Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin questioned Gelisi about the Yangguang Clan’s customs and learned that his contract marked him as a divine being in their eyes. After examining the spoils, he asked Gelisi to explain the Void Realm’s cultivation rules and how they survived the Sea of Destruction Stars.

• Gelisi explained that the Yangguang Clan had no gender and served any divine being, then insisted Chen Lin must be one because their contract had succeeded.
• Gelisi offered to bear Chen Lin’s offspring, but Chen Lin refused and sent Gelisi, Bai Yu, and Mo Furong to develop the island.
• Chen Lin searched the five dead cultivators’ storage bags and learned from Gelisi that even high-grade bags in the Void Realm held only a few zhang of space.
• Chen Lin asked Gelisi about cultivating law power, and Gelisi said most cultivators had to reach the true realm to comprehend laws safely.
• Chen Lin asked how Gelisi had emerged safely from the Sea of Destruction Stars.

Chen Lin tried to learn how Gelisi had found an Eye of Destruction, then went to the Market to trade a giant scorpion for a high-level Spirit Communication Art. When Shen Daoqi appeared with an inheritance scroll and fought Zuo Qiuchi over the trade, his Azure Ruler unexpectedly sent an azure dragon to attack Chen Lin.

• Gelisi admitted that an energy explosion had accidentally blasted the Eye of Destruction to him, and Chen Lin decided to keep watching the unreliable cultivator.
• After half a month passed without the tall, thin man's backer appearing, Chen Lin took Gelisi to the Market in his Emerald Bracelet and set up a stall with the giant scorpion.
• Zuo Qiuchi offered an original Elder Ancient Spirit Communication Art for the scorpion, and Chen Lin agreed to wait for it to arrive from the third layer.
• Shen Daoqi interrupted with a heaven-tier Elder Ancient secret method, and Zuo Qiuchi attacked him to prevent him from completing the trade first.
• Shen Daoqi summoned an Azure Ruler that became an azure dragon and lunged at Chen Lin instead of Zuo Qiuchi.

Chen Lin killed Shen Daoqi after Shen exposed Chen Lin as a supposed Ziwei Palace cultivator, then returned to his residence with Shen’s treasures. High Person Qingfeng sent an envoy with a gift and an apology, leaving Chen Lin wary as he examined the gift.

• Chen Lin blocked Shen Daoqi’s Azure Dragon Ruler, counterattacked Zuo Qiuchi and Shen Daoqi, and learned that Shen recognized his Soul-Destroying Fingers as a technique from the Ziwei Palace.
• Chen Lin used the Bagua Mirror and Tri-Color Arrow to kill Shen Daoqi, claimed Shen’s treasures, and refused to trade with Zuo Qiuchi before she escaped.
• Muese and her brother discussed approaching Chen Lin for help retrieving something before their bodies mutated, and Muese volunteered to go because she knew where he lived.
• Chen Lin returned openly to his residence, and High Person Qingfeng sent an envoy with a gift and an apology, claiming Shen Daoqi had been expelled from his lineage.
• Chen Lin dismissed the envoy, remained wary of High Person Qingfeng, and began examining the gift.

Chen Lin examined High Person Qingfeng’s gifts and Shen Daoqi’s spoils, then used the Golden Crow Cauldron to make Soul Steamed Buns and confirmed his talent still worked in the Void Realm. The chapter ended with Muese asking Chen Lin to help retrieve hidden treasures from his family’s Star Island, claiming they would be useful to him.

• Chen Lin accepted High Person Qingfeng’s gifts, including a third-layer Star Island token, but decided to remain cautious and not use it yet.
• Chen Lin examined Shen Daoqi’s spoils and found the Spirit Communication Art, a heaven-tier Ancient Talisman, a spacious Storage Bag, and the earth-tier top-grade Golden Crow Cauldron.
• Chen Lin used the Golden Crow Cauldron and his talent to make Soul Steamed Buns, confirming they retained their soul-soothing effect but did not reach five-star quality.
• Chen Lin considered his long separation from the Inner World and concluded that returning safely could take thousands of years.
• Mo Furong brought Muese to Chen Lin, and Muese asked him to retrieve hidden treasures from his family’s Star Island in exchange for everything except one item.

