Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin discovered that the Guanyun Dense Seal activated a golden key that fit Fengxue’s Lingyun Precious Jade, but they postponed investigating the Treasure Vault until after dealing with the monster. A year later, Fengxue joined Chen Lin, Leiming, and the Zhenshan King to confront the monster, which trapped them in a false Divine Temple and revealed itself as Crown Prince Wuxuan; the battle continued as Chen Lin attacked the throne that anchored its domain.

• Chen Lin learned the Runic Inscription activated the golden key and discovered its ring required another object to fit inside.
• Fengxue placed her Lingyun Precious Jade in the key, and Chen Lin activated it with the Guanyun Dense Seal; they agreed to investigate the Treasure Vault after killing the monster.
• Leiming traded Chen Lin two hundred sets of materials for information about the Divine Oracle, and Chen Lin spent the following year refining spirit liquid to improve his Heaven-Opening Eye Divine Ability.
• After stabilizing her cultivation, Fengxue led Chen Lin, Leiming, and the Zhenshan King out of the city to hunt the monster, which transported them into a gilded hall resembling a Divine Temple.
• The monster revealed itself as Crown Prince Wuxuan and killed the Zhenshan King by declaring his beheading; Fengxue identified the golden chair as the domain’s core.
• Chen Lin’s Blue Dagger severed Wuxuan’s head, but the monster’s beheading power struck back and was stopped by Chen Lin’s ninth armor layer; Chen Lin then attacked the chair while Wuxuan’s assault also targeted Fengxue and Leiming.

Chen Lin and Fengxue escaped the Disheveled Monster’s domain and later opened Lingyun Country’s Treasure Vault, entering a pristine Secret Realm. After exploring a tower filled with valuable books, they stepped outside and saw a rainbow beneath a darkening sky.

• Chen Lin, Fengxue, and the others escaped the Disheveled Monster’s domain, and Chen Lin discovered they had returned to their original positions as the Zhenshan King and Leiming died.
• Fengxue explained that the monster had used a domain modeled on the Divine Temple, and she and Chen Lin agreed to leave after searching Lingyun Country’s Treasure Vault.
• A month later, Chen Lin and Fengxue opened the Golden Lock beneath the Imperial Palace and entered a Secret Realm untouched by dark energy.
• Chen Lin and Fengxue explored the tower and found preserved books by the Hermit of the Mountains, including works on innate qi and soul origin essence.
• Chen Lin recognized that the tower resembled the Hexagonal Tower in the vine space, and the sky darkened as a dazzling rainbow appeared.

Chen Lin discovered that the pagoda stood within a Divine Pagoda Coiling Dragon Array and, after failing to find its exit, decided to become emperor of Lingyun Country to obtain the imperial qi needed to control it. He took over Yuming City and began searching for the Imperial Seal, while He Yunqing revealed that Lingyun’s precious jade could be refined into a State Seal that might expose secrets about dark descent and the Divine Temple.

• Chen Lin found a Coiled Dragon Pillar underground, identified the array around the pagoda, and searched it with Fengxue but found no exit; they returned to the Underground Treasure Vault with its books and treasures.
• Fengxue suggested that the ruler of Lingyun Country might control the array through imperial qi, so Chen Lin resolved to find the Imperial Seal or become emperor himself.
• Chen Lin killed most of the Zhenshan King's Imperial Guards, proclaimed himself emperor, appointed officials including Bai Qingshui and Zhao Meng, and ordered the sect disciples to seize the king's territory and search for the Imperial Seal.
• Chen Lin purged Yuming City, moved into the Imperial Palace, and studied the books Fengxue had taken from the pagoda.
• He Yunqing came before Chen Lin and said she knew where the Imperial Seal was; she explained that Lingyun had no official seal, but its precious jade could be refined into one to reveal a secret involving dark descent and the Divine Temple.

Chen Lin used the Cloud Pattern Carving to gain imperial qi, which let him leave the Divine Pagoda Coiling Dragon Array and discover that the light came from Sunset Lake beside a possible rank-seven spirit plant. Unable to reach the Dawn Stone, he was attacked by a spear-wielding boy and counterattacked while fleeing toward the Giant Tower.

