Chapter Summaries

Lin Sheng and Andy reached the hidden cache in the Chaos Sea, where they found the Deep Sea Tribe trying to seal its entrance. They entered ahead of the tribe and descended through a mutation-tainted cavern, leaving the Sea God Blood still undiscovered.

• Lin Sheng detected traces of mutation rules in the Chaos Sea and stopped Andy from rushing toward the hidden cache when he sensed something ahead.
• The two found crude sealing-array runes and low-ranking Deep Sea Tribe members preparing to hide the cache until their experts arrived.
• Lin Sheng, Andy, and Little Black slipped past the tribe and used Andy's stone tablet to enter the hidden cache.
• Lin Sheng and Andy crossed the cavern's fierce wind blades, with Lin Sheng enduring them without any visible harm.
• Little Black identified the cavern's treasures as tainted by mutation rules and said the cache's former master had been a powerful Mutation Wasteland Martial.
• Lin Sheng and Andy continued deeper without touching the strange treasures, unaware that the stone walls behind them were swelling as if alive.

Lin Sheng, Andy, and Little Black found the hidden chamber containing a petrified Corruption Authority Wielder and a pool of void spirit liquid. When Little Black rushed toward the pool, a powerful Desolate Tier being attacked them, and Lin Sheng fled with his companions as corruption tendrils pursued them.

• Lin Sheng burned back the Corruption Monsters and led Andy through the Limestone Cavern, but they found no Sea God Blood among the corrupted treasures.
• Little Black sensed a concealed cave behind a moss-covered wall and led Lin Sheng and Andy inside, where they found a petrified Corruption Authority Wielder and a pool of void spirit liquid.
• Little Black rushed toward the pool, but a withered hand erupted from it and attacked him; Lin Sheng struck the hand with a blood thread, giving Little Black time to escape.
• Little Black warned Lin Sheng and Andy that a Desolate Tier being was hiding in the pool, and Lin Sheng fused four kinds of rules, attacked, and fled with them.
• The being shattered Lin Sheng's Blood Devour attacks and sent blue-green tendrils racing after the three as they escaped into the passage.

Lin Sheng escaped the Hidden Cache with Andy and Little Black after confronting a powerful Wasteland Martial and stealing an Origin Sphere. As they fled across the Chaos Sea, the awakened creature summoned Deep Sea Tribe experts to pursue them.

• Lin Sheng unleashed meltform origin power, dissolved the tendrils pursuing them, and joined forces with Little Black to sever the creature’s claw and seize its Origin Sphere.
• Lin Sheng escaped the Hidden Cache with Andy and Little Black, then burned the Deep Sea Tribe members who tried to ambush them.
• After Lin Sheng fled, the creature awakened fully inside the Hidden Cache and sent a call that drew Deep Sea Tribe experts toward his escape route.
• Little Black and Andy feared they had nearly died, and Andy thanked Lin Sheng for saving him.
• Lin Sheng continued racing across the sea, assuring Andy that no one could have known the creature was hidden inside.

Lin Sheng escaped the Wasteland Martial Being with a powerful Origin Core, but a Deep Sea Tribe ambush intercepted him and Andy on their way back to Sun Radiance City. After defeating the first attackers, Lin Sheng faced five stronger foes wielding dead sea rules.

• Lin Sheng learned from Little Black that the rainbow sphere was an Origin Core refined from void spirit liquid and that its former owner might pursue them.
• Lin Sheng and Andy headed toward Sun Radiance City, but a sudden storm preceded an ambush by dozens of Deep Sea Tribe experts, including four demigod commanders.
• Lin Sheng destroyed the attackers with Inferno Black Flame and hurried toward the Near Sea's exit with Andy.
• Andy questioned how the Deep Sea Tribe had tracked them across the vast ocean, and a giant vortex appeared beneath them.
• Five powerful Deep Sea Tribe reinforcements wielding dead sea rules emerged, and Lin Sheng transformed into a towering, flame-wreathed figure to confront them.

