Chapter Summaries

After Ling Ye’s departure coincided with a dramatic decline in supernatural disturbances, he detected a new, scorching spatial fluctuation and learned that it had briefly appeared near Lop Nur. He warned Longyuan to keep its personnel away and waited to see what the hidden presence would do.

• Su Wanqing told Ling Ye that reports of abnormal phenomena had fallen sharply and that the Wiland Group had offered generous cooperation terms; Ling Ye told her to accept the money.
• A sealed spatial ore in Ling Ye’s bag crumbled, and his surveillance imprint detected a scorching fluctuation northwest of the city that reminded him of the Skyfire Demon Race.
• Ling Ye tried to trace the fluctuation but failed when it vanished, so he decided to wait rather than search for it himself.
• Li Muyao reported that a Longyuan observation station near Lop Nur had captured a brief, powerful unknown energy signal before its equipment burned out.
• Ling Ye recognized the signal and ordered Longyuan to keep its personnel away from the area while maintaining remote monitoring.

Longyuan convened an emergency meeting after Li Muyao reported Ling Ye’s warning about a powerful, unknown presence in the Taklamakan, ordering a high-level alert and withdrawal from the area. Ling Ye stayed at the villa with Su Wanqing, where a mysterious message identified the presence as “Blazing Hell” and warned the holder of the key to be cautious.

• Li Muyao briefed Longyuan’s leaders that Ling Ye had warned them to stay away from the dangerous energy source in the Taklamakan.
• Mount Tai ordered a “Dragon Gallop” alert, personnel withdrawal, remote monitoring, and no contact or probing, while emphasizing that Longyuan should not depend on Ling Ye to solve the crisis.
• Li Muyao began drafting orders to implement the alert as the meeting concluded.
• Ling Ye told Su Wanqing that the presence was still waking and would likely remain quiet if nobody disturbed it, though it reminded him of an old demon connected to Pangu.
• An unknown sender texted Ling Ye that fluctuations from “Blazing Hell” had been detected and warned the holder of the key to exercise caution.
• Ling Ye dismissed the warning and returned to eating Su Wanqing’s egg tarts as an ancient presence began to awaken in the desert.

Ling Ye used a fragment of the [Taixu Mirror Image] to remotely inspect the anomaly in the Taklamakan and discovered it was a half-awakened remnant of an ancient Demon King called Blazing Hell. He warned Su Wanqing to tell Long Yuan not to approach or provoke it, then returned to relaxing.

• Ling Ye decided to investigate the newly emerged Blazing Hell remotely rather than travel to the Taklamakan.
• Ling Ye used a fragment of the [Taixu Mirror Image] to view a shifting phantom of ruined halls, chains, and figures surrounded by illusory flames.
• Ling Ye identified Blazing Hell as the remnant of an ancient Demon King, damaged and only partly awakened, while Long Yuan's detection signals stayed at the phantom's edge.
• Blazing Hell's core instinctively struck at Ling Ye's remote gaze, shattering the fragment before its dark-red gaze faded.
• Ling Ye messaged Su Wanqing to tell Long Yuan to maintain the status quo and avoid approaching or provoking Blazing Hell, then returned to the sofa.

Ling Ye detected a Rotten Swamp creature targeting a girl in the city and quietly eliminated it before it could sacrifice her. He returned home to continue supervising Su Wanqing, while the city remained unaware of the danger he had removed.

• Ling Ye sensed a corrupt aura moving through the city's southeastern district and secretly marked it with a Sacred Power Imprint.
• Ling Ye found a courier possessed by a Rotten Swamp creature preparing to sacrifice a girl with a pure constitution.
• Ling Ye distracted the courier, stripped away its power, and identified it as a creature from the Rotten Swamp.
• Ling Ye destroyed the creature, purified the courier's shell, and confirmed that the girl was safe.
• Ling Ye returned to his villa and resumed supervising Su Wanqing as she adjusted the jade stone.

After dealing with a creature from the Rotting Mire, Ling Ye received a visit from Albert Windsor, a representative of the Library of the Fire of Heritage, who offered him an ancient record fragment. Ling Ye accepted it and remained open to future cooperation as he sought to learn more about the forces affecting the world.

