Arc 67Black Star and Heretical Cultivators

Chen Lin ignited his Demon Star, survived its Entropy-tainted mutation, and followed a displaced group into the Cangyuan Secret Realm, where he found a connection to True Lord Wanmeng and took Shi Yuelan as his disciple. As he built a shop and investigated the Torn Cloth, attacks by heretical cultivators spread through the Qian Domain, leaving Chen Lin seeking a safe route out of the secret realm.

  • Chen Lin traded for an Ancient Buddha Cyan Lamp, learned Liu Rumian needed help, and later discovered that activating his Demon Star brought on a dangerous, Entropy-tainted mutation.
  • Chen Lin joined Zhao Chengfeng and other storm-displaced cultivators on their way to the Cangyuan Secret Realm, where he killed a golden Void Beast and earned entry tokens.
  • Shi Yuelan revealed that He Jiuniang was her mother and that she had traveled with True Lord Wanmeng, whom Chen Lin was searching for, and Chen Lin accepted her as his disciple.
  • Chen Lin investigated the Torn Cloth, destroyed Zhe Min’s possessing spiritual will, and learned a passphrase for the Traveling Merchant.
  • Chen Lin bound Qian Ziduo with pacts and established the Qingyang Treasure Pavilion, while Shi Yuelan advanced to the Void Realm under his guidance.
  • Chen Lin defeated a cloaked demonic cultivator with his Firefly Divine Ability and killed a seductress who ambushed him afterward.
  • Chen Lin learned that heretical cultivators had seized grotto-heavens in the Qian Domain and were moving toward the Kan Domain, then asked Yang Tianping about a safe way out of the secret realm.
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Ch. 1653Blue Lamp

Chen Lin traded his two Nihility Fish and Golden Silkworm Bottles for a Blue Lamp, only to learn that a monk had an identical lamp for a single fish. At the exchange meeting, he discovered that Liu Rumian was in danger in Five Lights City and was asked to pay for help rescuing her.

  • Chen Lin exchanged two Nihility Fish and both Golden Silkworm Bottles with a Fire Cloud Palace elder for a Blue Lamp said to contain Eternal Flame.
  • Nianshan offered Chen Lin an identical Ancient Buddha Cyan Lamp for one Nihility Fish, but Chen Lin refused because he had none left.
  • Chen Lin traded for spiritual herb seeds, pill-refining and talismancrafting materials, and several inheritances before continuing to browse the exchange meeting.
  • Wu Qingmei told Chen Lin that Liu Rumian had asked her to find him and that Liu had offended a powerful cultivator in Five Lights City.
  • Chen Lin agreed to help Liu Rumian, and Wu Qingmei demanded one Nihility Fish as payment for mediating on her behalf.

Ch. 1654The deal was struck

Chen Lin negotiated with Wu Qingmei to help his friend in exchange for two bottles of finger sand, then traded two of his Four Directions City brews for a Rejuvenation Fruit and gave another bottle to Hu Jiuling. As the exchange meeting ended, Nianshan came to buy the remaining Drunken Buddha Brew, and Chen Lin asked whether he had the Buddha Refining Chapter.

  • Chen Lin offered Wu Qingmei two bottles of finger sand to help his friend, and told her that his friend could seek aid from Gu Chenxuan or Shen Anning if needed.
  • With Shen Anning beside him, Chen Lin set up a stall and attracted buyers by advertising three mystical spirit wines from Four Directions City.
  • A True-Realm Expert traded Chen Lin a Rejuvenation Fruit for the Drunken Demon Brew.
  • Hu Jiuling took Chen Lin's Drunken Monster Brew as a gift, and Shen Anning warned him that the Holy Fox Clan expert was powerful.
  • Nianshan arrived to buy the Drunken Buddha Brew, and Chen Lin asked whether he possessed the Buddha Refining Chapter.

Ch. 1655Nianshan's warning

Chen Lin returned to the Kaiyuan Realm with an amber from Nianshan, who warned him that the Seven-Star Shining Sun Technique had troubling origins. After checking his treasures and tending to his responsibilities, Chen Lin began cultivating in seclusion.

