Chapter Summaries

Ye Lin found Luo Yao at an inn in Approaching the Abyss City, where he unexpectedly encountered Zhang Ling'er, whose fate traits suggested she could influence destiny. Zhang Ling'er accused him of abandoning Luo Yao and began explaining how she had rescued her from being tricked.

• Ye Lin entered an inn and asked an attendant about Luo Yao, who was staying upstairs.
• The attendant led Ye Lin to Luo Yao's room after she gave permission for him to enter.
• Ye Lin found Zhang Ling'er with Luo Yao and questioned why Zhang Ling'er had found him again.
• Ye Lin examined Zhang Ling'er's status and suspected she could manipulate destiny to guide him.
• Zhang Ling'er told Ye Lin that Luo Yao had nearly been tricked, then began recounting how she had met and helped her.

Ye Lin learned the truth from Zhang Ling'er, thanked her, and let Luo Yao keep the mirror she had found. When Zhang Ling'er confronted him about abandoning her, Ye Lin argued that her own carelessness had caused the separation, leaving her doubting herself.

• Ye Lin thanked Zhang Ling'er for explaining what had happened and offered her one hundred thousand jin of Zenith Heaven Divine Source, which she refused.
• Ye Lin examined Luo Yao's mirror, could not understand it, and returned it to her to keep.
• Zhang Ling'er remembered that Ye Lin had abandoned her and demanded to know why.
• Ye Lin explained that he had warned Zhang Ling'er to leave on time and blamed her failure to return, arguing that her carefree behavior put everyone at risk.
• Zhang Ling'er recalled that Ye Lin had warned her and that she had not returned as agreed, then began to wonder whether she was at fault.

Ye Lin agreed to accompany Zhang Ling'er to a pawnshop, hoping to obtain the Ultimate Dao Visualization Diagram she had noticed. The next day, they visited the shop, where Zhang Ling'er asked about its wares and prepared to buy some treasures.

• Zhang Ling'er asked Ye Lin what he planned to do next, and he offered to accompany her to the pawnshop the following day.
• Zhang Ling'er happily accepted Ye Lin's offer and put aside her earlier grievances toward him.
• The next day, Ye Lin, Zhang Ling'er, Luo Yao, and Ye Xin went to the pawnshop.
• The pawnshop owner greeted the group and said he accepted anything, but couldn't afford an acquired supreme treasure.
• Zhang Ling'er revealed she had only been joking about pawning an acquired supreme treasure and said she wanted to buy a few good items.

Ye Lin searched a pawnshop for a damaged vase that might contain the Ultimate Dao Visualization Diagram, so he bought a large pile of broken vases. Zhang Ling'er added a damaged vase to his pile, and the group left after paying the shopkeeper, who believed he had swindled them.

• The shopkeeper showed Zhang Ling'er a colorful vase that he claimed had been given to him by a peak Daluo Golden Immortal, but she dismissed it as useless.
• Ye Lin realized he could not identify the vase he wanted, so he began collecting every damaged vase in the shop.
• Zhang Ling'er noticed Ye Lin's pile and added a damaged vase she had picked up to it.
• After half an hour, the four visitors left the pawnshop with Ye Lin's purchases.
• The shopkeeper celebrated receiving one hundred thousand jin of Daluo Divine Source and clearing out his junk, calling the visitors fools.

Ye Lin decided to stay in the city and use his unused transaction points while the Chaos Ancient Clan was still far away. He left Zhang Ling'er to entertain Luo Yao and went to a secure inn to enter seclusion, where he was shown its Number One cultivation chamber.

• Zhang Ling'er asked Ye Lin why he collected junk, and he said it was a hobby for appreciation.
• Ye Lin decided the group should stay in the city, and Zhang Ling'er agreed.
• Ye Lin asked Zhang Ling'er to take Luo Yao around the city while he handled some matters.
• Ye Lin found an upscale inn and arranged to enter seclusion.
• The innkeeper led Ye Lin underground to its Number One cultivation chamber.

