Recaps

Chen Lin restored his dharmic manifestation while preparing for future battles, then met Yuguang Yan and the Crystal Clan’s Great Elder to discuss the Dry Well frog. He hinted that he had information about Crystal Worms, provoking a sudden display of the Great Elder’s pressure.

• Chen Lin discovered Fat Tiger had sworn allegiance to Grass, then gave him the beautiful puppet Meiniang and held a wedding ceremony for them.
• Chen Lin entered secluded cultivation, recondensed his dharmic manifestation, and searched for stronger spells and treasures to use with it.
• Months later, Manager He reported that Yuguang Yan and Great Elder Yu Gongyuan had come to visit Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin described his encounter with the frog in the Dry Well, and Yu Gongyuan warned him that the node was near collapse before giving him a Crystal Clan Headquarters pass token.
• Chen Lin asked whether Crystal Worms belonged to the Crystal Clan, and Yu Gongyuan reacted with a sharp gaze and terrifying pressure.

Chen Lin traded the Jingguang Realm node’s location to the Crystal Clan for space spirit crystals, lightning materials, and a route to the Tianfang Continent. After receiving the payment, he examined the lightning-struck wood and decided to use it to refine a new Flying Sword despite its low quality.

• The Crystal Clan’s Great Elder questioned Chen Lin about Crystal Worms, and Chen Lin revealed that a Jingguang Realm node lay within a Nightmare Realm scenario on the Tianfang Continent.
• Chen Lin negotiated a deal for three pieces of space spirit crystal, materials for a Spirit Treasure-grade Lightning Attribute Flying Sword, and passage to the Tianfang Continent; the Great Elder said the Crystal Clan could not provide a route to the Hongshan Continent.
• After signing a spirit pact, Chen Lin gave the Great Elder the node’s exact location and agreed not to sell the information for a hundred years, while the clan promised additional payment if the realm held clues to its homeland.
• Yuguang Yan delivered the payment the next day and told Chen Lin that her group had found nothing at the village and that its node was close to collapsing.
• Chen Lin examined the lightning-struck wood, judged its spiritual charm weak, and decided to use it for a Flying Sword because suitable Lightning Attribute materials were scarce.

Chen Lin sought Spirit Treasure-grade restrictions to reforge his natal flying sword, but learned that lightning-attribute restrictions were nearly impossible to find. After forging with the restrictions he obtained, he discovered that the lightning-struck wood could not be inscribed with them.

• Chen Lin visited the Daqian Trading Firm and asked Tang Zhengshan to trade for spirit restrictions suited to a Spirit Treasure-grade flying sword.
• Tang Zhengshan consulted Tang Xuanli, who confirmed that lightning-attribute spirit restrictions were unavailable to the Tang Family and likely scarce across the Xuanyue Continent.
• Chen Lin traded five defensive restrictions from the Xuanwu Shield for a complete set of nine flying-sword restrictions.
• Tang Zhengshan told Chen Lin that the Thunder God Clan on the Hongshan Continent might possess lightning-attribute inheritances.
• Chen Lin returned to his residence, entered seclusion, and later discovered that the lightning-struck wood could not be inscribed with spirit restrictions.

Chen Lin discovered that the thunder pattern on his lightning-struck wooden sword rejected every restriction he inscribed, then used the Thunder God Mark to connect with it. The pattern entered his body and formed a Natal Flying Sword bond, but the mark immediately flooded his mind with information.

• Chen Lin found that spirit and treasure restrictions inscribed on the lightning-struck wooden sword were dispersed by its dark-gold thunder pattern.
• Chen Lin investigated the pattern through experiments and texts, but learned that the Crystal Clan's plane had collapsed and offered no way to study it further.
• Chen Lin used golden thunder stones to activate the Thunder God Mark and directed its energy toward the sword.
• The Thunder God Mark brought Chen Lin a vision of a Sky-Piercing Giant gathering thunder and pointing at the sword.
• The thunder pattern carried the sword into Chen Lin's body and formed a Natal Flying Sword bond, then the mark sent a flood of information into his mind.

Chen Lin lost the Thunder God Mark but preserved its inheritance and named his new natal flying sword the Thunder God Sword. After discovering that its thunder pattern resisted animation, he tested the sword and found that a fully charged strike could kill an early spirit transformation monster beast.

