Recaps

Chen Lin defeated the village’s protectors and gathered the Dawnstar Lanterns before dawn, using the Devouring Heaven Pagoda to imprison them. As he questioned the Red Hairpin Woman, he learned the village was Zhao Village and that it had four lanterns in total.

• Chen Lin used the Devouring Heaven Pagoda to pull the village’s shadows and Liu the Cook toward it, then Gu Youlan brought out the Saint-Slaying Decree and Chen Lin killed Third Granny with Rainbow Slash.
• Chen Lin took Young Master Big Head’s lantern, learned that Red Hairpin Woman and Miss Little Green held the other lanterns, and imprisoned Young Master Big Head in the pagoda.
• Liu the Cook revealed that he had captured Divine Lord Jadebone and extracted information about the Gambling Match from him.
• Chen Lin broke Miss Little Green’s lantern and imprisoned her and the lantern in the pagoda.
• Chen Lin attacked the Empress Temple before dawn, broke the Red Hairpin Woman’s hairpin, and imprisoned her and her extinguished lantern.
• Chen Lin questioned Wu Xiulian inside the pagoda, and she said the village was Zhao Village and had four Dawnstar Lanterns in total.

Chen Lin destroyed the Liu Family Old Residence and its underground divine statue with the Rainbow Slash, then spent two weeks near death before Gu Youlan and Liu the Cook saved him. After waking in Heavenly Tranquility City, he learned more about the lantern deception and killed Young Master Big Head to prevent Sage Yue from tracking him through their bloodline.

• Chen Lin learned there were four lanterns, killed Liu the Cook, and used the Heaven-Slaying Saber to unleash the Rainbow Slash on the Liu Family Old Residence and the divine statue beneath it.
• Chen Lin heard High Person Yunhai's voice before losing consciousness, and Gu Youlan carried him and Liu the Cook away after the morning sun ended the village's suppression.
• While Chen Lin drifted in darkness, he suspected High Person Yunhai was Shadow Scholar's main vessel, then steadied his resolve and glimpsed a light.
• Gu Youlan told Chen Lin that he had been unconscious for half a month and that Liu the Cook had helped preserve his life with the Yin-Yang Convergence method.
• Chen Lin learned that Liu the Cook had not conspired with Young Master Big Head, then killed Young Master Big Head and left his two remaining items inside the Devouring Heaven Pagoda.

Chen Lin and Gu Youlan left the Liu Household’s Underground Chamber to search for their companions and an Endless Rubik’s Cube Fragment while preparing for the remaining nights of the gambling match. In the city, they encountered the Soulless Patriarch, who recognized Chen Lin.

• Chen Lin learned that Divine Maiden Buxi and the others had not been found, and he persuaded Gu Youlan to leave the chamber with him despite the danger from Sage Yue Hengshan.
• Chen Lin examined Liu the Cook’s memories, learned of the Liu Household’s devotion to the Shadow God, and placed Liu the Cook inside the Devouring Heaven Pagoda.
• Chen Lin and Gu Youlan left through a concealed passage, discussed their additional gambling-match rewards, and emerged into Heavenly Tranquility City.
• Chen Lin told Gu Youlan that he was searching for an Endless Rubik’s Cube Fragment and heard her describe how the city’s residents survived the nighttime mutations.
• The Soulless Patriarch stepped out of a shop, recognized Chen Lin, and regarded him with wariness.

Chen Lin learned from the Soulless Patriarch that the Shadow Scholar planned to use the Truth-Restoring Brush and Wordless Celestial Book to restore his former life, and agreed to join forces against him. The chapter ended with Chen Lin discovering that the Soulless Patriarch’s other prospective ally was Han Yu and learning that the Shadow Scholar and Li Fugui were roughly equal in power.

