Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng and his companions forced their way into Ten Thousand Beasts Pass after its guards refused to let them enter and Ming Qiu remained unreachable. When they learned Chen Hongyu had reportedly sacrificed Ming Qiu, Lin Feng flew toward the Soul Temple’s upper levels, and Cai’er followed.

• Lin Feng incapacitated the guards with dark-red lightning, and he and his companions fought through the Summoners blocking their way.
• Lin Feng demanded that Chen Hongyu bring Ming Qiu to him, then killed a Seventh Rank Spiritual Guide who challenged him.
• Lin Feng seized a Summoner who said he had heard that Chen Hongyu sacrificed Ming Qiu to the Beast God, and Lin Feng threatened the Soul Temple.
• Lin Feng flew toward the Soul Temple’s upper levels and left Leng Xiao to handle the crowd.
• Cai’er chose to follow Lin Feng while the others stayed behind.

Dong Ya confronted the Soul Temple Summoners who blamed Ming Qiu for their beastification and learned that the temple had chosen her as a sacrifice despite her innocence. San Shui led Dong Ya and the others to Lin Feng, while Lin Xiaoxiao struck her after discovering the temple had scapegoated Ming Qiu to protect Chen Ying'er.

• Dong Ya challenged the Summoners for blaming Ming Qiu, and they accused her of defiling the Beast God and controlling the dead.
• Lin Xiaoxiao prepared to force her way to the Soul Temple Master, but Vice Temple Master San Shui arrived and led the group toward Lin Feng.
• San Shui told Dong Ya that Ming Qiu was alive and that Lin Feng had already gone to her.
• San Shui explained that beastification came from the Beast God's failure to purify the growing number of magical beast souls, not from Ming Qiu.
• San Shui admitted that the Soul Temple had chosen Ming Qiu as a sacrifice to lift the curse and had let the blame fall on her to protect Chen Ying'er.
• Lin Xiaoxiao punched San Shui again after learning that Ming Qiu had been made a scapegoat.

Lin Feng entered Ming Qiu’s divine sense and reunited with her in the undead world, where she revealed her Eighth Rank Undead Demiplane. After giving her a World Tree Mark, he let her continue her plan to cleanse the curse and emerged ready to confront Chen Hongyu.

• Lin Feng entered Ming Qiu’s divine sense and found her beside the Holy Pool with Chen Ying'er and an armored magical beast.
• Ming Qiu recognized Lin Feng, broke down in his arms, and explained that she felt bound to repay the Soul Temple for saving her and San Shui for teaching her.
• Lin Feng learned that Ming Qiu intended to cleanse the curse but would not sacrifice herself now that he had arrived.
• Ming Qiu brought Lin Feng into her Undead Demiplane, where he saw the undead she had gathered, including a level-ten magical beast’s lingering soul.
• Lin Feng planted a World Tree Mark on Ming Qiu and agreed to wait outside while she absorbed the Evil Spirits.
• Lin Feng returned to the Soul Temple and threatened Chen Hongyu for considering using Ming Qiu’s soul as a sacrifice.

Lin Feng confronted Chen Hongyu beneath the dead ancient tree and challenged him with his own summoning ability. After Lin Feng’s Magical Puppet Sword Ghost defeated Chen Hongyu’s mutated Adamantine Giant Bear, Chen Hongyu summoned eight more Eighth Rank Peak beasts.

• Chen Hongyu threatened Lin Feng after losing contact with Ming Qiu and Chen Ying'er, but Lin Feng refused to back down.
• Chen Hongyu summoned a mutated Adamantine Giant Bear, and Lin Feng told Cai'er to let him handle the fight.
• Lin Feng summoned an Eighth Rank Peak Magical Puppet Sword Ghost, which knocked the Adamantine Giant Bear back with its ghost-face shield.
• Chen Hongyu fed the bear a green pill and ordered it to use Earth Shattering Roar, but the Sword Ghost evaded the shockwaves with Gale Phantom and killed it with a sword aura.
• Chen Hongyu acknowledged Lin Feng’s summoned beast, then opened eight Teleportation Gates and summoned eight more Eighth Rank Peak beasts.