• Chen Lin comprehended the Cloud Pattern Carving, forged its cloud into an Imperial Seal, and was hailed as Human Emperor before appointing Bai Qingshui, Zhao Meng, and Shen Changming to a cabinet of three.
• Chen Lin used the Imperial Seal to cross the Divine Pagoda Coiling Dragon Array, but Fengxue could not follow; he sent her back to Yuming City and later flew toward the source of the fading light.
• Chen Lin spotted a vast mountain range visible through the Heaven-Opening Eye and recognized its shape as the Old Ox Carrying a Mushroom spirit plant, while identifying the golden lake between its peaks as Sunset Lake and its light as the Dawn Stone.
• Chen Lin failed to approach the lake because the spirit plant's aura weakened his Nine-Layered Armor, and he concluded that he had to collect the plant before taking the Dawn Stone.
• A fiery-haired boy appeared, attacked Chen Lin with a red-tasseled spear, and laughed when Chen Lin emerged unharmed; Chen Lin summoned the Blue Enchantress and other attacks before escaping toward the Giant Tower.

Chen Lin prepared for an impending faction conflict while improving his cultivation and trying to remove the abnormal rule force in his True Solar Fire. After reaching the fourth layer of the Cage Realm, he sacrificed the fire and began devouring his Seven Inner Stars as well.

• Chen Lin chose to improve his cultivation before attempting soul dissolution, assigned his people to gather resources and investigate several mysteries, and secluded himself for ten years.
• Chen Lin learned from Dugu Batian that the Divine Temple might start the faction conflict early, and Dugu Batian identified himself with the Third Faction, the Light Faction, while warning that the temples might be searching for a treasure.
• Dugu Batian traded Chen Lin a piece of variegated crystal and a Blood Banner containing refined bloodline essence for Chen Lin's cultivation theories.
• After three years of seclusion, Chen Lin's natal runic inscription broke down the abnormal rule force in his True Solar Fire, and he let it devour the fire.
• Chen Lin then controlled his runic puppets to envelop and devour his Seven Inner Stars, abandoning the Seven-Star Shining Sun Cultivation Technique.

After sacrificing his inner stars, Chen Lin strengthened his Destiny Law and discovered that his Natal Runic Inscription could absorb his abilities and power the Crystal Needle. As he considered how to defeat the Red-Clothed Boy, a monster attacked the city, and Chen Lin recognized it as resembling the Black Bear Magistrate from the Nightmare Realm.

• Chen Lin fused his Life Dan into his Natal Runic Inscription, forming a Destiny Runic Inscription that let him enter his destiny domain with his true body.
• Chen Lin tested his remaining abilities and learned they now drew power from his Natal Runic Inscription, though their effects were weak in high-dimensional space.
• Chen Lin considered ways to defeat the Red-Clothed Boy and discovered that the Crystal Needle could destroy a high-grade divine weapon, but its use exhausted his runic force.
• A guard warned Chen Lin that a monster was attacking, so he went to help Fengxue and test the Crystal Needle.
• A black bear attacked Chen Lin with streaks of its fur, and he recognized its resemblance to the Black Bear Magistrate from the Nightmare Realm.

Chen Lin recognized Xiong Ziqi and learned that Li Fuyao led the Second Faction before she arrived and attacked him with a Seven-Colored Arrow. Chen Lin and Fengxue were cornered by Li Fuyao’s forces until a black cat appeared and caused Li Fuyao’s belly to swell.

• Chen Lin identified Xiong Ziqi, who explained that the Dark Descent had corrupted him and warned that Li Fuyao was the Second Faction’s powerful King's Envoy.
• Li Fuyao appeared, recognized Chen Lin, and attacked him with the Seven-Colored Arrow, but his Natal Runic Inscription stopped it.
• Li Fuyao ordered her forces to kill Chen Lin and Fengxue, while Fengxue froze the battlefield and Chen Lin killed Blue Enchantress.
• Li Fuyao used a Black Token to control Xiong Ziqi and summoned more than a dozen experts to surround Chen Lin and Fengxue.
• A black cat arrived and told Li Fuyao to have a child with Chen Lin, then caused her lower abdomen to swell and made her dry-heave.

The Black Cat’s ability forced Li Fuyao to conceive a child with Chen Lin, and a battle erupted as Li Fuyao vanished and summoned monsters. Chen Lin evacuated his followers into the Secret Realm, where rival factions gathered over the Shadow Scholar Heritage; after they entered, Lord Rat appeared beside Chen Lin.

• The Black Cat explained that leaving more traces, including children, might improve Chen Lin’s chances of surviving, while Li Fuyao disappeared after giving birth and unleashed monsters.
• Chen Lin retreated with Fengxue and led the Kaiyuan Sect disciples and his followers into the Underground Treasure Vault as the city descended into chaos.
• A Yellow-Robed Woman attacked the vault, and Wen Ruyu arrived seeking Lan Menghan; Li Fuyao then threatened Chen Lin’s child to demand the Shadow Scholar’s treasures.
• Chen Lin allowed Wen Ruyu, Dugu Batian, the Black Cat, Li Fuyao, and Chunjiu to enter the Secret Realm, warning them about its formation and asking them not to harm innocents.
• After advising the remaining cultivators to flee, Chen Lin entered the Secret Realm and found Fengxue waiting; Lord Rat then appeared at his feet.

