Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin accepted a map and key to a secret realm containing a miraculous Seven-Colored Light Cluster, then took Teng Jiuliang as an Accepted Disciple. After training the boy for a month, Chen Lin set out for Mogan City, hoping to return to the Southern Immortal Cultivation World and find Luo Qinglan and Zhao Mengru.

• Chen Lin verified the white-browed old man's account of the Seven-Colored Light Cluster and accepted the map and token in exchange for offering either Foundation Establishment Pills or discipleship.
• Teng Jiuliang chose to become Chen Lin's Accepted Disciple, and Chen Lin gave him a Marrow-Cleansing Pill and warned that the Starry Continent was in a dire state.
• Chen Lin studied the map, tested Bone-Corroding Tree leaves, and concluded that older leaves or the tree's fruit would be needed to improve his body tempering.
• Chen Lin taught Teng Jiuliang cultivation techniques, spells, and talismancrafting skills over the following month, while learning more about the region.
• Chen Lin left the tribe for Mogan City, intent on returning to the Southern Immortal Cultivation World to search for Luo Qinglan and Zhao Mengru.

Chen Lin visited Mogan City to trade pills for thousand-year-old Bone-Corroding Tree Leaves and discovered that Bone-Corroding Fruit greatly strengthened his body refinement. As he prepared to search elsewhere for more fruit, Jin Chenyu of the Golden Eagle Tribe offered him some and proposed an opportunity.

• Chen Lin traded a bottle of Ninghua Pills for ten thousand-year-old Bone-Corroding Tree Leaves and found them far more effective for cultivating the Vajra Body-Refining Art than century-old leaves.
• Chen Lin searched Mogan City and acquired a few hundred thousand-year-old leaves and one Bone-Corroding Fruit, whose effects convinced him to seek a large supply, possibly from Flame Mountain.
• Qing Yan of the Ring Snake Tribe approached Chen Lin after hearing an alchemist had arrived, but Chen Lin showed little interest in speaking with him.
• A young man from the Golden Eagle Tribe invited Chen Lin to meet his young master, and Jin Chenyu arrived to apologize for his subordinate's rudeness.
• Chen Lin told Jin Chenyu that any request would require an offer useful to him, and Jin Chenyu said he had Bone-Corroding Fruit to give him along with another opportunity.

Chen Lin traded for Bone-Corroding Fruit, then traveled to Lujiao City and gathered more before entering Flame Mountain. He ventured deep into the burning range to seek older trees and treasures.

• Chen Lin intimidated Jin Chenyu into handing over ten Bone-Corroding Fruits, paid him with pills, and agreed to trade with a Ring Snake Tribe man for more fruit.
• Jin Chenyu decided to warn his father about Chen Lin and postpone an operation, while Chen Lin left for Lujiao City instead of Golden Eagle City.
• Chen Lin disguised himself to blend in with the locals and bought several dozen Bone-Corroding Fruits in Lujiao City.
• After three days, Chen Lin reached Flame Mountain, surveyed its fiery slopes, and entered the flames unharmed.
• Chen Lin killed a Black Demon Ox, passed the stripped young trees near the edge, and traveled more than ten li into the range to gather fruit from older trees.
• As Chen Lin picked fruit from an enormous tree, he sensed something nearby and turned to look.

Chen Lin met three cultivators from the Starry Continent in Flame Mountain and learned that Xu Baixian was the son of his old friend Xu Zihua. After hearing about the troubled Southern Immortal Cultivation World and helping the travelers, Chen Lin continued gathering fruit until Xu Baixian sent him a surprising message.

• Chen Lin confronted Han Zuxuan, Zhao Zhengfeng, and Xu Baixian, then learned they came from Tianyun Immortal City in the Starry Continent.
• Xu Baixian revealed that his father was Xu Zihua, an old friend of Chen Lin, and that his grandmaster Dantai Yunjin was still alive as a late Golden Core cultivator.
• At Lujiao City, Chen Lin questioned the three about the Southern Immortal Cultivation World, learning that its cultivators had fled the Yin Domain and divided among several major factions.
• Chen Lin learned that Luo Qinglan had rebuilt the Qingyang Sect and become a Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Chen Lin let the three pursue their Xianji Stone mission and gave Xu Baixian two Transmission Talismans for emergencies.
• Chen Lin continued exploring Flame Mountain and gathering bone-corroding fruit, then received a message from Xu Baixian that surprised him.

