Chapter Summaries

Lin Qing discovered that the intelligent giant tree had been alone for fifty thousand years and named it Xiaodun. He persuaded Xiaodun to leave with him and prepared to use a gentle contract so it could stay inside his body, but his weapons could not cut his finger to strengthen the technique.

• Lin Qing touched the giant tree and heard a childlike voice ask who he was.
• Lin Qing introduced himself and named the tree Xiaodun, which rejoiced at having a name.
• Lin Qing told Xiaodun about loneliness and offered to take it beyond the region, and Xiaodun eagerly agreed.
• Lin Qing chose to use a gentle, friendship-like contract rather than force Xiaodun into becoming a Life-Bound Treasure.
• Lin Qing tried to cut his finger with an Eighth Tier Spirit Armament, but it shattered, and his Ninth Tier longsword also struck his finger with a clang.

Lin Qing completed a contract with Xiaodun, triggering a Heavenly Tribulation that did not lock onto him. He used the thunderclouds to comprehend Thunder Will and Destruction Will, then set out with Xiaodun to explore the secret realm and find an exit.

• Lin Qing completed a contract with Xiaodun, who entered his dantian as the Heavenly Tribulation stirred overhead.
• Lin Qing teleported away from the core region but remained inside the underground space, and he realized the Heavenly Tribulation had not locked onto him.
• Lin Qing observed the thunderclouds for two hours and gained proficiency in Thunder Will and Destruction Will.
• Lin Qing told Xiaodun he would show it the outside world, then returned to the core region to collect the four stone statues of Wind Forest Fire Mountain.
• Lin Qing searched along the stone wall for an exit and spotted two familiar figures in the distance.

Lin Qing found more stone chambers in the forbidden land and collected their statues while guiding Tao Tao and the poisoned Ren Wudi through its passages. The three escaped together, and Lin Qing received a call on his Communication Token just as he was about to leave.

• Lin Qing met Tao Tao and Ren Wudi at a smooth stone wall and learned that Ren Wudi had entered through a long pool passage and been badly poisoned.
• Lin Qing used the Dao Child Token to open the stone wall, controlled the statues in a chamber, and stored them in his Storage Ring.
• Tao Tao and Ren Wudi chose to follow Lin Qing as he searched the surrounding passages and collected statues from three more chambers.
• Lin Qing led the two through the shifting, trap-filled passages, and they eventually found their way out of the forbidden land.
• Ren Wudi treated his poisoned legs after they emerged, and Lin Qing's Communication Token rang as he prepared to leave alone.

Lin Qing reunited with Ling Shu and the others, then used his Dao Child Token to open the Kunxu Immortal Sect’s Merit Exchange Office. The group entered the stocked chamber and began looking over its preserved items.

• Ling Shu contacted Lin Qing and asked him to visit the special place she and the others had found.
• Mu Yao told Lin Qing that the group had escaped trouble without casualties, and that Yang Jingchuan and Li Yaqing had rescued her, Ling Shu, and Xue Ling from Peak Eighth Tier experts.
• Ling Shu showed Lin Qing the human-made valley and revealed a treasure vault marked Merit Exchange Office.
• Lin Qing raised his Dao Child Token, which opened the stone doors to the vault.
• Lin Qing led the group into a chamber filled with shelves and items, then told everyone to take what they wanted.

Lin Qing found that the compass from the Merit Exchange Office pointed toward the secret realm’s World Origin. Rather than take it and risk collapsing the secret realm, he decided to try moving the entire realm back to Eastern Profound.

• Lin Qing gave the Dao Child Token to Ling Shu and told her, Mu Yao, and Xue Ling to explore together while he headed for the sect gate.
• On his Flying Vessel, Lin Qing planned to upgrade Yaoshuang’s teleportation formations and began sorting through his materials.
• Lin Qing noticed the compass pointing in a fixed direction, put on Yaoshuang, and returned to the area above the Merit Exchange Office.
• The compass pointed underground, and Lin Qing used Earth Escape to find the secret realm’s World Origin.
• Lin Qing decided not to take the World Origin and instead considered moving the entire secret realm back to Eastern Profound.

Lin Qing cultivated before the Kunxu Secret Realm’s World Origin until his five-element will could suppress it, then persuaded the conscious World Will to leave with him. Outside, Ling Shu and the disciples of the three sects gathered resources and eliminated the Darknight Demon Court’s remaining disciples.

