Recaps

Lin Ke used a Recording Stone to document the collection of his Blackgold Silkworm silk and confronted Han Yun and Han Fu when their mortal steelyard underweighed it. After revealing enough spiritual power to be recognized as a genius, he secured the correct weight and his stipend, then let the stewards leave.

• Lin Ke went out with two jin of Blackgold Silkworm silk and a Recording Stone to meet Han Yun and Han Fu, who had arrived early to collect it.
• Han Yun weighed the silk on a mortal steelyard and claimed it amounted to only one jin and two liang.
• Lin Ke pointed out the underweight, warned Han Yun and Han Fu about making an enemy of him, and displayed spiritual pressure that marked him as a genius.
• Han Yun acknowledged that his steelyard read short, returned the excess silk, and gave Lin Ke his monthly stipend of one hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones.
• Lin Ke stored the silk and spirit stones, crushed the Recording Stone, and politely sent Han Yun and Han Fu on their way.

Lin Ke secured completion of the sect mission, made preparations to protect Green Mulberry Garden during the Sect Grand Tournament, and learned that the Golden Wing Sect was expanding recruitment amid rising tensions with the Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable. The chapter ended with Shi Ping and Huang Fuqi recognizing Lin Ke as the disciple whose cultivation had once fallen after repeated tournament failures.

• Lin Ke returned to Green Mulberry Garden and told Fang Tong the sect mission was complete, while advising him to keep the workers inside Insect-Breeding Mountain until the tournament passed.
• Lin Ke planned to buy a formation at Yi-Wa Market and gave Fang Tong instructions for managing Golden Silkworm Peak and Insect-Breeding Mountain in his absence.
• On his way to the heart of the sect, Lin Ke heard disciples discuss the Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable's fury, the sect master's absence, and preparations for the Sect Grand Tournament.
• Lin Ke asked Shi Ping and Huang Fuqi about expanded recruitment and learned that Fang Tong's son could seek entry through the Transmission Elder if he met the requirements.
• Lin Ke suspected the sect was preparing for war and connected the Beast Venerable's anger to the loss of his Mysterious Bead.
• Shi Ping and Huang Fuqi recognized Lin Ke from his past tournament failures and the fall of his cultivation from the ninth layer of Qi Refining to the first.

Lin Ke met Huang Fuqi and Shi Ping, learned that Huang Fuqi served the powerful True Person White Dew, and arrived with them at the Golden Wing Sect’s grand gathering. After parting ways, Lin Ke explored the floating buildings while awaiting the Sect Grand Tournament.

• Huang Fuqi introduced himself as a disciple of True Person White Dew and praised Lin Ke for breaking through Li Le’s blockade.
• Lin Ke dismissed Li Le and spoke with Huang Fuqi and Shi Ping about True Person White Dew and the possibility of joining his disciples someday.
• Lin Ke, Huang Fuqi, and Shi Ping arrived at the vast plaza where hundreds of thousands of Golden Wing Sect disciples had gathered.
• Shi Ping and Huang Fuqi invited Lin Ke to visit them and departed without exchanging contact details because Lin Ke did not own a Mystic Vein Book.
• Lin Ke flew to the plaza’s second tier of floating buildings to explore before the Sect Grand Tournament began.

Lin Ke explored the bustling shops before attending the Golden Wing Sect’s Year Festival, where the Golden-Wing Queen’s immense phantom appeared over the gathering. The festival’s opening sacrifice followed, while Lin Ke wondered whether the Queen had noticed him and felt newly aware of the path ahead.

• Lin Ke browsed the shops and auction houses, then waited six hours for the Sect Grand Tournament and Year Festival to begin.
• A powerful divine sense announced the festival, and tens of thousands of Dao Foundation Stage bees gathered above the plaza.
• The supreme elders appeared and welcomed the Golden-Wing Envoy, whose enormous bee-headed phantom briefly loomed over the crowd.
• Disciples excitedly claimed the Golden-Wing Queen had looked at them, while Lin Ke wondered if her gaze had singled him out.
• The leading supreme elder sacrificed a pig, ox, sheep, chicken, duck, and goose, and their remains scattered beyond the Golden Wing Sect.

