Chapter Summaries

After Qin Lang recovered from his death and gained a powerful lightning body, Lin Chuan decided that [Akatsuki] was ready to leave seclusion and enter the turmoil of the Immortal Bone Realm. The chapter ended with Lin Chuan calling Kong Chen to set out.

• The Immortal Bone Jade Pendants shaped events across the Immortal Bone Realm as Mu Bai fought powerful Spirit Beasts and Mars assassinated her targets.
• An independent cultivator who obtained the tenth pendant was killed, and the pendant disappeared without a trace.
• Lin Chen crippled Lin Qi after the Lin Clan Elders Council cultivator came to challenge him, while Lin Chen and Lin An continued cultivating separately.
• Lin Chuan recovered from using the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, though his Rinnegan's tomoe had not returned.
• Qin Lang awakened with a body formed from Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder, reached the middle stage of Void Refinement, and strengthened his control over two kinds of lightning.
• Lin Chuan decided that [Akatsuki] should leave seclusion and called Kong Chen to set out.

Lin Chuan, Kong Chen, and Vermilion Bird entered the second level of the Immortal Bone Realm as the Immortal Bone heirs began attacking its powerful Spirit Beasts. The trio arrived before a battlefield, where Vermilion Bird offered to take on a trembling beast.

• Lin Chuan opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka passage, and Kong Chen and Vermilion Bird followed him to the second level of the Immortal Bone Realm.
• Lin Chen wounded and killed a powerful tiger-shaped Spirit Beast with his sword light.
• Mars used his extraordinary speed to bleed a giant python, while the other Immortal Bone heirs fought their way through Spirit Beasts across the realm.
• Lin Chuan, Kong Chen, and Vermilion Bird emerged from a spatial rift, drawing the attention of hundreds of battling cultivators.
• Lin Chuan asked whether he or Vermilion Bird would fight the trembling beast, and Vermilion Bird volunteered.

Qin Lang used the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder to overwhelm the Nether Demon, which Vermilion Bird had identified as her natural enemy. The chapter ended with Qin Lang sealing the Integration Stage beast alive and the watching cultivators stunned.

• Vermilion Bird joined the fight, and Lin Chuan reassured Kong Chen that the Nether Demon was her natural nemesis.
• Qin Lang charged the Nether Demon with golden lightning as nearby cultivators questioned Akatsuki's strength.
• Qin Lang's Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder dispersed the Nether Mist and protected the cultivators caught within it.
• Qin Lang struck the Nether Demon with Chidori, refining away its mist and shrinking its body.
• Qin Lang sealed the weakened Nether Demon in a cage of golden lightning, leaving the watching cultivators dumbfounded.

Qin Lang used the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder to capture a Nether Demon, revealing Vermilion Bird’s mastery of the technique and spreading news that embarrassed the Qin Clan. As the Immortal Bone Realm’s beasts grew stronger and the advance stalled, Lin An proposed a gathering to coordinate the next move, and Lin Chuan urged Vermilion Bird to attend.

• Qin Lang captured an early Integration-stage Nether Demon with the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder, and Lin Chuan sent it into his Origin Space to study or refine into pills.
• Lin Chuan took Vermilion Bird and Kong Chen to the next location, while witnesses spread word that Vermilion Bird had mastered the divine thunder.
• Qin Ming raged after learning of Vermilion Bird’s mastery, but Qin Clan elders stopped him from acting rashly.
• As ferocious beasts grew stronger in the depths of the Immortal Bone Realm, Mars and then other Immortal Bone children used their jade pendants to teleport away from danger.
• Lin An proposed gathering the Immortal Bone children to coordinate their response, and Lin Chuan encouraged Vermilion Bird to join them.

Lin Chuan attended a gathering of Immortal Bone heirs and major factions to plan their advance toward the first level of the Ancient Immortal Realm. The factions agreed to split into three teams, with Lin Chuan leading the central group as they set out for the final battle.

• Lin Chuan and Kong Chen arrived at the gathering, where representatives from major factions and the Immortal Bone heirs had assembled.
• Lin Chuan greeted the other heirs, including Lin Ru, Mars, Lin An, and Lin Chen, while Mars asked to spar with the absent Northern Dipper.
• The negotiations dragged on as the factions argued over their interests, but Lin Chuan's proposals usually won support from the heirs.
• The gathering decided to divide the heirs and factions into three teams to advance together toward the first level of the Ancient Immortal Realm.
• Lin Chuan was chosen to lead the central team with Kong Chen, Lin Chen, and Vermilion Bird, while Lin An, Mu Li, and Mars led the left flank.
• The three teams departed under their leaders as the final great battle of the Immortal Bone Realm began.