Lin Sheng learned that the Deep Sea Tribe had tracked him through the Origin Core, which carried the aura of Jia Quan, their Ninth Dharma King. With pursuers likely to keep coming, Lin Sheng chose to refine the core on a barren island despite the danger.

• Lin Sheng stopped five Deep Sea Tribe commanders from fusing, killed four, and read the last commander's memories before killing it.
• Lin Sheng discovered that Jia Quan, the Deep Sea Tribe's Ninth Dharma King, had created the Hidden Cache and that his aura on the Origin Core let the tribe track them.
• Lin Sheng told Andy and Little Black what he had learned, then led them away from the waters where the commanders had attacked.
• Lin Sheng landed on a barren island, opened a cavern, and asked Little Black how to refine the Origin Core.
• After Little Black explained the procedure and warned of the risks, Lin Sheng sealed the cavern and prepared to refine the core.

Lin Sheng endured the dangerous process of refining the Origin Core, purging Jia Quan’s lingering will and beginning to absorb its origin essence. As Andy and Little Black defended the cave, the Deep Sea Tribe’s main force arrived and three Demigod Commanders fused into a fearsome corruption monster.

• Lin Sheng used his erosion and other rules to purge Jia Quan’s residual will from the Origin Core, then began absorbing its pure origin essence while strengthening his body with the Crimson Blood Divine Tiger.
• Andy prepared magic arrays around the cave while Little Black guarded the entrance and worried about Lin Sheng’s dangerous refining attempt.
• Andy and Little Black defeated a wave of Deep Sea Tribe attackers, but Little Black sensed stronger enemies approaching.
• Five Deep Sea Tribe Demigod Commanders emerged from the sea and attacked Andy and Little Black, trapping them on the island.
• Three of the commanders fused their flesh, rules, and spirits into a massive Deep Sea Corruption Monster, alarming Andy.

Lin Sheng completed refining the Origin Core and emerged powerful enough to defeat the deep-sea attackers, then escaped with Andy and Little Black. The Deep Sea Tribe arrived too late to find them and began investigating their connection to the Sun Radiance Alliance, while the three companions continued their flight and Lin Sheng examined his changes.

• The fused deep-sea monster broke into Lin Sheng’s cave, but Lin Sheng emerged after refining the Origin Core and blasted it away.
• Lin Sheng killed the two fleeing deep-sea demigod commanders, destroyed the fused monster, and extracted its origin energy.
• Lin Sheng took the injured Andy and Little Black and fled the exposed island before more powerful enemies arrived.
• A thousand-meter ocean giant and a tentacled woman found the deserted island, learned that Jia Quan’s aura had vanished, and suspected the fugitives belonged to the Sun Radiance Alliance.
• After traveling half a day, Lin Sheng, Andy, and Little Black reached their Flying Craft and departed at full speed while Lin Sheng examined his changes.

Lin Sheng examined how refining the Origin Core had transformed his affinity for the purgatory and flesh rules, then planned to return to the Sun Radiance Alliance and cultivate. Meanwhile, Jia Quan awoke to find one of his four Origin Cores missing and was ordered to personally investigate the loss.

• Lin Sheng sensed that refining the Origin Core had sharpened his rule perception and left his purgatory and flesh affinities transforming beyond the high tier.
• Lin Sheng studied his Attribute Panel and decided to consolidate his cultivation in the alliance before pursuing breakthroughs in both affinities.
• Jia Quan drained the Deep Pool to restore his depleted foundations, then discovered that one of his four Void Origin Cores was missing.
• A watery face appeared in the Hidden Cache and held Jia Quan responsible for the lost core, ordering him to resolve the failure as part of Your Majesty's grand plan.
• Jia Quan accepted the order, identified the Sun Radiance Alliance and Dragon Antiquity Trade as leads, and vanished as the Hidden Cache collapsed.

