Chapter Summaries

After being crippled by strange energy while falling into an unfamiliar plane, Chen Lin survived a one-legged crow with Grass’s help and sought shelter in a cave. When a sinister force began binding their legs after nightfall, the White Jade Palm repelled it within a small radius, leaving Chen Lin to suspect the danger affected the entire plane.

• Strange energy disabled Chen Lin’s powers and caused him to crash, where a One-legged Crow waited to attack him.
• Chen Lin wounded the crow with Nameless Sword Qi, then recovered enough to enter the Nightmare Realm and bring Grass to kill it.
• Grass collected the Xuanwu Shield and the crow’s leg, then carried Chen Lin to a cave where he tried to heal and cleanse the strange energy.
• After nightfall, an evil aura forced Chen Lin’s legs together and also affected Grass, but the White Jade Palm drove it back.
• Chen Lin tested the palm’s roughly three-meter range and concluded that the nighttime danger might cover the entire plane.

Chen Lin searched a barren plane plagued by night monsters and region-specific mutations while his powers remained suppressed. He eventually found cultivators and reached the Black Pagoda, where he learned an entire city stood inside.

• Chen Lin traveled by spirit boat and discovered that dangerous evil aura and monsters appeared at night, while daylight was mostly safe.
• Chen Lin and Grass killed a giant centipede monster, and he later spent a month exploring the plane and surviving further attacks.
• Chen Lin removed the strange energy from the artifact spirit, but its spiritual body collapsed and would take years to recover.
• Chen Lin concluded that the night aura triggered different mutations in different regions and that most regions appeared normal.
• Chen Lin and Grass spotted an enormous tower and met Zhao Jiuzhou, who told them to return to the Black Pagoda before dark.
• Chen Lin followed the cultivators to the Black Pagoda and learned from a foundation-establishment cultivator that an entire city was inside it.

Chen Lin entered Black Tower City after passing an inspection that failed to detect the demonic seed inside him. As he explored the city and learned its rules, he discovered that it stood in the Northern Star Realm, one of the fragments left after the Tianxuan Realm shattered.

• Chen Lin registered at the city gate, passed the inspection, and paid for an Identity Token after realizing the local spirit-stone standards differed from those he knew.
• An old man gave Chen Lin a Jade Slip with information about the city and suggested the Mirror Light Pavilion on the fifth level might remove the heterogeneous energy in his body.
• Chen Lin entered Black Tower City and marveled at its prosperity, dense spiritual qi, and Illusion Array sky.
• Chen Lin read about the city's residence fees and access restrictions, then spent several days exploring its first three levels.
• Chen Lin learned that Black Tower City was in the Northern Star Realm and that the Tianxuan Realm had shattered into fragments, leaving ascension and higher realms out of reach.

Chen Lin studied the cultivation realms and the costs of living in Black Tower City, then brought Grass into the city with an identity token. He met Zhao Jiuzhou at the market, where Zhao said he had found some of the information Chen Lin requested.

• Chen Lin learned the distinctions between the cultivation realms and renewed his resolve to pursue immortality.
• Chen Lin set up an Isolation Array, entered the Nightmare Realm, and brought Grass out so she could obtain an identity token.
• Grass entered Black Tower City alone for inspection, obtained her token, and reunited with Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin and Grass visited Zhao Jiuzhou's shop on the third floor, where Zhao invited them inside to discuss the information he had found.
• Zhao Jiuzhou mistook Grass for a gifted sword cultivator, and Chen Lin accepted the spirit tea Zhao brewed.

Chen Lin learned that the Mu Lineage in Xuanyuan City was a powerful Void Refinement Lineage, then went to the Deacon Hall to seek missions for the points needed to upgrade his Identity Token. He tried to turn in the eyes of a Centipede Monster for a newly posted mission, but the beast fell short of the required grade, leaving him to negotiate with the mission’s poster, Grandmaster He Xuanling.

