Chapter Summaries

After Jia Sixie left, Lin Ke considered his gains from their discussion and prepared to develop his island’s cave abode. He decided to confront the late-stage Purple-Patterned White Tiger, both to answer the tiger’s provocations and to test his own strength.

• Jia Sixie gave Lin Ke a token for contacting him and the Jia Family, then departed through a spatial rift.
• Lin Ke thanked Chen An and reflected that his biological knowledge had advanced, bringing him close to the late stage of the second realm in the Reformer School.
• Lin Ke returned his awareness to his main body and learned that the cave abode’s foundation and walls were complete, while its rooms still needed to be built.
• The Dark-Gold-Eyed Leopard told Lin Ke that the Purple-Patterned White Tiger had reached the late stage and was insulting them outside the island; the Green Python warned that the tiger’s mother served the Mountain Giant Banyan.
• After hearing that the Purple-Patterned Bat kept Monkey Wine, Lin Ke ordered his companions to take on the Purple-Patterned White Tiger, hoping to test his strength.

Lin Ke confronted Wang Bahu and his pack of Demon Beasts after they mocked him and coveted his spatial treasure. He launched a brutal attack, and as the demons charged, he declared the hunt had begun.

• Lin Ke flew to the neighboring island on Ducky and heard Wang Bahu's followers mock him and his mother while demanding his treasure.
• Lin Ke dropped from the sky with the Imperially Sanctioned Staff and killed a hyena demon with a strike modeled on Old Ox's Earth-Stomping.
• Wang Bahu demanded an apology and Lin Ke's spatial treasure, but Lin Ke refused and vowed to kill the demons.
• Lin Ke struck a monkey demon, then tore a crocodile demon apart while redirecting the Heavenly Hammer toward a rat demon.
• Wang Bahu ordered the pack to attack, and Lin Ke welcomed the charging demons as prey.

Lin Ke fought off a mob of Demon Beasts and challenged the Purple-Patterned White Tiger, whose tiger claws matched Lin Ke’s own. When the tiger attacked with a human-refined knife, Lin Ke raised a Mystic Jade Shield to catch it barehanded.

• Lin Ke used his reform-enhanced strength and techniques from many Demon Beasts to repel the mob assault.
• Lin Ke taunted the Purple-Patterned White Tiger for neglecting his mother’s sonic techniques and relying on tiger claws.
• Lin Ke and the Purple-Patterned White Tiger clashed claws, and both were driven back.
• The Purple-Patterned White Tiger revealed a black-iron knife given to him by his mother and launched it at Lin Ke.
• Lin Ke used the Mystic Jade Shield to meet the incoming knife, leaving the surviving Demon Beasts stunned.

Lin Ke defeated the Purple-Patterned White Tiger and nearly killed him, but stopped when the tiger offered to become his master. The other Demon Beasts then offered to submit as well.

• Lin Ke caught and suppressed the Black-Iron Knife while fighting the Purple-Patterned White Tiger.
• Lin Ke defeated the tiger by stomping him into the ground and revealed that he had used only a small portion of his demonic power.
• Lin Ke threatened to kill the Purple-Patterned White Tiger and turn his fur into a seat.
• The Purple-Patterned White Tiger offered his treasures and knowledge of ancient ruins, then agreed to accept Lin Ke as his master.
• Lin Ke asked whether the other Demon Beasts would submit, and they immediately agreed.

Lin Ke subdued the Purple-Patterned White Tiger and eight other Demon Beasts with his Rare Treasure, Pokémon. He then rode the tiger into Mountain Island’s jungle to meet the Mountain Giant Banyan.

• Lin Ke revealed Pokémon was a Rare Treasure and gave the gathered Demon Beasts the choice to submit or die.
• The eight First Realm Demon Beasts entered Pokémon, and the Purple-Patterned White Tiger followed after sensing Lin Ke’s threat.
• Lin Ke considered the tiger’s ancient bloodline and his connection to a powerful Third Realm mother, the Purple-Patterned Bat.
• Lin Ke summoned Ducky and headed to Mountain Island to meet the Mountain Giant Banyan.
• Lin Ke released the Purple-Patterned White Tiger, who asked to fight the Dark-Gold-Eyed Leopard, then carried Lin Ke into the jungle.

Lin Ke learned about a sword cultivator’s ruins and the powerful Fire God Mantis who guarded their location. After visiting the Mountain Giant Banyan, he planned to seek out the ruins and test himself against the mantis.

