Recaps

Lin He reached Foundation Establishment and traveled with Senior Sister Chen to collect his sect rewards and find a site for his cave abode. After helping Senior Sister Chang deal with Tan Ying, Lin He found the Spirit Eye Spring and began building his cave abode, where an unexpected visitor arrived three days later.

• Senior Sister Chen recognized Lin He's Foundation Establishment Pill, and Lin He let her take it to her brother while giving her a ride to the Chen Family.
• At the Kirin Pavilion, Senior Sister Chen confronted Tan Ying for berating Senior Sister Chang, and Lin He persuaded Tan Ying to leave her alone without risking retaliation against her.
• Lin He rented a Twin-Pupiled Mouse from Senior Sister Chang to find a place rich in spiritual energy, then parted ways with Senior Sister Chen.
• Senior Brother Ma agreed to provide medicinal ingredients for Senior Sister Chen's father and offered to have Han Li deliver them to Lin He's future cave abode.
• Sect Leader Zhong gave Lin He his Foundation Establishment rewards and explained how to choose a cave-abode site.
• Lin He used his foreknowledge to find the Spirit Eye Spring and began constructing his cave abode; three days later, an ordinary-looking young man arrived, wondering if Lin He was there.

Han Li delivered spirit medicines to Lin He and saw that his former fellow trial participant had reached Foundation Establishment. After Han Li and Tan Ying left, Lin He entered his Portable Space, where a system notification revealed the cost of accelerating a level two spirit beast’s growth.

• Tan Ying brought Han Li to Lin He’s cave abode to deliver spirit medicines assigned by Martial Uncle Ma.
• Lin He welcomed Han Li, confirmed the medicines were well cultivated, and watched him leave in a hurry.
• Lin He rewarded Tan Ying with two Low-Grade Spirit Stones and asked how Senior Sister Chang was being treated.
• Lin He considered helping Senior Sister Chang without inviting misunderstandings, then entered his Portable Space.
• Lin He surveyed his spirit liquid and tamed demonic beasts before the system announced that accelerating a level two spirit beast required one medium-grade spirit stone.

Lin He used medium-grade spirit stones to raise his Jade Mantis to level four and realized he would need a reliable way to earn more. Senior Sister Chen returned with a fortune from selling pills and magical artifacts, and a little over a month later Lin He left the sect for an assignment guarding Yellow Maple Valley Market.

• Lin He raised the Jade Mantis from level one to level four, then learned that nurturing it to level five would cost ten medium-grade spirit stones.
• Lin He decided he needed a steady source of medium-grade spirit stones to fund his spirit-beast nurturing and pill-making plans.
• Senior Sister Chen returned and told Lin He that her eldest brother had accepted a Foundation Establishment Pill and gone into seclusion with an estimated eighty percent chance of success.
• Senior Sister Chen gave Lin He two Storage Bags containing 110 medium-grade spirit stones from the pill and magical artifact sales.
• Lin He and Senior Sister Chen excavated a cave abode together, then spoke privately inside it.
• A little over a month later, Lin He had nurtured two more spirit beasts to level four and left the sect to guard Yellow Maple Valley Market.

Lin He took up his post at Yellow Maple Valley Market and learned from Old Cai that the four Foundation Establishment cultivators could take turns handling personal matters while three remained on duty. When his turn came, Lin He left for Heavenly Star Sect Market to find an artifact refiner and buy spirit tea for Old Cai.

• Lin He took over the market post from the reluctant cultivator surnamed Wu, and Old Cai explained Wu’s wish to spend time with his wife and son.
• Old Cai told Lin He that four Foundation Establishment cultivators were assigned so they could take turns attending to personal matters while three maintained the Market Grand Formation.
• Lin He spent a month at the market, studied books on spirit beasts and spirit tea, and failed to find either a suitable artifact refiner or a high-quality cultivation art.
• Old Cai informed Lin He that it was his turn to leave and asked him to buy spirit tea from the Tea Tasting Room at Heavenly Star Sect Market.
• Lin He accepted Old Cai’s request and set off aboard the Flying Spirit Boat toward Heavenly Star Sect Market.

