Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu met Qin Siyu at a hidden cave after she escaped the Ten Thousand Flowers Cave Dwelling with Master Wei Jian. He explained that he planned to remove the tracking measure fused into her body to force their pursuers to act, then took her elsewhere while Old Zheng guarded Master Wei Jian.

• Lin Yu arrived at the cave where Qin Siyu was tending a fire beside the sleeping Master Wei Jian.
• Qin Siyu realized Lin Yu had arranged for the Yaomo in the cave dwelling to fall unconscious, and Lin Yu admitted that Old Zheng had been monitoring her.
• Lin Yu told Qin Siyu he planned to remove the tracking measure in her body to pressure the three snake yaoguai and their companion into coming after them sooner.
• Qin Siyu started to undress, but Lin Yu stopped her and explained that removing the measure did not require taking off her clothes.
• Lin Yu manifested Old Zheng and asked him to guard Master Wei Jian while he took Qin Siyu elsewhere to remove the tracking measure.
• Old Zheng joked that a Demon Lord could kill and eat him within three minutes, prompting Qin Siyu to ask what he meant by a “three-one split.”

Lin Yu prepared Old Zheng to hold off a Demon Lord by giving him a Mind Manifestation Instrument filled with Mind Matter and advanced Mental Power techniques from Lady Bai Ying. He then took Qin Siyu to a secluded spot near the Yaomo cave dwelling to treat her, where she asked whether she needed to remove her clothes.

• Lin Yu gave Old Zheng a Mind Manifestation Instrument containing more than ten times its usual Mind Matter, extracted from Yaomo souls.
• Lin Yu transmitted advanced Mental Power techniques from Lady Bai Ying to Old Zheng, leaving him briefly overwhelmed before he recovered.
• Old Zheng recognized the techniques as knowledge from Mist Island's Previous Civilization, and Lin Yu revealed that he had met Princess Bai Yue's mother, Lady Bai Ying, in the Eternal Prison.
• Lin Yu asked Old Zheng to watch Master Wei Jian and hold off a Demon Lord if needed, and Old Zheng vowed to fight the Yaomo.
• Lin Yu left Old Zheng with the Ancient Notebook and carried Qin Siyu away to a quiet spot near the Yaomo cave dwelling for her treatment.
• Qin Siyu asked if she needed to take off her clothes, and Lin Yu questioned where she had gotten her supposed good name.

Cold Cicada and the three Snake Yaoguai Demon Lords discussed the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord’s growing danger and planned a new strategy to capture Little Yu’s target. When Cold Cicada discovered that the target had found and removed his Tracking Gu, he ordered the group to set off immediately, believing they could still catch them nearby.

• The Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord treated the Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord and warned her not to rush into battle recklessly again.
• The Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord explained that the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord’s control over karma and destiny had grown more profound despite her weakened rank.
• The Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord proposed that she hold off the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord while the other two Demon Lords captured Little Yu’s target.
• Cold Cicada stopped refining his new medicine after realizing his Tracking Gu had been discovered and removed by the target.
• Cold Cicada ordered the group to pursue immediately, saying the target was still nearby.

Cold Cicada tracked Lin Yu to a concealed spot on Nine Cold Mountain, where Lin Yu admitted he had lured the group there and sent Qin Siyu away. Lin Yu unleashed the Six Desires Demon Lord’s power and attacked Cold Cicada, but a black lotus appeared beside him as he was about to strike.

• Cold Cicada reasoned that Lin Yu had likely discovered the Tracking Gu and chosen to turn it into a trap, but decided to follow it anyway.
• Cold Cicada and the three Snake Yaoguai reached the hidden spot behind a boulder and found Lin Yu there alone, without Qin Siyu.
• Lin Yu said he had sent Qin Siyu away so she would not be caught in the fight, and confirmed that he had deliberately lured Cold Cicada there.
• Cold Cicada explained that Lin Yu’s discovery had won him the initiative, but said the advantage was still far from enough to make the fight fair; the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord vowed she would not lose in the Prison Mountain Realm.
• Lin Yu gathered golden power of desire, overwhelmed the group’s perception with its dazzling burst, and appeared before Cold Cicada with [White Bone Flowing Light] drawn.
• As Lin Yu prepared to slash Cold Cicada, a black lotus silently bloomed beside him and warned him to stay away.

