Chapter Summaries

Lin Bei and Shi Hao fled a headless Ancient Saint’s attack, then reunited with Yun Xi’s survivors and fought their way into a Forbidden Sea Area while heading for the Kun Peng Nest. The group discovered that powerful cultivators might be able to enter the sea area too, raising the prospect that venerables could come to compete for the Kun Peng Precious Technique.

• Lin Bei and Shi Hao escaped the headless Ancient Saint as it killed several God Servants, then continued toward the Kun Peng Nest on their Flying Swords.
• Near the Kun Peng Nest, a Sea Slave warned Lin Bei and Shi Hao that Venerable Jiao had sealed the sea, and Yun Xi’s surviving group caught up with them.
• Lin Bei, Shi Hao, and the Ancient God Mountain group broke through the Sea Slaves and Silver Sharks, then fled into a Forbidden Sea Area.
• The group traveled on the Ancient Horn after finding flight difficult and divine power heavily drained inside the Forbidden Sea Area.
• The God Servants sensed their strength fluctuating and concluded that powerful beings might enter the area, while Lin Bei and Shi Hao worried that venerables could threaten their chances.

Lin Bei and Shi Hao escaped the octopus monster by taking refuge aboard a Ghost Ship, while the Ancient God Mountain group fled on the Ancient Horn. The God Servants left them behind, believing the Ghost Ship’s curse made their survival unlikely.

• Lin Bei and the others encountered ancient Ghost Ships in the sea fog, and the old Golden Beast servant warned them to stay away.
• An enormous octopus attacked the Ancient Horn, and Lin Bei cut off one tentacle before the monster struck again.
• Lin Bei used his cave-heavens to hold back a tentacle briefly, allowing Shi Hao to reach a nearby Ghost Ship; Lin Bei was struck but recovered and joined him.
• The Ancient Horn wounded the octopus, then escaped into the sky as the monster’s tentacles struck it and some passengers fell to their deaths.
• After the octopus vanished, the God Servants realized Lin Bei and Shi Hao had boarded the Ghost Ship and chose to abandon them.

Yun Xi and the others saw Lin Bei and Shi Hao trapped aboard the Ghost Ship, but the blue-haired youth attacked it with a burning Beast Bone instead of rescuing them. Shi Hao used the Broken Sword to absorb the ship’s power, turning it into a Black Paper Boat, and Lin Bei began explaining its connection to the Ruthless Great Emperor.

• Yun Xi spotted Lin Bei and Shi Hao alive on the Ghost Ship and urged the others to save them, but the blue-haired youth refused.
• The blue-haired youth hurled a burning Beast Bone at the Ghost Ship, intensifying the black light inside its cabin.
• Lin Bei told Shi Hao to use the Broken Sword, which absorbed the Ghost Ship’s black light and transformed the vessel into a Black Paper Boat.
• Shi Hao discovered the words “Only I am left” and bloodied fingerprints on the boat, and Lin Bei connected it to the Ruthless Great Emperor.
• Lin Bei said the Ruthless Great Emperor had sent the boat through the River of Time after the Desolate Heaven Emperor and Emperor Ye Tian were killed, leaving Shi Hao startled by the reference to the Desolate Heaven Emperor.

Lin Bei explained the Ghost Ship’s connection to Shi Hao’s future and the Ruthless Great Emperor, then the two traveled to the Kun Peng Nest. They climbed toward the nest after its suppressive force weakened, with powerful Venerables risking the ascent for the Kun Peng’s precious technique.

• Lin Bei told Shi Hao that the black paper boat had become a Ghost Ship after being stained by the Ruthless Great Emperor’s blood and corrupted by the Uncanny Forefather.
• Lin Bei and Shi Hao sailed toward the depths of the Forbidden Sea aboard a mountain-sized Ghost Ship, passing wary creatures heading in the same direction.
• They reached a vast withered cliff bearing the Kun Peng’s nest, where countless beings fought beneath waterfalls of chaotic qi.
• Lin Bei waited for the cliff’s suppressive force to weaken the powerful Venerables, then led Shi Hao up the stone stairway.
• Lin Bei and Shi Hao heard that some Venerables had joined the ascent despite the danger, hoping to obtain the Kun Peng’s precious technique.

Shi Hao confronted Qing Yun and his God Servant after Qing Yun tried to force Lin Bei and Shi Hao to open a passage. Shi Hao overwhelmed both opponents, leaving Qing Yun blasted away and Yun Xi and the others stunned.