• Lin Ke rode the Purple-Patterned White Tiger and learned that his mother had fled to Mountain Island after refusing the Fire God Mantis King’s offer to take her as a concubine.
• The Purple-Patterned White Tiger told Lin Ke about ruins left by an Ancient Human Race sword cultivator and said his fire god mantis uncle knew where they were.
• Lin Ke learned that sword intent at the ruins’ entrance had driven back the uncle, who was unmatched in the second realm.
• The Purple-Patterned White Tiger explained that the ruins contained a wind sword inheritance, which did not suit his uncle’s fire sword path.
• Lin Ke agreed to seek the ruins after meeting the Mountain Giant Banyan and said he would use force if the uncle refused to cooperate.

Lin Ke and Wang Dahu arrived at the Mountain Giant Banyan’s vast, spiritual-qi-rich territory, where Lin Ke remained wary but found the Banyan welcoming. The Mountain Giant Banyan invited Lin Ke to stay and chat, leaving him in a friendly meeting with the powerful tree.

• Lin Ke saw the Mountain Giant Banyan’s enormous canopy and sensed the barrier’s cool, humid environment and abundant wood-attribute spiritual qi.
• The Mountain Giant Banyan called out to Wang Dahu and asked why he had come instead of visiting his mother.
• Wang Dahu said his mother was busy, while Lin Ke dismounted and introduced himself as a human sent to temper himself in Cloud Dream Marsh.
• Lin Ke claimed he belonged to the Wang Lineage, and the Mountain Giant Banyan explained that his master was the Azure Sky Temple’s temple master and the Jiangnan region’s Mountain Lord.
• Pleased by Lin Ke’s words, the Mountain Giant Banyan invited him to stay and talk.

Lin Ke spent two hours talking with the Mountain Giant Banyan, then revealed that he needed Demon Beasts for cultivation and gained permission to visit Mantis Island. Intrigued by its vast insect population and their potential as gu, Lin Ke prepared to seek out the Fire God Mantis king.

• Lin Ke chatted with the Mountain Giant Banyan, who shared island gossip and learned about events beyond the island.
• The Mountain Giant Banyan worried that Lin Ke's capture of Demon Beasts would leave the island empty, so Lin Ke explained that he needed them for cultivation under his elders' instructions.
• The Mountain Giant Banyan offered to send Lin Ke to his friend, the Fire God Mantis king, whose Mantis Island was overrun with insects.
• Lin Ke became interested in the island's insects as possible sources for developing gu and asked how many Second Realm Demon Beasts lived there.
• The Mountain Giant Banyan said the insects were too numerous to count and that his friend might welcome Lin Ke taking hundreds or thousands.

Lin Ke visited the Mountain Giant Banyan, learned how he used taxation to protect the creatures on Mountain Island, and formed a bond of reciprocal favors with him. The Mountain Giant Banyan invited Lin Ke to take whatever he wanted from his vast treasury.

• Lin Ke grew excited at the prospect of finding many Demon Beasts and considered how subduing Gu Insects could help "Pokémon" advance into a Supreme Treasure.
• The Mountain Giant Banyan offered to help Lin Ke in the future, and Lin Ke asked whether he had plants for Great Wilderness Island and his cave abode.
• The Mountain Giant Banyan explained his loneliness and regret over draining his foster mother's sap, then described how he used taxes and seemingly accidental gifts to protect Mountain Island's creatures.
• The Mountain Giant Banyan declared that everything in his treasury was Lin Ke's and said Lin Ke's gift had established a karmic connection between them.
• Lin Ke entered the Mountain Giant Banyan's cave treasury and found endless shelves crowded with spiritual objects and Treasures.

Lin Ke explored the Mountain Giant Banyan’s storehouse and found more than thirty treasure-grade items, most of them precious materials he wanted to trade for. After offering the Banyan his handwritten novels and comics, he left it engrossed in the books, and it urgently asked whether the Green Lotus Core Flame had been subdued.

• Lin Ke followed the spiritual auras deeper into the storehouse and discovered more than thirty treasure-grade items, mostly materials.
• Lin Ke decided to trade for materials he could use with the Wood Refining Method to make artifacts.
• The Mountain Giant Banyan said it preferred books, calligraphy, paintings, or other spiritually imbued objects.
• Lin Ke offered his handwritten novels and comics, including Pokémon and Battle Through the Firmament, and arranged materials he wanted to exchange for.
• The Mountain Giant Banyan read the books and urgently asked Lin Ke where the rest were and whether the Green Lotus Core Flame had been subdued.

Lin Ke traded his novels and comics to Mountain Giant Banyan for rare treasures and received a bag of seeds. After leaving, he planned to prepare his Cave Abode and travel to Mantis Island, while Purple-Patterned White Tiger suggested a stop to collect shadowglow stone.

