Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing agreed to join Huangpu Feihong and Zhu Qiyu on a mission to investigate and fight the Savage Ancient Beasts attacking Spring Prefecture. At a gathering in Lingyun Tower, he observed that the seemingly friendly group was divided by hidden schemes.

• Huangpu Feihong told Lin Changqing about the beast tide in Spring Prefecture and invited him to join the mission with Zhu Qiyu and the others.
• Lin Changqing accepted the invitation because he wanted experience and needed help understanding the Origin Realm.
• Huangpu Feihong brought Lin Changqing to a grotto-heaven in Lingyun Tower, where nearly fifty Mystic Saints gathered and welcomed the famous newcomer.
• Huangpu Feihong treated the group to food and drink, prompting the attendees to praise his generosity.
• Lin Changqing noticed the gathering was split into factions and suspected that Zhu Qiyu and Huangpu Feihong were concealing plans against each other.

At a feast, Lin Changqing deduced the recipe for Heavenly Dao Mortal Wine, refined his cup, and gained strength and a small advance in Mental Will. After he agreed to travel to Spring Prefecture with Huangpu Feihong and Zhu Qiyu, the two men privately discussed using him as a tool, while Zhu Qiyu secretly resolved to kill them both.

• Huangpu Feihong treated the group to Heavenly Dao Mortal Wine, and Lin Changqing sensed that it could temper his Mental Will.
• Lin Changqing deduced the wine's recipe and calculated that its ingredients were cheap, though he decided not to sell it and risk offending Lingyun Pavilion.
• Lin Changqing refined his cup of wine, improved his strength, and gained a slight breakthrough in Mental Will.
• Lin Changqing agreed to travel to Spring Prefecture with Huangpu Feihong and the others the next day, then returned to his courtyard eager to brew the wine himself.
• Huangpu Feihong told Zhu Qiyu that he intended to use Lin Changqing as a helper and a weapon, while Zhu Qiyu secretly formed killing intent toward both men.

Lin Changqing successfully brewed Heavenly Dao Mortal Wine and joined Huangpu Feihong’s group on a journey to Spring Prefecture. After recording the teleportation platform’s Primordial Dao Script, they reached Quanzhou Ancient City and hurried toward the frontline as Savage Ancient Beasts launched another attack.

• Lin Changqing brewed Heavenly Dao Mortal Wine that was thirty percent stronger than the genuine version and expected it to help him reach the perfected Mystic Saint realm.
• Huangpu Feihong gathered Lin Changqing, Zhu Qiyu, and the others to depart for Spring Prefecture, while Zhu Qiyu’s group privately looked down on Lin Changqing’s confidence.
• At the teleportation platform, Lin Changqing recognized its Primordial Dao Script and recorded its runes before the group traveled to Quanzhou Ancient City.
• Zhu Qiyu told Lin Changqing about Quanzhou’s prosperity, but Huangpu Feihong then received word that Savage Ancient Beasts were attacking the frontline and called for their aid.
• Huangpu Feihong took the group aboard his Mid-grade Innate Spirit Treasure treasure ship and sped through the Dark Universe toward the battlefield.

Lin Changqing watched Huangpu Feihong battle a Four-Winged Demon Lion that ambushed the treasure ship. After Huangpu Feihong was forced to retreat, Lin Changqing stepped forward and declared that he would kill the beast.

• Lin Changqing drank Heavenly Dao Mortal Wine and studied the Primordial Dao Scripts aboard Huangpu Feihong's treasure ship.
• A Four-Winged Demon Lion ambushed the ship, knocked it out of the Dark Universe, and killed a late-stage Mystic Saint with one claw.
• Huangpu Feihong fought the beast while Lin Changqing watched, hoping to assess his strength and obtain the creature's Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind origin core.
• The Four-Winged Demon Lion burned its bloodline power and overpowered Huangpu Feihong, forcing him to retreat to the ship.
• Zhu Qiyu and the others urged a retreat, but Lin Changqing vanished from the deck and said they should kill the beast.

