Chapter Summaries

Lin Xin studied Qi Refining formations at the Dao Palace, selected six to copy, and paid a steep price for them. He registered Hua Ying at Listening Sword Valley, reunited with the manor disciples, and left after entrusting Hua Ying to their care.

• Lin Xin entered the Array Hall Pavilion and studied its second-rank formations, focusing on combat formations and memorizing the Mortal Fire Array.
• Lin Xin chose six formations and paid the keeper two hundred and forty thousand Jade Coins for their copied records.
• Lin Xin took Hua Ying to Sword Hall Peak and completed his sect-entry registration at Listening Sword Valley.
• The manor disciples welcomed Lin Xin at a banquet, where Lin Yi and Tuo Ba Yi pledged their loyalty and Lin Xin assured everyone that the manor would support them.
• Lin Xin entrusted Hua Ying to the disciples and went to exchange for spiritual jade to set up formations.

Lin Xin cared for his recovering sister Lin Yaoyang in his territory, helped her walk, and brought her back to the fortress. Afterward, he examined the mission rewards Feng Huai had sent and found two mysterious Black Market Dao Seeds.

• Lin Xin explained to Lin Yaoyang that they were in his True Inheritor territory and learned that a force had carried her to Snowman City after the demon spirit self-destructed.
• Lin Xin helped Lin Yaoyang try walking, and she stumbled into his arms before returning to the cart in embarrassment.
• Lin Yaoyang told Lin Xin that Lin Yazaki was marrying the Qiu Shi Fifth Prince, then urged him to take her back to rest.
• Lin Xin secretly increased Lin Yaoyang's attributes, returned her to the central fortress, and offered her some Steel Men as guards.
• Lin Xin examined the rewards from Feng Huai and discovered two sealed Black Market Dao Seeds of unknown contents.

Lin Xin purified most of Lin Yaoyang’s toxins and watched the Heavenly Alliance destroy the Bewitching Soul Realm as the battle against the Soul Sect and Void Demon Spirits intensified. He learned that rescuing someone imprisoned in the Nether Prefecture might be beyond even a Dao Ancestor, then set course for Shadow City to find an antidote for his elder sister and settle a personal grudge.

• Lin Xin purified three concentrated toxin sites in Lin Yaoyang’s body, removing more than eighty percent of the poison and keeping it from flaring up for a long time.
• The Cloud Light Lord explained that the Soul Sect had evacuated its forces and that the Protectorate Army was powerful enough to equal two Celestial Sovereign incarnations.
• Lin Xin asked about the Nether Prefecture and learned that even the Netherworld Time Master had failed to bring prisoners out, making his plan to rescue Hong Ye and the others seem unlikely.
• The Heavenly Alliance destroyed the Bewitching Soul Realm, and the Void Demon Spirits surged forward as the battle lines shifted.
• Lin Xin told the Cosmos Celestial Sovereign he needed to reach Shadow City for a personal grudge and an antidote for Lin Yaoyang, then prepared to return by Star Gate and asked the Cloud Light Lord about Demon God King Song Danhao.

Lin Xin repeatedly practiced the Minor Flame Yang Array until he learned its inscription skill, then experimented with miniaturized runes and discovered that metal resisted inscriptions more than black cloth. The chapter left him successfully inscribing multiple runes onto his longsword, suggesting he could greatly increase its power.

• Lin Xin failed through several basins of materials before completing his first Minor Flame Yang Array flag and gaining the Array Rune Inscription skill.
• Lin Xin used the skill to make more flags, then independently inscribed a smaller rune and found that infusing it with Inner Qi raised its temperature to about seventy degrees.
• Lin Xin drew several tiny runes on one flag, which ignited and set his desk ablaze; he extinguished it and considered applying stacked runes to his longsword.
• Lin Xin found that inscribing the sword by hand became increasingly difficult, but the skill successfully completed the first rune on its blade.
• Lin Xin continued using the skill to inscribe smaller runes on the longsword, completing the second, third, and fourth.

The Heavenly Sound Dragon King, Nine Colors, and Fang Yu joined forces to burn their power and break open the gate of transcendence, with Yan Naiya helping suppress Lin Xin. As the others entered, Lin Xin broke free, struck the gate, and vanished with it in a burst of white light.

