Arc 63From Destiny River to the Outer World

Chen Lin escaped the River of Destiny, cultivated into a Void Realm cultivator, and pursued answers about the missing people around him. After surviving a dangerous ascension and resolving the Blood Handkerchief Scenario, he prepared his allies for the Cage Array’s fluctuations and emerged under Lin Xi’s identity.

  • Chen Lin fought his way to the Rainbow Bridge with Xitina, claimed the Red Passage, and returned to his fiefdom after she entered the Blue Passage.
  • Chen Lin learned from Fairy Yaochi that she had resurrected after dying in the River of Destiny, then negotiated with Chu Lingxiang and Xiao Qingmo while searching for the missing cultivators and Silver Fairy.
  • Chen Lin cultivated the Monster Refining Chapter and the Void Heaven Fruit, traveled to the White Jade Terrace with Kannie’s help, and trained in space law before investigating Luo Qinglan’s killing of Qingxuan.
  • Chen Lin found Nian Kong’s chained golden Buddha in the Demon-Suppressing Temple, absorbed its origin essence, and triggered his Void Realm breakthrough.
  • Chen Lin ascended in the Reality Realm, endured the tribulation with help from a Heavenly Tribulation Energy Crystal, and passed his Inner Demon Tribulation after meeting June.
  • Chen Lin entered the Blood Handkerchief Scenario, killed the Xuanyin Great King, freed Lan Ruxue and the other prisoners, and later accepted Gu Xiaohong as his disciple.
  • Chen Lin cultivated his Third Star, refined the Bagua Mirror, and learned that Fairy Yaochi had formed an Inner Star.
  • When the Cage Array fluctuated, Chen Lin sent Fairy Yaochi and Jinlin with Xiao Qingmo’s Vanguard Squad, arranged for Gu Xiaohong to reach Myriad Forms City, and emerged from his fiefdom as Lin Xi.
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Ch. 1553Contending Against the Current

Chen Lin protected a white destiny fish he mistook for Fairy Yaochi as they raced upstream through a dangerous river, fighting off attackers and navigating hidden hazards. Near the Bridge of Destiny, he learned that the fish was a stranger and that only seven passages could carry them out of the river.

  • Chen Lin shielded the white fish from the Big Black Fish, then killed him with his Blades of Destiny and Chess Piece of Destiny, absorbing the Light Orb he left behind.
  • Chen Lin avoided concealed danger nodes with help from his Reverse Scale and warned the white fish to follow his route as they swam upstream.
  • Chen Lin bound the white fish to himself with a Fate Tentacle and fought off another attacker, pushing ahead of the second group of fish.
  • As the current and hazards intensified, Chen Lin slowed down, and the white fish warned him that the Bridge of Destiny had only seven passages and that they could be trapped if others reached them first.
  • Chen Lin discovered that the white fish was not Fairy Yaochi and, after realizing she knew about the river, asked whether she would believe he had helped her because she was beautiful.

Ch. 1554Xitina

Chen Lin questioned Xitina about the River of Destiny and learned how the Rainbow Bridge selection worked. When the bridge appeared and the destiny fish fought over its two unclaimed paths, Chen Lin raced toward it amid the deadly chaos.

  • Chen Lin learned that Xitina would accept him as her man only if they met again within five hundred years, then questioned her about the river and the bridge.
  • Xitina explained that travelers had to leap onto one of the Bridge of Destiny’s seven paths and claim a reward, while those who missed out faced further selections.
  • Chen Lin learned that Xitina was a natural divine being who knew nothing of the realms and places he asked about.
  • The Rainbow Bridge appeared, and Chen Lin sensed nightmare realm aura, realizing the scenario might be exceptionally dangerous.
  • The destiny fish fought over the two remaining paths, many died, and Chen Lin charged toward the bridge as more fish approached.

Ch. 1555Onto the Bridge

Chen Lin used Death Gaze to kill the last colorful fish and secured its Origin Bead before leaving the River of Destiny by the Rainbow Bridge. Xitina followed through another passage after secretly sending him a petal infused with Light of Eternity, and the bridge vanished behind them.

