Recaps

Lin Changheng defeated the Nascent Soul early-stage peak Devil Lord Bloodbone, captured his body, and returned to the Inner Sea with his spoils. After cleansing four demon-tainted spirit veins for his Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land, Lin Changheng began examining the Azure Pivot Spirit-Creation Demon Method, while the Shura Devil Lord learned of Bloodbone’s death.

• Lin Changheng overpowered Devil Lord Bloodbone in close combat, crippled his body, and stopped his escape with the Demon-Binding Rope.
• Lin Changheng forced Bloodbone’s Nascent Soul to abandon its body, then trapped it in ice and fire before collecting the Blood Banner and storage bag.
• Lin Changheng killed the distant Demonic Cultivators who had watched the battle and left the Outer Sea for Dui Peak Island.
• The Shura Devil Lord learned that Bloodbone had died and warned the other Demonic Path Nascent Soul cultivators to be cautious.
• Lin Changheng used the Ablution Water Origin Demon Method to cleanse four spirit veins and added them to his Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land.
• Lin Changheng began examining the Azure Pivot Spirit-Creation Demon Method.

Lin Changheng used the Azure Pivot Spirit-Creation Demon Method to create working puppets and transform the Yellow Springs Corpse Puppet into a fourth-tier life-bound corpse puppet, then collected Devil Lord Bloodbone’s spoils and went into seclusion. Nearly twenty years later, the war between the orthodox and demonic forces had turned against the Inner Sea, ending with a disastrous ambush and the death of a Nascent Soul True Lord.

• Lin Changheng spent essence blood and water-and-wood mana to create two Daoist attendant puppets, then sent them to tend the spirit medicine field and Spirit Plant Garden in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land.
• Lin Changheng implanted a Blood Crystal into the Yellow Springs Corpse Puppet, strengthening his control over it and raising it to the fourth tier.
• Lin Changheng examined Devil Lord Bloodbone’s spoils, found the Great Transformation Heavenly Demon Annihilation Slash and two fourth-tier demonic craft inheritances, and considered adapting the slash to use sword rays.
• Lin Changheng left Dui Peak Island to lie low as the Azure Abyss Inner and Outer Seas descended into war.
• In the fifteenth year of the war, the Demon Race and Demonic Cultivators ambushed the Inner Sea forces, routing them and killing a Nascent Soul True Lord who tried to flee after abandoning his body.

After twenty years in seclusion, Lin Changheng advanced to the Nascent Soul third layer and emerged to find the Azure Abyss war raging. He strengthened his pocket world, resumed body tempering, and planned to hunt an injured Fourth-Tier Middle Stage Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator with the Truefire Flood Dragon.

• An Inner Sea Nascent Soul cultivator was killed body and soul by four Devil Lords and demon cultivators, and the Demon Race fully joined the war.
• Lin Changheng emerged from seventeen or eighteen years of seclusion after advancing to the Nascent Soul third layer.
• Lin Changheng drew a fourth-tier spirit vein into the Heaven-in-a-Pot Treasure Land, where it strengthened the realm and disturbed its inhabitants.
• Lin Changheng reviewed his spirit beasts, pill stock, and plans, then told the Truefire Flood Dragon they would hunt an injured Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator during the war.
• Lin Changheng resumed Fourth-Tier Body Tempering by burying himself in spirit soil, and he assessed his puppets after emerging from the earth.

Lin Changheng received Divine Origin Essence Blood from the Immortal Palace, completed the transformation of his Wind-Piercing Beast Treasure Seed, and greatly strengthened his demon method and Divine Sense. He also achieved a breakthrough in alchemy by refining three premium pills in one furnace, then returned to cultivating amid the escalating conflict at the front.