Lin Ke entered the Golden Wing Sect’s Grand Tournament, but the Transmission Elder discovered his Dao Foundation breakthrough and exposed Li Le’s attempt to rig his match. She declared Lin Ke the tournament champion and warned him that war was approaching, so his younger relative should delay joining the sect.

• Lin Ke entered the tournament and was assigned to face Du Hui, who had been placed in his group by steward Duan Ligang at Li Le’s request.
• When the Transmission Elder called for outer disciples who had reached the Dao Foundation Stage to rise, Lin Ke and Li Le, Duan Ligang, and Zong Ya took to the air.
• The Transmission Elder punished Duan Ligang for interfering in sect affairs and threatened to confront Li Le’s father; Li Le left the grounds without responding.
• The Transmission Elder told Lin Ke he need not compete in the outer disciples’ matches and declared him the champion, entitling him to the tournament rewards.
• Lin Ke asked about admitting a younger relative, and the Transmission Elder advised that the relative wait because war was nearing and Qi Refining cultivators would become cannon fodder.

Lin Ke considered the possibility that the Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable was starting a war and wondered whether Fang Tong should send his son to join the sect. After thanking Rain Spider True Person for her concern, he suspected the Golden-Wing Queen’s earlier gaze might explain her change in attitude, then watched the Sect Grand Tournament until its final match began.

• Lin Ke reasoned that the Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable might have launched a war and considered warning Fang Tong about sending his son to the sect.
• Rain Spider True Person recalled Lin Ke’s past and offered to protect him from Li Le, prompting Lin Ke to thank her while wondering why she had changed her opinion of him.
• Lin Ke connected Rain Spider True Person’s attention to the Golden-Wing Queen’s gaze during the Year Festival, though he could not determine its cause.
• Lin Ke watched Qi Refining Stage disciples combine basic spells in inventive ways and gained inspiration from their matches.
• The two-day Sect Grand Tournament ended with the announcement of the final match between Lin Quan-meng and Fang Du.

During the Year Festival, Lin Quan-meng revealed that she had mastered Axi Moon Dance intent at the Qi Refining Stage, startling the spectators and stopping her fight with Fang Du. A red-haired supreme elder appeared and declared that she was destined to become his disciple.

• Lin Quan-meng and Fang Du fought evenly, using their spirit insects and weapons as the spectators discussed their skills.
• Fang Du trapped Lin Quan-meng with his ground spider and sent his poisoned spiked hammer toward her, but she closed her eyes and awakened the intent of the Axi Moon Dance.
• Rain Spider True Person stopped Fang Du’s hammer and freed Lin Quan-meng after sensing her profound power.
• Lin Ke recognized that Lin Quan-meng had mastered intent at the Qi Refining Stage and considered her an exceptional prodigy.
• A supreme elder froze the plaza with the Scorpion-Tail Stinger Origin Artifact and announced that Lin Quan-meng was destined to study under him.

Lin Quan-meng comprehended Moon Dance intent and became Hua Wujiang’s disciple, then challenged Lin Ke for first place in the Sect Grand Tournament. Lin Ke’s formidable Amethyst Carapace withstood her attacks, and their spar continued as Lin Quan-meng tested whether his spiritual power would last.

• Hua Wujiang accepted Lin Quan-meng as his disciple after she comprehended Moon Dance intent, and she asked True Person Rain Spider to decide whether she or Lin Ke ranked first.
• Hua Wujiang proposed that Lin Quan-meng and Lin Ke spar for first place, praised Lin Ke’s composure, and identified him as possessing the Myriad-Leak Body.
• Lin Ke agreed to fight Lin Quan-meng, and True Person Rain Spider and Hua Wujiang watched from above.
• Lin Quan-meng sent Stick Insect and her flying sword against Lin Ke, but his Amethyst Carapace blocked their attacks and left Stick Insect dazed.
• Lin Quan-meng acknowledged Lin Ke’s defensive skill, questioned whether his spiritual power could endure, and resumed attacking; Lin Ke invited her to find out.

