Chapter Summaries

Lin Changheng collected Azure-Pattern Demon Conch essence blood, chose the Myriad Waters Bring Rain talent, and traveled to the Alliance Headquarters to redeem his war merits. He arrived to find many Nascent Soul Cultivators gathered there, including familiar allies, as the merit contest drew near.

• Lin Changheng observed Xiao Hei's shell developing flood dragon markings and finalized a cautious plan to collect essence blood and flee if True Lord Jinyue forced him to reveal the Single-Horned Flood Dragon Cultivator's corpse.
• Lin Changheng gave Yu Susu an Illusion-Breaking Pill for Guan Sheng, cultivation guidance, a Jadeclarity Spirit Tea plant, and copied texts, while directing the sect to search for Blazing Origin Demon Beasts instead of Nether Void Demon Beasts.
• Two months later, Lin Changheng visited the Beast Spirit Sect, collected Azure-Pattern Demon Conch essence blood and Spirit-Dispersing Grass, then began refining the treasure seed's talents while flying toward the Alliance Headquarters.
• Lin Changheng chose Myriad Waters Bring Rain, refined it through the fourth tier, and tested it by drawing water vapor into clouds and summoning spiritually rich rain.
• Lin Changheng reached the Battle Merit Hall and greeted True Lord Qingwei, True Lord Tianlai, True Lord Jingxuan, and the other gathered Nascent Soul Cultivators, before True Lord Tianlai hinted that they had come for more than their own business.

Lin Changheng revealed his extraordinary battle record and defeated True Lord Jinyue in the contest for the Origin Sea Spirit Lychee. After winning the treasure, he sought to spend his remaining merits, then hinted he had more than the two the stewards had counted.

• True Lord Qingwei told Lin Changheng that cultivators suspected he had wielded the three-colored escape light, so Lin decided to reveal all his achievements and leave the Azure Abyss Sea afterward.
• True Lord Jinyue presented Devil Lord Li Xie's head and primordial spirit, then claimed merit for a second Nascent Soul middle-stage corpse; True Lord Jingxuan questioned the corpse's identity.
• Lin Changheng presented the nascent soul of the human traitor Dang Hai, then revealed a fourth-tier middle-stage Demon Core and the matching corpse of a Single-Horned Flood Dragon.
• The stewards awarded Lin Changheng seven and a half battle merits, and True Lord Jinyue withdrew after falling behind by two merits.
• Lin Changheng won the Origin Sea Spirit Lychee and requested the fourth-tier treasures Imperial Chariot Mountain-Bearing Soil and Azure-Wave Moon-Congealing Cassia with his remaining merits.
• When a steward pointed out that the two treasures cost three merits but Lin had only two left, Lin Changheng grinned and said he had more.

Lin Changheng revealed another slain Devil Lord, claimed his military rewards, and left the Great Hall of Military Merit with Qingwei, Tianlai, and Jingxuan before secretly traveling toward the Sacred Peak Sea Region. On the way, he revisited Viewing-Tide City after decades away, where he confronted the Core Formation cultivator occupying Pan Lian'er’s former chamber and asked about her.

• Lin Changheng produced the Sky-Rending Devil Lord’s frozen Nascent Soul, forced True Lord Jinyue and the other cultivators to remain as witnesses, and exchanged his merits for the Origin Sea Spirit Lychee, Imperial Chariot Mountain-Bearing Soil, and Azure-Wave Moon-Congealing Cassia.
• Lin Changheng left Qingwei a Storage Bag and Jade Slips to deliver to the Second Palace Master and Mo Zhaoli, then departed under an altered appearance and traveled by ship.
• Lin Changheng planted the Azure-Wave Moon-Congealing Cassia and Imperial Chariot Mountain-Bearing Soil in his Heaven-in-a-Pot Treasure Land while devising a pill formula for his fourth-tier Demon Cores.
• Lin Changheng reached Balance Moon Island, quietly took some roots from a Guo Family medicinal herb, and decided to visit the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and learn what had become of Pan Lian'er.
• Lin Changheng entered Viewing-Tide City and found a Core Formation cultivator in Pan Lian'er’s former secret chamber; he seized control of the man’s Natal Treasure Artifact and jade talisman, then warned him against foolish resistance.

Lin Changheng investigated the Cao Family and learned that True Person Dangqi had taken control of its affairs, then subdued Dangqi and arranged a secret information network. He also acquired a method for repairing ancient treasures and greatly expanded his reserves of Nascent Soul Formation pills.

• Lin Changheng questioned a Core Formation cultivator about the Cao Family, learned Pan Lian'er was managing its businesses, and used Dust-Forgetting Pills to erase the man's memories of him.
• Lin Changheng found True Person Dangqi repairing a damaged Ancient Treasure, seized the treasure and jade slip, and subdued Dangqi with the Spirit-Sealing Life Spring Demonic Art.
• Lin Changheng ordered Dangqi to use three cursed turtle spirit beasts and a sealed pouch to relay information, then returned the Bronze Short Spear and kept a copy of the Ancient Treasure repair method.
• Lin Changheng learned Dangqi had gathered ingredients for Nascent Soul Formation pills, traded him standard pills for those ingredients, and calculated that he could produce a large reserve of premium pills.

