Chapter Summaries

Wang Yu tested the abilities from his second Iron-Eater Crocodile bloodline awakening in the login interface, then returned to the real world and obtained Little White’s essence blood. Back in the interface, he found that the second-tier Life-Bound Magical Artifact design was complete and discovered that Super Biological Simulation had replenished after reentry.

• Wang Yu tested Stone Armor and Copper Skin and Iron Bones, found that Blood Frenzy did not activate, and confirmed that he could still use the other abilities after deactivating his bloodline.
• Wang Yu concluded that Super Biological Simulation had been used up in the login interface, logged out, and confirmed that his real body had not retained the interface’s changes.
• Wang Yu persuaded Little White to give him a small vial of essence blood, then returned to the login interface with it.
• Wang Yu saw that the Mechanical Funnel had completed the second-tier Life-Bound Magical Artifact design and found that Super Biological Simulation had returned after he reentered the interface.

Wang Yu swallowed Little White’s essence blood inside the login interface, but the combined forces of the blood and his unknown biological energy made his body explode. He logged out unharmed, resolved to keep testing the process, then rested to recover his divine sense before meeting Yan Tu.

• Wang Yu cut a piece of blood cocoon skin and stored it in the Mysterious Talisman.
• Wang Yu swallowed all of Little White’s essence blood, triggering a violent struggle among three forces that burst his body apart.
• Wang Yu logged out of the login interface and confirmed that his real body was unharmed.
• Wang Yu concluded that the login interface let his spirit soul persist briefly after his body was destroyed and considered using smaller amounts of essence blood in future tests.
• Wang Yu abandoned another login attempt when exhaustion struck and lit an incense stick to recover before meeting Yan Tu.

Wang Yu received cultivation resources and guidance from Yan Tu after becoming his personal disciple at Pure Fire Peak. He learned the peak’s rules for cultivation and discussed the Crimson Sun Great Art and his training difficulties with his master.

• Yan Tu gave Wang Yu a Pure Fire Peak Inner Disciple Token with ten thousand contribution points and a jade slip containing his cultivation insights.
• Yan Tu explained that disciples had limited time to cultivate on spirit peaks, described the nearby cave-abode options, and told Wang Yu about Green Water Palace’s relocated spirit veins.
• Wang Yu revealed that he practiced the Crimson Sun Great Art and had reached its third layer, but could not share the art because of a spirit contract and oath.
• Yan Tu recognized the Crimson Sun Great Art, described its legendary history, and invited Wang Yu to ask for guidance with his cultivation problems.
• Wang Yu asked about replacing two medicinal pills needed for his next stage and raised further questions while Yan Tu listened.

Wang Yu learned about places to establish a cave abode and the benefits of becoming a True Disciple, then agreed to enter Green Water Palace's Sect Grand Competition. He also found out how to place his distant faction under the palace's protection before flying away from Pure Fire Peak.

• Wang Yu asked Uncle Mu about suitable places to establish a cave abode, and Uncle Mu described Red Lotus Grotto and Red Plate Mountain.
• Uncle Mu told Wang Yu that the Sect Grand Competition would take place in about half a year and that its True Disciple Contest determined ownership of the Seventy-Two True Abodes.
• Uncle Mu explained that Wang Yu's spell aptitude and strength gave him a chance to become a True Disciple, and Wang Yu agreed to compete.
• Wang Yu asked how to bring his Qi Refining faction under Green Water Palace, and Uncle Mu explained that it could become a peripheral faction after an inspection by Jade Balance Hall.
• Wang Yu asked the chief steward about other matters, then flew away from Pure Fire Peak as Uncle Mu watched.

Wang Yu prepared for the Green Water Palace tournament by weighing the training and resources he needed to win a True Disciple position. In the Silver Hall, he confirmed that the login interface could replicate Little White's essence blood and the Blood Cocoon's skin, then found the mysterious spell pattern copied onto the skin.

• Wang Yu decided he would have to enter the tournament and pursue a True Disciple position, despite his early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation and doubts about facing the sect's elite disciples.
• Wang Yu planned to heal his meridians, improve his mental power, cultivate the Soul-Subduing Art, and prepare spirit artifacts for himself and Little White before the tournament.
• Wang Yu entered the secluded chamber and used the login interface to create Little White's essence blood and a piece of Blood Cocoon skin.
• Wang Yu realized that the interface might replicate objects after collecting data on them, and confirmed that the Blood Cocoon skin carried the spell pattern copied from the mysterious yellow eyeball.

