Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu rejected the God of Desire’s doubts and used his Items and powers to separate the Demigods’ souls from the Authority of Desire and plant seeds within them. The God of Desire witnessed the process and realized Lin Yu could truly affect the corruption that had cost him his Divine Rank.

• The God of Desire explained that Demigod souls had merged with the Authority of Desire, creating an almost irreversible phenomenon he had failed to control for centuries.
• Lin Yu challenged the God of Desire’s assumptions, suggesting that his fall from power showed he had limitations and might have become a god through luck rather than merit.
• Enraged, the God of Desire demanded that Lin Yu prove he could purify Desire and gathered the Authority’s power inside the Azure Sea Sky Dome.
• Lin Yu used the Ancient Notebook, Cyber Ghost's Electronic Coffin, Dream Casket, Error, and his Soul Power to begin separating the Authority of Desire from the Demigod souls merged with it.
• Lin Yu planted Mental Power and Soul Power seeds in the souls, recorded their characteristics with the Dream Casket, and used the Ancient Notebook and Rules Authority to prepare to extract the seeds.
• The God of Desire sensed Lin Yu’s actions and exclaimed in shock that Lin Yu really could do it.

Lin Yu negotiated a cooperative relationship with the God of Desire, offering to purify some of the souls fused into Desire whenever the God acted for him. He then asked the God to store a crystal fragment linked to the sealed Authority of Ocean inside the Azure Sea Sky Dome.

• Lin Yu used several powerful Items and part of his soul to purify a small portion of the Demigod souls fused into the God of Desire’s Authority.
• Lin Yu persuaded the God of Desire that cooperation would benefit them both, and the God agreed to act for him in exchange for further purification.
• Lin Yu set a limit on how much of Desire he would purify after each task, while letting the God believe he was concealing greater capabilities.
• Lin Yu showed the God of Desire a Shattered Sea Crystal and asked him to store it inside the Azure Sea Sky Dome.
• Lin Yu learned that the Ocean Authority was sealed and that the crystal could sense the sea but had no directly usable function.

Lin Yu sought the God of Desire’s help to safely use the Shattered Sea Crystal and its sealed ocean authority through the Azure Sea Sky Dome. The God of Desire agreed in exchange for improved living conditions and Lin Yu’s promise to find an Item related to desire, then secretly sensed an opportunity to exploit Lin Yu’s deepest desire.

• Lin Yu decided against stabbing the Shattered Sea Crystal with the Limit Breaking Jade Cleaver and instead asked the God of Desire to help handle it inside the Azure Sea Sky Dome.
• The God of Desire demanded that Lin Yu clear the demigod souls contaminating desire, but Lin Yu refused and offered to improve his living conditions.
• Lin Yu enlarged the Azure Sea Sky Dome and softened its energy flow with water, then offered to find an Item related to desire as further payment.
• The God of Desire accepted the deal and used golden light to suppress the Shattered Sea Crystal when it made the Azure Sea Sky Dome turbulent.
• The God of Desire sensed Lin Yu’s consciousness briefly blur and realized he could use Lin Yu’s deepest desire to influence his choices.

The God of Desire used his Authority to peer into Lin Yu’s desires, hoping to erode his soul and make him a puppet. He found an empty inner space, realized Lin Yu’s soul was divided and his true self concealed, then sensed other parts of Lin Yu’s soul and finally saw images.

• The God of Desire decided to spare Lin Yu after witnessing his ability to purify Desire, and planned instead to make him a puppet or subordinate.
• The God of Desire sent golden light over Lin Yu and entered the illusion formed by his desires.
• The God of Desire found only a vast, empty white space and wondered why Lin Yu’s desires had no visible form.
• The God of Desire realized Lin Yu’s unusual soul structure had hidden the part containing his self from Desire.
• The God of Desire covered the empty space with his power and sensed other parts of Lin Yu’s soul, where he finally saw images.

The God of Desire searched Lin Yu’s soul for a longing he could exploit, but Lin Yu’s acting ambitions seemed too readily accepted to control him. When the God of Desire forced a deeper vision, a mysterious woman noticed him and terrifying Authorities targeted his presence, until Lin Yu’s [Contentment Ladle] jolted him back to the [Azure Sea Sky Dome].