Chen Lin joined the Red-Haired Mouse, Fengxue, and the rival factions as they prepared to break the Divine Pagoda Coiling Dragon Array. The Red-Haired Mouse identified the rainbow as the mature Prancing Bull, a spirit plant that could grant a Primal Runic Inscription, while the factions began choosing who would help break the array.

• The Red-Haired Mouse warned Chen Lin not to speak of the Peach Spirit, then learned that Wen Ruyu had entered the Life Ferry as a Rank Four Dominator.
• Fengxue asked about the Life Ferry and accepted the Red-Haired Mouse's offer to take her out of the world; he later gave her a bead containing a battle-array method.
• The Red-Haired Mouse recognized Wen Ruyu's true body and identified the rainbow as a sign of the Prancing Bull's maturity.
• Wen Ruyu proposed that five factions each send one person to break the array, with only participants allowed to compete for the Prancing Bull; Chen Lin declined and said he wanted only the Dawn Stone.
• The Red-Haired Mouse insisted that his faction help break the array, and he and Chen Lin reached a Coiled Dragon Pillar as the Red-Haired Mouse explained the Prancing Bull's power to grant a Primal Runic Inscription.

Chen Lin and the Red-Haired Mouse helped break the formation, then joined the struggle for the Prancing Bull as Wen Ruyu and the others battled its fiery guardian. Chen Lin withdrew toward Sunset Lake while Wen Ruyu began sealing the Red-Clothed Boy in an Ashen Pocket.

• Chen Lin traded the Prancing Bull collection method for the Red-Haired Mouse’s help and told him about the Red-Clothed Boy guarding it.
• Wen Ruyu sealed the tower’s power, and Li Fuyao, the Black Cat, Chunjiu, and the Red-Haired Mouse pulled out the four Coiled Dragon Pillars, causing the formation barrier to vanish.
• Chen Lin, Fengxue, and the Red-Haired Mouse approached the Prancing Bull, where the Red-Clothed Boy fought the treasure hunters with powerful flames.
• The Red-Haired Mouse burrowed underground to evade a flame spear, while Chen Lin used the Gemstone Belt to head toward Sunset Lake.
• Wen Ruyu brought out an Ashen Pocket, and the others restrained the Red-Clothed Boy while she began drawing his enormous flame-spear form inside.

Chen Lin found the Dawn Stone beneath Sunset Lake but could not collect it until Black Cat helped him store it in the Reliance King Seal. As the Prancing Bull turned on the survivors, Chen Lin, Black Cat, and Red-Haired Mouse were immobilized before the beast, and Red-Haired Mouse urged Chen Lin to get the peach.

• Chen Lin reached the Dawn Stone at the center of Sunset Lake, but could neither refine it nor move it into the Zhenshan King Seal.
• The Prancing Bull's bellow sent waves through the lake, and Chen Lin used the turbulence to approach the floating Dawn Stone.
• Black Cat tapped the Dawn Stone toward Chen Lin, allowing him to store it in the Reliance King Seal and escape the lake.
• Black Cat told Chen Lin that the Prancing Bull was a primal-tier life-origin, that it had devoured the others, and that Wen Ruyu was badly injured.
• The Prancing Bull's bellow knocked Chen Lin, Black Cat, and Red-Haired Mouse to the ground, and Red-Haired Mouse told Chen Lin to get the peach.

Chen Lin used the True Life Peach to defeat the Prancing Bull and claimed the rainbow spirit plant, then joined Black Cat in seeking the Divine Temple’s origin essence to cleanse the corrupted sun. Black Cat summoned the Temple, and the peach volunteered to help suppress it as they approached.

• Chen Lin released the True Life Peach, which used its power over fate to drain the Prancing Bull and restore itself.
• The Red-Haired Mouse identified the peach as a member of the True Life Peach Clan, one of the Three Great Saint Clans, and Chen Lin learned that it had acknowledged him as its master.
• Chen Lin transformed the weakened Prancing Bull into a seven-colored spirit plant, then returned to Yuming City and left its survivors in Bai Qingshui’s care.
• Black Cat took the Dawn Stone and asked Chen Lin to help her son Xiao Xun when he reached a future, unexplained milestone.
• Black Cat used her materials and a secret method to summon the Divine Temple, explaining that its origin essence could counter the dark rule in the sun.
• Chen Lin brought out the True Life Peach to help suppress the Temple, and it volunteered to handle the task as Black Cat carried them toward it.

