Recaps

Lin Heng discovered that reciting a verse on the stele opened the Peach Garden Heavenly Abode, while its guardian beasts punished Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao for belonging to the Eight Great Imperial Clans. After entering, Lin Heng and his companions learned they had to wait for everyone to arrive before crossing Peach Garden Road one at a time, and Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao finally joined them battered and bloodied.

• Lin Heng recited the verse on the stele, lifting the Heavenly Abode's restriction and revealing that the guardian beasts attacked members of the Eight Great Imperial Clans.
• Miao Jingkong rushed toward the gates and was struck flying by a stone beast, while Lin Xiao accused Lin Heng of causing trouble.
• Lin Heng, Liuyun Lan, and Chen Yulin passed the stone beasts safely and entered the Heavenly Abode ahead of Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao.
• Lin Heng and his companions read that everyone had to arrive before they could cross Peach Garden Road, and that they had to enter its formation one at a time.
• Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao arrived in torn, bloodstained clothes after enduring the stone beasts' attacks.

Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao entered Peach Garden Road after Chen Yulin urged them to test it, where they encountered Zhu Rong, its powerful guardian. Miao Jingkong failed to hurt Zhu Rong and tried to run past him, but Zhu Rong battered him as he struggled along the road.

• Chen Yulin and Miao Jingkong agreed to avoid fighting and let Miao Jingkong go first onto Peach Garden Road.
• Zhu Rong appeared and explained that a traveler had to leave the road alive or injure him to pass.
• Miao Jingkong struck Zhu Rong's head with his halberd, but the blow rebounded without harming him.
• Miao Jingkong tried to rush past Zhu Rong, who caught up and repeatedly struck him with flaming fists.
• Miao Jingkong was badly burned and wounded as he struggled halfway down the road.

Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao endured Zhu Rong’s attacks to pass Peach Garden Road, while Zhu Rong revealed that the Peach Garden Heavenly Abode was especially dangerous for members of the Eight Great Imperial Clans. Lin Heng then crossed the road without being caught or injured, leaving the group ready to proceed.

• Miao Jingkong escaped Peach Garden Road after Zhu Rong repeatedly attacked him with fireballs, then collapsed and began recovering.
• Lin Heng inferred that Peach Garden Road restricted teleportation and flight speed, and Zhu Rong warned that people from the Eight Great Imperial Clans faced far greater danger in the abode.
• Lin Xiao recovered before entering Peach Garden Road, used his Wood Clan healing ability to endure Zhu Rong’s fireballs, and escaped in better condition than Miao Jingkong.
• Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin passed their trials as Zhu Rong used weaker attacks against them than he had against Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao.
• Lin Heng sped through Peach Garden Road so quickly that Zhu Rong could not catch him, and he completed the trial without injury.

Lin Heng, Liuyun Lan, and Chen Yulin survived Peach Garden Road and discovered evidence that the Peach Garden Heavenly Abode belonged to a power far beyond what they had expected. They reached a lake with a path of at least ten thousand high-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure swords, leaving the trio stunned by the display.

• Zhu Rong punished Miao Jingkong for questioning him, then told Lin Xiao to revive Miao Jingkong with a pill and remove him once he woke.
• Zhu Rong privately praised Lin Heng’s formidable physiques, advised him not to seize what was not his, and urged him not to disappoint him.
• Lin Heng, Liuyun Lan, and Chen Yulin walked past a passage lined with skeletons from countless races, including the Ancestral Dragon, Primordial Phoenix, and Primordial Qilin.
• The trio concluded that the Heavenly Abode’s true master was likely far more powerful than a Heavenly Venerable and continued through the dangerous passage.
• At a lake with a towering tree, Chen Yulin discovered that the longswords forming a path across the water were all high-grade Chaos Spirit Treasures.

Lin Heng, Chen Yulin, and Liuyun Lan faced Gonggong’s Ten Thousand Swords Bridge, where each person had to endure a hidden trial while walking across it. After Liuyun Lan passed, Lin Heng stepped onto the bridge and found his cultivation sealed as a sword rushed toward him in the darkness.