  • Chen Lin reached the Rainbow Bridge as a colorful fish killed the large fish ahead with a sword of light and entered the Green Passage.
  • The final colorful fish attacked the gathered destiny fish, but Chen Lin used Death Gaze to destroy its barrier and let the others finish it off.
  • Chen Lin collected the colorful fish's Origin Bead, learned he could not absorb beads from fish he had not killed, and ignored an old fish's offer of a treasure.
  • Chen Lin released Xitina and boarded the Red Passage, causing it to vanish.
  • Xitina removed a petal from beneath her scales, infused it with Light of Eternity, tossed it into the Yellow Passage, and entered the Blue Passage.
  • The remaining passages vanished, the Bridge of Destiny disappeared, and the surviving destiny fish dissolved throughout the river.

Ch. 1556Petals

Chen Lin escaped the Seven-Star Array by crossing the Rainbow Bridge, returned to his fiefdom, and made plans to protect himself and investigate what had happened in Myriad Forms City. He discovered that the crossing had changed his talent ability, gaining control over new patterns on his fish form.

  • Chen Lin crossed the Rainbow Bridge, purified and compressed his talent origin, then used his Peerage Token to return to his fiefdom.
  • In the Five Elements Realm, the Flower Fairy saw a golden petal light up, told it to return and continue its task, and sent a streak of light into the darkness.
  • Fairy Yaochi emerged from the resurrection magic array in Myriad Forms Palace and asked Senior Brother Yang whether her master had returned; he took her to the origin pool to recover.
  • Chen Lin moved his physical body into the stone coffin in the Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode, then instructed Leng Yue to investigate True Lord Wuming and Fairy Yaochi and contact Liu Rumian.
  • Chen Lin examined his talent ability and found that he could control the dark-red patterns that had appeared on his fish form.

Ch. 1557Destiny Patterns

Chen Lin discovered that his Destiny Fish’s patterns enabled cultivation and combat, then reunited with Fairy Yaochi, who had resurrected with missing memories after dying in the River of Destiny. With the divination participants missing and Fairy Yaochi and Leng Yue likely in danger, Chen Lin considered ways to keep them safe while refusing to leave his refuge.

  • Chen Lin learned that his destiny patterns could protect and attack, help him cultivate, and refine origin essence, but found their benefits weak after a month of practice.
  • Fairy Yaochi appeared beside Small Lake and explained that she had died in the River of Destiny but resurrected through a clone stored in the Myriad Forms Palace’s Resurrection Array.
  • Fairy Yaochi told Chen Lin that the other divination participants had disappeared, that her memories of the divination’s latter half were missing, and that a black light had killed her shortly after she became a Destiny Fish.
  • Fairy Yaochi revealed that powerful figures had soul-searched her and sent her to question Chen Lin, while Chen Lin suspected she and Leng Yue were being held or captured.
  • Chen Lin proposed that Fairy Yaochi abandon her physical body and remain in the Nightmare Realm, but she refused, saying the Cage Array Cycle would threaten her projection too.
  • Chen Lin offered to send Fairy Yaochi’s projection to the Reality Realm or help her seek a passage to the Outer World, but Fairy Yaochi decided to return and look for another way.

Ch. 1558Void Heaven Fruit

Chen Lin agreed to reveal what he knew about the missing True Realm cultivators in exchange for a Void Heaven Fruit, while warning his allies to keep out of danger. He told Chu Lingxiang about the divination and his encounter with Frog, leaving her to consider whether Frog had trapped the missing cultivators in his exclusive scenario.

  • Chen Lin told Yang Wentai to warn the Nanmen Clan and Long Han to hide, then learned Leng Yue was confined at the Myriad Forms Palace headquarters under a True Realm cultivator’s watch.
  • Leng Yue delivered Chu Lingxiang’s offer: she would stop pursuing Chen Lin if he revealed what happened, but would otherwise target everyone connected to him.
  • Chen Lin asked Chu Lingxiang to bring him a cultivation-boosting treasure in exchange for the truth, and she arrived with a Void Heaven Fruit that could help him reach the Void Realm.
  • Chen Lin told Chu Lingxiang that Tianji Daoist’s divination had begun consuming the Destiny Practitioners before he and Fairy Yaochi escaped into a colored scenario, and that Marquis Guānqūn and the others were still alive when he left.
  • Chen Lin described the scenario, Frog, and his theory that Frog had trapped or transferred the missing cultivators through his exclusive well scenario; he said he had no way to enter it.

