Recaps

Chen Lin traded a Body-Solidifying Pill for true spirit blood and compensation, then attended the Treasure Appraisal Convention, where he recognized a Circumambulation Beast and realized it might point to a route into the Land of Divine Beings. The chapter ended as the beast’s holder sought a treasure that could help advance to Spirit Transformation.

• Chen Lin traded a Body-Solidifying Pill to Wang Zhengxuan of the Ancient Sword Sect for a drop of true spirit blood, additional compensation, and a use of priority purchasing rights, sealing the deal with a spirit pact.
• Chen Lin continued refining Patrol Silk, but found that it barely strengthened his already powerful soul.
• Chen Lin attended the Treasure Appraisal Convention and saw an Eighth Rank Ancient Beast scale that he wanted, but its holder demanded an offensive Spirit-Transforming Grade Spirit Treasure or a Godly Profound Fruit.
• Wang Ziyan displayed a One-Arm Circumambulation Beast, and Chen Lin recognized it as a creature unique to the Land of Divine Beings and considered the possibility of finding a route there.
• Wang Ziyan explained that Circumambulation Beasts could harm souls and raise their rank when refined, then announced that its holder wanted a treasure that could aid advancement to Spirit Transformation.

Chen Lin traded an Ending Hostility Pill for a One-Arm Circumambulation and information locating a node in Soul Country in the Land of Divine Beings. He then used Wang Zhengxuan’s priority purchase right to obtain spirit gold, leaving the appraisal to continue.

• Wang Ziyan struggled to attract interest in the One-Arm Circumambulation after cultivators questioned its uncertain effects and low grade.
• Chen Lin offered an Ending Hostility Pill for the creature and its acquisition information, and the young man in white accepted the trade.
• Chen Lin read the Jade Slip and learned that the creature came from a dangerous node in Soul Country, surrounded by Circumambulation Beasts.
• Wang Ziyan presented a piece of spirit gold, and the man in blue bid thirty Xianzhi Pills for it.
• Chen Lin invoked his priority purchase right from Elder Wang Zhengxuan and paid thirty Xianzhi Pills to obtain the spirit gold.

Chen Lin entered the Land of Divine Beings through a hidden node and spent five years hunting Circumambulation Beasts and refining a Soul Refining Pill. He emerged with a stronger soul but no breakthrough to its late stage, while a map from Sima Liancheng pointed toward an unknown future calamity; Chen Ling'er then told him his Big Aunt needed to see him.

• Chen Lin found the hidden node beneath Yingyue Lake, sent a White Jade Spirit Centipede through it, and entered after seeing Circumambulation Beasts nearby.
• Five years later, Chen Lin refined a rank six Soul Refining Pill from a Six-Arm Circumambulation but lamented that it could not perfect his third-rank soul.
• Chen Lin learned that the passage to the Northern Star Realm had collapsed, while his insights into the Heavenly Dao brought him close to advancing to Void Refinement.
• Chen Lin examined Sima Liancheng's map and letter, which foretold a future calamity and directed him toward a marked place with a path to survival.
• Chen Lin finished absorbing the pill, which strengthened his soul but left it at the peak of the middle stage of the third rank.
• Chen Ling'er used the copper-coin treasure to make Xue Honglan move against her will, then told Chen Lin that his Big Aunt needed to see him.

Chen Lin learned that Ancestor Lingtian was targeting the Cheng Lingdie Sisters and the people of Tianbao Peak, so he prepared to confront the void refinement expert rather than flee. He traded for and refined a Demonic Pupil, discovering that his innate power could restrain its dangerous aura.

• Qin Lingyu told Chen Lin that the Lingtian Sect demanded the Cheng Lingdie Sisters for a Soul Search, while the Elder Council refused to help.
• Chen Lin warned Qin Lingyu that Ancestor Lingtian had likely trapped them and told her to keep the matter from Chen Ling'er.
• Chen Lin traded his Emerald Bracelet to Blue Butterfly for the Demonic Pupil in the Heavenly Dao Alliance's nightmare realm.
• Chen Lin refined the Demonic Pupil so he could see through the void and prepare to fight Ancestor Lingtian.
• Chen Lin discovered that his innate power restrained the Demonic Pupil's chaotic aura, letting him use it without fear of corruption.

