Chapter Summaries

Chen Lin left Gourmet Island for the Southern Star Realm to gather resources in Myriad Spirit City, while hoping to find star-quality dishes and ingredients. After a month of searching, he reached Wanling Market and headed for its largest Spirit Food Pavilion.

• Chen Lin regularly drank Zhao Lingyi’s Fearless Tea and began to sense intent, strengthening his Soul-Destroying Finger.
• Xue Wa introduced Zhenzhu, and Chen Lin hired her under a Rule Contract to watch over his shop at half pay.
• Chen Lin returned to the Southern Star Realm using the Location Bead and arrived safely near Myriad Spirit City.
• Chen Lin gathered resources in the city’s markets, but found no star-quality dishes and could not contact Nan Mochu with the Transmission Bead.
• After a month of searching, Chen Lin arrived at Wanling Market and went to its largest Spirit Food Pavilion.

Chen Lin met Ximen Wuxue at Tianyi Pavilion and learned that the Saintess wanted his help with a dangerous problem. After Chen Lin refused to kill someone, Ximen proposed a different deal involving powerful single-use treasures, leaving Chen to consider his request.

• Chen Lin recognized the melancholy Ximen Wuxue at Tianyi Pavilion, and Ximen recognized Chen from the Immortal Stele and Lan Ruxue's Dao Integration Grand Ceremony.
• Ximen invited Chen to dine, explained that unstable space made travel and communication difficult, and said he knew little about the Xuanyue Continent.
• Chen tasted Ximen's time-infused Immortal Mortal Path spirit wine and asked for a jar; Ximen offered him ten jars and promised ten more if his damaged innate talent recovered.
• Ximen asked Chen to help kill an early Void Refinement cultivator, but Chen refused, saying he would not kill someone for a spirit treasure.
• Ximen stopped Chen from leaving and proposed a different transaction, asking whether Chen had powerful single-use treasures capable of harming a Void Refinement cultivator; Chen hesitated.

Chen Lin negotiated with Ximen Wuxue to make a powerful Immobilization Talisman in exchange for materials and information about a prized fish. After successfully crafting it, he received spirit wine and a Jade Slip from her.

• Chen Lin offered Ximen Wuxue Spirit Transformation-level Immobilization Talismans, but she rejected them because her target was too fast.
• Chen Lin proposed making a Void Refinement-level talisman if Ximen Wuxue supplied Rank Seven materials, and she left to test one of his existing talismans.
• After Ximen Wuxue confirmed the talisman's usefulness, Chen Lin asked for the steamed fish's recipe and origin in exchange for crafting the stronger talisman.
• Chen Lin prepared the materials and used his talent ability to craft a Rank Six Immobilization Talisman.
• Ximen Wuxue praised Chen Lin's talismancrafting, offered him a place in the Myriad Spirit Sect, and gave him ten jars of spirit wine and a Jade Slip.

Chen Lin left Myriad Spirit City for Fengyuan Town to seek a famous spirit porridge, but Ximen Wuxue's scheme drew him into a battle with the Myriad Spirit Sect and the Shadow-Transforming Sect. After discovering that Ximen Wuxue's time talent could veil his fate predictions, Chen Lin killed his attackers and headed back toward the city.

• Chen Lin learned that Ximen Wuxue could not provide time-type materials, then left Tianyi Pavilion with two delicacies and materials for two rank six Immobilization Talismans.
• Ximen Wuxue examined Chen Lin's talisman and ordered his shopkeeper to arrange a meeting with Mo Ziyuan at Xiaoerui Mountain, saying they had to kill him to survive.
• Chen Lin heard about Qiaoniang Porridge Shop in Fengyuan Town and left Myriad Spirit City to obtain its spirit porridge for Gourmet Island.
• On the way, Chen Lin found a strange golden immortal flower and encountered a white-robed cultivator who accused him of helping Ximen Wuxue.
• Chen Lin realized Ximen Wuxue's time talent had veiled his fate screen, then attacked the hidden ambushers with his Blade of Destiny and killed the white-robed man and his companions.
• Chen Lin killed the wounded late Void Refinement cultivator from the Shadow-Transforming Sect, cleared the battlefield, and vanished toward Myriad Spirit City.

After learning that Ximen Wuxue had escaped into seclusion, Chen Lin left Myriad Spirit City and abducted Qiaoniang to investigate the source of her Myriad Phenomena Porridge. Qiaoniang described a mysterious place she had once visited, and Chen Lin set off for the Myriad Stele Forest with her in his Space Bag.

