Recaps

Lin He developed Green Spirit Island into the Heavenly One Pavilion, while the women advanced their cultivation and mastered the Great Evolution Art. After handing puppet control to them, Lin He entered seclusion, and thirty years later a distant uninhabited island was covered by black clouds.

• Lin He established the Heavenly One Pavilion on Green Spirit Island, stocked its treasury, and used puppets to develop and guard the island.
• Senior Sister Chen reached middle Foundation Establishment and reported on the women's progress with the Great Evolution Art.
• Xin Ruoyin reached Foundation Establishment and gave Lin He a jade slip containing three formations that could hold off Core Formation Stage Cultivators.
• Yan Ruyan, Senior Sister Chen, and Xin Ruoyin mastered the second level of the Great Evolution Art eight years later, allowing Lin He to hand over puppet control and enter seclusion.
• Thirty years later, black clouds gathered over an uninhabited island tens of thousands of miles from Green Spirit Island.

Lin He successfully formed his core, defeated a Lava Giant Turtle, and killed two cultivators from the Six Linked Hall. He flew toward Green Spirit Island as the Six Linked Hall elders suspected the Miaoyin Sect was behind the deaths.

• Lin He completed Core Formation after decades of preparation and discovered two early Core Formation cultivators approaching in secret.
• A Lava Giant Turtle erupted from beneath the island, and Lin He summoned eighteen Corpse Puppets to subdue it and store it as a spirit beast for Wan'er.
• Lin He captured and killed the two cultivators, who identified themselves as elders of the Six Linked Hall, then collected their blood, bodies, Storage Bags, and concealment treasures.
• Elder Gu and Elder Miao arrived, found traces of Elder Xu and Elder Wang, and suspected the Miaoyin Sect had arranged the attack.
• Lin He flew toward Green Spirit Island without knowing he had sparked a conflict.

Lin He returned to Green Spirit Island with a level seven Lava Giant Turtle for Nangong Wan and learned how quickly the others had advanced in cultivation. After Yan Ruyan questioned why he had never become intimate with her, Lin He secluded himself to study the Core Formation section of the Star Refining Golden Origin Art.

• Lin He returned safely to Green Spirit Island and gave Nangong Wan the level seven Lava Giant Turtle.
• Lin He learned that Yan Ruyan had reached early Core Formation, Nangong Wan was near a bottleneck, Senior Sister Chen had reached fake core, Xin Ruoyin had reached late Foundation Establishment, and Xiao Mei had reached early Foundation Establishment.
• Lin He reassured Nangong Wan that the Six Linked Hall posed no threat and then withdrew to his cave abode when Senior Sister Chen, Xin Ruoyin, and Yan Ruyan showed their interest in him.
• Yan Ruyan asked Senior Sister Chen and Xin Ruoyin why Lin He had been intimate with them but not with her, then left after apologizing for speaking out of turn.
• Lin He opened the Core Formation section of the Star Refining Golden Origin Art and found the words “Golden Spirit Celestial Star Needles!”

Lin He chose the Golden Spirit Celestial Star Needles as his future life-bound magic treasure and planned a trip to gather rare materials, Dust Settling Pills, and supplies for Yan Ruyan. After half a year in seclusion, he emerged with his cultivation consolidated and the Golden Spirit Great Handprint mastered, then faced Yan Ruyan’s question about whether he liked her.

• Lin He decided to pursue a full set of two hundred and fifty-six Golden Spirit Celestial Star Needles, while seeking starstone, Mountain-Moving Apes, formation materials, and Dust Settling Pills.
• Lin He spent more than half a year in seclusion, consolidating his early Core Formation cultivation and mastering the Golden Spirit Great Handprint.
• Nangong Wan revealed that she had reached late Core Formation and gave Lin He eighteen corpse puppets for protection.
• Nangong Wan asked Lin He to gather materials for Yan Ruyan’s life-bound magic treasure, and Yan Ruyan handed him the materials list.
• Yan Ruyan asked Lin He whether he did not like her.

