Chapter Summaries

Lin Xin obtained the Silkworm White Moon Sword and reached Wild Jade Pavilion, where Pavilion Master Meng Qi offered him a powerful position in exchange for joining. Meng Qi then revealed that Wild Jade Pavilion possessed the strongest intelligence network in Central Prefecture and showed Lin Xin a scroll titled Heavenly Ranking.

• Lin Xin uncovered the Silkworm White Moon Sword and agreed to travel with Fire God Child after their business was finished.
• Lin Xin found Sha Sha being trained by a handsome man and saw Bai Zi practicing by a waterfall, but chose not to interfere with either of them.
• Lin Xin arrived at Wild Jade Pavilion, where Meng Qi offered him Demon Talisman Seeds and the position of Vice Pavilion Master if he joined.
• Lin Xin questioned why Wild Jade Pavilion would recruit him despite his troubles with Heaven Cloud Path, and Meng Qi dismissed Shen Ning before sealing the room.
• Meng Qi claimed Wild Jade Pavilion had Central Prefecture's strongest intelligence network and revealed a scroll headed Heavenly Ranking, startling Lin Xin.

Lin Xin reunited with Ma Jingxuan in Flower Drum Town and accepted the Ma family’s offer to arrange his return to Southern Prefecture. At a banquet, he discovered the Ma family had helped the Heaven Cloud Path and its allies ambush him, and he began fighting back as a powerful attacker struck from above.

• Ma Jingxuan found Lin Xin and invited him and his companions to stay at the Ma family estate while she arranged their journey to Southern Prefecture.
• A group of Demonic Path cultivators chasing Zhao Ke fled when they recognized Lin Xin.
• Ma Family's Cousin welcomed Lin Xin at a banquet and promised him passage on the Bluebird Fleet.
• Lin Xin detected a formation and drugged wine at the banquet, while Ma Jingxuan was escorted away and Zhao Ke and Ye Qingchang were incapacitated.
• Ma Family's Cousin admitted that her family had no choice, and Lin Xin declared their goodwill ended as Heaven Cloud Path, Kun Lin Sword School, and Ten Thousand Flowers Sect cultivators surrounded him.
• Lin Xin exploded the wine droplets into lethal attacks that killed more than ten ambushers, then faced a golden sword wielded by a furious attacker.

Lin Xin altered the Mud Pool’s arrays to produce Mud Monsters with stronger soul spheres, then used his attributes to evolve one through several Dao Soldier ranks. He left the Iron Man at the Innate Realm limit, having confirmed that its soul sphere could not safely endure further boosts.

• Lin Xin examined the Mud Pool and modified the array patterns that separated its black-qi spheres, increasing the soul proportion of newly produced Mud Monsters.
• A newly created Mud Monster showed a stronger frequency and spoke to Lin Xin, who realized that larger soul spheres granted Dao Soldiers greater intelligence.
• Lin Xin transferred attributes to the Mud Monster, evolving it into a Mud Man and then a Stone Man.
• Lin Xin continued boosting the Stone Man until it became an Iron Man, a first-rank Dao Soldier.
• When Lin Xin tried to strengthen the Iron Man further, its soul sphere grew unstable, revealing that it had reached its Innate Realm limit.

Zhao Wu Mian destroyed five Western warships, while Lu Li’s victory forced the imperial army to abandon its campaign against Hanzhong. Lake Mountain Sect claimed Hanzhong as its worldly branch, and Lin Xin arrived to learn about the region’s powerful Demon Subduing Families.

• Zhao Wu Mian sank five Western warships and walked across the sea as dockside residents hailed him as an immortal.
• News spread of Lu Li’s defeat of the imperial army and Lake Mountain Sect’s emergence, while the three-nation allied army massacred civilians and captured Jade Sea.
• The imperial court ordered its depleted army to withdraw from Hanzhong, ending the immediate threat to the city.
• Wang Kongyan told Sun Guo Tao that Lake Mountain Sect would establish its worldly branch in Hanzhong and that its master would soon arrive.
• Lin Xin learned that Nine Teeth protected the Yin Family and that the Yin and Yuan Families possessed ancient legacies, then questioned whether such families upheld the righteous path.