• Lin Changheng learned that True Lord Qingwei had gone to the Outer Sea and welcomed True Lord Feili, who offered him a gift on behalf of the Immortal Palace's three Palace Masters.
• Lin Changheng asked for Divine Origin Essence Blood, and True Lord Feili arranged for a sealed Jade Box to be delivered before rushing to the front on urgent business.
• Lin Changheng opened the Jade Box and found three masses of wind-attribute Divine Origin Essence Blood, then used most of it to complete the Wind-Piercing Beast Treasure Seed's transformation and refine its demon method.
• Lin Changheng tested his enhanced Divine Sense and found its range exceeded two hundred li, giving him renewed urgency to reach the Nascent Soul middle stage.
• Lin Changheng refined two batches of elixirs for True Lord Qingwu, achieved One Furnace, Three Essences, and received a fourth-tier spirit-planting manual.
• Lin Changheng planned to consolidate his alchemy, prepare the Demon-Shedding Transformation Pill, and help Little Qing attempt a breakthrough before an unseen visitor called from beyond his gate.

Lin Changheng learned that the Green Jade Gate had located another Nether Void Demon Beast’s essence blood and prepared to travel for it after further cultivation. He made three premium Demon-Shedding Transformation Pills, and Little Qing began transforming in a rented valley; her transformation reached a powerful demon-core manifestation, but its outcome remained unknown.

• Yu Susu reported that Guan Sheng had taken over the Green Jade Gate and that a scouting team had located a Nether Void Demon Beast, though she had fled after a clash with a Ten Thousand Bones Sect demon cultivator.
• Lin Changheng agreed that Yu Susu would accompany him to find the essence blood because the location required her secret art, then spent a month refining premium pills and decided to prepare for a trip outside his cave abode.
• Lin Changheng used the three premium Demon-Shedding Transformation Pills to prepare Little Qing for her human-form transformation in a rented valley on Luminous Jade Sky Island.
• After nearly a month, Little Qing’s transformation produced an immense black celestial phenomenon that drew Nascent Soul True Lords and other cultivators, who learned that Lin Changheng was guarding her.
• Little Qing roared in pain as green-and-blue demon power erupted around her, revealing a colossal tiger and a round, luminous demon core whose power began crushing the surrounding mountains.

Little Qing completed her transformation into a fourth-tier demon and returned with Lin Changheng, while True Lord Lingxiu told him the Alliance would reward battlefield contributions with rare treasures. Lin Changheng weighed the risks, developed the [Wind God Thorn], and considered using a Flood Dragon Pearl to help the Black Tortoise advance as he prepared for a future hunt of the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator.

• Little Qing endured heavenly lightning, transformed into human form, and revealed herself as Lin Changheng's fourth-tier spirit beast, insisting that the cultivators call her [True Lord Sacred Tiger].
• True Lord Lingxiu told Lin Changheng that the [Demon- and Monster-Extermination Alliance] would offer rare resources, including cultivation breakthroughs, for major contributions against demonic cultivators and sea demons.
• Lin Changheng considered claiming merit for the remains of True Lord Bloodbone but decided against seeking dangerous fights, choosing instead to kill powerful enemies only if circumstances made it safe.
• Little Qing stabilized her realm and returned with Lin Changheng, who then took her to the [Heaven-in-a-Pot Treasure Land] to cultivate and reunite with his other spirit beasts.
• Lin Changheng fused his Divine Sense with [Northwind's Ten Thousand Cries Demon Method] to create [Wind God Thorn], then discussed two possible ways to help the Black Tortoise advance, including using the [Flood Dragon Pearl].
• Lin Changheng said he expected to head out to sea again when the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator was injured, and the Truefire Flood Dragon anticipated their eventual confrontation.

Lin Changheng tested his improved demonic sword art and soul defenses, then prepared to leave the rear for the Outer Sea while learning of Mo Zhaoli’s advancement and a traitor in the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild. He entered the wartime defensive region with Yu Susu and was discovered while trying to slip past a powerful demonic cultivator’s territory.

