Recaps

Chen Lin recruited Nana after killing Fang Wenji, then returned to Black Stone Town to find Xing Henshui and rescue Yaoning. He uncovered Xing’s trap and faced Xing Henshui and Lv Qingxiang as Zhenyang Palace began to emerge.

• Chen Lin confirmed Fang Wenji was dead, learned Nana would follow him, and left with her after destroying Fang’s body and burying the Remnant.
• A radiant orb rose above the True Yang Treasure, and Chen Lin sheltered Nana in the Grotto-Heaven Jade Pendant before returning to Black Stone Town.
• Chen Lin entered the Prefecture Office, killed its disciples, and used Nana’s ability to learn that Xing Henshui was in an underground secret room.
• A Three-Legged Crow ambushed Chen Lin, but he drove it off with True Solar Fire, revealing Xing Henshui, who had captured Yaoning.
• Lv Qingxiang appeared and ordered Xing Henshui to kill Chen Lin quickly so they could seize his fire source and pursue Zhenyangzi’s inheritance.

Chen Lin killed Xing Henshui, the Great Elder, and Sect Leader Huang, then waited in Black Stone Town as Zhenyang Palace drew powerful figures away. After completing Nana’s task without receiving permission to leave, he and Dream Gu discussed their remaining tasks and began considering a plan to deal with Du Xiaolian.

• Chen Lin used Nana to distract the Great Elder and Xing Henshui, then killed Xing Henshui with Soul-Destroying Finger and burned the Great Elder’s crow form with True Solar Fire.
• Yaoning revealed that Xing Henshui’s Crow Cage had vanished, allowing Dream Gu to escape, and Chen Lin chose not to explore Zhenyang Palace.
• Chen Lin, Dream Gu, Yaoning, and Nana ambushed and killed Sect Leader Huang, after which Yaoning announced Beauty Fu would succeed him as sect leader.
• Chen Lin discovered that washing his feet with Nana’s help had completed her task, but he received no notice that he could leave the plane.
• Dream Gu proposed staying in the plane to cultivate, but Chen Lin argued that they needed to complete their remaining tasks and outlined a possible plan for Du Xiaolian.

Chen Lin learned that Zhou Qingshuang had borne his son, Zhou Jing, and agreed to protect the Zhou Family while keeping the child’s parentage quiet. Sixty years later, Chen Lin reached the middle realm but faced a limited lifespan and no clear path to the Upper Realm, leaving him to seek another way to complete his mission.

• Beauty Fu stayed in Ningxuan Prefecture and agreed to let Chen Lin use her name to establish a newspaper business.
• Chen Lin and Dream Gu built the newspaper office, collected sun stones, and expanded their business across multiple regions.
• Zhou Xingyun told Chen Lin that Zhou Qingshuang had borne his son, Zhou Jing, and described the patriarch’s strange divination in the True Yang Treasure.
• Chen Lin examined the child, left his name unchanged, promised to destroy the Green-Clothed Gang, and told the Zhou Family to keep his parentage secret.
• After leaving Ningxuan City, Chen Lin traveled for decades and advanced to the middle realm using a technique derived from Black Tiger Steals Heart.
• Chen Lin and Dream Gu worried that their lifespans were running out and concluded they needed to complete the mission as soon as possible.

Chen Lin and Dream Gu investigated He Chengfeng’s possible connection to the Bizarre King while seeking a way to complete their task. After learning of an upcoming auction in Wuyi City, Chen Lin traveled there to search for soul-related treasures and prepared to strengthen his soul before deciding whether to enter the Dark Domain.

