Chapter Summaries

Akatsuki struggled against Origin Sect after Fang Han trapped Lin Chuan and others in an illusion, while Shi Jin’s poison pills briefly slowed the enemy. The chapter left Vermilion Bird under attack from Bai Ming and Tang Cheng, but she suddenly unleashed golden and crimson lightning.

• Xiao Heng found no sign that Lin Chuan was being controlled by an illusion, while Bu Lianshi could not sense Fang Han’s spiritual energy within him.
• Shi Jin detonated poison pills that released corrosive Nether Mist, forcing Origin Sect’s cultivators to slow their assault.
• Bai Ming and Fang Han ordered Tang Cheng to help kill the divine envoys, and Bai Ming launched his Dragon Roar Spear at Vermilion Bird.
• Tang Cheng attacked Vermilion Bird with blood-red energy while Jade Maiden called for Northern Dipper’s help.
• Vermilion Bird suddenly erupted with golden and crimson lightning that pierced the Nether Mist and struck toward Bai Ming’s Dragon Roar Spear.

Vermilion Bird broke free of Fang Han’s illusion and helped Jade Maiden repel Tang Cheng, who fled badly wounded. Vermilion Bird explained that Fang Han’s domain trapped people in memories, leaving Xiao Heng to worry that Lin Chuan remained imprisoned in a world formed from his past.

• Vermilion Bird awakened and disrupted Tang Cheng and Bai Ming’s coordinated attack, while Fang Han admitted she could use her illusion domain only once on each cultivator.
• Jade Maiden defended against Bai Ming’s spells as Vermilion Bird used Lightning Flash to meet Tang Cheng’s attack head-on.
• Vermilion Bird’s broken arm rapidly regenerated, while his lightning severely wounded Tang Cheng and Jade Maiden’s Spirit Path Weaving Cords weakened him further.
• Tang Cheng swallowed a life-saving pill and escaped, and Jade Maiden chose not to pursue him so they could focus on waking Azure Dragon and Kong Chen.
• Vermilion Bird told Xiao Heng that Fang Han had trapped him in a memory of his parents’ deaths, and Xiao Heng feared Lin Chuan was trapped in a world formed from his past.

Xiao Heng tried to reach Lin Chuan through spiritual energy while Akatsuki protected him, but Lin Chuan remained trapped in a memory illusion. The story shifted to Lin Chuan’s apparent original world, where an old professor hinted that buried memories had trapped him and warned of the consequences of uncovering them.

• Vermilion Bird explained that she escaped her memory illusion by noticing her emotions felt wrong, then using the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder’s reminder to shatter the seal.
• Xiao Heng began channeling spiritual energy into Lin Chuan to stir his memories, while the others prepared to defend Kong Chen and the situation against the Origin Sect stabilized.
• Lin Chuan woke from a nightmare in a dormitory, telling his roommates that he kept feeling as if he had forgotten something important.
• A roommate arranged for Lin Chuan to meet a psychology professor, who agreed to see him the next day.
• Lin Chuan met the old professor, who asked whether this was the world Lin Chuan originally came from and suggested that sealed memories had trapped him.

Lin Chuan learned from the old professor that he was trapped in a memory illusion, but his forgotten past kept him from escaping. A mysterious young man who knew Lin Chuan arrived to show him the real world and help trigger the Maha Sutra, then led him away for a private conversation.

• The old professor told Lin Chuan that the campus was a memory illusion and that only Lin Chuan could escape it.
• Lin Chuan fled the office and wandered the campus, questioning whether his world was real.
• The young man told the professor he had entered the illusion to bring Lin Chuan back, and the two planned to trigger Lin Chuan's Maha Sutra.
• The young man asked Lin Chuan's roommate's girlfriend to take him to Lin Chuan, then introduced himself as Lin Chuan's friend.
• Lin Chuan agreed to speak privately with the young man, and they walked into the woods while his roommates speculated that the visitor was his boyfriend.

Xiao Heng told Lin Chuan that he was trapped in an illusion made from his memories and drew him into a deeper illusion built from Xiao Heng’s own memories. Meanwhile, Akatsuki struggled against Feng Yuan’s formation in the Profound Immortal Tomb as their enemies sought a way to neutralize Bu Lianshi’s warnings.

• Xiao Heng said he could not break Lin Chuan’s memory illusion directly, so he held Lin Chuan’s hands and used his own memories to create another illusion.
• Lin Chuan’s friends watched the two holding hands from behind the trees while an ancient chant echoed across campus.
• In the Profound Immortal Tomb, Akatsuki defended itself inside Feng Yuan’s white fog formation, with Bu Lianshi warning the group of incoming attacks.
• Tang Cheng and Bai Ming said they would wait for Feng Yuan’s killing formation, while Fang Han proposed targeting the White Tiger divine envoy with a domain illusion.
• Bai Ming noticed a faint floral fragrance growing stronger.