Lin Chuan and Akatsuki advanced with the cultivators into the depths of the Immortal Bone Realm, where they expected to face Heavenly Court’s forces and Crown Prince Hai’s refined true immortal corpse. Xiao Heng’s divination warned that victory was possible only through Lin Chuan, but would come at a considerable price.

• The cultivators gathered to enter the second layer, while the Qin Clan’s absence suggested it had pledged allegiance to Heavenly Court.
• Lin Chuan and Akatsuki joined the advance, leaving Zero Burial behind to recover in the Cosmic Light Hall.
• Xiao Heng said Crown Prince Hai’s schemes had originally left the cultivation world no chance, but Lin Chuan was their opportunity to turn things around.
• Lin Chuan resolved to stop Crown Prince Hai again, citing the Fruit of the God Tree and his union with the cultivation world’s origin as trump cards.
• Xiao Heng told Shi Jin that they should win at a considerable cost, and that the battle would profoundly affect the cultivation world.

Bu Lianshi detected hundreds of unfamiliar Spirit Beasts moving underground toward Lin Chuan's group, and Lin Chen used his sword qi to probe them. The beasts evaded the search and then charged at the group, leaving Lin Chuan and the others to stop them from getting close.

• Bu Lianshi sensed hundreds of concealed ferocious beasts approaching underground and reported that they were at Great Perfection of Void Refinement.
• Lin Chuan told Lin Chen about the threat after Lin Chen complained that the group had left him out of their discussion.
• Lin Chen sent countless strands of sword qi ahead to search for the beasts without alerting them.
• Lin Chen realized the beasts were intelligently avoiding his sword qi, and Bu Lianshi warned the other groups to be careful.
• Lin Chen reversed his sword qi toward the beasts, but they accelerated past it and charged directly at Lin Chuan's group.

Lin Chuan used Earth Release to force the underground ferocious beasts to the surface, where Akatsuki and Lin Chen attacked them. After the beasts revealed themselves as a suicide squad, Bu Lianshi reported that the other two routes were in trouble.

• Lin Chuan led Akatsuki through Yomotsu Hirasaka to intercept the rapidly moving ferocious beasts underground.
• Lin Chuan used Sage Art: Earth Release: Opening Earth Rising Excavation to erupt the beasts from beneath the mountains, and the group attacked them.
• Lin Chuan and Bu Lianshi used Deep Forest Emergence to block the beasts' escape while Lin Chen and the others slaughtered them.
• The surviving beasts detonated themselves, but Bu Lianshi's warning let the group retreat and avoid the worst of the blasts.
• Bu Lianshi told Lin Chuan that something had happened to the other two routes.

Lin Chuan learned that the ferocious beasts had used their self-destructions to open spatial passages and attack the other two teams, so he led [Dawn] to reinforce Mu Li’s battlefield. They arrived to find the fighting fierce but holding steady, and joined the battle.

• Bu Lianshi reported that Mu Li’s team faced thirty-two Integration-stage ferocious beasts, while Lin Ru’s team faced a similar attack and had already suffered casualties.
• Lin Chuan chose to reinforce Mu Li and told the newly arrived cultivators to stay behind and contact [Dawn] if beasts attacked.
• Lin Chuan brought [Dawn] through a spatial passage to Mu Li’s battlefield, where Lin An, Mu Li, and Mars fought five mid-Integration-stage beasts.
• Lin Chuan saw [Daybreak] and [Dawn] holding back several Integration-stage beasts while other forces struggled against their opponents.
• Baili Chenle called for help, and Lin Chuan and the others joined the battle.

Vermilion Bird of [Akatsuki] joined the high-level battlefields and offered to destroy a Nether Demon with the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder, asking Heavenly Treasury and the other two fighters to remain still. Heavenly Treasury trusted her for three breaths, and her technique killed the beast without harming them, leaving him convinced that [Akatsuki] could be trusted.

• The divine envoys of [Akatsuki] bypassed the lower battlefields and rushed to aid the strongest fighters against the Three-Eyed Alliance.
• Vermilion Bird spotted the Nether Demon battling Heavenly Treasury and two others, then warned them that they must stay still while she cast her lightning technique.
• Heavenly Treasury agreed to trust Vermilion Bird for three breaths, partly to test whether [Akatsuki] deserved Mu Li's trust.
• Vermilion Bird used Sage Art: Lightning Release: Sixteen Pillars Binding Technique to fill the area with Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder and overwhelm the Nether Demon.
• Heavenly Treasury told Mu Li that [Akatsuki] seemed trustworthy, and Mu Li affirmed that they were.

Akatsuki’s arrival shifted the battle, and Lin Chuan used Amaterasu to turn Baili Chenle’s losing fight against a dragon flood dragon around. As the beast burned, Lin Chuan realized Crown Prince Hai was not watching the battlefield and wondered what had drawn his attention away.