• Dream Gu told Chen Lin that a reincarnated woman who had been He Chengfeng’s concubine in a previous life claimed he obtained something linked to the Bizarre King and killed her after she discovered his secret.
• Chen Lin and Dream Gu considered going north to find the Bizarre King, but Nana warned that going there would be dangerous and they would die; the two decided to gather more information first.
• Two years later, Chen Lin learned from the newspaper office’s manager that an auction in Wuyi City would feature a soul secret art, other soul treasures, and lifespan-extension treasures.
• Chen Lin traveled to Wuyi City by boat with Old Man Gu and a young man, then entered the auction’s Inner Hall and found an inn where he could wait and cultivate.
• Chen Lin practiced the Five-Grain Soul-Nourishing Art with soul ash and other spiritual entities to prepare for the Dark Domain and the possibility of entering samsara with Dream Gu.

Chen Lin bought the Soul-Unlocking Key at an auction, then learned from a masked bidder that it might be used with a Soul-Unlocking Method. As they began negotiating an exchange on the way to the Northern Domain, Chen Lin proposed sealing the deal with Oath Feathers.

• Chen Lin outbid a masked bidder and bought the Soul-Unlocking Key for five thousand crystal coins, but could discover little about it before the masked figure left the auction.
• Chen Lin failed to win the Longevity Jade Nectar and departed by Spirit Boat toward the Northern Domain.
• The masked bidder caught up with Chen Lin and proposed discussing soul cultivation, claiming Chen Lin likely knew the Soul-Unlocking Method.
• Chen Lin consulted Xiaohua, who said a Soul-Unlocking Key worked with a Soul-Unlocking Method and warned him not to attempt soul dissolution lightly.
• The masked man shared the name of his Eight-Gate Lock-Summoning Technique and offered Chen Lin its first half in exchange for information about spiritual entities that aided soul dissolution.
• Chen Lin accepted the conch containing the first half of the technique, then proposed that they swear an oath using Oath Feathers and sent a black feather toward the masked man.

Chen Lin exchanged information with a masked figure, learned more about the Life Ferry, and joined Dream Gu in searching the Darkness Zone for clues about the Bizarre King. When a strange Red Monkey repeatedly ambushed them, Chen Lin tried to alter its fate and found it waiting at the end of its destiny line.

• Chen Lin and the masked figure swore oaths, exchanged information about spiritual entities, and parted after the masked figure gave him the Eight-Gate Lock-Summoning Technique.
• Xiaohua explained the Life Ferry’s seven mission ratings and warned Chen Lin that a perfect rating could earn a Ship Ticket to board the dangerous true ferry.
• Chen Lin reached Great King City and met Dream Gu, but neither she nor Nana had found reliable information about the Bizarre King.
• Chen Lin, Dream Gu, and Nana entered the Darkness Zone, where a crimson monkey repeatedly evaded their attacks and resisted their abilities.
• Chen Lin used his Fate Arts and Heaven Opening Eye to follow the Red Monkey’s destiny line, then saw the monkey waiting beside its destiny node with a mocking grin.

Chen Lin captured the Red Tassel General, a bizarre being from the Bizarre Kingdom, after trapping him with the Ring of Destiny and weakening him with Soul-Destroying Finger. The captive revealed the terrifying name of his king before passing out, and Chen Lin asked Dream Gu to try entering his dreams as they continued seeking a way to pressure He Chengfeng.

• Little Monkey appeared in Chen Lin's Destiny Domain and proved immune to Chen Lin's attacks, but Chen Lin trapped him with the Ring of Destiny and captured him in reality.
• Little Monkey identified himself as the Red Tassel General serving the Great King and declared Chen Lin his enemy as a Punishment Monarch.
• Chen Lin struck Little Monkey with Soul-Destroying Finger, while Little Monkey threatened him and named his king the Divine King Manifesting All-Saints of Duotian.
• The king's name triggered a terrifying presence that affected Dream Gu and Nana, but Chen Lin dispelled it and pressed Little Monkey for information.
• Little Monkey fainted without answering Chen Lin's questions, and Chen Lin told Dream Gu they needed to find the Bizarre King to put pressure on He Chengfeng.
• Dream Gu swallowed a Strangely Shaped Stone and began preparing to draw Little Monkey into a dream.

