Chapter Summaries

The group discovered that someone had altered the Five Spirit Formation to nourish the white jade skeleton, leaving them trapped as it recovered its strength. Lin Chuan brought Jin Yao out of spacetime to inspect the formation, while Qin Lang and Southern Dipper struggled to hold the skeleton back.

• Black Zetsu realized that the Five Spirit Formation had been reversed to strengthen the white jade skeleton, and Xiao Heng warned that someone was plotting against them.
• Qin Lang used Bing Fire Yang Thunder to slow the skeleton's recovery, and Southern Dipper added his power to help suppress it.
• The group's attacks failed to damage the skeleton, so Black Zetsu and Xiao Heng began searching the temple's formations for a flaw.
• As the skeletons in the Skeleton Sea grew stronger and trapped the Jade Purity Sect's forces, Qin Lang asked Lin Chuan to release Jin Yao, who might find a way to solve the formation.
• Lin Chuan used the World Suppressing Disk to bring Jin Yao out of spacetime, and she immediately began examining the formation.

Jin Yao proposed using the Five Spirits Evil-Slaying Formation to temporarily suppress the white jade skeleton, but it needed five powerful treasures as its foundations. Lin Chuan gathered four immortal artifacts, and Shi Jin supplied a fifth, allowing them to begin preparing the formation.

• Jin Yao, Xiao Heng, and Black Zetsu concluded that they could not alter the existing formation before Vermilion Bird and Southern Dipper ran out of time.
• Jin Yao realized that Lin Chuan could stabilize the space and proposed setting up a temporary formation to suppress the white jade skeleton.
• Lin Chuan brought out the World Suppressing Disk, and Jin Yao explained that the Five Spirits Evil-Slaying Formation needed five powerful treasures as its foundations.
• Lin Chuan revealed the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, Nine Heavens Mystic Jade, and Primordial Chaos Pearl alongside the World Suppressing Disk.
• Shi Jin offered his pitch-black alchemy furnace, completing the five immortal artifacts needed for the formation.

Jin Yao completed the Five Spirits Evil-Slaying Formation using five immortal artifacts, and the formation severely weakened the white jade skeleton. Lin Chuan then ordered Akatsuki to dismantle its bones after the formation failed to kill it outright.

• Jin Yao said the five immortal artifacts gave her a ninety-nine percent chance of completing the formation, and Lin Chuan told her to proceed.
• Jin Yao spent half an hour laying out the pentagram formation while the group kept the white jade skeleton suppressed.
• Lin Chuan and Santai placed the five immortal artifacts at the formation's points, and Jin Yao activated the formation.
• The formation cracked the skeleton's bones and reduced its aura from the Integration stage to the Void Refinement stage, but it did not destroy it.
• Lin Chuan ordered Akatsuki to dismantle the skeleton's bones, and everyone began taking them apart.

Lin Chuan and his companions killed the White Jade Skeleton, claimed the first key, and recovered a Saint-grade dagger and a bottle of pills. The key revealed that four more were needed for the Void Spirit Pill, but Lin Chuan discovered that someone had already taken the other four.

• Jin Yao controlled the Five Spirits Evil-Slaying Formation as the group dismantled and killed the White Jade Skeleton.
• Lin Chuan claimed the golden finger bone, learning it controlled the ordinary skeletons and was one of five keys required to obtain the Void Spirit Pill.
• Meng Jingxian retrieved a powerful Saint-grade dagger, while Shi Jin began examining the bottle of pills.
• Lin Chuan used the finger bone to locate the other keys and found that all four remaining keys were already moving in someone else's possession.

Lin Chuan and his companions concluded that the five key holders would need to cooperate to find the Void Spirit Pill, but they planned to target the Fusion-stage holder first. As the Jade Purity Sect prepared to enter the temple, an enormous earthen finger erupted from within and attacked the crowd.

• Lin Chuan judged from the map that the other keys were held by three Void Refinement Great Perfection cultivators and one Fusion-stage cultivator.
• Xiao Heng said the key holders were likely powerful, and the group discussed forming an alliance and eliminating the Fusion-stage cultivator first.
• Lin Chuan decided to identify the other key holders before calling on the Origin Sect, then prepared to meet the approaching Jade Purity Sect in Akatsuki Robes.
• After the skeletons withdrew, Zhang Qi prepared to lead the Jade Purity Sect into the temple.
• The temple trembled, and a huge finger formed from earth spiritual power shot out toward the crowd.

Lin Chuan and the [Akatsuki] Organization emerged from the temple after the golden finger bone struck the gathered cultivators. When several factions attacked them, Northern Dipper revealed the life-draining power of his new dagger and began slaughtering his opponents.