• Yun Xi and Yin Xue apologized to Lin Bei and Shi Hao for Qing Yun's earlier actions and offered compensation, but Shi Hao refused and said he wanted Qing Yun's pure blood.
• Qing Yun ordered the God Servant to attack Lin Bei and Shi Hao, and Shi Hao stepped forward to fight the servant.
• Shi Hao used his Suanni technique and fused Kun Peng wings to injure the God Servant and then rush toward Qing Yun.
• Qing Yun summoned an azure bird and formed divine swords to attack Shi Hao, confident that his Spirit Transformation Realm cultivation would prevail.
• Shi Hao opened his Ten Caves-Heavens into a God Ring, combined lightning with his fused Kun Peng technique, and blasted Qing Yun away while Yun Xi and the others watched in shock.

Shi Hao and Lin Bei defeated the God Servants from Ancient God Mountain after Qing Yun attacked them, and Shi Hao killed Qing Yun. Yun Xi then tried to preserve the possibility of cooperating with the two youths.

• Shi Hao overpowered Qing Yun and battered him against the stone steps as the God Servants moved to intervene.
• Lin Bei blasted apart the God Servants’ attacks, then revealed ten connected Cave-Heavens and an unprecedented Soul Cave-Heaven that let him suppress them.
• Shi Hao beheaded Qing Yun with the Broken Sword, and Lin Bei stored the dead Pure-Blooded Green Bird in his Cosmos Sack.
• Lin Bei and Shi Hao challenged the furious God Servants to fight if they objected, while threatening to roast Qing Yun’s remains.
• Yun Xi said her branch was not close to Qing Yun’s and asked Lin Bei and Shi Hao to consider cooperating with them later.

Yun Xi, Yin Xue, and the others from Ancient God Mountain withdrew rather than fight Lin Bei and Shi Hao, who then reached the hidden realm containing the Kun Peng Nest. There, Lin Bei recognized a Time-Space Rift near a glowing gateway and suspected the Ruthless Great Emperor was behind it.

• Yun Xi and Yin Xue left with their God Servants, and the other members of Ancient God Mountain followed, unwilling to make enemies of Lin Bei and Shi Hao.
• Lin Bei and Shi Hao climbed the stone cliff and discovered that its primordial ancient formation transported them to a small island realm filled with golden light and abundant spiritual energy.
• The two saw the enormous Kun Peng Nest, where creatures from many factions were already fighting over the entrances.
• Shi Hao spotted a glowing gateway and a river of liquid spiritual energy, then saw a black paper boat drift out from the doorway.
• Lin Bei recognized the gateway as a Time-Space Rift, suspected the Ruthless Great Emperor was behind it, and held off on absorbing it.
• A creature shouted that divine wood lay by the gateway, drawing a crowd to the rotten but radiant piece of wood.

Lin Bei and Shi Hao watched the Sea God's descendant slaughter the creatures fighting over the divine wood, then clashed with him after his servants attacked them. Their combined strike broke his arm and sent him flying.

• Creatures identified the rotten wood as the legendary Kun Tree, but everyone who tried to pass through the doorway was destroyed.
• The Sea God's descendant arrived, killed the challengers around the doorway, and ordered the survivors to retreat.
• Shi Hao and Lin Bei refused to move, and two golden-armored servants attacked them.
• Shi Hao cut down one servant with the Broken Sword, while Lin Bei killed the other with a rune.
• The Sea God's descendant attacked Lin Bei and Shi Hao, but their sword strike and punch shattered his Golden Halberd's defense, broke his arm, and sent him flying.

Lin Bei fought the Descendant of the Sea God and a crimson figure who wielded a Crimson Blood War Spear, overpowering both despite being only in the Cave Heaven Realm. When the entrance to the Kun Peng Nest opened, the two attacked Lin Bei together, but he struck them down and left the battle as everyone rushed toward the entrance.

• The Descendant of the Sea God recovered from being knocked back, and Lin Bei stepped forward to take him on while Shi Hao watched.
• A crimson figure arrived with a Crimson Blood War Spear, but Lin Bei knocked both him and the Descendant of the Sea God away.
• Lin Bei fought the two powerful youths at once, using his Black Small Axe to break their attacks and keep them suppressed.
• Someone announced that the entrance to the Kun Peng Nest had opened, sending the watching creatures rushing toward it.
• The Descendant of the Sea God and the crimson figure attacked Lin Bei together, but Lin Bei enlarged his Black Small Axe and shattered their combined assault, badly wounding them.

Lin Bei and Shi Hao bypassed the battles at the Kun Peng Nest and cultivated in the three ancient grounds beneath it. After three months, Lin Bei perfected two stages of the Spirit Transformation Realm and emerged when runes began drifting from the nest.

