Chapter Summaries

While traveling toward the Central Plains with Medusa, Lin Ze projected a Golden Legend Death Soldier who was a Tier 7 Alchemist. He named him Lin Wuyao and ordered him to cultivate the Soul and undergo the Evil Path leveling method, which quickly raised him to Dou Emperor Peak.

• Lin Ze projected a Golden Legend Death Soldier and excitedly told Medusa that their clan had gained an Alchemist Master.
• Lin Ze considered ways to improve his Soul Power, including targeting the Hall of Souls, but the Bronze Mirror could not inscribe Soul realms.
• Lin Ze met the new Death Soldier at the Central Plains base, confirmed he was a Tier 7 Alchemist, named him Lin Wuyao, and gave him a Soul cultivation method.
• Lin Ze arranged for Lin Wuyao to use the Evil Path leveling method and the improved infusion method, supplying him with pills and Flesh Essence.
• In just over ten days, Lin Wuyao reached Dou Emperor Peak after consuming one Life-Devouring Pill, eight Dou Spirit Pills, and six Huangji Pills.

Lin Ze prepared Lin Wuyao to seek Danta recognition as a Tier 7 Alchemist and traveled with Medusa to Shengdan City in the Central Plains. There, he brought Lin Wuyao to Elder Li to begin the certification process and ask about becoming a Guest Elder.

• Lin Ze raised Lin Wuyao to Dou Emperor Peak and decided he should consolidate his strength before attempting a breakthrough.
• Lin Ze gave Medusa a Mortal Dust Hairpin that made her seem unremarkable, and she wore it as they traveled toward the Central Plains.
• Lin Ze and Medusa reached a city with a Spatial Wormhole and continued their journey to the Central Plains.
• Lin Ze arrived in Shengdan City, where his Death Soldiers maintained a concealed base and Lin Wuyao had reached Dou Emperor Peak.
• Lin Ze took Lin Wuyao to Danta's Outer Region branch and asked Elder Li to let him take the Tier 7 Alchemist test.

Lin Wuyao passed Danta’s examination as a low-tier Tier 7 Alchemist and applied to become a Guest Elder. Lin Ze continued traveling toward Danta, broke through to Two-Star Dou Zong, and learned that Lin Wuyao’s application had been approved.

• Elder Li warned Lin Wuyao that Danta’s Tier 7 Alchemist certification was strict, then personally conducted his examination.
• Lin Wuyao passed as a low-tier Tier 7 Alchemist and received his badge.
• Lin Wuyao gave Elder Li Heavenly Star Fire-Pattern Grass and asked to become a Danta Guest Elder; Elder Li agreed to submit his application.
• Lin Ze and Medusa traveled through a Spatial Wormhole toward Central Plains, and Lin Ze broke through to Two-Star Dou Zong.
• A few days later, Lin Ze learned that Danta had approved Lin Wuyao as a Guest Elder.

Lin Ze and Medusa arrived in Tiansha City after traveling from the Northwest Continent to the Central Plains. They learned that the Liu Family had exposed the dangerous Red Sand Ruins, but Medusa advised staying out of the uncertain situation.

• Lin Ze traveled with Medusa through a Spatial Wormhole and reached the Central Plains at Tiansha City.
• Lin Ze agreed to spend a day exploring Tiansha City with Medusa before continuing their journey.
• At a restaurant, Lin Ze and Medusa overheard people discussing a ruin the Liu Family had discovered.
• Lin Ze learned from the Mirror Spirit that the ruin, called the Red Sand Ruins, contained corrosive red sand and vicious Magical Beasts that had caused the Liu Family heavy losses.
• Medusa concluded that they should avoid getting involved because they had just arrived and the situation was unclear.

Lin Ze sent a death soldier into the Red Sand Ruins while he and Medusa stayed cautious about the Liu Family’s motives. After entering the blood-red realm, the death soldier watched the explorers split up, unaware that two men who had argued for and against cooperation were working together to prey on them.

• Lin Ze decided to wait in Tiansha City for a day and sent a Five-Star Dou Emperor death soldier to explore the ruins.
• The death soldier found many cultivators gathering at the Spatial Rift, while the Liu Family’s two Dou Wang guards made little effort to stop them.
• He passed through the rift and entered a blood-red world of sand with the other explorers.
• A burly middle-aged man urged the group to cooperate, but a Black-Robed Person warned that fellow explorers might become rivals over treasure.
• The explorers dispersed, and the burly middle-aged man and the Black-Robed Person dropped their act and pursued a target they had chosen to rob.