Lin Xin prepared to enter his trial territory by buying two inexpensive Dao soldier seeds, a Burning Furnace, and basic supplies. He left Lin Youke and the others in White Jade City to gather intelligence and arrange supplies while he went ahead alone.

• Shen Tang activated the Dao Soldier Buildings across his city, and ranks of Dao soldiers marched out.
• Lin Xin learned how Dao soldier grades and seeds worked, then bought Mountain Spirit Gnomes and a Mud Monster with nearly all his Contribution Points.
• Lin Xin purchased the cheapest Burning Furnace and used his remaining funds to buy basic food supplies.
• Lin Xin told Lin Youke and the other three to stay in White Jade City and serve as liaisons because they were not yet strong enough to help in his dangerous trial territory.
• Lin Youke reported that Huan Ping was away at a Void Tower, Fairy Qiao Yu remained in the city, and Lin Yaoyang had sent a letter about frequent demon spirit attacks across the Qiu Shi Territory.

Yu Kai and the Pine Forest Sword Sect faced an attack by Heaven Cloud Path and Jade Clarity Dao while Lin Xin was away. As Yu Kai fought Fourth Qing Nu, a masked man attacked An Ying, Ji Lu, and You Xuan, then fled after An Ying’s body exploded into red threads and began to reform.

• Yu Kai learned that an unidentified airship from the Central Prefecture was heading toward the sect and ordered the mountain-guarding formation activated and the weaker disciples evacuated.
• Hong Gui of Heaven Cloud Path and Fourth Qing Nu of Jade Clarity Dao arrived and demanded to know where the Red Flower Sword Demon was.
• Fourth Qing Nu shattered the formation’s innermost layer, and Yu Kai fought her before they plunged into the Illusory Sea.
• A masked man found An Ying, Ji Lu, and You Xuan in the woods on Array Hall Peak and suppressed Ji Lu’s flying sword.
• The masked man grabbed An Ying by the neck, but her body burst into red threads and began to reform, prompting him to flee.

Lin Xin joined Feng Huai’s Azure Lake Mountain team as they searched the Snowman City ruins, while Song Danhao’s group escaped the four-eared man, who was secretly tracking them toward the Snowman King’s Courage. When immortal snowman guards attacked Feng Huai’s team, Lin Xin discovered that Purification Power could destroy them permanently.

• Lin Xin agreed to travel with Feng Huai’s team, learned that several Snowman King ruins had appeared at once, and asked why Feng Huai was the only nearby Tier Five lord.
• Song Danhao, Lin Yaoyang, Xu Ling, and Gongshang Baiyu escaped the four-eared man using a silver barrier, while he revealed that he had marked them and intended to follow them to the Snowman King’s Courage.
• Feng Huai and Lin Xin reached the abandoned battlefield, where Zheng Rong concluded that following Song Danhao would lead them to the Snowman King’s Courage and their enemies.
• Snowman guards attacked Feng Huai’s team and multiplied whenever they were killed, until Lin Xin used Purification Power on the Red Flower Sword to destroy one permanently.
• Feng Huai led the team in using Lin Xin’s method to kill the pursuing snowman guards.

Lin Xin entered a spell-suppressing, snowbound city and discovered that its snowmen were hostile but could be destroyed for attribute points. As he headed toward a distant scream, Lin Yaoyang and her companions were attacked by snowmen that rapidly regenerated, leaving them in danger.

• Four Seas Immortal Mountain and Illusory Sea Arctic Land arrived in the ruins city and agreed to search for Song Danhao and an item before other sects found them.
• Lin Xin slaughtered a thousand Void Imps, reached the snow-covered city, found that spells could not be used there, and set out to find Lin Yaoyang.
• Gongshang Baiyu, Xu Ling, Lin Yaoyang, and Song Danhao made camp in a small house as night approached and heard a man's scream nearby.
• A snowman burst through the wall and attacked the group; Lin Yaoyang severed its limbs and heads, but it regenerated, while Xu Ling was injured.
• Lin Xin followed the scream's direction, destroyed an ambushing snowman and dozens more, and continued through the city as he gained attribute points.