• Lin Bei rejected Shi Hao’s suggestion to enter the Kun Peng Nest and led him to the Yang Extremity Cave, Profound Ice Abyss, and Fallen Star Tomb beneath it.
• Lin Bei and Shi Hao began tempering their bodies and souls in the Yang Extremity Cave, where Lin Bei advanced through Physical Body Becoming Spirit and Recreating the True Self.
• Lin Bei continued his cultivation in the Profound Ice Abyss and Fallen Star Tomb while other cultivators who entered the dangerous grounds either died or retreated.
• After three months, Lin Bei reached the limits of both stages, emerged from seclusion, and memorized the runes drifting from the Kun Peng Nest.
• Lin Bei found Shi Hao with a young girl and told him that his cultivation could not progress further.

Lin Bei revealed the Witch’s identity and shared secrets about the Heaven Intercepting Sect, the Heaven Mending Pavilion, and the Heavenly Kingdom with Shi Hao. He then led Shi Hao toward the golden doorway to meet Ruthless Great Emperor, while the Witch followed.

• Lin Bei identified the Witch as the Holy Maiden of the Heaven Intercepting Sect and explained the origins of the Heaven Intercepting and Heaven Mending forces to Shi Hao.
• Lin Bei told Shi Hao that the Heavenly Kingdom had pledged allegiance to the Foreign Realm and warned him that the Wild Region’s people were descendants of heroes, not sinners.
• The Witch admitted that people outside the Wild Region considered it a prison for the descendants of sinners, and Lin Bei condemned those who spread that account.
• Lin Bei told Shi Hao he was going to meet Ruthless Great Emperor and led him toward the golden doorway, with the Witch following them.

Lin Bei and Shi Hao crossed the golden door to meet Ruthless Great Emperor, who sent them back after seeing how Lin Bei had changed Shi Hao and the world. Lin Bei absorbed the doorway, unlocked Time Synchronization, and left Shi Hao with instructions for the Kun Peng Nest.

• Lin Bei used his perception to find the space-time coordinates beyond the golden door, then opened the simulator's Time-Space Door and crossed over with Shi Hao and Witch.
• Witch's Spirit Body exploded after she looked at Ruthless Great Emperor, who told Lin Bei and Shi Hao that she had temporarily suppressed the Uncanny Forefather's power.
• Ruthless Great Emperor viewed scenes of Lin Bei and Shi Hao's past, recognized that Lin Bei had changed Shi Hao and the world, and reversed space-time to send them back to the golden door.
• Lin Bei told Shi Hao to complete the Kun Peng cultivation path and seek the true inheritance in the Demon Suppression Cave when the Kun Peng Nest opened two years later.
• Lin Bei absorbed the golden doorway, unlocked the simulator's Time Synchronization function, and departed after promising to return when the time was right.

Lin Bei monitored Shi Hao’s cultivation in the Perfect World timeline while preparing for his wedding and ruling the Spirit Empire. After the wedding gathering and a review of the empire’s scientific progress, the simulator discovered a new timeline: Genshin Impact.

• Lin Bei used the simulator’s new function to follow Shi Hao’s cultivation after leaving the Perfect World timeline.
• Lin Bei told Ning Rongrong he had surpassed God King strength and advised her to refuse a god position in the God Realm.
• Lin Bei and Ning Rongrong invited Flander and the Shrek Academy group to the Imperial Palace for a wedding gathering.
• Lin Bei approved funding for the Spirit Empire’s flight research and plans to launch an artificial satellite.
• The simulator found the Genshin Impact timeline, and Lin Bei reacted with surprise because he had played the game before.

Lin Bei accepted a dangerous Adventurers’ Guild commission to investigate the dragon attacking Mondstadt and began preparing for the long journey from Liyue. After Lin Bei mentioned wishing he had a Vision, Zhongli quietly reacted to his words.

• Lin Bei asked Katheryne for a commission, and she told him about the Knights of Favonius' request to investigate the rampaging dragon near Mondstadt.
• Despite Katheryne warning him that the mission could endanger his life, Lin Bei accepted the commission and left the guild.
• While gathering supplies in Liyue, Lin Bei met Zhongli at a tea stall and told him he was heading to Mondstadt.
• Lin Bei considered how the lack of a Vision prevented him from using the Sword Control Technique and wished he had one.
• Zhongli heard Lin Bei's wish for a Vision and murmured a response.

Lin Bei received a Geo God's Eye from Morax, mastered Geo elemental power, and traveled to Mondstadt to investigate the Stormterror crisis. At the Adventurers' Guild, he learned the Knights of Favonius suspected the Abyss Order and encountered Lumine, who had just arrived in the city.

