Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi accepted Meichuan Kuzi’s help in exploring the deep sea and promised to help him find his missing sister in exchange for an explanation about a material connected to Hydro. The sea transformed into an illusion, Meichuan Kuzi vanished, and Lin Yi faced a powerful monster.

• Meichuan Kuzi swam through the deep sea unharmed, explained that his parents had died and his sister had disappeared, and asked Lin Yi to help find her.
• Lin Yi agreed to help Meichuan Kuzi, who promised to explain the material that let him gain insight into Hydro once they arrived at their destination.
• Lin Yi noticed that the cave ahead had become a distorted illusion, and Meichuan Kuzi suddenly vanished along with the whirlpools.
• A towering, scaled monster appeared and attacked Lin Yi, who knocked it into a stone wall and then kicked it to the ground.

Lin Yi subdued a camouflaged sea monster, escaped a Sea Dragon Whale’s attack, and continued deeper into the island’s underwater realm with Meichuan Kuzi. They discovered hallucinogenic plants, and Lin Yi wondered what made Meichuan Kuzi resistant to their effects.

• Lin Yi knocked a camouflaged monster unconscious and later heard Meichuan Kuzi call to him, though Meichuan Kuzi said nothing had happened.
• Lin Yi and Meichuan Kuzi hid from a Sea Dragon Whale, which engulfed Lin Yi in blue light before Lin Yi appeared atop its head and seized control of it.
• Lin Yi chased the fleeing Sea Dragon Whale, but it created a vortex that sucked him in and left him drenched and battered.
• Lin Yi led Meichuan Kuzi through strange plants that bowed aside, then identified a leaf as hallucinogenic grass that could distort perception and cause hallucinations.
• Lin Yi said the illusions could not harm him and asked why Meichuan Kuzi could resist them; Meichuan Kuzi said he did not know and thought he had been born with that ability.

Lin Yi sheltered the injured Meichuan Kuzi while they explored the seabed, where he discovered a sealed ruin and fought off a mysterious shark. After three days of traveling through dangerous waters, they reached a sea covered in thick fog.

• Lin Yi brought Meichuan Kuzi to a secluded cave to recover, then fought off a shark and a streak of green light that attacked them.
• Lin Yi found an ancient stone that revealed the presence of a sealed ruin he could not move with his current strength.
• Lin Yi and Meichuan Kuzi continued across the seabed for three days while Lin Yi dealt with sharks, crocodiles, seals, and other dangers.
• A thick fog rose over the sea, and Meichuan Kuzi asked Lin Yi what was wrong as he stared at it from the deck.

Lin Yi and Meichuan Kuzi fled the dangerous sea fog and the sea creatures pursuing them, while a Ghost Man captain set out after them. Lin Yi found a hidden cave beneath a sea rock and jumped inside with Meichuan Kuzi, but ropes suddenly coiled around their waists.

• Lin Yi warned Meichuan Kuzi about the sea fog and helped him retreat from the ship as their strength faded.
• Lin Yi carried Meichuan Kuzi into the sky to avoid the sea creatures below and noticed a strange shadow following them.
• A Ghost Pirate Ship surfaced, and its captain announced that he would kill the intruders before pursuing them across the waves.
• Lin Yi landed Meichuan Kuzi on a sea rock, punched it open to reveal a cave, and jumped inside with him.
• Dozens of thick ropes appeared behind Lin Yi and Meichuan Kuzi and wrapped tightly around their waists.

Lin Yi and Meichuan Kuzi survived being dragged into a cave, where they fought a Fire Snake and then faced a blood-red Khaenri'ah Matrix. Lin Yi halted the Matrix’s attack, but the pair remained trapped in the sinister cave.

• Lin Yi and Meichuan Kuzi fell into a cave after arrows severed the ropes, and Lin Yi reassured Meichuan Kuzi when they found a blood-red Luminous Pearl overhead.
• A Fire Snake attacked Lin Yi, who dodged its flames and destroyed it with Rock Seal.
• Lin Yi led Meichuan Kuzi deeper into the cave, where a blood-red Khaenri'ah Matrix flew toward them.
• Lin Yi pushed Meichuan Kuzi aside and struck the Matrix, which crashed down again before he hit it with another powerful blow and stopped it.

