Chapter Summaries

Lin Chuan discovered that the Fruit of the God Tree had begun communicating with the cultivation world's origin, loosening the Heavenly Dao's rejection of its power and giving [Akatsuki] a closer connection to the Heavenly Dao. After waiting for the promised benefit near the Maha Clan ruins, Lin Chuan opened a black passage and vanished into it.

• Lin Chuan sensed the Fruit of the God Tree's will and learned it needed time to integrate the cultivation world's laws before granting him greater power.
• Xiao Heng and the other members of [Akatsuki] found that they could more easily connect with and comprehend the Heavenly Dao.
• Lin Chuan led [Akatsuki] back to the Maha Clan ruins, where he waited outside the formation to avoid revealing the Maha Sutra to onlookers.
• Lin Chuan realized the Heavenly Dao's rejection had slowed the awakening of his powerful Naruto abilities, and that the Origin Grass's effect was now easing that rejection.
• After half a day, Lin Chuan opened a black passage and stepped into it, disappearing as [Akatsuki] followed.

Lin Chuan used his newly acquired Yomotsu Hirasaka to bypass the formation and bring everyone into the Maha Clan ruins, then gave Bu Lianshi the World Suppressing Disk as a token of love. While the group explored the ruins, a sudden burst of spiritual energy drew Lin Chuan to Southern Dipper.

• Lin Chuan revealed that Yomotsu Hirasaka let him travel through space and use it to take the group directly to the Maha Clan ruins.
• Lin Chuan gave Bu Lianshi the World Suppressing Disk as a token of love, and she accepted it.
• Lin Chuan brought the group deeper into the ruins, where he examined a black stone with a soul-nourishing glow.
• Lin Chuan told everyone to search the ruins, and they dispersed while avoiding its deeper areas.
• When intense spiritual energy erupted nearby, Lin Chuan used Yomotsu Hirasaka to appear beside Southern Dipper.

Lin Chuan investigated the Maha Clan ruins after a soul-creature ambushed Southern Dipper, discovering that his Maha Sutra suppressed the creatures and that strange engravings filled the only intact hall. The group reached the hall and found three dried corpses seated on an altar, with the wall engravings converging beneath them.

• A black mouse-like creature ambushed Southern Dipper, but Lin Chuan destroyed it with his Soul-Locking Chains and absorbed its soul power.
• Southern Dipper explained that his perception had failed to detect the creature, and White Tiger warned that soul-related dangers filled the ruins.
• Lin Chuan used his soul fluctuations to survey the ruins, discovering thousands of mouse-like creatures that fled from his Maha Sutra and mysterious engravings in several palaces.
• Lin Chuan took the group to the only intact hall, where Black Tortoise and Jin Yao could not identify the glowing wall patterns.
• Northern Dipper led the group behind the hall, where they found three dried corpses seated on a triangular altar as the wall engravings converged beneath them.

Lin Chuan and the others activated the hall’s formation with soul power and discovered that it healed soul injuries, but its aura drew thousands of powerful mice. Lin Chuan returned to the hall alone, blocked their soul attacks with the Soul-Suppressing Bell, and captured 108 mice with Soul-Locking Chains.

• Lin Chuan, Zero Burial, and Shi Jin channeled soul power into the altar, activating the hall’s formation and its soul-healing aura.
• Southern Dipper’s soul injury healed, and Xiao Heng noted the formation’s nourishing effect on the soul.
• Lin Chuan sensed thousands of mice approaching, used Yomotsu Hirasaka to take everyone away, and saw the creatures flood the hall.
• Lin Chuan returned alone and blocked the mice’s soul attacks with the Soul-Suppressing Bell, causing the three strongest mice to flee underground.
• Lin Chuan used Soul-Locking Chains to capture 108 mice as the others began to regain their composure.

Lin Chuan used the Maha Sutra to devour the mice and rapidly strengthen his soul, then moved the soul-healing great hall into his space. As he led the group deeper into the Maha Clan ruins, three cultivators from the Soul Refining Sect appeared in a half-collapsed hall.

• Lin Chuan's Soul-Locking Chains killed 108 mice, and absorbing their soul power greatly strengthened his soul without side effects.
• Lin Chuan told his companions what the mice had done for his soul, and they decided to try attracting more of them by activating the formation again.
• Lin Chuan activated the formation with the Maha Sutra, increasing its soul-healing effect and changing its patterns, but no mice appeared.
• Lin Chuan and his companions tried activating the formation without the Maha Sutra, but the mice stayed away, so Lin Chuan used Kamui to move the entire great hall into his space.
• Lin Chuan led the group deeper into the ruins, while three black-robed cultivators appeared in a half-collapsed hall and celebrated entering the Ancestral Land by their ancestor's method.