After returning to High Tower Megacity, Lin Sheng rewarded Andy and Little Black with Void Spirit Liquid and asked Andy to arrange an elite Void Warship. Lin Sheng planned to travel to Ghost Whale World through the Mogu Region, reunite with Ling Yu and the others, and prepare for the journey.

• Andy brought Lin Sheng and Little Black to the Cloudview Hotel, where he apologized for the dangers of the deep sea expedition, but Lin Sheng said the rewards made the risk worthwhile.
• Lin Sheng revealed some Void Spirit Liquid and gave it to Andy, whose Light Rules stirred and whose injuries began to heal.
• Lin Sheng asked Andy to arrange an elite Void Warship for a journey to the Mogu Region, and Andy agreed before leaving to cultivate and organize the preparations.
• Little Black complained that Lin Sheng had rewarded Andy but not him, so Lin Sheng gave him another wisp of Void Spirit Liquid after scolding him for awakening the Desolate Tier being.
• Lin Sheng decided to prepare his cultivation materials and test his inferno and flesh affinity talents before setting out for Ghost Whale World.

Su Shui and Bo Di used the Heaven-Deriving Mirror to locate Lin Sheng in High Tower Megacity, but Prison Demon ambushed them before they could leave. Prison Demon demanded information about Lin Sheng and revealed overwhelming Second Realm power as the two struggled to survive.

• Su Shui played his flute on a barren mountain, and Bo Di arrived to discuss the war and their plan to take Lin Sheng’s two strands of Origin Qi.
• Su Shui used the Heaven-Deriving Mirror and his Origin Power to locate Lin Sheng in High Tower Megacity, despite being unable to pinpoint him exactly.
• As Su Shui and Bo Di prepared to leave, Prison Demon attacked them with Inferno Black Flame and trapped them on the mountain.
• Su Shui and Bo Di recognized Prison Demon and resisted his infernal hands, but he demanded information about Lin Sheng.
• Prison Demon formed a third, more powerful infernal hand, leaving Su Shui and Bo Di stunned by his strength.

Prison Demon forced Su Shui and Bo Di to reveal Lin Sheng’s location, then took the Heaven-Deriving Mirror and left them fearing his hidden identity and power. Meanwhile, Lin Sheng hunted eerie beasts in the Deadfire Plains, found that their talents were insufficient to transform his purgatory affinity, and returned to await news from Andy.

• Su Shui and Bo Di exhausted their defenses against Prison Demon’s Inferno Hand, and Su Shui surrendered the Heaven-Deriving Mirror after revealing that Lin Sheng was in High Tower Megacity.
• Prison Demon spared Su Shui and Bo Di, took the Heaven-Deriving Mirror, and vanished after studying High Tower Megacity in its reflection.
• Su Shui and Bo Di speculated that Prison Demon might be the resurrected Devil Master who had once reached the Third Realm, but Su Shui stopped his divination when it threatened his life.
• Lin Sheng killed a two-headed dragon corrosion beast in the Deadfire Plains and concluded that the beasts there could not provide enough powerful purgatory affinity talents for his transformation.
• Lin Sheng cleared the remaining mid- and low-tier corrosion beasts from the plains’ core and returned, expecting Andy to have news soon.

Andy improved his light-rule affinity with void spirit liquid and prepared a Void Warship voyage with Lin Sheng to the Mogu Star Starfield. After Uncle Fu was captured and altered by a mysterious force, he unknowingly added someone named Bunch to the warship crew.

