Chapter Summaries

Zhong Lin resisted Chen Jia’s attempt to seize his body by unleashing Dragon Elephant Metamorphosis, which suppressed Chen Jia’s Divine Soul. Chen Jia realized Zhong Lin had completed the incomplete cultivation method, then began to collapse under its pressure.

• Zhong Lin summoned the Black Dragon Sword and cut Chen Jia’s palm, then learned that Chen Jia’s Crimson Flame Spirit Fire came from the complete Crimson Flame Skill.
• Chen Jia’s spirit fire overwhelmed Zhong Lin’s Divine Soul space and formed a firebird to attack him, while Chen Jia urged Zhong Lin to surrender his body.
• Zhong Lin stopped fighting with his sword and summoned a massive dark-gold dragon and a white elephant, which scattered the spirit fire and made his Divine Soul space solid.
• Chen Jia recognized Dragon Elephant Metamorphosis and realized Zhong Lin had completed the incomplete Dragon Elephant Golden Body method.
• Zhong Lin told Chen Jia he still regarded him as his master, as the dragon and elephant’s pressure cracked Chen Jia’s exhausted Divine Soul until it began to dissipate.

Zhong Lin survived Chen Jia’s possession, kept the last wisp of his True Spirit, and emerged from the Seven Stars Secret Realm after gaining a spirit body and powerful new abilities. He reunited with Ouyang Daoyong and Wan Pu, who were stunned by the vast haul of storage equipment he had brought back.

• Zhong Lin placed Chen Jia’s remaining True Spirit in a Soul Nourishing Ring and reflected on how he had used Dragon Elephant Metamorphosis to foil the possession.
• Zhong Lin refined some of Chen Jia’s soul power, gained the Crimson Flame Skill and its method for condensing Crimson Flame Spirit Fire, then left the cave after a month.
• Ouyang Daoyong and Wan Pu waited outside the Seven Stars Secret Realm, worried when Zhong Lin did not emerge with the other martial artists.
• Zhong Lin and Yu Jinglei exited the secret realm and flew in separate directions, with Yu Jinglei heading for the Flying Sky Treasure Tower.
• Zhong Lin greeted Ouyang Daoyong and Wan Pu, who congratulated him on condensing a spirit body and entering the Spirit Embryo Realm.
• Ouyang Daoyong and Wan Pu saw the bundle of storage equipment Zhong Lin had brought back and were shocked by its size.

Ouyang Daoyong, Zhong Lin, and Wan Pu headed back toward the Purple Cloud Sect, but Old Devil Si Jie intercepted them and accused Zhong Lin of killing Floating Cloud Valley disciples and taking their spirit artifact. Zhong Lin revealed his overwhelming power by attacking Si Jie with a terrifying straight punch.

• Ouyang Daoyong, Zhong Lin, and Wan Pu left the Seven Stars Secret Realm and flew toward the Purple Cloud Sect as the survivors faced the aftermath of the deadly trial.
• Ouyang Daoyong asked Wan Pu whether he had seen Floating Cloud Valley disciples, and Zhong Lin silently carried the sect's spirit artifact longbow in his Storage Bracelet.
• Old Devil Si Jie approached through clouds and thunder, identified Zhong Lin as a member of the Purple Cloud Sect, and accused him of hunting Floating Cloud Valley disciples.
• Ouyang Daoyong stepped forward to shield Wan Pu and asked Si Jie to explain his accusation, while Zhong Lin prepared to fight.
• Zhong Lin unleashed his aura and struck at Old Devil Si Jie with a straight punch that shook the surrounding air and left Wan Pu and Ouyang Daoyong stunned.

Zhong Lin killed Old Devil Si Jie with one punch, shocking Ouyang Daoyong and Wan Pu before they fled the scene. As they returned toward the Purple Cloud Sect with Si Jie's Wind Lightning Ring, Ouyang Daoyong wondered about Zhong Lin's identity and motives.

