Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin and his companions entered the battle between Bafang Island’s bandits and the convoy, where Ma Niu’s black pot restored two beheaded bandits and blocked an attack from the hidden Star-Plucking Guest. When Star-Plucking Guest appeared and incapacitated the low-level fighters, Chen Lin and his companions tried to secure them, prompting both sides to attack as the chapter ended with Xiaohun Woman confronting Chen Lin.

• Chen Lin, Buxi, and Red Ribbon arrived and found that Chun Jiuniang and the other fighters had reached the Dominator level; Chen Lin pretended he could mediate while searching for the hidden attacker.
• Ma Niu appeared with a Large Black Cauldron, restored Xiaohun Woman’s head, and used his black pot to deflect the Guard leader’s sword and withstand an unseen strike.
• Ma Niu restored Wang Buduan, who identified the hidden attacker as Star-Plucking Guest; Star-Plucking Guest then appeared, and his jade hand’s aura made the convoy’s guards, drivers, and cart pullers collapse.
• Chen Lin and Buxi rushed to move the fallen people into the Grotto-Heaven Treasure, while Ma Niu and Chun Jiuniang ordered attacks against them.
• Chun Jiuniang attacked Buxi, Greedy Ghost Kong Fang targeted Red Ribbon, and Xiaohun Woman used her Bewitching Divine Ability to confront Chen Lin.

Chen Lin defeated Chun Jiuniang’s group, forced Ma Niu to concede, and won a chest in the gambling match. After collecting his winnings, he declined Buxi’s invitation to enter the final room and left the Advanced Arena with the chest.

• Chen Lin resisted the Xiaohun Woman’s seduction, rescued several people, and struck Ma Niu’s Black Pot with a rainbow slash that cracked it and damaged his own saber.
• Ma Niu conceded, withdrew from the conflict, and promised Chen Lin a favor; Chun Jiuniang fled with the Xiaohun Woman and the others.
• The Star-Plucking Guest identified Chen Lin’s saber as the Heaven-Slaying Saber and agreed to give him a chest, while Chen Lin returned some surviving Guards and carriage drivers.
• The gamblers returned to the table, where the Dealer announced that the First and Second Zones had lost and all bets in the Third Zone had won; Chen Lin and Buxi collected their winnings.
• Buxi invited Chen Lin to join her in the final room, but he declined and left the Advanced Arena alone with the chest; Feng Liuxian left in silence.

Chen Lin opened his advanced-arena reward and found a blank letter whose hidden writing might depend on his fortune. Back in the Ordinary Arena, he sought rare supplies from Jin Wanshan, who could not provide anything on Chen Lin’s list but offered to show him a special item.

• Hua Wuyue persuaded Ma Niu to join him and other experts in a Gold Medal Room gambling match in three days.
• Chen Lin opened his reward chest before Dice Elder and found a blank envelope containing a blank sheet called a Wordless Letter.
• Chen Lin returned to the Ordinary Arena and met Jin Wanshan, who said his losses had left him close to being unable to pay interest.
• Chen Lin asked Jin Wanshan to trade for rare resources, but Jin Wanshan said his merchant association could not supply anything on the list.
• Jin Wanshan offered to show Chen Lin a special item instead.

Chen Lin traded fifteen Advanced Fruits to Jin Wanshan for a Rubik's Cube Fragment and recruited Ziyan to search for important items in the Casino. As the Casino staff prepared for the arrival of their boss, Chen Lin turned to watch a group emerge from the central passage.

• Chen Lin recognized Jin Wanshan's item as a Rubik's Cube Fragment and agreed to trade fifteen Advanced Fruits for it.
• Jin Wanshan accepted the trade and asked Chen Lin to look after his family if he failed to turn his fortunes around.
• Chen Lin told Ziyan that her debt was paid and asked her to act as his representative while he pursued a way out of the Casino.
• Chen Lin showed Ziyan the Rubik's Cube Fragment and a picture of the White Sheep Token, promising to free her if she found either one.
• Ziyan warned Chen Lin that gold-tier gambling matches took place in a special space where powerful rule force suppressed outside methods.
• The Casino hall lit up as the staff prepared for the boss, and Chen Lin saw a group emerge from the central passage.

Chen Lin learned that the Casino boss Li Fugui had secretly helped him because of Niuniu, but warned him that he could use his talent ability only once more before the Casino’s rules struck back. After qualifying as a Gold-Badge Bettor, Chen Lin entered the Advanced Arena, where Buxi told him the upcoming Gold-Tier Gambling Match had a fixed scenario called Twenty-Four Nights.

