Recaps

Lin Yu lounged in the Primordial Hall, still waiting for someone to arrive so he could complete the Hongmeng System’s fortune-telling mission. Yu Hongyan, an injured Holy Maiden pursued by four cultivators, landed at his palace seeking help, and the chapter ended with Lin Yu confidently assuring her she would be safe despite having no spiritual power.

• Lin Yu reflected on his half-month in the wilderness and his system mission to tell someone’s fortune.
• Yu Hongyan fled four True Nine Sect cultivators who had ambushed and drugged her after she was injured by an ancient restriction.
• Li Da ordered Lin Yu to help pursue Yu Hongyan, but Lin Yu refused, prompting Li Da to threaten them both.
• Yu Hongyan landed outside the Primordial Hall, introduced herself as a member of Night Moon Palace, and discovered that Lin Yu was an ordinary mortal.
• Yu Hongyan gave up hope of escape, but Lin Yu told her she would be safe with him there.

Lin Yu protected Yu Hongyan from the four men of the True Nine Sect, revealing his overwhelming power within the Primordial Hall. He learned that Yu Hongyan sought the Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Flesh Ganoderma to heal her injuries and reach the Spirit Light realm.

• The four Li brothers surrounded the injured Yu Hongyan and Lin Yu, intending to kill them and seize Yu Hongyan.
• Li Er attacked Lin Yu with the Azure Light Sword Art, but the sword light vanished and all four brothers discovered their cultivation had been sealed.
• Yu Hongyan and the Li brothers mistook Lin Yu for a supreme powerhouse and begged him to forgive them.
• Lin Yu erased Li Da and then the other three brothers, while Yu Hongyan watched in terror.
• Lin Yu revealed that he knew Yu Hongyan was searching for the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Flesh Ganoderma, and the system displayed her urgent wish to find the Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Flesh Ganoderma and reach the Spirit Light realm.

Lin Yu used his divination system to help Yu Hongyan find a source of Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Flesh Ganoderma, accepting her Bodhi Seed in exchange. He revealed a hidden space west of Zouma Town and healed Yu Hongyan, leaving her strong enough to pursue the dangerous treasure.

• Yu Hongyan offered Lin Yu a half-ripe Bodhi Seed in exchange for information, and Lin Yu identified it and repaired it with Primordial Qi.
• Lin Yu divined the locations of Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Flesh Ganoderma across the Eastern Wasteland and selected an unnamed departed mighty cultivator's space containing three.
• Lin Yu learned that the space lay fifty li west of Zouma Town and contained a Peak Spirit Condensation Realm Blazing Fire Mastiff, then gave Yu Hongyan the directions on a jade cylinder.
• Lin Yu healed Yu Hongyan's injuries, purged the foul poison, and advanced her cultivation to the Half-Step Spirit Light Realm.

After Yu Hongyan left the Primordial Hall, Lin Yu claimed his first mission rewards and underwent a dramatic transformation in constitution and cultivation. He ended at peak Spirit Condensation, with a mature bodhi seed that would aid his cultivation and conceal him from the Heavenly Dao when he eventually left the hall.

• Lin Yu sent Yu Hongyan outside Hongmeng Mountain after healing and strengthening her, and she departed without learning his name.
• Lin Yu claimed the beginner mission rewards, receiving the Beginningless Scripture, the Innate Holy Body Dao Embryo, Primordial Chaos Immortal Qi, and 15 Announcement Lists.
• The rewards transformed Lin Yu’s constitution and boosted his comprehension, while the Immortal Qi raised his cultivation to peak Spirit Condensation.
• Lin Yu tested his new strength by destroying two distant mountains with a single palm strike.
• Lin Yu used his increased permissions to mature the bodhi seed, which gained a 40-fold cultivation speed bonus and stronger concealment from the Heavenly Dao.

Lin Yu devised a Heaven's Chosen Ranking to raise the Primordial Hall's fame and used its system to rank the top hundred cultivators under forty in the Eastern Wasteland. He deployed the ranking in ten major cities, expecting the region to erupt with discussion.