• Gonggong told Lin Heng, Chen Yulin, and Liuyun Lan that they had to cross the Ten Thousand Swords Bridge one at a time.
• Liuyun Lan entered the bridge’s isolated world, endured its trial for 731 steps, and Gonggong sent him to the opposite shore.
• Gonggong showed Lin Heng and Chen Yulin a Heavenly Venerable Realm Sea Dragon beneath the lake and suggested that those who failed the trial faced danger.
• Lin Heng volunteered to cross before Chen Yulin and stepped onto the bridge despite Gonggong’s regretful reaction.
• The bridge sealed Lin Heng’s cultivation and plunged him into darkness, where a longsword flew toward him.

Lin Heng crossed the Ten Thousand Swords Bridge by resisting illusions that grew increasingly painful and convincing, while Gonggong and Chen Yulin took notice of his unusual potential. After enduring the trial at his four hundred and first step, Lin Heng stood still on the bridge, with Gonggong waiting to see whether he would reflect before continuing.

• Lin Heng recognized the flying swords in the first illusion as unreal and quickly took his second step, surprising Gonggong.
• Gonggong discovered that Lin Heng's cultivation was at the Third-Turn Samsara Realm but his soul had reached the Peak Ninth Revolution Samsara Realm, and Chen Yulin decided not to provoke him.
• Lin Heng continued across the bridge, gradually slowing as the illusions became more powerful and painful.
• At his four hundred and first step, Lin Heng endured a torrent of invisible swords and emerged drenched in sweat.
• Gonggong watched Lin Heng's feet and relaxed when he remained still, since stopping to reflect after leaving the illusion could improve his result on the Heart-Forging Bridge.

Lin Heng crossed the Ten Thousand Swords Bridge and comprehended Time Reversal, advancing his soul to the Fourth-Grade Heavenly Venerable Realm. After the bridge’s restriction lifted, Gonggong warned Chen Yulin, Miao Jingkong, and Liuyun Lan that the trial could be deadly if they forced their limits.

• Lin Heng continued across the Ten Thousand Swords Bridge, reflecting on its dark worlds and growing stronger as he endured the flying swords.
• At the thousandth step, Lin Heng studied the swords’ attacks and backward motion, then comprehended the law of Time Reversal and broke through to a Heavenly Venerable soul.
• Gonggong sensed Lin Heng’s breakthrough and recognized that he had discovered the bridge’s deeper laws.
• Lin Heng completed the bridge, and his restored power erupted, revealing that his soul had reached the Fourth-Grade Heavenly Venerable Realm.
• Liuyun Lan was stunned by Lin Heng’s leap, while Chen Yulin and Miao Jingkong eagerly anticipated their own crossing.
• Gonggong warned them that the Ten Thousand Swords Bridge could kill anyone who failed to withstand its assault.

After crossing the Ten Thousand Swords Bridge, Lin Heng and Liuyun Lan discovered a restricted Green Fir Ironwood bearing hundreds of Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasures, rewards for the trial’s challengers. As they waited for everyone to cross, Liuyun Lan shared what he knew about the Heavenly Estate’s search for an heir and the mysterious contribution needed to advance beyond the Heavenly Venerable Realm.

• Lin Heng examined the Green Fir Ironwood and found that its branches held more than a hundred Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasures.
• Lin Heng read the stele, which explained that each challenger who passed the Ten Thousand Swords Bridge could choose three treasures after everyone had crossed.
• Liuyun Lan speculated that Heavenly Venerables Qingshan and Green Water had inherited the estate rather than owned it originally, and he and Lin Heng concluded that its master was seeking an heir.
• Lin Heng learned from Liuyun Lan that advancing beyond the Heavenly Venerable Realm required a mysterious resource connected to contribution to the Heavenly Dao.
• Liuyun Lan decided to befriend Lin Heng because he recognized Lin Heng’s talent and potential.

After Miao Jingkong triggered a deadly trap while claiming a Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure, Lin Heng discovered the hidden restriction against members of the Eight Great Imperial Clans. Lin Heng chose three treasures for himself and his companions, then accepted gifts from Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin.

