Recaps

Lin An fused ten Platinum Rank cultivation techniques into the growth-type Spirit Rune Art, then discovered he could condense spirit runes from Earth Vein Power and attribute-based spiritual power. After discussing the suspicious Sin Beast siege with Lin Xiao, he learned that the creatures in Black Mountain were preparing to break through to Platinum, and Lin Xiao planned to confront them after reaching that realm.

• Lin An perfected twelve Platinum Rank cultivation techniques, then used the Cultivation Technique Furnace to fuse ten of them, leaving behind a movement technique and a defensive technique.
• The furnace produced the growth-type Spirit Rune Art, which Lin An learned at perfection rank and found could create spirit runes for protective and explosive formations.
• Lin An successfully condensed spirit runes from Earth Vein Power and spiritual power transformed by Condemnation.
• After Lin Xiao returned to the City Lord's Residence, Lin An pointed out that the Sin Beast siege had seemed unusually weak and possibly served another purpose.
• Lin Xiao confirmed the siege had tested him and said the creatures in Black Mountain were likely preparing to break through to Platinum, so he would face them himself after his own breakthrough.

Lin An completed 243 spiritual inscriptions and cultivated alongside Lin Xiao as both advanced their cultivation. Lin Xiao broke through to the platinum realm, while Lin An stood guard in the quiet chamber.

• Lin An returned to his courtyard, then spent three days cultivating until he had condensed all 243 spiritual inscriptions.
• Lin An and Lin Xiao began cultivating together after Lin Xiao finished handling the Sin Beast siege’s aftermath.
• After half a month, Lin An had advanced from gold second grade to gold fourth grade and decided to wait for Lin Xiao to break through before seeking opportunities in the upper city.
• Another half a month later, Lin Xiao perfected the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique and began cleansing his marrow and purifying his meridians as Lin An stood guard.
• Lin Xiao swallowed a pill and attempted to break through while Qian Hai ordered the guards to secure the city lord’s manor.
• After enduring the breakthrough’s pressure and drawing in spiritual energy, Lin Xiao successfully reached the platinum realm.

Lin An tested the Spirit Rune Art against his father, Lin Xiao, who had just broken through to the Platinum Realm. The chapter ended as Lin An unleashed a silent slash with Condemnation, leaving its effect unknown.

• Lin Xiao thanked Lin An for helping him break through to the Platinum Realm and invited him to test his strength at the training grounds.
• Lin An accepted, and Qian Hai, Qian Yang, and Ji Yuan joined them there.
• Lin An summoned Condemnation and formed all 243 spirit runes into a formation, then poured their power into the saber.
• Lin An warned Lin Xiao to be careful, and Lin Xiao prepared himself with his weapon and a defensive stance.
• Lin An swung Condemnation in a silent slash that flashed past like lightning.

Lin An demonstrated the power of his Spirit Marks and nearly killed Lin Xiao, who survived thanks to his Platinum Rank soft armor. Three days later, Lin An replenished his Spirit Marks and went to remind Lin Xiao to deal with the Sin Beasts in Black Mountain.

• Lin An's slash cut through Lin Xiao's spiritual energy shield and left a mark on his chest, while Lin Xiao praised Lin An's strength before leaving.
• Lin An realized his attack could threaten a Platinum Realm cultivator but returned to cultivate after exhausting his Spirit Marks.
• Lin Xiao discovered that his Platinum Rank soft armor had saved him from the slash and planned to consolidate his realm before dealing with the Sin Beasts in Black Mountain.
• Rumors spread through Shenglin City that Lin Xiao had reached the Platinum Realm, and the city's residents celebrated while the three great families accepted the Lin Family's authority.
• Three days later, Lin An replenished his Spirit Marks and went to find Lin Xiao about heading to Black Mountain.

Lin An persuaded Lin Xiao to take him along to Black Mountain, where they planned to hunt powerful Sin Beasts. Lin Xiao explained the seven Gold Realm Sin Beasts they might face, and they arrived at the mountain ready to begin.