  • Nianshan told Chen Lin that the Demon-Suppressing Temple had neither the Seven-Star Shining Sun Technique nor the Buddha Refining Chapter, warned him about the technique's origins, and traded him an amber containing a changing runic inscription for Drunken Buddha Brew.
  • Chen Lin returned to his cave abode, examined the amber, and decided to keep practicing the Seven-Star Shining Sun despite Nianshan's warning, while questioning the Demon-Suppressing Temple's role in his past.
  • Chen Lin used a drop of Rejuvenation Fruit juice to revive Grass, inspected the Ancient Buddha Cyan Lamp, and discovered that Gu Chenxuan's gourd held a large supply of All Things Intoxicated.
  • Chen Lin spent over a month planting spiritual herb seeds, then checked the Divine Seed with White Fox and gave her Void Beast flesh and blood to continue tending it.
  • Chen Lin told White Fox not to disturb him unless something important happened, returned to his cave abode, and began cultivating in seclusion.

Ch. 1656Void Storm

After two hundred years of cultivation, Chen Lin prepared cautiously for his next breakthrough, organized his yaoguai into Kaiyuan Sect roles, and checked on the recovering Grass. Outside the Heaven-Connecting River, he learned of a devastating void storm and confirmed that Wu Qingmei was known in Five Lights City before asking about Liu Rumian.

  • Chen Lin advanced the Demon Star to the threshold of lighting its Star Core but decided to gather information and tribulation treasures before attempting it.
  • White Fox reported that Ying Huan, Wang Dahu, and Xie Xiaohong had reached the Law Origin Mid-Stage, while Bao San and the little white rabbit had died in failed breakthroughs.
  • Chen Lin appointed Ying Huan, Wang Dahu, and Xie Xiaohong as Kaiyuan Sect deacons, assigning them surveillance, divine-seed care, and oversight of the waters.
  • Chen Lin saw that Grass had recovered substantially, then entered the Heaven-Connecting River and emerged without gathering finger sand.
  • Lu Guangqiao told Chen Lin that a void storm had swept through the Void Realm sixty years earlier, displacing cultivators and collapsing grotto-heaven blessed lands.
  • Chen Lin traded Lu Guangqiao a thousand grains of finger sand for eternal stones, learned that Wu Qingmei was a well-known Pavilion Master in Five Lights City, and asked whether Lu Guangqiao knew Liu Rumian.

Ch. 1657Changes in Strength

Chen Lin reached the Shen Family after weakening his Inner World Imprint, which freed many of his suppressed abilities but also damaged his laws, body, and cultivation. He learned that a mysterious black star may have caused the Void Storm, then heard that Shen Anning’s Second Uncle wanted to see him.

  • Chen Lin finished his transaction with Lu Guangqiao and flew toward the Shen Family while testing his newly restored abilities.
  • Chen Lin assessed how removing the Inner World Imprint had weakened his laws and physical cultivation, then decided to focus his future training on the Seven Supreme Laws, his soul, and Seven-Star Shining Sun.
  • Chen Lin arrived at the Shen Family Residence and showed Shen Anning’s token to the gatekeepers.
  • Shen Anning told Chen Lin that investigators believed the Void Storms had formed because of a newly appeared black star in the Upper Starry Sky.
  • Shen Anning said her Second Uncle had returned and wanted to meet Chen Lin.

Ch. 1658Shen Wenling's Questions

Chen Lin spoke with Shen Wenling about the Holy Pagoda, the Cage Array, the Purple Emperor, and the Upper Seven Realms, then learned that Shen Wenling was searching for Li Fuyao. Chen Lin admitted he had killed her after she caused his wife's death, but suspected Li Fuyao could have survived through resurrection.

  • Shen Wenling praised Chen Lin's cultivation and asked whether he had caused the Holy Pagoda's disappearance; Chen Lin explained that he had claimed a destiny-related benefit that merged with his innate talent.
  • Shen Wenling explained that some Nightmare Realm scenarios lay beyond the Cage Array's blockade and recounted the Purple Emperor's history, Entropy, and the array's reach across the Rainbow Realm, Nightmare Realm, and Seven Realms.
  • Chen Lin asked about the Upper Seven Realms, and Shen Wenling said they were sealed subordinate planes with no conventional passages and warned Chen Lin to stay away.
  • Shen Wenling asked Chen Lin to describe the Nightmare Realm scenarios linked to the Inner World, and Chen Lin shared his knowledge and showed him related items.
  • Shen Wenling revealed that he was searching for Li Fuyao, and Chen Lin admitted that he had killed her after she caused his wife's death but suspected she could resurrect.

