Recaps

Lin Shisan sent Pang Yue and Little Yan'er away, then turned back to stop Little Dragon from striking them with the Seven-Star Flying Sword. Little Dragon regrouped the Law Enforcement Team and launched the enhanced formation against Lin Shisan, who was left falling and in danger.

• Lin Shisan told Pang Yue that his demonic energy had already condensed into a Demon Spirit and asked whether Pang Yue knew how Lin Qinghan had died, but Pang Yue could not recall the name.
• Lin Shisan sent Pang Yue and Little Yan'er flying toward safety and told Pang Yue to take care of Little Yan'er.
• Little Dragon activated the Little Yellow Flag and formed a Seven-Star Flying Sword empowered by Feng Nansheng's strike.
• Lin Shisan turned back and used a Taiji Seal to block the sword, but the seal was sliced apart and he fell from the sky before the Jiaolong True Spirit lent him power.
• Little Dragon and the six Law Enforcement Team members formed the Seven-Star Sword Formation again, strengthening the flying sword as Little Dragon attacked Lin Shisan.

Lin Shisan broke free of the Seven-Day Immortal's defensive formation, used starlight and Xue Yaotian's power to defeat Little Dragon and the Seven-Star Sword Formation, then fled into the back mountain. He was struck by the owner of a terrifying pair of eyes and escaped into the woods as his borrowed strength faded and a corrosive force spread through his back.

• Little Dragon ordered the Seven-Star Flying Sword to kill Lin Shisan while the defensive formation trapped him, and the Jiaolong True Spirit intercepted the blow at the cost of nearly shattering its Reverse Scale.
• Lin Shisan drew starlight through his flying sword, awakened his Dantian, and caught the Seven-Star Flying Sword with his bare hands.
• Lin Shisan seized Little Dragon's Life-Bound Flying Sword, severed its connection to Little Dragon, and killed Little Dragon and two Law Enforcement Disciples with one stroke.
• Lin Shisan fled as reinforcements arrived, but the owner of the terrifying eyes struck him in the back before he escaped into the woods.
• Lin Shisan used sword light and the storm to evade his pursuers, then limped along the narrow path as the corrosive palm force spread and Xue Yaotian's power faded.

Lin Shisan was rescued from Ji Lao'er by Nine Worms and Pang Yue, then escaped through the mountain woods. Pang Yue revealed that he was the Demon Cave fiend being hunted and parted ways with Lin Shisan, who continued toward safety.

• Ji Lao'er battered Lin Shisan and lifted him into the air, accusing Han Yansong's lineage of being trash.
• Nine Worms appeared, fought Ji Lao'er, and rescued Lin Shisan by tossing him into a black vortex.
• Pang Yue caught Lin Shisan and ran through the mountain woods to escape their pursuers.
• Pang Yue told Lin Shisan that he was the Demon Cave fiend they were hunting and directed him along a path out of Tai Chi Hall.
• Pang Yue bid Lin Shisan farewell and said he could only return to the Demon Cave.

Lin Shisan tried to escape the Tai Chi Hall but Ouyang Xiao and his men intercepted him to seize the Nine Tribulations Taiji Art. The chapter ended with Lin Shisan surrounded by powerful enemies and facing what seemed to be certain death.

• Pang Yue drew the Tai Chi Hall's pursuers away so Lin Shisan could escape, and Lin Shisan left while vowing to avenge his father.
• Lin Shisan neared the exit before Ouyang Xiao introduced himself as Zhao Xun's youngest disciple and claimed he had come to fetch him.
• Ouyang Xiao summoned ten black-clad men and had Left Ear identify Lin Shisan as Pang Yue's young Maternal Clan Uncle.
• Left Ear revealed that Lin Shisan had used the Taiji Seal and might know the Nine Tribulations Taiji Art, after which Ouyang Xiao killed him and a companion beheaded him.
• Ouyang Xiao's men drew their swords and closed in on Lin Shisan, who realized he was badly outmatched and trapped.

Ouyang Xiao tried to seize the Nine Tribulations Taiji Art from Lin Shisan’s divine sense, but the Plum Blossom Mark Xue Yaotian had planted activated and struck back. Lin Shisan’s black-and-white grinding disc emerged in his dantian, and he killed a Meridian Opening first-stage attacker as the others watched.

