Recaps

Qin Tiexin survived the Temperament Trial, broke through to Foundation Establishment, and joined Lin Chuan’s team for the Secret Realm Trial. After training his techniques and shopping at the Imperial Market, he arrived at a meeting with their prospective teammates.

• Qin Tiexin placed second in the written exam, then learned that Golden Summit Temple had identified him and was plotting to reach him through the Star Selection.
• Qin Tiexin rejected the Heart-Questioning Mirror’s false lives, earned full marks in the Temperament Trial, and sensed an assassin waiting outside the training grounds.
• Qin Tiexin rented a hidden cultivation chamber and completed Foundation Establishment, forming a platinum bead in his Dantian that consumed Spiritual Qi.
• Qin Tiexin told Lin Chuan that Zhaoming Temple had been destroyed and agreed to join Lin Chuan’s team for the Secret Realm Trial, while Ming'an gave him a carved Buddha pendant for protection.
• Qin Tiexin trained with Edgeless, practiced his movement and staff techniques, and refined his body with Golden Core demon beast meat before mastering the Arhat Dharma Aspect Body.
• Qin Tiexin traveled with Lin Chuan and Lin Wei to the Imperial Market, bought supplies and Buddhist items for Ming'an, and went with them to meet their arranged teammates.
• Qin Tiexin entered the private room at Clear Wind Tea House and found a burly Foundation Establishment cultivator, a restless formation master, and a gentle female Alchemist waiting.

Qin Tiexin strengthened his body by absorbing the Red Luan Heart Flame, then entered the Secret Realm Trial with Lin Chuan, Du Heng, Liu Suifeng, and Xu Ying. After the team discovered a Buddhist temple and medicinal garden, they fought and killed a Blood-Eyed Devil Ape, leaving Qin Tiexin interested in using its flesh and blood for cultivation.

• Qin Tiexin sparred with Du Heng, whose attacks could not injure him, and Benhong recognized his golden protection as Gilded Light Body Protection and suspected he had an Innate Buddha Heart.
• Qin Tiexin bought the Red Luan Heart Flame at auction, then drew it into his heart and used Spiritual Qi to empower his Fire of Life until it swallowed the flame.
• Qin Tiexin reached the Late Qi and Blood Realm, formed Qi Gang, and trained with Du Heng, Lin Chuan, Liu Suifeng, and Xu Ying before preparing for the Secret Realm Trial.
• Qin Tiexin and his companions entered the Vast Waves Ancient Battlefield, traveled northeast through its hazards, and found a ruined Buddhist temple and a nearby medicinal garden.
• Qin Tiexin broke the temple’s golden barrier with Arhat Fist Gang, and the group found Buddhist texts, a battlefield map, and a garden containing ingredients for the Dragon Elephant Bodhi Pill.
• As the team harvested the garden’s young spirit medicines, a Blood-Eyed Devil Ape attacked, and Qin Tiexin and his companions fought it while Lin Chuan shielded Xu Ying and Du Heng was injured.
• Liu Suifeng’s formations weakened the ape, Qin Tiexin stunned it with Lion’s Roar, and Lin Chuan killed it by piercing its head with Azure Ribbon.
• After Xu Ying treated the wounded and the group settled in the garden for the night, Du Heng explained the value of the ape’s parts, and Qin Tiexin asked how his family handled leftover beast flesh and blood.

Qin Tiexin’s group crossed the spirit-barren gorge, where he fought off Golden Summit Temple monks who sought revenge for Zhaoming Temple. After the group reached a sealed inheritance cave, Lin Chuan entered with Lin Wei and the others while Qin Tiexin stayed outside in hiding.

• Qin Tiexin and his companions collected the Dragon Blood Tree, prepared the Demon Ape heart and meat, and continued northeast across the wasteland.
• At a lake, the group fought six Buddhist disciples for a spiritual spring, then uncovered the remains of a Golden Core cultivator beneath it.
• Liu Suifeng identified Sky-Splitting Cliff as a passage where Spiritual Qi and spiritual techniques would fail, so the group prepared ropes and supplies for the crossing.
• Golden Summit Temple monks ambushed Qin Tiexin in the gorge, but he survived their attacks and climbed into their cave once Spiritual Qi returned.
• Qin Tiexin killed Yuanshun and several monks, disabled the formation master, and learned that Golden Summit Temple had helped destroy Zhaoming Temple while seeking its sacred relic.
• The group reunited, treated their injuries, and continued toward the ancient battlefield, where they found an old cultivator’s ring and signs that other cultivators were nearby.
• Lin Wei and her companions met the group at a sealed Spirit Taming Sect inheritance cave, and Lin Chuan entered with them while Qin Tiexin and Liu Suifeng remained outside.
• Qin Tiexin concealed himself near the cave entrance and searched the Storage Bags of three captured monks, finding supplies, Buddhist items, and broken Law Artifact fragments.

Qin Tiexin explored a Spirit Pivot Sect treasury with Liu Suifeng and Ling Shuyao, then followed the severed arm’s pull into the dangerous forest alone. Lin Chuan and the others turned back to find him as Qin Tiexin made his way toward Pure Land Chan Temple.

• Qin Tiexin found a bronze bell imbued with the power of faith and attached the severed arm, which offered to help him find things of its origin.
• Qin Tiexin and Liu Suifeng helped Ling Shuyao repel five Rogue Cultivators, then entered the Spirit Pivot Sect treasury with her and defeated its five guardian puppets.
• Qin Tiexin, Liu Suifeng, and Ling Shuyao gathered the treasury’s puppet materials and jade slips, then faced Meng Qingchen’s party outside.
• Qin Tiexin defeated Meng Qingxin’s giant puppet in a one-on-one bout, won a curved saber, and gave the Imperial Pivot Pavilion a bag of puppet parts and its drive core.
• Lin Wei emerged from the Spirit Taming Cave with its inheritance, while the severed arm in Qin Tiexin’s Frost Storage Bag began glowing as something of the same origin drew near.
• After the group reached the dangerous forest near Pure Land Chan Temple, Qin Tiexin parted from Lin Chuan’s party and entered alone, guided by the severed arm.
• Lin Chuan reconsidered leaving Qin Tiexin behind and led Du Heng, Liu Suifeng, Xu Ying, and Ling Shuyao back into the forest to search for him.
• Qin Tiexin disguised himself, attached the severed arm, and followed its direction toward the temple, killing a cultivator and an Iron-Toothed Crocodile along the way as Liu Suifeng’s group followed his trail.