Ch. 1559Xiao Qingmo's proposal

Chen Lin negotiated with Chu Lingxiang, avoided trusting the True Realm experts, and brought Fairy Yaochi’s true body into his fiefdom for safety. Xiao Qingmo then offered to help him obtain the Seven-Star Shining Sun Monster Refining Chapter in exchange for finding her father, just as another visitor arrived.

  • Chen Lin agreed to help Chu Lingxiang find clues about Marquis Jinguān and the others, while privately deciding to search for Nian Kong’s other clones and Chen Ling’er before cultivating.
  • Chen Lin tried the Piggy Bank with a Golden Nightmare Coin, but it remained powerless, and Leng Yue reported that Chu Lingxiang had given her pills and a Heaven Tier samsara dagger.
  • Chen Lin told Leng Yue to contact Liu Rumian and decided he would not go to the Boundless Realm or join Xiao Qingmo’s Vanguard Squad.
  • Chen Lin explained the situation to Fairy Yaochi, urged her to bring her true body into his fiefdom, and she agreed.
  • Xiao Qingmo asked about True Lord Jiuhuan, then offered to help Chen Lin obtain the Seven-Star Shining Sun Monster Refining Chapter if he helped find her father.
  • Chen Lin approved another visitor’s request to enter his fiefdom, and a figure appeared before him.

Ch. 1560Deliberations

Chen Lin told Xiao Qingmo and Liu Rumian what he knew about the missing seniors and suspected Tianji Daoist was pursuing a plan involving the Daoist heir’s failed reincarnation. After receiving the Monster Refining Chapter from Xiao Qingmo, he revealed how the willow jar might locate Frog and arranged for Liu Rumian to search for Silver Fairy and the others.

  • Chen Lin recounted the colored scenario and the frog’s escape, while Xiao Qingmo warned that Tianji Daoist’s divination may have concealed a larger scheme.
  • Xiao Qingmo revealed that the Daoist heir had failed to reincarnate, leading Chen Lin to suspect Zhenyangzi was the failed vessel and that he himself might be targeted next.
  • Xiao Qingmo gave Chen Lin a copy of the Monster Refining Chapter, and he memorized it before explaining that Silver Fairy had his willow jar and that it could help locate Frog.
  • Chen Lin gave Xiao Qingmo Silver Fairy’s portrait and a Jade Pendant medium, but insisted that she protect his master and meet him before he disclosed the jar’s activation method.
  • Fairy Yaochi refused to join the search, while Chen Lin asked Liu Rumian to find Yun Feiyan and Mu Linglong in the Vast Antiquity Domain and ensure Silver Fairy’s safety.

Ch. 1561An excessive request

Chen Lin advanced to great perfection in the Semi-Void Realm with the Void Heaven Fruit, then tried to encourage Fairy Yaochi as she despaired over the Cage Array. He later summoned Xu Wuye to verify the Monster Refining Chapter, received her confirmation, and gave her the original Demon-Refining Chapter for the White Jade Terrace.

  • Chen Lin and Fairy Yaochi secluded themselves in cultivation while he stayed inside his fiefdom to avoid Tianji Daoist and other powerful figures.
  • After half a year of cultivating the Void Heaven Fruit, Chen Lin reached great perfection in the Semi-Void Realm and discussed Jinlin’s Martial Dao potential.
  • Chen Lin visited Fairy Yaochi, urged her not to give up hope, and accepted her intimate request; she said she had acted to understand her feelings, not to seek his help.
  • After another half year without news of Silver Fairy, Chen Lin decided to cultivate the Monster Refining Chapter and asked Leng Yue to summon Xu Wuye.
  • Xu Wuye confirmed the Monster Refining Chapter was genuine, deduced that Xiao Qingmo had provided it, and warned Chen Lin not to share it.
  • Chen Lin gave Xu Wuye the original Demon-Refining Chapter for the White Jade Terrace and asked her not to trouble Xiao Qingmo; Xu Wuye then left and told him not to contact her again.

Ch. 1562Bad News

Chen Lin spent decades cultivating and searching for Silver Fairy while the factions failed to uncover her fate or solve her Jade Pendant Scenario. With the Cage Array Cycle approaching, he gave Fairy Yaochi an Elder Ancient talisman for protection, but learned that the Outer Realm Battlefield led to a deadly Void Battlefield, leaving their escape options uncertain.

