Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin used his qi luck to compare the nine orbs and chose the Fifth Orb despite Daoist Bu identifying the Ninth Orb as the gate of life. Before entering, Chen Lin said farewell to Shang Xuelian and the others, while Yang Qianxing and the Hundred Flowers Fairy entered the Ninth Orb; all nine orbs then vanished.

• Chen Lin tested the nine orbs with his Fortune Orb and Qi Luck Pills, finding the Ninth Orb full of dangers and the Fifth Orb marked by one enormous gap crossed by a thin thread.
• Daoist Bu declared the Ninth Orb the gate of life and entered it, followed by Zhao Chongshan, Yuan Tiancheng, and other practitioners.
• Chen Lin told Yang Qianxing that the Ninth Orb was the gate of life, then warned Shang Xuelian and the others about the dangers of the Upper Primal Domain and gave them treasures and pills.
• Chen Lin encouraged Mu Xiaoyuan and promised to grant her a request if they met again, then entered the Fifth Orb.
• Yang Qianxing and the Hundred Flowers Fairy entered the Ninth Orb, while the remaining practitioners stayed behind; the nine orbs soon faded away.

Chen Lin was trapped in a sealed space with a golden dragon artifact spirit that attacked him over the golden scale Daoist Bu had given him. He discovered that ancestral dragon qi could weaken the dragon, but as he fled and searched for an escape, the space transformed into a landscape of mountains, rivers, and strange buildings.

• Chen Lin's golden scale vanished from his control, and a golden dragon phantom used it to shield itself while attacking him with a law-infused sword.
• Chen Lin failed to escape using the Void-Breaking Spear, Peerage Token, or Nightmare Realm items, then fled while spending the Seven-Color Disc's remaining power to block attacks.
• The golden dragon revealed that it was the treasure's artifact spirit and demanded the Ancestral Dragon Token, but Chen Lin refused and attacked with lightning imbued with ancestral dragon qi.
• Chen Lin found that ancestral dragon qi weakened the golden dragon and its sword, allowing him to keep fleeing and recover his origin essence force.
• Chen Lin stopped when the sealed space changed, revealing mountains, rivers, and strange buildings around him.

Trapped in a formation that suppressed most of his powers, Chen Lin was attacked by a blood-red dragon and found himself surrounded by countless others. As he prepared to risk his life activating the Thunder God Sword, he discovered that Sima Liancheng’s map matched the strange buildings and pointed to a possible chance of survival.

• Golden Dragon trapped Chen Lin in a formation that suppressed his spiritual energy, soul power, and most of his abilities, then demanded the Ancestral Dragon Token.
• A blood-red little dragon pierced Chen Lin’s shoulder, so he swallowed Qi Luck Pills and absorbed his Origin Orbs to strengthen his talent’s warning ability.
• Chen Lin saw countless little dragons circling the buildings around him and began connecting to the Thunder God Sword, despite sensing that using it might kill him.
• Chen Lin found Sima Liancheng’s map in his Storage Bracelet and recognized that its drawings matched the buildings around him.

Chen Lin escaped the frenzied little dragons by entering a sealed space through the Ancestral Dragon Token, then activated an altar that drew ancestral dragon qi into the token. After absorbing the qi, he began the painful process of condensing a Body Mark and struggled against Inner Demon and Rule Tribulations.

• Chen Lin followed Sima Liancheng's map to the largest building while the Golden Dragon Phantom used a pearl to drive the little dragons into a frenzy.
• Chen Lin endured the little dragons' attacks, used the Ancestral Dragon Token to enter the building, and found himself in a sealed space resembling the Long Family's Secret Realm.
• Chen Lin placed the Ancestral Dragon Token on the altar and channeled ancestral dragon qi into it, activating patterns throughout the space and drawing energy into the token.
• Chen Lin discovered a Dragon-Shaped Mark on the token and used the Dragon Controlling Art to absorb its ancestral dragon qi over three months.
• Chen Lin's body began to break down and reform as he attempted to condense a Body Mark, while Inner Demon and Rule Tribulations threatened his life.

