Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin entered the light barrier with Gu Siming, Liu Rumian, and Tianshu, but was separated from them and transported to an ancient alchemical room. Unable to leave, he searched the room, found three sealed pill bottles and several preserved objects, and began reading a mysterious booklet.

• Chen Lin, Gu Siming, Liu Rumian, and Tianshu joined hands and entered the light barrier, but its force separated them.
• Chen Lin arrived alone in an ancient room, protected himself with the Soul Armor Art and Azure Moon Saber, and found a Giant Tripod burning with blue flame.
• Chen Lin discovered that a Formless Barrier blocked the doorway and that his Transmission Talismans could not get him out.
• Chen Lin examined the pill bottles, found most of their contents had become useless, and kept three bottles with seals he could not open.
• Chen Lin searched the room, found a booklet, a Jade Talisman, an Azure Leaf, and a carved piece of snow-white wood, then began reading the booklet.

Chen Lin searched the sealed room for a way out and discovered that its treasures and defenses were far beyond his ability to overcome. He awakened a strange beast by showing it the blue leaf, and it ordered him to open the Giant Tripod.

• Chen Lin read the journal and learned that the room's owner had developed the Ruyuan Pill under the guidance of an envoy on Oddity Island.
• Chen Lin examined the Jade Talisman and acquired a pill-refining inheritance, but found no information about the island or a way out.
• Chen Lin tried to activate the blue leaf and attack the Giant Tripod, its flames, and the room's door, but nothing worked.
• Chen Lin noticed that the blue leaf matched the color of the flames and offered it to the little beast atop the tripod.
• The little beast ate the leaf, awakened, and told Chen Lin to open the tripod, so Chen Lin agreed.

Chen Lin passed the little beast’s pill-Dao trial and opened the Sealed Pill Cauldron, where a nearly invisible pill formed from living threads and began to flee. After the pill escaped his first attack, Chen Lin drew his Wooden Sword and struck toward a corner of the room.

• The little beast told Chen Lin he had to surpass its pill-refining insights to open the Sealed Pill Cauldron, and Chen Lin shared his knowledge of pill Dao.
• Chen Lin’s explanation awakened the little beast’s life aura, and it declared the first trial passed.
• The little beast opened the cauldron, releasing a melody that drew out fine threads which formed the Transparent Pill.
• Chen Lin broke free of the pill’s artistic conception with his spirit infusion state, but the pill scattered into threads and reassembled near the doorway.
• The Transparent Pill vanished from Chen Lin’s sword strike, and he drew his Wooden Sword to attack a corner of the room.

Chen Lin captured the elusive pill with the Black Little Sword and used the Small Cauldron to open the Pill Pavilion door. He discovered that the building stood within a vast Grotto-Heaven Treasure and began searching for the Thatch Cottage mentioned in the mission.

• Chen Lin weakened the pill while guarding the doorway, then used the Black Little Sword’s threads to immobilize it and sealed it inside the Gray Ring.
• The Giant Tripod shrank into a Small Cauldron, but Chen Lin could neither open it nor refine it, so he put it away for later.
• Chen Lin placed the Small Cauldron against a Dao Mark by the door, opening the way out of the Pill Pavilion.
• Chen Lin stepped onto a bright mountainside and found that the island contained a vast landscape with exceptionally pure heaven and earth essence qi.
• Chen Lin flew above the Pill Pavilion and searched the surroundings for the Thatch Cottage mentioned in the mission.

Chen Lin found a Red Hole Fruit on Oddity Island, fought off a powerful dragon-shaped beast, and followed Nianshan’s amber toward the Thatch Cottage. He reached a strangely immaculate wheat field in the valley but hesitated at its suspicious appearance.

• Chen Lin spotted a Red Hole Fruit and cut it from a tree, but a disguised gray snake captured his Azure Moon Saber and transformed into a gigantic dragon.
• Chen Lin used the Yin-Yang Lotus to restrain the dragon, then collected the Red Hole Fruit and fled toward the mountain hollow.
• Chen Lin failed to contact Gu Siming and Luo Sanhuai with their Transmission Talismans, while Nianshan’s amber pointed toward the valley.
• Chen Lin saw that the dragon had disappeared and approached the valley, where he found the Thatch Cottage beyond a golden wheat field with no weeds.

Chen Lin watched an old man and an old woman tend the wheat field near the Thatch Cottage, unsure whether they were people or puppets. After waiting several days for Gu Siming and the others, he approached the hut and called for an audience, but received no response.