Kong Chen’s cherry blossoms formed a strange tree that radiated an immortal aura, even as Fang Han’s senses indicated he remained inside her illusion. Shi Jin recognized the blossoms as possibly Ling Luo Red Cherry and urgently led Akatsuki away, leaving Kong Chen beneath the tree.

• Kong Chen’s body released dark crimson cherry blossoms that gathered into a tree and cut him off from the surrounding space.
• Bu Lianshi sensed an immortal aura from Kong Chen, and Southern Dipper explained how a cherry blossom tree had merged with him.
• Shi Jin identified the tree as possibly Ling Luo Red Cherry and ordered everyone to flee from Kong Chen.
• Akatsuki carried Lin Chuan and Xiao Heng through Feng Yuan’s formation as Vermilion Bird’s lightning and the cherry blossoms cleared the mist.
• Shi Jin urged the group to hurry while the dark petals continued falling around Kong Chen.

Feng Yuan’s formation weakened as Kong Chen’s memory illusion was taken over by a mysterious woman, forcing the others to flee. The woman played the Ling Luo zither, and its music created a pure domain that erased everything around the cherry tree except the bewildered members of [Akatsuki].

• Feng Yuan sensed danger, abandoned his weakening formation, and retreated.
• Fang Han realized someone else controlled her illusion and fled into the Profound Immortal Tomb; Bai Ming and Tang Cheng followed.
• Akatsuki escaped the formation as a woman appeared beside Kong Chen and began playing the Ling Luo zither.
• The zither music made the fierce beasts prostrate themselves and caused Feng Yuan’s formation and the trapped Origin Sect disciples to vanish.
• Cultivators fled as the music erased the mid-stage Integration Realm ferocious beast, Tang Cheng, and everything near the cherry tree except [Akatsuki].

Ling Luo appeared through the Falling Cherry Long Zither, unleashed a domain that erased nearby life and spiritual energy, then vanished into the instrument after speaking to Kong Chen. Kong Chen advanced to the early Fusion stage and took command of the battle, while Azure Dragon’s aura began to rise.

• Akatsuki recognized Ling Luo as her cherry-blossom domain wiped out nearby life, spiritual energy, and several battlefield forces.
• Crown Prince Hai resisted the Profound Immortal skeleton and recognized Ling Luo Red Cherry, but believed she was no longer as powerful as before.
• Ling Luo told Kong Chen not to waste effort reviving her, sent a message for Zhou Yu, and merged into the Falling Cherry Long Zither.
• The Falling Cherry Long Zither entered Kong Chen, whose cultivation surged from late Void Refinement to early Fusion stage.
• Kong Chen declared himself fine and took command as Akatsuki prepared to continue the battle; Fang Han, Bai Ming, and Feng Yuan fled.
• Fang Han noted that Azure Dragon seemed unharmed, but Azure Dragon’s spiritual energy suddenly erupted and his aura began to rise.

Lin Chuan accepted Xiao Heng’s help to leave the memory illusion and said goodbye to his roommates in his former life. Back in the Immortal Bone Realm, his cultivation surged, and the renewed battle began with Akatsuki strengthened by Kong Chen’s breakthrough to Integration stage.

• Xiao Heng told Lin Chuan he was in a memory illusion and helped him decide to leave his past behind.
• Lin Chuan said goodbye to his roommates at Z University, who supported him and teased him about Xiao Heng.
• Lin Chuan and Xiao Heng left the illusion together as black runes carried them away from the campus.
• In the Immortal Bone Realm, Lin Chuan’s cultivation surged toward Void Refinement stage Great Perfection, while cultivators marveled at the gains from Fang Han’s illusion technique.
• Crown Prince Hai’s forces suspected Fang Han might be an undercover agent and moved to stop Lin Chuan’s breakthrough.
• The battle resumed, but Akatsuki had grown stronger with Kong Chen’s rise to the early Integration stage and his formidable Red Cherry Karma Fire.

Xiao Heng collapsed after exhausting his spiritual energy inside Azure Dragon’s mental illusion, but Lin Chuan’s Clear Void Seven Hearts Lamp stabilized his condition as its cyan flower bloomed. Lin Chuan completed his breakthrough at the great perfection of the Void Refinement stage and opened his eyes to face the battlefield.

• Xiao Heng spat blood and collapsed after forcibly entering Azure Dragon’s mental illusion, and Shi Jin discovered his spiritual energy was severely depleted.
• The Clear Void Seven Hearts Lamp released seven-colored light from Lin Chuan and stabilized Xiao Heng’s life-threatening backlash injury.
• A cyan flower among Lin Chuan’s seven heart lamps bloomed, which Shi Jin identified as the lamp representing the past.
• Bu Lianshi deduced that Lin Chuan had perfected his state of mind about the past inside the illusion realm, causing the cyan lamp to bloom.
• Lin Chuan’s aura stabilized at the great perfection of the Void Refinement stage, and he opened his eyes with the Nine-Tomoe Sharingan.

