Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin reunited with Zhen Yu and Kannie, then asked Kannie to help him reach the White Jade Terrace so he could refine a strand of light of law before the Cage Array struck him down. Kannie agreed to seek aid from an elder of the Ancient Wood God Race.

• Chen Lin told Fairy Yaochi that the Nightmare Realm offered another dangerous route to the Outer World and taught her the Seven-Star Shining Sun technique.
• Chen Lin approved Zhen Yu's entry into his fiefdom, and she explained that Kannie had become the Ancient Wood God Race's Saintess.
• Zhen Yu arranged for Kannie to apply again, and Chen Lin approved her request.
• Kannie explained that her clone and original body were parts of one self, then said she was Rank Nine of the Void Realm.
• Chen Lin described his predicament and asked Kannie to escort him through the Reality Realm to the White Jade Terrace.
• Kannie said she would ask a venerable elder of the Ancient Wood God Race to ensure Chen Lin reached the White Jade Terrace safely.

Chen Lin completed his study of the space law in the White Jade Terrace’s cultivation chamber and discovered that his seven major laws could link with his inner star. After leaving early, he encountered Dao Monarch Qingxuan, whose clan was threatened by the Ice Dragon Tribe, and Bai Ze agreed to help before telling Chen Lin that Elder Jin wanted to see him.

• Kannie arranged for Chen Lin to reach the White Jade Terrace, where Bai Ze escorted him to an azure-grade cultivation chamber for thirty years.
• Chen Lin refined the light of law ahead of schedule, attained initiation in the space law, and found that his linked laws could exchange power with his inner star.
• Chen Lin left the chamber early and recognized Dao Monarch Qingxuan, who pleaded for help against the Ice Dragon Tribe’s attempt to seize his clan’s sacred object and enslave its people.
• Chen Lin introduced Qingxuan’s plight to Bai Ze, and she agreed to handle the matter.
• Bai Ze told Chen Lin that Elder Jin wanted to see him and asked him to come along.

Chen Lin met with Jin Zhentian and Bai Ze, then bought rare cultivation materials in the Holy City before meeting Dao Monarch Qingxuan. Qingxuan revealed that Luo Shenhuang had killed him in the Three-Jade Immortal Kingdom.

• Chen Lin told Jin Zhentian that the Drifting Bottle Scenario was sealed for a hundred years, ending Jin Zhentian's hope of entering it with him.
• Bai Ze told Chen Lin that she had resolved his friend's trouble with the Ice Dragon Tribe, and Chen Lin promised to repay the favor.
• Chen Lin visited the Holy City's market, bought endless water and rare materials, and then received a message from Dao Monarch Qingxuan.
• Chen Lin met Qingxuan at the Spirit Tea House and explained that Luo Shenhuang had escaped the Three-Jade Immortal Kingdom and reached the Upper Primal Domain.
• Qingxuan told Chen Lin that Luo Shenhuang had killed him in the Three-Jade Immortal Kingdom.

Chen Lin learned from Dao Monarch Qingxuan that Luo Qinglan had once split into a Rainbow Phoenix and a Black Great Bird, which killed Qingxuan, and verified the account through a Soul Search. After Jinlin urged him to focus on surviving the cage array cycle, Chen Lin set aside his doubts and entered the Lower Primal Domain with Chen Yueyao.

• Dao Monarch Qingxuan told Chen Lin that phantom chains had appeared on Luo Qinglan before she split into a Rainbow Phoenix and a Black Great Bird, and the Black Great Bird killed him.
• Chen Lin suspected either that Luo Qinglan had changed or that Qingxuan was lying, so he immobilized Qingxuan and searched his memories with his cooperation.
• Chen Lin confirmed Qingxuan's account and learned that Qingxuan had resurrected through a treasure and a bloodline secret art; he compensated him and promised to seek bodily purification for him.
• Chen Lin told Jinlin about Luo Qinglan, and Jinlin advised him to prioritize surviving the cage array cycle because strength could let him change the past and future.
• Chen Lin set aside the matter, summoned Leng Yue, then entered the Lower Primal Domain with Chen Yueyao after learning the Silver Fairy had still not been found.