Chen Lin formed an Origin Essence Mark, strengthened his body, and refined two defensive treasures before using the Ancestral Dragon Token to teleport to the Exterminating Sword’s remains. He found the Gate of Reality to the Upper Primal Domain, but saw that the rift was already shrinking and dimming.

• After three days and nights of tempering, Chen Lin formed an Origin Essence Mark, recovered, and gained greatly enhanced physical strength, though the barrier between his body and soul remained.
• Chen Lin used his Body Mark to activate the Ancestral Dragon Token, then refined Long Jianjiu’s scale armor and Daoist Bu’s bronze mirror for protection.
• Chen Lin teleported to a space containing the shattered Exterminating Sword and found no sign of Daoist Bu or the others.
• Chen Lin broke the giant sword apart and uncovered a small colored rift whose aura matched the Upper Primal Domain’s laws, identifying it as the Gate of Reality.
• The sword fragments dissolved, and Chen Lin noticed that the rift had already shrunk and dimmed further.

Chen Lin used the Transformation Technique and Rule Transformation Beads to pass through the Primal Domain Rift and reach a plane in the Upper Primal Domain. After testing how its laws suppressed his abilities and treasures, he discovered that his Peerage Token could not connect him to the Nightmare Realm.

• Chen Lin tested the Rule Transformation Bead on a Double-Tailed Ape, then realized the rift blocked his soul and that he needed the Transformation Technique to enter.
• Chen Lin shrank himself, equipped several Rule Transformation Beads, and passed through the rift while holding the Seven-Color Disc and Bronze Mirror.
• Chen Lin arrived in a mountainous region and confirmed that the surrounding law energy severely suppressed his mana, divine sense, and many treasures.
• Chen Lin tested his remaining powers and found that his soul power, innate power, Seven-Color Disc, and Cyan Vine Shield remained comparatively effective.
• Chen Lin activated the Peerage Token to enter his fiefdom but found that it could not contact the Nightmare Realm.

Chen Lin found himself unable to use any of his mediums in an unfamiliar region of the Upper Primal Domain and discovered an invisible barrier between lush, bowing vegetation and crimson wasteland. A small tree exposed him as an Outsider and summoned the surrounding plants and Earth Giants, leaving Chen Lin trying to communicate with the hostile locals.

• Chen Lin found that his Peerage Token and other mediums could not connect him to his Fiefdom or any scenario.
• Chen Lin saw the plants bowing in one direction and cautiously flew for days through a landscape without animals.
• Chen Lin reached a barren crimson expanse separated from the greenery by a Formless Barrier and failed to break through it with the Void-Breaking Spear or Seven-Color Disc.
• A small tree awakened beside Chen Lin, accused him of trying to escape, and summoned the surrounding Tree Monsters and armored Earth Giants.
• Chen Lin tried several languages to explain himself, and the small Tree Monster recognized Taixu Script and identified him as a Human Race cultivator.

Chen Lin encountered a living border guard and learned that the regions of the Upper Primal Domain were divided by Five Elements laws. A powerful girl confronted him over the Void-Breaking Spear, identified herself as Blue Charm’s younger sister, and urgently asked for Blue Charm’s Natal Spirit Pearl as royal guards approached.

• Chen Lin questioned the little Tree Monster about leaving the wood region, then flew away while the creature secretly reported his presence and the spear he carried.
• Chen Lin found a Great Sea beyond the earth region and concluded that the domain was divided according to the Five Elements.
• A girl restrained Chen Lin, accused him of carrying her eldest sister’s Nether Communication Treasure Spear, and threatened to use Soul Search on him.
• Chen Lin showed her the Void-Breaking Spear and explained that Blue Charm had fallen while fighting Luo.
• The girl said Blue Charm was her eldest sister and asked Chen Lin for her Natal Spirit Pearl as green lights approached; Chen Lin handed her the box containing it.

Chen Lin was caught between the Little Princess, Captain Liu, and Mei Chengyuan, who sought to capture him after discovering he had come from the Lower Realm. The Little Princess used a Divine Talisman to send him away, and Chen Lin landed in a mountain valley, where he began fleeing and assessing his situation.