• Lin Changheng reproduced about sixty percent of the Great Transformation Heavenly Demon Annihilation Slash’s essence with sword rays, then confirmed his strengthened soul-force shield could withstand Northwind’s Ten Thousand Cries Demon Method.
• Lin Changheng decided to seek a listed demon beast’s essence blood, while Xiao Hei chose to use the Flood Dragon Pearl to pursue a bloodline transformation under the Truefire Flood Dragon’s guidance.
• Lin Changheng learned that Mo Zhaoli had reached the ninth layer of Core Formation and warned him that True Lord Sea-Sweeper had betrayed the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild, enabling a deadly demon ambush.
• Lin Changheng traveled with Yu Susu through the Inner Sea’s wartime defensive line and learned that Nascent Soul cultivators were forbidden from attacking lower-ranked fighters on the battlefield.
• Lin Changheng and Yu Susu approached territory guarded by a veteran Nascent Soul demonic cultivator from the Ten Thousand Bones Sect, but a sinister voice caught them sneaking in.

Lin Changheng defeated and captured Devil Lord Chimo with a series of newly tested techniques, then escaped with Yu Susu into the Outer Sea. He considered which of his kills to report for Alliance rewards while deciding to keep the Poisonfire Flood Dragon’s death secret to avoid stirring up old troubles.

• Yu Susu defended herself against Devil Lord Chimo’s blood-rain attack while Lin Changheng froze and collected one of the unusual blood clouds.
• Lin Changheng evaded Chimo’s attacks, struck him with the newly developed Wind God Thorn, and followed with coordinated attacks that forced Chimo’s Nascent Soul to flee his body.
• Lin Changheng trapped Chimo’s Nascent Soul with sword formations, the River-Calming Pearl, and his flames, then captured and killed him; he also injured the Demonic Path cultivators watching from afar and erased their memories.
• Lin Changheng and Yu Susu concealed their auras and traveled into the Outer Sea, where he reflected on his newly tested soul attack and adjusted plan for combining his killing techniques.
• Yu Susu reminded Lin Changheng that Chimo’s death could earn an Alliance contribution reward, but Lin Changheng decided not to report the Poisonfire Flood Dragon’s death because it could expose him to unwanted enemies.

Lin Changheng and Yu Susu found a family of Purple Lightning Bulls, and Little Qing subdued them so Lin Changheng could control the male and collect essence blood from both adults. After securing the bulls and completing another task in the Outer Sea, Lin Changheng and Yu Susu escaped through the enemy defenses and continued on their way.

• Yu Susu led Lin Changheng to the Purple Lightning Bulls’ cavern, where they found two adults and two calves living as a family.
• Lin Changheng summoned Little Qing, who intimidated the four Purple Lightning Bulls into submission and earned his praise.
• Lin Changheng seized control of the male bull and drew essence blood from both adults, then moved Little Qing and the bulls into the Heaven-in-a-Pot Treasure Land.
• Lin Changheng set up formations around a nearby cavern, completed another task inside, and left with Yu Susu after the disturbances stopped.
• Lin Changheng used his divine sense to find a weakly guarded route out of the Outer Sea, and he and Yu Susu escaped without alerting the Core Formation guard.

Lin Changheng chose the Purple Lightning Bull’s Command Thunder and Absorb Lightning talent, then inventoried the treasures and techniques taken from Devil Lord Chimo and prepared to visit his Immortal Palace allies. He left True Lord Qingwei’s island after promising to refine Premium Twin Cores for Qingwei’s promising disciple, Ouyang Hao.