• The Heavenly Sound Dragon King used the Intermediary Sound Four Methods to plunge Lin Xin’s senses into chaos, then joined Nine Colors and Fang Yu in a plan to open the gate of transcendence.
• The three burned their power and directed their combined flames at the Forging Heaven Scripture Plate, cracking it and opening a fissure.
• Lin Xin began breaking free of the seal, so the Heavenly Sound Dragon King, Nine Colors, and Fang Yu burned their souls to suppress him, while Yan Naiya bound him with ribbons formed from countless worlds.
• The Forging Heaven Scripture Plate shattered, and a rainbow-lit gate appeared; Yan Naiya, the Heavenly Sound Dragon King, Nine Colors, and Fang Yu rushed inside.
• Lin Xin regained control, charged the gate, and caused it to explode into white light as he vanished.

Lin Xin arrived at the Desolate Star Region and learned that the wounded were suffering from contamination caused by the Star Sea Blacksmith’s weapons. Eager to harvest attributes from the Void Demon Spirits, he went alone to the core battlefield, where a pack of Tier Six monsters surrounded him and began to twist and shrink.

• Lin Xin asked White Dragon Celestial Venerable why Dao soldiers and low-level cultivators were needed, and White Dragon explained how they extended Celestial Venerables’ control across vast territories.
• Lin Xin arrived with his companions at the blood-soaked Desolate Star Region and met the exhausted Faceless Jade Purity Supreme Celestial Sovereign and other Venerables.
• Lin Xin saw that Medicine Master Buddha’s golden statue was healing thousands of wounded cultivators and Dao soldiers contaminated by the Star Sea Blacksmith’s weapons.
• Lin Xin declined an escort and set out alone, saying his devouring divine art was suited to fighting demon spirits.
• At the core battlefield, Tier Six fat monsters surrounded Lin Xin, who remained seated and asked whether they had ever seen a flower of death born from flesh and blood.
• The monsters’ bodies began twisting, stretching, and shrinking as a piercing sound rang through the void.

Lin Xin tested Sima Nanjiu as a potential student, then left before the boy could learn whether he had passed. At the Transformation Cave, Lin Xin found a Soul Capture Grand Array and two True Lords waiting for him, and prepared to face them.

• Lin Xin demanded Sima Nanjiu’s most precious possession, tested his aptitude, and set him the task of holding a strange stance until the next evening; Sima Nanjiu gave him a black jade pendant and accepted the challenge.
• Sima Kongyan and Sima Qing accused Lin Xin of taking advantage of their five-year-old brother, but Sima Nanjiu continued holding the stance despite the discomfort and the onlookers.
• Sima Nanjiu collapsed after completing the task, but Lin Xin’s room was empty, leaving the sisters furious and Nanjiu disappointed yet unconvinced that Lin Xin was a fraud.
• Lin Xin reached the Transformation Cave forbidden ground and sensed an enemy waiting for him, while the Soul Capture Grand Array and two True Lords prepared to attack.
• Lin Xin’s hair turned blood-red as he inhaled with immense force, drawing torrents of air into his body before confronting the Transformation Cave.

Dragon Queen Yi Shen ordered Shadow City to prepare for war against Azure Lake Mountain as Lin Xin arranged his disciples’ cultivation and sought a new world through the Bewildering Gate. The chapter ended with the Void Demon Spirits and Azure Lake Mountain’s forces clashing in a massive battle at the Void Spirit Pagoda defense line.

• Dragon Queen Yi Shen learned that the Abyss was nearly harvested and the Nether Prefecture was resisting suppression, then ordered executions and preparations for war against Azure Lake Mountain.
• Lin Xin gave his disciples the revised cultivation methods, warned them not to act rashly, and told them they could use the world passage without waiting for him.
• Lin Xin contacted a desperate voice through the Bewildering Gate and offered to help in exchange for a drop of blood so the Qi La Mask could locate the speaker’s world.
• Lin Xin resolved to seek new small worlds to gain strength and address the Nether Prefecture’s hidden danger and his karmic ties.
• A colossal force of Void Demon Spirits emerged before the Void Spirit Pagoda as the Four Dao Ancestors appeared to lead Azure Lake Mountain’s defense.
• The armies joined their powers into a blue giant and a hundred-headed lion, which collided as the battle began.

