Recaps

Lin Yun and Nangong Wan were cornered by Yunlu Old Devil, a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator who intended to capture them. After Nangong Wan confessed her feelings and agreed to become Lin Yun’s Dao companion, Lin Yun learned that the repaired teleportation array was ready and launched a distraction to escape with her.

• Yunlu Old Devil appeared and tried to lure Lin Yun and Nangong Wan into his clutches.
• Nangong Wan confessed her feelings to Lin Yun and asked to become his Dao companion, and Lin Yun accepted by calling her Wan'er.
• Lin Yun secretly attacked Yunlu Old Devil with the Clearvoid Invisible Sword, but the old fiend easily knocked it away.
• Lin Yun contacted Xin Ruoyin and learned that the Teleportation Array had been repaired and was ready to use.
• Lin Yun exploded the White Bone Divine Demon, then fired the Great Five-Element Extinction Divine Light to distract Yunlu Old Devil.
• Lin Yun wrapped an arm around Nangong Wan and fled with her in invisible sword light.

Lin Yun escaped Yunlu Old Devil with Nangong Wan and brought her to an Ancient Teleportation Formation where Xin Ruoyin and Han Li were waiting. As Yunlu Old Devil broke through their defenses, Lin Yun activated the formation and teleported everyone away, leaving the old devil behind to report their escape to the Joyful Union Sect.

• Lin Yun used the Great Five-Element Extinction Divine Light to break Yunlu Old Devil's pink mist, then fled with Nangong Wan using Formless Sword Escape.
• Lin Yun asked Nangong Wan to escape with him, and she agreed despite believing they had little chance of survival.
• Lin Yun brought Nangong Wan to the Ancient Teleportation Formation, where Xin Ruoyin and Han Li were waiting.
• Yunlu Old Devil found the cavern and attacked the Forward-Reverse Nine Palaces Array while Lin Yun activated the Ancient Teleportation Formation.
• Lin Yun used the Great Teleportation Token to teleport himself, Nangong Wan, Xin Ruoyin, and Han Li away just as Yunlu Old Devil shattered the array.
• Yunlu Old Devil found the Teleportation Array empty and sent a message to the Joyful Union Sect's headquarters.

Lin Yun and his companions emerged from the Teleportation Array in a deserted stone chamber and discovered they had arrived on an isolated island in the Chaotic Star Sea. After confirming everyone was safe, they planned to recover and search for land with richer spiritual qi.

• Lin Yun destroyed part of the Teleportation Array to prevent anyone from following them, while Nangong Wan recovered her exhausted true essence and Xin Ruoyin tended to Xiao Mei.
• Lin Yun meditated on the depleted Five Elements Origin Pill and concluded that his core formation method had succeeded, though his method for replenishing it still needed refinement.
• Han Li and Qu Hun explored the chamber, and Han Li led Lin Yun and Xin Ruoyin up a stone passage to the cave exit.
• Lin Yun, Han Li, and Xin Ruoyin saw the surrounding ocean and identified their location as somewhere in the Chaotic Star Sea, far from the Heavenly South.
• Lin Yun found that the group was on an isolated island with thin spiritual qi, so he suggested they rest before searching for better land the next day.

After recovering in the cave, Lin Yun and the others traveled across the ocean and learned they had arrived in the Chaotic Star Sea. They reached Kuixing Island and began preparing to learn about their new surroundings.

• Nangong Wan told Lin Yun that her depleted true essence would force her Plain Girl Reincarnation Art cycle to begin early, then met Xin Ruoyin and Han Li.
• Lin Yun and the others meditated aboard Nangong Wan’s Spirit Boat while it crossed the ocean.
• Han Li learned from sailors that they were in the Chaotic Star Sea, near Tail Star Island, Kuixing Island, and Mulberry Star Island.
• Lin Yun decided the group should travel with the sailors to Kuixing Island and learn the local language.
• The group arrived at Kuixing Island, where Lin Yun declined the shipowner’s offer to arrange entry formalities and asked him for a rough map.

