Recaps

Lin Heng accepted the Fire Clan representative’s challenge, wagering five million li of territory and an origin vein against a hundred years of confinement. He battled Yan Ming and revealed the strength of his treasures, leaving the Fire Clan and the other powers questioning the secrets behind him.

• The Fire Clan representative challenged Lin Heng to fight his subordinate Yan Ming, offering territory and an origin vein if Lin Heng won and a hundred years of confinement if he lost.
• Lin Heng accepted despite the Firmament Hall representative’s warning, and Yan Ming stepped forward as his opponent.
• Yan Ming attacked with a flaming spear, but Lin Heng absorbed much of its force with his defenses and spatial power.
• Lin Heng countered with the Killing Sword, wounding Yan Ming and making him spit blood.
• The Fire Clan representative and the other powers recognized the Killing Sword’s role in Lin Heng’s strength and speculated about the treasures and hidden backing he possessed.

Lin Heng continued to withstand Yan Ming’s attacks in the arena, growing stronger as he absorbed their force. The Fire Clan conceded the match, but Yan Ming ignored the decision and launched a full-powered strike at Lin Heng.

• The Firmament Hall representative identified the weapon in Lin Heng’s hand as Gao Moyan’s Killing Sword, drawing the other representatives’ attention to him.
• Yan Ming bombarded Lin Heng with spear attacks, but Lin Heng blocked them and absorbed their force, steadily growing stronger.
• Yan Ming gathered all his power for a decisive strike, and the Fire Clan representative ordered him to stop and conceded the match.
• Yan Ming rejected the concession and attacked Lin Heng with his full-powered Flame Dragon Break.
• Lin Heng welcomed Yan Ming’s renewed attack, expecting to absorb its power.

Lin Heng defeated Yan Ming by adapting Sun Yuan’s Nine-Origin Overlapping Waves Staff technique to the Killing Sword, but a Fire Clan representative interrupted the unfinished fight. Lin Heng challenged the representative’s intervention before the watching sects, leaving the Fire Clan under public scrutiny.

• Yan Ming attacked Lin Heng with Flame Dragon Break, and Lin Heng imitated Sun Yuan’s technique to counter with waves of sword shadows.
• Lin Heng’s sword overwhelmed the flame dragon, but the Fire Clan representative intervened and knocked both fighters back, leaving Yan Ming unconscious.
• Lin Heng accused the representative of interfering after Yan Ming had attacked him, while the representative claimed he had ordered Yan Ming to concede.
• When the representative tried to leave with Yan Ming, Lin Heng demanded an explanation for interrupting the match before it was over.
• Lin Heng argued that the Fire Clan’s intervention dishonored those killed in earlier matches, and hundreds of sects turned their questioning gazes on the representative.

Lin Heng negotiated with the Fire Clan representative to spare Yan Ming, secretly securing a high-grade Origin Vein in exchange. After his arena matches ended, Situ Jiannan warned him that the representative might lack the authority to deliver it.

• The Fire Clan representative offered Lin Heng more Source Crystals to release Yan Ming, but Lin Heng demanded territory, Origin Veins, and additional crystals.
• Lin Heng and the representative privately agreed that Lin Heng would receive a high-grade Origin Vein, and Lin Heng left without killing Yan Ming.
• The representative told the gathered forces he would deliver twenty thousand Source Crystals, while Fire Clan members questioned whether he had made a secret deal.
• Lin Heng returned to the Qian Yuan Sect resting area, where Sun Yuan praised his fight against Yan Ming and offered to practice the Nine-Origin Overlapping Waves Staff with him.
• Lin Heng told Situ Jiannan about the agreement, and Situ Jiannan warned that the representative might not have authority to provide a high-grade Origin Vein.

Lin Heng advanced to the semifinals after Keluoduo surrendered, then learned that the Ant Race had found something unusual about the Origin Vein. He faced Longlong Yan next and realized the Rock Race fighter was trying to wear him down for Yu Changfeng, so Lin Heng threatened to kill him.

