Chapter Summaries

Lin Yue completed the Dragon Scale Armor and tested its powerful defenses with Su Qingyan. After leaving the mine, they concealed the armor from a patrol elder and headed back to forge Su Qingyan’s feather fan.

• After three days, Lin Yue and Su Qingyan saw the Spirit Warming Array complete the armor’s Law Fusion.
• Lin Yue put on the Dragon Scale Armor, and Su Qingyan tested it with a punch and an attack infused with the Law of Time.
• Lin Yue gave Su Qingyan a piece of Yinglong Scale Armor to help balance the laws in her future feather fan.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan left the mine, but a patrol elder questioned why they had entered without permission.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan explained themselves, and the elder let them go with a warning.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan returned to prepare to forge her feather fan.

Lin Yue guided Su Qingyan as she forged a Phoenix Feather Fan that combined the Phoenix Clan’s flames with the slowing power of the Law of Time. After testing its abilities, they agreed to fight side by side when they returned to the battlefield.

• Lin Yue arranged a Leaving Fire Formation and prepared the Mysterious Iron Stone, Phoenix Clan Inner Core, and Yinglong Scale Armor powder for the fan.
• Su Qingyan softened the Mysterious Iron and infused it with the Phoenix Clan Inner Core’s Flame Law to forge the fan ribs.
• Lin Yue helped Su Qingyan shape the phoenix feathers into a fan surface and weave the Law of Time into them before fusing the surface with the ribs.
• Su Qingyan tested the finished fan, using it to scorch a stone table with flames and freeze a spirit stone with temporal power.
• Lin Yue tried the fan and said he and Su Qingyan would fight side by side, with her controlling the battlefield and him defending with his armor.

The Three Pure Ones sent Lin Yue and Su Qingyan to investigate the three clans’ remaining forces and camps on the Buzhou Mountain battlefield. Equipped with concealment talismans and warning pendants, they prepared to leave under cover of night.

• Laozi explained that the Three Pure Ones needed information about the three clans’ strength, casualties, and intentions, and Primordial Lord of Heaven assigned Lin Yue and Su Qingyan to investigate.
• Lord of Tongtian warned them about the lingering souls and Golden Immortals on the battlefield, then gave them Invisibility Talismans.
• Laozi gave Lin Yue a Danger Sensing Jade Slip to warn him of nearby core encampments and changes in the Heavenly Dao.
• Lin Yue returned to find Su Qingyan had packed their supplies, and he told her they would set out that night for Buzhou Mountain.
• Su Qingyan made Concentric Pendants that could guide them back to each other and signal injury, and they exchanged the pendants before their departure.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan left the Three Pure Ones Dojo to scout the battlefield near Buzhou Mountain. After avoiding beasts and rogue cultivators, they reached the battlefield’s edge at dawn and began their mission.

• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan slipped through the dojo’s protective array and headed southeast under Invisibility Talismans.
• Lin Yue reassured the nervous Su Qingyan and promised to help her forge a stronger spiritual treasure after they returned.
• Lin Yue used the Law of Space to hide their auras from an Earth-Splitting Bear, and they waited until it wandered away.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan avoided beasts and rogue cultivators as they traveled toward Buzhou Mountain.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan reached the ruins at the edge of the three clans’ battlefield and began scouting among the corpses.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan disguised themselves as wounded rogue cultivators to approach the three clans’ encampment and gather intelligence. They overheard that the dragon, phoenix, and kirin clans had suffered heavy losses, then recorded the information to bring back to their training ground.

• Lin Yue gave Su Qingyan a Flavor Clearing Pill and told her to disguise herself as an injured rogue cultivator with her spiritual power suppressed.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan encountered two dragon patrol soldiers and convinced them they had escaped the battlefield as wounded rogue cultivators.
• After the soldiers left, Lin Yue and Su Qingyan approached nearby shelters to seek information from other rogue cultivators.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan overheard that the dragon clan’s young dragons had been killed or wounded, Yuanfeng was gravely wounded, Kong Xuan guarded the barrier, and Shi Qilin could barely hold on.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan stayed hidden, memorized reports about the clans’ casualties and encampments, and recorded key details with a Communication Talisman.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan secretly approached the Dragon Clan’s camp and witnessed Ancestral Dragon and Yuanfeng clash over the deaths of Phoenix Clan young. As their battle continued, Lin Yue helped Su Qingyan steady herself against the powerful auras.

• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan learned the locations of the three clans and headed toward the Dragon Clan’s camp under Invisibility Talismans.
• They found injured Dragon Clan cultivators in the camp before Ancestral Dragon rose into the sky.
• Yuanfeng arrived and attacked Ancestral Dragon, accusing him of killing young members of the Phoenix Clan.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan hid behind a Yinglong corpse as the two wounded leaders exchanged devastating attacks.
• Lin Yue judged that Ancestral Dragon and Yuanfeng were bluffing because they lacked the strength to fight at full power, then helped Su Qingyan resist their auras.

Shi Qilin ambushed Ancestral Dragon and trapped Yuanfeng, turning their confrontation into a battle among all three clans. As the fighting spread into the ruins, Lin Yue and Su Qingyan fled toward a hidden cave.

• Shi Qilin stabbed Ancestral Dragon with a stone spear, sending him crashing into the ruins.
• Shi Qilin revealed his formation around Yuanfeng and challenged her, but Ancestral Dragon recovered and summoned waves against the Kirin Clan.
• Yuanfeng ordered the Phoenix Clan to ally with the Dragon Clan against Shi Qilin, and cultivators from all three clans clashed.
• Lin Yue led Su Qingyan through the fighting as she used the Phoenix Feather Fan to knock away a spear that threatened him.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan reached the narrow entrance of a hidden cave where they could take shelter.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan hid in a concealed cave and recorded detailed intelligence about the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans' battlefield situation. As the fighting continued outside, Su Qingyan treated Lin Yue's shoulder, and the two stayed safely hidden.

• Lin Yue led Su Qingyan into a cave and concealed its entrance with the Law of Space.
• Su Qingyan described the three clans' remaining forces, defenses, leaders, and casualties while Lin Yue recorded the details on a Great Dao Jade Slip.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan added information about the rogue cultivators and the weakened condition of Shi Qilin, Ancestral Dragon, and Yuanfeng.
• Su Qingyan estimated the three clans could fight for only half a day before their exhausted forces suffered further losses.
• Su Qingyan found a trace of water law on Lin Yue's scratched Dragon Scale Armor and applied cleansing salve while they remained hidden.

After the battle ended, Lin Yue and Su Qingyan found an injured young kirin and secretly treated its broken leg. They left before the Kirin Clan could discover them, while the young kirin hid behind a corpse.

• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan left their cave after the fighting stopped and searched the nearby battlefield.
• Su Qingyan heard a whimper, and they found a bloodied young kirin beside a dead kirin.
• Lin Yue disguised himself and Su Qingyan with beast blood, while Su Qingyan calmed the kirin with a spirit fruit.
• Lin Yue treated the kirin’s broken leg with a Healing Pill, a splint, and a Bone-Mending Pill as Su Qingyan held it still.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan left to avoid Kirin Clan patrols, and the young kirin hid behind the corpse.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan followed a young Kirin to a hidden cave, where they discovered evidence that all three clans were divided by internal conflicts. After rescuing the Kirin cubs from an approaching patrol, they left the battlefield with the jade slips and the cubs in a Storage Ring.

• The injured young Kirin led Lin Yue and Su Qingyan to a cave where several cubs were hiding.
• Lin Yue found jade slips revealing the Kirin Clan's dispute over the Innate Kirin Gall, the failed Phoenix-Kirin alliance, the Dragon Clan's succession struggle, and Kong Xuan's departure.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan placed the cubs in a Storage Ring and hid when a Kirin patrol searched the cave for them.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan escaped through another passage and headed away from the battlefield with the cubs and the gathered intelligence.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan hid in a forest cave, examined their spoils and intelligence, and found evidence that the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans were weakening. They planned to improve their spiritual treasures and protect the Kirin cubs while staying out of the conflict, and Lin Yue gave Su Qingyan a jade pendant that would alert him if she was in danger.

• Lin Yue used Innate Spirit Stones to conceal a forest cave, and Su Qingyan brought the Kirin cubs inside.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan inspected their spoils, including Yinglong Scale Armor, phoenix tail feathers, and Chaos Mysterious Iron.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan read jade slips reporting the Dragon Clan's depleted forces, the Phoenix Clan's damaged origins, and the Kirin Clan's internal strife.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan discussed forging a Sky-Crossing Sword and strengthening the Phoenix Feather Fan, while Lin Yue fed spirit fruits to the injured Kirin cubs.
• Lin Yue suggested asking Master Tongtian to let them raise the Kirin cubs at the dojo, and Su Qingyan agreed to wait until the clan's internal strife ended before returning them.
• Lin Yue gave Su Qingyan a jade pendant that would alert him if she crushed it in an emergency.

