Chapter Summaries

Lin Taichu faced his deepest fear in the Door of Illusions, where the Man in Black attacked him and a Ghost Face Monster tried to kill him. After surviving a near-fatal strike with a surprise counterattack, Lin Taichu recognized the monster as the tomb keeper of the ancient grave.

• Lin Taichu entered the Door of Illusions and found Immortal Fate City in ruins, surrounded by the dead, including his family and friends.
• Lin Taichu fought the Man in Black’s swarm of bats with his golden dragon phantom and Phoenix True Fire, then used a black ring that transformed into a Heaven Tier short blade.
• The Man in Black attacked Lin Taichu from afar, and Lin Taichu was transported into a stone chamber where the Ghost Face Monster appeared.
• The Ghost Face Monster broke Lin Taichu’s Divine Dragon Shield and pierced his chest, but Lin Taichu struck back with a golden hammer.
• Lin Taichu called the Ghost Face Monster the tomb keeper of the ancient grave and said they were both lonely ghosts trapped there.

Lin Taichu defeated the Ghost Face Monster, then overcame the Reincarnation Gate’s illusion of Immortal Fate City and his parents. He entered the Reincarnation Well and awoke in a new life, where a girl called him Brother Taichu.

• Lin Taichu used the Heaven Tier weapon to overwhelm the Ghost Face Monster, who burned to ash after threatening to return.
• Lin Taichu searched the Ghost Face Monster’s Storage Ring, found cultivation items and matching tokens, and healed himself with a Heaven Tier Healing Medicine.
• Lin Taichu left the ancient tomb and confronted an illusion of Immortal Fate City, recognizing that the Reincarnation Gate was testing his heart.
• Lin Taichu shattered the Shadow’s illusions with the Nine Yang Divine Art and Phoenix True Fire, earning the illusory figure’s approval.
• The illusory figure revealed the Reincarnation Well trial, and Lin Taichu descended the stairs and awoke in an ancient courtyard as a girl called him Brother Taichu.

After passing the Reincarnation Well’s three trials, Lin Taichu chose to remain in the Reincarnation Realm and entered Myriad Phenomena City, determined to uncover the truth about his transmigration. There, he repelled three cultivators who tried to rob him, leaving their leader and one of his men unconscious.

• Lin Taichu protected the young girl in the final illusion and passed the Reincarnation Well’s three trials.
• The Illusory figure revealed that the Bronze Masked man had once been the Reincarnation Gate’s master and had escaped Endless Reincarnation a thousand years earlier.
• Lin Taichu chose to stay in the Reincarnation Realm, then entered Myriad Phenomena City through the Reincarnation Gate.
• Lin Taichu encountered an auction for a damaged Jade Slip but left when its price exceeded what he could afford.
• Three men ambushed Lin Taichu in a secluded alley, demanding the treasures he had gained during the Reincarnation Gate trial.
• Lin Taichu fought back with his golden dragon phantom, mysterious shield, and Golden Sword Qi, defeating the attackers and knocking the scarred man and one companion unconscious.

Lin Taichu learned that a mysterious force was stirring the Monster Beasts in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range and went to investigate. After reaching the summit, he approached a Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild fleet staffed by Green Lotus Sect cultivators, whose guards confronted him.

• Lin Taichu saved an injured boy with a Purple Jade Ginseng and learned that Monster Beasts near Myriad Phenomena City had grown violent.
• Lin Taichu visited the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild, sold trial spoils, and exchanged a Dragon Origin Fruit for intelligence about the unrest and the three major powers’ responses.
• A Profound Heaven Sect disciple refused Lin Taichu’s request to join its investigation team, so Lin Taichu set out alone for Mount Myriad Beasts.
• Lin Taichu climbed to the summit and found rampaging Monster Beasts and Green Lotus Sect cultivators aboard warships hired by the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild.
• The warship guards spotted Lin Taichu, threatened him, and drew their blades; Lin Taichu angrily challenged them.

Lin Taichu followed a wounded white tiger into a cave and discovered a poisoned gathering of monster beasts guarded by a powerful Black Bear. After taking a Wolf Yao's Yao Core, he fought the bear and was left badly injured as it attacked again.

