Chapter Summaries

Murong Yanlan shattered her jade pendant to summon Lin Qingyun’s projection, which protected Azure Cloud from six Half-Saint attackers. After Lin Qingyun blocked their escape and challenged their array formations, he exposed the Hall of Souls lurking in the void.

• Murong Yanlan refused to surrender a treasure or cripple her cultivation, so the sword-bearing old man attacked Azure Cloud with a massive sword strike.
• Murong Yanlan shattered her jade pendant, and Lin Qingyun’s projection appeared and wounded the old man with a single strike.
• Lin Qingyun told Murong Yanlan to retreat, then annihilated a man who tried to pursue her and drew a Spatial Ravine to keep the attackers back.
• The six Half-Saints activated eleven powerful arrays against Lin Qingyun, who dismissed them as ants and accused them of underestimating enemies from the Central Plains.
• Lin Qingyun called out the Hall of Souls, revealing its sinister presence hidden in the void and shocking the six Half-Saints.

Lin Qingyun’s projection confronted the Hall of Souls and the faction leaders, then effortlessly overwhelmed their attacks. The purple-gold-robed young man was left trapped before Lin Qingyun as the battle continued.

• The Hall of Souls revealed Withered Wood and Lei Ze, two Advanced Half-Saints, but withdrew after Lin Qingyun proposed joining forces against them.
• The purple-gold-robed young man ordered the factions to attack Lin Qingyun after the Hall of Souls vanished.
• Lin Qingyun walked through the Sword Rain and destroyed the black-clad and white-clad pair’s blood-red ice sphere, causing backlash that injured them.
• The remaining six fighters attacked Lin Qingyun together, but their techniques vanished without harming him.
• Lin Qingyun broke the purple-gold-robed young man’s trident and trapped him in place.

Lin Qingyun drove off the six Half-Saints, gave Murong Yanlan a jade pendant as a token to join the Evergreen Gate, and accepted Murong Bo’s pledge of allegiance from the Cangyun Empire. He then confronted the Hall of Souls’ pursuit, where two newcomers discovered that Luo Kun had vanished and Mu Yuan was a traitor.

• Lin Qingyun forced the six Half-Saints to retreat and warned them that the Hall of Souls was still pursuing them.
• Murong Bo and Murong Fu thanked Lin Qingyun for saving the Cangyun Empire, and Lin Qingyun gave Murong Yanlan a jade pendant as her token to enter the Evergreen Gate.
• Lin Qingyun departed after sensing trouble at the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, and Murong Bo pledged the Cangyun Empire to the Evergreen Gate, receiving a Golden Token in return.
• Saint Withered Wood and another old man discussed the failed mission and said Luo Kun and Mu Yuan had gone after the fleeing group.
• Luo Kun led Hall of Souls members through the void, but a figure appeared, said the pursuers had been dealt with, and vanished with them.
• Two figures arrived to find Luo Kun gone and learn that Mu Yuan was a traitor, then wondered what kind of force the Evergreen Gate was.

Yao Ming led five factions to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and demanded that it hand over Qinglin, but Qian Yun refused. Yao Ming revealed he had become a one-star Dou Sheng and attacked the mansion’s defenders with a massive ice lotus.

• Mulan warned Qian Yun that five factions were approaching, backed by Danyang Valley and the Grave Mansion, with five Half-Saints among them.
• Yao Ming arrived with the allied forces and demanded that the Heavenly Serpent Mansion surrender Qinglin so the treasury’s losses could be investigated.
• Qian Yun refused Yao Ming’s demand and activated a vast defensive formation across the surrounding peaks.
• Yao Ming revealed that he had reached the one-star Dou Sheng level, overwhelming the defenders with his aura.
• Yao Ming formed a thousand-zhang ice lotus to seal and suppress the battlefield as Qian Yun and the others revealed their true forms and prepared to resist.

Yao Ming attacked the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, but an unseen expert stopped him and severed his arm before he could destroy the sect. In a secluded valley, Lin Qingyun revealed his identity as Evergreen Gate’s Sect Master and began fulfilling his promise to restore Luo Kun, Mu Yuan, and Wang Gang’s bodies.

• Qian Yun and the four women failed to overcome Yao Ming, who used his Fighting Saint power to pin Qian Yun in place.
• An unknown force broke Yao Ming’s spatial seal and stopped his attack, prompting him to withdraw after launching a World-Ending Ice Lotus at the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• A golden-scaled arm caught the ice lotus and severed Yao Ming’s arm as he fled through a spatial rift.
• Lin Qingyun awoke in a secluded valley and told Luo Kun, Mu Yuan, and Wang Gang to call him Sect Master of Evergreen Gate.
• Lin Qingyun presented four Fighting Saint skeletons and ninth-tier magical beast blood essence as materials for restoring their bodies.

