Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu explained how someone had tampered with Xiao Xiao and the other men’s souls, then healed them while bargaining with the Lu Family for a chance to witness its secret arts. The chapter ended as Lu Lin and Zhang Lingyu prepared to fight Lin Yu, who said he would use only Qi Refining skills.

• Lin Yu explained that Xiao Xiao and the other two had incomplete Spirit Souls and Life Souls, suppressing their desires and leaving them in a state of false peace.
• Zhang Chulan nearly succumbed to the appeal of surrendering his will, but Feng Baobao’s concern brought him back to his senses.
• Lin Yu told Zhang Chulan that the people behind the soul tampering needed Ma Xianhong’s creativity to produce Divine Machine Hundred Refinements.
• Lu Linglong asked Lin Yu to repair the three men, and he agreed in exchange for the Lu Family’s favor and an introduction to Lu Jin so he could witness the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art and Reverse Life Triple.
• Lin Yu healed Xiao Xiao, Chai Yan, and the third man, leaving each to recover through sleep.
• Lu Lin activated Reverse Life Double and Zhang Lingyu formed the Five Thunder Talisman as Lin Yu established the Central Palace and invited them to attack.

Lin Yu defeated Zhang Lingyu and Lu Lin while studying their arts, then went with the Lu siblings to meet Lu Jin. He proposed a deal for Reverse Life Triple and revealed a vision that made Lu Jin see him as an immortal.

• Lin Yu used Thunderbolt and Six Harmonies to overwhelm Zhang Lingyu and Lu Lin, learning the essence of the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art and observing Reverse Life Triple.
• Lin Yu ended the fight, asked Lu Linglong and Lu Lin to take him to Lu Jin, and departed with them after telling Zhang Chulan to explain his decision to the company.
• Lin Yu met Lu Jin at the Lu Family estate and raised the San Yi Sect and Zuo Ruotong, prompting Lu Jin to send the Lu siblings out of the room.
• Lin Yu said he wanted to trade for Reverse Life Triple, but Lu Jin refused and offered to teach it only if Lin Yu became his master's disciple.
• Lin Yu showed Lu Jin a vision of the starry void, where Lu Jin saw Lin Yu as an immense figure and recognized him as an immortal.

Lin Yu traded Lu Jin Li Muxuan’s whereabouts and his insight into Reverse Life Triple for the cultivation manual, then explained why Zuo Ruotong’s breakthrough had not reached the true path beyond the third stage. Back in the Frieren World, Lin Yu studied the manual and the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art before sensing that Flamme needed him and disappearing to respond.

• Lin Yu revealed Li Muxuan was on Nathan Island and offered Lu Jin the chance to take revenge amid its coming upheaval.
• Lu Jin gave Lin Yu the Reverse Life Triple manual, and Lin Yu explained that Zuo Ruotong had reached a third stage shaped by external power rather than his own path.
• Lin Yu told Lu Jin that the third stage was only the beginning and that cultivation beyond it had no fixed method; Lu Jin thanked him for the guidance.
• In the Frieren World, Lin Yu studied Reverse Life Triple and the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art and considered how to build a power system centered on himself.
• Lin Yu sensed Flamme calling for him, understood what had happened, and vanished to respond.

Lin Yu brought the dying Old Wol to his own world and explained that Old Wol’s lifespan was ending because his Innate Qi was depleted. He offered Old Wol three paths to immortality, leaving him to choose.

• Lin Yu learned from Flamme that Old Wol was nearing the end of his natural lifespan, then asked Flamme to serve as a test subject if he found a way to extend human life.
• Lin Yu took Old Wol from Ridge Peak City and left Daimon in charge of the city.
• Lin Yu brought Old Wol into his world, where Old Wol marveled at the landscape and revealed that he had long regarded Lin Yu as a god.
• Lin Yu explained that Old Wol’s Innate Qi was nearly exhausted and that past injuries and Magic Power radiation had obscured the problem.
• Lin Yu offered Old Wol three paths to immortality: cultivating Magic Power with an implanted Spiritual Root, becoming a Monster bound to the Holy Scripture, or becoming Lin Yu’s follower.

Lin Yu explained three ways to treat Old Wall’s Magic Power illness, and Old Wall chose to become Lin Yu’s retainer. After Lin Yu completed the transformation, Old Wall returned home cured, and Lin Yu revealed to Flamme that he had discovered Innate Qi.

• Lin Yu described the risks of implanting a Spiritual Root, joining the White Marsh Myriad Spirits Diagram, or becoming his retainer.
• Old Wall chose to become Lin Yu’s retainer, and Lin Yu stopped time before drawing Old Wall’s soul beyond the world.
• The next morning, Daimon went to the Castle worried about his missing father, and Flamme tried to reassure him.
• Lin Yu told Daimon that Old Wall had returned home cured and gave him half a day off to visit.
• Flamme visited Old Wall, confirmed he was well, and asked Lin Yu what he had discovered.
• Lin Yu told Flamme that the discovery was Innate Qi.