• Lin Changheng decided to keep Devil Lord Chimo’s capture secret for now and rested with Yu Susu at the frontline supply island.
• Lin Changheng examined the Purple Lightning Bull’s talents, chose Command Thunder and Absorb Lightning, and gave the bull Blood-Replenishing Pills.
• Lin Changheng cleansed and installed a third-tier water spirit vein in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Treasure Land, then inspected Chimo’s spoils and found the Great Thousand Thunder-Breath Truth-Seeking Art and Chimo’s damaged Natal Dharma Treasure.
• Lin Changheng combined the souls from several banners into the Black-Gold Banner, renamed it the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner, and refined his captured treasures over ten days.
• Lin Changheng gave Yu Susu a Youth-Preserving Pill and cultivation pills, then accompanied her to visit True Lord Qingwei.
• Lin Changheng sensed Ouyang Hao’s exceptional potential and offered to refine Premium Twin Cores for him free of charge; Ouyang Hao kowtowed in gratitude.

Lin Changheng arranged an Alliance bounty for rare demon beast essence blood, gathered intelligence, and decided to leave the Inner Sea after one last effort to profit. He learned that Mo Zhaoli was fighting on the front lines and rushed to find her, arriving as three late-third-tier Demon Beasts closed in on her.

• True Lord Qingwei gave Lin Changheng and Yu Susu spirit materials and agreed to publish a bounty offering pills and free pill refining for live demon beasts or at least one hundred portions of essence blood.
• Lin Changheng learned about True Lord Jingxuan’s demon hunts and suspected the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild was preparing retaliation involving the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator.
• Lin Changheng visited the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild, bought updated intelligence, and learned that Extreme Demon Ancestor had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• At the guild’s general altar, Lin Changheng learned that Mo Zhaoli was fighting on the front lines and received a Sea Chart marking her location.
• Lin Changheng hurried to the battlefield and found Mo Zhaoli fighting with her three ring-shaped Natal Dharma Treasures as three late-third-tier Demon Beasts surrounded her.

Mo Zhaoli used a Silver Ring Talismanized Treasure to break a three-demon encirclement, but two Demon Kings attacked her as she withdrew and True Lord Buhai saved her. Lin Changheng then revealed himself and killed the bird-beaked Demon King with a sword formation, leaving the demon army shaken.

• Mo Zhaoli restrained three late third-tier demons with her gilded rings, activated her Silver Ring Talismanized Treasure, killed a sea crab demon, and wounded a purple turtle demon as the azure snake fled.
• Two Demon Kings attacked Mo Zhaoli from afar, but True Lord Buhai intercepted their strikes and ordered her back to camp.
• True Lord Buhai confronted the Demon Kings, killed three great demons, and fought the two Demon Kings while secretly waiting for support.
• Lin Changheng appeared in a sword formation and killed the bird-beaked Demon King with a Sun-Piercing sword pillar, then collected the demon’s corpse.
• Human cultivators cheered as they recognized Lin Changheng as True Lord Ten Thousand Longevity, while the demon camp fell silent in fear.

Lin Changheng and True Lord Buhai wounded the Darkscale Demon King, who fled after striking them with her blood scales. Little Qing pursued and killed the Demon King, and Lin Changheng returned to the human camp to a triumphant welcome.

• Lin Changheng refused the black-scaled female cultivator’s offer of a Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item, then coordinated with True Lord Buhai to attack her.
• Lin Changheng’s soul attack froze the black python, allowing True Lord Buhai’s golden wheel and Lin Changheng’s sword art to grievously wound her.
• The Darkscale Demon King ambushed Lin Changheng and True Lord Buhai with her blood scales; Lin Changheng escaped with the Flame Substitute Demon Method, while True Lord Buhai’s treasures were damaged and he was injured.
• Lin Changheng pursued the fleeing Demon King, then let Little Qing hunt her with the Truefire Flood Dragon Soul accompanying her; Little Qing killed the wounded python and returned with her corpse.
• Lin Changheng collected the Demon King’s treasures and escaped when a stronger demon cultivator arrived, then returned to camp as the human cultivators welcomed him as a victorious hero.

Lin Changheng reunited with Mo Zhaoli, helped secure her place in the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild’s core nurturing program, and prepared her for the dangers of pursuing Nascent Soul formation. After she chose to remain in the Azure Abyss Sea while he planned to return to the Eight States Region, Lin developed the Command Thunder and Absorb Lightning method and went to test it on mortal lightning.

