Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin used the heaven-stealing dough to read and memorize a treatise about the formation of Unique Secret Methods, then sampled another delicacy at Grand Duke White Moonlight's banquet. The delicacy's energy destroyed the Arbiter Emblem on his wrist.

• Chen Lin ate the noodles and saw snow-white hands open a notebook titled "On the principles behind the formation of Unique Secret Methods and their analysis."
• Chen Lin memorized the treatise's contents and recorded them in an Inheritance Bead after the noodles' energy faded.
• Chen Lin chose the drum-shaped delicacy after Xitina signaled him, and Grand Duke White Moonlight explained that the delicacies' unusual behavior was illusory.
• Chen Lin swallowed the drum, whose energy surged into his arm and attacked the Arbiter Emblem.
• The Arbiter Emblem's guillotine design failed to stop the assault, and the Emblem disintegrated.

Chen Lin used the Evil-Expelling Drum to remove the Arbiter Emblem and destroy a hidden Seven-Colored Flower imprint in his law origin. He then chose the Phoenix Seeking Phoenix delicacy and settled on a target for its affection-altering effect.

• The Evil-Expelling Drum removed Chen Lin's Arbiter Emblem, then its energy attacked his innate law origin and revealed a Seven-Colored Flower phantom.
• Chen Lin realized the Flower Fairy's Seven-Colored Flower had left a hidden contingency and, after Xitina explained the delicacy's purpose, helped the drum's energy eradicate the phantom.
• Chen Lin felt lighter after the imprint disappeared, then selected delicacy number fourteen, Phoenix Seeking Phoenix.
• A maid explained that Phoenix Seeking Phoenix could increase the chance that a person Chen Lin desired would develop affection for him.
• Chen Lin considered possible targets, ruled out Grand Duke White Moonlight and other powerful people, and finally chose someone.

Chen Lin used the banquet’s delicacies to cultivate Yuan Qing’s fondness and improve his Soul-Slicing Guillotine, then exchanged Lanshan Coins for rare materials. After the top twelve received invitations to the Major Lamp Festival, Grand Duke White Moonlight began distributing the grand prizes, starting with first place.

• Chen Lin ate a delicacy while thinking of Yuan Qing, who suddenly blushed as Chen Lin came to mind during a trade.
• Chen Lin ate the Wisdom Fruit Platter and used its temporary boost to advance his Soul-Slicing Guillotine spell to Turning the Void into Reality.
• Chen Lin exchanged Lanshan Coins for three Three-Color Nightmare Coins and an abyss crystal, then kept the rest in reserve.
• Grand Duke White Moonlight dismissed the other Tourists and gave each of the top twelve an invitation to the Major Lamp Festival.
• Grand Duke White Moonlight and the first-place winner vanished together as he began distributing the grand prizes.

Chen Lin obtained a replica of the Reincarnation Mirror from Grand Duke White Moonlight, then learned that Taishi Wufeng had breached his plane and taken his family and allies captive. He returned to the Kaiyuan Realm, defeated the attackers, and was left dazed by the mirror's backlash.

• Grand Duke White Moonlight refused to lend Chen Lin the original Reincarnation Mirror but gave him a consumable replica and asked him to trade a rainbow flower for a reward if he found one.
• After returning to his fiefdom, Chen Lin discovered that Grass could not be summoned, then learned from her that Taishi Wufeng and the Taishi Lineage had breached the plane and attacked his people.
• Chen Lin used the stone coffin to return to the Kaiyuan Realm, where Taishi Wufeng's forces held Chen Ling'er, Liu Rumian, Tianshu, and the Wen Lineage captive.
• Taishi Wufeng stopped Chen Lin's Black Gold Feather and cleansed his death attack, but the Reincarnation Mirror then trapped him and gradually erased him.
• Chen Lin and Grass killed the other attackers and captured one survivor, but the mirror trembled and left Chen Lin dazed; Grass freed the captives, and Chen Lin eventually recovered.

Chen Lin rescued his family and disciples from the Taishi Lineage, then learned that Wan Zhencang had arranged the attack. After killing his captive and reviewing the spoils, Chen Lin examined the powerful Hundred-Feather Crown.

