Chapter Summaries

Lin Changheng tested the overwhelming speed of his Kunpeng Wings, then traveled to Azure Light Island to help Yu Susu confront the faction occupying it. He discovered True Lord Huang Ya waiting there, and their dispute over the island ended with Huang Ya proposing a contest of strength.

• Lin Changheng combined his Kunpeng Wings with Thunder Escape and the Sun-Chasing Cloak, achieving flight speed he believed surpassed that of ordinary Nascent Soul middle-stage cultivators.
• Lin Changheng reviewed his remaining goals, then sailed with Yu Susu and Guan Sheng toward Azure Light Island while secretly practicing the Yin Tide Demon-Subduing Spirit-Invoking Mantra.
• Lin Changheng and Yu Susu found a fourth-tier formation around Azure Light Island, entered it, and located three of the faction's leaders near the island's lake.
• Lin Changheng attacked the three leaders with his flying swords, but True Lord Huang Ya emerged from beneath the lake and intercepted them.
• Lin Changheng identified himself as True Lord Ten Thousand Longevity, and Huang Ya acknowledged their shared Immortal Palace ties while insisting their opposing duties had to take precedence.
• True Lord Huang Ya proposed competing in strength, claiming his earlier Nascent Soul formation might otherwise make the contest unfair.

Lin Changheng and True Lord Huang Ya secretly reached an agreement to divide the Jade-Clear Sacred Tea mother plants, then staged a public confrontation that secured peace between the Green Jade Gate's branches. With his Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony less than seven days away, Lin Changheng visited the Heavenly Scripture Pavilion to choose three inheritances and learned about the palace's rules and the Azure Abyss Sea's history.

• Lin Changheng and True Lord Huang Ya privately agreed to split the two Jade-Clear Sacred Tea mother plants and publicly pressured the Green Jade Gate branches to coexist peacefully.
• The Azure Light Island cultivators presented the tea plants at a banquet, and Lin Changheng and True Lord Huang Ya each took one.
• As Lin Changheng's Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony approached, he read records in the Heavenly Scripture Pavilion and learned that a fifth-tier dragon lived in the Outer Sea's Sacred Dragon Palace.
• Lin Changheng selected three fourth-tier inheritances, but the pavilion's mysterious attendant told him he could only take copies after swearing a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• The attendant watched Lin Changheng leave and wondered why he had shown no curiosity about the attendant's unusual nature.

Lin Changheng reflected on his old friends and explored his new Nascent Soul life, learning that Daoist Treasure Sea had likely fled to seek Nascent Soul formation elsewhere. After choosing three inheritances from the Heavenly Scripture Pavilion, he began cultivating a soul-defense art, while a palace elder’s unusual attempt to reach the Great Cultivator stage remained an intriguing possibility.

• Lin Changheng visited the recreated Blackwater River, remembered his deceased friends Xu Fugui and Bai Fengxian, and used his Seven-Colored Divine Light to survey the surrounding lands.
• True Lord Qingwei visited Lin Changheng, drank Jadeclarity Spirit Tea, and told him Daoist Treasure Sea had disappeared, likely heading to the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild to form a Nascent Soul.
• Lin Changheng asked the palace to watch for anyone forming a Nascent Soul and learned that an elderly Heavenly Scripture Pavilion caretaker was a peak Nascent Soul middle-stage cultivator attempting an unprecedented breakthrough to become a Great Cultivator.
• Lin Changheng selected the Great Simplicity Soul-Settling Scripture, a Fire-Method Pill Dao inheritance, and a Geomancy Arts inheritance from the Heavenly Scripture Pavilion.
• Lin Changheng began cultivating the Great Simplicity Soul-Settling Scripture, carefully drawing strands of soul-spirit from his primordial spirit.

Lin Changheng cultivated the Great Simplicity Soul-Settling Scripture to its second layer, prepared for his Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony, and began welcoming fellow Nascent Soul cultivators. The ceremony was underway as True Lord Tianlai learned he was a Fourth-Tier Pill Dao Grandmaster, and more honored guests arrived.

