Recaps

Lin Mo awakened his Pure Yang Sacred Body and used dual cultivation to rapidly strengthen himself while navigating threats within the First Saint Sect. After resolving his conflict with Zhou Ze, Lin Mo received eight thousand spirit stones from Liu Ziyan and followed her to her bedchamber.

• Lin Mo fulfilled Liu Ziyan’s Yin-Yang Evil Demon Art needs, and she gave him the Yang Volume, resources, and a Life-Prolonging Pill, and the encounter awakened his Pure Yang Sacred Body and bound them as cultivation partners.
• Lin Mo reported Lü Mingtong’s abuses to Liu Ziyan, leading Shangguan Wuqing and the Enforcement Hall to arrest Lü Mingtong, but a black-clad figure abducted Lin Mo afterward.
• Shangguan Wuqing dual cultivated with Lin Mo, helping him recover and advance, while Liu Ziyan noticed her scent on him and refused to cultivate with him.
• Lin Mo used paid dual-cultivation sessions at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion to advance through Qi Refining, while Shangguan Wuqing warned him that inner sect disciples were watching him.
• Lin Mo reached the eighth level of Qi Refining, and Zhou Ze paid him to settle their dispute and keep him in charge of the Purple Heaven Palace’s menial duties.
• Su Yu asked Liu Ziyan to teach her the Yin-Yang Evil Demon Art, but Liu Ziyan gave her another method and said she needed a suitable Dao companion for the former art.
• Liu Ziyan confronted Lin Mo about his rapid progress and the scent of another woman, then gave him a Storage Ring containing eight thousand spirit stones and headed to her bedchamber with him following.

Lin Mo advanced his cultivation while becoming entangled with Shangguan Wuqing, Dugu Liuli, and the suspected infiltrator Su Yu. As Su Yu tried to recruit him to escape the sect, Lin Mo remained wary of her motives.

• Liu Ziyan left the sect after giving Lin Mo the Soul-Devouring Saber Art, and Lin Mo bought the Black Blade before Yun Fei attacked him over Zhou Ze’s scheme.
• Lin Mo survived Yun Fei’s attack, killed Zhou Ze, then reached Foundation Establishment and mastered Soul Hook and the Breath-Concealing Art.
• Hong Yue asked Lin Mo to bait the suspected spy Su Yu, and Lin Mo told her what he had observed while asking for a blade treasure and spirit stones as payment.
• Lin Mo sought Shangguan Wuqing’s protection from Zhuiming’s hostility, and the two began dual cultivating at her residence.
• Zhuiming sent Zhu Fan to attack Lin Mo, but Lin Mo escaped wounded, recovered in hiding, and later returned to Shangguan Wuqing.
• Hong Yue urged Lin Mo to appear before Su Yu, while Su Yu persuaded Dugu Liuli to arrest him over Zhu Fan’s death, and Shangguan Wuqing secured his release.
• Lin Mo and Shangguan Wuqing confronted Liu Tie, whom Zhuiming had sent to attack Lin Mo, and Shangguan Wuqing killed him before she was sent to the Ninth Mine Vein.
• Dugu Liuli arrested Lin Mo again, but after he advised her about envy, they dual cultivated, and Su Yu later visited Lin Mo and offered to help him escape the First Saint Sect.