Chapter Summaries

Lin Changheng exploited the battle between Qianmingzi and the Turbid Core Demon Beast, killed both, and collected their remains and valuables before discovering crystals that repelled water. After he left the black pool, he emerged disguised as Perfected Zhen and launched a surprise attack on the Purple Pole Sect's Inspection Team, targeting Ji with the Soul-Striking Whip.

• Lin Changheng killed the white-robed cultivator in the black pool, took his Storage Bag, and used his Flame Messenger Talisman before changing disguises.
• Lin Changheng spotted a dangerous cavern and a hidden presence, then waited concealed while Qianmingzi and the Turbid Core Demon Beast fought until both were gravely wounded.
• After Qianmingzi died, Lin Changheng extracted his wind-attribute essence blood, collected his belongings, and buried his remains in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Space.
• Lin Changheng killed the weakened Turbid Core Demon Beast, harvested its valuable parts, and found three crystals that created a stationary water-free sphere.
• Lin Changheng emerged from the pool disguised as Perfected Zhen, then attacked the six Purple Pole Sect cultivators with sword rays, Dark Radiance Mystic Flame, and the Soul-Striking Whip aimed at Ji.

Lin Changheng escaped the Purple Pole Sect’s pursuit, reached Dragon Bay Market Ward in Mystic Ice Valley territory, and used Qianmingzi’s essence blood to transform and integrate a wind mutated spiritual root named Xun Wind. After testing its powers, he began examining True Person Zhen’s storage bag and discovered a bottle containing three drops of mysterious liquid.

• Lin Changheng killed Cultivator Ji with a surprise attack, then escaped as the surviving Purple Pole Sect cultivators sent emergency reports and planned to investigate the black pool.
• Lin Changheng traveled to Dragon Bay Market Ward, recovered, and searched Qianmingzi’s storage bag, finding a valuable formation manual and three formation sets but no principal herb for the Dust-Descending Pill.
• Lin Changheng absorbed Qianmingzi’s wind-attribute essence blood and transformed the Mystic Root into Xun Wind, which he integrated as a wind mutated spiritual root with twenty-one strands of spirit resonance.
• Lin Changheng tested the Wind Blade, Lightness, and Wind-Riding spells, then studied the Origin Cauldron’s patterns and inferred that its human essence-blood path produced mystic roots.
• Lin Changheng opened True Person Zhen’s storage bag and found a bottle holding three drops of nearly transparent, seven-colored liquid.

Lin Changheng discovered Rootless Spirit Dew and other valuables in True Person Zhen’s possessions, then returned home and later heard that the Purple Pole Sect was tightening security after its suspected loss. He developed Heaven-in-a-Pot Space with Xu Maoling’s five-element life-giving soil and began spirit-seizing Little Qing’s essence blood, forming an Azure Sky White Tiger Treasure Seed.

• Lin Changheng found Rootless Spirit Dew, third-tier spirit medicines, Spirit Stones, and assorted materials in True Person Zhen’s Storage Bag, then resolved to keep his wealth and techniques hidden.
• Lin Changheng returned to Perching Moon Island, reunited with Little Qing, Xiao Hei, and Xiao Bai, and used his newly acquired wind power to carry Yan Mingyi to their bedroom.
• You Tianying and You Luhua suspected that Lin Changheng had killed True Person Zhen and taken something important from the Purple Pole Sect, so they agreed to stay silent, use the resources he had given them, and establish a shrine for Tianming.
• Lin Changheng learned that his Origin Cauldron’s Supreme Origin treasure seed required one thousand spirit-seizing points, while Xu Maoling supplied five-element life-giving soil that Lin spread across Heaven-in-a-Pot Space.
• After Little Qing’s second-tier cultivation stabilized, Lin Changheng drew the tiger’s essence blood and absorbed it, causing an Azure Sky White Tiger Treasure Seed to begin forming.

Lin Changheng learned that Little Qing’s Azure Sky White Tiger blood could grant him three innate talents and chose Cloud Concealment, then exchanged refining materials with Cheng Suling for secret geomancy arts. After studying Spirit-Seizing and Vein-Drawing for nearly a year, he left for the war-torn Jin lands to seek a spirit vein and develop his Heaven-in-a-Pot Space.