Lin Xin overheard the Shi Brothers plotting to join Kong Yuhui in seeking Yin Blood, then followed a strange figure after seeing the brothers sneak out near four in the morning. Ouyang Qing joined him and confirmed that Kong Yuhui and the Shi Brothers were after Yin Blood, but she had not seen the shadow Lin Xin followed.

• Kong Yuhui led the group to the Blood Leaf Trees to prepare for Yin Blood Birds, and everyone returned to town afterward.
• Lin Xin overheard Shi Kun and Shi Lei arguing about Kong Yuhui and planning to go out again at four.
• Ouyang Qing warned Lin Xin that Corpse Monkeys were deadly and urged him not to wander alone.
• Lin Xin saw the Shi Brothers leave the courtyard near four, then encountered a silent figure outside his door and followed it.
• Ouyang Qing appeared with her sword and accompanied Lin Xin into the darkness, explaining that Kong Yuhui and the Shi Brothers sought Yin Blood.
• Ouyang Qing was surprised when Lin Xin described the strange shadow, saying she had not seen it.

Lin Xin traveled with Ji Lu and Bo Yunzi toward the Pine Forest Sword Sect while hearing that a mysterious treasure had drawn martial artists to Red Pine City. After crossing the Clear Water River, he learned the sect accepted nearly anyone with Inner Qi as a Registered Disciple, though its dangers and high casualties remained unclear.

• Lin Xin calculated that his slow Inner Qi cultivation would take about 980 days to reach the second level and watched newcomers shelter from the rain at the ruined temple.
• A middle-aged martial artist told Bo Yunzi that golden light and rumors of a treasure had attracted many people to Red Pine City, including the Plum Blossom Sect.
• Three Plum Blossom Sect riders told Ji Lu they had been ordered to support Su Wan, and Ji Lu shared what he knew about Red Pine City's situation.
• Lin Xin left half his gold leaves with Lin Yuansheng in Clear Water Town and borrowed a gold ingot from Bo Yunzi to lease a courtyard for him.
• Ji Lu and Bo Yunzi explained that the Pine Forest Sword Sect accepted Inner Qi holders under thirty as Registered Disciples, despite its dwindling numbers and severe casualties.

Lin Xin, Shu Luoyi, and Yu Chang traced the plague-stricken Duan Qi to a Six-Winged Bee and a cryptic clue pointing to Huang's Clothing Shop. They reached the abandoned shop and learned that its clothes were rumored to move on their own at midnight.

• Kong Yuhui left Lin Xin fifteen External Style Experts but declined to explain his reluctance to get involved in the plague case.
• Lin Xin and Shu Luoyi discovered a Six-Winged Bee inside Duan Qi, revived her briefly with a Sweet Rain Talisman, and heard her repeat “Huang's Clothing Store” before she died.
• Shu Luoyi found a blood-red Four Person Coin on Duan Qi and persuaded Lin Xin to investigate Huang's Clothing Shop, promising an opportunity that might lead them into the Innate Realm.
• Lin Xin, Shu Luoyi, and Yu Chang reached the dilapidated shop near the north gate and paid an old beggar to tell them what had happened.
• The old beggar said a strange rumor claimed the shop's clothes moved by themselves at midnight as if invisible people were wearing them.

Lin Xin devastated the Transformation Cave forbidden grounds with the Golden Light Array, absorbed the souls and negative emotions of its inhabitants, and defeated Zheng Qing. He reunited with Sima Nanjiu, accepted him as his disciple, and headed with the Sima siblings to look for their cousin as the attack ended.

• Lin Xin summoned a vast Golden Light Array that bombarded the Transformation Cave forbidden grounds, while Zheng Qing failed to stop him.
• Lin Xin absorbed the victims’ souls and negative emotions, then destroyed Zheng Qing’s Soul Replacement Pearl after Zheng Qing’s body shattered.
• Lin Xin revealed himself to Sima Nanjiu and called him his disciple, leaving Sima Qing and Sima Kongyan stunned by the identity of the man they had thought was a poor scholar.
• Lin Xin explained that he had attacked Transformation Cave to obtain ancient texts, then killed a fleeing cultivator with a glance when the man tried to escape.
• Sima Nanjiu told Lin Xin that their cousin guarded one of the Five Pillars, and Lin Xin ended the bombardment and took the siblings to look for him.