• Lin Changheng formed a second-layer soul-defense barrier and tested it against his own divine sense assault.
• Lin Changheng tried on his ceremonial robes, then studied geomancy legacies while awaiting his Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony.
• Lin Changheng traveled to the ceremony venue and learned from True Lord Qingwei which Immortal Palace Nascent Soul cultivators would attend.
• Lin Changheng welcomed True Lord Tianlai and told her he was a Fourth-Tier Pill Dao Grandmaster, shocking her and True Lord Qingwei.
• True Lord Haiya of the Beast Spirit Sect and True Lord Chengfeng of the Grand Sea Tower arrived to congratulate Lin Changheng.

At his Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony, Lin Changheng welcomed a host of powerful guests before True Lord Jinyue of the Sacred Peak Sect exposed Lin Changheng’s past and attacked him with a rare spirit material. Lin Changheng caught and damaged the attack with ease, leaving the assembled cultivators stunned.

• Lin Changheng welcomed True Lords Tianlai, Chengfeng, Haiya, Jingxuan, Zhaohua, and Huang Ya as they arrived to congratulate him.
• True Lord Moye, True Lord Aolan, and True Lord Yun Xuzi arrived, and both palace masters, Feili and Lingxiu, attended Lin Changheng’s ceremony.
• True Lord Jinyue arrived late, revealed that Lin Changheng had killed Shura Island’s young master while still at the Core Formation stage, and launched a fourth-tier spirit material at him.
• Lin Changheng caught the spirit material with his bare hand, using the Three-Colored Flame and several demonic arts to break its spikes and blunt its force.
• Lin Changheng accepted the damaged spirit material from True Lord Jinyue while the gathered Nascent Soul cultivators watched in astonishment.

At his Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony, Lin Changheng impressed the assembled cultivators by catching True Lord Jinyue’s attack bare-handed and received rare gifts from True Lord Gui and the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild. After the ceremony, Palace Master Feili visited Lin Changheng at night, gave him Cloud-Immortal Tea, and began a private conversation.

• Lin Changheng caught True Lord Jinyue’s fourth-tier spirit material bare-handed, and True Lord Jinyue apologized and let him keep it.
• True Lord Gui arrived, rebuked True Lord Jinyue, and presented Lin Changheng with the Mysterious Primordial Embryonic Spring on behalf of the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild.
• True Lord Gui hinted that Lin Changheng had accomplished something that could make True Lord Jinyue suffer in the future, but refused to reveal the details without Lin Changheng’s permission.
• Lin Changheng chose to reserve the Mysterious Primordial Embryonic Spring for Yu Susu, then presided over the ceremony’s rites and gift-giving.
• Palace Master Feili visited Lin Changheng’s cave abode after the banquet, brought him Cloud-Immortal Tea, and gave him the tea canister to keep.

Palace Master Feili learned that Lin Changheng had forced a veteran Nascent Soul Devil Lord to flee, then guided him toward future cultivation choices. At the Trading Assembly, Lin Changheng acquired the materials and inheritances he needed before sealing himself away for ten years of cultivation.

• Palace Master Feili questioned Lin Changheng about his battle with Ji Shan Devil Lord, and learned that Ji Shan's nascent soul had escaped after Lin Changheng gained the upper hand.
• Palace Master Feili praised Lin Changheng's potential and offered to advise him on fourth-tier cultivation methods when he reached the Nascent Soul middle stage.
• Lin Changheng attended the Dao Discussion Assembly and gained practical cultivation insights from Palace Master Feili and the visiting Nascent Soul cultivators.
• At the Trading Assembly, Lin Changheng traded aged medicines for fourth-tier Blazing Origin Essence Blood and traded spirit materials for sword-enhancing materials, craft inheritances, and additional essence blood.
• Lin Changheng gathered the resources he needed for his flying sword, treasure seeds, and crafts, then entered seclusion for ten years.