Ten years later, Chen Lin entered the sealed Demon-Suppressing Temple and found Nian Kong’s final clone chained inside the ninth layer of the pagoda. After absorbing it, Chen Lin unexpectedly began breaking through to the Void Realm in the Nightmare Realm, leaving him to seek a way to survive the dangerous transformation.

• Chen Lin told Feng Yuqing that Chen Yueyao could remain in the Yucai Sect while he departed, and Chen Yueyao completed her tribulation and reached Nascent Soul.
• Chen Lin empowered the Colored Road Guide with a Colored Nightmare Coin and used it to enter the sealed Demon-Suppressing Temple with Jinlin.
• Chen Lin and Jinlin found the temple deserted and discovered a ninth layer containing a chained golden Buddha statue bearing Nian Kong’s face.
• The Buddha revealed that it and Chen Lin had originally been one, and Chen Lin used Death Gaze before absorbing its remaining origin essence.
• Chen Lin’s final mirror-image fusion unexpectedly triggered a Void Realm breakthrough, so he returned with Jinlin and took out a Medium Object while searching for a safe place to ascend.

Chen Lin crossed a one-way Light Gate into a desolate island in the Upper Primal Domain and began his Void Realm tribulation. As he struggled to fuse his body, soul, and intent with destiny law, a bald figure emerged from a rift and asked whether he needed help.

• Chen Lin used the Golden Road Guide to enter the Light Gate scenario and crossed into the Reality Realm with Jinlin.
• Chen Lin found himself on a desolate island surrounded by strange purple water, where the environment suppressed his connection to the Nightmare Realm.
• Jinlin searched the area and reported that no living creatures were nearby, while Chen Lin set up three Defensive Dharma Arrays.
• Chen Lin lit Yuming Incense and began fusing his body, soul, and intent with destiny law to ascend to the Void Realm.
• As Jinlin stood guard and the incense burned low, a rift opened nearby and a little bald head asked Chen Lin if he needed help.

Chen Lin and Jinlin fought off a mysterious Bald Child whose mirror image technique failed against Chen Lin’s Death Gaze, forcing him to retreat. Chen Lin then began his Void Realm Ascension tribulation, enduring its simultaneous assaults and charging at the second lightning bolt.

• Jinlin attacked the Bald Child, who matched his spear beam and swallowed the resulting energy crystal.
• Chen Lin unleashed his Tri-Color Short Bow, broken saber, and Flaming Giant Tiger, but the Bald Child copied his attacks.
• Chen Lin struck the Bald Child with Death Gaze, draining his vitality and forcing him to flee through the Void Rift.
• Chen Lin revealed that he had completed his Ascension and called down the Void Realm tribulation while Jinlin kept watch.
• Chen Lin met the first black-and-white lightning bolt with his Severing Affection Saber and Golden Battle Armor, then endured the law backlash and bodily and soul deterioration.
• Chen Lin resolved to withstand the tribulation and charged toward the second lightning bolt.

Chen Lin faced an unprecedented Void Realm tribulation, but hid from its final attack and failed to complete the ascension. He absorbed a crystal made from the last strike and successfully transformed into a Void Realm Cultivator.

• Chen Lin endured the seventh and eighth lightning bolts with the help of his Heaven-Covering Talismans, but the tribulation formed an enormous golden giant from eighty-one runes.
• Chen Lin hid in the Stone Coffin after retrieving Jinlin and covering himself with the Cloak of Xikeli, while the golden giant searched for him.
• The Bald Child tried to counter the giant’s attack on his boat, but the richly dressed woman protected him with a Purple Small Umbrella and escaped through a Void Rift after sending an energy crystal toward Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin emerged after the tribulation clouds vanished and realized he had failed the final stage, then began preparing to endure the backlash and Inner Demon Tribulation.
• Jinlin found the energy crystal, and Chen Lin absorbed it to complete his transformation into a Void Realm Cultivator.

During Chen Lin’s Inner Demon Tribulation, he met June, who explained that Zi Ning had saved his life with the Heavenly Tribulation Energy Crystal and secured Chen Lin’s promise to repay the favor. June also asked about Huiye and told Chen Lin that the person who came through the same passage was aboard the ship beside the island.