Lin Xin followed a mysterious voice into the pavilion’s hidden twelfth room and confronted the evil god Xiya. Xiya revealed that the Nether Prefecture was only a devouring rule and offered Lin Xin guidance to break his shackles, leaving the price of that guidance unresolved.

• Lin Xin found the pavilion deserted beneath an eerie red sunset and followed a voice into a previously hidden corridor.
• Lin Xin discovered a bloodied infant Attendant statue in the secret room and realized the true evil god had been sealed beneath Autumn Stone.
• The statue introduced himself as Xiya and explained that he had answered a call from his kin, which had brought Lin Xin to him.
• Xiya told Lin Xin that the Nether Prefecture was merely a living vortex and a rule that instinctively devoured everything.
• Xiya offered Lin Xin guidance to break his shackles, and Lin Xin asked what he would have to pay.

Lin Yaoyang shielded Lin Xin from the Ninth Prince and led him to the Lin Family ritual, where the family began the ceremony to replace its head. The ritual revealed Lin Yaoyang’s awakened white wings, while the Sixth Prince watched Lin Xin closely.

• Lin Shangxiu blamed Lin Xin for killing the Imperial Family guard, but Lin Yaoyang defended him and warned the Ninth Prince that the Lin Family had saved him from an assassin.
• The Ninth Prince conceded that Lin Yaoyang was right, and she led Lin Xin away as Lin Yazaki resented the resources and attention Lin Xin had received.
• At the ritual grounds, Lin Hao authorized the ceremony, and the elders drew blood from the Secret Blood Warriors as Lin Yaoyang chanted before a black flame.
• The Sixth Prince scrutinized Lin Xin, and a Branch Family elder challenged him before the Fourth Elder explained that past attempts to interrupt the ritual had ended in mass slaughter.
• Lin Yaoyang underwent jade transformation, and white wings burst from her back, prompting excitement among the Lin Family while Yuan Wanqing sighed sorrowfully.

Lin Xin learned that Heaven Cloud Path was provoking him as the Central Prefecture’s sects prepared for conflict, and he decided to travel there to seek answers about Shan Lu. As Heaven Cloud Dao Venerable and others weighed whether to recruit or eliminate Lin Xin, Lin Shan received a lead on an ancient cultivation manual connected to her master.

• Lin Xin told Yu Kai and Yin Pengzi that Heaven Cloud Path wanted to provoke him, and he planned to visit the Central Prefecture to investigate Shan Lu and seek a way to remain in the world.
• Heaven Cloud Dao Venerable met with three figures at Parting Palace, where they discussed testing Lin Xin’s disposition and deciding whether to recruit him, send him beyond the boundary, or eliminate him.
• The Jade Case Palace Master warned Lin Shan that Heaven Cloud Path and Transformation Cave were preparing for war with Jade Clarity Dao, while Red Ridge Gate remained weakened and withdrawn.
• The Jade Case Palace Master told Lin Shan that he had found an ancient cultivation manual for Lin Xin, discovered across a vast plain, but Jade Clarity Dao had reached the location first.
• Lin Shan urged the Jade Case Palace Master to give the manual to Lin Xin, while he said Lin Xin’s planned tour of the major sects could delay their meeting.

Lin Xin tested how killing Void Imps affected his Dao soldiers and found that repeated battles improved their qualities, while direct array enhancement consumed spirit stones too quickly. As a huge Void Imp horde closed in, he built a powerful defensive array and began pursuing a way to modify Dao Soldier Buildings so his soldiers could gain more soul consciousness.

• Lin Xin sent thirty Mud Monsters and thirty Mountain Spirit Gnomes to kill nearby Void Imps, protecting them with a spell while they fought.
• After clearing several small tribes, Lin Xin observed that the Dao soldiers had improved by about ten percent, but an unprotected test left a Mud Monster and a gnome badly wounded.
• Lin Xin inscribed an acceleration array on a gnome, but its spirit stone burned out in less than half an hour, making the enhancement impractical.
• A Void Demon General led hundreds of thousands of Void Imps toward Lin Xin's location after they sensed him, while Lin Xin suspected that medium-sized tribes had discovered his aura.
• Lin Xin used his research on more than a hundred Void Imp corpses to devise a modified Fifth-Order Array, which the gnomes set up around the fortress.
• Lin Xin began researching how to alter Dao Soldier Buildings with arrays so the Dao soldiers could gain greater soul consciousness.