• Lin Yu learned that the Primordial Hall's fame determined his authorization and realized he could use its announcement boards to publish a cultivator ranking.
• Lin Yu had the system rank the top hundred cultivators under forty, discovering that the Valley of Devouring and Saint King Yunteng's Tomb dominated the leading places.
• Lin Yu noticed rogue cultivator Que Ling's unusually high position and speculated that Qing Lin might possess a dragon bloodline.
• Lin Yu saw Yu Hongyan ranked fifty-ninth and concluded the ranking would provoke upheaval across the Eastern Wasteland.
• Lin Yu copied the ranking onto ten announcement boards, learned they could be transported anywhere in the scanned region, and deployed them in ten major cities.

A white jade stele appeared in Cloud Mist City and displayed the Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking, including a claim that Cui Yunlan had a son. Cui Yunlan's attack could not damage the stele, which bore the name Primordial Hall, leaving the ranking's authenticity and purpose in question.

• A thousand-foot white jade stele erupted in the center of Cloud Mist City and displayed the Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking.
• Cui Yunlan arrived and studied the ranking, noticing Que Ling's placement before discovering the entry naming Cui Rufeng as his son.
• Cui Yunlan attacked the stele three times, but its radiance dissolved his strikes and left it unharmed.
• The cultivators found the inscription "Produced by the Primordial Hall" and debated whether the ranking was genuine and why the stele had appeared.

The Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking gained credibility after its listed cultivators defeated challengers, and Cui Yunlan discovered that Cui Rufeng was his son and pledged a favor to the Primordial Hall. Meanwhile, Yu Hongyan fought Yin Rushe over a blood-red lingzhi, leaving nearby cultivators watching to see whether the ranking's placements would hold true.

• Cultivators across the Eastern Wasteland heard about the Primordial Hall's ranking, and hundreds of unranked challengers lost to listed experts.
• Cui Yunlan investigated the ranking's claim that he had a son, recognized Cui Rufeng as his child, and publicly promised the Primordial Hall a favor.
• Yu Hongyan killed the Blazing Fire Tibetan Mastiff and took the blood-red lingzhi as Lin Yu had instructed.
• Yin Rushe ambushed Yu Hongyan and demanded the lingzhi, but she refused and attacked him.
• Yu Hongyan and Yin Rushe fought fiercely near Cloud Mist City, drawing spectators as Yin Rushe prepared his trump card.

Yu Hongyan defeated and killed Yin Rushe, confirming the Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking as cultivators watched his name vanish from the steles. The ranking boosted Primordial Hall’s fame to ten thousand, raising it to level 2 and granting Lin Yu new rewards and greater strength.

• Yu Hongyan used the Red Jade Secret Technique to overpower Yin Rushe and crush him with a net of red light.
• Yin Rushe’s name disappeared from the Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking, and the ranking shifted to reflect his death.
• Lin Yu checked Primordial Hall’s fame and found it close to the ten-thousand-point level-up threshold.
• After turning off the notifications and waiting half an hour, Lin Yu received word that Primordial Hall had reached level 2.
• The system awarded Lin Yu Great Emperor Wushi's Formation, five hundred Emperor Guards, the Primordial Compass, Announcement Board rewards, and the shaping ability.
• Lin Yu’s cultivation rose to the peak of the Spirit Condensation Realm, and he stepped outside Primordial Hall while still sensing its presence.

Lin Yu discovered that Primordial Hall’s new Primordial Platform could strengthen divination and enhance manuals and treasures, then announced an Eastern Wasteland challenge offering its top-ranked participant a chance to glimpse the Heavenly Dao. At Night Moon Palace, Yu Hongyan told her mother and the elders that Primordial Hall offered a chance to become a Saint, leaving them shocked.