• Chen Lin prepared for the Inner Demon Tribulation, but instead of illusions or Heavenly Fiends, he found himself in a garden with a woman.
• June identified herself as the one who gave Chen Lin the Heavenly Tribulation Energy Crystal and asked how he had arrived.
• Chen Lin explained his connection to Mingyue Shuanghua and the Purple Emperor Bloodline, and June said no outsider could seize the body of a Purple Emperor Descendant.
• June told Chen Lin that Zi Ning had saved his life and secured his promise to fulfill Zi Ning’s request as long as it was not too excessive.
• June asked whether Chen Lin knew Huiye; he said he had never heard the name, then learned that the woman was named June.
• Before fading away, June told Chen Lin that his fellow traveler was aboard the ship beside the island and that they should leave together when the node opened.

Chen Lin survived his Inner Demon Tribulation, rescued Qing Zhe from the Purple Plane, and returned to the Inner World. After stabilizing his Void Realm cultivation, he entered the Blood Handkerchief Scenario to search for his soul mirror image or a Betrayer.

• Chen Lin realized his Inner Demon Tribulation had passed with June's help and confirmed the skipped ordeal had not destabilized his cultivation.
• Jinlin found Qing Zhe, and Chen Lin rescued her before escaping the Purple Plane through the space ripples.
• Chen Lin and Jinlin returned through the Light Gate, which collapsed behind them as the Bald Child and Lean Woman sailed away.
• Chen Lin brought Qing Zhe to Wangxiang City, where Aisa treated her until she woke a month later.
• Over the next ten years, Chen Lin stabilized his Void Realm cultivation but remained far from condensing his Third Star.
• Chen Lin informed Leng Yue and the others, transferred to the Lower Primal Domain, and entered the Blood Handkerchief Scenario.

Chen Lin returned to the wedding scenario, slaughtered its Nightmare Realm creatures, and searched for Xuanyin Great King, who was absent. He rescued Gu Xiaohong and unexpectedly reunited with Qian Li, then set off with him to investigate further.

• Chen Lin killed the women who came to dress him, put on his armor, and broke out of the courtyard to confront the wedding procession.
• Chen Lin destroyed the procession and the Faceless Man, then burned the residence to the ground when Xuanyin Great King failed to appear.
• Chen Lin discovered Qian Li in the bridal sedan and learned that he had entered the Netherworld, become Alan's disciple, and been trapped in the scenario.
• Chen Lin questioned Gu Xiaohong, a third-layer Qi Refining cultivator, and stored her in Li Fuyao's bracelet for safety.
• Chen Lin took Qian Li with him, intending to scrutinize his behavior and abilities as they explored the scenario.

Chen Lin confronted the Xuanyin Great King, exposed him as a Betrayer, and destroyed him with the Guillotine Emblem after defeating his defenses. As the Yellow Springs Scroll scenario began collapsing, Chen Lin rushed to free its prisoners and heard a familiar voice from the innermost cell.

• Chen Lin and Jinlin reached the Xuanyin Great King's residence, where Chen Lin exposed the disguised king and attacked him with Jinlin.
• The Xuanyin Great King revealed the Yellow Springs Scroll and tried to flee, but Chen Lin's Tri-Color Arrow shattered the scroll and Death Gaze prevented the king from recovering.
• The Xuanyin Great King admitted that he had stolen rules before attempting a Soul-Pulling Guide; Chen Lin destroyed his attacks, and the Guillotine Emblem reclaimed the gray light he left behind, raising Chen Lin's Adjudicator rank.
• With the scenario collapsing, Chen Lin ordered Jinlin to search elsewhere while he went to the dungeon, killed Meng Po, and freed the prisoners from their cells.
• Chen Lin heard someone in the innermost cell recognize him as Fellow Daoist Chen.

Chen Lin rescued Lan Ruxue from the Cold Palace, returned to his fiefdom, and gained Gu Xiaohong as a prospective disciple. After refining a strange fire during half a year of cultivation, he learned from Alan that she and Yun Xiumian had been seeking Nightmare Realm Rules to incorporate into themselves.

