Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan and Qi Zixiao’s group outspent Hundred Refinements Pavilion at Three Immortals Inn, leaving Chi Xiaomo scrambling to save face. The Pavilion finally ordered the best wine, but the challenge escalated when Lin Fan and Qi Zixiao requested desserts and Spirit Fruits, and the arrival of the Braised Lion’s Head interrupted Chi Xiaomo’s panic.

• Lin Fan’s lavish spending and the contest with Qi Zixiao’s group and Hundred Refinements Pavilion stunned the inn’s diners, who speculated about his wealth and discussed the Heaven’s Chosen Assembly.
• Chi Xiaomo learned that the inn’s best wine, Immortal’s Intoxication, cost one hundred million Spirit Stones and pooled his disciples’ funds, finding they had just over four hundred million.
• Chi Xiaomo ordered a pot of the inn’s finest wine while pretending the group had been chatting enthusiastically, drawing mockery from Lin Fan and laughter from Qi Zixiao.
• Lin Fan asked for after-meal desserts or the best Spirit Fruits, and Qi Zixiao ordered some too, worsening Chi Xiaomo’s concern that his group could not keep up.
• Chi Xiaomo realized his impulsive challenge had trapped him between retreating and risking further embarrassment, but the enormous Braised Lion’s Head arrived before he could find a solution.

Qi Zixiao and the others ate Three Immortals Inn’s Braised Lion’s Head, a dish made from an Immortal Platform Second-Tier Nine-Headed Lion whose meat held immense energy and fragments of Dao Principles. Qi Zixiao broke through to Void Refining Late Stage while disguised as Lin Fan, and Lin Fan saved half the dish for his companion.

• Three Immortals Inn served the enormous Braised Lion’s Head, and its lingering power shattered ordinary chopsticks until a server brought special silver tableware.
• Qi Saintess, Lin Fan, and the Hundred Refinements Pavilion group began eating, dispelling the lion phantoms that appeared as they picked up the meat.
• Several Hundred Refinements Pavilion disciples became overwhelmed by the meat’s nourishing power and sprayed radiant light from their mouths and seven apertures.
• Qi Zixiao and her incarnation ate extensively and comprehended fragments of the Dao Principles, while Qi Zixiao’s original body broke through from Void Refining Middle Stage to Void Refining Late Stage.
• Lin Fan concealed the breakthrough’s purple radiance with the Golden Light Spell, celebrated, ordered wine, and left half the Lion’s Head for his companion.

Lin Fan and Qi Zixiao outspent Chi Xiaomo at the Hundred Refinements Pavilion, using expensive food and wine to taunt him and gain cultivation benefits. As Chi Xiaomo left, Lin Fan approached Qi Zixiao in character as a Rogue Cultivator and asked to buy an Immortal Device, drawing the attention of the onlookers.

• Lin Fan and Qi Zixiao ordered three jugs of soul-restoring Spiritual Wine each, spending six hundred million Spirit Stones apiece while Chi Xiaomo could not afford to keep competing.
• Lin Fan and Dan the Fatty paid their bills, while Chi Xiaomo felt humiliated by being outspent and mocked by Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan taunted Chi Xiaomo over their earlier agreement, and Chi Xiaomo defended his restraint before leaving with his disciples.
• Lin Fan bowed to Qi Saintess and asked to purchase an Immortal Device, prompting Chi Xiaomo and the watching cultivators to slow down and listen.
• Qi Saintess agreed to sell Lin Fan an Immortal Device, saying his fortune should cover its high price.

Qi Zixiao used Lin Fan’s purchase of an Immortal Pill to make the device seem prestigious and sell more to wealthy cultivators for a million Spirit Stones each. Lin Fan left after mocking the crowd, while back in C City he discovered Qi Zixiao had been reading a grave-robbing novel about finding an Immortal Pill.