• Chen Lin recorded the cultivation technique released when the Thunder God Mark collapsed, then examined his new flying sword and erased the Thunder Sword’s natal brand.
• Chen Lin named the new sword the Thunder God Sword and began animating it, but its thunder pattern destroyed the origin essence force in the origin soul liquid.
• Chen Lin tested the Thunder God Sword on a third-rank Silver-Horned Tiger and killed it with a lightning strike that carbonized its body and destroyed its divine soul.
• Chen Lin spent three months testing the sword and learned that its thunder pattern released all stored power at once and took a month to fill completely.
• Chen Lin determined that a fully charged Thunder God Sword could kill an early spirit transformation monster beast in a single blow.

Chen Lin learned that the Crystal Clan planned to travel to the Tianfang Continent in three years and prepared to join them, hoping to reach the Hongshan Continent and find Luo Qinglan. Before leaving, he informed Murong Qing of his purpose, received a Jade Pendant to seek help in Tongtian City, and was offered a painting she had recovered from the Good Fortune Ruins.

• Yuguang Yan told Chen Lin that the Crystal Clan chief had confirmed the Jingguang Realm node, found no route to the Hongshan Continent, and sent him the remaining two hundred spirit crystals.
• Yuguang Yan explained that the Crystal Clan would depart for the Tianfang Continent in three years using Ancient Teleportation Formations, and that she would accompany the group.
• Chen Lin told Yuguang Yan he would prepare for the journey, then went to the Moon Reflection Palace to inform Murong Qing of his departure.
• Chen Lin revealed that Luo Qinglan was on the Hongshan Continent and that he needed to find her; Murong Qing gave him a Jade Pendant to seek help from Murong Feng in Tongtian City.
• Murong Qing told Chen Lin the Palace Master was away, then offered him a portrait of a woman from the Good Fortune Ruins as repayment for his help.

Chen Lin prepared for his journey, collected his repaired soul-protecting jade pendant, and met the Taoist who had warned him during his tribulation. The Taoist identified Chen Lin’s nightmare realm jade talisman as a danger that would eventually draw in anyone exposed to its aura, leaving Chen Lin demanding an explanation.

• Chen Lin gathered supplies and high-grade treasures, then collected his repaired jade pendant from Tang Zhengshan in exchange for a Nine Star Return Pill.
• Chen Lin asked Manager Fu about several requested items, but the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion had found none of them.
• A young Taoist recognized Chen Lin as a Buddhist body-tempering cultivator and confirmed that he had warned Chen Lin during his Golden Body Tribulation.
• The old Taoist showed Manager Fu a jade talisman identical to Chen Lin’s nightmare realm item, and Chen Lin revealed that he had bought his talisman from the same shop.
• The old Taoist suppressed the nightmare aura, examined Chen Lin’s talisman, and warned that anyone who had contacted its aura would eventually be drawn into its nightmare realm scenario.
• Chen Lin asked the old Taoist to explain the danger in more detail.

Chen Lin learned that the Concentric Jade Talisman might unpredictably drag anyone exposed to its aura into the Nightmare Realm, but he concealed his contact and handed it to the Old Taoist in exchange for a Chongxu Pill. After the Daoists disappeared without confronting him, Chen Lin remained unsure whether the danger was real and sent people to find them, but they could not locate either Daoist.

• The Old Taoist warned Chen Lin that nightmare-transformed Concentric Jade Talismans could drag exposed cultivators into the Nightmare Realm, where they died and mutated.
• Manager Fu said the talisman had stayed sealed in his shop, and Chen Lin falsely claimed that no one else had been exposed before the Old Taoist offered him a Chongxu Pill for the talisman.
• The young Daoist exposed Chen Lin's lie, but the Old Taoist took the talisman and left without attacking him.
• Chen Lin returned home, cut off contact, and waited several days, but the Old Taoist did not come to see him.
• Chen Lin sent Fatty Han and the others to search for the two Daoists, but they had vanished.

Chen Lin learned that the old Taoist had entered the Nightmare Realm to find Yuxuzi and agreed to look for him if Chen Lin was pulled into the realm. After preparing for the predicted pull, Chen Lin and Grass were transported into an elegant room.

