Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen competed in the Alchemy Competition as Xiao Yan while the judges separated each contestant to keep his flames from affecting the others. Jiang Chen and Jiang Yaoyan completed their pills with outstanding results, while Lin Chen continued purifying the medicinal liquid for the Five Elements Creation Pill, leaving the judges doubtful that he could still succeed.

• Gu Yunfeng announced that each contestant would compete in a separate space, and Lin Chen accepted the rule change without protest.
• Li He rewarded Li Qin with the businesses in ten southern cities because she had brought Xiao Yan to the Li family, and he urged her to strengthen their relationship with him.
• Jiang Chen refined seven Glass Untainted Pills, impressing the crowd but recognizing that he could not be sure of winning first place.
• Jiang Yaoyan refined three supreme-quality Myriad Beast Blood Soul Pills, and Gu Yunfeng declared him the winner of the comparison with Jiang Chen.
• The Alchemy Grandmasters worried that Lin Chen had missed the Five Elements Creation Pill’s optimal condensation time, while Yang Rongtian privately hoped Lin Chen would fail.

Jiang Yaoyan defeated Jiang Chen, but Wei Yang’s top-grade Yinyang Pills made the competition for first place uncertain. The judges gave Wei Yang two votes to Jiang Yaoyan’s one, but Lin Chen’s pill furnace began spinning just as Gu Yunfeng was about to announce the result.

• Jiang Chen accepted his loss to Jiang Yaoyan and turned his attention to Wei Yang and Lin Chen, who were still refining their pills.
• Li He explained that Xiao Yan had failed to form the Five Elements Creation Pill, leaving him out of contention for first place.
• Zhuang Lie advised his disciples that refining Xiantian Fire was better than merely subduing it, while Wei Yang completed his Yinyang Pill refinement.
• Wei Yang revealed two top-grade Yinyang Pills, prompting the alchemists to debate whether he or Jiang Yaoyan deserved first place.
• The judges voted twice for Wei Yang and once for Jiang Yaoyan, and Lin Chen’s pill furnace began spinning before Gu Yunfeng could announce the winner.

Lin Chen, competing as Xiao Yan, overcame the delayed timing and refined five flawless supreme-grade Five Elements Creation Pills, winning the Alchemy Competition. After Dongfang Canglang ordered Hong Luan to recruit him, Lin Chen refused to meet the young master and continued toward Thousand Machine Sect's Pill Pavilion.

• Lin Chen used his soul power and the Nine Fire Scripture to stabilize the pill furnace and force the Five Elements Creation Pill to condense despite missing the ideal timing.
• Lin Chen produced five flawless pills, and Gu Yunfeng announced Xiao Yan as the competition's first-place winner.
• Wei Yang and Jiang Chen congratulated Lin Chen, while Jiang Yaoyan threatened him before leaving.
• At Cloud Top Pavilion, Dongfang Canglang punished Jiang Yaoyan and sent Hong Luan to bring Xiao Yan to him.
• Hong Luan told Lin Chen that her young master had caused the competition's increased rewards, but Lin Chen refused to meet him and asked Jiang Chen to lead him to the Pill Pavilion.

Lin Chen refused Dongfang Canglang’s invitation and entered the Pill Pavilion to study the Nine Revolutions Hunyuan Scripture and the Taiyi Qingling Record. As he reconstructed the methods within his soul, he attempted to sink the moon in his Martial Soul Phenomenon into the sea, leaving Luo Changhe stunned by the result.

• Lin Chen declined Hong Luan’s invitation to meet Dongfang Canglang, insisting that he wanted to study the cultivation methods first.
• Hong Luan reported Lin Chen’s refusal to Dongfang Canglang, who set aside his plans against Xiao Yan to receive Yang Rongtian instead.
• Gu Yunfeng gave Lin Chen one hour to observe the two cultivation methods in the Pill Pavilion’s main hall, where Luo Changhe secretly watched.
• Lin Chen crushed the jade slips and used the stars within his soul to reconstruct the Nine Revolutions Hunyuan Scripture, forming nine orbiting nebulae.
• Lin Chen realized he needed to focus on the Martial Soul Phenomenon, sank the moon in his soul into the sea, and began to lose control of his aura.
• Lin Chen’s aura abruptly grew solemn as Luo Changhe paused before intervening and witnessed a shocking change.