Lin He came to the Heavenly Star Sect Market and intervened when Liu Ming accused Old Xu of making his younger brother Liu Qing disappear. After leaving Ink Flood Dragon materials with Old Xu for artifact forging, Lin He went to buy spirit tea and encountered a blue-clad woman.

• Liu Ming and his clan confronted Old Xu over Liu Qing’s disappearance, but Lin He arrived and drove them out with his Foundation Establishment power.
• Market warden Xu Yan stopped Lin He from continuing the fight, warned Liu Ming’s group, and tried unsuccessfully to learn Lin He’s identity.
• Lin He showed Old Xu his Ink Flood Dragon materials and gave him his requirements for forging, agreeing to leave the materials with him.
• Lin He considered finding another expert to forge his other grade-four demon beast materials and headed to the Tea Tasting Room.
• Lin He entered the shop and saw a blue-clad woman choosing spirit tea with a pretty maid.

Lin He met Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei while buying spirit tea, then learned Xin Ruoyin refused to let the Fu clan bind her to a lifetime of formation work. As Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei hurried out of the Market, Liu Ming and his group secretly followed them.

• Lin He bought spirit tea from a shopkeeper and secured a discount for Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei.
• Lin He recognized Xin Ruoyin, apologized for staring, and quickly left the shop.
• Xin Ruoyin mistook Lin He's gaze for lecherous interest and urged Xiao Mei to leave the Market before encountering him or the Fu clan.
• Xin Ruoyin explained that she worked for clans to afford formation materials but would not surrender her freedom to the Fu clan.
• Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei hurried out of the Market while Liu Ming led a group secretly following them.

Liu Ming and his followers pursued Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei to capture Xin Ruoyin for the Liu family, but Xu Yan cornered the women and forced Xin Ruoyin to agree to go with him. Lin He arrived, killed Liu Ming and his men, and confronted Xu Yan.

• Liu Ming followed Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei after learning Xin Ruoyin could set up powerful formations.
• Xin Ruoyin used Lost Track Formations to delay Liu Ming's group, but Xu Yan arrived and overpowered the women with his Foundation Establishment cultivation.
• Xu Yan struck Xiao Mei and threatened Xin Ruoyin, who agreed to go with him if he spared Xiao Mei.
• Lin He appeared on a flying boat and killed Liu Ming and his followers with his red flying knives.
• Lin He accused Xu Yan of colluding with the Liu family and bullying the women, and the two prepared to fight.

Lin He fought Xu Yan, whose Jadefire Blade was a powerful magic treasure fragment, while a Golden-Eyed Ape ambushed him with an invisibility veil. Xin Ruoyin tried to get help but Xu Yan threatened Xiao Mei, and Lin He smiled at Xu Yan just as he prepared to strike.

• Xu Yan attacked Lin He with the Jadefire Blade, and Lin He’s shield and Fire-Repelling Armor failed to withstand its spiritual-power-devouring flames.
• Lin He protected himself with the Yellow Gauze Umbrella and identified the Jadefire Blade as a magic treasure fragment, prompting Xu Yan to threaten to kill him.
• A Golden-Eyed Ape appeared and attacked Lin He, then vanished beneath a veil, helping Xu Yan keep Lin He on the defensive.
• Xin Ruoyin decided to return to the Residence with Xiao Mei to activate the Grand Array, but Xu Yan threatened Xiao Mei and stopped them.
• Xu Yan prepared a fatal blow against Lin He, who suddenly stared at him with a strange smile.

Lin He defeated Xu Yan and his Golden-Eyed Ape using his artifacts, then killed Xu Yan after the Azure Condensation Mirror immobilized the Jadefire Blade. After concealing the evidence and collecting the spoils, Lin He turned to face Ru Yin and Xiao Mei.

• Xu Yan used defensive talismans and the Jadefire Blade to withstand the Jade Mantis's fierce attacks.
• Lin He used blood to reveal the Golden-Eyed Ape, then overwhelmed and knocked it unconscious with a barrage of talismans and magic artifacts.
• Lin He immobilized the Jadefire Blade with the Azure Condensation Mirror, allowing the Jade Mantis to cut Xu Yan in two.
• Lin He took Xu Yan's belongings, destroyed his corpse, buried his Storage Bag, and collected the Golden-Eyed Ape, its veil, and the Jadefire Blade.
• Lin He turned to look at Ru Yin and Xiao Mei.

