Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin returned to Bright Peak as the Alliance assigned missions and learned that Liu Rumian was waiting outside. Jin Ruhua offered him three missions to choose from, but she had only explained the first two when the chapter ended with Chen Lin asking about the unusual third mission.

• Chen Lin learned that Jin Ruhua wanted to see him urgently about choosing a mission, while Liu Rumian had arrived at the Settlement outside Bright Peak.
• Chen Lin sent Tianshu to speak with Liu Rumian and told her to seek refuge with Qian Ziduo in the Cangyuan Secret Realm if she did not come to see him.
• Cheng Lingchan told Chen Lin that Jin Ruhua had accepted her as a disciple and sent her older sister to Holy Sword Manor, then openly expressed her affection for him.
• Jin Ruhua explained that the Elder Council meeting had ended quickly after the Sword Saint killed several opponents, and warned Chen Lin that Wan Zhencang might assign him a mission if he delayed.
• Jin Ruhua offered Chen Lin missions in the Qian Domain, the Zhen Domain, or an unusual assignment away from the main battlefield, and Chen Lin asked what the third mission involved.

Chen Lin accepted a covert delivery mission to the outskirts of the Sea of Despair, but learned he needed a late Void Realm cultivator on his team. After receiving a veiled warning about Wan Zhencang, he headed to the Mission Hall to recruit Luo Sanhuai.

• Jin Ruhua showed Chen Lin the Sea of Despair mission route and explained its dangers, rewards, and contract requirements.
• Chen Lin chose the third mission, then learned his team needed at least one late Void Realm cultivator to operate the Alliance's Flying Boat.
• Jin Ruhua gave Chen Lin three days to recruit a qualified team member before signing the contract at the Mission Hall.
• Chen Lin went to the Deacon Hall, where Ge Jinxiu said he had already joined Elder Lin's team and directed Chen Lin to find Luo Sanhuai at the Mission Hall.
• Ge Jinxiu privately warned Chen Lin to stay vigilant until he left the Kan Domain, and Chen Lin flew to the Mission Hall to seek Luo Sanhuai.

Chen Lin tried to recruit Luo Sanhuai for his mission by offering him Brilliant Divine Crystals, and Luo agreed despite the danger surrounding Chen Lin. As they went to sign the contract, Ouyang Ye mocked Chen Lin, who answered with a Death Gaze and a threat before another cultivator entered.

• Chen Lin found Huyan Wushuang and Sun Qingyang assigned missions on routes that could overlap with his own.
• Chen Lin offered Luo Sanhuai five Brilliant Divine Crystals, then raised the offer to ten when Luo hesitated over Chen Lin's dangerous situation.
• Luo Sanhuai agreed to join Chen Lin's team after hearing about the mission, and Chen Lin contacted Jin Ruhua and Gu Siming before taking him to sign the contract.
• Chen Lin and Luo Sanhuai met Deacon Xiao Yunmu in the Mission Hall's inner hall to arrange the contract.
• Ouyang Ye insulted Chen Lin, who used Death Gaze and threatened him; another cultivator entered, asking where the dog was.

Chen Lin clashed with Ouyang Ye, who tried to buy the Heaven-Swallowing Golden Toad, but Chen Lin refused and avoided revealing his strength. He then accepted the Alliance mission with Luo Sanhuai and Gu Siming, and returned to his immortal cave to check whether Liu Rumian had arrived.

• Ouyang Ye recovered from Chen Lin's Death Gaze and offered to settle his disputes if Chen Lin surrendered the Heaven-Swallowing Golden Toad.
• Chen Lin rejected Ouyang Ye's offer, while Ouyang Ye's guard threatened him; Chen Lin chose not to attack so he would not expose his strength before the mission.
• Gu Siming angrily defended Chen Lin, but the guard invoked the relationship between Ancestor Ouyang and Master Gu before leaving.
• Chen Lin led Luo Sanhuai and Gu Siming in swearing the mission oath before the Clear Heart Mirror, meeting the team requirements with Gu Siming's help.
• Xiao Yunmu reminded Chen Lin to depart within a month, and Chen Lin returned to his immortal cave to see whether Liu Rumian had come in.

