Chapter Summaries

Lin Xin followed a false Ouyang Qing through a ghostly corridor, escaped a cliff illusion with his Flame Yang Talisman Sword, and fought off a Corpse Monkey. He reached the Red Tree Forest, where Yin Blood Qi boosted his cultivation, and secretly watched Kong Yuhui as he asked someone whether anyone in their group was worth watching.

• Ouyang Qing told Lin Xin that Yin Blood Qi could accelerate cultivation and offered him a share if he joined her, then left him in the dark corridor.
• A second Ouyang Qing beckoned Lin Xin into an endless passage, but his Flame Yang Talisman Sword revealed that he was near a fatal cliff in the graveyard.
• A Corpse Monkey attacked Lin Xin, and his sword’s burst of heat blasted it away; he found a blue spike where it had fallen.
• Lin Xin reached the Red Tree Forest, entered its red mist, and felt his Inner Qi circulate without pain.
• Lin Xin hid and cultivated while watching Kong Yuhui, who eventually asked whether anyone in their group was worth paying attention to.

Lin Xin discovered that Pu Dusheng had given him a bell meant to plant a hidden pawn in his soul, then confronted Master Wan Nian and fought off his attacks. After Yin Manto swallowed one Wan Nian, more than a hundred copies surrounded Lin Xin and unleashed a powerful sound attack.

• Pu Dusheng gave Lin Xin the Hundred Flower Bell, while secretly revealing that Master Wan Nian had prepared it to control Lin Xin and seize his resource-trading channel.
• Lin Xin detected the bell's hidden influence, killed the maidservant escorting him, and confronted Wan Nian in the palace corridor.
• Lin Xin summoned Yin Manto, which dragged Wan Nian into its jaws and swallowed him.
• Another Wan Nian appeared before Lin Xin, and over a hundred copies gathered around him and Yin Manto.
• The Wan Nians spoke together about suffering and bliss, then used the true word "Lin" to unleash converging sound waves as Yin Manto attacked.

After more than ten years of gathering knowledge while living as Yang Shen, Lin Xin absorbed Yang Shen’s separate soul and began adapting his cultivation to the Great Universe. He left the chapter in the middle of that conversion, while learning that his sister Yang Songyu had tested positive for Adapter aptitude.

• Lin Xin spent years studying the Great Universe’s rules and technology, while the damaged Netherworld remained dormant.
• At a bar, Ruan Rujun complained to Yang Shen about Yang Songyu’s habits and later reported that Yang Songyu had tested positive for Adapter aptitude.
• Yang Shen absorbed his separate soul, allowing Lin Xin’s main consciousness to fully surface.
• Lin Xin reassured Ruan Rujun about her prospects, then left the bar and headed home by taxi.
• Lin Xin began converting his attributes and cultivation to fit the Great Universe’s rules, anticipating that the process would consume some of his power.

Lin Xin slaughtered the Xuan Ying Sect members who had witnessed his spiritual energy, then killed Fu Dage despite Zhao Ke’s pleas and set out with Zhao for Stone Sun City. Meanwhile, Huo Yinqi was carried away by her master, who scolded her for risking herself to help the Kun Lin Sword School junior.

• Lin Xin used the Red Flower Sword to kill the fleeing Xuan Ying Sect members and told Zhao Ke that he trusted only the dead.
• Zhao Ke stood between Lin Xin and Fu Dage and begged for Fu Dage to be spared, but Lin Xin killed him after agreeing to go to the nearest Radiance Society branch.
• Lin Xin and Zhao Ke searched for Huo Yinqi and Also Snake Old Ancestor’s lair but found neither, so they headed toward Stone Sun City.
• Huo Yinqi’s master flew away with her bound by a golden rope and criticized her for risking her life to help the Kun Lin Sword School junior.
• Huo Yinqi argued with her master over whether cultivation required following one’s heart or pursuing immortality at any cost.

Lin Xin negotiated a trade with Pu Shengdu, exchanging spirit jade for cultivation texts, Dao scrolls, and rare materials from the Nether Prefecture. Back home, Lin Xinyuan cared for him after Xiao Lingling’s death and told him that Xiao Lingling had wanted him to find An Ying.

