Chapter Summaries

Lin Changheng fled through the Miasma-Shadow Ancient Forest with the Truefire Flood Dragon as True Lord Youtan and Jingyuan Daoist pursued him, recognizing him and unleashing deadly attacks. With his magic power and essence blood running low, he reached the underground Ancient Teleportation Formation and used a Nascent Soul Talisman Treasure as the pursuers closed in.

• True Lord Youtan pursued Lin Changheng after he killed True Person Lieshan, and Jingyuan Daoist joined her after recognizing him as Fang Yuan.
• Lin Changheng used his improved escape speed and the Sun-Chasing Cloak to keep ahead of the two Nascent Soul cultivators, then summoned the Truefire Flood Dragon to help watch for attacks.
• The Truefire Flood Dragon warned Lin Changheng of a concealed demonic attack, and Lin Changheng dodged it before evading Jingyuan Daoist's strikes with the Flame Substitute Demonic Art and Blood-Shadow Escape.
• True Lord Youtan and Jingyuan Daoist attacked Lin Changheng repeatedly, while the Truefire Flood Dragon blocked True Lord Youtan's Divine Sense Secret Art with his soul power.
• Wounded and nearly exhausted, Lin Changheng reached the Miasma-Shadow Ancient Forest and plunged underground toward the Ancient Teleportation Formation as his pursuers closed in.
• Lin Changheng sent out the Nascent Soul Talisman Treasure he had obtained from the Thunder Cultivator surnamed Qiu, and it began to activate with a piercing cry.

Lin Changheng escaped Jingyuan Daoist and True Lord Youtan by stealing Jingyuan Daoist’s Natal Treasure Artifact and teleporting to an unknown place. After recovering in a cavern, he emerged to discover that he had arrived at the sea in the Far Eastern Lands.

• Jingyuan Daoist pursued Lin Changheng into the cavern and attacked the teleportation formation with his Golden Dipper while Lin Changheng, the Truefire Flood Dragon, and three Ancient Treasures tried to hold it back.
• Lin Changheng used Heaven-in-a-Pot to seize Jingyuan Daoist’s Golden Dipper, then escaped as Jingyuan Daoist and True Lord Youtan’s attacks struck only his afterimage.
• Jingyuan Daoist failed to pursue Lin Changheng after the teleportation formation at the other end was destroyed, while True Lord Youtan recognized Lin Changheng as a formidable opponent and departed.
• Lin Changheng found that the Truefire Flood Dragon had fallen asleep again, then recovered some of his magic power and stabilized his injuries in a cavern.
• Lin Changheng removed pieces of the Ancient Teleportation Formation to prevent others from repairing it, then climbed through a concealed passage and emerged above the sea in the Far Eastern Lands.

After months crossing the barren Boundless Sea, Lin Changheng found islands with spirit veins and added wood and earth veins to the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land, completing its five elements. He finally reached a populated island protected by a formation, where he met an old man and began asking about the sea region.

• Lin Changheng used Mo Zhaoli’s soul lamp and the Wondrous Jade Ring to find a southeastward route, then traveled across the sea with Little Qing until she needed to recover.
• After months alone at sea, Lin Changheng found an island with a low-grade first-tier wood-affinity spirit vein and drew it into the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land, completing its five-element rotation.
• Lin Changheng later found an earth-affinity spirit vein and added it as his eleventh spirit vein while deserted islands and spiritual energy became more common.
• Lin Changheng spotted a formation around an island and parted from the intelligent whale beast that had carried him there, giving it medicinal pills before heading ashore.
• Lin Changheng discovered that the island held only mortals, waited at a central residence, and questioned its frightened owner, a balding old man, about the sea region.

Lin Changheng learned about the July Archipelago and traveled from Gravel Island toward Balance Moon Island, where he discovered a Core Formation Spirit Object aboard a ship targeted by the Huang Household. After defeating the plotters and obtaining a sea chart, he reached Balance Moon Island and secured Manager Zhuo as his guarantor for a long-term stay.