Chen Hongyu confronted Lin Feng with eight Eighth Rank Peak magical beasts, but Lin Feng answered by summoning seven more powerful beings alongside the Magical Puppet Sword Ghost. Furina recognized many of them as legendary figures from Teyvat and realized Lin Feng’s summoned creatures were being suppressed, leaving Chen Hongyu to prepare to reveal his true strength.

• Chen Hongyu accused Lin Feng of having no right to lecture him and pointed to his eight Eighth Rank Peak magical beasts.
• Lin Feng opened seven Teleportation Gates, and Ganyu, Stormterror, Boreas, the Pure Water Spirit, Azhdaha, the Thunder Manifestation, and Apep emerged beside the Magical Puppet Sword Ghost.
• Ganyu picked up Yae Miko, while Cai’er and Chen Hongyu stared at Lin Feng’s summoned beings.
• San Shui arrived with Dong Ya and the others, who checked that Ming Qiu was safe and then watched the sixteen magical beasts.
• Furina identified the summoned beings as powerful figures from Teyvat and realized their strength was suppressed, while Chen Hongyu decided he had to reveal his true strength.

Azhdaha fought Chen Hongyu’s eight summoned magical beasts and killed one with a single blow. Chen Hongyu then trapped everyone in his Beast Emperor Domain, which raised his seven surviving beasts to the Ninth Rank.

• San Shui watched as Azhdaha and Apep argued over who would fight Chen Hongyu’s summoned beasts, and Lin Feng let Azhdaha take the lead.
• Azhdaha charged into the eight beasts, killed one, and sent the others flying while Ganyu shielded Lin Feng and the others.
• Chen Hongyu used his Beast Emperor Domain to pull everyone into his domain and empower his seven surviving beasts.
• Chen Hongyu’s surviving beasts rose to the Ninth Rank, and the leading gorilla grew to ten meters tall with the aura of a second-level Ninth Rank beast.

Lin Feng and Azhdaha overwhelmed Chen Hongyu’s summoned beasts inside the Beast Emperor Domain, but Chen Hongyu’s Four-Headed Chimera forced Azhdaha back. Lin Feng withdrew Azhdaha and the other beasts, leaving Half-Immortal Ganyu to face Chen Hongyu.

• Azhdaha revealed its towering form, broke Chen Hongyu’s Six Pillars of Light, and resisted the Beast Emperor Domain.
• Azhdaha changed to Lightning Element and killed three magical beasts while forcing Chen Hongyu to recall the survivors.
• Chen Hongyu summoned the Four-Headed Chimera, which struck Azhdaha back, and San Shui warned Lin Feng of its strength.
• San Shui admitted she had opposed sacrificing Ming Qiu’s soul and asked Lin Feng to hear her explanation.
• Lin Feng recalled Azhdaha and the other seven summoned beasts, leaving Ganyu to handle Chen Hongyu.

Ganyu faced Chen Hongyu’s Four-Headed Chimera, blocking its attacks and freezing it before overwhelming it with Ice Element arrows. She then summoned the Immortal Beast Kirin, whose arrival shattered Chen Hongyu’s Beast Emperor Domain.

• Chen Hongyu summoned his bonded Four-Headed Chimera, Xing Xuan, and strengthened the Beast Emperor Domain.
• Ganyu blocked Xing Xuan’s four elemental breaths with her Ice Spirit Pearl and evaded its physical attacks while surrounding it with ice lotuses.
• Ganyu detonated the ice lotuses to freeze Xing Xuan, then fired Ice Crystal Shot through ice crystals to bombard its scales with multiplying arrows.
• After Chen Hongyu taunted Ganyu, she merged the Ice Spirit Pearl into a formation, causing his Beast Emperor Domain to shatter.
• Ganyu summoned the Immortal Beast Kirin, which appeared before her and gently touched her palm.