  • Chen Lin decided not to reveal the Stone Coffin to Xu Wuye and returned to the Heavenly Mechanism House to cultivate the Monster Refining Chapter and condense the Demon Star.
  • Ten years later, Liu Rumian told Chen Lin that the factions had failed to find Silver Fairy or explore her Jade Pendant Scenario, and that the Crape Myrtle Palace in the Mysterious Domain was deserted.
  • Chen Lin considered whether Silver Fairy might have reached the Outer World, then resumed cultivating as Liu Rumian left without finding answers about Yue Tongtian.
  • Twenty years later, Chen Lin urged Fairy Yaochi not to give up and gave her an Elder Ancient talisman that could protect her from the Outer World's Reality Force.
  • Fairy Yaochi warned Chen Lin that the Outer Realm Battlefield was a dangerous Void Battlefield where Inner World cultivators could not survive, and Chen Lin began considering another route.

Ch. 1563An Old Acquaintance Appears

Chen Lin reunited with Zhen Yu and Kannie, then asked Kannie to help him reach the White Jade Terrace so he could refine a strand of light of law before the Cage Array struck him down. Kannie agreed to seek aid from an elder of the Ancient Wood God Race.

  • Chen Lin told Fairy Yaochi that the Nightmare Realm offered another dangerous route to the Outer World and taught her the Seven-Star Shining Sun technique.
  • Chen Lin approved Zhen Yu's entry into his fiefdom, and she explained that Kannie had become the Ancient Wood God Race's Saintess.
  • Zhen Yu arranged for Kannie to apply again, and Chen Lin approved her request.
  • Kannie explained that her clone and original body were parts of one self, then said she was Rank Nine of the Void Realm.
  • Chen Lin described his predicament and asked Kannie to escort him through the Reality Realm to the White Jade Terrace.
  • Kannie said she would ask a venerable elder of the Ancient Wood God Race to ensure Chen Lin reached the White Jade Terrace safely.

Ch. 1564Changes in the Laws

Chen Lin completed his study of the space law in the White Jade Terrace’s cultivation chamber and discovered that his seven major laws could link with his inner star. After leaving early, he encountered Dao Monarch Qingxuan, whose clan was threatened by the Ice Dragon Tribe, and Bai Ze agreed to help before telling Chen Lin that Elder Jin wanted to see him.

  • Kannie arranged for Chen Lin to reach the White Jade Terrace, where Bai Ze escorted him to an azure-grade cultivation chamber for thirty years.
  • Chen Lin refined the light of law ahead of schedule, attained initiation in the space law, and found that his linked laws could exchange power with his inner star.
  • Chen Lin left the chamber early and recognized Dao Monarch Qingxuan, who pleaded for help against the Ice Dragon Tribe’s attempt to seize his clan’s sacred object and enslave its people.
  • Chen Lin introduced Qingxuan’s plight to Bai Ze, and she agreed to handle the matter.
  • Bai Ze told Chen Lin that Elder Jin wanted to see him and asked him to come along.

Ch. 1565Startling News

Chen Lin met with Jin Zhentian and Bai Ze, then bought rare cultivation materials in the Holy City before meeting Dao Monarch Qingxuan. Qingxuan revealed that Luo Shenhuang had killed him in the Three-Jade Immortal Kingdom.

  • Chen Lin told Jin Zhentian that the Drifting Bottle Scenario was sealed for a hundred years, ending Jin Zhentian's hope of entering it with him.
  • Bai Ze told Chen Lin that she had resolved his friend's trouble with the Ice Dragon Tribe, and Chen Lin promised to repay the favor.
  • Chen Lin visited the Holy City's market, bought endless water and rare materials, and then received a message from Dao Monarch Qingxuan.
  • Chen Lin met Qingxuan at the Spirit Tea House and explained that Luo Shenhuang had escaped the Three-Jade Immortal Kingdom and reached the Upper Primal Domain.
  • Qingxuan told Chen Lin that Luo Shenhuang had killed him in the Three-Jade Immortal Kingdom.

Ch. 1566Shock and Doubt

Chen Lin learned from Dao Monarch Qingxuan that Luo Qinglan had once split into a Rainbow Phoenix and a Black Great Bird, which killed Qingxuan, and verified the account through a Soul Search. After Jinlin urged him to focus on surviving the cage array cycle, Chen Lin set aside his doubts and entered the Lower Primal Domain with Chen Yueyao.