Lin Xin killed the red-skinned late Golden Core ambusher with the Seventieth Layer of the Thunderclap Sword, then spent years studying the art until he reached a bottleneck. He concluded that advancing further required either a powerful divine weapon or stronger lightning, and left the story still considering how to proceed.

• A red-skinned woman passed through the Lin Family barrier, but Lin Xin blocked her path and killed her with a single burst of nine hundred and ninety-nine sword strikes.
• The ambusher’s body melted away, and Lin Xin realized that his sword speed surpassed even his previous life’s peak while using only this body’s abilities.
• Lin Yaoyang investigated how the woman had breached the barrier and tightened the main branch’s secret defenses as Lin Xin continued cultivating.
• Several years later, Lin Xin studied the Thunderclap Sword’s later layers and concluded that further progress required a powerful divine weapon or lightning stronger than Yin-Yang Thunder Qi.
• Lin Xin reached a cultivation bottleneck, judged that an ordinary sword could not fully unleash the art’s power, and left his cabin to consider his next direction.

Lin Xin and Huang Yuan fought a destructive battle over control of Unfixed Mountain, matching their Holy Bodies and strongest techniques. The clash left the mountain tilting, and Lin Xin ended the chapter by cutting through his own waist to send a hidden attack at Huang Yuan’s head.

• Lin Xin summoned the Profound Heaven Phaseless Golden Light Array and Three Yin Luo, forcing Huang Yuan to defend against his powerful formations and attacks.
• Lin Xin and Huang Yuan traded blows in a prolonged battle as their repeated attacks tore space and destabilized Unfixed Mountain.
• Huang Yuan used the Ku Qiong Star Extinguishing Hand against Lin Xin, while observers argued over Huang Yuan’s rule and his past use of the technique.
• The fighters crashed into Unfixed Mountain’s edge, making the mountain shake and tilt as Huang Yuan charged Lin Xin again.
• While locked in a clash with Huang Yuan, Lin Xin cut through his own waist and sent a concealed ripple through the gap to strike Huang Yuan in the head.

Lin Xin resisted an entity trying to seize his body by adding thirty-two thousand attribute points, awakening a powerful Star Singer form and driving the intruder out. After enduring hours of bodily destruction and regeneration, he survived and discovered he had gained Purification Power.

• A mysterious voice tried to tempt Lin Xin into accepting it, while his body transformed and unleashed a shockwave that shattered the Lin Family grounds.
• An unknown Dark Gold infant detected the eruption, identified it as the power of a Fifth Order Star Singer Race, and restored the damaged grounds and people.
• Lin Xin added all his attributes, manifested five pairs of wings, and crushed the insect that had been trying to take over his body.
• Lin Xin endured hours of repeated bodily destruction and regeneration as his new attributes reshaped him, then recovered by dawn.
• Lin Xin retracted his wings, recognized that his fingertip had erased part of a table through Purification Power, and decided to adapt to his new strength.

Lin Xin took the Rank Promotion Test and reached Tier Five, Level Three, earning a new robe and recognition as a remarkable talent. Azure Mountain Elder learned of Lin Xin’s result and sent a dark gold jade token to Qiao Yu in White Jade City.

• Lin Xin passed the Foundation Establishment and Apex Realm assessments, reaching Tier Five, Level Three before ending the test.
• The old woman confirmed Lin Xin’s rank, explained his privileges, and gave him a Tier Five robe marked with five white lines and three dots.
• Lin Xin returned to Shepherding God Garden, where other disciples noticed his new rank and the news spread through White Jade City.
• Azure Mountain Elder received Lin Xin’s assessment result amid battle, celebrated, and sent a dark gold jade token to Qiao Yu.
• Qiao Yu received the token at Jade Manor and raised a barrier around herself.