Lin Yu used a carefully timed burst of Desire to escape after the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord and Cold Cicada badly wounded him. Elsewhere, Meng Qingjun considered whether snake yaoguai were behind the attack on Nine Cold Mountain.

• The Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord and Cold Cicada struck Lin Yu, severely injuring him with darkness and glittering powder.
• Lin Yu gathered the earlier burst of Desire into a curtain that briefly robbed the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord and Cold Cicada of awareness.
• The Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord woke them, and they realized Lin Yu had escaped; Cold Cicada warned that his injuries and flight were part of a scheme targeting Sister Xian.
• Meng Qingjun listened to Brother Daybreak and Brother Heavenhowl describe seeing a snake yaoguai and considered their testimony alongside his own suspicions.
• Meng Qingjun recalled that Dark Prison housed many hostile snake yaoguai clans and Demon Lord-level beings.

Meng Qingjun learned that Snake Yaoguai from Dark Prison had targeted him for his mother’s Six Desires inheritance, and his uncle Lin Yu died passing the Desire Origin to him. As a red-dressed Snake Yaoguai arrived to claim Lin Yu’s corpse, Meng Qingjun chose to stay and confront her.

• Meng Qingjun heard that Snake Yaoguai might have attacked his cave dwelling and worried about provoking their clan.
• Lin Yu crashed outside the cave dwelling, told Meng Qingjun that three Demon Lords from Dark Prison had come for his inheritance, and urged him to flee.
• Lin Yu passed the Desire Origin into Meng Qingjun, then died from his wounds and poison after asking him to survive.
• A red-dressed woman atop a massive scarlet snake demanded Lin Yu’s corpse as spoils.
• Meng Qingjun laid Lin Yu down, declared himself the Six Desires Demon Lord of Nine Cold Mountain, and challenged the Snake Yaoguai to fight.

Meng Qingjun used the Desire Origin to recover from the Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord’s poison and revealed himself as the Six Desires Demon Lord. As the Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord attacked with a tide of venomous snakes, Meng Qingjun resolved to kill her before her two allies arrived.

• The Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord attacked Meng Qingjun, poisoned him, and dissolved the flesh on his face with blood mist.
• Meng Qingjun seized the Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord and bit her neck, enduring her poison as the Desire Origin restored his body.
• Meng Qingjun declared that he had mastered desire and vowed to avenge his blood kin by killing the Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord.
• The Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord summoned a tide of blood-poison snakes and spread toxic miasma toward Meng Qingjun.
• Meng Qingjun sensed that his inherited power had awakened his bloodline’s knowledge and decided to try to kill the Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord before her two accomplices arrived.

Lin Yu used his Fraudster ability and psychological guidance to empower Meng Qingjun, who briefly gained the upper hand against the Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord. When the Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord attacked Meng Qingjun, a hidden assailant struck her with a soul-dragging technique, and she eventually found and pulled the attacker from the shadows.

• Lin Yu revealed that Meng Qingjun’s apparent Desire Origin and Demon Lord power came from his own deception, granted strength, and mental guidance.
• Meng Qingjun fought the Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord with grief-fueled resolve, but could not defeat her before reinforcements arrived.
• The Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord and the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord arrived with Cold Cicada and planned to capture Lin Yu while the Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord helped subdue Meng Qingjun.
• Cold Cicada suspected Lin Yu had prepared a hidden contingency and warned that the approaching attack might put the Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord at risk.
• An unseen attacker dragged at the Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord’s soul, but she resisted, recovered, and used her white silk to pull the attacker from the shadows.

