Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan continued exploring the Seventh Star Cave, rapidly comprehending many Evolutionary Paths and strengthening his Martial Path of Evolution while the Twelve Figures questioned his unusual approach. He finally began studying the towering Magic Cube statue, an Evolutionary Path beyond Tier 6, as the trial’s end approached.

• Lin Yuan comprehended the Tier 6 Heavenly Wind Evolutionary Path, then chose to keep exploring the statues despite already being able to pass the trial.
• Over several days, Lin Yuan sampled more than fifty Evolutionary Paths, and their rule essences gave him insights into the next stages of his cultivation.
• Lin Yuan comprehended the life-related Evolutionary Path beneath a statue where the green-haired woman had been studying, then continued to statues connected to yin and yang.
• Lin Yuan comprehended the yang-aligned Blazing Sun Evolutionary Path as another challenger passed the trial by mastering a Tier 6 Evolutionary Path.
• Two days later, Lin Yuan reached the twelve-meter-tall Magic Cube statue and began comprehending its Evolutionary Path beyond Tier 6.

Lin Yuan comprehended the Eternal Universe Evolution Path from the Magic Cube Stone Statue, then continued through the Seventh Star Cave and learned 121 Evolutionary Paths. As the trial approached its one-month limit, other participants began passing and leaving while Lin Yuan still had statues to study.

• Lin Yuan contemplated the Magic Cube Stone Statue and comprehended the Eternal Universe Evolution Path’s First and Second Order Chapters.
• Lin Yuan stopped studying the Magic Cube and set out to comprehend the other stone statues before the Seventh Star Cave closed.
• Silver Spirit watched Lin Yuan leave and estimated she would need about twenty more days to comprehend the Magic Cube’s First Order Chapter.
• Gu Ze tried to contact the Crimson Kun Star Lord to ask permission to remind Lin Yuan to choose a statue, but learned the Star Lord was in seclusion.
• After nearly twenty days, Lin Yuan had visited 121 of the 136 statues and comprehended their Evolutionary Paths.
• Lin Yuan saw a Tier 3 Silver Mark Evolutionary pass a statue’s test and be teleported away as other participants began leaving.

Lin Yuan finished comprehending all 136 stone statues in the Seventh Star Cave, then discovered that the mountain itself contained a profound Evolutionary Path. His insight caused the mountain to tremble, revealing that he had passed the final trial and awakening the Crimson Kun Star Lord.

• Fang Qing arrived in the Seventh Star Cave and chose two stone statues to comprehend.
• The Silver-Haired Woman comprehended the Eternal Universe Evolution Path’s First Order Chapter in twenty-seven days and passed the trial.
• Lin Yuan comprehended all 136 stone statues, including the Devouring Heaven Evolution Path, then rested before choosing a statue to pass.
• Lin Yuan sensed the mountain beneath him and spent nearly ten days comprehending the vast Evolutionary Path it contained.
• Lin Yuan’s breakthrough made the Seventh Star Cave’s mountain tremble, and the Twelve Figures realized someone had passed the final trial.
• The intelligent assistant informed the Crimson Kun Star Lord that the final trial had been passed, and he observed the trembling mountain through the Virtual World.

Lin Yuan passed the Seventh Star Cave’s hidden Final Trial by comprehending the Profound Yellow Evolution Path within the mountain beneath his feet. The Crimson Kun Star Lord summoned him directly and offered to take him as his thirteenth disciple, and Lin Yuan accepted.

• The mountain trembled, and the trial-takers discovered that the enormous stone statues had fallen silent while Lin Yuan remained unmoved.
• The Twelve Figures realized Lin Yuan had passed the hidden Final Trial, and they identified its Evolutionary Path as the Profound Yellow Evolution Path.
• The Crimson Kun Star Lord recognized Lin Yuan as a rare person suited to the path and connected his consciousness to the Seventh Star Cave.
• Lin Yuan comprehended one percent of the path’s First Order Chapter, passed the trial, and received the complete Evolutionary Path.
• The Crimson Kun Star Lord brought Lin Yuan directly to his palace and offered to take him as his thirteenth disciple; Lin Yuan agreed.

