Recaps

Lin Shisan opened the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion for the ice-sculpture beauty, who revealed the speed of a Yellow Dragon Realm expert as she entered its starry space. She returned holding a jumping black box, leaving Lin Shisan to wonder why such a powerful figure had come to the outer sect.

• The spirit cat recognized Lin Shisan and leaped onto his head as the ice-sculpture beauty arrived at the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion.
• Feng Qingye tried to placate the beauty, who said she had come to obtain cultivation manuals and combat skills.
• The beauty ordered Lin Shisan to open the pavilion, and Feng Qingye warned him to follow the incantation carefully or the pavilion would lock for twenty-four hours.
• Lin Shisan activated the Little Yellow Flag and opened the pavilion, where the beauty leaped into its starry sky.
• The beauty returned before Lin Shisan holding a black box that was still jumping.

Lin Shisan received a life-saving Heartlock from the ice-sculpture beauty, then entered the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion’s mystery-box trial and used the Jiaolong True Spirit to draw several boxes toward him. He grabbed one just before time ran out, while Feng Qingye’s memories of the feat and the beauty were erased.

• The ice-sculpture beauty branded Lin Shisan with a Heartlock that could save his life once but would cost him three years of lifespan when activated.
• She threw Lin Shisan into the star-filled pavilion and warned him that he had one minute to grab a mystery box before the Heartlock activated and cost him three years.
• After an electric shock, Lin Shisan awakened the Jiaolong True Spirit, whose currents drew numerous black boxes toward him.
• Lin Shisan grabbed a mystery box at the last moment, and the ice-sculpture beauty erased Feng Qingye’s memories of what he had witnessed.
• The ice-sculpture beauty left with Spirit Cat, while Lin Shisan worried that word of his success would reach Feng Qingye and Deer Gate Peak’s main hall.

Lin Shisan concealed the Four-Sided Mystery Box and learned that the ice-sculpture beauty was named Xue Yaotian, while Feng Qingye’s memories of her visit had been altered. After Feng Qingye treated him to a meal and hinted that Lin Shisan owed him for his injury, Lin Shisan locked himself in and prepared to open the mystery box.

• Lin Shisan hid the Four-Sided Mystery Box inside Niu Shan's Storage Ring, which he then placed in the Storage Ring Han Yansong had given him.
• Lin Shisan found Feng Qingye asleep and later realized that Xue Yaotian had erased Feng Qingye’s memory of Lin Shisan refusing to flee.
• Feng Qingye asked Lin Shisan to return his belongings, but Lin Shisan left them with him; Feng Qingye found his Storage Ring untouched, along with two apples, and praised Lin Shisan.
• Lin Shisan swept and tidied Feng Qingye’s courtyard, then Feng Qingye brought him a lavish meal and repeatedly reminded him that he had taken an injury for Lin Shisan.
• Lin Shisan carried Feng Qingye back to his courtyard, secured his own room, and waited until late at night before secretly taking out the mystery box.

Lin Shisan opened an apparently empty mystery box, then used the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art to reveal the Yellow-tier combat skill Nine-Tiger Thunder Charge. After memorizing its techniques, he went to Green Bamboo Ravine for work and visited Niu Shan’s grave.

• Lin Shisan found the mystery box empty and was heartbroken, but his Jiaolong True Spirit urged him to try circulating the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art.
• Golden runes emerged from the box and taught Lin Shisan the Yellow-tier combat skill Nine-Tiger Thunder Charge, which required the Meridian Opening realm to form its first tiger phantom.
• Lin Shisan studied the illustrated movements for four hours and memorized their general outline before heading to work at dawn.
• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan to collect Green Bamboo plants and Green Chrysanthemums, so Lin Shisan dug them up in Green Bamboo Ravine.
• Lin Shisan recognized that Thunderclap Ravine lay across the river and went to Niu Shan’s grave, where he added earth and planted green trees.

