Chapter Summaries

Lin Qing used Burning the Boats to overpower Ming after Ming tore out his heart, but his Soul Search Technique failed against Ming’s strengthened Primordial Spirit. After Ming vanished and left behind his eyes, Lin Qing swallowed them and began acquiring their power.

• Lin Qing activated Burning the Boats and seized Ming by the head, turning the fight against him.
• Lin Qing attempted to search Ming’s soul, but the technique failed and caused him minor backlash.
• Lin Qing reclaimed his heart and used his power to destroy Ming, who vanished while promising they would meet again.
• Lin Qing pressed his heart back into his chest and swallowed Ming’s two remaining eyeballs.
• Golden beams erupted from Lin Qing’s eyes, striking the ground and killing some distant spectators as he fused with Ming’s eyes.

After defeating Ming, Lin Qing discovered that his new ability let him see True Spirits within others, then questioned Wang Xiao and the remaining demon beasts about the valley. He learned that Old Bear and the others had helped create similar places, and ordered that they be given a chance to survive.

• Lin Qing recovered from his wound and used his new ability to see figures inside Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi that appeared to be their past-life forms.
• Yuan Shuo explained that Lin Qing had likely seen True Spirits and described how they changed through reincarnation; Lin Qing could see no True Spirit within himself.
• Lin Qing summoned Wang Xiao and the others, and they knelt to beg for their lives.
• Lin Qing killed Wang Xiao, then asked whether the others had been involved with the valley.
• Old Bear admitted that they had helped and that similar places existed where they came from, so Lin Qing ordered them to be given a place to survive.

After saving the humans and arranging a protected haven, Lin Qing and his companions left the world with the World Will’s help. As they sailed through the Chaotic Sea toward their destination, Lin Qing saw through the chaos and spotted a vast living creature devour a world.

• Lin Qing arranged for Old Sheep and Old Bear to provide resources and help establish a refuge for the surviving humans.
• Lin Qing and Yuan Shuo guided the humans to an island and set up an array that allowed only those of pure human bloodline to enter and leave.
• The World Will thanked Lin Qing for killing Ming and agreed to open the World Barrier for them.
• Lin Qing and his companions left through the World Barrier aboard Xiaodun and set their course using the compass.
• Lin Qing saw worlds across the Chaotic Sea and spotted a living creature devouring a dust-sized world.

Lin Qing spotted a colossal creature in the Chaotic Sea that noticed him before drifting off to rest. As Lin Qing, Yuan Shuo, and Chen Xi continued toward the universe, they cultivated for a year and each advanced in strength.

• Lin Qing saw a massive creature devour a world, and its gaze fixed on him until it dismissed him as too weak to matter.
• Lin Qing concealed what he had seen from Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi, then calculated that their journey to the universe's World Barrier would take about another year.
• The three began secluded cultivation while Lin Qing practiced his arts and watched their route, steering Xiaodun clear of drifting worlds.
• During the year of travel, Yuan Shuo reached the Seventh Tier, Chen Xi advanced to the Twelfth Tier, and Lin Qing greatly improved his arts and realm.

Lin Qing and his companions reached the World Barrier, where the Heavenly Dao appeared and refused to let Lin Qing enter its world. The Heavenly Dao questioned why Lin Qing had sought out this universe, prompting him to recall the creature he had seen in the Chaotic Sea.

• Lin Qing completed his Eleventh-Tier breakthrough and perfected the Eleventh-Tier Cultivation Art while traveling toward the World Barrier.
• Lin Qing realized Xiaodun had accelerated, took control, and slowed it just before they reached the World Barrier.
• Lin Qing, Yuan Shuo, and Chen Xi met the gray-robed Heavenly Dao, who asked why they had come.
• The Heavenly Dao said Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi could enter the world, but Lin Qing could not.
• Lin Qing demanded a reason, and the Heavenly Dao asked why he had sought out this world instead of nearby small worlds.
• Lin Qing recalled the creature he had seen in the Chaotic Sea.

Lin Qing entered the universe with Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi after Heavenly Dao recognized him and opened the World Barrier. Unable to locate Blue Star or reach it with his current strength, Lin Qing decided to leave the field of shattered rocks and seek a powerful faction or a way to travel across star domains.