• Lin Heng and Liuyun Lan waited seven days beneath the green fir ironwood while Chen Yulin, Miao Jingkong, and Lin Xiao completed the Ten Thousand Swords Bridge trial.
• Miao Jingkong grabbed a spiked club, which exploded and left him gravely injured.
• Lin Heng found the warning on the back of the stone stele that members of the Eight Great Imperial Clans would suffer backlash if they took the treasures.
• Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin collected their treasures, while Lin Xiao was barred from taking one and Lin Heng selected a heavy sword, a golden staff, and a blood-red saber.
• Liuyun Lan gave Lin Heng a Third-Grade Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure whip, and Chen Yulin offered him a First-Grade spear.

After entering the Azure Feather Hall, Lin Heng and his companions learned they had to withstand attacks in rooms matched to their cultivation, with higher-level challenges granting better rewards. As Chen Yulin chose the Third-Grade Heavenly Venerable room, Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao realized his new treasure had greatly strengthened him.

• Lin Heng examined the three Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasures he had received, then followed his companions through a teleportation array into the Azure Feather Hall.
• Lin Xiao shouted excitedly, but Dijiang injured him with a snort and warned everyone against making noise in the hall.
• Dijiang explained that each person had to choose a room at or above their cultivation level and withstand its attack to earn a reward, with higher rankings bringing better rewards.
• Dijiang said members of the Eight Great Imperial Clans had to withstand ten attacks and that each room could only be chosen once, worrying Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao.
• Chen Yulin chose the Third-Grade Heavenly Venerable room, leading Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao to suspect his new treasure was at least that powerful.

Chen Yulin passed the third-grade Heavenly Venerable room, while the others chose their own challenges and Miao Jingkong entered the Nine-Turn Samsara Realm room ahead of Lin Heng. Before Lin Heng could take his turn, Dijiang revealed that his master also possessed many powerful physiques, leaving Lin Heng to wonder if the man had once had a system.

• Dijiang told Miao Jingkong that all five members of the Eight Great Imperial Clans would receive rewards according to their rankings.
• Chen Yulin passed the third-grade Heavenly Venerable room, and Dijiang announced that he had crossed three levels.
• Liuyun Lan chose the fourth-grade Heavenly Venerable room, while Lin Heng decided to attempt the Nine-Turn Samsara Realm room.
• Miao Jingkong rushed into the Nine-Turn Samsara Realm room before Lin Xiao could stop him, forcing Lin Xiao to choose the first-grade Heavenly Venerable room.
• Dijiang privately asked Lin Heng about his many physiques and said their master possessed numerous powerful physiques as well.

Lin Heng and the others completed their trials in Azure Feather Hall, with Lin Heng ranking first and entering the finest treasure room. Dijiang secretly allowed him to choose three treasures, leaving Lin Heng planning to use one choice to strengthen the Nether Ancestor Puppet.

• Liuyun Lan, Chen Yulin, Lin Xiao, and Miao Jingkong emerged from their trials, and Dijiang announced their results.
• Lin Heng cleared the Eighth-Transformation Samsara Realm room with ease and ranked first among the five contestants.
• Dijiang directed Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao to the ninth and tenth treasure rooms despite their rankings.
• Lin Heng found powerful treasures and Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable corpses in the first room, but could initially choose only one item.
• Dijiang privately told Lin Heng he could choose three items because his master had ordered him to favor people with multiple physiques.
• Lin Heng decided he could use one of his choices to refine the Nether Ancestor Puppet with a set of remains.

Lin Heng chose three treasures in the Peach Garden Heavenly Abode: a Heavenly Dipper Race skeleton to improve his Nether Ancestor Puppet, the Eight-Origin Heavenly Desolation Sword Formation, and a Dragon-Tiger Destruction Spirit Pill. As Lin Heng considered how to hide two treasures during the exit inspection, Lin Xiao and Miao Jingkong grew impatient and discussed taking his haul, but Liuyun Lan warned them against provoking Ao Zhantian.

• Lin Heng chose the Heavenly Dipper Race skeleton for his Nether Ancestor Puppet after weighing it against a faster Winged Race skeleton.
• Lin Heng spent a day and night studying manuals and chose the Eight-Origin Heavenly Desolation Sword Formation despite lacking the required swords.
• Lin Heng spent seven days choosing the Dragon-Tiger Destruction Spirit Pill, which could restore him to peak strength and grant him the Sound of Dragon and Tiger.
• Lin Heng realized he had to conceal two of his three treasures before the exit inspection.
• Lin Xiao and Miao Jingkong speculated about Lin Heng's treasures and considered joining forces to take them from him.
• Liuyun Lan warned Lin Xiao and Miao Jingkong that Ao Zhantian might retaliate if they harmed Lin Heng.