Chen Lin went to Flame Mountain after hearing that a spirit-transforming Bone-Corroding Tree had appeared, hoping to claim its fruit for Luo Qinglan. After learning what the fruit could do, he decided he had to obtain it, but it detached from the tree and fled before he could act.

• Chen Lin flew to Flame Mountain, found the golden fruit spirit, and reunited with Xu Baixian and his companions nearby.
• Xu Baixian told Chen Lin that the tree's flaming leaves had burned anyone who tried to pick the fruit, and Chen Lin sent the trio back to Lujiao City.
• Chen Lin confronted two Golden Core cultivators near the tree and knocked the red-faced elder down when they refused to answer his questions.
• The Short-Haired Man explained that a ten-thousand-year Bone-Corroding Tree could be reborn as a fruit spirit that granted a fire spirit body and fire-attribute abilities.
• Chen Lin decided the fruit would suit Luo Qinglan and sent the two cultivators away, but the fruit transformed into a streak of fire and shot off into the distance.

Chen Lin seized the spirit-transforming Bone-Corroding Fruit at Flame Mountain and traveled to Qingya Mountain, where the Hanshan Tribe had sealed off the area. Suspecting the tribe was pursuing a Secret Realm treasure, he decided to investigate despite the danger.

• At Flame Mountain, several experts fought over the spiritual fruit until Chen Lin took it with lightning and killed the old man and the bald man who tried to stop him.
• Chen Lin left for Qingya Mountain and reached the Yulun Mountains after a month of exhausting travel.
• The Bare-Chested Man told Chen Lin that the Hanshan Tribe had requisitioned Qingya Mountain and ordered him to take another route.
• Chen Lin learned that the Hanshan Tribe had more than twenty Mid-Rank Immortals, including five at the peak of that rank.
• Suspecting the Hanshan Tribe had sealed Qingya Mountain to claim the Secret Realm treasure, Chen Lin decided to investigate.

Chen Lin followed a hidden passage toward the secret realm and discovered that High Person Yunhai was working with the Hanshan Tribe to find it. The Hanshan Tribe excavated the mountain and exposed a formation-protected structure, where its chief prepared to strike through the barriers.

• Chen Lin found the underground passage, followed it toward the hidden chamber, and hid when he encountered Hanshan Tribe cultivators searching nearby.
• Chen Lin recognized High Person Yunhai’s voice as Yunhai urged the Hanshan Tribe’s chief to keep excavating for the secret realm and its treasures.
• Yunhai assured the chief that the secret realm held treasures capable of enabling Nascent Soul Formation and extending lifespan, while the chief threatened to make him a slave if he was wrong.
• Chen Lin stayed hidden as the Hanshan Tribe excavated for three days and nights, exposing a sturdy, formation-protected structure beneath the mountain.
• The Hanshan Tribe’s chief summoned the Cold Moon Saber and began a powerful strike against the barriers.

Chen Lin watched the Hanshan Tribe break into a Secret Realm and reveal a mysterious Seven-Colored Light Cluster, while the Black Eagle King challenged them for its treasure. The cluster granted different benefits to those who approached its barrier, and the Silver-Armored Man began testing how it worked.

• The Silver-Armored Man used the Cold Moon Saber to break the Secret Realm's restrictions, revealing the Seven-Colored Light Cluster.
• The Black Eagle King arrived and argued with the Silver-Armored Man over who owned the treasure.
• The Black Eagle King rushed toward the cluster, was repelled by its barrier, and received blue light that strengthened his physique.
• The Black Eagle King tried to trigger the cluster again but received no further benefit, so the Silver-Armored Man sent Han Yun to test it.
• Han Yun approached the cluster and received red light that greatly increased his spiritual sense.
• The Silver-Armored Man sent the Third Elder to approach the barrier from the ground, and the cluster struck him with blue light.