After ten years of secluded cultivation, Lin Changheng improved his sword treasures and other skills, strengthened his soul defense, and considered whether to return to the Song Region. He then collected his Immortal Palace stipend and reviewed assignments, settling on a cultivation duty that suggested a possible opportunity.

• News of Lin Changheng’s past deeds spread through the Azure Abyss Inner Sea, while the Sacred Peak Sect and the Outer Sea Demonic Path clashed over destroyed teleportation outposts.
• Lin Changheng tested his reforged flying swords, advanced his artifact-refining, geomancy, and formation skills, and strengthened his Nascent Soul and soul barrier.
• Lin Changheng considered returning to the Song Region to check on Tantai Feiyue, Xu Hanji, and Yan Mingyi, but decided the journey was too dangerous without reliable information.
• Lin Changheng went to the General Affairs Hall, where cultivators greeted him as Elder Ten Thousand Longevity and he collected ten years of stipend resources.
• Lin Changheng reviewed the Immortal Palace’s assignments and focused on refining pills or tending fourth-tier spirit plants, then became intrigued by the plant-cultivation duty.

Lin Changheng accepted tasks to tend fourth-tier Purple Rose Bamboo and Azure Jade Peach Trees, then declined True Lord Jingxuan’s invitation to hunt a demon cultivator. After exploring the Flower Medicine Palace and continuing to collect demon blood, he began transforming the Primordial Desolate Demon Bear Treasure Seed and examined its three innate talents.

• Lin Changheng rejected the pill-refining and demon-hunting tasks, accepted tasks to tend Purple Rose Bamboo and an Azure Jade Peach Tree, and turned down True Lord Jingxuan’s offer to hunt a fourth-tier demon cultivator together.
• Lin Changheng traveled to the Flower Medicine Palace, met its steward True Lord Qingwu, and studied the plants and their cultivation techniques.
• Lin Changheng observed that his divine sense had grown to cover 175 miles and continued patiently collecting essence blood from the Primordial Desolate Demon Bear and the Wind-Piercing Beast.
• Nine months later, Lin Changheng used the accumulated Primordial Desolate Demon Bear essence blood to begin spirit-seizing transformation of its Treasure Seed.
• Lin Changheng inspected the Treasure Seed’s revealed Nether Void Demon Beast bloodline and its talents: Mountain-Vein Search Sight, Mountain Qi Arises Naturally, and Earth’s Bountiful Nurturing.

Lin Changheng chose the Primordial Desolate Demon Bear’s [Earth's Bountiful Nurturing] talent, refined it into an otherworldly art, and used it to restore and enrich damaged soil. A year and a half later, he advanced his cultivation and plans while secretly taking roots from spirit plants under his care, ending after he repeated the operation on the Azure Jade Peach Tree.

• Lin Changheng questioned the Primordial Desolate Demon Bear about its three strongest talents and chose [Earth's Bountiful Nurturing] over its overlapping treasure-sensing and combat abilities.
• Lin Changheng refined the talent to transcendent mastery and demonstrated that it could restore damaged soil and improve its fertility, while increasing his earth spiritual root and divine sense.
• Over the next year and a half, Lin Changheng maintained spirit plants, cultivated [Yin Mountain Corpsefire] from stored corpse spirit, and used the bear’s talent to improve his Spirit Medicine Garden.
• True Lord Qingwei told Lin Changheng that True Person Treasure Sea had formed a Nascent Soul and joined the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild, while Lin Changheng had already sent Yu Susu the Mysterious Primordial Embryonic Spring.
• Lin Changheng secretly cut a root from one [Purple Rose Bamboo] stalk at the Flower Medicine Palace and used the [Glorious Life Divine Ability] to stabilize the plant’s damage.
• A month later, Lin Changheng secretly took a root from the [Azure Jade Peach Tree] as well.