• Old Devil Si Jie attacked Zhong Lin with his Cloud Lightning Palm, but Zhong Lin killed him instantly with a single punch.
• Ouyang Daoyong and Wan Pu were stunned by Zhong Lin's strength, and Zhong Lin urged them to leave before others arrived.
• Several Spirit Embryo Realm martial artists investigated the disturbance, recognized Old Devil Si Jie, and quickly departed.
• While flying away, Zhong Lin found the Wind Lightning Ring in Si Jie's Storage Bracelet and tested its lightning power on a boulder.
• Zhong Lin asked Ouyang Daoyong and Wan Pu to keep the incident secret, while Ouyang Daoyong privately questioned who Zhong Lin was and why he had joined the Purple Cloud Sect.

Zhong Lin considered whether to enter the Soul Nurturing Realm, but chose to strengthen his foundation and seek ways to advance his Sword Intent first. Mu Qing arrived at Fire Cloud Palace with the Six Illusions Sword Scripture, leaving Zhong Lin poised to study Purple Cloud Sect’s core sword art.

• Zhong Lin weighed using the Jade Infant Divine Flower to open his Soul Palace, then decided to wait and focus on consolidating his spirit body and advancing his Sword Intent.
• Tang Xueyuan told Zhong Lin that Mu Qing had arrived, and he invited her into Fire Cloud Palace.
• Mu Qing delivered the Six Illusions Sword Scripture on Ouyang Daoyong’s behalf.
• Mu Qing recalled Wan Pu’s suggestion that she should deepen her connection with Zhong Lin.

Zhong Lin mastered the Six Illusions Sword Scripture without choosing to cultivate it for its own sake, using it to deepen his Sword Intent until his Sword Qi produced thunderous echoes. Several days later, he flew to Thirty-Sixth Island and explored its bustling market.

• Zhong Lin studied the Six Illusions Sword Scripture and realized its Six Weaknesses Qi harmed its user as well as their enemies.
• Zhong Lin used the System to raise the Six Illusions Sword Scripture to max level and experienced its techniques through transmitted memories.
• Zhong Lin released Sword Qi that pierced the Fire Cloud Palace doors and realized his Sword Intent had reached sixty percent and the Sword Qi Thunder Sound realm.
• Zhong Lin decided to seek out unusual sword arts to further deepen his Sword Intent.
• Several days later, Zhong Lin flew to Thirty-Sixth Island and began browsing its crowded market.

Shi Yunyi killed Cong Shaoxing after the lecher threatened him and his Senior Sister on Thirty-Sixth Island. When the island’s enforcers tried to intervene, Senior Sister used a Seven Stars Token to drive them away, then praised Shi Yunyi.

• Zhong Lin spotted Shi Yunyi and his Senior Sister confronting Cong Shaoxing in the outer city of Thirty-Sixth Island.
• Cong Shaoxing threatened Shi Yunyi and reached for his Senior Sister, so Shi Yunyi unleashed a powerful sword strike that killed him.
• Three enforcers arrived and moved to attack Shi Yunyi, but Senior Sister revealed a Seven Stars Token containing the will of a Soul Nurturing Realm martial artist.
• The token’s pressure knocked the enforcers to the ground, and Senior Sister ordered them to leave.
• Senior Sister praised Shi Yunyi after the enforcers fled.

Zhong Lin met with Yu Jinglei, Yin Daoyan, and Shi Yunyi after returning from the Seven Stars Secret Realm, revealing that he had reached the Spirit Embryo Realm and collected a vast haul of stolen spatial equipment. He offered the useful spoils to his companions and arranged to trade the rest for Divine Soul resources, leaving him eager to obtain a thousand-year Yin Spirit Flower.

• Zhong Lin and Shi Yunyi joined Yu Jinglei and Yin Daoyan at the Bronze Hall for their regular gathering.
• Shi Yunyi identified Xue Qingya as Master Feng Lan’s fifth disciple, and Zhong Lin explained that her Water Spirit Body had likely been inherited.
• Yin Daoyan realized Zhong Lin had reached the Spirit Embryo Realm after Zhong Lin said he had condensed a spirit body in the Seven Stars Secret Realm.
• Zhong Lin revealed hundreds of Storage Bracelets, Space Bags, and other spatial equipment he had taken in the secret realm.
• Zhong Lin offered the usable spoils to Yu Jinglei and Yin Daoyan and asked them to sell the rest for herbs and medicines that nourished the Divine Soul.
• Yin Daoyan offered to help Zhong Lin obtain a thousand-year Yin Spirit Flower, and Zhong Lin showed keen interest.