• Lin Changheng questioned Gravel Island's elder about the July Archipelago, learned that ships rarely visited the poor island, and waited for one to arrive.
• Lin Changheng boarded Shipowner Huang's vessel, declined the Huang Household's recruitment offer, and passed through Granary Island and Ancient Pool Island on the voyage to Balance Moon Island.
• Lin Changheng overheard Huang Household cultivators plotting to seize a Core Formation Spirit Object and kill him, then turned their Sea-Soul Incense ambush against them.
• Lin Changheng's tiger, Little Qing, killed the Huang Household cultivators after they raided another ship, and Lin Changheng collected their Storage Bags, the Core Formation Spirit Object, and a sea chart.
• Lin Changheng reached Balance Moon Island, registered for an Island Entry Token, and offered Manager Zhuo Spirit Stones in exchange for a long-term residence guarantee.

Lin Changheng secured permission to settle on Balance Moon Island and traveled to Viewing-Tide City to find ingredients for healing his injuries. After discovering the city’s medicinal knowledge and shops stocked extensive marine-beast references and pill formulas, he saw a chance to advance his Pill Dao and plan future spirit-seizing choices.

• Lin Changheng registered on Balance Moon Island with Manager Zhuo as his guarantor, obtained an entry token, and copied the island’s laws.
• Lin Changheng chose to settle in Viewing-Tide City because new arrivals were barred from Balance Moon Immortal City for five years, then entered the city after traveling across the island.
• Lin Changheng visited the Xiao Family Medicinal Herb Shop, found substitutes for several unfamiliar medicinal ingredients, bought them, and received a guide to marine demon-beast medicinal materials.
• Lin Changheng concluded that the Azure Abyss Sea might have a distinct Pill Dao and systematic knowledge of demon beasts that could guide his future spirit-seizing choices.
• Lin Changheng entered Myriad Treasures Pavilion and asked to see second-tier pill formulas, Pill Dao inheritances, and editions of the Marine Demon Beast Compendium.

After six years of healing and refining pills in Viewing-Tide City, Lin Changheng recovered to peak condition and advanced his pill dao to the quasi-fourth tier. He returned to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion to buy third-tier pill dao inheritances and learn where a fourth-tier inheritance might be found, ending in a suggestive negotiation with the pavilion chief.

• At the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, Lin Changheng secretly read the concealed portions of the Sea Spirit Pill and Tide-Hiding Pill formulas, then bought the comprehensive Marine Demon Beast Compendium.
• Lin Changheng rented an upper-grade second-tier cave abode in Viewing-Tide City and spent six years healing his injuries, adjusting pill formulas, and refining medicine.
• Lin Changheng expelled the stagnant blood from his old wounds and restored his body to peak condition, while finding the Truefire Flood Dragon still weak and asleep.
• Lin Changheng examined the Golden Dipper Treasure Artifact and his ancient treasures, discovering that the Spirit-Binding Mirror had deteriorated badly.
• After emerging from seclusion, Lin Changheng returned to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and asked its chief for third-tier fire-method pill dao inheritances and information about a fourth-tier inheritance.
• The pavilion chief presented two third-tier high-grade inheritances and teased Lin Changheng by asking how he would thank her if she revealed where a fourth-tier inheritance could be found.

Lin Changheng learned how to obtain a fourth-tier pill Dao inheritance by joining Master Cao’s hunt for a rare demon beast, then collected numerous regional craft inheritances and treasures in Balance Moon Immortal City. Two years later, his three flames briefly fused to produce fourth-tier power, allowing him to gain limited control over a Golden Dipper Nascent Soul treasure artifact; he left his cave abode to pursue Master Cao’s opportunity.

