Recaps

Zong Ya planned to take on several professions to support Green Mulberry Garden while Lin Ke prepared to venture beyond the sect to seek food, water, and opportunities. Just as Lin Ke was about to leave, Fang Du arrived with the reward for Lin Ke’s victory in the Sect Grand Tournament.

• Zong Ya said she would become a Spirit Planter, Forging Master, Seamstress, and Alchemist, relying on Lin Ke to grow stronger and secure resources.
• Lin Ke considered ways to supply Green Mulberry Garden with food and water, then decided to venture beyond the sect borders to find a solution and seek opportunities.
• Lin Ke told Zong Ya to protect Lin Can, produce three red tadpoles for every Amethyst Longhorn Beetle, and remain wary of Li Le; he spent nearly all his spirit stones on tools and manuals for Zong Ya.
• The next day, Fang Du visited Lin Ke at Golden Silkworm Peak, having broken through to the Dao Foundation realm after his final battle with Lin Quan-meng.
• Fang Du congratulated Lin Ke on winning the Sect Grand Tournament and delivered the first-place reward entrusted to him by Rain Spider True Person.

Lin Ke accepted the Grand Competition rewards Fang Du delivered, then sold him a newly hatched Amethyst Longhorn Beetle for 350 spirit stones. After Fang Du refined it into his Gu Insect, he remarked on its appetite.

• Fang Du delivered Lin Ke the competition rewards and invited him to sell an Amethyst Longhorn Beetle for Fang Du's upcoming life-and-death battles.
• Lin Ke agreed to sell one for 350 spirit stones and said he had a newly hatched beetle ready.
• Lin Ke asked Zong Ya to entertain Fang Du while Lin Can accelerated an Amethyst Longhorn Beetle's growth.
• Lin Ke returned with the beetle, and Fang Du refined it into his Gu Insect using Miaojiang Gu Art.
• Fang Du praised the beetle and noted that it had quite an appetite.

Fang Du warned Lin Ke and Zong Ya that the Discipline Hall would require Dao Foundation disciples to claim territory or kill demons each month, and would rank disciples with rewards for the strongest. Lin Ke agreed to travel with Fang Du toward the northern front, where he learned about the surrounding regions and considered the Golden Wing Sect’s possible role in provoking the war.

• Fang Du tested the Amethyst Longhorn Beetle’s Amethyst Carapace, thanked Lin Ke and Zong Ya, and told Lin Ke about the Discipline Hall’s monthly requirements and new rankings.
• Fang Du warned that True Person Yuan Yong’s ties to a Discipline Hall elder might cause trouble for Lin Ke, and explained that the Genius Ranking’s top hundred disciples would receive monthly rewards.
• Lin Ke agreed to travel with Fang Du, and the two set out together toward the front to fight demons.
• During their flight, Fang Du described the regions and neighboring sects north of the Golden Wing Sect.
• Lin Ke reflected that the Golden Wing Sect might have provoked the conflict to create an opportunity for territorial expansion.

Lin Ke and Fang Du traveled beyond the sect’s protection array to hunt for spirit insects and treasures, but Fang Du’s assignment to capture a Spirit Spring concealed a trap. Five cultivators arrived, revealing that Fang Du had led Lin Ke out so they could seize him for Li Le.

• Fang Du suggested Lin Ke join the Guard Hall, but Lin Ke declined until he had secured his position in Green Mulberry Garden.
• Lin Ke and Fang Du flew beyond the sect’s territory and descended into a vast mountain range, where Lin Ke shared his goals of collecting spirit insects and finding treasures.
• Fang Du said his mission was to capture a Spirit Spring, prompting Lin Ke to suspect a misunderstanding.
• Zhang and Ma arrived with three others and thanked Fang Du for luring Lin Ke out so they could capture him for Li Le.

Lin Ke lured Zhang Zhihua’s group into an ambush and joined forces with Zong Ya, Han Yun, Han Fu, and Fang Du to fight them. As Lin Ke moved to kill Zhang Zhihua, Li Le intervened, revealed his preparations, and threatened Lin Ke and his senior sister.

• Fang Du rejected Zhang Zhihua’s offer to turn against Lin Ke and prepared to fight alongside him.
• Zong Ya, Han Yun, and Han Fu arrived as reinforcements after Lin Ke had arranged for them to follow.
• Lin Ke ordered the five attackers killed, and both sides paired off and began fighting.
• Fang Du overwhelmed Senior Sister Ma, broke her Spiritual Power Barrier, and struck her down with his hammer.
• Lin Ke launched an earthen spike at Zhang Zhihua, but Li Le shattered it and announced his intent to kill Lin Ke and rape his senior sister.