• The young Taoist told Chen Lin that his master had entered the Nightmare Realm to find Yuxuzi and might still be trapped there.
• The young Taoist explained that Chen Lin would be pulled into the Nightmare Realm in three days and gave him his master's Concentric Jade Talisman to help locate him.
• Chen Lin and the young Taoist signed a spirit pact, and Chen Lin confirmed the old Taoist's body was in a Nightmare Realm projection state inside a jade coffin.
• Chen Lin let the young Taoist stay and learned he knew nothing about how the old Taoist had traveled between continents.
• Chen Lin prepared a secret chamber and brought Grass with him, but after three days passed, they were pulled into an elegant room.

Chen Lin attended a lecture in a Nightmare Realm scenario, paid the required fee, and discovered that he had transformed into a Pig-Headed Monster. After testing which items he could use as a projection, he found that his Thunder God Sword could manifest and prepared to contact the Old Taoist Priest for answers about the unusual Nightmare Transformation.

• Chen Lin listened as the White-Robed Taoist explained that understanding a spell deeply could let even a Fireball Spell wield the power of a Dao art.
• After the lecture, Chen Lin paid twelve Nightmare Coins and left the room, realizing that the elderly cultivators had likely died because they had not paid the required fee.
• A female Pig-Headed Monster called Chen Lin black-faced, and he discovered that he had become a Pig-Headed Monster himself.
• Chen Lin checked his belongings, found that his ruby defense treasure and Thunder God Sword could manifest, and concluded that the sword's thunder patterns had reached the Immortal level.
• Chen Lin decided to use the Old Taoist Priest's natal Jade Talisman to seek answers about why a projection could remain in the Nightmare Realm while its physical body underwent Nightmare Transformation.

Chen Lin fought two pig-headed disciples of the Five Directions Temple, then was sentenced by Yuxuzi to three days of confinement. Trapped in a cell where he could not be expelled, he sensed the Old Taoist's Jade Talisman and hurried to obey an order for a dao heart inquisition.

• Chen Lin struck senior sister and junior sister Yunliu with Soul-Destroying Fingers after they challenged him, realizing his silver and golden soul power had made him much stronger.
• Yuxuzi appeared, revived the two disciples, and Chen Lin recognized him as the Dao Integration expert the Old Taoist had sought.
• When senior sister insisted on honoring their wager, Chen Lin asked for her flying sword, but Yuxuzi sentenced him to three days of confinement.
• Yuxuzi sent Chen Lin to a freezing stone cell, where the Jade Talisman began emitting fluctuations and Chen Lin realized he could not be expelled.
• A man's voice ordered the prisoners to sit for a dao heart inquisition, and Chen Lin returned to his meditation cushion.

Chen Lin endured the Dao Heart Inquisition and met the Old Taoist Priest, who asked him to use his Jade Talisman to awaken Yuxuzi and learn how to leave the Scenario. After three days of confinement, Chen Lin emerged into a lavish hall, where a voice announced that the groom and bride could perform their wedding bows.

• Chen Lin resisted the dense nightmare qi and inner demons during the Dao Heart Inquisition, then found the Old Taoist Priest in the opposite cell.
• The Old Taoist Priest asked Chen Lin to take Yuxuzi's Jade Talisman and try to awaken his master after leaving confinement.
• Chen Lin learned that the Old Taoist Priest had searched the Scenario extensively, but all the cultivators he sent in had died and mutated into Pig-Headed Monsters.
• Chen Lin spent the rest of his three-day confinement considering the Old Taoist Priest's advice and decided to activate the Jade Talisman before Yuxuzi.
• Chen Lin left the confinement cell and appeared in a lavish hall, where a voice announced that the groom and bride could perform their wedding bows.

Chen Lin was sent to Black Demon Peak after Yuxuzi rejected his explanation and destroyed the Old Taoist’s phantom. Facing a sentence to become a meal for Lord Demon God, Chen Lin resisted but was subdued by a powerful gray-robed Old Taoist.