Ouyang Ye decided to have Huyan Wushuang target Chen Lin for the Heaven-Swallowing Golden Toad, while Chen Lin healed Liu Rumian after she arrived badly injured. Liu Rumian revealed that Fairy Yaochi and Jinlin had survived but were taken by a mysterious woman, and Chen Lin asked who else had escaped.

• Ouyang Ye told his guard that Gu Siming was too dangerous to confront and decided to send Huyan Wushuang an eyeball that could locate Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin found Liu Rumian gravely wounded in his immortal cave and restored her limbs and healed her chest wound.
• Liu Rumian told Chen Lin that her injuries came from heretical cultivators and that she had spent everything she owned reaching him.
• Liu Rumian said a mysterious woman had taken Fairy Yaochi and Jinlin after they emerged safely into the Outer World, and she could no longer remember the woman's appearance.
• Chen Lin felt relieved that Fairy Yaochi had survived and asked Liu Rumian who else had made it out.

Chen Lin gathered Liu Rumian, Luo Sanhuai, Gu Siming, Tianshu, and Grass to plan their Alliance mission to the Sea of Despair. After explaining the route and objective, he revealed the silver bowl they were tasked with delivering and asked the group to inspect it.

• Liu Rumian told Chen Lin that Xiao Qingmo had been pulled back into the Cage Array after her treasure shattered, leaving Liu Rumian and Fairy Yaochi as the survivors.
• Chen Lin explained the dangers facing him and urged Liu Rumian to return to the Inner World, but she refused, and he agreed to take her on the mission.
• Several days later, Chen Lin met with Luo Sanhuai and Gu Siming, and the group signed the Clear Heart Mirror contract for the confidential mission.
• Chen Lin said they had to travel to the Sea of Despair, find a ruined thatch cottage, and place the Alliance-issued item in the statue's hands.
• Chen Lin dismissed questions about his preparations and set the silver bowl on the table for everyone to examine.

Chen Lin and his companions prepared for a mysterious mission to the Gen Domain, but searches for more help and a way to remove Liu Rumian’s Inner World Brand came up empty. They left Bright Peak aboard a Flying Boat and traveled safely through the void for half a year, with the Sea of Despair still ahead.

• Gu Siming and Luo Sanhuai found nothing unusual about the silver bowl, and Chen Lin explained that the team would follow the mission instructions and choose their route as they traveled.
• Chen Lin failed to recruit more Void Realm cultivators or find a treasure to dissolve Liu Rumian’s Inner World Brand, then visited Jin Ruhua, Kong Wuchui, and Wen Xinzhao before preparing to leave.
• After learning that Huyan Wushuang and the Ouyang Family’s teams had departed, Chen Lin had Luo Sanhuai pilot their Flying Boat away from Bright Peak.
• The group traveled through the void for half a year without meeting anyone or being attacked by a Void Beast, and Chen Lin concluded that the Sea of Despair was the next place where they needed to be on guard.

Chen Lin learned that Gu Siming had joined his group at Gu Chenxuan’s request, then watched her reveal and kill three hidden Big-Eye Tribe attackers. She left the last attacker for Chen Lin to fight.

• Gu Siming offered to become a great elder of Chen Lin’s Kaiyuan Sect, and he agreed on the condition that she obey him.
• Gu Siming said Gu Chenxuan had sent her to protect Chen Lin, then spotted hidden attackers approaching the flying boat.
• Chen Lin spread the Darkness Domain and activated the Firefly Divine Ability, while Grass wounded two attackers with Sword Qi.
• Gu Siming used her Fishing Rod to remove the eyes of three Big-Eye Tribe attackers, killing them.
• Gu Siming left the final attacker for Chen Lin to handle so he could learn how to fight the unusual race.

Chen Lin and Gu Siming defeated a group of Big-Eye Aliens, then Gu Siming explained that strange special races were appearing as the war’s situation grew more uncertain. The group was left wary of who might be controlling the aliens and which side they would support.

