Chapter Summaries

Zhong Lin forged the Eastern Emperor Bell as his Natal Weapon, then returned to Golden Turtle Island and discussed plans for recruiting disciples with Yu Jinglei. The sect prepared to hold its opening ceremony and recruit disciples on the third day of the next month.

• Zhong Lin used the Crimson Flame Spirit Fire to melt Geng Metal and forged it into the Eastern Emperor Bell over three days.
• Zhong Lin placed the Eastern Emperor Bell in his Soul Palace and discovered that its humming helped purify and condense his Divine Soul.
• Zhong Lin collapsed from exhaustion, slept for three days and three nights, then returned to Golden Turtle Island.
• Yu Jinglei explained that he had recruited servants to handle the island's chores, and Zhong Lin suggested creating a rank of Servant Disciples.
• Yu Jinglei agreed to establish Servant Disciples and set the sect-opening ceremony and disciple recruitment for the third day of next month.

Zhong Lin encouraged Gu Chen and Shi Yunyi, giving Shi Yunyi the Myriad Swords Art, while Long Zhao reflected on the two juniors’ potential. On the third day of the eighth month, the Sword Cauldron Sect held its founding ceremony, where Yu Jinglei welcomed gifts and guests from across the Fallen Star Islands.

• Gu Chen showed Zhong Lin the Flowing Cloud Palm Technique Long Zhao had taught him, and Zhong Lin praised his progress.
• Shi Yunyi told Zhong Lin that his sword intent had reached fifty percent but refused to return to the Seven Stars Sect, so Zhong Lin transmitted the Myriad Swords Art and its cultivation experience to him.
• Long Zhao praised the promise of Shi Yunyi and Gu Chen, and Zhong Lin warned him not to casually judge people.
• On the third day of the eighth month, factions from across the Fallen Star Islands presented gifts to celebrate the founding of the Sword Cauldron Sect.
• Yu Jinglei welcomed sect leaders and elders at the ceremony, confident in Zhong Lin’s strength and support.

The Seven Stars Sect and Blazing Sun Palace offered lavish gifts to secure Zhong Lin’s protection, while he stayed behind to refine pills as others celebrated. When the Purple Cloud Sect visited, Zhong Lin promised an enduring alliance between their sects.

• The Seven Stars Sect and Blazing Sun Palace presented extravagant gifts to the Sword Cauldron Sect, hoping Zhong Lin would shelter them from their weakened position and their enemies.
• Yu Jinglei went out to receive the visitors while Zhong Lin refined five Soul Nurturing Pills and Long Zhao stayed with him.
• Gu Chen announced the Purple Cloud Sect’s arrival, and Zhong Lin welcomed Ouyang Daoyong, Wan Pu, and Tang Xueyuan.
• Zhong Lin promised that the Sword Cauldron Sect and Purple Cloud Sect would remain allies and support each other.

A year after establishing the Sword Cauldron Sect on Golden Turtle Island, Zhong Lin set out with Long Zhao for the Eastern Wasteland, leaving the sect under the protection of Yin Daoyan and Lian Shan. They reached Palm Island to board a giant ship bound for New Moon Island, where Zhong Lin discovered its advanced machinery.

• Zhong Lin left the Fallen Star Islands with Long Zhao after spending a year building resources and foundations for the Sword Cauldron Sect.
• Zhong Lin left no companions behind and told Gu Chen he could travel to the Eastern Wasteland after reaching the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Long Zhao guided Zhong Lin toward New Moon Island, where they planned to use a Teleportation Array to reach the Heaven Sea Kingdom.
• Zhong Lin and Long Zhao arrived at Palm Island's crowded port and headed for the enormous ship bound for New Moon Island.
• Zhong Lin inspected the ship with his Divine Soul perception, marveled at its machinery and power engine, and boarded with Long Zhao after their tickets were checked.

Zhong Lin and Long Zhao settled into their rooms aboard a ship bound for New Moon Island, and Zhong Lin continued cultivating as the vessel departed. They discussed the half-year voyage and the need for Zhong Lin to form a high-grade Profound Core, leaving their plans focused on gathering materials for a stronger breakthrough.