• Lin Changheng learned that Master Cao was recruiting cultivators to find a rare demon beast whose core served as an ingredient for the Azure Abyss Sea’s Nascent Soul Transformation Pill, and that the fourth-tier pill Dao inheritance could be offered as payment.
• Lin Changheng discovered that the Azure Abyss Sea’s Nascent Soul Formation Twin Pill formulas differed from those of the Eight Kingdoms Region, and learned that the beautiful woman was Master Cao’s daughter-in-law.
• Lin Changheng bargained for pill Dao, formation Dao, artifact refining, and geomancy inheritances, then entered Balance Moon Immortal City and bought more craft inheritances.
• Lin Changheng bought sea abyss cold marrow contaminated by baleful force and fed it to his nether abyss iceflame, while a soul-nurturing crystal and yin soul-nourishing wood helped the Truefire Flood Dragon’s sleeping soul.
• Two years later, Lin Changheng’s three third-tier superior-grade flames fused briefly to release fourth-tier power, and he gained limited control over Jingyuan Daoist’s Golden Dipper Nascent Soul treasure artifact.
• Lin Changheng decided to pursue the opportunity to obtain Master Cao’s fourth-tier pill Dao inheritance and left his cave abode.

Lin Chang traveled to Viewing-Tide City to join Master Cao’s demon-hunting expedition, hoping to obtain a fourth-tier fire-method Pill Dao inheritance. After learning troubling rumors about Master Cao and setting sail with Pan Lian’er for Embracing Moon Island, Lin Chang advanced his Kangding Art and awakened seven-colored divine light in his eyes.

• Lin Chang reached upper-grade second-tier Geomancy Dao and refined his Pill Dao before leaving for Viewing-Tide City to pursue a fourth-tier inheritance.
• Lin Chang met Pan Lian’er at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, learned that Master Cao still had a place on his expedition, and arranged to depart for Embracing Moon Island in five days.
• Lin Chang disguised himself and questioned a cultivator surnamed Ma, who told him rumors that Master Cao had betrayed his former master and confirmed that Master Cao was in late core formation.
• Lin Chang and Pan Lian’er boarded the pavilion’s colossal vessel, and Pan Lian’er explained why powerful rogue cultivators were admired across the Azure Abyss Sea.
• During the voyage, Pan Lian’er gave Lin Chang the Kangding Art, which he advanced from Initiate to Expert in a single banquet.
• On the night before the vessel’s arrival, Lin Chang opened his eyes and sent a seven-colored divine light across the sea, illuminating a hundred li.

Lin Changheng refined his Six-Colored Divine Light into a subtle appraisal ability, then arrived at Embracing Moon Island and learned that his Daoist title matched that of a powerful Golden Core mountain lord. At Cao Feng’s estate, he faced Shen as a rival for the demon-hunt position, and Cao Feng proposed testing their divine senses before choosing.

• Lin Changheng fused six observation arts into a more comprehensive, undetectable divine ability.
• Pan Lian'er met Lin Changheng as their ship neared Embracing Moon Island and brought him into the Cao Family estate, where he received an invitation to compete for a demon-hunt place.
• Lin Changheng learned that Ten Thousand Longevity was also the title of a famous Golden Core mountain lord and refused to change his own Daoist title.
• Pan Lian'er explained the Azure Abyss Sea’s three superpowers as she led Lin Changheng into Embracing the Core Immortal City and the Cao Family estate.
• Lin Changheng met Shen and the Cao Family members at the selection gathering, where Shen questioned his background and urged him to withdraw.
• Cao Feng arrived and proposed that Lin Changheng and Shen demonstrate their divine senses before he chose between them.

Lin Changheng exposed his overwhelming divine sense in Master Cao’s test, earning half of Cao Feng’s fire-method Pill Dao inheritance and a place on the demon hunt. A month later, Cao Feng led the group to the Sacred Peak Archipelago, where they prepared to pass into the outer sea.

• Lin Changheng agreed to a simultaneous divine-sense contest with the gold-robed cultivator and defeated him, leaving him badly injured.
• Cao Feng gave Lin Changheng half of his fourth-tier fire-method Pill Dao inheritance in exchange for his cooperation on the hunt and a promise not to pass it on.
• Cao Jingyuan hosted Lin Changheng at a banquet, where Pan Lian'er spoke of returning to Balance Moon Island and Cao Jingyuan drunkenly ordered her to entertain their guest.
• A month later, Cao Feng brought the hunting party to Dui Peak Island in the Sacred Peak Archipelago aboard his enormous ship.
• Lin Changheng learned that Cao Feng had added the defeated gold-robed cultivator to the expedition as an extra participant.