Dragon Snake taught Lin Xin about the Azure Origin Art, the Earth Immortal path, and Dao soldiers, then sent him to meet senior brother Ouluo. The chapter ended as Lin Xin and Ouluo began a sparring match in the lava cave.

• Dragon Snake passed Lin Xin the cultivation methods for the Azure Origin Art and nine exceptional arts, then explained the five realms of the Earth Immortal path.
• Dragon Snake gave Lin Xin a Heaven Earth Profound Yang Phoenix Cry Seed and explained how Dao soldiers would protect him as he divided himself across the land.
• Dragon Snake brought Lin Xin to meet Ouluo, who demonstrated his Blood Dragon Child and explained the long progression of Earth Immortal cultivation.
• Ouluo told Lin Xin about his Fire Cloud Art and invited him to test his strength in a sparring match.
• Lin Xin and Ouluo activated the Apex Realm simultaneously as their fight began.

Lin Xin prepared for a tempering journey, secured supplies, and chose a mission to aid a remote branch sect before leaving the Dragon Snake Realm. At his first transmission point, a dragon-headed giant turtle killed three ambushers, while a masked group gathered around an altar in a snowy realm as Lin Xin continued onward.

• Ouluo gave Lin Xin a Thousand Faces Mask and reminded him to prioritize his safety during the journey.
• Lin Xin refined three Nine Revolutions Soul Return Elixirs and selected a request-for-aid mission to a remote lower realm.
• Lin Xin instructed Lin Youke, Lin Chuan, and their companion to cultivate and follow Keke's orders while he was away.
• Lin Xin left Deep Fire Palace and activated the Dragon Snake Realm's long-distance transmission array.
• Three black-shadowed Attendants from Azure Lock Hall waited to ambush Lin Xin, but a dragon-headed giant turtle killed them before he emerged.
• Lin Xin arrived at the transmission array, sensed a trace of foreign power, and transmitted onward as masked cultivators stood around an altar in a snowy realm.

Lin Xin reached White Jade City and used a teleportation tablet to travel to the Dao Comprehension Tower, where he attended his first lecture as a Core Disciple. The Earth Immortal Dao Shui taught the gathered pure-blooded disciples the Azure Origin Art, leaving Lin Xin carefully recording its cultivation formula.

• Lin Xin exchanged two pieces of spirit jade for passage through the White Jade City teleportation tablet and arrived at the Dao Comprehension Tower with his four servants.
• Chen Jingsi explained that the servants had to attend a separate lecture hall, and Lin Xin entered the tower alone.
• Lin Xin met Yuan Xi, a Core Disciple from the Spirit Communication Realm, and accompanied him to the second-floor lecture hall.
• Lin Xin took a seat among powerful pure-blooded disciples from many worlds and watched the Earth Immortal Dao Shui begin the lecture.
• Dao Shui explained the difficulties pure-blooded disciples faced in cultivation and recited the Azure Origin Art, which Lin Xin recorded carefully.

Lin Yaoyang sought Cave Heaven Gate’s evil-path manuals to help her younger brother, Lin Sheri, while Ling Shaojun tried to use the request to draw her into marriage with him. Back at the Lin Family, Lin Xin noticed a maid surrounded by gray mist and deathly aura, then considered forging a divine weapon of his own.

• An old Daoist explained that Autumn Stone remained independent because it sealed several evil gods with Purification Blood.
• Lin Yaoyang visited Jade Qiong Island to seek an evil-path cultivation manual from Cave Heaven Gate for Lin Sheri.
• Ling Shaojun realized Lin Yaoyang wanted the manual for her younger brother and schemed to exploit her need for an heir to secure control of the Lin Family and World Extermination Society.
• Ling Shaojun asked Lin Yaoyang to accompany Old Immortal Shangshui for drinks, and she reluctantly agreed to his arrangement.
• Lin Xin saw gray mist and deathly aura around the maid Small Fish with his Demon God's Eye, then dismissed her.
• Lin Xin considered forging a divine weapon suited to his Thunderclap Sword, but found few usable array combinations and no relevant Lin Family inheritance.