• The golden finger bone blasted the gathered cultivators into the sand, and Lin Chuan led the [Akatsuki] Organization out of the temple.
• Lin Chuan confronted the crowd, but several factions charged at [Akatsuki] to test their strength and seize their spoils.
• At Lin Chuan's call, Northern Dipper vanished and killed a mid-stage Void Refinement cultivator with a single strike.
• Meng Jingxian discovered that his temple dagger absorbed victims' life force and spiritual energy, replenishing him and growing stronger through kills.
• Northern Dipper wounded a late-stage Void Refinement cultivator, who felt his lifespan being drained and fled in terror.
• Northern Dipper continued attacking the cultivators, harvesting their life force and spiritual energy.

Lin Chuan used the golden finger bone to control the Five-Colored Sand Sea, burying nearly a hundred cultivators and forcing the attackers to retreat. As dawn broke, a group of azure-robed cultivators approached [Akatsuki].

• Northern Dipper's assassinations pressured the attackers, while Zhang Qi watched from the sidelines because Shangguan Dieche had warned him not to clash with [Akatsuki].
• Lin Chuan used Quicksand Waterfall Flow to sweep away the cultivators rushing toward [Akatsuki].
• Lin Chuan unleashed Sand Waterfall Funeral, sinking and compressing the sand until nearly a hundred Void Refinement cultivators were buried underground.
• Lin Chuan explained to Vermilion Bird that the golden finger bone let him control the sand and stone of the Five-Colored Sand Sea.
• The surviving cultivators and the Jade Purity Sect withdrew, and azure-robed cultivators appeared on the horizon and headed toward [Akatsuki].

Lin Chuan identified the water-attribute key of the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor among the Xue Family, whose leader, Xue Shang, demanded that the [Akatsuki] organization surrender its key. When Xue Shang ordered his clan to attack, the [Akatsuki] members charged to meet them, and Southern Dipper swung a coffin lid at Xue Shang.

• Mu Yuyi recognized the water-attribute key hanging from Xue Shang's chest as having the same aura as Lin Chuan's golden finger bone.
• Xue Shang demanded Lin Chuan and the [Akatsuki] organization hand over their key in exchange for their lives.
• Northern Dipper confronted Xue Shang, who ordered the Xue Family to attack.
• The [Akatsuki] members charged at the Xue Family, unleashing their abilities as they rushed into battle.
• Southern Dipper attacked Xue Shang with a dark red coffin lid after Xue Shang declared that killing him would be an honor.

Southern Dipper fought Xue Shang, a smug wind-attribute cultivator, and struck him with a surprise attack inside the Bright Domain. Xue Shang survived and began using a technique that reminded Mu Yuyi of something familiar.

• Southern Dipper swung the Nine-Mystic Construction Coffin's lid at Xue Shang, who countered with a wind-blade fist that blasted Southern Dipper away.
• Southern Dipper emerged from the storm unharmed and used Bright Domain to blind Xue Shang and boost his own speed.
• Southern Dipper smashed Xue Shang into a sand dune, but Lin Chuan warned him that Xue Shang was still alive and powerful.
• Xue Shang emerged from the sand with a wind shield having softened the blow and declared that Southern Dipper had caught his interest.
• Xue Shang formed hand seals and used Wind Spirit Shadow Kill, creating five lifelike figures that attacked Southern Dipper as Mu Yuyi sensed the move was familiar.

Lin Chuan recognized Xue Shang’s Wind Spirit Shadow Kill as a technique tied to the Xue Family and watched the battle until Southern Dipper begged him for help. He finally prepared to act when Xue Shang used the Rain of Tranquility to heal the Xue Family.

• Mu Yuyi recognized Wind Spirit Shadow Kill and realized the Xue Family was likely descended from Xue Xiao.
• Lin Chuan and Xiao Heng watched as Xue Shang used five swift figures and a gale to counter Southern Dipper’s Domain of Light.
• Southern Dipper hid inside the Nine-Mystic Construction Coffin, while the Xue Family’s numbers and teamwork turned the battle against [Akatsuki] despite their initial losses.
• Southern Dipper asked Lin Chuan for help, and Lin Chuan made him beg before agreeing to step in.
• Xue Shang activated his pendant and used the Rain of Tranquility to heal the injured Xue Family, prompting Lin Chuan to react.

Lin Chuan confronted Xue Shang after the Xue Family used a pendant to heal their injuries and prolong the battle. Lin Chuan outmaneuvered Xue Shang and left him badly wounded with a lightning attack.