Lin He saved Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei from the Liu family, brought them to Xin Ruoyin’s refuge, and began building trust with them. After examining the treasures he had taken from Xu Yan, Lin He considered seeking Xin Ruoyin’s Five Elements Reversal Formation, but Xiao Mei suddenly called for help.

• Xin Ruoyin questioned Lin He’s intentions, and he reassured her while Xiao Mei collected the Liu family’s Storage Bags and Lin He burned the corpses.
• Lin He took Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei by Flying Spirit Boat to Xin Ruoyin’s second refuge, where she explained that she maintained three hiding places.
• Xin Ruoyin asked why Lin He had appeared during the fight, and he said he had followed the Liu family after noticing their suspicious behavior at the market.
• Lin He, Xin Ruoyin, and Xiao Mei shared tea and dinner, then Lin He cultivated and examined the treasures he had taken from Xu Yan.
• Lin He considered how to obtain Xin Ruoyin’s Five Elements Reversal Formation, but Xiao Mei knocked on his door and pleaded with him to save her young mistress.

Lin He discovered that Xin Ruoyin’s cultivation breakthrough had triggered her dragon chant body and endangered her life, then provided the millennium Cold Star Grass needed to prepare a remedy. After Xin Ruoyin recovered enough to wake, she asked Xiao Mei to leave so she could speak with Lin He alone.

• Xiao Mei summoned Lin He to see the unconscious Xin Ruoyin, whose dangerous condition worsened when he tried using his yang-aligned spiritual power.
• Lin He explained that Xin Ruoyin’s dragon chant body required either a powerful cold-yin cultivator or a millennium cold-yin spirit medicine to suppress its imbalance.
• Lin He gave Xiao Mei his millennium Cold Star Grass, and she went to prepare the medicine using the supporting ingredients Xin Ruoyin had already obtained.
• As Xin Ruoyin suffered in bed, she clutched Lin He’s hand and bit him until Xiao Mei returned with the medicine.
• Xin Ruoyin woke, apologized for biting Lin He, learned about his gift of the Cold Star Grass, and asked Xiao Mei to leave them alone together.

Lin He explained that saving Xin Ruoyin was an investment in her talent for formations and offered a way for her to overcome the cultivation troubles caused by her dragon chant body. Xin Ruoyin agreed to travel with him to the Yue Kingdom and asked him to call her Ru Yin.

• Xin Ruoyin tried to bow and repay Lin He for saving her, while fearing he might demand something in return.
• Lin He told Xin Ruoyin he was investing in her future as a formation master rather than seeking immediate repayment.
• Xin Ruoyin revealed that her dragon chant body made breakthroughs dangerous and feared she would remain at Qi Condensation forever.
• Lin He said his yang cultivation could not help directly, but suggested she join the Covering Moon Sect to find a cold yin cultivation method.
• Lin He offered to take Xin Ruoyin to the Yellow Maple Valley Market and later introduce her to a Core Formation woman from the Covering Moon Sect.
• Xin Ruoyin accepted his plan and asked him to call her Ru Yin.

Lin He gave Xin Ruoyin Array Essentials and arranged for her and Xiao Mei to accompany him to the Yue Kingdom. After learning the Market was searching for Xu Yan, Lin He hurriedly departed, while Xu Yan’s relatives mistakenly blamed his death on a Core Formation expert and promised the Xu family ancestor would seek answers.

• Xin Ruoyin agreed to travel with Lin He to the Yue Kingdom and join the Covering Moon Sect when an opportunity arose.
• Lin He gave Xin Ruoyin Array Essentials, and she offered to teach him the basics of arrays.
• Xiao Hei delivered Lin He’s commissioned magic artifacts and told him that Foundation Establishment cultivators were inspecting the Market while searching for Xu Yan.
• Lin He took Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei away on the Divine Wind Boat toward the Yue Kingdom.
• Two Xu family Foundation Establishment cultivators concluded that a Core Formation expert had killed Xu Yan, and their ancestor vowed to make the culprit answer to the Xu family.