• The Soulless Patriarch explained that he had become a vessel for the Shadow Scholar and that the Truth-Restoring Brush could bring the Shadow Scholar’s recorded past to life.
• The Soulless Patriarch revealed his plan to work with Chen Lin against the Shadow Scholar, and Chen Lin agreed after the Sun Sisters vouched for him through a communication sphere.
• The Soulless Patriarch named You Changming as another vessel he had contacted, and Chen Lin recognized the man’s appearance as Han Yu from the Wealth and Honor Casino.
• Chen Lin urged the Soulless Patriarch to approach Han Yu cautiously, suspecting he might be powerful enough to seize the Shadow Scholar’s opportunities for himself.
• The Soulless Patriarch said the Shadow Scholar and Li Fugui were roughly equal in power, and noted that the Shadow Scholar had obtained the Endless Rubik’s Cube.

Chen Lin and the Soulless Patriarch discussed the Shadow Scholar, the Truth-Restoring Brush, and their plan to stop High Person Yunhai from becoming the Shadow Scholar again. As night fell, city guards caught Chen Lin and Gu Youlan without Identity Tokens and threatened to refine them into lamp oil.

• The Soulless Patriarch explained that the Shadow Scholar had been extraordinarily powerful and suggested that Transgressors might cross into other worlds after death.
• The Soulless Patriarch named Yue Hengshan, the Red Dragon, and the Holy Temple as possible holders of the Truth-Restoring Brush, and urged Chen Lin to help seize it before High Person Yunhai could obtain it.
• Chen Lin agreed to seek Han Yu's help, warned that the Shadow Scholar might have many loyal followers, and asked the Soulless Patriarch how he could cultivate without a soul.
• Chen Lin told Gu Youlan to find somewhere safe, then searched the streets for Buxi and the others until night triggered the city's mutation and its lanterns calmed it.
• A squad of black-robed guards stopped Chen Lin and Gu Youlan for lacking Identity Tokens and threatened them with at least three years of being refined into lamp oil.

Chen Lin chose the Miracle gambling match, which required him to accomplish sensational deeds, and fought his way through Heavenly Tranquility City’s guards to provoke Yue Hengshan. After Chen Lin killed the Red-Robed Man, a powerful figure illuminated the city and appeared to confront him.

• Chen Lin chose Miracle after learning that he needed at least ten points to ensure his return, and the match required him to perform three widely recognized miracles or one major miracle.
• Chen Lin and Gu Youlan resisted the City Defense Guard’s attempt to arrest them, and Chen Lin killed the guards accompanying the Sturdy Man.
• The Sturdy Man revealed that he knew Chen Lin had chosen Miracle, sent up a signal, and vanished; Chen Lin then flew toward the City Lord Manor while telling Gu Youlan not to follow.
• A Red-Robed Man and his guards surrounded Chen Lin, extinguished the Dawnstar Lanterns, and used the darkness and attacking shadows to try to exhaust him.
• Chen Lin sent a rainbow strike toward the City Lord Manor to draw out his enemies, then killed the Red-Robed Man with another Rainbow Slash.
• A powerful figure appeared above the city in bright white light, dispelled the shadows, and caused the residents to bow while Chen Lin stood his ground.

Chen Lin defeated Sage Yue Hengshan in a clash, then recovered with help from Buxi, Red Ribbon, and Tian Yuan as they learned that powerful barrens strange beasts were invading. Yue Hengshan recruited the group to defend Heavenly Tranquility City by offering rewards, and Chen Lin agreed in exchange for Holy Light Liquid before asking whether Yue Hengshan had the Truth-Restoring Brush.

• Chen Lin and Yue Hengshan exchanged devastating attacks, and both were badly injured before Chen Lin collapsed.
• Buxi rescued Chen Lin, and Tian Yuan used a Life-Renewing Fruit to help him recover.
• Buxi told Chen Lin that Beast Kings were invading and that several were at least as powerful as Yue Hengshan.
• Yue Hengshan appeared before the group and asked them to serve under him in defending Heavenly Tranquility City.
• Red Ribbon requested a Second-Rank Official Plaque, Tian Yuan requested the Three-Life Eternal-Peace Flower, and Buxi sought the No-Thought Life-Origin Diagram.
• Chen Lin agreed to fight for the city in return for heaven crystal, accepted Yue Hengshan's Holy Light Liquid, and asked if Yue Hengshan possessed the Truth-Restoring Brush.