• Chen Lin soul-searched the shopkeeper at Tianyi Pavilion and learned that Ximen Wuxue had taken the Myriad Spirit Sect's core members into a Secret Realm, leaving him an Origin Orb.
• Chen Lin ransacked the Myriad Spirit Sect headquarters, destroyed its sign, and fled Myriad Spirit City after killing four Shadow-Transforming Sect experts.
• Chen Lin abducted Qiaoniang from her porridge shop and questioned her about the power that let her make Myriad Phenomena Porridge.
• Qiaoniang explained that she had entered a mysterious place on Qingsong Mountain as a child, where a beautiful proprietress gave her porridge and sent her home; Chen Lin had her draw the woman's portrait.
• Chen Lin gave Qiaoniang pills as compensation, declined to keep her as his cook, and took her along toward the Myriad Stele Forest.

Chen Lin found that the Myriad Stele Forest had changed, the Jingguang Realm node had vanished, and Tongtian City had been replaced by a lake. At Many-Fish Lake, he discovered the Zhaosan Fishery and reunited with Bao Tianci, who introduced him to Third Master Zhao.

• Chen Lin found the Immortal Stele weathered and powerless, then discovered that the Jingguang Realm node and the sects around the Myriad Stele Forest were gone.
• Chen Lin reached Tongtian City's former location and found an enormous lake where the city had once stood.
• Gu Ziqiang told Chen Lin that the lake was Many-Fish Lake, now the Zhaosan Fishery, and that it produced Qingquan Fish.
• Chen Lin asked to meet the fishery's owner, and Bao Tianci arrived and recognized him as the man who had saved his life.
• Bao Tianci introduced Chen Lin to Third Master Zhao, and the three flew to the buildings beside the lake.

Chen Lin learned that the seas had become perilous after the planes fused and traded the Seven Divine Beads to Third Master Zhao for a future God-Corroding Fish. As Bao Tianci asked to leave the unstable realm with him, Chen Lin warned that he could not promise to take him and asked whether Bao knew of Luo.

• Chen Lin heard from Bao Tianci and Third Master Zhao that the Hongshan Continent had shattered, the seas were filled with spatial hazards, and crossing remained possible only with great danger.
• Third Master Zhao explained that Seven Divine Children's Divine Beads could help hatch God-Corroding Fish, which could condense divine sense, and Chen Lin agreed to give him the beads in exchange for one fish.
• Chen Lin asked Bao Tianci whether the Immortal Spirit Tavern had reopened, and Bao said it had been rented to another merchant after the Boss Lady disappeared.
• Bao Tianci asked Chen Lin to take him to another plane, and Chen Lin said he might help if circumstances allowed but could not promise.
• Chen Lin warned Bao Tianci that other planes were dangerous and asked whether he knew of Luo.

Chen Lin reached Liangyi City with Qiaoniang and reunited with his disciple Zhou Shiwu at the Qingyang Sect. He learned how the city and its acquaintances had fared during his absence, while Luo Qinglan remained missing.

• Chen Lin asked Bao Tianci about places linked to Luo, the gigantic sword, the Myriad Stele Forest, and the node to the Jingguang Realm, and asked him to keep watch without revealing the node.
• Chen Lin offered to take Qiaoniang to Many-Fish Lake, but she chose to travel with him to Liangyi City and hoped to open a shop there.
• After a year of travel across the reshaped continent, Chen Lin and Qiaoniang arrived in Liangyi City and went to the Qingyang Sect.
• Chen Lin slipped into the sect and found Zhou Shiwu, who recognized him as his master and reported that he had become the sect master and reached the late Nascent Soul stage.
• Zhou Shiwu told Chen Lin that nearly all his old acquaintances had left or died, while Alan, Huang Liu, and Ling Qianshan were still alive and had advanced in cultivation.
• Chen Lin reflected that the Liangyi Disk had protected Liangyi City and suspected it might be approaching, or already possess, true spirit tier.

Chen Lin questioned Zhou Shiwu about awakeners and checked him for signs of possession, then visited Huang Liu in Liangyi City after deciding to bring his disciple to the Floating Realm. Huang Liu learned that Chen Lin had reached the Void Refinement Realm, and they discussed his wife and the dangers facing the plane.