• Andy used void spirit liquid to raise his light-rule affinity to the high tier and said he could compete for the top three on the Hero Ranking.
• Andy confirmed that the Void Warship would set sail in three days and told Uncle Fu to make final preparations with an experienced crew.
• Uncle Fu entered a strange darkness in an alley, lost consciousness, and later returned with altered memories and an unexplained patch of scales between his brows.
• Andy warned Lin Sheng about the dangers of the Mogu Star Starfield, including the Withered Bone Cathedral, the Fallen Spirit Church, and its savage native lifeforms.
• Lin Sheng arranged to depart for the Ghost Whale World in three days, and Little Black agreed to go with him after Lin Sheng pointed out the dangers of staying behind.
• Uncle Fu added an engineer named Bunch to the warship roster and sent a message after his mental exhaustion suddenly vanished.

Andy sent Lin Sheng and Little Black aboard the Dragon Antiquity Consortium’s Radiant Light for their journey to Ghost Whale World, unaware that technician Bunch and explorer Naka had secretly joined them. After the warship entered the Endless Void, it destroyed a powerful Void Strange Beast in one salvo, and Lin Sheng resumed cultivating.

• Andy showed Lin Sheng the Radiant Light and explained that its improved third-generation void engine could make the round trip to Ghost Whale World in under three years.
• Debby brought five explorers aboard, including the unfamiliar young man Naka, while technician Bunch prepared to board unnoticed.
• Lin Sheng and Little Black boarded the Radiant Light, followed secretly by Bunch and Naka, who both watched Lin Sheng.
• The Radiant Light entered the Endless Void, where Lin Sheng cultivated in his private room as Little Black ate and complained of boredom.
• The captain announced a demigod-level Void Strange Beast, and the Radiant Light’s cannons obliterated it with a single salvo.
• Captain Xiwei explained the power of the ship’s main cannon array, and Lin Sheng resumed cultivating while Bunch watched from a rear cabin.

Lin Sheng cultivated in the void aboard the warship while Bunch secretly spread Dead Sea power through its systems and crew. In the surveying room, Naka revealed his control over Alu and the other surveyors and pulled blue-black threads from them.

• Lin Sheng cultivated with the Blood-Bone Heaven-Burning Art in the void, drawing closer to advancing beyond the Erosion Martial Eighth Layer.
• Bunch planted Dead Sea power in the warship’s main energy circuit and planned to seize the vessel and take it to the Heavenly Consort Sea.
• Dead Sea power spread through the warship and began contaminating its crew at the True Spirit level.
• Naka mesmerized Alu and the other surveyors, took Alu’s flask, and pulled blue-black threads from their heads.

Lin Sheng broke through to the eighth stage of Erosion Martial while cultivating aboard the Radiant Light. After sensing a trace of Dead Sea aura and hearing reports of a strange smell and widespread fatigue, he suspected a Wasteland Martial member of the Deep Sea Tribe had infiltrated the ship.

• Lin Sheng advanced to the eighth stage of Erosion Martial and saw his attributes and flesh affinity improve.
• Lin Sheng sensed a fleeting, familiar aura upon leaving the Core Cultivation Room, but Little Black detected nothing unusual.
• Lin Sheng met the Merchant Expedition Department surveyors in the control room and learned that the crew had been unusually tired and that Naka had smelled something fishy near the Engine Room.
• Lin Sheng learned that a chief technician named Bunch had joined the ship at short notice and quietly inspected the fatigued crew.
• Lin Sheng concluded that someone from the Deep Sea Tribe had likely followed them and that the infiltrator was powerful enough to be Wasteland Martial.

Lin Sheng discovered that a Wasteland Martial being from the Deep Sea Tribe had infiltrated the Radiant Light and was gradually controlling its crew. He secretly freed Captain Xiwei from the influence and planned to lure the intruder out so the warship’s cannon could strike him.

• Lin Sheng told Little Black that a Wasteland Martial being had boarded the warship, and they decided to kill him rather than flee.
• Lin Sheng warned Little Black that the intruder had already influenced many people aboard and stopped it from approaching the crew openly.
• Lin Sheng privately searched Xiwei’s true spirit, found bluish-black threads binding his true nature, and isolated them without alerting the intruder.
• Lin Sheng told Xiwei about the threat and confirmed that the Radiant Light’s Star-Core Giant Cannon could hit the being if Lin Sheng delayed him for half a second.
• Lin Sheng sent Xiwei away and told Little Black that they would force the intruder out.