• Chen Lin refused to become Senior Sister Xuanling’s companion, angering the Yunxu Peak disciples until Yuxuzi arrived.
• Chen Lin activated the Old Taoist’s Jade Talisman, but Yuxuzi destroyed the phantom and sentenced Chen Lin to fill Yunxu Peak’s slot at Black Demon Peak.
• At Black Demon Peak, Chen Lin learned he would be offered to Lord Demon God unless he found an approved replacement or paid one thousand Nightmare Coins.
• When Chen Lin could not pay, he used Soul-Destroying Finger to knock down two pig-headed monsters, prompting the white-robed leader to summon help.
• The gray-robed Old Taoist deflected Chen Lin’s attacks, immobilized him with a talisman, and ordered him sent away for Lord Demon God’s meal.

Chen Lin was brought to Flowery Pig as an offering, but Flowery Pig recognized Niuniu’s Straw Talisman and spared him. Before sending Chen Lin away, Flowery Pig gave him a Rank Six Sword Immortal painting, Nightmare Coins, and two Level One Road Guides.

• Two Pig-Headed Monsters carried Chen Lin to Flowery Pig, who prepared to consume his soul as a Three-Part Soul Feast.
• Flowery Pig recognized Niuniu’s Straw Talisman, freed Chen Lin, and asked about Niuniu’s condition.
• Chen Lin told Flowery Pig that Niuniu was alive but in poor condition, and Flowery Pig warned him to conceal the Talisman from her enemies.
• Flowery Pig gave Chen Lin a Sword Immortal painting that could be activated three times and agreed to provide Nightmare Coins and two Level One Road Guides.
• Chen Lin summoned Grass and Fat Tiger, and Flowery Pig gave them the Road Guides before sending all three away.

After escaping the Jade Talisman Scenario, Chen Lin examined the rewards he had brought back and refused to risk returning to save the Old Taoist. He later sought Zhang Tianyue’s help to appraise the Chongxu Pill, and Zhang’s examination revealed something unexpected.

• Chen Lin discovered that he had brought back two Road Guides, more than a hundred and fifty Nightmare Coins, a Sword Immortal Painting, and a pink flying sword that could still draw him toward the Pig-Headed Monster Scenario.
• Chen Lin told the young Taoist that he could not return to rescue the Old Taoist, then spread word that he had survived the Jade Talisman Scenario and prepared to travel to the Tianfang Continent.
• After confirming the Chongxu Pill was real and not toxic, Chen Lin took it to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion for Zhang Tianyue to appraise.
• Zhang Tianyue explained that the Daoist Sect had fragmented and declined, then paused in surprise while examining the pill.

Chen Lin discovered that the Chongxu Pill contained a hidden tracking mark, removed it, and used the pill to break through to the Nascent Soul late stage. As he prepared to leave for the Tianfang Continent with the Crystal Clan, he freed his attendants from their contracts and agreed to hear Yuan Hongying's situation.

• Zhang Tianyue identified a concealed tracking mark in Chen Lin's Chongxu Pill and warned that it could follow him through reincarnation.
• Chen Lin removed the tracking pill pattern and entered seclusion, where he broke through to the Nascent Soul late stage after more than a year.
• Yuguang Yan told Chen Lin that the Crystal Clan would depart for the Tianfang Continent in three days, and he agreed to join them.
• Chen Lin gave treasures to his attendants, released them from their contracts, and directed those seeking work to Elder Qin.
• Fatty Han told Chen Lin that Yuan Hongying was being ostracized despite her sincere feelings and asked him to give her a chance; Chen Lin asked for her to come over.

Chen Lin settled Yuan Hongying’s status and left Tianfeng City with the Crystal Clan, traveling toward the Red Moon Sea on his way to the Tianfang Continent. During a rest stop in Wangu City, he spotted Gu Shengjin and chose to avoid him.

• Chen Lin offered Yuan Hongying freedom or continued concubine status, and she chose to remain his concubine in exchange for the courtyard and cultivation resources.
• Chen Lin packed Fat Tiger and Grass, then went to the Crystal Clan headquarters to join its journey.
• The Great Elder led Chen Lin and the disguised Crystal Clan members through the Jiubian Mountains and onward by teleportation formations to Wangu City.
• The Great Elder ordered the group to rest for two days before crossing the Red Moon Sea, and Yuguang Yan went off to shop while Chen Lin explored the market.
• Chen Lin recognized Gu Shengjin outside a shop but chose not to approach him and returned to the Crystal Clan’s immortal cave.