• Gu Siming revealed the Big-Eye Aliens, and Chen Lin used his fireflies, secret techniques, and Flame Hand to kill the last attacker.
• Chen Lin thanked Gu Siming for spotting the aliens before they could surprise the group, and she kept the surviving eyeball as a trophy.
• Gu Siming explained that the Big-Eye Tribe excelled at concealment but had only average offensive and defensive abilities.
• Gu Siming told Chen Lin, Luo Sanhuai, and Liu Rumian that special races could be divine servants, otherworldly descendants, or creations of powerful beings, and that someone was likely directing the Big-Eye Tribe.
• Chen Lin and Gu Siming considered the possibility that the special races would join the war, and Gu Siming warned that the group would need to be more careful.

Chen Lin worried that powerful natural divine beings might target him, but learned they would likely send divine servants instead. After a year of cultivation aboard the Spirit Boat, he advanced to the mid Void Realm and discovered Liu Rumian had recovered through his steamed buns, while Gu Siming eagerly claimed a stipend of them.

• Chen Lin asked Gu Siming whether natural divine beings could enter lower realms, and she explained that miasma weakened them and that they would more likely send divine servants.
• Chen Lin spent the following year cultivating and seeking secret knowledge from Gu Siming.
• Chen Lin absorbed the surrounding energy and broke through to the mid Void Realm as Gu Siming, Luo Sanhuai, and Liu Rumian watched.
• Liu Rumian said Chen Lin's Mother Steamed Buns had helped restore her cultivation, surprising him.
• Gu Siming devoured a basket of Chen Lin's Four-Star Soul Steamed Buns and demanded more as her Great Elder stipend, so he gave her ten baskets.

Chen Lin refined Eternal Divine Crystals while traveling toward the Sea of Despair, forming a soul star prototype and greatly increasing his strength. After more than six years on the journey, the group entered the Gen Domain, and Chen Lin's new star remained below True Realm level but rivaled peak Void Realm.

• Gu Siming became unusually eager to eat Mother Steamed Buns, and Chen Lin learned that Liu Rumian's buns had helped remove half her Inner World imprint and restore her cultivation to Semi-Void perfection.
• Chen Lin began refining Eternal Divine Crystals, using Luo Sanhuai's help to safely strengthen his inner stars and celestial fire.
• Over two years, Chen Lin consumed more than twenty Brilliant Crystal Stones and formed the outline of his soul star.
• During the following years of travel, Gu Siming defeated attacks from alien races, heretical cultivators, and Void Beasts without needing help.
• Liu Rumian's Mother Steamed Bun gains diminished, but her cultivation recovered to Semi-Void perfection as the imprint weakened.
• After more than six years away from Bright Peak, the group entered the Gen Domain, and Chen Lin completed a soul star prototype comparable to peak Void Realm.

After forming his fifth inner star, Chen Lin discovered that his soul star amplified his soul power and that his celestial fire had grown stronger. Gu Siming warned him about the dangers and hidden purpose of Seven-Star Shining Sun, explained higher realms of intent, and Chen Lin later found himself and his companions facing strange mist in the Void.

• Chen Lin tested his new soul star and found that it amplified his soul power, while his transformed celestial fire suppressed its eerie aura.
• Chen Lin asked Gu Siming how to reach the Netherworld, and she told him its entrance had long been closed and that Ancestor Fengdu in the Fengdu Grotto-Heaven might know a way.
• Gu Siming explained that Seven-Star Shining Sun was designed around the Upper Seven Realms and warned Chen Lin that devouring practitioners could lead him into a trap set by the technique's creator.
• Gu Siming identified Chen Lin's ability to make Mother Steamed Bun as an early manifestation of the Spirit Infusion Realm and described the higher realm of Turning the Void into Reality.
• Chen Lin refused Gu Siming's offer to lend texts in exchange for revealing how he evaded her talent-reading technique, then consulted Luo Sanhuai and resumed cultivating.
• At the ship's bow, Chen Lin, Gu Siming, and Luo Sanhuai saw strange mist ahead, and Luo Sanhuai urged Chen Lin to change course rather than enter it.

Chen Lin and his companions were attacked in the Void by a powerful Phantom Image, and Chen Lin tried to alter his destiny to survive its impending strike. A rare bright moon appeared before the Phantom Image attacked, giving Chen Lin a chance to use the Firefly Divine Ability to activate the Crimson Moon Scimitar.