Lin Heng and the others entered the Battle Heaven Hall, where challengers faced trials on floors assigned according to their strength. On the seventy-third floor, Lin Heng met Tian Thirty-Two, who said he would attack using only half Lin Heng’s Source Power, and the trial began.

• Lin Heng chose the Dragon-Tiger Destruction Spirit Pill, and Dijiang led him and the others to the Battle Heaven Hall.
• Dijiang explained that each person would be assigned a floor by the teleportation array and could not leave until clearing the trial.
• Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao entered the hall first, then Lin Heng, Liuyun Lan, and Chen Yulin parted from them and teleported away together.
• Lin Heng arrived alone on the seventy-third floor, where he was told to defeat a Third-Turn Samsara opponent or knock away his weapon.
• Tian Thirty-Two appeared with the Heavenly Moon Sword and explained the safe rock, the weapon rules, and that he would use only half Lin Heng’s Source Power.
• Lin Heng took out the Sea-Burying Sword and agreed to begin the fight.

Lin Heng faced Tian Thirty-Two and was badly wounded by his mastery of the Law of Time, then returned to battle determined to understand his techniques. He discovered that Tian Thirty-Two combined the law with his weapon to pierce defenses with only half Lin Heng’s Source Power, but the reason remained unclear.

• Tian Thirty-Two attacked Lin Heng with time-based techniques, striking him repeatedly as Lin Heng fled to the boulder and accumulated hundreds of wounds.
• Lin Heng rested on the boulder and deduced that Tian Thirty-Two had used Time Acceleration, Time Deceleration, and Time Stasis without directly applying the Law of Time to him.
• Excited by the possibility of learning Tian Thirty-Two’s abilities, Lin Heng left the boulder and challenged him again.
• Lin Heng attacked with hundred-thousandfold Time Acceleration, but Tian Thirty-Two dodged and stabbed him from behind.
• Lin Heng sensed the flow of time changing with Tian Thirty-Two’s sword and realized he was combining a law with his weapon, though he could not explain how the strike overcame his armor and body with only half his Source Power.

Lin Heng and the others endured brutal trials in Battle Heaven Hall while Dijiang and the other guardians watched and discussed Lin Heng’s prospects. Dijiang decided Lin Heng would have to comprehend his own Dao intent to leave, as the great tribulation of the Longevity Realm approached.

• Lin Heng learned from his fight with Tian Thirty-Two that the opponent applied law to his sword and that his attacks carried a trace of Dao intent.
• Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin were driven back by their opponents, while Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao were repeatedly beaten unconscious at tenfold difficulty before reaching safety.
• Dijiang, Zhu Rong, Gonggong, and Shebishi discussed whether Lin Heng could pass Tian Thirty-Two’s test and fulfill the role Master had chosen for him.
• Dijiang declared that Lin Heng could not leave Battle Heaven Hall unless he comprehended his own Dao intent, even if Tian Thirty-Two killed him.
• Dijiang hoped Lin Heng would emerge before the Longevity Realm’s approaching great tribulation, and Gonggong noted that time passed far more slowly inside Battle Heaven Hall.

After three thousand years in Battle Heaven Hall, Lin Heng had grown strong enough to fight Tian Thirty-Two on nearly equal terms, while Dijiang watched and adjusted the trial to push him further. Meanwhile, Liuyun Lan and the others continued to struggle, and at the Qian Yuan Sect, Sun Yuan admired the large-scale achievement Situ Jiannan had made while Lin Heng was away.

• Lin Heng fought Tian Thirty-Two across the prairie, using his improved Law of Time and initial Heavenly Dao Annihilation Realm to gain a slight advantage.
• Dijiang recognized Lin Heng as the person his master had told them to await and instructed Tian Thirty-Two to use his full Third-Turn Samsara Realm strength.
• Tian Thirty-Two’s stronger attack forced Lin Heng back, but Lin Heng answered with ninety-nine waves of azure sword energy before both fighters paused to recover.
• Dijiang judged Tian Thirty-Two unable to guide Lin Heng in Dao Realms and considered finding another mentor for him.
• Liuyun Lan and the others remained far behind Lin Heng, while Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao endured the harsher Battle Heaven Hall trial; Miao Jingkong eventually settled into taking one beating a day.
• At the Qian Yuan Sect, Sun Yuan praised Situ Jiannan for accomplishing something impressive in Lin Heng’s absence.