Chen Lin tried to escape with a teleportation formation, but Ancestor Lingtian intercepted him and attacked over the Cheng Sisters. Chen Lin survived several blows and struck Ancestor Lingtian’s soul-devouring snake with a concealed Dark Gold Ray, which erupted in thunder as Ancestor Lingtian tried to retreat.

• Qin Lingyu told Chen Lin that the Lingtian Sect had demanded an answer about the Cheng Sisters within three days, and he said he would visit the sect with treasures.
• Chen Lin tested the teleportation formation, but Ancestor Lingtian intercepted him with a cyan sword strike that broke his defenses and wounded him.
• Chen Lin released Scholar and used a Suppress Talisman and his Thousand-Layer Armor to survive another sword attack from Ancestor Lingtian.
• Ancestor Lingtian sent his Black Little Snake to attack Chen Lin’s soul, but Chen Lin resisted and killed it with a Soul-Destroying Finger.
• As Ancestor Lingtian launched another sword strike and approached to retrieve the snake, Chen Lin concealed a Dark Gold Ray in the sword light and struck it.
• The Dark Gold Ray activated on the Black Little Snake and unleashed a surge of thunder that engulfed Ancestor Lingtian as he tried to escape.

Chen Lin survived the battle with Ancestor Lingtian, recovered his spoils, and returned to Tianbao Peak as news of Lingtian’s death shook the cultivation world. While preparing to advance, he discovered an unusual scroll among Lingtian’s possessions.

• A brother and sister found Chen Lin and the fallen cultivators; when Chen Lin awoke, he restrained them, recovered the stolen treasures, and erased their memories after bringing them to Tianbao Peak.
• Chen Lin destroyed Ancestor Lingtian’s remains and concealed the battlefield before heading toward the Lingyun Sect.
• The Lingyun Sect learned that Ancestor Lingyun’s Soul Lamp had gone out and his connected disciples had vanished, prompting investigations and panic that led the Lingtian Sect to disband.
• Chen Lin’s artistic conception filled the last gap before his advancement, but he chose to wait until it was more developed and the surrounding unrest had settled.
• Chen Lin examined the earth-yellow Spirit Pearl and cyan flying sword, then searched Ancestor Lingtian’s Storage Bag and found a scroll bearing a huge black eye.

Chen Lin discovered that Ancestor Lingtian’s scroll was tied to Luo’s Youruo clone and decided to explore the Nightmare Realm more urgently. A year after Lingtian’s fall, Chen Lin began his Void Refinement Ascension on a remote island, where a strange fluctuation connected with heaven and earth.

• Chen Lin identified the black eye in the scroll as Luo’s Youruo clone, burned the scroll, and found no other traces of Luo in Ancestor Lingtian’s Storage Bag.
• Yue Tianyi, Xin Yueling, Zhang Zhenqian, and Lu Xiaoyi found four powerful soul treasures in the Earth Cave, then left the hall with one treasure each despite Xin Yueling’s suspicions.
• The Old Taoist wondered whether his fellow disciples would find him before he died in meditation.
• A year after Ancestor Lingtian’s death, a Void Refinement Cultivator took his Elder Council seat, occupied the Lingtian Sect grounds, and renamed it the Zhenyang Sect.
• Chen Lin decided to attempt Ascension, brought Chen Ling'er to a secluded island, and began cultivating while she guarded outside the formation.
• A peculiar fluctuation rose from beneath the island and connected with heaven and earth as Chen Lin began his Ascension.

Chen Lin underwent the Void Refinement heavenly tribulation, using his talent origin to survive the devastating lightning and complete his transformation. After an unusual inner demon trial involving an immense sword, he awakened and left the island with Chen Ling'er.

• Chen Lin released his cultivation aura and faced the seven lightning strikes of the Void Refinement tribulation while Chen Ling'er watched from a distance.
• The first six strikes shattered Chen Lin's body, nascent soul, primordial spirit, and soul, but he used his talent origin to keep his consciousness and origin essence from being destroyed.
• Chen Lin endured the final Five-Color Tribulation Lightning, after which mysterious energy rebuilt his body and merged his nascent soul, primordial spirit, and soul anew.
• Chen Lin passed through the inner demon illusion but found himself beneath an enormous sword that exerted such pressure that his soul began to disintegrate.
• The sword trembled and expelled Chen Lin from the strange space, and he awoke, reassured Chen Ling'er, and used a talisman to leave the island with her.