• Captain Liu tried to arrest Chen Lin with the Immortal-Locking Chain, but the Little Princess claimed Chen Lin as her subordinate and stopped him.
• Mei Chengyuan arrived and challenged the Little Princess, then both he and Captain Liu attacked Chen Lin when she struck toward him.
• The Little Princess crushed a Red Token and used its light to repel the attacks and send Chen Lin away.
• Mei Chengyuan ordered Captain Liu to search the Five Elements Realm for Chen Lin and bring him back alive or dead with a remnant of his soul intact.
• Chen Lin landed in a mountain valley, checked for tracking marks, and flew away to escape.

Chen Lin escaped Wood Tribe pursuers by teleporting to his fiefdom, where he reunited with Princess Qinghua and uncovered a hidden bead in Sima Liancheng’s map. He chose to hide in the fiefdom for the long term while seeking a high-grade concealment treasure.

• Chen Lin spotted a village but left without approaching its crimson inhabitants because he could not understand their language.
• Wood Tribe pursuers swept through the mountains, so Chen Lin hid in a fissure and then used his Peerage Token to teleport to his fiefdom.
• Chen Lin reunited with Princess Qinghua, gave her a copy of the Transformation Technique, and told her how Sima Liancheng’s map had helped save his life.
• Princess Qinghua used her royal soul power to reveal a hidden bead in the map’s shaft, and Chen Lin agreed to give it to someone who resonated with it while remaining wary of Sima Liancheng’s plans.
• Gu Jinliang reported that the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm’s nine spheres had collapsed and no entrants had emerged, while Shang Xuelian was monitoring the situation.
• Chen Lin told Gu Jinliang to ask Shang Xuelian about high-grade concealment treasures and planned to stay in his fiefdom for years.

Chen Lin tested whether his Nightmare Realm items could take him into Scenarios from the Upper Primal Domain and discovered that the Pipe worked when the others mostly did not. He sent Gu Jinliang to investigate the Pipe Scenario while he focused on cultivation.

• Chen Lin replenished the Nightmare Realm Array Disk’s Nightmare Coins and Spirit Crystals, added two Small Spirit-Gathering Formations, and failed to summon Blind Girl.
• Chen Lin tested his Nightmare Realm items and found he could not enter the Silver Fruit Core or Bluestone Street Scenarios, so he sent Gu Jinliang with food and wine to seek a Medium Object from Big Black Dog.
• Chen Lin discovered he could enter the Pipe Scenario, though he held back from traveling there until he understood why it worked.
• Chen Lin found that the remaining items did not grant entry, while the Shepherd Token and Xiaoyuer’s Salted Fish did respond.
• Chen Lin sent Gu Jinliang to have Old Xiu investigate the Pipe Scenario, then entered secluded cultivation.

After ten years of cultivation, Chen Lin refined his understanding of the destiny rule and focused on improving his soul while seeking new techniques and resources. He learned that Ximen Wuxue had reached Dao Integration and planned to announce a route to the Upper Primal Domain, leaving Chen Lin and Princess Qinghua to watch for details.

• Chen Lin spent ten years organizing his combat methods and treasures, then tested his growing understanding of the destiny rule with a carefully arranged chain of events that killed a black crab.
• Chen Lin decided that further progress with the destiny rule required real-world experience and shifted his main focus to strengthening his soul.
• Chen Lin learned from Gu Jinliang that Big Black Dog still offered no information and that Shang Xuelian had found no new soul secret arts, so he ordered continued searches and stopped feeding the dog.
• Princess Qinghua told Chen Lin that god-corroding fish might be ready in a few years and that messages from the Northern Star Realm remained blocked; Chen Lin forbade her from going there herself because of the Soulless Sect.
• Princess Qinghua reported that Ximen Wuxue had reached Dao Integration, restored the Myriad Spirit Sect, and planned to announce a method of reaching the Upper Primal Domain at a ceremony; Chen Lin decided to monitor the method and consider using it.