Chi and two Soul Refining Sect disciples entered the ruins as primordial spirits and learned that their founding patriarch’s account of how to reach the place was mostly guesswork. Meanwhile, Lin Chuan’s group explored the ruins, where the soul-restoring formations drew rats that only he could devour.

• Chi told his companions the story of the Soul Refining Sect’s founding patriarch, while the narration revealed that the patriarch had never verified his supposed method for entering the ruins.
• As their restraints faded, Chi and the two disciples found that only their souls had entered the ruins, then Chi declared that they would surpass their patriarch’s achievements.
• Over three days, Lin Chuan and Akatsuki explored less than one percent of the vast ruins and found several halls, including two with functioning soul-repairing formations.
• The formations attracted rats, and Lin Chuan devoured them with the Maha Sutra because the others could not use them to strengthen their souls.
• Northern Dipper wondered whether the Maha Clan had bred the rats as food, and Lin Chuan kicked Meng Jingxian after he asked whether rat meat tasted good.

Lin Chuan’s group discovered a new kind of hall, distinct from the soul-restoration buildings, while Chi and two subordinates found a pillar-filled hall where they activated a formation to reveal its patterns. After Mu Yucun activated the hall Lin Chuan found, its markings caught Lin Chuan’s attention and filled him with joy.

• Lin Chuan led his group through a heavily destroyed area of the ruins but could not find an intact hall for several days.
• Chi found the hall described in the Soul Refining Sect founder’s instructions and had a subordinate pour soul power into its altar, activating patterns across its pillars.
• Two days later, Lin Chuan found an intact hall filled with pillars and brought his group there using Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Lin Chuan sent everyone else outside and had Mu Yucun activate the altar while he and Zero Burial remained inside under the protection of the Maha Sutra.
• The hall’s pillars lit up with dark patterns, and Lin Chuan recognized something in them and reacted with wild joy.

Lin Chuan and the [Akatsuki] members discovered that the Maha Clan’s hall contained thirty-seven pillars inscribed with principles for deriving soul techniques. As they studied the inheritance, Lin Chuan found that some of its methods resembled techniques they already knew.

• Lin Chuan recognized the pillar engravings as soul-based techniques and gathered the others to examine them.
• Mu Yucun stayed on the altar to sustain the formation while everyone studied the engravings, which revealed principles for developing personalized soul techniques rather than fixed methods.
• Lin Chuan found that one pillar’s principles resembled the Spirit Transformation Technique, helping him make progress in deriving it.
• On the second day, Northern Dipper noticed that his pillar’s method resembled Lin Chuan’s Soul-Locking Chain, and Lin Chuan confirmed the similarity.
• Kong Chen reported that the soul-defense method on his pillar resembled Lin Chuan’s Soul-Suppressing Bell.

Lin Chuan and the others discovered that the Soul Refining Sect’s four strongest secret arts came from pillars near the Maha Clan Ruins’ altar, leading them to suspect its founding patriarch had entered the ruins. Concerned that Soul Refining Sect members might return and reveal the ruins, Lin Chuan sent White Zetsu’s clones to investigate before resuming his study of the Spirit Illusion Technique.

• Lin Chuan ordered the group to search the pillars for more techniques connected to the Soul Refining Sect, and they found four near the central altar, including methods resembling the Soul Refining Art and the Soul-Summoning Banner.
• Southern Dipper speculated that the Soul Refining Sect’s patriarch had entered the ruins alone and learned the four techniques closest to the altar before founding the sect.
• Bu Lianshi worried that other Soul Refining Sect members could enter the ruins, but Xiao Heng reasoned that the patriarch’s route was likely unstable or one-time because the sect had never acquired the other techniques.
• Lin Chuan noted that someone might enter during the current Ancient Immortal Realm opening and ordered White Zetsu to send clones underground to investigate the ruins’ transmission-chamber area.
• After making the arrangements, Lin Chuan returned to comprehending the Spirit Illusion Technique.

Lin Chuan mastered the Spirit Transformation Technique and used it to sense the ruins, discovering three Soul Refining Sect cultivators studying in another hall. He appeared before them in spirit form, startling Chi.

• Mu Yucun activated the hall’s formation with the Maha Sutra, revealing more inscriptions and strengthening the soul techniques.
• Lin Chuan and Mu Yucun used Shadow Clones to accelerate their study while White Zetsu’s clones found no clues and were attacked by underground rats.
• Lin Chuan successfully cultivated the Spirit Transformation Technique, allowing him to leave his body as a spirit and greatly expand his perception.
• Lin Chuan sensed three Soul Refining Sect cultivators in nascent soul form inside a hall several thousand kilometers away.
• Lin Chuan traveled to the hall in spirit form as Chi studied the Soul-Locking Chain, and Chi cried out in terror upon seeing him.