Lin Yuan became the Crimson Kun Star Lord’s Thirteenth Peak Lord and learned about the status, resources, and protections that came with the position. He kept his new identity secret and watched Fang Qing celebrate joining the Crimson Kun Lineage, unaware that Lin Yuan was now one of its Peak Lords.

• The Crimson Kun Star Lord accepted Lin Yuan as his disciple, named him the Thirteenth Peak Lord, and ordered him to hide his identity until reaching Tier 6 unless his true body remained on the Crimson Kun Main Star.
• Third Brother Gu Ze showed Lin Yuan his virtual residence and explained that he could study the Crimson Kun Lineage’s Evolutionary Paths, apply for Crimson Spirit Liquid, command a guard squad, and use three Life-Preserving Tokens.
• Lin Yuan returned to Azure Wave Star and counted the benefits of his new position, deciding to keep his identity secret.
• Fang Qing visited Lin Yuan and excitedly announced that he had passed the Seven Stars Cave Trial and joined the Crimson Kun Lineage.
• Fang Qing looked forward to meeting the Lineage’s Peak Lords, while Lin Yuan silently realized that he was now one of them.

Lin Yuan concealed his identity as the Crimson Kun Star Lord’s thirteenth disciple while continuing to cultivate on Azure Wave Star. After breaking through to Tier 4, Stage 11, he received a guard team, Crimson Spirit Liquid, and three Life-Preserving Tokens from his teacher.

• Lin Yuan told Fang Qing that he had failed the Seven Stars Cave Trial, and the White-Bearded Old Man suggested he might have deliberately declined to pass.
• Lin Yuan comprehended the Mystic Yellow Evolution Path, advanced to Tier 4, Stage 11, and arranged for Crimson Spirit Liquid to be brought to Azure Wave Star.
• Hou Ming led twelve Tier 5 guards to Central Continent Manor, where Lin Yuan ordered them to conceal their strength and address him as Mr. Lin.
• Hou Ming gave Lin Yuan the Crimson Spirit Liquid and three Life-Preserving Tokens: one for teleportation, one for an attack, and one for defense that would alert the Crimson Kun Star Lord.
• Lin Yuan drank a drop of Crimson Spirit Liquid, completed another stage of his physical transformation, and continued cultivating as his aura began to rise again.

After reaching the peak of Tier 4, Lin Yuan considered how to safely break through to Tier 5 and learned that the Crimson Kun Lineage had announced him as its Thirteenth Peak Lord. His Virtual World celebration drew powerful figures from across the star regions, and the chapter ended with the crowd raising their cups to honor him.

• Lin Yuan reached Tier 4, Stage 12 and considered using a future Door of Myriad Worlds traversal to test the dangers of advancing to Tier 5.
• Third Brother Gu Ze told Lin Yuan that the Crimson Kun Lineage had announced him as its thirteenth Peak Lord and invited him to attend a Virtual World celebration.
• Guang Qu Han, the president of the Morning Dawn Society, and a mysterious figure from the Yaoguang Star Region each decided to learn more about the new Peak Lord or attend the ceremony.
• Lin Yuan sat with his twelve senior brothers at the celebration as Evolutionaries from across the universe gathered to congratulate him.
• Fang Qing watched the ceremony and wished that Brother Lin could have joined him there.
• Eldest Brother led the crowd in raising their cups to Lin Yuan as the Thirteenth Peak Lord.

Three alien spies discussed whether to target Crimson Kun Star Lord’s new disciple but decided to wait, while Lin Yuan continued cultivating and uploaded the Fourth Order Chapter of the Martial Path of Evolution. The chapter left Lin Yuan entering the newly unlocked Founders Virtual World.

• Three alien consciousnesses connected Crimson Kun Star Lord’s new disciple to the Seven Stars Cave Trial but decided not to act because they could not identify him among the 1.2 million candidates.
• Lin Yuan judged that his identity was difficult for the Alien Races to uncover and resumed cultivating, though he paused his slow study of the Profound Yellow Evolution Path.
• Lin Yuan completed the Fourth Order Chapter of the Martial Path of Evolution and uploaded it through the Goddess of Wisdom.
• The Human Alliance evaluated the Martial Path of Evolution as having a ten percent chance of reaching Tier 7, awarded Lin Yuan one hundred thousand Merit Points, and raised the confidentiality level of his information.
• Lin Yuan found the Martial Path of Evolution ranked one hundredth on the Crimson Kun Star Region Evolution Chart and activated access to Founders Virtual World.

