Chapter Summaries

After reaching the Cloud Marsh Domain, Lin Chuan planned for Akatsuki’s divine envoys to enter the Immortal Ancient Rift and break through their cultivation. He then brought Bu Lianshi to the Zhang Clan’s territory and attacked its protective formation, leaving them waiting for the clan to respond.

• Lin Chuan and Bu Lianshi traveled to the Cloud Marsh Domain to avoid the Qin Clan and chose it as a safe foothold.
• Lin Chuan assigned Zero Burial to lead White Tiger, Black Tortoise, Kong Chen, Southern Dipper, Northern Dipper, and Jade Maiden into the Immortal Ancient Rift, while he stayed behind to consolidate his cultivation.
• Lin Chuan told Zero Burial to ask Santai to prepare pills to help the divine envoys break through.
• Lin Chuan and Bu Lianshi visited a city controlled by the Zhang Clan, intending to join the faction so Bu Lianshi could enter an Immortal Ancient Rift.
• Lin Chuan fired a Fire Dragon Flame Bullet at the Zhang Clan’s protective formation, setting the surrounding mist ablaze as he and Bu Lianshi waited outside.

Lin Chuan and Bu Lianshi forced their way into the Zhang Clan to obtain a quota for the Immortal Ancient Rift, then met the dying Supreme Elder, who asked Lin Chuan to protect the clan. When the elder offered him an ordinary-looking jade silk, Lin Chuan read the word “Maha,” triggering a sudden surge of scriptures and black runes.

• Lin Chuan demanded an Immortal Ancient Rift quota from the Zhang Clan Head, and Zhang Qing opened the formation after the Supreme Elder ordered him to let the visitors in.
• Zhang Qing led Lin Chuan and Bu Lianshi to the secluded valley, where the dying Supreme Elder asked them to protect the Zhang Clan after his death.
• Lin Chuan agreed to guard the clan for a month, within the limits of his abilities.
• The Supreme Elder offered Lin Chuan a jade silk, and Lin Chuan read the word “Maha” written on it.
• The sound of the Great Dao filled the valley as scriptures arose and black runes spread around Lin Chuan.

Lin Chuan obtained a Maha Clan relic from the Zhang Clan's dying Supreme Elder and agreed to protect the clan in return. While Bu Lianshi went to break through, Lin Chuan studied the relic and discovered it contained Maha cultivation notes and a map of the Ancient Immortal Realm.

• The jade silk resonated with Lin Chuan's Maha Sutra, and the Zhang Clan's Supreme Elder died from excitement as it flew into Lin Chuan's hands.
• Lin Chuan found nothing useful by examining the Supreme Elder, then met Zhang Qing and the Zhang Clan members who had come to investigate.
• Lin Chuan promised to protect the Zhang Clan, and Zhang Qing arranged the Supreme Elder's funeral while preparing to lure the clan's enemies into a trap.
• A few days later, Bu Lianshi entered the Immortal Ancient Rift to break through, while Lin Chuan studied the jade silk in the Zhang Clan.
• Lin Chuan discovered that the jade silk held Maha Clan cultivation notes and a map marked Ancient Immortal Realm, and its teachings quickly advanced his Maha Sutra.

Lin Chuan used the Maha Sutra and a jade-silk record to create a spell fused with a soul attack, while the Zhang Clan’s enemies finally gathered to attack. As the Zhang Clan prepared to trap them, Lin Chuan was gone from the secluded valley, leaving Zhang Qing’s plan in doubt.

• Lin Chuan studied the jade silk beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tree and developed a Great Fireball Technique fused with a soul attack.
• Lin Chuan concluded that the jade silk was likely only one page and resolved to find the place described on its back in the Ancient Immortal Realm.
• Eight Void Refinement elders and other forces arrived to attack the Zhang Clan after waiting for the old man to die.
• Zhang Qing excitedly told a cultivator to notify the people in the secluded valley that the enemies had arrived.
• The cultivator found Lin Chuan gone and reported to Zhang Qing that the white-haired cultivator had run away.