• Ouyang Xiao suppressed Lin Shisan and tried to extract the Nine Tribulations Taiji Art from his divine sense sea.
• The Heartlock activated the Plum Blossom Mark Xue Yaotian had planted, cutting Ouyang Xiao off and injuring his divine sense.
• Lin Shisan paid three years of his lifespan and heart’s blood as black and white forces appeared in his forehead, dantian, and jiaolong true spirit.
• A black-and-white grinding disc emerged in Lin Shisan’s dantian as Ouyang Xiao ordered the ten black-clad men to attack him.
• A Meridian Opening first-stage man thrust at Lin Shisan, but Lin Shisan seized the sword and killed him with it.

Lin Shisan destroyed the Heart-Devouring Demonic Qi’s attack, advanced to the seventh stage of Body Tempering, and unleashed the Demon Spirit’s killing power against Ouyang Xiao’s squad. As the law enforcement members attacked, Lin Shisan killed one of them, while the rest remained engaged in battle.

• The Black-and-White Grinding Disc crushed the Heart-Devouring Demonic Qi, healed Lin Shisan, and helped him break through the sixth-stage bottleneck.
• Ouyang Xiao revealed that he wanted the Nine Tribulations Taiji Art and ordered Lan Shanye’s squad to capture Lin Shisan, promising rewards and a favor.
• Lin Shisan heard Ouyang Xiao and Lan Shanye, turned to the Demon Spirit within the grinding disc, and took on a murderous aura.
• Lan Shanye sent his squad to attack, and the eight law enforcement members struck Lin Shisan with their Thousand-Layer Wave Sword Formation.
• One law enforcement member broke formation to stab Lin Shisan, but Lin Shisan dodged and drove his sword through the man’s chest, dragging out his internal organs.

Lin Shisan slaughtered the Law Enforcement Team members with Long Youkong’s flying sword, but Ouyang Xiao struck him down as Lan Shanye tried to flee. The fight left Lin Shisan plummeting from the air, with his fate uncertain.

• Lin Shisan beheaded a Law Enforcement Team member before Lan Shanye ordered the remaining members to form the Seven-Star Sword Formation.
• Lin Shisan broke the formation with one strike, leaving the seven members injured by its backlash, then killed several as they staggered.
• Lan Shanye attacked Lin Shisan while saving Su Xinghai, but Lin Shisan rebounded from a tree and killed Su Xinghai with a thrust through the chest.
• Ouyang Xiao suspected Lin Shisan’s sword was responsible for his strength, and Lan Shanye used a Law Enforcement Team member as a shield while retreating.
• Lin Shisan killed the member Lan Shanye had thrown at him, but Ouyang Xiao struck Lin Shisan down in midair.

Lin Shisan survived Ouyang Xiao’s attack and used his flying sword and Taiji Seal to kill two Law Enforcement Disciples, prompting Ouyang Xiao to covet his techniques. After Lin Shisan awoke and saw Little Yan’er held hostage, Lan Shanye struck her, and Lin Shisan swore to kill him.

• Ouyang Xiao’s strike left Lin Shisan badly wounded, but Lin Shisan killed two Law Enforcement Disciples who tried to drag him away.
• Ouyang Xiao recognized Lin Shisan’s Taiji Seal and offered him safety and riches in exchange for the Nine Tribulations Taiji Art.
• Lan Shanye and the others rolled Lin Shisan over, and Ouyang Xiao confirmed he had only passed out from pain.
• Lin Shisan woke when he saw Little Yan’er and confronted Lan Shanye, who held her at swordpoint.
• Lan Shanye slapped Little Yan’er, and Lin Shisan vowed to pierce his heart with ten thousand swords.

Lin Shisan and Ouyang Xiao bargained over the Nine Tribulations Taiji Art, but Ouyang Xiao revealed his treachery when he refused to return Yan'er. Lin Shisan activated a Little Yellow Flag and struck Ouyang Xiao from the sky, revealing power at the Yellow Dragon level.

