Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin told Qing Zhe about Xu Daoling and brought her into Myriad Clans City to meet Xu Wuye, hoping she could help. Xu Wuye revealed that she already knew Chen Lin’s identity and that he had trapped her older brother, leaving Chen Lin shaken and suspicious of Liu Rumian.

• Grass told Chen Lin that a woman named Xu Wuye had appeared outside the Horizon Water Pavilion, and Chen Lin suspected she had come to rescue Xu Daoling.
• Chen Lin asked Qing Zhe to meet the Reality Realm Explorer, explained what he knew about Myriad Clans City, and revealed that Xu Daoling was trapped there.
• Qing Zhe recognized Xu Daoling as a legendary talent and agreed to enter the scenario with Chen Lin to contact Xu Wuye.
• Chen Lin and Qing Zhe used the Golden Road Guide to enter Myriad Clans City, then traveled to Shop Street and found Xu Wuye outside the Horizon Water Pavilion.
• Xu Wuye identified herself as a White Jade Terrace Disciple and told Chen Lin she knew his identity, his connection to Grass, and that her older brother Xu Daoling had been trapped after losing an arena match to him.

Xu Wuye asked Chen Lin to help rescue her brother Xu Daoling by changing his destiny, offering rare treasures and a secret method in return. Chen Lin agreed to prepare Wish Noodles under a binding contract, then returned to his fiefdom and began preparing them.

• Xu Wuye revealed that the White Jade Terrace had used Time Reversal to learn about Chen Lin and asked him to help Xu Daoling challenge the arena sooner.
• Xu Wuye offered to take Luo Qinglan to the White Jade Terrace and give Chen Lin a Light of the Time Law, then offered a secret art for refining mysterious energy.
• Chen Lin agreed to help with Wish Noodles, which could fulfill the eater's wish, and Xu Wuye provided the required ingredients.
• Chen Lin and Xu Wuye signed a contract covering the ingredients, Luo Qinglan, a message to Liu Rumian, and Xu Daoling's promise not to trouble Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin returned to his fiefdom, told Grass what had happened, and began processing the ingredients for the Wish Noodles.

Chen Lin forced the broken destiny line together and activated the Inheritance Light Orb to learn Death Gaze, but the technique’s Pale Giant Eye nearly killed him with its aura of death. Just as he prepared to detonate his God Star and escape, his Spirit Planter Token sent colorful radiance into his body.

• Chen Lin used the Fortunate Art and Wish Noodles to investigate the broken destiny line, then found that weakening the remnant soul in the Inheritance Light Orb revealed the missing section.
• Chen Lin used the Fortune Orb and Origin Orb to try to mend the line, but failed and chose to draw on his talent origin despite the risks.
• Chen Lin bound the two halves of the line together, destroyed the remnant soul with the Soul-Destroying Finger, and activated the Inheritance Light Orb to learn Death Gaze.
• The Pale Giant Eye’s death aura drained Chen Lin’s vitality and overwhelmed his body, soul, and law origin, while his God Star began to crack.
• The Tree Emperor awakened after a Nightmare Law Controller order summoned registered Spirit Planters to respond to a strange Spirit Plant Monster on the Outer Realm Battlefield.
• A little girl sent light to a trembling leaf, causing Chen Lin’s Spirit Planter Token to pull at him before it released colorful radiance into his body.

Chen Lin mastered the Inherited Secret Method by refining the Pale Giant Eye, gaining the ability to summon its power. He was then forcibly conscripted to the Outer Realm Battlefield, where a Spirit Plant Guardian ordered the assembled Spirit Planters to prepare for a crisis caused by a Spirit Plant Monster.

• Colorful radiance restored Chen Lin and suppressed the Pale Giant Eye, allowing him to absorb the secret method’s inheritance before he was transported to a gathering of creatures.
• Chen Lin refined the Pale Giant Eye with the secret method and his purple soul source, then gained the power to release it.
• A Spirit Plant Guardian announced that a Spirit Plant Monster had appeared on the Outer Realm Battlefield and that the Nightmare Law Controller had ordered all Spirit Planters to respond.
• The Spirit Plant Guardian gave the gathered Spirit Planters half an hour to prepare before they traveled to the battlefield in batches.