• Lin Changheng discovered that Little Qing was an Azure Sky White Tiger and considered using Spirit Seizure to obtain its Cloud Concealment talent.
• Cheng Suling explained methods for creating a self-sustaining spiritual domain, and Lin Changheng traded two spirit materials for the Spirit-Seizing and Vein-Drawing secret art and a vein-seeking chapter.
• Lin Changheng studied the secret art, concluded that the Jin lands offered a suitable place to practice, and prepared to seek a spirit vein there.
• About a year later, Lin Changheng left Jade Belt Lake disguised as Li Feiyu, carrying Little Qing and Xiao Hei while leaving Xiao Bai with Yan Mingyi on Perching Moon Island.
• Lin Changheng brought his insect-rearing setup and most of his possessions into the Heaven-in-a-Pot Space, where he had also been refining Zhen’s Divine Azurewood Seal.

Lin Changheng tested the four transformations of the Divine Azurewood Seal, entered Jin territory with a group of rogue cultivators, and learned about the kingdom’s powers and wartime devastation. When his supposed companions tried to ambush him, he killed them and confronted the hidden speaker who had exposed his strength.

• Lin Changheng tested the Divine Azurewood Seal’s suppressive, life-nourishing, binding, and destructive powers, then concluded that he could wield the false core-grade Treasure Artifact reliably.
• Lin Changheng reached the Song-Jin border, used his false core-level divine sense to intercept cultivators’ conversations, and learned that many were entering Jin territory to seek spoils.
• Lin Changheng joined Wang Tiezhu, Huang Miao, and Shi Kui under the alias Li, registered for the battlefield, and traveled through the Far-Pacifying Fortress’s one-way teleportation formation into Jin territory.
• Lin Changheng learned about Jin’s Yu imperial household, six major powers, and hidden holy land while traveling through the war-ravaged territory under Medicine King Valley’s jurisdiction.
• Wang Tiezhu, Huang Miao, and Shi Kui revealed themselves as the Black Mountain Three Fiends and attacked Lin Changheng at a ruined temple, but he killed all three with his Sword Embryo and Dark Radiance Mystic Flame.
• After a mysterious voice exposed Lin Changheng as a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, he searched the ruined temple and demanded that the hidden speaker come out.

Lin Changheng intimidated a hidden Core Formation cultivator, escaped, and made progress studying geomancy and the Origin Cauldron. In the Miasma-Shadow Ancient Forest, he saved Ye Qingwu from Iron Bone Gate cultivators and began pursuing the survivors.

• Lin Changheng threatened the hemp-cloth elder with the Divine Azurewood Seal, then convinced him he was a Core Formation cultivator and left the old temple safely.
• The elder admitted to himself that he had feigned friendliness while waiting for a treasure, and Lin Changheng later hid in a cave to recover and study geomancy arts.
• Lin Changheng reasoned that merging his essence blood could accelerate the Origin Cauldron's Spirit Seizure, while the Azure Sky White Tiger Treasure Seed continued progressing.
• Four Iron Bone Gate cultivators cornered Ye Qingwu and a Purple Pole Sect man in the Miasma-Shadow Ancient Forest; the man was killed as Ye Qingwu fled.
• Lin Changheng arrived in time to protect Ye Qingwu, split the Four Symbols Killing Formation with one sword strike, and killed its leader.
• The three surviving Iron Bone Gate cultivators fled in different directions, and Lin Changheng used his divine sense to track them and pursue the fastest.

Lin Changheng killed the four Iron Bone Gate cultivators pursuing him and rescued Ye Qingwu, who revealed that Mo Zhaoli had vanished after a suspected betrayal during a secret mission. After leaving Ye Qingwu with orders to investigate, Lin Changheng traveled toward Hehuan Sect territory and discovered that her gifts brought him close to completing the ingredients for a Return-to-Truth Pill as Core Formation approached.