• Lin Heng dismissed Situ Jiannan’s worries about the Fire Clan, while Sun Yuan looked forward to fighting more Samsara Realm cultivators.
• After the arena defense battles, Lin Heng drew Keluoduo as his quarterfinal opponent, and Keluoduo surrendered rather than face him.
• Keluoduo privately told Lin Heng that the Ant Race had noticed something unusual about the Origin Vein, and Lin Heng agreed to discuss its secret later.
• Lin Heng and Yu Changfeng advanced to the semifinals, while the other quarterfinalists quickly settled their matches.
• Yu Changfeng’s opponent, Chang Shan, surrendered, while Longlong Yan continued fighting Lin Heng after apparently agreeing to help wear him down.
• Lin Heng confronted Longlong Yan with the Killing Sword and warned him to leave his life behind if he insisted on fighting.

Lin Heng fought Longlong Yan underground, where the Rock Race warrior gained a powerful advantage and revealed he had found the Heart of Rock Origin. Lin Heng checked in to obtain the same treasure and prepared to face Longlong Yan as he began to demonstrate its power.

• Longlong Yan dragged Lin Heng underground, where his strength doubled and darkness limited Lin Heng's soul-power detection.
• Longlong Yan told Lin Heng that Yu Changfeng had given him information about the lost Heart of Rock Origin, which he had recovered beneath the Soul-Burying Mountain Range.
• Longlong Yan explained that the Heart of Rock Origin could help restore the Rock Race to its former glory.
• Lin Heng checked in and received the Heart of Rock Origin, learning it could block a Heavenly Venerable attack and unleash a powerful strike.
• Lin Heng challenged Longlong Yan's confidence, and Longlong Yan announced that he would demonstrate the treasure's power.

Lin Heng defeated Longlong Yan after revealing his complete Heart of Rock Origin, then absorbed Longlong Yan’s broken Heart of Rock Origin. His victory left Yu Changfeng furious and the weakened Rock Race facing public scorn.

• Longlong Yan strengthened his origin of rock and suppressed Lin Heng, but Lin Heng used his complete Heart of Rock Origin to overcome the pressure and surge in power.
• Lin Heng froze Longlong Yan with Spacetime Solidification and killed him with a sword strike, then collected his broken Heart of Rock Origin.
• Lin Heng’s Heart of Rock Origin absorbed the broken one and grew stronger before Lin Heng returned to the surface.
• Yu Changfeng was stunned and cursed Longlong Yan when Lin Heng emerged alive and seemingly unharmed.
• Those present mocked the Rock Race, while its two remaining Samsara Realm cultivators could only endure the insults.

Lin Heng and Yu Changfeng fought for the tournament victory and supremacy among the Ninefold Heaven’s sects. Lin Heng shattered Yu Changfeng’s sword rain with the Nine-Origin Wave-Chasing Sword, forcing Yu Changfeng to sacrifice his blood to unleash his ultimate move.

• Lin Heng and Yu Changfeng entered the arena, where Yu Changfeng declared that he would kill Lin Heng before he could become a threat.
• Yu Changfeng attacked with Sword Rain Break, and his countless sword shadows gradually broke through Lin Heng’s blood sword barrier.
• Lin Heng used the Nine-Origin Wave-Chasing Sword to shatter the sword rain and send bloody sword light toward Yu Changfeng.
• Yu Changfeng answered with One Sword Silences the World, spitting his blood onto his longsword to merge his lifeblood with the weapon.

Lin Heng defeated and killed Yu Changfeng in the tournament, then won first place and the rights to territory and three Origin Veins. He planned to establish his sect in ten years, assigning Situ Jiannan to prepare the ceremony and resolving to recruit disciples from the lower realm.

• Lin Heng used the Heart of Rock Origin and his sword techniques to overpower Yu Changfeng and kill him with a final blood-colored tide.
• Chen Yulin announced Lin Heng as the tournament’s first-place winner and awarded his future sect territory and mining rights to three Origin Veins.
• Lin Heng chose the Qian Yuan Sect for the post-tournament banquet and invited the gathered sects to his sect’s founding ceremony ten years later.
• After the guests departed, Lin Heng and Sun Yuan complained about the banquet, and Situ Jiannan reminded Lin Heng to begin preparing for the ceremony.
• Lin Heng left the ceremony preparations to Situ Jiannan and said he would recruit disciples by visiting the lower realm and speaking with his mother and others.