  • Dao Monarch Qingxuan told Chen Lin that phantom chains had appeared on Luo Qinglan before she split into a Rainbow Phoenix and a Black Great Bird, and the Black Great Bird killed him.
  • Chen Lin suspected either that Luo Qinglan had changed or that Qingxuan was lying, so he immobilized Qingxuan and searched his memories with his cooperation.
  • Chen Lin confirmed Qingxuan's account and learned that Qingxuan had resurrected through a treasure and a bloodline secret art; he compensated him and promised to seek bodily purification for him.
  • Chen Lin told Jinlin about Luo Qinglan, and Jinlin advised him to prioritize surviving the cage array cycle because strength could let him change the past and future.
  • Chen Lin set aside the matter, summoned Leng Yue, then entered the Lower Primal Domain with Chen Yueyao after learning the Silver Fairy had still not been found.

Ch. 1567An Unexpected Advancement

Ten years later, Chen Lin entered the sealed Demon-Suppressing Temple and found Nian Kong’s final clone chained inside the ninth layer of the pagoda. After absorbing it, Chen Lin unexpectedly began breaking through to the Void Realm in the Nightmare Realm, leaving him to seek a way to survive the dangerous transformation.

  • Chen Lin told Feng Yuqing that Chen Yueyao could remain in the Yucai Sect while he departed, and Chen Yueyao completed her tribulation and reached Nascent Soul.
  • Chen Lin empowered the Colored Road Guide with a Colored Nightmare Coin and used it to enter the sealed Demon-Suppressing Temple with Jinlin.
  • Chen Lin and Jinlin found the temple deserted and discovered a ninth layer containing a chained golden Buddha statue bearing Nian Kong’s face.
  • The Buddha revealed that it and Chen Lin had originally been one, and Chen Lin used Death Gaze before absorbing its remaining origin essence.
  • Chen Lin’s final mirror-image fusion unexpectedly triggered a Void Realm breakthrough, so he returned with Jinlin and took out a Medium Object while searching for a safe place to ascend.

Ch. 1568Need help?

Chen Lin crossed a one-way Light Gate into a desolate island in the Upper Primal Domain and began his Void Realm tribulation. As he struggled to fuse his body, soul, and intent with destiny law, a bald figure emerged from a rift and asked whether he needed help.

  • Chen Lin used the Golden Road Guide to enter the Light Gate scenario and crossed into the Reality Realm with Jinlin.
  • Chen Lin found himself on a desolate island surrounded by strange purple water, where the environment suppressed his connection to the Nightmare Realm.
  • Jinlin searched the area and reported that no living creatures were nearby, while Chen Lin set up three Defensive Dharma Arrays.
  • Chen Lin lit Yuming Incense and began fusing his body, soul, and intent with destiny law to ascend to the Void Realm.
  • As Jinlin stood guard and the incense burned low, a rift opened nearby and a little bald head asked Chen Lin if he needed help.

Ch. 1569Void Realm Tribulation (Part One)

Chen Lin and Jinlin fought off a mysterious Bald Child whose mirror image technique failed against Chen Lin’s Death Gaze, forcing him to retreat. Chen Lin then began his Void Realm Ascension tribulation, enduring its simultaneous assaults and charging at the second lightning bolt.

  • Jinlin attacked the Bald Child, who matched his spear beam and swallowed the resulting energy crystal.
  • Chen Lin unleashed his Tri-Color Short Bow, broken saber, and Flaming Giant Tiger, but the Bald Child copied his attacks.
  • Chen Lin struck the Bald Child with Death Gaze, draining his vitality and forcing him to flee through the Void Rift.
  • Chen Lin revealed that he had completed his Ascension and called down the Void Realm tribulation while Jinlin kept watch.
  • Chen Lin met the first black-and-white lightning bolt with his Severing Affection Saber and Golden Battle Armor, then endured the law backlash and bodily and soul deterioration.
  • Chen Lin resolved to withstand the tribulation and charged toward the second lightning bolt.

Ch. 1570Void Realm Tribulation (Part Two)

Chen Lin faced an unprecedented Void Realm tribulation, but hid from its final attack and failed to complete the ascension. He absorbed a crystal made from the last strike and successfully transformed into a Void Realm Cultivator.