• Lin Qing studied the Kunxu Secret Realm’s World Origin for half a month to strengthen his five-element will.
• Ling Shu gathered the three sects’ disciples, who explored resource-rich locations and killed the Darknight Demon Court’s remaining disciples in the Central Continent.
• Ren Wudi met the group, learned they were Lin Qing’s people, and gave Ling Shu a communication jade slip for Lin Qing.
• Lin Qing’s five-element will reached the World Origin’s level, and his progress reached 731/1000.
• Lin Qing used Burning the Boats to suppress the World Origin after a day-long struggle.
• The World Will initially resisted leaving, but agreed after Lin Qing explained that he wanted to compensate someone for a damaged secret realm and that his enemies might enter the Kunxu Secret Realm.

Lin Qing subdued the Secret Realm’s World Will, named it Cloud Emergence, and learned that he could communicate with the outside world before the exit opened. With that new option, he changed his escape plan and prepared to contact Old Turtle so the group could face the powerful forces waiting outside.

• The Secret Realm’s World Will willingly entered Lin Qing’s body, and Lin Qing named it Cloud Emergence.
• Xiaodun greeted Cloud Emergence, which taught it about the outside world and recognized the World Origin Lin Qing had obtained earlier.
• Lin Qing returned to the surface and finished modifying Yaoshuang, giving it a matte gray appearance and increasing its targeted teleportation range to five million li.
• Cloud Emergence told Lin Qing the exit would open in at least ten days and confirmed that it remained at the mountain gate.
• Lin Qing learned Cloud Emergence could open an information channel, abandoned his plan to rely on a temporary seal, and took out Old Turtle’s shell to contact him.

Lin Qing enlisted Old Turtle to escort people from the Kunxu Secret Realm and ordered the cultivators inside to reach the mountain gate before it closed. After spreading the warning throughout the secret realm, he returned to his flying boat to cultivate and wait for the exit to open.

• Lin Qing persuaded Old Turtle to come to the secret realm after ten days and help escort his people away, offering it a piece of World Origin.
• Lin Qing found a group of super-force disciples hiding in a mine tunnel and told them to contact everyone they could reach.
• Lin Qing warned the cultivators that they had to reach the mountain gate within ten days or remain trapped in the secret realm.
• Lin Qing traveled around the secret realm to spread his expulsion order, then returned to his flying boat and cultivated while waiting for the exit to open.

Lin Qing gathered the cultivators at the sect gate, then opened the Kunxu Secret Realm’s exit after arranging protection with Old Turtle. He brought the three sects’ disciples and Li Yaqing’s group out, but an Eleventh-Tier mighty expert soon demanded that he come along.

• Cultivators gathered at the sect gate, where disputes turned into battles and a martial arts tournament as they waited for Lin Qing.
• Ling Shu asked what would happen after they left, and Lin Qing reassured everyone that he had made arrangements to protect them.
• Lin Qing confirmed with Old Turtle that he had arrived, then asked Cloud Emergence to open the exit once the secret realm stabilized.
• Lin Qing fused the World Origin into the ground, prompting informed cultivators to realize he had subdued the Kunxu Secret Realm, and gave everyone an hour to leave.
• Lin Qing led the three sects’ disciples and Li Yaqing’s group out, then told Yun Feng and Fei Luo that an Eleventh-Tier mighty expert might attack.
• After the remaining cultivators emerged, a mighty expert’s voice ordered Lin Qing to come with them.

Lin Qing refused the mighty cultivators who wanted to take him, and an ancient giant turtle intervened before they could seize him. The chapter ended with the turtle revealing itself and declaring that Lin Qing could not go with them.

• Yun Feng and Fei Luo stepped in front of Lin Qing, but Lin Qing reassured them and moved them aside.
• Lin Qing seized a jeering Ninth Tier cultivator and killed him, along with his Primordial Spirit.
• The mighty cultivators argued over who would take Lin Qing, then agreed to study him together; Lin Qing refused to go.
• A mighty cultivator reached down to seize Lin Qing, but an unseen force shattered the giant hand.
• The earth and sky convulsed as a giant turtle appeared above the cultivators and said Lin Qing could not go with them.

Lin Qing evacuated most cultivators from the Kunxu Secret Realm and escaped with the Old Turtle after it sensed other God Venerables approaching. The newcomers arrived too late to find them, but learned that a peerless genius in his twenties had reached the Divine Realm.