Lin Ze investigated the strange ruins and discovered that their red sands and deformed beasts were connected to a powerful corrupting force. After sensing Venerable Lei enter the ruins, Lin Ze ventured deeper and identified the creature fighting him as a Blood Beast Sha.

• Lin Ze used Soul Perception to confirm that the burly middle-aged man and the Black-Robed Person were conspiring at the ruins' entrance, but chose not to interfere.
• Lin Ze investigated the deadwood forest and red sand, then spent two days exploring the ruins and concluded they were a naturally formed space corrupted by the blood of a powerful Magical Beast.
• Lin Ze sensed an aura far above Dou Zong level entering the ruins and suspected that the Wind Lightning Pavilion had sent Venerable Lei because of a deeper threat.
• Lin Ze concealed his aura and moved farther into the ruins, where he saw Venerable Lei battling a mass of blood-red energy.
• Lin Ze consulted the Mirror Spirit Death Soldiers and confirmed that Venerable Lei's opponent was a Blood Beast Sha, then stayed back to observe the fight.

Lin Ze learned that the Blood Sha Land accelerated Magical Beasts’ growth and let them absorb blood-sha-tainted earth, making the ruins a potential breeding ground. He planned to return once he was stronger and raise the Blood Beast Sha to support his breeding operation.

• Venerable Lei distracted the Blood Beast Sha while Wind Lightning Pavilion members searched the ruins, then led them out with little treasure to show for their efforts.
• Lin Ze gathered a piece of the mountain and blood-sha-tainted earth, then sent them and a violent Magical Beast to the Mirror World for the Death Soldiers to study.
• The Liu Family Ancestor paid Venerable Lei to seal the Spatial Rift, trapping the cultivators still inside the ruins.
• Lin Ze read the Death Soldiers’ research and learned that blood sha made Magical Beasts grow faster and allowed them to absorb eroded earth.
• Lin Ze decided the Blood Sha Land was an ideal breeding ground for his Myriad-Life Two-Headed Snakes and planned to raise the Blood Beast Sha once he grew stronger.

Lin Ze planned to move Myriad-Life Two-Headed Snake eggs into the sealed Red Sand Ruins, where they could reproduce safely and provide a future force against the Blood Beast Sha. He ordered the Death Soldiers to harvest the snakes in most Tagor Desert breeding grounds and considered isolating the ruins’ core before the eggs began reproducing.

• Lin Ze confirmed that his spatially talented Golden Legend Death Soldier could send objects into the sealed Red Sand Ruins, though living creatures had to be transported by a Death Soldier.
• Lin Ze assessed the million Myriad-Life Two-Headed Snakes in the Tagor Desert and recognized that their rapid reproduction could devastate the continent if left unchecked.
• Lin Ze ordered the Death Soldiers to preserve the newest breeding ground and slaughter the snakes in the other grounds for Flesh Essence.
• Lin Ze had the Death Soldiers preserve over ten thousand snake eggs and send them to the Central Plains, planning to hatch and raise them in the Red Sand Ruins.
• Lin Ze estimated the eggs would begin reproducing in about three months and considered building an Isolation Array to keep the Blood Sha Beasts away from the ruins’ core.

Lin Ze and Medusa arrived in Shengdan City, where Medusa received her payment for escorting him and settled into a quiet courtyard. Lin Ze went to explore the Inner Region and encountered a young woman he suspected was Cao Ying.

• Lin Ze and Medusa emerged from a Spatial Wormhole into Shengdan City and marveled at its bustling Outer Region.
• Lin Ze and Medusa traveled to the Lin Family’s courtyard, where Lin Wuyao gave Medusa 100,000 Resource Points as payment for her escort.
• Lin Ze arranged a quiet courtyard for Medusa, then headed toward the Inner Region with Lin Wuyao while Medusa prepared to cultivate.
• At the Inner Region’s gate, Lin Ze saw an old man and a young woman bearing the Cao Family crest and recognized the name Cao Ying.

Lin Ze toured Danta’s Inner Region with Lin Wuyao and planned how to strengthen his position there. Meanwhile, Cao Ying and her grandfather headed toward Danta’s core, and Cao Ying became curious about Lin Ze’s powerful Soul Power.

• Lin Ze learned about Danta’s halls and hierarchy, then planned for Lin Wuyao to improve his alchemy and Soul Power so he could compete for greater influence.
• Lin Ze asked Lin Wuyao whether Cao Ying had become a core disciple, and Lin Wuyao said she had come to seek that status.
• Lin Ze decided to return to the Outer Region, while Cao Ying and her grandfather continued toward the black tower at Danta’s core.
• Cao Ying told her grandfather that Lin Ze and Lin Wuyao had powerful Soul Power and wondered if Lin Ze had been born with his.
• Cao Ying’s grandfather encouraged her to focus on becoming a disciple of one of the Danta Three Greats, and Cao Ying resolved to remember Lin Ze.