Lin He gave Yan Ruyan the Rising Dragon Art, explaining that she could help him break through one Core Formation bottleneck and resolving her doubts about why he had never been intimate with her. After leaving Green Spirit Island for Tianxing City, he arrived at the Clear River Teahouse as Zhou Yuan prepared the Miaoyin Sect to respond to a deadly attack on its shipment.

• Yan Ruyan pressed Lin He to explain why he had never been intimate with her, saying the question was affecting her cultivation state of mind.
• Lin He gave Yan Ruyan the Rising Dragon Art, and she learned that he intended to use it with her once he reached the peak of Early Core Formation.
• Yan Ruyan agreed to meet Lin He then, blushing and fleeing after reading the technique.
• Lin He left Green Spirit Island and traveled toward Tianxing City to visit the Clear River Teahouse.
• Fan Jingmei reported to Zhou Yuan that the disciples escorting a shipment had been killed and the goods stolen.
• Zhou Yuan blamed the Six Linked Hall and began gathering Miaoyin Sect forces as Lin He arrived at the Clear River Teahouse.

Lin He settled his transaction with Zhou Yuan and learned the Six Linked Hall had attacked Miaoyin Sect’s disciples, then agreed to act on information about an elder with starstone. In Tianxing City, he met Yuan Yao and Yanli, took them under his protection, rented a cave abode, and entered his Portable Space to face the Level Five Frost Wyrm.

• Zhou Yuan told Lin He that the Six Linked Hall had ambushed and killed Miaoyin Sect disciples transporting goods, and she hinted that an elder of the rival sect possessed starstone.
• Lin He collected the materials from his previous order, paid the balance, and agreed to hear about the starstone lead before taking action.
• Lin He encountered Yuan Yao and Yanli seeking a powerful cultivator’s backing and intervened when a demon cultivator threatened them.
• Yuan Yao and Yanli offered to serve Lin He, and he accepted after warning them not to break their promise.
• Lin He rented a cave abode for fifty years, sent the two women to an adjoining room, and entered his Portable Space before the Level Five Frost Wyrm.

Lin He made the Frost Wyrm submit, named it Jiao Three, and raised it to level seven before arranging for Ape One to guard Yuan Yao and Yanli. After preparing the women for the danger posed by the Azure Sun Sect, Lin He repaired his Warrior Puppets and went to meet Zhou Yuan and the others at Tianxing City's gate.

• Lin He forced the Frost Wyrm to acknowledge him as its master, named it Jiao Three, and used spirit liquid to raise it to level seven.
• Lin He told Ape One he could return to Green Spirit Island and see Senior Sister Chen after Lin He reached the Nascent Soul Stage, then assigned him to protect two people in the Portable Space.
• Lin He brought Ape One to Yuan Yao and Yanli, warned them that the young master of the Azure Sun Sect and his father Venerable Sanyang were dangerous, and gave them Foundation Establishment Pills and supplies.
• Lin He returned to the Welcoming Inn, repaired the two damaged Warrior Puppets, and followed a Miaoyin Sect messenger to Tianxing City's gate to meet Zhou Yuan and the others.

Lin He, Lan Chou, Zhou Yuan, and Sect Master Wang’s group attacked a thieves’ lair, only to discover the battle had triggered a hidden Blood-Refined Yin Corpse Formation. The formation trapped them with the slain cultivators now revived as refined corpses.

• Zhou Yuan and Lin He set out with Lan Chou after Fellow Daoist Ma failed to appear, and two men secretly followed them.
• Lin He met Sect Master Wang, who introduced two Core Formation allies and used a Golden Cicada Bee to lead the group to the thieves’ lair.
• Sect Master Wang, Lin He, and Lan Chou killed many Foundation Establishment cultivators as they stormed the lair.
• Lin He sensed a hidden formation and warned the others, but enemy attacks prevented everyone from escaping before the blood-red barrier sealed them in.
• Sect Master Wang identified the Blood-Refined Yin Corpse Formation and ordered the group to destroy the bodies, but dozens of their victims rose again as refined corpses.

Sect Master Wang and the others escaped the Blood-Refined Yin Corpse Formation when Lan Chou used the Mountain-Cleaving Seal to shatter its barrier. As the Miaoyin Sect and the Six Linked Hall prepared to fight, Guo Yun and Liu Hong arrived to confront Lin He and Lan Chou, evening the numbers to six against six.