• Mountain Giant Banyan accepted Lin Ke’s novels and comics and exchanged them for treasures, including five rare treasure-grade materials, a damaged sword, and a wooden hammer.
• Mountain Giant Banyan gave Lin Ke a leaf-woven bag containing seeds from the offspring of his foster siblings.
• Lin Ke left the barrier and reflected on the wealth beyond the Capital City, deciding that future reforms would require traveling throughout the Sacred Dynasty.
• Purple-Patterned White Tiger worried about its mother’s return, but Lin Ke declined to subdue her and said he intended to head for Mantis Island.
• Purple-Patterned White Tiger told Lin Ke about an enemy with a shadowglow stone vein, and Lin Ke agreed to go there first.

Lin Ke confronted the Snow-White Lynx who had bullied Purple-Patterned White Tiger and forced her to choose between submitting and being destroyed. The lynx returned after Lin Ke intimidated her, but her hatred of Purple-Patterned White Tiger remained clear.

• Purple-Patterned White Tiger told Lin Ke that Snow-White Lynx had invaded his territory, stolen his prey, and teased him.
• Lin Ke and Purple-Patterned White Tiger entered Snow-White Lynx's snowy territory, where Lin Ke blocked her surprise attack and immobilized her with Freeze.
• Lin Ke offered Snow-White Lynx a chance to follow him to the Imperial Capital or face the Sun Pool Water, but she fled into the woods.
• Lin Ke threatened Snow-White Lynx by demonstrating his rapid swings with the Hammer, and she emerged from hiding.
• Snow-White Lynx asked why a mighty human expert was targeting her, while Purple-Patterned White Tiger mocked her and she accused him of humiliating her.

Lin Ke subdued the Snow-White Lynx and sent her to work with the Mouse-Headed Duck family at a water-attribute shadowglow stone vein. He left the Purple-Patterned White Tiger with her and set off for Mantis Island.

• Lin Ke stopped the Snow-White Lynx from fighting and drew her into "Pokémon," where she could pursue a relationship with the Purple-Patterned White Tiger.
• The Purple-Patterned White Tiger admitted he wanted to clear things up with the Snow-White Lynx, and Lin Ke sent him inside to join her.
• Lin Ke summoned the Dark-Gold-Eyed Leopard and rode with him to the snowy mountain, where they found a cave containing a shadowglow stone vein.
• Lin Ke ordered the Mouse-Headed Duck and his family to gather rats to mine the ore, and told the Snow-White Lynx to protect them and seek help from the Mountain Giant Banyan if needed.
• Lin Ke summoned the Purple-Patterned White Tiger and rode away with him toward Mantis Island.

Lin Ke set out across Cloud Dream Marsh to find an aquatic Demon Beast, but a late Second Realm alligator snapping turtle ambushed him and his companions. As the Green Python was injured and their attacks failed to penetrate the turtle’s defenses, Lin Ke prepared to change tactics.

• Lin Ke stopped at the water’s edge and summoned the Green Python and Jade-Wave Three-Legged Frog to help him find a Demon Beast that could carry him across the marsh.
• Lin Ke and his companions swam toward Mantis Island for several hours without finding a Demon Beast, while the Green Python carried Lin Ke when he grew tired.
• A waterspout struck the Green Python and Lin Ke, revealing a giant late Second Realm alligator snapping turtle beneath the water.
• The Green Python and Jade-Wave Three-Legged Frog fought the turtle, but its water control and armored shell thwarted their attacks.
• The turtle bit the Green Python and tore away a large chunk of flesh, so Lin Ke ordered him to retreat and told the others to keep the currents away.

Lin Ke battled the powerful Alligator Snapping Turtle underwater, using his abilities and fighting techniques to overwhelm him. The turtle was still resisting at the end, but Lin Ke had gained the upper hand.

• Lin Ke sent the Green Python away and struck the Alligator Snapping Turtle with Sun Pool Water and the Imperially Sanctioned Staff.
• Lin Ke used literary qi to control the currents and conjured Seaheart Flame, then cracked the turtle's calcified head with a staff strike.
• Lin Ke landed a stronger flurry of blows, badly injuring the turtle's claw and urging him to submit.
• The Alligator Snapping Turtle summoned a mysterious pearl, but Lin Ke kept fighting and battered him until he could barely fight back.
• The Alligator Snapping Turtle insisted that Lin Ke's attacks packed a punch while continuing to deny that he had been beaten.

Lin Ke forced the Alligator Snapping Turtle to submit and took him in as the Water Dragon Turtle. With the Purple-Patterned White Tiger guiding the way, Lin Ke continued toward Mantis Island while writing, and they neared a prominent extinct volcano.