Chen Lin and Dream Gu learned that He Chengfeng served the Bizarre King through a ritual altar in the Dark Domain, and they set out to investigate it. After Chen Lin defeated a bee-controlling monster and claimed its Soul Hive, he and Nana reached the altar, where its white light struck Nana and caused her aura to surge.

• Dream Gu told Chen Lin that He Chengfeng had obtained a Slave Seal through an offering ritual at an altar deep in the Dark Domain.
• Chen Lin decided to investigate the altar, brought the captive Little Monkey along, and entered the dangerous region after Dream Gu retreated.
• Chen Lin and Nana fought waves of bees and defeated the Honeycomb Monster with the second-stage Soul-Destroying Finger.
• Chen Lin recovered the monster's Soul Hive and learned from Nana that his Punishment Technique had marked it, allowing him to use it.
• Chen Lin and Nana reached the enormous white altar, which shone brightly and sent beams of light onto Nana, making her aura surge.

Chen Lin received a thousand-year contract from Nana to find Huqiu’s sixteenth wind chime in the Star Ruins, along with a beast to break He Chengfeng’s Slave Seals. After more than a hundred years of cultivation, he and Dream Gu prepared to act against He Chengfeng and Du Xiaolian, while Chen Lin sought a way into the Extreme Sword Sect.

• Nana revealed she was not the Bizarre King and bound Chen Lin with the Daxuandu Seal, requiring him to remove Huqiu’s sixteenth wind chime within a thousand years.
• Nana gave Chen Lin a purifying beast that could break Slave Seals and took the Red Little Monkey before disappearing.
• Chen Lin returned to Dream Gu, then cultivated for more than a hundred years; his attempt to explore the River of Destiny triggered a violent disturbance, so he abandoned the effort.
• Chen Lin and Dream Gu agreed to pursue their plans at once: Dream Gu would expose Du Xiaolian through the newspaper, while Chen Lin would target He Chengfeng.
• Chen Lin visited the Ruyi Pavilion and bargained with its old shopkeeper for a place as an inner sect disciple of the Extreme Sword Sect.
• The old shopkeeper accepted five thousand crystals, gave Chen Lin a token for Elder Liu, and required him to accept a future request from someone carrying matching red jade.

Chen Lin waited years for He Chengfeng to travel north, then used the Purifying Beast and Soul Confrontation Secret Art to remove his Slave Seal and force him to beg for mercy. He Chengfeng revealed that he had prepared a hidden escape, restored his Sage Realm cultivation, and seized Chen Lin’s True Soul Body, but Chen Lin vanished before He Chengfeng could destroy it.

• Chen Lin spent years posing as an inner disciple while waiting for He Chengfeng and worrying that Dream Gu’s newspaper would change hands.
• Chen Lin left the Extreme Sword Sect and waited on the Tianyun River as rumors spread that a towering goddess had appeared in the Dark Domain.
• He Chengfeng investigated the rumors, then left for the Northern Domain without concealing his aura, as Chen Lin had predicted.
• Chen Lin used the Daxuandu Seal to make the Purifying Beast swallow the inscription from He Chengfeng’s sword, then ambushed him with the Soul Confrontation Secret Art.
• After a day-long struggle, Chen Lin forced He Chengfeng to beg for mercy, completing his task and lifting a shackle from himself.
• He Chengfeng exploited Chen Lin’s momentary daze to attack, restored his Sage Realm cultivation by merging with a hidden body, and seized Chen Lin’s failing True Soul Body; Chen Lin then vanished on his own.

Chen Lin completed the Life Ferry journey, fused with his other self Lin Ergou, and chose three gains to eternalize. He returned to Deluo City, used his true solar fire to push back the Light Calamity, and left Yan Li in charge while he prepared to examine his rewards.

