Chapter Summaries

Lin Qing rescued Ling Shu and the other captives by turning their trapping formation into a defense, then defeated three Eighth Tier Demon Seeds. The Demon Court identified him and decided to ask the Ten Thousand Ghosts Grotto to eliminate him rather than alert its ancestors.

• Lin Qing inspected the Eighth Tier trapping formation and modified it into a defensive formation to shield Ling Shu and the other four from the battle.
• Lin Qing dispelled the valley’s mist, revealing a Blood-Selection Platform and many captured, wounded Mortal Realm cultivators.
• Three Eighth Tier Demon Seeds confronted Lin Qing, but he caught one’s attack, seized him by the neck, and swiftly defeated all three.
• Ming Ye recognized Lin Qing and reported his identity to the Demon Court, whose leaders concluded that ordinary fighters could not stop him.
• The Demon Court’s Divine Realm experts discussed Lin Qing’s protection by Juechenzi and decided to ask the Ten Thousand Ghosts Grotto to act.

Lin Qing revealed his identity and overwhelmed the Darknight Demon Court’s forces, killing Ming Ye and crippling three Eighth Tier Demon Seeds. After searching their souls, he learned that other Demon Seeds were hunting Immortal Sect disciples elsewhere.

• Lin Qing dropped his disguise as the Demon Court geniuses attacked him with spells, and he killed Seventh Tier disciples as the battle turned in his favor.
• Ming Ye emerged with dozens of Mortal Realm cultivators as hostages and demanded that Lin Qing stop, but Lin Qing killed him with a beam of Spiritual Power.
• Lin Qing defeated the remaining three Eighth Tier Demon Seeds and crippled them after their Spiritual Power ran low.
• Lin Qing used Soul Search on the three Demon Seeds, acquired two Eighth Tier cultivation techniques, and learned that Demon Seeds were hunting Immortal Sect disciples elsewhere.

Lin Qing rescued Ling Shu and five other disciples, then learned that the Darknight Demon Court was hunting Cloudrise Immortal Sect disciples across the region. As Mingjin and a Ten Thousand Ghosts Grotto expert trapped them with attacks on their souls, Lin Qing shielded the others and fought Mingjin while Juechenzi prepared a teleportation formation.

• Lin Qing reported the Demon Seeds' hunt to the Cloudrise Immortal Sect, and the sect master ordered every available Cloud Hermit to reinforce the borderlands.
• Lin Qing freed Ling Shu and the other five disciples, kept them and several hundred surviving cultivators with him, and set out to hunt the remaining Demon Seeds.
• Mingjin descended in a Will Domain and attacked Lin Qing, but Juechenzi appeared through his Divine Sense Mark and confronted him.
• A Ten Thousand Ghosts Grotto expert used the Gilded Soul-Calming Bell to attack their souls, killing the Mortal Realm cultivators and severely hurting the others.
• Lin Qing shielded Juechenzi and the disciples with his divine sense while Juechenzi began setting up a Ninth-Tier Random Teleportation Formation.
• Mingjin charged Lin Qing, who met him with a Five-Element-enhanced punch and badly mangled Mingjin's right arm.

Lin Qing completed the Ninth-Tier Random Teleportation Formation while Juechenzi held off Mingjin and the Soul-Calming Bell’s assault. The formation activated and took Lin Qing and Ling Shu’s group away just as Juechenzi’s divine-sense phantom shattered, while Cloudrise Immortal Sect’s reinforcements rushed to intervene.

• The gray-robed elder used the Soul-Calming Bell to suppress everyone in its range as Mingjin prepared to attack before reinforcements could arrive.
• A blue-robed Cloudrise Immortal Sect ancestor left seclusion, prompting the sect’s Divine Realm experts to prepare to depart and awaken other seniors if needed.
• Mingjin unleashed his natal demonic blade, and Juechenzi stepped between him and Lin Qing to shield the formation work.
• Lin Qing finished placing the formation materials while Juechenzi’s phantom weakened under the combined attacks.
• Lin Qing activated the formation, pulled Ling Shu and the other four into its light, and teleported away as Juechenzi’s phantom shattered.

Lin Qing escaped Mingjin’s attack but landed with his companions in Corpseseep Marsh, where he sent them away and drew Mingjin after himself. As Mingjin began to soul-search him, Lin Qing’s desperate resolve awakened the Will known as Burning the Boats.

• Mingjin failed to kill Lin Qing before the teleportation formation carried him and his companions away, while Yunsong withdrew from the battle.
• Mingjin sensed that Lin Qing’s group had landed in Corpseseep Marsh and rushed after them.
• Lin Qing gave Ling Shu his Storage Ring and ordered her and the others east while he fled west to lure Mingjin away.
• Mingjin caught Lin Qing and wounded him with his demonic blade, then noticed the five kinds of spiritual power circulating in Lin Qing’s body.
• Mingjin seized Lin Qing with his Primordial Spirit and began a soul search, prompting Lin Qing’s Will, Burning the Boats, to erupt.