• Li Fugui warned Chen Lin that his cheating had triggered the Casino’s rules and told him to pass a message to Niuniu, revealing that she had helped Chen Lin repay a past kindness.
• Chen Lin rejected Feng Liuxian as a gambling partner and decided to seek Buxi’s help for a Gold-Tier match, which could let him clear his debt and search the Treasure Vault for clues.
• Chen Lin bet on a high-odds arena match and watched a Burly Man win nine consecutive fights with a refined saber technique that gave Chen insight into strengthening his Open Heavens Secret Art.
• Chen Lin learned that tracing the match’s later events required Gold-Badge status and an unaffordable fee, then completed ten qualifying matches over three days and upgraded his status.
• Chen Lin entered the Advanced Arena, where Buxi greeted him and explained that the Gold-Tier match’s chosen scenario was called Twenty-Four Nights.

Chen Lin learned from Han Yu that Twenty-Four Nights might contain the Endless Rubik’s Cube Fragment, while the White Cloud Token belonged to the real White Cloud Pasture in Dandian Paradise. As the gold-tier gambling match began, Chen Lin joined Buxi’s group and studied the betting options at the entrance.

• Buxi warned Chen Lin that gold-tier gambling matches were mysterious and dangerous, and he agreed they should use their special methods to survive.
• Buxi told Chen Lin that the Shadow Scholar had vanished after participating in Twenty-Four Nights and pointed out Han Yu, a veteran gold-tier participant.
• Chen Lin paid Han Yu to learn that the Shadow Scholar’s fragment might be in Twenty-Four Nights and that the White Cloud Token belonged to the real White Cloud Pasture in Dandian Paradise.
• Han Yu explained that Dandian Paradise had introduced cultivation to the star domain and that many unusual entertainment venues might be connected to it.
• The staff announced the start of Twenty-Four Nights, and Chen Lin, Buxi, Red Ribbon, and Buxi’s other companions approached the entrance to place their bets.

Chen Lin entered the gold-tier gambling match after obtaining a Rubik's Cube Fragment and wagered that seven participants—three men, three women, and one special life-form—would survive twenty-four nights. After surviving an ambush and reaching safety, he began the A Single Beacon side match, where he had to keep exactly one village lamp lit until dawn.

• Chen Lin sensed certain death at the Light Gate, borrowed black fruits from Buxi, and obtained a Rubik's Cube Fragment from the Treasure Vault, changing his fate to reveal a chance at survival.
• Chen Lin wagered three hundred advanced fruits that seven people of specified kinds would survive twenty-four nights, and Buxi and Red Ribbon followed his bet.
• Chen Lin entered the Light Gate alone, fell into a dark city, and fled attacking shadows until he escaped through a sturdy gate and received two points for completing the Fall to Ashes stage.
• Chen Lin chose the A Single Beacon side match and learned that he had to keep exactly one lamp lit in the village until dawn or become the lamp's fuel.
• Chen Lin considered his remaining plans: follow the match's rules, search for the final Rubik's Cube Fragment, or attempt to escape the scenario.

Chen Lin explored the village during the first night of the additional gambling match, fought off the walls and gate when they attacked, and rescued Gu Youlan from a grove. Gu Youlan’s innate pure essence strengthened his seven-color energy nearly twofold, and Chen Lin asked whether she could use it only once.

• Chen Lin damaged an earthen wall, triggering an attack by two earthen dragons and a blood-red gate, which he destroyed with his saber.
• Chen Lin heard a gambler calling for help from a grove and sensed that Gu Youlan was trapped inside a cocoon among the hostile trees.
• Chen Lin used his saber to clear the grove’s leaves and roots, then pulled Gu Youlan’s cocoon over the wall and freed her.
• Gu Youlan offered to strengthen Chen Lin’s energy with her innate pure essence and asked him to take her along through the gambling match; Chen Lin agreed on the condition that they would fight as equals.
• Chen Lin and Gu Youlan performed dual cultivation, strengthening Chen Lin’s seven-color energy nearly twofold.
• After introducing himself as Chen Lin of the Kaiyuan Sect, Chen Lin asked Gu Youlan whether her innate pure essence could be used only once.

Chen Lin and Gu Youlan reached the residence where Chen Lin hoped to find a lamp for his A Single Beacon match, fighting off transformed guards on the way. They found the lamp in a side room, but an old woman and a lantern-carrying boy emerged and marked them as food.