• Lin Changheng hunted down and killed all four fleeing Iron Bone Gate cultivators, then fled the region with the injured Ye Qingwu.
• While recovering, Ye Qingwu told Lin Changheng that Mo Zhaoli disappeared after Hehuan Sect cultivators ambushed her mission team, possibly because someone leaked the team's movements.
• Lin Changheng resolved to find Mo Zhaoli, took the chest she had left with Ye Qingwu, and ordered Ye Qingwu to recover and investigate the mission and Xue Wuming.
• Lin Changheng secretly watched Ye Qingwu for half a day, then traveled toward Hehuan Sect territory concealed in a Qi family's trade caravan.
• Lin Changheng examined Ye Qingwu's gift and found lavafire crystal and purple spirit coral, leaving him only one auxiliary ingredient short of completing the Return-to-Truth Pill recipe.

Lin Changheng opened Mo Zhaoli’s gift of demon-beast essence blood, gained the Gold-Devouring Otherworldly Art, and tested how it strengthened his body. While traveling with the Qi family caravan, he concealed himself from Heavenly Gang Sword Sect patrols and learned the fighting at Ironwall Pass had intensified.

• Lin Changheng considered how to improve his chances of Core Formation and opened the wooden box Mo Zhaoli had left in Ye Qingwu’s care, finding hundreds of bottles of Cavern-Ore Golden Turtle and Nether Abyss Flame Sparrow essence blood.
• Lin Changheng used the Cavern-Ore Golden Turtle blood to acquire the Gold-Devouring Otherworldly Art, then absorbed metal qi from cold iron and a damaged flying sword.
• Lin Changheng combined Gold Devouring with the Limb-Hardening Demonic Art and his Crimson Emperor Fire Sovereign Body, transforming his limbs into powerful blue-black armor and golden claws.
• Lin Changheng concealed himself inside the Qi family caravan as Heavenly Gang Sword Sect cultivators searched it for a Song Kingdom Core Formation cultivator; he recognized the leader’s Jade Void Radiant Scripture aura but chose not to attack.
• Lin Changheng evaded repeated patrols, including one led by a False Core cultivator, as the caravan crossed into Hehuan Sect territory.
• Lin Changheng learned that fighting at Ironwall Pass had intensified over the past month, leaving the Hehuan Sect with little manpower for further searches.

Lin Changheng killed a gray-robed cultivator and two Hehuan Sect pursuers, then learned of a hidden Nascent Soul ruin and spread a false rumor that plunged the region into turmoil. While the Hehuan Sect struggled to contain the crowds gathering near the supposed ruins, Lin Changheng stayed nearby and discovered he had collected all the ingredients for a Return-to-Truth Pill, along with two Hehuan secret arts.

• Lin Changheng killed the gray-robed cultivator who tried to divert the Hehuan Sect pursuers onto him, then defeated and killed the pursuing pair.
• Lin Changheng searched the three cultivators’ memories and found a jade talisman fragment connected to a Nascent Soul middle stage cultivator’s ruins within Hehuan Sect territory.
• Lin Changheng hid the fragment in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Space and spent two months spreading a fabricated rumor about a Nascent Soul late stage cave abode near Blackwind Ridge and Sunset-Glow River.
• The rumor drew cultivators from across the region, forcing the Hehuan Sect to halt its front-line fighting and struggle to control the crowds and investigate the supposed ruins.
• Lin Changheng waited near the turmoil and found that the three Storage Bags contained every ingredient for the Return-to-Truth Pill, materials for a Treasure Artifact Embryo, and two Hehuan secret arts: the Yin-Yang Essence Reversion Secret Art and the Seed-Jade Immortal Guide.

Lin Changheng created an Essence Blood Fusion Secret Art that accelerated the Origin Cauldron’s spirit seizure, then chose and tested the Nether abyss icefire. As rumors drew the Jin Kingdom’s powers and the Song Region’s forces toward the Nascent Soul ruins, he learned that the Hehuan Sect had dispatched the feared Xue Wuming and that the Song forces were demanding access to the ruins.

