Recaps

Lin Xiao sealed the weakened formation node, advanced to Late Golden Core, and the Lingxian Sect prepared its first outside recruitment. The Heart-Questioning Road opened to crowds, Bai Zhu became the first successful entrant, and Tong Jialiang confronted the dark memories of his childhood.

• Lin Xiao used the Taiyin Sealing Formation stone to suppress the Execution Stone presence near Euphrates Poplar Village, then helped the villagers recover and relocate.
• Lin Xiao advanced to Late Golden Core, while the sect celebrated and the Alliance Army withdrew most of its forces from Huanyou Nation.
• News of the Lingxian Sect’s recruitment spread, and Liu Yunan organized the examination as sect members built a square and prepared the grounds.
• Lin Xiao entered a profound cultivation state in the Nature Platform as the sect completed its preparations and Sun Yigao refined high-grade Grain Avoidance Pills.
• Liu Yunan opened the Heart-Questioning Road to applicants and repeatedly upgraded it as the crowd exceeded its capacity.
• Shen Yingzi encountered his dead mother’s spirit at her grave, while Xuanyuan Haoyue and her mother were exiled and began life in the borderland.
• Yuan Qing welcomed Bai Zhu as the first applicant to pass the Heart-Questioning Road, and the sect members discussed how quickly he had done so.
• Fang Tuantuan reported trouble on the Heart-Questioning Road, and Tong Jialiang’s memories revealed how he had pushed his grandparents off a cliff when he was ten.

Lin Xiao's Nascent Soul breakthrough cleared the darkness engulfing the recruitment assessment, and the Lingxian Sect welcomed its new disciples. The newcomers began cultivation and built their homes while an expedition from major sects approached the Mortal Realm.

• Tong Jialiang relived killing the poisoned mountain folk, and black Qi spread through the Heart-Questioning Road as interference connected the examinees' dreams.
• Lin Xiao reached the Nascent Soul stage and released Origin Qi that cleared the nightmares, allowing Shen Yingzi and Xuanyuan Haoyue to fight back.
• Lin Xiao welcomed the surviving candidates into the Lingxian Sect, and Liu Yunan led the newcomers through its halls, Beast Garden, and living quarters.
• Lin Xiao learned that Tong Jialiang's Execution-Conduit Physique could resist Execution Stone and convert Spiritual Qi into Origin Qi, then decided to conceal it.
• Liu Yunan organized rotating classes and took the newcomers to Yaoguang Floating Island, while Yang Jinshu reunited with Zhu Xiurong and introduced her to her grandchildren.
• Lin Xiao taught the Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction, and the new disciples organized the construction of their homes as sect members supplied food and materials.
• He Yi used Explosive Flame Talismans to repel Spirit-Devouring Beasts while traveling with an expedition from major sects toward the Mortal Realm.
• Most new disciples drew Qi into their bodies within ten days, while Bai Zhu collected mountain names and sent clothes and food to the old beggar who had cared for him.

Lin Xiao expanded the Lingxian Sect’s tools, training, and ties with Xiushui Village while its members took on new work and prepared for life beyond the sect. The stretch ended with Lin Xiao establishing Everbright Mountain and summoning a mysterious white fox face.

• Madam Hu discovered that mosquitoes avoided the streetlamp, and Sun Yigao, Mo Yuanjiao, and others developed lamp oil that repelled them, and Bai Zhu and the new disciples distributed it to villagers.
• Lin Xiao unveiled the Lock Ring, and the sect began making the communication and storage devices while preparing its Foundation Establishment members for the Icefield Mystic Realm.
• All 132 new disciples drew Qi into their bodies, Azure Cloud Peak was officially established, and Lin Xiao placed Heart-Rectifying Mirrors and a new Spirit Vein around the sect.
• Liang Zhonghuai, Bai Zhu, and Feng Xuanqie set out to find work, while sect departments recruited new disciples and masters began teaching them.
• Yang Jinshu received Han Shangyi’s letter and gifts for Lin Xiao, who decided to meet the Clear River Sect leader and began developing a spatial-expansion formation without relying on system synthesis.
• Lin Lei married Huang Manying, and Lin Xiao pursued his formation research while assigning Liao Pantu, Yang Jinshu, Sun Yigao, and Mo Yuanjiao to study cultivation methods and prepare to teach them.
• Du Liushui secured the Lingxian Sect’s support for turning Xiushui Village into Xiushui Town, while villagers planned a new shelter and sect farmers developed crop treatments and farming formations.
• Lin Xiao spread his black grid across two ridges and a ravine, establishing Everbright Mountain, when he knocked on its stele, fog formed a white fox face.

Lin Xiao strengthened the Lingxian Sect while He Yi investigated the Yin Qi around Everbright Mountain and questioned Lin Xiao’s concern for mortals. After Lin Xiao’s words transformed He Yi’s cultivation, He Yi revealed his knowledge of Origin Qi and the Execution-Binding Treasure Formation, then joined the sect.

• The white fox formation spirit named Everbright showed Lin Xiao the many spaces of Everbright Mountain, and Lin Xiao later introduced the mountain to the sect as a place for family graves.
• Lin Xiao launched the Lingxian Monthly, held the sect’s first official feast, and organized Cultivation Method classes and protected training rooms for the disciples.
• He Yi followed the strange Yin Qi to Xiushui Village, found signs of powerful beasts, and then visited the Lingxian Sect to ask Lin Xiao about it.
• Lin Xiao took He Yi through Xiushui Village, where villagers welcomed them and shared food, then described his wish to protect the warmth of ordinary life.
• He Yi collapsed after hearing Lin Xiao’s words, and when he awoke three days later, his Sea of Consciousness had expanded, his cultivation had advanced, and a white bead had appeared in his Golden Core.
• He Yi returned to Lin Xiao and explained that the Talisman Sect’s ancient manual described Origin Qi as a force that could overcome Execution Qi and included the Execution-Binding Treasure Formation.
• After receiving a wooden Lingxian carving from He Yi, Lin Xiao saw that He Yi trusted his goodwill, and He Yi requested to join the Lingxian Sect.
• He Yi destroyed his Talisman Sect identity token and entered the Heart-Questioning Road, while Lin Xiao worried that using the formation could expose his Origin Power and endanger the sect.