Zheng Jianshen fought the Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord, using mind techniques to control her weapons and wound her while Cold Cicada warned her about his attacks. She poisoned Zheng Jianshen’s soul and drove a sword toward his head, leaving him in danger of being killed for real.

• Cold Cicada warned the Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord that Zheng Jianshen could distort her perceptions and interfere with her consciousness.
• Zheng Jianshen used [Mind Matter] to possess the Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord’s sword and turn her magical artifacts against her.
• The Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord suppressed her weapons, but Zheng Jianshen distracted her and cut her temple with psychokinesis.
• The Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord released a sonic attack that poisoned Zheng Jianshen’s soul and disrupted his concentration.
• The Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord pressed a short sword toward Zheng Jianshen’s left eye, threatening the true body inside his head.

Old Zheng was nearly killed by the Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord until Yaomo reinforcements arrived and joined the battle. Meng Qingjun’s Desire Golden Light drove them into a frenzy, but Lin Yu revealed that his Mental Plague had already spread hatred and greed through their minds.

• Old Zheng struggled to hold off the Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord and trusted that Lin Yu would eventually intervene.
• Yaomo reinforcements arrived at Nine Cold Mountain, and Meng Qingjun urged them to avenge their slain friends and family.
• Meng Qingjun’s Desire Golden Light intensified the Yaomo’s desire for revenge and spoils, sending them to attack both Demon Lords.
• The Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord abandoned her attempt to kill Old Zheng and fought off the attacking Yaomo.
• Lin Yu realized that his Mental Plague had spread abnormal hatred among the Yaomo, while Meng Qingjun’s power triggered the hatred and greed he had planted.

The Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord and Cold Cicada watched their two allies falter under Old Zheng, Meng Qingjun, and the Yaomo’s assault, then decided to unleash their hidden power. The Saint Lord transformed the sky into a vast Black Lotus and appeared before Old Zheng, threatening to kill him unless the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord emerged.

• Old Zheng realized the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord had stayed back because she feared the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord and Lin Yu’s hidden plans.
• The Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord told Cold Cicada she could not wait while Sister Ping and Sister Xian were in danger, and Cold Cicada agreed they should act together.
• The Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord began breathing steadily, darkening the sky as an enormous Black Lotus slowly bloomed overhead.
• The Saint Lord stepped across the battlefield, leaving a pitch-black fissure that drained the blood essence of the Yaomo it touched, and stopped in front of Old Zheng.
• The Saint Lord pointed at Old Zheng and threatened to kill him unless the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord came out.

Old Zheng faced execution by the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord, whose attack invoked the Prison Mountain Realm’s Heavenly Dao, until Lin Yu arrived and blocked it with the Azure Sea Sky Dome. Cold Cicada then revealed that the barrier could still be challenged by splitting the malice inside it.

• The Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord locked onto Old Zheng with an attack empowered by the Prison Mountain Realm’s Heavenly Dao, and Old Zheng realized he could not resist it.
• Old Zheng stalled for time by discussing the Death game’s influence over World Will, prompting Cold Cicada to question his role as a Psychology Society founder.
• Cold Cicada ordered the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord to kill Old Zheng, and she sent a bolt of malevolent lightning toward him.
• Lin Yu appeared and used the Azure Sea Sky Dome to block the lightning, which Old Zheng believed Lin Yu could withstand because he had returned safely from the Gray Domain.
• Cold Cicada began splitting the malice within the water curtain and warned Lin Yu that a barrier capable of resisting World Will was not invincible.

Lin Yu countered Cold Cicada’s shadow authority with ocean authority while the two argued about rumors that Lin Yu and Zhu Ming were a couple. Cold Cicada revealed he had hidden pain authority in his shadows and attacked Lin Yu as the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord struck at the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord.