After stabilizing his Void Refinement cultivation, Chen Lin practiced traveling through the void and finally removed the last imprint from the Celestial Ring, revealing an immense collection of immortal treasures. While examining its contents, he found biographical records that disclosed troubling information and left him sensing danger.

• Chen Lin kept his Void Refinement breakthrough secret, spent a year stabilizing his cultivation, and tested his ability to travel through the void around the Beiyuan Continent.
• Chen Lin considered the strange vision he had experienced during his tribulation and resumed trying to uncover who had owned the enormous sword.
• Chen Lin erased the Celestial Ring’s final immortal imprint and discovered that it was a vast Storage Ring that could not hold living beings.
• Chen Lin found potent immortal spirit stones, unfamiliar pills, several unknown treasures, and a high-grade Vine-woven Shield that he could activate.
• Chen Lin read the ring’s texts and Jade Slips, then grew concerned after biographical records revealed hidden information and suggested danger.

Chen Lin studied an immortal’s notes describing the Primal Domain as a shattered palm immortal kingdom and questioning the truth behind its destruction. He set the mystery aside and met Yue Tianyi, a fellow survivor of the Earth Cave who had come to pay his respects.

• Chen Lin read that a powerful being had shattered the palm immortal kingdom with a giant sword, and that Luo and the Nightmare Realm Lord had failed to devour it.
• Chen Lin suspected the notes were more reliable than the Traveling Merchant’s account, but decided to wait for the truth to emerge.
• Chen Ling'er told Chen Lin that Yue Tianyi of the Divine Will Sect had come to see him, and Chen Lin gave her an emptied Storage Bracelet.
• Chen Lin met Yue Tianyi, who said he had heard of Chen Lin’s return and remarkable deeds after escaping the Earth Cave.

After fifty years of secluded cultivation, Chen Lin mastered a new use of his Blade of Destiny and strengthened his Transformation Technique. He then learned that four people had recently ascended to Void Refinement, leaving him startled by their identities.

• Chen Lin questioned Yue Tianyi about the others from the Earth Cave, then set aside his suspicions and focused on cultivating his Dao Art and spells.
• Chen Lin checked on the Cheng Sisters, reassured them about Ancestor Lingtian, and began secluded cultivation after spending time with his family and companions.
• After fifty years, Chen Lin tested the Transformation Technique and confirmed that changing his size increased his strength and altered the size of his soul.
• Chen Lin developed the Grey-White Blade of Light, a direct attack that weakened an enemy's qi luck, and left seclusion to visit his family and the market.
• Chen Lin learned that four cultivators had reached Void Refinement in the past five years and was shaken by who they were.

Chen Lin learned that four people from the Earth Cave expedition had advanced to Void Refinement and accepted an invitation to Yue Tianyi’s grand ceremony, while suspecting their breakthroughs were connected. After Hua Ruyu recovered and explained how she had been separated from Grass and Luo Qinglan, Chen Lin traveled with her to investigate a Nightmare Realm node, where he discovered the Nightmare Coin he had left behind was missing.

• Chen Lin learned that Xin Yueling, Zhang Zhenqian, Lu Xiaoyi, and Yue Tianyi had advanced to Void Refinement and suspected the Earth Cave expedition had given them something that enabled their breakthroughs.
• Chen Lin accepted Yue Tianyi’s invitation to a Void Refinement grand ceremony scheduled for a year later.
• Hua Ruyu recovered and told Chen Lin that a space rift had separated her from Grass, Luo Qinglan, and the others after they fled the fracturing plane.
• Chen Lin learned that Hua Ruyu had no knowledge of Luo Yi, gave her demon crystals to aid her recovery, and decided to investigate a Nightmare Realm node.
• Chen Lin and Hua Ruyu traveled to the Nameless Island, entered the Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode, and found that the Nightmare Coin he had left in the node was gone.

Chen Lin investigated the Nightmare Realm node and discovered a painting whose girl appeared to eat different foods whenever the courtyard was left unwatched. After days of remote observation, the mystery remained unresolved as the painted girl's food changed again.

