Vol. 5The Eastern Journey Begins

Lin Heng rescued Meng Yutong from the Seven Immortals Secret Realm at the cost of decades of his lifespan, then pressed his tangled relationships with her and the senior sisters into the open. After recovering and setting out with them for the Eastern Continent, he continued pursuing Meng Yutong aboard the Cloud Boat.

  • Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan manipulated the Garrison Command into attacking the Black Market, helping the Blood Moon Cult escape its enemies.
  • Lin Heng returned to the Green Pavilion Sect gathering and reunited with Yun Yao as the sect prepared for danger.
  • Lin Heng returned to Fairy Cloud Peak, where the senior sisters learned more about his relationships and Leng Qingqiu asked Duan Shuyun to help her join them.
  • Lin Heng asked Jiang Yan to protect Meng Yutong from the Heavenly Secret Sect as she prepared to travel to the Eastern Continent.
  • Lin Heng sacrificed decades of his lifespan to reopen the Seven Immortals Secret Realm entrance, allowing Jiang Yan to rescue Meng Yutong and the other survivors.
  • Lin Heng awoke with white hair and confronted Meng Yutong about her schemes and her failure to communicate with her disciples.
  • Meng Yutong learned that the senior sisters were Lin Heng’s Dao companions, punished them, and admitted she had developed some affection for him.
  • Duan Shuyun and the senior sisters carried Meng Yutong onto a Cloud Boat bound for the Eastern Continent, where Lin Heng continued pursuing her.
Chapters 401–500 Read from ch. 401

Arc 17The Blood Moon Gambit

Lin Heng helped Jiang Caiyan relocate the Blood Moon Cult by manipulating the Garrison Command into attacking the Black Market, then traveled back to the Green Pavilion Sect’s gathering. He reunited with Yun Yao while the sect prepared for danger and his tangled relationships remained secret.

  • Hua Qi warned Meng Yutong that opening the Starry Sky Ancient Road could endanger lower-realm cultivators, while Lin Heng helped Jiang Caiyan expose the Blood Moon Cult’s hidden troubles and escape its enemies.
  • Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan lured the Garrison Command into raiding the Black Market, where Luo Feng’s forces killed its leader and seized its wealth.
  • After the Blood Moon Cult’s staged surrender, Jiang Caiyan killed two youths who threatened her, and she and Lin Heng returned to Distant Peace City with spirit stones.
  • Lin Heng learned that the Dynasty had taken the Zhao Family, visited Mu Xuting, and heard her connect their ancestor’s fate to a dragon roar like the one caused by his Imperial Dragon Qi.
  • Ye Tian blamed Lin Heng for turning his senior sisters against him, while Hua Qi urged him to leave Fairy Cloud Peak and he secretly asked Qiu to kill Lin Heng.
  • Lin Heng reached the competition lodgings and reunited with Yun Yao, who scolded him for disappearing and ordered him to stay with her for three days.
  • Ling Fei and Duan Shuyun prepared the Nine Nether Illusory Spirit Formation as a last resort, while Yun Yao kept Lin Heng confined in her room and insisted he remain with her.
Chapters 401–425 Summaries Read

Arc 18Return to Fairy Cloud Peak

Lin Heng returned to Fairy Cloud Peak, where his relationships with the disciples became harder to conceal as Meng Yutong prepared for a threat from the Heavenly Secret Sect. The arc ended with Leng Qingqiu learning that Lin Heng had several Dao companions and asking Duan Shuyun to help her join them.

  • Lin Heng assembled a puppet body for Saint Ye while Yun Yao hid his return from Leng Qingyun, whose Blue-Scale Snake had detected his scent.
  • Xu Xiaobai paid Yun Yao to lure Ye Tian into an assassination attempt, while Lin Heng stayed with Yun Yao past their agreed time and was caught by the senior sisters after their noisy encounter.
  • Duan Shuyun questioned Lin Heng about his relationships, and he admitted his feelings for Leng Qingqiu before flirting with Duan Shuyun and agreeing to visit her.
  • Lin Heng taunted Ye Tian, revealed his Golden Core cultivation, and then visited Meng Yutong, who beat him and explained that the disciples would travel to the Eastern Continent.
  • Meng Yutong told Lin Heng that Ye Tian had helped outsiders target her for a Refining Void Pill, while Lin Heng tried to claim a promised reward and was thrown from her pavilion.
  • Lin Heng urged Duan Shuyun to leave the sect with the others and confessed that he liked Meng Yutong, then promised Saint Ye he would finish the puppet body soon.
  • Lin Heng asked Jiang Yan to help protect Meng Yutong from the Heavenly Secret Sect, and Jiang Yan agreed to help if the sect threatened her.
  • Leng Qingyun saw Lin Heng and Mu Liuxi kissing and ran away, while Duan Shuyun later told Leng Qingqiu that she and the others were Lin Heng's Dao companions, prompting Leng Qingqiu to ask for help.
Chapters 426–450 Summaries Read