• Zhong Lin and Long Zhao reached the fourth level, found their assigned rooms, and settled in.
• Zhong Lin cultivated with a Soul Nurturing Pill and reflected on his slow progress without a Visualization Diagram.
• The ship departed New Moon Island with Escort Ships guarding it, and Zhong Lin watched the island recede before returning to cultivation.
• Long Zhao visited Zhong Lin, brewed tea, and explained that the journey to New Moon Island would take half a year without a Teleportation Array.
• Long Zhao said their pill-refining skills could help them gather materials for Summit Gathering Pills, but Zhong Lin rejected settling for a Low Grade Profound Core because it would limit his future cultivation.

Zhong Lin cultivated during the voyage and gained a deeper understanding of the Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill amid a storm at sea. After advancing to the late stage of the Soul Nurturing Realm, he was summoned to help the Vanguard Fleet, which was under attack by sea beasts.

• During a storm, Zhong Lin suppressed waves while Chen Jian shattered others and rescued the ship's servants; Chen Jian recognized Zhong Lin as an alchemist from the Sword Cauldron Sect.
• Over the following days, Zhong Lin continued cultivating and broke through to the late stage of the Soul Nurturing Realm, with his Divine Soul reaching seven cun.
• A later storm tore apart an Escort Ship, and Zhong Lin resumed cultivating rather than joining the rescue effort.
• A steward informed Zhong Lin that the Vanguard Fleet urgently needed help against a large number of sea beasts, and Zhong Lin went to the deck.

Wu Xiangyi led Zhong Lin and the others to search for the missing Vanguard Fleet, where they found its wreck and were attacked by a powerful sea beast. As the beast overwhelmed the rescuers, Zhong Lin sent Long Zhao to fight it, while his attention turned toward the mist-shrouded island.

• Wu Xiangyi gathered the martial artists and led them out to search for the missing Vanguard Fleet.
• Zhong Lin, Long Zhao, and Chen Jian found the wrecked warship among reefs near a mist-shrouded island, with its crew dead and the surrounding water stained with blood.
• A sea beast emerged and killed a Spirit Sea Realm martial artist with its spiked tongue and crab claw.
• Wu Xiangyi ordered everyone to attack, but the sea beast countered their strikes and sent several martial artists flying.
• Zhong Lin noticed something about the mist-shrouded island and ordered Long Zhao to end the fight.
• Long Zhao appeared above the sea beast and punched at it as its crab claws stabbed toward him.

Long Zhao and the fleet fought off a swarm of Six-Eyed Flying Fish, only for the You Gui Demon Fish to emerge and overwhelm the defenders. As the beast lunged to swallow Long Zhao, Zhong Lin appeared and attacked it.

• Long Zhao killed a bizarre sea beast with the Mad Dragon Palm, revealing his Soul Nurturing Realm strength to the passengers.
• A swarm of Six-Eyed Flying Fish attacked the fleet, and Long Zhao, Chen Jian, Wu Xiangyi, and the other martial artists fought to keep them away from the ships.
• Infant-like cries drove the Six-Eyed Flying Fish into a suicidal frenzy, and Wu Xiangyi identified the You Gui Demon Fish emerging from the island.
• The You Gui Demon Fish swept its tail through the defenders, killing several martial artists and sending Long Zhao flying with broken bones.
• The You Gui Demon Fish lunged to swallow Long Zhao, but Zhong Lin appeared before him and struck at the beast.

Zhong Lin killed the You Gui Demon Fish with one punch, then refined its flesh into meat pills that helped Long Zhao cultivate the Dragon Elephant Golden Body. Long Zhao received enough pills to reach the eighth level, while Zhong Lin’s feat left Wu Xiangyi and the other martial artists stunned.