Lin Qingyun began refining bodies from Dou Sheng corpses and rare materials so Luo Kun and the others could gain true bodies. Luo Kun’s body took shape, and Lin Qingyun started the process for Mu Yuan before preparing a body for Heavenly Flame Venerable One.

• Lin Qingyun explained the risks of body refining, took a wisp of Luo Kun’s soul, and branded it into a Dou Sheng skeleton.
• Lin Qingyun tempered the skeleton with ninth-order magical beast blood and Black Flame until the powers fused without error.
• Luo Kun swallowed a Life Bone Blood Fusion Pill and entered the skeleton, where Lin Qingyun burned and regrew its flesh until the body formed.
• Lin Qingyun called Mu Yuan to begin refining his body, and the cave filled with three majestic auras as the process continued.
• Lin Qingyun brought Heavenly Flame Venerable One out of the Storage Ring and gave him a pill and a prepared body; Heavenly Flame Venerable One accepted and eagerly prepared to begin.

Lin Qingyun completed the bodies for Heavenly Flame Venerable One and the others, then emerged from seclusion and met with Medusa Queen, Qinglin, and Mulan. Mulan warned him that the Hall of Souls had killed Yao Ming with only Half-Saints, suggesting they wielded a power capable of slaughtering Saints.

• Lin Qingyun cultivated for three days while Heavenly Flame Venerable One and the others continued merging with their newly refined bodies, reaching the Nine Star Dou Zun level in aura.
• Lin Qingyun left the cave and spoke with Medusa Queen, who said she preferred the scenery there to the Tagor Desert; he suggested moving the Snake-People Race to a place Xiao Yi Xian had found in the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Mulan arrived to thank Lin Qingyun for helping the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the Cangyun Empire survive attacks, and Qinglin joyfully greeted her master.
• Mulan told Lin Qingyun that Yao Ming had been brutally killed two hours after fleeing, and Lin Qingyun suspected the Hall of Souls was responsible.
• Mulan confirmed that the Hall of Souls had sent only one Advanced Half-Saint and two intermediate Half-Saints, leading her to suspect they possessed a power capable of killing Dou Shengs.

Lin Qingyun learned that Danyang Saint was gathering the Northwest Region’s factions into an alliance against the Hall of Souls, and he considered bringing Evergreen Gate into the open. The next morning, a powerful presence emerged at Heavenly Serpent Mansion just as Lin Qingyun received notice that he had completed his seventh check-in.

• Mulan told Lin Qingyun that Danyang Saint had summoned the region’s factions to form an alliance against the Hall of Souls and planned to hold a meeting in half a month.
• Lin Qingyun agreed that Evergreen Gate might enter the conflict, while Mulan explained that Half-Saints would attack a branch hall of the Hall of Souls the following day.
• Lin Qingyun stayed awake through the night, then sensed a powerful aura rising from a cave and felt the ground shake across Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• Qian Yun approached Lin Qingyun and asked whether he was a Dou Sheng, but he ignored her after hearing the system announce his seventh check-in at Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• A mountain in the secluded valley exploded, and a sea of flames spread across half the sky as the people of Heavenly Serpent Mansion recognized the emerging presence as a Dou Sheng.

Lin Qingyun completed his seventh check-in at Heavenly Serpent Mansion and restored Heavenly Flame Venerable One and three others to powerful bodies. He left them to stabilize their strength as he turned away from Dark Three’s unexpectedly coquettish mannerisms.

• Lin Qingyun received the Primordial Star River reward and chose not to activate it immediately.
• Lin Qingyun contained the auras of four Fighting Saints, easing the pressure on the people nearby.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable One emerged from the sea of fire at peak One-star Dou Sheng strength and thanked Lin Qingyun for restoring him.
• Three restored men thanked Lin Qingyun and revealed they had each reached One-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Luo Kun renamed himself An Yi, Mu Yuan became Dark Two, and Wang Gang chose the name Dark Three.
• Lin Qingyun told them to stabilize their strength and turned away after Dark Three’s effeminate gestures unsettled everyone.

Lin Qingyun activated the Primordial Star River near the edge of the Dou Qi Continent and endured its primordial power as it began reshaping his body. After two stars shattered him and he regenerated, a golden vein formed on the star, and a third star descended.

• Lin Qingyun flew toward the edge of the Dou Qi Continent, where he sensed a chaotic higher-level power and gathered abundant star power.
• Lin Qingyun activated the Primordial Star River, and the system established a spacetime force field that stopped time within Ten Thousand Zhang.
• The Primordial Star River tore through the starry sky, revealing primordial stars, ancient beings, and a sword strike that nearly killed Lin Qingyun.
• The Star River Ancient God Spear absorbed the spilled power as Lin Qingyun let primordial starlight enter his body and began refining it.
• The first two stars overwhelmed Lin Qingyun, but Chaotic Fire gathered his golden Blood Mist into a new body, and a golden vein formed on the star before a third descended.

Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan investigated a strand of sword energy and discovered a blazing figure in the starry sky, while Lin Qingyun grew stronger through his trials. In Wutan City, Great Void Young Master and You decided to follow the road Lin Qingyun once walked toward Green Mountain Town.

• Hun Tiandi and a Black Flame figure joined forces with the Emperor Mirror formation to destroy a strand of sword energy that tore through the grassland.
• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan found a radiant figure surrounded by white flames in the starry sky, but the Black Flame figure pulled Hun Tiandi away before he touched its power.
• The radiant figure endured another ancient star's descent, shattered, and reformed as an acupoint within him ignited.
• Great Void Young Master and You walked through Wutan City and discussed Lin Qingyun's extraordinary history and rapid rise in strength.
• Great Void Young Master sensed Lin Qingyun growing stronger and resolved with You to follow his path toward Green Mountain Town.

Lin Qingyun transformed his body and advanced to Peak Half-Saint, but sensed that the phrase “body like the cosmos, heart holding the vastness” carried a deadly taboo. After he left, three mysterious figures emerged and discussed Gu Yuan, Dou Di, and the Xiao Family.

• Lin Qingyun’s cosmic transformation stirred the Great Dao’s wrath three times, and a being in the You Sea failed to divine who had caused it, learning only that the person was an anomaly.
• Lin Qingyun examined the awakened powers within his body and advanced to Peak Half-Saint, gaining enough strength to fight a Half-Emperor Realm expert.
• Lin Qingyun recalled that speaking the taboo phrase had brought a great crisis, which the system’s power had shielded him from.
• Lin Qingyun concluded that he was not yet strong enough to pursue the danger and left, erasing his traces as chaos currents filled the area.
• Three figures appeared after Lin Qingyun departed; one mocked Gu Yuan’s failed plans, while the refined man in white declared that Dou Di was within ten years and threatened the Xiao Family brat.

Lin Qingyun joined Heavenly Serpent Mansion’s forces as they set out to attack a Hall of Souls branch in the Corpse Sea Mountain Range. Before leaving, Medusa Queen asked him to accompany her to the Snake-People Race, and the chapter ended as the attackers sealed off the area and prepared to strike.

• Lin Qingyun met Medusa Queen after his breakthrough, concealed his overbearing aura, and agreed to accompany her to the Snake-People Race.
• Mulan led more than a hundred Heavenly Serpent Mansion experts through the spatial vortex toward the Corpse Sea Mountain Range, with Lin Qingyun following behind.
• The forces gathered in the mountain range and learned that the Hall of Souls branch was guarded by fewer experts than expected, though it remained their strongest branch in the region.
• Huo Leiyun began forming a spatial barrier around the area after Qian Yun urged him to act.
• The assembled experts completed the barrier, and their leader ordered them to leave no one alive.

Lin Qingyun watched the Hall of Souls lure Huo Leiyun and the other intruders into an ambush. After the attackers were caught off guard by four Half-Saints, Qian Yun sensed another hidden enemy emerging among them.

• Lin Qingyun sensed powerful auras inside the Hall of Souls and watched a group secretly approach its territory.
• The Hall of Souls sent black-mist figures toward Danyang Valley, but Lin Qingyun crushed them with the Power of Space as the intruders entered.
• Huo Leiyun and the other experts attacked the Hall of Souls, believing its defenses were weak, while Lei Ming charged ahead through the fleeing black shadows.
• A black chain struck Lei Ming and blasted him backward, revealing Withered Wood, Lei Ze, Blood Disaster, and Blood Fiend as four Half-Saints.
• Qian Yun recognized that another figure was hiding behind the Half-Saints, and an old skeletal figure appeared amid surging Blood Fiend Energy.

Lin Qingyun appeared as Blood Nether and his allies trapped Qian Yun, Huo Leiyun, and the others with the Ten Thousand Ghosts Lock Heaven Array. He targeted their Soul Devour Bell after sensing the damaged Tool Spirit inside it, and the confrontation continued as the bell froze the void.

• Blood Nether revealed himself, and Qian Yun recognized the enemy she had gravely wounded six hundred years earlier.
• Blood Fiend fought Qian Yun while another of Blood Nether’s brothers ambushed Lei Ming, forcing Huo Leiyun to intervene.
• Huo Leiyun ordered the others to escape, but Blood Nether and Blood Fiend displayed soul-targeting fragments and Withered Wood activated the Ten Thousand Ghosts Lock Heaven Array.
• Lin Qingyun sensed a damaged Tool Spirit inside the Soul Devour Bell and emerged from hiding, startling Blood Nether and reassuring Qian Yun.
• Lin Qingyun said he wanted the bell and collapsed space toward Blood Nether, but the three brothers countered and the Soul Devour Bell rang, freezing the void.