Ganyu revealed her true form as an Immortal Beast Kirin, but Austin Griffin seized control of the Four-Headed Chimera and forced it into a rampage. Lin Feng confronted Austin as the Kirin and Chimera clashed in a battle of auspicious energy and destruction.

• Ganyu transformed into her enormous Kirin form, and Furina identified her as an Immortal Beast and an Auspicious Omen.
• Chen Hongyu gave up on fighting after Ganyu's appearance destroyed his Beast Emperor Domain, but the Four-Headed Chimera suddenly went berserk and threw him aside.
• Austin Griffin, speaking through Long Haochen, sent a black pillar of light onto the Chimera and told it to kill and destroy.
• Lin Feng challenged Austin to face him directly, and Austin promised a surprise the next time they met before the black clouds dispersed.
• The rampaging Chimera attacked the Kirin with a combined Dragon Breath, and the Kirin answered with a seven-colored beam that collided with it in a massive explosion.

The Qilin defeated the Four-Headed Chimera, and Lin Feng confronted Chen Hongyu over his decision to sacrifice Ming Qiu. As Lin Feng prepared to kill Chen Hongyu, San Shui and then Chen Ying'er pleaded for his life, with Ming Qiu returning alongside Chen Ying'er.

• Lin Feng and San Shui shielded the others as the Qilin and the Four-Headed Chimera devastated the Soul Temple grounds.
• Ganyu's Qilin struck down the Four-Headed Chimera, leaving it barely alive, and then returned to the Ice Spirit Pearl.
• Lin Feng confronted Chen Hongyu, who defended his choice to sacrifice Ming Qiu, and declared that Chen Hongyu had to pay for it.
• The Four-Headed Chimera died, causing Chen Hongyu to suffer backlash and fall from Ninth Rank to Eighth Rank Peak.
• San Shui knelt and begged Lin Feng to spare Chen Hongyu, and Chen Ying'er arrived with Ming Qiu and pleaded for her grandfather's life.

Lin Feng killed Chen Hongyu after the Soul Temple confrontation and left with Ming Qiu, then decided to return to the Temple Alliance despite the danger. His companions insisted on standing with him, and Ming Qiu began explaining what she had discovered in the Holy Pool.

• Lin Feng killed Chen Hongyu before Ming Qiu could forgive him, and San Shui told Lin Feng and Ming Qiu to leave.
• Lin Feng led Ming Qiu and the others out of the Soul Temple, while Wang Yuanyuan and the rest stayed behind with Chen Ying'er.
• Lin Feng told his companions he planned to return to the Temple Alliance and take responsibility alone, but Dong Ya, Lin Jialu, and Lin Xiaoxiao refused to abandon him.
• Lin Feng agreed to face the consequences alongside his companions, and the airship's tense mood eased.
• Ming Qiu said that gathering the undead from the Holy Pool had lifted its curse and that the Beast God had tried to strip away her undead attribute before choosing Chen Ying'er instead.

Lin Feng returned to the Holy City after killing Chen Hongyu and waited at a hotel while preparing to break through to the Ninth Rank. As his companions arranged their rooms, Leng Xiao and Lin Jialu agreed to share, leaving Cai’er’s choice unresolved.

• In Demon City, Austin Griffin told Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu that he would finish recovering in a month and urged him to prepare the Demon Race Army.
• Lin Feng checked into a Holy City hotel and sent Yang Haohan a letter announcing his return, expecting the Temple Alliance to discuss Chen Hongyu’s death.
• Lin Feng reflected on the requirements and power of reaching the Ninth Rank, then told his companions he would spend the next two days cultivating.
• Dong Ya and the others decided to focus on cultivation and divided up the suite’s rooms.
• Leng Xiao asked Lin Jialu to share a room, and Lin Jialu agreed, leaving Cai’er without a room assignment.