Lin Yuan’s Martial Path of Evolution entered the Crimson Kun Evolution Chart, and he advanced to Fifth Level Citizen before preparing for his fourth traversal. He entered a war-torn world where he could stay for two hundred years, leaving his Main World body in seclusion.

• The Martial Path of Evolution, a Tier 4 path founded on Azure Wave Star, entered the hundredth spot on the Crimson Kun Evolution Chart and astonished Evolutionaries across the star region.
• Lin Yuan browsed the Founders Virtual World forum and advised high-order Evolutionaries to comprehend one rule and use that Dao to govern all Daos.
• Lin Yuan saw that the Martial Path of Evolution’s Fourth Order Chapter had sold nearly a hundred copies and that 394 people had reached its Second Order Chapter.
• Lin Yuan spent 50,000 Merit Points to become a Fifth Level Citizen but decided not to summon a fleet to protect him.
• Ten days later, Lin Yuan learned that his fourth traversal would last two hundred years in a world marked by war and disaster, then entered the Nutrient Cabin with his three Life-Preserving Tokens and began the traversal.

Lin Yuan descended into Xiahou Yuan’s dying body in the Great Abyss and began devising a way to escape its seals. Ten years passed as he slowly wore down the chains, while guards outside continued to confirm that Xiahou Yuan remained alive.

• Xiahou Yuan’s memories revealed how Bai Qing Er betrayed him and how Heaven Sword Child sealed him beneath the Great Abyss instead of killing him.
• Lin Yuan took over Xiahou Yuan’s body just as Xiahou Yuan’s life was about to end and resolved to face the situation in his place.
• Lin Yuan discovered that the Great Abyss’s pressure, six black chains, and layered seals prevented him from using most of his power.
• Lin Yuan began circulating Qi and Blood to devour the refined gold in the chains without triggering the seals’ backlash.
• The guards checked the lantern at the Great Abyss entrance, confirmed Xiahou Yuan was alive, and left; ten years passed.

After spending ten years breaking the chains that bound him and another ten recovering his strength, Lin Yuan watched Nuan Protector’s rescue attempt fail. He then shattered the Great Abyss entrance from within and walked free.

• Lin Yuan broke the six black chains after ten years of devouring them, then began recovering his strength and comprehending evolution paths.
• Zhao Si told a new guard that demonic activity had worsened since Xiahou Yuan was sealed, while reassuring himself that Xiahou Yuan’s presence would have made things more dangerous.
• Nuan Protector led demonic remnants to the Great Abyss, but her Mother Water only corroded the surface of its mystic-gold entrance, and she withdrew before Jiang Sword Guest arrived.
• Zhao Si and the guards returned to the entrance and heard cracks spreading through the gate from the inside.
• Lin Yuan burst through the entrance, stepped into the light, and absorbed the vital energy around him.

Lin Yuan escaped the Great Abyss as Xiahou Yuan and reunited with Nuan Protector and the demonic path remnants. After killing and devouring Jiang Sword Guest, he left for a nearby stronghold, while news of his return spread and shook the Five Regions.

• Lin Yuan recovered his strength and walked out of the Great Abyss, where Zhao Si and the guards trembled before him.
• Nuan Protector recognized Lin Yuan as Xiahou Yuan, rushed to greet him, and knelt with the demonic path remnants.
• Jiang Sword Guest saw Xiahou Yuan and fled, but Lin Yuan seized and killed him from afar, then devoured his Qi and Blood and primordial spirit.
• Lin Yuan noticed that devouring Jiang Sword Guest could leave soul impurities and told Nuan Protector to take him somewhere quiet.
• Several days later, news of Xiahou Yuan's return spread across the Five Regions and caused a great stir.

Demon Lord Moyang, Heaven Sword Child, and Bai Qing Er learned that Xiahou Yuan had escaped the Great Abyss, while Lin Yuan secluded himself at Nuan Protector’s stronghold to recover and advance his cultivation. When Bian Mao, Yin Shiliu, and a female Demon led an assault on the stronghold, Lin Yuan emerged and unleashed Xiahou Yuan’s innate power to suppress every Demon nearby.