• Lin Qing insisted that his home was in Heavenly Dao's world, and Heavenly Dao examined him before recognizing him and opening a gap in the World Barrier.
• Lin Qing reassured Chen Xi and Yuan Shuo that he would not harm them, then explained that he had transmigrated from the world before theirs.
• Lin Qing, Yuan Shuo, and Chen Xi crossed the World Barrier and entered the universe aboard Xiaodun.
• Lin Qing called out to a senior for help finding Blue Star, but received no answer and admitted he did not know where to go.
• Lin Qing realized that finding Blue Star would not be enough without greater strength or a way to travel, and proposed leaving the field of shattered rocks first.

After a month lost among vast fields of rubble, Lin Qing detected a spaceship and led Chen Xi and Xiaodun toward it to ask for directions. The Deep Space Blade Team detected them too, and its captain ordered the ship closer while the twelve-person crew prepared to meet them.

• Lin Qing spotted a spaceship behind a giant piece of rubble and boarded Chen Xi's Flying Vessel with Chen Xi and Xiaodun.
• Lin Qing's group approached the spaceship, unaware that its technology had detected them earlier.
• A woman reported the approaching Divine Sense to the blonde captain and suggested the strangers were probably not Immortal Realm cultivators.
• The blonde captain ordered the spaceship closer and warned the crew that someone was coming to cause trouble.
• The twelve members of the Deep Space Bladebearer Squad assembled in their silver-white combat suits.

Lin Qing's group encountered the powerful Deep-Space Bladebearer Squad, whose members mistook them for newcomers from a small world and considered recruiting them to their academy. The chapter ended with Lin Qing asking the squad for directions.

• Lin Qing warned Chen Xi that a powerful group was approaching, and Chen Xi slowed their Flying Vessel.
• The two groups came into view, and the Deep-Space Bladebearer Squad identified the three newcomers' cultivation levels.
• The squad's captain and members discussed the newcomers' origins and whether to bring them to the academy.
• The gloomy long-haired man asked Lin Qing's group why they had approached, and Lin Qing replied that they had just arrived and wanted directions.

Lin Qing's group encountered Deep-Space Blade, whose members debated the source of his powerful divine sense before one man insulted Chen Xi. The two groups stopped in space to fight, with Chen Xi facing the gloomy man and Lin Qing positioning himself to prevent the rest of the squad from intervening.

• Deep-Space Blade members speculated that Lin Qing's powerful divine sense came from a special method or that he was an Immortal Reincarnation.
• The gloomy man sent Chen Xi a lewd Voice Transmission, and the tall woman rebuked him while the blond captain refused to apologize.
• Lin Qing's group increased their approach speed, and the blond captain ordered the divine-sense jammer reactivated before assigning the gloomy man to handle them.
• The gloomy man summoned his green dagger and went out to meet Chen Xi after both ships stopped with space between them.
• Chen Xi confronted the gloomy man while Lin Qing positioned himself outside the Deep-Space Blade spaceship to block the others if they intervened.

Lin Qing confronted Deep-Space Blade while Chen Xi fought its gloomy assassin, and the squad learned that Lin Qing was far stronger than they had assumed. Chen Xi and the assassin summoned their Dharma Images, and the chapter left her poised to face his concealed attack.

• A Mid-Twelfth Tier member of Deep-Space Blade approached Lin Qing, who seized him and smashed him through the spacecraft's viewport, breaking his bones.
• Lin Qing entered the control room and faced the squad, while the blond captain ordered the others to watch the battle.
• Chen Xi and the gloomy man exchanged probing attacks before summoning their enormous Dharma Images.
• The gloomy man concealed himself and approached Chen Xi from the front, but she remained calm as he drew near.

Chen Xi killed the gloomy assassin despite the Deep-Space Blade captain’s objections, while Lin Qing restrained the captain. Lin Qing then mocked the captain for acting superior when he was not an immortal.

• The gloomy man ambushed Chen Xi with a dagger, but her Cold Will and Ice Will slowed his strike and exposed his invisibility.
• Chen Xi froze the gloomy man, pierced him with an ice sword, and destroyed his Dharma Image despite the blond captain’s demand that she stop.
• Chen Xi crushed the gloomy man’s fleeing Primordial Spirit as he begged the captain for help.
• The blond captain rushed to intervene, but Lin Qing pinned him in place; the captain’s squad members moved to help before he stopped them.
• The blond captain challenged Lin Qing, who asked whether he was an immortal and then flung him back toward the control room.