• Lin An asked to accompany Lin Xiao to Black Mountain, and Lin Xiao agreed after considering his son's strength.
• An hour later, Lin An and Lin Xiao left Shenglin City on horseback without bringing anyone else.
• Lin Xiao explained that Black Mountain had seven Gold Realm Sin Beasts, which hunted down new Gold Realm beasts and devoured their crystal cores.
• Lin Xiao described the seven beasts' ranks and warned Lin An about the Spirit Devouring Ghost Tree and Shadow Night Owl's dangerous cooperation.
• After several hours of riding, Lin An and Lin Xiao arrived outside Black Mountain.

Lin Xiao and Lin An used an Aura-Concealing Compass to enter Black Mountain and began their plan to draw out its Gold Realm Sin Beasts. Lin An confronted the Berserk Demon Bear, wounding it with Condemnation as the fight began.

• Lin Xiao concealed his and Lin An's auras with the Aura-Concealing Compass and led him into Black Mountain's depths.
• Lin An asked whether Sin Beasts could be controlled, and Lin Xiao said he had never heard of a way to do so.
• Lin Xiao chose the Berserk Demon Bear as their first target and explained that Lin An would draw out the other Sin Beasts while he waited nearby.
• Lin An released his aura on the Berserk Demon Bear's peak, and the enraged bear charged at him.
• Lin An dodged the bear's pounce and cut a deep wound into its body with Condemnation.

Lin An defeated the Berserk Demon Bear and waited for the other Gold Realm Sin Beasts he had been luring in. Four arrived, but two were still missing.

• The Berserk Demon Bear released crimson mist to fuel its strength, but Lin An resisted its effects and wounded it with repeated saber attacks.
• Lin An used his speed to evade the Berserk Demon Bear, then severed its right arm with a slash.
• As more Sin Beasts approached, Lin An killed the Berserk Demon Bear with One Saber Slash, splitting its body in two.
• A Gold Seventh Grade Blazing Flame Berserk Lion, a Gold Eighth Grade Snow Crystal Mantis, and a Gold Eighth Grade Earth Nether Python arrived.
• A Gold Eighth Grade Golden-Eyed Demon Bat appeared, and Lin An noted that two Sin Beasts had yet to arrive.

Lin An fought four Sin Beasts in the Black Mountain while Lin Xiao watched from hiding. Lin An killed the Blazing Flame Berserk Lion and Snow Crystal Mantis, then moved to evade the Earth Nether Python’s attack.

• Lin Xiao held back after Lin An signaled that he wanted to face the Sin Beasts alone, while keeping watch on the Golden-Eyed Demon Bat.
• Lin An attacked the Blazing Flame Berserk Lion, and the Snow Crystal Mantis intervened to block his strike.
• The four Sin Beasts surrounded Lin An and attacked together, but Lin An shattered the Blazing Flame Berserk Lion’s shield and killed it with a slash.
• Lin An used a flaming saber strike to kill the Snow Crystal Mantis as it attacked him from behind with frost.
• Lin An dodged the Earth Nether Python’s corrosive attack, which left a smoking pit in the ground.

Lin An killed the Earth Nether Python and the Golden-Eyed Demon Bat in quick succession. With both beasts dead, only two of Black Mountain’s seven Gold Realm Sin Beasts remained.

• Lin An pierced the Earth Nether Python with Condemnation, shocked it with lightning, and stabbed through its left eye.
• Lin An drove a phantom saber through the Earth Nether Python’s head and destroyed its brain.
• The Golden-Eyed Demon Bat used an illusion and a storm of resentment while retreating from Lin An.
• Lin An dispelled the illusion with Resentful Tiger’s Eye and destroyed the storm with a wind-attribute saber slash.
• Lin An’s slash tore apart the Golden-Eyed Demon Bat, and the Earth Nether Python also collapsed, leaving two of Black Mountain’s seven Gold Realm Sin Beasts alive.