Chen Lin joined the summoned Spirit Planters and reconnected with Master Sagu before they were sent to the Outer Realm Battlefield. Sagu made Chen Lin part of his team, which also took in Zhen Yu, and the team vanished when the Guardian began transporting them.

• A light particle showed Chen Lin an image of the enormous, dark-red Spirit Plant Monster, and he searched the gathered Spirit Planters for Master Sagu.
• Zhen Yu introduced herself as a Wood God Race member from the Reality Realm and asked Chen Lin to form an alliance; he agreed and continued toward Sagu.
• Sagu welcomed Chen Lin, accepted him as his martial nephew, gave him a bottle of life spring water, and warned him to obey orders on the battlefield.
• The Guardian divided the 5,635 Spirit Planters into fifty teams and gave glowing tokens to their leaders.
• Sagu received a token and gave Chen Lin twenty places to fill; Chen Lin included Zhen Yu in the team.
• The Guardian ordered the teams transported, and the tokens swept up the Spirit Planters in light before they vanished.

Chen Lin and squad thirty-six prepared to enter the outer realms, where Jing Ao explained how Golden Nightmare Coins protected them from the aura of reality. As a seven-colored vortex opened above them, Chen Lin arranged for Zhen Yu to deliver a message to Kannie if they survived.

• Jing Ao introduced himself as the Three-Star War General leading squad thirty-six and distributed three Golden Nightmare Coins to each person for protection in the outer realms.
• Chen Lin and Zhen Yu each collected a Soul-Power Activation Device and tested how it used a Golden Nightmare Coin to create a protective force field.
• Chen Lin learned that Zhen Yu had been born in the Lower Primal Domain and now lived in the Ancient God Domain, where Kannie was a Saintess of the Ancient Wood God Race.
• Chen Lin gave Zhen Yu a branch that served as a medium for a Scenario under his control and asked her to deliver it to Kannie if he returned alive.
• A multicolored beam struck the dome above the plaza, forming a seven-colored vortex.

Chen Lin entered the Outer Realms with Jing Ao’s team and discovered that its oppressive environment severely restricted bodies and ordinary abilities. While carrying Zhen Yu, he confirmed his soul remained functional and began testing which of his skills and items still worked.

• Chen Lin activated his Golden Nightmare Coin and carried Zhen Yu after she asked for help keeping up with the flying group.
• Sagu warned Chen Lin that ordinary treasures and flight methods would fail beyond the gate, but said Jing Ao had arrangements for those unable to fly.
• Jing Ao transported his team through the seven-colored vortex into the Outer Realms, where Chen Lin felt his body become heavily suppressed.
• Chen Lin observed that Explorers who could not fly were being towed by ropes, and he agreed to keep carrying Zhen Yu.
• Chen Lin taught Zhen Yu the Soul Wings Art and began testing which of his possessions he could use in the Outer Realms.

Chen Lin and the other spirit planters were sent to observe the Evil Vine, but one branch overwhelmed their escort and forced them to flee into the void. Chen Lin escaped with Zhen Yu and tested a usable divine ability, then she spotted something behind him.

• Chen Lin assessed how the Outer Realm suppressed his treasures and abilities, while Nightmare Realm creatures retained more of their powers.
• Lord Scorpion ordered the group to observe the Evil Vine, and Jing Ao was swallowed by one of its branches.
• Sagu used his True Flame Monkey to drive the vine back briefly, then told the spirit planters to scatter and flee.
• Chen Lin carried Zhen Yu away from the group, replacing their Golden Nightmare Coins as they fled through the void.
• Chen Lin tested Death Gaze, explained that his ability to cast spells came from his body, and Zhen Yu suddenly spotted something behind him.

Chen Lin and Zhen Yu drifted through the Outer Realms after escaping the Big Black Dog, then found Jing Ao’s saber and began searching for survivors near the place they had emerged. Their search was interrupted when two streaks of light arrived and challenged them.