Chen Lin agreed to help Yue Hengshan defend Heavenly Tranquility City against the strange beasts in exchange for a chance to earn the Truth-Restoring Brush, while learning that his Miracle Gambling Match might require an almost impossible feat. He and his companions joined the defense effort, and Chen Lin suspected that High Person Yunhai might be operating under another identity.

• Chen Lin learned that Yue Hengshan had sent the Truth-Restoring Brush to the Holy Temple and would petition for it only if Chen Lin earned special merit by helping repel the strange beasts.
• Yue Hengshan said that completing the Miracle Gambling Match might require making the sun appear at night, and Buxi revealed that the match was reportedly on Dandian Paradise's Must-Play List.
• Buxi told Chen Lin that Wanderers were Dandian Paradise's currency, and Chen Lin agreed to help Yue Hengshan defend the city in exchange for Yue honoring his promises.
• Gu Youlan joined the group and asked Yue Hengshan to help her master the Liu Household's Grand Yin-Yang Rotation Art, saying she would practice it with Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin met the Soulless Patriarch and Han Yu at the Discussion Main Hall, learned that they had also been recruited, and told the Soulless Patriarch that a Guard Unit Captain had sounded like High Person Yunhai.

Chen Lin made a deal with Han Yu for resources to help him complete his Additional Gambling Match, then joined Heavenly Tranquility City's defense as the strange beasts attacked. He defeated the White-Haired Monster with Rainbow Slash and Soul-Destroying Finger, while the battle against the Beast Kings and the Night King's looming descent continued.

• Chen Lin agreed to give Han Yu one tangible reward in exchange for a secret method, three heaven crystals, a Defense Talisman, and a Healing Pill.
• Yue Hengshan used Liu Dasheng's talent origin to pass Chen Lin and Gu Youlan an inheritance, then hurried to command the city's defenses.
• The Beast Kings surrounded Heavenly Tranquility City, and Yue Hengshan declared he would resist despite the Night King's coming descent.
• As the beasts attacked, Han Yu engaged Red Jade, the Soulless Patriarch fought Xiong Ao, and Chen Lin used Rainbow Slash to clear a path through the lesser beasts.
• The White-Haired Monster attacked Chen Lin with a soul-invading ability, but Chen Lin's second Rainbow Slash and Soul-Destroying Finger broke its defenses and sent it crashing to the ground.

Chen Lin survived Qing Sandian and Dian Sanqing’s devastating attacks, then killed the mantis Beast King with a Rainbow Slash and helped secure victory over the mutated beasts. He urged the survivors to head to the Holy Temple before High Person Yunhai could claim the Truth-Restoring Brush.

• Chen Lin killed the White-Haired Monster with a Soul-Destroying Finger strike and collected its corpse, but Qing Sandian and Dian Sanqing trapped him in an illusion that shattered his body and soul.
• Chen Lin’s indomitable will and transgressor origin essence broke the Beast Kings’ assault, and he retaliated by destroying the mantis Beast King with a Rainbow Slash.
• Chen Lin’s display of power drove the remaining Beast Kings to retreat through the Void, while Qing Sandian and Dian Sanqing caused the low-tier beasts to mutate and attack indiscriminately.
• Yue Hengshan led the fighters in killing the mutated beasts, and he promised to seek recognition and rewards for Chen Lin and the others.
• Chen Lin urged the group to leave for the Holy Temple and gather strength against the Night King before High Person Yunhai could take the Truth-Restoring Brush.

Chen Lin obtained the Insect Lock and used it to enter accelerated cultivation, then emerged badly injured outside Heavenly Tranquility City and raced toward a distant city. He reached the city’s outskirts after two days, while the Truth-Restoring Brush and the Night King remained unresolved.