Lin Heng and Sun Yuan confronted Fire Clan envoys Yan Chuan and Yan Yao after learning they had withheld most of the promised compensation. The chapter left Yan Yao injured and terrified as Sun Yuan prepared to strike again.

• Situ Jiannan told Lin Heng and Sun Yuan that two Fire Clan visitors had arrived with a hostile attitude.
• Lin Heng and Sun Yuan overheard Yan Yao boast that he had taken most of their compensation and that the Fire Clan could destroy Lin Heng.
• Yan Yao offered only two thousand Source Crystals and admitted he had taken resources from the promised twenty thousand, while the territory and Origin Veins were also missing.
• Yan Yao threatened Lin Heng and Sun Yuan with the Fire Clan's power, so Lin Heng pinned him with the Killing Sword and warned him about the Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure.
• Sun Yuan punched Yan Yao in the face and raised a lightning-wreathed fist as Yan Yao trembled in fear.

Lin Heng learned that the Fire Clan had independently reneged on its promise to cede territory and an Origin Vein, so he devised a public humiliation for Yan Yao. Yan Lan prepared to retaliate against Lin Heng, but learned that Lin Heng and Sun Yuan had arrived at the Fire Clan headquarters with Yan Yao and were shaming the clan before a crowd.

• Yan Chuan left Yan Yao behind after Lin Heng threatened the Fire Clan, and Sun Yuan slapped Yan Yao and ordered him to answer questions only by nodding or shaking his head.
• Lin Heng learned from Yan Yao that the Fire Clan alone had decided not to hand over the territory and Origin Vein, then asked Situ Jiannan to fetch a bronze gong and hammer.
• Yan Chuan returned to the Fire Clan headquarters and told Yan Lan what had happened at the Qian Yuan Sect.
• Yan Lan became enraged and prepared to send Fire Clan experts to attack Lin Heng.
• A Fire Clan disciple reported that Lin Heng and Sun Yuan had brought Yan Yao to the headquarters, hung a bronze gong on him, and were shouting that the Fire Clan had no honor as onlookers gathered.

Yan Lan confronted Lin Heng and Sun Yuan over Yan Yao’s public denunciation, then killed Yan Yao and disputed the Fire Clan’s debt. Sun Yuan exposed that the clan had handed over only two thousand of the promised twenty thousand Source Crystals, and Yan Lan threatened to settle the dispute by force.

• Sun Yuan forced Yan Yao to denounce the Fire Clan publicly, and Yan Lan emerged and ordered him to stop.
• Yan Lan pulled Yan Yao toward him and killed him with a palm strike, then demanded to know what Lin Heng and Sun Yuan had done to him.
• Lin Heng asked why the Fire Clan had not delivered the promised territory and Origin Vein, while Yan Lan insisted the agreement had been for twenty thousand Source Crystals.
• Sun Yuan challenged Yan Chuan to confirm that the Fire Clan had paid the full amount, but Yan Chuan stayed silent.
• Sun Yuan revealed that Yan Yao had given them only two thousand Source Crystals, and Yan Lan blamed Yan Yao before threatening Lin Heng and Sun Yuan with violence.

Lin Heng secured twenty thousand Source Crystals from Yan Lan, but Yan Lan postponed the promised territory and Origin Vein for ten years. Liuyun Lan explained that Lin Heng’s claim would exceed the Ninefold Heaven’s territory limit, forcing him to challenge one of the thirteen factions.

• Liuyun Lan, Chen Yulin, and the other ascender factions backed Lin Heng, while most of the Eight Great Imperial Clans stayed out of the dispute.
• Yan Lan agreed to give Lin Heng twenty thousand Source Crystals immediately and the ten million li of territory and Origin Vein in ten years, when Lin Heng would have to prove he could take them.
• Yan Lan gave Lin Heng the Source Crystals and led the Fire Clan away, whose members left smiling.
• Liuyun Lan explained that the Ninefold Heaven limited ordinary factions to ninety million li of territory and required a faction seeking a hundred million li to defeat one of the thirteen factions.
• Liuyun Lan urged Lin Heng to cultivate for ten years and said he might then be strong enough to fight Yan Lan.