After Little White’s essence blood repeatedly made Wang Yu’s body explode during bloodline-awakening attempts, he tried essence blood from a fish demon descended from a Green Flood Dragon King. He survived the painful transformation and discovered that he had awakened a green flood dragon bloodline.

• Wang Yu studied the enormous Spell Spirit Markings Diagram but decided he could not master it before the grand competition.
• Wang Yu tried awakening a flood dragon bloodline with Little White’s essence blood, but his body exploded after each of several attempts.
• Wang Yu recalled the fish demon tail descended from a Green Flood Dragon King and melted the ice around it to extract its essence blood.
• Wang Yu drank a small amount of the fish demon’s essence blood and used Super-Biological Simulation to begin another awakening.
• After six hours in the blood cocoon, Wang Yu emerged transformed, discovered an emerald horn on his head, and realized he had fused with a green flood dragon bloodline.

After awakening the Green Flood Dragon bloodline through the login interface, Wang Yu discovered that it strengthened his scales and improved his ability to cast wood-type spells. He postponed awakening the bloodline in the real world and flew to the Jade Balance Hall to look for pills, formulas, and star stones.

• Wang Yu tested his transformed scales and found that they could reflect force and cut like blades.
• Wang Yu cast a wood-type spell with greater ease, but found no sign of the Fish Monster's Shattered Form, Transformed Shadow ability.
• Wang Yu suppressed his bloodline power, logged out of the Silver Hall, and returned to his secluded cultivation chamber.
• Wang Yu hesitated to drink the Fish Monster essence blood, wanting to preserve the chance to awaken other bloodlines and investigate Blood Pills first.
• Wang Yu put away the vial and flew from Pure Fire Peak toward the Jade Balance Hall to ask about pills, formulas, and star stones.

Wang Yu visited Jade Balance Hall’s Pill Pavilion and recognized a familiar-looking young woman among several Green Water Palace disciples. As he watched Murong, Mi approached him to ask whether he had recently joined the palace.

• Wang Yu found the Pill Pavilion and entered, where he noticed a young woman whose silhouette seemed familiar.
• Wu and his pregnant wife left after exchanging spirit stones for medicine, and Gao Zizi excitedly discussed Wu’s reputation with her companions.
• Gao, Murong, Zizi, and Mi went to the counter to exchange for cultivation pills, while the outer disciples could only watch.
• Wang Yu stared at Murong until she turned away, and Zizi noticed his attention and whispered to her.
• Mi approached Wang Yu and asked whether he was a recently arrived disciple.

Wang Yu met Gao Hu, Gao Miao, Mi, and Murong Lan at the pill hall, where his personal-disciple status changed how they treated him. After Wang Yu secretly spoke to Murong Lan, the group withdrew to discuss whether he was a powerful contender for a true disciple position in the upcoming palace tournament.

• Mi recognized that Wang Yu was a newly arrived disciple, and Wang Yu revealed that he studied under Pure Fire Peak's Yan.
• Gao Hu introduced his sister Gao Miao and cousin Murong Lan to Wang Yu, who invited Murong Lan to visit his cave abode.
• As the group left the pill hall, Wang Yu silently mouthed a message that made Murong Lan tremble, though the others did not notice.
• Gao Hu carried the group by mist to a distant wood and explained that they should be cautious because Wang Yu might be a secretly trained contender for the palace tournament.
• Mi and Gao Hu cited previous personal disciples who had suddenly appeared before tournaments and won true disciple positions, and Gao Miao asked Murong Lan whether she already knew Wang Yu.

Wang Yu recognized Murong Lan as identical to Xu Ting, a Blue Star experiment participant, and planned to verify whether she was truly Xu Ting while keeping his own identity secret. After buying pills at the Green Water Palace's Pill Tower, he headed to the Jade Balance Hall's Scripture Pavilion to search for recipes and reference materials.

• Wang Yu recalled that Xu Ting had vanished during the Otherworld experiment and considered whether Murong Lan was the same person or bait set by powerful cultivators.
• Wang Yu secretly invited Murong Lan to meet at Pure Fire Peak in three days so he could investigate her identity without revealing his own.
• Wang Yu bought healing and cultivation pills at the Pill Tower, spending contribution points and spirit stones.
• Wang Yu flew to the Jade Balance Hall's Scripture Pavilion to look for a Bloodline Pill recipe and other useful books.