Lin Chuan broke free from Fang Han’s memory illusion and joined the stalled battle, determined to free the ten children of immortal bones before Crown Prince Hai finished refining the immortal bone. He unleashed the Five Spirit Feather Fan against the charging cultivators, killing or wounding more than half of them.

• Lin Chuan awakened at the great perfection of the Void Refinement stage and apologized for underestimating Fang Han’s illusion technique.
• Lin Chuan learned that Xiao Heng had survived for now and arranged for his clones in the space-time to care for him.
• Bu Lianshi explained that the battle was deadlocked and that Crown Prince Hai’s success in refining the immortal bone would decide the fight.
• Lin Chuan ordered [Akatsuki] to help Mu Li and the others kill the fierce beasts and free the ten children of immortal bones.
• Rogue cultivators charged at Lin Chuan, hoping to claim the reward for killing Azure Dragon, and he swept them away with the Five Spirit Feather Fan.

Lin Chuan led [Akatsuki] in a fierce counterattack against Crown Prince Hai’s forces, using the Five Spirit Feather Fan and Amaterasu to rout his enemies. As Crown Prince Hai continued refining the immortal bone, a powerful beast with Black Tortoise bloodline emerged and blocked the entrance to the Profound Immortal Tomb.

• Lin Chuan unleashed a perfected Five Elements storm and charged into Crown Prince Hai’s forces with the Five Spirit Feather Fan, while Northern Dipper joined the slaughter with Ghost Hand.
• Lin Chuan used Amaterasu to burn fleeing Body Fusion cultivators, breaking the battle’s balance and driving the enemy forces into retreat.
• Crown Prince Hai watched the fighting and remained focused on refining the immortal bone, believing that time favored him.
• The ground shook as a colossal turtle-like ferocious beast emerged from underground, and Bu Lianshi learned from Little Azure that it had Black Tortoise bloodline and great perfection of the Body Fusion stage.
• The Black Tortoise-blooded beast moved to the Profound Immortal Tomb’s entrance and blocked the only passage, leaving the battlefield’s factions alarmed.

The Black Tortoise Turtle deployed a vast water-element domain that suppressed the battlefield, but Luo Yuxi and other factions found ways to counter it. Lin Chuan then joined Mu Li to fight the late Integration-stage Evil God Tiger, and the brothers prepared to attack together.

• The Black Tortoise Turtle released its domain, restricting more than a hundred thousand cultivators and strengthening Crown Prince Hai's forces.
• Kong Chen used cherry blossoms to shield nearby allies, while Lin Chuan told him to leave the turtle alone and focus on killing the other beasts.
• Luo Yuxi unleashed Luo River Divine Water, tearing a gap in the Black Tortoise Turtle's domain, as other factions began countering its effects.
• Lin Chuan neutralized the water domain's pressure with his perfected Five Elements and charged toward Mu Li's battle with the Evil God Tiger.
• Lin Chuan called for Mu Li to attack with him, and Mu Li's body began showing golden lightning patterns.

Lin Chuan and Mu Li coordinated their strongest attacks against the late Composite-stage Evil God Tiger. Mu Li committed to striking its heart while Lin Chuan summoned Shisui Uchiha’s green Susanoo, leaving the result of their attack unresolved.

• Lin Chuan told Mu Li to use their strongest moves for a one-strike kill, and Mu Li decided to trust his plan.
• Mu Li opened the first two gates of the Eight Gates to outpace the Evil God Tiger and evade its attacks.
• The Evil God Tiger unleashed its Evil Tiger Domain, slowing and corroding Mu Li.
• Mu Li opened the third gate and used Pagoda Hand to attack the Evil God Tiger’s heart as Lin Chuan prepared to strike.
• Lin Chuan summoned a green Susanoo wielding a spiral sword, shocking the cultivators watching.

Lin Chuan and Mu Li coordinated their attacks to fatally wound the Evil God Tiger, a powerful late Integration Stage beast. When it tried to self-destruct, Lin Chuan struck through the wound in its head and killed it, leaving the battlefield stunned.

• Mu Li struck the Evil God Tiger in the chest with the Pagoda Hand, grievously damaging its internal organs.
• Lin Chuan used Susanoo to combine Wind Release and Fire Release in a Spiral Sword attack that pierced the Evil God Tiger's skull.
• Mu Li retreated as the wounded Evil God Tiger prepared to self-destruct.
• Lin Chuan sent a five-element storm through the beast's head wound, killing it before it could explode.
• The Evil God Tiger's death stunned the battlefield and weakened Crown Prince Hai's forces.

