Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin refined pills for Zhao Hetang and Liang Shuozhen while studying the Spirit-Connecting Puppet Seal and a second-tier defensive talisman. When a school of sea beasts attacked their ship and a terrifying black ship appeared, the cultivators fled, but an unseen force knocked everyone unconscious and made them vanish.

• Chen Lin studied the Spirit-Connecting Puppet Seal and began learning the Liuding Xuanjia Talisman inheritance after refining a Shuiyun Spirit Pill and giving Zhao Hetang a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Chen Lin gave Liang Shuozhen the Shuiyun Spirit Pill, and she handed him the promised flying sword, which he gave to Zhao Mengru.
• A school of red sea beasts attacked the damaged ship, prompting Zuo Zhiling to sound the alarm and the cultivators to debate whether to fight or flee.
• Chen Lin fled into the Gale Wind Layer with Zhao Mengru when a third-rank presence appeared, and the other Foundation Establishment cultivators and many passengers also abandoned the ship.
• A Pitch-Black Ship emerged from black waves, the sea beasts retreated, and an invisible force rendered the surviving cultivators unconscious and made them vanish.

Chen Lin and the other cultivators woke aboard a mysterious black ship, where a strange restriction suppressed their mana and divine sense. The ship’s drum summoned more unconscious people, and after the newcomers awoke, the vessel continued toward an unknown destination.

• Chen Lin discovered he was aboard an ink-black ship surrounded by eerie black water, and the cultivators found they could not use their mana or divine sense.
• Zuo Zhiling calmed the Qi Condensation cultivators by claiming the ship’s restriction only suppressed their abilities partially, preventing them from turning against the Foundation Establishment group.
• The Giant Black Drum beat three times, and roughly fifty unconscious people appeared on the deck.
• An old man in a gray robe questioned the group, and Zuo Zhiling learned the newcomers were cultivators from Danding City while his own group came from Lanyu City.
• The newcomers woke, everyone accepted their situation, and the black ship continued sailing toward an unknown destination.

Chen Lin and the other refugees encountered the Ghost Warship and crossed its bridge before the ship sank. Separated from his companions in a gloomy battlefield, Chen Lin defeated an armored enemy and found a mark on his wrist that seemed to record merit, then heard a familiar voice nearby.

• A young cultivator jumped into the black sea and was corroded into a skeleton, prompting the passengers to avoid the water.
• The Grey-Robed Foundation Establishment Elder crossed the bluestone bridge and vanished at its far end, while Zhao Hetang identified the ship as the Ghost Warship and explained its battlefield and merit rules.
• Chen Lin took Zhao Mengru's hand and led her across the bridge with Zuo Zhiling and the others before the ship and bridge disappeared; those left behind fell into the sea and died.
• Chen Lin arrived alone in a dim battlefield with his powers sealed and defeated a charging suit of armor with the Azure Dragon Sword.
• A wisp of black vapor entered a drum-shaped mark on Chen Lin's wrist, and he later heard a familiar voice while exploring the desolate area.

Chen Lin reunited with Zhao Mengru in the Ghost Ship’s strange realm, where cultivators had lost their powers and faced monsters and other survivors. After rescuing her from a raiding group, he learned of a settlement that might hold information about the Main Continent and a means of protection, and set out for it with her.

• Chen Lin found Zhao Mengru, gave her the armor left behind by a slain Armor Monster, and they continued searching for other survivors.
• They discovered Zuo Zhiling dead and drove off a Strange Bird that had attacked Zhao Mengru, then fled before it returned with companions.
• A group led by the Silver-Armored Man tried to seize Zhao Mengru and kill Chen Lin, but Chen Lin killed or crippled the attackers and questioned their leader.
• The Silver-Armored Man revealed that Ghost Warship captives from both the Tianyuan Continent and the Main Continent lived in a settlement, though none had found a way to leave.
• Chen Lin killed the surviving attackers, searched their bodies, and headed with Zhao Mengru toward the settlement to seek information and investigate its protective treasure.