• Zhou Yuan explained that the Blood-Refined Yin Corpse Formation could drain the magical power of anyone trapped inside while its refined corpses repeatedly revived.
• Lan Chou revealed the Mountain-Cleaving Seal, and the group protected him from corpses hurled at them while he charged the treasure.
• Lan Chou struck the barrier with the Mountain-Cleaving Seal, breaking the formation and causing the refined corpses to collapse.
• Sect Master Wang confronted Elder Gu, who remained confident despite being outnumbered.
• Guo Yun and Liu Hong arrived from the Azure Sun Sect and declared they would capture Lin He for their young master.
• Guo Yun and Liu Hong faced Lin He and Lan Chou while Elder Gu and his three companions faced Sect Master Wang and the others, bringing the battle to six against six.

Lin He killed Liu Hong and Guo Yun with the help of his puppets, Lan Chou, and his own powerful attacks. Elder Gu’s group gained the upper hand after Zhao poisoned Zhou Yuan and Meng betrayed Sect Master Wang, leaving the couple in grave danger.

• Liu Hong attacked Lin He, but Lin He’s Great Handprint and Broadsword Warrior Puppets overwhelmed him, and a puppet killed him.
• Lin He, Lan Chou, and the puppets surrounded Guo Yun and killed him after breaking through his golden protective talisman.
• Elder Gu urged Zhao and Meng to act as Lin He’s victories threatened their side.
• Zhao poisoned Zhou Yuan with his Poison Scorpion, then retreated to join Elder Gu’s group.
• Meng stabbed Sect Master Wang in the chest while pretending to rush to Zhou Yuan’s aid, and Elder Gu’s group attacked the wounded couple.

Lin He used the Spirit-Nurturing Talisman to strengthen his Golden Spirit Great Handprint and killed three of Elder Gu’s group, then revealed that he had detected Wu Chou’s concealment. Wu Chou appeared and threatened Zhou Yuan, and Lin He prepared to fight him.

• Sect Master Wang’s Earthly Astral Ape rescued him and Zhou Yuan from the attackers before succumbing to its injuries.
• Lin He shielded the group with his Golden Ruyi and used the Spirit-Nurturing Talisman to raise his power.
• Lin He killed Elder Miao, Zhao, and Meng with his amplified Golden Spirit Great Handprint.
• Wu Chou emerged from the Profound Yin Demonic Qi and demanded that Zhou Yuan surrender the Miaoyin Sect and its female disciples.
• Wu Chou realized Lin He had seen through his concealment, and Lin He challenged him to fight.

Lin He fought Wu Chou and revealed his body-cultivator strength, but Wu Chou transformed into his grandfather, Grandmaster Extreme Yin. The Nascent Soul cultivator threatened everyone and summoned eighteen Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses.

• Elder Gu accused Wu Chou of deliberately standing aside while Elder Miao died, and Wu Chou blamed the elder’s weakness.
• Lin He, Lan Chou, and the Broadsword Warrior Puppets attacked Wu Chou and forced Elder Gu and two companions to help defend him.
• Wu Chou’s ring and Profound Yin Demonic Qi failed to stop Lin He, who broke free and revealed his golden armor and silver scales.
• Lin He battered Wu Chou and knocked him down, then prepared to strike again after Wu Chou invoked his grandfather.
• Wu Chou transformed into Grandmaster Extreme Yin, who confronted Lin He and declared that no one would leave alive.
• Grandmaster Extreme Yin summoned eighteen Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses.

Lin He revealed that his Corpse Puppets could form an Early Nascent Soul Giant Corpse Puppet, turning the fight against Grandmaster Extreme Yin and his Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses in his favor. After capturing eight demon corpses, Lin He faced Extreme Yin as the old fiend prepared a powerful black fireball.

• Lin He held off two Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses while Sect Master Wang and Zhou Yuan escaped, and then drew all eighteen demon corpses toward himself.
• Lin He sent eighteen Corpse Puppets to kill Elder Gu and his two companions, then collected their bodies and belongings.
• Lin He formed the Corpse Fiend Grand Array, combining his Corpse Puppets into an Early Nascent Soul Giant Corpse Puppet.
• Lin He used the Giant Corpse Puppet to seize and store eight Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses despite Extreme Yin ordering the others to fight back.
• Extreme Yin summoned a black fireball and declared that Lin He would die to the divine ability he had perfected over a hundred years.