• Zhao Jiuzhou told Chen Lin that the Mu Lineage was a powerful Void Refinement Lineage in Xuanyuan City and explained the dangers of travel and communication across the realm.
• Chen Lin left Zhao Jiuzhou’s trading firm and went to the Deacon Hall to find missions that could earn him points toward upgrading his Identity Token.
• Chen Lin accepted a mission for the eyeballs of a Thousand-Eye Centipede, believing the Centipede Monster he had killed could earn him nearly enough points.
• The elderly mission clerk rejected Chen Lin’s specimen because it had only more than eight hundred eyes, not the required thousand, but offered to contact the mission poster after Chen Lin admitted he had killed it himself.
• The clerk introduced Chen Lin to Grandmaster He Xuanling of the Hundred Refinements Sect, who had posted the mission.

Chen Lin discussed selling the Hundred-Eye Centipede and a hunt for a Thousand-Eye Centipede with He Xuanling, while concealing the source of his resistance to Evil Land rules. After He Xuanling examined Grass, he proposed leading a team on the hunt and offered participants an equal share of the rewards and a chance to have him refine a treasure.

• He Xuanling refused to buy Chen Lin's Hundred-Eye Centipede but offered to find a sect buyer, then asked how Chen Lin had killed it.
• Chen Lin claimed that he and Grass had killed the centipede together, crediting Grass's special Sword Body and his own Soul Secret Art.
• Chen Lin found Yun Duanshui pestering Grass, rejected the Illusion Sword Sect chief disciple's offer to recruit her, and led her away.
• Elder Huang told Yun Duanshui that Chen Lin had brought in a powerful centipede and appeared to be a silver soul expert, prompting Yun to leave.
• He Xuanling confirmed Grass could resist an Evil Land's rule force and proposed leading a team to hunt a Thousand-Eye Centipede, with equal rewards and a treasure-refining opportunity for key participants.

Chen Lin refused He Xuanling’s dangerous Thousand-Eye Centipede mission and avoided the Mirror Light Pavilion, fearing its treasure would expose his demonic seed. He later learned that two soul secret arts were for sale and considered offering the difficult-to-teach Soul-Detaining Technique instead.

• Chen Lin declined He Xuanling’s offer to join the mission, despite Grass volunteering to go in his place.
• Chen Lin returned home, rejected Grass’s escape plan, and decided to stay wary of the Illusion Sword Sect Chief Disciple while considering whether to leave the area.
• Chen Lin received word that the seller had agreed to sell both soul secret arts through the Return to Truth Pavilion.
• Manager Gu quoted fifty spirit crystals for the pair, and Chen Lin objected to the high price.
• Manager Gu asked Chen Lin whether he had a soul secret art to sell, so Chen Lin explained that his Soul-Detaining Technique came from a body infusion inheritance and might be difficult for others to learn.

Chen Lin sold the Soul-Detaining Technique to Manager Gu’s shop, then discovered that Yun Duanshui was watching him because of Grass. He decided he could not flee Black Tower City yet and concluded that killing Yun Duanshui was the best way to end the threat.

• Chen Lin sold the Soul-Detaining Technique for the spirit crystals needed to buy two secret arts and agreed not to sell it widely on the Northern Wilderness Continent.
• After Chen Lin left, Yun Duanshui ordered his men to watch him, investigate his background, and report when he left the city.
• Chen Lin used a young female cultivator to identify the people watching him, then searched her recent memories and rewarded her with pills.
• Chen Lin learned that Yun Duanshui was behind the surveillance and suspected he still had designs on Grass.
• Chen Lin decided that fleeing Black Tower City would be too dangerous and resolved that killing Yun Duanshui was the best solution.

Chen Lin discovered that Yun Duanshui likely mistook his silver soul for a sign that he belonged to the Soulless Sect, and he learned Soul Wings to fly in the Nightmare Realm. After hearing that He Xuanling’s hunt for the Thousand-Eye Centipede had ended in disaster, Chen Lin met him and was offered a powerful treasure to join another hunt.

