Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng learned that Yu Ling was the Golden Core Realm guardian of the Lan Continent Cave Heaven World and became True Lord Qing Lan’s disciple through her. After Yu Ling explained the Spirit Race and reassured him about her abilities, she began teaching him the proper way to cultivate in the Divine Sea Realm.

• Yu Ling explained that True Lord Qing Lan created the Cave Heaven World, appointed her its guardian, and left world Origin in the Ascension Immortal Pool.
• Yu Ling said the Martial God Sect’s mountain gate no longer responded and accepted Lin Heng as her junior brother and disciple on behalf of True Lord Qing Lan.
• Yu Ling explained that she was a Spirit Race being born from a Chaos Spirit Jade Ore Vein and remained confined to a Jade Figurine until she reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lin Heng realized Yu Ling’s isolation explained why she had not noticed the Blood Sea, and he sought her guidance on cultivation.
• Yu Ling warned Lin Heng that Pure Yang’s simplified teachings could leave cultivators stuck at the first layer of the Golden Core Realm, then began explaining the true Divine Sea cultivation method.

Yu Ling taught Lin Heng the Three Talents Foundation Establishment Method and the practical cultivation of the Divine Sea Realm over the course of a year. Lin Heng returned to the Pure Yang Blessed Land, strengthened his Azurewood Spirit Body, refined Foundation Establishment Pills, and then set out for Cloud Sword Palace.

• Yu Ling explained how the Three Talents Foundation Establishment Method strengthened a cultivator's body, meridians, and Primordial Spirit to support rapid growth in the Golden Core Realm.
• Yu Ling spent a year teaching Lin Heng the Divine Sea chapter of the Martial Canon and directed him to return to the Pure Yang Blessed Land to cultivate.
• Lin Heng returned through the Teleportation Array and decided to refine Foundation Establishment Pills before visiting Cloud Sword Palace.
• Lin Heng cultivated for three months, transformed his body five more times, and raised his cultivation by five Heavens.
• Lin Heng stored the 2,900 Foundation Establishment Pills refined by the Pure Yang Blessed Land's grand array and left for Cloud Sword Palace.

Lin Heng returned to Cloud Sword Palace and revealed that he planned to use Sentient Beings' Vow Power to become a god, recruiting the sect to help him gather it by uniting Lan Continent. After he exterminated the continent's Demonic Heretics and Cloud Sword Palace spread his faith, Vow Power gathered in his sea of consciousness.

• Lin Heng returned to Cloud Sword Palace in a grand display, and the disciples and Elders wondered whether he had become an immortal.
• Lin Heng told Xiao Rang and the Cloud Sword Palace Elders that he had found a way to Become God and needed Sentient Beings' Vow Power, promising them benefits as they helped him unite Lan Continent.
• Cloud Sword Palace sent disciples across Lan Continent to locate the Demonic Heretics, and Lin Heng killed them all in a single day.
• Cloud Sword Palace disciples publicized the Demonic Heretics' crimes, and people across Lan Continent learned that Sword Venerable Lin Heng had protected them.
• Cloud Sword Palace disciples guided All Living Beings to worship Lin Heng, and the first Golden Light Particles of Vow Power began flowing into his sea of consciousness.

Lin Heng studied vow power and turned fear-based worship into heartfelt faith by answering prayers and relieving disasters. After years of accelerated cultivation, he reached the Divine Sea Realm at thirteen and prepared to cultivate the Divine Sea Chapter of the Martial Canon.

• Lin Heng stored the vow power he had gathered and began answering prayers by bringing rain, eradicating locusts, and relieving disasters.
• The people’s respect for Lin Heng grew into heartfelt faith, increasing his daily vow power to one million units.
• After half a year, Lin Heng cultivated his Azurewood Spirit Body to Great Completion and used stored Heaven and Earth Origin Energy to return to Martial Dao Heavenly Human.
• Lin Heng completed Foundation Establishment in five years, then consumed the remaining Foundation Establishment Pills and entered the Divine Sea Realm at thirteen.
• Lin Heng began recalling the Three Talents Foundation Establishment Method in preparation for cultivating the Divine Sea Chapter of the Martial Canon.