Situ Jiannan impressed Sun Yuan with the tens of thousands of disciples he had gathered and planned to forge an elite army for Lin Heng. Meanwhile, Yan Lan learned that Lin Heng had a time spirit treasure and decided to wait until Lin Heng founded his sect before taking revenge.

• Situ Jiannan explained that Lin Heng’s teaching-without-distinction principle had helped him and the four women recruit talented disciples from across the Ten Regions.
• Sun Yuan praised Situ Jiannan’s plan to train three thousand gifted Saint Realm disciples into a powerful army, and they agreed Lin Heng’s Dragon Race mount should lead it.
• Yan Chuan told Yan Lan that neither Lin Heng nor Situ Jiannan could be reached, and that Lin Heng had received only a time spirit treasure from Yan Lin.
• Yan Lan concluded Lin Heng was cultivating inside the treasure and resolved to wait for the sect’s founding before repaying the Fire Clan’s humiliation.

After 180,000 years of fighting Tian Thirty-Two, Lin Heng completed his Dao Realm attack, One Sword Separates Worlds, and demonstrated its overwhelming power. Tian Thirty-Two survived the encounter with Dijiang’s help, while Dijiang noted that Lin Heng’s cultivation had advanced slowly.

• Lin Heng thanked Tian Thirty-Two for serving as his practice partner while he developed One Sword Separates Worlds.
• Tian Thirty-Two challenged Lin Heng to demonstrate the completed technique, keeping his cultivation at Ninth-Turn Samsara against Lin Heng’s Seventh-Transformation Samsara Realm.
• Lin Heng used One Sword Separates Worlds, leaving Tian Thirty-Two overwhelmed by his Dao Realm and kneeling as his fighting spirit vanished.
• Dijiang intervened to keep Tian Thirty-Two from being destroyed by Lin Heng’s Dao Realm and ordered him to steady his Dao heart.
• Dijiang told Lin Heng that his cultivation had advanced little despite the 180,000 years they had spent in the Battle Heaven Hall.

Lin Heng confirmed that he understood the Heavenly Dao’s supremacy, then toured Battle Heaven Hall with Dijiang and saw how the four other challengers were faring. Dijiang brought Lin Heng to the hall’s highest level and began to explain Peach Garden Heavenly Abode and the Ancestral Witches.

• Dijiang tested Lin Heng’s understanding, and Lin Heng replied that all were ants beneath the Heavenly Dao.
• Dijiang explained that Battle Heaven Hall’s combatants were calibrated to challengers’ entry strength, then took Lin Heng to see the others.
• Lin Heng saw that Liuyun Lan was nearing the Heavenly Venerable Realm and that Chen Yulin had reached it, though both still struggled to win.
• Lin Heng found Miao Jingkong resting injured and Lin Xiao taking a beating, and learned that they had reduced their training to one daily fight after being frightened by their opponents.
• Dijiang took Lin Heng to Battle Heaven Hall’s top level and began answering his questions about Peach Garden Heavenly Abode and the Ancestral Witches.

Dijiang revealed the Peach Garden Heavenly Abode’s history and gave Lin Heng a fragment of its key, making him its nominal master. Lin Heng used his new authority to adjust the trials and offered Miao Jingkong a chance to escape.

• Dijiang told Lin Heng that the Peach Garden Heavenly Abode stood above the Nine Heavens and that the Eight Great Imperial Clans had failed to seize it from Green Mountain.
• Dijiang gave Lin Heng one fragment of the Heavenly Estate’s key and warned him to keep it secret until he was strong enough to stand above the Nine Heavens.
• Dijiang explained that Lin Heng was the Heavenly Estate’s nominal master and could decide how to manage the trials, though challengers still had to clear them to leave.
• Lin Heng lowered the challenges for Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin, while making separate plans for Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao.
• After 180,000 years trapped in Battle Heaven Hall, Miao Jingkong despaired of escaping until Lin Heng appeared and offered him a chance to clear the trial and leave.