Lin Qing awakened his Burning the Boats will and broke free of Mingjin’s soul search, then destroyed Mingjin’s body and fought his Primordial Spirit. An Immortal Sect elder arrived, killed Mingjin, and told Lin Qing to call her Grand Martial Aunt.

• Lin Qing awakened Willpower, repelled Mingjin’s Primordial Spirit, and shattered Mingjin’s Will Domain.
• Lin Qing confirmed that Mingjin had only seen his recent memories and attacked Mingjin’s defenseless physical body.
• Lin Qing destroyed Mingjin’s body, prompting Mingjin’s enraged Primordial Spirit to charge him.
• Lin Qing and Mingjin fought evenly until a woman in azure robes appeared and shattered Mingjin’s Primordial Spirit.
• Lin Qing thanked the woman for saving him, and she told him to call her Grand Martial Aunt.

After defeating Mingjin and surviving a battle with a Divine Realm pursuer, Lin Qing was rescued by Qing Yao and returned to the Cloudrise Immortal Sect. Three days later, he woke to learn that the Demon Court had been forced to pay compensation, while the truth of his victory over Mingjin remained concealed.

• Lin Qing collapsed after the battle, and Qing Yao caught him and contacted Juechenzi, who asked her to conceal his Storage Ring and spiritual power.
• Qing Yao reunited Lin Qing with Ling Shu and the other four, returned his Storage Ring, and took them to the Profound Heaven Empire teleportation plaza.
• Qing Yao led Divine Realm experts and Cloud Hermit disciples toward the Land of Chaos to confront the Demon Court, while Ling Shu and the others escorted Lin Qing into the Immortal Sect.
• Lin Qing slept for three days as his injuries healed, then woke and learned from Juechenzi that the Demon Court had paid him one hundred million Spirit Stones and withdrawn its border disciples five million li.
• Lin Qing walked through the Heaven Ranking disciples' area, where sect disciples greeted him respectfully, and saw a gigantic black tower before Ling Shu and the others hurried over to him.

Lin Qing learned that the Trial Tower accelerated Seventh Tier cultivators’ Spirit Core condensation and entered it to test its effects. After reaching the sixty-fifth floor without difficulty, he decided to gather materials and cultivate in the tower.

• Ling Shu told Lin Qing that the Cloud Hermits and Demon Seeds had both withdrawn after the border conflict was mediated.
• Ling Shu explained that the Trial Tower’s increasing pressure accelerated cultivation and that Seventh Tier sect members could enter with an available chance.
• The duty disciple found that Lin Qing had ninety-nine tower entries available, and Lin Qing entered with Ling Shu and the others.
• Lin Qing felt the cultivation boost begin around the sixtieth floor as Ling Shu and another disciple stopped to cultivate.
• Lin Qing continued past Ling Shu’s limit and decided to prepare materials so he could go into seclusion in the Trial Tower.

Lin Qing returned to Juechen Island, where Qing Yao gave him the Demon Court’s hundred million Spirit Stones, promised to take him to the Central Continent in half a year, and marked his Storage Ring with her Divine Sense. He sorted Mingjin’s array materials and diagrams before heading to the Mission Hall.

• Lin Qing returned to Juechen Island after Juechenzi told him that Qing Yao wanted to see him.
• Qing Yao gave Lin Qing Mingjin’s Storage Ring and the hundred million Spirit Stones paid by the Demon Court as compensation.
• Qing Yao told Lin Qing not to run around and said she would take him to the Central Continent in half a year.
• Qing Yao placed her Divine Sense Mark on Lin Qing’s Storage Ring and gave him a Communication Token.
• Lin Qing transferred the Spirit Stones into his own ring and found array materials and a Ninth-Tier illusion array diagram in Mingjin’s Storage Ring.
• Lin Qing finished organizing the materials and flew toward the Mission Hall.

Lin Qing went to the Mission Hall to exchange the rewards for the Demon Court disciples he had killed, but a steward picked a fight over how Lin Qing addressed him. After Elder He intervened and offered to settle Lin Qing’s tasks personally, he told Lin Qing that he no longer needed contribution points.

• Lin Qing entered the Mission Hall to exchange the contribution points earned from his recent victories over Demon Court disciples.
• A Seventh Tier steward rebuked Lin Qing for calling him Senior Brother, and Lin Qing slapped him twice after he tried to fight back.
• The steward accused Lin Qing of violating sect discipline, but nearby disciples recognized Lin Qing and the steward realized who he was.
• Elder He arrived, heard Lin Qing’s account, and offered to handle his contribution-point settlement personally.
• In the rear hall, Elder He told Lin Qing that he no longer needed contribution points.

