Recaps

Young Master Bai and four cultivators forced their way into Lin Tian’s courtyard while he was secluded, injuring Ling Qiuzi and threatening Qingcheng. Lin Tian attacked from inside with the Heavenly Sword, maimed the intruders, and left them to clean up before sending Ling Qiuzi a Body-Healing Pill.

• Young Master Bai kicked Ling Qiuzi aside and led four cultivators into the courtyard to demand that Lin Tian come with them.
• When one cultivator grabbed Qingcheng, Lin Tian’s sword killed him instantly, alarming the others and activating the runic formation above the courtyard.
• Lin Tian sent the Heavenly Sword through the courtyard, severing the limbs of Young Master Bai and the remaining cultivators.
• Lin Tian ordered the injured men to clean the courtyard before leaving, and they gathered their severed limbs as they fled.
• Lin Tian sent Ling Qiuzi a Body-Healing Pill, and Qingcheng went inside after checking that Ling Qiuzi was unharmed.

Lin Tian cultivated with the Kui Bull's soul essence and negotiated with Ziwei to help him on an upcoming Extreme Realm mission in exchange for two Cloud Spirit Pills. At the Lin residence, a mourning-clad young man kicked a starving child nearly to death, but an old man healed him with Spiritual Qi.

• Lin Tian sensed that killing another person could trigger the rune formation's punishment, while his cultivation and physique continued to improve through the Kui Bull's soul essence.
• Ziwei asked Lin Tian to help with his next Extreme Realm mission, and Lin Tian agreed to help in exchange for two Cloud Spirit Pills.
• Azure Emperor explained that he had to join the campaign against the Wilderness after two Kui Bulls killed two hundred thousand Sword Capital residents.
• At the Lin residence, mourning-clad Chen Lian kicked a starving boy who had come to look at the food, leaving him near death.
• An old man appeared and used Spiritual Qi to restore the boy's crushed bones.

Li Baiyi rescued Chen Lian and his siblings, then punished the Lin Lineage after learning how they had treated his disciple, Lin Tian. Meanwhile, Young Master Bai reported Lin Tian to Hongyu and North Saber, but Hongyu ordered a servant to kill him, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Li Baiyi revived Chen Lian, agreed to take him and his younger siblings along, and killed the servant who tried to stop him.
• Li Baiyi confronted Lin Luo and the Lin elders, who claimed Lin Tian was dead and disavowed him.
• Li Baiyi read their memories, learned how they had mistreated Lin Tian, and killed Lin Luo and several elders while threatening the Joyous Immortal Sect.
• Young Master Bai returned to Hongyu’s courtyard injured and accused Lin Tian of attacking him before Hongyu and North Saber.
• After hearing Young Master Bai’s account, Hongyu ordered a manservant to kill him, and Young Master Bai pleaded for his life.

North Saber and Hongyu suspected Lin Tian had found a way to remove Moon God Pill poison and planned to wait for Li Musheng's visit before deciding whether to force Lin Tian to reveal his method. As Ling Qiuzi went to seek Sub-Pills for herself and Qingcheng, Lin Tian lent her the spirit sword Heavenly Sword, whose Sword Qi silenced Liu Xiu's taunts.

• North Saber and Hongyu discussed Lin Tian's rapid cultivation and decided to observe Li Musheng's treatment of him before considering taking his cultivation technique.
• Lin Tian reached the ninth level of Mystic Core, and the Heavenly Sword tempered itself with Sword Qi.
• Ling Qiuzi told Lin Tian that Li Musheng would distribute Sub-Pills that day, and Lin Tian lent her the Heavenly Sword to help her obtain two pills for herself and Qingcheng.
• The Heavenly Sword struck Ling Qiuzi when she tried to grasp it, then allowed her to wrap it in cloth and place it in a carrying basket.
• Liu Xiu mocked Ling Qiuzi as she left to compete for Sub-Pills, but a terrifying surge of Sword Qi from the basket forced Liu Xiu to fall silent.

Lin Tian controlled the Heavenly Sword to protect Ling Qiuzi as Li Musheng arrived in Blood Town and distributed Sub-Pills, setting off a deadly scramble. Ling Qiuzi was attacked while trying to secure pills for herself, Qingcheng, and Lin Tian, but the sword in her basket saved her from the eerie little girl.

