Chapter Summaries

Zhong Lin arrived on Thirty-Sixth Island seeking a fifth-rank Pill Master and followed Feng Cheng to Flying Sky Treasure Tower. There he discovered that Dao Speech Pill Master was waiting for him with sect leader Yu Jinglei.

• Zhong Lin released his Spirit Sea Realm aura to scatter martial artists who crowded him, and the island guards warned him not to cause trouble.
• Feng Cheng offered to guide Zhong Lin to a Pill Master, and Zhong Lin paid him ten spirit stones to take him to Dao Speech Pill Master.
• Feng Cheng explained that Dao Speech Pill Master was a Guest Elder of Flying Sky Treasure Tower and led Zhong Lin to the tower.
• Zhong Lin presented his token to the guards, who confirmed that Dao Speech Pill Master would see him.
• Yu Jinglei greeted Zhong Lin at the Bronze Hall and said that Junior Brother Yin had been waiting for him.

Zhong Lin reunited with Yin Daoyan, Yu Jinglei, and Shi Yunyi, and they discussed their search for information about Sin Blood. Shi Yunyi revealed that Wind Gale Sword Lord had accepted him as a disciple, leaving him anxious about how Yu Jinglei would feel.

• Zhong Lin congratulated Yin Daoyan on becoming a Rank 5 Pill Refiner and thanked him for his guidance and support.
• Yin Daoyan served Purple Mo Ling Tea, which greatly strengthened Yu Jinglei and Shi Yunyi but had little effect on Zhong Lin.
• Yu Jinglei and Yin Daoyan reported that they had found no information about Sin Blood while searching the Sea Area and the Flying Sky Treasure Tower.
• Shi Yunyi said that he had joined the Seven Stars Sect as an Inner Sect True Disciple after revealing his sword intent.
• Shi Yunyi revealed that Wind Gale Sword Lord had accepted him as a disciple, and he turned to Yu Jinglei with concern about having left his original sect.

Shi Yunyi reported finding a reference to Sin Blood and brought Zhong Lin a powerful Aura Concealment Art and two sixth-rank pill formulas. Zhong Lin decided to refine the pills immediately, despite Shi Yunyi and Yu Jinglei urging him to study the formulas first.

• Yu Jinglei reassured Shi Yunyi that taking Wind Gale Sword Lord as his master did not change their bond, and Shi Yunyi's sword intent surged.
• Shi Yunyi told Zhong Lin that a Seven Stars Sect travel journal connected Sin Blood to a great war ten thousand years earlier.
• Shi Yunyi presented the Aura Concealment Art, which could hide even a Divine Soul, and Zhong Lin praised him for finding it.
• Shi Yunyi revealed the Purple Mansion Pill and Spirit Communication Pill formulas, and Yin Daoyan confirmed they were sixth-rank formulas.
• Zhong Lin promised to teach Yin Daoyan the formulas and provide Shi Yunyi with pills, then proposed refining them at once.
• Yin Daoyan rushed to fetch the spirit herbs while Shi Yunyi and Yu Jinglei cautioned Zhong Lin to study the formulas before risking precious materials.

Zhong Lin used the System to reach Sixth Rank Pill Refinement and demonstrated his skill by refining Purple Mansion Pills. After the three observers swallowed one each, their auras and Divine Souls grew stronger.

• Zhong Lin used the System to learn Purple Mansion Pill and Spirit Communication Pill refinement, then advanced his pill-refining skill to Sixth Rank.
• Yin Daoyan returned with materials, and Zhong Lin began refining pills while Yu Jinglei and Shi Yunyi watched his powerful flames and precise control.
• Zhong Lin completed a batch of three potent Purple Mansion Pills, surpassing the usual yield of Water Moon Pill Refiner.
• Zhong Lin gave one pill each to Yin Daoyan, Yu Jinglei, and Shi Yunyi, who refined them and emerged with stronger auras and Divine Souls.

Zhong Lin tracked Xiang Jian, the last holder of a key, to Purple Cloud City and confronted him. Xiang Jian offered the key in exchange for his life, leaving Zhong Lin to decide whether to spare him.

• Zhong Lin refined Yin Daoyan’s ingredients into six Purple Mansion Pills and four Spirit Communication Pills, then tested a Spirit Communication Pill and found it greatly increased his cultivation speed for a day.
• After parting with his companions, Zhong Lin traveled to Purple Cloud City and went to the Zhou Residence, where Chen Jia confirmed that Xiang Jian was nearby.
• Zhong Lin recognized Xiang Jian among the people leaving the residence, and Xiang Jian killed the two women beside him before fleeing into the sky.
• Zhong Lin caught up with Xiang Jian and slapped him into the ground, leaving him badly injured.
• Xiang Jian offered Zhong Lin the final key and begged him to spare his life.