• Lin Changheng adapted principles from the Hehuan Sect’s secret arts to create an Essence Blood Fusion Secret Art and fused his six drops of heartblood into three masses.
• The Origin Cauldron seized a whole fused mass at once, increasing spirit seizure to 11/1000 and confirming that the process could be accelerated.
• After weighing the Nether abyss icefire against High-Pressure Flameburst, Lin Changheng chose the unusual flame and refined it to its second level, where tests showed it froze spiritual power and made materials brittle.
• Lin Changheng learned that the imperial house and five sects were investigating the Nascent Soul ruins, the Song forces were advancing, and an envoy from the sacred land was expected.
• At the Spirit Wine Tower, Lin Changheng heard Zhao and Qian warn that Xue Wuming, the Hehuan Sect’s Poison-Handed Scholar, had arrived and might be conducting a secret investigation.
• Zhao explained that the Song forces were demanding entry quotas to the ruins and threatening a wider offensive, and Lin Changheng joined the other cultivators in condemning them.

Lin Changheng discovered that Heavenly Gang Sword Sect cultivators were capturing practitioners of the Jade Void Radiant Scripture, then killed two of them and recovered Red Transparent Crystals. After nine months of cultivation with the crystals, he reached the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment, while the world outside his seclusion had changed drastically.

• Lin Changheng spotted Old Zhang being escorted by two disguised Heavenly Gang Sword Sect cultivators and secretly watched their cave residence.
• When the two cultivators left the city without Old Zhang, Lin Changheng followed them and killed the middle-stage sword cultivator with Nether Abyss Icefire, then defeated and killed the late-stage cultivator.
• A core formation cultivator called Purple Robe arrived too late to find Lin Changheng or recover the bodies, while Lin Changheng escaped and found two Red Transparent Crystals in the late-stage cultivator's Storage Bag.
• Lin Changheng used the crystals to strengthen his cultivation and dark radiance mystic flame, but discovered their fire-aspected energy could not nourish Nether Abyss Icefire.
• After nine months of secluded cultivation, Lin Changheng broke through to the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment and spent another month absorbing the remaining crystal fragments.

Lin Changheng learned that Song and Jin had agreed to a temporary ceasefire and set strict limits for entry into the Nascent Soul Cave-Dwelling Ruins. After discovering the Hehuan Sect was searching for him because of his Jade Talisman Fragment, he began planning to use it to lure the Poison-Handed Scholar into a trap.

• Lin Changheng heard that Song and Jin had divided the ruins' entry quotas, declared a ceasefire, and barred cultivators above mid-stage Core Formation from entering.
• Lin Changheng asked Ye Qingwu about Xue Wuming and learned the Poison-Handed Scholar had been rushing away from camp on repeated errands.
• The injured cultivator surnamed Qian told Lin Changheng that the Hehuan Sect was paying rogue cultivators to search for someone near Blackwind Ridge and gave him a trace of the target's aura.
• Lin Changheng recognized the aura as his own and realized the Hehuan Sect was hunting him to recover his Jade Talisman Fragment.
• Lin Changheng decided to use the Jade Talisman Fragment as bait to lure the Poison-Handed Scholar into a trap.

Lin Changheng lured Xue Wuming into a trapped valley and defeated the Poison-Handed Scholar by countering his poison arts and breaking through his Mystic Yin Ghost King Armor. After killing Xue Wuming, Lin Changheng searched his memories for the truth about the ambush on Mo Zhaoli and her whereabouts.

• Xue Wuming confirmed that the cave's occupant matched his target, killed Qian Duoren, turned him into a corpse puppet, and trapped the cave with a poison formation.
• Lin Changheng's decoy and talisman trap destroyed the corpse puppets, while an outer formation sealed Xue Wuming inside the valley.
• Lin Changheng used the Divine Azurewood Seal and Nether Abyss Icefire to bind Xue Wuming's Wraith-Soul Ghost Shuttles, then took them into his Heaven-in-a-Pot Space.
• Lin Changheng used the Soul-Striking Whip to destroy Xue Wuming's seven Poison Flood Dragons and fought him at close range.
• Lin Changheng pierced Xue Wuming's Mystic Yin Ghost King Armor with Thunderous Baleful Intent and killed him with his Natal Sword Embryo.
• Lin Changheng collected Xue Wuming's head and searched his memories for details about the ambush on Mo Zhaoli, the Purple Pole Sect's role, and Mo Zhaoli's whereabouts.