• Ouyang Xiao agreed to help Lin Shisan kill Lan Shanye in exchange for the Nine Tribulations Taiji Art, and Lin Shisan demanded proof first.
• Ouyang Xiao disarmed Lan Shanye, seized Yan'er, and pierced Lan Shanye with Sword Qi before Lin Shisan destroyed his heart with the Taiji Seal.
• Ouyang Xiao refused to hand Yan'er over until their deal was complete, but the two Law Enforcement Disciples fled to Lin Shisan and begged him to kill Ouyang Xiao.
• Lin Shisan activated the Little Yellow Flag, and Ouyang Xiao recognized his Yellow Dragon-level power and tried to escape.
• Lin Shisan struck Ouyang Xiao with one sword strike and severed his shoulder.

After collapsing from his final strike against Ouyang Xiao, Lin Shisan was wounded by two Law Enforcement Disciples who searched his body for the Nine Tribulations Taiji Art. He killed them with the Black-and-White Grinding Disc, but as he weakened again, two new figures approached and fixed their attention on Little Yan'er.

• Lin Shisan collapsed unconscious after Ouyang Xiao fled, and Little Yan'er woke and wept beside him.
• Two Law Enforcement Disciples searched Lin Shisan for the Nine Tribulations Taiji Art and found a cross-shaped mark on his chest.
• The disciples stole Little Yan'er's Storage Ring and cut into Lin Shisan's chest, awakening the Jiaolong True Spirit and waking Lin Shisan.
• One disciple seized Little Yan'er and threatened Lin Shisan, who offered the Black-and-White Grinding Disc as bait.
• Lin Shisan stabbed one disciple and killed the other with the transformed Taiji Seal.
• As Lin Shisan struggled to stay upright, two figures approached and stared at Little Yan'er.

Lin Shisan woke from a nightmare to find himself safe with Little Yan'er at the Long Household, where he learned she was Long Qingshan’s granddaughter. After recovering from his severe injuries and the toll of using the Heartlock, Lin Shisan regained only the Body Tempering Second Stage and remained at the household to heal.

• Lin Shisan woke from a nightmare and clung to Little Yan'er, fearing she was in danger.
• Long Qingshan introduced himself as Little Yan'er's grandfather and gave Lin Shisan a Message Stone containing Pang Yue's account of her origins and his wishes for her care.
• Lin Shisan accepted that Little Yan'er belonged to the Long Household after reading Pang Yue's message and seeing the matching family mark.
• Lin Shisan lost consciousness again, then met Little Yan'er's uncles and aunt after waking later.
• Long Qingshan treated Lin Shisan with the Nine Yang Needles as he spent half a month recovering enough to leave his bed.
• After two months, Lin Shisan's cultivation returned to the Body Tempering Second Stage, and he stayed at the Long Household to continue healing.

Long Shuang'er’s misplaced acupuncture needles stirred Lin Shisan’s dormant Black-and-White Grinding Disc and expelled bloody impurities, activating what he realized was his Dao Seed. After Long Qingshan corrected the needles, Lin Shisan recovered and wondered what rank his unusual Dao Seed held.

• Long Yan'er visited Lin Shisan, then left so Long Shuang'er could administer his acupuncture treatment.
• Long Shuang'er misplaced several Nine Yang Needles, causing the Black-and-White Grinding Disc in Lin Shisan’s Dantian to turn and release bloody vapor from his back.
• Long Shuang'er panicked and fled to Long Qingshan, who returned and corrected the misplaced needles.
• The Black-and-White Grinding Disc stabilized, the vapor stopped, and Lin Shisan confirmed his Dao Seed had awakened.
• Lin Shisan considered the Dao Seed ranking system and wondered what kind of Dao Seed the Black-and-White Grinding Disc was.

Lin Shisan learned that Long Qingshan could not determine his Dao Seed’s rating and suspected it was Zero Tier, but refused to take a Long Household opportunity to have it tested. After Long Qingshan left, Lin Shisan glimpsed a circular star mark on his Dao Seed, suggesting it might be Heaven Tier.