• Chen Lin freed Lan Ruxue, told her he had killed Xuanyinzi and destroyed the Soul-Pulling Guide, and gave her a Gold-Spotted Fruit Tree Branch so she could enter his fiefdom.
• Chen Lin learned Yun Xiumian was searching a sub-space for something hidden by the Xuanyin Great King, then left the collapsing scenario with Jinlin and told Qian Li that Yun Xiumian had departed on her own.
• Chen Lin released Gu Xiaohong from Li Fuyao's bracelet, offered her several choices, and accepted her decision to stay and work toward becoming his Accepted Disciple.
• Chen Lin examined his rewards for killing the Xuanyin Great King, exchanged a Treasure Vault Exchange Voucher for Xuanming Bone Fire, and spent half a year refining it.
• Alan entered Chen Lin's fiefdom and revealed that she had found Yun Xiumian but that their plan had failed; she said they had been seeking Nightmare Realm Rules to incorporate into themselves.

Chen Lin condensed his Third Star, helping Fairy Yaochi condense one as well, and refined the Bagua Mirror before testing its formidable abilities. He returned to his fiefdom and found that Fairy Yaochi had stabilized her Inner Star, then followed her to the bedroom.

• Chen Lin refused Alan's offer of a Jade Pendant that could take him to the Nightmare Realm Rules, saying he planned to reach the Outer World instead.
• Chen Lin spent decades cultivating the Third Star, and his breakthrough strengthened his treasures and helped Fairy Yaochi form an Inner Star.
• Chen Lin refined the Bagua Mirror and tested its ability to trap and gather creatures, seawater, and islands within its Bagua Diagram.
• Chen Lin warned himself to conceal the Bagua Mirror because the Daoist Sect might pursue him for using its stolen treasure.
• Chen Lin checked that Fairy Yaochi had stabilized her Inner Star, and she pulled him toward her bedroom for dual cultivation.

Chen Lin learned that True Lord Wuming had hidden solar gold essence in a sealed cold pool, but the Cage Array began its long-delayed cycle before Chen Lin could pursue it. He sent Fairy Yaochi, Jinlin, and Gu Xiaohong toward Myriad Forms City while he prepared to act under Lin Xi’s identity.

• Chen Lin continued cultivating his demon star during the prolonged delay, while Silver Fairy, Luo Qinglan, and his other missing acquaintances remained unreachable.
• Fairy Yaochi told Chen Lin that True Lord Wuming had stored solar gold essence in a Myriad-Year Cold Pool beneath Ice-Sealed Canyon, but they lacked a safe way to break the sealing formation.
• Chen Lin asked Liu Rumian about obtaining a Top-Tier True Treasure-level Array-Breaking Talisman, and Liu Rumian suggested he contact Xiao Qingmo and True Lord Jiuhuan.
• Leng Yue reported that the Cage Array was fluctuating, prompting Liu Rumian to leave and Chen Lin to send Leng Yue back to safety.
• Chen Lin instructed Fairy Yaochi to join Xiao Qingmo’s Vanguard Squad, sent Jinlin with her, and arranged for Gu Xiaohong to reach Myriad Forms City.
• Chen Lin returned to the Fiefdom, passed through it, and emerged under Lin Xi’s identity.

Chen Lin gathered information and assembled a Vanguard Squad to prepare for breaking through the Cage Array, while secretly planning to retrieve solar gold essence from Ice-Sealed Canyon. After the squad agreed to attend a Vanguard Trading Convention, Chen Lin asked Xu Wuye to arrange for Senior Lou to help him enter True Lord Wuming’s array.

• Chen Lin watched Ice-Sealed Canyon and decided he needed another way to obtain its solar gold essence.
• Chen Lin met Gu Yu in Tianxiang City, shared his Cage Array information, and learned that Gu Yu’s Tianxing Clan companion could provide node locations.
• Gu Yu summoned Lu Guanyun, Bai Yu, and Hogge, then bound the squad members to a contract that Chen Lin secretly nullified with Death Gaze.
• The squad exchanged information about the Cage Array and agreed to attend the next Vanguard Trading Convention together.
• Chen Lin contacted Xu Wuye and asked her to have Senior Lou help him retrieve a treasure from True Lord Wuming’s array, offering a True Treasure in return.

