Chapter Summaries

Lin Qing learned that Sun Shaoping had been a Golden Immortal and that Chen Xi was nearing the same realm, then asked whether they would leave with him. They agreed to go after spending a few days together, while Lin Qing arranged with Heavenmist World to open an Ascension Passage for his talented acquaintances.

• Lin Qing and Sun Shaoping discussed the Immortal Realm, and Sun Shaoping revealed that he had been a Golden Immortal in his previous life.
• Lin Qing asked Chen Xi about her cultivation, and she said she was one step away from becoming a Golden Immortal.
• Lin Qing asked whether Chen Xi and Sun Shaoping would leave with him, and they agreed after Chen Xi mentioned her sisters.
• Lin Qing gave the pair a few days to catch up before they helped him refine his natal magic treasure.
• Lin Qing spoke with Heavenmist World about opening an Ascension Passage for Juechenzi and others so they could avoid the Heavenly Tribulation.

Lin Qing forged his Life-Bound Treasure from Xiaodun the World Tree, a Spatial Stone, and the Yunyan Will, creating a Flying Vessel capable of crossing the Chaotic Sea. With the vessel complete, he prepared to say his final farewells to Eastern Profound and Central Continent.

• Lin Qing learned that Heavenmist World would open the Ascension Passage for his chosen companions, while he planned to leave aboard his own Flying Vessel.
• Sun Shaoping told Lin Qing to call him Yuan Shuo, and Lin Qing brought Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi to a deserted island for the forging.
• Lin Qing branded Xiaodun with his life origin and embedded the shattered Spatial Stone within its trunk to form a spatial formation, following Yuan Shuo's shouted guidance.
• Lin Qing fused the Yunyan Will into Xiaodun's central origin node, completing the Flying Vessel's power source and its Life-Bound Treasure.
• Lin Qing drew the completed treasure into his body and looked toward Eastern Profound and Central Continent, ready to bid them farewell.

Lin Qing said farewell to the people he knew in Heavenmist World, handed Juechenzi control of important treasures and formations, and departed with Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi. They crossed the world’s barrier and emerged into the Chaotic Sea, where Lin Qing saw the many worlds beyond Heavenmist World.

• Lin Qing returned to his birthplace on Azure Sun Mountain, surveyed the places he had known with his Divine Sense, and realized he felt little attachment to them.
• Lin Qing told Tao Tao he was leaving and encouraged her to cultivate at the Cloudrise Immortal Sect in Eastern Profound so they might meet again.
• Lin Qing formally informed Ren Wudi of his departure and urged him not to waste his formidable talent.
• Lin Qing gave Juechenzi control of the two Twelfth Tier grand formations and the Cloud Emergence Secret Realm, then quietly left with Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi.
• Lin Qing activated his natal treasure over the sea, and the Heavenmist Will opened the World Barrier at the end of the compressed passage.
• Lin Qing and his companions emerged into the Chaotic Sea, where he saw countless worlds and choked on the chaotic air.

Lin Qing and the others navigated through the Chaotic Sea, but a Heavenly Tribulation appeared as soon as they entered it. After they separated, the tribulation targeted Lin Qing.

• Lin Qing tested the Chaos aura inside the World Tree's barrier and used a modified compass to find the direction of the universe.
• A passage opened above them, revealing a Heavenly Tribulation, and Yuan Shuo questioned whether Xiaodun had already undergone one.
• Xiaodun confirmed that it had been struck by a previous tribulation, while Lin Qing and Yuan Shuo realized the Great Dao might have been unable to target it before.
• Lin Qing said they needed to separate because only the tribulation's target could endure it, and Chen Xi stayed with Yuan Shuo.
• Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi, Lin Qing, and Lin Qing's natal artifact split into three groups, and the Heavenly Tribulation descended on Lin Qing.

Lin Qing underwent a Heavenly Tribulation in the Chaotic Sea, enduring nine bolts before his body was destroyed and then reformed. He survived with a new body and an appearance matching his previous life.

• Yuan Shuo explained to Chen Xi that the Great Dao had overlooked Lin Qing while he remained in Heavenmist World, but targeted him after he entered the Chaotic Sea and absorbed chaotic aura.
• Lin Qing endured the Tribulation Lightning, using the attacks to comprehend Thunder and Destruction Wills as each bolt damaged his body.
• The ninth bolt reduced Lin Qing to ash, and Yuan Shuo feared he had failed the tribulation.
• Chen Xi pointed out that Xiaodun, Lin Qing's natal magic treasure, still existed, and a new body formed where Lin Qing had vanished.
• Yuan Shuo gave Lin Qing clothes and helped him back onto Xiaodun's platform, where Chen Xi noticed his short hair and changed appearance matched his previous life.