Ye Lin rented a heavily secured secluded chamber and searched through a pile of damaged objects for the Ultimate Dao Visualization Diagram. He found a scroll bearing only the character “Dao” and studied it, unsure whether it was the diagram.

• Ye Lin paid one hundred thousand jin of Great Luo Divine Source to rent a secluded chamber for thirty hours.
• Ye Lin entered the chamber, shut the metal door, and pulled the inside lever to secure it.
• Ye Lin examined a pile of damaged vases, which eventually revealed a Spatial Ring containing a sheet of paper.
• Ye Lin unfurled the paper and found only the character “Dao,” then wondered whether it was the Ultimate Dao Visualization Diagram.

Ye Lin discovered that the Ultimate Dao Visualization Diagram revealed its mysteries only through the Origin Eye Technique, though viewing it exhausted his Primordial Spirit power. He confirmed that studying the diagram strengthened his mental power and stored it away to continue later.

• Ye Lin stared at the Ultimate Dao Visualization Diagram but initially saw only an ordinary character and wondered whether it was fake.
• Ye Lin activated the Origin Eye Technique and watched the Dao character evolve into mountains, rivers, and streams.
• Ye Lin became absorbed in the vision until his Primordial Spirit power was completely depleted and he snapped back to his senses.
• Ye Lin stored the diagram in his Spatial Ring after finding he could no longer comprehend it without the Origin Eye Technique.
• Ye Lin recovered his Primordial Spirit power and noticed that it had increased slightly while he watched, confirming the diagram strengthened mental power.

Ye Lin used his transaction points to continue Bing Ruoxin’s Daluo Golden Immortal Sword Dao lectures and refined what he learned into his own understanding. The lecture ended when Bing Ruoxin sensed he had reached his limit and told him to digest the information before returning.

• Ye Lin recovered his Primordial Spirit and used unlimited purchase to buy the next four lessons in Bing Ruoxin’s course.
• Bing Ruoxin warned Ye Lin not to imitate her Dao, then began lecturing as he listened from a cliff in the snowy world.
• Ye Lin absorbed and refined the teachings while the lecture continued for days, eventually becoming too occupied with sorting through his thoughts to keep listening.
• Bing Ruoxin paused the lecture and waited while Ye Lin processed what he had learned.
• Ye Lin opened his eyes, and Bing Ruoxin ended the lecture, telling him to digest the information before coming back.

Ye Lin spent two months in a secret chamber absorbing Bing Ruoxin’s Sword Dao lecture and advanced to the mid-stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. He left the inn after paying the remaining five hundred thousand jin of Great Luo Divine Source and resolved to find a cheaper place to cultivate next time.

• Ye Lin absorbed Bing Ruoxin’s lecture, whose projection had detected his condition, and spent a month digesting its teachings.
• Ye Lin opened his status panel and saw that he had reached the mid-stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, though his Destiny had not changed.
• Ye Lin left seclusion after two months and calculated that the stay had cost six hundred thousand jin of Great Luo Divine Source.
• Ye Lin returned the key and paid the middle-aged man the remaining five hundred thousand jin of Great Luo Divine Source.
• Ye Lin left the inn and decided to seek a more affordable place for future cultivation.

Ye Lin decided to leave after two months in Approaching the Abyss City and contacted Luo Yao, who was with Zhang Ling'er at a public arena. He arrived too late to join them, as two young men were already fighting while the crowd urged them to kill each other.

• Ye Lin decided to stop attending lectures for now and continue his journey out of Heaven Province.
• Ye Lin realized he had not kept Zhang Ling'er's communication Jade Talisman, then used a Jade Talisman to contact Luo Yao.
• At the center of Approaching the Abyss City, a crowd urged two wounded young men to fight and avenge their families.
• Zhang Ling'er watched the fight while holding Luo Yao, who looked excited rather than afraid.