• Lin Shisan told Long Qingshan about his cultivation history and asked what star rating his Black-and-White Grinding Disc had.
• Long Qingshan said he could not identify the Dao Seed’s rating and offered to take Lin Shisan to the Danyang Sect for testing.
• Lin Shisan refused to use the Long Household’s precious Danyang Sect opportunity, which was reserved for its descendants.
• Long Qingshan revealed that he had already judged Lin Shisan’s Dao Seed to be Zero Tier and had been seeking a way to help him.
• After Long Qingshan left, Lin Shisan saw a circular star mark on his Dao Seed and wondered if it was Heaven Tier.

Lin Shisan narrowly escaped the Demon Spirit’s attempt to seize his divine sense and resolved to leave, but he found Long Yan’er missing and the Long Household under pressure from Si Wu to marry Long Shuang’er to Si Wu’s father. The chapter ended with Si Wu mocking Long Qingshan after he refused to submit.

• Lin Shisan drank Seven-Day Immortal, entered a demonic state, and fought the Demon Spirit with his Taiji Seal until the Ghost Flower helped clear his divine sense.
• Lin Shisan used the cross-shaped pattern to suppress the Demon Spirit’s skull and decided to avoid strong emotions and drinking.
• Lin Shisan rose early, cultivated, paid respects to Lin Qinghan, and prepared to leave after recalling Long Qingshan’s warning about the Danyang Sect position.
• Lin Shisan noticed Long Yan’er had missed her usual morning visit, then found her absent and the household servants evasive.
• Lin Shisan entered the main hall and saw Si Wu demanding that Long Shuang’er marry his father; Si Wu struck the second Long son when he objected.
• Long Qingshan refused the marriage and vowed the Long Household would not bow, while Si Wu laughed and patted his face.

Lin Shisan stopped Long Shuang'er from agreeing to marry Si Wu’s father and drove Si Wu from the Long Household with his flying sword and demonic aura. The family was left fearing that Si Rui would retaliate when he returned.

• Long Shuang'er agreed to marry Si Wu’s father if he spared the Long Household and its ancestral estate, despite Long Qingshan and his sons objecting.
• Lin Shisan arrived, reassured Long Yan'er, and declared that Long Shuang'er would not marry Si Wu’s father and Si Rui would not become a disciple of Sunset Glow Peak.
• Lin Shisan released his demon spirit and used Little Dragon’s flying sword and his divine sense to frighten Si Wu into begging for mercy.
• Lin Shisan ordered Si Wu to roll, and Si Wu obeyed by rolling out of the hall.
• Long Tianming tried to thank Lin Shisan, but Long Tianliang warned that Si Rui would likely kill the Long Household in retaliation.

After Long Tianliang challenged Lin Shisan and threatened to leave the Long Household, Lin Shisan decided to depart but promised to stop the Si Household from troubling them. He punished the Si Household until its elder apologized and transferred half his properties to Long Yan'er, then met Zhao Xun on the Small Market’s Back Mountain to discuss the trouble surrounding him.

• Long Qingshan struck Long Tianliang and ordered him to apologize to Lin Shisan or leave, while Long Shuang'er defended Lin Shisan.
• Lin Shisan said he would leave the Long Household after settling the Si Household’s threat, and Long Yan'er clung to him as he said goodbye.
• For three nights, a flying sword terrorized Si Wu and a red insect entered the Si Household’s old fossil, prompting the elder to apologize and transfer half his properties to Long Yan'er.
• Lin Shisan roasted rabbit on the Small Market’s Back Mountain, where Zhao Xun appeared and argued with him about crippling Ouyang Xiao’s leg and the pursuit by Tai Chi Hall.
• Lin Shisan refused Zhao Xun’s invitation to join Tai Chi Hall, and the two ate and drank together under the moonlight.

After leaving Tai Chi Hall and Qingyang, Lin Shisan returned to his childhood home in Tianshui Village and tried to settle his grief over his father. When Hu Niu’s mute mother came to him for help, his treatment appeared to go wrong, leaving her in distress.

• Han Yansong learned that Lin Shisan had left Tai Chi Hall and accepted that his own neglect had driven Lin away.
• Lin Shisan watched Long Yan’er from an inn for seven days, then left Qingyang after Long Shuang’er came looking for him.
• Lin Shisan returned to Tianshui Village, cleaned his old courtyard, and mourned beside his father’s memorial tablet.
• Hu Niu’s mother arrived with a bruised face and kowtowed to Lin Shisan, who discovered that her throat had been damaged.
• Lin Shisan treated Hu Niu’s mother with the Nine Yang Needles and gave her Body Tempering Liquid, but she began clawing at her throat in pain after drinking it.