Arc 19The Seven Immortals Crisis

Lin Heng grew closer to Leng Qingyun and Leng Qingqiu as Meng Yutong and her allies confronted Zhao Yue inside the Seven Immortals Secret Realm. Lin Heng sacrificed decades of his lifespan to reopen the entrance, Jiang Yan rescued the survivors, and Lin Heng awoke weakened as Meng Yutong began recovering.

  • Leng Qingqiu and Duan Shuyun tried to keep Leng Qingyun from becoming Lin Heng’s Dao companion, but Lin Heng comforted Leng Qingyun and she agreed to stay with him.
  • Lin Heng admitted to Leng Qingyun that all four senior sisters were his Dao companions, while Leng Qingqiu repaired her umbrella and later asked Lin Heng to spend time with her as a Dao companion.
  • Lin Heng learned that Meng Yutong had entered the Seven Immortals Secret Realm, and he and Leng Qingqiu warned Jiang Yan that their enemies might make a move there.
  • Qiu and Zhao Yue ambushed Meng Yutong, Mu Li, and Ling Fei inside the secret realm, where they revealed that Xu Gou’s blood and qi sustained it and Qiu badly injured Meng Yutong.
  • Mu Li escaped through a false exit and told Lin Heng and Jiang Yan that Meng Yutong was in danger, so Lin Heng reversed Timeflow to reopen the entrance at the cost of decades of his lifespan.
  • Jiang Yan entered the secret realm, revealed himself as Prince Qi, killed Zhao Yue and his allies, and carried the survivors out as the realm collapsed.
  • Lin Heng recovered under the care of his senior sisters, while Meng Yutong learned that he had sacrificed his lifespan to save her and gave him two Blood Ganoderma Fruits.
  • After waking with white hair, Lin Heng confronted Meng Yutong about her schemes and her failure to communicate with her disciples, and she slapped him.
Chapters 451–475 Summaries Read

Arc 20The Eastern Continent Departure

Lin Heng and the five senior sisters forced Meng Yutong to confront their relationships with him while her cultivation was weakened, and she punished them after admitting she had developed affection for him. Once Lin Heng recovered, Meng Yutong joined the disciples on a Cloud Boat to the Eastern Continent, where he continued to pursue her.

  • Lin Heng schemed to become Meng Yutong’s Peak Master as the senior sisters debated confessing their feelings to their master.
  • Meng Yutong revealed that the Burial Bell had weakened her cultivation, but Mu Liuxi, Yun Yao, Leng Qingqiu, and Leng Qingyun confessed they were Lin Heng’s dao companions.
  • Duan Shuyun persuaded Meng Yutong to pretend to accept Lin Heng, and the disciples restrained her while Lin Heng declared her his Dao companion.
  • After seven days together, Meng Yutong agreed to Lin Heng’s demands before he fainted, then discovered his bones had deteriorated and the Jade Origin Vine was sustaining him.
  • Meng Yutong recovered to the peak of Golden Core, punished the senior sisters for their betrayal, and admitted she had developed some affection for Lin Heng but would not be forced into a relationship.
  • Lin Heng woke and urged Meng Yutong to travel with the family to the Eastern Continent, then fled when she reached for him.
  • Duan Shuyun and the senior sisters restrained Meng Yutong and carried her onto a Cloud Boat bound for the Eastern Continent, where Lin Heng declared himself Old Six among her disciples.
  • Meng Yutong told Lin Heng about Shen Yeting and Ten Directions Hall, then sealed his mouth with her hair when he bragged about his wives and his plans for her.
Chapters 476–500 Summaries Read
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