• Ling Ye returned to the villa after killing a creature from the Rotting Mire and confirmed that no similar threats remained in the city.
• The next morning, Albert Windsor visited Ling Ye on behalf of the Library of the Fire of Heritage and offered to establish communication.
• Albert gave Ling Ye a fragment of the Chronicles of Ten Thousand Realms, claiming it could shed light on Guixu, Blazing Hell, and the Rotting Mire.
• Ling Ye accepted the fragment but made no commitment to cooperate, deciding to read it for more information about the world's hidden forces.

Ling Ye read the Chronicles of Ten Thousand Realms fragment and explained the origins of the Ruins, Blazing Hell, and the Rotmarsh to Su Wanqing. He chose to stay out of the conflict unless the threats emerged, while Dragon Abyss reported that Blazing Hell was gathering energy and Rotmarsh activity was increasing.

• Ling Ye used his holy power to read the metal fragment and learned that it described past Epoch Annihilations and ancient forces.
• Ling Ye told Su Wanqing that the Ruins was tied to the multiverse’s heat death, Blazing Hell contained a sealed fragment of Primal Fire, and the Rotmarsh was a dumping ground for refuse and negative emotions.
• Ling Ye gave the fragment to Su Wanqing and said he would wait for enemies to act rather than seek them out.
• Li Muyao informed Ling Ye that Blazing Hell fluctuations in Taklamakan were accumulating energy and Rotmarsh reports had increased in populated areas.
• Ling Ye told Li Muyao to keep clearing the Rotmarsh activity and settled back into his quiet life with Su Wanqing.

Ling Ye received extraordinary coffee and cakes delivered under the ordinary name of Time Cafe, along with a note from the mysterious Collector. He enjoyed the food and left the Collector’s motives unanswered as he returned to his idle routine.

• Ling Ye and Su Wanqing investigated a takeout delivery that Ling Ye confirmed was genuine.
• Ling Ye found a note signed by the Collector beside coffee and cakes made with extraordinary ingredients.
• Su Wanqing discovered that Time Cafe did not sell the delivered items or source their ingredients.
• Ling Ye told Su Wanqing to investigate Time Cafe and dispose of the packaging, then returned to his meditation.

The Collector sent Ling Ye an ancient ink-wash landscape painting that carried a subtle imprint conveying loneliness, and Ling Ye judged its artistry impressive but its mood pretentious. A report of a stable, ancient spatial transmission from the café toward an unknown point in the stars left him curious about the Collector’s reach and future gifts.

• Su Wanqing disposed of the Collector’s earlier delivery packaging and memorized its abstract symbol while Ling Ye praised the coffee and cake.
• A refined middle-aged messenger delivered an anonymous painting to Ling Ye, who recognized the Collector’s familiar touch.
• Ling Ye sensed a subtle Thought Imprint in the landscape painting and remarked that its artistic conception was pretentious before telling Su Wanqing to hang it.
• Li Muyao reported a brief, stable, ancient spatial-transmission fluctuation from the café toward an unidentified destination in the sea of stars.
• Ling Ye speculated that the Collector gathered beautiful or interesting objects and said he hoped future deliveries would not be living things.

Ling Ye received a rare Seed of the Star Vortex Ancient Tree from The Collector, adding to the mysterious gifts and approaches aimed at him. He stayed unconcerned about their motives, while the next package remained unknown.

• Su Wanqing hung Solitary Peak Under the Moon beside the living room, and Ling Ye remarked that his long life had made him numb to sorrow.
• A messenger on a shadow-stepping horse delivered a spatial metal box in The Collector’s name.
• Ling Ye found a dormant Seed of the Star Vortex Ancient Tree inside and decided to keep it until he felt like planting it.
• Li Muyao told Ling Ye that Longyuan could not trace the messenger or identify the painting and seed, and Ling Ye told her not to waste her effort.
• Ling Ye speculated that hidden forces were investing in him and joked with Su Wanqing about what they might send next.

A spatial vortex opened over Kunlun Death Valley, and Ling Ye recognized a Void Beast trying to enter the world. He took the Star Vortex Ancient Tree seed and set off for Kunlun to plant it, leaving Su Wanqing and Longyuan to wait.

• Li Muyao reported that a powerful, spatially destructive vortex had appeared above Kunlun Death Valley and that a reconnaissance aircraft had gone missing.
• Ling Ye sensed a chaotic gap beyond the vortex and identified the destructive will within it as belonging to a Void Beast.
• Ling Ye realized the Collector may have sent the Star Vortex Ancient Tree seed so he could use it to stabilize the space or deal with the Void Beast.
• Ling Ye took the seed, told Longyuan to keep its people away from Kunlun, and vanished to plant a tree.
• Su Wanqing instructed Li Muyao to follow Ling Ye's warning and waited for him to act.