Lin Yun and Nangong Wan arrived on Kuixing Island, where they obtained travel tokens and planned to go to Kuixing City. Han Li stayed behind to cultivate and prepare for core formation, while Lin Yun shared cultivation methods with Nangong Wan and Xin Ruoyin aboard the Spirit Boat.

• Lin Yun received a map of Kuixing Island and travel tokens from the harbor registrar, then inscribed Han Li and the others’ names on the tokens.
• Han Li chose to remain on Kuixing Island to complete the first turn of the Three-Turn Reversion Technique, and Lin Yun gave him the island map and formation implements before departing with Nangong Wan, Xin Ruoyin, and Xiao Mei.
• After Lin Yun and the others left, the registrar notified Wood Dragon that two unfamiliar Core Formation cultivators had arrived, but Wood Dragon did not respond.
• Aboard the Spirit Boat, Lin Yun gave Nangong Wan his deductions on the Returning Elixir Method and gave her and Xin Ruoyin copies of the Purple Mansion Manual.
• Lin Yun gave Xin Ruoyin sections of the Great Yin Mysterious Scripture and the Supreme Yin Chain Form to help suppress her Dragon-Yin Body’s excess yang energy.

Lin Yun, Nangong Wan, and Xin Ruoyin arrived in Kuixing City and explored its cultivation market, where they learned about local alchemy and sought supplies. They entered the Jade Ring Residence to buy pills and a sea chart of the Chaotic Star Sea.

• Nangong Wan learned that Xin Ruoyin had the Dragon-Yin Body and comforted her as she described how Lin Yun had helped her survive.
• Lin Yun and his companions reached Kuixing City, entered through its gates, and headed to Heavenly Capital Street.
• The group explored Heavenly Capital Street, where Nangong Wan discovered that local alchemy relied heavily on demonic beast materials and inner cores.
• Lin Yun and his companions entered the Jade Ring Residence, where the shopkeeper offered to bring them pills and a chart of part of the Inner Sea.

Lin Yun and Nangong Wan visited the Sixfold Palace’s Jade Ring Residence, where they bought a sea map and examined local pills. After declining an invitation to join the merchant association, they left to seek pill formulas and cultivation arts.

• The shopkeeper presented Lin Yun with pills and a Chaotic Star Sea map, and Nangong Wan noted that the pills used demonic-beast materials.
• The shopkeeper offered Lin Yun and Nangong Wan pills and supplies if they joined the Sixfold Palace as guest elders, but Lin Yun refused.
• Lin Yun paid six mid-grade spirit stones for the pills and map, then left with Nangong Wan, Xin Ruoyin, and Xiao Mei.
• After they left, the shopkeeper consulted Elder Miao, who judged the newcomers harmless and said he and Elder Gu would handle the Infant Carp Beast later.
• Nangong Wan told Lin Yun that another Core Formation cultivator had been in the side hall, and Lin Yun led the group to look for pill formulas and cultivation arts.

Lin Yun and Nangong Wan traveled toward Tianxing City and discussed their past, their relationship, and Lin Yun’s cultivation. He revealed that his apparent Core Formation came from an external pill and asked Nangong Wan to follow his Nine-Turn Core Formation Method and cultivate a leakless body.

• Lin Yun and Nangong Wan left Kuixing City aboard the Spirit Boat while Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei cultivated in their rooms.
• Nangong Wan lamented being far from the Covering Moon Sect, and Lin Yun comforted her by promising they could return to the Heavenly South and confront Yunlu Old Devil.
• Lin Yun affirmed that he and Nangong Wan would become Dao Companions, but explained that he planned to wait until he reached Core Formation and cultivated a leakless body before dual cultivation.
• Nangong Wan questioned how Lin Yun could claim not to have reached Core Formation, and he showed her the Primordial Qi External Elixir that had created his Core Formation phenomenon.
• Lin Yun explained his need to preserve his primal yang and asked Nangong Wan to read his Nine-Turn Core Formation Method, complete three turns of her Golden Core, and cultivate a leakless body.

Nangong Wan accepted Lin Yun’s proposal to cultivate the Returning Elixir Method and learned the Southern Bright Lihuo Fire technique. As the Spirit Boat traveled toward Tianxing City, Lin Yun forged new treasures and finished a mirror and five coins.