Muese told Chen Lin about Four Directions City and asked him to retrieve his family’s hidden treasures from Star Island, including an ancient jade needed to suppress a curse. Chen Lin agreed to try for three months, then gave Gelisi a task in exchange for the chance to move freely.

• Muese revealed that his grandfather had left behind a key to Four Directions City, a mysterious place that appeared after Cage Array cycles and contained peerless treasures.
• Muese explained that Huyuan Lie had seized the family’s Star Island and that an ancient jade hidden there was needed to protect his brother and him from their lineage’s curse.
• Chen Lin agreed to try to recover the hidden treasures within three months, and Muese gave him a paired Mandarin Duck Wing Beast feather to locate them.
• Chen Lin sent Muese away with a Transmission Talisman and released Gelisi from the Emerald Bracelet.
• Chen Lin offered Gelisi freedom to move around or leave him if Gelisi completed a task.

Chen Lin sent Gelisi to negotiate with Huyuan Lie over a Star Island, but Huyuan Lie initially refused and insulted the Crape Myrtle Palace. Chen Lin then sent Gelisi back with the True King's Manor Jade Talisman, and Huyuan Lie agreed to leave the island without compensation.

• Chen Lin asked Gelisi to deliver a calling card to Huyuan Lie and offer him another Star Island in exchange for leaving the contested one.
• Gelisi delivered Chen Lin's offer, but Huyuan Lie refused through his disciple, who mocked the Crape Myrtle Palace.
• Bai Yu asked Chen Lin about cultivation techniques for herself and Mo Furong, and Chen Lin suggested Seven-Star Shining Sun or developing her spatial talent.
• Chen Lin gave Gelisi the Jade Talisman from the True King's Manor and sent him back to Huyuan Lie.
• Gelisi returned excitedly and reported that Huyuan Lie had agreed to move out immediately without taking Chen Lin's Star Island.

Chen Lin received a Fire Dragon Token from Yuan Ziqing after explaining his connection to the True King's Manor and Ziwei Palace. He moved to the third layer with his companions and reached Muese's family Star Island to retrieve the hidden treasure, where Muese opened a concealed entrance.

• Chen Lin welcomed Yuan Ziqing, explained that he had borrowed the True King's Manor's name, and accepted a Fire Dragon Token from him.
• Gelisi chose to remain Chen Lin's servant but asked to return to his clan first, while Chen Lin summoned Muese and Zuobuli Chengguang.
• Chen Lin led the group through the barrier to the third layer, where the denser vital essence benefited most of them but harmed Bai Yu and Mo Furong.
• Chen Lin reassured the two women that he would address the problem with their cultivation techniques and followed Muese to his family's Star Island.
• Muese used the feather to locate the treasure and struck a recess at the island's edge, opening a concealed entrance.

Chen Lin examined the Zuobuli Lineage’s inherited belongings, discovered a key to Four Directions City, and accepted Muese as a disciple. He returned the family’s remaining possessions to Muese and sent him to inspect Star Island for anything Huyuan Lie had left behind.

• Muese offered Chen Lin his grandfather’s belongings, and he and his older brother asked to stay and serve him.
• Chen Lin inspected the chest and found eternal stones, cultivation manuals, rootless divine liquid, a Tetrahedron Cube, and an unknown furry object.
• Muese identified the Tetrahedron Cube as the rumored key to entering Four Directions City, though he could not confirm how it worked.
• Chen Lin asked Muese to become his disciple, accepted him subject to a period of assessment, and kept the key for himself.
• Chen Lin returned the family’s other belongings to Muese and told him to search Star Island for hidden contingencies left by Huyuan Lie.