• Chen Lin examined Zhou Shiwu and found no foreign aura, then promised to seek Yang Zishi's help in purifying his talent origin or purify it himself if necessary.
• Zhou Shiwu told Chen Lin about an awakener who had fought the Liangyi Sect, escaped after being wounded by the Liangyi Disk, and had not been seen for over a century; he also said Ling Qianshan had dealings with awakeners.
• Chen Lin gave Zhou Shiwu pills and instructed him to arrange the Qingyang Sect's affairs, saying he might take him away, then left Qiaoniang at the sect and went to find Huang Liu.
• Chen Lin reunited with Huang Liu, gave her a spirit-transforming grade spirit treasure, and confirmed that he had entered the Void Refinement Realm.
• Huang Liu invited Chen Lin to the Spirit Food Pavilion, where he described what had happened in Central City and she encouraged him that his wife would recover and that leaving the increasingly dangerous plane might be best.

Chen Lin learned that Huang Liu and her husband were being pressured by Jiao Yuanlu, a newly ascended Void Refinement cultivator, and agreed to ask Nie Cangqiong to mediate. At the Liangyi Sect headquarters, Chen Lin encountered Jiao Yuanlu just as a burly man arrived.

• Chen Lin found that none of the Spirit Food Pavilion's dishes qualified as Star-Tier Gourmet Food, then asked Huang Liu why she had invited him.
• Huang Liu explained that Jiao Yuanlu had harassed her after the Myriad Pill Pavilion's master died, and that she had become the companion of a Liangyi Sect elder for protection.
• Huang Liu told Chen Lin that Jiao Yuanlu had recently reached Void Refinement and was pushing her husband's declining lineage to end their relationship.
• Huang Liu asked Chen Lin to persuade Nie Cangqiong to mediate, and Chen Lin agreed to try despite doubting his influence with Nie.
• At the Liangyi Sect gate, Chen Lin met Li Chenshui, who learned that Chen Lin had reached Void Refinement and introduced him to Jiao Yuanlu.
• Jiao Yuanlu greeted Chen Lin, then a burly man flew down from the mountain and landed before them.

Chen Lin visited Nie Cangqiong, offered him Fearless Tea and Soul Steamed Buns, and asked him to help Huang Liu and trade for a Spirit-Condensing Branch. Nie agreed to help Huang Liu but revealed the Liangyi Disk was damaged and could not produce another branch for a hundred years, leaving Chen Lin asking whether its teleportation function still worked.

• Nie Cangqiong welcomed Chen Lin to his residence, where Chen Lin shared Fearless Tea that heightened comprehension of intent.
• Chen Lin asked Nie Cangqiong to take Huang Liu as a disciple, and Nie agreed after asking for more tea.
• Nie Cangqiong discovered Chen Lin had reached the Dao Rhyme stage and offered him a deliberating elder seat in the Liangyi Sect, but Chen Lin declined.
• Chen Lin served Nie Cangqiong Soul Steamed Buns, and Nie eagerly accepted three baskets in exchange for whatever Chen wanted.
• Chen Lin requested a Spirit-Condensing Branch of the Liangyi Disk, but Nie said the disk was damaged and could not condense one for a hundred years.
• Chen Lin asked whether the Liangyi Disk could still teleport people to other continents.

Chen Lin arranged Huang Liu's apprenticeship under Nie Cangqiong and traveled through the Liangyi Disk to Central City. He learned that the city had been devastated by the realm's collapse and feared that Princess Qinghua, Yang Zishi, and the others might be missing or dead.

• Nie Cangqiong told Chen Lin that the Liangyi Disk could take him to Central City, but its passage to the Northern Star Realm led only to Tianxing City, far from the Northern Wilderness Continent.
• Nie Cangqiong agreed to make Huang Liu his disciple without a ceremony, and Chen Lin told her to visit the Liangyi Sect the next day.
• Chen Lin left Qiaoniang in Zhou Shiwu's care and, three days later, paid the spirit crystal cost to travel to Central City.
• Hong Yuan told Chen Lin that the realm's collapse had shattered Central City, erased its Immortal Palace, and left Wei Duxing missing; Zhou Guanghan had become the new city lord.
• Chen Lin gave Hong Yuan Transmission Talismans and pills, asked to be notified when the passage back to Liangyi City opened, and left the hall.