Lin Chuan confronted Chi and his two subordinates in the ruins, where his soul defenses and attacks overwhelmed them. After devouring part of their soul origins, Lin Chuan considered killing them for the Chi chapter, and Chi offered to help him control the Soul Refining Sect in exchange for his life.

• Chi attacked Lin Chuan with a Soul-Locking Chain, but black runes blocked it, and Chi recognized Lin Chuan as a member of [Akatsuki].
• Chi ordered his subordinates to attack, but their spells passed harmlessly through Lin Chuan and their Soul-Locking Chains could not pierce his defenses.
• Lin Chuan unleashed 108 Soul-Locking Chains, restrained all three, and pierced their primordial spirits to devour their soul origins.
• Lin Chuan stopped short of killing the three and said he could obtain the Chi chapter by killing Chi.
• Chi begged for his life and offered to help Lin Chuan control the Soul Refining Sect, pledging that it would follow [Akatsuki].

Lin Chuan subdued Chi and two Soul Refining Sect disciples, took their soul fragments, and ordered them to catch rats in the Maha Clan Ruins. As conflict escalated across the Ancient Immortal Realm and Lin An and Mu Li reached the Body Fusion stage, Lin Chuan led Akatsuki toward the ruins’ central halls.

• Lin Chuan accepted Chi and his two subordinates' soul fragments, then sent them to catch rats and defend themselves with his runes.
• Mu Yuyi investigated [Heavenly Court]'s massacre in the third layer but found no trace of Crown Prince Hai.
• Lin An and Mu Li each broke through to the Body Fusion stage after finding opportunities in the Ancient Immortal Realm.
• After half a month of comprehension, Lin Chuan left a Shadow Clone behind and led the others toward the central halls he had discovered in the Maha Clan Ruins.

After halting his rapid soul devouring to temper his strength, Lin Chuan led the Akatsuki envoys into the Maha Clan Ruins’ core region, where they discovered the mysterious Cosmic Light Hall. The chapter ended with Lin Chuan bringing everyone into one of the halls after learning that all seven nearby buildings shared the same name.

• Lin Chuan stopped devouring rats after his soul rapidly reached the late Body Fusion stage and began preparing to temper it with the Maha Sutra.
• Lin Chuan and the others entered the ruins’ core region and sensed an oppressive presence around the grand buildings.
• Bu Lianshi found no immediate danger in a distant hall, so Lin Chuan sent a Shadow Clone to investigate it.
• The Shadow Clone vanished as soon as it entered the Cosmic Light Hall, leaving Lin Chuan unable to determine what had killed it.
• Lin Chuan sent a Wood Release Clone to inspect the other buildings and learned that all seven were called Cosmic Light Hall, though six were damaged.
• Lin Chuan activated Yomotsu Hirasaka and carried everyone into one of the Cosmic Light Halls.

Lin Chuan and the others discovered that the Cosmic Light Halls had been moved from the lost Maha Continent to the Ancient Immortal Realm. After realizing that the only intact hall was deadly but might hold vital secrets, Lin Chuan decided to enter it alone because he was a member of the Maha Clan.

• Lin Chuan and the others found a map marking twenty-three Cosmic Light Halls across the Maha Continent, then confirmed that the seven halls nearby had been moved from marked locations.
• Lin Chuan identified the place as the Maha Continent, and Shi Jin said the continent had been destroyed and its history was taboo.
• Lin Chuan connected the Maha Clan's fall to the extinction of the Maha, Supreme One, and Buddha Clans and the loss of their Primordial Scriptures.
• Lin Chuan led the group back and concluded that the one intact Cosmic Light Hall was too dangerous for the others to enter.
• Lin Chuan told the group to wait and walked toward the intact hall alone, saying he had to uncover its secrets as a member of the Maha Clan.

Lin Chuan entered the Cosmic Light Hall and discovered it was filled with powerful souls of the Maha Clan, leaving him cut off from his clones and unable to escape. The last patriarch of the Maha Clan recognized Lin Chuan as a descendant and began to offer an account of ancient history.

• Lin Chuan used Kamui to phase himself and entered the Cosmic Light Hall while the [Akatsuki] members watched anxiously.
• Zero Burial lost contact with Lin Chuan but sensed that he was still alive, easing the group's fears.
• Lin Chuan found countless powerful Maha Clan souls inside the hall, and discovered that the exit, spatial abilities, and connection to his clones were all cut off.
• The souls made way for a black figure, who identified himself as Lin Chuan's ancestor and the last patriarch of the Maha Clan.
• Lin Chuan told the patriarch about the Central River Continent, and the patriarch said it had once been called the Taiyi Continent.
• The patriarch offered to explain what happened in ancient times and invited Lin Chuan to sit and talk.

