Recaps

Linley reunited with Doehring Cowart, trained in the mountains, and escorted Jenny and Keane to Chier County City before leaving to pursue the Radiant Church. He assembled allies and reached Deke County City, where he spotted a guarded convoy carrying prisoners under a formidable Saint-level escort.

• Linley and Bebe discovered Mo Ers guarding the dragon burial cavern, and Doehring Cowart awakened as a Deity to save them.
• Doehring agreed to conceal his power while Linley trained, mastered Wielding Heavy Weapons as Though They Were Light, and formed a contract with Haeru.
• Linley left the mountains, learned of Olivier’s rise, and killed bandits attacking a caravan before agreeing to protect Jenny and Keane.
• Linley defended Jenny and Keane from repeated attacks, killed Lady Weide and her brothers, and helped Keane become city lord.
• Linley comprehended a new way to wield force, learned that Wharton had become an earl, and left for the imperial capital before rescuing Sessler from the Radiant Church.
• Linley freed Lina and Rebecca from a Church escort, then joined Sessler in raiding Earl Perry’s estate and learned about a prisoner convoy bound for Deke County City.
• Linley trained with his sword while Lina and Rebecca learned necromancy, then led them and his companions toward Deke County City.
• Linley’s group watched a guarded convoy arrive and sensed five weakened life auras inside its barred carriage, while Doehring warned that its silver-haired escort was a formidable Saint-level combatant.

Linley rescued the Undying Warriors, reunited with his family, and pursued justice for Reynolds before helping Delia uncover and destroy a Radiant Church ritual. After studying Olivier and Haydson’s duel, Linley fought Haydson at Tujiao Mountain, where a black shadow struck Haydson as their battle ended.

• Linley and Sessler rescued Barker and his brothers, but Steller blocked their escape until Cesar drove him away and secured the brothers’ freedom.
• Linley settled in Yunfeng Town, trained with the Black Jade Heavy Sword, and later left to reunite with Jenny and visit Wharton in the imperial capital.
• Linley killed Landan after she attacked him and Jenny, then recovered, defeated Mackenzie in a spar, and reunited with Wharton.
• Wharton lost his duel with Blumer but married Nina, and Hodan told Linley and Doehring about higher planes and the difficulty of returning from them.
• After learning that Prince Yulin had abandoned Reynolds and his soldiers outside Nier City, Linley killed Yulin, freed Reynolds from a slave ship, and helped correct the official account of the battle.
• Linley and Delia investigated missing merchant ships, uncovered the Radiant Church’s Holy Grace Ritual, and destroyed its formation while rescuing the surviving captive mages.
• Olivier challenged Haydson and lost, giving Linley insight into defense, and Linley developed Pulsing Defense during seclusion and accepted Haydson’s challenge.
• Linley and Haydson fought at Tujiao Mountain, where Linley’s One Hundred and Thirty-Two Waves met Haydson’s Earth Split before a black shadow struck Haydson from behind.

Linley expanded his power in the Chaotic Territory, founded the Baruch Kingdom, and prepared to destroy the Radiant Church while advancing his understanding of wind and earth. As the Church challenged him with an Eight-Winged Angel, Olivier arrived to help him prepare for the fight.

• Linley left Chiyan City to begin a campaign against the Radiant Church, taking Blackstone City and then four more strongholds while winning the support of their people.
• Linley met Desri and his circle, while Reynolds stayed with Monica in the mountain village after earning Weideli’s respect.
• Linley proposed to Delia, then rescued Barker and his brothers from Useno and returned to train with Delia in the Yulan Empire.
• Doehring saved Linley from Useno and Leiming, and Linley married Delia before returning with her to the Baruch Mountain Range.
• Linley united the region under the Baruch Kingdom and reached the Saint Realm by comprehending all 128 layers of Earth Pulsation.
• After the Radiant Church and Dark Church seized the kingdom’s crystal mines, Bebe commanded the Dark Forest’s rat clans to rout their armies, and Beirut revealed Bebe’s Divine Beast lineage to Linley.
• Linley asked Desri to establish a new church without sacrifices or soul-devouring, then used the churches’ rivalry to defeat their forces and began developing the Profound Truths of the Earth.
• Linley survived an assassination attempt by using Pulsing Defense against a Six-Winged Angel, then accepted the Radiant Church’s challenge to duel an Eight-Winged Angel.
• Olivier demonstrated how to become the Law in a sword strike, and Linley continued practicing before their planned meeting at sunrise.

Linley survived the Necropolis of the Gods, became a Wind Element deity, and helped destroy the Radiant Church before learning his bloodline’s connection to the Four Divine Beasts. After leaving Doehring to protect his family and Yulan, Linley entered Gebados to grow stronger and set out for the City of Fiends.

• Olivier helped Linley master Myriad Swords Return to the Origin, then Linley and Doehring used their duel with an Eight-Winged Angel to challenge the deity behind it.
• Beirut sent Linley, Bebe, Barker, and others into the Necropolis of the Gods, where Linley advanced through its floors, defeated powerful guardians, and killed the Abyssal Blade Demon Lord with a Blade of Dimension.
• Linley brought three Divine Sparks out of the Necropolis but chose to become a deity through his own comprehension, later forming a Wind Element Divine Clone.
• Linley and Doehring led an assault on Holy Island, where Linley killed Heidens and Beirut defeated Augusta’s projection after it badly wounded Doehring.
• Beirut revealed that Linley descended from the Azure Dragon and that his Coiling Dragon Ring was its damaged soul-defense Sovereign Artifact, then warned him that Augusta would target him.
• Linley left Doehring to protect his family and Yulan and entered Gebados with Bebe, where he faced the wasteland’s dangers and killed a group of would-be robbers.
• After Linley encountered swindlers and learned about the Fiend Castle and its deadly trial from Old Huo, he headed south toward the City of Fiends.