Chapter Summaries

Lin Jue explained that he had followed Gong Shaojun into the Cangwu Realm and that she had schemed to make Lin Qi the Lin Family head before ascending. He urged Lin Qi to reach the Upper Realm and win her mother’s favor, revealing that she was the only child Gong Shaojun had personally raised.

• Lin Qi questioned Lin Jue about her six Upper Realm siblings and why he had stayed behind to help her ascend.
• Lin Jue began telling Lin Qi about his relationship with Gong Shaojun, but heavenly lightning forced him to avoid saying her name.
• Lin Jue explained that he followed Gong Shaojun to the Cangwu Realm and reincarnated into the Lin Family to share a lifetime with her.
• Lin Jue said Gong Shaojun had plotted to take his position as family head and give it to Lin Qi, while Lin Qi pointed out that he had chosen to bring Lin Yun and her mother into the household.
• Lin Jue urged Lin Qi to ascend and contend with her six siblings, explaining that Gong Shaojun had personally raised only her and therefore held some affection for her.

Lin Jue explained that the Heavenly Dao had made Lin Yun a Child of Destiny to borrow fortune from Gong Shaojun and Lin Qi, while Lin Qi’s missing Earth Soul and Spiritual Wisdom Soul had been tied to the balance of her extraordinary fortune. He revealed how Gong Shaojun had prepared the Cangwu Realm for Lin Qi’s future, and the chapter ended with Lin Jue insisting he would stay until Lin Qi reached Nascent Soul.

• Lin Jue told Lin Qi that the Heavenly Dao had chosen Lin Yun to borrow fortune from Gong Shaojun and Lin Qi, helping extend the Cangwu Realm’s lifespan.
• Lin Jue explained that Lin Qi had been born missing an Earth Soul and a Spiritual Wisdom Soul, and that without her Earth Soul she could not enter reincarnation after death.
• Lin Jue revealed that Gong Shaojun had left eight strands of Extreme Cold Qi and Extreme Purple Lightning within Lin Qi and extracted them from the Four Extremes before ascending.
• Lin Jue told Lin Qi that Gong Shaojun had opened the ascension passage and helped restore the Cangwu Realm’s spiritual energy.
• Lin Qi asked when Lin Jue would leave, and he said he would remain until she reached the Nascent Soul realm.

Lin Qi learned that Lin Jue had secretly protected her and could remain in the Cangwu Realm for only ten more years. After she speculated that the Heavenly Dao had arranged Lin Yun’s birth to gather people of great fortune, Lin Jue offered to guard her next breakthrough, but Lin Qi refused so she could follow Gong Shaojun’s plans and face her trials alone.

• Lin Jue revealed that he had been the Nascent Soul cultivator who appeared at the evil cultivators’ hideout and said he could protect Lin Qi for another ten years before returning to the Upper Realm.
• Lin Qi warned Lin Jue that Gong Shaojun might reject him and suggested that Lin Yun’s origins could be tied to the Heavenly Dao’s schemes.
• Lin Qi proposed that the Heavenly Dao might have entangled reincarnated or Upper Realm cultivators to nurture Lin Yun as a Child of Destiny, leaving Lin Jue shocked and urging him to investigate her mother’s identity.
• Lin Jue offered to guard Lin Qi when she advanced to Golden Core, but Lin Qi refused, saying Gong Shaojun had intended her to endure her trials without relying on others.
• Lin Jue praised Lin Qi for her ambition and for being Gong Shaojun’s daughter.

After learning more about her origins, Lin Qi returned from the mountain and reviewed news about the Lesser Ascension Heaven Secret Realm cultivators. She discovered that Ning Sangyu and her siblings were heading toward Lin Yun and decided to keep her distance from them.

• Lin Qi reflected on her unresolved concerns, including finding Senior Sister, locating her missing master, watching Lin Yun, and avoiding Daoist Jinwu, before meeting Luo Ci at the mountain’s foot.
• Luo Ci complained that Lin Qi had left him behind, and Lin Qi admitted she had hoped to use his luck to find Senior Sister Yuan Xi before apologizing.
• Lin Qi asked Luo Ci for his report on the cultivators from the Lesser Ascension Heaven Secret Realm, and he shared the information he had collected.
• Ning Sangyu complained about Xie Hanzhi to her family, and after his parents died and his second uncle seized power, Xie agreed to honor their marriage agreement.
• Ning Sangye persuaded the Ning family to postpone the marriage, but Ning Sangyu still wanted to target Lin Yun.
• Lin Qi learned that the Ning family siblings had left Wutai Sword Pavilion for Tianyi Sect, then warned Luo Ci to avoid them.