• Xue Shang used his pendant to restore much of the Xue Family members’ health, prompting Lin Chuan and Xiao Heng to realize they needed to finish the fight before he could use it again.
• Lin Chuan charged at Xue Shang, who mistook him for someone ready to surrender, and Lin Chuan attacked with Sand Waterfall Funeral.
• Xue Shang countered with Wind Spirit Shadow Kill, but Lin Chuan used his Mangekyō Sharingan to identify Xue Shang’s true body and blasted him away with a powerful punch.
• Lin Chuan used Wind Spirit Shadow Kill against Xue Shang and activated Flying Thunder God Technique, teleporting to the mark he had placed on Xue Shang.
• Lin Chuan’s five lightning-wreathed figures struck Xue Shang, leaving him charred and heavily wounded on the ground.

Lin Chuan defeated Xue Shang, took the water-drop key, and spared the Xue Family before [Akatsuki] waited for the nearby fire key to arrive. Xiao Heng revealed that only one person had come, and Mu Yuyi identified the young man carrying the crimson bead.

• Lin Chuan used Amaterasu to stop Xue Tong from attacking, and Xue Shang ordered his younger brother to stand down.
• Xue Shang admitted defeat and asked whether Lin Chuan knew Xue Xiao, but Lin Chuan left without answering and let the Xue Family go.
• Southern Dipper, Bu Lianshi, and Lin Chuan discussed the battle as [Akatsuki] rested with two keys in hand.
• Lin Chuan sensed that the fire key was nearby but could not take it from its Integration-stage holder, and the group waited for the approaching force.
• Xiao Heng said that only one person had arrived, and Mu Yuyi used his Tenseigan to spot a young man with a crimson bead floating over his left shoulder.

Lin Chuan attacked a mysterious young man who had approached Akatsuki, but the man evaded the strike and proposed an alliance. Xiao Heng deduced that the young man was a clone, so Lin Chuan demanded to meet his true body, prompting the clone to reveal another appearance that shocked him.

• Lin Chuan used Bu Lianshi’s perception suppression to try to trap the young man with Dust Release, but the man escaped.
• The young man told Lin Chuan he wanted to form an alliance and had friends with him, while Akatsuki’s members questioned whether they could trust him.
• Xiao Heng divined that the young man was a clone, though not one created by the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones Technique.
• Lin Chuan demanded to meet the young man’s true body, and the young man changed his appearance, leaving Lin Chuan shocked.

Lin Chuan agreed to join forces with Baili Chenle against the Fusion Stage cultivator and traveled with him to meet allies holding the wood-element key. They arrived at a valley where Liu Chuanfeng and a powerful group were preparing to act, as news came that the Origin Sect was under pursuit.

• Baili Chenle revealed that he knew Lin Chuan’s identity and proposed joining forces to defeat the Fusion Stage cultivator and claim the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor’s legacy.
• Lin Chuan agreed to meet Baili Chenle’s true body, sent the [Akatsuki] members into the space-time realm, and traveled with Baili Chenle toward the fourth level of the Ancient Immortal Realm.
• Baili Chenle told Lin Chuan that Mu Li of the Origin Sect had recently obtained the wood-element key from a second-tier cultivation faction.
• Baili Chenle brought Lin Chuan to a valley, where Lin Chuan recognized Liu Chuanfeng among the gathered allies.
• A veiled young woman reported that the Origin Sect was being pursued by the Fusion Stage cultivator, and Baili Chenle urged the group to leave at once.

Lin Chuan agreed to let Baili Chenle’s group join the operation in clone form after accepting that Baili Chenle could not bring his true body. As they traveled at night, Lin Chuan identified Baili Chenle and Liu Chuanfeng as [Daybreak]’s Moon Envoy and Wind Envoy and suspected the veiled woman was the Flower Envoy.

• Lin Chuan noticed that most of Baili Chenle’s companions were clones and agreed to let them participate in the operation in exchange for the favor Baili Chenle owed him.
• As night fell, Lin Chuan connected Baili Chenle’s and Liu Chuanfeng’s names to the Wind and Moon Envoys and suspected the veiled young woman was the Flower Envoy.
• Baili Chenle said a powerful ally would help suppress the Body Fusion cultivator, but refused to reveal who it was.
• Lin Chuan asked why Baili Chenle had helped him and heard that Baili Chenle felt familiar with him and had considered recruiting him.
• The veiled young woman teased Lin Chuan and Baili Chenle for chatting like a couple, and Baili Chenle returned to discuss battle arrangements with the group.

Baili Chenle learned that the Fusion-stage pursuer was connected to the Central River Imperial Family, while the group waited for the Lin Clan and Origin Sect to join them. Inside the space-time dimension, Xiao Heng revealed that Jiang Yuandao left the Void Spirit Pill before becoming the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor, leading the group to suspect he later returned to the Ancient Immortal Realm to prepare more for his successor.