Lin Chen comprehended the Nine Revolutions Hunyuan Scripture and Taiyi Qingling Record, awakening the embryonic Sea Rising Bright Moon Martial Soul Phenomenon. After leaving Thousand Machine City, he killed Jiang Yaoyan, who had been waiting to ambush him, and fled as two Medicine King Valley men pursued him.

• Lin Chen completed the Sea Rising Bright Moon phenomenon, which shielded the area within ten zhang and prevented Luo Changhe's divine sense from entering.
• Lin Chen checked his System Panel, saw that his Martial Soul Phenomenon was still in embryonic form, and hid his abilities while waiting out the hour in the main hall.
• Luo Changhe told Gu Yunfeng that Xiao Yan had comprehended both scriptures and warned him not to interfere because Xiao Yan bore immense karmic ties.
• Lin Chen pretended he had failed to comprehend the scriptures, then left the Thousand Machine Sect and Thousand Machine City.
• Xuan Jing realized Yang Rongtian had kept Dongfang Canglang occupied so Lin Chen could leave the city, while Dongfang Canglang sent Hong Luan to tell Jiang Yaoyan to act.
• Jiang Yaoyan confronted Lin Chen outside the city, but Lin Chen killed him, took his Storage Pouch, and escaped as two Medicine King Valley men arrived and gave chase.

Lin Chen killed Jiang Yaoyan and one of the Medicine King Valley warriors who pursued him, revealing the power of his Moonlight Domain and Eye of Azure Ripple. The other warrior escaped, but Yang Rongtian intercepted and killed him, while Lin Chen left under a different identity.

• The two Medicine King Valley warriors chased Lin Chen after finding Jiang Yaoyan dead, hoping to capture him and avoid punishment from the Valley Master.
• After half an hour of pursuit, Lin Chen stopped and lured the warriors into his ten-zhang Moonlight Domain.
• Lin Chen used the enhanced Eye of Azure Ripple to kill one Xiantian Fourth Realm warrior with a single attack.
• The surviving warrior fled after concluding that Lin Chen was stronger than he was, and Lin Chen decided to stop using Xiao Yan's identity.
• Yang Rongtian intercepted the fleeing warrior and killed him before he could finish speaking, then looked toward another direction with curiosity.

Lin Chen learned that Silver Moon’s elder had concealed his identity as Jiang Yaoyan’s killer, then discovered that the Alchemy Competition had entangled him with Young Master Dongfang, heir to the dynasty destined to replace the Yan Imperial Dynasty. The chapter ended with Lin Chen suspecting that Dongfang had targeted the Li Family, whose shopkeepers were being seized, and hiding his anger as he left with Silver Moon.

• Silver Moon told Lin Chen that her grandfather’s indebted elder had concealed his role in the aftermath of Jiang Yaoyan’s death, leaving Medicine King Valley without proof of the killer’s identity.
• Silver Moon revealed that Lin Chen had offended a thirty-year-old peak Xiantian Fifth Realm Young Master Dongfang, whose father had Heaven and Earth’s recognition and was destined to rule the Eastern Imperial Dynasty.
• Silver Moon explained that the Young Master’s father needed destiny to condense a divine seal, and that the sects hoped the Yan Imperial Dynasty’s divine seal would dissipate so he could claim it.
• Silver Moon told Lin Chen that his Sea Rising Bright Moon phenomenon could block divine sense probing by martial artists below the Myriad Manifestations Realm.
• Lin Chen and Silver Moon saw Li Family shopkeepers being dragged away, and Lin Chen suspected that the family had been punished because of his connection to the Alchemy Competition.
• Silver Moon warned Lin Chen not to act rashly, but Lin Chen left with her concealing his anger over the Li Family’s apparent misfortune.

Lin Chen and Yin Yue arrived at the Entropy Clan to enter the Thousand Layers Secret Realm and retrieve the Moon Soul Clan’s treasure. After learning that a rival token holder could enter too, Yin Yue revealed that she had anticipated the Entropy Clan’s neutrality and explained the secret realm’s purpose and unusual conditions.