• Qi Zixiao sold Lin Fan an Immortal Pill for a million Spirit Stones, and he logged in publicly, drawing curious attention from the inn’s guests.
• Lin Fan introduced himself as True Person HeHe, mocked the guests for being unable to afford an Immortal Pill, and left as several cultivators angrily reacted.
• Cultivators at Three Immortals Inn begged Qi Zixiao to sell them Immortal Pills, and she agreed to charge each of them a million Spirit Stones.
• Outside the inn, Lin Fan mocked Chi Xiaomo and the arriving Chen Feihua and other Supreme Unity Holy Land disciples, angering them.
• Back in C City, Lin Fan saw that Qi Zixiao had been reading a grave-robbing novel about robbing the First Emperor’s tomb and finding an Immortal Pill, and he complained about it.

Lin Fan agreed to accompany the Resident Happiness Living Department to excavate the First Emperor's Mausoleum, hoping to find treasures that could aid his cultivation. He arrived at the mausoleum and met Huan Yan, who would livestream the excavation.

• Lin Fan read Lin Firmament's plan to excavate the First Emperor's Mausoleum and considered searching it for cultivation treasures.
• The Seventh Vice Minister called Lin Fan, confirmed he was his First Personality, and explained that the department had prepared an excavation team and cleared the site.
• Lin Fan agreed to lead the excavation and said the team had to follow his wishes, while claiming he had no idea when his Second Personality would appear.
• The Seventh Vice Minister told Lin Fan that an old acquaintance would livestream the work.
• Liu Gang drove Lin Fan to the airport, and several hours later Lin Fan met Huan Yan outside the First Emperor's Mausoleum.

Lin Fan prepared to excavate the First Emperor's Mausoleum while Little Strawberry began an official livestream that drew a huge audience. The stream suffered severe lag, prompting the Resident Happiness Living Department to demand more resources from Cat Live.

• Little Strawberry met Lin Fan and agreed to livestream the excavation without showing his face.
• Liu Gang briefed Little Strawberry that her channel would serve as the official livestream and told her to build anticipation before the team entered.
• Lin Fan told the archaeological team that the excavation could begin, and Little Strawberry started the stream.
• Little Strawberry showed viewers the sealed-off area near the First Emperor's Mausoleum, convincing them the excavation was real and driving the audience numbers sharply upward.
• The Resident Happiness Living Department contacted Cat Live's chairman to require more livestream resources, and he agreed to act immediately.

The livestreaming platform and its rivals promoted Little Strawberry’s broadcast after learning that Lin Fan was preparing to excavate the First Emperor’s Mausoleum. With archaeologist Zhou Chuan and security personnel assembled, Lin Fan began to confront the legendary Dragon Blocking Stone as the story left viewers worldwide watching for what would happen next.

• The Chairman ordered the platform to divert viewers and resources to Little Strawberry’s livestream after discovering it showed Lin Fan excavating the First Emperor’s Mausoleum.
• Other platforms rebroadcast and promoted the livestream, drawing viewers and streamers from across the internet to watch.
• Lin Fan arrived at the mausoleum with Zhou Chuan’s archaeological team and security personnel trained in the Hundred Battles Sutra.
• Zhou Chuan explained the Dragon Blocking Stone’s legendary weight and durability, and Lin Fan volunteered to handle it.
• Lin Fan pressed his hand against the stone wall as news outlets in Hua Nation and abroad announced the excavation.

Lin Fan opened the First Emperor's Mausoleum by melting the Dragon Blocking Stone with the Fallen Heart Flame, then led the team inside. After they passed through a trapped passage, they encountered a vast scene that the Seventh Vice Minister identified as the Underworld and the Yellow Springs.

• Lin Fan used the Fallen Heart Flame to melt through the Dragon Blocking Stone without damaging the mausoleum entrance.
• Zhou Chuan explained the nine-and-a-half-zhang gateway and warned the team to prepare ventilation before opening it.
• Lin Fan pushed the stone gate open with a powerful gust, revealing an enormous passage lined with eternal lamps.
• Lin Fan led Little Strawberry, Zhou Chuan, and the archaeologists into the mausoleum while Zhou Chuan pointed out possible poisoned-arrow traps.
• After turning through the passage, the team stopped before a startling scene that the Seventh Vice Minister called the Underworld and the Yellow Springs.