• Chen Lin learned that Lin Ergou was his other self, fused with him, and received an Outstanding rating after Dream Gu’s help raised his score.
• Chen Lin spent all ten new Life Coins to improve the odds of receiving selected items, then eternalized his soul, True Solar Fire, and Destiny Fish.
• Chen Lin returned from the Life Ferry and asked Yan Li to manage Deluo City and gather Large Coins, Life Coins, and cultivation resources.
• Chen Lin cleared the Bizarre Objects from Deluo City and placed true solar fire atop the City Lord Manor, illuminating the surrounding area.
• Chen Lin gave Yan Li a Jade Talisman that let him draw on the fire’s power, then entered a room to inspect his gains.

Chen Lin opened his Life Ferry reward chest, gained the Soul-Unlocking Key and the Eight-Gate Lock-Summoning Technique, and accepted that the Daxuandu Seal and Red Jade had bound him to Nana’s agreement. After returning to Oddity Island, he reflected on the Life Ferry’s purpose and decided to seek the Rainbow Flowers and Rainbow Sword so he could rescue Niuniu.

• Chen Lin opened the Treasure Chest and found that the Daxuandu Seal and Red Jade had been selected as rewards, binding him more firmly to his agreement with Nana.
• Chen Lin claimed the Soul-Unlocking Key and received the Eight-Gate Lock-Summoning Technique’s inheritance, along with a Life Invitation Letter, a stamp, and Letter Paper.
• Chen Lin discovered that his task-plane cultivation, Divine Abilities, and Xiaohua’s spiritual awareness had been erased, leaving him at the Grandmaster Realm and Xiaohua as an unconscious flower bud.
• Chen Lin spent over a year near Deluo City collecting Soul Ash, Spiritual Entities, Five-Color Nightmare Coins, and Extreme-Yang Treasures before returning to the Reality Realm.
• Chen Lin reflected that the Life Ferry might help its creator understand different Daos or find Other Selves, then resolved to leave Oddity Island and obtain the Rainbow Flowers and Rainbow Sword to rescue Niuniu.

Chen Lin and Dream Gu compared their rewards from the Life Letter task, and Dream Gu prepared to search for the Dream Realm in the Outer Star Domain. After leaving Oddity Island, Chen Lin realized his Eternal Realm ascension had bypassed the usual convergence with Heaven and Earth, leaving him uncertain about his power as he headed for Rainbow City.

• Chen Lin met Dream Gu, who revealed that she had gained Xing Henshui’s Natal Crow and improved her talent ability through Daydream.
• Dream Gu gave Chen Lin a Dream Entry Bead so they could contact each other in the Outer Star Domain, where she planned to search for the Dream Realm.
• Chen Lin explained how Life tasks could be issued and warned Dream Gu that he could not take her to a Life Ferry entrance for another hundred years.
• Dream Gu cautioned Chen Lin against using dominator methods where Slave-Sealed Dominators might detect and kill him.
• Chen Lin traded his scenario rewards for supplies, exchanged most of his abyss crystals for spirit rice, and left Oddity Island.
• Chen Lin concluded that merging with Lin Ergou had likely let him ascend without converging with Heaven and Earth, leaving his personal Dao rootless, then used a divine ability to travel to Rainbow City.

Chen Lin returned to Rainbow City and discovered that the Minghui Tribe had taken control after defeating the Left Alliance and killing the white bird. After learning his family had survived under Mingyue Shuanghua’s protection, he faced a powerful Minghui youth who wanted information about the bird’s master.

• Chen Lin tested his abilities while traveling through the Void Realm, then headed to Rainbow City to seek rainbow flowers for Xiaohua.
• Chen Lin found the city occupied by the Minghui Tribe and killed a big-headed guard with his Flame Palm after the guard threatened him.
• Ning Baidao told Chen Lin that the Left Alliance had fallen, several leaders had died, and Chen Lin’s family had been badly injured before Mingyue Shuanghua took them into the Crape Myrtle Palace.
• Ning Baidao explained that the Minghui Tribe came from the Outer Star Domain, had killed Young Master Bai, and forced the city’s inhabitants to gather rainbow flowers.
• A powerful Big-Headed Youth offered to spare Chen Lin and restore his deputy city lord position if he provided information about Young Master Bai’s master, while Chen Lin assessed the situation.