• Nangong Wan examined Lin Yun’s jade slip, agreed to try the Returning Elixir Method, and learned Southern Bright Lihuo Fire.
• Lin Yun watched over the Spirit Boat bound for Tianxing City and decided to forge additional treasures from his stock of five-metal materials.
• Lin Yun refined five metals essence and concealed the Spirit Boat with a formation anchored by the Clearvoid Invisible Sword.
• After more than a month at sea, Lin Yun completed the Five-Element Condensed Light Mirror, which suppressed five-element spells and demonic arts.
• Lin Yun named a treasure the Treasure-Dropping Coin and revealed that he had forged five coins capable of forcibly seizing other people’s treasures.

Lin Yun saw Nangong Wan complete the first turn of her Golden Core without losing her cultivation, though it extended her Reincarnation Stage, and he gave her a Treasure-Dropping Coin. After Xin Ruoyin emerged with her Dragon-Yin Body better suppressed, Lin Yun and the others arrived near Tianxing City.

• Nangong Wan explained that visualizing the nine Heavenly Mansion True Talismans had let her condense Primordial Essence and Primordial Spirit, preserving and strengthening her cultivation while leaving her to grow up again over several years.
• Lin Yun gave Nangong Wan a large piece of Iron Essence and a Treasure-Dropping Coin, then showed her that he had four more.
• Xin Ruoyin emerged from seclusion and told Lin Yun that the Great Yin Mysterious Scripture was suppressing the yang energy in her body, so he gave her a Treasure-Dropping Coin for protection.
• After the Spirit Boat traveled for another half month, Xiao Mei spotted a distant silhouette that Lin Yun, Nangong Wan, and Xin Ruoyin recognized as Tianxing City.
• The group approached the vast city built around a mountain on an island as cultivators arrived from all directions.

Lin Yun settled in Tianxing City, rented a luxurious cave abode, and prepared to hunt demonic beasts in the outer sea for materials to refine Core Formation pills. After buying rainbow skirt grass, he headed to the fire chamber to devise a way to reproduce its beast-attracting effect with pills.

• Lin Yun paid for permanent residency for Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei, then rented a cave abode on the Sacred Mountain's forty-first level.
• Lin Yun and Xin Ruoyin set up a Five-Element Strange Gate Formation to protect the cave abode.
• Lin Yun told Nangong Wan he planned to gather demonic beast cores in the outer sea before attempting core formation, while Nangong Wan stayed behind to cultivate.
• Lin Yun bought demonic beast information, regional charts, and rainbow skirt grass at Tianxing City's market.
• Lin Yun entered the fire chamber and planned to imitate rainbow skirt grass's beast-attracting transformation of origin qi with pills.

Lin Yun left Xin Ruoyin and Nangong Wan behind and traveled to Emerald Green Island to hunt demon beasts. He used his newly refined magical fishing rod and Monster-Luring Pill to catch a fifth-grade demon beast and extract its core.

• Lin Yun told Xin Ruoyin he was leaving for the Outer Star Sea, embraced her, and urged her to focus on cultivating the Great Yin Mysterious Scripture.
• Lin Yun traveled through Starry Sky Hall with a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators and teleported to Emerald Green Island.
• Lin Yun bought a chart, rode out to a distant reef, and prepared his fishing rod, which he had refined from the Blood Jade Spider.
• Lin Yun used a Monster-Luring Pill to attract a fifth-grade demon beast, hooked it, and hauled it onto the reef.
• Lin Yun pulled a green demon core from the beast and bound its body with the fishing line.

Lin Yun encountered a sixth-rank Infant Carp Beast and subdued it after its Water Astral Divine Thunder failed against his Five-Element Condensed Light Mirror. After collecting its demonic core and valuable treasures, he noticed an old man who had been watching him and called him out.