Zhou Chuan’s expedition emerged into a vast underground scene of the Azure Heavens and Yellow Springs, then found a Stone Bridge surrounded by legendary Other Shore Flowers. As the flowers began to bloom, the group stood at the threshold of another mystery in the First Emperor’s Mausoleum.

• Zhou Chuan and the others discovered a star-filled Azure Heavens above a murky Yellow Springs, while Lin Fan recognized the scene as a cultivator-created formation.
• Zhou Chuan led the group along the riverbank toward the Underground Palace and warned them to stay together and focus on finding Qin Shi Huang’s coffin.
• Liu Gang’s grappling hook lost its momentum and sank into the Yellow Springs, revealing that objects could not fly across it and that Divine Sense could not detect it.
• The group found a narrow Stone Bridge and clusters of unusual plants that Vice Minister Liu identified as Other Shore Flowers, while Zhou Chuan led everyone closer.
• As Zhou Chuan approached the bridge, the Other Shore Flowers rapidly grew buds, shed their leaves, and began opening in different colors.

Lin Fan and Zhou Chuan led the expedition across the Bridge of Helplessness and along the Yellow Springs Road, where they encountered illusions and a stone resembling the legendary Three Lives Stone. The group reached the stone, leaving Lin Fan wondering whether it could truly reveal past, present, and future lives.

• Zhou Chuan identified the flowers as the three colors of the Other Shore Flower and recognized the Stone Bridge as the Bridge of Helplessness.
• Lin Fan dispelled an illusion of ferocious ghosts on the bridge, allowing the terrified expedition members to cross safely.
• Zhou Chuan led the group onto the Yellow Springs Road and asked Lin Fan to protect the others if anything unexpected happened.
• The group saw an Old Woman who vanished, and Lin Fan confirmed that she was an illusion.
• Zhou Chuan identified a rune-covered stone as the Three Lives Stone, while Lin Fan wondered whether it was genuine and what he might see if he approached it.

Lin Fan tested the Three Lives Stone, saw a mist-shrouded vision, and caused the stone to shatter when he touched it with his Divine Sense. He and Zhou Chuan then continued through the mausoleum and discovered five deep openings and six ancient bridges.

• Lin Fan stepped before the Three Lives Stone and saw an image unlike Zhou Chuan’s, with a figure moving endlessly through mist.
• Lin Fan extended his Divine Sense into the stone and saw a chaotic world with a veiled, barefoot woman walking upstream before the vision vanished.
• The Three Lives Stone shattered, leaving Zhou Chuan and the others disappointed and Lin Fan convinced it was a replica.
• Lin Fan agreed to continue onward with Zhou Chuan, and the group found five openings beside six ancient bridges marked with Qin Dynasty characters.
• Zhou Chuan recognized the ancient writing and reacted with astonishment.

Lin Fan and Zhou Chuan examined the Five Paths and Six Bridges in the First Emperor’s Underground Palace, then reached a mysterious Sky Ladder that seemed to lead toward the First Emperor’s coffin. Lin Fan warned the archaeological team that climbing it could be dangerous, and Zhou Chuan acknowledged that their progress so far had depended on Lin Fan’s help.

• Zhou Chuan and Lin Fan explained that the five entrances represented Taoist paths and the six bridges represented judgment and rebirth, though Lin Fan said they were only decorations.
• Little Strawberry tested the Gold Bridge by biting its railing and hurt her tooth, confirming that it was real gold.
• The group passed through decaying palaces whose attendant figurines remained colorful, then reached a Sky Ladder made of floating black stone steps.
• Zhou Chuan stepped onto the first level and confirmed that the Sky Ladder was real, leading the scholars to suspect the First Emperor’s coffin lay above it.
• Lin Fan advised the others to stay behind because he could not guarantee the Sky Ladder’s stability, and Zhou Chuan agreed that they had survived the journey thanks to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan led Zhou Chuan, Little Strawberry, and the archaeological team up the Sky Ladder to the First Emperor’s Mausoleum, where they discovered the First Emperor’s Coffin floating in a simulated sea of stars. After the archaeologists recorded its exterior, Lin Fan prepared to open it, with the coffin’s contents still unknown.