Lin He survived Grandmaster Extreme Yin’s attack and forced him to flee, though the battle left Lin He severely drained. Back in Tianxing City, Lin He recovered and watched over Yanli and Yuan Yao as they began establishing their foundations.

• Grandmaster Extreme Yin’s Tiandu Corpse Fire badly damaged Lin He’s giant corpse puppet, but Lin He used his puppets and Lan Chou to fend off the devil’s attacks and steal four Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses.
• Grandmaster Extreme Yin withdrew with his remaining six Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses when his dwindling power and Wu Chou’s body could no longer sustain the fight.
• Lin He, exhausted from controlling the giant corpse puppet, returned to Tianxing City and recovered in his cave abode with medicinal pills.
• Lin He learned that Yanli and Yuan Yao had avoided taking their Foundation Establishment Pills because they feared accepting his gifts without serving him first.
• Lin He agreed to let the women handle simple chores and stood guard while they each took a Foundation Establishment Pill; he then asked Ape One to watch them and began assessing his gains.

Lin He searched the spoils from his battle and discovered a method to accelerate the growth of spirit insects, then met with Sect Master Wang and Zhou Yuan. The chapter ended as they asked him for urgent help.

• Lin He examined the storage bags and found a starstone, twenty Dust Settling Pills, and recipes for Dust Settling Pills and Spirit-Feeding Pills.
• Lin He discovered the Stellar Power Infusion Method, which could speed up spirit insect growth using Stellar Spirit Liquid and starlight.
• Lin He considered using the method on his Gold Devouring Beetles and decided to ask the Miaoyin Sect to find stellar marrow zhi.
• A Miaoyin Sect disciple led Lin He to Sect Master Wang and Zhou Yuan, who thanked him for helping them survive their encounter with Old Devil Extreme Yin.
• Zhou Yuan told Lin He that the Miaoyin Sect urgently needed his help.

Lin He proposed that the injured Miaoyin Sect become an outer sect of the Heavenly One Pavilion in exchange for protection, and its leaders tentatively agreed. A month later, while Lin He was crafting puppets, a Sound Transmission Talisman arrived at his cave abode.

• Zhou Yuan and Sect Master Wang told Lin He that their injuries left the Miaoyin Sect vulnerable to rival merchants and asked him to serve as a guest elder.
• Lin He refused to join the Miaoyin Sect, citing the Heavenly One Pavilion's rules, then proposed that it become an outer sect instead.
• Lin He explained that the Miaoyin Sect would receive protection and paid assignments, while needing to prioritize tasks such as gathering intelligence and materials.
• Sect Master Wang and Zhou Yuan agreed to join as an outer sect if the Heavenly One Pavilion stayed out of their internal affairs, and Lin He promised to report their terms.
• Lin He bought several second-grade Mountain-Moving Apes, returned to his cave abode, and began crafting eight early Core Formation puppets.
• A month later, a Sound Transmission Talisman flew to the entrance of Lin He's cave abode while he was still crafting puppets.

Lin He secured the Miaoyin Sect’s agreement to become an outer sect of the Heavenly One Pavilion and lent it two powerful treasures for protection. After he left, a pale young man suspected Lin He had killed Guo Yun and Liu Hong and vowed to deal with him after reaching Core Formation.

• Lin He confronted Fellow Daoist Ma for breaking his promise and refusing to leave the Miaoyin Sect, forcing Ma to offer spirit stones and depart.
• Zhou Yuan gave Lin He the requested materials, and he paid the remaining balance with level five demon beast materials.
• Lin He warned Sect Master Wang and Zhou Yuan that his conflicts with Extreme Yin Island and the Azure Sun Sect could endanger the Miaoyin Sect, but they accepted the risks of joining the Heavenly One Pavilion.
• Lin He lent Zhou Yuan the Giant Tortoise Puppet and Frost Wyrm Token, then gave her the Stellar Spirit Liquid formula and a list of materials needed for Early Core Formation puppets.
• After Lin He left, a pale young man suspected him of killing Guo Yun and Liu Hong and threatened to act against him once he reached Core Formation.