• The Old Turtle forced the five great powers' mighty figures and other cultivators to flee, while Fei Luo considered an alliance with Lin Qing.
• The Old Turtle warned Lin Qing that other powerhouses were nearby, and hidden figures in the five super-powers' headquarters sensed the Old Turtle's presence.
• Lin Qing ordered Cloud Emergence to close the secret realm exit early, and most cultivators escaped before the realm became a sphere in his hand.
• The Old Turtle carried Lin Qing, Yun Feng, Fei Luo, and the others away under concealment, assuring them that no one could find him when he hid.
• Five figures appeared at the abandoned site, discovered the Kunxu Secret Realm was gone, and heard that a Divine Realm genius in his twenties had emerged.

Lin Qing asked Old Turtle to protect the Eastern Profound while he continued drawing the Central Continent’s forces away from it. Old Turtle agreed and began teaching Lin Qing Life Intent so he could conceal his Divine Soul fluctuations, then brought the three sects to the coast, where God Venerables from the five super forces were waiting.

• Lin Qing showed Old Turtle the World Origin and asked him to protect the Eastern Profound while Lin Qing stayed away to draw the enemy’s attention.
• Old Turtle agreed to guard the Eastern Profound and said another powerful being in the ocean could help.
• Old Turtle explained that Life Intent could alter Divine Soul fluctuations, and Lin Qing asked him to teach it.
• After one day, Old Turtle brought the three sects to the Central Continent’s coastline, where God Venerables from the five super forces approached.

Old Turtle protected Ling Shu and the other disciples from five God Venerables, then carried them to Eastern Profound with help from Little Eight. As news of Lin Qing spread across Eastern Profound, Lin Qing disguised himself and entered a small city in the Central Continent.

• Old Turtle told the five God Venerables that Lin Qing had already left, and Yun Nian cried and blamed him for leaving alone again.
• The five God Venerables considered taking the disciples, but Old Turtle warned them not to target the people in its care.
• Little Eight surfaced and stood with Old Turtle, prompting the five God Venerables to abandon the confrontation and fly toward the Central Continent.
• Little Eight learned that Old Turtle was escorting the disciples to Eastern Profound and offered to remain in the nearby sea to help.
• Old Turtle carried the disciples to Eastern Profound in three days, then settled near the Cloudrise Immortal Sect as a giant island.
• Information about Lin Qing spread through Eastern Profound, while Lin Qing disguised himself as a swordsman and entered a small city in the Central Continent.

In disguise, Lin Qing traveled toward a larger city to seek cultivation resources and a suitable place to settle. Sun Shaoping contacted him and offered a high-tier formation that he said would protect the Cloudrise Immortal Sect from Twelfth-Tier enemies if Lin Qing gathered the materials.

• Lin Qing listened to tavern rumors about the Kunxu Secret Realm, including that he had reached the Divine Realm and that Qiyue had survived.
• Lin Qing decided to seek admission to the Late Smoke Spirit Palace and boarded a Flying Vessel to a larger city.
• Sun Shaoping contacted Lin Qing and offered to help protect the Eastern Profound and Cloudrise Immortal Sect.
• Sun Shaoping promised that his formation would keep Twelfth-Tier enemies from harming the Cloudrise Immortal Sect if Lin Qing gathered its materials.

Lin Qing traveled toward Late Smoke Spirit Palace while gathering materials for Sun Shaoping’s formation and learning that the Central Continent superpowers were hunting him. At the mountain gate, he registered for an examination under the name Xie Chen and was told his claimed age and cultivation could earn him a Direct Disciple Token; the examiner who arrived was Tao Tao.

• Lin Qing reached a larger city, learned of the manhunt and ranking changes, and heard that Li Yaqing’s family had relocated to escape danger.
• Lin Qing visited merchant associations, sold pills and other materials, and searched for the supplies needed for Sun Shaoping’s formation.
• Lin Qing traveled by Teleportation Array to the vicinity of Late Smoke Spirit Palace and reviewed the superpowers’ age and cultivation standards for prospective disciples.
• Lin Qing registered as Xie Chen, claiming to be one hundred and five years old and at Early Eighth Tier, and an inner sect disciple said he might qualify for a Direct Disciple Token.
• An exceptionally beautiful female cultivator arrived to conduct Lin Qing’s examination, and he recognized her as Tao Tao.