• Lin Yun moved to a new fishing spot after catching no more demonic beasts, then caught two beasts several days later.
• A sixth-rank Infant Carp Beast arrived in a bank of sea mist and attacked Lin Yun with Water Astral Divine Thunder.
• Lin Yun used the Five-Element Condensed Light Mirror to disperse the lightning and collect its essence into a purple pearl.
• Lin Yun subdued the Infant Carp Beast with the Innate One Qi Great Grasping, killed it, and took its demonic core and four treasures.
• Lin Yun spotted an old man watching nearby and called on him to appear; the old man emerged from rippling air.

Lin Yun killed a stealthy cultivator and defeated the old man who had come with him, destroying his bonded treasure and taking his Ancient Treasure. The old man tried to flee but was killed, leaving Lin Yun with both men’s Storage Bags.

• The old man apologized to Lin Yun, who revealed that he had noticed the old man and killed the hidden cultivator lurking behind him.
• The old man tried to leave, but Lin Yun stopped him and struck down his escape with the Clearvoid Invisible Sword.
• The old man identified himself as a disciple of Night Dragon Superior of Night Dragon Island and attacked Lin Yun with his Black Dragon Spike.
• Lin Yun used the Five-Element Condensed Light Mirror to destroy the Black Dragon Spike, then used the Treasure-Dropping Coin to seize the old man's Green Jade Long Sword Ancient Treasure.
• The old man tried to flee, but Lin Yun killed him and collected both Storage Bags.

After a month of hunting demonic beasts on a remote island, Lin Yun sorted his spoils and developed a plan to turn demon cores into magical treasures that could reproduce innate abilities. He left the chapter preparing to devise a refinement method for what he called Spell Pellets.

• Lin Yun reviewed the demon cores and beast remains he had gathered while resting on a deserted island.
• Lin Yun decided to save demonic beast spirit essences for refining a Hundred-Spirit Immortal-Slaying Sword.
• Lin Yun discovered a second Heavenly Void Fragment Map in the Storage Bag of the Night Dragon Island cultivator he had killed.
• Lin Yun studied four exceptional demon cores and reasoned that they contained traces of their owners’ innate abilities.
• Lin Yun connected those traces to talismans, Talisman Treasures, and ancient treasure refinement, then began devising a method to make Spell Pellets.

Lin Yun successfully refined and tested a Water Astral Thunder Spell Pellet, then considered how to profit from refining pellets for others. He decided to build their reputation in Tianxing City and gather more Demon Cores before returning.

• Lin Yun refined the Infant Carp Beast's Demon Core into a Water Astral Thunder Spell Pellet after several failed attempts.
• Lin Yun tested the Spell Pellet and found that it unleashed powerful Water Astral Divine Thunder more than fifteen times despite having half its origin qi extracted.
• Lin Yun calculated that refining Spell Pellets for others could provide him with Demon Core origin qi and Spirit Stones to support his cultivation.
• Lin Yun weighed joining the Inverse Star Alliance, the Four Great Merchant Alliances, or the Star Palace, then decided to focus on establishing a reputation for Spell Pellets in Tianxing City.
• Lin Yun continued fishing for demon beasts to collect Demon Cores and prepare more Spell Pellets.

After returning to Tianxing City, Lin Yun visited the Fengle Auction House to consign his Water Astral Divine Thunder Spell Pellet and introduce it to the cultivation world. Elder Liu examined the strange item and listened to Lin Yun explain its origin and abilities.

• Lin Yun returned to his cave abode and learned that Xin Ruoyin had stocked the Herb Garden while Nangong Wan remained in seclusion.
• Lin Yun saw that Xin Ruoyin had continued cultivating and studying formations, and learned she had sold advanced formations through the Fengle Auction House.
• Lin Yun decided that the Fengle Auction House would be a good place to make the Spell Pellet known.
• Lin Yun went to the Fengle Auction House and asked to consign demonic beast cores, talismans, and Talisman Treasures.
• Elder Liu examined Lin Yun's Water Astral Divine Thunder Spell Pellet, mistook it for an unusual sixth-level Infant Carp Beast core, and asked about its depleted energy and talisman traces.
• Lin Yun explained that the item was a Spell Pellet refined from an Infant Carp Beast core and described how it could unleash Water Astral Divine Thunder.