Chen Lin watched the Silver-Armored Man and the Black Eagle King battle over the Light Orb, which revealed itself to be a seven-colored flower. As the rivals rushed to seize it, the flower uprooted itself and flew away with High Person Yunhai revealed nearby.

• The Silver-Armored Man used a formation and the Giant Saber to fight the Black Eagle King, who blocked its attacks with a beast bone.
• After both combatants were badly weakened, the Silver-Armored Man and the Black Eagle King agreed to share the Light Orb, with the Hanshan Tribe receiving a larger share.
• The Light Orb went dark and revealed a seven-petaled flower, while Chen Lin stayed hidden and watched the others move toward it.
• The Black Eagle King reached for the flower as the Silver-Armored Man attacked him from behind with the Giant Saber.
• The flower pulled itself out of the ground and shot away as High Person Yunhai revealed himself.

Chen Lin stole six petals and two Spirit Treasures during the battle over the giant flower, then escaped and reunited with Xu Baixian and the others. After discovering their huge haul of Xianji Stones, he loaded it onto his Spirit Boat and set off across the Wuding Sea while a furious pursuer arrived too late.

• High Person Yunhai severed Han Lie's head, then broke the giant flower apart and escaped with one petal as the Black Eagle King and the Silver-Armored Man fought over the rest.
• Chen Lin struck down everyone on the battlefield, stole the six remaining petals, the Black Eagle King's beast bone, and the Silver-Armored Man's Giant Saber, then escaped using the Lightning Escape Technique.
• Chen Lin contacted Xu Baixian and, a month later, met him and the other two at a coastal town, where he examined their enormous, unscarred Xianji Stone.
• Chen Lin loaded the Xianji Stones and the oversized specimen onto his Ink-Hidden Spirit Boat, concealed it with talismans, and flew toward the Wuding Sea.
• More than a dozen days later, a furious figure formed from black mist arrived at the empty courtyard, searched it, and flew toward the Wuding Sea.

Chen Lin and his companions crossed the sea toward the Starry Continent, but a powerful Shadow Figure cornered them in a region of violent thunderstorms and attacked Chen Lin for taking the Black Eagle King's treasures. Chen Lin's defenses failed to stop the foe, and their clash with the Xuanwu Shield opened a black hole that swallowed them both.

• Chen Lin sailed through the thunderstorms aboard the Ink-Hidden Spirit Boat, carrying the Xianji Stones and other treasures he had taken from the Xingyun Continent.
• The spirit boat entered a dangerous sea region where the storms intensified, the vessel spun out of control, and Han Zuxuan's Guidance Talisman stopped working.
• A Shadow Figure emerged from the sea, collapsed the boat's defenses, and revealed that he had come for the treasures Chen Lin had taken from the Black Eagle King.
• Chen Lin attacked with the Soul-Destroying Finger and tried to flee, but the Shadow Figure repeatedly stopped his Lightning Escape Technique and overpowered his attacks.
• Chen Lin empowered the Xuanwu Shield to block the Shadow Figure's spear, and their collision formed a black hole that pulled both of them inside.

Chen Lin became trapped in the submerged Lei Family Ruins with the Shadow Monster and discovered that the Cold Moon Saber could not break the Light Curtain. He headed toward the Giant Stele, hoping its thunder power might protect him, as the monster caught up and attacked again.

• Chen Lin landed inside an island enclosed by a Light Curtain and saw the Shadow Monster arrive in the ruins.
• Chen Lin hid the beast bone in his nightmare realm Storage Bag and rebuilt the Cold Moon Saber from its fragments.
• Chen Lin struck the Light Curtain with the saber, but it quickly healed and retaliated with lightning.
• Chen Lin confirmed from a Jade Slip that the ruins belonged to the Lei Family and learned that the Giant Stele held powerful thunder energy.
• Chen Lin approached the Giant Stele, but the Shadow Monster ambushed him and pursued him as he flew toward it.