• Lin Taichu stole a Storage Bag's contents, escaped the Guards, and spotted the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild near the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range.
• Lin Taichu followed a wounded white tiger to a cave, where he found a dead Flood Dragon Transformation wolf and took its Yao Core.
• Lin Taichu discovered monster beasts convulsing from poison and was confronted by a Black Bear at the Core Formation realm.
• Lin Taichu fought the Black Bear, broke his Golden Light Sword, and wounded its belly with the Water Manipulation Art.
• The Black Bear struck Lin Taichu in the chest and raised both paws to crush him, but Lin Taichu struggled up and unleashed a sword light.

Lin Taichu fought and subdued Black Bear, then continued searching for Crimson Cloud Grass while the injured demon bear remained hostile. The chapter ended with Lin Taichu shattering Black Bear’s spine and bringing his sword down on the bear’s left arm.

• Lin Taichu used a Flame Talisman against Black Bear, then evaded the bear’s Yin Sha Ghost Nether Flame with the Earth Evasion Art.
• Black Bear injured Lin Taichu, but Lin Taichu’s empowered right arm repelled the bear and let him turn the fight around.
• Lin Taichu defeated Black Bear, forced him to submit with his sword art, and put him away.
• Lin Taichu used Bone Tempering Pills to heal his fractured arm and found more Crimson Cloud Grass.
• Black Bear attacked Lin Taichu again, but Lin Taichu shattered his spine and swung his Golden Light Sword at the bear’s left arm.

Lin Taichu uncovered Poison Lady’s role in controlling the beasts and found a Bronze Mask inside the cave, but the Profound Heaven Sect arrived and attacked him. As the Black Tiger’s power surged, Lin Taichu was badly wounded and faced it alone.

• Lin Taichu learned from the Black Bear that Poison Lady of Netherworld Pavilion had used Netherworld Ghost Needles and a Monster Gathering Formation to control the beasts.
• A formation drained Lin Taichu’s spiritual energy as controlled Giant Wolves attacked, and he spotted a Bronze Mask above an altar.
• Profound Heaven Sect disciples accused Lin Taichu of murder, recognized the mask as belonging to the former master of the Reincarnation Gate, and chased him toward the altar.
• A Black Tiger bit Lin Taichu, then its demonic power surged after he struck it with golden flames; the Black Bear fled during the chaos.
• Lin Taichu fought the Black Tiger, was repeatedly injured, and pleaded for it to spare the innocent villagers as he prepared to act decisively.

Lin Taichu fought Black Tiger with the Purple Lightning Sword but collapsed after burning his lifespan and exhausting his power. A flash of purple light killed Black Tiger, and Lin Taichu prepared to leave the place as a heavy iron door shifted inside the cave.

• The Purple Lightning Sword appeared in Lin Taichu's hand, and he used it to attack Black Tiger while moving toward the altar.
• Black Tiger poisoned Lin Taichu and struck him, but Lin Taichu summoned a golden dragon and wounded the beast with the Purple Lightning Sword.
• Lin Taichu burned his lifespan and fought Black Tiger until he collapsed, allowing it to take his jade pendant.
• A flash of purple light severed Black Tiger's head, and Lin Taichu took its Yao Core, then waited for nightfall to tend to his injuries.
• A heavy iron door inside the cave began to shift.

Lin Taichu uncovered the Profound Heaven Sect and Netherworld Pavilion’s conspiracy to use Spirit Vein Awakeners in a blood pool, while learning that his mother’s death was tied to the Reincarnation Gate. Poison Lady captured him after his sword revealed him as the gate’s Destined Host.