Lin Shisan rescued Hu Niu from a brothel after learning her father had sold her, then brought her home to her mother. As the reunited family sat in Lin Shisan’s house, Hu Niu’s drunken father arrived with three men and demanded that she return with them.

• Hu Niu’s mother begged Lin Shisan to rescue Hu Niu, explaining that her father had taken her to town and sold her.
• Lin Shisan searched the town’s brothels and found Hu Niu chained and badly beaten in an unmarked establishment.
• Lin Shisan intimidated the madam and her attendants into giving him Hu Niu’s indenture, then healed Hu Niu enough to bring her home.
• Hu Niu reunited with her mother, who told her that Lin Shisan had healed her throat.
• Hu Niu’s drunken father arrived at Lin Shisan’s house with three men and insisted that Hu Niu go back with them.

Lin Shisan spared Hu Niu’s father after learning that Dan Yisheng had sent Hu Niu to Night Willow Lane, then married Hu Niu in a celebration funded by Dan Yisheng. When Hu Niu went missing on their wedding day, Lin Shisan followed a trail to the Mountain God Temple, where an unfamiliar woman offered to marry him.

• Lin Shisan struck Hu Niu’s father, and Dan Yisheng knelt and revealed that he had sent Hu Niu to Night Willow Lane after her father offered her to settle a gambling debt.
• Hu Niu and her mother persuaded Lin Shisan not to kill her father, and Lin Shisan spared both him and Dan Yisheng.
• Dan Yisheng helped renovate Lin Shisan and Hu Niu’s homes and built them a marital residence in town.
• Hu Niu disappeared during her wedding celebration, prompting Dan Yisheng and the guests to search for her.
• Lin Shisan followed the mountain path to the Mountain God Temple, where he found unfamiliar women and heard one ask him to marry her.

Lin Shisan confronted Mu Ling'er, who forced him to choose between serving the Demon Sect and losing Hu Niu. After Aunt Mei revealed that Hu Niu had undergone Demon Entry and restored her unharmed, Lin Shisan faced the choice with his Dantian sealed.

• Mu Ling'er appeared before Lin Shisan and demanded that he marry her, while Lin Shisan asked what she had done with Hu Niu.
• Mu Ling'er transformed into a Demon Spirit and demanded Lin Shisan's heart in exchange for Hu Niu's release.
• Hu Niu arrived and tried to stop Lin Shisan from stabbing himself, but Mu Ling'er controlled his Flying Sword and made it pierce Hu Niu's chest.
• Aunt Mei arrived, overpowered Lin Shisan, sealed his Dantian, and caught his Taiji Seal.
• Aunt Mei restored Hu Niu unharmed and gave Lin Shisan the choice to join the Danyang Sect and serve the Demon Sect or die with his bride.
• Lin Shisan recognized Hu Niu as real and saw that her eyes, like Mu Ling'er's, shone with red light; she had undergone Demon Entry.

Lin Shisan learned that Mu Ling'er had saved Hu Niu from assassins, though Aunt Mei had placed a demon spirit in her to keep her alive. Hu Niu stayed with Aunt Mei while Lin Shisan traveled with Mu Ling'er toward the Danyang Sect, where he was ordered to steal the Nine Yang Cauldron.

• Lin Shisan nearly used the Heartlock to avenge Hu Niu, but she told him Mu Ling'er had rescued her from the men in black.
• Aunt Mei showed Lin Shisan a Recording Image Stone proving that the old drunk had abducted Hu Niu and that Mu Ling'er had saved her from being possessed; Aunt Mei then used a demon spirit to prevent Hu Niu from dying.
• Mu Ling'er told Lin Shisan that Hu Niu had to remain with Aunt Mei and gave him a Message Stone, while Aunt Mei warned him not to use the Heartlock because it would cost him his senses and perceptions.
• Mu Ling'er disguised herself as Hu Niu and completed the wedding ceremony with Lin Shisan; five days later, she and Lin Shisan left Tianshui Village, entrusting their families' property to Huzi.
• Lin Shisan and Mu Ling'er traveled toward the Danyang Sect so he could steal the Nine Yang Cauldron, and their ten-day journey stretched into a month.
• Lin Shisan recovered his cultivation, reached the Body Tempering Eighth Layer, and condensed a strand of liquid spiritual power in his Dantian.