Chen Lin escaped the Shadow Monster by reaching the Giant Stele, whose golden lightning forced the monster to retreat. After weeks of recovery and study, he approached the stele and received a lightning spell, then used the Thunder God Mark to reach it and began a Divine Lightning Spirit Tempering that strengthened his lightning spiritual root and started changing it from acquired to innate.

• Chen Lin reached the Giant Stele as the Shadow Monster attacked, and golden lightning shattered the monster's spear and drove it away.
• Chen Lin recovered near the stele, studied the area, and spent weeks cultivating while the Shadow Monster watched from a distance.
• Chen Lin approached the stele and received the Thunder Dragon Technique after it judged his aptitude lowest and his thunder intent lower-middle.
• The Thunder God Mark eased the pressure around Chen Lin, allowing him to approach the stele and touch it.
• The stele granted Chen Lin Divine Lightning Spirit Tempering, which began strengthening his lightning spiritual root and transforming it from acquired to innate.

After the divine thunder strengthened Chen Lin’s lightning spiritual root, he sensed the opportunity to form his nascent soul and prepared to break through beside the stone stele. The Shadow Monster tried to unsettle him, but Chen Lin recognized the scheme, made what preparations he could, and began shattering his golden core.

• Chen Lin absorbed the last of the divine thunder, greatly strengthening his lightning spiritual root and giving him the insight needed for nascent soul formation.
• The Shadow Monster appeared, demanded the beast bone, and hinted that cultivators in this realm were being used by a greater power.
• Chen Lin realized the Shadow Monster’s cryptic words were meant to disrupt his state of mind and worsen his inner demon tribulation.
• Chen Lin set up his Array-Setting Equipment around the stone stele and refined the Yin-Yang Twin Birth Flower into spirit liquid.
• After several days of preparation, Chen Lin drank the spirit liquid, used the Fortunate Art on himself, and began breaking his golden core.

Chen Lin’s infant embryo nearly failed to transform until a black-and-white bead infused him with yin-yang energy, allowing him to form a nascent soul and draw down the heavenly tribulation. He weathered the first lightning bolts with the Xuanwu Shield ready, while the Shadow Monster waited for the inner demon tribulation to threaten him.

• Chen Lin exhausted the energy from his golden core and the yin-yang twin birth flower’s spirit liquid, but his infant embryo still fell short of transforming.
• Xu Baixian, Han Zuxuan, and Zhao Zhengfeng saw a Colorful Giant Bird and a two-headed monster perish together, and a black-and-white bead pierced the ruins’ Light Curtain and struck Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin absorbed the bead’s yin-yang energy, transformed his infant embryo into a tiny infant, and triggered the heavenly tribulation.
• Xu Baixian and his companions fled the tribulation as monsters scattered and powerful beings noticed it; the Shadow Monster stayed back, unable to approach Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin endured the first three lightning bolts without defense, then raised the Xuanwu Shield against the more powerful fourth bolt as the Shadow Monster pinned its hopes on the inner demon tribulation.

Chen Lin survived the Nascent Soul Tribulation and its inner demon illusions, broke through to the Nascent Soul realm, and escaped the ruins. After recovering his Natal Flying Sword and activating a Transmission Talisman, he spotted the shadow monster rising from the sea.

• Chen Lin used the Xuanwu Shield to withstand the golden tribulation lightning, which completed his bodily transformation without further intervention from the Heavenly Dao.
• Chen Lin endured an inner demon illusion of his past life and later visions of people and places from his cultivation journey before awakening with a nascent soul.
• Chen Lin searched the ruins for the shadow monster and for whoever had helped his breakthrough, but found no one and suspected the stone stele.
• Chen Lin cut through the ruins' light curtain with the Cold Moon Saber and escaped to the surface using the Water Escape Technique.
• Chen Lin recovered his Natal Flying Sword, activated a Transmission Talisman, and concealed himself in the thunderstorm when the shadow monster rose from the sea.