• Lin Changheng privately told True Lord Buhai that he had slain the Darkscale Demon King, then shared spoils with him at a feast where Buhai promised to recommend Mo Zhaoli for the merchant guild’s core nurturing program.
• Lin Changheng reunited with Mo Zhaoli, secured a strand of her soul and true spirit for safekeeping, and asked whether she would return with him to the Eight States Region; she chose to stay in the Azure Abyss Sea and pursue Nascent Soul formation.
• Lin Changheng gave Mo Zhaoli a premium Nascent Soul Transformation Pill, a premium Illusion-Breaking Pill, and a Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item, and she accepted them while promising to become his dao companion after forming her Nascent Soul.
• A year later, Lin Changheng completed the Command Thunder and Absorb Lightning foreign method using Purple Lightning Bull essence blood and discovered that it enhanced the power of his thunder-attribute spells.
• Lin Changheng flew into a storm over the sea, reinforced himself with several defensive methods, and guided a bolt of mortal lightning onto his body to test whether he could absorb it.

Lin Changheng tested the lightning-absorption talent of his [Command Thunder and Absorb Lightning Foreign Method], confirming its limits and its power against demon beasts, ghosts, and evil arts. After True Lord Feili told him about valuable Alliance rewards, he decided to register his battle merits and claim the treasures, startling True Lord Qingwei at the frontline camp.

• Lin Changheng absorbed several bolts of mortal lightning into his Thunder Nest, verified its capacity limits, and discovered he could unleash the stored power to kill a sea eel demon beast and destroy a demon ghost and blood rain.
• Lin Changheng considered using the talent to mitigate future Heavenly Tribulation damage and decided not to seek essence blood from the dying [Wind-Piercing Beast].
• True Lord Feili visited Lin Changheng and told him that the Alliance offered an Origin Sea Spirit Lychee and three beads of fourth-tier Divine Origin Essence Blood as battle-merit rewards.
• Lin Changheng learned that True Lord Tianyue and True Lord Jinyue might combine their merits to compete for the lychee, but he decided to pursue the rewards anyway.
• Lin Changheng sent True Lord Feili a talisman message, then flew to the frontline camp to register four kills and exchange his merits for both rewards.
• True Lord Qingwei reacted with shock when Lin Changheng reported his intentions.

Lin Changheng visited True Lord Qingwei to report his battlefield achievements and prepare to exchange merit for rare treasures, then met with True Lord Haiya to postpone their cooperation while Haiya recovered and gathered demon-beast essence blood. When merit exchanges opened, Lin Changheng arrived with Qingwei to claim rewards, and a cultivator recognized him in the Alliance hall.

• Lin Changheng told True Lord Qingwei that he had killed Devil Lord Bloodbone and Devil Lord Chimo, and asked for help redeeming his battle merits for treasures in the Alliance treasury.
• True Lord Qingwei agreed to help Lin Changheng obtain a source-essence root from a Purple-Mist Spirit Tea plant, and Lin Changheng learned that True Lord Haiya had been injured in an ambush by fourth-tier middle-stage demon cultivators.
• Lin Changheng visited True Lord Haiya with True Lord Qingwei, suspected Haiya was understating his injuries, and agreed to postpone their cooperation while Haiya's sect gathered Azure-Pattern Demon Conch essence blood.
• Lin Changheng advanced the Yin Tide Demon-Subduing Spirit-Invoking Mantra to great accomplishment and practiced its Demon God Phantom in a remote stretch of sea.
• True Lord Qingwei told Lin Changheng that merit exchanges would open in three days and explained the rules for contests over exceptional treasures; Lin Changheng planned to exchange merit for Divine Origin Essence Blood.
• Lin Changheng and True Lord Qingwei entered the Alliance exchange hall, where a cultivator recognized Lin Changheng as Daoist Brother Ten Thousand Longevity.