Lin Changheng learned that True Lord Greedy Wolf planned to force Yu Susu into marriage and take the Wind-Piercing Beast as her dowry, so he agreed to confront him. Before leaving, Lin Changheng completed the Yin Mountain Corpsefire, fused four flames into the fourth-tier mid-grade Four Extremes True Flame, and finished transforming the Primordial Desolate Demon Bear’s talent; he then departed to meet Greedy Wolf.

• Lin Changheng inspected the spirit plants in Heaven-in-a-Pot and considered acquiring more spirit veins to improve their growth.
• Guan Sheng told Lin Changheng that True Lord Greedy Wolf intended to take Yu Susu as his concubine and demanded the Wind-Piercing Beast as her dowry, while openly insulting Lin Changheng.
• Lin Changheng decided to confront True Lord Greedy Wolf when he came to the Green Jade Gate in a month and told Guan Sheng to reassure Yu Susu and continue collecting the beast’s essence blood.
• Lin Changheng completed the Yin Mountain Corpsefire, fed it another corpse fire, and fused it with his other three flames to create the fourth-tier mid-grade Four Extremes True Flame and its bead.
• Lin Changheng completed the Primordial Desolate Demon Bear talent transformation, strengthening his soil-nurturing art and extending his divine sense to 184 li.
• Lin Changheng informed True Lord Qingwei that he would be away, then left the Luminous Jade Immortal Palace and headed out to sea.

Lin Changheng arrived at Green Jade Gate, killed Gao Fei after uncovering his betrayal, and secured another batch of Wind-Piercing Beast essence blood. As he suspected that True Lord Greedy Wolf was pursuing a hidden prize connected to the Evil Dragon Palace and Sky-Soaring Kunpeng essence blood, he sensed Greedy Wolf sneaking near the sect and called him out.

• Lin Changheng reached Green Jade Island and checked that the Wind-Piercing Beast was recovering after its essence blood had been extracted.
• Gao Fei revealed his betrayal of Yu Susu and threatened her with a Nascent Soul Talisman Treasure, but Lin Changheng emerged from hiding and killed him with a single strike.
• Yu Susu punished Gao Fei's supporters, then told Lin Changheng that True Lord Greedy Wolf's concubines were often drained to death and that the Wind-Piercer seemed to harbor anger or hatred.
• Lin Changheng collected another batch of Wind-Piercing Beast essence blood and deduced that Greedy Wolf's demand might conceal a plan involving the Evil Dragon Palace or Sky-Soaring Kunpeng essence blood.
• Lin Changheng sensed True Lord Greedy Wolf near Green Jade Gate and loudly rebuked him for sneaking around instead of arriving openly.

Lin Changheng confronted True Lord Greedy Wolf to protect the Green Jade Gate, then lured him away from the island and defeated him with a series of treasures and spells. Greedy Wolf abandoned his body and tried to escape by teleporting, but Lin Changheng used the Kunpeng art to catch his Nascent Soul in his hand.

• Yu Susu and Guan Sheng saw Lin Changheng confront True Lord Greedy Wolf in the sky and ordered the Green Jade Gate's disciples to withdraw to safety.
• Lin Changheng and Greedy Wolf exchanged attacks; Lin Changheng shattered Greedy Wolf's Black Seal Platform, while Greedy Wolf's Feather Fan damaged Lin Changheng's flying swords.
• Lin Changheng fled from Green Jade Island and led Greedy Wolf to an isolated stretch of sea, where he summoned a Demon God Phantom and used the Spirit-Binding Mirror and Seven-Star Bracelet against him.
• Lin Changheng wounded Greedy Wolf with a Corpse Claw and cut his body in two with the azure-gold greatsword, forcing Greedy Wolf's Nascent Soul to flee by teleportation.
• Lin Changheng used the Sky-Hanging Void Crossing Otherworldly Art to pursue Greedy Wolf's Nascent Soul, intercepted it, and seized it in his hand.

Lin Changheng defeated and killed True Lord Greedy Wolf, then examined the spoils and discovered a mysterious golden pearl linked to the Evil Dragon Palace. He returned openly to the Green Jade Gate, where the disciples realized that Greedy Wolf had lost.