• Lin Xin and Pu Shengdu agreed to trade spirit jade for complete cultivation texts and high-grade materials, with their next meeting set for Wu Shen Valley near Huan Ning City in half a month.
• Pu Shengdu gave Lin Xin a sachet to suppress the Bewildering Fragrance, and both men left after confirming the deal.
• Lin Xin woke in his manor, where he found hot water and other preparations waiting for him, and Lin Xinyuan brought him breakfast.
• Lin Xinyuan told Lin Xin that Xiao Lingling had asked her to care for him and had wanted him to find An Ying.
• Lin Xin admitted that he had wronged Xiao Lingling.

Zhao Ke sacrificed himself to create the Righteous Soul Pearl, which restored Lin Xin’s clarity and balanced his demonic power. Lin Xin killed the ship’s crew, protected Ye Qingchang, and later returned to Southern Prefecture with her and his companions.

• Zhao Ke used the secret treasure to transform himself into a pearl that purified Lin Xin’s spiritual will, sacrificing his life and soul.
• Lin Xin named the white pearl the Righteous Soul Pearl and the purple pearl the Evil Soul Pearl, whose opposing powers formed a balance within him.
• Lin Xin stabilized Ye Qingchang’s pregnancy, then killed Captain Zhou Aifa and the other crew members for allowing Zhao Ke’s sacrifice.
• Lin Xiaoyu and a female demon took the unconscious Ye Qingchang below deck while Lin Xin carried the two pearls with him.
• Lin Xin later sat down to eat at Hua Frost Restaurant in Southern Prefecture with Lin Xiaoyu, Ye Qingchang, Ke Ke Sai, and the others.

Lin Xin used an illusion formation to escape the three true persons pursuing the Grotto Heaven Divine Talisman, while Yellow Ape True Lord ordered them to recruit him if possible. In Naxi, a black-faced fellow handed a middle-aged man an item and his father’s notes, then prepared to leave before the Immortal Fiend Alliance traced him.

• Lin Xin lured the three pursuers into a false image created by layered illusion arrays and flew away toward Naxi.
• Yellow Ape True Lord learned that the Grotto Heaven Divine Talisman had been taken and ordered the three true persons to persuade Lin Xin to join the Immortal Fiend Alliance, killing him only if he refused.
• At a glutinous rice-ball stall in Naxi, a black-faced fellow gave a middle-aged man a bundle and agreed to let him examine his father’s legacy notes.
• The middle-aged man advised the black-faced fellow to find a new purpose after his revenge and warned him that the Immortal Fiend Alliance might trace the matter back to him.
• The black-faced fellow agreed to leave with the middle-aged man.

Lin Xin fought alongside Dugu Lin to help Dong Yue and the insect master escape, then evaded Su Wan’s Heart Exchange Divine Palm and escaped with the Stone Heart. Su Wan suspected Dugu Lin had secretly interfered, deepening their grudge.

• Lin Xin and Dugu Lin staged a fierce fight while bargaining over Dugu Lin’s debt, and she agreed to help him hold off Su Wan.
• Yin Manto’s vines delayed the pursuers as Dong Yue and the insect master vanished into the giant forest, while the other cultivators followed a tracking artifact.
• Dugu Lin discovered that Lin Xin’s strength far exceeded what she had expected and warned him about Hua Yu Nu’s Dragon Transformation Art before sending him away.
• Su Wan trapped Lin Xin in an illusion with her Heart Exchange Divine Palm and struck his shoulder, linking his heart to a Stone Heart she held.
• Lin Xin used Spirit Lock to slow Su Wan, took the Stone Heart, and escaped after her jade talisman broke the golden restraints.
• Su Wan suspected Dugu Lin had secretly interfered with her attack and glared at her, worsening their grudge.

Lin Shan and the allied forces of Heaven Cloud Path, Transformation Cave, and Jade Clarity Dao prepared an ambush for Lin Xin using the Society Cloud Cauldron. Lin Xin and Guan Mingyue appeared and survived the attack, leaving the opposing leaders facing him across the battlefield.