Chen Lin traveled with the Crystal Clan toward the Tianfang Continent, unaware that Gu Shengjin and True Lord Yuming were arranging to kill him. As the group began crossing the dangerous White Mist Sea, a massive tentacle erupted from the water.

• Chen Lin considered his past with Gu Shengjin and put away Dantai Yunjin's Transmission Talisman rather than risk delaying his search for Luo Qinglan.
• Yuguang Yan explained that the Red Moon Sea was named for a dangerous red moon apparition, and the Crystal Clan resumed its journey after the Great Elder returned.
• Gu Shengjin told True Lord Yuming that Chen Lin's soul was needed for refining a Spirit Treasure, and revealed that the Gu Family had approved sending powerful cultivators after him.
• True Lord Yuming agreed to help Gu Shengjin ambush Chen Lin, provided Dantai Yunjin learned nothing about the plan.
• The Great Elder teleported Chen Lin and the Crystal Clan to an island, then led them aboard a Spirit Boat to cross the White Mist Sea.
• As the Spirit Boat traveled low over the water, an enormous tentacle suddenly burst from the sea.

A black-robed Void Refinement powerhouse and Gu Family allies trapped the Crystal Clan’s Spirit Boat, seeking the clan members’ talent origins. The Crystal Clan summoned Yu Gongqing through a Light Gate, but an old man appeared and destroyed the gate.

• A giant sea monster attacked the Spirit Boat, and the Great Elder used his Oddly-Shaped Curved Saber to fight it off.
• The black-robed man emerged from the sea, caught the Great Elder’s Spirit-Transforming Grade Spirit Treasure, and demanded the Crystal Clan members’ talent origins.
• Gu Family members bearing scarlet crescent marks appeared and blocked the Spirit Boat from escaping, while Chen Lin recognized Gu Shengjin among them and sensed danger.
• The Great Elder and the black-robed man ordered their sides to attack, and the Crystal Clan members formed a Light Gate that brought Yu Gongqing onto the scene.
• Yu Gongqing scattered the Gu Family’s red light, but a scarlet beam shattered the Spirit Boat’s barrier and collapsed the Light Gate; an old man then appeared and addressed Yu Gongqing.

Chen Lin was caught in a battle between the Crystal Clan and the Gu Family, then fought off Gu Shengjin and two companions who tried to block his escape. He killed two attackers, captured Gu Shengjin’s nascent soul with the Immortal Refining Gourd, and fled while another Spirit Transformation cultivator watched him greedily.

• Yu Gongqing confronted Gu Xuan after the Great Elder revealed that the Gu Family sought the Crystal Clan’s talent origins.
• The Great Elder ordered the Crystal Clan to split up and escape to the No. 5 Gathering Place, while he attacked the black-robed man riding the Octopus Monster.
• Gu Shengjin, a tightly wrapped man, and a Cyan-Robed Old Man intercepted Chen Lin, but Chen Lin killed the old man and Grass killed the tightly wrapped man.
• Gu Shengjin abandoned his body and fled as a nascent soul, but Chen Lin used the Immortal Refining Gourd to pull him back and capture him.
• Chen Lin fled the battlefield, while a Spirit Transformation cultivator who had witnessed the fight quietly retreated with greedy interest in his treasures.

Chen Lin escaped a Spirit Transformation cultivator’s primordial spirit domain by using Five Thunders Smite the Crown to weaken it, then struck with the Thunder God Sword. The cultivator’s body was destroyed, but his nascent soul escaped, and Chen Lin fled through space with the enemy’s Cyan Stone Slab and Storage Bag.

• Chen Lin entered a red-mist primordial spirit domain and fought off its endlessly regenerating red shadows with the Xuanwu Shield and Bone Saber.
• Chen Lin used Five Thunders Smite the Crown to thin the red mist, reveal the hidden Spirit Transformation cultivator, and make him defend against a powerful five-colored lightning strike.
• Chen Lin distracted the cultivator with another lightning attack and sent the Thunder God Sword through his Natal Bead barrier, fatally wounding his body.
• The cultivator escaped as a nascent soul, evading Chen Lin’s Soul-Destroying Finger before disappearing from sight.
• Chen Lin retrieved the Cyan Stone Slab and Storage Bag, then used the Void-Breaking Shuttle to escape.