• Gu Youlan told Chen Lin that her additional match was Unscathed and revealed that she had seen a faint light in a residence beyond the woods.
• Chen Lin and Gu Youlan crossed the woods and fought hazy figures; Chen Lin weakened them with the Soul-Destroying Finger, and Gu Youlan identified one as a transformed residence guard.
• Chen Lin broke through the residence gates and followed Gu Youlan to the back courtyard, where they spotted the lit side room.
• An old woman emerged from the room, called Chen Lin and Gu Youlan snacks for a hungry child, and a large-headed boy appeared carrying a red lantern that bathed the residence in red light.

Chen Lin and Gu Youlan were captured in the courtyard, where Liu the Cook secretly proposed helping them escape by restoring their strength. Chen Lin saw through Liu’s shifting plans and launched an attack, leaving the rainbow light and the sage’s protective halo locked in a standoff as he summoned a seven-colored tower.

• The servants washed Chen Lin and Gu Youlan with well water, which weakened them but purified their power and souls.
• Liu the Cook secretly offered to help Chen Lin and Gu Youlan kill Third Granny and take the Dawnstar Lantern, and Chen Lin agreed to cooperate.
• Liu stabbed Chen Lin and Gu Youlan together, triggering a powerful yin-yang convergence that restored and strengthened them both.
• Third Granny refused to leave the sage-protected room, so Liu proposed turning the pair into soup and having them attack from inside Young Master Big Head.
• Chen Lin rejected Liu’s plan and unleashed rainbow light over the courtyard, but Third Granny’s white halo blocked it; Chen then struck down the servants and summoned a seven-colored tower.

Chen Lin defeated the village’s protectors and gathered the Dawnstar Lanterns before dawn, using the Devouring Heaven Pagoda to imprison them. As he questioned the Red Hairpin Woman, he learned the village was Zhao Village and that it had four lanterns in total.

• Chen Lin used the Devouring Heaven Pagoda to pull the village’s shadows and Liu the Cook toward it, then Gu Youlan brought out the Saint-Slaying Decree and Chen Lin killed Third Granny with Rainbow Slash.
• Chen Lin took Young Master Big Head’s lantern, learned that Red Hairpin Woman and Miss Little Green held the other lanterns, and imprisoned Young Master Big Head in the pagoda.
• Liu the Cook revealed that he had captured Divine Lord Jadebone and extracted information about the Gambling Match from him.
• Chen Lin broke Miss Little Green’s lantern and imprisoned her and the lantern in the pagoda.
• Chen Lin attacked the Empress Temple before dawn, broke the Red Hairpin Woman’s hairpin, and imprisoned her and her extinguished lantern.
• Chen Lin questioned Wu Xiulian inside the pagoda, and she said the village was Zhao Village and had four Dawnstar Lanterns in total.

Chen Lin destroyed the Liu Family Old Residence and its underground divine statue with the Rainbow Slash, then spent two weeks near death before Gu Youlan and Liu the Cook saved him. After waking in Heavenly Tranquility City, he learned more about the lantern deception and killed Young Master Big Head to prevent Sage Yue from tracking him through their bloodline.

• Chen Lin learned there were four lanterns, killed Liu the Cook, and used the Heaven-Slaying Saber to unleash the Rainbow Slash on the Liu Family Old Residence and the divine statue beneath it.
• Chen Lin heard High Person Yunhai's voice before losing consciousness, and Gu Youlan carried him and Liu the Cook away after the morning sun ended the village's suppression.
• While Chen Lin drifted in darkness, he suspected High Person Yunhai was Shadow Scholar's main vessel, then steadied his resolve and glimpsed a light.
• Gu Youlan told Chen Lin that he had been unconscious for half a month and that Liu the Cook had helped preserve his life with the Yin-Yang Convergence method.
• Chen Lin learned that Liu the Cook had not conspired with Young Master Big Head, then killed Young Master Big Head and left his two remaining items inside the Devouring Heaven Pagoda.

Chen Lin and Gu Youlan left the Liu Household’s Underground Chamber to search for their companions and an Endless Rubik’s Cube Fragment while preparing for the remaining nights of the gambling match. In the city, they encountered the Soulless Patriarch, who recognized Chen Lin.