• Cold Cicada explained that authority could pass between worlds and sent shadow spikes through Lin Yu’s [Azure Sea Sky Dome].
• Lin Yu used ocean authority to sweep Cold Cicada’s shadows back through the water curtain and said he had prepared against authority attacks.
• Cold Cicada said he had investigated Lin Yu and Zhu Ming, prompting Lin Yu to deny that they were a couple.
• Cold Cicada admitted his feelings for the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord might not be innocent, while she blushed and Old Zheng and the Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord commented on their relationships.
• Lin Yu called for the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord to attack, but Cold Cicada cut at the spider silk and unleashed pain authority he had concealed within his shadows.

Lin Yu trapped Cold Cicada inside [Azure Sea Sky Dome] and used his own power of "Destiny" and Old Zheng’s help to capture Cold Cicada’s soul in the [Ancient Notebook]. The Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord broke through the barrier’s defenses by transforming into a black snake and appearing beside Cold Cicada.

• Cold Cicada used "Pain" on both himself and Lin Yu, then passed through [Azure Sea Sky Dome] by turning himself into an extension of "Pain".
• Cold Cicada realized the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord might be hidden inside the barrier and searched for her with his "Shadow" Authority and golden gu.
• Lin Yu revealed that the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord was not there and that he had planned to fight Cold Cicada himself.
• Lin Yu attacked Cold Cicada with his "Destiny" power and [Ancient Notebook], while Old Zheng briefly pulled Cold Cicada’s soul and consciousness from his body.
• The [Ancient Notebook] captured Cold Cicada’s soul, and the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord struck [Azure Sea Sky Dome] in fury before transforming into a black snake and appearing beside Cold Cicada.

Lin Yu used the Ancient Notebook to capture traces of Cold Cicada’s and the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord’s souls, then drew them into a limited Karma Threads Illusion. He left Cold Cicada furious by threatening to use the illusion to observe his private past and future movements.

• The Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord appeared inside Azure Sea Sky Dome through her soul bond with Cold Cicada and pulled his soul out of the Ancient Notebook’s sealed information authority.
• Lin Yu explained that he had already captured fresh traces of both their souls, then used Karma Threads to draw them into an illusion based on Cold Cicada’s past and the Saint Lord’s desire to visit his world.
• Cold Cicada recognized that Lin Yu had combined the Karma Threads and desire abilities, and the Saint Lord realized the illusion could not alter their real past.
• Lin Yu explained that the illusion only let him view their memories, then said he intended to watch Cold Cicada and uncover his secrets.
• Cold Cicada’s aura turned terrifying as Lin Yu’s threats provoked genuine killing intent in him.

Lin Yu provoked Cold Cicada inside the Karma Threads Illusion to pressure him and investigate his past, while Cold Cicada focused on finding a way out. Lin Yu then used Cold Cicada’s mental fluctuations to shift the illusion toward a matching scene from his past karma.

• Lin Yu explained that he wanted Cold Cicada to feel genuinely threatened so he would reveal more of his unusual abilities, then challenged him to try killing him.
• Cold Cicada warned the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord not to use her Innate Divine Ability, fearing the Notebook’s power could expose it to Lin Yu for analysis.
• Cold Cicada said he would not play psychological guessing games and demanded that Lin Yu state what he wanted, while noting he had ways to escape the illusion.
• Lin Yu asked whether Cold Cicada worked with anyone besides the Diviner, and Cold Cicada refused to answer.
• Lin Yu said he could detect the instant of Cold Cicada’s mental fluctuation and search the Karma Threads Illusion for a scene that matched it.
• The illusion shifted from the street to an indoor setting, and Lin Yu secretly stored away a remaining trace of the power of belief.

Lin Yu used a deception to turn the Karma Threads Illusion into a scene of Cold Cicada meeting the Diviner and a hidden ally. The Diviner identified the ally as the Emperor, leader of the Copper Furnace, and hinted that the Emperor could influence Lin Yu even inside the illusion.