• Vermilion Bird killed the Nether Demon with Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder, then parted ways with Heavenly Treasury.
• Lin Chuan joined Baili Chenle’s fight and injured the dragon flood dragon with Amaterasu’s black flames.
• The dragon flood dragon charged Lin Chuan, but he avoided its claws with Kamui and weakened it using the Immortal Bone Jade Pendant.
• Lin Chuan struck the dragon flood dragon with Amaterasu again, severely burning it while Baili Chenle and nearby cultivators watched in shock.
• Lin Chuan saw that the dragon flood dragon did not understand how to escape Amaterasu and suspected Crown Prince Hai was not monitoring the battle.

Lin Chuan realized Crown Prince Hai was focused on refining the immortal bone and ordered the [Akatsuki] Organization to hasten the battle. Northern Dipper’s hunger for life force led him to ignore his assassin’s instincts and pursue the Thousand-Eyed Rat, which attacked him at close range.

• Lin Chuan learned from Mu Li that the ferocious beasts did not know his abilities and concluded Crown Prince Hai was concentrating on refining the immortal bone, so he ordered everyone to finish the battle quickly.
• Xiao Heng strengthened the [Akatsuki] Organization’s fighters with Yin-Yang Talismans, while Shi Jin prepared Nether Pills from the captured Nether Demon.
• Northern Dipper used Ghost Hand to ambush the Thousand-Eyed Rat, but the beast sensed his aura and suffered only a superficial wound.
• Northern Dipper let Ghost Hand’s bloodlust override his judgment and chased the Thousand-Eyed Rat instead of withdrawing.
• The Thousand-Eyed Rat revealed an eye on its back and fired a beam of black light at Northern Dipper’s chest from point-blank range.

Northern Dipper was nearly killed by the Thousand-Eyed Rat, but Mars rescued him. Lin Chuan took Ghost Hand from Northern Dipper and used Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder to force the evil dagger to submit or be destroyed.

• The Thousand-Eyed Rat struck Northern Dipper at close range, and Ghost Hand unleashed a terrifying killing intent that clashed with its attack.
• Mars emerged from the explosion with Northern Dipper, whose arm was badly injured, and mocked him before leaving.
• Shi Jin treated Northern Dipper as Southern Dipper explained that Ghost Hand's bloodlust was affecting his mind and judgment.
• Lin Chuan demanded Ghost Hand, and Northern Dipper reluctantly handed it over despite struggling against the dagger's influence.
• Lin Chuan wrapped Ghost Hand in Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder and warned it to submit or be destroyed.

Lin Chuan subdued Ghost Hand with the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder and returned the purified dagger to Northern Dipper. After the ferocious beasts withdrew, the allied forces gathered to face Crown Prince Hai’s final defenses, arriving at a darkened first layer of the Immortal Bone Realm.

• Lin Chuan suppressed Ghost Hand with the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder, branded it with golden lightning, and returned it to Northern Dipper.
• Northern Dipper said he did not know Mars, and Lin Chuan turned back toward the battle as Akatsuki helped stabilize the left flank.
• The ferocious beasts retreated from both battlefields, and Lin Chuan warned that Crown Prince Hai’s refinement of the immortal bones had reached a critical stage.
• After Bu Lianshi found no signs of resistance ahead, Lin Chuan and the other leaders merged their forces for the final battle.
• More than a hundred thousand cultivators traveled to the first layer of the Immortal Bone Realm, where they found the realm shrouded in darkness.

Lin Chuan’s group and the other major factions investigated the darkness covering the first level of the Immortal Bone Realm, then entered after learning it could be navigated. Crown Prince Hai called to them from the depths and invited them to meet him at the burial ground of the True Immortal.

• Lin Chuan sent White Zetsu, acting as Black Tortoise, into the darkness to scout while the other factions sent scouts of their own.
• White Zetsu reported that the darkness limited vision and perception but was not as powerful as it had been during the Ancient Immortal Auction.
• The ten heirs of the Immortal Bones led the factions through the spatial barrier, where the Immortal Bone Jade Pendants neutralized the pressure.
• Lin Chuan and Bu Lianshi confirmed they could perceive through the darkness, and Lin An suggested linking the ten jade pendants to protect the arriving cultivators.
• Crown Prince Hai offered the factions one last chance to submit, then invited them to the burial ground of the True Immortal.

Lin Chuan and the other Immortal Bone Sons led one hundred thousand cultivators through the First Layer of the Immortal Bone Realm toward a True Immortal’s burial ground, while they realized several of them had previously killed Crown Prince Hai’s clones. They reached the Profound Immortal Tomb, where its overwhelming immortal pressure forced many cultivators to their knees.