Lin Qing received special access to cultivation resources and asked the sect leaders to gather high-tier pill formulas and craft methods for him. After spending five days with Yun Nian, Shen Yurong, and the others in Cloudrise City, he was summoned to the sect's main hall because the requested materials had been gathered.

• Elder He told Lin Qing that he could obtain resources for his cultivation without contribution points and offered to help him find pill formulas and craft materials.
• Lin Qing exchanged the Demon Court disciples' corpses for contribution points and kept various herbs, ores, and other materials from his spoils.
• The sect master asked Lin Qing to list the formulas and methods he wanted, and Lin Qing requested high-tier materials that were inexpensive and easy to gather.
• Lin Qing returned to Sunset Glow Valley's street in Cloudrise City, where Shen Yurong had advanced to Sixth Tier while Yun Nian and the others continued cultivating.
• After five days, the sect master summoned Lin Qing to the main hall and told him the requested materials had been gathered.

Lin Qing left a gathering with Clear-Fate Sect representatives, collected supplies, and entered the Trial Tower to begin secluded cultivation. He reached the hundredth floor, where he started refining his cultivation and skills, while those outside remained unaware of how far he had climbed.

• Lin Qing greeted Mu Yao and Elder Nian Ci but left the main hall after receiving a Storage Ring from the sect master.
• Lin Qing gathered cultivation materials, selected a Sixth Tier technique for Shen Yurong, and prepared Visualization Diagrams for Yun Nian and the others.
• Lin Qing climbed past the floors where Qing Yao's and Juechenzi's names were carved, reaching the hundredth floor.
• Lin Qing found that the Spirit-Gathering Formation accelerated Spirit Core condensation but did not activate it, so others could not tell which floor he had reached.
• Lin Qing sat on a new meditation cushion and began secluded cultivation with the materials he had gathered.

After reaching the Eighth Tier, Lin Qing left seclusion when Qing Yao summoned him to prepare for a journey to the Central Continent. With the trip approaching, he arranged support for Sunset Glow Valley while he was away.

• Lin Qing broke through to the Eighth Tier Unity Realm after half a year of cultivation in the Trial Tower.
• Qing Yao told Lin Qing that their group would leave for the Central Continent in five days, joining cultivators from the Crossing River Sword Sect and the Clear-Fate Sect to travel across the sea toward a secret realm.
• Lin Qing learned that Ling Shu had also reached the Eighth Tier and become one of the Cloud Hermits.
• Lin Qing recorded three more Eighth Tier techniques and worried about Sunset Glow Valley's safety while he was away.
• Lin Qing asked Ling Shu's group to protect the people of Sunset Glow Valley, exchanged Communication Tokens with them, and gave them cultivation resources.

Lin Qing and the Cloudrise Immortal Sect’s volunteers traveled north to Sea-Gazing City to join the expedition to the Central Continent. While they waited for the Crossing River Sword Sect and Clear-Fate Sect, Lin Qing explored the city with Ling Shu and Qing Yao.

• Lin Qing told Lin Qing to seek his help if trouble arose and asked him to visit before leaving.
• Qing Yao warned the volunteers about the dangers and powerful cultivators they might encounter, then led them north aboard the sect’s Flying Vessel.
• The group reached Sea-Gazing City, where Qing Yao told them to make their own arrangements and return before noon the next day.
• Ling Shu invited Lin Qing to explore the city, and Lin Qing invited Qing Yao to join them.
• Lin Qing, Ling Shu, and Qing Yao sampled food as they wandered through Sea-Gazing City, then entered a tavern where Qing Yao ordered three jars of Azure-Wave Brew.

Qing Yao and Lin Qing dominated a drinking contest in Sea-Gazing City, then joined the other sects aboard the Crossing River Sword Sect’s Tenth Tier Flying Vessel for the journey to the Central Continent. The three sects began traveling together, with Yun Feng explaining why his sect had brought so many disciples.

• Qing Yao challenged the tavern patrons to a drinking contest and defeated the bearded man and every challenger who followed.
• Lin Qing joined the contest, and he and Qing Yao were still drinking when midnight came; Ling Shu collapsed after drinking more than a hundred jars.
• Lin Qing paid the tavern owner two hundred thousand Spirit Stones, then walked with Qing Yao toward the shore while Ling Shu followed under spiritual energy.
• The Cloud Hermits gathered aboard their Flying Vessel as vessels from the Crossing River Sword Sect and Clear-Fate Sect arrived, and the groups agreed to travel together aboard the Crossing River Sword Sect’s Tenth Tier Flying Vessel.
• Fei Luo teased Yun Feng about bringing so many disciples, and he said they had eagerly volunteered to explore secret realms in the Central Continent.

