Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao enhanced six basic Totem Runes into Advanced Runes and used Soul Crystals to strengthen his soul while studying rune framework models. After learning that a Parasitic Divinity expedition had cost half its members their lives, he began weighing the risks of choosing a larger framework.

• Lin Xiao spent sixty units of Creation Energy to enhance his Physique, Strength, Speed, Intelligence, Life Force, and Regeneration Runes into Advanced Runes.
• Lin Xiao sought help from his true body, who used military-rank privileges to provide Soul Crystals, and Lin Xiao began strengthening his soul while studying academy framework models.
• Lin Xiao stayed in seclusion for three months and missed an expedition invitation as he continued his cultivation and research.
• Morr told Lin Xiao that half of the sixteen-person expedition had died fighting Nightmare Children over Parasitic Divinity, and the survivors planned to hunt again next year.
• Lin Xiao listened to other Descenders discuss rune frameworks and Parasitic Divinity, then reconsidered how large a framework he could afford to build.

Lin Xiao accepted Professor Jin’s offer to help him reach the Main Continent and traveled with him to Reception Port to board a Cross-Sea Giant Ship. After passing the ship’s inspection, Lin Xiao and Xiao Ni were allowed aboard, beginning their journey across the dangerous sea.

• Professor Jin offered to use his connections to send Lin Xiao to the Main Continent in exchange for help when Professor Jin reincarnated, and Lin Xiao agreed.
• Lin Xiao spent three months strengthening his soul before leaving Totem City with Professor Jin and Xiao Ni.
• At Reception Port, Professor Jin warned Lin Xiao to avoid fighting Nightmare Children and Spirit Domain Children, then secretly ordered men to follow and kill the group that had threatened them after the giant ship departed.
• Lin Xiao waited at the organization’s outpost until the Cross-Sea Giant Ship arrived, then boarded a small boat with Professor Jin and Xiao Ni after the merchants finished trading.
• Professor Jin spoke with the Black Robed Man aboard the giant ship and secured permission for Lin Xiao and Xiao Ni to board.

Lin Xiao’s ship entered dangerous waters, where an enormous sea monster accidentally broke its keel. As passengers worked to repair the hull, strange fish attacked a Nightmare Child who had fallen into the sea.

• Lin Xiao watched a super monster surface and suffer a severe mental shock from its presence.
• The monster struck the ship by accident, snapping its keel and leaving the vessel damaged and sinking.
• Lin Xiao retrieved the Angel Wings and Angel's Sword, then helped Xiao Ni carry a board to the hull repairs.
• A nail nearly hit Lin Xiao, and a Nightmare Child fell through a crack in the ship.
• A strange fish dragged the fallen Nightmare Child underwater and tore him apart, silencing the passengers’ quarrels.

Lin Xiao and Xiao Ni survived the voyage, fought off descendants from the Nightmare and Spirit Domain civilizations on an island, and continued to the Main Continent. At Ox Horn Island, Lin Xiao disembarked to choose a Totem Master School and began reviewing the available schools.

• A Black Robed Man used his transformed arm to kill monsters attacking the ship, and Lin Xiao and Xiao Ni were assigned to guard a breach until the ship reached an island for repairs.
• Lin Xiao and Xiao Ni headed into the island’s forest, where three Nightmare Children and three Spirit Domain Children followed them.
• Lin Xiao revealed the Angel’s Sword and Angel Wings, killed three pursuers with Searing Strikes, and let the survivors flee toward the ship.
• Lin Xiao and Xiao Ni gathered timber while the Black Robed Men silently suspected what had happened, and the ship departed ten days later after repairs.
• A Black Robed Man announced the ship would stop at Ox Horn Island, and Lin Xiao disembarked alone to find a Totem Master School.
• Lin Xiao went to the intermediary organization, received a booklet listing nearby schools, and began reading it.

Lin Xiao chose White Tower over Shadow Realm and passed its assessment with exceptional spiritual perception, earning a rare Crystal Card. As White Tower carried him toward its mountain stronghold, he learned that its apprentices could choose powerful Totem Rune frameworks based on demons found on the Main Continent.