Lin Heng cultivated the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Method to forge the Martial God Spirit Body, using a High-grade Spirit Stone to accelerate the process. After three years, his physique conversion was complete, greatly strengthening his Origin, extending his lifespan, and granting him the ability to unleash tremendous Combat Power.

• Lin Heng chose to cultivate the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Method first to forge the Martial God Spirit Body and improve his later cultivation.
• Lin Heng formed a vast Rune Array that transformed his Origin, but after about a month he had to stop and recover his Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Lin Heng estimated that completing the Martial God Spirit Body would take roughly one thousand eight hundred and thirty years at his initial cultivation speed.
• Lin Heng used a High-grade Spirit Stone to accelerate his second cultivation session and studied the secrets of the physique as his Origin grew stronger.
• Three years later, Lin Heng completed the Martial God Spirit Body, increasing his lifespan to three hundred and twenty thousand years and gaining Martial God Essence Blood that could greatly amplify his Combat Power.

Lin Heng refined the Martial God Spirit Body into the Five Elements Divine Body, completing the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Method at Great Completion. His new physique greatly strengthened his combat power, extended his lifespan, and let him maintain peak strength as long as his Origin endured.

• Lin Heng assessed his transformed body and stored the depleted High-grade Spirit Stone before continuing to cultivate.
• Lin Heng used his Brain Computing Power to determine that Sword Venerable Intent should guide the Martial God Spirit Body’s personalization.
• Lin Heng deduced and cultivated the Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water Element Spirit Bodies, combining their power with his Azurewood Spirit Body.
• Lin Heng fused the five elements into his Martial God Essence Blood, transforming his physique and completing Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment at Great Completion.
• Lin Heng named his new physique the Five Elements Divine Body and found it raised his lifespan to three hundred and fifty thousand years and could sustain his peak Combat Power while his Origin remained.

Lin Heng completed the Earth Dao Foundation Establishment formation, cultivated with Creation Origin Energy, and gained the ability to draw power from the Great Universe’s force fields. With the Blood Calamity five years away, he began the Human Dao Foundation Establishment Method.

• Lin Heng spent three years building an Earth Dao Foundation Establishment formation across Lan Continent and nearby undersea mountain ranges.
• After recovering for three months, Lin Heng activated the formation and absorbed Creation Origin Energy to temper his Meridians and acupoints.
• Lin Heng connected his Meridians and acupoints into a Small Universe and learned to draw on the Great Universe’s force fields to replenish his power.
• Lin Heng found that his lifespan had increased to three hundred and seventy thousand years and credited his Five Elements Spirit Body trait for his rapid cultivation.
• Lin Heng noted that the Blood Calamity would arrive in five years and began cultivating the Human Dao Foundation Establishment Method with Sentient Beings’ Vow Power.

Lin Heng used fifteen years of accumulated Sentient Beings' Vow Power to complete the Human Dao Foundation Establishment Method and then began cultivating the Divine Sea Realm. His cultivation speed soared, and he planned to ask Senior Sister Yuling about condensing a Golden Core before the Blood Calamity arrived.

• Lin Heng examined his 12 billion units of Sentient Beings' Vow Power, accumulated in part through Cloud Sword Palace's efforts to improve people's livelihoods.
• Lin Heng spent three years cultivating the Divine Sword Sensing Chapter, using vow power to heal and strengthen his Primordial Spirit as he cleared away distractions.
• Lin Heng completed the Three Talents Foundation Establishment Method, reaching Divine Sea First Layer with a lifespan of 400,000 years.
• Lin Heng began cultivating the Divine Sea method of the Martial Canon, entered the Dao Realm, and advanced to Divine Sea Second Layer at a rate hundreds of times faster than before.
• Lin Heng noted that the Blood Calamity would arrive in a little over a year and planned to ask Senior Sister Yuling about condensing a Golden Core and request her help resisting it.