Lin Xin escaped the battle at the Daoist halls, where Yin Manto fed on Hua Dunzi’s flesh and the dead, while he examined a blood-red pearl and discovered it was a legendary Yin Spirit Pearl. After his cultivation rose to Returning Origin Art, Qi Refining Stage, Level Five, he returned to the courtyard and saw Yin Manto nearing evolution, with several objects it had found awaiting him.

• Lin Xin fled the formation, collected Hua Dunzi’s severed flesh with Yin Manto, and killed three Fish Lip Dao Daoists who were attacking a masked woman.
• Lin Xin left the battle and examined the blood-red pearl while Yin Manto consumed flesh and corpses among the Daoist halls.
• As the battle ended, Lin Xin recalled Yin Manto and absorbed the nourishing currents from the Two-Faced People he had slain.
• Lin Xin discovered that his cultivation had reached Returning Origin Art, Qi Refining Stage, Level Five, and identified the pearl as a potentially dangerous Yin Spirit Pearl containing a Yin Spirit.
• Lin Xin returned to his courtyard and saw Yin Manto’s main trunk had grown over seven meters tall and was nearing evolution.
• Yin Manto raised several objects from its roots, and Lin Xin was astonished when he saw them.

Lin Xin and Xiao Lingling escaped the trial gravely injured and were taken back toward the sect for treatment. On the way, Lin Xin reunited with Huang Shan, who warned that demonic sect disturbances were increasing amid the Vermilion Bird Holy Court’s movements.

• Lin Xin and Xiao Lingling reached the misty exit, where Lu Rong recognized their injuries and carried them to the waiting rescuers.
• Lu Rong sent the pair for urgent treatment, and the Prime Culprit counted their seventy-two bone fragments and divided them evenly between them.
• Lin Xin and Xiao Lingling were carried to a carriage and then boarded a vermilion ship; Lin Xin knocked Xiao Lingling unconscious so she could rest.
• Lin Xin reunited with Huang Shan aboard the ship and learned that Huang Shan had also suffered severe injuries.
• Huang Shan told Lin Xin that the Vermilion Bird Holy Court was active and demonic sect disturbances had begun appearing within the four sects’ territory.

Lin Xin attended the opening of the Dao Canon Grand Competition, where organizers unveiled the venue, its defenses, and the three trials. He began addressing the gathered cultivators on behalf of the Immortal Fiend Alliance, warning those who might disrupt the event.

• Lin Xin spent three days adapting to his enhanced physical defenses and perception before the Dao Canon Grand Competition opened.
• Lin Xin joined Second Qing Nu and Grand Turtle Old Man as the Immortal Fiend Alliance's representatives, while guards reinforced security at Snow Mountain Summit.
• A Golden Armor Elder opened the Emerald Water Pillar into a vast platform, and the three organizers' tower ships carried their representatives inside.
• The Myriad Laws Hall Spirit explained that the Dao Canon would help selected geniuses nourish their origin embryos with Nether River water, while Guan Mingyue told Lin Xin about the Demon Canon.
• Lin Xin learned that the venue's golden restriction array could kill even Yuan Jing Ancestors, then Lou Xiaofei praised his knowledge of array talismans.
• Second Qing Nu outlined the three trials, and Lin Xin began a speech on the Immortal Fiend Alliance's principles before warning those who might disrupt the Dao Canon.

Lin Xin escaped Ren Jia Star with Xu Yejun, Xu Rongjun, Yun He, and the Ten Illusions School after using his illusions to manipulate the soldiers and school masters. As they approached the Storm Imperial Capital to rescue Xu Yejun’s mother, Lin Xin revealed that he had ordered his captives to kill themselves and prepared to confront the people behind the arrest.

• Lin Xin took Xu Yejun away from the Space Station after the controlled soldiers killed themselves, and Yun He chose to accompany them with the Ten Illusions School.
• The Xuanming Compassionate Buddha School Master killed the Yin School Master and more than a hundred soldiers while trapped in Lin Xin’s illusion; the Dragon Monarch Dao Lord awakened the others with a dragon’s roar.
• The Xuanming Compassionate Buddha School Master mistook an empty corridor for Xu Hong, attacked himself, and self-destructed, tearing open the Space Station and killing many people.
• Lin Xin’s group traveled through Jump Points toward the Storm Imperial Capital, where Xu Yejun hoped they could rescue her mother.
• Lin Xin told Yun He that his control would wear off and that he had ordered the captives to kill themselves after half an hour.
• As the spacecraft neared Imperial Capital Star, Lin Xin told the others to leave him to act alone and said he would make certain people understand reality’s cruelty.