Wang Yu studied a Blood Pill formula and planned to exchange for its rare ingredients, then retrieved the Login Interface’s completed design for his Life-Bound Magical Artifact. The design revealed the Flame Demon Star Armor, a seventeen-piece magical artifact set that required star stones and demon stones.

• Wang Yu examined the Blood Pill formula, noting its low success rate and the precious ingredients it required.
• Wang Yu decided to exchange for the pill ingredients and check whether the Green Water Palace sold star stones.
• Wang Yu entered the Login Interface and asked Taiyuan to retrieve the completed derivation of his Life-Bound Magical Artifact.
• Wang Yu synchronized Overclocking and studied the seventy-three pages of blueprints for the Flame Demon Star Armor: First-Generation Prototype.
• Wang Yu realized the armor comprised seventeen second-tier magical artifacts and required both star stones and demon stones.

Wang Yu studied the Flame Demon Star Armor’s blueprints and considered its powerful attacks, defenses, and movement, while weighing the costs and effort of refining it as his Life-Bound Magical Artifact. He left the system interface and took out the Sword Canon half containing methods for refining and nurturing a Life-Bound Flying Sword.

• Wang Yu concluded that he would need to buy large quantities of star stone at the Gambling Stone Field to avoid attracting attention.
• Wang Yu examined the Flame Demon Star Armor’s six Flame Blade attacks and its powerful Flame-Light Cannon.
• Wang Yu reviewed the armor’s layered defenses, Wind-Fire Wheel movement, and compatibility with other magical artifacts, then considered the burden of nurturing its many components.
• Wang Yu exited the system interface and took out the Sword Canon half given to him by the Sword-Grinding Sect’s Golden Core True Person.

Wang Yu studied a half Sword Canon and learned what distinguished true Sword Cultivators: they personally refined Life-Bound Flying Swords and planted Divine Ability Seeds in them through solemn vows. He had no intention of becoming a Sword Cultivator, but one fire-attribute sword-refining method caught his interest.

• Wang Yu read the half Sword Canon to understand Life-Bound Flying Swords before choosing his own Life-Bound Magical Artifact.
• Wang Yu learned that true Sword Cultivators had to refine their own swords and make a vow that planted a Divine Ability Seed within them.
• Wang Yu discovered that broader, harder vows could produce stronger sword abilities but would become Heart Demons if left unfulfilled.
• Wang Yu turned to the sword-refining methods and became interested in one that produced a purely fire-attribute flying sword.

Wang Yu studied the Southern Bright Glazed Fire Sword and decided to keep the Flame Demon Star Armor as his Life-Bound Magical Artifact while preparing a Sword Pouch. After returning to his Cave Abode to refine it, he received a visit from Murong Lan.

• Wang Yu learned that refining the Southern Bright Glazed Fire Sword required pure fire-aspected materials, solo processing, and mastery of the Divine Inscription Art.
• Wang Yu chose the Flame Demon Star Armor to help him pursue true disciple status in six months, while leaving open the possibility of changing his choice later.
• Wang Yu decided to try refining a Sword Pouch, which could nurture a Life-Bound Flying Sword or store a powerful one-use sword qi.
• Wang Yu examined the River-Crossing Sword, then visited the General Affairs Hall and returned to his Cave Abode to refine items.
• On the third day, Wang Yu worked on a pitch-black rod-shaped Artifact Embryo when Murong Lan arrived at his invitation.

Wang Yu summoned Murong Lan, whose resemblance to Xu Ting and uncanny familiarity with his Blue Star-inspired artifacts made him suspect a deep connection between them. Murong Lan asked about Taiyuan before leaving, while Wang Yu renewed his offer to take her as a concubine in exchange for the Parent-Child Floating Mirror set.

• Wang Yu invited Murong Lan to his cave abode and proposed that she become his concubine, but she refused and tried to leave.
• Wang Yu stopped Murong Lan with his divine sense, then released her pressure and asked her to appraise the Parent-Child Floating Mirror.
• Murong Lan activated the mirror, revealing a Blue Star-like Floating Cannon Platform, and reacted with shock and elation.
• Wang Yu showed Murong Lan the other two mirrors and explained that the complete set formed three Parent-Child Floating Cannons.
• Murong Lan asked whether Wang Yu had heard of Taiyuan and explained that she had dreamed of the word and an artifact resembling his.
• Wang Yu asked Murong Lan to become his concubine again, offering the Parent-Child Floating Mirror set as a betrothal gift.