• Lin Changheng resisted True Lord Greedy Wolf's soul attack and destroyed his Nascent Soul with Dragonkin Breath before Greedy Wolf could detonate it.
• Lin Changheng placed Greedy Wolf's corpse and damaged Nascent Soul in Heaven-in-a-Pot, where their remains began nourishing the blessed land and could help advance the Yin Mountain Corpsefire.
• Lin Changheng collected Greedy Wolf's treasures, including the Spirit-Sinking Fan, and found that Greedy Wolf's Storage Bag was nearly empty.
• Lin Changheng extracted a golden oval pearl from Greedy Wolf's Nascent Soul and suspected it was connected to the Evil Dragon Palace, then decided to seek information and prioritize reviving the Truefire Flood Dragon.
• Lin Changheng returned openly to the Green Jade Gate, and its disciples celebrated his return and Greedy Wolf's defeat.

After killing True Lord Greedy Wolf, Lin Changheng won Yu Susu and Guan Sheng’s allegiance, assigned the Green Jade Gate to seek rare sea demons and cultivation resources, and let rumors of his victory spread. After completing a ten-year spirit-plant assignment and entering seclusion, he smoothly advanced to the Nascent Soul Second Layer.

• Yu Susu and Guan Sheng pledged themselves and the Green Jade Gate to Lin Changheng, who bestowed a secret art on each and revealed that True Lord Greedy Wolf had died.
• Lin Changheng tasked Yu Susu and Guan Sheng with locating rare sea demons and gathering intelligence on secret realms, spirit plants, and soul-restoring treasures.
• Rumors that Lin Changheng had killed True Lord Greedy Wolf spread across the Azure Abyss Inner Sea, while Lin Changheng continued cultivating and avoided confirming them.
• Palace Master Feili visited Lin Changheng, gave him Cloud-Immortal Tea, and learned that the rumors about True Lord Greedy Wolf’s death were true.
• After finishing his ten-year spirit-plant assignment, Lin Changheng entered seclusion and advanced to the Nascent Soul Second Layer.

Lin Changheng advanced to the second layer of the Nascent Soul realm and found that Little Qing had reached the late third-tier peak while Xiao Hei was improving through the aura of earth-breath soil. He chose an assignment leading a Foundation Establishment exploration party near the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild and departed with the disciples.

• Lin Changheng finished cultivating and examined the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land, where his geomantic changes, spirit plants, and stored Nascent Soul mana had enriched the small world.
• Lin Changheng learned that Little Qing had reached the late third-tier peak and that Xiao Hei was cultivating with his head buried in earth-breath soil; he decided to seek treasures to help both beasts and True Flood Dragon.
• Lin Changheng went to the General Affairs Hall, learned that his service against True Lord Greedy Wolf had earned him ten years without assignments, and reviewed available tasks.
• Lin Changheng accepted an assignment to lead Foundation Establishment disciples in exploring a secret site near the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild, choosing it over a hunt for the Sun-Devouring Demon Lord.
• At the end of the month, Lin Changheng revealed himself atop Little Qing and told the ten assembled disciples to climb onto her back so they could set out.

Lin Changheng led ten Luminous Jade Palace disciples to an underwater secret site, where he guarded them as they explored and advanced the Great Simplicity Soul-Settling Scripture to its fourth layer. When the site’s upheaval exposed it and attracted cultivators seeking treasure, Lin Changheng remained on the mountain, and a Nascent Soul cultivator named Tianmingzi arrived to challenge the situation.

• Lin Changheng departed with the disciples on Little Qing, advised them to prepare for danger, and studied the Profound Water and Astral Wind Great Escape Art during the journey.
• Lin Changheng discussed True Lord Treasure Sea with True Lord Qingwei and asked him to report if Treasure Sea traveled to the Outer Sea.
• Lin Changheng brought the group to a submerged mountain range, opened the secret site, and stayed outside after the entrance destroyed his third-tier talisman.
• Lin Changheng cultivated the Great Simplicity Soul-Settling Scripture to its fourth layer while waiting, but growing tremors forced him to try and then abandon efforts to contain the secret site's upheaval.
• Cultivators from nearby factions gathered around the exposed site but kept their distance from Lin Changheng, who sat silently atop the mountain.
• Tianmingzi arrived and greeted Lin Changheng, saying he had come to investigate reports that a True Lord was monopolizing an emerging treasure.