Zhong Lin opened the Bloody Ten Bandits' Treasure Vault and discovered a vast hoard, a Geng Metal Mine, and a spirit artifact pill furnace. He proposed using the furnace to refine his body and help him break through to the seventh level of the Dragon Elephant Golden Body, leaving Chen Jia alarmed.

• Zhong Lin killed Xiang Jian after obtaining the sword-shaped key and flew to the Bloody Ten Bandits' Treasure Vault.
• Zhong Lin found the hidden entrance on a desolate island and swam through an underwater tunnel to a Geng Metal Mine.
• Zhong Lin used the key to open the bronze gate and found piles of spirit stones, weapons, pills, medicinal treasures, and cultivation techniques.
• Chen Jia identified the vault's treasures, including a spirit artifact pill furnace.
• Zhong Lin suggested that the pill furnace could refine his body, and Chen Jia asked what he was planning.

Zhong Lin used the spirit artifact-grade pill furnace to temper his body with spirit fire and broke through to the Seventh Level of the Dragon Elephant Golden Body. He emerged with Azure Dragon Coiling Star and tested its defenses against the Black Dragon Sword.

• Zhong Lin decided to use the pill furnace’s spirit fire to forge his body, despite Chen Jia warning him that the process could kill him.
• Zhong Lin entered the pill furnace and used his pill-refining skill to control its flames as he circulated the Dragon Elephant Golden Body.
• Zhong Lin endured the burning pain and increased the flames, forcing impurities from his body and strengthening his flesh and blood.
• Chen Jia heard the cries of a dragon and elephant from outside the furnace and hid in the Soul Nourishing Ring as the sound threatened to disperse his soul body.
• Zhong Lin broke through to the Seventh Level, Azure Dragon Coiling Star, then slashed at himself with the Black Dragon Sword to test his new defense.

Over two years, Zhong Lin advanced his cultivation and sword intent while helping the Purple Cloud Sect prosper. With the Seven Stars Secret Realm about to open, he went to meet Ouyang Daoyong, who again questioned whether he had truly decided to enter.

• Zhong Lin reached the seventh level of the Dragon Elephant Golden Body and gained the Azure Dragon Coiling Star defense, while Chen Jia warned him that his breakthrough method was too dangerous to repeat.
• Zhong Lin took a spiritual weapon pill furnace and cultivation resources from the Treasure Vault, then returned to the Purple Cloud Sect and spent his days cultivating, refining artifacts, and concocting pills.
• With sword martial skills gathered from others, Zhong Lin comprehended forty percent sword intent and reached the realm of Sword Qi Like Rainbow, while the Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill advanced to the lower Profound Grade.
• After two years, Zhong Lin reached Spirit Sea Realm Great Perfection as the Seven Stars Secret Realm neared its opening.
• Ouyang Daoyong and Wan Pu summoned Zhong Lin, and Ouyang Daoyong again tried to dissuade him from entering the secret realm.

Zhong Lin persuaded Ouyang Daoyong to let him enter the Seven Stars Secret Realm with Wan Pu, despite the sect leader’s concern for his safety. At Flying Cloud Gorge, they waited with hundreds of martial artists for the realm to open as members of the powerful Blazing Sun Palace arrived.

• Ouyang Daoyong and Wan Pu urged Zhong Lin to stay behind, but Zhong Lin insisted on entering the Seven Stars Secret Realm.
• Ouyang Daoyong assigned Wan Pu to accompany and protect Zhong Lin, and set their departure for three days later.
• Ouyang Daoyong, Zhong Lin, and Wan Pu flew to Flying Cloud Gorge, where Ouyang Daoyong warned them that ambushers might wait outside the realm.
• The three arrived at the altar and waited among the gathered martial artists for the Seven Stars Sect.
• Members of the Blazing Sun Palace arrived, led by the Spirit Embryo Realm Hanging Sun Elder, and the nearby martial artists made room for them.

Zhong Lin and the other martial artists watched the Seven Stars Secret Realm open before entering it. Zhong Lin arrived in a dense forest alone, where Chen Jia emerged from the Soul Nourishing Ring and said he had returned to the realm after many years.