Chen Lin led Zhao Mengru and a group of cultivators to a walled settlement, where its Silver-Armored leader refused them shelter and warned that monsters would go berserk the next day. Chen Lin chose to look for more companions before deciding what to do, while the settlement’s leader revealed that he feared Chen Lin’s strength and planned to exploit the newcomers as bait.

• Chen Lin killed Li Chengxiang after catching him beating Zhao Hetang, then stopped the other cultivators from attacking each other and led them toward the gathering point.
• Zhao Hetang said Zhang Qingshan and Zhenghai had died in a monster attack, while Liang Shuozhen, Liu Biyun, and others had become separated from the group.
• A Silver-Armored Man refused to admit Chen Lin’s group to the settlement, invited the women to join him, and warned that the monsters would go berserk on the fifteenth.
• Chen Lin learned that it was the fourteenth of the eighth month and Zhao Hetang suspected the glowing, damaged Giant Gourd on the mound was a Spirit Treasure that warded off monsters.
• Chen Lin withdrew to search for more companions, while the Silver-Armored Man told his men to preserve their strength and use the newcomers to draw monsters away.

Chen Lin rescued Dantai Yunjin and her companions from the stockade after learning that the Golden Core True Person could open a way out of the Yin Spirit Domain on the next full moon. Dantai Yunjin told him that killing yin spirits and Yin Beasts could fill his Yin Spirit Mark and earn him a greater reward when he left.

• Chen Lin learned that Luan An and Xu Zihua came from Tianyun Immortal City and that their master and senior sister had been captured by stockade bandits.
• Luan An revealed that his master, Dantai Yunjin, was a Golden Core True Person who could recover some mana on the full moon and use a supreme treasure to break open the space.
• Chen Lin agreed to rescue the captives, led the group in an assault on the stockade, and killed the Silver-Armored Man as the bandits were routed.
• Chen Lin found Dantai Yunjin and the other women, then left Zhao Hetang to interrogate the surviving bandits.
• Dantai Yunjin thanked Chen Lin and explained that she would try to open a way out on the next full moon.
• Dantai Yunjin advised Chen Lin to kill more yin spirits and Yin Beasts to fill his Yin Spirit Mark and gain a greater gift from the domain's rules.

Chen Lin investigated the Giant Gourd, promised Zhao Mengru a place at his side after forming his golden core, and learned more about the Starry Continent and its ancient history. As the full-moon night approached, True Person Dantai emerged from her room, leaving the group waiting for her preparations to unfold.

• Chen Lin found the Giant Gourd was too heavy to carry, though he had people chisel away its base in case they could take it when they left.
• Chen Lin told Zhao Mengru he planned to hunt specter monsters and might be teleported away; he promised she could stay by his side after he formed his golden core.
• Chen Lin learned from Luan An that the Main Continent was the Starry Continent, home to immortal cities, powerful demons, and Nascent Soul True Lords.
• Luan An explained that ancient demonic beings may have disrupted the world's rules and caused the Tianyuan Continent to separate from the Starry Continent.
• Chen Lin asked Luan An and Xu Zihua about Wuzhen Tower, and both denied visiting or practicing its dual cultivation path when True Person Dantai and her Senior Sister emerged from the room.

Chen Lin prepared to escape the illusionary realm with Dantai Yunjin, who planned to use the full moon’s power to break open space at midnight. As monsters gathered around their stronghold and began attacking, Chen Lin organized the cultivators’ defenses and went to confront a giant bird.

• Dantai Yunjin told Chen Lin she would try to break open space at midnight and could likely take everyone at the stronghold with her.
• Chen Lin and Dantai Yunjin inspected the Giant Gourd, and she offered to help carry it out if she had mana to spare.
• Liang Shuozhen arrived at the stronghold, while Liu Biyun remained missing after the group had fled an Armor Monster.
• Chen Lin told the cultivators that Dantai Yunjin could help them escape, then organized defenses around the hill without revealing her Golden Core identity.
• As night fell, monsters surrounded the stronghold but held back until some charged inside nearly two hours later.
• Chen Lin assigned Bai Zhiyuan to direct the ground defenses, placed Zhao Mengru beside the Giant Gourd, and went to fight a giant goshawk-like bird.