After the Fire Clan broke its promise, Lin Heng prepared the Qian Yuan Sect for a future confrontation and planned to gather resources for Sun Yuan. Keluoduo then visited to discuss the Origin Vein, but Lin Heng challenged his hesitation and warned him not to scheme.

• Sun Yuan told Situ Jiannan how the Fire Clan had deceived them, and Lin Heng said he would confront the clan rather than back down.
• Lin Heng assigned Situ Jiannan preparations for the sect, disciple training, and an intelligence network focused on the Ninefold Heaven's thirteen powers.
• Sun Yuan said that sufficient resources could help him reach the Seventh- or Eighth-Transformation Samsara Realm within ten years, and Lin Heng gave him Source Crystals and a spirit herb.
• Lin Heng gave Situ Jiannan the remaining spirit herbs and lesser treasures to manage for the sect, then said he planned to travel the Ninefold Heaven and gather resources.
• Keluoduo came to the Qian Yuan Sect to investigate the Origin Vein with Lin Heng, but hesitated when asked what it contained.
• Lin Heng threatened Keluoduo against deceiving him, and Keluoduo turned pale.

Keluoduo told Lin Heng that an Origin Soul Spirit might be hidden in the Origin Vein and explained its immense value. Lin Heng agreed to give Keluoduo a Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure if he found it, and Keluoduo swore to keep the secret.

• Keluoduo explained that an Origin Soul Spirit could continuously produce resources and that the thirteen powers had fought deadly battles over the rare treasure.
• Lin Heng offered Keluoduo a reward for helping him locate the Origin Soul Spirit.
• Keluoduo asked for a Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure to improve his chances of breaking through.
• Keluoduo offered to borrow the treasure for thirty million years and promised not to reveal their deal or the Origin Soul Spirit.
• Lin Heng agreed to give Keluoduo the treasure once he found the Origin Soul Spirit, provided Keluoduo swore to keep it secret.
• Keluoduo swore on his soul that he would not disclose the matter, or heavenly lightning would strike down the Ant Race.

Lin Heng searched the Soul-Burying Mountain Range for sign-in rewards, then was intercepted by three members of the Great Sun Race as he tried to leave. Matsushita Kojiro revealed that the Great Sun Race had taken the Killing Sword from Keluoduo, and Lin Heng concealed his relief that they knew nothing about Keluoduo’s completed mission.

• Lin Heng signed in at the Soul-Burying Mountain Range, Fallen Blossoms Gorge, and Soul-Burying Ridge, receiving a Manju Asura Flower, a One Dream Bodhi Pill, and the Mystic Yin Sword.
• Lin Heng spent ten days gathering rewards from the mountain range and planned to return to the Qian Yuan Sect before visiting other locations across the Ninefold Heaven.
• Three members of the Great Sun Race intercepted Lin Heng at the mountain entrance, and Matsushita Kojiro said the Firmament Hall was occupied by the Fire Clan.
• Matsushita Kojiro displayed the Killing Sword, prompting Lin Heng to ask what had happened to Keluoduo.
• Lin Heng inferred that Keluoduo had completed his task before the Great Sun Race ambushed him, and he pretended to be furious while concealing what Keluoduo had done.

Lin Heng confronted Matsushita Kojiro and his two companions after they threatened his allies and revealed plans to capture him. He brought out the Soul-Locking Pagoda and prepared to test his increased strength against the three Seventh-Transformation Samsara cultivators.

• Matsushita Kojiro, Watanabe Kumada, and Watanabe Kumaji taunted Lin Heng and threatened to kill his allies, enslave the women, and attack the Qian Yuan Sect and Ten Regions.
• Lin Heng revealed the Soul-Locking Pagoda, and Matsushita Kojiro recognized the Li Race artifact that could trap and bind cultivators' souls.
• Matsushita Kojiro and his companions grew greedy, speculating that Lin Heng could copy treasures and deciding to capture him to uncover his secret.
• The three Great Sun Race cultivators unleashed their Seventh-Transformation Samsara auras and readied their treasures, with Matsushita Kojiro wielding Lin Heng's Killing Sword.
• Lin Heng tossed the Soul-Locking Pagoda into the air and drew the Fifth-Grade Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure Mystic Yin Sword to face them.