• Chen Lin observed the artificial sun set and saw the sky change through night, with a moon and stars whose laws suggested Oddity Island held extraordinary power.
• An old man came out of the Thatch Cottage and spent more than four hours weeding the wheat field; later, an old woman fetched water and spent hours watering it.
• Chen Lin hid for several nights, suspecting the silent, separately working elders might be high-grade puppets, while Gu Siming and the others failed to appear.
• Chen Lin entered the valley at midday, called to the cottage’s occupants, and received no response before walking up to the door.

Chen Lin entered the Thatch Cottage and discovered that its residents were statues, then searched the statue collection with the Silver Bowl for the mission’s target. He found statues of himself and Huiye before stopping at a statue whose hands seemed to fit the Silver Bowl.

• Chen Lin opened the Thatch Cottage after receiving no answer and found a cramped room filled with floating statues.
• Chen Lin recognized the two old men who tended the Spiritual Field as small statues beside an offering table of fresh steamed buns.
• Chen Lin counted 108 statues and tested them with the Silver Bowl, discovering statues resembling himself and Huiye, Lord of the Moon Palace.
• Chen Lin tried to record the statues with an Image-Recording Bead, but it failed, so he memorized their appearances himself.
• Chen Lin stopped before a foot-tall statue whose hands appeared to fit the Silver Bowl.

Chen Lin learned how Oddity Island’s Offerings House and attendant statues worked, collected his golden-wheat stipend, and heard about a task that could earn him valuable moonlight rice. The chapter ended with him considering clearing the polluted water and restoring the abandoned paddy field.

• Chen Lin inspected the statues and found that his amber resonated with a Jet-Black Statue whose hat appeared to be missing a piece matching the amber.
• Chen Lin met Hunchback Qi, who explained that attendants left statues in the Offerings House and could use them for contact, clone manifestation, and other permissions.
• Hunchback Qi identified Huiye as the woman who had refined the moon, but could not provide details about her life or the sun’s creator; he said the stars had been refined by a master surnamed Yang.
• Chen Lin learned that his four companions had not passed Oddity Island’s selection, then collected one year’s allotment of golden wheat from Hunchback Qi.
• Hunchback Qi offered Chen Lin one hundred jin of fluorescent rice and a yearly allotment if he cleared polluted water from the abandoned paddy field and purified its water source.

Chen Lin investigated the contaminated Paddy Field on Oddity Island and tried to activate the Silver Bowl at the thatched cottage. He contacted Sikong Fu through a Transmission Talisman, who identified the island and began giving him the missing activation instructions.

• Chen Lin learned that a mutated water lotus in the marsh had contaminated the water and was in the Late True Realm, then decided to inspect it before agreeing to help Elder Qi.
• Chen Lin examined the murky, sinister water at the edge of the Paddy Field and withdrew to the valley entrance to wait.
• Chen Lin placed the Silver Bowl on the Long-Armed Statue's palm, but nothing happened, so he activated his Alliance Transmission Talisman.
• Sikong Fu answered Chen Lin and reacted with shock when Chen Lin confirmed he had entered Oddity Island.
• Sikong Fu checked the task details and told Chen Lin to bow three times, then place the bowl with its small protrusion facing the statue's body.
• Chen Lin asked Sikong Fu to tell him the secret incantation before he continued.

Chen Lin helped Sikong Fu obtain the God-Slaying Crossbow’s activation method from the Long-Armed Statue, then used his amber to receive the Soul Confrontation secret art from the Jet-Black Statue. He left off approaching Huiye’s statue to continue exploring.

• Chen Lin placed the Silver Bowl on the Long-Armed Statue, and Sikong Fu recited the incantation to awaken it.
• The statue gave Sikong Fu the God-Slaying Crossbow’s activation sequence and said it could fire a bolt capable of killing a low Eternal Realm expert.
• Chen Lin destroyed the Transmission Talisman after Sikong Fu promised to request a reward for him.
• Chen Lin placed his amber on the Jet-Black Statue, which imparted the Soul Confrontation secret art by projecting characters and chants into his mind.
• Chen Lin learned that Soul Confrontation could annihilate the loser’s soul, but using it against a stronger soul could destroy him instead.
• After reviewing the art, Chen Lin walked toward Huiye’s statue.

Chen Lin investigated his statue and Demon Lotus on Oddity Island, then secured a temporary entry token so he could bring in a helper to fight the creature. After leaving the island and reuniting with Liu Rumian, Gu Siming, and the others, he learned more about the island’s history and valuable secrets.

• Chen Lin failed to activate Huiye’s statue, sensed a weak connection to his own statue, and located Demon Lotus beneath lotus leaves at the mountaintop lake.
• Chen Lin judged Demon Lotus too powerful to confront alone, studied the Soul Confrontation secret art, and decided he needed Gu Siming’s knowledge and help.
• Elder Qi gave Chen Lin a temporary entry token for a helper, explained how to bind his statue, and warned that Demon Lotus was transforming and should be attacked soon.
• Chen Lin left Oddity Island through its barrier with the Spirit-Sealing Cauldron and met Liu Rumian, who said she and the others had been unable to enter.
• Chen Lin reunited with Gu Siming and the others, then learned from Gu Siming that Oddity Island once selected the strongest practitioners and held a link to a higher plane and spirit rice that aided ascension to Dominator.