Lin Changheng registered the deaths of two Demon Kings and two Devil Lords, secured Divine Origin Essence Blood, and began competing for the Origin Sea Spirit Lychee. His growing fame drew the combined hatred of the Demon and Devil factions, but two new developments soon forced him to leave the safety of the Immortal Palace.

• Lin Changheng presented the heads and cores of Sacred Feather and Darkscale, then revealed the corpses and Primordial Spirits of Bloodbone and Chi Mo, shocking the Nascent Soul cultivators and earning full military merit.
• Lin Changheng exchanged merit for Divine Origin Essence Blood and initiated the Origin Sea Spirit Lychee contest, while True Lord Jinyue learned of his four kills and resolved to avoid confronting him until he advanced.
• Lin Changheng returned to his cave abode, where Yu Susu reported that Martial Uncle Wind-Piercer had died and gave him fourteen clumps of Wind-Piercing Beast essence blood as her uncle's final gift.
• News of Lin Changheng's four kills spread across the Azure Abyss Sea, and the Demonic Path and Demon Race placed him on their joint kill list.
• Lin Changheng learned that three Nascent Soul Late Stage archdevils and the Demon Race had marked him for death, despite his preparations to escape through a repaired Ancient Teleportation Formation.
• Before Lin Changheng had remained hidden for a year and a half, two successive pieces of news compelled him to leave the Immortal Palace.

Lin Changheng decided to leave the Luminous Jade Immortal Palace and hunt the injured Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator, while preparing his Thunder Nest and planning a route through the man who had been spying on Mo Zhaoli. After bidding Mo Zhaoli farewell and learning where the flood dragon fled, Lin Changheng departed with his captive to pursue True Lord Sea-Sweeper and, through him, the flood dragon.

• Lin Changheng learned that True Lord Jinyue had entered the military-merit contest, but decided the injured Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator presented a rare chance worth leaving the palace for.
• Lin Changheng drew essence blood from the Purple Lightning Bulls, seized two more Violet Lightning Bull Treasure Seed layers, and found that his Thunder Nest had deepened and his Lightning Command had grown stronger.
• Lin Changheng told the Truefire Flood Dragon they would leave for the Eight States Region after the hunt, then departed the Luminous Jade Immortal Palace in disguise.
• Lin Changheng captured a cultivator who had secretly followed Mo Zhaoli, discovered through a Soul Search that True Lord Sea-Sweeper had directed him, and gave Mo Zhaoli protective treasures before leaving with the captive.
• Mo Zhaoli told Lin Changheng that the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator had been badly wounded by True Lord Li Jian and fled toward the Outer Sea, possibly near the Poisonfire Flood Dragon's former cave abode.
• Lin Changheng decided to use the captive to find True Lord Sea-Sweeper and then locate the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator.

Lin Changheng used a disguised puppet and a sudden attack to capture True Lord Sea-Sweeper, then searched his memories for the injured Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator. He learned the demon was hiding in his deceased wife's former cave abode and found a sealed sandalwood box in Sea-Sweeper's Storage Bag.

• Mo Zhaoli resolved to form her Nascent Soul, while Lin Changheng watched her leave and continued toward the Outer Sea.
• Lin Changheng used the Azure Pivot Spirit-Creation Demon Method to control a middle-aged cultivator and sent him to meet True Lord Sea-Sweeper.
• The disguised cultivator attacked Sea-Sweeper, and Lin Changheng captured his escaping Nascent Soul with the Sky-Hanging Void-Crossing Foreign Method.
• Lin Changheng searched Sea-Sweeper's memories and learned that the injured Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator was hiding in his deceased wife's former cave abode.
• Lin Changheng found a sealed sandalwood box among Sea-Sweeper's belongings.