During a thunderstorm, Lin Shisan’s Jiaolong True Spirit absorbed lightning and developed a tiny reverse scale, briefly strengthening his arm. After returning to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and reassuring Feng Qingye, Lin Shisan deliberately ran into his courtyard when lightning struck, hoping to awaken a reverse scale on his own arm.

• Lin Shisan circulated the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art in the storm, and his Jiaolong True Spirit flew into the lightning.
• Lin Shisan recalled the Jiaolong True Spirit just before the lightning struck it, but a shock sent him crashing into a tree.
• The Jiaolong True Spirit swallowed lightning particles, and Lin Shisan noticed a tiny reverse scale in his Dantian.
• Lin Shisan’s arm briefly flashed with azure light and knocked aside a falling branch, though he could not find a scale on it afterward.
• Lin Shisan returned to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, where Feng Qingye worriedly examined him and warned him to stay cautious.
• Lin Shisan confirmed the reverse scale on his Jiaolong True Spirit, then ran into his courtyard to let lightning strike him deliberately.

Lin Shisan hid an injured black-clad woman who forced him to swallow a Seven-Day Heart-Breaking Pill, then lied to the Law Enforcement Team when they searched for her. After the team left, he hurried back to check on the woman, whose safety was tied to his survival.

• The black-clad woman threatened Lin Shisan, made him swallow a Seven-Day Heart-Breaking Pill, and ordered him to hide her from the approaching pursuers.
• Lin Shisan hid the injured woman in a pit beneath his bed as the Law Enforcement Team arrived with Feng Qingye.
• Senior Brother Qi questioned Lin Shisan about his activities and whether he had seen anyone in black, while Feng Qingye vouched for his account.
• Lin Shisan denied seeing anyone, and Senior Brother Qi led the Law Enforcement Team away without searching the bedroom.
• Lin Shisan rushed back to the master bedroom to check on the black-clad woman.

Lin Shisan feared the missing woman in black had left him to die from the Seven-Day Heart-Breaking Pill, and he spent the next day convinced he had only seven days to live. While cultivating the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art, he discovered that his Jiaolong True Spirit had also become sickly.

• Lin Shisan searched his courtyard for the missing woman in black but found only blood and a bloodstained handkerchief beneath his bed.
• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan that the Law Enforcement Team had failed to find the badly wounded witch and that she might have died.
• Lin Shisan spent the day distracted and returned home without the wine Feng Qingye offered him.
• Lin Shisan searched beneath his bed again, then mourned at his father's memorial tablet and decided to keep cultivating despite expecting to die.
• Lin Shisan circulated the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art and saw that his Jiaolong True Spirit had become dull and sickly.

Lin Shisan risked his life in Thunderclap Ravine to feed the ailing Jiaolong True Spirit electrical energy, then returned late to find Feng Qingye bruised after Senior Brother Qi had come looking for him. He feared his secret connection to the woman in black had been exposed.

• Lin Shisan tried to revive the sick Jiaolong True Spirit with spiritual energy, then used the last of his thunderwood to give it a brief burst of electrical energy.
• Lin Shisan rushed to Thunderclap Ravine and plunged into the grove's electrical arcs so the Jiaolong True Spirit could feed on them.
• The Jiaolong True Spirit emerged from Lin Shisan's Dantian and devoured the electrical energy as he clung to the thunderwood branches and lost consciousness.
• Lin Shisan woke during a storm to find the Jiaolong True Spirit restored, then realized the electrical arcs weakened or hid during fierce weather.
• Lin Shisan returned late to find Feng Qingye bruised; Feng Qingye said Senior Brother Qi had come looking for him, and Lin Shisan worried his secret about the woman in black had been revealed.

Lin Shisan learned that Qi Jian and Chen Dong might be seeking him, then advanced from body tempering third layer to fourth after drinking Body Tempering Liquid. As he wondered about the tiger’s roar that accompanied his breakthrough, Qi Jian appeared in his courtyard, staring at him with murderous intent.