Lin Xin fought through Fish Lip Dao, stole the Azure Blood Demoness Pearl, and entered a pavilion to seize rare texts and jade slips. As Pu Dusheng’s forces pressed their attack, two Essence Qi Realm demon kings appeared, forcing him to order a retreat.

• Lin Xin used his speed and swordsmanship to cut through Fish Lip Dao’s defenders and demon creatures as the formation above the compound trembled under Pu Dusheng’s assault.
• Lin Xin killed the fleeing cultivator who had taken the Azure Blood Demoness Pearl, then escaped into a pavilion while Chi Lingjun and another cultivator pursued him.
• Lin Xin cut through the pavilion’s formation, collected six jade slips and more than ten books, and stood on its balcony as fighting continued outside.
• Hua Dunzi flew toward the battlefield, and a giant fish-headed man emerged from the ground to confront Pu Dusheng and the two Essence Qi Realm cultivators.
• Pu Dusheng abandoned the encirclement and ordered his forces to retreat after the two demon kings joined the battle.

Lin Xin realized that his attribute growth came from plundering, then spent 1.5 billion points on Constitution and traveled to the Human Realm to devour evil-god auras. He returned to the Broken Sea and entered the smallest Shattered Wheel Hall, hoping to find the Netherworld before the coming battle.

• Lin Xin reasoned that his attribute-point ability plundered World Origin and stellar power, then allocated 1.5 billion points to Constitution, reaching a height of two hundred meters and further transforming his Purification Power.
• Lin Xin flew to the Human Realm, where Xiya gave him a silver-white sphere and more than ten sealed heads containing evil-god auras.
• Lin Xin devoured the evil-god auras, destroyed the heads, and used the Hidden Door to travel to the Broken Sea.
• Lin Xin searched for the smallest Shattered Wheel Hall, which he believed would lead to the Netherworld, and found a wheel about half the size of the first ones he had seen.
• Lin Xin transformed into streams of red light and slipped through the gaps beneath the giant wheel.

Lin Xin, Shu Luoyi, and Yu Chang fought Mu Luozi over the Human-Face Fruits, but their attacks failed to kill him and the fight ended in a tense standoff. Meanwhile, sect members investigated the blast site and pursued the group to recover the fruit and address a local plague.

• Shu Luoyi attacked Mu Luozi with her Green Jade Dagger, but he blocked her strikes with Snow Peak Sharp Claw and unleashed swarms of Six-Winged Bees.
• Shu Luoyi detonated the Green Jade Dagger and struck Mu Luozi with her Sword Qi Talisman, while Yu Chang stabbed him, but Mu Luozi healed and revealed his Metal Undying Body.
• Lin Xin threw his Clear Talisman Sword, creating a huge blast that destroyed the bees and left Mu Luozi motionless beneath a tree.
• Lin Xin tried to take the Human-Face Fruits, but Shu Luoyi aimed her Sword Qi Talisman at him and challenged him over the treasure as Yu Chang tried to mediate.
• A middle-aged man in a white Daoist robe inspected the blast site and pursued Lin Xin's group, while a gentle young man and two women followed to recover the Human-Face Fruits and investigate the plague.

Lin Xin searched the calamity-swallowed layer for Dao Ancestor remains but found that the Heavenly Demon Warlords had likely taken or devoured them. After witnessing Yuzi and the Song Ri Valley Master battle and following them through a rupture into an unknown abyss layer, Lin Xin drastically increased his damage and began strengthening his new jellyfish mount.

• Lin Xin entered the gate and searched the yellow, corrosive liquid for Dao Ancestor remains, but found nothing and concluded the Heavenly Demon Warlords had taken or devoured them.
• After leaving the gate, Lin Xin hid as Yuzi and the Song Ri Valley Master fought, shattered the abyss, and disappeared into a massive hole.
• Lin Xin followed the rupture through its light-year-long passage and emerged in an unfamiliar layer filled with milky seawater and gigantic jellyfish.
• Lin Xin controlled a jellyfish, followed the Dao Ancestors’ lingering auras, and realized the speed gap between himself and them was immense.
• Lin Xin spent all his free attribute points on damage, force-refined the jellyfish into his mount, and began pouring attribute points into it.