Lin Ke fought Lin Quan-meng to test the limits of his defense, then withdrew his barrier to practice other spells against her. As their battle intensified, True Person Rain Spider revealed that the Golden-Wing Queen might have taken an interest in Lin Ke, alarming Hua Wujiang.

• Lin Ke's unshaken defense after a long fight amazed the watching disciples and drew renewed interest from the sect's Supreme Elders.
• Lin Ke withdrew his barrier and told Lin Quan-meng he wanted to use her as a whetstone to practice his spells.
• Lin Quan-meng accepted the challenge and began performing the Axi Moon Dance imbued with Moon-Jumping Dance Intent.
• True Person Rain Spider and Hua Wujiang discussed Lin Ke's unusual Dao Foundation and the possibility of taking him as a disciple.
• True Person Rain Spider said the Golden-Wing Queen had seemed to glance at Lin Ke during the last Year Festival, and Hua Wujiang urgently decided to notify the Chief Supreme Elder.

Lin Ke and Lin Quan-meng fought an increasingly fierce arena battle, each recognizing the other's strengths as Lin Ke used inventive spells to counter her footwork. When Lin Quan-meng staked everything on a sudden acceleration, Lin Ke unleashed Mountain-Moving and Sea-Overturning with a vast surge of spiritual power, stunning the tournament spectators.

• Lin Ke used dust, mud, and scalding steam to track Lin Quan-meng and hinder her movement, while she marveled at his control and inventive spell use.
• Lin Quan-meng realized Lin Ke was no ordinary Dao Foundation Initial Stage cultivator and accelerated to attempt a decisive final clash.
• Lin Ke embraced the exhilaration of combat and released a cry as his spiritual power surged.
• Lin Ke poured nearly forty percent of his spiritual power into Mountain-Moving and Sea-Overturning, raising thousands of huge earthen spikes into the air.
• The spectators and Dao Foundation disciples were stunned by the scale of Lin Ke's technique and the amount of spiritual power he displayed.

Lin Ke’s Mountain-Moving and Sea-Overturning technique produced a Golden Core-level strike, and Hua Wujiang explained how Lin Ke’s Myriad-Leak Body and sixty-percent Dao Foundation made it possible. After Hua Wujiang expounded the technique’s Dao, Lin Ke gained new insights, while the crowd celebrated his strength and Lin Quan-meng’s talent.

• Hua Wujiang confirmed that Lin Ke’s strike had reached Golden Core strength and explained the Myriad-Leak Body’s unusual cultivation and ability to unleash all its spiritual energy at once.
• Lin Ke exhausted his mental power and dropped the earthen spikes, realizing the attack worked best against groups or fast opponents and would be less effective against flying cultivators.
• Hua Wujiang expounded the principles of the Mountain-Moving and Sea-Overturning technique, and Lin Ke listened and gained new understanding.
• Hua Wujiang carried Lin Quan-meng away and asked Rain Spider True Person to take extra care over the youngsters’ affairs.
• The spectators cheered and discussed Lin Ke’s Myriad-Leak Body, Lin Quan-meng’s mastery of intent, and Hua Wujiang’s rare discourse on the Dao.

After winning first place in the Sect Grand Tournament, Lin Ke celebrated the Year Festival while pondering Li Le’s strange interest in Zong Ya. At an auction, he reconsidered a clue about Zong Ya’s cultivation and was alarmed when the next item was introduced as a slave with a constitution meant for use as a cultivation cauldron.

• Rain Spider True Person declared Lin Ke the tournament champion and announced the ten-day Year Festival.
• Lin Ke celebrated while cultivating, reflected on his strengths, and worried that Li Le’s interest in Zong Ya concealed something.
• Lin Ke went to an auction house to rest and search for clues about Li Le and Zong Ya.
• Lin Ke recalled that Zong Ya’s discomfort during cultivation had once eased after she ate a spiritual meal.
• The auctioneer presented a Clam Maiden with the Spirit Xun Saint Wind Body as a slave who could be refined into a cultivation cauldron, and Lin Ke reacted with alarm.