After returning to the Daoist Grounds, Lin Yue and Su Qingyan reported the three clans’ weakness and infighting to the Three Pure Ones. Laozi approved Lin Yue’s plan to monitor the clans and purify battlefield souls, then sent them to rest before organizing the mission.

• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan left their cave with the gathered intelligence and rescued Kirin cubs, then avoided patrols on their way back to the Daoist Grounds.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan presented the Great Dao Jade Slip and Kirin Clan meeting jade slip to the Three Pure Ones and reported the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans’ losses and internal divisions.
• Lin Yue proposed scouting the clans and purifying scattered souls rather than intervening in their war, and Laozi approved the plan and gave him a Grand Pure Heart Protection Talisman.
• The Three Pure Ones told Lin Yue and Su Qingyan to rest before arranging the mission, and the pair left Purple Ganoderma Cliff together.

The Three Pure Ones prepared the dojo for the three clans’ imminent fall by reinforcing defenses, refining treasures, and monitoring the clans. Lin Yue and Su Qingyan secured permission to shelter young Kirin and received scriptures to aid their cultivation, then settled the Kirin in the dojo’s spiritual valley.

• Laozi warned that the three clans would fall within half a year, and Primordial Lord of Heaven ordered preparations for the resulting upheaval.
• The Three Pure Ones assigned stewards to reinforce the Mountain Protection Grand Array, establish the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, and produce mid-grade Innate Spirit Treasures, with Lin Yue assisting in artifact refining.
• Su Qingyan asked to shelter the young Kirin, and Laozi approved their stay in the spiritual valley after Lin Yue confirmed they were pure-minded and free of hostility.
• The Three Pure Ones organized daily scouting, shifts to purify resentful spirits, and simultaneous preparations across the dojo.
• Laozi gave Lin Yue and Su Qingyan annotated Bamboo Slips containing a fragment of the Classic of the Way and its Virtue and the Chapter of Profound Induction to aid their cultivation.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan made a comfortable home for the young Kirin in a cave by the valley spring.

Lin Yue went to Meteorite Slope to gather Chaos Mysterious Iron for the Artifact Refining Pavilion and his Sky-Crossing Sword. After evading two Kirin Clan patrolmen, he found several pieces of iron and a rare Void Black Stone, then messaged Su Qingyan that he was returning to the dojo.

• Lin Yue agreed to search the battlefield for Chaos Mysterious Iron and promised Su Qingyan he would stay near its edge and keep her updated.
• Lin Yue slipped out of the dojo and searched Meteorite Slope, where he found a large piece of Chaos Mysterious Iron.
• Lin Yue hid from two Kirin Clan patrolmen who were searching for the young Kirin and complaining about their clan's situation.
• Lin Yue collected five more pieces of Chaos Mysterious Iron and discovered a Void Black Stone containing a strong Law of Space.
• Lin Yue reassured Su Qingyan through the Communication Jade Talisman and headed back to the dojo before dusk.

Lin Yue fused the Chaos Bead Fragment with Chaos Mysterious Iron to forge the Sky-Crossing Sword’s basic form, while Su Qingyan waited anxiously through the night. The sword proved powerful enough to wield Space Dao Rhyme and strengthen Lin Yue’s cultivation, and he reassured Su Qingyan that he would not leave her worrying again.

• Lin Yue returned to the daoist grounds with ore, gave most of the Chaos Mysterious Iron to the Artifact Refining Pavilion, and brought Void Black Stone and a large piece of iron to his cave abode.
• Lin Yue told Su Qingyan that the Void Black Stone could help her cultivation and that he planned to fuse the Chaos Bead Fragment with Chaos Mysterious Iron to form the Sky-Crossing Sword.
• Lin Yue used Chaos Energy to melt the iron, fused the Chaos Bead Fragment into it, and spent the night shaping the metal while suppressing the resulting spatial fluctuations.
• At dawn, Lin Yue completed the Sky-Crossing Sword’s basic form and discovered that it absorbed spatial spiritual energy, boosted his cultivation, and released a powerful Space Blade.
• Su Qingyan praised the sword after Lin Yue showed it to her, and Lin Yue apologized for keeping her awake and promised to tell her how long future refining would take.