Chen Lin brought Gu Siming onto Oddity Island to help him kill a demon lotus and asked her about the Soul Confrontation secret art. Gu Siming revealed that she had inherited Lifespan Confrontation, a rare art that used true lifespan, and explained why the Yunming Flower mattered to her.

• Chen Lin told the group he had completed the mission and warned Luo Sanhuai that Huyan Wushuang and the Ouyang Family might attack them on the way back.
• Chen Lin took Gu Siming onto Oddity Island, leaving the others outside, and explained that he planned to kill a demon lotus.
• Chen Lin asked Gu Siming about Soul Confrontation, and she said the art was a rare inheritance that required a special affinity.
• Gu Siming revealed that she had mastered Lifespan Confrontation, an inherited art from Yesterday Manor that let its users pit their true lifespans against each other.
• Chen Lin realized that the Yunming Flower could strengthen Gu Siming's Lifespan Confrontation by increasing her true lifespan.

Chen Lin learned the restrictions and benefits of Gu Siming’s life-sacrificing secret method, then brought her to the Red Hole Fruit tree to hunt its guardian. The little dragon ignored Chen Lin and attacked Gu Siming, who retaliated with her fishing rod.

• Gu Siming explained that the Art of Righteousness at the Cost of Life only worked on evil people and left its user helplessly weakened after use, while mastery protected against similar spells.
• Chen Lin learned that the art could not assess an enemy’s strength beforehand, and Gu Siming clarified that Unique Secret Methods did not prevent their users from attacking one another.
• Gu Siming urged Chen Lin to show her the island’s treasures, and he offered to split the spoils evenly if they explored together.
• Chen Lin led Gu Siming to the Red Hole Fruit tree and warned her about the aggressive little dragon guarding it.
• The little dragon sprang from the tree and charged at Gu Siming, who angrily swung her fishing rod at it.

Chen Lin and Gu Siming killed a dragon on Oddity Island, then negotiated over the spirit rice they hoped to obtain. Gu Siming revealed that Chen Lin’s strange run of fated encounters might stem from his destiny talent and advised him to ask her grandfather to examine his River of Time.

• Chen Lin and Gu Siming combined their treasures and attacks against the dragon, which exploded and launched a golden object at Gu Siming before the Pink Orb struck it.
• After the dragon’s golden light affected Gu Siming, she clung to Chen Lin until he used the Yin-Yang Lotus to restore her, and she demanded a share of any spirit rice he obtained.
• Chen Lin agreed to give Gu Siming some golden wheat and fluorescent rice if she helped him kill the Demon Lotus, and she explained that the rice could aid Eternal Realm cultivators seeking dominator status.
• Chen Lin questioned why Yesterday Manor had not sent experts to Oddity Island, and Gu Siming explained that reaching the island required a fated connection.
• Gu Siming told Chen Lin that his destiny talent caused the abnormalities surrounding him and suggested that he ask her grandfather to examine his River of Time.

Chen Lin explored Yin-Yang Valley with Gu Siming and discovered that she could not perceive its hidden wheat field or cottage, though she could see golden wheat grains he had taken out. After securing her agreement to keep the wheat secret, he bound his Destiny Talent to his statue in the Offerings House, gaining a way to control it but learning it could not leave the cottage.

• Chen Lin agreed to visit Yesterday Manor sometime and explored the island with Gu Siming, but they could not enter its buildings and instead collected rare herbs and treasures.
• Chen Lin brought Gu Siming into Yin-Yang Valley, where she could see only an ordinary valley and could not perceive or touch its wheat field or Thatch Cottage.
• Chen Lin showed Gu Siming a few grains of golden wheat, and she asked for her share; he made her sign a purported confidentiality contract before agreeing.
• Chen Lin told Gu Siming to wait outside the valley until nightfall, then went to the Offerings House and bound his Destiny Talent to his statue.
• Chen Lin shifted his consciousness into the statue and tested its abilities, discovering he could speak, move, and cast his Innate Divine Ability through it, but it could not leave the Thatch Cottage.

Chen Lin learned how the statue allowed him to communicate and receive stipends, then questioned Old Servant Qi about Oddity Island and the Demon Lotus. He and Gu Siming prepared to attack the Demon Lotus, with Gu Siming planning to immobilize it using a treasure.