• Chen Lin learned that the Taishi Lineage had captured his family and attacked his plane, while the Great Cyan Pill had likely hidden itself in the Seafloor Trench.
• Chen Lin ordered Chen Ling'er and Tianshu to collect the spoils, sent the others to repair the formation, and told Grass to keep everyone on the plane.
• Using the Heart-Inquiring Seal, Chen Lin learned from Taishi Xian that Wan Zhencang had offered the Taishi Lineage his elder seat, Rainbow City entry slots, and the plane in exchange for killing Chen Lin and two others.
• Chen Lin questioned Taishi Xian about the Taishi Lineage's Eternal Expert and treasures, then killed him and destroyed his soul.
• Chen Ling'er brought Chen Lin the spoils and agreed to handle the aftermath for those who had died.
• Chen Lin selected an eternal feather crown and short spear, then examined the Hundred-Feather Crown and learned it was a powerful defensive treasure made from supreme true spirit plumes.

After defeating Taishi Wufeng, Chen Lin examined his spoils and discovered a valuable Nightmare Realm cache, including a Five-Color Nightmare Coin. He strengthened preparations around the Heaven-Connecting River node and refreshed his swords’ Sword Will before turning his attention to Wan Zhencang.

• Chen Lin sealed the Hundred-Feather Crown and Short Spear, then learned Taishi Wufeng had delayed killing him to force him to reveal Wen Xinzhao’s whereabouts.
• Chen Lin searched the Taishi Lineage’s storage artifacts and found a Nightmare Realm Storage Bag containing a Five-Color Nightmare Coin, Road Guides, tokens, Nightmare Coins, Medium Objects, and Nightmare Treasures.
• Chen Lin inspected the Heaven-Connecting River node and decided to seal it with a high-grade formation after dealing with Wan Zhencang.
• Chen Lin reassured the Great Cyan Pill, discussed information about the lands beyond the Boundary River, and left after checking on Ruyuan.
• Chen Lin paid Sword Sect Master Xiaoling to infuse Sword Will into the twelve Ruyi Swords again, then resolved to destroy Wan Zhencang.

Chen Lin refined the Hundred-Feather Crown by using Big Black Dog’s aura to suppress its twenty-two artifact spirits, but the process left his soul sluggish and consumed the dog hair. After the Great Cyan Pill strengthened his body and soul, Chen Lin recovered enough to rely on the crown and the Reincarnation Mirror as he prepared to kill Wan Zhencang.

• Chen Lin decided to lure Wan Zhencang away from Bright Peak and began refining the Hundred-Feather Crown for its defensive power.
• The crown’s twenty-two artifact spirits attacked Chen Lin’s soul, but he used soul blemish origin essence to empower the dog hair and suppress them with Big Black Dog’s phantom image.
• Chen Lin refined all twenty-two artifact spirits at once and gained control of the crown, but his soul became heavy and sluggish, and the dog hair turned to ash.
• The Great Cyan Pill helped Chen Lin strengthen his body and soul by letting him swallow and refine the pill, though it could not raise his level of existence.
• After testing the Hundred-Feather Crown’s powers, Chen Lin took out the limited-use Reincarnation Mirror and declared that Wan Zhencang was going to die.

Chen Lin learned that Wan Zhencang was attempting to ascend to the eternal realm and agreed to cooperate with Jin Ruhua to stop him, though he still needed a way to draw Wan out of Rainbow City. He summoned Yuan Qing to seek a lifespan-extending treasure and confirmed that the Phoenix Seeking Phoenix delicacy had made Yuan Qing feel affection for him.

• Chen Lin investigated Wan Zhencang and learned that he had moved to Rainbow City, then discovered from Jin Ruhua that Wan was attempting to ascend to the eternal realm.
• Chen Lin agreed to cooperate with Jin Ruhua, who promised a Holy Sword Manor deathsworn, a powerful single-use treasure, and two advanced Void-Breaking Scrolls, but left Chen to find a way to lure Wan out.
• Chen Lin sent Tianshu to watch the seabed node and gave him eternal realm Void Beast essence blood to help him advance.
• Chen Lin visited Huangfu Qingrou, then used Yuan Qing’s copper coin to summon him and seek a treasure that could increase true lifespan.
• Yuan Qing told Chen Lin that he felt affection for him and might consider a relationship after they got to know each other better, confirming that the Phoenix Seeking Phoenix delicacy had worked.
• Yuan Qing agreed to help procure a lifespan-extending treasure and left Chen waiting in the Trading House.

Chen Lin traded with Yuan Qing for Time Grass sap to extend Huangfu Qingrou’s lifespan and obtained a Death-Substitution Copper Coin, then brought Huangfu Qingrou and three women into his peerage fiefdom. He prepared to remove Huangfu Qingrou’s seal and sent the women to investigate changes to the Cage Array as Wan Zhencang neared a breakthrough to the Eternal Realm.