Qin Lang, appearing in an Impure World Reincarnation body, stepped in to defend the Zhang Clan after its enemies arrived and Lin Chuan entered seclusion. He confronted eight Void Refinement cultivators alone and trapped them inside a misty formation, leaving the battle to begin.

• Zhang Qing realized Lin Chuan had disappeared just as the Zhang Clan's enemies arrived, then learned that Qin Lang was still in the secluded valley.
• Qin Lang agreed to face the attackers, and Jin Yao gave him a formation core that would hide the aura and events of his battle.
• As the attackers battered the Zhang Clan's formation, Qin Lang arrived and told Zhang Qing he would handle the eight Void Refinement cultivators while Zhang Qing dealt with the rest.
• Qin Lang used Lightning Flash to appear before the eight cultivators, declared he would kill them, and enveloped them in gray mist from Jin Yao's flag.

Qin Lang used Jin Yao’s spatial formation to isolate the eight Void Refinement cultivators and began killing them, discovering that the formation could even trap those who used spatial abilities. He struck the Feng Clan’s Grand Elder with a Lightning Blade of Bing Fire Yang Thunder, shattering his defensive artifact and hitting his chest.

• Jin Yao’s formation blocked perception and vision, separated the eight cultivators, and let Qin Lang control the battlefield with its flags.
• Qin Lang attacked a mid-stage Void Refinement cultivator and killed him with Bing Fire Yang Thunder.
• The Feng Clan’s Grand Elder opened a spatial rift to escape but emerged still trapped inside the formation.
• Qin Lang sensed that spatial abilities drained more energy from the formation flags, but his Impure World Reincarnation body gave him unlimited chakra.
• Qin Lang used Sage Art: Lightning Release: Lightning Blade against the Feng Clan’s Grand Elder, shattered his defensive jade pendant, and struck his chest.

Qin Lang used Bing Fire Yang Thunder to kill the cultivators trapped in Jin Yao’s formation, allowing the Zhang Clan to counterattack. He returned to the secluded valley, where Jin Yao’s growing affection for him remained unnoticed.

• Qin Lang killed the Feng Clan First Elder with a Lightning Blade of Bing Fire Yang Thunder.
• Cultivators outside the mist heard that the Luo Clan head, Old Ghost Li, and the other trapped experts had fallen as the formation dissipated.
• Qin Lang told the stunned onlookers that the attackers had been dealt with, and Zhang Qing led the Zhang Clan in a counterattack.
• Qin Lang returned to the valley, where Qin Fei was surprised at how quickly he had finished the fight.
• Jin Yao explained that her family specialized in formations and admitted that she could challenge late Void Refinement cultivators given time to prepare.
• Jin Yao secretly reflected on her growing affection for Qin Lang, who remained unaware of her feelings.

After [Akatsuki] returned from the Immortal Ancient Rift, every member had advanced to the Void Refinement stage, and the group prepared for the Ancient Immortal Realm to open. As Lin Chuan’s seclusion neared its end, Zero Burial revealed that Lin Chuan planned to distribute the tailed beasts’ yang chakra among the divine envoys while retaining their yin chakra.

• Bu Lianshi returned from the Immortal Ancient Rift and told Qin Lang that every member of [Akatsuki] had broken through to the Void Refinement stage.
• Bu Lianshi sensed that the Ancient Immortal Realm was close to opening, and Qin Lang agreed that its opening was imminent.
• Six months later, the Immortal Ancient Rift opened without allowing entry, signaling that the Ancient Immortal Realm would open in one month.
• Kong Chen and Southern Dipper discussed the possibility of finding traces of Ling Luo in the Ancient Immortal Realm.
• Zero Burial told Bu Lianshi not to wake Lin Chuan and said Yuyi would attend an underground meeting about distributing the tailed beasts’ yang chakra among the divine envoys.