Lin Ke confronted Li Le, who relied on his powerful connections and a spirit-grade superior Flying Sword to threaten him. Huang Fuqi and Shi Ping arrived to support Lin Ke, and the group pursued Li Le’s fleeing allies while Huang Fuqi guarded Li Le until his Mysterious Light Talisman expired.

• Li Le arrived with Zhang Zhihua and the others, gave them Crimson Cultivation Pills, and threatened Lin Ke, Zong Ya, Fang Du, Han Yun, and Han Fu.
• Li Le activated a spirit-grade superior Flying Sword, but Lin Ke stayed composed and challenged him to use something more than the weapon.
• Huang Fuqi and Shi Ping arrived, and Huang Fuqi attacked Li Le with his jade sword, knocking away Li Le’s Flying Sword but failing to pierce his Origin-tier Mysterious Light Talisman.
• Huang Fuqi told Lin Ke that Li Le’s talisman would last only half an incense stick and promised to stop Li Le from escaping while Lin Ke handled the others.
• Zhang Zhihua and Li Le’s companions fled, and Lin Ke and his allies chased them, with Lin Ke telling them to keep any treasures they found.

Lin Ke used the chance Fang Du’s arrival gave him to eliminate Li Le’s followers and corner Li Le. He threatened to kill Li Le and destroy his soul, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Ke tricked Zhang Zhihua into lowering his guard, then killed him with an Earth Spike and Bone Spike and took his corpse.
• Lin Ke ordered his allies to kill the fleeing attackers, then helped Zong Ya kill her opponent.
• Lin Ke and the others killed everyone except Li Le and surrounded him.
• Li Le warned the group that he had notified his father, True Person Yuan Yong, but Lin Ke dismissed the threat and promised to destroy Li Le’s soul.

Lin Ke confronted Li Le over his past crimes and killed him after Li Le exposed Zong Ya's Profound Kun Sacred Yin Body. With Li Le dead, Lin Ke thanked his allies, and Huang Fuqi suggested they travel together.

• Lin Ke reminded Li Le of his attempts to harm him and Zong Ya, and rejected Li Le's pleas for mercy.
• Li Le revealed that Zong Ya had the Profound Kun Sacred Yin Body, prompting Huang Fuqi to warn everyone to keep the matter secret.
• Li Le attacked the group with his remaining treasures, but Huang Fuqi blocked his assaults while the group kept him trapped.
• As Li Le's protective talisman faded and his strength ran out, Lin Ke cut off his head and put it in his Storage Bag.
• Lin Ke thanked the others for their help, and Huang Fuqi invited him to travel together.

Lin Ke welcomed Han Yun and Han Fu into his group, divided the spoils from the fight with Li Le, and set out with his companions to a site rich in spirit insects. The group reached the hill Fang Du had recommended, where they planned to explore or claim an insect habitat.

• Han Yun asked to travel with Lin Ke, who welcomed him and invited Han Fu to stay with Zong Ya at the Green Mulberry Garden.
• Lin Ke reassured Fang Du, then distributed the Storage Bags taken from Li Le and the other slain enemies among the group.
• Lin Ke introduced the group members, while Zong Ya and Han Fu returned together to the Kissing Mulberry Garden.
• Fang Du suggested visiting a hidden world inside a hill where spirit insects gathered, and Lin Ke agreed to follow his lead.
• Fang Du guided Lin Ke, Huang Fuqi, Shi Ping, and Han Yun through the war-torn Poison Tempering Mountains to the hill.

Fang Du led Lin Ke and the others into an underground cave to capture its spirit insects and claim it for the sect. After the group split up to search, Lin Ke was ambushed by an invisible creature and trapped it inside a tightening cage of rocks.

• Fang Du revealed a hidden cave beneath a withered tree and proposed capturing its spirit insects before claiming the area.
• Lin Ke and the others entered the cave, where Lin Ke sensed an approaching spirit insect before Huang Fuqi did.
• Huang Fuqi took on the Sand Midge, and the group split up to search the cave for more insects.
• An unseen creature struck Lin Ke, shattered his spiritual barrier, and knocked him backward despite his Amethyst Carapace.
• Lin Ke used Mountain-Moving and Sea-Overturning to trap himself and the invisible attacker inside a narrowing enclosure of rocks.

Lin Ke trapped and subdued a mid-grade spirit flea, then continued exploring the cavern and discovered a group of spirit insects gathered around strange blue lights. He prepared to fight them, determined to capture them all.