• Yuan Qing gave Chen Lin Time Grass sap for one hundred Lanshan Coins and traded him a Death-Substitution Copper Coin for a Three-Color Road Guide.
• Yuan Qing asked Chen Lin to obtain a personalized Lantern Festival Gathering Invitation Letter for her in exchange for permission to use a Grade Jia Secret Curse.
• Chen Lin gave the Time Grass sap to Huangfu Qingrou, and her vitality began to rise as her true lifespan was restored.
• Chen Lin told Chen Ling'er, Liu Rumian, and Shi Yuelan that Wan Zhencang was close to reaching the Eternal Realm, then took them and Huangfu Qingrou to his peerage fiefdom.
• Chen Lin instructed the three women to investigate whether the Cage Array had changed, then summoned Leng Yue and ordered her to bring Aisa into the fiefdom.

Chen Lin freed Huangfu Qingrou from her seal and brought her to his fiefdom to recover before returning to the Kaiyuan Realm. There, he met Jian Yi, Jin Ruhua’s messenger, and received several items intended to help him deal with Wan Zhencang.

• Chen Lin learned from Leng Yue that the Cage Array’s strange celestial omen had become increasingly frequent, then removed Huangfu Qingrou’s seal and watched her awaken.
• Chen Lin reassured Huangfu Qingrou, introduced her to Chen Ling'er and the others, and left her in Wushuang’s care while he returned to the Kaiyuan Realm.
• White Fox reported that the node was reacting, and Chen Lin renamed her Bai Ye before going to meet the visitor Tianshu had reported.
• Chen Lin let the young man through the node, confirmed he was Jin Ruhua’s messenger, named him Jian Yi, and received a parcel of five items.
• Jian Yi explained the parcel’s Eternal Crystal Stone, two Void Scrolls, Colorful Conch, and soul-replenishing pill, and Chen Lin took him out to test his strength.

Chen Lin assessed Jian Yi’s stored Sword Will attacks, learned that the Exquisite Pill could strengthen the soul, and finished preparing to confront Wan Zhencang in Rainbow City. Before leaving the Kaiyuan Realm, Chen Lin agreed to let Du Yuee change their son’s surname back to Chen and took them away from the room.

• Chen Lin tested Jian Yi’s ability to store eternal Sword Will and unleash three powerful attacks, then weighed whether to keep him close after Wan Zhencang’s death.
• The Great Cyan Pill could not identify the Exquisite Pill, but Ruyuan explained that it came from the Abyss and strengthened the soul.
• Chen Lin reviewed his weapons and abilities, concluded that he needed to strike Wan Zhencang first, and considered the dangers of Wan Zhencang’s treasures and defenses.
• A disciple reported that Rainbow City would open in three years and activate its formation, prompting Chen Lin to prepare to leave immediately.
• Chen Lin arranged affairs in the Kaiyuan Realm, agreed that Du Yuee could change Du Shian’s surname to Chen, and asked her whether she regretted leaving the mortal kingdom.
• After Du Yuee wistfully said she wished Chen Lin were still Huang Dafu, Chen Lin waved his hand and made them both vanish from the room.

Chen Lin arrived in Rainbow City with Grass and Jian Yi and began registering for permission to move around the city. He met Shen Yunxiao at the Left Alliance’s registration office, where their registration was about to be completed.

• Chen Lin used the Boundary-Breaking Disc to reach Rainbow City's Teleportation Square, where he and his companions saw the Rainbow Bridge and the enormous sword above it.
• Rainbow Guard Squad Captain Weng Xian checked Chen Lin's Elder Token and assigned Xiaoyu to escort the group to register for Rainbow Tokens.
• Xiaoyu told Chen Lin that Zhao Shanhe of the Crape Myrtle Palace commanded the Rainbow Guard and that Mingyue Shuanghua and Young Master Bai were in the city.
• Chen Lin entered the Deacon Hall, presented his Elder Token, and followed Xiaoyu to the Left Alliance's registration office.
• Chen Lin met Shen Yunxiao, asked after Shen Anning, and requested Identity Tokens for himself, Grass, and Jian Yi.

Chen Lin learned that Wan Zhencang possessed formidable hidden treasures and had killed an eternal-realm Void Beast, so he sought Young Master Bai’s help instead of confronting him directly. Young Master Bai showed interest in the assassination commission, but Little Chubby Boy insisted Chen Lin provide suitable payment.