• Chen Lin and Hua Ruyu entered the node, but a powerful barrier, gate, and bronze lock prevented them from leaving the courtyard.
• Hua Ruyu noticed that the girl in a painting had eaten one of the seven candies in her box, so Chen Lin tested the painting with a puppet and then withdrew.
• Chen Lin hired elderly cultivators to watch the painting and left more Nightmare Coins for experiments, but one observer reported that the girl was eating pastries and the coins had vanished.
• Chen Lin moved to another island and monitored the node remotely while Liu Shengyuan and Wu Wanshan oversaw the observers.
• Liu Shengyuan reported that the painting and coins remained unchanged while someone watched, but after everyone left, the coins disappeared and the girl was eating grapes.

Chen Lin investigated the Green-Clothed Girl in the painting, who secretly communicated with him alone, and suspected the painting might be a Grotto-Heaven Treasure. His attempt to learn why she responded to him through a handsome Golden Core cultivator failed, leaving Hua Ruyu to suggest the girl wanted something else from him.

• Chen Lin ordered Liu Shengyuan to keep testing the painting, but months of experiments only cost them Nightmare Coins as the Green-Clothed Girl's food changed.
• Chen Lin returned to the node with Hua Ruyu, saw the Green-Clothed Girl wink and point at her cherries, and left before trying to communicate with her.
• Chen Lin privately told Hua Ruyu what he had seen, and they considered whether the painting was a Grotto-Heaven Treasure and why the girl responded only to him.
• Chen Lin joked that the girl might prefer handsome men, then arranged for Liu Shengyuan to find a young, handsome Golden Core cultivator and had Bai Yuzhou sign a soul pact.
• Bai Yuzhou entered the node and copied Chen Lin's actions, but the Green-Clothed Girl did not respond; Hua Ruyu suggested the girl's interest was not romantic and that she wanted something from Chen Lin.

Chen Lin discovered that the Girl in the Painting responded to his Shepherd Token and spoke with her as Fuyao, learning that a County Office could upgrade his Road Guide. Fuyao asked him to clear her family’s name, but Chen Lin remained wary and pressed her for a way out of the sealed courtyard.

• Chen Lin tested the Embroidery Saber and Shepherd Token through Liu Shengyuan, who reported that the Green-Clothed Girl wanted to speak with the token’s owner.
• Chen Lin entered the node and learned from Fuyao that she was hiding in the painting from people she called bad and that Traveling Merchants delivered food to her because she was a one-star VIP.
• Fuyao told Chen Lin that the County Office on Main Street could upgrade a Road Guide, but he needed a Level Two Road Guide to leave the courtyard.
• Fuyao asked Chen Lin to clear her family’s name in exchange for their heirloom, explaining that Liang Batian had framed her parents and tried to take her as his concubine.
• Chen Lin questioned Fuyao’s incomplete account and asked her to explain how to open the courtyard door lock before he agreed to help.

Chen Lin received a task from the Green-Clothed Girl to confront the villains tormenting her family, and he decided to follow it rather than risk abandoning it. He opened the courtyard gate and found a wedding procession, where an old man spotted him and demanded to know who he was.

• The Green-Clothed Girl gave Chen Lin a Large Key and declared that Nightmare Law bound him to her task, warning him to go to the County Office and stop Huang Batian.
• After the Girl in the Painting fell silent, Chen Lin decided to pursue the task himself and summoned Hua Ruyu for advice and support.
• Chen Lin and Hua Ruyu opened the courtyard gate, and Chen Lin stored the lock and key before cautiously looking outside.
• A wedding procession sounded beyond the gate, and Chen Lin briefly shut it before deciding to reopen it and investigate.
• An old man on horseback threatened Li Fuyao and her family, then noticed Chen Lin and demanded to know who he was.

Chen Lin used his Shepherd Token to kill Liang Batian after Liang attacked him, then defended his actions to Chief Constable Jin. The guards confirmed Chen Lin’s account, and Jin ordered him and the others taken to the County Office, reacting oddly when Chen Lin named White Cloud Pasture.