Lin Ze cultivated in Shengdan City while reviewing plans to obtain Soul Origins from the Hall of Souls. After Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan asked to join him in Central Plains, he sent them jewelry and arranged Death Soldier escorts.

• Lin Ze reached Four-Star Dou Ancestor, took a Sect Origin Pill, and cultivated while reviewing intelligence about the Hall of Souls.
• Lin Ze considered targeting a Hall of Souls branch for Soul Origins but recognized that he needed to grow stronger before challenging its Dou Venerate experts.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin told Lin Ze they had both reached Dou Emperor and wanted to travel to Central Plains.
• Zi Yan also planned to travel to Central Plains, while Lin Ze advised her to keep her return to the Ancient Dragon Clan secret.
• Lin Ze sent Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan jewelry and arranged Death Soldiers to escort them.

Lin Ze refined the Heavenly Gang Gale with the Golden Wind Refining Qi Method, transforming his Dou Qi into a far more powerful golden form. After testing his strength, he concluded that he could contend with a Peak Dou Zong using his techniques and a secret method.

• Lin Ze received a wisp of Heavenly Gang Gale that his Death Soldiers had seized from a deadly storm high above the ground.
• Lin Ze used the Golden Wind Refining Qi Method to draw the Gale into his body and temper his Dou Qi, sharing the refining damage through Myriad Hearts as One.
• Lin Ze swallowed prepared pills and circulated the method for a day until his Dou Qi became pure gold and far more refined.
• Lin Ze tested his transformed Dou Qi on Mysterious Gold Black Rock and left its deepest gash with a single strike.
• Lin Ze assessed that his secret technique could raise him from Four-Star Dou Ancestor to Seven-Star Dou Zong, letting him contend with a Peak Dou Zong.

Medusa worried that Lin Ze was outpacing her and sought Heavenly Treasures to improve her cultivation. After buying two Demonic Blood Fruits, she borrowed Resource Points from Lin Ze and planned to use the Lin Family’s alchemists to make the most of them.

• Medusa sensed Lin Ze’s strength increase and decided that the Cultivation Speed Buff alone would not be enough, so she searched Xuangguang Treasure Pavilion for resources suited to her.
• Medusa bought two Demonic Blood Fruits for 200,000 Resource Points, then set them aside after realizing their effects would diminish with repeated use.
• Medusa found Lin Ze at the Martial Arts Arena and asked to borrow 300,000 Resource Points for more cultivation resources.
• Lin Ze transferred the Resource Points and suggested that Medusa consult the Lin Family’s alchemists about refining the fruits into pills or using them effectively.
• Medusa thanked Lin Ze and said the Snake-People Tribe’s cultivated Heavenly Treasures and raised Magical Beasts would soon provide more Resource Points.

Medusa sought a way to repay Lin Ze’s Resource Points and learned that Danta’s Guest Elder Hall offered commissions suitable for her strength. Lin Ze brought her there to register, and she began reviewing the available work.

• Medusa asked Lin Ze how she could obtain resources, and he recommended commissions through Danta’s Guest Elder Hall.
• Lin Ze explained that a Danta alchemist could recommend Medusa and that she could choose whether to accept commissions, though accepted tasks had to be completed.
• Medusa agreed to register and accompanied Lin Ze and Lin Wuyao to the Guest Elder Hall in Shengdan City’s Inner Region.
• The three entered the hall, where Medusa examined commissions on a black stone display, including work fending off Alchemical Lightning and testing pills.
• Lin Ze warned Medusa not to take a Medicine Tester commission because imperfect pills could cause harmful effects, and Medusa accepted his advice.

Lin Ze and Medusa received Earth-Tier Tokens from the Guest Elder Hall, and Medusa accepted two commissions while Lin Ze returned to cultivation. When Lin Wuyao began refining a Tier 7 Pill, Lin Ze used its Alchemical Lightning to temper his body.

• Lin Ze and Medusa received Earth-Tier Tokens after Lin Wuyao recommended them, and Lin Ze explained the risks of the Guest Elder Hall's commissions.
• Medusa accepted two commissions in Shengdan City, while Lin Ze chose not to take any.
• Lin Ze told Medusa that Lin Wuyao was making a Tier 7 Pill and decided to use its Alchemical Lightning to temper his body.
• Lin Ze arranged for a Lin Family Alchemist to prepare Medusa's Demonic Blood Fruits, then returned with her to cultivate.
• Several days later, Lin Ze sealed the courtyard and summoned a Pale Gold Storm to draw down the Alchemical Lightning.
• Lin Ze endured cycles of destruction and healing as the Alchemical Lightning tempered his physique.