After Murong Lan left, Wang Yu became nearly certain she was Xu Ting from the Blue Star World and decided to watch her cautiously. He prepared for the Sect Grand Competition and began using the Soul-Subduing Art to refine a Chongyun Rabbit’s soul essence into a guardian soul pattern.

• Murong Lan rejected Wang Yu’s offer of marriage and left his cave abode, while he secretly attached a wisp of divine thought to her skirt.
• Wang Yu overheard Murong Lan murmur about entering another world through dreams and the Blue Star World, strengthening his suspicion that she was Xu Ting.
• Wang Yu decided to observe Murong Lan from a distance, prepare for the Sect Grand Competition, and arrange to visit the foremost Gambling Stone Field in the Chaotic Spirit Domain with Yan Lingxiang.
• Wang Yu released the Chongyun Rabbit’s soul essence and used the Soul-Subduing Art to capture it inside a grayish-white orb.
• Wang Yu sent spell seals into the orb and summoned it into his mouth to begin the art’s most difficult stage.

Wang Yu successfully condensed his first guardian soul pattern and tested its effects on his divine sense and control of magical artifacts. When he entered the Silver Hall, the pattern flew toward an exploding iron chest and collided with a Silver-White Orb, absorbing its electricity.

• Wang Yu used the Chongyun Rabbit Spirit Soul to condense a guardian soul pattern, exhausting more than half his divine sense.
• He activated the pattern and found that it improved his divine sense control while protecting his spirit soul remained untested.
• Wang Yu merged the pattern into a strand of divine thought and found that it greatly improved his control of a flying knife.
• After recovering his divine sense, Wang Yu entered the Silver Hall to inspect the materials for the Flame Demon Star Armor.
• The guardian soul pattern flew toward an iron chest, where a Silver-White Orb burst out and sent electricity into the pattern.

Wang Yu’s guardian soul pattern absorbed the energy from Wang Tiezhu’s memory Data Ball and transformed into a silvery-white rabbit phantom. The phantom then changed into Wang Tiezhu, who returned to the Login Interface but had no idea what had happened.

• Wang Yu saw his guardian soul pattern and Wang Tiezhu’s memory Data Ball leave their places and interact amid a burst of silver lightning.
• Wang Yu tried to recall the soul pattern with the Soul-Subduing Art, but it did not respond, so he approached behind a protective screen and watched the energy infusion.
• After more than fifty heartbeats, the enlarged, silvery-white soul pattern transformed into a giant rabbit phantom.
• The rabbit phantom spoke in Wang Tiezhu’s voice, then screamed in pain and changed form.
• Wang Tiezhu emerged as a silvery-white phantom boy and asked Wang Yu what had happened to him.

Wang Yu examined Wang Tiezhu after his apparent resurrection and discovered that his body consisted of a silvery-white guardian soul pattern fused with his Spirit Soul. He confirmed that Wang Tiezhu could control the pattern when it was not being summoned, but fell asleep inside it whenever Wang Yu took control.

• Wang Tiezhu recalled waking as a furry monster and changing back into a person, and Wang Yu reassured him before examining him.
• Wang Yu found that Wang Tiezhu's body was made of silver spirit inscriptions and wondered whether his memories had revived him through a blank soul pattern.
• Wang Yu summoned the soul pattern, causing Wang Tiezhu to shrink into it, and confirmed that he could stop it from moving with his Divine Thought.
• Wang Tiezhu panicked inside the dark pattern until Wang Yu spoke to him and released control, allowing him to return to his human form.
• Wang Yu explained that Wang Tiezhu's Spirit Soul had fused with the soul pattern and that he would fall asleep inside it whenever Wang Yu summoned it.

Wang Yu tested the limits of Wang Tiezhu’s soul-pattern body and concluded that finding him a vessel would be more promising than ghost cultivation. He arranged a small home and farmland for Wang Tiezhu inside the Silver Hall, leaving him there while Wang Yu continued his cultivation.

• Wang Yu tested whether Wang Tiezhu could enter the Divine Sense Sea and remain in the outside world, finding that Wang Tiezhu’s form failed when Wang Yu moved more than ten li away.
• Wang Yu explained that Wang Tiezhu could not practice the Fire Spirit Art in his current body and suggested seeking a vessel for possession, while letting him stay in the Silver Hall.
• Wang Yu told Wang Tiezhu how to contact him and offered to conjure anything he needed.
• Wang Tiezhu asked for a wooden house, farmland, tools, rice, and vegetable seeds so he could farm.
• Wang Yu created a small plot of fertile soil and a furnished wooden house with farming tools and supplies for Wang Tiezhu.