• Chen Lin learned that Divine Maiden Buxi and the others had not been found, and he persuaded Gu Youlan to leave the chamber with him despite the danger from Sage Yue Hengshan.
• Chen Lin examined Liu the Cook’s memories, learned of the Liu Household’s devotion to the Shadow God, and placed Liu the Cook inside the Devouring Heaven Pagoda.
• Chen Lin and Gu Youlan left through a concealed passage, discussed their additional gambling-match rewards, and emerged into Heavenly Tranquility City.
• Chen Lin told Gu Youlan that he was searching for an Endless Rubik’s Cube Fragment and heard her describe how the city’s residents survived the nighttime mutations.
• The Soulless Patriarch stepped out of a shop, recognized Chen Lin, and regarded him with wariness.

Chen Lin learned from the Soulless Patriarch that the Shadow Scholar planned to use the Truth-Restoring Brush and Wordless Celestial Book to restore his former life, and agreed to join forces against him. The chapter ended with Chen Lin discovering that the Soulless Patriarch’s other prospective ally was Han Yu and learning that the Shadow Scholar and Li Fugui were roughly equal in power.

• The Soulless Patriarch explained that he had become a vessel for the Shadow Scholar and that the Truth-Restoring Brush could bring the Shadow Scholar’s recorded past to life.
• The Soulless Patriarch revealed his plan to work with Chen Lin against the Shadow Scholar, and Chen Lin agreed after the Sun Sisters vouched for him through a communication sphere.
• The Soulless Patriarch named You Changming as another vessel he had contacted, and Chen Lin recognized the man’s appearance as Han Yu from the Wealth and Honor Casino.
• Chen Lin urged the Soulless Patriarch to approach Han Yu cautiously, suspecting he might be powerful enough to seize the Shadow Scholar’s opportunities for himself.
• The Soulless Patriarch said the Shadow Scholar and Li Fugui were roughly equal in power, and noted that the Shadow Scholar had obtained the Endless Rubik’s Cube.

Chen Lin and the Soulless Patriarch discussed the Shadow Scholar, the Truth-Restoring Brush, and their plan to stop High Person Yunhai from becoming the Shadow Scholar again. As night fell, city guards caught Chen Lin and Gu Youlan without Identity Tokens and threatened to refine them into lamp oil.

• The Soulless Patriarch explained that the Shadow Scholar had been extraordinarily powerful and suggested that Transgressors might cross into other worlds after death.
• The Soulless Patriarch named Yue Hengshan, the Red Dragon, and the Holy Temple as possible holders of the Truth-Restoring Brush, and urged Chen Lin to help seize it before High Person Yunhai could obtain it.
• Chen Lin agreed to seek Han Yu's help, warned that the Shadow Scholar might have many loyal followers, and asked the Soulless Patriarch how he could cultivate without a soul.
• Chen Lin told Gu Youlan to find somewhere safe, then searched the streets for Buxi and the others until night triggered the city's mutation and its lanterns calmed it.
• A squad of black-robed guards stopped Chen Lin and Gu Youlan for lacking Identity Tokens and threatened them with at least three years of being refined into lamp oil.

Chen Lin chose the Miracle gambling match, which required him to accomplish sensational deeds, and fought his way through Heavenly Tranquility City’s guards to provoke Yue Hengshan. After Chen Lin killed the Red-Robed Man, a powerful figure illuminated the city and appeared to confront him.

• Chen Lin chose Miracle after learning that he needed at least ten points to ensure his return, and the match required him to perform three widely recognized miracles or one major miracle.
• Chen Lin and Gu Youlan resisted the City Defense Guard’s attempt to arrest them, and Chen Lin killed the guards accompanying the Sturdy Man.
• The Sturdy Man revealed that he knew Chen Lin had chosen Miracle, sent up a signal, and vanished; Chen Lin then flew toward the City Lord Manor while telling Gu Youlan not to follow.
• A Red-Robed Man and his guards surrounded Chen Lin, extinguished the Dawnstar Lanterns, and used the darkness and attacking shadows to try to exhaust him.
• Chen Lin sent a rainbow strike toward the City Lord Manor to draw out his enemies, then killed the Red-Robed Man with another Rainbow Slash.
• A powerful figure appeared above the city in bright white light, dispelled the shadows, and caused the residents to bow while Chen Lin stood his ground.

Chen Lin defeated Sage Yue Hengshan in a clash, then recovered with help from Buxi, Red Ribbon, and Tian Yuan as they learned that powerful barrens strange beasts were invading. Yue Hengshan recruited the group to defend Heavenly Tranquility City by offering rewards, and Chen Lin agreed in exchange for Holy Light Liquid before asking whether Yue Hengshan had the Truth-Restoring Brush.