• Chen Lin received a five-colored Identity Token and a Jade Slip that revealed Wan Zhencang’s hidden treasures, defensive power, and victory over an eternal-realm Void Beast.
• Chen Lin abandoned his plan to lure Wan Zhencang into a direct fight and headed toward the Orange Area to seek Young Master Bai’s help.
• Chen Lin fell into a space that suppressed spiritual power, slowed his descent with a parachute, and was brought before Young Master Bai and Little Chubby Boy.
• Chen Lin asked Young Master Bai to kill Wan Zhencang and described how Wan had persecuted his family and invaded his private plane.
• Young Master Bai agreed to consider the job, but Little Chubby Boy reminded him that Chen Lin had to pay, and Young Master Bai demanded suitable payment.

Chen Lin tried to hire Young Master Bai to kill Wan Zhencang, but the bird refused to risk attacking a city elder and instead agreed to help Chen Lin after he obtained Wan Zhencang's crimes. Young Master Bai arranged a chance for Chen Lin to strike in ten days, leaving Chen Lin outside the passage with Grass and Jian Yi as they sought a place to stay in Rainbow City.

• Chen Lin and Little Chubby Boy flattered Young Master Bai, and Chen Lin offered his own head to persuade the bird to help him.
• Young Master Bai sent Little Chubby Boy away and inspected Chen Lin's treasures, accepting a Pure Desire Daffodil and a Whitening Fruit but refusing to kill Wan Zhencang.
• Young Master Bai told Chen Lin that Wan Zhencang had fought Mingyue Shuanghua to a draw and that Mingyue Shuanghua had since reached the Eternal Realm.
• Chen Lin asked Young Master Bai to help establish Wan Zhencang's crimes if Chen Lin killed him, and the bird agreed to arrange a trip to the Rainbow Bridge in ten days as an opportunity to strike.
• Young Master Bai sent Chen Lin outside the passage, where Grass checked on him, and Chen Lin led his companions away to look for a place to stay.

Chen Lin rejected Wan Zhencang’s attempts to intimidate him, found no allies in Rainbow City, and prepared to fight after the white bird drew Wan Zhencang out. Wan Zhencang struck first and seemingly killed Chen Lin, but the Death-Substitution Copper Coin activated and a woman’s phantom destroyed the Dust Spear.

• Chen Lin refused Mo Xun’s invitation to meet Wan Zhencang and learned that Wan Zhencang had been supplying the white bird with Muddled Fruit.
• Chen Lin sought help from Mingyue Shuanghua, Hong Tingzhen, Star Vortex, and other factions, but they all refused to meet him; he then spent ten days observing the Central Area with Grass and Jian Yi.
• The white bird told Chen Lin that Wan Zhencang was leaving Rainbow City and planned to undergo a tribulation with an eighty percent chance of success, so Chen Lin set out to confront him.
• Wan Zhencang met Chen Lin with a group of onlookers, demanded that he reveal Wen Xinzhao’s whereabouts, and then trapped him and pierced his head with the Dust Spear.
• The Death-Substitution Copper Coin activated after Chen Lin vanished, and a woman’s phantom seized the Dust Spear and shattered it despite Wan Zhencang’s attempt to empower it with glyphs.

Chen Lin survived Wan Zhencang’s attacks and fought back with his remaining treasures, while Wan Zhencang’s powerful relics were damaged and his strength declined. Their battle continued as a tense contest of concealment and positioning, while the spectators speculated about Chen Lin’s phantom ally and the Purple Emperor.

• Wan Zhencang transformed into a Crimson Giant Dragon, broke free of the phantom image’s sword rays, and devoured Jian Yi after Grass ordered an attack.
• Mingyue Shuanghua warned the spectators not to interfere, revealing that Chen Lin was her descendant, and Chen Lin emerged from the Death-Substitution Copper Coin to attack Wan Zhencang.
• Chen Lin used the Bright Sword Master’s sword will to suppress Wan Zhencang’s Blood Dragon Bone, then damaged the Crimson Pagoda with the Reincarnation Mirror; his Soul Blemish stopped a soul-replacement attack.
• Chen Lin hid with the Xikuli Cloak and Silence Technique, destroyed several of Wan Zhencang’s clones, and forced Wan Zhencang to counter with the Crimson Pagoda and Black Living Creature.
• Chen Lin used the Eternal Crystal Stone to destroy the Black Living Creature, and he and Wan Zhencang resumed their cautious, mobile battle while the spectators watched.
• Hong Tingzhen asked whether Chen Lin’s phantom ally was the Lord of the Moon Palace, and Mingyue Shuanghua deflected the question by mentioning the Purple Emperor and June.

Chen Lin used the Soul Confrontation Technique to kill Wan Zhencang, then returned to the Kaiyuan Realm to avoid the fallout. He told Wen Xinyan that Wan Zhencang was dead, freeing Wen Xinzhao from hiding.