• Lin Ke used earth spells and fireballs to confine a nearly invisible flea, then suppressed its resistance and refined it with Miaojiang Gu Art.
• Lin Ke recognized the flea as a mid-grade spirit insect and let it hide in his hair, while deciding to test its abilities before considering breeding it.
• Lin Ke collapsed the earthen enclosure and continued exploring the deep cavern, stopping the flea from sucking his blood.
• Lin Ke spotted strange blue lights and heard screeches when his mental power swept over them, revealing several spirit insects.
• Lin Ke kept his Amethyst Carapace on, drew a flying sword, and declared that he would subdue all the spirit insects.

Lin Ke discovered and refined twenty-six mid-grade spirit Ghost-Curtain Insects in a cave, but a powerful being confronted him and trapped him. Unable to move, he concentrated his spirit power in preparation for a desperate escape.

• Lin Ke recognized the luminous cave insects as Ghost-Curtain Insects and realized their lures made them valuable for breeding.
• Lin Ke separated the insects with stone barriers and refined twenty-six of them using Miaojiang Gu Art.
• A mysterious voice spoke inside Lin Ke’s mind, and he tried to flee with the Dragonfly Dash Art.
• The unseen being immobilized Lin Ke and threatened to use his blood to make a crystal curtain.
• Lin Ke recalled his earth techniques and concentrated his spirit power at a single point to break free.

Lin Ke broke free from a mysterious woman’s control in a cavern and escaped after warning the others that a Nascent Soul powerhouse was inside. At the entrance, he persuaded Huang Fuqi and the others not to report the imprisoned being to the sect, but to claim the cavern for themselves.

• Lin Ke used Mountain-Moving and Sea-Overturning and the Dragonfly Dash Art to break through the woman's control and flee as she cried out for flesh and blood.
• Lin Ke warned the others that a Nascent Soul powerhouse was in the cavern, prompting Huang Fuqi and the others to retreat toward the entrance.
• The imprisoned woman shouted to be released and called for Jade Capital Child as insects fled through the cavern.
• Huang Fuqi and Han Yun wondered whether they should report the powerful being to the sect, while Lin Ke decided they should keep the cavern secret.
• Lin Ke convinced the others to claim the surrounding land as their fief for ten days.

Lin Ke and four companions formed an alliance and chose him to claim the territory around the cavern. After swearing an oath in blood, they marked the area as Lin Ke’s, while planning to learn more about the Nascent Soul cultivator imprisoned below.

• Lin Ke proposed claiming the one-li territory, and the group agreed he was the best choice to lead them.
• Huang Fuqi, Shi Ping, Fang Du, and Han Yun urged Lin Ke to form an organization with them and pledged to share hardship and success.
• The five swore an oath in blood and drank together, strengthening their bond as allies.
• Lin Ke described what he had seen in the cavern, and the others considered using it as a trap against powerful enemies.
• Shi Ping said he would search the Scripture Repository for information about the imprisoned Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Lin Ke used his sect disciple token to mark the one-li radius around the cavern as claimed territory.

Lin Ke and his companions formed the Great Wilderness alliance and prepared to occupy the cavern for ten days while they explored its resources. As Lin Ke and Fang Du stood watch, a Golden Core Personal Disciple arrived with a vast mosquito swarm, recognized Lin Ke, and attacked him.

• Shi Ping suggested naming the alliance, and the group chose Great Wilderness after discussing its future and the cavern's resources.
• Huang Fuqi, Shi Ping, and Han Yun returned to arrange matters at their respective sect properties, leaving Lin Ke and Fang Du to guard the cavern.
• Lin Ke and Fang Du waited beneath the sect token, and a disciple of a Nascent Soul True Person recorded their occupation of the area.
• Fang Du told Lin Ke about the rumored Mystic-Walking Roundworm, which could live inside a host and help them cultivate.
• A Golden Core Personal Disciple swept toward them with a huge mosquito swarm and recognized Lin Ke as the person he had been searching for.
• Lin Ke took out the Amethyst Longhorn Beetle and told Fang Du to fetch the Butterfly Transformation True Person while he faced the attacker.

Lin Ke fled from a Golden Core pursuer sent by True Person Yuan Yong to avenge Li Le, while Fang Du ran ahead for help. As Lin Ke raced toward Butterfly Transformation True Person’s cave abode, he lost his refined Amethyst Longhorn Beetle and vowed to repay his enemies once he became strong.