• Lin Tian finished absorbing the Kui Bull's spirit essence and used the Heavenly Sword to frighten Liu Xiu away from Ling Qiuzi's basket.
• Li Musheng arrived at Blood Town, gave a jade bottle of Sub-Pills to a man, and Hongyu cut off the man's arm before Chen Yu took the bottle and the crowd fought over the scattered pills.
• North Saber took a Sub-Pill, while Ling Qiuzi tried to claim one for Qingcheng and Lin Tian but was injured and then exposed by Liu Xiu.
• An eerie little girl seized Ling Qiuzi and trapped her with her blood-red gaze, but the sword in Ling Qiuzi's basket flashed out and severed the girl's arm.
• Ling Qiuzi realized Lin Tian's sword had saved her again, and a figure appeared before her.

Lin Tian took Sub-Pills from Blood Town’s fighters and wounded Chen Bi and Liu Xiu, then faced Hongyu and agreed to meet her in five days. After Lin Tian returned with Ling Qiuzi, Li Musheng entered the town and learned that Lin Tian was an unusually talented swordsman.

• Lin Tian severed Chen Bi’s limbs, took his Sub-Pill, and left him unable to speak.
• Lin Tian severed Liu Xiu’s limbs, then collected another man’s Sub-Pill and returned with Ling Qiuzi.
• Hongyu challenged Lin Tian and offered to help advance his cultivation through dual cultivation; Lin Tian asked her to wait five days.
• Lin Tian privately planned to use the delay to prepare for his Extreme Realm mission and strengthen himself before facing possible attackers.
• Li Musheng entered Blood Town and heard from Nannan that Lin Tian was a powerful swordsman whose cultivation advanced quickly.
• Li Musheng recalled Lin Tian’s Innate Dao Body and Azure Sword Stele recognition, then said that Blood Town meant death for him.

Ling Qiuzi served Lin Tian and Qingcheng a meal and osmanthus tea while Hongyu told Chen Yu and North Saber about the Yin-Yang Transference Art and her plan to seize Lin Tian’s physique. Hongyu intended to dual cultivate with Lin Tian in five days, then use the power she gained to reach the Soul Palace realm and break Blood Town’s formation.

• Ling Qiuzi gave Qingcheng a Sub-Pill and prepared Demon Pig meat, greens, and osmanthus tea for her and Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian drank the tea and ate with Ling Qiuzi and Qingcheng, while noting that his body made him resistant to most poisons.
• Hongyu showed Chen Yu and North Saber the Yin-Yang Transference Art, which could take a person’s bloodline and physique through dual cultivation.
• Hongyu explained that Li Musheng wanted Lin Tian’s special physique and that absorbing it would likely kill both her and Lin Tian.
• Hongyu said Lin Tian had promised to dual cultivate with her in five days, after which she planned to cultivate with a hundred people and reach the Soul Palace realm.
• Hongyu claimed that reaching the Soul Palace realm would let her break Blood Town’s formation, and rejected acting before she had studied the manual.

Lin Tian joined Ziwei in the Extreme Realm, exchanged for Cloud Spirit Pills, and learned that the Great Emperor of the North Pole sold information. The Extreme Realm then assigned Ziwei a dangerous mission in the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, and Lin Tian agreed to accompany him.

• Lin Tian failed to advance to the second level of the Sword Heart Body Refining Art and worried about the mysterious girl from Blood Town, whose presence resembled the red lightning.
• Lin Tian met Ziwei above the lake and received two Cloud Spirit Pills in exchange for the mission's goods.
• The Great Emperor of the North Pole appeared, recognized Lin Tian's Zhenwu mask, and revealed that he made a living selling information.
• The Extreme Realm ordered Ziwei to impersonate a member of the Wenren Clan and join the Su Clan's eldest son's party entering the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, with survival as the goal and a two-day time limit.
• Ziwei used a team-up jade talisman to invite Lin Tian on the mission, and Lin Tian agreed before they entered the water gate.