• Lin Shisan told Feng Qingye he had spent the night in a cave after missing curfew, and Feng warned him that Qi Jian might be acting on behalf of Chen Dong.
• Feng Qingye reassured Lin Shisan that his survival was mostly unknown, while Lin kept quiet and finished his work at the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion.
• Lin Shisan returned home, paid respects to his father’s spirit tablet, and drank a whole bottle of Body Tempering Liquid.
• Lin Shisan broke through to body tempering fourth layer, and a scale appeared on his chest as the heat within him was transformed.
• Lin Shisan heard a tiger’s roar and wondered whether it came from Nine Tigers Thunder Charge, then saw Qi Jian standing across his courtyard with murderous intent.

Qi Jian attacked Lin Shisan, then revealed that Lin Shisan’s father had saved him and asked about Niu Shan. Qi Jian identified Niu Shan and the woman in black as Demon Cave spies, but after he left, the woman appeared in Lin Shisan’s courtyard.

• Qi Jian struck Lin Shisan twice, and Lin Shisan finally blocked one attack, injuring his arm and crashing into a stone table.
• Qi Jian recognized Lin Shisan as Senior Brother Lin’s son and explained that Lin Shisan’s father had saved him and secured Lin Shisan a chance to enter Tai Chi Hall.
• Qi Jian knelt in the study to pay respects to Lin Shisan’s father, then questioned Lin Shisan about Niu Shan and whether he had found a Storage Ring or Spirit Stones.
• Lin Shisan denied finding anything on Niu Shan, and Qi Jian said Niu Shan was likely a Demon Cave spy who had been working under the woman in black.
• Qi Jian gave Lin Shisan a Sound Transmission Stone and warned him to report if he encountered the woman in black.
• After Qi Jian left, the woman in black, whom Qi Jian had called a Demon Cave spy, jumped down from a tree in Lin Shisan’s courtyard.

The woman in black tried to convince Lin Shisan that Qi Jian was a Demon Cave spy who wanted Niu Shan's Storage Ring, then offered him an antidote and herself in exchange for his help. Lin Shisan remained suspicious and backed away, preparing to activate the Heartlock as she began to ask him to turn his face away.

• The woman in black explained how she had witnessed Qi Jian kill her master and how Lei Shi had stabbed her after mistaking her for a Demon Cave spy.
• She warned Lin Shisan that Qi Jian wanted Niu Shan's Storage Ring and the evidence inside it, and might kill him once he got it.
• The woman in black claimed she had the Seven-Day Heart-Breaking Pill's antidote and tossed Lin Shisan half a dose that she said would extend his life by ten days.
• When Lin Shisan stayed distrustful, the woman in black offered to be his in exchange for his help.
• Lin Shisan backed away and prepared to activate the Heartlock as the woman in black asked him to turn his face away.

Lin Shisan refused to take advantage of the woman in black and agreed to help her, but left when Feng Qingye summoned him urgently. At the office, he learned Han Yansong had come to support them and warned him that Chen Dong knew he was still alive.

• The woman in black removed her outer robe, but Lin Shisan handed it back and agreed to help her without exploiting her predicament.
• Feng Qingye contacted Lin Shisan through a Messaging Stone and urgently summoned him to the office.
• The woman in black put her robe back on and said she would wait for Lin Shisan to return.
• Lin Shisan found Feng Qingye drinking with Han Yansong, who praised his rapid progress to the body tempering fourth layer.
• Han Yansong warned Lin Shisan that Chen Dong knew he was still alive and told him to avoid going out.

Lin Shisan helped Zhao Xun open blind boxes, and Zhao rewarded him with the Five Elements Divine Refinement. Zhao warned that a bloody calamity might soon befall Lin Shisan, leaving him bewildered and in danger.