Zhong Lin and Yu Jinglei decided to return to the Profound Tortoise Continent, while Yin Daoyan and Shi Yunyi stayed on the Fallen Star Islands. Before using the Teleportation Array, Zhong Lin persuaded Yu Jinglei to rebuild the Sword Cauldron Sect on the islands, and the two arrived safely back on the continent.

• Zhong Lin asked Yin Daoyan, Shi Yunyi, and Yu Jinglei whether they would return to the Profound Tortoise Continent with him; Yin Daoyan and Shi Yunyi declined, while Yu Jinglei agreed.
• Shi Yunyi said he planned to enter seclusion and break through to the Spirit Sea Realm, and Zhong Lin offered him an Expanding Sea Pill, which Shi Yunyi declined because Master Feng Lan had prepared pills for him.
• Zhong Lin and Yu Jinglei traveled toward the Teleportation Array and noticed signs of human activity near it.
• Zhong Lin proposed rebuilding the Sword Cauldron Sect on the Fallen Star Islands to protect the Teleportation Array and bring over disciples, and Yu Jinglei agreed to lead the sect.
• Zhong Lin and Yu Jinglei activated the Teleportation Array and returned to the Profound Tortoise Continent.

Zhong Lin and Yu Jinglei returned to the Sword Cauldron Sect after breaking through to the Spirit Origin Realm, while keeping the Fallen Star Islands a secret from most of the sect. Zhong Lin reunited with Little Shi, learned that Xiu Ge'er's grandfather had died, and invited Gu Yourong to leave with him.

• Yu Jinglei and Zhong Lin flew openly to the Sword Cauldron Sect, astonishing the elders with their ability to stand in the air.
• Zhong Lin reminded Yu Jinglei to keep the Fallen Star Islands secret and flew to his Purple Bamboo Courtyard.
• Zhong Lin reunited with Little Shi, praised his cultivation, and recognized Xiu Ge'er, who told him Old Man Xu had died the previous year.
• Zhong Lin comforted Xiu Ge'er and reflected on how his growing lifespan would separate him from the people around him.
• Zhong Lin reunited with Gu Yourong and told her he could stay for a month.
• Zhong Lin asked Gu Yourong to go with him, leaving her stunned.

Zhong Lin tested Little Shi in combat, then gave him a Purple Mansion Pill that rapidly advanced his cultivation to the Divine Strength Realm. After cautioning him to keep his new strength secret, Zhong Lin returned to Gu Yourong and told her they would leave soon, once Gu Chen returned and the sect leader finished making arrangements.

• Zhong Lin sparred with Little Shi and found that his cultivation was solid but he lacked real combat experience.
• Zhong Lin promised to spar with Little Shi daily, then gave him a Sixth Rank Purple Mansion Pill and had him cultivate through its medicinal power.
• Little Shi emerged from the pill’s effects with the strength of the Fourth-Rank Divine Strength Realm, and Zhong Lin told him to conceal his cultivation before going down the mountain for training.
• Zhong Lin returned to Purple Bamboo Courtyard, where Gu Yourong served him tea and urged him not to be too harsh on Little Shi.
• Zhong Lin told Gu Yourong that Gu Chen would return in a few days and that they would leave soon after the sect leader finished making arrangements.

Gu Chen returned to Zhong Lin as a First Grade True Qi Realm martial artist, and Zhong Lin tested his skill in a fierce spar. After Gu Chen fell from the cliff with severe injuries, Zhong Lin saved him and gave him a Purple Mansion Pill, whose immense medicinal power began transforming his True Qi.

• Gu Chen returned after two years away, and Zhong Lin praised his rise to the First Grade Realm and offered him another stroke of fortune if he passed a test.
• Zhong Lin flew to the Purple Bamboo Forest on the Back Mountain, where he suppressed his strength to the First Grade Realm and invited Gu Chen to attack.
• Gu Chen fought with skilled palm techniques and Telepathic Sword Finger, but Zhong Lin defeated him and sent him tumbling toward the cliff below.
• Zhong Lin pulled Gu Chen back from the fall and gave him a Purple Mansion Pill, which rapidly healed his injuries and greatly strengthened his True Qi.