• Chen Lin found an account of the Soulless Sect and concluded that his silver soul had made Yun Duanshui wary of attacking him.
• Chen Lin studied Soul Wings, mastered it, and confirmed that he could use it to fly in the Nightmare Realm, though the road guide’s barrier still blocked him horizontally.
• Chen Lin received a message from He Xuanling and learned from Zhao Jiuzhou that all the cultivators who joined He Xuanling’s Thousand-Eye Centipede hunt had failed to return.
• Chen Lin went to the Deacon Hall, where He Xuanling offered him a single-use spirit treasure with spirit-transforming-grade power if he and Grass helped hunt the centipede.

Chen Lin refused He Xuanling’s dangerous request to help hunt the Thousand-Eye Centipede, then sought another way to contact the Mirror Light Pavilion and borrow its Huaxuan Mirror. Elder Huang offered to make an introduction in exchange for Chen Lin using his unusual soul power to activate a mysterious scroll, which appeared identical to one Chen Lin had found in the Shanhai Realm.

• Chen Lin rejected He Xuanling’s offer to help hunt the Thousand-Eye Centipede, despite the promise of help clearing the heterogeneous energy from his body.
• He Xuanling explained that Spirit Transformation Cultivators could not harness rule force in the Evil Land, then left Chen Lin several Transmission Talismans after Chen refused again.
• Elder Huang offered to introduce Chen Lin to the Mirror Light Pavilion’s pavilion master in return for Chen Lin activating an object with his high-grade soul power.
• Elder Huang revealed a blank, soul-draining scroll, and Chen Lin recognized it as nearly identical to the scroll he had found in the Shanhai Realm.
• Chen Lin asked Elder Huang to explain the scroll’s nature.

Chen Lin grew suspicious of Manager Huang’s request to activate a secret scroll and tested a similar scroll from his own possession. After repeated soul attacks failed to reveal its occupant, Chen Lin used the Soul-Detaining Technique and began pulling a hazy figure out of the scroll.

• Manager Huang asked Chen Lin to sign a spirit pact and use his high-grade soul power to activate a scroll, but Chen Lin refused to decide until the next day.
• Chen Lin returned to his cave abode, examined his own matching scroll, and used the Soul Piercing Technique and Soul-Destroying Finger to test it.
• Chen Lin discovered that the scroll reacted faintly to repeated Soul-Destroying Finger strikes, but he could not force its hidden occupant out.
• Chen Lin learned that Manager Huang belonged to the Illusion Sword Sect and suspected that he and Yun Duanshui were scheming against him and Grass.
• Chen Lin used the Soul-Detaining Technique, and its silver hand began pulling a hazy figure out of the scroll.

Chen Lin discovered that Mo Zhenlou had hidden a remnant soul in a Resurrection Scroll, killed him, and learned the scroll could preserve and restore a soul. After refining it and placing a strand of his soul essence inside, Chen Lin considered fleeing the city and unexpectedly saw a faint line of destiny when he imagined helping Manager Huang activate a scroll.

• Chen Lin lured Mo Zhenlou’s remnant soul out of the scroll, survived his hidden attack with Grass’s help, and used a soul search before Mo Zhenlou’s soul vanished.
• Chen Lin learned that the scroll was a resurrection treasure, refined it, and lodged a strand of his soul origin essence inside it.
• Chen Lin realized Manager Huang had wanted to use the scroll to devour his silver soul and decided he needed to leave the city, where Manager Huang, Yun Duanshui, and He Xuanling had targeted him.
• Chen Lin failed to manifest a line of destiny for escaping through the Teleportation Formation, but a faint line appeared when he imagined helping Manager Huang activate the scroll.

Chen Lin discovered that his innate talent could now alter possible future events, but it required scarce qi luck force. After adjusting the destiny line for his meeting with Manager Huang, Chen Lin met him at a market pavilion and demanded an introduction to the master of the Mirror Light Pavilion before activating the Resurrection Scroll.