Chen Lin and Black Cat used the Peach Spirit’s true character to obtain the Divine Temple’s origin essence and restore sunlight to the plane. The Sun returned, but Black Cat noticed the moon was still missing and suspected someone had obscured the workings of heaven.

• Black Cat explained true runic inscriptions and true characters, warning Chen Lin that his unconventional path would leave him without predecessors’ experience.
• The Peach Spirit released her Fate character, which destroyed the divine statue and drew out an indistinct character that Chen Lin used to grant the Lianyun Mountain Range to the Angler of Tiger Roar Gorge, the Tiger Demon King.
• Chen Lin and Black Cat left the Divine Temple, and it crashed outside Yuming City before they returned to the Sun with the origin essence.
• Chen Lin used the character to dispel the darkness, and the stars’ power of brilliance reignited the Sun, restoring daylight across the plane.
• Black Cat noticed that the moon had not returned, suspected someone had obscured the workings of heaven, and opened a rift with her broken Black Dagger.

Chen Lin completed the Life Ferry task with a low evaluation, then learned that the person who accepted his own task had received an excellent evaluation. After timeline merging left him injured in an unfamiliar place, he confirmed that his Natal Runic Inscription and grotto-heaven treasures remained intact and met Lu Fanxing in Lu Village.

• The Life Ferry gave Chen Lin one Life Coin and a random achievement, then granted him a lottery draw for destroying the Divine Temple and admitted him as a One-Star Ship Guest.
• Hua Yi reappeared beside Chen Lin, and Tianshu told him that only half an hour had passed outside the Ferry.
• Chen Lin watched the progress of his issued task, rated the other person's performance highest, and paid Life Coins to blur the memories they would receive.
• The Ferry's timeline merging encountered interference, so Chen Lin sent Tianshu and the others into the Fruit Core Grotto-Heaven and gave Yan Li instructions before vanishing.
• Chen Lin awoke injured in a room beside an old man and a young girl, then verified that his Natal Runic Inscription, grotto-heaven treasures, and companions were safe.
• Chen Lin healed himself and learned from the old man that the place was Lu Village and that his name was Lu Fanxing.

Chen Lin settled into secluded cultivation on Red Umbrella Star and learned how Hua Yi’s actions had advanced the faction conflict and earned her a Superior rating. After checking his cultivation and treasures, he examined the Gemstone Belt, Storage Bag, and chained Small Silver Ingot.

• Chen Lin accepted Alchemist Lu’s offer of shelter, gave him spirit herbs, and asked to cultivate undisturbed while recovering.
• Chen Lin brought Xu Wuye, Tianshu, and Hua Yi out, then sent Xu Wuye and Tianshu back into the Grotto-Heaven while Hua Yi recounted her mission and Divine Oracle.
• Hua Yi explained that the Black Cat had told her to make the faction conflict begin early, and Chen Lin learned she had received a Superior rating and gained high-dimensional abilities and treasures.
• Chen Lin confirmed his Natal Runic Inscription remained intact, found that it consumed his internal energy, and refined that energy through the Myriad Phenomena Art instead.
• Chen Lin tested the Crystal Needle’s destructive power, considered the Longevity Mirror’s limits, and took out a Gemstone Belt, a Storage Bag, and a chained Small Silver Ingot.

Chen Lin sorted through his spoils, let Hua Yi choose three items, and decided to preserve the Prancing Bull for later use while the Peach Spirit recovered. He opened his reward Treasure Chests and found a red wooden table and an inexplicable bamboo board, leaving him unsure whether the board had any value.

• Chen Lin inventoried the Silver Ingot, his belt, and his Storage Bag, then let Hua Yi take three items she liked.
• The Peach Spirit refused to absorb the Prancing Bull, saying Chen Lin needed it to eternalize his Natal Runic Inscription, and estimated that she would need around a hundred years to recover.
• Chen Lin placed the Peach Spirit in the Grotto-Heaven Jade Pendant to recover and put away the Prancing Bull until he could safely refine it and try removing its seals.
• Chen Lin reviewed the Soul-Destroying Finger formula Red-Haired Mouse had deduced, but found that it only covered the first stage and still needed testing.
• Chen Lin opened the ordinary Treasure Chest and received a red wooden table that seemed to have held the writing brush in the Exquisite Sect.
• Chen Lin opened the special Treasure Chest and received a heavy, pressure-inducing bamboo board with no writing or patterns, leaving him uncertain what it was for.