• The archaeologists insisted on climbing the Sky Ladder despite Lin Fan’s warning, and Zhou Chuan pushed onward even as the pressure exhausted him.
• Liu Gang carried Zhou Chuan and other struggling archaeologists upward, while Lin Fan used True Essence to lift Little Strawberry.
• The group reached the Sky Ladder’s end and found a vast starry scene with an enormous bronze coffin resting above a massive piece of white jade.
• With Lin Fan’s permission, Zhou Chuan and the archaeologists approached the coffin, photographed it, and measured and recorded its exterior.
• After the archaeological team finished recording, Zhou Chuan and the Security Department personnel stepped back as Lin Fan prepared to open the coffin.

Lin Fan opened the First Emperor’s coffin and found reliefs suggesting the First Emperor had swallowed an Immortal Pill and left Earth with cultivators and an elite army. The coffin contained no remains or burial objects, leaving Lin Fan to conclude that the First Emperor may still be alive in the Cultivation World.

• Lin Fan used the Golden Light Spell and Purple Qi Comes From The East to break the array protecting the First Emperor’s coffin.
• Lin Fan heaved the heavy coffin lid open, while Zhou Chuan, Little Strawberry, and the viewers watched from below without being able to see inside.
• Lin Fan found that the coffin held a Formation Core, but no remains or burial objects, and he examined reliefs carved on its inner walls.
• Lin Fan interpreted the reliefs as showing that the First Emperor unified the Six Kingdoms with cultivators’ help, then searched for immortality after ordering Dragon Veins severed.
• Lin Fan concluded that the First Emperor swallowed an Immortal Pill and left Earth with powerful cultivators and an elite army to seek immortality in the Cultivation World.

Lin Fan concluded that the First Emperor had left Earth alive, making the Underground Palace a mausoleum in name only, and worried about what might happen if the emperor returned. He found a powerful Formation Core he could not safely remove and left the palace to bring in experts and archaeologists.

• Lin Fan reasoned that the First Emperor had gone beyond the heavens rather than died, and that Zhao Gao and Li Si had claimed he was dead to secure Hu Hai's succession.
• Lin Fan worried that the First Emperor might return with an army of cultivators and discover that people had opened his coffin.
• Lin Fan decided the Other Shore Flowers, Yellow Springs water, and bronze coffin might still be valuable, despite finding few burial treasures.
• Lin Fan examined the Formation Core and suspected it contained an enormous Top-Grade Spiritual Stone that could help him reach the Nascent Soul realm.
• Lin Fan decided to summon Old Chen to study the formations and have Zhou Chuan and the others thoroughly excavate the Underground Palace.
• Lin Fan flew out of the coffin, where Zhou Chuan and the others gathered around him.

Lin Fan revealed that First Emperor’s coffin was empty and that the emperor might still be alive, while warning everyone not to touch the Underground Palace’s Formation Core. As scholars studied the coffin’s relief carvings and the livestream ended, Lin Fan summoned Old Chen to examine the formation and arranged with the Resident Happiness Living Department to secure the relics.

• Lin Fan told Zhou Chuan, Little Strawberry, and the others that First Emperor might still be alive and warned them that touching the Formation Core could destroy the Underground Palace.
• Lin Fan sent the group into the coffin, where they found the Formation Core and relief carvings; Liu Gang and his team guarded the core while the archaeologists examined the carvings.
• Little Strawberry filmed the relief carvings and ended the livestream, prompting Bob to order an urgent investigation and search for superpowered allies.
• Seventh Vice Minister worried that digging up First Emperor’s tomb had created a serious grudge and said he would contact Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan called Old Chen and asked him to come study the Formation Core, then told Seventh Vice Minister to remove and study the relics, bring Old Chen to the mausoleum, and leave Lin Fan the Formation Core and coffin.