Lin Ke suspected that Li Le intended to use Zong Ya as a cauldron and felt a sudden premonition that she was in danger. Rain Spider True Person found Zong Ya and brought Lin Ke to confront Li Le and his father, True Person Yuan Yong.

• Lin Ke overheard information that made him suspect Li Le wanted Zong Ya for her unusual constitution and hurried to find her.
• Lin Ke went to Rain Spider True Person and realized his unusual urgency might be a sudden premonition that Zong Ya was in danger.
• Rain Spider True Person searched for Zong Ya with her mental power and discovered Li Le had cornered her.
• Rain Spider True Person took Lin Ke beyond the Year Festival grounds, where they found Zong Ya with Li Le and True Person Yuan Yong.
• Rain Spider True Person challenged True Person Yuan Yong for allowing Li Le to oppose her.

True Person Yuan Yong offered Lin Ke an Ape-Arm Scorpion and spirit stones if he stopped opposing Li Le’s pursuit of Zong Ya, but Rain Spider True Person defended Zong Ya and fought Yuan Yong. While they battled, Lin Ke clashed with Li Le and realized he needed a powerful spirit insect to match his opponent’s advantages.

• True Person Yuan Yong offered Lin Ke an Ape-Arm Scorpion and ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones, but Rain Spider True Person refused to let him coerce Zong Ya.
• True Person Yuan Yong attacked Rain Spider True Person, and the two used the Moisture-and-Egg Transformation Method as they fought away among the clouds.
• Li Le threatened Lin Ke and Zong Ya, while Lin Ke used earth magic to protect Zong Ya and attack Li Le.
• Lin Ke and Li Le exchanged spells, with Li Le relying on several Ape-Arm Scorpions and a flying sword to defend himself.
• Lin Ke recognized that his vast spiritual power was not enough to overcome Li Le’s equipment and concluded that he needed a powerful spirit insect.

Lin Ke and Rain Spider True Person defeated Li Le and rescued Zong Ya, but an uprising by the demons of the Poison Tempering Mountains abruptly canceled the Dao Foundation Sect Grand Tournament. As fighting broke out among the sect’s higher-ups, Lin Ke and Zong Ya separated to prepare for the coming danger.

• Rain Spider True Person arrived, knocked Li Le away, and freed Zong Ya from the spider threads binding her.
• Rain Spider True Person invited Lin Ke and Zong Ya to watch the Dao Foundation Sect Grand Tournament, but an alert announced that the demons of the Poison Tempering Mountains had rebelled and a Nascent Soul cultivator had self-detonated.
• Rain Spider True Person rushed off as the sect’s higher-ups began fighting, and she told Lin Ke and Zong Ya to return because the tournament was canceled.
• Lin Ke urged Zong Ya to shelter at the Green Mulberry Garden, while Zong Ya agreed and went to the Spirit Insect Cave to buy supplies.
• Lin Ke returned to the Green Mulberry Garden and ordered Fang Tong to summon everyone.

As war with the Demon Race threatened, Lin Ke began carving out an underground refuge beneath Golden Silkworm Peak for the people of Green Mulberry Garden. Zong Ya returned with Mystic Vein Books and suggested Glowshrooms to solve the refuge’s lighting and food problems, then set out to buy supplies.

• Lin Ke told the farmers that war was approaching and offered to shelter them underground beneath Golden Silkworm Peak, and they eagerly agreed.
• Lin Ke flew to Golden Silkworm Peak and used Mountain-Moving and Sea-Overturning and Turn Earth to Steel to excavate a large underground space, but found it dark, damp, and poorly ventilated.
• Zong Ya arrived and said the sect was in chaos, she could not buy supplies, and she had resigned from her Spirit Insect Cave post after buying two Mystic Vein Books so she and Lin Ke could stay in contact.
• Lin Ke showed Zong Ya the refuge and explained his plan to shelter the mortals there.
• Zong Ya suggested buying Glowshrooms at the Yi-Wa Market because they could provide light and attract underground insects, then went to buy supplies while Lin Ke continued expanding the refuge.