Lin Changqing killed and devoured the Four-Winged Demon Lion, using its crystal core to strengthen his Inner Universe and planning to advance his cultivation by refining more Savage Ancient Beast cores. He continued with Huangpu Feihong’s group toward Spring Prefecture’s front lines, where they arrived to find a vast battle already raging.

• Lin Changqing charged the Four-Winged Demon Lion and killed it in a head-on clash, then devoured its blood mist as the treasure ship’s passengers watched in shock.
• Lin Changqing refined the lion’s bloodline essence and integrated its crystal core’s Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind forces into his Inner Universe.
• Huangpu Feihong concealed his resentment behind praise and proposed that the group hurry to the front lines, while Zhu Qiyu privately reassessed him.
• Lin Changqing agreed to continue onward, eager to hunt more Savage Ancient Beasts and use their crystal cores to advance his Inner Universe.
• The treasure ship left the Dark Universe near Spring Prefecture and emerged before a vast battlefield where Savage Ancient Beasts and the human army were clashing.

Lin Changqing charged into a Savage Ancient Beast army to save trapped Thousand Mountain Academy geniuses and seize the beasts’ resources. He defeated the Golden Leopard’s attacks and buried it beneath his Sword Burial All Heavens Great Origin Technique.

• People aboard the treasure ship saw more than a hundred Origin Saint-level Savage Ancient Beasts trapping Thousand Mountain Academy geniuses as bait, but Zhu Qiyu urged everyone to hold steady and wait for help.
• Lin Changqing left the treasure ship and rushed alone into the beast army, viewing the Savage Ancient Beasts as walking treasure mountains.
• Lin Changqing shattered the Golden Leopard’s thunder attack, devoured millions of nearby beasts, and drew the trapped human geniuses into an isolated world in his Inner Universe.
• The enraged Golden Leopard grew to mountain size and attacked Lin Changqing with Thunder Dragons, but Lin Changqing’s Great Protection Technique shielded him.
• Lin Changqing unleashed his Sword Burial All Heavens Great Origin Technique, and its river of sword qi submerged the Golden Leopard despite its strongest thunder defense.

Lin Changqing fought more than a hundred Origin Saint-level Savage Ancient Beasts, slaughtering many despite his Mystic Saint cultivation. Huangpu Feihong and Zhu Qiyu watched from a distance and feared Lin Changqing might learn of their schemes against him.

• Lin Changqing killed the Golden Leopard, prompting more than a hundred Savage Ancient Beasts to attack him while Huangpu Feihong’s group considered retreating.
• Lin Changqing used his Great Origin Techniques to overwhelm the beasts, drain their souls, and devour their essence and crystal cores.
• After less than half an hour, Lin Changqing had killed a third of the beasts, and the survivors lost their nerve and tried to retreat.
• Huangpu Feihong and the others withdrew billions of miles away and watched Lin Changqing suppress the beasts, stunned by his strength.
• Huangpu Feihong worried that Lin Changqing would discover his schemes, while Zhu Qiyu argued that Luo Zhen had more reason to fear Lin Changqing.

After wiping out the Savage Ancient Beast army on the Spring Prefecture frontline, Lin Changqing left Huangpu Feihong’s group and ventured into the beast-occupied territory to hunt stronger foes and strengthen his Inner Universe. He found three Origin Saint Savage Ancient Beasts commanding a city and attacked their manor.

• Lin Changqing refined the Essence Blood and crystal cores of more than a hundred Origin Saint Savage Ancient Beasts, then used Boundless Undead to devour the entire battlefield army and feed its energy into his Inner Universe.
• Lin Changqing rejected any further involvement with Huangpu Feihong and Zhu Qiyu, then headed alone into the Savage Ancient Beast camp to hunt Mystic Saint and Origin Saint targets.
• Huangpu Feihong and the other human fighters watched Lin Changqing leave, then withdrew and discussed the sudden change on the battlefield.
• Lin Changqing concealed his aura and searched billions of li of territory before locating a beast-occupied ancient city commanded by three Origin Saint Savage Ancient Beasts.
• Lin Changqing appeared above the city and sent a destructive stellar giant hand down toward the manor where the three commanders were gathered.