After the tribulation, Lin Qing discovered that his talents had fused into Supreme Profound Return to Origin and that his breakthrough was much closer. While traveling with Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi, the group sensed a world ahead that was advancing into the Heavenly Dao.

• Lin Qing checked his system panel and saw that he was 320 days from breaking through, with Thunder Will and Destruction Will complete.
• After a month of resting, Lin Qing asked Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi for Eleventh-Tier crafting materials, and they gave him a Storage Ring filled with supplies.
• Lin Qing and Chen Xi sensed something ahead, and Xiaodun stopped the vessel.
• Cloud Derivation told Lin Qing that the nearby world was about the same as the current Heavenmist World and was advancing into the Heavenly Dao.

Lin Qing, Yuan Shuo, and Chen Xi were pulled into an unfamiliar world and visited a coastal city to gather information while keeping their strength concealed. Lin Qing sensed that the world felt unreal, and their exploration ended with Wang Teng challenging Yuan Shuo.

• A fast-moving World Barrier drew Lin Qing and his companions into an unknown dust world, where they landed unnoticed along the coast.
• Lin Qing recalled Xiaodun and led Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi toward a human settlement, where they disguised their strength as newly arrived Divine Realm cultivators.
• As the three explored the coastal city and gathered information, Lin Qing warned them that something about the world felt wrong.
• Wang Teng approached Chen Xi and insulted Yuan Shuo, prompting the three to laugh at his boast.
• Wang Teng pointed at Yuan Shuo and demanded that he survive one of his moves to earn a chance at survival.

Yuan Shuo defeated Wang Teng in a street fight, but Wang Teng then transformed into a giant black wolf, revealing an alarming unknown power. Yuan Shuo urged Lin Qing and Chen Xi to withdraw, while Wang Teng called for his father as an expert’s Divine Sense Mark appeared.

• Yuan Shuo blocked Wang Teng’s Wind Condensation attack and countered with ice spikes and a torrent of spiritual power, knocking him down.
• A Divine Sense Pressure immobilized Wang Teng’s guards when one tried to interfere.
• Wang Teng transformed into a massive black wolf, alarming Lin Qing, Yuan Shuo, and Chen Xi.
• Yuan Shuo warned Lin Qing that the transformation suggested an unknown danger, so Lin Qing took Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi and started to leave.
• Wang Teng realized his guards were immobilized and roared for his father as a Divine Sense Mark emerged from his body.

Lin Qing killed Wang Teng after defeating the Divine Sense Avatar of Wang Teng’s father, Wang Xiao, and left with Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi. Wang Xiao confirmed his son’s death and summoned the Wang Lineage’s elders to plan their response.

• Wang Teng’s father sent his Divine Sense Avatar to attack Lin Qing’s group, but Lin Qing scattered his spiritual-energy hand with a wave.
• Wang Xiao’s Divine Sense Avatar tried to shield Wang Teng and urged him to flee, but Lin Qing’s attack crushed the Avatar.
• Lin Qing pulled Wang Teng toward him and killed him, while the guards and onlookers watched in silence.
• Lin Qing flew away with Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi as the crowd anticipated a storm across the continent.
• Wang Xiao checked the Wang Lineage’s ancestral hall, saw Wang Teng’s soul lamp extinguished, and summoned the elders to the main hall.

Lin Qing, Chen Xi, and Yuan Shuo decided to seek the World Origin so they could leave, while a strange demonic beast phantom frightened the World Origin. Meanwhile, Wang Xiao asked the leaders of two other great Lineages for help after revealing that Lin Qing had defeated his unusually powerful Divine Sense Avatar and might be an outsider.

• Lin Qing, Chen Xi, and Yuan Shuo evaded pursuit, learned that the Wang Lineage had spread wanted notices across the city, and decided to find the World Origin and negotiate their departure.
• Lin Qing used Cloud Derivation to locate the World Origin, which watched the outsiders approach and felt relieved that they intended to leave.
• The World Origin remained fearful of a Tenth-Tier Peak demonic beast phantom whose body changed size dramatically with each breath.
• Wang Xiao contacted Old Sheep and Old Bear, saying Lin Qing had suppressed his powerful Divine Sense Avatar with a single move.
• Wang Xiao told Old Sheep and Old Bear that Lin Qing's power was pure and contained none of the lord's power, leading him to suspect that Lin Qing came from another world.