Lin Tian and Ziwei reached Willow Capital seeking a place in Su Nan’s group for the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, but Su Nan doubted their strength. Lin Tian challenged Uncle Jian, and their battle over the Crimson River sent enormous waves toward the city’s spectators.

• Lin Tian and Ziwei discovered that the Extreme Realm had changed their appearances, turning Ziwei into a woman.
• Lin Tian and Ziwei told Su Nan they were from the Wenren Lineage and asked to join his group, but he rejected them because they were only at Mystic Core.
• Lin Tian cut through the wall to challenge Uncle Jian, Su Nan’s ninth-level Void Insight elder, while Ziwei revealed herself as a formation master and flew after them.
• Lin Tian unleashed powerful sword momentum over the Crimson River, pierced Uncle Jian’s hammer, and forced him to answer with a gigantic hammer phantom.
• Uncle Jian’s attack raised towering waves that frightened the spectators along the riverbank and sent them fleeing.

Lin Tian defeated Uncle Jian in a test of strength, accepted Su Nan’s invitation to join his team for the Su Clan succession contest, and revealed his identity as Zhenwu of the Extreme Realm. He used the spirit herbs and pills to strengthen his body, then asked Ziwei to lend him money for a sword scabbard.

• Su Nan and the onlookers watched Lin Tian fight Uncle Jian with lightning, while Li Xin praised Lin Tian’s sword momentum.
• Lin Tian and Ziwei ended their test fight with Uncle Jian, and Su Nan offered them spirit herbs in exchange for joining his team.
• Lin Tian revealed that he was Zhenwu of the Extreme Realm, and Su Nan explained that he wanted to win the Su Clan headship through the contest in the Fire Nether Forbidden Land.
• Lin Tian learned about the Sword Capital’s destruction, then consumed Cloud Spirit Pills and Mystic Spirit Grass to strengthen his body; Ziwei heard a dragon’s cry from his room.
• After Ziwei complained that Lin Tian had used her Cloud Spirit Pills, Lin Tian asked to borrow money to buy a sword scabbard, and Ziwei agreed.

Lin Tian reached the second level of the Sword Heart Body Refining Art, then slept to recover from his exhausting cultivation. At the Joyous Immortal Sect, Li Baiyi arrived to demand Lin Tian’s return, forcing Yu Changqing to take him to his disciple.

• Lin Tian reached the second level of the Sword Heart Body Refining Art, strengthening his body and the Heavenly Sword, then went to sleep.
• Yu Changqing and Li Changlin discussed Lin Tian, Mu Yanwan’s red pill, and the plan to wait for Lin Tian’s death before forcing her to comply.
• Mu Yanwan cultivated and hoped to find Lin Tian, but Li Baiyi arrived at the Joyous Immortal Sect and threatened to destroy it unless the sect handed over his disciple.
• Li Musheng panicked when he learned Li Baiyi had come for Lin Tian and told his father that retrieving Lin Tian from Blood Town would take thirteen days.
• Yu Changqing claimed Lin Tian was safe but far away, so Li Baiyi bound him with Sword Qi and demanded that he lead the way to Lin Tian.

Lin Tian joined Su Nan’s gathering of prodigies in Willow Capital while concealing his identity as Wenren Zhen. When Qi Liancheng of the Joyous Immortal Sect asked for his seat, Lin Tian openly declared his hatred for the sect, provoking Qi Liancheng.

• Lin Tian woke thinking about Xiaolian and resolved to settle matters with the Lin Lineage.
• Uncle Jian escorted Lin Tian and Ziwei to Su Nan’s banquet after they returned from buying a sword sheath.
• Su Nan introduced Lin Tian and Ziwei as Mystic Core peak prodigies, while the other guests questioned their strength and place at the gathering.
• Qi Liancheng arrived late from the Drunken Immortal Pavilion and introduced himself as a Void Insight third-layer inner disciple of the Joyous Immortal Sect.
• Qi Liancheng asked Lin Tian to give up his seat, and Lin Tian refused, saying he despised the Joyous Immortal Sect.

Lin Tian and Qi Liancheng nearly clashed at the Drunken Immortal Restaurant, but Ziwei's flame formation and Su Nan's intervention stopped the dispute. Su Nan gathered his allies to travel to the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, where Lin Tian prepared for danger aboard the immortal ship and confronted a maid who entered his room.