Lin Ze used repeated pill lightning to temper his physique until he reached the Seven-Fold Demon Body, comparable to a Seventh-Rank Magical Beast. He began considering how to develop the remaining stages, especially by using blood essence from creatures with powerful bloodlines.

• Lin Ze absorbed pill lightning by breaking it into strands with the Golden Storm, strengthening his body and advancing his Nine-Fold Demon Body.
• Over several days, frequent pill lightning above the Lin Family residence drew attention and speculation from people across Shengdan City and Danta.
• Lin Ze endured another round of pill lightning and completed the Seven-Fold Demon Body, gaining a physique capable of distorting space and contending with an ordinary low-tier Dou Zong.
• Lin Ze considered how to develop the later stages of the Demon Body and noted that Fa Wujin had been studying techniques and working on the method.
• Lin Ze decided that noble or ancient bloodlines might help with body tempering and recalled the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Blood Essence in a corpse once sold by the Black Emperor Sect.

Lin Ze and Lin Wuyao used soul-enhancing pills to break through to the Spirit Realm. The chapter ended with Lin Ze realizing Lin Wuyao could now attempt to refine Tier 8 Medicinal Pills.

• Lin Wuyao presented Lin Ze with a finest-quality pill made to enhance Soul Power, and Lin Ze told him to use the two earlier pills to attempt his own breakthrough.
• Lin Ze returned to his cultivation room, swallowed the pill, and drew Spirit Qi from the void as his Soul Power grew.
• Lin Ze broke through to the Spirit Realm, while the room’s Energy Patterns contained the powerful soul pressure.
• Lin Ze tested a Soul Seal and considered the new techniques he could use with his strengthened soul and physique.
• Lin Ze sensed that Lin Wuyao had also broken through to the Spirit Realm and recognized that he could now attempt to make Tier 8 Medicinal Pills.

Lin Wuyao refined a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, establishing himself as an Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster, while Tieshu Venerate protected him from the pill’s lightning. News of Lin Wuyao’s achievement spread across the Central Plains, and Elder Sheng arrived to take him to meet Danta’s Guild Master.

• Lin Wuyao refined a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill that summoned Two-Colored Pill Lightning, and Tieshu Venerate used his withered tree Dou Qi to withstand the bolts.
• Lin Wuyao emerged with the pill, whose spirit was beginning to take form, and thanked Tieshu Venerate for protecting it.
• Tieshu Venerate addressed Lin Wuyao as Grandmaster and left after they exchanged pleasantries.
• News of Lin Wuyao’s achievement spread through Danta and the Central Plains, prompting other factions to consider recruiting him or building ties with him.
• Elder Sheng personally invited Lin Wuyao to meet Danta’s Guild Master.

Lin Wuyao became a Core Elder of Danta and accepted the position of Vice Hall Master of the Guest Elder Hall, while declining the chance to subdue Three Thousand Starry Sky Burning Flame. He then arranged for Lin Ze and Medusa to enter the Pill World and search for rare medicinal materials.

• Xuan Kongzi offered Lin Wuyao Core Elder status and a choice of positions, and Lin Wuyao chose to become Vice Hall Master of the Guest Elder Hall.
• Xuan Kongzi offered Lin Wuyao the chance to subdue Three Thousand Starry Sky Burning Flame, but Lin Wuyao declined because his family possessed an inherited Heavenly Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi discussed Lin Wuyao's decision with the other Pill Tower Giants and concluded that the Lin family was more mysterious than he had thought.
• Lin Wuyao returned to the Lin Family courtyard and told Lin Ze and Medusa that his Core Elder benefits included yearly slots to enter the Pill World.
• Lin Ze explained the Pill World's rare treasures to Medusa, who eagerly thanked Lin Wuyao for the opportunity to search for them.

Lin Ze and Medusa entered the Pill World to gather medicinal ingredients, then split up to search it. After finding Earth Stone Marrow, Lin Ze was startled when Medusa suddenly kissed him and he realized something was wrong with her.

• Lin Ze and Medusa entered the Pill World after receiving Danta's report and Space Stones, and agreed to split up while using linked jade pendants to track each other.
• Lin Ze searched a wasteland, defeated hidden Magical Beasts, and collected Heavenly Treasures, including Earth Stone Marrow.
• Medusa suddenly rushed toward Lin Ze and kissed him.
• Lin Ze escaped her embrace with Gather and Scatter Like Wind and realized Medusa was not acting normally.