After Yuan Yao and Yanli reached Foundation Establishment, Lin He gave them dual-cultivation techniques and left Tianxing City for the Outer Sea. Back on Green Spirit Island, he prepared materials, raised spirit beasts, studied artifact refining, and began crafting his Life-Bound Magic Treasure three years later.

• Lin He completed eight Warrior Puppets and a Spirit-Nurturing Talisman, bringing his puppet collection to twelve.
• Yuan Yao and Yanli reached Foundation Establishment, and Yanli explained their past and asked whether Lin He looked down on them.
• Lin He gave the women two dual-cultivation techniques, and Yanli chose the secret technique so Yuan Yao could preserve her primal yin for the cultivation art.
• After three days with Lin He, Yanli emerged unharmed and said the secret technique had slightly improved her cultivation.
• Lin He left Yuan Yao and Yanli in Ape One's care, visited the Miaoyin Sect, bought Snow Spirit Water and Heavenly Fire Liquid, and teleported to the Outer Sea.
• On Green Spirit Island, Lin He gave materials to Yan Ruyan and Xin Ruoyin, raised level seven spirit beasts, studied artifact refining under Nangong Wan, and began refining his Life-Bound Magic Treasure three years later.

Lin He completed his life-bound Golden Spirit Celestial Star Needles, then spent sixteen years in seclusion and advanced to peak early Core Formation. After emerging, he discussed plans for the Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses and left Green Spirit Island to seek opportunities before the Void Sky Hall opened.

• Lin He and Nangong Wan spent over a year refining two hundred and fifty-six Golden Spirit Celestial Star Needles, then rested for three days before Lin He refined the needles as his life-bound magic treasure.
• Lin He secluded himself for sixteen years, advancing to peak early Core Formation while Nangong Wan reported that Ru Yin and Qiao Qian were nearing mastery of the third layer of the Great Evolution Art and planned to attempt Core Formation.
• Lin He showed Xin Ruoyin twelve Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses and gave her the Corpse Fiend Grand Array jade slip, asking her to research a formation that could combine eighteen corpses once she reached Core Formation.
• Yan Ruyan told Lin He she would manage Green Spirit Island and gave him a list of materials to gather for the life-bound magic treasures of Ru Yin, Qiao Qian, and Xiao Mei.
• Lin He left Green Spirit Island in a streak of blue light to seek opportunities ahead of the Void Sky Hall opening.

Lin He visited the Miaoyin Sect and learned that rumors of a treasure in the Heavenly Passage Fog Sea might lead him to the stellar marrow zhi he needed. He agreed to explore the sea with Zhou Yuan and planned to ask the sect for information about the Taiyang Sect before seeking Mei Ning.

• Zhou Yuan gave Lin He materials for Stellar Spirit Liquid and puppet refining, but said the required stellar marrow zhi had not been found.
• Zhou Yuan described the poisonous fog and dangers of the Heavenly Passage Fog Sea, where a rare treasure was rumored to have appeared.
• Lin He agreed to take Zhou Yuan treasure hunting and told her to follow his instructions; she offered to buy him a Poison-Repelling Pearl.
• Lin He paid the remaining balance with level five demon beast materials and heard reports of upheaval among sects and powers.
• Lin He asked Zhou Yuan to gather information about the Taiyang Sect, intending to use Zhao Qiao as a lead to find Mei Ning, then returned to his rented cave abode.

Grandmaster Extreme Yin lured cultivators into the Heavenly Passage Fog Sea to flush out Lin He and planned to use a powerful helper and the Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses against him. After returning to Tianxing City, Lin He renewed his cave lease, visited Yanli and Yuan Yao, and then left the city with Zhou Yuan, unaware that a pale young man was following them.