• Chen Lin confirmed that the statue let his consciousness reach it from afar, let others summon him with suitable medium objects, and could teleport small objects.
• Chen Lin gave Gu Siming his bag of golden wheat to mend their relationship, and she accepted it as a gift for her grandfather.
• Old Servant Qi told Chen Lin that Oddity Island could recover if the Demon Lotus was slain and the Paddy Field reclaimed, but warned that all its leaves had to be destroyed at once.
• Chen Lin explained the Demon Lotus's danger to Gu Siming, who agreed to use a treasure that could immobilize it.
• Chen Lin and Gu Siming activated their Invisibility Eyeballs and approached the Demon Lotus together, and Gu Siming hurled her Black Box.

Chen Lin and Gu Siming used the Box of Time and the Firefly Divine Ability to destroy the Demon Lotus, and Chen Lin’s divine ability grew stronger. When he asked the old servant how Gu Siming could stay on Oddity Island, the servant hinted that there might be another way.

• Gu Siming used the Box of Time to immobilize the mountain and lake, allowing Chen Lin to attack the Demon Lotus.
• Chen Lin’s Firefly motes burned away the Demon Lotus, and his divine ability’s runic inscription gained a surge of energy.
• Gu Siming asked whether Chen Lin had seen a statue of Huiye, and Chen Lin denied knowing or dealing with the Lord of the Moon Palace.
• Chen Lin told Gu Siming he would ask the old servant about securing her permission to remain on Oddity Island.
• The old servant refused to grant Gu Siming long-term permission or let her earn it through a task, but said there might be another way to enter and leave the island freely.

Chen Lin learned that Oddity Island depended on abyss crystals gathered in the dangerous Abyss, and received golden wheat and fluorescent rice from Elder Qi and his wife. After warning Gu Siming about the risks of entering, he learned that upheaval was imminent and flew off the island before daybreak.

• Elder Qi explained that abyss crystals could be exchanged for points and that the Abyss could be entered through the offering at the Thatch Cottage.
• Chen Lin learned outsiders could enter with an Oddity’s introduction and guarantee, then exchanged part of his reward for fifty jin of golden wheat and received ten jin of fluorescent rice.
• Chen Lin told Gu Siming how to gain an official identity and offered to vouch for her alone; she said she would consult her lineage.
• Elder Qi warned Chen Lin that upheaval on the island was about to begin and urged him to leave before daybreak.
• Chen Lin spread his Soul Wings and flew toward the island’s edge with Gu Siming.

After leaving Oddity Island, Chen Lin and his companions escaped the Sea of Despair and chose a route back toward the Gen Domain. Luo Sanhuai departed to seek the dangerous Great Handprint Secret Realm, while Chen Lin, Gu Siming, and Liu Rumian continued aboard Gu Siming’s shuttle, only to be struck by an enormous Silk of Light.

• Chen Lin confirmed the group was safe, and the island’s light barrier vanished after they escaped.
• The group chose to return through the route they knew, avoiding the Sea of Despair’s central region and the bizarre woman.
• After they emerged safely, Gu Siming decided to travel with Chen Lin, while Luo Sanhuai left to explore the Great Handprint Secret Realm and gave Chen Lin a jade talisman for contacting Yan Xiaodie.
• Chen Lin traded Gu Siming fluorescent rice for time crystals, and she promised to obtain light of law for the time law.
• Chen Lin, Gu Siming, and Liu Rumian set off aboard Gu Siming’s Flying Shuttle, but an enormous Silk of Light struck it and jolted it out of the void.

Chen Lin and Gu Siming were ambushed by Huyan Wushuang, Li Fuyao, and their companions, but Chen Lin's counterattack killed Xiaocheng and turned the fight into a fierce clash. Huyan Wushuang empowered Li Fuyao with a radiant sphere as the battle escalated.

• The Azure Flying Shuttle was forced from the void by a mid true realm attack, revealing Huyan Wushuang, Li Fuyao, an old man, and another man.
• Huyan Wushuang insulted Chen Lin and dismissed the Alliance, while the old man offered Gu Siming a chance to leave before attacking Chen Lin.
• The old man struck Chen Lin by surprise, but the Heaven-Swallowing Golden Toad swallowed the saber light; Gu Siming's Fishing Rod was briefly pinned by the old man's Skeleton Ring.
• Huyan Wushuang and Li Fuyao joined the old man's assault on Chen Lin, while their companion attacked Tianshu; Chen Lin's counterattacks killed Xiaocheng, and Tianshu escaped the old man's Skeleton Hand.
• Tianshu unleashed his Darkness Domain, and Chen Lin filled the sky with fireflies from the Firefly Divine Ability.
• Huyan Wushuang ordered her companions to kill everyone and used a radiant sphere to pour power into Li Fuyao, making her aura climb.