• Zhong Lin used Five Elements Cycle to kill the You Gui Demon Fish and drive away the remaining Six-Eyed Flying Fish.
• Zhong Lin stored the demon fish’s body and returned to the ship, where Wu Xiangyi identified him as Zhong Lin.
• Zhong Lin refined the You Gui Demon Fish’s essence and medicinal herbs into a thousand meat pills.
• Long Zhao ate a meat pill and felt his Qi and Blood Power surge as his Dragon Elephant Golden Body began to improve.
• Zhong Lin gave Long Zhao several hundred meat pills, enough to help him break through to the eighth level.

After a grueling six-month voyage, Zhong Lin and Long Zhao reached New Moon Island, a major trading port in the Heaven Sea Kingdom. They flew toward its harbor, leaving the fleet behind as Zhong Lin surveyed the vast island.

• A sudden cold current froze the sea, trapping the fleet in a vast field of ice.
• Wu Xiangyi organized the martial artists to break the ice and clear a passage for the ships.
• After nearly half a month, the fleet escaped the ice fields and continued sailing through open water.
• A month later, Zhong Lin and Long Zhao spotted New Moon Island after sailing for half a year.
• Long Zhao explained that New Moon Island was a flourishing trading port, and he and Zhong Lin flew toward its harbor before the vessel docked.
• Wu Xiangyi watched Zhong Lin depart with regret as he surveyed the island's busy docks and crowded anchorage.

Zhong Lin and Long Zhao settled on New Moon Island, where Zhong Lin opened Spirit Wonder Pavilion and became renowned for selling rare breakthrough pills. After four months, Zhang Shaorong invited Zhong Lin to join World's End Pavilion, but Zhong Lin declined while assuring him he would remain unaffiliated.

• Zhong Lin and Long Zhao arrived on New Moon Island, and Zhong Lin decided to build his cultivation before approaching Alchemist Kang Gong.
• Zhong Lin told Long Zhao to find a place to stay and help gather spirit herbs and sell pills while he handled refining.
• Half a month later, Zhong Lin and Long Zhao opened Spirit Wonder Pavilion, which gained fame for regularly selling Soul Opening Pills and Summit Gathering Pills.
• Four months after Zhong Lin arrived, Zhang Shaorong invited him to join World's End Pavilion, but Zhong Lin declined and said he wanted to study the Pill Path freely.
• Zhang Shaorong accepted Zhong Lin's refusal and suggested he exchange insights with the Sixth Rank Pill Refiner Jing Cheng.

Zhong Lin rejected Zhang Shaorong’s attempt to tie Spirit Wonder Pavilion to World's End Pavilion while seeking the treasures he needed to advance his cultivation and pill-refining rank. He and Long Zhao arrived at Azure Moon Commerce Guild for its auction, where the Purple Vein Lotus and a seventh-rank pill formula were expected to be sold.

• Zhong Lin recognized Zhang Shaorong’s offer to protect Spirit Wonder Pavilion as an attempt to mark it as part of World's End Pavilion, then learned from Long Zhao that the Azure Moon auction would offer a Purple Vein Lotus and a seventh-rank pill formula.
• Zhong Lin reassured Long Zhao that they had enough spirit stones and refused to sell the Profound Heaven Staff, then devised a risky plan involving a ninth-grade Profound Core expert.
• Over the following month, Spirit Wonder Pavilion’s business grew, but other commerce guilds stopped supplying its spiritual herbs, so Zhong Lin turned to World's End Pavilion for purchases and sales.
• Alchemist Jing Cheng visited Zhong Lin regularly to drink and discuss the Pill Path as Spirit Wonder Pavilion faced growing hostility.
• Two months later, Zhong Lin and Long Zhao closed Spirit Wonder Pavilion and traveled to Azure Moon Commerce Guild for the auction.

Zhong Lin attended the Azure Moon Commerce Guild's annual auction with Long Zhao and met Alchemist Jing Cheng, who discussed their exchange involving information, a Purple Vein Lotus, and a seventh-rank pill formula. Zhong Lin won a bid for Crimson Flame Yellow Iron to strengthen his Eastern Emperor Bell, and the auction continued with a Storage Bag.