• Zhong Lin spotted Yu Jinglei in the crowd, but they exchanged glances without speaking.
• The Seven Stars Sect arrived under Flowing Wind True Person, and Zhong Lin was surprised to see Shi Yunyi among its young disciples.
• Hanging Sun Elder challenged Flowing Wind True Person’s domineering display, but the altar’s activation interrupted their confrontation.
• Flowing Wind True Person announced the realm’s rules, and Zhong Lin and his companions entered the gate after the major sects and token-bearing Rogue Cultivators.
• Zhong Lin emerged alone in a forest filled with dense Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, and Chen Jia came out of the Soul Nourishing Ring and recalled returning to the secret realm.

Zhong Lin explored the Seven Stars Secret Realm, gathered spiritual treasures, and killed a Clear Wind Sect disciple who had used a Six Leaf Golden Lotus as bait. He secured the lotus and continued deeper into the realm.

• Chen Jia told Zhong Lin about the Seven Stars Sect’s former control over the secret realm and admitted he had only entered it once.
• Zhong Lin collected unripe Flame Rock Fruits and other spiritual herbs as he explored the realm.
• Zhong Lin found two dead martial artists beside a pool where a Six Leaf Golden Lotus floated.
• A Clear Wind Sect disciple attacked Zhong Lin with silver needles, but he killed her and took the lotus.
• Zhong Lin stored the Six Leaf Golden Lotus and the three corpses’ Storage Bracelets, then continued deeper into the secret realm.

Zhong Lin killed an Earth Shaking Bear with one punch and claimed the Golden Jade Flower it guarded. After two sect disciples gave him their gathered herbs to avoid provoking him, he collected the bear’s valuable remains and prepared to leave with his haul.

• Zhong Lin heard a demon beast roaring and found two Spirit Sea Realm disciples struggling to wear down an Earth Shaking Bear.
• One disciple offered to share the Golden Jade Flowers if Zhong Lin helped kill the bear, and Zhong Lin agreed after recognizing the herbs’ value.
• Zhong Lin killed the Earth Shaking Bear with a single punch, frightening the two disciples.
• Zhong Lin found and sealed the Golden Jade Flower beside the bear’s cave, intending to use it to refine Heaven Mending Pills.
• The two disciples offered Zhong Lin all the herbs they had gathered and fled after he told them to leave.
• Zhong Lin stored the herbs and collected the bear’s valuable materials, including its paws, gallbladder, blood, and hide.

Zhong Lin seized the Crimson Essence Zhi and continued toward the Seven Stars Secret Realm’s core to seek resources and a Spirit Rhyme Dao Fruit. Elsewhere in the realm, Senior Brother Feng hunted fleeing martial artists with his Blood Feather Arrow.

• Zhong Lin killed a giant wolf with one kick, took the Crimson Essence Zhi, and left the wolf’s corpse to the four hunters.
• Zhong Lin told Chen Jia he would postpone his breakthrough and head for the secret realm’s core to gather resources and search for a Spirit Rhyme Dao Fruit.
• Zhong Lin considered using the fruit to advance the Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill and pursue a spirit body containing all five elements.
• Senior Brother Feng shot a fleeing martial artist dead with his Blood Feather Arrow while a beautiful woman praised him.

Zhong Lin seized Feng Cang’s spirit-artifact longbow after killing him and Meng Xing, gaining a powerful long-range weapon. Chen Jia warned that Floating Cloud Valley would pursue him over the bow once he left the secret realm.

• Feng Cang shot at Zhong Lin with his spirit-artifact bow, but Zhong Lin punched apart the first arrow and caught the next one in his hand.
• Meng Xing circled behind Zhong Lin while Feng Cang attacked, but both fled when they realized they could not defeat him.
• Zhong Lin caught up with Feng Cang and killed him with a punch, then took his Storage Bracelet and pitch-black greatbow.
• Zhong Lin used the bow to kill the fleeing Meng Xing with a single arrow and retrieved the weapon.
• Chen Jia identified the bow’s rare materials and dragon-sinew string, then warned Zhong Lin that Floating Cloud Valley would seek revenge over its loss.

Zhong Lin gathered the five elemental spiritual treasures and traveled with Yu Jinglei toward the Seven Stars Secret Realm’s central region, killing hostile martial artists along the way. After Yu Jinglei left to hide, Zhong Lin climbed into the misty mountains and caught an Inch Snake.

• Zhong Lin found an Earth Dragon Pearl and an Iron Stone Flower in Feng Cang’s and the beautiful woman’s Storage Bracelets, completing his collection of five elemental treasures.
• Yu Jinglei joined Zhong Lin as sect martial artists began hunting lone Rogue Cultivators, and the two fought their way toward the central region.
• Zhong Lin told Yu Jinglei to hide outside the dangerous central region while he explored the mountain alone.
• Zhong Lin climbed into the mist-shrouded mountains and caught an Inch Snake, then crushed its head after learning it could not be controlled without a special secret art.