Chen Lin was forced to accept a conscription order from He Ji and was transported to join four other bailiffs on a mission to kill Crimson Lotus High Person. He Ji sealed the scenario for three days, but admitted she did not know how strong their target was.

• Chen Lin received a conscription order from He Ji requiring him to kill Crimson Lotus High Person, and accepted because he could not afford either exemption.
• Chen Lin arrived in a dilapidated room, met He Ji, and was joined by Lu Xiao, Wuyunzi, Hei Jiutian, and Si Qi.
• Si Qi recognized Chen Lin and greeted him warmly, and the two exchanged friendly words before He Ji interrupted them.
• He Ji showed the conscripts Crimson Lotus High Person's portrait and ordered them to find and kill him within three days, warning them of punishment for failing to make an effort.
• Lu Xiao asked how strong Crimson Lotus High Person was, and He Ji said she did not know.

Chen Lin and four other bailiffs were conscripted to hunt Crimson Lotus High Person in the Silver Tier Myriad Clans City, where they split up to search according to their Road Guide authority. Chen Lin and Si Qi headed toward the Outer City, and Si Qi revealed that the Golden Encampment had fallen to Advanced Luo Monsters after Chen Lin left.

• Little Flower Cow admitted she knew little about the scenario and sent Chen Lin, Lu Xiao, Wuyunzi, Si Qi, and Hei Jiutian to find Crimson Lotus High Person within three days.
• Hei Jiutian sold the group information about the city and explained the rules for Conscription Orders, exemptions, and the dangerous departure mission at the Myriad Clans Grand Arena.
• The group divided the search: Chen Lin agreed to take Si Qi beyond the city while Lu Xiao, Wuyunzi, and Hei Jiutian searched inside.
• Chen Lin and Si Qi explored the city, learned its inhabitants were marionettes, and saw that its shops used Arena Tickets as well as Nightmare Coins.
• As they set out for the Outer City, Chen Lin asked about Si Qi's whereabouts, and Si Qi said the Golden Encampment had collapsed under an assault by Advanced Luo Monsters.

Si Qi told Chen Lin how he had reached the Upper Primal Domain and described its planes, cultivation systems, and Law Erosion. He knew nothing about Wangyue Realm or True Lord Wanmeng’s fate, but explained that he hoped to join his tribe’s inner circle and use faith power to condense an origin seed.

• Si Qi explained that the Golden Great Bird had carried him and True Lord Wanmeng into the Upper Primal Domain, though they became separated in a rift and most of their fellow travelers died from Law Erosion.
• Si Qi said he had not heard of Wangyue Realm and had spent years living in seclusion while his protective treasure weakened.
• Chen Lin used his Spirit Planter Token to bring Si Qi through the Inner City’s barrier and asked about the Upper Primal Domain.
• Si Qi described the Boundless Realm as the recognized main world and explained that other planes tended to favor particular laws.
• Si Qi told Chen Lin that beings were born with a weak law origin and became practitioners after forming an origin seed.
• Si Qi said True Gods ruled territories and revealed that his tribe could draw faith power from a Lower Primal Domain plane, but he lacked access to the method.

Chen Lin learned how Upper Primal Domain cultivation worked and discovered that his soul seed let him function like a semi-god despite the realm’s suppression. He and Si Qi then began investigating the city’s boundaries while searching for a way to complete their mission against Crimson Lotus High Person.

• Si Qi explained the Upper Primal Domain’s cultivation ranks, from forming an origin seed through Nest Tier and Spirit Tier to semi-god and Void God.
• Si Qi revealed that his Lower Realm body mark lacked law origin, while Chen Lin realized his soul seed’s true origin trait remained effective and could make him a powerful semi-god.
• Chen Lin and Si Qi discussed their mission and Crimson Lotus High Person before reaching the outer city gate.
• Chen Lin questioned an elderly resident, who ignored him and went into his courtyard; Chen Lin and Si Qi suspected that people could speak only inside shops.
• Chen Lin flew above the city but found a barrier preventing him from seeing beyond the walls, then decided to patrol the perimeter with Si Qi.
• Si Qi declined to fly with Chen Lin, claiming the scenario’s suppression made flight dangerous while secretly conserving his nearly depleted Nightmare Treasure.