Lin Changheng returned to the Eight Nations Region through the repaired ancient teleportation formation, survived and dismantled a fourth-tier killing formation, and discovered that the Yan Kingdom had expanded into Jin territory. He spotted three demon cultivators traveling near the city and prepared to investigate the shifting alliances.

• Lin Changheng ordered True Person Dangqi to deal with Pan Lian'er's abusive husband without killing him, and Dangqi resolved to make the man bedridden with a lingering illness.
• News of True Lord Ten Thousand Longevity's victories and alchemy achievements spread through the Azure Abyss Inner Sea, prompting the Great Cultivators of the demon and demonic factions to vow to kill him and the Luminous Jade Palace's First Palace Master Yuanxi to threaten retaliation.
• Lin Changheng visited the Gravel Island household of a deceased mortal acquaintance, refilled the elixir bottle enshrined there, and continued to the deserted island containing the ancient teleportation formation.
• Lin Changheng repaired and activated the formation, returned to the Miasma-Shadow Ancient Forest, and destroyed a fourth-tier killing formation set by his enemies before dismantling and storing it.
• Lin Changheng discovered that the Yan Kingdom controlled a city in territory he remembered as Jin's, then saw three demon cultivators nearby and suspected Yan and Yue had allied against Song and Jin.
• Lin Changheng recognized the demon cultivators as targets from an opposing camp and considered attacking them to learn more about the region's changed situation.

Lin Changheng returned to the Eight Kingdoms Region after years away, survived and dismantled a killing formation set by his enemies, and began investigating how the kingdoms’ borders had changed. He left off spotting three demon cultivators near a Yan-controlled city and suspecting that Yan and Yue had joined forces.

• Lin Changheng told True Person Dangqi to protect Pan Lian'er and subtly ordered him to make her abusive husband bedridden without provoking the Cao Family.
• News of Lin Changheng's victories spread throughout the Azure Abyss Inner Sea, prompting public acclaim and threats from demon and demonic Great Cultivators, while First Palace Master Yuanxi declared her protection of him.
• Lin Changheng visited Gravel Island, found that the old man he had once helped had died, and refilled the medicine bottle enshrined at the family altar.
• Lin Changheng repaired the Ancient Teleportation Formation and returned to the Eight Kingdoms Region, where a Fourth-Tier Killing Formation ambushed him; he survived, dismantled it, and disabled the ancient formation.
• Lin Changheng found that Yan Kingdom flags flew over a city formerly held by Jin and spotted three demon cultivators, leading him to suspect Yan and Yue had allied against Song and Jin.

Lin Changheng learned that Yuanshan had fallen and Song-Jin was besieged, then traveled into the war zone to discover what had happened to the Xu Family’s three women. At Army-Breaking Fortress, True Person Shouxuan recognized him, allowing Lin Changheng to reunite with an old acquaintance.

• Lin Changheng searched three demon cultivators’ souls and learned that Yuanshan had fallen, Song and Jin had merged, and Yue and Yan were encircling them.
• Lin Changheng learned of new Nascent Soul cultivators, including Moon-Embracing True Lord, and worried that the Xu Family’s three women might not have advanced beyond Foundation Establishment.
• Lin Changheng crossed the battlefield and killed two Foundation Establishment cultivators who tried to ambush him, then silently killed one of their approaching accomplices from afar.
• At Army-Breaking Fortress, Lin Changheng presented his old identity token and asked the guards to find someone who recognized him rather than reveal his Nascent Soul cultivation.
• True Person Shouxuan arrived, recognized Lin Changheng by the private gift of millennium spirit milk, and greeted him as Ten Thousand Longevity.

Lin Changheng learned that the Extreme South Palace had persecuted the Xu Family and that the Purple Pole Sect had defected after facing similar pressure. He revealed his overwhelming strength to Tantai Feiyue and Yan Mingyi, then rushed east to retrieve Xu Hanji and discovered she was on a dangerous mission.

• Tantai Feiyue and Yan Mingyi confirmed that the Extreme South Palace had repeatedly sent Xu Family members into battle, while the Azure Rosy Clouds Temple and Yellow Maple Cliff had tried to help.
• Lin Changheng learned that the Purple Pole Sect had defected after opening a formation to enemy forces, and he suspected the sect had been driven to rebel by pressure from powerful figures.
• Lin Changheng told Tantai Feiyue and Yan Mingyi that he could crush the Extreme South Palace and defeat the Moon-Embracing True Lord, then revealed his formidable aura and left Little Qing to protect them.
• Tantai Feiyue told Lin Changheng that Xu Hanji was on the eastern battlefield, so he hurried there and met Daoist True Heart at a fortress.
• Daoist True Heart revealed that Xu Hanji was leading a mission to mine a mineral deposit near the former Song-Jin and Yan border, despite rules against intervention.
• Lin Changheng sensed something ahead, wrapped Daoist True Heart in his escape light, and surged toward the mission site at terrifying speed.