Lin Heng forced Miao Jingkong to accept his offer by letting Tian Ershisi badly injure him, then drew him into the Soul-Locking Pagoda. Within three days, Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao passed its trial and became Lin Heng’s servants while retaining their public identities.

• Lin Heng offered Miao Jingkong a chance to leave Battle Heaven Hall, but refused to explain how he had reached him.
• Miao Jingkong jumped off his rock to chase Lin Heng, and Tian Ershisi struck him down and trapped him beneath a storm of sword blades.
• Lin Heng promised to help Miao Jingkong leave the Peach Garden Heavenly Abode and reach the Heavenly Venerable Realm within a hundred years if he entered the Soul-Locking Pagoda.
• Over the next three days, Lin Heng made Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao pass the pagoda’s trial and become his servants.
• Lin Heng told Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao to keep their original identities and await his instructions through their mental connection.

After clearing Battle Heaven Hall, Lin Heng received powerful treasures and learned that Dijiang wanted him to be wary of trusting allies whose sects might turn against him. He returned to the Qian Yuan Sect stronger and prepared for the Eight Great Imperial Clans’ opposition to his sect’s founding.

• Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin emerged from Battle Heaven Hall as Second-Grade Heavenly Venerables, then learned that Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao had cleared their harder trials even earlier.
• Dijiang announced that Lin Heng had won first place and awarded him Gods and Devils in One Thought, Five Elements Indestructible Armor, and Primordial Spiritual Qi.
• Lin Heng realized Dijiang had revealed his rewards to help him judge Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin’s loyalty, then left Battle Heaven Hall after Dijiang urged him to recover the three scattered Heavenly Estates.
• On a nameless island, Liuyun Lan and Chen Yulin thanked Lin Heng and promised to attend the founding of his sect in a little over seven years.
• Lin Heng took Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao’s prizes and ordered them to report any plots by the Eight Great Imperial Clans before his sect’s founding.
• Lin Heng teleported back to the Qian Yuan Sect, confident that his increased strength would help him face the clans’ schemes.

After returning to the Qian Yuan Sect, Lin Heng learned that the Origin Soul Spirit was beginning to awaken and went to inspect it. He left the Origin Vein to seek information from the Eight Great Imperial Clans while Sun Yuan and Situ Jiannan prepared a stronger array.

• Lin Heng returned to the Qian Yuan Sect, and Sun Yuan was shocked by his improved cultivation and soul.
• Situ Jiannan told Lin Heng that the Origin Soul Spirit had briefly awakened and damaged much of the array protecting it.
• Lin Heng, Sun Yuan, and Situ Jiannan examined the sleeping Origin Soul Spirit, whose hidden energy could destroy the Ninefold Heaven.
• Sun Yuan said he had been unable to draw energy from the spirit, and Situ Jiannan suggested asking the Thirteen Factions what they knew about it.
• Lin Heng gave Sun Yuan a set of array flags to strengthen the defenses and left to question cultivators of the Eight Great Imperial Clans.

Lin Heng questioned Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao about the Origin Soul Spirit, rewarding Lin Xiao with a Fifth-Grade Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure for his answers. He then learned that the Eight Great Imperial Clans planned to oppose his sect and kill him if he tried to establish a new faction.

• Lin Heng offered a Fifth-Grade Heavenly Venerable Origin Treasure to whoever could tell him the most about the Origin Soul Spirit.
• Miao Jingkong said Origin Soul Spirits appeared before great calamities, while Lin Xiao explained that their appearance had coincided with a past conflict over an opportunity to transcend the Nine Heavens.
• Lin Xiao described the Origin Soul Spirit's rumored uses: opening the Nine Heavens' seal, enabling soul ascension, and turning a mineral vein into a top-grade Origin Vein.
• Lin Heng gave Lin Xiao the treasure and promised both men abundant resources and a chance to reach the Ninth-Grade Heavenly Venerable realm if they served him faithfully.
• Lin Xiao reported that an envoy from the upper realm was coming to the Wood Clan over Lin Heng's affairs, and Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao revealed the Eight Great Imperial Clans' oath to kill any promising ascender who tried to found a new faction.