Chen Lin attacked the Big-Headed Aliens in Rainbow City, killing their young leader and trapping the remaining forces. With Hong Tingzhen, the Mist Lord, and the Red-Robed King helping to wear down the two surviving leaders’ barriers, White Dragon shattered them and sent the leaders fleeing in separate directions.

• Chen Lin attacked the Big-Headed Youth with his spells and Death Gaze, then burned the youth and the surrounding Big-Headed Cultivators to ashes.
• Chen Lin revealed his true soul body and used true solar fire to force the remaining Big-Headed Aliens out of hiding across Rainbow City.
• Hong Tingzhen confirmed that all the Big-Headed Aliens were inside the city, and Chen Lin ordered everyone to attack the two leaders’ barriers.
• The Red-Robed King, Hong Tingzhen, and the Mist Lord struck the Big-Headed Man’s barrier while the two leaders used blood and talismans to strengthen their defenses.
• White Dragon’s Snow-White Arrows shattered both leaders’ barriers, and the Big-Headed Man and Big-Headed Woman fled in opposite directions.

Chen Lin and his allies killed the fleeing Big-Headed Leaders, then he accepted White Dragon into the city and claimed the spoils. While inspecting the treasures, Chen Lin found three rainbow flowers and five Character Cards, and White Dragon’s pendant caused Xiaohua to react.

• Chen Lin, Hong Tingzhen, and the others cornered and killed the male and female Big-Headed Leaders despite their pleas for mercy.
• White Dragon thanked Chen Lin for the rescue, offered him a fiery-red pendant, and was allowed to recuperate in the city.
• Chen Lin collected the aliens’ belongings and found an oval defensive treasure, essence-blood talismans, Outer Star Domain texts, and five Character Cards.
• Chen Lin discovered three rainbow flowers among the spoils and kept them, including one intended for Grand Duke White Moonlight.
• Chen Lin placed a rainbow flower beside Xiaohua, but she showed no reaction; when he set White Dragon’s pendant at her roots, she wrapped it with a rootlet and began to glow.

After stabilizing Rainbow City, Chen Lin handled the Secluded Family’s plea and thanked Mingyue Shuanghua for saving his family. She warned him that the Rainbow Bridge’s disappearance would transform the realm and reveal Yesterday Manor’s connection to his arrival.

• Chen Lin appointed Jin Ruhua City Lord, left her to govern Rainbow City, and declined to unite the Void Realm’s factions.
• Jin Ruhua showed Chen Lin an unnamed Primordial Era array diagram and the Secluded Family’s materials; he agreed to let the family remain and assigned Xue Menglan to manage the lineages.
• Chen Lin told Jin Ruhua to let the Red-Robed King stay because he still had a use for him.
• Chen Lin thanked Mingyue Shuanghua and gave her Yin-Yang Spirit Rice and a Rainbow Flower, while leaving her request to accompany him until he could leave the Seven-Star Realm.
• Mingyue Shuanghua warned Chen Lin that the Rainbow Realm would change when the Rainbow Bridge dissipated and told him to beware of the Star Emperor and Yesterday Manor, which she said was connected to his arrival.

Chen Lin visited White Dragon and negotiated for a rainbow flower in exchange for helping him recover, while learning about the Minghui Tribe, the Seven-Star Realm’s laws, and the mysterious Three Rooms. White Dragon’s knowledge left Chen Lin with new concerns about the realm’s fate and led him to ask about Huqiu.