Chen Lin learned more about the Void Realm and realized his ties to Mingyue Shuanghua and Hong Tingzhen could put him in danger. He prepared to seek refuge in the Sea of Destruction Stars and left the Myriad Star Tower to enter the Eternal Star Sea.

• Muese and his sister returned the furry treasure to Chen Lin, pledged their loyalty, and helped him learn about Star Island.
• Chen Lin bought a Fire Dragon Array but could not find cultivation techniques for the two women.
• Chen Lin learned that Mingyue Shuanghua and Hong Tingzhen were enemies and feared they might target him because of his lineage and connections.
• Chen Lin decided to explore Four Directions City and hide in the Sea of Destruction Stars until it opened, hoping to find a way to grow stronger and conceal himself.
• Gelisi gave Chen Lin an information orb about the Sea of Destruction Stars, and Chen Lin instructed the people on Star Island before leaving Mo Furong the Fire Dragon Token and other resources.
• Chen Lin departed from the Myriad Star Tower and entered the Eternal Star Sea.

Chen Lin entered the Star Sea in disguise to evade pursuit and tested the Soul-Slaying Axe he had bought as a new weapon. After avoiding Yue Zhaosheng and fleeing a swarm of Soul-Devouring Insects, he found a second, denser swarm blocking his path.

• Chen Lin concealed his identity and old treasures, then tested the Soul-Slaying Axe and confirmed its power could reach upper-grade Heaven Tier.
• Yue Zhaosheng introduced himself and invited Chen Lin to explore a Secret Realm together, but Chen Lin refused and flew away.
• Chen Lin traveled through the middle reaches of the Star Sea, avoiding its dangerous starlight and Starlight Beasts.
• Yue Zhaosheng fled toward Chen Lin with thousands of Soul-Devouring Insects behind him and called for help, but Chen Lin turned to escape.
• Chen Lin stopped when he saw an even denser swarm of Soul-Devouring Insects surging toward him from ahead.

Chen Lin and Yue Zhaosheng escaped a massive swarm of Soul-Devouring Insects, then traded the insects for eternal stones and a piece of starlight stone. After refusing Yue Zhaosheng’s invitation to explore a nearby Secret Realm, Chen Lin followed Gelisi’s chart to a floating palace he chose as a place to settle.

• Chen Lin used his soul power and Giant Axe to fight through the Soul-Devouring Insects, while Yue Zhaosheng followed him and urged him to collect the valuable insects.
• Chen Lin and Yue Zhaosheng escaped deeper into the Star Sea, where Chen Lin replenished his nearly exhausted soul power with soul liquid.
• Chen Lin sold Yue Zhaosheng roughly two thousand Soul-Devouring Insects for twenty-five thousand eternal stones, including a small piece of starlight stone as part of the payment.
• Chen Lin rejected Yue Zhaosheng’s invitation to explore a fragment of the Lord of Destruction’s Secret Realm and continued alone.
• Chen Lin consulted Gelisi’s Star Sea chart, recognized his destination, and flew toward a vast floating palace.

Chen Lin hid in the sealed great hall, absorbed a starlight stone to strengthen his Demon Star, and considered how to obtain more without returning to the Myriad Star Tower. As he resumed cultivation, an unseen intruder appeared and Chen Lin armed himself.

• Chen Lin entered the great hall through a damaged spot in its barrier and set up a formation to seal the opening.
• Chen Lin absorbed a starlight stone, enlarging his Demon Star and estimating that more stones could help him form a fifth star.
• Chen Lin decided to explore Four Directions City and seek starlight stones from other cultivators rather than risk returning to the Myriad Star Tower.
• An unseen intruder spoke to Chen Lin, who sprang up and readied the Soul-Slaying Axe, Bagua Mirror, and Short Bow.