Lin Ke prepared an underground refuge for the people of Green Mulberry Garden as war approached, while Zong Ya went to buy supplies. He advised Fang Tong to leave the dangerous choice of joining the sect to Fang Mang, and the chapter ended with Fang Mang facing the decision of what kind of life he wanted.

• Lin Ke and Zong Ya divided their preparations, with Lin Ke fortifying Golden Silkworm Peak and Zong Ya heading to Yi-Wa Market for supplies.
• Fang Tong brought the people of Green Mulberry Garden to Lin Ke's tunnel, where Lin Ke reassured them and said they would wait for supplies before moving inside.
• Lin Ke asked Fang Tong whether Fang Mang should join the sect despite the danger of the coming war.
• Fang Tong asked Lin Ke for guidance, torn between his son's chance to cultivate and the risk that he would die in battle.
• Lin Ke warned that joining the sect was more likely to lead to death than survival, but urged Fang Tong to let Fang Mang choose whether he wanted an ordinary life or the chance to become an immortal patriarch.

Lin Ke promised the Green Mulberry Garden farmers that he would give them a chance to cultivate, while he and Zong Ya prepared an underground refuge amid signs that war was approaching. The farmers waited for the Transmission Elder, and Lin Ke left them with hope of changing their futures.

• Fang Mang told Lin Ke he wanted to learn to fly, and Lin Ke promised to help him cultivate once the Transmission Elder was available.
• Lin Ke continued excavating the underground world until Zong Ya returned from Yi-Wa Market and reported that most people had fled in fear of an impending war.
• Zong Ya brought farming seeds for Fang Tong and the other mortals, while Lin Ke explained to himself why their work raising insects and feeding Lin Can was valuable.
• Zong Ya offered to help Lin Ke with the relocation, and he reassured her that he knew what he was doing.
• Lin Ke told the Green Mulberry Garden farmers that he hoped to let them all cultivate someday, leaving them stunned and excited.

Lin Ke and Zong Ya led the Green Mulberry Garden’s mortals into the underground refuge and lit its seven levels with Glowshrooms. At the Year Festival Square, Rain Spider True Person declared war against the demon race and announced that the Golden Wing Sect would expand its territory.

• Li Cuihua asked whether she could cultivate, and Lin Ke said she might have an opportunity in the future.
• Zong Ya and Lin Ke planted Glowshrooms throughout all seven underground levels while the Green Mulberry Garden’s mortals prepared to build houses.
• Lin Ke and Zong Ya left for the Year Festival Square after Rain Spider True Person summoned the sect’s disciples.
• Rain Spider True Person declared that the demon race had broken the pact and called for the Golden Wing Sect to fight back.
• Rain Spider True Person opened the sect-protecting formation, appointed Nascent Soul elders as Peak Seats, and promised fiefs to disciples who conquered and held territory.

Rain Spider True Person announced that the Golden Wing Sect would mobilize against the Demon Race and encourage disciples to claim territory, while nascent soul Peak Seats and golden core Personal Disciples answered the sect’s war summons. As the sect prepared for battle, Lin Ke decided to accelerate construction of the underground world beneath Golden Silkworm Peak.

• Rain Spider True Person explained that disciples who conquered territory could bring it under a Peak Seat’s protection, and Lin Ke considered the opportunities while acknowledging his limited strength.
• Rain Spider True Person announced that the Grand Elders had learned the Demon Race intended to wage war against humans and ordered the Peak Seats to take their positions.
• Nascent soul powerhouses, including Fly True Person, White Dew True Person, and Spider Mother, departed to fight.
• Rain Spider True Person used a Mystic Vein Book to issue a sect war summons, which brought replies from more than a hundred golden core Personal Disciples.
• Lin Ke anticipated danger and opportunity ahead, then resolved to speed up construction beneath Golden Silkworm Peak.

Lin Ke and Zong Ya made plans for the coming conflict, with Lin Ke preparing to deal with Li Le while Zong Ya stayed behind to protect the Green Mulberry Garden. He revealed Lin Can to Zong Ya and asked her to keep the unusual cultivator secret.