• Lin Xiao applied to both five-star schools, then chose White Tower when it and Shadow Realm barred applicants from taking both assessments.
• Lin Xiao passed White Tower’s dark-room test, impressed the evaluators with his spiritual perception, and received a Crystal Card.
• White Tower took Lin Xiao and the other successful applicants away aboard its flying tower.
• A Snakeman Demon attacked the tower, and Hanni explained that it was a powerful Totem model apprentices could choose.
• Lin Xiao realized that joining White Tower let him choose a powerful Totem Rune framework instead of the limited universal model he had considered before.

Lin Xiao arrived at the White Tower’s Giant City, joined Alchemy Academy, and began learning about alchemy and Totem Models. In the library, he discovered records of powerful and forbidden creatures that could serve as Totem Models.

• Hanni brought Lin Xiao to the White Tower’s Giant City during its enrollment period, where professors competed to recruit him.
• Lin Xiao chose Alchemy Academy, was named the new students’ leader, and attended classes there.
• A professor explained the academy’s alchemy branches and told the students to choose a Totem Model the next day.
• Lin Xiao researched Totem Models in the library and read about dangerous Upper Demons, including the Snakeman Demon.
• Lin Xiao opened the Forbidden Demon Creature Record and found entries for the Forbidden Ten-Armed Demon Monster, the Alternate Nightmare, and the Emerald Queen.

Lin Xiao read about the deadly anomalies of the Totem World, then learned that a Spirit Domain professor had threatened his life. At Totem model selection, he chose to consider the White Tower’s Upper Demon options and ruled out the Ultra Demons because their contracts could expose him as a Descender.

• Lin Xiao read accounts of bizarre anomalies, including a cabin that drew people inside, a ghost that forced people to gamble, and a mist that destroyed a major school.
• A middle-aged professor warned Lin Xiao that he would not live much longer, and Lin Xiao vowed that the outcome was uncertain.
• Lin Xiao decided to accelerate his growth, then attended a class where Professor Bell distributed personalized Totem model booklets.
• Lin Xiao found the Human-Faced Demon Snake among the recommended models and decided to have the White Tower provide its Demon Soul and resources in exchange for future service.
• Lin Xiao reviewed models ranging from Upper Demons to Ultra Demons, but ruled out the Lord of Mountains and Lord of Storms because their contracts would expose him as a Descender.

Lin Xiao chose a Dark Gold Treant and used the Creation Cube to purify and strengthen its Demon Soul and Parasitic Divinity, combining them with resources from numerous ancient trees. He successfully constructed a totem model that became a Golden Ancient Tree, and he prepared to see how many talents it possessed.

• Lin Xiao selected the Dark Gold Treant and signed a fifty-year indenture contract with the school, beginning once he became an official Totem Master.
• Lin Xiao mastered and strengthened the Totem Runes needed for the Dark Gold Treant framework, then prepared to construct its totem model.
• Lin Xiao used the Creation Cube to remove spiritual imprints from the Parasitic Divinity crystals and Demon Soul, then combined them with a Tree of Life branch, a War Ancient Tree, other ancient-tree resources, and fifty units of Creation Energy.
• Two Spirit Domain Children struggled to merge a Human-Faced Demon Snake totem under a middle-aged man's supervision, while Lin Xiao began constructing his model alone in a protected stone chamber.
• Lin Xiao easily fused the purified materials, adding runes until the framework held one hundred and fifty, and produced a majestic Golden Ancient Tree instead of a Dark Gold Treant.
• Lin Xiao sensed that the Golden Ancient Tree's power exceeded his expectations and prepared to inspect its Talent Tree.

After becoming a Totem Master Apprentice, Lin Xiao learned that the White Tower was sending elite newcomers to explore an Alien Plane. He joined the descent, hoping to gather Parasitic Divinity while preparing for the dangers posed by the many Spirit Domain Children traveling with him.