Lin He, Xin Ruoyin, and Xiao Mei fled the Yuanwu Kingdom aboard the Divine Wind Boat, but a powerful pursuer caught up just before they reached Yellow Maple Valley Market. Lin He prepared the Five Elements Reversal Formation and faced two Foundation Establishment elders, ending the chapter as he unleashed an enormous jade-green figure against them.

• Xin Ruoyin explained that she and Xiao Mei had to leave the Yuanwu Kingdom because of the Liu family, Xu Yan, and the Fu family, while Lin He reassured Xiao Mei that he could settle them at Yellow Maple Valley Market.
• Lin He and Xin Ruoyin discussed opening a formation shop, but a powerful spiritual sense swept over them as they neared the market.
• Lin He suspected a Core Formation Stage pursuer was approaching, so Xin Ruoyin brought out the Five Elements Reversal Formation and the three of them set it up.
• Lin He waited outside the formation while Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei hid, and three flying figures arrived: a vacant-faced elder and two middle Foundation Establishment elders.
• The thin elder accused Lin He of killing Xu Yan, and the vacant-faced elder ordered the two elders to seize him while refusing to act himself.
• Lin He denied knowing Xu Yan, then waved his hand and sent an enormous jade-green figure lunging at the two elders.

Lin He fought the Xu ancestor while the Jade Mantis killed one of the Xu ancestor’s nephews and battled the other. After the Xu ancestor’s Golden Rain Sword destroyed most of Lin He’s magical artifacts, Lin He led him into the Five Elements Reversal Formation, which activated as they descended.

• The Jade Mantis killed the thin old man with a single strike, while Lin He engaged the Xu ancestor’s Spirit Puppet Clone in midair.
• The fat old man defended himself against the Jade Mantis with his Green Ruyi as the Xu ancestor fought Lin He with the Golden Sword.
• The Xu ancestor’s Golden Rain Sword shattered Lin He’s Child Blades, Blazing Fire Claws, and Mother Blade, but Lin He dodged its attack on his Divine Wind Boat.
• Lin He used the Jadefire Blade to hold back the Golden Rain Sword briefly, then withdrew as the Jade Mantis abandoned the fat old man and descended with him.
• The Xu ancestor and the fat old man followed Lin He down, and the Five Elements Reversal Formation activated around them.

Lin He trapped the Xu patriarch and the fat old man in the Five Elements Reversal Formation, but the Xu patriarch recognized its limits and chose to wait for it to weaken. Lin He decided to attack from within the formation and prepared to fight without restraint.

• Lin He explained that the vulture-faced Xu patriarch might be a Core Formation cultivator using a limited incarnation, then activated the Five Elements Reversal Formation as the enemies arrived.
• The Xu patriarch shattered the formation’s outer barriers with his golden sword, but discovered that successive five-colored barriers replaced them and identified the Five Elements Reversal Formation.
• The Xu patriarch warned the fat old man that the formation could not kill them directly, and they stopped attacking to wait for Lin He to make a mistake.
• Xin Ruoyin warned Lin He that maintaining the formation would drain his spiritual sense and resources, so Lin He decided to seize the initiative.
• Lin He vanished into the formation, while Xin Ruoyin told Xiao Mei to shut out her senses; Lin He approved and prepared to fight without holding back.

Lin He used the Jade Mantis and a Heavenly Thunder Seed to grievously wound the Xu clan patriarch’s Spirit Puppet Clone, then defeated it with his formation, artifacts, and three Level Four Spirit Beasts. After collecting the Golden Sword and three High-Tier Talismans, Lin He sensed a powerful aura approaching.

• Lin He distracted the Xu clan patriarch with low-tier talismans, allowing the concealed Jade Mantis to kill the fat old man.
• The Xu clan patriarch attacked the Jade Mantis with the Golden Sword, but Lin He blasted him with a Heavenly Thunder Seed and learned he was fighting a Spirit Puppet Clone.
• The patriarch unleashed a devastating sword strike, but Lin He’s Five-Colored Light Curtains and Yellow Gauze Umbrella absorbed it after his Black Iron Flying Shield was destroyed.
• Lin He sent the Jade Mantis, Azure-Eyed Toad, and Golden-Light Python against the wounded patriarch, knocking the Golden Sword from his grasp and destroying the clone.
• The clone vanished as a golden talisman, leaving the Golden Sword and three High-Tier Talismans behind, and Lin He sensed a powerful aura approaching.