• Qi Liancheng threatened Lin Tian, but Ziwei revealed his formation skills and raised a flame formation above the Drunken Immortal Restaurant.
• Su Nan warned the group that the contest for the Su Clan lineage head had begun and explained that the candidate with the most surviving allies would win.
• Su Nan led Lin Tian and the others aboard Willow Capital's immortal ship bound for the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, while Qi Liancheng continued to target Lin Tian.
• In his assigned room, Lin Tian reflected on his sword abilities and concluded that killing was the most useful way for him to advance.
• A maid brought tea to Lin Tian's room, and he ordered her to drink it or die.

Lin Tian killed an assassin disguised as Su Nan’s brother’s Dao companion, then clashed with Qi Liancheng before Su Nan sent Qi away. As the immortal vessel continued toward the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, Su Nan discovered Uncle Jian had betrayed him and revealed a terrifying power.

• Lin Tian caught the disguised maid’s whip and killed her, and Su Nan identified her as his younger brother’s Dao companion.
• Qi Liancheng insulted Lin Tian, who attacked him, but Uncle Jian intervened; Su Nan dismissed Qi Liancheng from the trip, and he left the immortal vessel.
• Fighting continued aboard the vessel, leaving three of Su Nan’s selected companions dead by evening, in addition to Qi Liancheng’s departure.
• Su Nan confronted Uncle Jian about lowering his cultivation and asked him to return to his side, but Uncle Jian declared his intent to kill Su Nan and his companions.
• Su Nan unleashed eerie light and a terrifying assault against Uncle Jian, who realized he was in danger.

Lin Tian fought off attackers aboard the immortal boat while rushing to Ziwei, killing a black-mist woman and a man wielding black shuttles. After the surviving retainers gathered, Su Nan revealed that he had killed Uncle Jian because he believed the man had defected to his younger brother.

• Lin Tian grabbed a black-mist woman’s chains, dragged her out, and beheaded her before continuing toward Ziwei.
• Lin Tian defeated the man in black by cutting apart his shuttles and killing him with lightning-infused Sword Momentum, then recognized that he needed a movement technique.
• Lin Tian found Ziwei wounded in his burned-out room beside a charred corpse.
• Han Xianshu and two other surviving retainers joined Lin Tian and Ziwei on the deck, where Lin Tian recognized that the closed-eyed swordsman had comprehended Sword Intent.
• Su Nan summoned the survivors upstairs and said he had killed Uncle Jian because he believed Uncle Jian had joined his younger brother; Ziwei was shocked to learn Su Nan had cultivation.

Su Nan introduced his companions and offered the group Soul Palace Pills to secure their help in the struggle for the Su Clan headship. Lin Tian traded his pill to Yu Xiu for Swift Wind, Ten Thousand Shadows, then discovered the Saber Maniac’s furious annotations in the manual.

• Su Nan introduced Han Xianshu, Yu Xiu, and Li Xin, who retracted his claim that Lin Tian’s sword Dao surpassed his own.
• Su Nan gave the group Soul Palace Pills and asked them to help him in the Fire Nether Forbidden Land.
• Lin Tian traded his Soul Palace Pill to Yu Xiu for the mid-grade earth-tier movement technique Swift Wind, Ten Thousand Shadows.
• Lin Tian studied the manual and found three red lines rejecting retreat and calling for the slaughter of every enemy.

Lin Tian trained in Swift Wind, Ten Thousand Shadows and learned from Ziwei that most cultivators could not train without rest. At the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, Su Ming learned that Lin Tian had killed his wife, and Lin Tian’s taunt provoked him into threatening revenge.

• Lin Tian practiced Swift Wind, Ten Thousand Shadows overnight aboard the immortal ship and realized that its key was the word “wind.”
• Ziwei explained that most cultivators needed rest and that pursuing body tempering alongside another cultivation path could prove fatal.
• Su Nan’s group reached the floating immortal mountain and met the other Su Clan siblings, including Su Rou and Su Zheshan, while Qi Liancheng signaled his hostility toward Lin Tian.
• Su Rou threatened to kill Su Nan in the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, and Su Ming demanded to know who had killed his wife.
• Su Nan admitted that he had killed the woman, then Qi Liancheng blamed Lin Tian for her death.
• Lin Tian said he had not known the woman was Su Ming’s wife and taunted Su Ming that killing her had felt good, prompting Su Ming and Qi Liancheng to threaten him.