• The God of Desire watched Lin Yu’s imagined theater performance and concluded that Lin Yu wanted to improve the acting industry more than he wanted fame or wealth.
• The God of Desire realized Lin Yu’s acting ambitions were not an intense enough desire to control him and used his power to draw out Lin Yu’s strongest longing.
• The God of Desire saw a distant scene of Lin Yu sharing an ordinary home life with a woman whose appearance remained indistinct.
• The woman looked directly at the God of Desire, asked what he was looking at, and triggered several terrifying Authorities to lock onto him.
• The God of Desire became trapped within Lin Yu’s soul until a spoon containing another higher power struck the [Azure Sea Sky Dome] and disrupted his Authority.
• Lin Yu pulled out the [Contentment Ladle] and told the shaken God of Desire that he was a second-year student in the Acting Department of Jiangcheng Media University.

Lin Yu revealed that he had secretly resisted the God of Desire’s probing and learned that his sister, Lin Zhao, had left traces of her consciousness in the God’s Authority. He extorted the God of Desire’s hidden treasure locations and left with his gains, convinced Lin Zhao was not completely dead.

• Lin Yu explained that he had let the God of Desire probe his soul because a tiny Soul Fragment remained beyond the deity’s reach.
• The God of Desire admitted he had lost important memories about a terrifying woman, and Lin Yu told him she was his blood relative.
• Lin Yu blamed the God of Desire for involving his family in a scheme and demanded compensation, including the locations of his hidden assets.
• The God of Desire transmitted the locations of his contingencies in the Prison Mountain Realm, and Lin Yu agreed to consider the matter settled.
• After putting away the [Azure Sea Sky Dome], Lin Yu realized the backlash during the probing had come from Lin Zhao’s lingering consciousness and concluded that she was not completely dead.

Lin Yu concluded that Lin Zhao’s soul may have been scattered into hidden fragments across the Ten Realms, giving him a clearer goal for resurrecting her. He planned to enter the Prison Mountain Realm with Jian Cunyi, and arranged to meet him after revealing he was not at Order’s base.

• Lin Yu reasoned that Lin Zhao had deliberately scattered Soul Fragments through the realms and that collecting them might resurrect her or recreate a version capable of completing herself.
• Lin Yu prioritized gathering materials, investigating Copper Furnace, and exploring the Night Valley Realm and Prison Mountain Realm to find Lin Zhao’s traces and strengthen himself.
• Lin Yu decided to visit the Prison Mountain Realm with Jian Cunyi, hoping to prepare for the Diviner and take advantage of Jian Cunyi’s help.
• Lin Yu messaged Jian Cunyi about escalating threats in Shenzhen and proposed entering the Prison Mountain Realm early; Jian Cunyi agreed to meet him at Order’s base at 8:15 p.m.
• Lin Yu told Jian Cunyi he was not at Order’s base and that his situation was complicated, promising to explain when they met.

Lin Yu met Jian Cunyi at South Bay Park, and they agreed to enter the Prison Mountain Realm immediately while Diviner was distracted by Grandmaster’s escape. Before they set out, Lin Yu revealed that Paper Kite was impersonating him as a double and asked Jian Cunyi whether he had heard of Cold Cicada.

• Lin Yu met Jian Cunyi beneath a streetlight, and Jian Cunyi asked whether Swordsman had recovered from his injuries.
• Jian Cunyi explained that Grandmaster’s escape had surprised Diviner and suggested it might have involved a powerful divine intervention.
• Jian Cunyi proposed entering the Prison Mountain Realm immediately, and Lin Yu agreed without needing to report to Order.
• Lin Yu explained that Paper Kite was impersonating him at Order’s venue, allowing Lin Yu to move freely with an alibi.
• Before they left, Lin Yu asked Jian Cunyi whether he had heard of Cold Cicada.

Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi discussed Cold Cicada’s suspected ties to the Marauders and prepared to enter the Prison Mountain Realm. After they used separate Daoist Talismans, Lin Yu entered the instance “Exorcising Demons from the Mountain,” where he learned that two Players must submit a Demon Core to clear it.

• Lin Yu told Jian Cunyi that Cold Cicada had used mental suggestion to push Penglai into first place in the Player Mutual Aid Society vote and was suspected of working with the Marauders.
• Jian Cunyi considered whether Cold Cicada and Schreiber might be the same person, then resolved to treat the Diviner as having another powerful Tier 3 ally.
• Jian Cunyi said his abilities and Items were specifically prepared to counter the Diviner and promised to protect Lin Yu during the operation.
• Jian Cunyi gave Lin Yu a Daoist Talisman, and they agreed to meet after entering the Prison Mountain Realm.
• Lin Yu tore the talisman and received the instance details: two Players had to submit one Demon Core to the Daoist Sect to clear “Exorcising Demons from the Mountain.”

Lin Yu arrived at Hunyuan Dao Palace through a Returning to Origin Talisman and used the Myriad Laws Dao Banner to establish his standing with Daoist Yanxu. Yanxu asked about Lin Yu’s lineage, and Lin Yu said he had learned Daoist arts from a senior Daoist Mage and was his nominal disciple.

• Lin Yu left the guest room where the Returning to Origin Talisman’s Magic Array was located and met two Hunyuan Dao Palace disciples keeping watch.
• The disciples fetched their master, Yanxu, who explained that the talisman had brought Lin Yu to Hunyuan Dao Palace, founded by Myriad Laws Daoist.
• Yanxu recognized the Myriad Laws Dao Banner and treated Lin Yu with increasing respect after Lin Yu said he had received it from a deceased Taiqing Sect senior.
• Lin Yu realized the banner had also made Yanxu wary because the Taiqing Sect had lost it, but his explanation eased Yanxu’s suspicions.
• Yanxu asked whether Lin Yu had a sect or master’s lineage in the Prison Mountain Realm, and Lin Yu claimed to be the nominal disciple of a senior Daoist Mage.

Lin Yu visited Hunyuan Dao Palace, where elder Daoxi explained the sect’s ties to Lin Yu’s master and offered to help him find his friend and locate demons. Lin Yu discovered the palace spanned an entire mountain range and had fifteen thousand inner disciples, leaving him astonished by its size.

• Daoxi welcomed Lin Yu with a formal salute and explained that Hunyuan Dao Palace’s leaders were unable to receive him because of their incomplete souls and other duties.
• Lin Yu offered to kill troublesome demons and hand their inner cores to Hunyuan Dao Palace, then asked where his friend was.
• Daoxi led Lin Yu outside and said he would use a Sound Transmission Talisman to locate the friend, who had also arrived using a Daoist Talisman.
• Daoxi revealed that the many temples across the surrounding peaks all belonged to Hunyuan Dao Palace, and Lin Yu realized the sect occupied a vast mountain range.
• Lin Yu asked how many disciples the palace had, and Daoxi said it had fifteen thousand inner disciples, with the total including outer and named disciples unknown.

Lin Yu told Daoxi about Hunyuan Dao Palace’s growth and revealed that Yun Fengyang was alive and had personally taught him, though his master could not currently return to the Prison Mountain Realm. He left Daoxi believing that Lin Yu might eventually help bring Yun Fengyang back.

• Lin Yu praised Hunyuan Dao Palace’s size and flourishing growth, and Daoxi credited the Daoist Sect’s efforts and heaven’s will.
• Daoxi acknowledged that demons still plagued the Two Mountains and Six Hells and said Hunyuan Dao Palace needed to work harder.
• Daoxi asked whether Lin Yu had recently met Yun Fengyang, and Lin Yu confirmed that his master was alive and had personally taught him through a Mind Imprint.
• Lin Yu explained that Yun Fengyang had left the realm during the Chaos of Huotian and could not return because he was occupied in other worlds.
• Lin Yu told Daoxi that extraordinary means might allow Yun Fengyang to return temporarily if they found a way.