Lin Yi and Meichuan Kuzi entered a freezing tunnel, fought a two-headed monster, and found an ancient door bearing portraits of two Adepti. When the door lit up and the valley shook, the Khaenri'ah Matrix appeared and advanced before vanishing again, as another anomaly began.

• Lin Yi led Meichuan Kuzi into a dark tunnel, where supernatural cold froze and shattered Lin Yi's Rock Armor.
• A two-headed monster attacked Lin Yi with blades of bloody light, but Lin Yi drove it off when it lunged at Meichuan Kuzi.
• Lin Yi and Meichuan Kuzi spotted a glow and found an ancient door carved with portraits that Meichuan Kuzi wondered depicted the Adepti.
• The ancient door illuminated and the valley shook as the Khaenri'ah Matrix appeared in the Tomb Chamber and underwent a second advancement.
• Lin Yi escaped with Meichuan Kuzi, and the Matrix concealed itself again before another anomaly arose.

After the portraits controlling the Khaenri'ah Matrix were destroyed, the Tomb Chamber began collapsing, injuring Meichuan Kuzi. Lin Yi pressed onward, fought a snake and a strange fire-shooting orb, and ended the chapter testing his strength against the unmoving orb.

• Iron chains appeared and shredded the two portraits, after which the Tomb Chamber shook and grew hotter.
• A falling stone slab injured Meichuan Kuzi, and Lin Yi told him to rest before continuing alone.
• Lin Yi encountered a black snake and cut it down, but its corpse disappeared.
• A round orb attacked Lin Yi with flames and blasted him across the chamber.
• Lin Yi felt his mental power increase, then punched the orb twice without moving it.

Lin Yi fought a resilient Orb and a poison-spewing monster, then discovered the Orb absorbed the monster’s blood and shattered, giving his right fist a black armored shell. After touching a glowing mark on a snake, Lin Yi passed out and awoke in an unfamiliar, tidy room beside a pillar topped with a jar of blue liquid.

• Lin Yi repeatedly dodged and struck the Orb, then encountered a poisonous, scaled monster and defeated it.
• Lin Yi slit the monster’s throat, and the Orb absorbed its blood before shattering and causing pain in Lin Yi’s head.
• Lin Yi discovered a hard, black shell covering his right fist and used it to kill a snake that attacked him.
• Lin Yi found a birthmark-like mark on the snake’s belly, touched it, and was struck by a beam of light before passing out.
• Lin Yi woke in an unfamiliar room and noticed a glass jar half-filled with blue liquid atop a pillar.

Lin Yi drank a mysterious liquid that greatly enhanced his body, then came under attack in the strange ancient-city ruins. He escaped a hidden assailant’s ambush but was forced into a fight with a masked swordsman whose strength overwhelmed him.

• Lin Yi found a jar of pale yellow liquid on a pillar and drank enough to boost his strength, speed, and vitality.
• Lin Yi wondered how he had ended up in the ancient ruins after sensing subtle killing intent nearby.
• A hidden attacker hurled daggers at Lin Yi, and he caught a throwing knife that he recognized as Meichuan Kuzi’s.
• Lin Yi tried to leave the room, but a masked man attacked him with a Samurai Sword.
• Lin Yi fought the masked man and was driven back several meters despite his enhanced speed and strength.

Lin Yi fought Iga Shingen, a powerful attacker who claimed to be one of the Sakura Group’s Eight Great Swordsmen. After discovering Iga Shingen’s strength and weaknesses, Lin Yi turned the fight around, but Iga Shingen continued charging at him.