Lin Heng visited Yu Ling to learn about condensing a Golden Core and cultivating in the Golden Core Realm. After three months of instruction, he mastered the method and began learning the realm’s cultivation content.

• Lin Heng teleported to the Ascension Immortal Pool, where Yu Ling praised his progress to the Divine Sea Second Layer and completion of the Three Talents Foundation Establishment Method.
• Lin Heng asked Yu Ling for guidance on Golden Core cultivation, and she explained that a Golden Core could smelt matter into energy and enhance calculation.
• Yu Ling explained that Martial God Sect Golden Cores also strengthened the body and supported the Heaven and Earth Manifestation ability.
• Yu Ling transmitted the Golden Core Chapter of the Martial Canon to Lin Heng and answered his questions as he studied it.
• After three months, Lin Heng mastered the Golden Core condensation method, and Yu Ling began teaching him Golden Core Realm cultivation.

Yu Ling explained how Lin Heng could refine his Golden Core and eventually cultivate the Martial God Dao Body, then offered to teach him two useful arts. Lin Heng ended the lesson with the Great Teleportation Technique and the Chaos Spirit Jade Incantation as his next subjects.

• Yu Ling explained that Golden Core cultivation involved improving the core through nine transformations and advised Lin Heng to cultivate the Martial God Dao Body with the Five Elements Rules.
• Lin Heng found the Dao Body's cultivation requirements daunting and decided to put them off until he reached the Golden Core Realm.
• Lin Heng asked Yu Ling about combat methods, and she said she had never learned the Martial God Sect's Martial God Nine Transformations or Star Rain Sword Incantation.
• Yu Ling offered to teach Lin Heng the Great Teleportation Technique for traversing the Starry Sky and the Chaos Spirit Jade Incantation for repairing Primordial Spirit damage.

Lin Heng cultivated Yu Ling’s Great Teleportation Technique and Chaos Spirit Jade Incantation at the Ascension Immortal Pool while preparing for the Blood Calamity. When he sensed a powerful Blood Sea invading Lan Continent’s North Sea, Yu Ling used the Cave Heaven Array to attack it.

• Yu Ling taught Lin Heng the Great Teleportation Technique and Chaos Spirit Jade Incantation, then advised him to cultivate near the Ascension Immortal Pool.
• Lin Heng studied both techniques, set aside the Prajna Golden Body because he lacked Buddhist cultivation, and practiced comprehending the Five Elements’ mutual generation and restraint.
• In October, Lin Heng sensed a powerful Blood Sea invading the North Sea region of Lan Continent and alerted Yu Ling.
• Yu Ling observed the rapidly expanding Blood Sea through the Cave Heaven Array’s Water Mirror and activated its enemy-slaying function.
• The Cave Heaven Array transformed into a vast sea of lightning and descended upon the Blood Sea.

Lin Heng and Yu Ling drove the Blood Sea beyond the Cave Heaven World, where Yu Ling nearly destroyed it before its hidden Blood Shadow ambushed her. As Yu Ling fought to hold the enemy back, Lin Heng burned his four hundred thousand years of lifespan to reach power equivalent to the Golden Core Third Layer and prepared to seize it.

• Yu Ling explained that the Cave Heaven Array could handle enemies below the Golden Core Realm, while she would confront stronger foes herself.
• Lin Heng used his Minor Teleportation Arrays to send the Blood Sea beyond the Cave Heaven World, and Yu Ling erased nearly all of it with Chaos Qi.
• Yu Ling searched the Blood Sea's Origin, but its terrifying resentment injured her Primordial Spirit as two Blood Shadows ambushed her.
• Yu Ling recovered from the attack and fought the Blood Shadow, while Lin Heng retreated to avoid burdening her.
• Lin Heng burned his lifespan and drew on the world's Origin Energy until he reached power equivalent to the Golden Core Third Layer.
• With only ten minutes left to live, Lin Heng pointed toward the Blood Shadow and resolved to capture it and search its soul.