• Baili Chenle told Lin Chuan that the Fusion-stage cultivator was connected to the Central River Imperial Family and that the Lin Clan and Origin Sect were heading to meet them.
• Lin Chuan entered the space-time dimension, where Liu Chuanfeng, Baili Chenle, and the veiled girl discussed the power of his eyes and Akatsuki's leader.
• Xiao Heng questioned why obtaining the Void Spirit Pill had been so difficult and revealed that Jiang Yuandao had left it before becoming the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor.
• Lin Chuan reasoned that Jiang Yuandao could not have created the Ancient Immortal Realm's temple before ascending, and Shi Jin suggested the immortal might have returned afterward.
• Bu Lianshi and Xiao Heng proposed that the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor had left other things for his successor, possibly including his former magical treasures.

[Dawn] discussed the four Immortal Artifacts Lin Chuan already possessed and the possibility of gaining the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor’s Five Spirit Feather Fan. Lin Chuan brought [Dawn] to meet Lin An, who revealed the three groups joining the operation.

• Southern Dipper and the others considered how another Immortal Artifact could strengthen [Dawn], while Bu Lianshi noted they lacked a dedicated offensive artifact.
• Shui Mochan explained that the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor had used the Five Spirit Feather Fan, though its abilities after becoming an Immortal Artifact were unknown.
• After Baili Chenle summoned him, Lin Chuan used Kamui to bring all of [Dawn] into the Ancient Immortal Realm.
• Lin Chuan met Lin An face to face, and the brothers calmly greeted each other.
• Lin An explained that the alliance consisted of Lin Chuan’s [Dawn], his own [Daybreak], and Li’s [Dawn], prompting Shi Jin to joke that they should call it the Morning Alliance.

Lin Chuan, Lin An, and Mu Li gathered with their organizations to form an alliance before confronting an Integration Stage cultivator and seeking the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor’s legacy. They sealed a mutual defense agreement with the Heavenly Dao and named their alliance the Three-Eyed Alliance.

• Lin Chuan and Xiao Heng concluded that Lin An and the Four Envoys were clones, likely created by an immortal artifact.
• Xiao Heng urged Lin Chuan to secure an agreement with Lin An and Mu Li to keep their factions united against outsiders.
• Mu Li arrived with six members of [Daybreak] and proposed that the three organizations cooperate against the Integration Stage cultivator without attacking one another.
• Lin An proposed extending their mutual support to conflicts with the Central River Imperial Family, and the three leaders added the terms to a Heavenly Dao-bound agreement.
• Lin Chuan, Lin An, and Mu Li sealed the agreement with their blood essence and named their alliance the Three-Eyed Alliance.

Lin Chuan, Lin An, and Mu Li established the Three-Eyed Alliance and set out to confront the Integration-stage cultivator from the Central River Imperial Family. As they neared his location, strange insects swarmed them and began exploding.

• Lin Chuan, Lin An, and Mu Li named their alliance the Three-Eyed Alliance and used a ritual to bind their three forces together.
• The three leaders discussed what they knew of the Integration-stage cultivator, then used the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor's key to locate him and advanced separately with their forces.
• Lin Chuan watched Mu Li as they traveled, hoping to learn the truth about Mu Li's role in Yijiang City's destruction.
• Bu Lianshi sensed strange insects closing in, and Lin An, Lin Chuan, and Mu Li halted and prepared for battle.
• Lin Chuan recognized patterns on the insects and ordered a retreat, but Mu Li shattered a spatial rift after thousands more insects emerged from it.
• The insects scattered and exploded, unleashing blasts and shockwaves across the surrounding space.

Lin Chuan recognized the Explosive Clay insects attacking the Three-Eyed Alliance and explained the technique’s strengths and weaknesses, while the alliance struggled to fend off the blasts. After Lin An destroyed a second, more dangerous spatial rift with a glance, Lin Chuan prepared to use the World Suppressing Disk to move everyone.

• The Deva Path used Shinra Tensei to shield the Three-Eyed Alliance from the Explosive Clay blasts, while Mu Li quickly shattered the rift to stop more insects from emerging.
• Lin Chuan identified the technique as Explosive Clay, and Dantai Qianru confirmed its connection to Zichuan’s creation.
• Lin Chuan demonstrated that he could use Explosive Clay and explained that the attacker’s version lacked fire but had been refined and was powered by Fusion Stage cultivation.
• The Three-Eyed Alliance attacked the distant insects to detonate them, but Lin Chuan warned that they could not sustain the defense or locate their opponent.
• A stronger spatial disturbance opened another rift, but Lin An shattered it with a glance before hundreds of thousands of insects could emerge.
• Lin Chuan took out the World Suppressing Disk and said he would take everyone away.