Lin Yun demonstrated his Spell Pellets to Elder Liu and negotiated an exclusive sales partnership with the Fengle Merchant Alliance for a thirty-percent share of the profits. After signing their agreement, he learned that the Fengle Auction House would promote the Spell Pellets at a major auction in two months.

• Lin Yun showed Elder Liu that Spell Pellets could use demon cores to produce innate divine abilities and other spells.
• Elder Liu estimated the Spell Pellets’ value and learned that Lin Yun’s secret refining method could not be reproduced by others.
• Elder Liu offered to arrange an exclusive Spell Pellet business with the Fengle Merchant Alliance, and Lin Yun negotiated his share up to thirty percent.
• Elder Liu secured approval for the thirty-percent share, and Lin Yun signed the alliance’s contract.
• Elder Liu said the Fengle Auction House would feature the Spell Pellets at a major auction in two months.

Lin Yun agreed to refine ten level-six Spell Pellets for the Fengle Merchant Alliance’s auction and accepted a jade pendant granting him a discount at its shops. He then began gathering deep-sea fine iron for the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Demon-Warding Shuttle, while Elder Chen plotted to obtain Lin Yun’s refining methods.

• Lin Yun agreed to deliver ten level-six Spell Pellets to Elder Liu in a month and identified the abilities of the Demon Cores the alliance provided.
• Elder Liu gave Lin Yun a Fengle Merchant Alliance jade pendant and reported the deal to Elder Chen, who believed Lin Yun knew ancient artifact-refining methods.
• Elder Chen proposed befriending Lin Yun to obtain his methods, or capturing and interrogating him if that failed.
• Lin Yun visited a materials shop and asked the shopkeeper to buy around ninety pieces of deep-sea fine iron for him.
• Lin Yun left a deposit, planning to use the iron and ten-thousand-year profound ice to make plates for the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Demon-Warding Shuttle.

Lin Yun strengthened his Innate One Qi Great Grasping with Five Elements Essence Qi and refined the Demon Cores into pills and Spell Pellets. When the Fengle Auction began, he attended with Xin Ruoyin as an honored guest and received the auction catalog from Elder Liu.

• Lin Yun refined Origin Qi from ten Level Six Demon Cores into his Innate One Qi Great Grasping, boosting its power to suppress Core Formation cultivators’ magical treasures.
• Lin Yun used the remaining Origin Qi to make medicinal pills and Spell Pellets, then continued refining his treasures while preparing to form his core.
• Lin Yun delivered ten Spell Pellets to the Fengle Auction House and later took Xin Ruoyin to its large-scale auction.
• Lin Yun and Xin Ruoyin entered the auction house and settled into a private room overlooking the crowded bidding hall.
• Elder Liu greeted Lin Yun, welcomed his ties to the Merchant Alliance, and gave him the auction catalog.

Lin Yun and Xin Ruoyin reviewed the Fengle Auction House catalog before attending the auction, where Lin Yun bought an incomplete formation diagram. As the auction neared its end, a demonstrated Spell Pellet stunned the crowd with its ability to unleash a Core Formation demon beast’s power without using the cultivator’s own magical power.

• Lin Yun and Xin Ruoyin reviewed the auction catalog, noting several artifact-refining materials, a Bloodline Flood Dragon hatchling, and an incomplete formation diagram.
• Lin Yun surveyed the other private rooms and sensed several early Nascent Soul cultivators among the attendees.
• The auction began, and the Profound Light Shield and other magical artifacts sparked bidding among Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Lin Yun passed on two taels of astral silver sand when the six-thousand-Spirit-Stone reserve price proved too high, and the lot went unsold.
• Lin Yun successfully bid for the incomplete formation diagram, while the Bloodline Flood Dragon hatchling later sold for a high price.
• The auctioneer demonstrated a Spell Pellet that used a Demon Core to unleash a Core Formation demon beast’s Water Astral Divine Thunder, astonishing the crowd.

Lin Yun prepared for Core Formation after accumulating the pills he needed, then entered seclusion to form a Taiqing one-qi origin pill using his life-origin qi, primordial essence, and divine soul. Three months into the process, he visualized nine Taiqing Immortal Talismans and awakened a trace of innate Taiqing Dao qi resonance.