Lin Heng used the Mystic Yin Sword and the Heart of Rock Origin to overwhelm Matsushita Kojiro and the Watanabe brothers. After the brothers were captured by the Soul-Locking Pagoda, Matsushita tried to flee, only to find Lin Heng waiting behind him.

• Matsushita Kojiro attacked Lin Heng with the Killing Sword, but Lin Heng empowered himself with the Heart of Rock Origin and countered with the Nine-Origin Wave-Chasing Sword.
• Lin Heng's sword shadows suppressed Matsushita Kojiro's Power of Origin of Killing and battered the blood-colored serpent.
• Matsushita Kojiro called on Watanabe Kumada and Watanabe Kumaji to help, but Lin Heng redirected the sword shadows and shattered their weapons while injuring their souls.
• The Soul-Locking Pagoda sucked Watanabe Kumada and Watanabe Kumaji into it as Matsushita Kojiro abandoned them and tried to escape.
• Lin Heng appeared behind Matsushita Kojiro, who turned to face Lin Heng's smile.

Lin Heng captured Matsushita Kojiro and two other Great Sun Race cultivators, then used the Soul-Locking Pagoda to force them into serving him. He ordered them to raid and harass rival forces for the Qian Yuan Sect, while Situ Jiannan mocked their appearance after Lin Heng left.

• Lin Heng used the Mystic Yin Sword and Soul-Locking Pagoda to capture Matsushita Kojiro and two other Great Sun Race cultivators.
• Lin Heng brought the three captives to Luo Water Vale, where the Soul-Locking Pagoda’s torments forced them to swear loyalty to him.
• Lin Heng ordered the three to harass forces under the Fire Clan and other sects, gather resources for the Qian Yuan Sect, and report back every ten days.
• Lin Heng returned the three to the Qian Yuan Sect, told Situ Jiannan about his plan, handed him resources, and then left.
• Situ Jiannan disparaged Matsushita Kojiro and the other two as things that did not look human, leaving them resentful but afraid to answer back.

After a year of roaming the Ninefold Heaven and secretly robbing the Fire Clan’s factions, Lin Heng returned to the Qian Yuan Sect and learned that his sect-building plans were progressing too slowly. Situ Jiannan and Sun Yuan proposed using a time spirit treasure to train disciples faster, leaving Lin Heng to consider how to obtain one.

• Lin Heng’s visits to major sects and the bandits’ raids on Fire Clan factions kept the Ninefold Heaven on edge, but the bandits vanished before the Fire Clan and Thirteen Factions could catch them.
• Lin Heng returned to the Qian Yuan Sect and gave Situ Jiannan and Sun Yuan more resources.
• Situ Jiannan reported that the sect had over seven hundred disciples but would need far longer than Lin Heng’s ten-year deadline to produce Nirvana Realm cultivators.
• Situ Jiannan suggested acquiring a time spirit treasure, and Matsushita Kojiro explained that factions outside the Thirteen Factions possessed weaker ones.
• Situ Jiannan and Sun Yuan proposed training the most gifted disciples with a hundred-to-one time spirit treasure and a battle-based cultivation method, leaving Lin Heng to figure out how to obtain one.

Lin Heng sought a time spirit treasure and heard Matsushita Kojiro propose bargaining with Yan Lin, a disgraced Fire Clan leader, for a low-grade space spirit treasure. Lin Heng offered to let Matsushita Kojiro return to the Great Sun Race if he arranged the deal, and Matsushita Kojiro showed excitement at the offer.

• Lin Heng asked Matsushita Kojiro whether he could obtain a time spirit treasure, and Matsushita Kojiro said the Great Sun Race guarded its only one too closely.
• Matsushita Kojiro suggested that Lin Heng seek a low-grade space spirit treasure from one of the thirteen factions, while Lin Heng refused Sun Yuan's suggestion to approach the Firmament Hall.
• Matsushita Kojiro proposed making a deal with the Fire Clan, explaining that Yan Lin's Lineage wanted him restored to power in the Ninefold Heaven after his rivals had forced his replacement.
• Lin Heng realized Matsushita Kojiro had a plan to contact Yan Lin, but Matsushita Kojiro claimed he lacked a connection to him.
• Lin Heng promised to let Matsushita Kojiro return to the Great Sun Race if he arranged contact and concluded the deal, and Matsushita Kojiro raised his head with excitement.