• Iga Shingen used Pyro to burn Lin Yi and nearly killed him before revealing his identity and his place among the Eight Great Swordsmen.
• Lin Yi fought off Iga Shingen’s attacks and noticed that his Pyro seemed impure and his movements followed an unusual pattern.
• Lin Yi learned that Iga Shingen was only level fifty and kicked him to the ground.
• Lin Yi realized Iga Shingen relied on savage strength but lacked speed, then used his agility to gain the upper hand.
• Lin Yi knocked Iga Shingen down again, but Iga Shingen kept rising and charging at him.

Lin Yi struggled against Iga Shingen, whose strength surged as he attacked with his Samurai Sword, while cannon fire set the island ablaze. Lin Yi fled into the jungle with Iga Shingen in pursuit, and the chapter ended as he dodged a sword strike.

• Lin Yi repeatedly knocked Iga Shingen down, then noticed Iga Shingen’s durability and tried to strike his face and stomach.
• Iga Shingen unleashed a surge of strength and attacked Lin Yi with his Samurai Sword, forcing Lin Yi onto the defensive.
• Cannon fire and incendiary rounds began striking the island, so Lin Yi fled while Iga Shingen chased him.
• A bloodied Inazuman appeared and threatened Lin Yi, who kept running toward the jungle with Iga Shingen pursuing.
• Iga Shingen caught up in the jungle and swung his Samurai Sword at Lin Yi, who dodged the strike.

Lin Yi used Rock Gravity Field to briefly restrain Iga Shingen, then escaped their fight when Iga nearly overwhelmed him. Lin Yi wounded Iga with a pistol and chased after him with the Rock Sword.

• Lin Yi used Rock Gravity Field to knock Iga Shingen to the ground, then ran toward the other side of the island.
• Iga Shingen caught up and attacked Lin Yi, disarming him, but Lin Yi escaped with a leap that cost him a shoe.
• Lin Yi used Rock Ring Art to speed toward the beach as Iga Shingen pursued him.
• Lin Yi drew a pistol and shot Iga Shingen through the shoulder, forcing him to flee.
• Lin Yi chased Iga Shingen with the Rock Sword and thrust it toward his back.

Lin Yi killed Iga Shingen and took his Samurai Sword before three Pirate Ghosts approached him with an offer to help him rule the world. The ghosts revealed that their boss, Young Master Kai, wanted Lin Yi dead, but their offer left Lin Yi suspicious and unimpressed.

• Lin Yi repeatedly stabbed Iga Shingen, then killed him after Iga Shingen threatened Lin Yi's family and girlfriend.
• Lin Yi picked up Iga Shingen's Samurai Sword and stored it after inspecting it.
• Three Pirate Ghosts arrived, and their burly leader praised Lin Yi for defeating Iga Shingen.
• The ghost told Lin Yi that his enemy was the entire world and asked whether he wanted to rule it; Lin Yi said yes.
• The ghost revealed that Young Master Kai wanted Lin Yi dead but that they were offering him a chance to live, and Lin Yi refused to back down.

Lin Yi refused a ghost’s offer to help Young Master Kai conquer the Sea of Clouds and free Osial, then revealed his strength when the ghost attacked him. Their fight left the ghost unable to break through Lin Yi’s Stone Protection, and Lin Yi prepared to finish the fight.

• A ghost offered Lin Yi safety and power if he helped Young Master Kai rule the Sea of Clouds and break Osial’s seal.
• Lin Yi refused the offer, despite the ghost’s threats and promises.
• The ghost attacked Lin Yi, but Lin Yi caught his wrist and revealed that he was the Emperor.
• Lin Yi struck the ghost and fought him, finding the ghost’s body remarkably tough.
• The ghost kicked Lin Yi in the stomach, but Stone Protection blocked the blow, leaving the ghost stunned.
• Lin Yi dismissed the pair as weak and said he would send them to the afterlife.

Lin Yi defeated Ghost after Ghost transformed with a pill, then carried him to shore, where an unseen attacker ambushed him with a saber. Young Master Beast Kai watched the fight and ordered his ghosts to capture Lin Yi.