Lin Qing, Chen Xi, and Yuan Shuo disguised themselves and fled the city by teleportation while Wang Xiao’s report prompted the great Lineages to hunt for them. Their journey continued under constant scrutiny, revealing how widely the wanted notices had spread.

• Wang Xiao told Old Sheep and Old Bear that he had sensed the criminals, and they agreed to have their Lineages hunt them down.
• Old Sheep and Old Bear refused to inform the mysterious lord, leaving Wang Xiao to decide against contacting it.
• Lin Qing and the others traveled to the city’s Teleportation Array, where Lin Qing pretended they were frightened Rogue Cultivators fleeing the wanted criminals.
• A squad led by a middle-aged cultivator questioned them, but the leader let them go because he feared the criminals and did not want to find them.
• Lin Qing, Chen Xi, and Yuan Shuo escaped by teleportation and later evaded repeated questioning as people scrutinized them along the way.
• Chen Xi complained that people seemed to be watching them, and Lin Qing and Yuan Shuo suspected the great Lineages’ influence was behind it.

Lin Qing, Chen Xi, and Yuan Shuo accidentally entered the Wang Lineage’s main city, where Wang Xiao detected them and sealed the city’s Teleportation Arrays. Lin Qing revealed himself and prepared to fight as Wang Xiao arrived, furious over his son’s death.

• Lin Qing, Chen Xi, and Yuan Shuo traveled separately but remained close, then unknowingly arrived in the city housing the Wang Lineage’s main base.
• Lin Qing and Chen Xi sensed powerful cultivators nearby, including Wang Xiao, and the group continued toward the Teleportation Array on the city’s western side.
• A Late-Eleventh Tier cultivator announced that the Teleportation Arrays were sealed and ordered everyone to be on guard for the three fugitives.
• Lin Qing told Chen Xi to handle the Eleventh Tier cultivators while he faced the Divine Lord, and Yuan Shuo prepared array disks to protect himself.
• Lin Qing revealed his true face, prompting ordinary cultivators to flee as Wang Lineage forces gathered around the group.
• Wang Xiao descended before Lin Qing, recalled his son Wang Teng’s death, and vowed to kill him.

After his Heavenly Tribulation, Lin Qing revealed that his power had grown enough to overwhelm Wang Xiao, who had challenged him to avenge his son. Lin Qing captured Wang Xiao and carried him toward the city’s edge, where he discovered chained human slaves whose presence carried an aura of reality.

• Lin Qing explained that his Thunder Will and Destruction Will had reached perfection and manifested a Dharma Aspect 250,000 zhang tall.
• Wang Xiao formed a gigantic wolf Dharma Image and charged Lin Qing, but Lin Qing evaded his attacks and seized him by the nape.
• Wang Xiao yelped as Lin Qing lifted him, drawing suppressed laughter from the city and from Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi.
• Lin Qing carried Wang Xiao toward the city’s edge to avoid harming the inhabitants.
• Lin Qing’s Divine Sense reached a valley and detected chained human slaves with a long-lost aura of reality.

Lin Qing stopped pursuing Wang Xiao after sensing something real in a distant valley and decided to investigate with Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi. Wang Xiao used a Divine Sense shielding formation to secretly bring Old Sheep and Old Bear to the valley, intending to join forces against Lin Qing.

• Wang Xiao broke free from Lin Qing and fled, while Lin Qing let him go after noticing a valley where he sensed something real.
• Lin Qing told Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi what he had sensed, and the three decided to fly toward the valley.
• Wang Xiao recognized the valley as a place controlled by powerful factions and resolved to lure Lin Qing there.
• Wang Xiao activated a Divine Sense shielding Formation Disk and told Old Sheep and Old Bear to wait for his signal.
• Wang Xiao reached a Teleportation Array, expanded the formation around it, and summoned Old Sheep and Old Bear to travel with him to the valley.

Lin Qing’s group reached the valley, where he killed a Wang Lineage guard and confronted the enslaved people while Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi examined the hidden formation. The slaves begged Lin Qing for help, and an elderly man asked whether he was human.