• Lin Chen and Yin Yue crossed the poisonous mists of the Thousand Layers Mountain Range and were escorted to the Entropy Clan’s settlement.
• The Entropy Clan’s Second Elder confirmed that both Yin Yue and another Moon Soul Clan token holder could enter the secret realm, refusing to interfere in the clan’s rebellion.
• Yin Yue privately told Lin Chen that she had expected the Entropy Clan to favor neither side and had acted as though its stance surprised her to mislead the traitor.
• Yin Yue explained that the Thousand Layers Secret Realm held treasures for several Ancient Remnant Clans and was maintained by the Entropy Clan under an oath and mutual agreement.
• Yin Yue told Lin Chen that the secret realm opened every hundred years, slowed time, suppressed martial artists’ abilities, and imposed greater time dilation in deeper overlapping spaces.

At the Entropy Clan’s young-generation banquet, Qian Lang introduced Lin Chen as a prodigy to provoke the clan members into challenging him, in keeping with an elder’s request to temper their arrogance. Lin Chen accepted Qian Shan’s challenge, then raised the stakes by inviting all sixteen Xiantian Third Realm martial artists to attack him together.

• Qian Lang invited Lin Chen and Yin Yue to the Entropy Clan’s gathering for its younger generation.
• Qian Lang introduced Yin Yue and praised Lin Chen’s achievements, drawing curious and skeptical reactions from the clan members.
• Qian Lang secretly told Lin Chen that an elder wanted him to temper the younger generation’s pride and promised him a generous reward.
• Qian Shan challenged Lin Chen to prove his reputation, and Lin Chen accepted.
• Lin Chen asked how many Xiantian Third Realm martial artists were present, learned there were sixteen, and challenged them to fight him all at once.

Lin Chen defeated Qian Shan and then broke the Entropy Clan youths’ combined formation, earning their respect. As he learned about the upcoming opening of the Thousand Layers Secret Realm, a ship from the Flower Clan arrived and startled Qian Lang.

• Qian Shan challenged Lin Chen, who defeated him with one strike of the Eye of Azure Ripple.
• Lin Chen invited the Entropy Clan youths to attack together, then broke their formation with the Undying Scripture and four fire dragons.
• The Entropy Clan elders concluded Lin Chen was invincible among Xiantian Third Realm fighters, and the youths toasted him that night.
• Qian Lang explained that at least eight clans had to agree to open the Thousand Layers Secret Realm early and that people from five clans had arrived so far.
• Qian Lang identified a green flying ship as belonging to the Flower Clan and froze in surprise.

Lin Chen learned why the Flower Clan was one of the four Upper Clans and heard about a prodigious Flower Clan princess and her daughter. At the guest courtyard, the Flower Clan members reacted sharply when Qian Shan identified Lin Chen as the overseas disciple who had taken first place on Martial Path Mountain.

• Yin Yue explained that the four Upper Clans had produced God-level experts but gave up condensing divine seals to preserve their bloodlines for their descendants.
• Yin Yue told Lin Chen that the Flower Clan had come to temper its young geniuses and was unlikely to interfere with his attempt to retrieve the Moon Soul Clan's treasure.
• Yin Yue recounted how the Flower Clan Princess had left the clan for decades and how her exceptionally talented daughter had returned without her.
• Qian Shan told Liu Mei and the other Flower Clan members that Lin Chen was among the strongest young fighters present and was representing the Moon Soul Clan's Princess.
• Liu Mei asked whether Qian Shan meant Lin Chen from the East Sea Region who had taken first place on Martial Path Mountain, and Qian Shan confirmed it.

After learning that Lin Chen was engaged to the Flower Clan's Little Princess, Teng Cheng confronted him and declared him unworthy. Lin Chen identified the princess as Jiang Qing, rejected Teng Cheng's threats, and challenged him to attack immediately.

• Teng Cheng decided to confront Lin Chen, while Liu Mei and Ling Hua suggested meeting him to see what the Little Princess saw in him.
• Lin Chen sensed the three Flower Clan members outside his courtyard, and they entered and greeted Yin Yue.
• Teng Cheng told Lin Chen he was not worthy of the Flower Clan's princess, and Lin Chen realized he meant Jiang Qing.
• Lin Chen asked whether the Flower Clan elders objected to the engagement and said Teng Cheng could not speak for them.
• Yin Yue stopped Teng Cheng from attacking and defended Lin Chen's presence in the Moon Soul Clan.
• Teng Cheng threatened to deal with Lin Chen after the Thousand Layers Secret Realm, but Lin Chen told him to attack now if he was dissatisfied.