Lin Changqing raided the Savage Ancient Beast camp, defeated three Origin Saint beasts, and lured powerful pursuers while evading them for three months. He then appeared in a temple before more than a hundred Origin Saint Savage Ancient Beasts, who recognized him as the human they had been hunting.

• Lin Changqing crushed a mid-stage Origin Saint Savage Ancient Beast with one palm, destroyed the manor, and captured it along with two early-stage Origin Saint beasts.
• Lin Changqing fled using the Wings of Time as Black Tiger arrived, found his trail gone, and vowed to hunt him down.
• Lin Changqing refined the three captured beasts in his Inner Universe and deliberately left behind his aura to draw out powerful pursuers.
• For three months, Lin Changqing hunted Savage Ancient Beasts across the region, striking quickly and fleeing before they could corner him.
• Lin Changqing appeared in the central Savage Ancient Temple, shattered the Savage Beast God statue, and faced more than a hundred Origin Saint Savage Ancient Beasts.

Lin Changqing slaughtered a hundred-odd Savage Ancient Beast experts and fled, but a Half-step Ancestor Saint Three-Headed Azure Flood Dragon caught up with him. With escape blocked, Lin Changqing attacked the beast with the Sword Burial All Heavens Great Origin Technique.

• Lin Changqing confronted the Savage Ancient Beast experts, who had summoned reinforcements by destroying a temple and signaling across the sky.
• Lin Changqing crushed the experts with the Boundless Star Realm Great Origin Technique and devoured them into his Inner Universe.
• Lin Changqing fled using the Wings of Time, but the Three-Headed Azure Flood Dragon knocked him out of Parallel Space-time and caught up.
• Lin Changqing considered using the Square Inch Pagoda, then attacked the Three-Headed Azure Flood Dragon with the Sword Burial All Heavens Great Origin Technique.

Lin Changqing evaded the Three-Headed Azure Flood Dragon and its allies by leading them on a winding chase through the Savage Ancient Beasts' territory while refining the beasts' essence. As his Inner Universe transformed, his Profound Saint Dao Principles condensed into a Primordial Spiritual Light, the key to reaching the Origin Saint realm.

• Lin Changqing used Sword Burial All Heavens to break the Three-Headed Azure Flood Dragon's defenses, then escaped while the beast pursued him and tracked his route.
• As the Three-Headed Azure Flood Dragon summoned other Savage Ancient Beast experts to intercept him, Lin Changqing changed direction repeatedly to keep them occupied.
• Lin Changqing led more than a hundred Half-step Ancestor Saint beasts on a chase for hours while devouring and refining the essence of the Savage Ancient Beasts he had defeated.
• After the essence was fully refined, Lin Changqing's Inner Universe expanded dramatically, devouring nearby space-time, energy, and terrain.
• Lin Changqing's Inner Universe completed its transformation and refined his Profound Saint Dao Principles into a Primordial Spiritual Light, the key to entering the Origin Saint realm.

Lin Changqing broke through to the Origin Saint Realm with Primordial Spiritual Light reaching one zhang and one chi, then annihilated the Savage Ancient Beasts pursuing him. He headed toward Quanzhou Ancient City but spotted Thousand Mountain Academy disciples surrounded alongside two apparent Human Ancestral Court Core Disciples.

• Lin Changqing advanced to the Origin Saint Realm as his Primordial Spiritual Light continued growing beyond one zhang.
• The Three-Headed Azure Flood Dragon and more than 150 Half-step Ancestor Saint Savage Ancient Beasts burned their Essence Blood and lifespans to attack Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing fused Myriad Heavens Reincarnation, Boundless Star Realm, and Boundless Undead into a Great Origin Technique that killed the pursuing beasts and absorbed their essence.
• Lin Changqing used his Wings of Time to cross the battlefield toward Quanzhou Ancient City at vastly increased speed.
• Lin Changqing spotted the Thousand Mountain Academy disciples he had previously rescued, now surrounded by Savage Ancient Beasts, and noticed two powerful young Human Ancestral Court Core Disciples among them.