Lin Changheng confronted Tianmingzi over the treasures beneath the deep-sea Vast Mountain Range and nearly killed him in a swift battle. After Buhai intervened, he chose to yield the claim and befriend Lin Changheng, leaving the treasure dispute settled in Lin Changheng’s favor.

• Lin Changheng openly claimed the treasures because he had discovered and occupied the site first, and warned the gathered cultivators not to interfere.
• Lin Changheng attacked Tianmingzi, using his swords and Spirit-Sinking Fan to break Tianmingzi’s Blue-and-White Light Shield and nearly kill him.
• Buhai intervened with a streak of golden light, giving Tianmingzi time to escape the fatal strike, and then introduced himself to Lin Changheng.
• After learning Lin Changheng’s identity as True Lord Ten Thousand Longevity, Tianmingzi realized how close he had come to death.
• Buhai admitted that the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild had sent him to investigate and potentially seize the treasure, but he yielded the claim and offered Lin Changheng friendship.
• Lin Changheng accepted Buhai’s goodwill, and Buhai invited Tianmingzi to join them.

Lin Changheng settled his conflict with Tianmingzi, completed his assignment, and returned to seclusion with a rare water treasure and twenty years of assignment exemption. He manifested and merged the Kan Ice Mystic Root, gaining an eighth spiritual root, while Ji Shan Devil Lord began plotting revenge against him.

• Tianmingzi apologized to Lin Changheng and offered him abyssal ink sunken water essence, and the three Nascent Soul True Lords parted on friendly terms.
• Lin Changheng placed the water essence in the Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land, then watched the secret-site disciples emerge and catalogued their gains before escorting them back to the Luminous Jade Immortal Palace.
• Lin Changheng turned in his assignment and received twenty years of exemption, while news of his victory over Tianmingzi spread and made him notorious among Inner Sea and Outer Sea factions.
• Ji Shan Devil Lord learned that Lin Changheng was the feared True Lord Ten Thousand Longevity and considered asking allies to help him take revenge.
• Lin Changheng used Fairy Han Shuang's ice spiritual root essence blood to manifest the Kan Ice Mystic Root and merge it into himself, gaining an ice spiritual root with twenty-nine strands of spirit resonance.

Lin Changheng discovered that his new ice spiritual root strengthened his ice techniques, enhanced Nether Abyss Iceflame, and increased his divine sense. He traveled to Sea-Ruins Immortal Island, where he bought intelligence on Extreme Demon Island’s Nascent Soul Devil Lords and began lavishly purchasing supplies.

• Lin Changheng tested his ice spiritual root, mastered an advanced ice secret art, and found that it strengthened his Nether Abyss Iceflame and increased his divine sense by six li.
• Lin Changheng left seclusion, answered invitations from Nascent Soul cultivators, and visited Yu Susu, who gave him Wind-Piercing Beast essence blood and an update on the search for rare demon beasts.
• Lin Changheng traveled to Sea-Ruins Immortal Island under the alias Fang Yuan and learned that the Sea-Ruins Merchant Guild’s General Altar served as its central authority.
• Lin Changheng visited Darkwind Tower and learned that it sold intelligence about people, not demon beasts or natural treasures.
• Lin Changheng used True Lord Buhai’s token to receive a fifty-percent discount on Black Grade intelligence about Extreme Demon Island’s three Nascent Soul Devil Lords.
• Lin Changheng read the report on Extreme Demon Ancestor, Devil Lord Extreme Slaughter, and Ji Shan Devil Lord, then began making lavish purchases in Sea-Ruins Immortal City.