• After Rain Spider True Person dismissed the sect, Lin Ke and Zong Ya returned to the Green Mulberry Garden to prepare for the upheaval.
• Lin Ke told Zong Ya to stay hidden and practice her spells while he dealt with Li Le, promising to take her out later if he found reliable companions.
• Lin Ke led Zong Ya to the seventh underground level and introduced her to Lin Can, whom he had kept secret.
• Lin Ke explained Lin Can's cultivation, appetite, and ability to command the Stinger Hawk Moth, and asked Zong Ya to care for her while he was away.
• Zong Ya agreed to keep Lin Can's existence between herself and Lin Ke and warned that they needed to be careful.

Lin Ke built a sewage system and bathing facilities for the people of Green Mulberry Garden as he prepared to turn the underground levels into a safer home. The chapter left him ready to use the increased Blackgold Silkworm Silk to make inner armor.

• Lin Can ordered the Stinger Hawk Moth to bring her food from the sixth level while Lin Ke and Zong Ya discussed ventilation and waste disposal.
• Lin Ke decided to build a biogas digester and underground facilities so the mortals could stay safe when the sect's grand formation opened.
• Lin Ke dug a septic tank and sewers, then created separate toilets and a bathing room and explained how Fang Tong's people should use them.
• Fang Tong reported that Blackgold Silkworm Silk production had increased by about one tael over five days and that the insects were growing and laying more eggs.
• Lin Ke asked Fang Tong to give him the surplus silk so he could make a suit of Blackgold Silk Inner Armor.

Lin Ke brought Blackgold Silkworm Silk to Yi-Wa Market to trade for useful supplies amid panic buying. He sold it for fifty Spirit Stones and bought a breeding pair of Blood Sandalwood Frogs, intending to raise them for artifact-refining materials.

• Lin Ke decided to barter his Blackgold Silkworm Silk rather than use it for practice, and went to the crowded Yi-Wa Market.
• Lin Ke offered the silk at a stall and rejected several trades before hearing someone sell Blood Sandalwood Frogs for Spirit Stones.
• Lin Ke sold the Blackgold Silkworm Silk for fifty Spirit Stones and approached the boy selling the frogs.
• The boy insisted that Lin Ke promise not to kill Big Red and Little Red, and Lin Ke agreed to use them for breeding.
• Lin Ke offered fifty Spirit Stones for the frogs, and the boy accepted.

Lin Ke brought Blood Sandalwood Frogs into the Niwan Palace and tried breeding one with a Red-Striped Frog to create a new species for Lin Can to produce. The Red-Striped Frog survived the first mating, leaving Lin Ke wondering whether the experiment had succeeded.

• Zong Ya explained that the Blood Sandalwood Frogs could reproduce in winter and that Red-Striped Frogs were also raised on the sixth level.
• Lin Ke asked Zong Ya to bring him several Red-Striped Frogs and told Lin Can she might produce a new breed instead of more Amethyst Longhorn Beetles.
• Lin Can brought the Red-Striped Frogs, and Lin Ke took them and the Blood Sandalwood Frogs into the Niwan Palace.
• Lin Ke paired a male Blood Sandalwood Frog with a female Red-Striped Frog, and the Red-Striped Frog did not burst apart and die.

Lin Ke successfully bred two frog eggs from the Blood Sandalwood Frogs and Red-Striped Frogs, and one hatched into a tadpole that he placed in a newly made pool. Zong Ya proposed that they reveal some of their breeding talent to attract the elders’ attention, while Lin Ke remained wary of exposing their secrets.

• Lin Ke bred the Blood Sandalwood Frogs with Red-Striped Frogs and obtained two eggs, which Lin Can ate and used to produce a large egg.
• A scarlet tadpole hatched, and Lin Ke created pools on the sixth level and placed it in the water.
• Lin Ke told Zong Ya that the frogs had mated successfully, and she connected the result to his idea of artifact refining.
• Zong Ya proposed that they focus on breeding spirit insects and let others handle other trades, while revealing some of their abilities to gain the elders’ attention.
• Lin Ke questioned whether exposing their secrets was safe, but Zong Ya offered to shoulder the risk.