Lin Chen challenged Teng Cheng after the Flower Clan questioned whether he was worthy of Yin Yue, then defeated him in two moves. Teng Cheng admitted defeat, and Liu Mei and Ling Hua recognized that Lin Chen was worthy of the Little Princess.

• Lin Chen told Teng Cheng he would count it as a loss if Teng Cheng survived three moves, and the two agreed to fight in the courtyard.
• Lin Chen's Azure Ripple Finger shattered Teng Cheng's azure lotus and forced him back half a step.
• Lin Chen's Eye of Azure Ripple pierced Teng Cheng's defenses, and Lin Chen spared him after defeating him in two moves.
• Teng Cheng admitted defeat, while Liu Mei and Ling Hua concluded that Lin Chen's strength made him worthy of Yin Yue.
• Qian Shan told Qian Lang that Lin Chen had finally crushed someone else as thoroughly as he had crushed Qian Shan.

Lin Chen entered the Thousand Layers Secret Realm to retrieve the Moon Soul Clan's Treasure, while the Flower Clan's Teng Cheng defended him from a challenge by the Ice Soul Clan. After finding his way through the first two layers, Lin Chen reached the third layer and found two Ice Soul Clan members waiting to stop him.

• Lin Chen reasoned that the Flower Clan elders stayed silent about his engagement because they feared Yin Yue might leave the clan as her mother had.
• Qian Lang told Lin Chen and Yin Yue that the Thousand Layers Secret Realm would open, and Lin Chen joined dozens of young clan members at its entrance.
• An Ice Soul Clan youth mocked Lin Chen's right to enter, but Teng Cheng challenged him and defended Lin Chen.
• The Entropy Clan's Second Elder opened the cloud gate and warned the youths about the realm's pressure; Yin Yue told Lin Chen to give up if the danger became too great.
• Lin Chen entered the first layer, found Cloud Soul Crystals, then crossed the second layer and reached the third, where time flowed at half the outside speed.
• Two Ice Soul Clan members confronted Lin Chen at the third-layer entrance and threatened to kill him if he interfered with their mission to help the Moon Soul Clan rebels reclaim the treasure.

Lin Chen killed two Ice Soul Clan members who tried to stop him, then reached the Moon Soul Clan treasure and defeated its guardian. As he prepared to claim the treasure, Yun Ye of the Cloud Descendant Clan appeared and offered him a chance to join his master.

• Lin Chen used his four Xiantian Fires to kill two Ice Soul Clan members who attacked him.
• Lin Chen reached the Moon Soul Clan treasure and refused the giant guardian's offer to switch sides.
• The giant awakened his Moon Mark and attacked Lin Chen, who overpowered him with a series of punches.
• When the giant began to self-detonate, Lin Chen used Eye of Azure Ripple to freeze him and behead him.
• Yun Ye, a Xiantian Fourth Realm martial artist from the Cloud Descendant Clan, revealed himself and offered Lin Chen a chance to join his master.

Lin Chen took the Moon Soul Clan’s treasure to honor his promise to Yin Yue and fought Yun Ye, who intended to claim it for Young Master Dongfang. Lin Chen killed Yun Ye with Azure Ripple Finger, and Dongfang Canglang learned of Yun Ye’s death and ordered the Cloud Descendant Clan to be informed.

• Yun Ye told Lin Chen that he planned to take the Moon Soul Clan’s treasure for Young Master Dongfang and bring Lin Chen to meet him.
• Lin Chen took the silver crown from the Circular Altar, saying he would keep his promise to Yin Yue, and Yun Ye attacked him.
• Lin Chen withstood Yun Ye’s assault and fought him for a hundred breaths to test his strength.
• Lin Chen unleashed Sea Rising Bright Moon and killed Yun Ye with Azure Ripple Finger.
• Dongfang Canglang learned Yun Ye had died, declined to send Hong Luan to the Entropy Clan, and ordered the Cloud Descendant Clan to be notified.