Lin Changqing rescued Human Ancestral Court disciples by refining the Savage Ancient Beast army that had surrounded them, then left the battlefield. After the survivors learned he was a newcomer from Thousand Mountain Academy, Core Disciples Gu and Xu decided to investigate and help him in return.

• Lin Changqing watched two Half-step Ancestor Saint Core Disciples lead a desperate defense against a stronger Savage Ancient Beast army.
• Lin Changqing swallowed the entire beast army with his pill furnace and refined it into energy for his Inner Universe.
• Lin Changqing warned the Human Ancestral Court disciples to retreat, then vanished into human territory before they could learn his identity.
• A Thousand Mountain Academy disciple recognized Lin Changqing and told Senior Brother Gu and Senior Sister Xu that he was a newcomer from the lower realm.
• Senior Brother Gu and Senior Sister Xu resolved to return to the Ancestral Court, investigate whether anyone planned to target Lin Changqing, and help him as repayment.

Lin Changqing stayed in Quanzhou Ancient City to investigate the Savage Ancient Beasts’ invasion and seek resources for cultivation. At the Myriad Worlds Merchant Guild, he learned that the Great Void held abundant King-grade Origin Veins, but the chapter left him without a clear way to reach them.

• Lin Changqing decided to remain in Quanzhou Ancient City rather than return to the Human Ancestral Court, hoping to learn more about the invasion.
• Lin Changqing surveyed the city and saw that its upper factions were preparing for the possibility of retreat, even as many sent people to resist the Savage Ancient Beasts.
• Lin Changqing went to the Myriad Worlds Merchant Guild’s Quanzhou branch to ask where he could obtain large quantities of King-grade Origin Crystals.
• Lan Ji, a steward of the branch, told Lin Changqing that the Great Void contained many Origin Veins, including King-grade veins that could yield at least a hundred million King-grade Origin Crystals.

Lin Changqing learned about the Great Void and bought a partial map on credit, but chose to remain in Quanzhou and investigate the Savage Ancient Beasts' invasion. As the beasts drove the human army back, a black-hole vortex revealed a Secret Realm and exposed the beasts' true objective.

• Lan Ji explained the Great Void's dangers and sold Lin Changqing a partial map for five King-grade Origin Crystals on credit, his spending limit with the Myriad Worlds Merchant Guild.
• Lin Changqing settled in an abandoned courtyard in Quanzhou Ancient City, protected it with a Grand Array, and monitored the city with his Primordial Chaos Divine Sense.
• The Savage Ancient Beasts launched a far more frenzied assault after Lin Changqing killed over a hundred pursuing Half-step Ancestor Saint experts, forcing the human battle line back tens of millions of miles.
• A black-hole vortex appeared above Quanzhou, and a voice from the world beyond accused the Savage Ancient Beasts of trying to conceal their real objective: a Secret Realm.

Lin Changqing discovered that the Savage Ancient Beasts’ assault on Quanzhou was meant to distract the human race while they fought over a Secret Realm containing numerous Origin Veins. He entered the realm to claim a King-grade Origin Vein, defeated a Savage Ancient Beast Ancestor Saint’s ambush, and faced the beast as it unleashed a blazing transformation.

• Lin Changqing saw the battle within the Secret Realm and realized the Savage Ancient Beasts had attacked Quanzhou to draw away human forces while pursuing its treasures.
• Lin Changqing spotted multiple King-grade Origin Veins in the Secret Realm and entered through its Killing Array using the Wings of Time and Walker Without Borders Great Origin Technique.
• A Savage Ancient Beast Ancestor Saint ambushed Lin Changqing as he moved toward an Origin Vein.
• Lin Changqing countered with the Ghost Axe Divine Work Great Origin Technique, severing the beast’s claw and carving a deep wound into its body.
• Lin Changqing attacked the wounded beast with a river of sword qi, but the Savage Ancient Beast ignited in flames, grew stronger, and hurled a blazing Great Sun at him.