• Demon Lord Moyang learned that Xiahou Yuan had left the Great Abyss and hoped he would attack Heaven Sword Sect first.
• Heaven Sword Child welcomed the news, while Bai Qing Er recalled how she had betrayed Xiahou Yuan but insisted she did not regret it.
• Lin Yuan reached Nuan Protector’s last stronghold and began cultivating in seclusion to reach the Fifth Rank.
• Bian Mao, Yin Shiliu, and a girl in a light-green dress gathered hundreds of Demons and surrounded the stronghold to hunt Xiahou Yuan.
• Nuan Protector confronted the attackers, and Lin Yuan emerged from the house as they prepared to strike.
• Lin Yuan’s presence forced Demons across the surrounding area to prostrate themselves in fear.

Lin Yuan used Xiahou Yuan’s demonic authority to subdue Bian Mao, Yin Shiliu, and the other demons, then prepared to seek a secluded place for his Fifth Rank breakthrough. Nuan Protector found a suitable location, leaving Lin Yuan ready to move.

• Lin Yuan’s suppression forced Bian Mao, Yin Shiliu, and the other demons to kneel, while they realized veteran demons had used their hunt as a test of Xiahou Yuan.
• The light-green-dressed girl crushed her jade pendant, but her Ninth Realm master fled instead of coming to help.
• Lin Yuan offered the kneeling demons a choice between death and life, then planted Life and Death Talismans in them and made them his subordinates.
• The girl’s middle-aged Ninth Realm master escaped and decided to seek safety with Demon Lord Moyang and the other Demon Lords.
• Lin Yuan returned to cultivation and decided he needed a secluded place with better conditions for his Fifth Rank breakthrough.
• Nuan Protector found a place that met Lin Yuan’s requirements and excitedly reported it to him.

Lin Yuan entered Demon Lord Moyang’s Underground Palace to claim its Heaven Grade vital energy vortex and confronted the Nine Great Demon Lords, who had gathered to prepare for Xiahou Yuan’s return. His demonic might overwhelmed them, leaving him seated in the main hall while they kowtowed beneath him.

• Nuan Shu told Lin Yuan that Demon Lord Moyang had built a secret Underground Palace over a Heaven Grade vital energy vortex and warned him about its nine Heaven Grade Demon Formations.
• Lin Yuan and Nuan Shu arrived at the Underground Palace, while the Nine Great Demon Lords discussed Xiahou Yuan’s return and planned to use the formations to defend themselves.
• Demon Lord Moyang distributed the formation eyes to the other Demon Lords, but a guard rushed in to report that intruders had broken into the palace.
• Nuan Shu entered the hall with Lin Yuan, whom the Nine Great Demon Lords mistook for Xiahou Yuan before realizing who stood before them.
• Lin Yuan declared that the Underground Palace belonged to him and walked into the hall, causing the grand formation’s Demonic Qi to gather beneath his feet and force all nine Demon Lords to kneel.

Lin Yuan subdued the Nine Great Demon Lords, gathered intelligence about Heaven Sword Child’s attempts to reach the Tenth Realm, and found a primal qi spring where he began cultivating toward the fifth rank. Meanwhile, Xiahou Yuan’s return stirred panic across the Five Regions, and Heaven Sword Child emerged from seclusion at Heaven Sword Sect.

• Lin Yuan forced Demon Lord Moyang and the other eight demon lords to kneel, then ordered them to provide intelligence on the Five Regions and Heaven Sword Sect.
• Lin Yuan read reports of Heaven Sword Child gathering primal qi over the past twenty years and concluded that he was attempting to break through to the Tenth Realm.
• Lin Yuan asked Demon Lord Moyang for the primal qi vortex’s source, found its spring beneath the Underground Palace, and decided to cultivate there until he reached the fifth rank.
• News of Xiahou Yuan’s release alarmed the Five Regions, and leaders of many forces traveled to Heaven Sword Sect to ask how to respond.
• Heaven Sword Child emerged from seclusion after half a month, ending Heaven Sword Sect’s wait for its sect master to address the visitors.

Heaven Sword Child emerged as a Tenth Realm powerhouse and planned to lure Xiahou Yuan into a trap, while Lin Yuan completed his seclusion and reached a far higher level of power. A Supreme Elder of Zhige Sect then warned Lin Yuan not to seek revenge on Heaven Sword Sect and called him a good person despite listing his many crimes.