Gu Chen broke through to the Innate Realm with Zhong Lin’s help and received powerful cultivation techniques. A month later, Zhong Lin prepared to take Gu Chen, Gu Yourong, and Elder Lian Shan through the Teleportation Array to the Fallen Star Islands.

• Gu Chen endured the transformation of his True Qi and body, opened the Bridge of Heaven and Earth, and reached the Innate Realm.
• Gu Chen accidentally unleashed an Innate True Qi strike toward Zhong Lin, who harmlessly dispersed it, then explained the breakthrough and the Sixth Rank Pill.
• Zhong Lin asked Gu Chen about the world beyond the Endless Sea Area and told him to consolidate his cultivation.
• Yu Jinglei handed the sect leader position to Grand Elder Lu Ming and privately told the three Grand Elders about the Teleportation Array and Fallen Star Islands.
• Zhong Lin gave Gu Chen the Golden Chest Remnant Diagram and the Venus Metal Radiance Sword Art, which Gu Chen studied intensely.
• One month later, Zhong Lin, Yu Jinglei, Gu Yourong, Gu Chen, and Elder Lian Shan gathered at the Teleportation Array, and Zhong Lin chose to take Gu Chen, Gu Yourong, and Elder Lian Shan to the Fallen Star Islands.

Zhong Lin brought Yu Jinglei, Gu Chen, Gu Yourong, and Elder Lian Shan through the Teleportation Array to the Fallen Star Islands, where Gu Chen discovered a world rich in Origin Qi. Zhong Lin then took Gu Chen to the Purple Cloud Sect, introduced him to Tang Xueyuan, and arranged for her to provide his cultivation resources.

• Yu Jinglei told Zhong Lin he had made Elder Lu Ming the new sect leader and prepared the Sword Cauldron Sect to relocate to the Fallen Star Islands.
• Zhong Lin led Yu Jinglei, Gu Chen, Gu Yourong, and Elder Lian Shan through the Teleportation Array to the Fallen Star Islands, where Gu Chen and Gu Yourong felt the abundant Origin Qi.
• Gu Yourong declined to accompany Zhong Lin to the Purple Cloud Sect, choosing to stay with Master Yin, and told Zhong Lin to visit if he missed her.
• Zhong Lin sealed the cave entrance, took Gu Chen to Purple Cloud City, and flew with him to the Fire Cloud Palace.
• Tang Xueyuan greeted Zhong Lin, and he introduced Gu Chen as his new disciple and told her to provide him with whatever cultivation resources he needed.

Gu Chen visited Xu Youde to obtain Scarlet Treasure Metal for practicing the Venus Metal Radiance Sword Art, and offered a mysterious piece of withered wood in exchange. Xu Youde cleansed the wood with Six Yang Water and recognized it as Heaven Soul Wood, leaving Gu Chen startled by the discovery.

• Gu Chen told Xu Youde he needed Scarlet Treasure Metal to temper his Sword Qi and cultivate the Venus Metal Radiance Sword Art.
• Xu Youde brought out a piece of Scarlet Treasure Metal and offered it to Gu Chen without charge.
• Gu Chen refused to take it as a gift and offered a piece of withered wood to replace it at the auction.
• Xu Youde washed the wood with Six Yang Water, revealing dark-cyan wood that radiated dense wood-element aura.
• Xu Youde identified the transformed wood as Heaven Soul Wood and asked Gu Chen where he had obtained it.

Gu Chen discovered that the Heaven Soul Wood he bought for one spirit stone was a valuable treasure and decided to give it to Zhong Lin. Zhong Lin successfully refined the Purple Mansion Pill and publicly became a Sixth Rank Pill Refiner, then recognized Gu Chen’s gift as Heaven Soul Wood.

• Xu Youde identified Gu Chen’s one-spirit-stone purchase as Heaven Soul Wood and explained its value and use to Zhong Lin.
• Xu Youde asked Gu Chen to send three thousand spirit stones instead of Scarlet Treasure Metal and advised him to give the Heaven Soul Wood to Zhong Lin.
• Ouyang Daoyong, Wan Pu, and the other disciples guarded Fire Cloud Palace while Zhong Lin refined the Purple Mansion Pill.
• Zhong Lin emerged with the successfully refined pill, and Ouyang Daoyong announced a Pill Refiner Banquet for one month later.
• After the disciples dispersed, Gu Chen congratulated Zhong Lin and presented him with the Heaven Soul Wood.