Lin Yue used insights from forging the Sky-Crossing Sword and the Classic of the Way and its Virtue to break through to the late Golden Immortal stage, strengthening his control over the Law of Space. After sharing the news with Su Qingyan, he decided to collect and purify remnant souls at the battlefield’s edge to build merit and pursue the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage.

• While studying the fragment of the Classic of the Way and its Virtue, Lin Yue triggered a breakthrough and used Chaos Energy to break through the bottleneck in his dantian.
• Su Qingyan set up a Stealth Array around the Spirit Valley and guarded Lin Yue while he cultivated for an hour.
• Lin Yue stabilized his cultivation at the late Golden Immortal stage, improving his control of the Law of Space and his ability to teleport.
• Lin Yue demonstrated the stronger Sky-Crossing Sword by cutting down an ancient tree with a Space Blade, then thanked Su Qingyan for guarding him.
• After Su Qingyan advised him about advancing to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage, Lin Yue decided to join disciples purifying remnant souls at the battlefield’s edge the next day.

Su Qingyan investigated the Phoenix Clan camp disguised as a rogue cultivator, but three hostile cultivators attacked her. Lin Yue rescued her and took her back toward the Daoist grounds, promising not to let her face danger alone again.

• Lin Yue joined the disciples purifying remnant souls while Su Qingyan taught them to make Heart-Cleansing Talismans.
• Su Qingyan disguised herself as an injured rogue cultivator and approached the Phoenix Clan camp to investigate its losses.
• Three Phoenix Clan cultivators caught Su Qingyan eavesdropping and attacked her, trying to seize her Phoenix Feather Fan.
• Su Qingyan crushed Lin Yue’s Communication Jade Talisman, and Lin Yue arrived to deflect the attacks and disable the three cultivators.
• Lin Yue treated Su Qingyan’s wrist, comforted her, and escorted her back toward the Daoist grounds.

After Su Qingyan’s danger at the Phoenix Clan camp, Lin Yue gave her protective gifts and took her to the spirit valley, where his guidance helped her use the Law of Time more efficiently. Their growing care and trust culminated in Su Qingyan accepting his hand as they walked home together.

• Lin Yue tended Su Qingyan’s injured wrist, then brought her warm spirit cakes and a Void Black Stone pendant with defensive and time arrays the next morning.
• Lin Yue promised to stay by Su Qingyan’s side, and they shared spirit cakes before he invited her to the spirit valley to study the Classic of the Way and its Virtue.
• Su Qingyan fed the young qilins spirit fruit while Lin Yue recorded the peaceful scene on a jade slip.
• Lin Yue explained how following the natural flow of time could help Su Qingyan control the Law of Time, and she successfully slowed the spirit spring’s water with less spiritual energy.
• Lin Yue gave Su Qingyan a Chaos Qi-nurtured Concentric Knot that let them sense each other’s safety, and she tied it around her wrist.
• As they returned to their cave abodes at sunset, Lin Yue took Su Qingyan’s hand, and she let him lead her onward.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan purified remnant souls near the Kirin Clan’s internal conflict before Kirin soldiers forced them to flee. Baize rescued them and invited them to travel with him to a hidden valley, where they hoped to avoid the escalating war.

• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan worked together to purify dozens of remnant souls with the Heart-Cleansing Array.
• When Kirin Clan soldiers attacked, Lin Yue led Su Qingyan toward a nearby cave as they fled.
• Baize protected them from the soldiers with a barrier formed from a Calming Talisman.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan introduced themselves to Baize and explained why they had come to gather remnant souls.
• Baize warned them that the fighting would worsen and invited them to accompany him to a concealed valley.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan accepted Baize’s offer, and the three set out for the valley.

Baize explained why the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans were nearing ruin and warned Lin Yue and Su Qingyan to avoid their conflicts. He led them into a hidden valley where they could shelter and cultivate while the clans fell.

• Baize revealed that his talismans drew on the Power of Heavenly Dao and gave Lin Yue his records of the three clans.
• Lin Yue learned that the clans' greed for Spirit Veins had exhausted their fortunes, and Baize predicted they would fall within three months.
• Lin Yue agreed to avoid the clans' core territories and conflicts, limiting his work to purifying lingering souls along the borders.
• Baize guided Lin Yue and Su Qingyan through a natural Mist Concealment Array into a secluded valley with an Innate Spirit Spring and Spirit Field.
• Baize invited them to use the valley's resources, including Innate Ore for Lin Yue and Firefly Grass to help Su Qingyan stabilize her Law of Time.