• Lin Yu explored the newly updated Primordial Hall and learned that the Primordial Platform enhanced divination and could improve secret manuals and treasures.
• Lin Yu noticed that Primordial Hall’s reputation points were growing more slowly and announced a challenge across ten Eastern Wasteland cities, with mysterious prizes for the top three and a chance to glimpse the Heavenly Dao for the highest-ranked participant.
• Yu Hongyan told Cui Ranqing that Lin Yu had helped her escape the Light Faction, and Cui Ranqing’s anger unleashed a wave of spiritual pressure through Night Moon Palace.
• Night Moon Palace’s elders quelled the alarm among the disciples and went to investigate the source of the pressure.
• Cui Ranqing asked Yu Hongyan whether Primordial Hall truly offered a chance to become a Saint, and the elders reacted with shock.

Ancestor Wangyue and the Night Moon Palace learned that ranked cultivators had received Lin Yu’s message about the Primordial Platform contest, which promised a chance to glimpse the Heavenly Dao and become a Saint. The contest’s announcement spread throughout the Eastern Wasteland, drawing sects out of seclusion and prompting others to challenge the Primordial Hall.

• Ancestor Wangyue emerged from seclusion and assured the Night Moon Palace disciples that he would protect them, then went to the rear garden and released a powerful surge of pressure.
• Cui Ranqing told the Night Moon Palace disciples that she was exchanging cultivation insights with the elders.
• Yu Hongyan explained to Cui Ranqing, Ancestor Wangyue, and the elders that Lin Yu had sent the ranking’s top hundred cultivators a message about the Primordial Platform contest.
• The elders confirmed that every ranked disciple in the Night Moon Palace had received the same message, and Ancestor Wangyue considered the chance to glimpse the Heavenly Dao and become a Saint.
• News of the contest spread across the Eastern Wasteland, drawing secluded sects back into the world as rumors about the Primordial Hall multiplied.
• Some sects dismissed the Primordial Hall’s claims and called for someone to test its power.

Xuan Ziyi persuaded Lin Qingfeng and the Supreme Sword Sect disciples to visit Ling Yunxiao’s fighting platform, where he offered a hundred taels to anyone on the Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking who challenged him. Lin Yu watched Ling Yunxiao insult the Primordial Hall and prepared to teach him a lesson, but a black-haired young man stepped onto the platform first.

• Xuan Ziyi led the Supreme Sword Sect group to a restaurant in Cloud Firmament City and learned about Ling Yunxiao’s challenge.
• Xuan Ziyi convinced Lin Qingfeng and the others to go see the fighting platform.
• Ling Yunxiao complained that no one on the Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking had accepted his challenge and mocked the ranking and the Primordial Hall.
• Lin Yu watched the platform from afar and decided Ling Yunxiao needed a lesson.
• A black-haired young man appeared on the fighting platform, and Lin Yu was glad he would not have to act himself.

Ye Wenqiang challenged Ling Yunxiao in the arena and defeated him with a sudden sword attack. Watching from afar, Lin Yu recognized Ling Yunxiao’s weak foundations, then tapped his teacup as Xuan Ziyi and the others reacted in surprise.

• Ye Wenqiang asked Ling Yunxiao whether the arena challenge and its reward were real, while the watching cultivators discussed the two men’s rankings and strength.
• Ling Yunxiao accepted Ye Wenqiang’s challenge, boasted that he would take on all comers, and leaped into the arena.
• Ye Wenqiang unleashed the Shadow Moon Sword Technique and knocked Ling Yunxiao out of the arena before he could mount a defense.
• Lin Yu watched from ten thousand li away and realized Ye Wenqiang’s solid cultivation and swordsmanship had overwhelmed Ling Yunxiao’s unstable, medicine-piled cultivation.
• Lin Yu tapped the teacup beside him twice, and Xuan Ziyi and the others watching changed expressions.

Lin Yu used the Primordial Platform’s power to create an arena above High Firmament City, shocking the city’s cultivators and residents with a display they mistook for a Saint’s arrival. The arena gained an Immortal aura and powerful presence, and Lin Yu declared it a saint artifact.