Chen Lin offered Xu Wuye the broken saber in exchange for help obtaining solar gold essence, and she agreed to join him after her master refused to intervene. As they prepared to approach the Ice-Sealed Canyon, Chen Lin discovered Xiao Qingmo nearby, then vanished from Xu Wuye’s perception after combining an Invisibility Talisman with the Xikuli Cloak.

• Chen Lin demonstrated the Severing Affection Saber and then the broken saber, persuading Xu Wuye to consider trading for solar gold essence.
• Xu Wuye reported that Lou Dengjie would not take part, so she offered to help Chen Lin raid the formation herself and shoulder the blame.
• Chen Lin agreed to meet Xu Wuye near the Ice-Sealed Canyon, where he spotted Xiao Qingmo heading toward it before Xu Wuye arrived.
• Xu Wuye gave Chen Lin an Invisibility Talisman and a Great Teleportation Talisman, explaining that the latter required the Time Law to activate.
• Chen Lin activated the Invisibility Talisman and Xikuli Cloak, and Xu Wuye suddenly lost track of him while activating her own talisman.

Chen Lin and Xu Wuye entered the formation around the Ice-Sealed Canyon and began descending toward the solar gold essence. They passed through several concealed chambers without encountering guards or traps, and continued downward toward the hidden treasure.

• Chen Lin tested his Invisibility Talisman, cloak, and Silence Technique on Xu Wuye, who warned him not to experiment carelessly.
• Xu Wuye used a Black Little Beast to detect a presence with True Realm characteristics near the Ice-Sealed Canyon, and she and Chen Lin decided to proceed cautiously.
• Xu Wuye used an Array-Breaking Talisman to open a passage through the Array Core, and she and Chen Lin slipped into the formation.
• Chen Lin and Xu Wuye followed Fairy Yaochi's map to an underground entrance, moved aside a block of ice, and descended into the concealed chambers.
• Chen Lin shifted successive ice walls as he and Xu Wuye passed through the empty chambers, continuing down through the seven structures hiding the solar gold essence.

Chen Lin and Xu Wuye entered the Myriad-Year Cold Pool chamber and found Xue Yinping, whom Chen Lin had known years earlier, bathing there. Xue Yinping revealed that True Lord Wuming was her disciple and attacked Xiao Qingmo, leaving Chen Lin hidden nearby as their powerful clash began.

• Chen Lin and Xu Wuye opened the final ice wall and descended into the chamber containing the cold pool.
• Chen Lin recognized the bathing woman as Xue Yinping, Xue Ding'e's granddaughter, and wondered how she had reached this place.
• Xue Yinping detected the intruders, and Xiao Qingmo appeared behind Chen Lin and questioned her.
• Chen Lin noticed Xue Yinping seemed to detect him until he activated the Xikuli Cloak, leading him to suspect she was a reincarnated True Realm powerhouse.
• Xue Yinping claimed that True Lord Wuming was her disciple and attacked Xiao Qingmo, who blocked her silver rays and countered with a nine-colored flying sword.
• Chen Lin braced himself against the fight's energy and considered whether to escape or keep watching.

Chen Lin and Xiao Qingmo confronted Xue Yinping, who revealed she was a Bizarre Thrall seeking to take their inner stars. Chen Lin’s Soul-Destroying Finger proved able to injure her, and after Xiao Qingmo slowed her with nine clones, Chen Lin struck until the shadow dissipated.

• Xue Yinping sealed the underground space, immobilized Chen Lin, and revealed she planned to take his and Xiao Qingmo’s inner stars.
• Xu Wuye escaped after breaking the seal, while Chen Lin freed himself partially with Death Gaze but failed to teleport away.
• Xue Yinping caught Chen Lin’s Soul-Destroying Finger, but its energy burned and weakened her hand; she then shifted into a shadow form that resisted his other attacks.
• Xiao Qingmo identified Xue Yinping as a Bizarre Thrall and split into nine clones, whose combined attack slowed the shadow and its eerie faces.
• Chen Lin discovered his Soul-Destroying Finger could injure the Bizarre Thrall and repeatedly attacked while Xiao Qingmo and Chen Lin exhausted their strength.
• As the shadow began to dissipate, Xue Yinping calmly told Chen Lin that he had won.