Zhang Ling'er watched the arena’s staged fights, where contestants received fabricated memories and fought as if their grudges were real. After two matches, she grew bored and told Luo Yao they were leaving.

• Two young men fought brutally until both collapsed, and the middle-aged man announced that number one had won.
• The middle-aged man restored the fighters and gave them fabricated memories of a wronged prince seeking revenge on the First Prince.
• The newly awakened young men exchanged threats and began fighting again while the spectators cheered.
• Zhang Ling'er lost interest in the fight and told Luo Yao they were leaving.

Ye Lin reunited with Luo Yao and Zhang Ling'er in Approaching the Abyss City and led them toward their planned destination. As they traveled, Zhang Ling'er questioned his urgency, and Ye Lin estimated that their journey would take at least three years; they were still about six hours from Moon Lake.

• Ye Lin found Luo Yao and Zhang Ling'er watching a fight in the Arena and asked them to leave.
• Luo Yao readily agreed to leave when Ye Lin spoke to her, leaving Zhang Ling'er behind before she followed them.
• Ye Lin carried Luo Yao out of Approaching the Abyss City, and the group set off toward their destination.
• Zhang Ling'er said crossing Sunset Prefecture and the Nether Sea would take about half a year, but Ye Lin estimated the journey would take at least three years.
• Zhang Ling'er asked whether Ye Lin was rushing because he expected the Chaos Ancient Clan to arrive, and Ye Lin denied being in a hurry.
• Ye Lin said they would reach Moon Lake in about six hours while Xinyou rested on his shoulder.

Ye Lin visited Moon Lake with Zhang Ling'er and learned that its countless gravestones held those who had died for love. He asked Zhang Ling'er, who practiced the Dao of Destiny, whether love appeared in his destiny, but she could not see the fate of a Daluo Golden Immortal.

• Zhang Ling'er told Ye Lin that Moon Lake was renowned as a beautiful place filled with tragic love stories.
• Ye Lin arrived at the vast Moon Lake and sensed its heavy yin energy beneath a sky with a sun and a reflected moon.
• Zhang Ling'er explained that the gravestones beneath the lake belonged to those who had died for love.
• Ye Lin admitted he had little interest in love stories and watched Luo Yao instead.
• Ye Lin asked Zhang Ling'er whether love appeared in his destiny, and she said she could not see his fate.

Ye Lin checked Luo Yao's upgraded panel and discovered that she was the lost eldest young lady of the Water God Clan and a genuine future Dao Master of Water. He realized how powerful his companions were, then pushed aside the thought of giving up on his own cultivation.

• Zhang Ling'er asked Ye Lin why Luo Yao had no cultivation and why her nature seemed so strange.
• Ye Lin examined Luo Yao's panel and learned of her extraordinary identity, Fate Traits, and destiny as the Dao Master of Water.
• Ye Lin wondered whether the Great River Luo Yao called for was the Great Dao of Water and recognized her as an overwhelming source of protection.
• Zhang Ling'er brought Ye Lin out of his daze and questioned how he could be Luo Yao's older brother without understanding her.
• Ye Lin refused to explain his past and dismissed his fleeting urge to stop striving because Luo Yao was so powerful.

A dying Daluo Golden Immortal named Daoist Azure Heaven reached Moon Lake and summoned a tombstone to commemorate his vengeance for his murdered wife. He died with no regrets, intending to join Qin'er.

• Ye Lin noticed a black-robed figure approaching Moon Lake, surrounded by deathly aura.
• Zhang Ling'er and the gathered experts watched as the grievously wounded man crossed the lake and collapsed to his knees.
• The man summoned a tombstone from the lakebed and revealed that he was Daoist Azure Heaven.
• Daoist Azure Heaven said he had avenged his wife by killing her murderers and was ready to join Qin'er.
• The words Daoist Azure Heaven appeared on the tombstone as his life reached its end.