• Chen Lin considered Mingyue Shuanghua’s warning about Yesterday Manor and resolved to resist anyone who tried to exploit his True Solar Fire.
• Chen Lin refused to give White Dragon a rainbow flower outright but agreed to help him obtain one in exchange for Soul Beads and dragon blood; White Dragon supplied both.
• White Dragon told Chen Lin that the Minghui Tribe could resurrect its leaders in a Divine Pool, prompting Chen Lin to worry about future retaliation and the need to complete Jin Ruhua’s formation.
• White Dragon explained the Seven-Star Realm’s Supreme Laws and Stars of Law, including the danger of being annihilated if the realm collapsed after one fused with a fundamental law.
• White Dragon confirmed that Three Rooms was associated with Observers who aided people with potential and said those marked by the same Observer were competitors.
• Chen Lin revealed that he had met an Observer and asked White Dragon whether he had heard of Huqiu.

Chen Lin studied the everlasting vine on Huqiu and considered what Nana wanted from him, then received Grass, Chen Shi'an, and Taobao as they prepared to join the Holy Sword Manor. He recruited the Red-Robed King to investigate the Abyss and ordered him to eliminate the dark cultivators, leaving the city quiet after a brief battle.

• Chen Lin read White Dragon's account of Huqiu and wondered whether Nana wanted him to pluck a wind chime from the everlasting vine.
• Grass told Chen Lin she would attempt to reach the Sword Master Realm in the Holy Sword Manor's sword tomb, while Taobao decided to go with her.
• Chen Lin gave Chen Shi'an a piece of White Dragon's blood crystal after Chen Shi'an said he planned to join the Holy Sword Manor and cultivate the Sword Dao under Jin Ruhua.
• Chen Lin gave Chen Shi'an Sword Woman's Intentless Sword, and Taobao also asked to learn the sword.
• The Red-Robed King asked Chen Lin for help escaping his enemies, and Chen Lin ordered him to accept slave pacts, investigate the Abyss, and kill the dark cultivators as proof of allegiance.
• The Red-Robed King agreed, and fighting broke out in the city before ending in less than two hours.

Chen Lin freed the Red-Robed King from an Evil God's mark, bound him and selected subordinates to his service, then returned to the Kaiyuan Realm. He told Wen Xinzhao that his companions would remain behind until he established a foothold elsewhere.

• Chen Lin announced plans to attempt the Rainbow Bridge and ordered the Void Realm factions that had avoided the war to be dealt with.
• The Red-Robed King revealed that his name was Xuanyuan Yin and that an Evil God controlled him, so Chen Lin drew out and destroyed the Evil God's mark.
• Chen Lin established a Master-Servant Contract with Xuanyuan Yin, cleansed ten of his subordinates, and sent Xuanyuan Yin and five cultivators into the Abyss through the Yin-Yang Cave.
• Chen Lin returned to the Kaiyuan Realm, where Wen Xinzhao asked about his plans for his companions; he said they should stay until he had established a foothold outside.

After three years with his family, Chen Lin prepared to retrieve the Rainbow Sword and gave Chen Ling'er a Life Invitation Letter and a Character Card so she could seek high-dimensional energy. At the Rainbow Bridge, the Purple Emperor’s key raised the question of whether to undo the Cage Array, and the Mist Lord challenged June and her master as the chapter ended.

• Chen Lin studied the Xikuli Cloak and Wen Xinzhao's formation plans, then told Chen Ling'er about high-dimensional energy and gave her a Life Invitation Letter, supplies, and a Character Card.
• Chen Lin went to the Rainbow Bridge with Hong Tingzhen and the Mist Lord, where they encountered June and Zi Ning carrying a key to the Cage Array.
• June asked Chen Lin to decide whether to undo the Cage Array, but he said the Purple Emperor should bear responsibility for the formation he created.
• The Purple Emperor explained that undoing the array would weaken the Inner World's inhabitants, while the Mist Lord warned that letting it collapse would bring catastrophic karma.
• June threatened the Mist Lord for insulting the Purple Emperor, and the Mist Lord challenged her and her master to fight.

Chen Lin faced the Purple Emperor and his followers as the Mist Lord prepared to fight, but Fire Wa’s arrival shifted the confrontation. After Chen Lin revealed his true solar fire and Liuyue introduced the Purple Emperor’s followers, the Mist Lord killed Li Yuanlei, then the Purple Emperor struck him with a purple rune.