Lin Yu asked Flamme to capture villains as test subjects, and they discussed Frieren and Flamme’s teacher, Seirei. Later, Lin Yu tested the limits of Old Wol’s Level 7 Familiar bond and discovered it kept him from leaving the Internal Universe—until Old Wol began pushing through the barrier.

• Lin Yu asked Flamme to capture test subjects of any race, and she agreed, saying she would make sure they were villains.
• Flamme told Lin Yu that Seirei had spied on him three months earlier, and Lin Yu revealed that he had frightened her off by letting her see him fully.
• Flamme planned to leave after Frieren finally emerged from her guest room, even if she had to drag her out in a week.
• Old Wol visited Lin Yu, who tested the Level 7 Familiar’s powers and explained the limits of the authority he had granted him.
• Lin Yu brought Old Wol to the edge of his ten-li territory, where Old Wol hit an invisible barrier but managed to push his palm through it by a knuckle.

Lin Yu tested how weakening Old Wol’s Familiar rank affected the Main Universe’s restraint and discovered that a Level 9 Familiar could move freely beyond the ten-mile boundary. He sent Old Wol north to test the range, then ordered him to destroy a Monster horde threatening a city before returning.

• Lin Yu lowered Old Wol from Level 7 to Level 8 and then Level 9, discovering that the restraint weakened until Old Wol could move and fight freely.
• Lin Yu sent Old Wol flying north with a teleportation scroll and followed his journey through their familiar connection, confirming that the connection remained strong across the Unified Empire.
• Old Wol drew a flock of flying Monsters to a northern city, where soldiers prepared to defend the city and citizens fled for safety.
• Lin Yu ordered Old Wol to kill the pursuing Monsters, and Old Wol annihilated the entire horde before the creatures could attack the city.

After Old Wall's display of strength helped turn a city lord toward the Second Prince, Lin Yu rewarded him with the Heart of the Familiar and the Earth and Wood Holy Scripture. Lin Yu then announced a period of seclusion to complete the Golden Core Chapter, while his clone returned from another world with captured monkeys.

• Old Wall escaped the city by teleportation scroll, prompting the city lord to decide to contact the Second Prince.
• Lin Yu restored Old Wall's Level 7 Familiar authority and gave him the Heart of the Familiar, which could transform others into familiar kin able to travel beyond the usual range.
• Old Wall learned that Liya could become familiar kin, but Lin Yu warned him not to transform Hoke and Belly because they had the aptitude to receive Spiritual Roots.
• Lin Yu explained that Ridge Peak City's children could cultivate and gave Old Wall an Earth and Wood Holy Scripture to improve the city's construction.
• Lin Yu's clone returned from the Under One Person world and released captured monkeys into the Internal Universe.
• Lin Yu uploaded the Foundation Building Chapter to the Chat Group and said he would seclude himself in Frieren World to complete the Golden Core Chapter within five years.

Five years after Old Wol became a familiar, Ridge Peak City grew into a prosperous refuge, while the Immortal Race—familiars revived through Lin Yu’s Internal Universe—spread across the world and became notorious for their reckless interventions. The chapter ended with Flamme, Frieren, and Daimon returning to the city, where Lin Yu had arranged for Daimon to join their adventures.

• Old Wol oversaw Ridge Peak City’s expansion, and the Spine Peak Territory’s population reached 150,000 as foreign nations began treating it like an independent country.
• Old Wol transformed loyal residents into familiars, and Lin Yu’s Clone trained them in magic before they traveled beyond the territory.
• The familiars’ resurrection and reckless experiments made them a powerful, troublesome group who called themselves the Immortal Race.
• Stories spread about Immortal Race members returning after apparent deaths, and Lin Yu punished those who tried to capture them.
• Flamme and Frieren approached Ridge Peak City with Daimon, and Flamme recalled arriving there five years earlier.
• Lin Yu arranged for Daimon to accompany Flamme and Frieren on their adventures, and the three discussed visiting the Blazing Furnace Hot Pot Restaurant.

Flamme, Frieren, and Daimon returned to Ridge Peak City, where they saw how the city had grown and enjoyed a meal before heading to the inner city. The chapter ended with the group approaching the Cultivation Academy, where the first generation of children with Spiritual Roots were being trained.

• Daimon joined Flamme and Frieren on their journey to Ridge Peak City after Lin Yu and Old Wol approved his departure.
• At the northern gate, Flamme’s honors triggered a grand welcome announcement, and the guards hurried the trio inside to avoid the waiting crowds.
• Flamme showed Frieren and Daimon Rainbow Long Street’s magical sights before Frieren dragged them to Blazing Lava for a two-hour meal.
• Four guards from the Lord’s Guard met the trio after their meal and escorted them toward the inner city.
• The chapter explained that Lin Yu had implanted Spiritual Roots in children on their sixth birthdays, and thirty-six of the first several hundred had entered the Cultivation Academy.