• Chen Lin and Gu Siming countered a fog domain with the Darkness Domain and an Invisibility Talisman, located the unseen attacker, and drove it off without identifying it.
• As the Spirit Boat continued onward, a towering Phantom Image confronted Chen Lin over his laughter and promised to strike him unless he could withstand one blow.
• Chen Lin used his Talent Ability and Xiaoyu's Clone to change his destiny, survived a Colorful Ray at a node, and watched the Phantom Image knock Grass and Gu Siming unconscious.
• A woman in the Nightmare Realm killed a Centipede Monster with a crescent blade as a bright moon appeared in the sky.
• Chen Lin recognized the rare moonlight as a possible result of changing his destiny and ordered Tianshu to deploy the Darkness Domain so he could use the Firefly Divine Ability to activate the Crimson Moon Scimitar.

Chen Lin survived the Mist Lord’s spear strike and received an unnamed Treasure-Refining Formula as compensation. After learning the Phantom Image was likely the Mist Lord of the Six-Horned Gyre, Chen Lin and Gu Siming examined the formula and debated whether to activate its uncertain Heritage Imprint.

• Chen Lin used his Fireflies to repair and wield the Crimson Moon Scimitar, which clashed with the Mist Lord’s spear and stopped its attack.
• The Mist Lord forgave Chen Lin, left a gray scroll as compensation, and vanished; elsewhere, he told Little Black Cat that he had avoided killing Chen Lin because of his entanglement with significant karma.
• Chen Lin recovered on the Spirit Boat, helped Grass wake, and asked Gu Siming about the Phantom Image; she identified him as likely the Mist Lord, a natural Divine Being of the Six-Horned Gyre.
• Chen Lin unrolled the scroll and found an advanced soul-based Treasure-Refining Formula for refining Eternal Treasures and taking control of their Artifact Spirits.
• Gu Siming found no obvious danger in the formula or its Heritage Imprint but could not guarantee its safety, then offered to activate it herself and teach Chen Lin what she learned.

Chen Lin kept the inheritance scroll after negotiating with Gu Siming, then used its Heritage Imprint and a rare comprehension pill to master the Treasure-Refining Formula. Several days later, he told Gu Siming he could now refine his scimitar and wield it freely, strengthening their prospects for the dangerous journey ahead.

• Chen Lin refused to surrender the inheritance scroll without compensation, and Gu Siming reluctantly let him decide what to do with it.
• Chen Lin copied the Dharmic Formula onto jade slips for the others before the Spirit Boat resumed its journey.
• Chen Lin found Xiaoyu's clone near collapse and decided to delay treating her while he checked whether using the Heritage Imprint was dangerous.
• Chen Lin activated the Heritage Imprint and swallowed a Goddess of Wisdom's Gift pill to handle the flood of inheritance information and artistic conception insights.
• After several days of comprehending the Treasure-Refining Formula, Chen Lin told Gu Siming he could refine his scimitar and wield it at will.

Chen Lin enlisted Gu Siming’s help to gather materials and set up a sacrificial refining formation for the Crimson Moon Scimitar. With the Lord of Devouring’s dog hair suppressing the scimitar’s artifact spirit, Chen Lin successfully refined the eternal treasure and bound it to his soul.

• Chen Lin asked Gu Siming for formation materials, and she supplied five items while identifying Zhulindie as the crucial missing material.
• Chen Lin showed Gu Siming the Lord of Devouring’s dog hair, and she confirmed it could suppress the Crimson Moon Scimitar’s injured artifact spirit.
• Chen Lin, Gu Siming, and Luo Sanhuai completed the sacrificial refining formation and added a defensive array to the flying boat.
• Chen Lin used the Treasure-Refining Formula to send part of his soul into the formation, while the dog hair suppressed the scimitar’s resistance.
• Chen Lin merged his soul with the Crimson Moon Scimitar’s artifact spirit and gained control of the eternal treasure.
• Luo Sanhuai congratulated Chen Lin after he put away the newly refined scimitar.

After mastering the damaged Crimson Moon Scimitar with the Unnamed Treasure-Refining Formula, Chen Lin asked Gu Siming about the Star Whirlpools. Her account revealed what was known about their inhabitants and confirmed that powerful beings from other planes could enter their world, though she kept the details secret.