• Li Fuyao appeared among the Purple Emperor’s six followers, and the Mist Lord lowered his banners as the opposing forces gathered beneath the Rainbow Bridge.
• Fire Wa arrived with Oddities from Oddity Island, offered Chen Lin origin star marrow, and withdrew in shock after Chen Lin showed him true solar fire.
• Liuyue introduced the Purple Emperor’s followers, and Chen Lin declared that he would spare Li Fuyao but kill Li Yuanlei.
• Li Yuanlei fled, but the Mist Lord intercepted him and killed him with the Purple-Gold Spear while the black cat swallowed his body and soul.
• The Purple Emperor sent a purple rune into the Mist Lord’s forehead, causing his body to turn purple and his aura to flicker.

Chen Lin rescued the Mist Lord from the Purple Emperor’s technique, but the Purple Emperor soon departed after warning him that he remained bound by a final thread. Guo Tiezui explained the ancient Moqigan Clan’s significance and cautioned Chen Lin against pursuing the Purple Emperor and Princess Consort Ning.

• The Purple Emperor’s purple inscription overwhelmed the Mist Lord despite the Red Jade Crown, and the black cat asked Chen Lin to save him.
• Chen Lin used his true soul body to draw the inscription out of the Mist Lord, but even true solar fire and the Soul-Destroying Finger could not destroy it.
• The Purple Emperor reclaimed the inscription, praised Chen Lin as the Destined Person, and warned him not to escape while his final thread remained unsevered.
• The Purple Emperor left with June and Princess Consort Ning after saying that Chen Lin should wield the Rainbow Bridge’s sword to sever the ties.
• Guo Tiezui stopped Chen Lin from pursuing them and described the Moqigan Clan as an ancient lineage with powerful divine abilities.

Chen Lin accepted Xiao Xun as a partner and discussed the Rainbow Sword and rainbow flowers with the other experts. Suo Mi warned that Chen Lin would likely face a calamity when the time came to retrieve the sword.

• The Mist Lord thanked Chen Lin for saving him, and Xiao Xun chose to follow Chen Lin and offered his monster core as the basis for a contract.
• Chen Lin let Xiao Xun stay without a contract, agreed to help him find his mother, and set rules for their partnership.
• Xiao Xun revealed that he could influence the Chess Saint's thoughts, then gave Chen Lin his name and parted from the Mist Lord.
• The Chess Saint offered treasures and even his daughter for rainbow flowers, but Chen Lin refused to marry her and asked why the others could not collect the flowers themselves.
• Feng Wanding explained that the Rainbow Bridge was not stable and warned that powerful outsiders might arrive once it connected beyond the Boundary River.
• Suo Mi warned Chen Lin that a calamity would likely strike when he retrieved the Rainbow Sword, though his divination was obscured by mist.

Chen Lin consulted Little Black Cat about his coming tribulation, then went alone to investigate the Rainbow Bridge. The cat predicted he would obtain the Rainbow Sword but warned of a likely fatal tribulation a thousand years later, while Chen Lin found the bridge transformed his God Star and began struggling toward the sword.

• Suo Mi warned Chen Lin that a life-and-death crisis coincided with the Thirteen-Fourteenth Great Tribulation, but Little Black Cat said Chen Lin probably would survive it and would obtain the Rainbow Sword.
• Little Black Cat also predicted that Chen Lin probably would not survive a tribulation a thousand years later, leaving Chen Lin worried about his Daxuandu Seal.
• The Mist Lord, Hong Tingzhen, Guo Tiezui, and the others declined to explore the Rainbow Bridge, though they hoped to trade for Rainbow Flowers.
• Chen Lin flew onto the bridge without resistance and discovered that its purple section caused his white God Star to shift toward purple.
• As Chen Lin advanced toward the Rainbow Sword, its Sword Will suppressed his power and forced him to continue on foot.