Lin Qingyun defeated Blood Nether and his companions with overwhelming soul power, then confronted the Northwest Region General Hall Master, who demanded to know his faction. Lin Qingyun declared that he came from Evergreen Gate and revealed a vision that stirred Qian Yun’s bloodline and brought her across a cultivation barrier.

• Blood Nether and his companions empowered Soul Bell with their vital blood and unleashed Soul Devour against Lin Qingyun.
• Lin Qingyun used Soul Howl to shatter the attack and annihilate their forces, then struck Blood Nether and two others with Heaven Severing Finger.
• Lin Qingyun reached for Soul Bell’s fragments, but the Northwest Region General Hall Master appeared and disrupted the space around them.
• The General Hall Master asked which faction Lin Qingyun belonged to, and Lin Qingyun declared that he came from Evergreen Gate.
• Lin Qingyun revealed Evergreen Gate’s immortal vision, which filled Qian Yun with surging bloodline power and helped her cross a cultivation barrier.

Lin Qingyun defeated the Soul Clan youth and sealed the battlefield, while Qian Yun and Mulan gained insight that brought them closer to breakthroughs. The youth escaped, and Lin Qingyun recovered the damaged Soul Devour Bell but found no useful information in it.

• Qian Yun realized her apparent breakthrough had been an illusion, though it had brought her closer to Dou Sheng.
• Lin Qingyun crushed the youth’s black dragon attack, stopped the resulting spatial storm, and revealed that he had sealed the area against reinforcements.
• The youth’s attempt to summon help failed, and he threatened Lin Qingyun before tearing through the spatial turbulence by sacrificing his left arm and escaping.
• Lin Qingyun retrieved the pieces of the Soul Devour Bell and learned that its nearly extinguished Tool Spirit offered no useful information.
• Lin Qingyun noticed Mulan nearing a breakthrough after benefiting from his illusion, while Huo Leiyun recognized that he could no longer target the Heavenly Serpent Mansion or Cangyun Empire.

After Lin Qingyun’s intervention secured Heavenly Serpent Mansion’s victory, Mulan gained the respect of the gathered factions. A wounded Hall Master of Souls secretly recovered Soul Origin from the ruins, only for an unseen attacker to steal it before he escaped vowing revenge.

• Lin Qingyun left, and the gathered faction leaders congratulated Mulan and offered to visit or repay Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• Huo Leiyun led Danyang Valley away through a Space Channel, while the Thunder Saint briefly acknowledged Mulan before departing.
• Qian Yun teased Mulan about grasping her opportunity, then led everyone away from the ruined Corpse Sea Mountain Range.
• A hidden Hall of Souls survivor returned to the ruins and recovered a sphere of Soul Origin he had concealed.
• An unseen attacker wounded the survivor and stole the Soul Origin, erasing the soul imprint hidden inside it.
• The Hall Master of Souls resolved to report the threat to his clan and vowed to capture and kill the thief when they met again.

Lin Qingyun heard Mulan’s account of the Northwest Region’s rival factions and mysterious disappearances, then returned to Evergreen Gate to inspect its expanding worlds and training grounds. There, he stumbled upon a snow-white figure bathing and began to bleed from his nose.

• Mulan told Lin Qingyun that the True Unity Alliance opposed Evergreen Gate, her Heavenly Serpent Mansion led a second faction, and Grave Mansion claimed neutrality.
• Mulan reported that orphans, poison experts, and reputable Dou Zong and Dou Zun experts had vanished, while investigators were left unharmed but unconscious.
• Lin Qingyun decided to light the fuse between the factions and left after Mulan asked him to look after Qinglin.
• Lin Qingyun entered Evergreen Gate and surveyed its restored Heavenly Palace, star-worlds, dangerous training land, and young disciples.
• Lin Qingyun arrived at a secluded pool, saw a snow-white figure bathing, and bled from his nose as he called the view alluring.

Lin Qingyun awkwardly apologized after catching Medusa Queen exposed, then agreed to fulfill three favors for her. He reunited with Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun, and promised Ya Fei he would resolve what was troubling her before leaving with her.

• Lin Qingyun apologized to Medusa Queen, who agreed to let him off for now in exchange for three future favors; he accepted her terms.
• After Medusa Queen left, Lin Qingyun called out the women waiting nearby, and Ya Fei teased him about not being proactive enough.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Lin Qingyun an imitation of the valley from the Monster Beast Mountain Range, while Ya Fei explained that Yun Yun had prepared a place for him.
• Ya Fei worried that Lin Qingyun’s growing strength would keep them apart, and Xiao Yi Xian comforted her.
• Lin Qingyun returned, took Ya Fei’s hand, and promised to resolve her problem; misunderstanding her reply, he invited her to leave with him.