Lin An discovered that Black Mountain’s Gold Realm Sin Beasts had no treasures in their lairs, then sensed Lin Xiao battling two Platinum Realm opponents at the central peak. Lin Xiao fought the Spirit Devouring Ghost Tree and blocked a surprise attack from the Shadow Night Owl.

• Lin Xiao told Lin An to search the Gold Realm Sin Beasts’ lairs while he went to kill the Spirit Devouring Ghost Tree and Shadow Night Owl.
• Lin An found the Berserk Demon Bear’s cave empty of treasures, gathered the five Sin Beasts’ valuable materials, and suspected their lairs had all been stripped bare.
• Lin An sensed that Lin Xiao and a Sin Beast were both wielding Platinum Realm auras, then hurried toward the central peak.
• Lin Xiao fought the Spirit Devouring Ghost Tree, which had temporarily raised its strength to the Platinum Realm using accumulated reserves.
• The Spirit Devouring Ghost Tree attacked Lin Xiao with roots, and the Shadow Night Owl emerged from among them with a surprise strike that Lin Xiao blocked.

Lin An unleashed his full power and killed the Spirit Devouring Ghost Tree with a single slash while Lin Xiao fought the Shadow Night Owl. After Lin Xiao killed the Owl, father and son counted their gains.

• Lin An discovered that the Spirit Devouring Ghost Tree and Shadow Night Owl both had unstable Platinum Realm auras as they battled Lin Xiao.
• Lin An charged Condemnation with Spirit Marks, fire-attributed spiritual energy, and Earth Vein Power, then warned Lin Xiao to move before unleashing a slash.
• Lin Xiao flew clear as Lin An's blade light cut through the Spirit Devouring Ghost Tree's vines and killed it.
• Lin Xiao beheaded the Shadow Night Owl after it lost its temporary Platinum Realm advantage, leaving all the Gold Realm Sin Beasts on Black Mountain dead.
• Lin Xiao cautioned Lin An about relying on a powerful attack against a large, slow target, and they began tallying their gains.

Lin An and Lin Xiao recovered spirit liquid and cleared Black Mountain of its Gold Realm Sin Beasts, resolving Shenglin City's immediate danger. After upgrading his title, Lin An returned to cultivate with the spirit liquid and a 10x Cultivation Card, preparing to reach the Platinum Realm and head to Upper City.

• Lin An found spirit liquid in the Spirit Devouring Ghost Tree's roots, and Lin Xiao explained that humans could use it to cultivate.
• Lin Xiao carried the Spirit Devouring Ghost Tree's body back to Shenglin City while Lin An stayed behind to hunt Sin Beasts.
• Lin An killed enough Sin Beasts to upgrade his title to [First Blood], gaining 25% increased damage against Sin Beasts and a 5% critical hit chance.
• Lin Xiao returned with Qian Hai and others, and they transported the remaining Sin Beast corpses to Shenglin City as its citizens celebrated their victory.
• Lin An drank the spirit liquid, used a 10x Cultivation Card, and began cultivating in his meditation room.

Lin An used his Realm Ranking reward and spirit liquid to cultivate rapidly, reaching Gold Ninth Grade before Lin Xiao told him about the upcoming Upper City Competition Ceremony in Guangwu City. Lin An chose to remain below Platinum so he could enter the Gold Tier Spirit Realm and Ancient Spirit Tower, and planned to travel to Guangwu City next month.

• Lin An received 3,000 attribute points as the Realm Ranking reward, raising his total to 7,855, and resolved to head to the Upper City after using his spirit liquid.
• Lin An cultivated with acceleration cards and spirit liquid, advancing from Gold Fifth Grade to Gold Eighth Grade in two days and reaching Gold Ninth Grade after another half month.
• Lin Xiao visited Lin An and explained that the Upper City Competition Ceremony would take place in Guangwu City the following January.
• Lin Xiao told Lin An that competitors could enter a Gold Tier Spirit Realm and the Ancient Spirit Tower only if they had not exceeded the Platinum Realm.
• Lin An decided to delay his breakthrough to pursue resources and attribute points, and Lin Xiao agreed to take him to Guangwu City next month.