• Lin Bei woke with a Geo God's Eye and discovered he could sense the elements and control Geo power with ease.
• Lin Bei flew to Mondstadt using the Sword Control Technique while Zhongli watched him leave from a mountaintop near Liyue Harbor.
• Lin Bei entered Mondstadt after telling Lawrence he had accepted the Knights of Favonius' commission to investigate the dragon's appearances.
• Lin Bei received a notebook from Katheryne detailing Stormterror's attacks, the chaos in Mondstadt's elemental flows, and the Knights' suspicion of the Abyss Order.
• Amber welcomed Lumine and Paimon to Mondstadt, and Lin Bei recognized Lumine as the Traveler chosen for this timeline.

Stormterror attacked Mondstadt, and Lin Bei rescued the unconscious Lumine before pursuing the dragon with help from Barbatos. He shattered one of Dvalin’s Abyss crystals but was stopped by a Wind Barrier at Stormterror’s Lair, where Barbatos said the nearby mechanisms could undo it.

• Stormterror swept Lumine into the storm, and Lin Bei flew after her on his Unedged Sword and carried her to safety with Amber and Paimon.
• Lin Bei pursued Stormterror and spoke with Barbatos, who asked him to shatter the Abyss crystals corrupting Dvalin without harming the dragon.
• Lin Bei bargained with Barbatos for a gift and then used Geo Flying Swords to break one of the Abyss crystals on Dvalin.
• Dvalin passed through a Wind Barrier at Stormterror’s Lair, while Lin Bei’s Flying Sword shattered against it.
• Barbatos told Lin Bei that mechanisms nearby could undo the Wind Barrier and admitted that he had lost much of his power.

Lin Bei defeated an Abyss Electro Mage and its hilichurl forces, then smashed the Wind Barrier protecting Stormterror’s Lair. He entered the ruins and headed for Dvalin, while Barbatos warned him to break the Abyss Crystal without harming the dragon.

• An Abyss Electro Mage sent a group of hilichurls to attack Lin Bei, but Lin Bei killed them with Geo spikes and destroyed the mage with elemental swords.
• Lin Bei asked Barbatos why he had not appeared, and Barbatos said he was traveling from Windrise to Galesong Hill.
• Lin Bei formed a mountain-sized Geo crystal and dropped it onto the Wind Barrier, shattering it.
• Lin Bei entered Stormterror’s Lair and learned from Barbatos that Dvalin had made the central spire his nest.
• Lin Bei sensed Dvalin inside the spire and headed straight for him, leaving the other hilichurls alone.

Lin Bei defeated an Abyss Apostle and four Abyss Mages, then entered Stormterror's Lair to remove the Abyss Crystals corrupting Dvalin. After clearing most of them, he faced the final crystal on Dvalin's neck.

• The Abyss Apostle escaped Lin Bei's Geo attack while the four Abyss Mages were blasted into ash.
• The Abyss Apostle attacked Lin Bei, but Lin Bei overpowered him and killed him with the Unedged Sword.
• Lin Bei spoke with Barbatos, learned that Jean and two travelers were heading to Stormterror's Lair, and urged Barbatos to hurry.
• Lin Bei flew into the tower, dodged Dvalin's attack, and used Geo Flying Swords to destroy most of the Abyss Crystals on Dvalin.
• Lin Bei was left with only the Abyss Crystal on Dvalin's neck to remove.

Lin Bei brought the unconscious Dvalin to Stormterror's Lair, where Lumine purified the remaining Abyss Power and Venti healed the dragon. With Dvalin free of the Abyss's influence, the group prepared to return to Mondstadt on his back.

• Venti led Jean, Lumine, and Paimon to Stormterror's Lair, where Lin Bei arrived atop the unconscious Dvalin.
• Lin Bei told Venti that he had cleared the Abyss Crystals from Dvalin but that some Abyss Power remained inside him.
• Lumine purified the remaining Abyss Power while Venti healed Dvalin, who woke and reconciled with Venti.
• Jean thanked Lin Bei, who warned that the Abyss Order remained active, and she vowed that the Knights of Favonius would investigate it.
• Venti said Dvalin would carry everyone back to Mondstadt, delighting Paimon.

After returning to Mondstadt, Lumine learned from Venti that he had no information about her brother and decided to travel to Liyue to ask Morax. Lin Bei collected his commission payment and led the group to a tavern, while Jean left to handle the Abyss Order.

• Stormterror thanked Venti, said he would wait at Stormterror's Lair, and flew away after the group landed outside Mondstadt.
• Lumine told Jean she was searching for her brother, and Venti said he had no information but suggested asking Morax in Liyue.
• Lin Bei advised Lumine that Liyue was worth visiting but warned that Morax might not have answers, and Lumine resolved to go there.
• Jean confirmed Lin Bei had completed the Knights of Favonius commission, and Lumine registered with the Adventurers' Guild.
• Lin Bei received 300,000 Mora and invited everyone to a tavern, while Jean departed to deal with the Abyss Order.