Chen Lin and the cultivators endured a relentless monster assault, but a golden crow and a Golden-Armored Giant appeared just as they expected the danger to pass. With Dantai Yunjin still waiting for the right moment to act, Chen Lin risked himself to save Zhao Mengru and attacked the crow with Sword Qi.

• Chen Lin killed great birds that left human faces and Yin Spirit Qi behind, while the cultivators fought off monsters breaking through the gourd's fading protection.
• The assault overwhelmed the defenders, and a silver-armored monster reached the hilltop before Luan An and Xu Mingyuan held it off; its human face resembled Zuo Zhiling.
• After the monsters' attack slowed, Chen Lin realized his mark still needed Yin Qi from a higher-level monster to activate fully.
• A golden crow ignored the Spiritual Tool gourd, burned several cultivators, and drove the survivors uphill as Dantai Yunjin waited for moonlight power.
• A Golden-Armored Giant appeared, and Chen Lin resolved to use its Yin Spirit power to activate his mark.
• When the golden crow swooped at Zhao Mengru, Chen Lin grabbed its claw and unleashed Sword Qi into it while enduring its flames.

Chen Lin escaped the collapsing rift and the Golden Arrow, then reached Island Number Nine and found an underground Teleportation Formation. After confirming it was safe, he concealed the entrance and prepared to use it.

• Chen Lin killed the Golden Crow, but Golden Arrows struck the Space Rift before he could follow Dantai Yunjin through; he hurled Zhao Mengru inside before the rift vanished.
• A third Golden Arrow struck Chen Lin, teleporting him to the Wuding Sea, where he recovered and discovered that the mark had merged into his soul and greatly strengthened it.
• After healing, Chen Lin used his Sea Chart to reach Island Number Nine, where he found no visible Teleportation Formation and began searching the island.
• Chen Lin found a bird drawing near a boulder, dug up a hidden stone slab, and discovered steps leading to an underground passage.
• After scouting the passage with the Crow Puppet, Chen Lin concealed the entrance and slipped inside.

After reaching the chaotic Northern Region, Chen Lin survived an attack by three black bears and found refuge in Silver Immortal City. He learned that reaching the Southern Immortal Cultivation World would require a dangerous journey, leaving him to plan his next move.

• Chen Lin explored unfamiliar wilderness, where three black bears trapped him in the Great King's Golden Silk Net and tried to capture him for their king.
• Chen Lin unleashed Luo Qinglan's Greater Talisman Treasure, killing Bear Two and Bear Three, then escaped as Big Bear fled.
• After a month of travel, Chen Lin reached Silver Immortal City in the Northern Region of the Starry Continent.
• Chen Lin learned that Silver Immortal City had no Teleportation Formation to the Southern Immortal Cultivation World, and that the routes onward were dangerous.
• Chen Lin decided to plan for the long term and began cultivating to restore his mana.

Chen Lin settled in Silver Immortal City, gathered information and materials through his shop, and advanced his cultivation and Lightning Escape Technique. His peaceful routine ended when news arrived that threatened to disrupt his life.

• Chen Lin opened a small shop in Silver Immortal City and tasked the Old Shopkeeper with selling his goods and gathering news.
• Chen Lin found a wanted notice from Cang Yuanwang depicting him, then learned that Chihuo Immortal and Black Lotus Ancestor had claimed responsibility for killing two Demon Foundation Cultivators.
• Chen Lin examined the damaged exotic treasure made from a One-Eyed Golden Silkworm cocoon and set it aside because he lacked its Treasure Control Art.
• After a year of cultivation, Chen Lin broke through to the Foundation Establishment Third Layer, which he attributed to the effects of absorbing yin spirit qi.
• Chen Lin mastered the introductory Lightning Escape Technique using the Thunder Apricot Spirit, then relaxed and explored the area around the city.
• A piece of news arrived that shattered Chen Lin’s peaceful routine.