Flamme and Frieren reunited with Wol in Ridge Peak City and learned about Lin Yu’s Cultivation Academy, where he was teaching a new system of cultivation. Lin Yu arranged for them to tour the academy and considered Flamme as a potential teacher, while Wol regretted that Daimon was the only familiar candidate in the city with a Shining Soul.

• Wol greeted Flamme, Frieren, and Daimon, then told them Lin Yu was teaching at the Cultivation Academy.
• Flamme and Frieren became curious about the academy’s Spirit Ape teachers, while Daimon went to visit his mother.
• Wol used the Eight Gates Moving Technique to reach the academy and waited until Lin Yu finished teaching.
• Lin Yu authorized Wol to give Flamme and Frieren a tour and to recruit them to teach at the Magic Academy.
• Wol asked whether Daimon could be replaced as Flamme’s vanguard, but Lin Yu explained that Daimon was the only familiar candidate in Ridge Peak City with a Shining Soul.

Lin Yu invited Su Haoming to teach at the Cultivation Academy and opened a portal to bring him from the Tang Gui World. After Su Haoming arrived and toured Ridge Peak City, he met Flamme and Frieren, and Flamme mistook him for one of the Spirit Apes.

• Lin Yu asked the Chat Group members to help teach at the Cultivation Academy and revealed that he had found the Tang Gui World's coordinates.
• Su Haoming accepted Lin Yu's invitation and used the Jade Pendant to travel through a portal to the Cultivation Academy.
• Lin Yu showed Su Haoming the transformed Ridge Peak City and discussed his plans to move upperclassmen to the Dojo.
• Flamme and Frieren arrived at the academy, where Lin Yu introduced Su Haoming as a new teacher.
• Flamme recognized Su Haoming's name and asked in disbelief whether he was a Spirit Ape.

Lin Yu showed Su Haoming, Flamme, and Frieren around the Cultivation Academy, where Su Haoming learned he would eventually teach. Flamme asked whether an ordinary human could bear immortality, and Lin Yu argued that he himself had remained unchanged for fifteen years, making him the one most suited to it.

• Lin Yu clarified that Su Haoming was a human teacher, then led him, Flamme, and Frieren on a tour of the academy.
• Su Haoming learned that he and the others would teach at the academy, and the group watched Teacher Spirit Ape instruct the children.
• Flamme asked Lin Yu whether he had implanted a Spiritual Root into the Spirit Ape, and he revealed a sixty percent success rate for Monsters and a failure rate under three percent for mages.
• Flamme wondered whether an ordinary human was suited to immortality, while rejecting the idea of becoming an undead lich.
• Lin Yu asked Flamme to consider whether he had changed, and she said that fifteen years had left no trace on him and that he was most suited to immortality.

Lin Yu settled Su Haoming in his Internal Universe, then traveled to Yun Ye’s world and visited the Yun family as Yun Ye’s senior brother. The chapter ended with Old Madam Yun ordering the mansion closed to visitors after learning who Lin Yu was.

• Flamme told Lin Yu she wanted to test whether a human could reach a godlike state of mind, and he agreed to let her continue her experiment.
• Lin Yu brought Su Haoming into his Internal Universe, where Su Haoming was excited to cultivate and named his new residence Yu Hao Hall.
• In the Chat Group, He Jingfeng explained that Lin Yu had given him a Spirit Seed instead of implanting a Spiritual Root, and Lin Yu agreed to visit Yun Ye and Fan Xian.
• Lin Yu arrived at Yun Ye’s world, but Yun Ye declined to make a public display of his senior brother’s arrival because he had family to protect.
• Yun Ye introduced Lin Yu to Old Madam Yun, who ordered the mansion closed to visitors after learning Lin Yu was Yun Ye’s senior brother.

Lin Yu visited Yun Ye’s family, where Old Madam Yun welcomed him after learning that Yun Ye’s sect had more than one powerful master. Lin Yu and Yun Ye prepared a lavish feast from fantasy ingredients, while Yun Ye kept his modern supplies and weapons hidden beneath the mansion.

• Old Madam Yun warmly welcomed Lin Yu and learned that Xiaoyaozi was Lin Yu’s martial uncle, which reassured her that Yun Ye had a wider support network.
• Yun Ye invited Lin Yu to a family banquet, then explained that Old Madam Yun wanted to keep their connection secret from the women in the household.
• Lin Yu joined Yun Ye in the kitchen and saw the modern equipment and supplies Yun Ye had brought from the Under One Person world, including a hidden stockpile of weapons beneath Yun Mansion.
• Lin Yu produced fantasy ingredients from his storage bag, and Yun Ye collected them and prepared eight dishes, including Frost Dragon ribs and a Griffin wing.
• Lin Yu served Glow-light Sparkling Fruit Juice to help the family digest the extraordinary meal.