Lin Heng and Yu Ling fought Blood Shadow, but his Blood Mirror and endless magical power threatened to wear them down. Yu Ling emerged from her Jade Figurine body to overpower him, only to discover that he was a puppet before another ambush arrived.

• Lin Heng attacked Blood Shadow, and Yu Ling seized the opening to slice him apart, but he reassembled and used the Blood Mirror to defend himself.
• Blood Shadow taunted Lin Heng about his dwindling magical power, while Lin Heng and Yu Ling discussed their options.
• Yu Ling revealed that she could emerge from her Jade Figurine body early, accepting that she would lose her original cultivation advantages.
• Yu Ling formed a physical body, joined it with her Primordial Spirit, shattered the Blood Mirror, and suppressed Blood Shadow.
• At Lin Heng’s urging, Yu Ling searched Blood Shadow’s soul, but he self-destructed and left behind a completely blank Primordial Spirit.
• Yu Ling realized Blood Shadow was a puppet, and another ambush arrived.

Lin Heng ended his third simulation after witnessing Yu Ling fall behind in a battle with the Blood Demon’s true body, learning that the Golden Core Great Completion enemy had carefully concealed his power while targeting the Cave Heaven World’s Origin. Back in the Pure Yang Blessed Land, Lin Heng claimed his rewards and prepared to strengthen himself and Yu Ling before confronting the enemy again.

• Blood Shadow ambushed Yu Ling, and Lin Heng saw her fight the blood-robed Blood Demon before the simulation ended with both of them destroyed.
• Lin Heng returned to the moment after sending off the Pure Yang Sword Saint’s Incarnation and reviewed the simulation’s rewards and failures.
• Lin Heng concluded that the Blood Demon had cautiously tested the Cave Heaven World’s defenders before acting to seize its Origin.
• Lin Heng claimed the Sword Heart Clarity Talent, thirty years of lifespan, and fifteen Attribute Points, assigning all the points to Fortune.
• Lin Heng drew the Yin-Yang Five Elements Sword and Primordial Chaos Qi, which he judged useful for combat and cultivation.

After reviewing his gains from the third simulation, Lin Heng teleported to the Ascension Immortal Pool and met Yu Ling. When Yu Ling could not contact the Martial God Sect, she suspected disaster had struck and offered to take Lin Heng as her master on behalf of True Monarch Qing Lan.

• Lin Heng examined his Attribute Panel and concluded that reaching the Golden Core Realm’s peak would likely raise his Race Value by 160 points.
• Lin Heng set the Pure Yang Blessed Land’s Teleportation Array to the Ascension Immortal Pool and teleported there.
• Yu Ling confronted Lin Heng, who explained that he was a newly admitted Registered Disciple accidentally sent to the pool.
• Yu Ling recognized Lin Heng’s exceptional talent and tried to contact True Monarch Qing Lan for help retrieving him.
• Yu Ling failed to reach the Martial God Sect and suspected that something had happened to its mountain gate.
• Yu Ling offered to accept Lin Heng as a disciple on behalf of True Monarch Qing Lan.

Lin Heng prepared for his next simulation by securing Yu Ling’s recognition, gathering resources, and refining his physique through the Three Talents cultivation methods. He completed his Five Elements Divine Body and began filling his meridians with True Essence, approaching the Divine Sea Realm in reality.

• Lin Heng became True Monarch Qing Lan’s disciple and earned Yu Ling’s wholehearted recognition, raising his Family Background attribute to 102.
• Lin Heng returned to the Pure Yang Blessed Land, refined Foundation Establishment Pills, and arranged for Cloud Sword Palace to collect Sentient Beings’ Vow Power.
• Lin Heng used the pills to complete the Azurewood Spirit Body, then successively cultivated the Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water Element Spirit Bodies.
• Lin Heng consumed all 2,900 Foundation Establishment Pills and completed the Five Elements Spirit Body, which began ascending into a third-tier physique.
• Lin Heng spent about a year transforming his physique into a Five Elements Divine Body and strengthening his Primordial Spirit.
• Lin Heng condensed True Essence throughout his meridians and acupoints, began turning them into a Small Universe, and used self-generated vow power to nourish his Primordial Spirit.