Cai'er confessed that she wanted Lin Feng all to herself, and he accepted her feelings as the two grew intimate. The chapter left Dong Ya and Leng Xiao being confronted by the others over their romantic history while Cai'er and Lin Feng were alone together.

• Dong Ya tried to give Cai'er and Lin Feng a chance to talk, then learned from Furina that Leng Xiao had spent a night alone with Lin Feng after they both got drunk.
• Dong Ya told Cai'er she liked Lin Feng and headed for his room, but Ming Qiu, Lin Xiaoxiao, Lin Jialu, and Leng Xiao stopped her and demanded an explanation from Leng Xiao.
• Cai'er went to Lin Feng's room, where he invited her in so they could clear things up.
• Cai'er admitted she had kept her distance because she feared interfering, but confessed that she wanted Lin Feng all to herself.
• Lin Feng accepted Cai'er's feelings, and the two became intimate; Cai'er then asked whether it was their first time, and Lin Feng reminded her of their earlier encounter in a swimming pool.

At a Holy Alliance conference, the Temple Masters debated Lin Feng’s killing of Chen Hongyu after Chen Ying'er explained the Soul Temple’s beastification crisis and Chen Hongyu’s actions. The conference left the leaders divided over blame, while Ten Thousand Beasts Pass’s defenses remained an urgent concern.

• After a sleepless night, Dong Ya and Ming Qiu discussed Lin Feng and Cai'er before going to rest.
• Lin Feng and Cai'er meditated together for two days as their spiritual energy grew and their physical drawbacks eased.
• Yang Haohan convened the Temple Masters of the Six Great Temples to discuss Lin Feng killing Chen Hongyu.
• Chen Ying'er recounted the Soul Temple’s crisis, Ming Qiu’s contribution, the soul sacrifice, and Chen Hongyu’s conduct.
• Saint Moon urged the Alliance to reinforce Ten Thousand Beasts Pass, while Qiu Yonghao distanced himself from the dispute.
• Li Zhengzhi argued that Chen Hongyu’s secrecy and coercion endangered humanity and that Chen Hongyu had brought his death upon himself.

The Temple Alliance leaders debated whether Lin Feng could be trusted after his actions at Ten Thousand Beasts Pass, then learned that he was breaking through to the Ninth Rank. The chapter ended when Yang Haohan and Long Tianyin received a plea for help from the Goddess of Light.

• Long Tianyin questioned Lin Feng’s loyalty to the Holy Alliance, while Saint Moon and the other leaders defended him by recounting how he had helped their temples and protected his companions.
• The spiritual energy in the meeting room vanished, and Yang Haohan realized that someone in Holy City was breaking through to the Ninth Rank.
• The leaders gathered above the Temple Alliance and saw elemental power surging toward the Lin Feng Hotel; Saint Moon recognized that Lin Feng was breaking through.
• Saint Moon said Lin Feng would become too powerful for the Five Great Holy Temples to oppose and offered support for Ten Thousand Beasts Pass, while the leaders discussed their ties to Lin Feng and Cai’er.
• Yang Haohan and Long Tianyin received a plea for help from the Goddess of Light.

Yang Haohan warned that Austin Griffin’s corruption of Long Haochen could transform the Goddess of Light’s inheritance into darkness, while Long Haochen was overtaken by Austin Griffin and reached Ninth Rank First Grade. The chapter left Lin Feng’s impending meeting with the transformed Long Haochen looming and showed a woman riding a motorcycle through the Fire God Mavika’s inheritance space.

• Yang Haohan told Long Tianyin and the others that the Goddess of Light had warned him Long Haochen’s Sacred Light Element was being corrupted.
• Yang Haohan asked Saint Moon to bring Lin Feng to him so he could share the warning before Long Haochen and Lin Feng’s life-or-death battle.
• Austin Griffin slaughtered the inhabitants of Focalor’s island and drained the Demon God Pillar to corrupt Long Haochen’s remaining Sacred Light Element.
• Austin Griffin completed the corruption, raised Long Haochen’s spiritual power beyond one hundred thousand, and mastered darkness, death, destruction, and devastation.
• A crimson-haired woman repeatedly rode her motorcycle past a shattered station platform inside the Fire God Mavika’s inheritance space.