Zhong Lin chased a powerful Tiger Demon to its lair and discovered a rare Jade Infant Divine Flower, which Chen Jia identified as a treasure that could help someone break through to the Soul Nurturing Realm. After Zhong Lin safely collected its infant-shaped fruit and the lair’s Purple Yao Flowers, he left the Tiger Demon’s corpse behind because his Storage Bracelet was nearly full.

• Zhong Lin fought off a giant Tiger Demon, which fled toward a cliffside lair when it realized it could not defeat him.
• Zhong Lin found Purple Yao Flowers outside the cave and discovered the Jade Infant Divine Flower inside, while Chen Jia recognized its extraordinary value.
• The Tiger Demon attacked Zhong Lin, who killed it with a golden, Dragon’s Roar-infused punch without harming the flower.
• Chen Jia instructed Zhong Lin to collect the Jade Infant fruit using jade leaves, jade sand, and chopsticks, and Zhong Lin stored it safely.
• Zhong Lin left the Tiger Demon’s corpse behind and collected twelve Purple Yao Flowers.

Zhong Lin arrived at the Spirit Rhyme Dao Fruit tree and demanded an equal share, then defeated the saber-wielding youth and seized the middle-aged man’s spear. The standoff over the fruits remained unresolved as Zhong Lin faced the two factions.

• A group of four who had killed the Nine-Eyed Spider argued with three Seven Stars Sect martial artists over how to divide the three Spirit Rhyme Dao Fruits.
• Zhong Lin arrived and demanded that the fruits be split evenly among everyone present, drawing the groups’ anger.
• When a young martial artist attacked him with a saber, Zhong Lin shattered the Blade Qi, crushed the youth’s saber, and pressed a hand toward his head.
• The middle-aged man with a spear tried to intervene, but Zhong Lin caught the spear and pulled it from his grasp.

Zhong Lin forced the Liyang Grotto-Heaven and Seven Stars Sect disciples to withdraw, then collected the Spirit Rhyme Dao Fruits and returned to the Tiger Demon's cave to begin a breakthrough. After eating a fruit, his Spirit Fire erupted and he felt his soul leave his body.

• Zhong Lin spared the Liyang Grotto-Heaven disciples after they surrendered a fiery red spiritual fruit and withdrew.
• The Seven Stars Sect disciples also gave up the Spirit Rhyme Dao Fruits and left, while Shi Yunyi explained that his sword intent had warned him of Zhong Lin's strength.
• Zhong Lin plucked the three Spirit Rhyme Dao Fruits, causing their small tree to wither into ash.
• Zhong Lin returned to the Tiger Demon's cave, asked Chen Jia to guard him, and prepared to break through.
• Zhong Lin swallowed a Spirit Rhyme Dao Fruit, igniting his Spirit Fire as he felt his soul leave his body.

Using the Spirit Rhyme Dao Fruits, Zhong Lin derived a new Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill and raised it to top-grade Earth Rank. He then began his breakthrough by absorbing five Heaven and Earth spiritual objects, and his spirit embryo started to form as his spirit essence vanished into his body.

• Zhong Lin used the Spirit Rhyme Dao Fruit to refine his Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill by deriving four Earth Rank methods from Crimson Flame Skill.
• Zhong Lin completed the new Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill after several days and realized it could eventually reach Heaven Rank quality.
• Zhong Lin told Chen Jia he had not yet broken through, then announced he was ready to begin.
• Zhong Lin used the System to add points to the new cultivation method and began absorbing the power of five spiritual objects.
• Zhong Lin drew in Heaven and Earth Origin Qi as his spirit embryo began forming and his spirit essence transformed his flesh.

Zhong Lin completed his breakthrough and formed a Five Elements Spirit Body, but Chen Jia immediately invaded his Soul Palace and revealed that he intended to seize Zhong Lin’s body. Chen Jia attacked Zhong Lin’s Divine Soul, leaving the struggle for his body unresolved.

• Zhong Lin absorbed the five spirit objects and transformed his mortal body into a Five Elements Spirit Body.
• Zhong Lin discovered that he could command Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, and Chen Jia celebrated his breakthrough.
• Chen Jia forced his Soul Power into Zhong Lin’s Soul Palace and revealed his plan to seize Zhong Lin’s body.
• Chen Jia explained that a thousand years of waiting had made him unwilling to trust Zhong Lin’s promise to restore him a body.
• Chen Jia reached for Zhong Lin’s Divine Soul, which swayed under the force of his Soul Power.