Recaps

Lin Yan visited the Heaven Dou Auction House with Ye Lingling to choose a gift for her parents, where Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi each tried to recruit him with offers of support. Lin Yan politely declined both offers and rejoined Ye Lingling as the auction was about to begin.

• Lin Yan and Ye Lingling went to the Heaven Dou Auction House so he could choose a gift for his first visit to her parents.
• Xue Qinghe invited Lin Yan to his VIP room, congratulated him on becoming captain of the Imperial Fighting Team, and offered to recommend him for a position in an imperial department.
• Lin Yan declined Xue Qinghe's offer, saying he wanted to focus on cultivating and leading his team, but accepted the prince's friendship.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo Gu Rong arrived, and Ning Fengzhi offered to pay for anything Lin Yan bought at the auction.
• Lin Yan declined Ning Fengzhi's offer, explaining that he wanted the gift to be his own token of regard.
• Lin Yan left the VIP room and rejoined Ye Lingling in the auction hall as the auction was about to begin.

Lin Yan attended the Heaven Dou Auction House with Ye Lingling, buying gifts for her parents and Star Iron to make her protective armor. He recognized the final lot’s unknown writing as ancient Chinese and won the book, leaving with it and the other purchases.

• Lin Yan stopped bidding on the Deep Blue Ice Crystal when Ye Lingling told him it was not worth the price.
• Lin Yan bought Soul-Calming Incense as a gift for Ye Lingling’s mother, Star Iron for armor for Ye Lingling, and Lie Yan Liquor for her father.
• Lin Yan recognized the final lot’s characters as ancient Chinese seal script and its illustrations as diagrams for an Earthly breathing and cultivation method.
• Lin Yan won the ancient book with a bid of five thousand Gold Soul Coins after no one else bid.
• Lin Yan paid sixty-seven thousand Gold Soul Coins for his purchases, stored the Star Iron and book in his Storage Soul Tool, and left the auction house with Ye Lingling.

Lin Yan visited Ye Lingling’s parents, Ye Feng and Su Wan, and Ye Feng demanded that he prove he could protect Lingling by surviving a duel. Their battle began in the Ye Family’s courtyard, where Lin Yan blocked Ye Feng’s opening attack but was driven back.

• Ye Lingling brought Lin Yan to the Ye Residence, where he introduced himself to Su Wan and Ye Feng as her teammate and friend.
• Lin Yan gave Su Wan Soul-Calming Incense and Ye Feng Lie Yan Liquor, and promised to turn Lingling’s star iron into close-fitting armor.
• Ye Feng explained the Ye Family’s requirement that a Nine Heart Begonia’s spouse be strong enough to protect her, then challenged Lin Yan to last through an incense stick’s burn.
• Lin Yan revealed that he was a level forty-eight Soul Ancestor with a black Fourth Soul Ring, impressing Ye Feng before they moved to the courtyard.
• Ye Feng attacked with Sky-Rending Claw, and Lin Yan used Blue Silver · Sword Leaf to block the strike, though its force drove him back.
• Ye Feng increased his speed and launched Eagle-Soaring Hurricane at Lin Yan.

Lin Yan fought Ye Feng to prove he could protect Ye Lingling, using his Soul Skills and Nine-Leaf Sword Wings to withstand the Soul Saint’s attacks and launch a powerful counterattack. When the incense burned out, Ye Feng approved of Lin Yan, and Lin Yan and Ye Lingling shared a relieved smile.

• Lin Yan used Illusory Color Concealment and Scale-Leaf Light Rain to evade and probe Ye Feng’s attacks.
• Lin Yan activated his Living Spirit Domain and Nine-Leaf Sword Wings, escaping Ye Feng’s afterimages and taking to the air.
• Lin Yan and Ye Feng clashed, and Lin Yan used Blue Silver Grass restraints and eight swords of light to force Ye Feng to defend with his Martial Soul Avatar.
• As the incense burned out, Lin Yan stopped his attack and descended, pretending to have exhausted his Soul Power.
• Ye Feng praised Lin Yan and approved of him, while Ye Lingling and Lin Yan exchanged relieved smiles.

After visiting Ye Lingling’s family, Lin Yan studied the auctioned Supreme Purity Profound Origin Dao Scripture and discovered it described a complete immortal cultivation system. His attempt to practice it only strengthened and refined his Soul Power, leaving him determined to improve his existing abilities while searching for a way to cultivate independently.

• Lin Yan said goodbye to Ye Lingling’s parents and escorted her back to the girls’ dormitory, where he kissed her forehead before returning to his room.
• Lin Yan read the Supreme Purity Profound Origin Dao Scripture and learned its stages of cultivation, from cleansing the meridians to forming a Golden Core and developing spiritual sense.
• Lin Yan followed the scripture’s breathing method and sensed spiritual Qi, but his Soul Power absorbed and converted it instead of producing independent true essence.
• Lin Yan practiced through the night without establishing a foundation and considered whether the Douluo Continent’s rules or his body prevented immortal cultivation.
• Lin Yan put the scripture away, resolved to seek a way to use it in the future, and made reaching the Soul King level his immediate goal.