After defeating the Evil God Tiger, Lin Chuan joined Lin An against the Azure Spirit Python while Mu Li went to help Lin Chen. Lin Chuan identified the python’s true body among its phantoms and attacked with Dust Release, but the beast’s glowing scales formed a formidable defense.

• Lin Chuan and Mu Li defeated the Evil God Tiger, and Lin Chuan ended Susanoo after the battle.
• Lin An asked Lin Chuan to help him fight the Azure Spirit Python, and Lin Chuan agreed while sending Mu Li to aid Lin Chen.
• Lin An explained that Lin Chuan should locate the python’s true body when it used its Azure Spirit Phantom Body Technique.
• The Azure Spirit Python filled the battlefield with phantom bodies, and Lin Chuan used his Sharingan to find the true one.
• Lin Chuan fired Sage Art: Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique at the true body, but the python’s scales lit up with a powerful azure defense.

Lin An and Lin Chuan worked together to kill the Azure Spirit Python after Lin An broke through its final defense. Lin An left to assist the others, while Lin Chuan was unsettled by how completely Lin An had controlled the fight.

• The Azure Spirit Python unleashed its Azure Spirit Phantom Body Technique, filling the battlefield with copies while its true body weakened behind a protective barrier.
• Lin Chuan used his Sharingan to locate the Azure Spirit Python's true body and struck it with Original Realm Stripping Technique, but the beast's barrier blocked the attack.
• Lin An shattered the Azure Spirit Python's barrier with his Dojutsu, leaving its true body exposed to Lin Chuan's attack.
• Lin Chuan's Dust Release killed the Azure Spirit Python, and all of its phantom copies vanished.
• The cultivators praised the Three-Eyed Alliance's coordination, while Lin Chuan felt alarmed that Lin An had orchestrated the kill so effortlessly.
• Lin An told Lin Chuan he hoped they would work together again, then flew off to help the others.

Lin Chuan and Qin Lang attacked the Qin Clan during the battlefield, wielding Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder in their Wailing Chidori techniques. After they killed more than ten Qin Clan members, the clan’s Soul Formation-stage cultivators gathered to confront them.

• Lin Chuan noticed that the major factions were struggling against the ferocious beasts while Crown Prince Hai’s forces held the advantage.
• Lin Chuan spotted Qin Ming and the Qin Clan fighting with lightning techniques, then agreed to help Qin Lang attack them.
• Qin Lang used Wailing Chidori infused with Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder to kill a late Nascent Soul-stage Qin Clan disciple.
• Lin Chuan also unleashed Wailing Chidori infused with Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder, shocking the battlefield and enraging the Qin Clan.
• Lin Chuan and Qin Lang killed more than ten Qin Clan members in dozens of breaths, drawing the clan’s Soul Formation-stage cultivators toward them.

Qin Lang, revealed as Vermilion Bird of Akatsuki, fought off the Qin Clan’s Body Fusion cultivators and killed one with his lightning arts and sword. After his techniques and the Purple Rainbow Sword exposed his Qin Clan connection, he removed his mask and addressed Qin Ming.

• Qin Ming ordered the Qin Clan’s cultivators to kill Vermilion Bird, and they surrounded Qin Lang.
• Qin Lang charged an early Body Fusion cultivator and defeated his purple lightning with golden lightning.
• Qin Lang used Bing Fire Yang Thunder and the Thunder Sword Instant Slash Technique to kill the cultivator, startling the Qin Clan.
• The Qin Clan recognized Qin Lang’s lightning as the technique used to kill Qin Cheng and identified his sword as the Purple Rainbow Sword.
• Qin Lang removed his mask and asked Qin Ming if he still remembered him.

Qin Lang revealed himself as the surviving heir of the Purple Rainbow Sword branch and faced Qin Ming and Qin Rui over the Qin Clan’s three great thunder swords. As Qin Ming and Qin Rui attacked him, Lin Chuan intercepted the clan’s four Body Fusion elders and struck at one with the Five Elements Palm.

• Qin Lang identified himself as Vermilion Bird of [Akatsuki], and Qin Rui explained how Qin Ming’s father had driven Qin Lang’s parents to their deaths and caused the Purple Rainbow Sword branch to decline.
• Qin Lang refused Qin Rui’s offer to return to the Qin Clan and declared that he would take all three great thunder swords.
• Qin Rui and Qin Ming summoned the Purple Star Sword and Purple Light Sword, joining Qin Lang’s Purple Rainbow Sword on the battlefield.
• As Qin Rui and Qin Ming charged Qin Lang, Lin Chuan rushed in to intercept the Qin Clan’s four remaining Body Fusion elders.
• Lin Chuan used Amaterasu to force back a white-haired elder, then activated Sage Art: Lightning Release: Chidori Current and countered another elder’s Rushing Thunder Palm with the Five Elements Palm.