Chen Lin tested the mysterious bamboo board, then discovered that his Natal Runic Inscription merged his Chiyuan identity with his original self and interfered with the Life Ferry’s rules. After traveling to Red Umbrella City with Xu Wuye, Tianshu, and Hua Yi, he headed for the Imperial Palace to meet someone and learn why the city’s people possessed destiny bodies.

• Chen Lin tried writing on the bamboo board with a special brush and strange beast blood, but the writing soon vanished, and neither fire nor the Runic Puppet could damage it.
• Chen Lin opened the Life Treasure Chest and became Chiyuan, but his unstable form dispersed as his Natal Runic Inscription absorbed its residual energy; he later confirmed that Chiyuan’s deeds and memories remained separate in other people’s minds.
• Chen Lin found he had merged with his secondary identity and could use Chiyuan’s belongings and connection to Pearl, though the Life Ferry’s rules still remained attached to him.
• After several months, Chen Lin gave Alchemist Lu cultivation resources and a token, then left the village for the Imperial City with Xu Wuye, Tianshu, and Hua Yi.
• In Red Umbrella City, Chen Lin explained that the locals’ innate destiny bodies made his companions feel inferior, then led them toward the Imperial Palace to meet someone.

Chen Lin visited Red Umbrella Star’s imperial palace to ask Daidaidong about crossing the River of Destiny, and she warned him that the Lake-Fishing Old Man’s seal made escape perilous. After settling in the King's Manor and cultivating for a hundred years, Chen Lin emerged from seclusion and invited Daidaixi and Commander Daila to join him for a meal.

• Chen Lin crossed the rainbow bridge with his companions and asked to meet Daidaixi, who welcomed him as the benefactor who had saved her in the Boundary River.
• Commander Daila escorted Chen Lin and Daidaixi into the palace to meet Daidaidong, the sovereign of Red Umbrella Star.
• Daidaidong warned Chen Lin that the Lake-Fishing Old Man had sealed the Seven-Star Realm and that anyone born there who touched its boundary would face certain death, but she offered him access to a branch of the River of Destiny for cultivation.
• Daidaixi gave Chen Lin a deed token for a residence at the King's Manor and invited him to dine with her and his subordinates.
• After two months, Chen Lin settled in and began secluded cultivation, while asking Daidaixi to find a way into the Hundred Fruit Orchard so he could rescue Fairy Yaochi.
• A hundred years later, Chen Lin emerged from seclusion and sent Tianshu to invite Commander Daila and Daidaixi to a meal.

After strengthening his true runic inscription, Chen Lin traveled to the Hundred Fruit Orchard’s Fruit-Tasting Convention to rescue Yaochi and Jinlin. He learned they were alive but imprisoned in the forbidden zone, and encountered Feng Wanding before deciding how to proceed.

• Chen Lin refined the Prancing Bull, strengthening his runic inscription and improving his abilities, but found that his soul still could not support the Soul-Destroying Finger’s second phase.
• Chen Lin declined Daidaixi’s offer to accompany him to the convention, accepted her invitation and good-luck talisman, and left the Imperial City.
• Three years later, Chen Lin arrived at the Hundred Fruit Orchard and secretly questioned a receptionist, learning that Yaochi and Jinlin were confined in the forbidden zone and that the orchard’s leaders posed a serious threat.
• Chen Lin erased the receptionist’s memory, then explored the market and spotted Feng Wanding among the visitors.
• Feng Wanding told Chen Lin that he came from the Holy Cauldron Star Feng Family and had visited Oddity Island to explore.

Chen Lin learned that Yaochi was being punished in the Hundred Fruit Orchard and confronted its sect leader, Xiao Wujin, about taking her away. Xiao Wujin offered to help him oppose Hua Qingfeng in exchange for a favor, but refused Chen Lin’s request to use the orchard’s passage to leave the Seven-Star Realm.

• Feng Wanding told Chen Lin that the Rainbow Realm was recovering, that Ninth Miss had founded a sect on Tianyuan Star, and that the power behind the Hundred Fruit Orchard was Eight Trees.
• Chen Lin learned that the Hundred Fruit Orchard’s Heart-Refining Garden was protected by a powerful array, then returned to his quarters.
• Xiao Wujin confronted Chen Lin about using abilities on orchard disciples, and Chen Lin explained that he was searching for his companion, Yaochi.
• Xiao Wujin said only Elder Fu could decide whether Yaochi could leave, and Chen Lin demanded to know how her punishment could end.
• Chen Lin threatened to fight the orchard after learning Yaochi had been punished because Hua Yuanming wanted her as a concubine.
• Xiao Wujin asked Chen Lin to kill Hua Qingfeng in exchange for a favor, but refused to provide a passage out of the Seven-Star Realm.