• Heaven Sword Child revealed that he had reached the Tenth Realm and persuaded the gathered Righteous Faction powers to conceal his breakthrough and wait for Xiahou Yuan to come after him.
• After several years of seclusion, Lin Yuan emerged from the Primal Qi Spring, and Demon Lord Moyang asked whether he had reached the Tenth Realm.
• Lin Yuan said he was not Tenth Realm and reflected that his true cultivation was fifth rank, with more time remaining in the world.
• Nuan Shu brought the Supreme Elder of Zhige Sect to Lin Yuan, who had sealed his own meridians to gain an audience.
• The Supreme Elder warned Lin Yuan that Heaven Sword Sect had become dangerous and urged him not to seek revenge, then called him a good person despite describing his cruelty and bloodshed.

Lin Yuan avoided the Heaven Sword Sect’s trap, spent five years refining his Primordial Spirit into separate Yin and Yang Spirits, and learned that Situ Protector was still alive but trapped inside the sect. As Situ Protector risked a secret escape to warn him, Heaven Sword Child sensed something beyond the mountain gate.

• The Supreme Elder of the Zhige Sect warned Lin Yuan that Heaven Sword Child and the Five Regions’ experts were waiting at the Heaven Sword Sect, and Lin Yuan ordered his followers to avoid the sect.
• Lin Yuan spent five years cultivating at the Primal Qi Spring and formed a Taiji Primordial Spirit that could divide into a Yin Spirit and a Yang Spirit.
• Nuan Shu worried that Situ Protector had not replied to her message, though his Life Fire showed he was still alive.
• Situ Protector decided to use a hidden tunnel to escape the Heaven Sword Sect and warn Lin Yuan that Heaven Sword Child was luring him into a trap.
• After waiting ten years for Xiahou Yuan, Heaven Sword Child reassured the gathered experts that he would arrive soon, then sensed something outside the mountain gate.

Heaven Sword Child wounded Situ Protector as he fled the Heaven Sword Sect, and Situ burned himself with a forbidden art to escape. Lin Yuan caught him near death, but Situ passed away after delivering two messages, leaving Lin Yuan with renewed resolve against the Heaven Sword Sect.

• Heaven Sword Child sensed Situ Protector escaping and struck him with a sword, but let him flee when he activated the Disintegration Burning God Great Art.
• Bai Qing Er waited anxiously, hoping Xiahou Yuan would come to the Heaven Sword Sect, while Lin Yuan advanced his cultivation to the Fifth Order, third stage.
• Nuan Shu reported that Situ Protector’s Life Fire was fading, and Lin Yuan sensed that Situ was nearby and went to meet him.
• Lin Yuan stopped the burning Situ Protector and used heaven and earth vital energy to sustain his final moments, but Situ ultimately vanished into nothingness.
• Situ Protector told Lin Yuan that seeing the Venerable One before dying left him without regrets and welcomed the Demon Lord back to the Five Regions.

Lin Yuan preserved Si Tu Ming’s True Spirit essence after the forbidden art destroyed his body, then helped him take over a Five-Colored Lotus and gave him a human form. As the Great Fortune of Heaven and Earth surged and new geniuses began appearing, Lin Yuan sent Si Tu Ming into the world to seek his own opportunities.

• Lin Yuan sealed a wisp of Si Tu Ming’s True Spirit essence inside a Five-Colored Lotus, where it slowly recovered over several years.
• Si Tu Ming’s consciousness revived, and Lin Yuan instructed him to merge with and take control of the Five-Colored Lotus.
• Heaven Sword Child and the Heaven Sword Sect’s powerhouses continued waiting for Xiahou Yuan, unaware that changes were unfolding across the Five Regions.
• A little beggar learned the Spirit Refining Art, a hunted young man discovered a hidden cave, and a boy’s black ring flashed as the Great Fortune of Heaven and Earth produced new opportunities.
• Si Tu Ming emerged from the withered lotus as a lotus-root figure, and Lin Yuan used a drop of his blood to give him a human body.
• Lin Yuan sent Si Tu Ming into the world to seek his own opportunity and said he no longer needed those opportunities.