• Lin Shisan put the half black pill left by the woman in black into the Little Black Cauldron and continued his work as his Dantian gradually recovered.
• Feng Qingye summoned Lin Shisan to meet Zhao Xun, who recognized him as his mascot and asked him to open the passage to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion.
• Lin Shisan opened the passage, and Zhao Xun searched among the stars until he caught and opened a blind box.
• Zhao Xun celebrated his luck, gave Lin Shisan the Five Elements Divine Refinement, and invited him to serve as an attendant at Rosy Clouds Mountain once he could refine three kinds of Spirit Pill.
• Zhao Xun warned Lin Shisan that a bloody calamity, possibly fatal, awaited him, then flew away.

Lin Shisan’s Jiaolong True Spirit emerged in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, absorbed starlight, and triggered the Pavilion’s deadly restrictions before retreating into his Dantian. Feng Qingye arrived to find the danger over and realized Lin Shisan had broken his thirty-year record of avoiding accidents.

• Lin Shisan watched the Jiaolong True Spirit grow to several meters long as it played among the stars and let him touch it.
• The Jiaolong True Spirit absorbed starlight and fed its gentle power back to Lin Shisan, who memorized the stars’ formation pattern.
• The Tibetan Scripture Pavilion shook as its protective restrictions formed flying swords and aimed them at the Jiaolong True Spirit.
• Lin Shisan called the Jiaolong True Spirit back, and the swords and shaking vanished as it returned to his Dantian.
• Feng Qingye rushed in, saw Zhao Xun was missing, and feared Lin Shisan had caused an accident that would end his retirement.

Lin Shisan hid his role in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion’s disturbance while Feng Qingye investigated and the sect summoned visitors. The chapter ended with Lin Shisan fearing Chen Dong’s threat and deciding to flee from Deer Gate Peak.

• Lin Shisan pretended to be frightened as Feng Qingye checked the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and was summoned to explain the disturbance.
• Feng Qingye returned after nearly an hour and carefully inspected the pavilion while Lin Shisan cleaned the grounds through the night.
• Disciples, stewards, deacons, and elders visited the pavilion, and Lin Shisan and Feng Qingye greeted them until the afternoon.
• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan that Chen Dong, Chen Yang’s older brother and a member of the Law Enforcement Team, had arrived with heavy killing intent.
• Feng Qingye explained that sect rules prevented Chen Dong from fighting a lower-realm servant disciple, but Lin Shisan still said he would leave that night.

Lin Shisan agreed to help the Black-Clad Woman expose Qi Jian and gave her Niu Shan's Storage Ring, hoping to avoid fleeing the mountain. After she left, he realized she was Mu Ling'er, the woman he had been longing for.

• Lin Shisan packed his belongings and planned to flee Deer Gate Mountain to escape Chen Dong and seek refuge at Sunset Glow Peak.
• The Black-Clad Woman offered to help Lin Shisan avoid Chen Dong if he aided her in exposing Qi Jian as a Demon Cave spy.
• She asked Lin Shisan for Niu Shan's Storage Ring and the location of his burial, claiming the ring held evidence against Qi Jian.
• Lin Shisan gave her the ring and told her where Niu Shan was buried, while concealing what he had done with the Body Tempering Liquid.
• After the Black-Clad Woman left, Lin Shisan recognized her as Mu Ling'er, also known as Tiny Waist.

After the Black-Clad Woman left, Lin Shisan tried to save his ailing Jiaolong True Spirit by recreating the star pattern from the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion. The starlight revived the spirit, but Lin Shisan’s first body-tempering attempt badly injured him and ended with two strangers dragging him away.

• The Black-Clad Woman tearfully wished Lin Shisan a peaceful journey and walked away.
• Lin Shisan noticed the Jiaolong True Spirit was sick and, unable to leave during curfew to find thunderwood, recalled the strange star pattern.
• Lin Shisan arranged 108 Spirit Stones into the pattern, projecting it onto the Jiaolong True Spirit and restoring its lively appearance.
• Lin Shisan used the starlight feedback to begin body tempering with the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art, but repeated bursts of energy battered him.
• The fish in Lin Shisan’s Fish Tank shocked him while the starlight continued to strike, and he lost consciousness as two figures arrived and carried him away.