• Lin Xiao examined the Golden Ancient Tree's Energy Conversion talent and arranged for his true body to send the required Energy Crystals, while planning to obtain Parasitic Divinity himself.
• Vice Dean Mars congratulated the successful apprentices, warned them to protect their hearts from mutation, and offered each a Magic Item from the academy treasury.
• Mars announced that the apprentices would use the Descent Array to explore an Alien Plane, and Lin Xiao realized the Totem Civilization was developing into a prototype Divine Domain Civilization.
• Lin Xiao spent seven days preparing, then traveled with newcomers and senior apprentices from the five White Tower academies to the Guardian Academy's Descent Array.
• Lin Xiao entered the unstable Descent Array holding a Jade Talisman, and its protective barrier shielded him as spatial forces hurled the group toward the Alien Plane.

Lin Xiao arrived at the fortress in the Totem World, explored its facilities, and learned about the dangers surrounding it. When he noticed a Spirit Domain Child following him, he stayed in a crowded market and reunited with a familiar woman, who offered to guide him to the gathering point.

• Lin Xiao arrived at the fortress with the other apprentices and learned that they would remain there for at least three years.
• He reached his assigned room, activated its crystal-screen system, and discovered his yearly Descent Array opportunity and Standard Merit Points.
• After surveying the base, Lin Xiao learned that Broken Specters roamed the Blood Wasteland and attacked anyone who left the fortress.
• Lin Xiao sensed a Spirit Domain Child following him and changed course to blend into a busy plaza and its flea market.
• He recognized a veiled woman at a stall and told her he was being followed.
• The woman explained that the fortress had a gathering point, then packed up her stall and led Lin Xiao there while answering his questions.

Lin Xiao learned that the White Tower’s Spirit Domain Children could threaten his life, so he sought a way to leave the school and joined a contest to establish faith on a newly discovered plane. He prepared to descend into the magicless world with help from his true body, while a White Tower official ordered someone to watch him.

• At the organization’s gathering point, Lin Xiao learned that transferring schools would be costly and leaving the White Tower could lead to a defection warrant and pursuit.
• Lisa offered Lin Xiao a place among the organization’s candidates for a newly discovered plane, where the sides would compete by cultivating followers and faith.
• Lin Xiao reported his departure to the White Tower, packed his belongings, and left for the organization’s gathering point.
• A middle-aged man on the school wall ordered a blue-black-skinned youth to watch Lin Xiao and report if he left the fortress.
• Lin Xiao learned that the destination plane was magicless and asked his true body to prepare ways to provide his avatar with usable Transcendent Power.
• Lin Xiao contacted the Class Teacher, submitted an application, and returned his consciousness to the Divine Domain to issue a Divine Revelation.

Lin Xiao prepared supplies for a descent into a magicless plane, where human Descenders would compete with Nightmare Children and Spirit Domain Children to establish factions and spread faith. As the three sides gathered to depart, the Spirit Domain Children demanded that Chao Ge hand Lin Xiao over, and Chao Ge refused, leaving the groups on the verge of a confrontation.

• Lin Xiao prepared elite equipment, standard weapons, magic items, food, and other supplies, then joined the assembled Descenders with only a backpack.
• Chao Ge explained the rules of the contest, including the goal of establishing a diocese and the ban on large-scale conflict between humans until the other sides were driven out.
• The human Descenders encountered the Nightmare Children and Spirit Domain Children on the way to the Descent Array, and all three groups proceeded without fighting.
• Spirit Domain Children from the White Tower identified Lin Xiao and demanded that Chao Ge hand him over for crossing into their territory.
• Chao Ge refused the demand, and the human and Spirit Domain Children faced off as their auras surged and the Nightmare Children watched.

Lin Xiao accepted a Star River Trading Company ship ticket from Chao Ge and repaid his favor with high-purity Flesh Essence before the factions descended into the target plane. After landing alone in the wilderness and surviving a venomous snake bite, Lin Xiao armed himself and set out to explore as all ninety-nine Descenders were deployed.