Daoist Azure Heaven avenged his wife and died, leaving Ye Lin and Zhang Ling’er to reflect on his sacrifice. Ye Lin then embraced Luo Yao and prepared to leave, still treating her as his younger sister despite learning of her powerful identity.

• Daoist Azure Heaven buried a stone stele in the lake and sacrificed himself, dissolving his body and laws.
• Ye Lin and Zhang Ling’er saluted Daoist Azure Heaven, and Zhang Ling’er admitted the scene had affected her.
• Ye Lin told Zhang Ling’er it was time to leave, though he showed no emotion over Daoist Azure Heaven’s death.
• Ye Lin embraced Luo Yao and said they were setting off.
• Ye Lin reflected that he regarded Luo Yao as his younger sister and refused to exploit her identity as the Water God Clan’s young lady.

Ye Lin and the group traveled toward the Nether Sea and entered the approach to Death Valley, where native creatures of the Origin Continent hunted outsiders. The chapter left Ye Lin sensing that dozens of Daluo Golden Immortals had locked onto him and were closing in.

• Ye Lin asked Zhang Ling'er about faster travel and learned that Flying Boats from the Origin Chamber of Commerce cost at least a hundred million transaction points.
• Zhang Ling'er explained that Heaven Province had no large-scale teleportation arrays and that the central region of the Origin Continent had them.
• Zhang Ling'er warned Ye Lin that they had to pass through Death Valley, where native creatures hated outsiders, and told him to keep moving without drawing attention.
• Ye Lin asked whether Death Valley contained Quasi-Saints, and Zhang Ling'er said they had been purged long ago.
• Ye Lin sensed dozens of Daluo Golden Immortal auras locking onto him and rapidly approaching.

Ye Lin carried Luo Yao through Death Valley while Zhang Ling'er raced ahead and drew most of the pursuers. Ye Lin hid with Luo Yao and Ye Xin in a cave as the experts searched the mountain range for them.

• Zhang Ling'er and Ye Lin fled as Death Valley's inhabitants warned them to leave and sent experts after them.
• Ye Lin ordered Ye Xin to fight three attackers while he carried Luo Yao around the battle and escaped.
• Ye Lin dove into the mountain range to evade the surrounding Daluo Golden Immortals, and Ye Xin vanished from their encirclement.
• The pursuers began searching the mountains for Ye Lin and his companions.
• Ye Lin hid with Luo Yao and Ye Xin in a cave, while Luo Yao remained excited rather than afraid.

Ye Lin led Ye Xin deeper into a freezing cave to escape their pursuers and investigate why they had avoided destroying the mountain. Zhang Ling'er joined them, and the group continued inward in search of the cave’s secret or a hidden treasure.

• Ye Lin took Ye Xin deeper into the cave after concluding that something inside had made their pursuers wary.
• The cave grew colder as Ye Lin and Ye Xin advanced, and footsteps approached through the darkness.
• Zhang Ling'er appeared and explained that she had come to explore the cave rather than flee through Death Valley.
• Zhang Ling'er suspected a supreme treasure lay deeper inside, while Luo Yao also showed excitement about exploring.
• Ye Lin carried Luo Yao onward, keeping Ye Xin at the front to clear the way and watch for danger.

Ye Lin and Zhang Ling'er discovered a hidden altar in Death Valley where a group was using a secret art to revive a Quasi-Saint. Ye Lin suspected the bound corpse was only one of several being revived.

• Zhang Ling'er asked Ye Lin who Ye Xin was, but Ye Lin warned her not to pry.
• Ye Lin and Zhang Ling'er followed the dense yin energy into a passage and found a massive sinkhole with an altar below.
• They saw figures feeding corpses to the altar, where the bodies vanished as a formation flickered.
• Ye Lin concluded that the group was using a secret art to revive the Quasi-Saint bound to a cross.
• Zhang Ling'er wondered whether the group planned to overturn Sunset Prefecture, while Ye Lin questioned whether the corpse was only one of many.