After four years of cultivation, Lin Heng returned to the Divine Sea Realm with greatly improved attributes and a lifespan of 480,000 years. He began his fourth simulation and was presented with powerful Talent options, including the Battle Saint Body.

• Lin Heng accumulated True Essence until his Magical Power reached the Divine Sea Third Layer.
• Lin Heng examined his Attribute Panel and found that his lifespan had risen to 480,000 years and his Azurewood Spirit Body had become the Five Elements Divine Body.
• Lin Heng decided to prepare for the Blood Sea and started the fourth simulation.
• The system granted Lin Heng 480 Talent Points and presented ten positive and negative Talent Traits.
• Lin Heng reacted in disbelief at the powerful Talents and relatively cheap prices offered by the system.

Lin Heng began a new simulation, but Unlucky Travel disrupted his teleportation into the Ascension Immortal Pool, nearly causing him to be assimilated into the Dao. The accident granted him three years of enlightenment and a breakthrough to Divine Sea Fourth Layer, after which he warned Yu Ling about the Blood Sea and they began considering how it could enter their sealed Cave Heaven World.

• Lin Heng selected all ten Talent Traits, redistributed his attributes, and began a simulation with plans to cultivate and warn Yu Ling about the Blood Sea.
• Lin Heng used the Minor Teleportation Technique to enter the Ascension Immortal Pool, but a spatial disturbance sent him into the pool and nearly caused him to undergo Assimilation into Dao.
• Yu Ling pulled Lin Heng from the pool, and he entered a deep enlightenment that lasted three years and raised his cultivation to Divine Sea Fourth Layer.
• Lin Heng told Yu Ling that he had glimpsed a future enemy and showed her visions of the Blood Sea nesting within Blood Shadow and the Blood Demon, along with techniques he could not otherwise have learned.
• Yu Ling believed Lin Heng and questioned how the Blood Demon could enter their sealed Cave Heaven World, suspecting its backers might be connected to the Martial God Sect's destruction.

Yu Ling and Lin Heng agreed they had to prepare to kill the Blood Demon, since the sealed Cave Heaven World offered no escape. Yu Ling revealed a way to preserve her chosen cultivation path while helping Lin Heng grow strong enough to face the enemy, and took him into the Heaven and Earth Placenta within her true body.

• Yu Ling assessed that the Blood Demon was likely at the Golden Core Ninth Layer and explained that the sealed Cave Heaven World left them no way to flee.
• Lin Heng vowed to fight, and Yu Ling proposed finding a way to defeat the Blood Demon without forcing her to emerge early or Lin Heng to reincarnate.
• Yu Ling asked Lin Heng to release his Primordial Spirit and led him into a hidden Secret Realm within her true body.
• Yu Ling offered Lin Heng the Heaven and Earth Placenta's nurturing environment so he could reach the Golden Core Ninth Layer while she studied Combat Methods.

Lin Heng began cultivating in the Heaven and Earth Placenta, where its Dao Platform let him rapidly comprehend the Five Elements and Yin-Yang. He created a fourth-order Primordial Chaos Divine Body and began transforming as vital energy poured into him.

• Lin Heng asked Yu Ling whether helping him cultivate in the Heaven and Earth Placenta would harm her, and she said it would only delay her cultivation for a dozen-odd years.
• Yu Ling brought Lin Heng to a Chaotic Spirit Jade Dao Platform, where he immediately entered enlightenment.
• Yu Ling noticed Lin Heng's Dao Rhyme beauty and grew more favorably disposed toward him before studying Combat Method nearby.
• Lin Heng used the Heaven and Earth Placenta's abundant Dao Rhyme and his stored resources to comprehend the Five Elements, yin and yang, and Primordial Chaos Qi.
• Lin Heng combined those insights with the Martial God Dao Body to create the fourth-order Primordial Chaos Divine Body, then withdrew from the Heaven and Earth Placenta as his body began transforming.