• Lin Taichu’s jade pendant resonated with the Bronze Mask, reversing the formation and exposing the Ghost Sha Core, which exploded and freed Xiao Chuan to awaken and heal him.
• The Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild steward revealed that the Profound Heaven Sect’s Old Sect Master had been breeding Human-Yao Hybrid Warriors with stolen Spirit Vein Awakeners, while Netherworld Pavilion served as its front.
• A Netherworld Pavilion assassin killed the Old Man, and Poison Lady challenged Lin Taichu with a claim about his mother and the Reincarnation Gate.
• The steward’s Jade Slip showed Lin Taichu visions of his mother bound at the gate and the Old Sect Master overseeing the blood pool, casting doubt on the accusation that she was a traitor.
• Poison Lady recognized Lin Taichu as the Reincarnation Gate’s Destined Host and ordered poison mist released as he tried to escape.
• Venomous snakes and Poison Lady’s silver whip captured Lin Taichu, and she raised her palm to strike his dantian.

Lin Taichu escaped into the Reincarnation Gate by blasting open the coffin containing Poison Lady’s father, but Poison Lady used the gate’s power to strike him and trap him. After she attacked him and threatened to condemn him to Hell, Lin Taichu killed her and faced the remaining Guards.

• Poison Lady weakened Lin Taichu with Ghost Infants and revealed her father’s coffin, which rose from the lava.
• Lin Taichu hurled a bead at the coffin lid, leaped inside, and vanished into the Reincarnation Gate as Poison Lady collapsed.
• Poison Lady played a flute and formed hand seals, causing the gate to strike Lin Taichu and leave him badly injured.
• Poison Lady used Netherworld Ghost Qi to enchant the men, knocked seven Disciples unconscious, and threatened to seal Lin Taichu in the gate forever.
• Lin Taichu disarmed Poison Lady with her Short Blade, pinned her to the wall, and crushed her head.
• The remaining Guards charged Lin Taichu and asked whether he feared punishment from the Reincarnation Gate.

Lin Taichu defeated the Profound Heaven Sect's Old Sect Master after the altar revealed the sect's use of living Spirit Veins and the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild's interest in his reincarnation bloodline. He reached a blood pool and fought the Old Sect Master again, leaving the enemy submerged while Lin Taichu stood exhausted at the shore.

• Lin Taichu killed Poison Lady, but blood from the altar awakened the Profound Heaven Sect's Old Sect Master, who revealed that Lin Taichu's reincarnation bloodline was coveted and accused the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild of trying to reopen the Reincarnation Gate.
• The Old Sect Master activated a Formation that suppressed Lin Taichu's demonic qi, but Lin Taichu's dantian cracked and black flames erupted, killing the Guards and burning the Old Sect Master to ashes.
• Lin Taichu traveled deeper into the cave, slaughtering evil spirits and fiends until he reached a blood pool where the Old Sect Master's blood face confronted him again.
• The blood face attacked Lin Taichu and summoned a giant blood python, but Lin Taichu transformed with demonic arts and wounded the blood face with his sword.
• Lin Taichu struck the blood face into the blood pool, where it sank from sight, then stopped at the shore, exhausted from the fight.

Lin Taichu defeated the blood-colored giant in the Demon God Blood Pool, absorbed a mysterious blood-red fruit and a pillar of bloody light, and strengthened his body. As he left the cave, Master Gu appeared and claimed he had come to save him because his body was failing.

• Lin Taichu endured the blood pool's attack, transformed into a Demon King, and destroyed the blood-colored giant.
• Lin Taichu found a blood-red fruit he identified as the Ghost Infant pill, which bit itself apart and was swallowed as vivid crimson blood entered his veins.
• Lin Taichu walked deeper into the cave, where a bloody light pillar tempered his body until its strength rivaled the ninth level of Foundation Establishment.
• Lin Taichu headed for the cave entrance, planning to find a place to settle his body and continue searching for the Yin Sha Stone and thousand-year Blood Ginseng.
• The Old Man who had been afflicted by blood poison confronted Lin Taichu, introduced himself as Master Gu, and said he had come to save him because his blood and qi were depleted and his energy channels were weak.

Master Gu revealed that Lin Taichu’s presence was draining the sealed secret realm and asked him to retrieve treasures from the Southern Mausoleum Kingdom. When Lin Taichu attacked him, Master Gu overwhelmed him and unveiled his Martial Soul.