After defeating the men who attacked him, Lin He met Senior Aunt Hongfu and concealed the Magic Treasure’s aura she had sensed. He persuaded Hongfu to accompany him to the Yellow Maple Valley Market by offering to appraise a jade-box treasure, hoping to ask her about a suitable cultivation technique.

• Lin He stored the attackers’ belongings, erased traces of the fight, and kept his array in place while he waited with Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei for an approaching expert.
• Hongfu arrived with her disciple Dong Xuan'er, questioned Lin He about the battle and a Magic Treasure’s aura, and praised his array after he denied using a Magic Treasure.
• Lin He offered to help Hongfu gather materials at the Market and asked her to appraise two treasures, but she initially prepared to leave.
• Lin He showed Hongfu an exquisite jade box; after inspecting its contents, she agreed to go to the Market with him and discuss the appraisal.
• Lin He sent Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei a voice transmission to dismantle the array, and the group set off for the Yellow Maple Valley Market.

Lin He traded two five-hundred-year-old jade spirit flowers with Hongfu for a cultivation art and additional items. He chose the Star Refining Golden Origin Art, which seemed perfectly suited to him, and discovered that some of the other items were Foundation Establishment pill recipes.

• Lin He arranged lodging for Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei, then presented Hongfu with two jade spirit flowers in exchange for a cultivation art.
• Hongfu offered Lin He several jade slips, and he found the Star Refining Golden Origin Art among them.
• Hongfu explained that the art had belonged to the Golden Origin Wanderer, a famed cultivator who had formed his Nascent Soul at two hundred before angering several sects and disappearing.
• Lin He learned that the incomplete art required stellar power and a level five demon core, but realized his Portable Space and resources could let him cultivate it safely.
• Hongfu offered Lin He three additional items to balance the trade, and he spotted a set of Foundation Establishment pill recipes among them.

Lin He traded for spirit beast formations and pill recipes, then spent a year mastering the fourth level of the Star Refining Golden Origin Art and gaining the Golden Armor Art. After returning to the market, he told Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei to pack so he could take them to the Covering Moon Sect.

• Lin He traded with Hongfu for spirit beast formations and two Foundation Establishment pill recipes, and learned that Madam Xu was a master artifact refiner in the Covering Moon Sect market.
• Lin He sorted through his gains, gave Xin Ruoyin the spirit beast formations to study, and sold seized artifacts for more spirit stones.
• Lin He spent a year cultivating in the Portable Space, mastered the fourth level of the Star Refining Golden Origin Art, and gained the Golden Armor Art.
• Lin He raised ten spirit beasts to level five, trapped and killed them after they escaped his control, and used their cores for pills and body-tempering spirit liquid.
• Lin He returned to Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei's formation shop, received Xin Ruoyin's annotated jade slip, and told them to pack for a trip to the Covering Moon Sect.

Lin He brought Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei to the Covering Moon Sect to ask Nangong Wan for help with Xin Ruoyin’s dragon chant body and to recommend her as a disciple. Nangong Wan accepted both women as disciples and gave them magical artifacts, then asked them to leave so she could speak privately with Lin He.

• Lin He reassured Xin Ruoyin that Nangong Wan could help suppress her dragon chant body and allow her to keep cultivating.
• At the Covering Moon Sect’s mountain gate, Lin He asked to meet Nangong Wan and left her a wooden box; after she refused to see him, he waited with Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei in a nearby town.
• Nangong Wan appeared before them after finding the Sound Transmission Talisman inside the box and questioned Lin He about his visit.
• Nangong Wan tested Xin Ruoyin’s array knowledge, recognized her talent, and agreed to take her as a disciple.
• After Lin He explained Xin Ruoyin’s dragon chant body, Nangong Wan said she could suppress it until Xin Ruoyin reached Foundation Establishment; she also accepted Xiao Mei as a nominal disciple.
• Nangong Wan gave each new disciple a Top-Tier Magical Artifact, then asked them to step outside so she could speak with Lin He privately.

