astonished by Lin Changheng’s speed.

• Lin Changheng considered ways to nurture a sword spirit, favored using an outside soul, and resumed cultivating for a year as True Lord Ten Thousand Longevity’s fame spread across the archipelagos.
• Lin Changheng emerged from seclusion, reunited with Little Qing and Xiao Hei, and confirmed that the wild animals from Long Deer Peak retained their intelligence outside the mountain.
• Lin Changheng used his Nascent Soul mana to revive his spirit medicine roots, accelerate their growth, and begin breaking the imprints on Daoist Tianzhu’s Nascent Soul Storage Bag.
• Lin Changheng traveled to Luminous Jade Immortal Palace with Little Qing and Xiao Hei, where the guards welcomed him and guided him to the Eighth Heaven.
• True Lord Qingwei arrived to greet Lin Changheng, then was startled when Lin Changheng appeared before him with an escape technique he could not follow.