• A gigantic Big Black Dog swallowed the approaching bubble, noticed Chen Lin and Zhen Yu, then left them unharmed.
• After their Golden Nightmare Coins ran low, Chen Lin gave Zhen Yu another coin and carried on with her through the Void.
• Chen Lin and Zhen Yu found Jing Ao’s giant saber, and Chen Lin stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Chen Lin reasoned that the saber’s presence meant they were near their starting point and proposed searching the area for survivors while avoiding the Evil Vine.
• Two streaks of light appeared before Chen Lin and Zhen Yu, and their arrivals demanded to know who was there.

Chen Lin was conscripted by two Second Legion war generals and fought back when he realized they meant him harm, killing them at the cost of his physical body. As he recovered his soul, Zhen Yu gathered the corpses and searched for Chen Lin’s Storage Ring.

• Cabbage Man and Kettle Woman conscripted Chen Lin and Zhen Yu, claiming the spirit planter contingent had been wiped out.
• Chen Lin attacked the two war generals with his secret arts, then continued fighting after his body was destroyed and his soul separated.
• Chen Lin exhausted the war generals’ strength and killed them, then began recovering by absorbing energy from the void.
• Zhen Yu reached Chen Lin and tried to restore him with the light from the little tree on her head, but Chen Lin told her he was still alive and asked her to gather the corpses and find his Storage Ring.
• Zhen Yu bound the corpses together, discovered a Qi Canister in Kettle Woman’s bundle, and used it to search the area for Chen Lin’s Storage Ring.

Chen Lin survived the destruction of his body but lost his Storage Ring, only to be rescued from a powerful stranger by Mingyue Shuanghua, who restored him. Her claim that he was her Offspring and his body’s return to Old Cultivator Chen Lin’s appearance left him questioning his origins as he and Zhen Yu headed back to investigate the War Generals’ corpses.

• Chen Lin stabilized his soul seed, found Zhen Yu collecting his remains, and learned that his Storage Ring and the hand wearing it were missing.
• Three powerful men appeared, and Zhuo tried to capture Chen Lin as a soul servant after finding his severed hand and ring.
• Mingyue Shuanghua arrived, freed Chen Lin, claimed him as her Offspring, and made Zhuo return the hand before he and his companions departed.
• Mingyue Shuanghua restored Chen Lin’s body, which had returned to the appearance of Old Cultivator Chen Lin, then left with her carriage.
• Chen Lin connected Mingyue Shuanghua to the Dream Pursuer and the Dragonfly Headwear, wondered whether his identities were tied to her, and went with Zhen Yu to investigate the War Generals’ corpses.

Chen Lin and Zhen Yu survived the Outer Realm Battlefield, found a passage back, and reported their mission to the Nightmare Law Controller. After Chen Lin described the Big Black Dog that swallowed a planar bubble, he received substantial rewards and returned to his fiefdom.

• Chen Lin took the Golden Armor and a Tetrahedron Cube from the defeated War Generals, erased Zhen Yu's memories of their battle, and followed a Golden Token toward a passage node.
• Chen Lin met War Generals at the node and learned that the Evil Vine had vanished; he later reunited with Sagu, who planned to return after the passage opened.
• A Colored Vortex appeared, and Chen Lin followed Sagu through it, only to arrive alone in a dark room for an inspection by the Nightmare Law Controller.
• Chen Lin reported his mission and described the Big Black Dog swallowing a planar bubble, while concealing his encounter with the two War Generals.
• The Nightmare Law Controller identified the Big Black Dog as the Devourer and awarded Chen Lin 100,000 merit points, a Viscount rank, three Treasure Vault redemption permissions, and one wish request before sending him to his fiefdom.

After returning to his fiefdom, Chen Lin discovered his peerage had risen to Viscount and inspected his new territory, privileges, and rewards. He learned that Zhen Yu had received a lower rank for witnessing the Big Black Dog with him, then began absorbing the mysterious ability inheritance Xu Wuye had paid for.

• Chen Lin inspected his Viscount Token, found his fiefdom and permissions expanded, and received three Treasure Vault Exchange Vouchers, a Wish Application Voucher, and one hundred thousand merit.
• Chen Lin summoned Grass and Qing Zhe, learned Xu Wuye had helped Xu Daoling gain the Myriad Clans City shop, and heard that messages had been sent seeking help with the Life-Claiming Light.
• Zhen Yu visited Chen Lin and revealed that she had received a Baron rank, ten thousand merit, and a Treasure Vault Exchange Voucher after reporting their Outer Realm journey.
• Chen Lin realized the Nightmare Law Controller had awarded him most of the credit because he had brought back the Big Black Dog information and Zhen Yu had only corroborated his account.
• Chen Lin examined the Light of the Time Law and Xu Wuye's Inheritance Bead, then activated the bead and cautiously began absorbing its light.