Lin Tian learned that the previous Zhenwu had killed the late emperor as the Su Clan opened the Fire Nether Forbidden Land for its clan-head contest. Su Ming entered with plans to capture Lin Tian, while Su Rushi flew off after sensing Li Baiyi holding members of the Joyous Immortal Sect hostage.

• A masked man claiming to be Zhenwu appeared beside Su Zheshan, and Lin Tian and Ziwei discussed the impersonator while the others reacted to his reputation.
• Su Nan told Lin Tian that the previous Zhenwu had killed the late emperor, leaving Lin Tian wondering whether he would inherit that legacy's karma.
• Su Wushi addressed the Su Clan heirs, opened the island barrier, and released Blood Spirit Wind into the Fire Nether Forbidden Land.
• Su Wushi explained that one month inside the forbidden land equaled one day outside, then Su Rushi flew away after sensing Li Baiyi holding Joyous Immortal Sect members hostage.
• Su Ming threatened to capture Lin Tian and refine him into a soul bead, then entered the forbidden land as Lin Tian remained with Su Nan's group.

Lin Tian entered the Fire Nether Forbidden Land, where he was separated from Su Nan and Ziwei and fought a man who had tried to deceive him into helping kill a bear-like beast. After killing both opponents, Lin Tian received sword-related rewards but remained unable to break through to the Void Penetration Realm because he had no cultivation technique.

• Lin Tian passed through the formation into the Fire Nether Forbidden Land and was separated from Su Nan and Ziwei by spatial turbulence.
• Lin Tian encountered a man serving Su Rou, who asked him to help fight a bear-like beast and then ambushed him for his sword.
• Lin Tian defeated and killed the man, taking his spatial ring.
• Lin Tian fought the injured bear-like beast outside its cave, killed it, and claimed the reward of increased sword sharpness and a year of sword insight.
• Lin Tian lamented that the reward could not advance his Sword Momentum to Sword Intent, and that he still lacked a cultivation technique.

Lin Tian consumed the immature Dragon Roaming Flower and gained a surge of strength, while Ziwei escaped the fake Zhenwu and Su Zheshan by revealing her identity and springing a formation trap. The fake Zhenwu realized that the real Zhenwu was nearby and discussed his plans with Su Zheshan as Lin Tian finished cultivating.

• Lin Tian recognized the Dragon Roaming Flower, consumed it, and began absorbing its immense power as Ziwei's messages nearly interrupted his cultivation.
• Ziwei fled through the forest from Su Zheshan and the fake Zhenwu, whose sword intent shattered her protective formation.
• Ziwei revealed her identity as Extreme Realm Ziwei, trapped her pursuers in a fire formation, and escaped.
• The fake Zhenwu concluded that Wenren Zi was Ziwei and Wenren Zhen was Zhenwu, and decided not to continue pursuing Ziwei.
• The fake Zhenwu questioned Su Zheshan about her goals and her search for phoenix blood essence, while she warned him that Lin Tian was Li Baiyi's disciple.
• Six hours later, Lin Tian stood up inside the cave.

After consuming the Soaring Dragon Flower, Lin Tian gained the strength of two dragons and rushed to help Yu Xiu and Li Xin, who were surrounded by Qi Liancheng's group. Qi Liancheng killed Yu Xiu with Bone-Bewitching Powder weakening Li Xin, and their fight continued as Lin Tian raced toward them.

• Lin Tian tested his increased strength, messaged Ziwei, and learned that Qi Liancheng was surrounding Yu Xiu and Li Xin near an enormous human skeleton.
• Lin Tian charged toward them while practicing "Swift Wind, Ten Thousand Shadows."
• Li Xin tried to bargain with Qi Liancheng, but Su Rou spotted him gathering momentum and ordered the group to kill both him and Yu Xiu.
• Qi Liancheng released Bone-Bewitching Powder, and the other cultivators refused to enter the pink gas or take his pills.
• Qi Liancheng seized Yu Xiu and crushed his head while Li Xin tried to stop him.
• Li Xin fought Qi Liancheng with the Thirteen Swords of Spring Rain as Qi Liancheng mocked his sword technique.