Lin Shisan woke bound in a grave while two Deer Gate Peak Servant Disciples prepared to bury him, then survived their attack when his Reverse Scale and Jiaolong True Spirit freed and defended him. After he demanded to know who had ordered his burial, Feng Qingye appeared and killed the remaining gravedigger.

• Lin Shisan woke to two Deer Gate Peak Servant Disciples digging a grave and realized he was bound and gagged.
• One Servant Disciple raised an iron shovel to kill Lin Shisan, but the Reverse Scale knocked it away and broke the man's arms.
• The Jiaolong True Spirit cut Lin Shisan's ropes, and the terrified gravedigger died of fright as Lin Shisan approached.
• The surviving Servant Disciple begged for his life, and Lin Shisan asked who had ordered his burial.
• Feng Qingye threw a dagger into the Servant Disciple's forehead, killing him, then faced Lin Shisan.

Lin Shisan exposed Feng Qingye as the Demon Cave spy behind the Qi Jian disguise and learned Feng intended to use Dao Heart Seed Demon on him. As Feng’s demon bug neared Lin Shisan’s forehead, a white tiger leapt from it and destroyed the bug.

• Lin Shisan confronted Feng Qingye with the human-skin mask and accused him of being the Demon Cave spy disguised as Qi Jian.
• Feng Qingye admitted Lin Shisan had uncovered his identity and prepared to bury him for Dao Heart Seed Demon.
• Lin Shisan asked whether Feng had also killed his father, and Feng taunted him instead of answering.
• Feng Qingye attacked Lin Shisan with the Black Heart Palm and sent a demon bug toward his forehead.
• A white tiger sprang from Lin Shisan’s forehead and roared the demon bug in two.

Lin Shisan destroyed Feng Qingye’s Demon Bug, but Feng Qingye used his Flying Sword to force a breakthrough into the Meridian Opening Realm and tried to cut off Lin Shisan’s face. Lin Shisan activated the Heartlock to receive Xue Yaotian’s power, overwhelmed Feng Qingye, and began grinding away his Flying Sword and cultivation.

• Lin Shisan’s roar shattered Feng Qingye’s Demon Bug, leaving Feng Qingye badly injured by the backlash.
• Feng Qingye swallowed his Flying Sword and forced his cultivation up to the Meridian Opening Realm, then seized Lin Shisan with Gang Qi and prepared to cut his face.
• Lin Shisan activated the Heartlock at the cost of three years of his lifespan and received power from Xue Yaotian.
• Lin Shisan caught and ground apart Feng Qingye’s Gang Qi blade, then slapped him away and tore off his right arm.
• Lin Shisan reached into Feng Qingye’s chest and ground out the Flying Sword, also severing its connection and grinding away Feng Qingye’s cultivation.

Lin Shisan confronted Feng Qingye over his father's death and tried to spare Mu Ling'er, only for her to stab him in the chest. Feng Qingye revealed that Mu Ling'er had obeyed him because he alone could cure her comatose Senior Brother Long.

• Lin Shisan severed Feng Qingye's left arm and demon bug, then questioned him about his father's death.
• Feng Qingye denied killing Lin Shisan's father, but Lin Shisan decided he still deserved death as a member of the Demon Sect.
• Feng Qingye brought out the Black-Clad Woman and revealed she was Mu Ling'er, whom Lin Shisan loved, and threatened to have her killed if he died.
• Mu Ling'er removed her veil, admitted she had approached Lin Shisan to obtain evidence, and Lin Shisan offered to spare her and returned her dagger and handkerchief.
• Mu Ling'er seized the dagger and stabbed Lin Shisan in the chest while Feng Qingye explained that she obeyed him because he was the only one who could cure her comatose Senior Brother Long.

Lin Shisan killed Feng Qingye and two blue-robed disciples after Tiny Waist stabbed him, then discovered Tiny Waist was Feng Qingye's master and the Demon Sect agent in the Tai Chi Hall. Wounded and drained by the Heartlock, he learned that Tiny Waist sought Xue Yaotian's power, and Mu Ling'er’s sword swept toward him.