Lin Qi learned that the Ning family siblings, Xie Hanzhi, Fairy Xi He, and Lord Si Du were coming to Tianyi Sect, and she grew wary of the dangers gathering there. Returning to Chaotic Wind Cliff, she discovered Tan Yueqing and Shen Xiaojun had both left, while Shen Xiaojun’s departure had caused a major commotion.

• Lin Qi warned Luo Ci to avoid the ill-fated Ning family siblings, then learned they would arrive at Tianyi Sect with Xie Hanzhi and study under True Monarch Baiyi.
• Lin Qi reviewed Fairy Xi He's dossier, judged her dangerous, and asked Luo Ci to investigate her past; Luo Ci said he would ask his eldest sister for help.
• Lin Qi discovered that Fairy Xi He and the others had advanced to Golden Core while she remained at the Foundation Establishment threshold, and she also learned Lord Si Du was coming to Tianyi Sect.
• Lin Qi returned to Chaotic Wind Cliff and found that Shen Xiaojun had completed his punishment and Tan Yueqing had left early after earning merit.
• Lin Qi read Tan Yueqing's letter explaining that Uncle-Master Tinghan had arranged the merit and that she planned to hunt evil cultivators on missions.
• Lin Qi learned from Shen Xiaojun's letter that his departure had sparked a confrontation over a strange treasure, and the Sect Master and several True Lords had protected him.

After leaving Chaotic Wind Cliff, Lin Qi reunited with friends and received information about Fairy Xi He, only to encounter Lin Yun and the Ning family siblings as a confrontation erupted. The chapter ended with Lin Yun under a crown of purple qi and Xie Hanzhi rushing to defend her after Ning Sangyu slapped her.

• Lin Qi completed her first fourth-rank Gold Saber Talisman and, during an eighth-level gale tide, began practicing the Five Heavens Water Swallowing Thunder Art before her sentence at Chaotic Wind Cliff ended.
• Luo Ci, Tan Yueqing, Senior Sister Ye Jian, Zhao Qi, Xu Ying, and others welcomed Lin Qi with a banquet, where Luo Ci's elder sister gave her a box containing information she had requested about Fairy Xi He.
• Lin Qi spotted Lin Yun downstairs, then saw Fairy Xi He raise a cup to her before leaving the restaurant opposite.
• Ning Sangyu confronted Lin Yun and slapped her, and Lin Qi's Qi Gazing Technique showed purple qi above Lin Yun and misfortune above Ning Sangyu.
• Xie Hanzhi rushed over, shoved Ning Sangyu aside, and demanded to know what she was doing.

Lin Qi watched Lin Yun clash with Ning Sangyu at the Marketplace, then learned that Tan Yueqing had noticed Lin Yun received help from an outside force. Lin Qi visited True Monarch Guangmu, who confronted her about knowing Lin Yun was searching for soul-nurturing items.

• Lin Yun slapped Ning Sangyu, then faced her sword attack until Xie Hanzhi intervened and defended Lin Yun.
• Ning Sangyu chased Lin Yun through the Marketplace after Lin Yun called for help, and the patrol took Lin Yun, Xie Hanzhi, and the Ning siblings away.
• Tan Yueqing told Lin Qi that an external force had strengthened Lin Yun's slap, while Lin Qi suspected Rong Shi had helped her.
• Tan Yueqing left to continue her mission, and Lin Qi decided to visit True Monarch Guangmu at Tianyi Peak.
• True Monarch Guangmu questioned Lin Qi about learning that Lin Yun was gathering soul-nurturing items and asked whether she had watched the Marketplace spectacle.

Lin Qi learned that her master, Elder Qingyun, had been seen at the Northern and Southern Heavenly Venerate Mansion, while True Monarch Guangmu warned her to stay in the sect and focus on reaching Golden Core. He also revealed that Shen Xiaojun had been sent to another sect for his safety, leaving Lin Qi to consider Spirit Medicine Valley’s power and the growing conflict within Tianyi Sect.