After more than half a year of seclusion, Lin Chuan emerged stronger and prepared to face Lin An in the Ancient Immortal Realm. He and his companions began extracting the tailed beasts from Mu Yuyi so they could seal them in the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and share their chakra.

• Lin Chuan realized he had drained the Enlightenment Ancient Tree, then replenished it with immortal chakra.
• Lin Chuan left seclusion at the peak of the early Void Refinement stage and declared that he looked forward to fighting Lin An.
• Lin Chuan reunited with Bu Lianshi and told his companions to begin preparing for Tailed Beast Transformation.
• Lin Chuan led the group underground to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and chose Mu Yuyi as the first to undergo extraction.
• Zero Burial began the Phantom Dragon Nine Seals as everyone slowly extracted the Three-Tails Isobu and Five-Tails Kokuō from Mu Yuyi.

Akatsuki extracted the tailed beasts from Mu Yuyi, Zero Burial, and then Lin Chuan, while the growing power of the Phantom Dragon Nine Seals overwhelmed the Zhang Clan. As Lin Chuan’s extraction began, most of the clan fled, leaving Zhang Qing behind.

• Mu Yuyi reassured the Three-Tails Isobu and the Five-Tails Kokuō as Akatsuki extracted both tailed beasts from him.
• Zhang Qing ordered the Zhang Clan to stay away from the secluded valley after its terrifying aura nearly forced him to his knees.
• Akatsuki extracted the Three-Tails Son Gokū and then the Seven-Tails Chong Ming from Zero Burial, who collapsed from exhaustion afterward.
• Lin Chuan took Zero Burial’s place in the formation as Akatsuki began extracting the One-Tail Shukaku, causing a fifth eye to open on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• A Zhang Clan elder defied Zhang Qing and left, and most of the clan members fled while Zhang Qing remained.

After extracting three tailed beasts from Lin Chuan, Akatsuki quieted the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and began separating the beasts’ chakra for redistribution. The chapter ended as Yin chakra descended into Lin Chuan and dark-red chakra began flowing into seven Akatsuki members.

• Zhang Qing remained trapped in his submission to the unknown group as the Zhang Clan faced growing scrutiny from nearby powers.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path released a terrifying aura when its seventh eye opened, alarming Akatsuki and cultivators around the Zhang Clan.
• Zero Burial sealed the statue and ended the aura, allowing Zhang Qing and the watching cultivators to breathe easier.
• After resting, Lin Chuan, Zero Burial, and Mu Yuyi began separating the seven tailed beasts’ chakra into Yin and Yang versions.
• Zero Burial unsealed the chakra, sending the Yin portions toward Lin Chuan and the dark-red chakra toward White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, Kong Chen, Southern Dipper, Northern Dipper, and Jade Maiden.

Lin Chuan distributed the seven Tailed Beasts among Akatsuki's members, sealed them inside their new hosts, and gave them instructions for mastering their powers. As the group prepared for the Ancient Immortal Realm, White Zetsu reported that Lin An had reached the great completion of the Void Refinement stage and renamed the Mystic Sea Region the Lin Region.

• Lin Chuan assigned the seven Tailed Beasts to Black Tortoise, Kong Chen, Jade Maiden, Vermilion Bird, Southern Dipper, White Tiger, and Northern Dipper, then sealed them inside their bodies.
• Lin Chuan gave the seven hosts sealing keys and jade slips with instructions for Tailed Beast Transformation, and the group agreed to compete over who would master the transformation first.
• The others left to cultivate, while Mu Yuyi told Lin Chuan he would remain undercover in the Jade Purity Sect and use Shangguan Dieche as an informant.
• Shi Jin and Xiao Heng discussed the coming Ancient Immortal Realm and the need to strengthen themselves before entering it.
• White Zetsu reported that Lin An had reached the great completion of the Void Refinement stage and that the Mystic Sea Region had been renamed the Lin Region.