• Chen Lin studied the branching destiny line about Manager Huang and realized his talent could influence future events but could not reveal every outcome.
• Chen Lin consumed qi luck fish and Golden Crabs to form the Fate Tentacle, then connected a favorable branch to the severed destiny line.
• Chen Lin decided to proceed with the meeting, carried Grass hidden in a disguised Space Bag, and sent Manager Huang a Transmission Talisman from a Spirit Food Pavilion.
• Manager Huang arrived with the scroll, and Chen Lin insisted that he first arrange an introduction to the master of the Mirror Light Pavilion.

Chen Lin went with Manager Huang to the Mirror Light Pavilion, but learned that Pavilion Master Wei was in seclusion and the Huaxuan Mirror was unavailable. Back at the Spirit Food Pavilion, Chen Lin stalled before using the soul-devouring scroll, then called for witnesses, and a young girl stepped forward.

• Chen Lin insisted that Manager Huang sign a spirit pact and pay him before he attempted to activate the scroll.
• Manager Huang brought Chen Lin to the Mirror Light Pavilion, where Elder Yu said Pavilion Master Wei was in seclusion with the Huaxuan Mirror and gave Chen Lin a Transmission Talisman.
• Chen Lin told Elder Yu he had information that might help Pavilion Master Wei, then returned to the Spirit Food Pavilion with Manager Huang.
• Chen Lin agreed to honor his promise but argued that they should use the scroll somewhere open, frustrating Manager Huang as he continued to stall.
• Manager Huang gave Chen Lin one stick of incense to prepare and said he could find witnesses, so Chen Lin shouted an offer of two Top-Grade Spirit Stones in the dining hall.
• A young girl appeared before Chen Lin and volunteered to witness the transaction.

Chen Lin secured Ye Luo as a witness to the scroll’s activation after paying her a hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones, believing she was the turning point in his destiny. Ye Luo’s late Spirit Transformation Second Uncle joined them, took the scroll from Manager Huang, and sensed that something extraordinary was inside it.

• Chen Lin offered Ye Luo a hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones to sign the spirit pact and witness the transaction, and she agreed by clapping palms with him.
• Ye Luo’s Second Uncle arrived, revealed himself as a late Spirit Transformation Cultivator, and initially tried to take her away.
• Ye Luo insisted on honoring her agreement, so her Second Uncle agreed to join her as a witness.
• Chen Lin revealed that the transaction concerned activating the scroll, and Manager Huang tried to stop him and put the scroll away.
• Ye Luo’s Second Uncle seized the scroll, restrained Manager Huang, and questioned him about the dangerous presence inside it.

Chen Lin and Manager Huang fought after the scroll exposed its hidden remnant soul, while the little girl sacrificed herself to free her Second Uncle. The gray-robed old man arrived, took Manager Huang’s remnant soul, and seized Chen Lin as he tried to leave, revealing a power that shocked him.

• Chen Lin warned the middle-aged man as the scroll trapped him in black light, while Manager Huang escaped and attacked Chen Lin with a Bloody Skull.
• The little girl removed her Round Bead and summoned a White Bone Giant Claw, which freed the middle-aged man and left her near death.
• The middle-aged man destroyed the scroll with his Cyan Giant Saber and turned to help the little girl.
• Grass struck Manager Huang with the Immortal Sword Technique, killing him, and Chen Lin captured his remnant soul with the Soul-Detaining Technique.
• A gray-robed old man arrived, took Manager Huang’s remnant soul, identified the little girl as the Ye Lineage’s little princess, and seized Chen Lin as he attempted to escape.

After the little girl’s life was saved with a Vitality Pill, Chen Lin offered to refine a pill to restore her damaged Soul Origin Essence in exchange for ingredients and help removing the foreign energy in his body. The group reached an agreement in the Black Pagoda, where Chen Lin and Ye Zhengming received tokens while Nangong went to borrow the Huaxuan Mirror.