Lin Tian, appearing as Zhenwu of the Extreme Realm, fought off the attackers who had turned from Ziwei to target him. As their combined assault closed in, he revealed a powerful Kui Bull Dharma Idol that overwhelmed the Bi Fang Divine Fire.

• Ziwei attacked Qi Liancheng with a flaming formation, then panicked when seven figures pursued her and messaged her boss for help.
• Lin Tian arrived as Zhenwu of the Extreme Realm, killed one attacker, and viciously cut down or wounded two more with the Heavenly Sword.
• The remaining attackers abandoned Ziwei and unleashed their full abilities against Lin Tian, including a Bi Fang Dharma Idol, a dark arrow, ghostly Qi, a giant golden palm, and azure blades.
• Lin Tian mocked the Bi Fang Dharma Idol and summoned a mountain-sized Kui Bull phantom surrounded by golden lightning.
• Lin Tian's lightning pillar annihilated the incoming Bi Fang Divine Fire, leaving its summoner stunned by the power of Lin Tian's Dharma Idol.

Lin Tian summoned the Kui Bull Dharma Idol, killed the man wielding the Bi Fang Dharma Idol, and survived as Su Rou’s group retreated. After burying the dying Li Xin, Su Rou decided to seek out Su Ming and join forces against Su Zheshan and Lin Tian.

• Lin Tian’s Kui Bull Dharma Idol clashed with the Bi Fang Dharma Idol, while Su Rou and her allies fled the collapsing mountainside.
• Lin Tian killed the Bi Fang wielder and took his spatial ring as the others retreated.
• Lin Tian collected Yu Xiu’s belongings and Li Xin’s spatial ring; after Li Xin died, Lin Tian buried him with his sword.
• From a distance, Su Rou’s group discussed Lin Tian’s strength and the connection between his Kui Bull Dharma Idol and the Extreme Realm Zhenwu.
• Su Rou ordered her allies to find Su Ming and join forces against Su Zheshan and Lin Tian.

Lin Tian recovered from battle and searched the spatial rings of his defeated enemies, finding pills, spirit stones, and a sword-intent manual. He then met Ziwei, who agreed to stand guard while he cultivated.

• Su Zheshan and the fake Zhenwu concluded that Lin Tian had summoned the Kui Bull Dharma Idol and discussed him as a threat while tracking the phoenix essence blood.
• Lin Tian recovered after the battle, inspected ten spatial rings, and found a Cloud Spirit Pill and Li Xin's notes on sword intent.
• Lin Tian searched the remaining rings and found more Cloud Spirit Pills, a spirit herb, cultivation pills, and a drop of Bi Fang essence blood.
• Ziwei arrived and offered to guard Lin Tian while he cultivated.
• Lin Tian asked Ziwei about being called a big shot and learned that she had always disguised herself as a man.

Lin Tian absorbed Bi Fang blood essence and five Cloud Spirit Pills, reaching the strength of three dragons before leaving the cave. He found Su Rou and Su Ming fighting the fake Zhenwu and his group, and the battle continued as he descended the mountain.

• Lin Tian absorbed Bi Fang blood essence and five Cloud Spirit Pills while Ziwei ate and slept behind a fire wall.
• After a night of cultivation, Lin Tian reached three dragons of strength, destroyed Ziwei’s fire formation, and left the cave.
• Lin Tian told Ziwei that he would save him once more if he could, then headed toward the battle he heard in the distance.
• Su Rou and Su Ming confronted the fake Zhenwu and Su Zheshan, who denied summoning the Kui Bull Dharma Idol.
• Su Ming attacked, and Su Rou’s group joined him; the fake Zhenwu ordered his six allies to fight while retreating.
• Qi Liancheng and the others attacked with the fake Zhenwu as the two groups clashed in a deadly battle.