• Xuan Ziyi wanted to enter the Primordial Arena Tournament, but Lin Qingfeng told her to wait and observe because they were investigating the Primordial Hall.
• Lin Yu used the system to transmit part of the Primordial Platform’s power to High Firmament City and reached toward the city’s miniature image.
• A great white jade hand appeared over High Firmament City, and cultivators and residents knelt or bowed beneath its pressure.
• Lin Yu gathered sand, stones, and nearby mountains into the hand and shaped them into a floating arena.
• Lin Yu infused the arena with the Primordial Platform’s presence, and its Immortal aura surged into the sky as he called it a saint artifact.

Lin Yu forged a Half-Step Saint Artifact arena and gathered the Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking competitors from Cloud Firmament City onto it. He spared Ling Yunxiao, while the assembled contestants introduced themselves and waited to learn what would happen next.

• Lin Yu forged a Half-Step Saint Artifact from ordinary materials, leaving Ling Ziao and Lin Qingfeng shaken by the Primordial Hall's power.
• Lin Yu lifted the unconscious Ling Yunxiao into his white jade hand, and Ling Ziao rushed to save his son before Lin Yu assured him he would not kill him.
• The white jade hand withdrew, and dozens of ranked competitors were transported onto the arena above Cloud Firmament City.
• Ye Wenqiang introduced himself and accepted that he was unlikely to win the mysterious prize, while Chen Xiaoxian wondered how they had arrived and when they could leave.
• Lin Yu watched the contestants chat instead of fighting and grew dissatisfied.

Lin Yu forced the gathered cultivators into paired fights by threatening to strip a level of cultivation from anyone who failed to win within an hour. Chen Xiaoxian effortlessly defeated Ye Wenqiang’s sword attack, and Lin Yu’s system revealed that Chen Xiaoxian’s deeper data was hidden by insufficient permissions.

• Lin Yu separated the cultivators into pairs and announced that anyone who failed to decide a winner within an hour would lose one level of cultivation.
• Ye Wenqiang, paired with Chen Xiaoxian, urged him to begin quickly because losing a level would drop him from the Spirit Condensation Realm to the Qi Sea Realm.
• Ye Wenqiang unleashed Snow Wave Sword Art, but Chen Xiaoxian remained unmoved and shattered the sword intent with his body.
• Ye Wenqiang conceded, and a faint yellow light transported him back to Cloud Firmament City.
• Lin Yu examined Chen Xiaoxian’s system data and learned his age and realm, but his bloodline, cultivation method, abilities, and future remained inaccessible.

Lin Yu watched Leng Lingli and Xuan Ziyi battle at the Primordial Arena Tournament, observing how their techniques and temperaments could outweigh their rankings. Their saint-grade sword and saber techniques clashed with devastating force, while spectators recognized Xuan Ziyi and the Supreme Sword Sect.

• Lin Yu considered why he could not divine Chen Xiaoxian's bloodline and turned to watch the other battles.
• Lin Yu observed Leng Lingli, ranked fifty-sixth, relentlessly pursue Xuan Ziyi, ranked thirty-sixth, despite her higher overall strength.
• Xuan Ziyi unleashed the saint-grade technique Supreme Sword Intent, shatter! and formed a giant sword from her spiritual power.
• Leng Lingli used an incomplete saint-grade technique that consumed his blood and Qi, raising his power as his hair turned white and his face aged.
• Leng Lingli's saber collided with Xuan Ziyi's sword, unleashing explosions and a shock wave that shook the Half-Step Saint Artifact arena.
• Spectators recognized Xuan Ziyi's Supreme Sword Intent and identified her as a disciple of the once-dominant Supreme Sword Sect.

Xuan Ziyi defeated Leng Lingli in the arena tournament, and Lin Yu restored Leng Lingli before sending Ling Yunxiao into a brutal trial. As Lin Yu watched Ling Yunxiao struggle, he sensed someone had arrived at the hidden Primordial Hall.

• Xuan Ziyi defeated Leng Lingli, and the arena tournament winners were teleported back to Cloud Firmament City.
• Lin Yu brought the unconscious Leng Lingli to Primordial Hall and restored his appearance, vitality, and injuries.
• Ling Yunxiao woke in Primordial Hall and tried to flatter Lin Yu, who silenced him and sent him into a trial.
• Ling Yunxiao repeatedly fought a phantom with his own strength as Lin Yu said the trial could help him reach the Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking.
• Lin Yu sensed an unexpected arrival at Primordial Hall.