• Lin Shan warned Qian Yunzi to keep his distance and revealed that the Society Cloud Cauldron was Heaven Cloud Path’s top-grade sixth-rank treasure.
• The three factions took their positions, and Lin Shan activated the cauldron, unleashing a vast tide of Thousand Autumn Water as the sky turned dark.
• Grand Turtle Old Man, Fourth Qing Nu, and the Jade Case Palace Master arrived exhausted and took shelter behind the cauldron while the forces searched for Lin Xin.
• Lin Shan sensed Lin Xin’s approach, and the three factions agreed to attack together as soon as he appeared.
• Lin Xin and Guan Mingyue emerged from a black vortex, and the Society Cloud Cauldron, Qian Yunzi’s forces, and the Jade Clarity Daoist nuns launched a combined assault.
• Lin Xin gathered the Thousand Autumn Water into a Black Sphere and addressed Lin Shan, Qian Yunzi, and the Jade Clarity Elder.

Lin Xin and the others were forced into the Ten Thousand Evil Cave by Yuansha Mountain Man and Lu Qiaoqiao, who collected flames from the cave’s lighthouses while contesting how to divide them. They reached the Black Water Palace, where Yuansha Mountain Man demanded the others help draw away its powerful Evil God servant, the Grievance River Chanter.

• Zeng Zhuo and Murong Jun tried to flee, but Yuansha Mountain Man’s Round Light Snake Formation forced them back, and Lu Qiaoqiao compelled the group to enter the Ten Thousand Evil Cave.
• Yuansha Mountain Man led the others through the black-water entrance, where they found a lighthouse bearing Shoot Snow Yang Fire; he and Lu Qiaoqiao argued over the spoils and destroyed its flame rather than yield.
• The group reached several tentacle lighthouses made from the King of Boulders, and Yuansha Mountain Man and Lu Qiaoqiao split and took their flames.
• Lin Xin and the others followed Yuansha Mountain Man and Lu Qiaoqiao to the Black Water Palace, where Yuansha Mountain Man asked them to help draw away the Grievance River Chanter’s guards.

Lin Xin attended the Emerald Black Market’s trading meet, where he set his sights on a powerful sword and made a deal for the materials he needed. The meet ended with a bidding war over Jin Shangwu, while Bai Zi gathered power to make her move.

• Bai Zi obeyed the organizers’ command to act seductively on Lin Xin’s lap, and Lin Xin concealed her abnormality as others watched.
• The Flying Corpse King offered the fifth-rank Silkworm White Moon Sword, but withdrew it when no one could provide the Illusory Heart Demon Orchid or enough Black Jade Marrow; Lin Xin resolved to kill him and take it.
• Lin Xin traded for most of the materials to reforge the Red Flower Sword, and the Fire God Child offered to provide Verdant Jade Pine Nut in exchange for more Fire Scythe Pills.
• The silver-robed man opened an auction for servants and presented Jin Shangwu, a captured peak fourth-rank cultivator whom Bai Zi recognized with tears in her eyes.
• Situ Rong'er, the Soul Summoning King, and an unknown female cultivator drove Jin Shangwu’s price above one hundred thousand spirit jade as cold power gathered inside Bai Zi.

Bu La Ge defeated and imprisoned Song Danhao, Gongshang Baiyu, and Xu Ling, while Lin Xin devoured three captive Evil God Kings to convert their power into free attributes. The chapter ended with Lin Xin ordering Xu Ling killed, the other captives held, and refugees from the Azure Mountain Realm sent to Nether City.

• Bu La Ge and his summoned selves overwhelmed Song Danhao, Gongshang Baiyu, and Xu Ling, then sent them to Nether Prison.
• Lin Xin refused to release Lin Yi, Demon Insect Black Turtle, and Pottery Human Shang Qiu, and devoured them to harvest their pollution power as free attributes.
• Bu La Ge reported the captured trio, and Lin Xin ordered Xu Ling killed while Song Danhao and Gongshang Baiyu remained imprisoned.
• Bu La Ge told Lin Xin that a Heavenly Venerable had returned with cultivators and Lineage members from the Li family's ancestral grounds, and Lin Xin ordered them sent to Nether City as commoners.