• Master Gu told Lin Taichu that occupying the body made him responsible for protecting the secret realm, which his presence periodically drained.
• Master Gu asked Lin Taichu to bring him three Yin Sha Stones and a thousand-year-old Blood Ginseng from the Southern Mausoleum Kingdom’s imperial family.
• Lin Taichu learned that Myriad Dragon Villa’s Ancestor had ordered Master Gu and others to protect him, then attacked Master Gu.
• Master Gu badly injured Lin Taichu and revealed that he was a nonhuman martial arts expert at the peak of the Deity Transformation Realm, using a monster beast’s corpse.
• Master Gu unleashed his blood energy and pressured Lin Taichu, who warned that he had already used Master Gu’s body.
• Master Gu continued attacking Lin Taichu, then revealed his Martial Soul in brilliant golden light.

Lin Taichu fought Master Gu, whose martial soul and Blood Demon Technique made him a formidable opponent. After revealing a hidden surge of power and striking with his Cloud Breaking Sword, Lin Taichu knocked Master Gu through a house wall, leaving him injured in the rubble.

• Master Gu revealed that he possessed a martial soul and threatened to torture Lin Taichu and kill those around him.
• Lin Taichu erupted with purple flames and rose to the Dan Hai Realm, then clashed fiercely with Master Gu.
• Master Gu wounded Lin Taichu with the Blood Demon Technique, but Lin Taichu countered with the Cloud Breaking Sword and drove him back.
• Master Gu tricked Lin Taichu into giving up the Cloud Breaking Sword, but Lin Taichu unleashed a faster attack that forced Master Gu to retreat.
• Master Gu transformed into a thirty-meter giant and charged, but Lin Taichu struck his chest with both fists and sent him crashing through a house wall.

Lin Taichu used a concealed Illusion Technique against Master Gu, but Master Gu resisted it and counterattacked with overwhelming ice power. Lin Taichu trapped Master Gu in a grand illusion, only for Master Gu to immobilize him with Martial Venerable power and reveal eighth-grade Soul Power.

• Lin Taichu revealed that Master Gu had fallen under his Illusion Technique and struck him again while his mind was disoriented.
• Master Gu unleashed Freeze a Thousand Miles, freezing Lin Taichu’s Wind Blades and resisting the illusion.
• Lin Taichu attacked Master Gu with blue fireballs and a clawing strike, but Master Gu’s powerful body endured the assault.
• Lin Taichu expanded his Illusion Technique into a prosperous city, increasing its power threefold.
• Master Gu restrained Lin Taichu with golden energy, then gathered it into enormous sword-shaped energy as Lin Taichu recognized Martial Venerable power and eighth-grade Soul Power.

Master Gu overpowered Lin Taichu, but a burst of Soul Power drove him into an abyss before Cang Xuanzi and the Tianyan Sect arrived to confront the Profound Heaven Sect's Old Sect Master. Cang Xuanzi revealed that Lin Taichu's mother had sealed the Heavenly Mandate Pearl inside him and began testing whether he was its Destined Host.

• Master Gu defeated Lin Taichu, stabbed him with Heart-Eating Bone-Corroding Nails, and crushed him into a crater when he refused to cooperate.
• A vast surge of Soul Power blasted Master Gu through trees and sent him falling into an abyss.
• Cang Xuanzi and four Tianyan Sect disciples arrived, and Cang Xuanzi shattered the floating bones in the blood pool.
• Cang Xuanzi confronted the Profound Heaven Sect's Old Sect Master, who attacked him with five blood pythons.
• Cang Xuanzi recognized the golden dragon mark on Lin Taichu and said Lin Taichu's mother had sealed the Heavenly Mandate Pearl inside him.
• Cang Xuanzi placed a talisman on Lin Taichu's forehead to test whether he was the Destined Host, while Master Gu fled.

After recovering at the Drunken Immortal Tower, Lin Taichu learned the truth about his mother's connection to the Reincarnation Gate and agreed to share related intelligence with the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild. He visited the Myriad Information Tower for information on the Netherworld Pavilion and the Profound Heaven Sect, then offered Netherworld Ghost Needles to obtain information about the Reincarnation Gate.