• Gu Siming congratulated Chen Lin on mastering the damaged Crimson Moon Scimitar and suggested he could eventually repair it by nurturing it with the Soul-Refining Method.
• Chen Lin asked Gu Siming about the Lord of the Moon Palace, but she denied knowing anything, leaving him wary that Yesterday Manor might be probing him for a connection to the Moon Palace.
• Chen Lin asked Gu Siming to explain the Star Whirlpools, and she described them as seven celestial bodies within the Star Screen, with only four known to still harbor living beings.
• Gu Siming explained that the Star Whirlpools held few powerful beings, that their inhabitants seemed unable to leave the Star Screen, and that outsiders could enter only if they were strong enough.
• Gu Siming confirmed that powerful beings from other planes could enter their world and said some had visited Yesterday Manor, but she refused to reveal more and directed Chen Lin to ask her Eleventh Brother.

After crossing into the Gen Domain, Chen Lin learned the Alliance was winning and received a powerful single-use invisibility treasure from Gu Siming. He continued cultivating aboard the Flying Boat, worried about the immense energy needed for his soul star, and chose to save a potent Special Crystal for a later emergency.

• Chen Lin recalled Jin Ruhua's report that the Alliance had recaptured the Qian and Dui Domains and was fighting in the Kun Domain, while unusual beings from the star whirlpool remained uninvolved.
• Gu Siming gave Chen Lin a Big-Eye Tribe eyeball she had refined into a single-use treasure that could conceal him from all perception for at least an hour.
• Chen Lin told Gu Siming he planned to recruit Luo Sanhuai to help protect the Kaiyuan Sect's disciples, and he invited her to stay at the sect headquarters.
• Chen Lin refined brilliant divine crystals and grew concerned that his fifth inner star required more energy than he could readily obtain.
• Chen Lin examined the Special Crystal from the giant's scenario, decided not to risk refining its energy, and put it away for a future emergency.

Chen Lin checked on Liu Rumian’s progress weakening her mark and gave her a divine ability to practice. As the Spirit Boat continued toward the Sea of Despair, Gu Siming tried to persuade Chen Lin to investigate a nearby Thunder Pond, then revealed Yesterday Manor kept detailed records of dangerous places.

• Chen Lin learned that Mother Steamed Bun had weakened Liu Rumian’s mark by less than half, though she could now resist true energy and use limited spells and divine abilities.
• Chen Lin gave Liu Rumian an Inheritance Bead containing Tyrant Fist, which Gu Siming had provided for her.
• Chen Lin exchanged cultivation insights with Luo Sanhuai as the Spirit Boat traveled through the Gen Domain, where the group encountered and defeated one band of dark cultivators.
• Gu Siming urged Chen Lin to explore a nearby Thunder Pond for lightning treasures and possible innate spiritual entities, but he initially refused.
• Gu Siming explained that Yesterday Manor kept detailed records of Void Realm dangerous places, and Chen Lin asked to visit the manor and read them.

Chen Lin changed course to explore the Thunder Pond after Grass sensed something important there, and he and Gu Siming entered its lightning despite the danger. Grass revealed that an innate thunder spirit lay within, while Chen Lin learned Gu Siming was searching for a Purple Thunder Bead; they continued deeper into the Thunder Pond.

• Chen Lin refused Gu Siming's suggestion to visit the Thunder Pool at first and planned to head for the Sea of Despair, but changed his mind after Grass sensed something nearby that mattered to her.
• Chen Lin ordered Luo Sanhuai to steer the spirit boat toward the Thunder Pond and later left Luo Sanhuai, Liu Rumian, and Tianshu aboard while he, Gu Siming, and Grass approached it.
• Grass revealed that she sensed an innate thunder spirit in the Thunder Pond, which could become a powerful natal spirit treasure, and Gu Siming explained that laws had no true hierarchy and that the Thunder Law was especially high in rank.
• Chen Lin entered the Thunder Pond with Grass protecting him from its lightning, while Gu Siming relied on a glowing jade bracelet to shield herself.
• Gu Siming told Chen Lin she sought a highest-grade Thunder Bead, and Grass identified it as a Purple Thunder Bead used to craft Eternal Tier treasures.