• After refining Spell Pellets for the Fengle Merchant Alliance, Lin Yun gathered the medicinal pills needed for Core Formation and strengthened his origin qi over several months.
• While tending the Herb Garden, Lin Yun realized his time had come, told Xin Ruoyin to expect roughly ten months of seclusion, and disappeared into his room.
• Lin Yun meditated, withdrew the five elements origin pill, and began condensing his life-origin qi while suppressing the solidification of his true essence.
• Three months later, Lin Yun compressed the origin-qi cloud to fist size and used his divine soul and primordial essence to produce a strand of primordial essence.
• Lin Yun formed a trace of golden-core immortal essence and spent a month visualizing nine Taiqing Immortal Talismans, bringing a trace of innate Taiqing Dao qi resonance into the origin qi.

Lin Yun completed his core formation, condensing the taiqing one-qi origin pill and reaching the core formation realm. As he examined his strengthened lifespan, magical power, and spiritual sense, he took out the five elements origin pill.

• Lin Yun finished nurturing the taiqing one-qi origin pill embryo and used it to condense the liquid five-colored true essence.
• After ten months of seclusion, Lin Yun triggered a vast spiritual qi vortex and thunderous phenomena that drew the attention of nearby cultivators.
• Xin Ruoyin sensed the disturbance and went to Lin Yun's chamber, where Nangong Wan also emerged from seclusion and recognized that Lin Yun was at the final step of core formation.
• Lin Yun formed his taiqing one-qi origin pill and completed its first turn, entering the core formation realm.
• Lin Yun assessed his increased lifespan, magical power, and spiritual sense, then took out the five elements origin pill to examine it.

Lin Yun emerged from seclusion after forming a powerful taiqing one-qi origin pill, and discovered he could now perceive the primordial qi of heaven and earth with remarkable clarity. He caught up with Xin Ruoyin and Nangong Wan, handled messages and supplies, and agreed to refine pills and Spell Pellets for Nangong Wan.

• Lin Yun emerged from seclusion and greeted Xin Ruoyin and Nangong Wan, who congratulated him on reaching Core Formation.
• Lin Yun realized his new origin pill had greatly sharpened his perception of primordial qi, and he identified Nangong Wan as having completed two turns of Core Formation.
• Lin Yun praised Xin Ruoyin's progress toward Mid Foundation Establishment and advised her to keep cultivating toward a supreme yin dao body.
• Lin Yun received Sound Transmission Talismans, destroyed most recruitment offers, and heard from Xin Ruoyin about the Fengle Merchant Alliance's visit and the delivery of three pieces of deep-sea refined iron.
• Nangong Wan told Lin Yun she planned to seek Demon Cores to prepare for her third turn, and Lin Yun said the Fengle Merchant Alliance would provide them.
• After Xin Ruoyin explained Lin Yun's arrangement with the Fengle Merchant Alliance, Nangong Wan asked him to refine pills and Spell Pellets for her, and Lin Yun readily agreed.

Lin Yun demonstrated that he could form pills directly from primordial qi, then gave Xiao Mei a Youth-Preserving Pill and a Foundation Establishment Pill. He planned his next cultivation and treasure-refinement projects before receiving a message from Elder Liu of the Fengle Auction House.

• Lin Yun formed a Youth-Preserving Pill from primordial qi and explained the limits of his ability to manifest pills.
• Nangong Wan returned the pill, and Lin Yun gave it to Xiao Mei because he and Xin Ruoyin already had Youth-Preserving Pills.
• Lin Yun also gave Xiao Mei a Foundation Establishment Pill, then discussed cultivation, alchemy, and formations with Nangong Wan and Xin Ruoyin.
• Nangong Wan went into seclusion to pursue the third turn, and Xin Ruoyin returned to cultivation.
• Lin Yun planned his next cultivation, spell, and magic treasure projects, including preparing the Hundred-Spirit Immortal-Slaying Sword.
• Lin Yun received a Sound Transmission Talisman from the Fengle Merchant Alliance carrying Elder Liu's voice.