Lin Changqing killed Mo Sha, an Ancestor Saint-level Savage Ancient Beast, with his newly created Epoch of Blades Great Origin Technique. He left to search for King-grade Origin Veins, while a group of stronger Savage Ancient Beasts discovered Mo Sha’s death and pursued him for his treasures.

• Lin Changqing used the Jingzhe Saber and his Epoch of Blades Great Origin Technique to overcome Mo Sha’s Forbidden Technique and kill the Savage Ancient Beast.
• Lin Changqing absorbed Mo Sha’s essence, reflected on his new technique, and departed to collect King-grade Origin Veins.
• Several Savage Ancient Beasts arrived at the battlefield and used the Time Reversal Technique to view Lin Changqing’s fight and identify him.
• The beasts recognized Lin Changqing’s combat strength and coveted his Jingzhe Saber and Wings of Time.
• The leading Savage Ancient Beast ordered the group to pursue Lin Changqing and seize his treasures.

Lin Changqing reached the Grotto-Heaven World containing a King-grade Origin Vein, only for Gongyang Shang to arrive and attempt to claim it. After their first clash, Lin Changqing launched the Boundless Star Realm Great Origin Technique, and Gongyang Shang countered with a blood-red war spear.

• Lin Changqing traveled through the Secret Realm’s Parallel Space-times for three days, fighting his way to the Grotto-Heaven World that held the King-grade Origin Vein.
• Gongyang Shang descended inside a blood-red sealing barrier and reached for the Origin Vein, disregarding Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing blocked Gongyang Shang with Blade Qi and insisted that the Origin Vein was his because he had found it first.
• Gongyang Shang introduced himself as the Gongyang Family’s ancestor and warned Lin Changqing to leave, but Lin Changqing refused and mocked him.
• Lin Changqing attacked with the Boundless Star Realm Great Origin Technique, and Gongyang Shang met it with a blood-red war spear.

Lin Changqing secretly entered the King-grade Origin Vein and rapidly devoured its energy while Gongyang Shang and the other Ancestor Saints fought outside. When they discovered the vein weakening, they attacked Lin Changqing together, shattering the Origin Vein into King-grade Origin Crystals.

• A group of powerful Ancestor Saints broke through Gongyang Shang's blockade and charged toward the King-grade Origin Vein, forcing him to abandon his fight with Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing used the Wings of Time and Walker Without Borders Great Origin Technique to bypass the restrictive arts and enter the Origin Vein unnoticed.
• Lin Changqing devoured the vein's energy into his Inner Universe, strengthening his Origin Energy Heavenly River and Primordial Spiritual Radiance as he entered an Epiphany.
• The experts noticed the Origin Vein's aura weakening, realized Lin Changqing was inside it, and stopped fighting each other.
• Gongyang Shang and the other Ancestor Saints attacked Lin Changqing together, and their combined assault shattered the King-grade Origin Vein into scattered crystals.

Lin Changqing escaped the exploding King-grade Origin Vein with more than ten million King-grade Origin Crystals’ worth of energy and reached the middle stage of the Origin Saint realm. After evading a Savage Ancient Beast ambush with a duplicate, he hid in the Square Inch Pagoda and began accelerating time to prepare for a counterattack.

• Lin Changqing fled the Grotto-Heaven World as the King-grade Origin Vein exploded, carrying energy worth more than ten million King-grade Origin Crystals and advancing to the middle stage of the Origin Saint realm.
• Gongyang Shang abandoned the pursuit to gather the scattered crystals and vowed to find and kill Lin Changqing for his gains.
• After sensing an impending ambush, Lin Changqing entered the Square Inch Pagoda and sent out a duplicate, which flew toward another King-grade Origin Vein as bait.
• A Half-step Divine Saint and more than a hundred Ancestor Saint Savage Ancient Beasts attacked and destroyed Lin Changqing’s duplicate, while his true body watched from concealment.
• Lin Changqing secretly attached the Square Inch Pagoda to one of the beasts, used King-grade Origin Vein energy to accelerate time inside it, and began refining the energy to strengthen himself before striking back.