Ch. 1659An unexpected complication

Chen Lin learned that the Emerald Bracelet was connected to Shen Wenling’s mysterious old friend and possibly to Li Fuyao’s powerful parents, leaving him worried about future danger. After returning to the Kaiyuan Realm, he prepared tribulation treasures and began lighting his Star Core.

  • Shen Wenling took the Emerald Bracelet from Chen Lin, then returned it and advised him to visit Yesterday Manor.
  • Chen Lin told Shen Anning that Li Fuyao, whom he had killed in the Inner World, was the missing daughter Shen Wenling wanted him to find.
  • Shen Anning warned Chen Lin to hide the bracelet and invoke Yesterday Manor’s name if its owner came after him, but refused to identify that person.
  • Chen Lin changed his appearance and returned to the Kaiyuan Realm, resolving to focus on strengthening himself.
  • Chen Lin gathered tribulation treasures and starlight stones, prepared his Immortal Cave, and began lighting his Star Core.

Ch. 1660Star Core Mutation

Chen Lin ignited the Fourth Star’s Star Core after the Ancient Buddha Cyan Lamp unexpectedly restored his connection to a mysterious star, but the Core formed black and began mutating his body when he activated the Demon Star. As a heavenly tribulation struck, he tried to suppress the spreading mutation with lightning and other energies, but it reached his soul, consciousness sea, and law origin.

  • Chen Lin’s attempt to ignite the Star Core lost its connection to the mysterious star when a Black Star pulled away the incoming stellar essence.
  • The Ancient Buddha Cyan Lamp shattered, and its golden Buddha shadow restored the connection, allowing the starshine to enter Chen Lin and ignite his Star Core.
  • Months later, Chen Lin found that the Fourth Star’s Star Core was black and larger than his other Star Cores.
  • Chen Lin activated the Demon Star to investigate, triggering a painful mutation that blackened his body as a heavenly tribulation gathered.
  • Chen Lin ordered the White Fox to retreat, swallowed the Golden-Eyed Giant’s natal essence blood, and faced the lightning tribulation head-on.
  • Chen Lin used the Seven-Star Shining Sun Technique, tribulation lightning, and a spirit platform umbrella mushroom to suppress the Demon Star’s aura, but the mutation spread into his soul, consciousness sea, and law origin.

Ch. 1661Bizarre Celestial Fire

Chen Lin survived a powerful heavenly tribulation, purged the bizarre aura from his Demon Star, and discovered that a remnant had altered his celestial fire. After investigating its possible ties to Entropy and the Demon-Suppressing Temple, he entered the Heaven-Connecting River for supplies and found its surroundings deserted.

  • Chen Lin used Soul-Destroying Finger to repel the bizarre aura, then endured the heavenly tribulation, which refined his body and partly erased his Inner World Brand.
  • Chen Lin spent a month combining Soul-Destroying Finger and Death Gaze to purge the Demon Star, but a black wisp remained in the Three-Color Flame and strengthened it.
  • Chen Lin realized the black energy carried Entropy's bizarre aura and suspected it had entered through starlight tainted by the Black Star.
  • Chen Lin considered possible links among Entropy, Niuniu, and the Demon-Suppressing Temple, then set aside his unanswered questions and entered the Heaven-Connecting River to gather supplies.
  • Chen Lin collected five bottles of finger sand and found no cultivators around the river, leaving him worried that the route to his Kaiyuan Realm might be closed.

Ch. 1662After the storm

Chen Lin traveled toward the Cangyuan Secret Realm with five survivors from the Qian Domain, learning that a void storm had destroyed their home and driven Void Beasts into the region. When they reached the entrance, several cultivators rushed inside and immediately came back out.