Chen Lin used his wish to learn that Nian Kong was his body's mirror image, split into multiple portions, while his Soul Mirror Image could not be located. After studying the Innate Source-Transforming Formula and discovering it could refine mysterious energy, he sensed someone requesting entry to his fiefdom.

• Chen Lin exchanged ten thousand merit for a gold-grade Forced Crossing Scroll and used his wish application to request the removal of the barrier between his body and soul, but the Nightmare Law Controller refused because the wish was unrelated to the Nightmare Realm.
• Chen Lin asked for his mirror image's identity and location; the Nightmare Law Controller revealed that Nian Kong was his body's mirror image, that it had split into multiple portions, and that Chen Lin received an Arbiter Emblem to sense them nearby.
• Chen Lin wondered why Nian Kong had not fused with him and reasoned that his transmigration might have separated his body from the soul originally projected to create Nian Kong; he considered testing a clone at White Cloud Pasture but decided to wait.
• Chen Lin suspected High Person Yunhai might be his Soul Mirror Image, then set the question aside and studied the Innate Source-Transforming Formula.
• Chen Lin used the formula to absorb mysterious energy for cultivation, soul improvement, body tempering, spiritual sense, and stellar-power cultivation, but found the process slow.
• Chen Lin sensed someone requesting entry to his fiefdom through his Peerage Token.

Moyu Jiao reported that Qing Zhe’s trading firm believed she had perished, and later brought word that the Soul-Severing Tower was showing signs of opening. Chen Lin and Qing Zhe left the fiefdom for the Soul-Severing Sea, hoping to reach the tower before its opening.

• Moyu Jiao told Qing Zhe that the Sea-Crossing Ship had been found empty and that the trading firm had stripped her disciples of their authority, so Qing Zhe sent her to investigate the Life-Claiming Light’s last known waters.
• Chen Lin studied the Dark Gold Saber and discovered the Star Dou Script characters “Severing affection” on its hilt, then found faint divisions on the Tetrahedron Cube that only Grass could see.
• After years of waiting and cultivation, Qing Zhe learned from Moyu Jiao that unusual signs indicated the Soul-Severing Tower would soon open and decided to leave.
• Chen Lin agreed to depart with Qing Zhe, and they left the fiefdom without the Sea-Crossing Ship to reduce the chance of encountering the Life-Claiming Light again.
• Qing Zhe carried Chen Lin through the air toward the Soul-Severing Sea and told him to take her into the Fiefdom if danger appeared.

Chen Lin and Qing Zhe reached the Soul-Severing Continent safely, then traveled to the Soul-Severing Tower as Chen Lin prepared to seek the Netherworld. While investigating the city and its factions, he joined a treasure appreciation convention, where someone with a familiar voice noticed his Cyan Jade Handkerchief.

• Chen Lin and Qing Zhe arrived safely on the Soul-Severing Continent, and Qing Zhe agreed to accompany him to the Soul-Severing Tower before deciding whether to sever his Fiefdom Token connection.
• Chen Lin told Qing Zhe he needed to enter the Netherworld, and she warned him of its dangers before agreeing to help him reach the tower.
• Chen Lin reached the Soul-Severing Tower, found no trace of the one-way Primal Domain Rift, and learned that the tower would open in about two months.
• Chen Lin entered Sanding City, gathered Soul Path resources, and learned about the continent’s major factions, including the Gu Family and Nanmen Lineage.
• Chen Lin offered the Cyan Jade Handkerchief for the Soul-Severing Treasure Pavilion’s treasure appreciation convention, and a familiar voice asked whether he intended to trade it.