After learning that Mo Zhaoli escaped through a damaged ancient teleportation formation, Lin Changheng repaired its end in the Miasma-Shadow Ancient Forest and spent two years hunting in the Black Abyss to advance his Nether Abyss Icefire. He returned to the Song-Jin war zone and began extracting a spirit vein from the captured Zhou lineage grounds on Maple Forest Mountain.

• Lin Changheng searched Xue Wuming's memories and learned that a Purple Pole Sect steward had leaked Mo Zhaoli's mission details, while Mo Zhaoli escaped her pursuers through an ancient teleportation formation whose destination remained unknown.
• Lin Changheng found the damaged formation in the Miasma-Shadow Ancient Forest and repaired it, leaving Mo Zhaoli a possible route home even though the other end could not connect.
• After two years of hunting in the Black Abyss, Lin Changheng killed a Nether Abyss Flame Sparrow, completed its treasure-seed transformation, and advanced his fire-attribute spiritual root and Nether Abyss Icefire.
• Lin Changheng chose the recently captured Zhou lineage grounds on Maple Forest Mountain as a target and secretly killed the Purple Pole Sect cultivators stationed there.
• Lin Changheng located the spirit vein's source beneath a slope, concealed the area with the Cloud-Cliff Layered Peaks Mist Formation, and began using Spirit-Seizing and Vein-Drawing to pull the vein from underground.

Lin Changheng extracted a spirit vein and transformed his Heaven-in-a-Pot Space into a more stable, lively blessed land before returning to the Song Region. After preparing to pursue Core Formation and traveling to the Xue Family for Flame-Shadow Mouse essence blood, he found their mountain gates draped in mourning white.

• Lin Changheng used Xiao Hei’s earth-controlling ability to help extract a mid-grade first-tier earth-affinity spirit vein and planted it in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Space, where it raised a hill, formed a hollow, and strengthened the space.
• Over the following year, Lin Changheng seized a second spirit vein, failed to preserve a third, met Ye Qingwu to request essence blood and lend her protective treasures, and then returned to the Song Region.
• At the Far-Pacifying Fortress, Lin Changheng saw Cold Edge True Person of the Extreme South Palace fly through the flight-restricted sky and resolved to pursue Core Formation.
• Lin Changheng traveled west to the Xue Family of Gold Valley Ridge to complete their transaction and obtain Flame-Shadow Mouse essence blood.
• Lin Changheng reached the Xue Family’s mountain gates and saw that they were covered in white mourning decorations.

Lin Changheng visited the grieving Xue Family, completed his trade for Flame-Shadow Mouse essence blood, and declined to intervene in its conflict with the Zheng Family. After refining new fire abilities and investigating the Sun-Eclipsing Crows, he met Elder Kong in Floating Life Immortal City and received guidance on third-tier pill refining.

• Lin Changheng learned that Xue Yinshan had died defending the Xue Family from the Zheng Family, then exchanged materials for the prepared Flame-Shadow Mouse essence blood and refused the family’s plea for help.
• Lin Changheng used the essence blood and Earthfire Nether Serpent blood to refine the Fire Escape Demonic Art, discovering that he could chain short-range flashes across several li and create confusing afterimages.
• Lin Changheng’s divine sense grew to nearly nine li, and he learned that the Sun-Eclipsing Crows were being raised inside the Azure Rosy Clouds Temple but would be away for at least a year.
• Lin Changheng visited Floating Life Immortal City, learned that Bai Hengwan was absent, and accepted Elder Kong’s invitation to meet on Furnace Spirit Island.
• Lin Changheng asked Elder Kong about difficulties refining the Three-Origin Condensed True Pill, and Elder Kong praised his near-third-tier attainments before explaining advanced pill-refining principles.

After ten years of seclusion, Lin Changheng became a Foundation Establishment peak cultivator and successfully refined his first third-tier spirit pill, preparing to pursue Core Formation. He emerged to find Yan Mingyi had advanced her puppet craft, while he planned to gather resources and enter the Purple Pole Sect’s Sixty-Year Secret Realm.