Lin Changheng and five other late Core Formation cultivators traveled to the outer sea to hunt a Pearl-Weeping Fierce Shark, whose demon core could supply a principal ingredient for the Nascent Soul Transformation Pill. After the group dispersed to search, Lin secretly doubled back to watch Master Cao, suspecting the kindly alchemist might act differently when unobserved.

• Master Cao led the six cultivators through Duiyue Immortal City's teleportation formation to the outer sea, where Lin Changheng noticed a concealed fourth-tier trapping formation node.
• Lin learned that their target was a late third-tier Pearl-Weeping Fierce Shark, and that its moon-refined demon core could serve as a principal ingredient for the Nascent Soul Transformation Pill.
• Lin recalled that the Azure Abyss Sea pill formulas shared the same source as the formulas he had collected, so he needed only a few replacement ingredients; he also noted that his Truefire Flood Dragon was nearing awakening.
• Master Cao distributed replenishing elixirs, and Lin's singularity secretly transported his dose into the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land while he made his aura appear to recover.
• At midnight, Master Cao sent the others in separate directions to search for the shark, then flew off alone; Lin doubled back and watched him with seven-colored divine light.

Lin Changheng followed Master Cao’s search for the Pearl-Weeping Fierce Shark, then joined the others in a trap that killed the beast. Master Cao and True Person Poisonmist revealed their conspiracy with four Demonic Path cultivators, but Lin Changheng seized the corpse and broke the formation; as the group fled, Master Cao used black water to bring down the gold-robed cultivator.

• Lin Changheng secretly followed Master Cao and discovered that Daoist Dangqi was also tracking him, then watched Master Cao resume his search after Daoist Dangqi left.
• True Person Poisonmist reported finding the Pearl-Weeping Fierce Shark, and Master Cao led the cultivators to its reef and set up a binding formation.
• The six cultivators trapped and killed the Pearl-Weeping Fierce Shark, after which Master Cao and True Person Poisonmist attacked High Person Long Kun and Daoist Dangqi.
• Four late Core Formation Demonic Path cultivators arrived to aid Master Cao and True Person Poisonmist, while Master Cao tried to take the shark’s corpse.
• Lin Changheng severed Master Cao’s magical power, seized the corpse, froze and broke the formation, then escaped with Daoist Dangqi, High Person Long Kun, and the gold-robed cultivator.
• Master Cao pursued the fleeing cultivators with True Person Poisonmist and used black water to make the gold-robed cultivator scream and fall toward the sea.

Lin Changheng uncovered Master Cao’s curse- poison scheme, killed the Netherworld Duo Fiends, and captured Master Cao before the Young Island Lord of Shura Island intervened. After searching Master Cao’s memories, Lin Changheng obtained two fourth-tier fire-method Pill Dao inheritances and enough ingredients to complete a set of Nascent Soul Transformation Pill materials, but the Young Island Lord now confronted him.

• A hidden curse killed the gold-robed cultivator, while the blood-robed demon cultivator collected his corpse and joined the attack on Daoist Dangqi.
• Master Cao tried to trigger the curse poison against Lin Changheng, but Lin’s preparations protected him as he killed the first demon child and defeated his transformed twin.
• Lin Changheng froze and captured Master Cao, then pursued him after the man tried to flee; Master Cao offered his wealth and service to save his life.
• The Young Island Lord of Shura Island arrived in a Blood-Red Chariot and attacked Lin Changheng, while High Person Long Kun and Daoist Dangqi fled after recognizing him.
• Lin Changheng dodged the attack, completed his soul search, and killed Master Cao, discovering two fourth-tier fire-method Pill Dao inheritances and ingredients that completed one set of Nascent Soul Transformation Pill materials.