Cang Yuanwang and the Netherworld Ancestor attacked Silver Immortal City, while Chen Lin prepared an underground escape route and deployed his newly refined puppet, Fat Tiger. As the city’s defenses came under assault and Chen Lin moved to retreat, an unknown voice challenged the two attackers.

• Cang Yuanwang and the Netherworld Ancestor declared war on Silver Immortal City, prompting cultivators to flee and Chen Lin to send his shop employees to a hidden underground cave.
• Chen Lin revealed Fat Tiger, his imperfect Foundation Establishment Spirit-Connecting Puppet, and checked the escape tunnel he had built beneath his shop.
• The allied heretical cultivators hunted down refugees, and Chen Lin abandoned the idea of pursuing heretical cultivation after learning how their mutations consumed their humanity.
• Cang Yuanwang and the Netherworld Ancestor brought their forces to Silver Immortal City and attacked its City-Protecting Formation after the Silver Fairy remained absent.
• Chen Lin was conscripted to defend the city, then tried to slip away as the two powerful attackers threatened the defenders.
• An unknown speaker appeared and taunted Cang Yuanwang and the Netherworld Ancestor as Chen Lin was retreating.

Silver Fairy revealed her Nascent Soul cultivation, crushed the invading heretical forces, and secured Silver Immortal City. Chen Lin killed Big Black Bear, recovered the Golden Silk Net’s control and repair methods from his remnant soul, and went to the City Lord Manor for a meeting about rewards.

• Silver Fairy revealed her Nascent Soul strength, killed Cang Yuanwang and the Netherworld Ancestor, and ordered the city’s cultivators to wipe out the remaining invaders.
• Chen Lin joined the counterattack cautiously, then pursued and killed the injured Big Black Bear, taking his Storage Bag and Heaven-Opening Giant Axe.
• After the battle ended, Chen Lin interrogated Big Black Bear’s remnant soul and learned the Golden Silk Net’s Treasure Control Art and how to repair it with spirit liquid.
• The Old Shopkeeper told Chen Lin that the City Lord Manor had summoned him to a council meeting, and Chen Lin went there with the other defenders.
• At the crowded City Lord Manor, Chen Lin was directed to the second floor, where the master of ceremonies announced Silver Fairy’s arrival.

After entering the Nascent Soul realm, Silver Fairy established plans for an Immortal City and chose twelve Accepted Disciples, including Chen Lin. Chen Lin discovered he had been selected for his pill-refining skills and began rebuilding the Pill Hall, ending by donating valuable pills as merit rewards.

• Silver Fairy announced the Immortal City's construction, appointed Foundation Establishment cultivators as Elders, and selected twelve Accepted Disciples, including Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin accepted Silver Fairy's tutelage, and True Person He introduced him to their Master, Yun Feiyan, and the other disciples.
• Chen Lin returned to his shop, learned he had been appointed Deacon of the Pill Hall because of his alchemy skills, and recruited workers to reopen it.
• True Person He granted Chen Lin several shops and urged him to produce prized pills to encourage cultivators to earn merit.
• Chen Lin contributed Marrow-Cleansing Pills, Foundation Establishment Pills, and other pills to the merit-exchange rewards.

Chen Lin supported the Immortal City’s recovery while cultivating the Fortunate Art, repairing his treasures, and crafting puppets. After two years, he mastered the art and learned that the Teleportation Formation had been repaired, opening a route to other Immortal Cities.

• True Person He arranged for Chen Lin to refine Foundation Establishment Pills and gathered materials, while the pills encouraged cultivators to help rebuild the city.
• Chen Lin met Luo Qingsong in the Dharma Transmission Hall, where Luo shared the Fortunate Art with him.
• Chen Lin spent two years studying spells, preparing for his tribulation, renovating his shops, and cultivating the Fortunate Art.
• Chen Lin mastered the Fortunate Art, restored his Golden Silk Net, and crafted a new Foundation Establishment Puppet named Er Pang.
• The Old Shopkeeper summoned Chen Lin to the City Lord Manor, where Luo Qingsong announced that the Teleportation Formation was repaired and connected the city to Sea of Clouds Immortal City.