Lin Xin defeated the gray figure by unleashing the Thunder Emperor’s power, then returned to Qing Yun Island and learned how badly the World Extermination Society had been hit. As his reputation spread, he visited Lin Yaoyang and told her he planned to leave for Treading Sea Cliff after God Sacrifice Day, worrying that her short lifespan might mean he would not see her again.

• Lin Xin revealed his strength in the Apex Realm, killed the gray figure with the Thunder Emperor’s power, and recovered a Storage Ring marked with the number 635.
• Lin Xin returned to Qing Yun Island, where Duan Qinglong and Kong Xin recounted how a disguised bearded man had lured the monster there and their forces had been devastated.
• Lin Xin reported that the appearance of two Spirit Asuras and Jin Ma’s killings would shake the World Extermination Society, and he led the survivors back from the ruined island.
• Lin Yaoyang convened the society’s leaders after the disaster, while Lin Xin’s reputation grew as he killed demon generals and demon spirits in later operations.
• Lin Xin visited Lin Yaoyang and said he planned to go to Treading Sea Cliff after God Sacrifice Day; she asked how he would resolve the Evil Qi, and he expressed concern that her lifespan might end before he returned.

Lin Xin endured the Nine Twists Demon Worms until they tired and withdrew, then encountered an armored group collecting them in the Illusory Sea. When the group attacked and called him a Purgatory Demon, he struck back, but his demonic hand killed them with barely any effort.

• Lin Xin used his evasion to survive the Nine Twists Demon Worms for two days and memorized many of the runes on their bodies.
• An eagle-beaked young master and his soldiers arrived, collected the exhausted worms in a jar, and ordered Sheng Tu Mie to capture Lin Xin.
• Lin Xin let the young master's golden eye shine on him, discovered that its righteous power corroded demonic energy, and remained unharmed thanks to his physical resilience.
• The young master mistook Lin Xin for a Netherworld human and ordered his soldiers to capture him for the Mother Empress to refine into Human Pills.
• Lin Xin attacked with a huge hand of Withered Firmament demonic energy, and the young master recognized him as a Purgatory Demon before the hand crushed the fleeing soldiers.

Lin Xin traveled aboard the Cloud Sail with Bai Hunting, Bai Qingjue, and other wealthy young passengers, but declined to join their networking circles. After discussing the Heavenly Alliance’s brutal treatment of conquered peoples, he also refused Bai Qingjue’s offer to enter the Bai Family’s staff-official selection, leaving her irritated as he returned to studying his attribute points.

• Lin Xin met Bai Hunting and Bai Qingjue, who were traveling to Thousand Leaves Lake for an auction, and listened as passengers formed social circles aboard the ship.
• Bai Hunting repeatedly tried to learn about Lin Xin, but Lin Xin remained detached while the other passengers exchanged connections and discussed their affairs.
• Bai Qingjue asked Lin Xin why he did not socialize, and he said he disliked networking.
• Bai Qingjue and a Beast God Hall girl saw enslaved people being transported outside the ship, and Lin Xin described their fate as a consequence of the Heavenly Alliance’s war against the Void Demon Spirits.
• Bai Qingjue offered Lin Xin a chance to compete for a staff official position in the Bai Family, but he declined and resumed sorting through his attribute points.

Lin Xin received an offer of help from two Star Chant Sect representatives, but grew wary when he realized they had found his hidden Netherworld Realm. He prepared to return through the Bewildering Gate and arrived at the Qingjing King Residence, where he asked whether the orphans he wanted to recruit had arrived.

• Two Star Chant Sect representatives invited Lin Xin to join their sect and gave him a message stone for requesting help.
• Lin Xin ordered Lin Yi and Lin Wai to manage the Netherworld Realm and asked Senior Brother Ouluo to verify the visitors’ identities.
• Worried that powerful figures were watching him, Lin Xin buried the Spirit Jade Marrow King, prepared a Spirit Gathering Array and supplies, and crossed the Bewildering Gate.
• Lin Xin emerged in an abandoned inn in Suzhou, learned that the inn had belonged to the ruined Qing Family, and left to travel toward the Qingjing King’s territory.
• Lin Xin returned to the Qingjing King Residence, passed the Huaiyang Princess and Zhou Yan discussing a booklet, and asked the chief steward whether the orphans had arrived.