• Lin Qi asked True Monarch Guangmu about Elder Qingyun and learned that she had appeared at the Northern and Southern Heavenly Venerate Mansion before disappearing.
• True Monarch Guangmu warned Lin Qi not to enter the dangerous mansion and urged her to remain in the sect and pursue a Golden Core breakthrough.
• Lin Qi asked after Shen Xiaojun, and True Monarch Guangmu said he had been sent to another sect because he might not survive if he remained in Tianyi Sect.
• True Monarch Guangmu explained Spirit Medicine Valley’s essential role in supplying the sect and cautioned Lin Qi not to offend its people.
• Lin Qi reflected that Spirit Medicine Valley’s influence made its conflict with Tianyi Sect irreconcilable and wondered whether Shen Xiaojun would keep his promise to examine Chen Bai’s injuries.

True Monarch Baiyi summoned Lin Qi to deal with the aftermath of the Marketplace incident, assigning her to oversee Ning Sangyu, Ning Sangye, and Xie Hanzhi as they repaired Zonglei Peak’s Eight Pillars Heavenly Lightning Ladder. The three were punished by having their cultivation suppressed, while Lin Yun was cleared of wrongdoing.

• Lin Qi arrived at True Monarch Baiyi’s cave residence and found Ning Sangyu, Ning Sangye, and Xie Hanzhi kneeling, with Lin Yun standing aside.
• Ning Sangye pointed out that Lin Qi had witnessed the Marketplace incident, and True Monarch Baiyi noted that she owed the sect three years of tasks.
• True Monarch Baiyi assigned Lin Qi to oversee the three while they repaired Zonglei Peak’s Eight Pillars Heavenly Lightning Ladder.
• After Lin Qi worried that the Golden Core cultivators might overpower her, True Monarch Baiyi suppressed their cultivation to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• True Monarch Baiyi declared that Lin Yun would not be punished because she had not been at fault.

Lin Yun was taken to Tianji Peak for questioning over a suspected ancient remnant soul, while Lin Qi returned to Zonglei Peak with three silenced captives. Lin Qi recruited Luo Ci to help with True Monarch Baiyi’s assignment and told him about True Monarch Qingyun and Yuan Xi.

• True Monarch Baiyi ordered Lin Yun to accompany Tianji Peak disciples and explain the suspected ancient remnant soul, warning that it might connect her to recent soul-devouring cases.
• Lin Yun argued that she had only struck Ning Sangyu in self-defense and reluctantly went with the Tianji Peak disciples when True Monarch Baiyi threatened to seek the Sect Master's decree.
• Lin Qi brought Ning Sangye and two other captives, all silenced by True Monarch Baiyi, back to Zonglei Peak and handed them to the steward repairing the Eight Pillars Heavenly Lightning Ladder.
• Luo Ci asked Lin Qi for news of their master, and she reassured him that the master was fine but said she was tied to several jinxes.
• Lin Qi persuaded Luo Ci to lend her his luck for True Monarch Baiyi's assignment, then told him about True Monarch Qingyun and Yuan Xi.

Lin Qi learned from Luo Ci that Lin Yun had been punished after the secret realm incident but quickly won release by uncovering Spirit Marrow and preventing a mining disaster. Luo Ci also explained the sect’s losses and Xie Hanzhi’s marriage plans, while Lin Qi sought more information about rival disciples.

• Lin Qi persuaded Luo Ci not to rush to help their Eldest Senior Sister, and Luo Ci resolved to gain experience after leaving Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring.
• Luo Ci told Lin Qi that Lin Yun had been punished for three years of mining and barred from sect trials, but was released after three months for her mining-district merits.
• Luo Ci described how the Ning family siblings repeatedly lost to Lin Yun and how visiting disciples from other sects had stirred up trouble at Tianyi Sect.
• Luo Ci said Wutai Sword Pavilion and Azure Sea Pavilion elders had confronted Tianyi Sect, which then lost ten places in the Myriad Sects Grand Competition after the secret realm incident.
• Luo Ci speculated that Lin Yun had caused the sect’s losses and asked whether that was why the Lin Family had given her up for adoption, but Lin Qi redirected the conversation.
• Luo Ci said Xie Hanzhi had accepted a marriage arrangement with the Ning family for his own designs and repeatedly clashed with Ning Sangyu over Lin Yun.

Lin Qi learned that Fairy Xi He had a long history of secretly ruining rivals and began to suspect she was targeting either Lin Qi or Fairy Luo Yun. She left the chapter alarmed by Fairy Xi’s danger and puzzled by Luo Ci’s unusually glowing praise of Fairy Luo Yun.