Zhong Lin watched Gu Chen display the fortune of a Child of Destiny, then worried that the disciple’s troubles could endanger him and resolved to grow stronger. Later, the two visited Yin Daoyan to collect exchanged resources, where Gu Chen received a spiritual artifact.

• Gu Chen told Zhong Lin how he had found Heaven Soul Wood and explained his progress in the Golden Chest Remnant Diagram and Venus Metal Radiance Sword Art.
• Zhong Lin demonstrated the Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Scripture’s Venus Metal Radiance and Mercury Water Radiance sword intents, leaving Gu Chen shaken and impressed.
• Zhong Lin reflected that Gu Chen’s fortune could bring both resources and danger, and decided he needed to raise his strength quickly.
• After Zhong Lin’s reputation as a Sixth Rank Pill Refiner spread through the Fallen Star Islands, he brought Gu Chen to the Thirty-Sixth Islands to collect resources arranged by Yin Daoyan.
• Yin Daoyan praised Gu Chen’s cultivation and gave him an object that Gu Chen recognized as a spiritual artifact.

Gu Chen accepted a spirit artifact from Yin Daoyan, while Zhong Lin and the others discussed Elder Lian Shan’s cultivation and the danger facing the Seven Stars Sect. After Yin Daoyan brought Zhong Lin the Soul Nurturing Pill formula, Zhong Lin prepared to study it as Elder Lian Shan eagerly watched.

• Yin Daoyan gave Gu Chen a jade-green spirit artifact, and Gu Chen accepted it after Zhong Lin encouraged him.
• Zhong Lin and Yin Daoyan advised Elder Lian Shan to raise his cultivation so he could refine higher-rank pills, and Yin Daoyan offered to support him.
• Yu Jinglei explained that Shi Yunyi had missed the gathering because of changes at the Seven Stars Sect, including rumors that Wind Gale Sword Lord was nearing death.
• Zhong Lin told Yu Jinglei to continue with plans to establish the sect despite the threat from the Blazing Sun Palace.
• Steward Liu summoned Yin Daoyan to meet a distinguished guest, and Yin Daoyan gave Zhong Lin a Storage Bag containing the Soul Nurturing Pill formula and refining materials.
• Zhong Lin began studying the formula, while Elder Lian Shan eagerly asked to watch him refine pills.

Gu Chen explored the bustling martial market on Thirty-Sixth Island and bought a pearl after recognizing that it concealed a treasure. When Zhao Wu of Blazing Sun Palace tried to buy it from him, Gu Chen refused to sell.

• Gu Chen wandered through the market and dismissed the wares of several pushy hawkers as inferior goods.
• Gu Chen bought a fist-sized white pearl from an old Sea People seller for thirty spirit stones.
• Zhao Wu offered the seller fifty spirit stones, but Gu Chen claimed the pearl first and left with it.
• Zhao Wu blocked Gu Chen and offered him one hundred spirit stones for the pearl.
• Gu Chen revealed that the pearl was only an outer shell containing a true treasure, and Zhao Wu raised his offer to two hundred spirit stones.

Gu Chen refused Zhao Wu’s demand for his treasure and later revealed that he had bought a pearl containing rare Killing Intent for thirty spirit stones. Zhong Lin recognized its extraordinary potential and concluded that Gu Chen possessed remarkable fortune as they returned to the Purple Cloud Sect.

• Gu Chen refused to sell his item to Zhao Wu, who threatened him before leaving under the Enforcers’ watch.
• Zhong Lin refined three Sixth Rank Soul Nurturing Pills and gave Elder Lian Shan the Purple Mansion Pill prepared for him.
• After Yin Daoyan failed to return, Zhong Lin left the Flying Sky Treasure Tower with Gu Chen and headed back to the Purple Cloud Sect.
• Gu Chen showed Zhong Lin a black pearl he had bought from a Sea Person for thirty spirit stones.
• Zhong Lin sensed rare Killing Intent within the pearl and realized it was an immensely valuable treasure.
• Zhong Lin wondered whether Gu Chen was a Child of Destiny because he had found another priceless treasure by chance.