• Liang Batian ordered his guards to seize Chen Lin, but stopped when Hua Ruyu appeared and demanded to know who they were.
• Chen Lin showed his Shepherd Token, but Liang Batian mocked his status and threatened to take Hua Ruyu.
• Chen Lin let Liang Batian’s saber wound him, accused him of attacking a bailiff, and killed him with a Soul-Destroying Finger and the Embroidery Saber.
• The guards surrendered when Chen Lin warned them against rebellion, but Chief Constable Jin arrived with five others and questioned him about Liang Batian’s death.
• Chen Lin showed Jin the Shepherd Token and explained that Liang Batian had attacked him; Jin forced the guards to confirm the account.
• Chen Lin said he served White Cloud Pasture, and Jin ordered him, Hua Ruyu, and the others taken to the County Office.

Chen Lin faced the Black Bear Magistrate after killing Liang Batian, but Gege Yun’s status protected him from punishment. He learned that the County Office would register Tianluo weapons for Nightmare Coins or Merit, leaving him poised to exchange the weapons he had collected.

• Chen Lin refused to kneel before the Black Bear Magistrate and declared that he had killed Liang Batian in self-defense.
• The Black Bear Magistrate recognized Chen Lin as a Shepherd serving Princess Gege Yun and ordered Liang Batian’s servants taken away for attacking a Bailiff.
• Liang Batian’s daughter rushed into the hall to demand revenge, but the Black Bear Magistrate silenced her and reaffirmed that Chen Lin bore no blame.
• Chen Lin offered the magistrate a hundred Nightmare Coins and withdrew his offer when the magistrate refused compensation and dismissed him without warmth.
• Chen Lin presented Tianluo weapons, including a General Weapon, and the Black Bear Magistrate offered to register them for Nightmare Coins or Merit.

Chen Lin learned how merit governed promotions and privileges in the Nightmare Realm, while the Black Bear Magistrate explained the realm’s independent territories and guardians of Nightmare Law. The chapter ended with the magistrate offering Chen Lin a copy of the law before asking whether he wanted to exchange the Tianluo Race weapons for coins or merit.

• Chen Lin asked the Black Bear Magistrate what merit was used for, and the magistrate described the steep costs and dangerous trials required for promotions.
• The Black Bear Magistrate explained that bailiff rank granted limited Road Guide privileges and reduced certain punishments, but warned Chen Lin that his low rank offered little protection.
• Chen Lin asked about scenario tasks, and the magistrate said he knew little about them but warned that punishment could strip Chen Lin of his bailiff status.
• The Black Bear Magistrate described the Nightmare Realm as independent territories governed by naturally arising Nightmare Law and guarded by beings who erased threats to it.
• Chen Lin asked to study Nightmare Law, and the Black Bear Magistrate offered him a copy before asking whether he wanted to exchange the Tianluo Race weapons for Nightmare Coins or merit.

Chen Lin exchanged Tianluo weapons and remains for merit, learned how to use his Identity Token, and raised his rank. He then asked the Black Bear Magistrate to hear Fuyao’s appeal about an injustice in the Li Family case.

• Chen Lin learned that Level 4 Road Guides required a higher-ranking official and an assessment, then presented the Tianluo weapons he had collected.
• The Black Bear Magistrate explained the weapons’ low value and awarded merit for evidence of killed believers; Chen Lin submitted crystals and five portions of willing power powder.
• The magistrate’s subordinates verified the items and transferred 1,383 merit to Chen Lin’s Shepherd Token.
• The Black Bear Magistrate explained that Chen Lin had to refine and activate his Identity Token to use its merit, and Chen Lin raised his rank to Third-Class Middle.
• Chen Lin decided not to upgrade his Road Guides and asked the Black Bear Magistrate to hear Fuyao’s appeal concerning the Li Family case.

Chen Lin persuaded the Black Bear Magistrate to investigate the Li Family’s injustice, then returned to the painting and learned that the Girl in the Painting considered his task incomplete. The magistrate and the Golden-Haired Constable secretly discussed their plans, while Chen Lin left with new questions about the Nightmare Realm and only a bunch of grapes as a reward so far.

• The Black Bear Magistrate agreed to investigate the Li Family’s case but warned Chen Lin to stay out of what followed, and gave him a token containing the Nightmare Law.
• Chen Lin wondered whether the county-town scenario’s time flowed normally and whether the magistrate was its original ruler or had claimed the position himself.
• The Black Bear Magistrate told the Golden-Haired Constable not to kill Chen Lin because he was powerful and connected to White Cloud Pasture, and said they should proceed with their original plan.
• Chen Lin returned to the Li Family residence, confirmed the seal still prevented him from flying, and entered the room with Hua Ruyu.
• The Girl in the Painting said Chen Lin had not completed her task because her family’s freedom had not yet been secured, and offered him grapes until the magistrate lifted the seal.