• Grandmaster Extreme Yin told Wu Chou that rumors of treasure were drawing cultivators into the Heavenly Passage Fog Sea so they could expose his traitorous disciple, Sun, and revealed he had recruited a powerful helper.
• Grandmaster Extreme Yin learned that Lin He was an independent cultivator serving as a guest elder of the Miaoyin Sect and vowed to recover the twelve Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses and take revenge.
• Lin He renewed his lease in Tianxing City and returned to his cave abode, where Yanli told him that she and Yuan Yao had advanced to middle Foundation Establishment.
• Lin He spent three days with Yanli, then gave her and Yuan Yao cultivation guidance before leaving for the general store.
• Lin He met Zhou Yuan, accepted a blue bead from her, and left Tianxing City with her.
• A pale young man with dark circles followed Lin He and Zhou Yuan out of the city.

Lin He and Zhou Yuan searched the Heavenly Passage Fog Sea for stellar marrow zhi, acquiring Azure Spirit Fruits and a Level Five Azure Fire Wolf along the way. After they encountered a fierce battle on another island, a strange black cloud appeared, and Lin He and Zhou Yuan reacted with alarm.

• Lin He and Zhou Yuan entered the fog sea, fought off attacking sea fish, and searched an island for treasures.
• Lin He defeated a Level Five Azure Fire Wolf in two moves, and Zhou Yuan captured it and gave Lin He the Azure Spirit Fruits.
• Lin He and Zhou Yuan searched several more islands but failed to find stellar marrow zhi.
• Lin He and Zhou Yuan approached an island where powerful cultivators were fighting, and a huge black cloud appeared above it.
• Zhou Yuan recognized something about the cloud, and Lin He narrowed his eyes with a fierce glint.

Lin He and Zhou Yuan joined Sect Master Sun in a battle against Redfire Old Monster, Wu Chou, and Extreme Yin Island's forces. Lin He captured two Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses before a new group arrived, led by a young cultivator who recognized him.

• Sect Master Sun fought Wu Chou and Redfire Old Monster after accusing Extreme Yin of trying to turn him into a puppet.
• Lin He and Zhou Yuan decided to intervene, and Lin He demanded that Wu Chou hand over the six Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses.
• Lin He joined forces with Sect Master Sun, while Zhou Yuan engaged Wu Chou and the Hidden Fiend Sect's cultivators fought the other demon corpses.
• Lin He used his puppets, spells, and a black rope to defeat and capture two Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses.
• Five cultivators arrived, and their pale, Early Core Formation leader laughed and told Lin He that he had finally found him.

Lin He used Star Illusion and his golden needles to kill three Azure Sun Sect cultivators who attacked him. The Azure Sun Sect Young Master remembered their trump card and prepared to kill Lin He with Elder Yan’s help.

• The Azure Sun Sect Young Master recognized Lin He and ordered three middle-stage Core Formation cultivators to attack him.
• Lin He evaded their magic treasures with Star Illusion, then emerged from underground and killed one attacker with his golden needles.
• Lin He sent 128 golden needles at the remaining two cultivators while Elder Yan’s Great Handprint clashed evenly with Lin He’s golden Great Handprint.
• The golden needles killed the two attackers, and Lin He collected their belongings and blood as the Azure Sun Sect Young Master and Elder Yan watched.
• Elder Yan stopped the Young Master from rushing at Lin He and reminded him of their trump card; the Young Master then ordered Elder Yan to cover him as they prepared to kill Lin He.

Lin He survived the Azure Fire Thunder by relying on his thirteen Gold Devouring Beetles and killed the Azure Sun Sect's Young Master. Extreme Yin then rallied the others against him, leaving Lin He surrounded and under attack again.

• Elder Yan restrained Lin He with the Black Alms Bowl while the Azure Sun Sect's Young Master hurled an Azure Fire Thunder at him.
• Lin He broke free of the black light with his golden armor, but Extreme Yin revealed himself and struck, delaying Lin as the Azure Fire Thunder exploded around him.
• Lin He survived the blast with the help of his thirteen Gold Devouring Beetles and appeared beside the Azure Sun Sect's Young Master to kill him.
• Elder Yan warned Lin He that the Young Master's father, Venerable Sanyang, would seek revenge, but Lin He refused to regret killing him.
• Extreme Yin ordered Elder Yan, Redfire Old Monster, and the others to attack Lin He together.