• Lin Ke threatened the Alligator Snapping Turtle with Sun Pool Water until the turtle agreed to submit and enter the Pokémon.
• The Jade-Wave Three-Legged Frog returned with the Pokémon, and Lin Ke summoned the Water Dragon Turtle from his Spirit Beast space.
• Lin Ke rode on the Water Dragon Turtle and released Wang Dahu, while the Purple-Patterned White Tiger helped guide their route.
• Lin Ke wrote a book during the journey as the Water Dragon Turtle and the Purple-Patterned White Tiger watched for danger.
• The Purple-Patterned White Tiger pointed out an extinct volcano near Mantis Island, and Lin Ke asked if that was the sight he meant.

Lin Ke and his companions approached Mantis Island, capturing numerous aquatic creatures along the way as his Pokémon book transformed into a mid-grade rare treasure. The transformation drew in spiritual qi and stirred a swarm of mosquitoes that rushed toward them.

• Lin Ke and his companions neared Mantis Island, where the Water Dragon Turtle praised the abundant fish and shrimp and asked Lin Ke to take him to Capital City for human-cooked food.
• The Water Dragon Turtle spotted a Predaceous Diving Beetle and then a water strider, and Lin Ke froze and captured both.
• As they swam toward the island, Lin Ke captured more creatures, and Pokémon advanced into a mid-grade rare treasure capable of capturing demon beasts one minor realm above him.
• Pokémon's transformation attracted vast amounts of spiritual qi and disturbed nearby creatures, drawing a swarm of mosquitoes toward Lin Ke and his companions.

Lin Ke fought through swarms of mosquitoes, fish, and insects as the advancement of “Pokémon” drew Demon Beasts to Mantis Island. After reaching shore, he called for the Purple-Patterned White Tiger’s friend, and an enormous fiery red mantis appeared.

• Lin Ke prepared for battle as mosquitoes, fish, and other creatures gathered around the advancing Rare Treasure, while Xiao Zhi and Electric Mouse joined the fight.
• Lin Ke burned and struck down the attacking mosquitoes, and the Jade-Wave Three-Legged Frog ate them as Xiao Zhi captured wounded Demon Beasts.
• Lin Ke fought off schools of fish while the Water Dragon Turtle carried him toward Mantis Island, then reached shore and recalled the turtle.
• The Jade-Wave Three-Legged Frog stayed behind to eat insects, while Lin Ke summoned the Purple-Patterned White Tiger to lead the way.
• The Purple-Patterned White Tiger roared for his friend as Lin Ke and Xiao Zhi intercepted attacking insects, and an enormous fiery red mantis appeared.

Lin Ke and the Purple-Patterned White Tiger followed the Fire God Mantis toward the inheritance site of a mighty human after the mantis accepted Lin Ke as a prodigy backed by a Great Confucian. As they raced through the forest, Lin Ke kept pace with the mantis and praised his speed, angering him.

• The Fire God Mantis attacked Lin Ke after learning that the Purple-Patterned White Tiger had become Lin Ke's spirit beast, but Lin Ke held his own.
• The Purple-Patterned White Tiger stopped his uncle by claiming that Lin Ke had a Great Confucian backing him and was a Human Prodigy.
• The Fire God Mantis accepted Lin Ke and the Purple-Patterned White Tiger and led them toward the inheritance site.
• The Fire God Mantis sped through the forest to test whether Lin Ke could keep up, and Lin Ke matched his pace using Dance Path techniques.
• Lin Ke praised the Fire God Mantis's speed, and the mantis became angry at the compliment.

Lin Ke traveled with the Fire God Mantis toward the ruins of a Fourth Realm Sword Cultivator, intending to claim the inheritance and subdue bugs. After Lin Ke demonstrated his overwhelming speed and subdued a chameleon, the Fire God Mantis began to take seriously his offer of a chance to follow him.

• Lin Ke frightened the Fire God Mantis by swinging the Imperially Sanctioned Staff hundreds of times in a second, then said he wanted to subdue bugs and obtain the Sword Cultivator's inheritance.
• The Fire God Mantis confirmed that the inheritance belonged to a Fourth Realm Sword Cultivator whose enduring sword intent remained in the ruins.
• Lin Ke offered one member of the Fire God Mantis's tribe a chance to follow him if he obtained the inheritance, and the Fire God Mantis silently considered the offer.
• Lin Ke and the Fire God Mantis traveled through the rainforest, where Lin Ke spotted the many bugs he planned to subdue.
• A Second Realm chameleon attacked Lin Ke with its tongue, but Lin Ke broke it off and charged after the chameleon.
• Lin Ke returned after Xiao Zhi subdued the chameleon, leaving the Fire God Mantis increasingly impressed and reconsidering whether to follow him.