Chen Lin escaped a mysterious Black-Skirts Girl after she took his Tetrahedron Cube, then found refuge on a Star Island and made steamed buns that recalled his mother. He discovered the buns gradually cleansed the Inner World Imprint suppressing his abilities, and named them Mother Steamed Buns.

• Chen Lin surrendered his Tetrahedron Cube to the Black-Skirts Girl, who spared his life and let him leave.
• Chen Lin fled the cave, suspected the Black-Skirts Girl might have been bluffing, but continued onward rather than risk returning.
• Chen Lin followed Gelisi's map through a belt of starlight and settled on a safe, dark-red Star Island.
• Chen Lin found Gelisi's little house, made ordinary steamed buns, and felt their gentle energy cleanse his soul as he remembered his mother.
• Chen Lin spent a year on the island making buns and cultivating, discovering that they gradually weakened his Inner World Imprint and restored suppressed abilities.
• Chen Lin named the pale-yellow buns Mother Steamed Buns and saw his mother's face in one beneath the starlight.

Chen Lin entered Four Directions City and discovered that its rules suppressed nearly all his abilities and turned people and objects square. After finding that the Mermaid Sword remained usable, he was detained by guards and brought before a young woman who claimed he was her cousin, Lu Jin'an.

• Chen Lin activated the Tetrahedron Cube and arrived in Four Directions City, where his law origin, inner stars, soul power, treasures, and body were largely suppressed or made square.
• Chen Lin found that Li Fuyao's Emerald Bracelet and the Mermaid Sword had resisted the city's transformation, and he used the Mermaid Sword to pierce a tree without losing its power.
• Three guards confronted Chen Lin, and he claimed to be from the Second Branch before agreeing to go with them for verification.
• The guards discovered that Chen Lin had arrived in a garden and took him to the Second Branch's courtyard, where Captain Li Changqing questioned the Second Young Miss.
• The young miss identified Chen Lin as her mother's nephew, Lu Jin'an, and Captain Li accepted her explanation before leaving with his subordinates.

Chen Lin entered the Zhou Estate courtyard and let the Second Young Miss believe he was a Shadow Gate assassin hired to kill Sun Xinglun. He learned about her feud with the Third Madam and the Purple Bamboo Forest, then left her offer of the Ruby Bracelet untouched while seeking an exotic treasure as payment.

• The Second Young Miss warned Chen Lin that his arrival was rash, then explained his mission to protect her and secretly assassinate Sun Xinglun, a fourth-rank fighter who might wield the Fire God Fist.
• Chen Lin learned Sun Xinglun was working in the Purple Bamboo Forest and decided to stay near the Second Young Miss in hopes of finding an exotic treasure there.
• Qiuxiang told Chen Lin that Sun Xinglun had sought to marry the Second Young Miss, and the Second Young Miss revealed she wanted revenge on the Third Madam for causing her mother's death.
• The Second Young Miss offered to hire Chen Lin to kill the Third Madam after he dealt with Sun Xinglun, but Chen Lin said he wanted an unusual treasure rather than money.
• The Second Young Miss offered her mother's Ruby Bracelet and proposed the Earth Spirit Sword as a possible target, while Chen Lin rejected the bracelet and said he was not interested in marrying her.

Chen Lin went to the Purple Bamboo Forest to assassinate Sun Xinglun after the Second Young Miss gave him a map and warned him about the Zhou Family’s experts. He killed Sun Xinglun with the Mermaid Sword and remained hidden nearby.

• The Second Young Miss told Chen Lin about the Purple Bamboo Forest and gave him a map, urging him to beware of Qi Yuanbai.
• Chen Lin disguised himself and traveled to the Purple Bamboo Forest, resting whenever his soul power faltered.
• After waiting for hours without seeing Sun Xinglun on patrol, Chen Lin threw a stone into the grove to draw him out.
• Chen Lin spotted Sun Xinglun among the guards and launched the Mermaid Sword at him.
• Sun Xinglun used the Fire God Fist, but the Mermaid Sword pierced through it and killed him with a strike between the brows.