• Zhong Lin and Long Zhao presented their invitations and entered the Azure Moon Commerce Guild auction, where Alchemist Jing Cheng welcomed them.
• Alchemist Jing Cheng discussed the valuable Purple Vein Lotus and seventh-rank pill formula that Pavilion Master Zhang would exchange for Zhong Lin's information.
• The auction opened with Crimson Flame Yellow Iron, which Zhong Lin recognized as a powerful material for his Eastern Emperor Bell.
• Zhong Lin bid 130,000 spirit stones and won the Crimson Flame Yellow Iron after other bidders stopped competing.
• The auction continued, and the second item was a Storage Bag priced at 80,000 spirit stones.

At the Azure Moon Auction, Zhong Lin watched the bidding on rare treasures and learned that Alchemist Gou Jian refined the Sixty Years Grand Pill. Alchemist Jing Cheng won the Earth Sovereign Pearl for two million spirit stones after an escalating contest with another bidder.

• Long Zhao gave up on buying a Storage Bag after hearing its price, and Zhong Lin watched the auction’s spirit tools and pill furnace.
• Elderly martial artists bid on the Sixty Years Grand Pill, which sold to a Soul Nurturing Realm martial artist for four hundred and sixty thousand spirit stones.
• Jing Cheng told Zhong Lin that Alchemist Gou Jian refined the Sixty Years Grand Pill and warned him not to mock Gou Jian’s name.
• The Azure Moon Commerce Guild presented the Earth Sovereign Pearl, and Zhong Lin decided his Five Elements Mixed Origin Skill needed cultivation-technique inheritances more than treasures.
• Jing Cheng repeatedly raised his bid against a rival, eventually winning the Earth Sovereign Pearl for two million spirit stones.

Zhong Lin obtained the Purple Vein Lotus and watched the Blood Moon Sect win the Roaring Sky Beast egg at the auction’s finale. After the auction, Alchemist Jing Cheng handed over a copied seventh-rank pill formula, then led Zhong Lin and Long Zhao toward the Pavilion Master.

• Zhong Lin had Alchemist Jing Cheng bid 300,000 spirit stones for the Purple Vein Lotus, securing the soul-nourishing treasure.
• Zhong Lin bought several inexpensive herbs and minerals while the Clarity Enlightenment Pill formula appeared at auction.
• The auction’s final item was a Roaring Sky Beast egg, which Min Yinong of the Blood Moon Sect won with a bid of 10,000,000 spirit stones.
• Alchemist Jing Cheng copied the seventh-rank pill formula and gave it to Zhong Lin after the auction.
• Alchemist Jing Cheng led Zhong Lin and Long Zhao toward the Pavilion Master, and Zhong Lin watched Jing Cheng closely while praising his appearance.

Zhong Lin brought the Profound Heaven Staff to World's End Pavilion and challenged Zhang Shaorong, who had tried to force him into joining. After Zhong Lin crushed Zhang Shaorong’s sword attack and discarded the staff to taunt him, Zhang Shaorong launched another attack and Zhong Lin met it with a punch.

• Zhong Lin arrived at World's End Pavilion's mountain stronghold with Jing Cheng and Long Zhao to meet Zhang Shaorong.
• Zhong Lin revealed the Profound Heaven Staff, and Zhang Shaorong tried to seize it before Zhong Lin challenged him to take it by force.
• Jing Cheng called Zhong Lin an ungrateful vicious dog and ordered the guards to seize him and Long Zhao.
• Long Zhao attacked Jing Cheng, while Zhong Lin shattered Zhang Shaorong's attack and struck him with the Heaven Facing Strike, crushing his Heaven Piercing Sword Slash.
• Zhong Lin tossed the Profound Heaven Staff to Long Zhao and taunted Zhang Shaorong into attacking again.
• Zhang Shaorong unleashed a surge of Sword Qi, and Zhong Lin answered with a Bow-Step Straight Punch.