Lin Feng entered Fire God Marweka’s inheritance space and found her trapped in an endless journey, unable to remember its purpose. He helped her reach the journey’s end, received the Ancient Name Kiyangoz, and learned he needed six more Ancient Name holders to wield her true power.

• Lin Feng found Marweka riding endlessly along a dusk-lit highway in an inheritance space disconnected from outside time.
• Lin Feng told Marweka that she had never forgotten her purpose and promised to accompany her through her five-hundred-year plan.
• Marweka’s memories began to return as she rode with Lin Feng, and the sun finally set over the highway.
• Marweka passed the Ancient Name Kiyangoz, representing a leader, to Lin Feng, activating the Fire God’s inheritance.
• Marweka explained that Lin Feng needed at least six more Ancient Name holders to wield her true power and revealed eleven other Obsidian Tokens.

Marweka explained that Lin Feng needed to understand leadership before receiving the Fire God's Heart, then revealed that the Death Archon's power required a suitable vessel. After Lin Feng's Orichalcum Foundation Seat burned to ash, Marweka began testing his flame control by having him follow her on motorcycles while the flames tempered his soul.

• Marweka told Lin Feng that he had to understand the meaning of leadership before she would give him the Fire God's Heart.
• Marweka explained that Death Archon Ronava's power had been left for Natlan's next Fire God and required a vessel and a soul of equal weight as its price.
• Lin Feng offered the Orichalcum Foundation Seat as a vessel, but Marweka's flames burned it to ash.
• Marweka set aside the vessel search and summoned a second motorcycle to test Lin Feng's flame control as they rode.

After three days of Lin Feng’s meditation, he emerged and learned that Xia Saint Moon and Qiu Yonghao had repeatedly requested to see him and Lin Xiaoxiao. He left with Lin Xiaoxiao for the Temple Alliance Headquarters, revealing a summoned motorcycle as their way up.

• While Lin Feng and Cai’er continued meditating, Dong Ya and the others guarded them at the hotel and turned away visitors seeking Lin Feng.
• Dong Ya and Lin Jialu teased each other about gaining spiritual energy through Lin Feng, and Lin Jialu joked that Furina was the lightest and softest of them all.
• Lin Feng emerged from the bedroom, learned he had meditated for three days, and heard that Xia Saint Moon and Qiu Yonghao wanted to meet him and Lin Xiaoxiao.
• Lin Feng told Dong Ya and the others to watch over Cai’er, then left the hotel with Lin Xiaoxiao.
• Lin Feng summoned a motorcycle from flames and invited Lin Xiaoxiao to ride with him to the Temple Alliance Headquarters.

Lin Feng took Lin Xiaoxiao for a ride on the transformed Chariot Cycle, then flew them to Sky Island and the Temple Alliance Headquarters. At a meeting of the Six Great Temples, Chen Ying'er apologized to Lin Feng and Ming Qiu for the Soul Temple’s earlier actions before the alliance’s next decision.

• Lin Feng showed Lin Xiaoxiao the Chariot Cycle and its awakened form, the Two-Handed Heavy Sword Burning Sun Thousand Suns, then invited her to ride with him.
• Lin Xiaoxiao rode behind Lin Feng as he raced through Holy City, and she wrapped her arms around him when the Chariot Cycle accelerated.
• Lin Feng flew the Chariot Cycle to Sky Island despite the guards’ warning and stopped outside Alliance Leader Yang Haohan’s hall.
• Lin Feng and Lin Xiaoxiao entered the conference, where the Six Great Temples’ leaders had gathered and Chen Hongyu began the meeting.
• Chen Ying'er apologized to Lin Feng and Ming Qiu on behalf of the Soul Temple and asked that the incident not harm future cooperation.