Lin An searched Shenglin City for hidden Sin Beasts, then spent half a month slaughtering them on Black Mountain to advance his title and provide resources for the city. He left with Lin Xiao for Guangwu City by teleportation array, while Shenglin City’s leaders stayed behind to protect the city.

• Lin An reached Gold Ninth Grade Perfection, then divided Shenglin City into thirty zones and found nearly a thousand hidden Sin Beasts with help from his guards and the garrison.
• When December arrived, Lin An claimed three thousand leaderboard attribute points, bringing his total to 10,855.
• After learning that he and Lin Xiao would wait another half month before leaving for Guangwu City, Lin An took his three hundred guards to Black Mountain and hunted Sin Beasts while carts carried their corpses back to Shenglin City.
• After half a month, Lin An had killed over seven hundred thousand Sin Beasts on Black Mountain, leaving only a few tens of thousands and more than two hundred thousand kills needed for his next title.
• Lin An returned to Shenglin City, where Lin Xiao told Qian Hai, Qian Yang, Ji Yuan, and Feng Hai to protect the city and process the Sin Beast corpses while they were away.
• Lin Xiao explained the risks and limits of teleportation, then activated the array and departed with Lin An for Guangwu City.

Lin Xiao brought Lin An to Guangwu City and explained its power structure and the dangers of the Hundred Cities Competition Ceremony. Lin An then went to the Ancient Spirit Tower to learn about its trials and the records left by those who cleared all eighteen floors.

• Lin Xiao and Lin An arrived in Guangwu City, where Lin Xiao described the city’s clans, population, and cultivation standards.
• At the Heavenly Fragrance Residence, Lin Xiao warned Lin An that Guangwu City’s clan talents could reach the Platinum Realm before thirty and dominate the Hundred Cities Competition Ceremony.
• Lin Xiao told Lin An that killing was forbidden inside the Spirit Realm in principle, though nobody could see what happened there.
• Lin Xiao brought Lin An to the guesthouse for lower city lords, and Lin An chose to visit the Ancient Spirit Tower without waiting.
• Lin Xiao explained that the tower had eighteen floors of increasingly difficult opponents and that only those who cleared every floor could inscribe their names on the nearby stele.

Lin An learned about the Ancient Spirit Tower’s rare clearers and spoke with Zhou Yue, who warned that Lin Xiao could face trouble after reaching the Platinum Realm. Lin An entered the tower to challenge it, while Zhou Yue dismissed his chances as impossible.

• Lin Xiao explained that the tower’s rankings depended on how quickly someone cleared all eighteen floors and said that Wu Chang had earned the sole first-class rating three thousand years earlier.
• Zhou Yue introduced his son Zhou Lin to Lin An and praised Lin An’s gold ninth-grade cultivation.
• Lin Xiao claimed spirit liquid from the Spirit Devouring Ghost Tree had helped Lin An advance and told Zhou Yue he had a way to handle any trouble over the Lin Family’s cultivation technique.
• Zhou Yue asked to buy Lin Xiao’s remaining spirit liquid and left with Zhou Lin after agreeing to discuss it later at the Heavenly Fragrance Residence.
• Lin An registered and entered the Ancient Spirit Tower, while Zhou Yue told Zhou Lin that Lin An had no chance of clearing it without mastering two Platinum Rank techniques.

Lin An rapidly cleared the Ancient Spirit Tower’s early floors, then killed a platinum first grade Heart-Devouring Demon Vine on the fifteenth floor. He realized the pink pollen remained in the battlefield and prepared a charged strike before starting the sixteenth floor.

• Lin An killed the first fourteen floors’ Sin Beasts with little effort, reaching the fifteenth floor without significant injury or spiritual power loss.
• Lin An learned that the Heart-Devouring Demon Vine’s pink pollen could trap prey in illusions and spread through the sealed battlefield.
• Lin An killed the platinum first grade Heart-Devouring Demon Vine with a pre-charged strike from Condemnation.
• Lin An noticed that the pollen remained after the vine disappeared, charged his strike again, and activated the sixteenth floor.