Chen Lin and Si Qi explored beyond the city gate, where lethal shadow creatures and corrosive black mist made searching for Crimson Lotus High Person perilous. They returned to the arena and learned Lu Xiao was guarding it to prevent their target from earning permission to escape the Lockdown Order.

• Si Qi explained that Upper Primal Domain scenarios suppressed outside treasures and abilities, and Chen Lin sent a Crow Puppet through the city gate to scout.
• The Crow Puppet returned damaged and powerless, so Chen Lin and Si Qi opened the gate and ventured outside themselves.
• Chen Lin destroyed a shadow creature with innate thunder power after his first attacks passed through it, and he and Si Qi spotted distant patches of light in the mist.
• Chen Lin agreed with Si Qi to return and bring the other three explorers, since the mist and shadow creatures made searching too dangerous.
• At the Myriad Clans Grand Arena, Chen Lin questioned Lu Xiao, who explained he was guarding against Crimson Lotus High Person winning ten arena defenses and gaining permission to escape the Lockdown Order.

Chen Lin and the other bailiffs learned that He Ji had disappeared, leaving them to suspect Crimson Lotus High Person was hunting her. They considered how to proceed, and Chen Lin examined the arena stele for more information about its rules.

• Chen Lin told Lu Xiao that black mist and powerful nightmare creatures filled the area outside the city, and he described the spatial-gate-like light orbs.
• Lu Xiao revealed that He Ji had vanished, and Si Qi accused her of conscripting them before fleeing.
• Hei Jiutian and Wuyunzi returned without finding He Ji, and the group debated whether to keep searching or wait for Crimson Lotus High Person.
• Chen Lin asked Hei Jiutian about the arena, learned that losing could turn a challenger into a nightmare creature, and chose not to step onto the platform.
• Chen Lin examined the back of the stone stele and began to understand its densely written instructions.

Chen Lin and the others learned that Arena Defense could earn tickets for valuable treasures, then searched the city for Crimson Lotus High Person without finding him. They decided to obtain an Arena Ticket by entering the Arena, but Chen Lin’s unusually lucky dice rolls left the order of participation unsettled.

• Chen Lin read the Arena Defense rules and learned that successful defenses earned Arena Tickets, while ten wins granted a title and a Treasure Vault voucher.
• Si Qi worried about failing the conscription mission, but Chen Lin and Lu Xiao reassured him that they still had to work together to kill Crimson Lotus High Person.
• Hei Jiutian proposed that the group search together, and Lu Xiao suggested searching the city before using Arena Defense to obtain tickets for useful treasures.
• After a day and a half of searching the Inner City and Outer City, the group found a shop item that could detect non-Nightmare Realm Creatures but lacked the Arena Ticket needed to buy it.
• The group agreed to determine who would enter the Arena first by rolling Lu Xiao’s die, and Hei Jiutian, Si Qi, and Chen Lin rolled in turn.
• Hei Jiutian scored eight, Si Qi scored nine, and Chen Lin rolled three sixes, prompting the others to scrutinize him.

After Wuyunzi was killed in one strike by a skeletal challenger, Chen Lin and the others realized the Arena’s dangers were far greater than expected. Hei Jiutian took his turn and resisted a challenger’s beguiling influence, trapping him with the butterflies from his fan.

• Lu Xiao rolled a total of ten, while Wuyunzi rolled three ones and was forced to defend the Arena.
• A Skull Saber challenger cut through Wuyunzi’s shield and killed him in one strike, then escaped the Arena after the stele released it.
• Chen Lin learned that Wuyunzi had possessed late semi-god strength, and Lu Xiao urged the group to keep defending the Arena to obtain an Arena Ticket.
• Hei Jiutian entered the Arena carrying a round fan as a bald, bearded challenger with a woman’s body tried to charm him into stepping down.
• Hei Jiutian resisted the challenger’s influence and used the fan’s butterflies to trap him and transform his body into a flesh flower.