Lin Xinyuan confessed her feelings to Lin Xin and condemned An Ying for leaving him, while Lin Xin remained silent. Elsewhere, the Four Sects gathered to prepare a purge against the Insect Mother, and Lin Xin met Pu Dusheng in the Two-Faced Country to trade for cultivation manuals.

• Lin Xinyuan told Lin Xin she admired Sister Lingling, loved him, and would not give up easily, then left him alone.
• Wang Dongxie welcomed the Plum Blossom Sect and Rain Bamboo Fairy as the sect leaders assembled on the snowy plain.
• Celestial Master Wei arrived with the Heaven Cloud Path, announced the purge of the Insect Mother's monsters, and Zhao Yunfeng revealed the Gold Jade Sect's new Stealth Clothing.
• In the Two-Faced Country, Lin Xin met Pu Dusheng, examined several offered cultivation arts, and asked about their completeness, success rates, and aptitude requirements.
• Pu Dusheng said he could provide major sect sword arts but asked whether Lin Xin dared to take them.

After Wang He left, Lin Xin learned that Netherworld Mansion Children could obtain Demon Talisman Seeds through trade as well as hunting, and he bought five of them before purchasing a guide to the Nether Prefecture. Gu Lin Ce then gathered the team for a cooperative mission to investigate something, leaving Mei Zi and Chen Fan uneasy about the danger involved.

• Wang He departed after confronting Ming Qiao, and Lin Xin avoided her when she tried to touch him.
• Gu Lin Ce announced a team operation that would reward each member with three Demon Talisman Seeds, and Lin Xin realized the seeds had other sources besides hunting.
• Lin Xin bought five Demon Talisman Seeds from a stall and a Netherworld Mansion Guide, bringing his total to eleven.
• Mei Zi and Chen Fan returned from trading, and Gu Lin Ce came back with details of a cooperative real-world investigation mission.
• Gu Lin Ce explained that the promised reward would not come easily, and Mei Zi and Chen Fan reacted uneasily.

Lin Xin learned that Red Ridge Gate and other powerful forces were moving against him, then endured a painful cultivation session to analyze the Primal Battle Demon Art and absorb Demon Talisman Seeds. Meanwhile, a woman and scholar traveled toward the Southern Prefecture to capture him and claim the Sand Time Divine Palace’s inheritance.

• Meng Qi warned Lin Xin that a True Lord and a Heavenly Ranking expert were pursuing him, and offered him protection through Wild Jade Pavilion if he surrendered his life flame.
• Meng Qi shared intelligence about the Central Prefecture with Lin Xin before leaving the Pine Forest Sword Sect, and Lin Xin went to his secret chamber to cultivate.
• A woman and a scholar killed a giant black ape and headed toward the Southern Prefecture, intending to capture Lin Xin before Zhou Huaishe and obtain his secret.
• Lin Xin endured the suppressive chains while examining the Primal Battle Demon Art, concluding that advancing required strengthening his body to draw down more powerful Primal Battle Star Power.
• Lin Xin absorbed his Demon Talisman Seeds and checked his status, which showed 1,713 free attribute points and a Primal Demon Body.

Lin Xin studied how to inscribe formations on his territory until an Energy Storm erupted near the ruins where Song Danhao was staying. After Xiya revealed that Lin Yaoyang had been transported there, Lin Xin flew toward the ruins, determined to rescue his sister and grow stronger.

• Six months later, Lin Xin collected soil samples to study how different materials could hold formation patterns as an Energy Storm erupted in the distance.
• Song Danhao recognized the Energy Storm and ran to investigate a falling figure, finding Lin Yaoyang in a crater in Void Ruins City.
• Lin Yaoyang learned that her Sealed Evil Power was unavailable but her Purification Power still worked, and she went with Song Danhao to meet Gongshang Baiyu and Xu Ling before nightfall.
• Xiya told Lin Xin that Lin Yaoyang had activated an Ancient Teleportation Array and arrived at the ruins near his territory.
• Lin Xin set aside his research and flew toward the red disk, resolving to hunt demon spirits and gain strength.