Lin Qing challenged the Deep-Space Bladebearer Squad after the blond captain called him out to fight away from the spacecraft. After Lin Qing effortlessly redirected the captain’s spear thrust, the captain ordered the squad to join forces, and they surrounded Lin Qing with their Dharma Images.

• Lin Qing agreed to fight the blond captain outside the spacecraft and suggested the squad attack him together.
• The blond captain attacked with a lightning-charged spear, but Lin Qing caught its shaft and flung him dozens of kilometers away.
• The blond captain sent a Voice Transmission ordering the squad to attack together and began condensing his Dharma Image.
• Ten squad members surrounded Lin Qing with their Dharma Images while Chen Xi and Yuan Shuo watched from the Flying Vessel.
• The squad waited for Lin Qing to summon his Dharma Aspect so they could prepare for his strength.

Lin Qing formed his Dharma Aspect and defeated the Deep-Space Bladebearer Squad, killing its blond captain after refusing his belated plea for mercy. He learned the squad belonged to an academy that might retaliate, then took Chen Xi and the surviving members aboard their spaceship.

• Lin Qing summoned a two-thousand-kilometer Dharma Aspect, terrifying the squad and prompting several members to surrender.
• Lin Qing declared that the blond captain would die, and the captain charged with only the burly Peak Twelfth Tier squad member following him.
• The blond captain stopped before Lin Qing and asked if he could still beg for mercy, but Lin Qing ran him through with a spear.
• The dying captain warned that the academy would not let Lin Qing escape, revealing that the squad belonged to a larger power.
• Lin Qing dismissed his Dharma Aspect, called Chen Xi and her companion over, and led them into the squad's spaceship as the survivors followed.

Lin Qing took control of the Deep-Space Blade Squad and questioned its members about Azure Cosmos Academy, learning that its powerful Immortal experts could pursue them. He then discovered the academy could trace the final experiences of dead Peak Twelfth Tier students and might already be watching them.

• Lin Qing saw that the squad had little loyalty to its dead captain and ordered its members to explain the academy.
• When the squad hesitated, Lin Qing killed the burly Peak Twelfth Tier man with Destruction Will, prompting everyone to rush to answer.
• The tall woman explained that Azure Cosmos Academy was the region’s largest Truth-Seeking Academy, with a Third Layer Heavenly Immortal dean and three First Layer Heavenly Immortal experts.
• The tall woman warned that the academy would likely pursue Lin Qing’s group, possibly skipping student missions and sending instructors directly.
• Lin Qing questioned a Peak Eleventh Tier woman, who revealed that the academy could trace the experiences of dead Peak Twelfth Tier students and might have an instructor watching.

Lin Qing, Chen Xi, and Yuan Shuo agreed to join Azure Cosmos Academy and take Wen Li as their teacher to avoid further conflict and the academy’s assessment. After Wen Li left, Yue Shu warned Lin Qing about powerful academy connections and began explaining the universe’s regions as he sought a star map to find the Milky Way Galaxy.

• Lin Qing and his companions learned that joining Azure Cosmos Academy was their way out of the standoff, and Wen Li appeared through the control room console.
• Lin Qing, Chen Xi, and Yuan Shuo agreed to join the academy, and Wen Li offered to take them directly as disciples without an assessment.
• The three greeted Wen Li as their teacher, and she told Yue Shu to escort them back.
• Lin Qing stayed behind with Yue Shu, who warned him that the people he had killed had friends at the academy and that the captain’s older brother was one of its top three.
• Lin Qing asked Yue Shu how the universe was divided and whether the academy had a star map, hoping to locate the Milky Way Galaxy.

Lin Qing learned how technology and mystical cultivation coexisted in the universe and discovered that Yue Shu’s system differed greatly from his own. The spaceship reached Azure Cosmos Academy’s enormous Teleportation Array, where an approaching figure noticed the damaged porthole and called for his captain.