Lin Chuan prepared Akatsuki and his allies for the opening of the Ancient Immortal Realm while they learned to control their tailed beasts. After Meng Jingxian finally gained preliminary control of Chong Ming, the Seven-Tails, the group was ready to wield their new powers, though Lin Chuan still did not know where Lin Chen was or what he planned against the Lin Clan.

• White Zetsu reported that the Lin Clan had become a first-rate faction after Lin An's breakthrough, and Xiao Heng warned that the Ancient Immortal Realm's opening would bring a storm.
• Lin Chuan contacted his protectors and allies, arranged secret support from Zhongchuan Yue and the others, and waited for a chance to find Lin Chen in the Ancient Immortal Realm.
• Qin Lang, Bu Lianshi, Kong Chen, Southern Dipper, Jade Maiden, and White Zetsu each gained control of their tailed beasts, with Qin Lang completing his transformation first.
• Meng Jingxian struggled against Chong Ming, the Seven-Tails, and was repeatedly beaten while the others completed their transformations.
• With Lin Chuan's help, Meng Jingxian gained preliminary control of Chong Ming, and the group began to form the animal kingdom Lin Chuan had envisioned.

Lin Chuan rewarded the Zhang Clan for sheltering him by granting chakra pills to Zhang Qing and three clan disciples, while warning that he could reclaim the power at any time. As the Ancient Immortal Realm’s opening approached, the Ancient Immortal Jade began preparing to transport Lin Chuan and the others to its entrance.

• Lin Chuan appeared before Zhang Qing and offered to empower three talented Zhang Clan disciples as compensation for the clan’s help.
• Lin Chuan gave Zhang Qing a chakra pill, and Zhang Qing swallowed it, gaining a powerful new energy.
• Lin Chuan warned Zhang Qing to keep the matter secret and said he could take back the chakra he granted; Zhang Qing pledged the clan’s loyalty.
• Lin Chuan told Bu Lianshi that he had empowered the Zhang Clan as a gamble, since the Maha Clan’s jade silk appearing there might not have been a coincidence.
• Zhang Qing brought three chosen disciples to the secluded valley, where Lin Chuan gave each of them a pill and explained how to use immortal chakra.
• The Ancient Immortal Jade grew brighter as the realm’s opening neared, and Lin Chuan anticipated meeting old acquaintances at its entrance.

The Ancient Immortal Realm opened, drawing cultivators with Ancient Immortal Jades to the plaza before the Ancient Immortal Gate. Lin Chuan suspected his older brother Lin An had become the Child of the Ancient Immortal, while Shi Jin reflected on returning as one among the masses; the gate remained closed as powerful cultivators gathered.

• The Ancient Immortal Realm appeared above the Central River Continent, and cultivators with Ancient Immortal Jades were carried into it.
• Lin Chuan and the other members of Akatsuki arrived at the plaza before the Ancient Immortal Gate alongside Zhang Clan cultivators.
• Meng Jingxian admired the gate, while Lin Chuan resolved to seize the realm’s opportunities and suspected Lin An was the Child of the Ancient Immortal.
• Shi Jin told Xiao Heng he could become the Child of the Ancient Immortal again, despite having entered the realm in that role before.
• Mahayana and Tribulation Transcendence cultivators arrived at the plaza, where the Ancient Immortal Gate was still closed.

Lin Chuan watched powerful cultivators gather in the plaza before the Ancient Immortal Gate and learned why the Tribulation Transcendence cultivators were maintaining order. As major forces arrived, the Origin Sect approached alongside the newly promoted Lin Clan, whose arrival the crowd anticipated.

• Lin Chuan tried to view the Tribulation Transcendence cultivators with his Sharingan, suffered painful backlash, and learned from Xiao Heng that their laws reflected the Heavenly Dao.
• Jade Maiden explained that Mahayana and Tribulation Transcendence cultivators were keeping the gathered factions from fighting before the Ancient Immortal Gate opened.
• Lin Chuan saw that over a million cultivators had gathered and watched the Central River Imperial Family arrive with princes Zhongchuan Yue and Princess Youhua among its members.
• The Great Sound Pavilion, the Three Purities Dao Sect, and other major factions entered the plaza.
• The Origin Sect arrived with another group, and the crowd identified the smaller group as the newly promoted Lin Clan.