Cui Ranqing and Yu Hongyan searched for Primordial Hall on Hongmeng Mountain but triggered its powerful formation when they tried to enter by air. Lin Yu stopped the attack and warned them to use the mountain path, leaving the mother and daughter at the mountain gate before two formidable primordial guards.

• Cui Ranqing and Yu Hongyan found only an ordinary-looking mountain where Yu Hongyan remembered Primordial Hall standing.
• The mother and daughter entered the airspace over Hongmeng Mountain and were dragged down by an irresistible pressure as dark clouds and lightning gathered.
• Cui Ranqing shielded Yu Hongyan with her Hollow Cicada Shield, but the lightning shattered it and grievously injured her.
• Yu Hongyan called out to Lin Yu for help, and he halted the final lightning bolt and warned them that they had to enter through the mountain gate.
• Cui Ranqing and Yu Hongyan walked the mountain path for about two hours and reached the gate, where two primordial guards stood watch.

Cui Ranqing and Yu Hongyan reached the Primordial Hall after climbing Hongmeng Mountain’s exhausting steps, and Lin Yu agreed to divine Ancestor Wangyue’s chances of attaining Sainthood in exchange for a monumental construction project. Cui Ranqing was stunned by his demand to build the Eastern Wasteland’s largest city from Spirit Condensation Realm-grade materials within half a year, leaving her weighing the cost to the Night Moon Palace.

• Cui Ranqing and Yu Hongyan climbed Hongmeng Mountain’s steps for eight hours, then Lin Yu restored their strength with two butterflies.
• Lin Yu correctly stated that Cui Ranqing wanted to ask about Ancestor Wangyue’s chances of attaining Sainthood, convincing her of his divination ability.
• Cui Ranqing offered the Night Moon Palace’s help, and Lin Yu joked about asking for her and Yu Hongyan before clarifying that he was teasing.
• Lin Yu required the Night Moon Palace to build the Eastern Wasteland’s largest city outside Hongmeng Mountain within half a year, using materials no lower than Spirit Condensation Realm grade.
• Yu Hongyan objected, but Lin Yu muted her; Cui Ranqing considered whether fulfilling his demand would force the Night Moon Palace to sacrifice its legacy.

Cui Ranqing agreed to share the cost of Lin Yu’s arrangements for a chance at Sainthood, and Lin Yu identified a Nine-Bend Soul-Refining Flower in Chengling Zishan County for Ancestor Wangyue. Cui Ranqing left to search for it, leaving Yu Hongyan behind as Lin Yu’s maid, though Yu Hongyan tried to follow her mother.

• Lin Yu told Cui Ranqing that several forces would share the cost, and Cui Ranqing agreed to the arrangement.
• Cui Ranqing suggested that Yu Hongyan stay in the Primordial Hall as Lin Yu’s maid, and Lin Yu accepted.
• Lin Yu used the system to find locations with opportunities for Sainthood and selected the Nine-Bend Soul-Refining Flower in Chengling Zishan County.
• Lin Yu gave Cui Ranqing a scroll with the flower’s location and information, and she left to search for it.
• Yu Hongyan tried to follow Cui Ranqing, but Lin Yu held her in place and told her she now belonged to him as a maid.

Lin Yu created and released an abbreviated Eastern Wasteland Faction Rankings to raise the Primordial Hall’s reputation. The ranking caused an uproar, especially because Short Sky Island took first place with its strength left undisclosed.

• Lin Yu sent Yu Hongyan away and checked that the Primordial Hall’s reputation had reached level two with thirty percent progress.
• Lin Yu asked the system to calculate the most beneficial ranking and chose the faction rankings.
• Lin Yu discovered Short Sky Island ranked first, but the system denied him access to information about it.
• Lin Yu created an abbreviated ranking that listed factions and their highest combat strength, then ordered the system to release it.
• Cultivators across the Eastern Wasteland reacted to the new rankings, speculating about Short Sky Island and questioning whether Saint Kings truly existed.