Zhong Lin drove Zhang Shaorong into a desperate flight from World's End Pavilion, while Long Zhao killed Alchemist Jing Cheng and headed for the sect's Treasure Vault. Zhang Shaorong turned to fight with the Fierce Tiger Shield, and Zhong Lin met his charge with a punch.

• Zhong Lin struck Zhang Shaorong with overwhelming force, cracked his spirit body, and pursued him as he fled.
• Long Zhao killed Alchemist Jing Cheng, took his Storage Bracelet, and rushed toward World's End Pavilion's Treasure Vault.
• Warriors across New Moon Island recognized Zhang Shaorong's flight and were astonished that Zhong Lin was chasing him.
• Zhang Shaorong turned and charged Zhong Lin with the Fierce Tiger Shield, intent on crushing him.
• Zhong Lin praised Zhang Shaorong's domineering shield intent and raised his arm to punch the shield.

Zhong Lin killed Zhang Shaorong with a Heaven-tier martial skill, then fled New Moon Island with Long Zhao and the World's End Pavilion treasure haul. The island’s powerful leaders arrived too late and began questioning the supposed Holy Land disciple’s actions.

• Zhong Lin used the Great Heavenly Cycle Myriad Dragons Entering Aperture Art to smash Zhang Shaorong’s Fierce Tiger Shield and kill him.
• Zhong Lin took Zhang Shaorong’s Storage Bracelet and intimidated the hidden onlookers before flying away.
• Long Zhao revealed that he had emptied the World's End Pavilion Treasure Vault, and Zhong Lin decided they had to leave New Moon Island quickly.
• Zhong Lin and Long Zhao used the Teleportation Array to travel toward the Heaven Sea Kingdom, while Zhong Lin considered joining the Heaven Sword Holy Land after reaching the Profound Core Realm.
• The island’s major sect leaders and merchant guild presidents arrived after Zhong Lin had departed, and some criticized the supposed Holy Land disciple for destroying sects and clans to seize resources.

Zhong Lin and Long Zhao traveled across the Heaven Sea Kingdom and reached Wu Yang City, where Zhong Lin was astonished by its scale and the prevalence of martial cultivation. After touring the city, he recognized that even its ordinary people reflected a society shaped by martial arts.

• Long Zhao explained that they were crossing the northern grasslands of the vast Heaven Sea Kingdom toward Wu Yang City.
• Zhong Lin used his Five Elements Grand Evasion to blend with the earth and fly with Long Zhao for half a day without tiring.
• Zhong Lin saw the immense white walls and crowded buildings of Wu Yang City and marveled at its prosperity.
• Zhong Lin and Long Zhao entered Wu Yang City, where passersby admired their cultivation and a patrol of powerful soldiers marched through the streets.
• Long Zhao guided Zhong Lin around the city, and Zhong Lin learned that Wu Yang City was one of the Heaven Sea Kingdom's thirty-six cities and that even commoners cultivated rudimentary martial arts.

Zhong Lin and Long Zhao settled in Heaven Sea Kingdom, where Zhong Lin prepared for their journey to the Profound Spirit Secret Realm by refining a Soul Nourishing Pill and advancing his Eastern Emperor Bell into a spirit artifact. He planned to improve the bell further before imprinting his martial intents upon it.

• Zhong Lin recognized Heaven Sea Kingdom's widespread martial arts and powerful imperial court, then concealed his aura and explored the city with Long Zhao.
• Zhong Lin decided they would stay in the city to sort through their New Moon Island spoils, refine pills, and raise his cultivation before going to Great Ocean Peak.
• Zhong Lin and Long Zhao found more than two hundred million spirit stones and many other treasures in their storage equipment, then settled into an inn.
• Zhong Lin used the Starfall Giant Cauldron, Yin Void Dragon Fire, and Purple Vein Lotus to refine a Soul Nourishing Pill.
• Zhong Lin rang the Eastern Emperor Bell and saw that it had become a spirit artifact after a year of refinement.
• Zhong Lin planned to improve the bell's quality before imprinting his sword intent, Fist Intent, and other martial intents upon it.