Lin Chen discovered the Nine Heavens Cloud Breaking Canon in Yun Ye’s Storage Pouch, then endured the fifth layer’s pressure until his body grew stronger. As a Time Storm approached, he entrusted the Moon Soul Clan’s treasure to Teng Cheng and chose to enter the sixth layer despite warnings that its pressure could crush him.

• Lin Chen found the Nine Heavens Cloud Breaking Canon in Yun Ye’s Storage Pouch and guessed that Young Master Dongfang had given Yun Ye its first volume.
• Lin Chen reached the fourth layer, encountered Teng Cheng, Ling Hua, and Liu Mei, and entered the fifth layer to test its pressure.
• Lin Chen stopped activating the Undying Scripture and endured the fifth layer’s pressure, gradually tempering his body until he could walk at normal speed.
• When a Time Storm appeared, Liu Mei warned Lin Chen that the fifth layer would soon become dangerous, and Teng Cheng urged him to retreat rather than risk the sixth layer.
• Lin Chen gave Teng Cheng the Moon Soul Clan’s treasure to deliver to Yin Yue, then headed for the sixth layer before the Time Storm arrived.

Lin Chen entered the sixth level of the Thousandfold Secret Realm and endured its crushing pressure to temper his body, while Feng Haoyu watched and tried to dissuade him. The chapter left Lin Chen continuing his painful training after Feng Haoyu accepted that he would not be persuaded.

• Lin Chen met Feng Haoyu at the entrance to the sixth level, and both entered after witnessing the approaching Time Storm.
• Lin Chen struggled under the sixth level's pressure and began using the Undying Scripture to heal and endure it.
• Lin Chen repeatedly stopped circulating the Undying Scripture to expose his body to the pressure after Seize Every Second revealed that it could help him achieve the fourth stage of the Undying Body.
• Feng Haoyu cultivated nearby for five days as Lin Chen endured the pressure, then went looking for him when his groans fell silent.
• Lin Chen explained that he had moved farther away to avoid disturbing Feng Haoyu, who advised him to stop, but Lin Chen said he would keep trying.

Feng Haoyu left the Thousand Layers Secret Realm after breaking through, while Lin Chen continued tempering his body on the sixth level. Outside, the Cloud Descendant Clan searched for Lin Chen, and the chapter ended with Lin Chen reaching the fourth stage of the Undying Body.

• Feng Haoyu realized his breakthrough had made the sixth level too oppressive for him to remain, and he told Lin Chen about the secret realm's rule that cultivation breakthroughs increased its pressure.
• Feng Haoyu left the secret realm, while Lin Chen continued walking on the sixth level and worked toward adapting to its pressure completely.
• Two Cloud Descendant Clan elders questioned Feng Haoyu about Lin Chen and Yun Ye's death, but Feng Haoyu refused to reveal Lin Chen's whereabouts.
• The Entropy Clan's Second Elder concluded that Feng Haoyu had concealed Lin Chen's location because Lin Chen had won his respect, and he regretted that Lin Chen had been born too late.
• Lin Chen's body reached its limits as he ran freely on the sixth level, and he advanced to the fourth stage of the Undying Body.

Lin Chen spent nearly forty years cultivating on the sixth and seventh levels of the Thousand Layers Secret Realm, strengthening his body and advancing his cultivation. He emerged after two and a half years outside, while the Moon Soul Clan watched the growing conflict between the Azure Ripple Sect and the Eight Desolations Sect.

• Lin Chen tested the fourth stage of his Undying Body, then entered the seventh level and adapted to its crushing pressure.
• Lin Chen used Tidal Pills and the Undying Scripture to cultivate for decades inside the secret realm.
• The Moon Soul Clan's princess pacified the rebellion, while Yin Yue learned that the Eight Desolations Sect had gained Xiantian Martial Artists and considered investigating the war.
• Yin Yue's elders warned her not to involve the weakened Moon Soul Clan in the conflict, and she focused on absorbing the Moon Soul Crown's energy.
• After two and a half years outside, Lin Chen emerged from the secret realm and learned that at least thirty years had passed on its sixth level.