The Eastern Wasteland Faction Rankings sparked widespread debate over Primordial Hall and the reality of its power. After the rankings brought visible providence and breakthroughs to the top twenty factions, cultivators across the Eastern Wasteland began seeking out the ranked sects.

• Cultivators argued over whether Primordial Hall was real and discussed rumors that its master had forged a Half-Step Saint Artifact in Cloud Firmament City.
• An old man in an unnamed village recognized the golden dragon phantom as providence and said the Eastern Wasteland owed Primordial Hall a favor.
• The Supreme Sword Sect's Sect Master sent the Eighth and Ninth Elders to investigate Primordial Hall and ordered the Tenth Elder to keep cultivating.
• Over the next three days, the top twenty factions gained providence, their members made breakthroughs, and their rankings repeatedly shifted.
• An old man explained that higher-ranked factions received greater providence, prompting rogue cultivators to seek entry into the top twenty and search for the mysterious top four factions.

After the Eastern Wasteland Faction Rankings boosted the Primordial Hall’s fame, Lin Yu received new rewards and reached peak Spirit Light Realm. He used the Primordial Compass to spot two Radiant Body Realm cultivators approaching, then asked the system to identify them.

• Lin Yu muted fame notifications and learned the Primordial Hall had reached fifty percent fame progress and the 'Somewhat Famous' level.
• The system awarded Lin Yu the Primordial Compass, forty Announcement Boards, and the ability to shape Primordial Guards’ appearances; it also raised the guards’ numbers to one thousand and their strength to early Spirit Light Realm.
• Golden light strengthened all Primordial Guards, while Lin Yu’s cultivation rose to peak Spirit Light Realm.
• Lin Yu tested the Primordial Compass and found that turning it caused plants across Hongmeng Mountain to droop.
• Lin Yu used the Primordial Compass to project a view a hundred li away and saw two Radiant Body Realm experts emerge from a rift in the sky.
• Lin Yu saw the two cultivators’ faces through the projection and asked the system to deduce their information.

Lin Yu used the Primordial Compass to confront Wu Chen and Wu Shuang, two late Radiant Body elders of the Supreme Sword Sect who had come to investigate the Primordial Hall. He crushed them and nearby cultivators with the Primordial Sect’s Thousandfold Pressure, leaving Wu Shuang vowing revenge while pinned in midair.

• Lin Yu used the system to identify Wu Chen and Wu Shuang as Supreme Sword Sect elders who intended to investigate the Primordial Hall.
• Lin Yu projected his image onto a cloud chair before the two swordsmen and revealed that he was the master of the Primordial Hall.
• Lin Yu activated the Primordial Compass and unleashed Thousandfold Pressure on Wu Chen, Wu Shuang, and the surrounding cultivators.
• The pressure forced nearby cultivators and then Wu Chen and Wu Shuang to their knees, shocking witnesses across the Eastern Wasteland.
• Pinned in midair, Wu Shuang glared at Lin Yu and threatened that he was finished.

Lin Yu used the Primordial Compass to crush Wu Shuang and Wu Chen despite the Supreme Sword Sect master's intervention, then defeated the master's blood sword and warned the sect against provoking the Primordial Hall. As Lin Yu vanished, the Supreme Sword Sect master was struck by a familiar pressure and could not escape.

• Wu Shuang and Wu Chen struggled against Lin Yu's spiritual pressure as he increased it from two thousandfold to three thousandfold.
• Wu Shuang and Wu Chen begged for mercy and offered an alliance, but Lin Yu refused and declared that the Primordial Hall would punish anyone who provoked it.
• The Supreme Sword Sect master attacked through a rift with a massive sword radiance, but Lin Yu's five thousandfold pressure killed Wu Shuang and Wu Chen.
• The Supreme Sword Sect master's blood sword clashed with Lin Yu's ten thousandfold pressure and was destroyed, after which Lin Yu warned the sect master and disappeared.
• The Supreme Sword Sect master threatened to destroy the Primordial Hall, but a familiar pressure descended on him before he could flee.