Lin Yu revealed to Daoxi that he could summon his master Yun Jushi back to the Prison Mountain Realm, though doing so would come at a great cost. He set out to hunt demons in Yun Jushi’s stead, and Daoxi arranged supplies and magical artifacts to help him.

• Lin Yu told Daoxi that he could summon Yun Jushi to the Prison Mountain Realm, but would only do so as a last resort because it would take a heavy toll on them both.
• Lin Yu offered to hunt troublesome demons, and Daoxi agreed that the Hunyuan Dao Palace would assist him.
• Daoxi sent Yanxu to retrieve a rare Demon-Sniffing Gu that could track demons and people who had fallen to the demonic path.
• Lin Yu declared that he would slay both demons and those who practiced demonic arts, earning Daoxi’s approval.
• Daoxi offered to take Lin Yu to collect talismans and magical artifacts, insisting that helping him hunt demons was the sect’s duty and that Yun Jushi’s disciple was no outsider.

Lin Yu obtained supplies from the Hunyuan Dao Palace and left to meet Jian Cunyi, who explained why the Daoist sect considered him controversial. The chapter ended with Lin Yu pointing out that Jian Cunyi’s plan sounded like making living corpses and a Myriad Souls Banner.

• Lin Yu accepted talismans, pills, a wooden sword, and a jade pendant from the Hunyuan Dao Palace before setting out to hunt demons.
• Daoxi told Lin Yu that the Hunyuan Dao Palace had not found the friend he was seeking, so Lin Yu left the mountain to look for him himself.
• Jian Cunyi revealed himself from a pine tree and explained that he had hidden because his relationship with the Hunyuan Dao Palace was complicated.
• Jian Cunyi said the Daoists objected to his proposal to separate ordinary people’s souls from their bodies, preserve their bodies, and later reunite them.
• Lin Yu explained that Jian Cunyi’s plan amounted to mass-producing living corpses and making a Myriad Souls Banner, shocking the righteous Daoists.

Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi left the Hunyuan Dao Palace and discussed Jian’s strained relationship with the sect, the source of his Daoist Talisman, and Lin Yu’s claimed connection to Yun Jushi. Jian revealed that Diviner’s activity and likely Anchor Point were on Nine Cold Mountain, where he believed his Feng Shui skills could track Diviner’s traces.

• Lin Yu reflected that Tier 4 Players seemed unusually eccentric and wondered whether his own ordinary personality would prevent him from reaching Tier 4 or unlocking a Heart Domain.
• At the foot of the Hunyuan Dao Palace’s mountain, Jian Cunyi realized why the sect treated him poorly, and Lin Yu urged him to earn their respect by killing demons rather than pursuing corpse- and soul-refining ideas.
• Jian Cunyi explained that a talisman-making friend had given him experimental Returning to Origin Talismans, and admitted he had used one to bring Lin Yu to the Hunyuan Dao Palace because he expected the sect to treat Lin Yu well.
• Lin Yu clarified that he was not truly Yun Jushi’s disciple, though he had learned some of Yun Jushi’s arts; Jian Cunyi accepted the explanation and admitted he had recognized Lin Yu’s bluff.
• Jian Cunyi pointed to Nine Cold Mountain and said Diviner’s arrangements were definitely there, possibly alongside Diviner’s Anchor Point.
• Jian Cunyi assured Lin Yu that he could track Diviner on Nine Cold Mountain by reading the traces Diviner’s actions had left across the mountain.

Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi traveled toward Nine Cold Mountain while discussing the dangers of Wind Prison and the demons ahead. Lin Yu proposed using the ruins of old sects mentioned in Yun Jushi’s legacy as a safe place to rest, and Jian Cunyi saw the possibility of restoring their defenses and finding lost legacies.