Lin Fan tried to melt the First Emperor’s Mausoleum coffin plank while Old Chen went inside to retrieve the Formation Core. The plank resisted both fire and repeated blows, leaving Lin Fan frustrated as the guards watched in fear.

• Seventh Vice Minister agreed that Lin Fan could take the Formation Core and coffin, and Lin Fan carried the coffin plank out of the Underground Palace.
• Lin Fan discovered that the bronze-like coffin plank had been specially refined and tried to melt it with the Strange Fire, but it only grew red-hot.
• Little Strawberry was escorted out of the coffin and taken away in a mysterious vehicle for her protection and control.
• Old Chen arrived, told Lin Fan he had entered the sect by carving a Spirit Gathering Array into his body, and agreed to retrieve the Formation Core while preserving the stabilizing arrays.
• Lin Fan struck the red-hot coffin plank repeatedly with Golden Light Spell-enhanced punches, but it remained undamaged and left him frustrated.

After Lin Fan’s three-day wait ended, Lin Firmament took over at the First Emperor’s Mausoleum to help finish breaking its formations and claim the Formation Core. She identified the Core as a rare Spiritual Crystal, but waited for Zhou Chuan and the others before moving it, since its removal would collapse the Underground Palace.

• The Resident Happiness Living Department’s ministers discussed deciphered reliefs suggesting the First Emperor had cultivated immortality and left Earth, while people across Hua Nation debated whether he and other historical figures might still be alive.
• After Lin Fan received no word from Old Chen, Lin Firmament took over, watched his recording, and learned about the unmelting coffin, the nearly deciphered formations, and the Formation Core.
• Lin Firmament concluded that she could not refine the coffin board with her current abilities and suspected the Formation Core was a Spiritual Crystal that could help her reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Old Chen called to announce that he had handled the other formations and was ready to break the final two, so Lin Firmament headed into the Underground Palace.
• Lin Firmament met Old Chen beside the Formation Core, identified it as an Immortal Crystal, and agreed to wait for Zhou Chuan and the others before taking it.

Lin Firmament discovered that the mausoleum’s formation core was a Spiritual Crystal and wondered about Earth’s lost cultivation history. After Old Chen broke the formations, the Underground Palace collapsed, but Lin Firmament launched the Giant Coffin through the falling debris and escaped with him.

• Lin Firmament identified the Formation Core as a Spiritual Crystal and questioned what had happened to Earth’s ancient great cultivators.
• Zhou Chuan and Liu Gang led everyone away from the Underground Palace, retreating about five hundred meters before its collapse.
• Old Chen broke the Suspension Formation and Stabilization Formation after recording them, and the Underground Palace began to fall apart.
• Lin Firmament protected Old Chen and the Spiritual Crystal, used the Giant Coffin as cover, and struck it upward through the collapsing earth and stone.
• Zhou Chuan watched the mountain collapse, while Liu Gang saw the Giant Coffin burst into the sky and marveled at Lin Firmament’s power.

Lin Firmament carried Old Chen away from the Male Emperor’s tomb and announced that she would excavate the Empress’s Tomb, prompting alarm at the Resident Happiness Living Department. As she flew toward Liang Mountain, she learned that the Empress’s Tomb had resisted repeated attempts to loot it and was fortified by an elaborate stone passage.

• Lin Firmament replaced the lid on the enormous coffin, then told Old Chen she planned to excavate the Empress’s Tomb and stuffed him inside before flying away with it.
• Liu Gang told Zhou Chuan to focus on his own work after Lin Firmament departed.
• The Resident Happiness Living Department received Lin Firmament’s call announcing her plan and decided against livestreaming, instead ordering staff to guard the tomb’s perimeter.
• Lin Firmament used Qiandu to navigate to the Empress’s Tomb and wondered why tomb raiders had failed to loot it despite repeated attempts.
• The Seventh Vice Minister sent Lin Firmament official research describing the tomb’s long, layered passage and its iron-fastened stone slabs.