• Wang Xiao met Old Sheep and Old Bear, and the three pursued Lin Qing’s group under a Divine Sense Shielding Formation.
• Lin Qing’s group arrived at the valley, where Lin Qing seized and crushed an Eleventh-Tier Wang Lineage cultivator who challenged them.
• Yuan Shuo detected a hidden formation and entered the valley with Chen Xi’s Divine Sense shielding spell while Lin Qing descended among the slaves.
• The slaves begged Lin Qing to save them, and Lin Qing demanded a reason before an elderly man asked if he was human.

Lin Qing discovered that the world was ruled by demonic beasts disguised as humans, while the human slaves below begged him for help. He questioned Wang Xiao about why the beasts wanted to become human, and Wang Xiao revealed that they believed humans were especially suited to cultivation.

• Lin Qing summoned his Dharma Aspect as Wang Xiao and two other Divine Lords approached, leaving the enslaved humans below.
• The old man recognized the three newcomers as Divine Lords and cried out to Lin Qing that they were not human.
• Lin Qing realized the world was ruled by demonic beasts whose human disguises concealed their bloodlines.
• Yuan Shuo warned Lin Qing that the beasts’ transformation methods suggested a hidden force behind them, but Lin Qing chose to see how events unfolded.
• Lin Qing asked Wang Xiao why the beasts wanted to become human, and Wang Xiao said they believed humans were among the species most suited to cultivation.

Yuan Shuo activated the modified Twelfth-Tier Formation in the valley and used its spiritual power cannon to attack Wang Xiao's group. The battle was interrupted when a gigantic eye appeared in the sky, leaving the fighters under its scrutiny.

• Wang Xiao tried to activate the valley's original formation controller, but Yuan Shuo's modifications had rendered it useless.
• Yuan Shuo activated the modified Twelfth-Tier offensive formation, which formed a semi-transparent cannon above the valley.
• Wang Xiao, Old Sheep, and Old Bear completed their Dharma Images and dodged Yuan Shuo's first cannon blast.
• Old Sheep warned Old Wolf and Old Bear that the outsiders were dangerous, and Wang Xiao used a mist-like item to contact their mysterious lord.
• Old Bear spotted Yuan Shuo's second blast, but it struck Wang Xiao's left forelimb and blasted it off.
• A pupil hundreds of li wide appeared in the sky and surveyed the valley.

A mysterious demonic beast orders Wang Xiao to keep Lin Qing and the others in place, then appears and questions Lin Qing about his true form. It challenges him to a fight, and their first punch ends in a draw.

• A cloud-mist eye identifies Lin Qing and orders Wang Xiao to keep him and his companions there.
• Lin Qing chooses to stay, while Yuan Shuo continues attacking Wang Xiao's group through the formation.
• After Yuan Shuo stops, the mysterious demonic beast appears, revealing a shifting mist-like body and Tenth Tier cultivation.
• The demonic beast asks Lin Qing whether he has his eye on the world and what his true form is, then challenges him when he does not answer.
• Lin Qing and the demonic beast exchange punches and are both sent flying, ending their first collision in a draw.

Lin Qing fought Ming, a powerful mysterious being whose strength matched his despite being a minor realm higher, and the two remained evenly matched through a prolonged battle. They stopped to talk over tea, and Lin Qing asked whether Ming had taught the demonic beasts to transform into humans.

• Lin Qing and Ming exchanged blows and discovered their strength was nearly equal.
• Ming adapted his power-fusing method and fought Lin Qing in human form across a vast territory.
• Lin Qing and Ming battled with bare hands, weapons, and wills for two shichen without either defeating the other.
• Ming suggested they stop and talk, and Lin Qing agreed, bringing Yuan Shuo and another person with him.
• Ming served tea on a mountaintop, and Lin Qing asked whether Ming had taught the demonic beasts to transform into humans.

Ming revealed that Lin Qing had once been something other than human, then used a Divine Ability to restrain him and tear out his heart, claiming they were the same kind and should devour one another. Lin Qing broke free as Ming prepared to eat the heart, leaving the two evenly matched opponents poised to fight.

• Ming recognized Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi as reincarnated immortals and asked whether Lin Qing stood with humanity.
• Ming told Lin Qing that he was human now and declared that they were the same kind.
• Ming attacked Lin Qing with a Divine Ability, immobilizing him and blasting Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi away.
• Ming plunged his hand into Lin Qing's chest, tore out his heart, and said beings like them had to devour one another.
• Lin Qing broke free from the restraint and confronted Ming after he raised the heart to eat it.