Lin An cleared the Ancient Spirit Tower’s seventeenth floor and faced a giant hand on the final floor, which withdrew after he struck it. The tower awarded him a visualization image, and he found himself in a vast bronze hall, where he spotted a mural.

• Lin An killed the Platinum Second Grade Extreme Cold Ice Python with a single saber strike, leaving him with eighty percent of his spiritual energy.
• Lin An killed the Platinum Third Grade Blood Fiend Spider and cleared the seventeenth floor.
• Lin An strengthened Condemnation with the Spirit Rune Burst Formation, spiritual energy, and Earth Vein Power before activating the final floor.
• A giant hand thrust through a crack in the spatial barrier, and Lin An struck its palm, leaving a mark before it recoiled and vanished.
• Lin An's token showed that he had cleared all eighteen floors, then transported him to a great hall with a bronze throne.
• Lin An searched for his visualization image and found a mural on the wall to his left.

Lin An examined murals in the Ancient Spirit Tower and spent 10,300 attribute points before successfully comprehending the Heaven-Pillaring Giant Fiend Visualization Diagram and gaining the Divine Ability Dharma Heavenly Transformation. He tested it by growing ten zhang tall and enlarging Condemnation, then prepared to strike a bronze pillar.

• Lin An studied a mural depicting humans battling Sin Beasts and a giant pinned to the earth by an enormous sword.
• He found a second mural of the giant and began attempting to comprehend the Heaven-Pillaring Giant Fiend Visualization Diagram, failing repeatedly despite his improved aptitude.
• On his 103rd attempt, Lin An succeeded and obtained the ultimate Divine Ability Dharma Heavenly Transformation.
• Lin An activated the ability, grew ten zhang tall, and discovered that Condemnation enlarged along with him.
• Lin An held the enlarged Condemnation and prepared to test its power against a bronze pillar.

Lin An tested the strength and cost of his perfected Dharma Heavenly Transformation, then left the Ancient Spirit Tower as his father, Lin Xiao, celebrated his breakthrough to the Platinum Realm outside. The tower’s bell rang, signaling that someone had cleared all eighteen floors, and Wu Qi appeared in the square.

• Lin An tested Dharma Heavenly Transformation, found that it greatly increased his strength but rapidly consumed his spiritual power, and considered using a smaller form to conserve energy.
• Lin An checked his Divine Abilities, noted that Dharma Heavenly Transformation had reached its limit, and left the Ancient Spirit Tower through the gate of light.
• Outside the tower, Lin Xiao received congratulations from lower-city lords on reaching the Platinum Realm and said Lin An was still inside.
• The Ancient Spirit Tower Bell rang, and onlookers realized that someone might have cleared all eighteen floors.
• Wu Qi, the epic tier city lord of Guangwu City, arrived through a spatial rift with several people.

Lin An emerged from the Ancient Spirit Tower and inscribed his name in first class, ahead of Wu Clan ancestor Wu Chang. Wu Qi publicly praised Lin An and escorted him and Lin Xiao to the City Lord's Residence, leaving the gathered clans and city lords stunned.

• Wu Qi and the heads of the great clans gathered as the Ancient Spirit Tower's bell announced that someone had cleared all eighteen floors.
• Lin An emerged from the tower, and Wu Qi learned that he was from Shenglin City and was Lin Xiao's son.
• Wu Qi asked Lin An to inscribe his name on the Ancient Spirit Tower Stele.
• The stele placed Lin An in first class ahead of Wu Chang, shocking the crowd and Lin Xiao.
• Wu Qi praised Lin An, made clear that Guangwu City would support him, and invited him and Lin Xiao to the City Lord's Residence.
• Wu Qi tore open space and departed with Lin An and Lin Xiao.