• Lin Yu reviewed the Mountaineer’s detailed notes about the Prison Mountain Realm as he and Jian Cunyi headed toward Nine Cold Mountain.
• Jian Cunyi offered Lin Yu a Wind-Stabilizing Talisman, but Lin Yu showed that his own witchcraft already protected him from the gale.
• Jian Cunyi warned that Nine Cold Mountain’s demons would grow more dangerous at night and advised avoiding unnecessary fights before they reached the Diviner.
• Lin Yu suggested staying at an old sect compound instead of risking a village or camping in the wilderness.
• Lin Yu explained that Yun Jushi’s legacy listed former allies among the Prison Mountain Realm’s Daoist Sects and Martial Arts Schools, many of which might now be ruins.
• Jian Cunyi welcomed the idea of using ruined sects as temporary bases, repairing their Mountain-Guarding Grand Formations, and searching for their legacies.

Lin Yu persuaded Jian Cunyi to accompany him to a former Daoist sect site near Nine Cold Mountain, hoping to find its hidden legacy with Jian Cunyi’s expertise and protection. As they traveled through the Wind Prison, Jian Cunyi revealed that he had inherited the Duxuan Sect’s teachings, prompting Lin Yu to consider how he might use that connection later.

• Lin Yu convinced Jian Cunyi to join him in searching for a former sect’s hidden trove near Nine Cold Mountain.
• Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi traveled through the Wind Prison’s fierce winds, with Lin Yu protected by his Wind Riding Bracelet and Gentle Wind Shelter.
• Jian Cunyi said he knew how to identify ancient sect sites and detect their formations, but neither man knew which sect they were seeking.
• Jian Cunyi revealed that he had inherited the Duxuan Sect’s legacy from a formation banner left by a sect senior who died fighting a greater demon.
• Lin Yu realized the Duxuan Sect might be among Yun Fengyang’s listed sites and considered using its trove to gain something from Jian Cunyi.

Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi searched near Nine Cold Mountain for the lost Daoist Sect, and Jian Cunyi used geomantic methods to locate its valley. They discovered that the apparently empty valley was concealed by an illusion from the Sect’s still-functioning mountain-protecting formation.

• Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi discussed the Diviner, and Jian Cunyi praised Lin Yu for recognizing how dangerous he was.
• They reached the area near Nine Cold Mountain, where Lin Yu used Yun Jushi’s images to narrow the ruins’ location to a hundred-li radius.
• Jian Cunyi used a bagua compass and his knowledge of geomancy to identify a valley with terrain suited to a Daoist sect.
• They entered the valley and found only scattered rocks and vegetation, with no visible buildings or ruins.
• Jian Cunyi concluded that the Sect’s mountain-protecting formation remained intact and its illusion was hiding the ruins.

Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi uncovered a hidden sect behind an illusion formation, and Jian Cunyi used his formation arts to break through and gain control of much of its mountain-protecting array. The array’s methods seemed tied to Jian Cunyi’s inherited legacy, raising the possibility that the sect was connected to the Duxuan Sect as they continued toward the Diviner.

• Jian Cunyi recognized the valley’s illusion formation and told Lin Yu he could get them inside within one incense stick.
• Jian Cunyi used a killing formation to disrupt the protective array, then mapped its flows with formation flags.
• The formation flags shook, the illusion fell away, and the hidden sect’s buildings appeared across the expanded valley.
• Jian Cunyi said he had made the mountain-protecting formation recognize them as sect disciples and could draw on its power.
• Jian Cunyi told Lin Yu the formation resembled the arts in his inherited legacy, and Lin Yu suspected the sect might be the Duxuan Sect.
• Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi agreed the coincidence was suspicious and that they should be cautious.

Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi entered the abandoned Duxuan Sect, where Jian Cunyi’s inherited memories stirred as he returned to the place tied to his legacy. Lin Yu stayed alert to possible fate-related schemes while privately planning to search the intact buildings for treasures.

• Lin Yu considered the possible fate-related dangers of visiting the Duxuan Sect, which was connected to Jian Cunyi’s past.
• Jian Cunyi entered through the mountain gate first, confirmed it was safe, and led Lin Yu into the preserved sect grounds.
• Lin Yu admired the intact buildings while privately wondering where the sect’s treasure and scripture pavilions were.
• Jian Cunyi began to cry, and explained that memories and emotions from the Duxuan Sect senior whose legacy he inherited had stirred.
• Lin Yu realized Jian Cunyi felt a strong connection to the sect and decided he would need to be tactful when discussing any treasure they found.