Chen Lin returned to Central City after the realm’s collapse and searched for his former companions, eventually finding Bai Xuanying, Yang Zishi, and Jin Xingyun at the Hundred Flowers Fairy’s former residence. He learned that Luo Qinglan and others had entered a space rift, while Jin Xingyun and Yang Zishi had survived in Central City, and joined his old friends to catch up.

• Chen Lin found his former immortal cave lost with the collapsed space, searched Central City for news, and learned that the powerful figure who had taken the Hundred Flowers Fairy’s body was nowhere to be found.
• Chen Lin went to the Little Xuanshan Range and questioned two cultivators guarding the former courtyard of the Hundred Flowers Fairy.
• Bai Xuanying recognized Chen Lin and told him that Jin Xingyun was inside, then brought him into the courtyard.
• Yang Zishi reunited with Chen Lin and explained that Luo Qinglan, Master Mu, and Dantai Yunjin had entered a space rift with Grass, while she and Jin Xingyun had been stranded elsewhere.
• Jin Xingyun arrived, reassured Chen Lin that Luo Qinglan had chosen a rift leading to another realm, and invited him inside to talk.

Chen Lin reunited with Jin Xingyun, Yang Zishi, and Bai Xuanying, learned what had happened to their companions after Central City fell, and revealed that he had reached the Void Refinement Realm and could travel through the Nightmare Realm. The group discussed gathering rare gourmet food to make future travel possible, while Bai Xuanying’s worsening bloodline transformation remained unresolved.

• Chen Lin learned how Luo Qinglan, Dantai Yunjin, Mu Xingchen, Jin Xingyun, and Yang Zishi had been separated during the collapse, and that the passage to the Bluestone Street Scenario had vanished.
• Jin Xingyun asked about Chen Lin’s cultivation, and Chen Lin revealed his Void Refinement Realm aura and said he planned to leave the realm through the Nightmare Realm.
• Chen Lin explained that traveling through Gourmet Island required rare gourmet food, then shared Mortal Dust Spirit Dew and Clear Skies pastries with Jin Xingyun, Yang Zishi, and Bai Xuanying.
• Chen Lin asked why Jin Xingyun and Bai Xuanying had not moved to the Inner City, and Bai Xuanying explained that her bloodline caused her to transform into a white tiger, making the Inner City too dangerous.

Chen Lin prepared to take Yang Zishi, Zhou Shiwu, and Qiaoniang to another plane after searching unsuccessfully for Chen Bao and Silver Fairy. Before leaving, he told Alan he could not take her yet, accepted a lightning treasure from her, and promised to help rescue Yun Xiumian.

• Chen Lin learned that the Myriad Star Archipelago had become forbidden ground, so he searched the Zhongzhou Continent for cuisine, resources, and traces of Chen Bao and Silver Fairy for three years.
• Chen Lin made Zhou Shiwu and Qiaoniang his true disciples and told them and Yang Zishi to prepare to travel with him to another plane.
• Chen Lin explained to Alan that he had too few places to take her and warned that the Floating Realm was dangerous, while other planes might reject her under their rules.
• Alan gave Chen Lin a golden lightning fruit pit and asked him to rescue Yun Xiumian; Chen Lin gave her Drunken God Brew in return and left.

Chen Lin brought Yang Zishi, Zhou Shiwu, and Qiaoniang to Gourmet Island, arranged their duties at the Soul Steamed Bun Shop, and prepared to return to the Floating Realm. Before entering seclusion, he hired a veteran Explorer to search for Yun Xiumian and learned how little Xue Wa earned from her food shop.

• Chen Lin brought the three newcomers to the Management Office, where their offerings were accepted and each received a one-star Identity Token.
• Chen Lin arranged for Yang Zishi and Qiaoniang to help Zhenzhu run the Soul Steamed Bun Shop while he took Zhou Shiwu back to the Floating Realm, and he warned the women to keep the island secret.
• Chen Lin asked Xue Wa about the Explorer Association's search for someone to rescue Yun Xiumian, then accepted a veteran Explorer's fee of one thousand Nightmare Coins upfront and ten thousand if the rescue succeeded.
• Chen Lin gave Xue Wa the upfront payment and told her to contact Yang Zishi if problems arose while he was in seclusion.
• Xue Wa told Chen Lin that the shop had earned her only fifty Nightmare Coins over several years, and asked him to find her a one-star food so she could return to cultivation.
• Chen Lin promised to help Xue Wa find a suitable food and planned to have Zhou Shiwu collect new foods from other islands.