• Fang Du fled to seek help while Lin Ke stayed behind to hold off the pursuer, who revealed he was True Person Yuan Yong’s disciple.
• Lin Ke used earthen walls, the Amethyst Carapace, and the Dragonfly Dash Art to escape the pursuer’s mosquito swarms.
• The pursuer struck Lin Ke and claimed he had a myriad-leak body, while Lin Ke cut away the flesh being eaten from his back and healed himself with the Sweet Rain Art.
• Lin Ke sent his Amethyst Longhorn Beetle to block the mosquitoes, but its death caused a backlash that made him spit blood.
• Lin Ke destroyed several Flying Swords to slow his pursuer and continued toward Butterfly Transformation True Person’s cave abode, despite hearing she was fighting a Giant Mud Swamp Frog.

Lin Ke was badly wounded by Blood-Devouring True Person and tried to escape beneath the earth while provoking his attacker. Blood-Devouring True Person threatened to cripple Lin Ke and infect him with a Black-Pattern Gu Insect, while Lin Ke gambled that taunting him would keep him from killing outright.

• Blood-Devouring True Person knocked Lin Ke down and mocked him as Lin Ke used Mountain-Moving and Sea-Overturning to flee underground.
• Lin Ke accused Blood-Devouring True Person of resenting his own weakness and fearing punishment if he broke the sect’s rules by killing him.
• Blood-Devouring True Person smashed Lin Ke’s earthen defenses, beat him, and threatened to plant a Black-Pattern Gu Insect in his Niwan Palace.
• Flea crept toward Blood-Devouring True Person unnoticed while Lin Ke continued to insult and provoke him.
• Blood-Devouring True Person grabbed Lin Ke by the throat, and Lin Ke bet that his provocations would stop the man from killing him outright.

Blood-Devouring True Person sent Black Mosquito into Lin Ke’s Niwan Palace to enslave him, but Lin Ke trapped the insect and planned to use it against his attacker. Butterfly Transformation True Person arrived and questioned Lin Ke about whether Blood-Devouring True Person had tried to kill him.

• Blood-Devouring True Person threatened to cripple Lin Ke and sent Black Mosquito into his forehead to control him.
• Lin Ke entered his Niwan Palace, seized Black Mosquito with his mental power, and locked it in a cage within his soul space.
• Lin Ke decided to keep Black Mosquito alive so he could potentially use it to harm Blood-Devouring True Person later.
• Blood-Devouring True Person ordered Lin Ke to lick the dirt from his boot, but Butterfly Transformation True Person arrived and intervened.
• Blood-Devouring True Person claimed he and Lin Ke had only been sparring, and Butterfly Transformation True Person asked Lin Ke whether Blood-Devouring True Person had pursued him to kill him.

Lin Ke concealed that Blood-Spitting True Person had attacked him, accepting his explanation that they had merely sparred. After Butterfly Transformation True Person intervened and left with Blood-Spitting True Person, Lin Ke returned to the Cavern post with Fang Du and began restoring his depleted spirit power.

• Blood-Spitting True Person healed Lin Ke with a Dendrobium Pill, and Lin Ke told Butterfly Transformation True Person that their confrontation had been a sparring match.
• Butterfly Transformation True Person offered to punish True Person Yuan Yong, but Lin Ke declined and said the dispute was personal.
• Butterfly Transformation True Person ordered Blood-Spitting True Person to accompany her to kill the Giant Mud Swamp Frog, and he left after casting Lin Ke a glance.
• Lin Ke told Fang Du he had kept quiet because the sect would likely go easy on Blood-Devouring True Person and reporting him could expose Lin Ke's ability to control Black Mosquito.
• Fang Du helped Lin Ke return to the Cavern, where Lin Ke began absorbing spiritual energy to recover.

After the group weighed ways to defend their cavern, they decided to pool spirit stones to rent a Golden Core Stage spirit insect from the Spirit Insect Cave. Lin Ke left to arrange the rental, hoping the protection would buy them time to grow stronger.

• Fang Du, Lin Ke, Han Yun, and the others discussed the cavern’s dangers and considered buying a powerful formation or an Origin Tier weapon, but found both too expensive.
• Han Yun suggested renting a spirit beast from the Spirit Insect Cave, and Lin Ke asked Zong Ya, who confirmed that rentals were available.
• Huang Fuqi proposed that everyone contribute spirit stones toward a one-month rental while he guarded the cavern, and he hinted that he might reach Golden Core within a year.
• The group pooled ten thousand spirit stones, and Lin Ke flew back toward the Green Mulberry Garden before visiting the Spirit Insect Cave with Zong Ya to choose a powerful Golden Core Stage spirit insect.

Lin Ke visited the Spirit Insect Cave with Zong Ya to claim a mid-grade spirit insect egg and learned that his Stinger Hawk Moths could make honey. Xiao Li relayed a formation master’s offer of fifty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones if Lin Ke could provide a queen bee, leaving him to consider the Stinger Hawk Moths’ unexpected value.