  • Chen Lin killed an entry void realm Void Beast that was hunting Zhao Chengfeng and four other semi-void cultivators.
  • Chen Lin learned that the group had been displaced from the Qian Domain by a void storm, and suspected the Black Star and Entropy had caused it.
  • Chen Lin introduced himself as Yu Yuehai and traveled with Zhao Chengfeng, Zhao Qingyu, Qian Ziduo, Wang Wulun, and Shi Yuelan toward the Cangyuan Secret Realm.
  • Chen Lin killed two more Void Beasts on the way and reached the secret realm's entrance with the group.
  • Several cultivators flew into the entrance ring, then immediately emerged again before Chen Lin and the others could enter.

Ch. 1663Torn Cloth

Chen Lin and his companions sought entry to the Cangyuan Secret Realm after learning that outsiders had to earn contribution points as guards. He accepted offerings from Zhao Chengfeng and Qian Ziduo, then tried to negotiate entry by offering finger sand and proof that they had killed Void Beasts.

  • A white-robed cultivator told Chen Lin that outsiders without Pass Tokens had to join the Guard Team and earn contribution points before entering the secret realm.
  • Zhao Chengfeng gave Chen Lin a torn cloth that could not be stored even in the Emerald Bracelet, and Qian Ziduo followed by offering a Storage Bag.
  • Wang Wulun and Shi Yuelan declined to offer treasures, but followed Chen Lin into the ring of light with the others.
  • Two grey-robed cultivators stopped Chen Lin's group and demanded Pass Tokens; Chen Lin offered four Silkworm Bottles of finger sand to persuade them to make an exception.
  • When the guards asked about his ties to a major Kan Domain power, Chen Lin said the group had been swept there by the Void Storm and offered Storage Bags of slain Void Beasts as evidence they deserved contribution points.

Ch. 1664Revealing His Abilities

Chen Lin negotiated entry to the Cangyuan Secret Realm, then revealed his power by killing a golden Void Beast that overwhelmed the Guard Team. He earned a pass and the gratitude of Yang Tianping and Xu Dingshan, while Shi Yuelan revealed she came from the Inner World and asked for his help.

  • Chen Lin persuaded Yang Tianping to let his group enter, but Yang Tianping required one person to join the Guard Team, so Wang Wulun chose to leave and was swallowed by a golden Void Beast.
  • The Void Beast attacked the Guard Team, killing more than half its members, while Shi Yuelan told Chen Lin she came from the Inner World and offered to follow him if he saved her.
  • Yang Tianping asked Chen Lin to kill the beast in exchange for an official Pass Token and permission for everyone to enter without joining the Guard Team.
  • Chen Lin used Death Gaze and a sword strike from his fan to kill the golden Void Beast, earning Xu Dingshan's gratitude and a Transmission Bead.
  • Yang Tianping returned Chen Lin's four Silkworm Bottles, but Chen Lin insisted he keep them, and Yang Tianping gave Chen Lin several tokens.

Ch. 1665Shi Yuelan

After entering the Cangyuan Secret Realm, Chen Lin dismissed Zhao Chengfeng, Zhao Qingyu, and Qian Ziduo, then questioned Shi Yuelan about her origins. The chapter ended when she named the other survivor from the Inner World as True Lord Wanmeng and conjured his likeness for Chen Lin.

  • Chen Lin refused Zhao Chengfeng, Zhao Qingyu, and Qian Ziduo's requests to stay with him, but accepted their Transmission Beads and kept Shi Yuelan by his side.
  • Chen Lin took Shi Yuelan to a spirit tea house in the crowded secret realm and asked where she came from.
  • Shi Yuelan said she was from Great Dream City in the Boundless Realm and revealed that He Jiuniang, whom Chen Lin had met before, was her mother.
  • Shi Yuelan told Chen Lin that her mother had died and that she had entered the Outer World with the Southern Alliance's Vanguard Squad during a cage array cycle.
  • When Shi Yuelan named True Lord Wanmeng as the other survivor, Chen Lin urgently asked her to draw his likeness, and she conjured an image of the man.

Ch. 1666The Ring and the Stone Tablet

Chen Lin learned how Shi Yuelan obtained the eternal-aura ring and stone tablet, then accepted her as an Accepted Disciple and gave her finger sand. The chapter ended with Chen Lin asking Shi Yuelan to use her Dream Entry ability on him.