Lin Chuan watched the Lin Clan and Origin Sect arrive at the Ancient Immortal Realm, then recognized Mu Li beneath Origin Sect’s black robes. The shock destabilized his clones, and his sudden aura drew Lin An’s and Mu Li’s attention.

• Cultivators debated whether the Lin Clan deserved its new first-tier status while Lin Chuan listened and considered Lin An’s abilities.
• Lin An and a mysterious black-robed cultivator arrived at the front of the Lin Clan and Origin Sect groups.
• Lin Chuan recognized Lin An, but the black robe resisted his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Mu Yuyi used the Tenseigan to see the black-robed cultivator’s face and recognized Mu Li as his brother.
• Lin Chuan recognized Mu Li, sealed his Mu Yuyi and Mu Yucun clones, and released a powerful aura that drew everyone’s attention, including Lin An and Mu Li.

Lin Chuan suppressed his anger at seeing Lin An and Mu Li together, but his aura drew attention before the Ancient Immortal Gate. After the two recognized him as the Azure Dragon Divine Envoy and challenged him, the plaza shook with a terrifying force that left Lin Chuan baffled.

• Lin Chuan's sudden aura caused nearby cultivators to flee, while the members of [Akatsuki] remained beside him.
• Lin An identified Lin Chuan as the Azure Dragon Divine Envoy, and Mu Li recognized him as the successor of the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor.
• Cultivators learned about Lin Chuan and [Akatsuki]'s breakthrough in the Immortal Ancient Rift and the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor's inheritance.
• Lin Chuan apologized for losing control, and Lin An and Mu Li treated him as a worthy opponent and challenged him to fight in the Ancient Immortal Realm.
• Lin Chuan accepted their challenges, and a terrifying roar shook the plaza, leaving him confused about what he had done.

The Ancient Immortal Gate opened on its own, prompting cultivators to suspect Lin Chuan was the Ancient Immortal Child. As nearly ten million cultivators rushed inside, Lin Chuan used his Ancient Immortal aura to bring Akatsuki through without being scattered.

• The Ancient Immortal Gate opened after the plaza shook, and cultivators speculated that Lin Chuan was the Ancient Immortal Child.
• Lin Chuan kept up an unfathomable act while Mu Yuyi privately teased him about it.
• The fully opened gate released immense pressure and Ancient Immortal aura, and cultivators surged toward it.
• Lin Chuan stored Akatsuki's divine envoys in his spacetime and raced toward the gate, intending to keep his people together.
• Lin An, Mu Li, and other factions led their followers into the gate as nearly ten million cultivators set out.
• Lin Chuan's Ancient Immortal aura bypassed the gate's inspection and carried Akatsuki straight into the Ancient Immortal Realm.

Lin Chuan and the Divine Envoys entered the ninth level of the Ancient Immortal Realm and tested how its dense Ancient Immortal aura affected their abilities. Shi Jin revealed that he had entered the realm ten thousand years ago as an Ancient Immortal Child, ascended to the Immortal Realm, and later awakened in the cultivation world.

• Lin Chuan landed in the Ancient Immortal Realm, surveyed its conditions, and released the Divine Envoys after confirming the area was safe.
• Southern Dipper tested spatial abilities, and Shi Jin explained that they could travel within the ninth level but could not enter the eighth level directly.
• Jade Maiden noted Shi Jin's familiarity with the realm, and Shi Jin admitted he had been there before as an Ancient Immortal Child.
• Shi Jin told the group that he had ascended to the Immortal Realm ten thousand years earlier but had awakened in the cultivation world.
• Shui Mochan recognized Shi Jin as the Carefree Pill Immortal, and Shi Jin confirmed her identification.