• Lin Qing questioned Yue Shu and the Eleventh Tier woman about the universe and learned that mystical means surpassed technology in many fields, while technology remained useful for communication and cultivation assistance.
• Yue Shu demonstrated her system, and Lin Qing confirmed that it could not grant sudden increases in cultivation proficiency like his own system could.
• The spaceship left the rubble region and traveled through deep space before reaching the academy’s Teleportation Array, where Lin Qing saw the huge flow of spaceships and learned the academy maintained around one billion exploration teams.
• An approaching figure saw the spaceship’s shattered porthole, inspected the control room, spotted Lin Qing, and contacted his captain to report that something had happened.

Lin Qing killed the Deep-Space Blade captain and his companions, then confronted an inspection team whose leader challenged him and invoked the Green Parasol Society. After Yue Shu warned him that the society’s president, Feng Wu, might be an Immortal Reincarnation, Lin Qing arrived at Azure Cosmos Academy.

• An inspection team boarded Lin Qing’s spacecraft and asked Yue Shu where the Deep-Space Blade captain and the others were; she said they were dead, and Lin Qing said he had killed them.
• When the inspection leader dismissed Lin Qing as a Void-Returning Realm cultivator, Lin Qing slapped him across the control room and kicked him after he threatened the Green Parasol Society.
• The inspection leader decided not to retaliate and led his team away, and Lin Qing ordered the spacecraft onward to the Teleportation Array.
• Yue Shu told Lin Qing that the Green Parasol Society had nearly a hundred Peak Twelfth Tier members and was led by Feng Wu, the academy’s strongest student, who might be an Immortal Reincarnation.
• Lin Qing passed through the Teleportation Array and saw Azure Cosmos Academy, a vast complex of linked continents suspended in space.

Lin Qing entered Azure Cosmos Academy and confronted members of the Green Parasol Society who had come looking for him. After he struck one member and learned that president Feng Wu was absent, he warned the Society not to provoke him and continued toward the Deep-Space Blade base.

• Lin Qing and the others passed through the academy’s gate and headed toward the Deep-Space Blade base.
• More than a dozen Green Parasol Society members stopped the spacecraft and demanded that Lin Qing come out.
• Lin Qing asked for Feng Wu, then slapped a Society member after she insulted him and brushed aside the group’s attacks.
• A petite Society member admitted that Feng Wu was not in the academy, and Lin Qing warned the others not to provoke him again.
• At a Teleportation Array, Yue Shu told Lin Qing the spacecraft had belonged to the captain, and Lin Qing asked her to sell it and keep part of the money as severance pay for the squad.

Lin Qing took over Deep-Space Blade's mountain base and settled into his new life at the academy. After searching the cosmic star map for nearly half a month, he found the familiar name Hangu Pass on the Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall.

• Lin Qing arrived at Deep-Space Blade's base, where Yue Shu told the waiting students that the former captain and the others had fallen and that Lin Qing was their new master.
• Yue Shu arranged the base and academy supplies for Lin Qing and his companions, while most of the squad members chose to leave.
• Lin Qing decided not to visit Instructor Wen Li after Yue Shu explained that instructors had little personal involvement with their many disciples.
• Lin Qing bound his communication wristband and studied the academy's free cosmic star map, searching the Corona Borealis Realm for nearly half a month without finding anything.
• Lin Qing examined the Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall and found the familiar label Hangu Pass.

Lin Qing searched for information about Hangu Pass before Yuan Shuo warned him that his recklessness could endanger him in a world with Immortal Realm cultivators. After Lin Qing accepted the advice and discussed their plans with Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi, members of the Green Parasol Society arrived, and Lin Qing learned that their president wanted to see him.

• Lin Qing searched online for clues about Hangu Pass and considered seeking access to artificial intelligence, which was tightly controlled after the Mechanical Race's war with humanity.
• Yuan Shuo and Chen Xi visited Lin Qing, and Yuan Shuo warned him that he had become too reckless in a world where Immortal Realm cultivators could threaten his life.
• Lin Qing thanked Yuan Shuo for the reminder, and he, Yuan Shuo, and Chen Xi shared a meal and discussed their plans to cultivate at the academy.
• Lin Qing noticed members of the Green Parasol Society arriving and learned from Yuan Shuo that Feng Wu had returned and that challenging him could reveal Lin Qing's Eleventh Tier strength.
• Lin Qing joined Yue Shu in the main hall, where a Green Parasol Society member said their president wanted to see him.