Chen Lin struggled to escape the White Mist Sea Region after the battle, enduring spatial turbulence and monster beasts while losing contact with the Crystal Clan. After months of wandering without finding the region’s boundary, he spotted a large ship.

• Chen Lin escaped spatial turbulence with the Void-Breaking Shuttle, then used Grass and Fat Tiger to fend off a fish monster beast and hide in the mist.
• Lost on an island, Chen Lin chose not to use his Transmission Talismans at first, erased the Spirit Transformation Cultivator’s tracking brand from the Cyan Stone Slab, and checked the cultivator’s Storage Bag.
• A White-Robed Woman told the Nascent Soul that the Gu Family had to fear retaliation from the Moon Reflection Palace and might abandon Wangu City.
• Chen Lin traveled through the dangerous sea for weeks, then had Fat Tiger activate the Great Elder’s and Yuguang Yan’s Transmission Talismans, but neither responded.
• Chen Lin spent more than five months searching for a way out, realized he might be traveling in the wrong direction, and spotted a large ship.

Chen Lin escaped the White Mist Sea Region by following a Spirit Beast Sect ship to the Tianfang Continent, where he planned to travel to Tongtian City and search for a route to the Hongshan Continent. After learning more about the Spirit Beast Sect, he headed toward Xiaoyun City, keeping in mind that its member Lu Shenxing might be useful for finding safe sea routes.

• Chen Lin followed a massive ship through the White Mist Sea Region and escaped into the Red Moon Sea, where Lu Shenxing called him out.
• Chen Lin introduced himself as a rogue cultivator bound for Xiaoyun City and declined Lu Shenxing's offer to board the Spirit Beast Sect ship, choosing instead to follow in his own Spirit Boat.
• Lu Shenxing questioned Chen Lin about his companions, then watched over him as they traveled for several months toward land.
• After reaching Jvjing City, Chen Lin confirmed he was on the Tianfang Continent and decided to travel to Tongtian City to seek a way to the Hongshan Continent.
• Chen Lin learned that the Spirit Beast Sect frequently sailed to capture spirit beasts and set out for Xiaoyun City, remembering Lu Shenxing in case he needed help finding a safe sea route.

In Xiaoyun City, Chen Lin learned that no reliable teleportation formation could take him toward the continent’s center, then discovered Xu Zihan’s Myriad Realms Alliance, which exchanged information among Nightmare Realm explorers from different planes. Chen Lin considered joining to find a way to reach his wife and daughter, and the chapter ended with Xu Zihan asking for a fifty-spirit-crystal membership fee.

• Chen Lin found that Xiaoyun City had no reliable teleportation formations and decided to continue toward the central region by other means.
• At the Curio Pavilion, Chen Lin asked Xu Zihan about Nightmare Realm items, and Xu Zihan invited him to join the Myriad Realms Alliance.
• Xu Zihan explained that the alliance’s members met in Nightmare Realm scenarios and exchanged information across planes.
• Chen Lin learned that members entered a scenario through a bird egg, where projections could neither harm nor be harmed by others.
• After Xu Zihan described an easy rule-based task required to leave the scenario safely, Chen Lin asked about joining, and Xu Zihan quoted a fee of fifty spirit crystals plus one per year.

Chen Lin rejected Xu Zihan’s costly offer to join the Myriad Realms Alliance, then joined a Yuanguang Trading Firm escort heading through dangerous First Line Gorge. The party made it past most of the gorge before a huge object plunged toward their Spirit Boat.

• Chen Lin turned down Xu Zihan’s offer after becoming suspicious of the Myriad Realms Alliance’s claims and membership fees.
• Chen Lin joined the Yuanguang Trading Firm as a guard escorting the Zhang siblings to Shayu City.
• Daoist Hu told Chen Lin that a caravan led by an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator had vanished in First Line Gorge, while powerful cultivators were occupied suppressing evil demons on Zhongting Mountain.
• The Yuanguang Trading Firm’s steward promised each guard two extra spirit crystals for safely protecting the Zhang siblings, and the party entered First Line Gorge aboard the Spirit Boat.
• As the Spirit Boat neared the gorge’s exit, Chen Lin shouted a warning when an enormous object fell from above and crashed onto the boat.