• Lin Ke inspected his Sect Grand Tournament rewards and planned to claim his chosen mid-grade spirit insect egg at the Spirit Insect Cave.
• Zong Ya explained that light-spot cordyceps could transform mortal insects but was difficult to cultivate without a spirit planter.
• Lin Ke and Zong Ya met Xiao Li at the Spirit Insect Cave, where she told them a formation master had bought Lin Ke’s Stinger Hawk Moths.
• Xiao Li revealed that the Stinger Hawk Moths could make honey from flowers, fruit, and even meat.
• Xiao Li said the formation master would pay fifty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones for a queen bee.

Lin Ke considered selling Amethyst Longhorn Beetles and asked the Spirit Insect Cave about renting a Golden Core Stage spirit insect to guard his home. After learning about the powerful but slumbering Dream-Eating Gecko, Lin Ke decided his naturally strong mental power might let him become its master.

• Lin Ke told Xiao Li he would not sell a queen bee for now but might sell Amethyst Longhorn Beetles at a higher price.
• Xiao Li estimated that Lin Ke could sell at least fifty Amethyst Longhorn Beetles for six hundred spirit stones each.
• Zong Ya asked Xiao Li about renting a Golden Core Stage spirit insect, but the available candidates had serious flaws.
• Lin Ke noticed that the Dream-Eating Gecko had strength approaching the Nascent Soul Stage but remained asleep because it needed more mental power.
• Lin Ke said his myriad-leak body gave him naturally strong mental power and proposed trying to make the Dream-Eating Gecko acknowledge him.

Lin Ke and Zong Ya visited the Spirit Insect Cave, where Lin Ke befriended the Dream-Eating Gecko and rented his services. After considering the unknown purpose of his Niwan Palace, Lin Ke used his tournament reward token to begin choosing a spirit insect egg.

• Zong Ya asked Xiao Li to keep the Myriad-Leak Body’s special properties secret, and Xiao Li led them to the Dream-Eating Gecko.
• The Dream-Eating Gecko tested Lin Ke with a burst of sleep-inducing yellow mist, then declared that he liked Lin Ke.
• Lin Ke rented the Dream-Eating Gecko for six thousand low-grade spirit stones a month and wondered how he could learn to use his Niwan Palace.
• Zong Ya told Xiao Li about Lin Ke’s Sect Grand Tournament reward, and Lin Ke showed her his redemption token for a mid-grade spirit egg.
• Xiao Li offered to show Lin Ke the best spirit insect eggs using the Insect Mirror.

Lin Ke chose a Whitegrass Snail egg to prepare a future supply of Whitegrass Pills, then returned to Green Mulberry Garden and began experimenting with breeding spirit insects. The chapter ended after a Flea mated with a male Blackgold Moth, which was drained and carbonized, leaving Lin Ke unsure whether the fusion had failed.

• Lin Ke selected a Whitegrass Snail egg and took the Dream-Eating Gecko back to Green Mulberry Garden with Zong Ya.
• Lin Ke visited Lin Can, who reported saving eighteen Insect Gel, and asked her to hatch an Amethyst Longhorn Beetle for Zong Ya to sell.
• Lin Ke inspected the captive Black Mosquito in his Niwan Palace and decided to keep it there until he could kill it.
• Lin Ke tried pairing a female Flea with a male Blackgold Moth, but the moth was drained and carbonized, and Lin Ke wondered if the attempt had failed.

Lin Ke failed to breed the flea with other insects, then discovered that the Dream-Eating Gecko could enter his Niwan Palace and agreed to guard it. The Dream-Eating Gecko’s interest in Black Mosquito led Lin Ke to suspect that the mosquito descended from the soul-shadow mosquito, but he postponed breeding it until after killing the Blood-Devouring True Person.

• Lin Ke tried mating the flea with several insects, but its strength caused each one to die, and he ended the breeding experiments without success.
• The Dream-Eating Gecko appeared in Lin Ke’s Niwan Palace, promised to keep his secret, and offered to guard the palace by eating leaking mental energy.
• The Dream-Eating Gecko asked Lin Ke to catch more black-spotted blood mosquitoes for it, but Lin Ke refused to let it eat Black Mosquito, whom he needed as a hidden weapon against the Blood-Devouring True Person.
• Lin Ke recalled Old Han’s account of the soul-shadow mosquito and suspected that Black Mosquito was its descendant, though he decided to wait before attempting to breed it.
• Lin Ke gave the insect remains to Lin Can and returned to the Great Wilderness Cavern.