Recaps

Lin Changheng advanced his cultivation and pill-making, gained new abilities, and became more deeply involved with the Xu Family. After Bai Fengxian’s death heightened tensions with the Qiu Family, Lin returned to Azure Spirit Ward to refine pills while tending the rare fungus he had revived.

• Lin Changheng used Tantai Feiyue’s tortoise-essence talisman ink to advance his Rockmountain Tortoise treasure seed and refine the Earth Escape Art, then formed a True Core from Mountain-moving Ape essence blood.
• Lin Changheng lent Mo Zhaoli three hundred spirit stones and helped her prepare for frontier missions, while the Xu Family welcomed him to Azure Spirit Ward as its chief Pill Master.
• Lin Changheng obtained essence blood from the Sun and Liu families, gained the [Glorious Life] ability and the Flame-Tailed Spirit Fox’s appearance-shifting art, and became a High-Grade Pill Master.
• Lin Changheng refined the Redcloud Demon Flame, sold stolen artifacts at a secret auction, and bought withered Nine-Leaf Violet Cinnabar Fungus roots that he revived using [Glorious Life].
• Lin Changheng advanced his treasure seed and chose the Clear Heart talent, then left Azure Spirit Ward after learning that Bai Fengxian had died and the Qiu Family had taken the resource site.
• Lin Changheng honored Bai Fengxian with Xu Fugui, reunited with Tantai Feiyue, and agreed to help the Xu Family prepare pills for an auction while beginning body tempering.
• Lin Changheng reached the Qi Refining Ninth Layer and learned that the Xu and Qiu families had clashed, then returned to the alchemy shop and accepted a commission to refine superior-grade Poison Transformation Elixirs.

Lin Changheng left the Xu Family, traveled to the Purple Pole Sect and Floating Life Immortal City, and steadily strengthened his body, cultivation, and alchemy. The arc left him recognized as a second-tier pill master and contracted to refine pills for Foundation Establishment cultivator Wu.

• Lin Changheng completed the second layer of the Evergreen Azurewood Body, uncovered that Old Daoist Fang’s supposed treasure-plant lead was likely a trap, and revived the rootlets into a shoot.
• Lin Changheng agreed to refine secret elixirs for the Jin Family, commissioned three potent offensive beads, then told Xu Hanwu he was leaving the Xu Family to seek Foundation Establishment.
• Lin Changheng bid farewell to Tantai Feiyue and traveled to the Purple Pole Sect, where Mo Zhaoli welcomed him and gave him essence blood and her Foundation Establishment insights.
• Lin Changheng transformed the Redcloud Crane True Core into the Redcloud Mystic Flame, then traveled south and defeated three bandits before reaching Floating Life Immortal City.
• Lin Changheng settled in Cloudgate Court, strengthened his treasure seeds and body, made ties with local craftsmen, and spent years advancing his cultivation and tending his spirit plants.
• Lin Changheng built his pill-making reputation, acquired the Five Elements Origin-Returning Pill Scripture, and advanced to genuine Second-Tier Body Refinement before choosing Lifespan Extension from the Azure Wave Spirit Turtle Treasure Seed.
• Lin Changheng told Yan Mingyi he would remain in Cloudgate Court, received puppet beasts and their control art from Puppet Master Yan, and agreed to refine eight Standard Pills for Foundation Establishment cultivator Wu.

Lin Changheng established his foundation, survived Cui Jianshui and Gu Qiusheng’s plot, and strengthened ties with the Xu, Huang, and Purple Pole lineages while advancing his cultivation. The arc left him gathering ingredients and essence blood as he prepared to refine another batch of Foundation Establishment Pills.

• Lin Changheng reached the peak of Qi Refining, completed pill commissions, and began preparing to refine Foundation Establishment Pills for several cultivators.
• Lin Changheng exposed Cui Jianshui’s attempt to control him with a gu, then killed her and Gu Qiusheng when they attacked him.
• With Mo Zhaoli guarding him, Lin Changheng refined Foundation Establishment Pills, consumed a Genuine Foundation Establishment Pill, and established his foundation at sixty.
• Lin Changheng declined lineage recruitment offers, acquired the Jade Void Radiant Scripture from the Huang Household, and moved to an outer lake cave abode.
• Lin Changheng returned to the Xu Family, helped Tantai Feiyue remove pill toxins before her Foundation Establishment attempt, and advised the family amid conflict with the Qiu Family.
• Lin Changheng gathered demon beast essence blood from the Xu Family and Mo Zhaoli, advanced to Foundation Establishment second layer, and gained more pill and formation inheritances.
• Lin Changheng agreed to refine Foundation Establishment Pills for the Huang Household and invited Deng Changsheng to spread word about another pooled batch.
• Lin Changheng accepted a disguised woman named Yun’s nine-leaf violet cinnabar fungus, received Poisonfire Savage Bull essence blood from Cook Zeng, and assimilated the Fire-Poison Otherworldly Art.

Lin Changheng advanced his cultivation, expanded his ties with the Huang and Xu Families, and healed Xu Hanwu while pursuing rare ingredients for ancient pill formulas. He discovered that the red crystal was linked to his cultivation method and ended the stretch preparing to meet True Disciple Bai for another ingredient.

• After Puppet Master Yan died, Lin Changheng took Yan Mingyi into his home, refined Foundation Establishment Pills, and gained fame for producing a Premium Pill.
• Lin Changheng killed Senior Brother Feng in secret, advanced to the third layer of Foundation Establishment, and continued strengthening his abilities and spirit beasts.
• Lin Changheng bought the aged Deep Lake Spirit Clam from the Sun Clan, named it Xiao Bai, and agreed to preserve his cooperation with the Huang Household for thirty years in exchange for a mysterious red crystal.
• At the Xu Family, Lin Changheng used his Glorious Life Divine Ability to heal Xu Hanwu’s damaged dantian, then learned of a secret realm and sought Purple Date Grass at the Desolate Ruins Market.
• Lin Changheng killed the shopkeeper who had murdered his mentor, developed substitutes for ancient herbs, and found that the red crystal shared an origin with his crimson true essence.
• Lin Changheng absorbed the crystal’s energy and realized the Jade Void Radiant Scripture might make its practitioners hunt one another for such crystals, so he resolved to conceal his cultivation method.
• Lin Changheng improved his substitute formulas, treated Xiao Bai, and later removed its remaining withering silence energy while collecting some of its essence blood.
• After the Spirit Materials Hall supplied an Azure Rain Mist Toad monster core but no blood, a messenger told Lin Changheng that True Disciple Bai had emerged from seclusion and invited him to meet her.