• Tiny Waist confirmed Feng Qingye’s plan and said Lin Shisan had to die, prompting him to attack them in anger.
• Lin Shisan pulled the dagger from his chest, survived because his heart was on the right, and crushed Feng Qingye by the throat.
• When two blue-robed disciples wounded Tiny Waist, Lin Shisan beheaded Feng Qingye and both disciples, then used the Lesser Rebirth Technique to stop Tiny Waist’s bleeding.
• The Heartlock’s quarter-hour limit expired, draining Lin Shisan’s power and three years of his lifespan; Tiny Waist struck him and revealed she was Feng Qingye’s master and a true Demon Sect member.
• Tiny Waist admitted she had waited for Lin Shisan’s Heartlock power to run out, while Lin Shisan deduced she wanted Xue Yaotian’s power and asked whether Boss Han belonged to the Demon Sect.
• Tiny Waist denied that Boss Han was a sect member and said she hated him for causing her mother’s death, as Mu Ling’er’s flying sword swept toward Lin Shisan.

Lin Shisan learned that Mu Ling'er had killed his father and tried to kill her, but Han Yansong intervened to protect her. Han Yansong revealed himself as a Yellow Dragon Realm powerhouse and carried Mu Ling'er away while blocking Lin Shisan and the others.

• Mu Ling'er said she had never loved Lin Shisan and had always loved Eldest Senior Brother, prompting Lin Shisan to unleash the Jiaolong True Spirit and attack her.
• Lin Shisan used his White Tiger roar to destroy Mu Ling'er's demon bugs, then demanded to know whether she had arranged his father's death.
• Han Yansong stepped in front of Mu Ling'er and begged Lin Shisan to spare her, but Mu Ling'er admitted she had killed Lin Qinghan to silence him.
• Lin Shisan sent his flying sword toward Mu Ling'er despite Han Yansong's pleas, while a square-faced middle-aged man and Xue Yaotian arrived with others and demanded that she be kept alive.
• Han Yansong blocked everyone with a wall of spiritual energy, revealed his Yellow Dragon Realm power, healed his sword wound, and swept Mu Ling'er away.

After escaping confinement, Lin Shisan hid at the foot of Deer Gate Peak while his sealed dantian and failing health left him powerless. He returned to live beneath the mountain and vowed to find his father's murderer and take revenge.

• Han Yansong revealed his strength to protect Mu Ling'er, who escaped, while Lin Shisan fainted and was later confined with his dantian sealed.
• After a month, Xue Yaotian secured Lin Shisan's release on the condition that he be expelled from Deer Gate Peak, but he vanished before Feng Nansheng's men could find him.
• With Qi Jian's help, Lin Shisan escaped to a house at the foot of the Azure Cloud Mountains and disguised himself as an old man.
• Lin Shisan refused to return to Tai Chi Hall and left the house before Qi Jian came back the next day.
• Half a month later, Lin Shisan rented a courtyard beside the tavern at the foot of Deer Gate Peak and vowed before his father's grave tablet to stay and find his father's killer.

Lin Shisan searched the morning market for an Alchemy Pill Furnace and bought one along with thunderwood and herbs. Back at the Courtyard, he discovered the Little Black Cauldron could store objects, then watched it flash with seven-colored radiance as something evolved.

• Lin Shisan paid his respects to his father and checked the copy of Five Elements Divine Refinement, which still had not evolved.
• Lin Shisan searched the Outer Sect morning market for an Alchemy Pill Furnace and bought a watered-down Body Tempering Liquid, thunderwood, and a broken flowerpot from Zheng Qian for one Spirit Stone.
• Lin Shisan put the Body Tempering Liquid into the Little Black Cauldron, then discovered the flowerpot and thunderwood could also be stored inside it.
• Lin Shisan placed his ordinary medicinal herbs in the Little Black Cauldron and saw a seven-colored radiance flash as something evolved.