• Luo Ci told Lin Qi that Xie Hanzhi had repeatedly humiliated Ning Sangyu while favoring Lin Yun, and said his sister had warned him to avoid their group.
• Luo Ci explained that Fairy Xi He had secretly been at Tianyi Sect for half a month and had seemed unusually quiet and focused on cultivation.
• Lin Qi opened the box and read records describing Fairy Xi He framing a fellow disciple, destroying her spirit-beast contract, and causing another talented disciple’s ruin.
• Lin Qi found that the records and suspected incidents suggested Fairy Xi He had repeatedly eliminated rivals through concealed, ruthless schemes.
• Lin Qi copied the information for Luo Ci and Tan Yueqing, then asked Luo Ci what he thought of Fairy Luo Yun.
• Luo Ci praised Fairy Luo Yun as kind, intelligent, and popular, leaving Lin Qi skeptical of his sudden enthusiasm.

Lin Qi learned that Luo Ci admired Fairy Luo Yun, then went to supervise Xie Hanzhi, Ning Sangyu, and Ning Sangye at the Eight Pillars Heavenly Lightning Ladder. She whipped Xie Hanzhi for insulting her and made the three enter to accept their punishment.

• Luo Ci told Lin Qi that he admired Fairy Luo Yun, and Lin Qi became interested in meeting her.
• The steward told Lin Qi that Xie Hanzhi, Ning Sangyu, and Ning Sangye were refusing to enter the Eight Pillars Heavenly Lightning Ladder for their punishment.
• Ning Sangyu argued with Xie Hanzhi and accused Lin Qi of siding with Lin Yun.
• Xie Hanzhi insulted Lin Qi, so she took the steward's whip and struck his face.
• Ning Sangye said he and Ning Sangyu accepted True Monarch Baiyi's disposition, and Xie Hanzhi eventually entered the ladder with them.

Lin Qi reunited with Gu Yunzhi at the Eight Pillars Heavenly Lightning Ladder and learned from him about repairing its arrays. She rushed to stop Ning Sangye from attacking Xie Hanzhi, but the chapter ended as Ning Sangye raised a stone pillar to strike him.

• Lin Qi greeted Gu Yunzhi, learned he had become a Fourth-Rank Array Master, and told him she could set up third-rank arrays.
• Gu Yunzhi explained how he repaired the ladder’s reinforcement array, and Lin Qi eagerly took notes and asked questions.
• After hearing a commotion, Lin Qi found Ning Sangye beating Xie Hanzhi while Ning Sangyu stood nearby in confusion.
• Ning Sangye threatened to ruin Xie Hanzhi’s face, and Ning Sangyu and Lin Qi both reacted as he lifted a stone pillar.

Lin Qi stopped Ning Sangye, Ning Sangyu, and Xie Hanzhi from fighting and brought them aside to settle their dispute. Ning Sangyu explained that the argument began when Xie Hanzhi passed her Silkworm Soul Nurturing Stone to Lin Yun, and Xie Hanzhi ended the chapter by insisting he could give it to whoever he chose.

• Lin Qi disarmed Ning Sangye, bound all three with her whip, and dragged them to a secluded spot.
• Xie Hanzhi accused Lin Qi of targeting him, while Lin Qi challenged him over his claims that he had been wronged.
• Ning Sangye called Xie Hanzhi ungrateful for accepting Ning Sangyu's protection and belongings, but Ning Sangyu defended her feelings for him.
• Lin Qi demanded to know what caused the latest fight, and Ning Sangyu said it concerned the Silkworm Soul Nurturing Stone.
• Ning Sangyu explained that Xie Hanzhi had given her stone to Lin Yun after she insisted he accept it, and Xie Hanzhi asked why he could not give it to Lin Yun.

Lin Qi managed Xie Hanzhi and the Ning siblings by separating them and extending their punishment, while Xie Hanzhi made progress under her supervision. After Lin Qi passed the formation and talisman master examinations, she returned to find Ning Sangyu suddenly attentive to Gu Yunzhi, suggesting her affections had shifted.

• Ning Sangyu confronted Xie Hanzhi over giving things to someone she hated, and Ning Sangye insulted him before the two men fought.
• Lin Qi stopped Ning Sangyu from joining the fight, then made Xie Hanzhi and Ning Sangye work through the night to make up for their lost punishment time.
• Lin Qi assigned Xie Hanzhi to carve formation patterns and sent Ning Sangyu and Ning Sangye to help the Golden Dragon, while she praised Ning Sangye’s earlier idea about finding men who resembled Xie Hanzhi.
• Lin Qi kept the three separated near the Eight Pillars Heavenly Lightning Ladder, whipped Xie Hanzhi when he provoked her, and saw him make progress over the next month.
• Lin Qi passed the formation master and talisman master examinations and returned to find Ning Sangyu hovering enthusiastically around Gu Yunzhi.