Ling Ye planted the Star Vortex Ancient Tree seed in the spatial vortex at Kunlun Death Valley, where it absorbed the chaotic energy and stabilized the area while suppressing the Void Beast’s will. He returned to the villa after the anomaly disappeared and joked that he was tired of being a gardener.

• Ling Ye threw the Star Vortex Ancient Tree seed into the spatial vortex despite the danger.
• The seed absorbed the vortex’s energy, grew into a tree, and sealed the spatial rifts while suppressing the Void Beast’s will.
• Ling Ye told the tree to guard the area and keep the creature below from escaping.
• Ling Ye returned to the villa, where Su Wanqing and Li Muyao asked how the operation had gone.
• Li Muyao reported that monitoring showed the spatial anomaly had disappeared and its energy readings had returned to normal.
• Ling Ye rested and decided he would think carefully before accepting another gift from The Collector that required work.

After stabilizing the Kunlun Death Valley crisis, Ling Ye returned to his villa and arranged for Longyuan to pay him for the gardening work. The Collector’s payment arrived as a Glimmering Starlight Ring, and Ling Ye settled back into his leisurely routine.

• Ling Ye told Li Muyao to keep nourishing and monitoring the Star Vortex Ancient Tree and allowed Longyuan to explain the incident without naming him.
• Ling Ye asked Su Wanqing to have Longyuan add payment for his gardening work to his previous overtime pay.
• A ring appeared in the jade box, and Ling Ye recognized it as The Collector’s payment.
• Ling Ye identified the ring as the Glimmering Starlight Ring, a dimensional storage item, and moved several belongings into it.
• Ling Ye returned to relaxing on the sofa and declared the Kunlun matter finished.

Ling Ye explored the Glimmering Starlight Ring’s functions and received the first batch of Long Yuan’s promised payment. After The Collector’s customer-service message explained additional features, Ling Ye settled back into his increasingly convenient slacker lifestyle.

• Ling Ye moved most of his belongings into the Glimmering Starlight Ring and tested its storage, spatial amplification, and reaction to holy power.
• Li Muyao delivered top-grade jade stones and spiritual plant seeds from Long Yuan, and Ling Ye had Su Wanqing inventory and store them.
• The Glimmering Starlight Ring warmed and displayed a message from The Collector offering help with its functions.
• Ling Ye used the ring’s guidance to divide its storage space and activate a weak alert barrier that detected spatial fluctuations within a hundred meters.
• Ling Ye dismissed the barrier, imagined using the ring for cross-plane food delivery, and returned to thinking about dinner.

Ling Ye received an Azure Feather Rainbow Eye Sparrow and a spirit-plant cultivation manual from the Collector, accepting the bird as a guard for his courtyard. After the Collector sent care instructions and warned that the bird could detect negative energies, Ling Ye settled back into his leisurely life.

• Ling Ye set the Glimmering Starlight Ring’s warning barrier to activate at night and resumed studying the Collector’s Solitary Peak Under the Moon.
• An Azure Feather Rainbow Eye Sparrow passed through the villa’s maze array, delivered a jade talisman, and flew into the backyard.
• Ling Ye read the Collector’s message offering the bird as a courtyard guard and including a fragmentary spirit-plant cultivation handbook.
• Ling Ye established communication with the bird, assigned it to catch bugs and guard the house, and stored the handbook in his ring.
• The Collector’s customer service warned Ling Ye that the bird could sense Corrupt Mire and Nightmare and needed spirit-imbued berries or dew each day.

Cuihua warned Ling Ye of a powerful Corrupt Mire creature trying to break through the villa’s defenses, and Ling Ye erased it with the Glimmering Starlight Ring’s protection. He resolved to destroy any further attackers as they came, while considering stronger cleanup efforts.

• Cuihua’s warning cries and the Glimmering Starlight Ring alerted Ling Ye to a powerful Corrupt Mire creature outside the villa.
• Ling Ye sensed the creature trying to breach the Heavenly Stars Maze Array and activated the ring’s “after-sales” protection.
• A starlight chain purified and erased the Corrupt Mire leader in moments, while Cuihua returned to its perch.
• Ling Ye considered asking Longyuan to intensify cleanup efforts but dismissed the idea as too troublesome.
• Ling Ye decided he would destroy any Corrupt Mire creatures that came after him and returned to resting.