• Nangong examined the little girl and used a Vitality Pill to restore most of her vitality, but Ye Zhengming revealed that her Soul Origin Essence was nearly depleted and blamed Black Tower City for her condition.
• Chen Lin denied being a Soulless Sect disciple, then offered to examine the girl and said he could refine a pill to restore her damaged Soul Origin Essence, though he could not promise to cure her congenital defect.
• Ye Zhengming agreed to provide the ingredients, and Nangong offered to borrow the Huaxuan Mirror to remove the heterogeneous energy in Chen Lin’s body.
• Nangong brought Chen Lin, Grass, and the others to the Black Pagoda’s top floor, where Chen Lin and Ye Zhengming received Identity Tokens.
• Chen Lin gave Ye Zhengming a list of substitute treasures rather than the actual Nascent Soul Pill ingredients, keeping the pill formula from being exposed.

Chen Lin used the Huaxuan Mirror to clear the heterogeneous energy from his body and regained access to his powers, though he could not locate the hidden demonic seed. After refining a batch of Nascent Soul Pills for the Ye Lineage, he gave them to Ye Zhengming to help Miss Ye.

• Chen Lin asked Pavilion Master Wei to activate the Huaxuan Mirror and offered him the Good Fortune Spirit-Condensing Art in exchange for a Spirit Pact and an Inner Demon Oath protecting his secrets.
• Pavilion Master Wei used the Huaxuan Mirror to purge the heterogeneous energy from Chen Lin, allowing his mana, silver soul power, and other energies to revive.
• Chen Lin searched for the demonic seed but could not detect it, and he kept the Demon-Suppressing Ring in place.
• Chen Lin and Pavilion Master Wei exchanged Transmission Talismans after completing their deal, and Chen Lin spent the following days cultivating in his cave abode.
• The Ye Lineage delivered the requested pill materials, and Chen Lin entered seclusion to refine a batch of Nascent Soul Pills.
• Chen Lin gave the pills to Ye Zhengming, who confirmed they were sound and hurried to Miss Ye.

After Ye Luo recovered, Chen Lin learned of her rare talent and fatal condition, then wondered whether he was the person destined to change her fate. Ye Luo revealed that she had sensed something change when they first met and had followed him to the tavern, leaving Chen Lin wary of the prophecy and its implications.

• Chen Lin learned that Ye Luo had awakened after a month of treatment and that her Nether Communication talent had saved Ye Zhengming, though her condition prevented her from advancing beyond Qi Condensation perfection.
• Chen Lin considered refining more Nascent Soul Pills before leaving and wondered about Manager Huang, the Resurrection Scroll, and the Nightmare Realm.
• Ye Luo visited Chen Lin wearing a Soul-Sealing Bead and said she no longer wanted him to worry about restoring her soul, since she believed she had little time left.
• Ye Luo explained that a fortune-teller called Daoist Destiny had predicted she would meet someone who could change her fate after turning eighteen, prompting Chen Lin to suspect the prediction might refer to him.
• Ye Luo said she had sensed a change when she first saw Chen Lin outside the tavern and had followed him there, leading him to realize their meeting was not a coincidence.

Chen Lin agreed to serve as an external elder of the Ye Lineage for ten years and traveled with Ye Luo to Baishuang City. As the group departed through a teleportation formation with Ye Qingcheng, Grass refused Yue Wuya’s offer to take her as a disciple, while Chen Lin left his Resurrection Scroll and other unfinished business behind.

• Ye Zhengming invited Chen Lin to become an external elder and secured his agreement to stay with the Ye Lineage for ten years while caring for Ye Luo.
• Chen Lin packed his belongings, said farewell to Zhao Jiuzhou and the others, and set out with Grass and Ye Zhengming.
• At the Teleportation Hall, Yue Wuya tested Chen Lin with his sword will and offered to take Grass as his disciple, but Grass refused.
• Ye Qingcheng arrived, greeted Ye Luo affectionately, and led the group into the teleportation formation bound for the Ye Lineage.
• Chen Lin departed knowing he would leave his Resurrection Scroll hidden behind and would have to postpone his plans to repair his damaged spirit treasures.