• Lin Changheng returned to Perching Moon Island and gave Yan Mingyi a third-tier Corpse Puppet inheritance, its tools, and two Spirit Artifacts to strengthen her and protect the island.
• Lin Changheng transplanted his Spirit Medicines into the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land and used the Glorious Life Divine Ability to accelerate their growth.
• After ten years of seclusion, Lin Changheng refined a Standard Grade Three-Origin Condensed True Pill and advanced to Third-Tier Alchemist and Foundation Establishment peak.
• Lin Changheng planned to obtain Core Formation pills and insights, improve his magical power, and enter the Purple Pole Sect’s Sixty-Year Secret Realm.
• Yan Mingyi welcomed Lin Changheng after his seclusion and told him that the Corpse Puppet inheritance had helped her advance to upper-grade second-tier puppet craft.

Lin Changheng used Little Qing’s essence blood to advance the Azure Sky White Tiger treasure seed to the third level, improving his concealment, and perfected Qi-Observation Technique before entering the secret realm under the identity Fang Yuan. At the Azure Billows River, he watched powerful factions gather in unusual strength, and the chapter ended as the Extreme South Palace arrived and True Person Lingfeng greeted True Person Cloud Crane.

• Yan Mingyi gave Lin Changheng the essence blood she had collected from Little Qing, and he used it to create and refine three levels of the Azure Sky White Tiger treasure seed.
• Lin Changheng tested the resulting Cloud-Concealment Otherworldly Art, combining it with his demonic arts to hide himself, move through mist, create water-shadow clones, and form a cloud barrier.
• Lin Changheng perfected Qi-Observation Technique, then left Yan Mingyi instructions and traveled to the Azure Billows River disguised as the Xu Family attendant cultivator Fang Yuan.
• Lin Changheng observed the Talisman-Making Song Family and Beast-Taming Sun Clan arrive with more and stronger disciples than at the previous opening of the secret realm.
• True Person Cloud Crane arrived with battle-hardened Purple Pole Sect disciples, warned the gathered cultivators to conduct themselves wisely, and received deferential greetings from the Song and Sun patriarchs.
• True Person Lingfeng arrived aboard the Extreme South Palace’s Moon-Gathering Immortal Vessel and greeted True Person Cloud Crane, remarking that he had hoped to meet True Person Xuanji.

Lin Changheng entered the Shenzi Secret Realm, gathered water-element spirit plants while covertly following two cultivators toward richer regions, and then intervened when a Purple Pole Sect cultivator tried to kill them. He killed Jin Zhantang instantly, leaving the two rescued cultivators stunned beside his body.

• True Person Lingfeng and True Person Cloud Crane wagered purple heaven thunder-pattern bamboo against Moonlight Condensation Dew based on their disciples’ harvests in the secret realm.
• Lin Changheng entered the Riverheart Secret Realm, found himself at a desert oasis, and discovered azurewater nether orchids in its pool.
• Lin Changheng concealed himself underwater, harvested twelve azurewater nether orchids, and followed Brother Wang and his companion after they left the oasis.
• Lin Changheng watched the two cultivators fight Demon Beasts for resources, then saw them find the valuable fruits and lotus missing from both sites.
• Jin Zhantang, a Purple Pole Sect Steward, tried to kill Brother Wang and his companion, but Lin Changheng deflected his attack and claimed the two as his guides.
• Lin Changheng killed Jin Zhantang with a swift strike, leaving Brother Wang and his companion shocked.

Lin Changheng killed two Extreme South Palace ambushers, obtained a concealment art and another fragment of Primordial Jianmu, and entered the secret realm’s inner region. After burying an old corpse, he sensed a powerful, unseen gaze lock onto him.

• Lin Changheng soul-searched Jin Zhantang, uncovered signs of a secret hidden from True Core cultivators, and gave Brother Wang and the short, stout cultivator Dust-Forgetting Pills before burying them safely.
• Lin Changheng traveled toward the core region, collected Starshine Orchids, and detected that a corpse dressed in Extreme South Palace robes was bait for an ambush.
• Lin Changheng killed the two Extreme South Palace cultivators hiding near the clearing and found Soul-Eroding Miasma, the Mirage-Tower Illusion Concealment Art, and a fragment of Primordial Jianmu among their spoils.
• Lin Changheng entered the inner region and used a humanoid puppet to scout ahead, then buried a decomposed corpse he found along the way.
• As Lin Changheng turned to leave, an unseen, powerful presence fixed its gaze on his back.