  • Chen Lin endured the seventh and eighth lightning bolts with the help of his Heaven-Covering Talismans, but the tribulation formed an enormous golden giant from eighty-one runes.
  • Chen Lin hid in the Stone Coffin after retrieving Jinlin and covering himself with the Cloak of Xikeli, while the golden giant searched for him.
  • The Bald Child tried to counter the giant’s attack on his boat, but the richly dressed woman protected him with a Purple Small Umbrella and escaped through a Void Rift after sending an energy crystal toward Chen Lin.
  • Chen Lin emerged after the tribulation clouds vanished and realized he had failed the final stage, then began preparing to endure the backlash and Inner Demon Tribulation.
  • Jinlin found the energy crystal, and Chen Lin absorbed it to complete his transformation into a Void Realm Cultivator.

Ch. 1571June

During Chen Lin’s Inner Demon Tribulation, he met June, who explained that Zi Ning had saved his life with the Heavenly Tribulation Energy Crystal and secured Chen Lin’s promise to repay the favor. June also asked about Huiye and told Chen Lin that the person who came through the same passage was aboard the ship beside the island.

  • Chen Lin prepared for the Inner Demon Tribulation, but instead of illusions or Heavenly Fiends, he found himself in a garden with a woman.
  • June identified herself as the one who gave Chen Lin the Heavenly Tribulation Energy Crystal and asked how he had arrived.
  • Chen Lin explained his connection to Mingyue Shuanghua and the Purple Emperor Bloodline, and June said no outsider could seize the body of a Purple Emperor Descendant.
  • June told Chen Lin that Zi Ning had saved his life and secured his promise to fulfill Zi Ning’s request as long as it was not too excessive.
  • June asked whether Chen Lin knew Huiye; he said he had never heard the name, then learned that the woman was named June.
  • Before fading away, June told Chen Lin that his fellow traveler was aboard the ship beside the island and that they should leave together when the node opened.

Ch. 1572Exploring the Blood Handkerchief Again

Chen Lin survived his Inner Demon Tribulation, rescued Qing Zhe from the Purple Plane, and returned to the Inner World. After stabilizing his Void Realm cultivation, he entered the Blood Handkerchief Scenario to search for his soul mirror image or a Betrayer.

  • Chen Lin realized his Inner Demon Tribulation had passed with June's help and confirmed the skipped ordeal had not destabilized his cultivation.
  • Jinlin found Qing Zhe, and Chen Lin rescued her before escaping the Purple Plane through the space ripples.
  • Chen Lin and Jinlin returned through the Light Gate, which collapsed behind them as the Bald Child and Lean Woman sailed away.
  • Chen Lin brought Qing Zhe to Wangxiang City, where Aisa treated her until she woke a month later.
  • Over the next ten years, Chen Lin stabilized his Void Realm cultivation but remained far from condensing his Third Star.
  • Chen Lin informed Leng Yue and the others, transferred to the Lower Primal Domain, and entered the Blood Handkerchief Scenario.

Ch. 1573An unexpected acquaintance

Chen Lin returned to the wedding scenario, slaughtered its Nightmare Realm creatures, and searched for Xuanyin Great King, who was absent. He rescued Gu Xiaohong and unexpectedly reunited with Qian Li, then set off with him to investigate further.

  • Chen Lin killed the women who came to dress him, put on his armor, and broke out of the courtyard to confront the wedding procession.
  • Chen Lin destroyed the procession and the Faceless Man, then burned the residence to the ground when Xuanyin Great King failed to appear.
  • Chen Lin discovered Qian Li in the bridal sedan and learned that he had entered the Netherworld, become Alan's disciple, and been trapped in the scenario.
  • Chen Lin questioned Gu Xiaohong, a third-layer Qi Refining cultivator, and stored her in Li Fuyao's bracelet for safety.
  • Chen Lin took Qian Li with him, intending to scrutinize his behavior and abilities as they explored the scenario.

Ch. 1574Stealing Rules

Chen Lin confronted the Xuanyin Great King, exposed him as a Betrayer, and destroyed him with the Guillotine Emblem after defeating his defenses. As the Yellow Springs Scroll scenario began collapsing, Chen Lin rushed to free its prisoners and heard a familiar voice from the innermost cell.