Lin Chuan learned that the Cosmic Light Hall could slow time and accelerate cultivation, but the hall ran out of spiritual energy before the black shadow could finish explaining the Maha Clan’s destruction. As the hall and its souls began to vanish, Lin Chuan was left without the rest of the story.

• The black shadow invited Lin Chuan to sit and spent a long time sharing ancient gossip.
• Lin Chuan asked what the Cosmic Light Hall was for, and the black shadow explained that it adjusted the flow of time according to the spiritual energy injected.
• Lin Chuan realized that time moved about five times slower inside the hall, making it a valuable cultivation inheritance.
• The black shadow began recounting the origins of the cultivation world and the upheaval that led to the Maha Clan’s destruction.
• The Cosmic Light Hall trembled as its spiritual energy ran out, and the souls, black shadow, and hall began to dissipate.

Lin Chuan discovered that the Cosmic Light Hall slowed time and learned that a mysterious black sphere had entered his sea of consciousness. The sphere became an old man who claimed to hold the Maha Clan’s inheritances, and Lin Chuan tested whether the Nine Heavens Mystic Jade could power the hall.

• Lin Chuan found the black shadow had entered his sea of consciousness without attacking him, then reunited with his companions as time in the Cosmic Light Hall returned to normal.
• Xiao Heng told Lin Chuan that about one incense stick had passed outside while Lin Chuan had spent five inside, confirming the hall slowed time fivefold.
• Lin Chuan and his companions activated the hall’s mechanisms and found ten grooves that needed spiritual energy to operate.
• An old man appeared in Lin Chuan’s sea of consciousness and explained that the Maha Clan’s heroic souls had preserved him until Lin Chuan freed him.
• The old man said the Cosmic Light Hall required one hundred million spirit stones to run for a month at a onefold slowdown, so Lin Chuan offered the Nine Heavens Mystic Jade as an alternative power source.

Lin Chuan activated the Cosmic Light Hall with the Nine Heavens Mystic Jade, giving everyone inside a fivefold time slowdown. He then discovered the old man had no idea how to remove the jade, leaving Lin Chuan furious but stuck with the arrangement.

• The old man told Lin Chuan that the Nine Heavens Mystic Jade could power the Cosmic Light Hall and sustain a fivefold time slowdown.
• Lin Chuan followed the old man's instructions and embedded the Nine Heavens Mystic Jade in the hall's formation, activating its time-slowing effect.
• Northern Dipper and Southern Dipper discussed how time moved relative to the outside, while the others explored the hall.
• The old man said that filling the other recesses with spirit stones could slow time further, but Lin Chuan noticed his guilty expression and asked what he was hiding.
• Lin Chuan found that he could not remove the Nine Heavens Mystic Jade, and the old man admitted he had forgotten how.
• Lin Chuan cursed the old man and refused to trust him with any more immortal artifacts.

After realizing the Maha Clan chief had tricked him, Lin Chuan used spirit stones to power the Cosmic Light Hall and give Akatsuki fourteen times more cultivation time. The group pooled their remaining funds and began cultivating while Lin Chuan arranged to obtain more spirit stones.

• Lin Chuan threatened Qin Lang after discovering he had been tricked by the Maha Clan chief, then explained what had happened to Bu Lianshi and the others.
• Lin Chuan rejected embedding more immortal artifacts in the Cosmic Light Hall and spent nine hundred million spirit stones to fill its remaining slots and sustain a fourteenfold time difference.
• Bu Lianshi asked Lin Chuan to contact Mu Yuyi and have him arrange for Bu Zhi to bring in more spirit stones.
• Xiao Heng, Shi Jin, and the others contributed their spirit stones, adding about a billion more to the group’s supply.
• Lin Chuan urged everyone to cultivate and raised the Primordial Chaos Pearl so its aura enveloped the Cosmic Light Hall.

Bu Zhi gathered resources in the Ancient Immortal Realm while protecting cultivators who might support Bu Lianshi and [Akatsuki]. The Deva Path summoned him to discuss [Akatsuki]'s needs, but their meeting was interrupted when the Human Path captured a man who had followed Bu Zhi.

• Bu Zhi's people searched for Hidden Azure herbs while avoiding powerful tree demons, and Bu Zhi refused Bu Duan's request to bring in more clan forces.
• Bu Zhi instructed his followers to move carefully and avoid casualties, mindful that they could support Bu Lianshi if she returned to the Bu Clan.
• The Deva Path contacted Bu Zhi on behalf of [Akatsuki] and asked him to meet about matters requiring the Immortal Allure Bu Clan's assistance.
• Bu Zhi met the Deva Path at a mountain peak, where the Human Path captured a man who had followed him.
• The Deva Path asked Bu Zhi whether the captured man belonged to his people.