  • Chen Lin confirmed that Shi Yuelan's image showed the person he was searching for, and she explained how she and True Lord Wanmeng escaped the Outer World Powerhouses before splitting over a ring they found in the void.
  • Shi Yuelan gave Chen Lin the ring and its stone tablet; Chen Lin discovered the ring could store Zhao Chengfeng's Torn Cloth but could not uncover its secrets, while the tablet showed a strange star-map vision.
  • Shi Yuelan asked Chen Lin not to search or damage her soul, and Chen Lin agreed to spare her if she stayed by his side; he let her choose between becoming his Accepted Disciple and subordinate.
  • Shi Yuelan became Chen Lin's Accepted Disciple, and he gave her finger sand to help her advance toward the Void Realm.
  • Shi Yuelan described her Dream Entry talent and cultivation, explaining that she retained late Semi-Void strength in the Outer World, and Chen Lin asked her to use her Innate Divine Ability on him.

Ch. 1667Domains

Chen Lin tested Shi Yuelan’s powerful Talent Domain and learned that it could suppress him but risked severe backlash if broken. After discussing cultivation and their connection to True Lord Wanmeng, master and disciple explored the market, where Chen Lin acquired a high-grade Boundary-Breaking Treasure that could let him enter the Kaiyuan Realm.

  • Shi Yuelan trapped Chen Lin in her Talent Domain, suppressing his powers and making him fall toward a forest of swords.
  • Chen Lin used a Soul Hand to destroy a sword and break the domain, causing Shi Yuelan to suffer a dangerous backlash that he treated with medicine and soul essence.
  • Shi Yuelan explained that her Talent Domain had restrictions, while Chen Lin reflected that he had neglected life-level cultivation by focusing too much on Seven-Star Shining Sun.
  • Shi Yuelan told Chen Lin that True Lord Wanmeng had fallen from early Void Realm to middle semi-void strength in the Outer World, and Chen Lin revealed they came from the same lower realm and were on good terms.
  • Chen Lin and Shi Yuelan searched the market and bought starlight stone, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Entities, and a high-grade Boundary-Breaking Treasure.

Ch. 1668Black and White Jade Pendant

Chen Lin tested a Black and White Jade Pendant that could discreetly breach spatial barriers, then spent a year observing Shi Yuelan while earning money by refining pills. After learning that Zhao Chengfeng had transformed into an Alien Race monster before dying, Chen Lin discovered that the Torn Cloth Zhao Chengfeng gave him bore part of the monster’s pattern.

  • Chen Lin used the Black and White Jade Pendant to open a passage into the Wine Pot Pendant’s space and concluded it might allow travel through larger barriers, though he could not safely test it on his Kaiyuan Realm.
  • Chen Lin put aside the Torn Cloth, studied the stone slab, and refined pills to support himself while keeping his identity concealed.
  • Over the following year, Shi Yuelan passed Chen Lin’s secret tests, and she later reported that Qian Ziduo had told her Zhao Chengfeng died after going mad.
  • Chen Lin sent Shi Yuelan to investigate Zhao Chengfeng’s death and bring Qian Ziduo to him.
  • Shi Yuelan returned with a report and a portrait showing Zhao Chengfeng’s transformed Alien Race appearance; Chen Lin compared it with the Torn Cloth and confirmed its pattern matched the monster.

Ch. 1669Zhe Min

Chen Lin used celestial fire to awaken the pattern on the torn cloth and spoke with Zhe Min, a spiritual thought from the Swallowtail Gyre searching for a sword. Zhe Min mistook Chen Lin for Entropy’s reincarnated body and offered increasingly valuable treasures to enlist his help.

  • Chen Lin found that the torn cloth resisted his attacks but reacted faintly to Death Gaze, so he sealed the immortal cave with an Isolation Array.
  • Chen Lin burned the cloth’s pattern with celestial fire, causing it to writhe and speak to him.
  • Zhe Min introduced himself as a being from the Swallowtail Gyre and said he was searching the Rainbow Realm for a snow-white sword.
  • Chen Lin questioned Zhe Min about the sword and refused offers of a Star-Gazing Flower and a Hundred-Light Stone.
  • Zhe Min offered Chen Lin a bottle of tianyi divine water after Chen Lin demanded a better reward.