Lin Qi ended the Ning siblings’ and Xie Hanzhi’s punishment and prepared to leave for the Lesser Ascension Heaven Secret Realm, while Ning Sangyu grew increasingly interested in Gu Yunzhi. Gu gave the group formation plates as farewell gifts, and Ning Sangyu wondered whether he and Lin Qi were close.

• Lin Qi told Ning Sangyu that the punishment would end before the Lesser Ascension Heaven Secret Realm opened, and Ning Sangyu informed Ning Sangye.
• Ning Sangye asked Ning Sangyu whether she still thought about Xie Hanzhi, prompting her to admit she feared he would dislike her more.
• Lin Qi gathered Ning Sangyu, Ning Sangye, and Xie Hanzhi to announce their punishment had ended, and Xie Hanzhi silently resented her.
• As the group left Zonglei Peak, Gu Yunzhi arrived and gave them fourth-grade formation plates; Lin Qi thanked him with Gold Saber Talismans.
• Ning Sangyu watched Gu Yunzhi leave and asked Lin Qi whether they had a close relationship.

Lin Qi and the others set out for the Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring in a large teleportation array, where True Monarch Xiuyue warned Lin Qi to beware of Dao Lord Guan Xuan. Before Lin Qi could understand the warning, a terrifying attack struck the array, and Xiuyue and Guan Xuan moved to protect the disciples.

• Lin Qi distributed Gu Yunzhi’s personalized folding array disks and suspected that Gu Yunzhi and Ning Sangyu might have feelings for each other.
• True Monarch Guangmu announced that Carefree Dao Lord would lead the expedition, with Dao Lord Guan Xuan assisting, and the group prepared to travel to the Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring.
• During the teleportation, True Monarch Xiuyue warned Lin Qi to be careful of Dao Lord Guan Xuan.
• Dao Lord Guan Xuan’s pressure injured Lin Qi’s divine sense, and he sent a green butterfly to heal her before telling the disciples to guard their minds.
• Lin Qi sensed a grave danger, warned True Monarch Xiuyue, and pulled the Ning family siblings forward as a pillar of light smashed into the array.
• True Monarch Xiuyue severed part of the attack with a moonlike blade of light and swept the nearby disciples forward while Dao Lord Guan Xuan rushed to intervene.

Lin Qi and the Tianyi Sect disciples reached the Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring after a sneak attack during their teleportation. As the spring opened and the group entered, Ye Jian warned Lin Qi that the three Tianyi Sect disciples eligible for spiritual energy empowerment were in danger among their rivals.

• True Monarch Xiuyue shielded Lin Qi and the other disciples from a Spirit Transformation attack, and Lin Qi treated her wound.
• Carefree Dao Lord tracked the attackers as True Monarch Guan Xuan guarded him, and the group later opened the teleportation formation.
• Carefree Dao Lord explained the spring's entrances, tokens, and life-preserving jade bracelets before the leaders opened a passage into the Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring.
• Lin Qi saw the spring's immense spiritual energy and realized she could receive empowerment for placing first in the Lesser Ascension Heaven Secret Realm.
• Ye Jian led Lin Qi away and warned that she, Jiang Yue, and Ye Jian were the only Tianyi Sect disciples among the top twenty, leaving them vulnerable if rival disciples gathered at the Heavenly River.

Lin Qi and Ye Jian were ambushed after entering the Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring, and a restraining mist separated them. Xie Hanzhi attacked Lin Qi for revenge, but she turned the fight against him and discovered that her blows could weaken the barrier around them.

• Lin Qi and Ye Jian left the other cultivators behind and continued along the mist-shrouded Heavenly River.
• A sudden Sword Qi attack forced Lin Qi and Ye Jian apart, and two black spheres sealed each of them in a separate space.
• Xie Hanzhi appeared before Lin Qi and attacked her, blaming her for humiliating him on Zonglei Peak.
• Lin Qi conserved her spiritual energy while defending against Xie Hanzhi, then wounded him and battered him with her fists and Meteor Hammer.
• Lin Qi struck Xie Hanzhi into the restraint wall and realized her attacks made the barrier tremble, while he intensified his assault to stop her from breaking it.