• Lin Yu used Cold Cicada’s belief that he could manipulate the illusion to make his lie real and shift it to Cold Cicada’s secret meeting.
• Lin Yu saw Cold Cicada meeting the Diviner and a figure concealed by brilliant golden light, while the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord stood behind Cold Cicada.
• Cold Cicada and the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord recognized the illusion, and the Diviner and golden figure noticed Lin Yu watching them.
• The Diviner explained that his Fragment of Fate let him detect the Karma Illusion, while the golden figure said shattered Destiny could not reveal his true appearance.
• The Diviner introduced the golden figure as the Emperor, a Player from the previous version and the leader of the Copper Furnace.
• The Diviner suggested the Emperor could influence Lin Yu within the illusion, and the Emperor challenged the Diviner’s decision to reveal his identity.

Lin Yu encountered the Emperor and the Diviner inside the Karma Threads Illusion, where the Emperor’s power began to destroy his soul and life. Lin Yu used the Ancient Notebook’s Information Authority to force both opponents to withdraw, escaping the attack but dissolving the illusion.

• Lin Yu realized the Emperor had brought his will and power into the Karma Threads Illusion and was making Lin Yu’s soul and life wither by declaring him condemned to death.
• Cold Cicada warned Lin Yu that glimpsing his past was dangerous, but Lin Yu explained that meeting the Emperor had already yielded valuable intelligence.
• Lin Yu said he had prepared safeguards for the Diviner and tapped a table, causing an outside force to invade the illusion.
• Lin Yu used the Ancient Notebook to unleash the Information Authority against the Emperor and the Diviner, flooding their consciousnesses with information and attempting to record their memories.
• The Emperor and the Diviner vanished from the illusion to escape the Authority, ending the Emperor’s attack on Lin Yu as the Karma Threads Illusion dissolved.

After the Emperor and the Diviner fled the collapsing Karma Threads Illusion, Lin Yu questioned Cold Cicada about Sherlock’s murder and used the Lie Detector to confirm he was telling the truth. Lin Yu then escaped Nine Cold Mountain by layering a Notebook illusion over the collapsing illusion, leaving Cold Cicada behind.

• The Emperor and the Diviner abandoned the Karma Threads Illusion, causing it to collapse, and Lin Yu confronted Cold Cicada as they prepared to part.
• Lin Yu asked Cold Cicada whether he had participated in Sherlock’s murder, and Cold Cicada said he had never been involved and had only just learned Sherlock was dead.
• Lin Yu checked Cold Cicada’s answer with the Lie Detector and concluded he was not involved in the murders of Fu Luo and Gao Shan.
• Lin Yu said goodbye to Cold Cicada as the Karma Threads Illusion collapsed, while Cold Cicada warned that he would not simply let Lin Yu leave afterward.
• Lin Yu used the Notebook’s Authority to create another illusion that bought him time to escape Nine Cold Mountain, leaving no trace for Cold Cicada or the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord to find.

Lin Yu recovered in the cave and used the Ancient Notebook to uncover fragments of the Diviner’s plans in the Prison Mountain Realm. Master Wei Jian identified the likely target as the Great Rui Ancient Capital Divine King Palace Ruins.

• Lin Yu recovered from his injuries and depleted vitality after escaping the Emperor, the Diviner, Cold Cicada, and the other Yaomo.
• Lin Yu examined the karma fragments he had recorded and learned that the plan involved the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord’s blood, a dark palace, Dao Ancestor-related stones, and loosened seals and formations.
• Lin Yu also learned that the suspected second Copper Furnace member was called the Chancellor and that Cold Cicada was helping the Diviner oppose the Director.
• Lin Yu wondered where such a palace could be found in the Prison Mountain Realm and planned to ask Old Zheng once he recovered.
• Master Wei Jian woke in the cave and suggested that the palace was the Great Rui Ancient Capital Divine King Palace Ruins.
• Lin Yu asked Master Wei Jian to explain more about the ruins.