Lin Changheng uncovered the plot behind the Blood Soul Pill and fought the Young Island Lord of Shura Island, killing him with the Golden Dipper after destroying his treasures. As he fled toward the Inner Sea, he searched the Young Island Lord's Storage Bag and discovered an item with the aura of a Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item.

• Lin Changheng learned that Master Cao and Outer Sea demonic cultivators had cooperated to gather righteous cultivators' souls for the Blood Soul Pill.
• The Young Island Lord of Shura Island tried to recruit Lin Changheng, then attacked him with a Yellow Springs Corpse Puppet, ancient treasures, and a Blood Pool.
• Lin Changheng captured the Yellow Springs Corpse Puppet, damaged the Young Island Lord's treasures, and destroyed the Blood Pool with a powerful pillar of light.
• The Young Island Lord unleashed a Nascent Soul Talisman Treasure, but Lin Changheng used the Golden Dipper to shatter it and kill him.
• Lin Changheng collected the Young Island Lord's belongings and fled toward the Inner Sea, then sensed a Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item in his Storage Bag.

Lin Changheng escaped after killing the Young Island Lord of Shura Island, discovered a Nascent Soul Transformation Pill and the Blood Soul Pill formula among his spoils, and hurried toward a teleportation formation. The Shura Devil Lord arrived as a roaming spirit, possessed Kuangshou, and pursued Lin Changheng to the formation’s far end, where he slaughtered the cultivators there and began searching their souls.

• Lin Changheng found a Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Item and a standard-grade Nascent Soul Transformation Pill in the Young Island Lord’s Storage Bag, along with the Blood Soul Pill formula and human remains, which he buried.
• True Person Poisonmist, Kuangshou, and the blood-robed demon cultivator regrouped, learned the Young Island Lord had died, and saw the Shura Devil Lord’s spirit possess Kuangshou.
• Lin Changheng reached the teleportation formation and bribed the Sacred Peak Sect steward to activate it before enough travelers had gathered.
• The Shura Devil Lord followed Lin Changheng to the formation’s far end, recognized the steward’s stolen storage bag, and questioned him about Lin Changheng.
• The Shura Devil Lord killed the steward and the other cultivators present, then seized their souls to search them.

Lin Changheng fled the Sacred Peak Sect’s territory and reached the Luminous Jade Palace’s waters, where he learned about its powerful palace masters and prepared to seek a suitable place to form his Nascent Soul. After taking stock of the treasures and ingredients he had gained, he set out for Luminous Jade Sky Island.

• The Shura Devil Lord punished the Core Formation Steward, then left the bloodied outpost as Sacred Peak Sect investigators traced the massacre to the outer sea’s Demonic Path.
• Lin Changheng traveled incognito toward the Luminous Jade Palace, where Fellow Daoist Ai told him that its First Palace Master was a Nascent Soul late-stage Great Cultivator and that the palace’s former master had reached Spirit Transformation before disappearing.
• Lin Changheng concluded that the Azure Abyss Sea’s Inner Sea was stable enough for him to focus on Nascent Soul Formation, then studied Master Cao’s Pill Dao inheritance and sorted the spoils from his recent battles.
• Lin Changheng found a Blue Tide Spiritmother demon core, the Twinborn Fate-Reversal, Shared-Return Art, the Purple Dawn Mystic-Elephant Fire-Ruins Furnace, and other valuable treasures among the Storage Bags and battlefield spoils.
• Lin Changheng reached a harbor in the Radiant-Mottled Archipelago, bought a Sea Chart, and flew toward Luminous Jade Sky Island to find a suitable place to prepare for Nascent Soul Formation.

Lin Changheng arrived at Luminous Jade Sky Island, learned that the Luminous Jade Palace lent fourth-tier cave abodes to cultivators attempting breakthroughs, and rented Long Deer Peak to prepare for Nascent Soul Formation. After three years of study and cultivation, he broke through to the ninth layer of Core Formation, one step from peak Core Formation.