• Lin Chuan, Lin An, Lin Ru, and Mu Bai recalled past battles in which they had killed people who might have been Crown Prince Hai’s clones.
• The Immortal Bone Sons concluded that their selection was deliberate, and Third Prince Central River Chen encouraged them to fight together as they continued into the depths of the realm.
• The group traveled through the darkness without encountering more beasts and reached the immense palace complex that served as a True Immortal’s tomb.
• The tomb’s pressure grounded the cultivators and restricted spatial abilities, though Lin Chuan found he could still use his at a higher cost.
• The group saw a stone stele bearing the words “Profound Immortal Tomb,” and its pressure drove many cultivators to their knees.

Lin Chuan and the others entered the Profound Immortal Tomb and faced a vast host of cultivators and fierce beasts who had joined Crown Prince Hai. As the tomb’s laws suppressed Lin Chuan’s connection to the cultivation world’s source, the ten Immortal Bone Jade Pendants reacted to a black coffin that appeared at the mausoleum’s heart, and its awakening shook the entire Immortal Bone Realm.

• Shi Jin, Bu Lianshi, Lin Chuan, and Xiao Heng examined the dried immortal blood and discussed the Profound Immortal’s darkness-related power.
• Lin Chuan and the others passed the tombstone and entered the tomb, where its laws disrupted Lin Chuan’s connection to the cultivation world’s source.
• The tomb opened and released tens of thousands of cultivators and fierce beasts, including Qin Ming, Feng Yuan, and many supporters of Crown Prince Hai.
• Crown Prince Hai’s supporters declared that they would seize the cultivation world, while Third Prince Central River Chen rejected their ambitions and Lin Chuan focused on killing Crown Prince Hai.
• A black coffin formed above the tomb, and the ten Immortal Bone Jade Pendants in Lin Chuan and the others’ hands shot toward it.
• The coffin trembled as a bell-like chime rang out, releasing an overwhelming aura that shook the Immortal Bone Realm.

Crown Prince Hai’s attempt to refine the Profound Immortal’s bones was interrupted when the bones used the ten Sons of Immortal Bone’s power to suppress him. The major factions charged the mausoleum for their last chance, and the battle began with its outcome uncertain.

• Crown Prince Hai used the Supreme One Scripture to cover the Profound Immortal’s bones in golden runes and draw power from the ten Immortal Bone Jade Pendants.
• Lin Chuan and Kong Chen noticed that the ten pendants came from vertebrae missing from the immortal skeleton.
• The immortal bones forced back the golden runes and enveloped Crown Prince Hai, temporarily suppressing him.
• Lin An warned that Crown Prince Hai could regain control if he survived the bones’ counterattack, so Mu Bai and Mu Li urged the factions to attack.
• The major factions’ one hundred thousand cultivators charged the mausoleum as Crown Prince Hai ordered his beasts and followers to stop them.
• Lin Chuan prepared to keep fighting Crown Prince Hai for himself and those he cherished.

Lin Chuan and Mu Li joined the battle, with Mu Li taking on the Integration-stage ferocious beasts while Lin Chuan targeted the cultivators. Lin Chuan and [Akatsuki] attacked Feng Yuan and the Origin Sect disciples, but Fang Han trapped Lin Chuan in an illusion of his former life in Hangzhou.

• Mu Li told Lin Chuan to seize any chance to enter the Xuan Immortal Mausoleum, while Lin Chuan said he would focus on the cultivators and leave the ferocious beasts to Mu Li.
• Lin Chuan identified Feng Yuan and Origin Sect's three disciples as targets and ordered [Akatsuki] to attack them.
• Feng Yuan and the Origin Sect disciples gathered more than twenty followers and charged at [Akatsuki].
• Lin Chuan used Amaterasu to burn several cultivators, killing one Void Refinement cultivator, and Feng Yuan warned the others how to avoid the flames.
• Fang Han trapped Lin Chuan in an illusion of Hangzhou, where a classmate urged him to hurry to English class.

Fang Han trapped Lin Chuan, Kong Chen, and Vermilion Bird in an illusion domain at the Profound Immortal Tomb, leaving [Akatsuki] struggling to protect them while Xiao Heng tried to break the technique.

• Lin Chuan found himself back at Z University with his roommates, unable to recall what he had forgotten.
• Fang Han froze Lin Chuan, Kong Chen, and Vermilion Bird with her illusion domain, alarming Southern Dipper and Jade Maiden.
• Xiao Heng stopped his divination and rushed to Lin Chuan, while Tang Cheng attacked the immobilized Vermilion Bird.
• Jade Maiden used dark green water to shield Vermilion Bird and disrupt Tang Cheng's spiritual energy, forcing him to retreat.
• Xiao Heng examined Lin Chuan and identified Fang Han's technique as an illusion domain that intensified control over a few targets.