Chen Lin witnessed the repaired teleportation formation open between Silver Immortal City and Sea of Clouds Immortal City, then received cultivation guidance from the Silver Fairy. The chapter ended with the Silver Fairy scolding Luo Qingsong for trying to practice a secret art containing rule intent while still at Foundation Establishment.

• The Silver Fairy tested the repaired teleportation formation with Chen Lin and the other accepted disciples, confirmed it was stable, and announced it would open to the public the next day.
• The Silver Fairy promised the elders free immortal caves on a top-grade spiritual vein and invited her accepted disciples to ask her about cultivation.
• Mu Linglong asked Chen Lin whether he could refine Seven-Star Pills, and he said he might try but could not guarantee success.
• The Silver Fairy answered Chen Lin's cultivation questions and advised him to ask Master Xu about formations that could withstand heavenly tribulations.
• Luo Qingsong showed the Silver Fairy the Fortunate Art, and she rebuked him for trying to practice a spell containing rule intent at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Silver Fairy warned Luo Qingsong that the Fortunate Art contained dangerous rule intent, took it into safekeeping, and offered to advance his cultivation. Afterward, Mu Linglong asked Chen Lin to refine Seven-Star Pills, and he began experimenting with the ingredients in hopes of making a powerful pill at lower cost.

• Silver Fairy warned Luo Qingsong that cultivating the Fortunate Art could trigger deadly backlash, took the secret art, and promised to advance him to the Foundation Establishment consummation stage.
• Chen Lin concealed that he had already cultivated the Fortunate Art and encouraged Luo Qingsong to pursue Core Formation.
• Mu Linglong visited Chen Lin and asked him to refine Seven-Star Pills from materials she had gathered; he agreed after finding enough ingredients for about ten batches.
• Chen Lin went with Mu Linglong to the Pill Hall and began refining the pills while she waited outside.
• Chen Lin tested whether he could use lower-grade ingredients for early attempts and reserve higher-grade herbs for the final Seven-Star Pill.

Chen Lin successfully refined a Three-Stripe Seven-Star Pill, demonstrating his ability to produce a Golden Core Stage pill. Mu Linglong left with the pill, while True Person He introduced Alchemist Lv Yuan, and Chen Lin realized the new recruit might have been brought in to replace him.

• Mu Linglong waited anxiously while Chen Lin refined her Seven-Star Pill, and True Person He arrived with Alchemist Lv Yuan, who claimed he could refine the pill.
• Chen Lin tested his refining method and produced a Three-Stripe Seven-Star Pill using spiritual herbs, then saved his remaining materials for later.
• Chen Lin emerged from the Pill Refining Chamber and gave the pill to Mu Linglong, who celebrated its quality and hurried away.
• True Person He praised Chen Lin's accomplishment, and Chen Lin explained that his success with Seven-Star Pills was still limited.
• True Person He introduced Lv Yuan as a new Silver Immortal City alchemist, and Chen Lin realized Lv Yuan might have been recruited to replace him.

Chen Lin was reassigned to supervise Silver Tiger City's construction after Lv Yuan took over the Pill Hall, and he spent two years cultivating while the city was built. When Feng Kuocheng reported trouble at the spirit stone vein, Chen Lin was stunned.

• True Person He assigned Chen Lin to supervise construction of Silver Tiger City and gave him a Talisman Treasure for protection.
• Chen Lin met Luo Qingsong outside Silver Immortal City, learned he would supervise Silver Dragon City, and discussed Lv Yuan's arrival.
• Chen Lin arrived at Yin Wind Valley, met Feng Kuocheng and the other Foundation Establishment cultivators, and left the construction work in their hands while he cultivated.
• Over the next year, True Person He advanced to the Golden Core mid stage, and Lv Yuan became the Enforcing Elder of the Pill Pavilion after refining an Overbearing Pill.
• Chen Lin watched Silver Tiger City take shape and continued cultivating through another year.
• Feng Kuocheng told Chen Lin that workers had encountered trouble while extracting remaining spirit stones from a medium-sized vein.