Lin An and Lin Xiao attended a banquet at the City Lord's Residence, where Wu Qi offered Lin An support and the Wu Clan sought to assess and befriend him. After they left, Wu Qi and Wu Jin discussed helping the Lin Family, withdrawing Wu Peng and Wu Rui from the Spirit Realm, and how the other families might become hostile to Lin An.

• Wu Qi offered Lin An a place traveling to the royal capital, but Lin An declined and accepted a token in case he needed help.
• Wu Qi hosted Lin An and Lin Xiao at a banquet, where the Wu Clan welcomed them and Lin An entertained the younger generation with embellished stories of the Ancient Spirit Tower.
• Wu Jin escorted Lin Xiao and Lin An out, warned the people spying on them, and reported to Wu Qi that they had behaved with proper etiquette.
• Wu Qi ordered Wu Jin to investigate Shenglin City, offer the Lin Family assistance, and warn anyone harboring ulterior motives.
• Wu Qi told Wu Jin to have Wu Peng and Wu Rui stop suppressing their cultivation and break through to the Platinum Realm before the ceremony ended.
• Wu Qi and Wu Jin decided to withdraw Wu Peng and Wu Rui from the Spirit Realm, leaving the younger members of the other families exposed to Lin An and potentially making those families his enemies.

After Lin An cleared the Ancient Spirit Tower, the Wu Clan moved him and Lin Xiao to a luxurious courtyard in Guangwu City. Lin An decided to spend the time before the Competition Ceremony studying at the Ten Thousand Books Tower, where the father and son arrived by Wu Clan carriage.

• The guildhall steward moved Lin Xiao and Lin An into a first-class courtyard and offered them servants and assistance.
• Lin An asked about Guangwu City's books and decided to visit the Ten Thousand Books Tower while waiting for the Competition Ceremony.
• Lin Xiao told Lin An that the Wu Clan had raised the possibility of marriage, but he had not agreed on Lin An's behalf.
• The guildhall steward arranged a Wu Clan carriage driven by Han Chen to help the father and son avoid crowds seeking to meet them.
• Lin Xiao gave Han Chen gold for tea, and Han Chen quietly judged their courtesy as part of the Wu Clan's test of their character.
• Lin Xiao and Lin An entered the Ten Thousand Books Tower to begin their visit.

Lin An visited the Ten Thousand Books Tower with Lin Xiao and bought manuals and formations to pursue several secondary professions. He stayed behind to browse books after Lin Xiao paid the hundred thousand gold coin bill.

• Wang Li welcomed Lin Xiao and Lin An to the Ten Thousand Books Tower and explained which floors and books were free or for sale.
• Lin An examined the formations and asked to inspect the Spirit Gathering Formation, then discovered he needed formation fundamentals before he could learn it.
• Lin An saw that he could learn Formation Fundamentals by spending 100 attribute points, but chose not to learn it in front of Wang Li.
• Lin An bought Formation Fundamentals, four formations, Talisman Fundamentals, two talismans, Alchemy Fundamentals, and Artifact Refining Fundamentals, while Lin Xiao paid the bill.
• Lin An went to the first floor and began browsing books instead of leaving the tower.

Lin An spent the day in the Ten Thousand Books Tower learning about the Myriad Spirits Realm, its three eras, the empires, and the Competition Ceremony. Back at the guildhall, he unlocked four secondary professions, became the first on the server to master each, and fused their unique rewards into the Heart of Auxiliary Cultivation.

• Lin An read that Sin had corrupted the Myriad Spirits Realm’s many races, leading from the ancient era into chaos before humanity established the Sin Abyss era and its three empires.
• Lin An learned about Guangwu City, the Competition Ceremony, and the role of Awakened Ones, then left the Ten Thousand Books Tower with Lin Xiao when evening came.
• Lin An used a basic formation manual to become a formation master and received the unique Heart of Formations.
• Lin An learned pill refining, talisman crafting, and artifact refining, becoming the server’s first practitioner of each and receiving three more unique hearts.
• Lin An fused all four hearts and obtained the special talent Heart of Auxiliary Cultivation.