Chen Lin killed Sun Xinglun and Qi Yuanbai, then received a Jade Pendant from the Second Young Miss as payment. As he prepared to leave the Zhou Family, she offered him the family’s Holy Land entrance place if he would help her become its head by killing her father.

• Chen Lin defeated Qi Yuanbai with Death Gaze after killing the guards, then searched the bodies and returned to the Second Young Miss.
• The Second Young Miss gave Chen Lin a Jade Pendant that could grant an unorthodox divine ability, settling their original transaction.
• The Second Young Miss told Chen Lin the Zhou Family’s inherited tobacco pipe could summon a divine being and offered it to him for helping her claim the family head position.
• Chen Lin refused to help her seize power or kill her father.
• The Second Young Miss offered Chen Lin the Zhou Family’s allotted place in the Holy Land if he helped her become family head.

Chen Lin agreed to help Zhou Ximei seize the Earth Spirit Sword and a place in the Holy Land by ambushing her father, Zhou Xuanwu, on the full moon night. When Li Changqing blocked their way, Chen Lin killed him and his guards, and the pair continued toward the Main Courtyard.

• Zhou Ximei told Chen Lin that the Earth Spirit Sword could let her command the Zhou Family, and that her father would be vulnerable while practicing his demonic art on the full moon.
• Zhou Ximei explained the Holy Land’s limited entry places and the lore that otherworldly beings descended when the Holy Pagoda’s summit lit up; Chen Lin agreed to help her.
• Chen Lin reviewed what he had learned about Zhou Ximei, her father Zhou Xuanwu, the Six Great Lineages, and the Pipe Exotic Treasure before the full moon arrived.
• Li Changqing and his guards confronted Zhou Ximei and Chen Lin outside the courtyard, and Chen Lin killed them with the Mermaid Sword before disposing of the bodies.
• Chen Lin followed Zhou Ximei toward Zhou Xuanwu’s cultivation quarters, and they were stopped by guards at the Main Courtyard entrance.

Chen Lin and Zhou Ximei fought their way into the Zhou Estate’s secret chamber, where they confronted Zhou Xuanwu after his demonic cultivation breakthrough. Chen Lin killed him with the Mermaid Sword, leaving the fight over the Holy Land Quota unresolved.

• Chen Lin struck down the Green-Eyed Man and the Gold-Armored Commander, then slaughtered the guards in the Main Courtyard.
• Chen Lin searched the bodies while he recovered, then followed Zhou Ximei into the deserted courtyard and used an Explosive Pack to collapse the building above the secret chamber.
• Zhou Xuanwu emerged from below as a Grandmaster, recognized Chen Lin as an Outsider, and refused to surrender the Holy Land Quota.
• Zhou Xuanwu attacked with the Earth Spirit Sword, cutting off Chen Lin’s ear, but Chen Lin struck him with Death Gaze and the Soul-Destroying Finger.
• Chen Lin sent the Mermaid Sword through Zhou Xuanwu’s brow, killing him after Zhou Xuanwu recognized the Saintess’s image on the sword.

Chen Lin helped Zhou Ximei claim the Earth Spirit Sword, which empowered her to seize control of the Zhou Family. After she gave him the promised pipe Exotic Treasure, he left the estate to explore the mysterious city.

• Chen Lin escaped the scene with Zhou Ximei and warned her to conceal her role in the killings until she could take over the family.
• Zhou Ximei used her heart blood to win the Earth Spirit Sword’s allegiance and gained extraordinary power.
• Zhou Ximei killed Zhou Huaquan and a guard, then forced the others to submit and named Chen Lin her chief attendant under the alias Lu Jin'an.
• Zhou Ximei purged the Zhou Family of those who resisted or threatened her, leaving only herself and an infant girl among the blood relatives.
• The next day, Zhou Ximei honored her ancestors and gave Chen Lin the pipe Exotic Treasure, and he left the Zhou Estate to explore the city.