• Lin Changheng reached Luminous Jade Sky Island and learned from a Wind Informant that peak Core Formation cultivators could apply to borrow fourth-tier cave abodes for Nascent Soul Formation.
• Lin Changheng questioned an elderly False Core cultivator about the Luminous Jade Palace’s breakthrough lands and learned the requirements for borrowing one.
• Lin Changheng rented Long Deer Peak, then heard that the Luminous Jade Immortal City Auction would take place in about five years.
• Lin Changheng spent three years studying the Jade Balance Truefire Pill-Nourishing Scripture and cultivating at Long Deer Peak.
• Lin Changheng broke through from the eighth to the ninth layer of Core Formation and reflected that he was one step away from peak Core Formation.

Lin Changheng traveled to Luminous Jade Immortal City, bought Blackwater White Kun essence blood, and followed a group of Core Formation cultivators to witness someone’s Nascent Soul formation. The breakthrough began inside a sealed valley, and Lin Changheng used his Seven-Colored Divine Light to observe it.

• Lin Changheng checked Mo Zhaoli’s Soul Lamp, saw that her condition had improved but remained unstable in the Azure Abyss Outer Sea, and decided to travel to Luminous Jade Immortal City.
• Lin Changheng discovered that Little Qing had reached the late third tier and Xiao Hei had reached the middle third tier, then rode Xiao Hei toward the city.
• Lin Changheng entered Luminous Jade Immortal City, attracting attention with Xiao Hei’s imposing appearance, and met Steward Qi at Myriad Spirits Pavilion.
• Lin Changheng confirmed the Blackwater White Kun essence blood was genuine, ordered more, and asked Steward Qi to watch for other nether void demon beast blood.
• Lin Changheng saw seven Core Formation cultivators leave the city and secretly followed them to a valley where dozens of cultivators had gathered to observe a Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• The valley’s fourth-tier spirit vein gathered spiritual energy from the surrounding region, and Lin Changheng used his Seven-Colored Divine Light to peer through the formation as the breakthrough began.

Lin Changheng watched Ci Ya overcome the Heart Demon Tribulation and successfully form his nascent soul, attracting the attention of Second Palace Master Shiqun. Back in his cave, he integrated the Blackwater White Kun talent Ablution Water Origin, then discovered its power had entered his Golden Core.

• Lin Changheng observed Ci Ya's Nascent Soul formation and judged that the cultivator was struggling to sustain the process.
• Second Palace Master Shiqun noticed Lin Changheng after sensing his Seven-Colored Divine Light and considered recruiting him into the Luminous Jade Palace.
• After several days, Ci Ya passed the Heart Demon Tribulation, completed Nascent Soul formation, and was congratulated by Shiqun and True Lord Qingwei.
• As the spectators departed, Lin Changheng exchanged a distant glance with Shiqun before returning to his cave abode on Long Deer Peak.
• Lin Changheng used the Origin Cauldron to integrate the Blackwater White Kun's Ablution Water Origin talent, which generated the Path-Peeking and Clarity Otherworldly Arts.
• The cleansing current moved through Lin Changheng's body and plunged into his Golden Core.

Lin Changheng refined a fourth-tier elixir and became a Fourth-Tier Pill Dao Grandmaster, then discovered signs that a hidden treasure lay beneath Long Deer Mountain. After seven days of searching without success, he left to attend the Luminous Jade Immortal City Auction and seek the missing ingredient for his Illusion-Breaking Pill.

• Lin Changheng cleansed and reinforced his golden core with his otherworldly art, then confirmed that its power could also remove some of the cold baleful intent from the Blue-Tide Jade Branch.
• Lin Changheng spent two years refining pills and successfully produced a standard-quality fourth-tier Clear-Origin Rosycloud Pill, becoming a Fourth-Tier Pill Dao Grandmaster.
• After emerging from seclusion, Lin Changheng found Little Qing and Xiao Hei leading the wild beasts of Long Deer Mountain and suspected their behavior revealed a hidden treasure beneath the mountain.
• Lin Changheng moved the beasts into the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land and searched Long Deer Mountain for seven days but found no clues.
• Lin Changheng set out for the Luminous Jade Immortal City Auction, intending to obtain the main ingredient missing from his Illusion-Breaking Pill.