• Chao Ge gave Lin Xiao a ship ticket so he could leave the region after the Descent.
• Lin Xiao gave Chao Ge a bottle of high-purity Flesh Essence, which Chao Ge praised and accepted as repayment.
• Chao Ge led the group through the Descent Array to an outpost anchored to the target plane’s crystal wall, where he explained the rules and warned them to stay united against their enemies.
• The thirty-three members of each faction were teleported separately into the plane, and Lin Xiao arrived alone at the foot of an unnamed hill.
• Lin Xiao killed a venomous snake after it bit his nose, took an antidote pill, armed himself, and set off across the barren land.
• The leaders of the three factions sealed the Descent Array after all ninety-nine Descenders arrived.

Lin Xiao reached a village in a magicless world and used summoned food and displays of strength to win the villagers’ attention and recruit young men for training. After learning about the local baron and the dangers posed by rival candidates, he decided to protect and spread his faith by combining religious influence with force.

• Lin Xiao left the forest, reached a village, and persuaded its wary villagers to let him stay near the entrance.
• He performed a Prayer ritual, summoned a feast with a ring, and shared the food with the villagers.
• Lin Xiao demonstrated his strength, refused the village head’s demands, and offered to teach the village’s young men sword training.
• After half a month, more than a dozen young men practiced under Lin Xiao, while some villagers began imitating his Prayers.
• Lin Xiao learned that Baron Herman Gibson ruled the surrounding territory and that his knights were elite but non-magical warriors.
• Aware of the rival Nightmare Children and Spirit Domain Children, Lin Xiao chose to combine the church with force to protect and unite the faith.

Lin Xiao used the God of Life and Wisdom’s miracles, training, and gifts to win believers in the Gibson Barony and prepare to establish a church. After announcing plans for a village temple, he set out with four subordinates to find stone for its statue.

• Lin Xiao received alchemical potions, armor, and weapons from his true body after gaining his first believers, whose Faith Power was weaker than that of humans in other worlds.
• After a month and a half of training, fourteen villagers remained, and Lin Xiao equipped them, gave them the Seed of Life breathing technique, and made them his direct subordinates.
• Xiao went with his family to the village entrance, where he saw his eldest son among the armored warriors and grew more devoted to the God of Life and Wisdom.
• The village chief announced that the villagers would build a temple to the God of Life and Wisdom, with Lord Roll providing food for the laborers.
• Lin Xiao left the village with four subordinates to find a large stone for the temple statue.

Lin Xiao encountered a convoy ambushed by Gu'erda's men and used divine spells to heal and empower the survivors. His newly strengthened forces crushed the attackers, demonstrating the advantage of the Staff of Life and Book of Wisdom; the chapter ended as he opened the Book of Wisdom to a particular illustration.

• A Gibson Family convoy led by Alfonso Gibson was ambushed by Gu'erda's forces, whose unusual armor and weapons overwhelmed the convoy's soldiers.
• Alfonso asked Lin Xiao for help, and Lin Xiao recognized the attackers' equipment as belonging to a Descender's followers.
• After learning the pursuers served Gu'erda, Lin Xiao cast Mass Healing Spell and several enhancement spells on the wounded fugitives and his own forces.
• Lin Xiao urged the empowered fighters to attack, and they killed every one of the bandits in less than five minutes.
• Lin Xiao's four subordinates knelt before him with the enemy's heads, and he opened the Book of Wisdom to a page bearing an illustration.

Lin Xiao cast a group Resurrection Spell, reviving the battlefield dead and winning the faith and military support of Alfonso Gibson and dozens of warriors. After learning about Gu'erda’s plans, Lin Xiao returned to Fu'er Village to focus on developing his forces.