Yun Ye brought Lin Yu to a family banquet, where he insisted that his six cousins be included despite Old Grandma’s reservations. After Lin Yu gave all eight girls protective gifts, Yun Ye introduced him to Wangcai, whose extraordinary talent prompted Lin Yu to suggest giving the horse a Spiritual Root.

• Yun Ye asked Old Grandma to invite the six younger girls who had been excluded from the banquet, and Lin Yu watched without interfering.
• Lin Yu used magic to float and pour sparkling fruit juice for the girls, earning their admiration and the adults’ respect.
• After the meal, Yun Ye persuaded Lin Yu to give each of his eight younger sisters a protective artifact disguised as a trinket.
• Yun Ye led Lin Yu to Wangcai and explained that he wanted the horse to live forever by his side.
• Lin Yu examined Wangcai and declared that the horse’s talent surpassed a human’s, then suggested implanting a Spiritual Root in him.

Lin Yu discovered Wangcai’s extraordinary intuition and intelligence, then took charge of training him and devised a cultivation method suited to horses. The chapter ended with Lin Yu naming it the Monster Race Cultivation Method.

• Lin Yu explained that Wangcai could sense his probing through intuition and had the mind of an eight-year-old child.
• Yun Ye entrusted Wangcai to Lin Yu, who said he would modify a Spiritual Root for him and began training him on Jade Mountain.
• Lin Yu drove Wangcai to run for an afternoon while studying how Qi flowed through his body, and Wangcai later ate three troughs of fodder and half a rack of pork ribs.
• Old Grandma learned Lin Yu was training Wangcai and ordered the household to keep the matter quiet.
• Lin Yu reassured Yun Ye that Wangcai’s running cultivated Qi like human martial arts, then named the method the Monster Race Cultivation Method.

Lin Yu settled into Yun Mansion, gave Wangcai a Spiritual Root, and began training it to cultivate. At Yushan Academy, Yun Ye and Sun Simiao concealed Lin Yu’s identity from Headmaster Li Gang, but Lin Yu then appeared before Sun Simiao and introduced himself.

• Lin Yu implanted a Monster Race-exclusive Spiritual Root into Wangcai and made it run on Jade Mountain until it began to enjoy training.
• Li Gang questioned Yun Ye about the distinguished guest at Yun Mansion and urged him to invite the supposed senior brother to teach at Yushan Academy.
• Yun Ye implied that Lin Yu was his senior brother but told Li Gang that Lin Yu was a recluse who would soon leave Chang'an.
• Sun Simiao helped Yun Ye conceal Lin Yu’s identity, explaining that the Great Tang was not ready for an immortal to appear.
• Lin Yu appeared in the courtyard and told Sun Simiao that he had come to visit Yun Ye and had long wished to meet him.

Lin Yu helped Sun Simiao resolve his conflict between pursuing cultivation and continuing his life's work in medicine by teaching him to enter the Dao through medicine. Sun Simiao received two cultivation methods and a Spirit Seed, while Lin Yu and Yun Ye continued toward the Marquis of Lantian's residence.

• Sun Simiao recognized Lin Yu as a True Lord and explained that he had long wrestled with whether to seek the true teachings or remain devoted to medicine.
• Lin Yu took Sun Simiao into the sky and challenged his belief that cultivating the Dao meant abandoning medicine.
• Lin Yu taught Sun Simiao that the medical Dao was one of the Three Thousand Great Daos and bestowed the Inner Elixir Chapter, the Medicine King Divine Needle Chapter, and a Spirit Seed.
• Sun Simiao woke in his bedroom and kowtowed toward Yun Mansion to thank the True Lord.
• Lin Yu told Yun Ye that Sun Simiao's weak greed, anger, and ignorance could help him advance through Three Corpses Severing, then continued toward the Marquis of Lantian's residence with him.

After spending three days at Yun Mansion, Lin Yu returned to his world and prepared to visit Fan Xian. Fan Xian traveled toward Liujing River, where he detected poison and ordered his guards to kill the attackers.

• Lin Yu enjoyed life at Yun Mansion, taught martial arts to Little Xi, Little Bei, and Cheng Chumo, then returned to his own world.
• Fan Xian invited Lin Yu to visit after handling the matter in front of him.
• Fan Xian explained that he had recruited three martial artists as loyal guards and had warned Lin Ruofu about Lin Gong's secret dealings with the Princess Royal.
• Fan Xian rode toward Liujing River along Cattle Pen Street, where he smelled Bufotenine and realized an ambush was underway.
• Fan Xian ordered his guards to spare the two female swordswomen and leave no other attackers alive.