Ch. 1670Flame Palm

Chen Lin bargained with Zhe Min for a fire secret art, then thwarted Zhe Min’s attempt to seize his body by eroding the invading spiritual will with his soul. After recovering fragments of Zhe Min’s memories, Chen Lin investigated the Market and returned with Zhao Qingyu to keep watch over her after her contact with the Torn Cloth.

  • Chen Lin demanded payment before helping Zhe Min find a sword, and Zhe Min offered a fire-attribute secret art instead of Tianyi Divine Water.
  • Zhe Min taught Chen Lin the Flame Palm dharmic formula, then sent spiritual will into Chen Lin’s body in an attempt to take it over.
  • Chen Lin used Death Gaze to clear his thoughts, burned the Torn Cloth, and destroyed Zhe Min’s spiritual will by eroding it in his Soul Origin Essence.
  • Chen Lin recovered fragmented memories that taught him Zhe Min’s language, confirmed the Flame Palm was safe to practice, and revealed a passphrase for the Traveling Merchant.
  • Chen Lin questioned Shi Yuelan and Qian Ziduo, inspected the Market, and returned several days later with Zhao Qingyu, who had also come into contact with the Torn Cloth.

Ch. 1671Qingyang Treasure Pavilion

After six months of secluded study, Chen Lin learned that Zhao Qingyu’s brother had been corrupted by the Torn Cloth but refused to keep her close. He made Qian Ziduo his contracted subordinate, took Shi Yuelan as his formal disciple, and established the Qingyang Treasure Pavilion; three years later, the shop was thriving and Qian Ziduo brought Chen Lin a newly acquired item.

  • Chen Lin told Zhao Qingyu that the Torn Cloth had contaminated her brother, then refused her request to stay by his side.
  • Chen Lin made Qian Ziduo sign a Blood Pact and a soul pact, and appointed him to run a shop.
  • Chen Lin accepted Shi Yuelan as his formal disciple and gave her a high-grade Innate Cultivation Technique.
  • With Xu Dingshan’s help, Qian Ziduo and Shi Yuelan bought a shop, which Chen Lin named the Qingyang Treasure Pavilion.
  • Over the next three years, Qian Ziduo built the shop into a successful business and acquired starlight stones for Chen Lin.
  • Qian Ziduo hurried to Chen Lin and presented him with an item he had acquired that day.

Ch. 1672Medium

Chen Lin investigated a nightmare realm token, then took Shi Yuelan into the void to test her combat skills and seek a worthy opponent for his Flame Palm. Their training was interrupted by a distant cultivator calling for help.

  • Qian Ziduo gave Chen Lin a Spirit Planter Token from a colored scenario, and Chen Lin asked him to discreetly investigate powerful grotto-heaven protection arrays.
  • Chen Lin realized the token could draw him into a scenario beyond the Cage Array, but decided not to explore it without first sending scouts.
  • After years of studying the Flame Palm, Chen Lin took Shi Yuelan into the void and warned her that Outer World tribulations were dangerous.
  • Shi Yuelan fought a Void Realm giant scorpion until Chen Lin rescued her, then later defeated a newly ascended Void Realm centipede on her own.
  • Chen Lin learned that Shi Yuelan had condensed her innate law origin with a petal from a seven-colored flower, and she wondered whether he might be her father.
  • A distant voice cried out to Chen Lin for help, interrupting his conversation with Shi Yuelan.

Ch. 1673Demonic Cultivator

Chen Lin and Shi Yuelan encountered a powerful cloaked demonic cultivator who trapped them in darkness and attacked with lethal slashes. After the old man self-detonated to protect his grandson, Chen Lin unleashed the Firefly Divine Ability, filling the void with lights as the battle continued.