Lin Heng arranged to protect the dormant Origin Soul Spirit and prepared to investigate ancient ruins in Moon-Gazing Valley. He left Sun Yuan to guard the Origin Vein and decided to enter the ruins alone despite Situ Jiannan’s concerns.

• Lin Heng let Matsushita Kojiro and the other two return to the Great Sun Race under the Soul-Locking Pagoda’s restraints, intending to repay the race for its schemes.
• Situ Jiannan told Lin Heng that the Origin Soul Spirit was dormant and could not yet take physical form, so Lin Heng gave him the Yin-Yang Dual Polarity Diagram to conceal and defend the Origin Vein.
• Lin Heng ordered Sun Yuan to guard the Origin Vein for ten years and kill anyone who came snooping.
• Lin Heng distributed spirit grass and spirit treasures among Sun Yuan, Situ Jiannan, and the four women.
• Lin Heng revealed that he planned to explore weakening ancient ruins beneath the lake in Moon-Gazing Valley, and decided to go alone because the Origin Vein needed protection.
• Situ Jiannan warned Lin Heng against risking the expedition alone, but Lin Heng reassured him that he could escape even a Nine-Turn Samsara Realm cultivator.

Lin Heng agreed to cripple Yan Lan in exchange for Yan Lin’s support and received a time spirit treasure from him. Yan Lan learned of their secret meeting and prepared to kill Lin Heng when the sect was established nine years later.

• Matsushita Kojiro told Lin Heng that Yan Lin would provide a time spirit treasure if Lin Heng crippled Yan Lan when establishing his sect.
• Yan Lin secretly visited the Qian Yuan Sect, gave Lin Heng a miniature tower with a one-hundred-to-one time ratio, and discussed possible cooperation.
• Lin Heng entrusted the time spirit treasure to Situ Jiannan and left the Qian Yuan Sect for Moon-Gazing Valley.
• Yan Lan learned from his spies that Yan Lin had acted suspiciously and that a concealed visitor had gone to the Qian Yuan Sect.
• Yan Lan concluded that Yan Lin was helping Lin Heng, contacted his father for support, and vowed to kill Lin Heng in nine years.

Lin Heng watched the seal over the ruins beneath Rippling Moon Lake weaken, then discovered that Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao had also come to claim the treasures. To counterbalance the two Nine-Turn Samsara experts, Lin Heng invited Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin, and the four groups gathered as the seal neared breaking.

• Lin Heng waited at Moon-Gazing Valley as repeated surges beneath Rippling Moon Lake weakened the seal over the ruins.
• Miao Jingkong arrived, followed by Lin Xiao, and both revealed that they had been waiting for the ancient ruins to open.
• Lin Heng decided he could not claim the treasures alone and sent invitations to Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin.
• Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin arrived within four hours, and Liuyun Lan realized Lin Heng had summoned them because Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao were already there.
• Lin Heng emerged from concealment to greet Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin, while Liuyun Lan hinted to the others that they had come for a great opportunity.

Lin Heng joined Liuyun Lan, Chen Yulin, Miao Jingkong, and Lin Xiao to enter the ancient ruin beneath Rippling Moon Lake. They discovered the heavenly abode of Heavenly Venerable Green Mountain and Heavenly Venerable Green Water, but an intact barrier blocked the entrance.

• Lin Heng revealed the ancient ruin to Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao, and Chen Yulin warned that he would report it to his clan if they refused to share.
• Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin promised Lin Heng first choice of the treasures they found, and the five waited together for the seal beneath Rippling Moon Lake to weaken.
• When the lake's seal vanished, the five descended to the bottom and found a thatched residence identified by Lin Xiao as the heavenly abode of Heavenly Venerable Green Mountain and Heavenly Venerable Green Water.
• Miao Jingkong rushed toward the abode but struck an invisible barrier, and his attack could not break it.
• Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin concluded that the abode's intact formation restriction would make entry difficult, leaving all five uncertain how to proceed.