• Yue Hengshan agreed to request the Insect Lock from the Holy Temple and seek an Elder Council decision on the Truth-Restoring Brush, while the Holy Lord sent the Insect Lock through a Holy Light Passage.
• Han Yu told Chen Lin that the Insect Lock could harness Spacetime Insects and suggested the Art of Facing Death as a way to defeat the Night King.
• Chen Lin received the Art of Facing Death from Han Yu’s Inheritance Button, suspected the method had been tailored to him, and asked Gu Youlan to create a disturbance with the Insect Lock.
• Gu Youlan activated the Insect Lock, and Chen Lin vanished through its halo while she followed him.
• Chen Lin appeared in a ruined village a hundred li outside Heavenly Tranquility City, healed his grievous injuries with a pill, and fled from attacking buildings without stopping to fight.
• After two days of travel, Chen Lin spotted a majestic city in the distance.

Chen Lin found that Yan Wuya, whom he identified as High Person Yunhai, was inside besieged Heavenly Sage City, and forced his way through the strange beast army to reach him. The Holy Lord agreed to consider giving Chen Lin the Truth-Restoring Brush as a merit reward if he helped repel the Night King, leaving Chen Lin injured inside the city.

• Chen Lin met Jin Wanshan outside Heavenly Sage City and learned that the city was close to falling and Yan Wuya served as a deacon inside it.
• Chen Lin decided not to wait for a battle and flew toward the city with Jin Wanshan hidden in the Devouring Heaven Pagoda.
• Chen Lin attacked the strange beasts, drew the Beast Kings away from their positions, and released Jin Wanshan to get the gates opened.
• The red gorilla Beast King struck Chen Lin with a storm of dominator-tier abilities, badly injuring him, before the Holy Lord intervened and helped him enter the city.
• Chen Lin told the Holy Lord he sought the Truth-Restoring Brush, and the Holy Lord offered to discuss it if Chen Lin helped repel the Night King.

Chen Lin learned from High Person Yunhai that both of them might be candidates who had escaped Shadow Scholar’s control, and Yan Wuya urged him to help seal Shadow Scholar’s consciousness in the Truth-Restoring Brush. Chen Lin remained wary and focused on finding a Rubik’s Cube Fragment, but Yan Wuya revealed he knew places where one might be hidden.

• Chen Lin sent Jin Wanshan to investigate Yan Wuya and asked about Feng Liuxian, Hua Wuyue, Ma Niu, and Ye Daier; Jin Wanshan reported that Feng Liuxian had died, Hua Wuyue was outside the city, and the others were in the city.
• Yan Wuya entered the chamber and revealed that he and Chen Lin might be candidates for Shadow Scholar’s reincarnation rather than his primary vessel.
• Yan Wuya said the Truth-Restoring Brush likely held Shadow Scholar’s main consciousness and urged Chen Lin to help reinforce its seal instead of claiming it as a reward.
• Chen Lin distrusted Yan Wuya’s account and said he needed a Rubik’s Cube Fragment to complete the Miracle Gambling Match; Yan Wuya confirmed he had also received that match as an option.
• Yan Wuya warned that Shadow Scholar’s return could erase Chen Lin’s identity and then offered to identify places where a Rubik’s Cube Fragment might be hidden.

Chen Lin learned that Shadow Scholar’s missing Rubik’s Cube Fragment might be hidden in the Holy Temple’s Treasure Vault, Wuzhen Tower, Zhao Village, or with the Night King. He investigated Wuzhen Tower but found its top courtesans unavailable or unimpressive, then left for the Holy Temple.

• High Person Yunhai told Chen Lin about four possible places Shadow Scholar’s fragment could be found and warned him that sealing the Truth-Restoring Brush was vital.
• Jin Wanshan confessed that someone had controlled his divine soul, and Chen Lin took him to scout Heavenly Sage City in case they needed to flee.
• Chen Lin learned that Wuzhen Tower’s courtesans had suffered heavy casualties, and that Mo Wenxian was a Sage and Lady Aqing and Lady Azi had special conditions for receiving guests.
• Chen Lin entered Wuzhen Tower, offered a Quasi-King Tier Strange Beast Origin Crystal, and demanded to see its top courtesans.
• Chen Lin went upstairs to inspect the courtesans, returned dissatisfied, and left with Jin Wanshan for the Holy Temple.