Chen Lin returned to Ruyi Island with Grass and Zhou Shiwu, but the Gourmet Guardian summoned him before he could begin his plans for secluded cultivation. The Guardian’s strange backflips reminded Chen Lin of the Demon-Suppressing Temple, leaving him on guard against a possible threat.

• Chen Lin checked on Ruyi Island through Grass, gave her a bracelet with a storage bead, and prepared to return with her and Zhou Shiwu.
• A tuxedoed staff member told Chen Lin that the Guardian wanted to see him, and Chen Lin sent Grass and Zhou Shiwu back to the shop before leaving.
• The Gourmet Guardian recognized Chen Lin as the maker of buns, then performed backflips and asked whether the move looked familiar.
• Chen Lin recalled the backflipping monk and entry rule at the Demon-Suppressing Temple, gripped the Shepherd Token, and prepared to defend himself.

Chen Lin met the Gourmet Guardian, who investigated Qiaoniang’s memories and warned Chen Lin to leave the Void Realm within a thousand years and complete his peerage mission. The Guardian then approved a special addition to Qiaoniang’s Teleportation Token, leaving Chen Lin’s companions impressed by his apparent connection to him.

• The Guardian recognized Niuniu’s Talisman, questioned Chen Lin about the Myriad Phenomena Porridge, and summoned Qiaoniang to investigate how she had obtained it.
• After reviewing Qiaoniang’s memories, the Guardian warned Chen Lin to leave the Void Realm within a thousand years and urged him to complete his peerage mission; he also told Qiaoniang to preserve the energy inside her.
• Chen Lin and Qiaoniang agreed to keep the meeting secret, then Chen Lin tried to arrange a new Teleportation Token destination for her using borrowed points.
• The Management Office administrator refused to combine points without the Guardian’s approval, but Lord Zhu arrived and confirmed the Guardian had granted a one-time exception.
• The administrator added the Floating Realm to Qiaoniang’s token, and Chen Lin told Zhao Lingyi and He Xiuqin that he should not expect further special treatment.

Chen Lin returned to Ruyi Island, introduced his disciples, and investigated the strange energy and mysterious place connected to Qiaoniang. He organized the island’s cultivators and assigned new duties before taking his disciples back into the Divine Snail Shell.

• Chen Lin reunited with Chouya and Shi Jian, introduced Zhou Shiwu and Xiyun Qiao, and established the disciples’ seniority.
• Chen Lin questioned Qiaoniang about the mysterious place and had her draw the unknown bird, but her recollections revealed no new clues.
• Chen Lin told Qiaoniang that the unusual energy inside her might come from a Real World and gave her pills to support her cultivation.
• Chen Lin gave Zheng Xuanqing a Three-Stripe Seven-Star Pill to prepare for Core Formation and assigned Wang Tianlin to cultivate spirit plants.
• Chen Lin assigned Zhang Xuanwang to care for the White Jade Spirit Centipede and build a Spiritual Beast Garden, and ordered Zheng Xuanqing to continue investigating the Black Finger Scenario.
• Chen Lin dismissed the island’s other cultivators and led Zhou Shiwu, Xiyun Qiao, Chouya, and Shi Jian back into the Divine Snail Shell.

Chen Lin assigned duties on Ruyi Island, helped Shi Jian and Chouya reach Foundation Establishment, and entered the Taiqing Mountain Scenario to investigate a new delicacy recipe. He discovered that his projection could remain in the outside world for more than ten days, but suspicions about Bai Yuzhou made him abandon his plan to visit the Yucai Sect and summon others to meet him instead.

• Chen Lin assigned Zhou Shiwu to search for islands, Shi Jian to build the Tribulation Platform, and Qiaoniang to manage resources, then guided their cultivation.
• Chen Lin raised Shi Jian to Foundation Establishment, and later helped Chouya reach the same realm.
• Chen Lin entered the Taiqing Mountain Scenario, checked on his shop and the dilapidated residence, and had Liu Shengyuan show him collected delicacy recipes.
• Chen Lin passed through the node in his projection body and confirmed he could remain in the outside world for more than ten days.
• After sensing danger when he thought of Bai Yuzhou, Chen Lin warned Liu Shengyuan to be careful and summoned the recipe's provider and Dong Yunqiu instead of visiting the Yucai Sect.