Chen Lin sealed the Nightmare Realm node after retrieving a half-bunch of grapes, which proved to be powerful cultivation fruit when Bai Yuzhou ate one and advanced a stage. He returned to Tianbao Peak with Hua Ruyu, introduced her to Chen Ling'er, and watched her give the girl a feather that could traverse the void once.

• Chen Lin raised his identity to First-Class Subordinate, exited the node with Hua Ruyu, and sealed the entrance after ordering Liu Shengyuan to test a grape.
• Bai Yuzhou volunteered to eat the grape, absorbed its energy, and advanced from Early Golden Core to the Golden Core mid stage.
• Chen Lin instructed Liu Shengyuan and Wu Wanshan to guard the island, told the cultivators to remain there for ten years, and left with Hua Ruyu.
• Chen Lin introduced Hua Ruyu to Chen Ling'er at Tianbao Peak, and Hua Ruyu gave her a feather that could perform Void Traversal once.

Chen Lin gave Hua Ruyu more demon crystals and studied the Nightmare Law while waiting for news of Xin Yueling and the others. Zhang Zhenqian visited to fulfill his promise by giving Chen Lin a secret art, which Chen Lin shared with Sun Caiyi, Qin Lingyu, and Ling'er to study.

• Chen Lin gave Hua Ruyu his remaining demon crystals so she could recover strength and investigate the node again.
• Chen Lin questioned Hua Ruyu about her hostility toward the Girl in the Painting, and she said she had no plans to seek out the being she sensed.
• Chen Lin studied the Nightmare Law and considered exploring more regions of the Gambling Fortune Lake Scenario.
• Zhang Zhenqian visited Chen Lin after advancing to Void Refinement and gave him a Jade Slip containing a secret art in fulfillment of his old promise.
• Chen Lin discussed Zhang Zhenqian and the missing Ancestor Qingyun with Sun Caiyi, then gave her a copy of the secret art to study with Ling'er and Qin Lingyu.

Chen Lin received the Good Fortune Spirit-Solidifying Art from Zhang Zhenqian and confirmed that it could improve the chances of ascending to Void Refinement. In the Heavenly Dao Alliance scenario, Kannie revealed that her original body had been trapped in a dangerous Nightmare Realm scenario for a thousand years and asked Chen Lin for help, but he said he could do nothing.

• Chen Lin told Sun Caiyi that Zhang Zhenqian had given him the Good Fortune Spirit-Solidifying Art and said it could increase their chances of ascending to Void Refinement by ten percent.
• Chen Lin entered the Heavenly Dao Alliance scenario without a Road Guide and discovered that his First-Class Bailiff status let him pass through a Road Guide's Formless Barrier.
• Kannie told Chen Lin she had been waiting for him and asked for his help with a Nightmare Realm problem.
• Kannie explained that her original body had been trapped in a dense Nightmare Realm scenario for a thousand years, while the Kannie speaking to Chen Lin was a clone made from a Natal Fruit.
• Chen Lin learned that Kannie's clone could communicate faintly with her original body, but he refused to promise help because the scenario was too dangerous.

Chen Lin refused Kannie's request to rescue her trapped main body, but let her approach Xiaohong in his name. He then gave Qin Lingyu the grapes, which rapidly raised her cultivation, and agreed to let Chen Ling'er cautiously explore the Nightmare Realm before learning Lu Xiaoyi had come to visit.

• Kannie asked Chen Lin to plead with Xiaohong to save her main body, but he decided Xiaohong's warning meant he should stay away.
• Ten days later, Chen Lin told Kannie he would not intervene, though he gave her a letter to take to Xiaohong in his name.
• Qin Lingyu ate the grapes and advanced to Nascent Soul Late Stage in less than half a month, astonishing Chen Lin and Chen Ling'er.
• Chen Lin warned Qin Lingyu to consolidate her cultivation and told Chen Ling'er not to reveal the grapes' effects.
• Chen Ling'er asked to explore the Nightmare Realm, and Chen Lin agreed to teach her how to stay safe.
• Chen Ling'er told Chen Lin that Lu Xiaoyi had come calling.