Lin Changheng rescued Xu Hanji and two Song-Jin mission teams, then followed the trail to a lake where Shi Tiancheng and Shi Tiance had retrieved a Skyfire Earthflame Crystal while sacrificing the teams as cover. He confronted them in the hidden cavern, where Shi Tiancheng recognized him and Xu Hanji alive.

• Daoist True Heart and Lin Changheng discovered Xu Hanji and her team surrounded, and Lin Changheng killed the three Core Formation attackers and routed the enemy forces.
• Lin Changheng took Xu Hanji to a second battlefield, killed its attackers, and learned that both mission teams had been ambushed.
• Lin Changheng and Xu Hanji hid above a lake and overheard Shi Tiancheng and Shi Tiance admit that the Shi lineage had arranged the attacks to cover their retrieval of the Skyfire Earthflame Crystal.
• Lin Changheng and Xu Hanji entered the cavern, where Lin Changheng killed Shi Tiance and Shi Tiancheng begged for mercy before recognizing Lin Changheng and the supposedly dead Xu Hanji.

Lin Changheng returned to the Xu family after killing Shi Tiancheng and Shi Tiance, then devoured the Skyfire Earthflame Crystal and advanced his mystic flame to the fourth tier. When hostile envoys from the Extreme South Palace arrived, he seized control of the confrontation and began questioning them about their surnames.

• Lin Changheng soul-searched Shi Tiancheng, found the Skyfire Earthflame Crystal, and took Xu Hanji back to the Xu family base.
• Lin Changheng told Xu Hanji that he intended to establish control over the Song Region and expected the Shi family to retaliate.
• Lin Changheng reunited with Xu Hanji, Tantai Feiyue, and Yan Mingyi, then learned that Yan Mingyi had formed an upper-tier true core after her sisters gave her their Core Formation Spirit Objects.
• Lin Changheng fed the Skyfire Earthflame Crystal to the Dark Radiance Mystic Flame, transforming it into the fourth-tier Black Cinder Emperor Flame.
• Envoys from the Extreme South Palace arrived at the Xu family, and Lin Changheng secretly strangled two Core Formation cultivators and killed one after learning the man's surname was Shi.
• Lin Changheng questioned the remaining envoys about their surnames, learned that one was named Zhou, and directed a kneeling attendant to answer whether she held a position with the Shi.

Lin Changheng publicly challenged Moon-Embracing True Lord over the Shi and Qu clans’ abuses, then fought her at Mangleng Mountain. He killed her body and captured her nascent soul, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned.

• Lin Changheng killed three fleeing Shi clan cultivators, suppressed the Qu clan envoys, and proclaimed their clans’ crimes across the Song Region.
• Lin Changheng demanded that Moon-Embracing True Lord appear and answer for her clans’ conduct, drawing cultivators and Boy Zhengwang toward Mangleng Mountain.
• Moon-Embracing True Lord confronted Lin Changheng and defended her husband’s clan, while Lin Changheng killed two Qu clan captives in front of her.
• Moon-Embracing True Lord attacked with her Ice Crystal Round Mirror, but Lin Changheng disrupted her with a divine-sense bird cry and killed her with the Great Transformation Heavenly Demon Annihilation Thorn.
• Lin Changheng captured Moon-Embracing True Lord’s nascent soul in an Azure Flame Net as the watching cultivators erupted in uproar.

Lin Changheng instantly defeated Moon-Embracing True Lord, then negotiated with Illusion-Breaking True Lord to destroy the corrupt clans and support his plans for the Song Region. After returning to the Xu Family, he rewarded Boy Zhengwang with Nascent Soul formation guidance and pills, then demanded that the captive Moon-Embracing True Lord choose submission or death.

• Lin Changheng killed Moon-Embracing True Lord in one exchange, captured her Nascent Soul, and collected her body and treasures.
• Lin Changheng exposed Illusion-Breaking True Lord, who emerged and recruited him to defend the Song Region; the two agreed that the Qu and Shi clans should be exterminated if their crimes were confirmed.
• Lin Changheng returned to the Xu Family, received the family's welcome, and learned that Xu Fugui's descendants had died, while Xu Yongzhen remained missing.
• Lin Changheng gave Boy Zhengwang Nascent Soul formation insights, took in his gathered ingredients, and presented him with two Nascent Soul Formation Twin Pills.
• Lin Changheng thawed part of Moon-Embracing True Lord's frozen Nascent Soul and demanded that she submit or die.