Ling Ye received a report from the Flame of Inheritance about Mire Swamp activity in the Silent Corridor and passed the coordinates to Li Muyao, leaving Longyuan to investigate. As Ling Ye returned to his lazy routine, an evil ritual in the South Pacific continued, and Longyuan’s intervention might affect the awakening of something.

• Ling Ye received a message from the Flame of Inheritance reporting a spatial fold with Mire Swamp-like energy in the Silent Corridor.
• Ling Ye decided not to travel there and sent the coordinates to Li Muyao, telling her Longyuan could handle the suspected stronghold.
• Li Muyao said Longyuan had already detected faint Mire Swamp energy nearby and hurried to organize an operation.
• Ling Ye wondered why the Flame of Inheritance had sent the information, then dismissed the question and returned to relaxing.
• An evil ritual powered by Mire Swamp was underway in the Silent Corridor, where Longyuan’s intervention might stop it or hasten something’s awakening.

Ling Ye warned Li Muyao that an unknown Spatial Beacon in the Silent Corridor was dangerous, then refused to investigate the ancient Mechanical Realm ruins himself. That night, the Glimmering Starlight Ring detected Ling Ye as a high-level authority individual and forcibly teleported him to the ruins.

• Ling Ye received a joint bulletin from the Flame of Inheritance and The Collector about an ancient, unknown Spatial Beacon activated in the Silent Corridor.
• Ling Ye warned Li Muyao to be cautious, and she later reported that a spatial trap had transported three team members to a dimension of bronze gears and beings of light and shadow.
• Ling Ye told Li Muyao to withdraw her forces and refused her request to investigate the anomaly.
• Ling Ye recognized the ruins as possibly belonging to an ancient civilization from the Mechanical Realm and decided to avoid them.
• The Glimmering Starlight Ring projected the gear-filled dimension, identified Ling Ye as a high-level authority individual, and forcibly teleported him away.

Ling Ye was forcibly transported to the Mechanical Realm after The Collector and Flame of Inheritance used a distress signal to summon him for help. Unable to teleport out safely, he headed toward the signal’s source, hoping to find a way home.

• Ling Ye arrived in a vast, rusted mechanical world and identified it as the Mechanical Realm.
• Ling Ye tried to contact The Collector and Flame of Inheritance, but the ring reported a poor connection.
• Ling Ye found that the chaotic, stable spatial structure prevented him from safely tearing open a route home.
• Ling Ye sensed metal-and-energy lifeforms nearby, including scrap-built robots dragging a sparking wreckage.
• Ling Ye concealed his aura and walked toward the source of the distress signal, vowing to confront The Collector and Flame of Inheritance after returning.

Ling Ye followed the distress signal through the City of Gears and found a Silver Giant Cocoon suspended above the Core Furnace, surrounded by fragments bearing the aura of prehistoric immortals and gods. When the furnace’s energy struck the cocoon and the machinery identified Ling Ye as an intruder, he prepared to fight.

• Ling Ye explored the City of Gears, observing its machinery and creatures of light and shadow.
• Ling Ye followed the ring’s lingering resonance to the innermost region of the city.
• Ling Ye found the Core Furnace and a Silver Giant Cocoon emitting the distress signal.
• Ling Ye noticed fragments of jade, banners, and armor carrying the aura of prehistoric immortals and gods below the cocoon.
• The Core Furnace’s energy struck the cocoon, and the surrounding machinery locked onto Ling Ye and ordered his elimination.
• Ling Ye readied himself to fight the approaching war machines.

Ling Ye froze the Mechanical Realm’s war machines and the Sea of Light Casting, then learned that the Silver Giant Cocoon was a damaged control core entangled with Primordial power. When the cocoon offered access to its knowledge database in exchange for help, Ling Ye agreed to diagnose it without promising repairs and began examining the data.

• Ling Ye stopped the war machines and the Sea of Light Casting with a law that deprived them of movement.
• Ling Ye questioned the Silver Giant Cocoon, whose fragmented thoughts suggested it was a damaged control core affected by Primordial power.
• Ling Ye found a stable spatial fold and prepared to leave the Mechanical Realm.
• The cocoon offered Ling Ye access to its knowledge database in exchange for assistance.
• Ling Ye agreed to diagnose the cocoon without guaranteeing repairs and sent his divine sense into the Sea of Light Casting to access its data.