Lin Changheng used True Lord Sea-Sweeper’s body to smuggle a four-flame pearl into the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator, badly injuring him in an explosion and starting a fierce battle. With the dragon exposed and his soul defenses drawn away, Lin Changheng struck at his old wound and summoned a massive bolt of lightning.

• Lin Changheng discovered the Spirit-Candle Flower and prepared True Lord Sea-Sweeper’s body as a puppet carrying a concealed Four Extremes Truefire Pearl.
• True Lord Sea-Sweeper entered the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator’s underwater cave, where the pearl exploded and tore through the formation, leaving the dragon badly burned and reopening his old wound.
• Lin Changheng, Little Qing, Old Jiao, the Yellow Springs Corpse Puppet, and the Demon-Binding Rope surrounded the injured dragon and attacked, with the corpse puppet repeatedly ambushing his wounds.
• The Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator lost an eye and grew increasingly desperate as his opponents wore him down and Old Jiao drew his soul defenses away.
• Old Jiao’s flood dragon phantom engaged the dragon’s soul while Lin Changheng pierced his exposed soul with a shriek; Little Qing knocked him over, and Lin Changheng drove a crimson-black sword strike into his exposed wound.
• Lin Changheng summoned an enormous bolt of lightning, leaving Little Qing and Old Jiao stunned by its brilliance.

Lin Changheng killed the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator, helped Old Jiao take over its body, and extracted a fourth-tier spirit vein before fleeing. As a powerful Flood Dragon began hunting the killer, Lin Changheng reached the Demonic Path’s defensive line and smashed an arrogant Devil Lord to pieces with his escape light.

• Lin Changheng used Lightning Command to devastate the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator, then finished it off, took its Flood Dragon Core, and captured its soul in the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner.
• Lin Changheng revealed that he had also killed the dragon’s wife, enraging the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator before its soul was drawn into the banner, and he let Old Jiao enter the dragon’s corpse to take possession.
• Lin Changheng collected the dragon’s corpse, found its cave abode nearly empty, and extracted the hidden fourth-tier fire spirit vein before escaping toward the Demonic Path’s defensive line.
• At the Evil Dragon Palace, a fourth-tier late-stage Flood Dragon learned of the death and departed in fury, while the Golden Flood Dragon secretly kept Kunpeng essence blood and resented his low standing.
• Lin Changheng sensed danger, accelerated away with a golden cloak, and collided with a Devil Lord who blocked his path, crushing the Devil Lord’s body as the watching Demonic Cultivators wondered where his Nascent Soul had gone.

Lin Changheng broke the Demon Race Great Cultivator’s Heavenly Secrets lock, counterattacked him across space, and escaped to Luminous Jade Sky Island. As the war intensified and his reputation spread, he tended the Truefire Flood Dragon’s corpse and sensed new traces of vitality within it.

• Lin Changheng killed a Nascent Soul Devil Lord by crashing into him, captured his Nascent Soul, and realized a Demon Race Great Cultivator was tracking him.
• Lin Changheng used [Candle Gaze Divine Ability] to locate and sever the Heavenly Secret Thread, then sent a counterattack along it that injured Old Wind Flood Dragon before escaping.
• Old Wind Flood Dragon resolved to secretly track Lin Changheng down and seize his methods.
• Lin Changheng returned to Luminous Jade Sky Island, laughed beside the Blackwater River, and withdrew to his cave abode.
• The Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild requested reinforcements as the Outer Sea attacks intensified, and Mo Zhaoli received support for her Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Lin Changheng placed the Truefire Flood Dragon’s corpse beside a new magma pool and sensed traces of vitality beginning to spread through it.

Lin Changheng secured Azure-Pattern Demon Conch essence blood, refined the Myriad Waters Bring Rain talent, and traveled to the Alliance Headquarters to claim his battle-merit reward. He arrived to find a crowd of Nascent Soul cultivators gathered at the Battle Merit Hall, where True Lord Tianlai hinted they had come because of him.