Chen Lin met Ye Daier, accepted her talent-origin crystal, and arranged for her to be excused from combat duty. After searching the Holy Temple’s accessible areas without finding the Rubik’s Cube Fragment, he asked the Holy Lord for permission to enter the forbidden third floor of the Treasure Vault, where the Truth-Restoring Brush and Tai'e Ring remained.

• Ye Daier asked Chen Lin to remove her from the suicide squad and offered him her race’s talent origin in exchange for his help.
• Chen Lin absorbed a sample of Ye Daier’s talent energy, found it greatly strengthened the seven-color thread, and accepted the origin crystal she condensed.
• Chen Lin arranged for Ye Daier and Jin Wanshan to avoid combat duties, and Ye Daier warned him that Ma Niu seemed hostile and the Holy Temple felt dangerous.
• Chen Lin searched the Holy Temple’s accessible areas for four hours, but the Rubik’s Cube Core did not react.
• Chen Lin asked to enter the Treasure Vault’s forbidden third floor, and the Holy Lord arrived and told him that only the Inheritance Stele, Truth-Restoring Brush, and Tai'e Ring remained there.

Chen Lin’s divination showed that every choice led to death, and his attempt to correct destiny destroyed his consciousness. As the Night King began to descend, Chen Lin relived Old Cultivator Chen Lin’s memories and discovered that the missing Rubik's Cube Fragment had entered his body before his transmigration.

• Chen Lin used Ye Daier’s Origin Crystal to divine the outcomes of entering or avoiding the Treasure Vault, and both led to the deaths of everyone connected to him.
• Chen Lin combined the Origin Crystal’s energy with his transgressor origin essence and tried to force a break in the destiny lines, destroying his soul seed, seven-color thread, and consciousness.
• The Night King began descending as the Holy Lord and the city’s experts prepared the Holy Light Grand Array to fight him.
• Chen Lin’s memories carried him back to Old Cultivator Chen Lin’s final moments, where a Rubik's Cube Fragment flew from a space rift and vanished into his body.
• Chen Lin realized the fragment might have fused with his physical body, though he could not explain why the Rubik's Cube Core had never detected it.

Chen Lin recovered and joined the Holy Lord’s preparations to stop the Night King’s descent, while investigating the hidden Rubik’s Cube Fragment and its possible link to a maple leaf mole. As the Holy Lord supplied him with treasures and Mo Wenxian offered another mysterious item, Chen Lin opened her box and froze at what he saw.

• Chen Lin woke after Ye Daier’s talent origin restored his consciousness, learned that the Night King was breaking through the wall of space-time, and headed to the city gate while sending Jin Wanshan to ask Ye Daier for another crystal.
• During the flight, Chen Lin examined his memories and realized the finger that had flicked the Rubik’s Cube Fragment bore a maple leaf mole like the finger from the Beauty Finger Flower.
• At the city wall, the Holy Lord explained that he planned to use the Holy Light Grand Array to disrupt the Night King’s descent, and Chen Lin agreed to help fight the strange beasts first.
• The Holy Lord offered Chen Lin several treasures, including heaven crystals, pills, a shell, and a tattered cloth, but Chen Lin doubted they could help him face the Night King.
• Mo Wenxian gave Chen Lin another box, and he froze after opening it.

Chen Lin gave the Rubik's Cube Fragments to the Holy Lord, but the restored cube failed to stop the Night King's descent and harmed the Holy Lord. After Mo Wenxian, Chen Lin, the Sages, and the gamblers all failed to activate it, Chen Lin suspected the Shadow Scholar's scheme and learned that Ye Daier had disappeared.

• Mo Wenxian revealed that she had found the final Rubik's Cube Fragment in Wuzhen Tower's main roof beam, and Chen Lin handed the fragment and the other pieces to the Holy Lord.
• The Holy Lord assembled the Endless Rubik's Cube, but it broke apart after causing strange phenomena; the Night King collapsed, and the Holy Spirit restored the Holy Lord.
• Mo Wenxian, Chen Lin, the Sages, and the gathered gamblers each tried and failed to activate the Rubik's Cube.
• Chen Lin reasoned that the Shadow Scholar had planned to use him as a vessel and restore the cube through him, but his cautious choices had disrupted that scheme.
• Chen Lin contacted Jin Wanshan to ask about Ye Daier, and Jin Wanshan reported that she had vanished from the city without anyone seeing her leave.