Chen Lin reunited with Fu Xiaoge, gave him the Cyan Jade Handkerchief, and learned that the Ming Family planned to search the Netherworld for Ming Du. At the Treasure Appreciation Convention, Chen Lin bought Original Heart Fruit juice to awaken Scholar’s intelligence and told its seller how to reach the Outer Realm Battlefield.

• Fu Xiaoge recognized Chen Lin, accepted the Cyan Jade Handkerchief as a gift, and gave Chen Lin a Communication Jade Talisman.
• Fu Xiaoge told Chen Lin that Ming Du had vanished after entering the Netherworld and that he planned to join the Ming Family’s search party.
• Chen Lin asked Fu Xiaoge to help him reach the Netherworld’s Seventh Layer to find River of Forgetfulness Water, and Fu Xiaoge told him to wait at the Soul-Severing Tower entrance.
• Chen Lin searched for Huangfu Qingrou without success, then attended the Treasure Appreciation Convention and considered buying Original Heart Fruit juice for Scholar.
• Chen Lin offered the old woman one thousand Nightmare Coins for the Original Heart Fruit juice, then told her how to reach the Outer Realm Battlefield through a Grand Arena scenario.

Chen Lin traded information about the Netherworld with Chu Qingli and recruited her interest in helping him obtain water from the River of Forgetfulness. After they agreed to meet again, Fu Xiaoge entered the convention hall with several people.

• Chen Lin told Chu Qingli that he would transfer the Medium Object in exchange for information about the Netherworld, and she explained the Seventh Layer’s dangers and the River of Forgetfulness’s location.
• Chen Lin described the Myriad Clans City scenario to Chu Qingli and warned that its arena challenge would be difficult for her to complete.
• Chu Qingli revealed that she needed one thousand merit to obtain a remedy for her failing body, while Chen Lin offered to hire her to help him retrieve River of Forgetfulness water.
• Chu Qingli asked to inspect the scenario before accepting, and Chen Lin agreed to meet her again after her visit.
• Chen Lin returned his attention to the convention and searched for other experts to hire before Fu Xiaoge entered with several people.

Chen Lin reunited with Nanmen Lingyue at a trading convention and agreed to pose as her husband to help her avoid being forced into marriage with Gu Qingxuan. He used his Prison-Suppressing Envoy status to deter the Gu Family, then left with Nanmen Lingyue as the others departed.

• Fu Xiaoge arrived at the convention with Nanmen Lingyue, Nanmen Wuji, Gu Qingxuan, and an elderly man, and Nanmen Lingyue recognized Chen Lin.
• Nanmen Lingyue privately told Chen Lin that the Gu Family wanted her to become Gu Qingxuan's companion and asked him to pose as her husband.
• Chen Lin revealed his true appearance and publicly acknowledged Nanmen Lingyue as his wife, while she mentioned his connection to Bei Wumeng.
• Gu Qingxuan confronted Chen Lin, but Chen Lin displayed his Prison-Suppressing Envoy Token and warned that the Gu Family would risk opposing the Crape Myrtle Palace.
• The elderly man withdrew with Gu Qingxuan, and Fu Xiaoge also left; Chen Lin departed with Nanmen Lingyue.

Nanmen Lingyue told Chen Lin that she and Nanmen Wuji had reincarnated into the Lower Realm, then revealed that her lineage was searching for a key tied to Hong Tingzhen and the path from the Inner World to the Outer World. Chen Lin connected the key’s creator, Dream Pursuer, to Mingyue Shuanghua and suspected that he himself might be the key.

• Nanmen Lingyue sent Nanmen Wuji away and told Chen Lin that she and her uncle had both been reincarnated from the Upper Primal Domain.
• Nanmen Lingyue explained that her reincarnation was meant to help her compete for the saintess position and complete a mission, and thanked Chen Lin for helping awaken her memories.
• Nanmen Lingyue revealed that the Hongming Cult’s true founder was Hong Tingzhen and that her lineage learned about him through a journal found in the Soul-Severing Tower.
• Nanmen Lingyue explained that Hong Tingzhen’s journal described a key left in the Lower Primal Domain that could open the cage separating the Inner World from the Outer World.
• Nanmen Lingyue said the journal named the key’s creator as Dream Pursuer, prompting Chen Lin to suspect Mingyue Shuanghua had left the key and that he himself might be it.