• Chen Lin and Yue Hengshan exchanged devastating attacks, and both were badly injured before Chen Lin collapsed.
• Buxi rescued Chen Lin, and Tian Yuan used a Life-Renewing Fruit to help him recover.
• Buxi told Chen Lin that Beast Kings were invading and that several were at least as powerful as Yue Hengshan.
• Yue Hengshan appeared before the group and asked them to serve under him in defending Heavenly Tranquility City.
• Red Ribbon requested a Second-Rank Official Plaque, Tian Yuan requested the Three-Life Eternal-Peace Flower, and Buxi sought the No-Thought Life-Origin Diagram.
• Chen Lin agreed to fight for the city in return for heaven crystal, accepted Yue Hengshan's Holy Light Liquid, and asked if Yue Hengshan possessed the Truth-Restoring Brush.

Chen Lin agreed to help Yue Hengshan defend Heavenly Tranquility City against the strange beasts in exchange for a chance to earn the Truth-Restoring Brush, while learning that his Miracle Gambling Match might require an almost impossible feat. He and his companions joined the defense effort, and Chen Lin suspected that High Person Yunhai might be operating under another identity.

• Chen Lin learned that Yue Hengshan had sent the Truth-Restoring Brush to the Holy Temple and would petition for it only if Chen Lin earned special merit by helping repel the strange beasts.
• Yue Hengshan said that completing the Miracle Gambling Match might require making the sun appear at night, and Buxi revealed that the match was reportedly on Dandian Paradise's Must-Play List.
• Buxi told Chen Lin that Wanderers were Dandian Paradise's currency, and Chen Lin agreed to help Yue Hengshan defend the city in exchange for Yue honoring his promises.
• Gu Youlan joined the group and asked Yue Hengshan to help her master the Liu Household's Grand Yin-Yang Rotation Art, saying she would practice it with Chen Lin.
• Chen Lin met the Soulless Patriarch and Han Yu at the Discussion Main Hall, learned that they had also been recruited, and told the Soulless Patriarch that a Guard Unit Captain had sounded like High Person Yunhai.

Chen Lin made a deal with Han Yu for resources to help him complete his Additional Gambling Match, then joined Heavenly Tranquility City's defense as the strange beasts attacked. He defeated the White-Haired Monster with Rainbow Slash and Soul-Destroying Finger, while the battle against the Beast Kings and the Night King's looming descent continued.

• Chen Lin agreed to give Han Yu one tangible reward in exchange for a secret method, three heaven crystals, a Defense Talisman, and a Healing Pill.
• Yue Hengshan used Liu Dasheng's talent origin to pass Chen Lin and Gu Youlan an inheritance, then hurried to command the city's defenses.
• The Beast Kings surrounded Heavenly Tranquility City, and Yue Hengshan declared he would resist despite the Night King's coming descent.
• As the beasts attacked, Han Yu engaged Red Jade, the Soulless Patriarch fought Xiong Ao, and Chen Lin used Rainbow Slash to clear a path through the lesser beasts.
• The White-Haired Monster attacked Chen Lin with a soul-invading ability, but Chen Lin's second Rainbow Slash and Soul-Destroying Finger broke its defenses and sent it crashing to the ground.

Chen Lin survived Qing Sandian and Dian Sanqing’s devastating attacks, then killed the mantis Beast King with a Rainbow Slash and helped secure victory over the mutated beasts. He urged the survivors to head to the Holy Temple before High Person Yunhai could claim the Truth-Restoring Brush.

• Chen Lin killed the White-Haired Monster with a Soul-Destroying Finger strike and collected its corpse, but Qing Sandian and Dian Sanqing trapped him in an illusion that shattered his body and soul.
• Chen Lin’s indomitable will and transgressor origin essence broke the Beast Kings’ assault, and he retaliated by destroying the mantis Beast King with a Rainbow Slash.
• Chen Lin’s display of power drove the remaining Beast Kings to retreat through the Void, while Qing Sandian and Dian Sanqing caused the low-tier beasts to mutate and attack indiscriminately.
• Yue Hengshan led the fighters in killing the mutated beasts, and he promised to seek recognition and rewards for Chen Lin and the others.
• Chen Lin urged the group to leave for the Holy Temple and gather strength against the Night King before High Person Yunhai could take the Truth-Restoring Brush.