After Chen Lin reached the Nascent Soul Realm, a Shadow Monster offered to reveal ways out of the sealed realm in exchange for a beast bone, but fled when Lord Qing and Jin Xingyun arrived. Lord Qing identified the creature as a Prison Guard and explained the realm’s connection to the Celestial Demon Bead, while Chen Lin ended the chapter with a new contact in the Clan Alliance.

• Chen Lin questioned the Shadow Monster’s offer to trade the beast bone for information about escaping the realm and asked what it meant by saying the realm had little time left.
• Lord Qing and Jin Xingyun arrived, and the Shadow Monster escaped into the sea as black mist.
• Lord Qing identified the Shadow Monster as a Prison Guard and told Chen Lin and Jin Xingyun about the Celestial Demon Bead, the ancient demon, and the Upper Realm cultivators trapped in the sealed realm.
• Chen Lin told Jin Xingyun that he had gained an inheritance from the stone stele in the Lei Family Ruins, and Lord Qing explained that such inheritances were rare and required the right opportunity.
• Lord Qing departed for urgent business, and Jin Xingyun gave Chen Lin a Transmission Talisman before following him.

After becoming a Nascent Soul True Lord, Chen Lin hurried to escape the dangerous waters with Xu Baixian and the others. A golden flood dragon carrying a mysterious pitch-black figure pursued him, and the chapter ended as Chen Lin turned to fight.

• Chen Lin reunited with Xu Baixian and the others, revealed he had formed his nascent soul, and took control of the spirit boat to guide them out of the dangerous waters.
• Chen Lin learned that a five-colored bird and a black-and-white two-headed creature had killed each other during his tribulation.
• Han Zuxuan spotted a golden flood dragon emerging from the thunderstorm, with a hazy pitch-black figure crouched on its head.
• Chen Lin ordered Xu Baixian and the others to hide underwater and deliver the Xianji Stones to the Qingyang Sect, then flew away to draw the dragon after him.
• The golden flood dragon pursued Chen Lin through the thunderstorm, and he finally stopped and slashed at it with the Cold Moon Saber.

Chen Lin escaped the Black Little Man and Golden Flood Dragon, only to be pulled into the Wuding Sea’s deadly Seven-Colored Vortex. Finding seven bridges with no known way out, he chose the green bridge, which he believed was tied to the soul, his strongest ability.

• Chen Lin’s saber, Soul-Destroying Fingers, and lightning strikes failed to harm the Black Little Man and Golden Flood Dragon, who fought back and pursued him.
• Chen Lin used Lightning Escape and repeated lightning attacks to keep fleeing, but the Black Little Man eventually stopped the chase after a rainbow appeared over the sea.
• Chen Lin discovered that the rainbow bands were the Seven-Colored Vortex and was dragged into its isolated space despite trying to escape.
• Chen Lin found seven colored bridges and realized he could leave the space only by crossing one of them.
• Chen Lin compared the bridge colors with the Colorful Petals, judged green to represent soul power, and stepped onto the Green Light Bridge.

Chen Lin crossed the Green Light Bridge, entered a desolate realm, and reunited with the awakened Yun Xiumian, who warned him about a soul-poisoning flower. After hearing how he arrived, Yun Xiumian speculated that the Rainbow Bridge might be a high-tier Spirit Treasure.

• Chen Lin resisted the Green Light Bridge's assault on his soul with his silver light particles and discovered that the Green Petal could shield him from its energy.
• Chen Lin crossed the bridge and entered a barren realm where his powers worked but were severely suppressed, while High Person Yunhai searched outside for the vanished Rainbow Vortex.
• Chen Lin found a glowing Soul-Hunting Flower, but Yun Xiumian emerged from the Wooden Hairpin and warned him that it could poison his soul.
• Yun Xiumian said the realm was not the Netherworld, then heard Chen Lin's account of the Rainbow Vortex, the Seven-Colored Flower, and High Person Yunhai.
• Yun Xiumian said Chen Lin's flower resembled the legendary Seven Realms Flower, but she thought the Rainbow Bridge could be a high-tier Spirit Treasure.