Lin Shisan and Mu Ling'er reached Nine Palaces Mountain after the Danyang Sect entrance examination had nearly ended, and Lin Shisan discovered registration had already closed. Mu Ling'er flung him onto the summit platform, where a Danyang Sect disciple threatened him and called him a crossbreed.

• Lin Shisan and Mu Ling'er arrived at Nine Palaces Mountain and saw disappointed candidates streaming down from the entrance examination.
• Mu Ling'er learned from a candidate that registration had closed the day before and the examination was ending that morning.
• Mu Ling'er told Lin Shisan she would give him a gift, then grabbed him and flung him toward the summit examination grounds.
• Lin Shisan landed on the platform and found Mu Ling'er had disappeared.
• A round-faced Danyang Sect disciple ordered Lin Shisan to leave, threatened him with a sword, and called him a crossbreed.

Lin Shisan was offered a chance to become Feng Xian’er’s personal disciple if he knocked Wang Yan flat. He swiftly defeated Wang Yan despite their cultivation gap, then asked Feng Xian’er whether that counted.

• Lin Shisan restrained his anger at Wang Yan’s insults while waiting to enter the Danyang Sect.
• Feng Xian’er woke and offered to take Lin Shisan as her disciple if he knocked Wang Yan flat.
• Lin Shisan confirmed that Feng Xian’er would accept him and protect him from consequences even if Wang Yan died.
• Lin Shisan struck Wang Yan before he could prepare, knocking out two teeth.
• Wang Yan attacked with the Blazing Flame Ice Claw, but Lin Shisan’s Reverse Scale broke two of his fingers.
• Lin Shisan knocked Wang Yan down, planted a foot on his chest, and asked Feng Xian’er whether he had knocked him flat.

Lin Shisan survived Zhang Qiling’s attack and was publicly accepted as Feng Xian’er’s disciple after she turned the kick against Wang Yan and drove Zhang away. After the preliminary test, Feng Xian’er summoned Lin Shisan and told him that his mistake had been going too easy on Wang Yan.

• Lin Shisan used the Reverse Scale to withstand Zhang Qiling’s strike while keeping his foot on Wang Yan’s chest.
• Feng Xiangu moved Lin Shisan aside, causing Zhang Qiling’s full-force kick to sever Wang Yan’s leg, which Zhang later reattached crookedly.
• Wang Yan accused Lin Shisan of being a Demon Cave Spy and demanded that Zhang Qiling kill him.
• Feng Xian’er declared Lin Shisan her disciple, and Lin Shisan called Zhang Qiling “Pockface Zhang” in her defense.
• Feng Xian’er struck Zhang Qiling into a mountainside, and he left in a rage as Lin Shisan became her disciple.
• Feng Xian’er questioned Lin Shisan in a pavilion and said she was angry because he had gone too easy on Wang Yan.

Feng Xian'er tested Lin Shisan by attacking him, then recognized the protection of his Reverse Scale and accepted him as her disciple. Lin Shisan chose to take the Grand Examination to become her true Personal Disciple and left with her gifts, warned that Zhang Mazi might target him.

• Feng Xian'er accused Lin Shisan of being a Demon Cave Spy and shot an energy arrow at his heart.
• Lin Shisan's Reverse Scale blocked Feng Xian'er's attack, and she recognized it as the scale that had also stopped Little Rabbit's and Zhang Mazi's attacks.
• Feng Xian'er told Lin Shisan that Zhang Mazi might sabotage him in the coming tests, but promised to protect him once he entered her tutelage.
• Feng Xian'er explained that Lin Shisan could become her disciple through direct admission or by passing the Grand Examination, and Lin Shisan chose the examination.
• Feng Xian'er gave Lin Shisan a Storage Ring containing a scroll, a sword, two bottles, and a thousand Spirit Stones, then sent him out of the pavilion.