Lin Qing perfected all his Eighth Tier cultivation arts while traveling aboard the Crossing River Sword Sect's Flying Vessel, triggering a powerful Five-Element phenomenon. He gained the Origin Spirit Body talent and comprehended Five-Element Will, though its progress remained unexplained.

• Fei Luo introduced Lin Qing to Mu Yao and Xue Ling, prompting Ling Shu to step forward and introduce herself as well.
• The three sects' disciples were assigned rooms aboard the Flying Vessel, which then set off north across the sea.
• Lin Qing declined Qing Yao's invitation to join a gathering and began secluded cultivation to perfect his Eighth Tier arts.
• Seven days into the voyage, Lin Qing perfected his final Eighth Tier art, drawing a huge surge of spiritual energy into his room as Qing Yao blocked Yun Feng and Fei Luo from viewing him with Divine Sense.
• Lin Qing dreamed of passing through the five regions of the elements, then awoke as the World Core's power surged through him and the system recorded his Origin Spirit Body and Five-Element Will.

After a strange spiritual-energy disturbance drew attention aboard the Flying Vessel, Lin Qing worked with Qing Yao to conceal its connection to him by claiming he was refining a magical treasure. A month later, he completed a teleportation robe and demonstrated it to the watching Divine Realm experts, leaving Qing Yao curious about its name.

• Qing Yao warned Lin Qing that the disturbance around his room had attracted attention, and he asked her to keep the matter concealed while he refined a magical treasure.
• Qing Yao told the Cloudrise Immortal Sect disciples that Lin Qing was refining a magical treasure and confined the disturbance’s explanation to them.
• Lin Qing spent a month raising his artifact-refining skill to Eighth-Tier Perfection while Qing Yao concealed the sounds from his room.
• Lin Qing crafted a silver robe from the Void Beast’s fur and embedded formations, including two Ninth Tier teleportation formations.
• Lin Qing activated the robe to teleport into Qing Yao’s room, convincing Yun Feng and Fei Luo that the earlier anomaly came from his artifact.
• Qing Yao admired Lin Qing’s robe and asked what it was called.

Lin Qing asked Qing Yao how to advance to the Divine Realm and learned that cultivators had to transform their divine sense into a Primordial Spirit through Visualization Arts. He realized he needed more advanced Visualization Arts and began collecting them from the Eighth Tier disciples aboard the ship.

• Qing Yao named Lin Qing's silver-white teleporting spirit Yaoshuang.
• Qing Yao explained that advancing to the Divine Realm required Spirit Transformation, achieved by visualizing until divine sense formed an independent Primordial Spirit.
• Qing Yao warned that Spirit Transformation gave no feedback and could take centuries, citing Juechenzi's long effort to reach the Divine Realm.
• Lin Qing concluded that his existing Visualization Arts were insufficient and decided to collect higher-level ones from the Eighth Tier geniuses traveling with them.
• After Lin Qing and Qing Yao drank for two days, Lin Qing helped Shu Ning examine her Visualization Art while Qing Yao went looking for wine.

Lin Qing and the others were caught in a vast storm of Wind Will that overwhelmed even the Divine Realm experts and scattered the disciples. As Qing Yao’s group was swept around the vortex, Lin Qing gained a perfected Natural Visualization Method and awakened the talent Selfless Oblivion.

• Lin Qing helped disciples exchange Visualization Diagrams that suited them better, while old disciples sought his guidance.
• Qing Yao, Yun Feng, and Fei Luo sensed danger as the Flying Vessel slowed before an immense approaching storm, and they ordered everyone to abandon ship.
• Yun Feng put away the Flying Vessel, but the storm tore apart the disciples’ hand-linked formation and separated the three Divine Realm experts.
• Qing Yao held Lin Qing, Ling Shu, and Shu Ning together and used Wind Will to protect them as the group was swept through the storm.
• Lin Qing watched the storm until his spirit relaxed, and the system perfected a new Natural Visualization Method and revealed the talent Selfless Oblivion.

After the storm scattered Qing Yao’s group, she sent Lin Qing toward the Secret Realm while she searched for the missing Cloud Hermits. A month into his voyage with Ling Shu and Shu Ning, Lin Qing spotted Xue Ling fighting two disciples of the Darknight Demon Court and turned to help her.

• Qing Yao decided to search for the missing Cloud Hermits and insisted Lin Qing continue to the Secret Realm with Ling Shu and Shu Ning.
• Lin Qing refined the Ninth-Tier Flying Boat, and Qing Yao gave him Spirit Swords containing strikes at her full strength before he departed.
• After Lin Qing left, Qing Yao contacted Juechenzi, explained what had happened, and promised to try to bring everyone to the Secret Realm in time.
• A month later, Lin Qing spotted Xue Ling fighting two injured Darknight Demon Court disciples on a small island.
• Lin Qing steered the Flying Boat toward the island to intervene.