Lin Sheng lured Jia Quan away from the Radiant Light and fought him in the void, but Jia Quan’s control over the crew initially prevented the warship from firing. Xiwei broke free and struck Jia Quan with the ship’s cannons, allowing Lin Sheng to seize two Origin Cores before Jia Quan escaped; Lin Sheng then returned toward the warship.

• Lin Sheng left the Radiant Light to lure Jia Quan into pursuing him, and Jia Quan revealed his identity and attacked with Dead Sea power.
• Lin Sheng endured Jia Quan’s attacks and drew him within range of the Radiant Light, but the ship’s weapons initially failed to respond.
• Xiwei broke through Jia Quan’s mental restraint and fired the Radiant Light’s cannons, severely damaging Jia Quan.
• Naka crushed a small blue-black snake in the control room while Jia Quan’s ruined body was struck by Lin Sheng’s nine Blood Devour attacks.
• Lin Sheng took two Origin Cores from Jia Quan, who escaped by dissolving into Dead Sea water.
• Lin Sheng told Little Black Jia Quan would need time to recover and hurried back toward the Radiant Light.

Lin Sheng cleansed the Radiant Light’s crew of the Dead Sea power left by Jia Quan and concealed the Deep Sea Tribe’s attack from everyone except Xiwei. After privately collapsing from the strain of the battle, he began recovering with treasures while the ship continued toward the Ghost Whale World.

• Lin Sheng used Erosion Spirit power to cleanse the gathered crew, including Naka, of Dead Sea contamination.
• Lin Sheng told the crew that a Void Insect had infiltrated the warship and ordered them to rest, while Naka thanked him and then returned to his cabin.
• Lin Sheng entered his Cultivation Room and collapsed from the cost of fighting Jia Quan with Origin Power and his strongest techniques.
• Lin Sheng examined the two Origin Cores he had gained, then began treating his injuries with natural treasures.
• The Radiant Light resumed its course toward the Ghost Whale World.

After recovering from the backlash of using two origin powers, Lin Sheng began refining the two Void Origin Cores with Little Black’s help. Naka noticed the process, briefly froze everyone in the lounge, and decided he might visit the Heavenly Consort Sea after it was over.

• After three months of healing, Lin Sheng recovered from his injuries and prepared to refine the two Void Origin Cores.
• Little Black asked for a share of the cores, and Lin Sheng agreed to share any void spirit liquid left after refinement.
• Lin Sheng and Little Black completed a Refinement Magic Array, and Little Black activated it to begin extracting the cores’ origin energy.
• Naka sensed that Lin Sheng had begun refining the cores and briefly stopped time in the communal lounge.
• Naka speculated that the Deep Sea Tribe was plotting something and considered visiting the Heavenly Consort Sea, then resumed watching his cartoon.

Lin Sheng redirected the Origin Cores’ energy into his purgatory and flesh affinities to force their transformation. His flesh affinity transformed into Flesh Control, elevating his power, while purgatory affinity remained on the verge of transforming.

• Lin Sheng hit an unyielding bottleneck while using the Origin Cores’ energy to transform his purgatory and flesh affinities.
• Lin Sheng redirected energy from his molten form and erosion spirit affinities into the two stalled talents, and Little Black shielded the Cultivation Room from the resulting surges.
• On the seventh day, Lin Sheng’s body swelled and burst open, flooding the Cultivation Room with blood as Little Black feared his cultivation had gone wrong.
• The sea of blood flowed back into Lin Sheng, and his flesh affinity transformed into the new Flesh Control talent, granting him authority over the flesh of weaker beings.
• Lin Sheng checked his Attribute Panel and found that his strength and constitution had each risen to 81, while his purgatory affinity remained high-tier and transforming.