• Lin Changheng checked on Old Jiao, Little Qing, Xiao Hei, and Big Gray, and noticed flood-dragon markings appearing on Xiao Hei’s shell.
• Lin Changheng devised a plan to collect essence blood from the Beast Spirit Sect before redeeming the Origin Sea Spirit Lychee, with an escape route ready if the contest forced him to reveal the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator’s corpse.
• Lin Changheng instructed Yu Susu to change the sect’s search efforts, gave her an Illusion-Breaking Pill for Guan Sheng, and provided her with cultivation guidance, a Jadeclarity Spirit Tea plant, and copied texts.
• Lin Changheng collected Azure-Pattern Demon Conch essence blood and Spirit-Dispersing Grass from the Beast Spirit Sect, then began refining the demon conch’s talents while traveling to the Alliance Headquarters.
• Lin Changheng completed four levels of Spirit Seizure and chose Myriad Waters Bring Rain, which let him draw in water vapor and summon spiritually rich rain.
• Lin Changheng arrived at the Battle Merit Hall and greeted True Lord Qingwei, True Lord Tianlai, and True Lord Jingxuan among a gathering of Nascent Soul cultivators.

Lin Changheng defeated True Lord Jinyue in the contest for the Origin Sea Spirit Lychee by revealing his immense battle record, including the kill of a fourth-tier middle-stage Flood Dragon. After winning the treasure, he sought to exchange his remaining merit for two higher-grade treasures and hinted that he had more merit to present.

• True Lord Qingwei warned Lin Changheng that the gathering expected him to prove whether he had killed a Nascent Soul devil lord, forcing Lin to decide to reveal his concealed accomplishments and leave the Azure Abyss Sea afterward.
• True Lord Jinyue presented Devil Lord Li Xie's head and primordial spirit, while Lin Changheng presented the dead Nascent Soul of the human traitor Dang Hai and took the lead with four and a half merits.
• True Lord Jinyue submitted a Nascent Soul middle-stage demonic cultivator's corpse, but True Lord Jingxuan questioned its identity, and Lin Changheng suspected that something was wrong with it.
• Lin Changheng presented a fourth-tier middle-stage Demon Core and the matching corpse of a Flood Dragon, shocking the gathering and raising his total to seven and a half merits.
• True Lord Jinyue conceded, and Lin Changheng won the Origin Sea Spirit Lychee before requesting the fourth-tier mid-grade Imperial Chariot Mountain-Bearing Soil and Azure-Wave Moon-Congealing Cassia in exchange for additional merit.
• When the steward pointed out that Lin Changheng had only two merits left, Lin Changheng grinned and said he had more to present.

Lin Changheng claimed military merit for another slain Devil Lord, exchanged it for rare treasures, and left with Qingwei, Tianlai, and Jingxuan before news of his feats could spread. After traveling in disguise to Balance Moon Island, he visited the still-thriving Myriad Treasures Pavilion and confronted the Core Formation cultivator in Pan Lian’er’s former chamber.

• Lin Changheng revealed the frozen Nascent Soul of Sky-Rending Devil Lord, and True Lord Jinyue and the other cultivators agreed to stay and witness the end of the merit contest.
• Lin Changheng exchanged his merit for imperial chariot mountain-bearing parent soil, an azure-wave moon-congealing cassia, and an Origin Sea Spirit Lychee, then left the hall with Qingwei, Tianlai, and Jingxuan.
• Lin Changheng gave Qingwei a Storage Bag and Jade Slips for the Second Palace Master and Mo Zhaoli, then traveled in disguise toward the Sacred Peak Sea Region.
• Lin Changheng secretly took rootlets from a medicinal herb carried by a Guo Family cultivator and arrived at Balance Moon Island, where he decided to investigate Pan Lian’er’s former Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• Lin Changheng entered Viewing-Tide City and confronted the Core Formation cultivator occupying Pan Lian’er’s former secluded chamber, disarming him and warning him against schemes.