  • Chen Lin put Shi Yuelan inside the Emerald Bracelet when the cloaked demonic cultivator appeared, but refused the old man's request to shelter his grandson.
  • The Cloaked Person darkened the void and attacked Chen Lin, whose senses and law-warning ability were suppressed as he dodged through the darkness.
  • The old man's grandson was killed, and the old man self-detonated, blasting Chen Lin away and shattering his defenses.
  • Chen Lin activated the Firefly Divine Ability despite having no moonlight, draining nearly all his energy to summon a speck of light.
  • Chen Lin commanded the Firefly to attack, and countless lights spread through the darkness until the void became an ocean of fireflies.

Ch. 1674Two Great Divine Abilities

Chen Lin defeated a demonic cultivator with the Firefly Divine Ability, then killed a spatially talented seductress with the Flame Palm. After recovering, he ordered Shi Yuelan to have Qian Ziduo investigate the demonic cultivator’s race and began refining the seductress’s mysterious green bracelet.

  • Chen Lin used the Firefly Divine Ability to overcome the demonic cultivator’s Darkness Domain and devour him with a swarm of fireflies.
  • A seductress ambushed the exhausted Chen Lin, but his Flame Palm burned up her Red Ribbon and pursued her into the void, killing her.
  • Chen Lin returned to his immortal cave, recovered for a day and night, and reviewed the battle.
  • Chen Lin told Shi Yuelan to give Qian Ziduo an image of the demonic cultivator and ask him to investigate the man’s race, while keeping the old man and youth secret.
  • Chen Lin examined the surviving spoils, found a green bracelet with spatial fluctuations, and used the Treasure-Refining Formula to try to refine it.

Ch. 1675The Liekong Clan

Chen Lin examined his loot, but spared a descendant of the Liekong Clan after Ji Wu appeared and reclaimed her bracelet. He discovered an unrefinable treasure and a huge cache of valuables, then Shi Yuelan returned with major news.

  • Chen Lin tried to refine a burned green bracelet, but Ji Wu of the Liekong Clan appeared and explained that his descendant’s resurrection spirit was inside it.
  • Chen Lin let Ji Wu take the bracelet, and Ji Wu promised him a favor after confirming the spirit remained intact.
  • Chen Lin tested a strange cylinder that resisted Flame Palm and could only be stored in his Gray Ring.
  • Chen Lin found a vast Storage Bag filled with eternal stones, starlight stones, and miscellaneous goods, and considered how to sell them safely.
  • Shi Yuelan rushed back and told Chen Lin that something major had happened.

Ch. 1676Heretical Cultivator Group

Shi Yuelan told Chen Lin that cloaked heretical cultivators were attacking Void Realm cultivators across the region, prompting him to suspend his travel plans and cultivate. After failing to form a fifth inner star, Chen Lin chose to focus on improving his innate cultivation and began searching for related resources.

  • Shi Yuelan reported that more than a dozen attacks by cloaked heretical cultivators had been discovered, and Chen Lin told her to keep watch while he stayed in Cangyuan Grotto-Heaven.
  • Chen Lin resumed cultivating Seven-Star Shining Sun, but the other four inner stars devoured the embryonic soul star and forced him to stop.
  • Chen Lin weighed advancing his innate cultivation against strengthening his inner stars and chose to prioritize his cultivation, Void Domain, and natal spirit treasure.
  • Chen Lin searched the Market for innate cultivation methods and resources, then began visiting trading conventions to gather innate spirit treasures, secret arts, and spiritual entities.

Ch. 1677A storm was brewing

Chen Lin learned that heretical cultivators were overrunning the Qian Domain and that the factions planned to abandon the Cangyuan Secret Realm if the fighting spread. After discovering that the Major Factions had been withdrawing their descendants for a year, he asked Yang Tianping for a safe way out.

  • Chen Lin shifted his efforts toward repairing the Xikuli Cloak so he could return to the Inner World.
  • Qian Ziduo told Chen Lin that heretical cultivators had seized many grotto-heavens in the Qian Domain and were advancing toward the Kan Domain.
  • Chen Lin confirmed the danger with Yang Tianping, who explained that the Void Realm's superpowers were unlikely to unite against the heretical cultivators.
  • After Chen Lin gave Yang Tianping a Heaven Tier Precious Tool, Yang Tianping revealed that the Major Factions had decided a year earlier to abandon the secret realm if the Qian Domain fell.
  • Chen Lin asked Yang Tianping whether he knew a safe route out.
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