• Chen Lin shattered Wan Zhencang's domain with a moonlight crystal stone, but the Crimson Pagoda blocked the Reincarnation Mirror and cracked it.
• Wan Zhencang attacked after releasing spiritual bodies to expose Chen Lin, but Chen Lin used Grass and the Soul Confrontation Technique to destroy Wan Zhencang's soul.
• Chen Lin burned Wan Zhencang's corpse, collected the spoils, and left with Grass while the observers postponed their Rainbow Bridge expedition.
• Chen Lin secretly returned to the Kaiyuan Realm, searched for traces of Wan Zhencang, and sent Grass to notify Chen Ling'er and the others.
• Chen Lin told Wen Xinyan that Wan Zhencang was dead and that Wen Xinzhao could stop hiding, and Wen Xinyan pledged the Wen Lineage's allegiance to the Kaiyuan Sect.

After killing Wan Zhencang, Chen Lin inspected his damaged treasures and discovered evidence that Wan Zhencang may have worshipped an abyssal evil god. He gained valuable spoils, including life-transforming Prayer Beads, and ended by learning that the Great Cyan Pill wanted him to retrieve items from True Person Shending’s hidden chamber on Oddity Island.

• Chen Lin reviewed the battle, considered why Mingyue Shuanghua had helped him, and assessed the treasures he had exhausted and recovered.
• Chen Lin discovered that Wan Zhencang’s Blood Dragon Bone bore an abyssal character and suspected that Wan Zhencang had worshipped an abyssal evil god, so he sent Tianshu to deliver his suspicions and news of the battle to Elder Jin.
• Chen Lin identified the Prayer Beads as a treasure that could slowly raise his life level, began working to remove the barrier on Wan Zhencang’s Jade Pendant, and found vast stores of resources in Wan Zhencang’s Storage Rings.
• Grass returned with Chen Ling'er and the others, and Chen Lin asked the Great Cyan Pill to examine the bracelet; the Great Cyan Pill identified its White Apex Bead as the fruit of a Dominator Tier spiritual entity.
• The Great Cyan Pill asked Chen Lin to retrieve items from True Person Shending’s hidden chamber on Oddity Island, explaining that one of them could help Ruyuan.

After suppressing the upheaval following Wan Zhencang’s death, Chen Lin advanced to the True Realm and reunited with Mo Furong, Gelisi, and Muese. He traveled to Rainbow City with Huangfu Qingrou and Du Yuee for the Grand Ceremony, where an old acquaintance appeared before him.

• Jin Ruhua became leader of the Left Alliance, Chen Lin became one of its deputy leaders, and he advanced to the True Realm while remaining in seclusion.
• Feng Changqing returned with Mo Furong, Gelisi, and Muese, and Chen Lin learned that Bai Yu and Muese’s older brother had disappeared on an expedition.
• Chen Lin set out for Rainbow City with Huangfu Qingrou and Du Yuee, declining Di Yunhu’s request to take in Water Moon Grotto-Heaven’s survivors but directing him to a healer for Shui Shuxuan.
• Chen Lin reached Rainbow City and headed to meet Jin Ruhua before visiting Mingyue Shuanghua.
• As Chen Lin crossed the Central Area, an unidentified cultivator appeared and greeted him as an old friend.

Chen Lin attended Jin Ruhua’s Left Alliance council, where she announced plans for the Rainbow Grand Ceremony and new regulations for Rainbow City. When the council introduced the Rainbow Era calendar, Chen Lin realized Niuniu’s letter had been dated thirteen hundred years in his future, leaving him baffled about how its treasures had reached him.

• Yue Zhengping invited Chen Lin to visit Hong Tingzhen, while Young Master Bai sent him a feather token asking him to meet later.
• Chen Lin brought Huangfu Qingrou and his other companion to the Left Alliance, where Jin Ruhua welcomed them and called Chen Lin to an elders’ meeting.
• Chen Lin observed the elders’ shifting alliances as Hu Jiuling teased him and clashed verbally with Ning Baidao and Bosailuo.
• Jin Ruhua announced that the Rainbow Grand Ceremony would begin in three months and proposed replacing existing calendars with the Rainbow Era calendar.
• Chen Lin connected the new calendar to Niuniu’s letter, dated to the Third Primal Light, year 1314, and struggled to understand how its treasures had reached him from the future.
• Jin Ruhua proposed charging factions management fees for Rainbow Bridge access and threatening unauthorized visitors with death.