Chen Lin received Ye Daier’s Origin Crystal in a Star Mark Treasure Chest as the Night King’s influence prevented sunrise and threatened the Holy Light Grand Array. The Holy Lord led the Saint Clan into battle, and Chen Lin attacked the Night King’s Triangular-Hatted Monster, whose counterattack failed to stop him before Chen Lin struck again.

• Jin Wanshan brought Chen Lin a Star Mark Treasure Chest containing Ye Daier’s Origin Crystal, and Chen Lin kept it ready for use.
• The Holy Lord warned the gamblers to fight alongside the Saint Clan and announced that the Night King’s arrival would disable the Holy Light Grand Array.
• Chen Lin noticed that sunrise had not come, and the Holy Lord explained that the Night King’s invading aura had stopped it.
• The Holy Lord ordered the Saint Clan to attack the strange beast army and told Chen Lin to target the Triangular-Hatted Monster to delay the Night King’s descent.
• Chen Lin’s Heaven-Slaying Saber and Soul-Destroying Finger attacked the Triangular-Hatted Monster, whose counterattack injured Chen Lin but left the monster weakened.
• Chen Lin recovered with heaven crystals and Ye Daier origin essence, then unleashed another Soul-Destroying Finger at the weakened monster.

Chen Lin helped the Saint Clan retreat after the Triangular-Hatted Monster unleashed the Night King's power, then weighed whether to risk his life fighting the envoy. With the Saint Clan's escape gates failing and its survival plan collapsing, the Holy Lord ordered the Holy Land prepared for opening.

• Chen Lin wounded the Triangular-Hatted Monster with the Soul-Destroying Finger, but the envoy summoned the Night King's power, plunging the battlefield into darkness and turning nearby creatures against the defenders.
• The Holy Lord used Holy Light Illumination to restore the transformed creatures, then led the army back into Heavenly Sage City after the Saint Clan suffered heavy casualties.
• Chen Lin gave Jin Wanshan a Noncombat Token and tasked him with finding Ye Daier, High Person Yunhai, and other suspicious gamblers near the Holy Temple.
• The Holy Lord asked Chen Lin to help kill the envoy, but Chen Lin withheld his full commitment while considering whether the summoned figure resembled Ye Daier.
• The Holy Lord learned that Heavenly Martial City had fallen and that the gates at Wuzhen Tower and the Holy Temple had failed, then ordered Elder Yu to prepare to open the Holy Land.

Chen Lin stalled the Saint Clan while waiting for the right moment to act against the Night King, bargaining for a Resurrection Pill and learning a secret from Ma Niu. As the Saint Clan launched its final assault, Chen Lin swallowed Ye Daier’s crystal and the pill, then began to disintegrate as he prepared to use his ability.

• Chen Lin told the Holy Lord he was waiting for Yan Wuya and Ye Daier, but the Holy Light Grand Array found neither of them in the city.
• Chen Lin demanded the Saint Clan’s treasure in exchange for destroying the Space-Time Void, and the Holy Lord agreed and gave him a Resurrection Pill.
• Chen Lin urged the Saint Clan to attack the Night King’s envoy while he prepared to use his divine ability, and the Saint King led the charge.
• Mo Wenxian ordered the gamblers into battle, while Ma Niu gave Chen Lin a Light Particle containing a secret about Dandian Paradise in exchange for permission to fight on the ground.
• Chen Lin assembled the Endless Rubik's Cube Fragments, swallowed Ye Daier’s crystal and the Resurrection Pill, and began to disintegrate as he watched the Space-Time Void.

Chen Lin restored the Endless Rubik’s Cube and chose Liu Laosi’s will to strengthen his final Rainbow Slash. The strike destroyed the space-time void and drove off the Night King, leaving the Saint Clan victorious and Chen Lin honored as its future totem.