• The steward told Lin Taichu that Cang Xuanzi had rescued him and left a Meridian Condensing Pill for the three injured boys.
• The steward revealed that Lin Taichu's mother had been the Reincarnation Gate master's disciple and had given him the Heavenly Mandate Pearl before fleeing pursuers.
• Lin Taichu agreed to provide the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild with any Reincarnation Gate intelligence he obtained in exchange for Fragrance Coins.
• At the Myriad Information Tower, Lin Taichu bought intelligence about Netherworld Pavilion strongholds and the Profound Heaven Sect's temporary base at Bao Lai Zhai.
• The Old Man said Reincarnation Gate information could not be bought with money alone, and Lin Taichu offered Netherworld Ghost Needles in exchange.

Lin Taichu investigated Netherworld Pavilion strongholds and Profound Heaven Sect activity, then discovered corpses drained of their Essence Blood. After half a month studying the Azure Sea Tide Birth Art, he heard a commotion and saw a purple-robed man arrive at the Drunken Immortal Tower.

• Lin Taichu visited Dark Fragrance Pavilion and overheard Netherworld Pavilion members discussing Poison Lady’s lost lingering soul and orders to watch Bao Lai Zhai.
• Lin Taichu observed Profound Heaven Sect Disciples enter Bao Lai Zhai, where he sensed several powerful auras, including one at the Deity Transformation Realm.
• Lin Taichu studied intelligence about Netherworld Pavilion and learned it had a Nascent Soul Stage Ancestor, three Golden Core Stage elders, and a force of Death Warriors.
• Lin Taichu chased a shadow into an abandoned courtyard and found corpses with their brains removed and Essence Blood drained.
• Lin Taichu spent half a month studying the Azure Sea Tide Birth Art but made little cultivation progress.
• A purple-robed man rode to the Drunken Immortal Tower, leaped from his horse, and kicked open its front doors.

Lin Taichu met Murong Cang, who revealed that Lin Taichu’s mother had placed the Heavenly Mandate Pearl in him so he could restart the Reincarnation Gate, then offered him protection in exchange for Origin Power. When Netherworld Pavilion assassins and Profound Heaven Sect disciples attacked, Lin Taichu learned the factions gave conflicting accounts of his mother’s death and fled, while Murong Cang was stabbed by an unseen assailant.

• Murong Cang invited Lin Taichu to the Heavenly Secrets Hall and showed him an image of his mother bound before the Reincarnation Gate.
• Murong Cang said Lin Taichu’s mother had put the Heavenly Mandate Pearl in his body and offered him a Heavenly Secrets Token in exchange for a trace of Origin Power.
• Netherworld Pavilion assassins and Profound Heaven Sect disciples attacked the City God temple, and the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild steward urged Lin Taichu to act.
• Lin Taichu struck both attacking forces with his Purple Lightning Sword and demanded to know who had caused his mother’s death.
• Murong Cang blamed the Old Sect Master of the Profound Heaven Sect and the master of the Netherworld Pavilion, while the other factions gave conflicting explanations.
• Lin Taichu escaped through the temple’s rear wall, and an unseen attacker stabbed Murong Cang in the chest.

Lin Taichu entered the Ghost Market while fleeing the factions hunting him, but Netherworld Pavilion and other pursuers cornered him there. His jade pendant resonated with the Purple Lightning Sword and helped him break through the encirclement, yet a mysterious attacker poisoned him and left him fighting in the market.

• Murong Cang learned that the Heavenly Secrets Hall Master had poisoned him and arranged to find the hidden place with his help.
• Lin Taichu fled across Qingyang City and headed for the Ghost Market after a blood moon appeared.
• The Ghost Market guards recognized Lin Taichu's Reincarnation Jade Pendant and let him enter; an old woman offered him a Soul Concealing Bead in exchange for it.
• Netherworld Pavilion assassins attacked Lin Taichu and demanded the Heavenly Mandate Pearl, while his pendant and Purple Lightning Sword formed a protective light cocoon that let him break through the encirclement.
• A mysterious attacker struck Lin Taichu with an illusory Bone Spike and poison, then a severed head fell before him; Lin Taichu shouted that the attacker had killed his mother and hurled his sword at the assassins, splitting it into 1,080 blades.