Lin He reunited with Nangong Wan, gave her a Youth-Preserving Pill, and asked her to handle Level Five Demon Beast materials. After he revealed a startling secret, Nangong Wan prepared to act on it while Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei went with her to the Covering Moon Sect, and Lin He returned to Yellow Maple Valley.

• Lin He met Nangong Wan privately and asked her to help process two Level Five Demon Beast materials, which she agreed to handle through her sect connections.
• Lin He gave Nangong Wan a Youth-Preserving Pill, and the two spent time together in private.
• Lin He told Nangong Wan something that shocked her, and she asked him to keep it secret while she prepared to deal with the matter.
• Nangong Wan took Xin Ruoyin and Xiao Mei back to the Covering Moon Sect, while Xin Ruoyin and Lin He parted with the expectation they would meet again soon.
• Three days later, Lin He left the Covering Moon Sect mountain by Divine Wind Boat and returned to Yellow Maple Valley after several more days.

Lin He returned from his assignment, settled Senior Sister Chen’s unwanted Qin Family suitor by defeating Qin Ye in a duel, and later left for Yuejing when Senior Sister Chen remained in seclusion. He expected Nangong Wan to be waiting for him there.

• Lin He returned to the valley and learned that Qin Ye was pressuring Senior Sister Chen to marry him, so he arranged to confront Qin Ye.
• Lin He and Senior Sister Chen met Qin Ye and Qin An in the Taiyue Mountain Range, where Qin Ye challenged Lin He to a duel.
• Lin He overwhelmed Qin Ye with talismans and magical artifacts, forcing him to concede and end his pursuit of Senior Sister Chen.
• Qin An apologized to Lin He, and Lin He returned to his cave abode with Senior Sister Chen after the Qin Family party left.
• A year later, Lin He found Senior Sister Chen still in seclusion and flew toward Yuejing to meet Nangong Wan.

Lin He met Xin Ruoyin and Nangong Wan in Yuejing while seeking an opportunity to break through to Middle Foundation Establishment. After they resolved a confrontation with Xiao Cuier and her grandfather, Lin He obtained a manual containing the Gale Nine Transformations’ Qi-Concealing Technique, and Nangong Wan sent Xiao Cuier to the Covering Moon Sect; Lin He then said he needed to visit the imperial palace before dealing with the teleportation array.

• Lin He met Xin Ruoyin and Nangong Wan, who praised how quickly his cultivation had advanced to the peak of Early Foundation Establishment.
• Three drunk cultivators approached Nangong Wan, but Xiao Cuier intervened, and Nangong Wan slapped the girl for speaking to her disrespectfully.
• Lin He invited Xiao Cuier and her grandfather to speak privately and asked about their Qi-Concealing Technique.
• Xiao Cuier’s grandfather gave Lin He the manual containing the technique, which Lin He recognized as part of the Gale Nine Transformations.
• Nangong Wan discovered Xiao Cuier had Dual Spiritual Roots and gave her a token to enter the Covering Moon Sect.
• Nangong Wan told Lin He she had found the mineral deposit, and Lin He said he would visit the imperial palace before attending to the teleportation array.

Lin He stormed the imperial palace, killed several Black Fiend Cult Blood Attendants, and clashed with the blue-robed man and the Yue Emperor. After gaining a new insight, he fled into a bamboo grove, where a five-colored barrier trapped his pursuers alongside two female cultivators, one of whom revealed Core Formation stage power.

• Lin He killed Tie Luo and the Ice Demon, then used the Jade Mantis to kill Qing Wen and Ye She and seized four Blood-Condensed Five Elements Pills.
• The blue-robed man attacked Lin He with Blood Refining Divine Light, but the Yue Emperor appeared and joined him in a simultaneous assault.
• The Jade Mantis was wounded while defending Lin He, who clashed with the blue-robed man using the Jadefire Blade against the Black Blood Blade.
• Lin He gained a new insight during the fight, mounted the Jade Mantis, and flew out of the imperial palace as the blue-robed man and Yue Emperor pursued him.
• The Jade Mantis carried Lin He into a bamboo grove, where a Five-Colored Light Curtain trapped the pursuers with Lin He and two female cultivators, including one who displayed Core Formation stage power.