• Chen Lin burned his origin essence to restore the Endless Rubik’s Cube, then drew a reward and chose Liu Laosi’s will.
• Chen Lin used Liu Laosi’s will to unleash a Rainbow Slash as the Rubik’s Cube vanished.
• The Rainbow Slash disrupted the space-time void, surprising the Holy Lord and halting the strange beast army’s attack on Heavenly Sage City.
• The Night King appeared, panicked at the Rainbow Slash, and fled into the space-time void, where the slash followed and destroyed it.
• The Holy Lord declared Chen Lin a totem of the Saint Clan and prepared to attack the stunned strange beasts.

Chen Lin returned to the casino after winning the Miracle Gambling Match, where he reunited with the other survivors and learned that Ye Daier had helped him complete the match. Ye Daier claimed the Saint Clan’s unknown item, while Chen Lin assessed his rewards and new strength before preparing to return to the Ascension Trial space.

• Chen Lin received his gambling-match rewards and achievement points, then returned to the casino with the survivors, including Gu Youlan, Buxi, Red Ribbon, Jin Wanshan, Ma Niu, and Ye Daier.
• Buxi told Chen Lin that Yue Hengshan had let her, Gu Youlan, and Red Ribbon escape, and she and Red Ribbon gave Chen Lin communication treasures before Ma Niu departed.
• Jin Wanshan told Chen Lin that his Rainbow Slash had driven the Night King away, while Ye Daier asked to speak with Chen Lin privately.
• Ye Daier revealed that she could imitate the Night King's aura and asked Chen Lin for the unknown item; Chen Lin handed it over, and she said the Shadow Scholar could no longer threaten him as before.
• Chen Lin inspected his Insect Lock, Dawnstar Lantern, Profound Mystery Fruits, and retained portion of Liu Laosi's will, then prepared to return to the Ascension Trial space.

Chen Lin returned from the Wealth and Honor Casino with the White Cloud Token and claimed his forbidden-task reward, then decided who would leave Floating Life City with him. As he prepared to depart with Leng Yue, Wei Xinan asked to trade for Profound Mystery Fruit, and Chen Lin demanded a Primordial Tier offering.

• Chen Lin paid Jin Wanshan's debts, dissolved Mo Ziyan's contract, and learned from Gu Youlan that the third Ascension Trial would unite cultivators from every boundary realm.
• Chen Lin agreed to Li Fugui's request for a basket of steamed buns and received the White Cloud Token from Dice Elder.
• Chen Lin returned to Floating Life City, verified the token, and told the Mission Hall administrator about the Wealth and Honor Casino in exchange for help looking after people he knew.
• Chen Lin chose to leave Floating Life City with Leng Yue, while True Lord Wanmeng, Lu Xiaoyi, and Qiu Mufan stayed behind.
• Wei Xinan asked Chen Lin to trade Profound Mystery Fruit, and Chen Lin offered even Advanced Fruit only in exchange for something of the Primordial Tier.

After completing the White Cloud Token quest, Chen Lin chose a strange Gray Donkey instead of a Dream Horse and discovered it could carry him through the void. The donkey brought him back to the Trial Space, but it soon ran out of energy and asked Chen Lin for food.

• Chen Lin traded Wei Xinan five Advanced Fruits and ten ordinary fruits for a strange finger bone resembling a Soul-Unlocking Key, then used the White Cloud Token at the Floating Life Stele.
• Chen Lin received three drops of White Cloud Spirit Dew and chose the Gray Donkey after recalling Dice Elder's advice and recognizing it might be the donkey once ridden by a counterfeit Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin tried to make the Gray Donkey obey, whipped it when it demanded spirit dew, and opened a Space Rift to leave without it.
• The Gray Donkey followed Chen Lin through the rift and carried him to the place where he had entered Floating Life City, claiming it could travel to special places if given energy.
• Chen Lin warned the Gray Donkey against lying, and it admitted it had exhausted its stamina and needed energy-rich food.