• Lin Xiao used the Book of Wisdom to resurrect the dead on the battlefield, and Alfonso Gibson converted to the God of Life and Wisdom.
• Alfonso praised the miracle, and dozens of resurrected warriors became Devout Believers of the God of Life and Wisdom.
• Lin Xiao exhausted the Book of Wisdom’s stored energy but gained a force of more than a hundred soldiers, then sent Alfonso and his men back to the castle.
• De Meng told Lin Xiao that Gu'erda had built a bandit force and planned to weaken the Gibson Family, seize its castle, and gain a noble title from Earl Dyson.
• Lin Xiao returned to Fu'er Village and settled the rescued militiamen there, relying on summoned and transported food to support his growing force.

Lin Xiao made Alfonso the Church’s first Holy Knight and equipped him with the Holy Knight set, then planned to use him to take control of the Gibson Family. As Alfonso prepared for a conflict with Gu'erda, Lin Xiao strengthened the Church’s forces and selected six Holy Warriors.

• Lin Xiao summoned flames to clear the wasteland near Fu'er Village, then tested Alfonso’s understanding of destruction and rebirth.
• Lin Xiao asked Alfonso to become the God of Life and Wisdom’s guardian knight, and Alfonso accepted; the divine empowerment gave him the Life Holy Sword, Holy Knight Armor, and Wisdom Holy Scripture.
• Lin Xiao told Alfonso to take control of the Gibson Family amid an anticipated conflict between Gu'erda and Baron Herman, and Alfonso agreed while asking that his father be spared.
• Alfonso spread a rumor that two groups of bandits had clashed over a Lord's Manor convoy, disguising the loss of Gu'erda’s forces and encouraging Gu'erda to act.
• Lin Xiao trained twenty captured elite warriors as Church Knights, prepared thirty militiamen as reserves, and empowered six former Church Knights as the first Holy Warriors.

Lin Xiao strengthened the Church in Fu'er Village and helped Alfonso annex the Gorton territory, while Gu'erda emerged as the power behind Viscountess Julia. After Julia’s forces declared war on the Gibson Barony, Lin Xiao confronted Gu'erda on the battlefield and revealed his angelic power as their armies prepared to fight.

• Lin Xiao completed the temple in Fu'er Village, used a miracle and Greater Blessing Spell to make its villagers devout believers, and later learned that Viscountess Julia’s husband was likely a Descender.
• After Baron Herman was killed, Alfonso blamed the Gorton Family, defeated its forces with Lin Xiao’s Church troops, and annexed its territory.
• Lin Xiao concluded that Gu'erda was controlling Viscountess Julia’s territory, but held back from further expansion after Earl Dyson warned Alfonso against it.
• Viscountess Julia’s forces harassed the border villages and then declared war on Alfonso before his envoy returned from Earl Dyson.
• Lin Xiao ordered his warriors to gather and met Gu'erda’s army outside Gibson Castle, where Gu'erda threatened to reclaim his weapons and equipment.
• As Gu'erda’s troops prepared to charge, Lin Xiao drew the Angel’s Sword and rose into the air with wings of light.

Lin Xiao revealed his Transcendent Power, defeated Gu’erda, and helped Alfonso take the Macedonia Family’s castle, bringing the Life and Wisdom Church into open conflict with the Sacred Church. When the Sacred Church redirected its attack toward Hooke Territory, Lin Xiao continued building his forces and ended with a strengthened army of Holy Warriors, Church Knights, and equipped True Believers.

• Lin Xiao used Angel Avatar to shatter Gu’erda’s troops’ morale, then bound and beheaded Gu’erda as the rest surrendered.
• Alfonso captured the Macedonia Family’s castle, but Earl Dyson’s envoy demanded that he return the family’s lands to its survivors.
• After Sacred Church spies arrived, Lin Xiao had Alfonso expel the church from his territory and declare the God of Life and Wisdom its lawful deity.
• Lin Xiao assembled and trained Alfonso’s forces, but the Sacred Church’s Holy Knight Order changed course to attack Hooke Territory after a second Descender’s forces killed Baron Jolun Hook and his family.
• Lin Xiao expanded his army over several months, raising its total to thirty Holy Warriors, one hundred and eight Church Knights, and more than two hundred and eighty equipped True Believers.