  • Chen Lin and Jinlin reached the Xuanyin Great King's residence, where Chen Lin exposed the disguised king and attacked him with Jinlin.
  • The Xuanyin Great King revealed the Yellow Springs Scroll and tried to flee, but Chen Lin's Tri-Color Arrow shattered the scroll and Death Gaze prevented the king from recovering.
  • The Xuanyin Great King admitted that he had stolen rules before attempting a Soul-Pulling Guide; Chen Lin destroyed his attacks, and the Guillotine Emblem reclaimed the gray light he left behind, raising Chen Lin's Adjudicator rank.
  • With the scenario collapsing, Chen Lin ordered Jinlin to search elsewhere while he went to the dungeon, killed Meng Po, and freed the prisoners from their cells.
  • Chen Lin heard someone in the innermost cell recognize him as Fellow Daoist Chen.

Ch. 1575Rescuing the Captives

Chen Lin rescued Lan Ruxue from the Cold Palace, returned to his fiefdom, and gained Gu Xiaohong as a prospective disciple. After refining a strange fire during half a year of cultivation, he learned from Alan that she and Yun Xiumian had been seeking Nightmare Realm Rules to incorporate into themselves.

  • Chen Lin freed Lan Ruxue, told her he had killed Xuanyinzi and destroyed the Soul-Pulling Guide, and gave her a Gold-Spotted Fruit Tree Branch so she could enter his fiefdom.
  • Chen Lin learned Yun Xiumian was searching a sub-space for something hidden by the Xuanyin Great King, then left the collapsing scenario with Jinlin and told Qian Li that Yun Xiumian had departed on her own.
  • Chen Lin released Gu Xiaohong from Li Fuyao's bracelet, offered her several choices, and accepted her decision to stay and work toward becoming his Accepted Disciple.
  • Chen Lin examined his rewards for killing the Xuanyin Great King, exchanged a Treasure Vault Exchange Voucher for Xuanming Bone Fire, and spent half a year refining it.
  • Alan entered Chen Lin's fiefdom and revealed that she had found Yun Xiumian but that their plan had failed; she said they had been seeking Nightmare Realm Rules to incorporate into themselves.

Ch. 1576Bagua Mirror

Chen Lin condensed his Third Star, helping Fairy Yaochi condense one as well, and refined the Bagua Mirror before testing its formidable abilities. He returned to his fiefdom and found that Fairy Yaochi had stabilized her Inner Star, then followed her to the bedroom.

  • Chen Lin refused Alan's offer of a Jade Pendant that could take him to the Nightmare Realm Rules, saying he planned to reach the Outer World instead.
  • Chen Lin spent decades cultivating the Third Star, and his breakthrough strengthened his treasures and helped Fairy Yaochi form an Inner Star.
  • Chen Lin refined the Bagua Mirror and tested its ability to trap and gather creatures, seawater, and islands within its Bagua Diagram.
  • Chen Lin warned himself to conceal the Bagua Mirror because the Daoist Sect might pursue him for using its stolen treasure.
  • Chen Lin checked that Fairy Yaochi had stabilized her Inner Star, and she pulled him toward her bedroom for dual cultivation.

Ch. 1577Solar Gold Essence

Chen Lin learned that True Lord Wuming had hidden solar gold essence in a sealed cold pool, but the Cage Array began its long-delayed cycle before Chen Lin could pursue it. He sent Fairy Yaochi, Jinlin, and Gu Xiaohong toward Myriad Forms City while he prepared to act under Lin Xi’s identity.

  • Chen Lin continued cultivating his demon star during the prolonged delay, while Silver Fairy, Luo Qinglan, and his other missing acquaintances remained unreachable.
  • Fairy Yaochi told Chen Lin that True Lord Wuming had stored solar gold essence in a Myriad-Year Cold Pool beneath Ice-Sealed Canyon, but they lacked a safe way to break the sealing formation.
  • Chen Lin asked Liu Rumian about obtaining a Top-Tier True Treasure-level Array-Breaking Talisman, and Liu Rumian suggested he contact Xiao Qingmo and True Lord Jiuhuan.
  • Leng Yue reported that the Cage Array was fluctuating, prompting Liu Rumian to leave and Chen Lin to send Leng Yue back to safety.
  • Chen Lin instructed Fairy Yaochi to join Xiao Qingmo’s Vanguard Squad, sent Jinlin with her, and arranged for Gu Xiaohong to reach Myriad Forms City.
  • Chen Lin returned to the Fiefdom, passed through it, and emerged under Lin Xi’s identity.
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