Lin Qing passed the Late Smoke Spirit Palace’s entrance examinations and accepted an offer to become the personal disciple of Tao Tao’s master, a Divine Realm expert. Tao Tao took him to meet her master at the top of a volcano.

• Tao Tao arrived to supervise the examination and select a junior disciple for her master.
• Lin Qing passed the strength test by displaying Early Eighth Tier spiritual power and earned a standard score on the character test.
• Lin Qing used Life Intent to fool the bone-age artifact, which recorded his age as between one hundred and one hundred ten.
• Tao Tao gave Lin Qing a personal disciple token and asked him to enter her master’s tutelage.
• Lin Qing accepted Tao Tao’s offer and followed her through the sect to the top of a volcano.

Lin Qing, posing as Xie Chen, met his new master Jin Wan and joined her sect branch. At a banquet celebrating the return of Jin Wan’s grandmaster-aunt, Lin Qing sensed that the woman in red was a Divine Venerable, and she asked who he was.

• Tao Tao brought Lin Qing to meet Jin Wan, who accepted him as her sixth disciple after learning his name and age.
• Jin Wan told Tao Tao to arrange a banquet because her grandmaster-aunt had emerged from seclusion.
• Tao Tao gave Lin Qing the keys to his room and a Voice Transmission Token before leaving to prepare for the banquet.
• Lin Qing attended the banquet, introduced himself as Xie Chen, and greeted Jin Wan’s martial siblings and their disciples.
• A woman in red arrived, and Lin Qing’s Ultimate Intent warned him that she was a Divine Venerable.
• The woman in red took the seat of honor, looked at Lin Qing, and asked who he was.

At a banquet, Manzhu learned about Lin Qing and warned her disciples not to provoke him, then helped Tao Tao break through to the Divine Realm. The chapter ended with Manzhu calling Lin Qing forward.

• Jin Wan introduced Lin Qing to Manzhu as her newly accepted disciple, and Manzhu asked how Yan Feng had died.
• Tao Tao explained that Yan Feng had died protecting her in the Kunxu Forbidden Land and defended Lin Qing when Manzhu asked about him.
• Tao Tao described Lin Qing's talent, strength, and conduct, and Manzhu warned her Eighth and Ninth Tier disciples not to provoke him.
• Manzhu tested her disciples' cultivation and helped Tao Tao break through to the Divine Realm.
• After Tao Tao's breakthrough, Manzhu called Lin Qing forward.

After surviving a banquet in Manzhu’s presence, Lin Qing arranged to open a small artifact shop in the Late Smoke Spirit Palace to earn contribution points and leave the volcanic palace. Tao Tao found a storefront, and Lin Qing went to inspect it.

• Manzhu gave Lin Qing a Tenth Tier Spirit-Gathering Formation Disk after assessing him as an Early Eighth Tier cultivator.
• Lin Qing toured the Late Smoke Spirit Palace with Tao Tao, then asked how to open a shop and explained that he had learned artifact refining as a rogue cultivator.
• Lin Qing asked Tao Tao to find a small storefront, planning to sell higher-tier Spirit Artifacts to sect cultivators.
• Lin Qing recruited the inner sect disciple Si Xing to manage the shop and told him to finish his duties before joining.
• Tao Tao returned the next day and called Lin Qing to come see the shop she had arranged.

Lin Qing opened Creek Forge at Narrow Creek Market, cultivated his Ninth-Tier art in seclusion, and discovered his breakthrough to the Tenth Tier would take only two years. As he left seclusion to handle the shop’s orders, Ling Shu reported that something had happened to Li Yaqing’s Lineage.

• Tao Tao showed Lin Qing a shop in Narrow Creek Market that she and his other senior brothers had bought for him as a welcome gift.
• Lin Qing named the shop Creek Forge, reforged his weapons to perfect quality, and instructed Si Xing to sell them, buy contribution points, and take custom orders while he cultivated in seclusion.
• Lin Qing’s weapons earned a strong reputation among Late Smoke Spirit Palace’s high-ranking disciples while he perfected his Ninth-Tier cultivation art.
• Lin Qing discovered that his system predicted only two years until he could break through to the Tenth Tier, which he attributed to his Selfless Oblivion talent.
• Ling Shu contacted Lin Qing as he left the cultivation room and told him that something had happened to Li Yaqing’s Lineage.