• Lin Yi knocked Ghost down and identified himself as Liyue's wielder of the Geo Archon's authority, but Ghost refused to submit and swallowed a pill that transformed him.
• Lin Yi fought the stronger Ghost, stomped him unconscious, and carried him back to shore.
• Young Master Beast Kai watched Lin Yi defeat Ghost, dismissed Lin Yi as a fool, and ordered his ghosts to bring him in.
• As Lin Yi was about to leave the beach, an attacker struck at him with two consecutive saber slashes, and Lin Yi dodged the first.

Lin Yi fought Ghost, who nearly killed him before Lin Yi's Rock Seed erupted inside Ghost and turned the fight in his favor. Lin Yi unleashed Rock Burst and pressed his attack, leaving Ghost's ambush thwarted as he pursued the experience needed to reach level 30.

• Lin Yi dodged Ghost's slash and struck him, but Ghost blocked the attack and seized Lin Yi by the throat.
• Lin Yi triggered the Rock Seed he had planted inside Ghost, causing Ghost to convulse as flames burned through his body.
• Ghost attacked again, but Lin Yi kicked him away and shattered his spirit body in a head-on clash.
• Ghost charged once more, and Lin Yi used Rock Burst to cover Ghost's arm in magma before slashing him three times.
• Lin Yi reflected that his apparent weakness had been a feint and that defeating opponents instantly boosted his experience toward level 30.

Lin Yi defeated and interrogated a ghost pirate, but a sudden attack by black tentacles interrupted the questioning and threatened to drag them into the sea. Lin Yi fought back with his pistol as the tentacles multiplied.

• Lin Yi pinned the ghost with poisoned and stone-needle attacks, then demanded to know the purpose of the pirate ship.
• The ghost refused to reveal the pirates' intelligence at first, but agreed after Lin Yi promised not to kill him.
• A powerful shock wave knocked Lin Yi down as a black tentacle seized the ghost and began dragging him toward the sea.
• Lin Yi ran to escape pursuing chains, then shot apart the tentacle holding the ghost.
• More thick, tough tentacles appeared, and Lin Yi fired repeatedly to destroy them.

Lin Yi defeated Ghost's tentacles and two strange rats, then took the hungry Ghost deeper into the island. An enormous octopus revealed itself as the source of the tentacles and set out to kill Lin Yi, while a beautiful woman arrived by boat and asked him for a favor.

• Lin Yi burned and shattered the tentacles, and Ghost collapsed after his vitality drained away.
• Ghost woke and attacked Lin Yi, but Lin Yi fought him off as two strange rats appeared and lunged at him.
• Lin Yi killed both rats with one punch, then invited Ghost to come with him to find food.
• After Lin Yi and Ghost left, the rats' bodies turned to ash, and an enormous octopus emerged on a fishing boat and headed for shore to hunt Lin Yi.
• A small boat caught up with Lin Yi and Ghost, and a beautiful woman stepped out to ask them for a favor.

Lin Yi and Ghost boarded a stranger’s boat to help free it from a vortex, but the beautiful woman attacked them with a supernatural cold. After a black python rescued Lin Yi from her grasp, they fled toward the sea, where the python pursued them and prepared to strike.

• Lin Yi agreed to help the beautiful woman whose boat was trapped in a vortex, and Ghost boarded with him.
• Ghost warned Lin Yi that something was wrong with the woman, so they stepped onto a black ice platform that seemed to weaken the chill around them.
• The platform’s cold overwhelmed Ghost and Lin Yi, and Ghost collapsed after warning Lin Yi to watch out for the woman.
• The woman admitted she had harmed them, attacked Lin Yi, and wounded him before a black python bit off her hand and fled.
• After a roar and approaching footsteps, Lin Yi carried the unconscious Ghost toward the sea, but the python pursued them and raised its tail to strike.

Lin Yi and Ghost fled a giant python but found the cabin door locked, until a Rock Flood Dragon appeared and killed the beast. A Khaenri'ah Matrix monster then arrived and fought the Rock Flood Dragon, leaving Lin Yi bewildered as it rushed toward the python's corpse.

• Lin Yi and Ghost ran from the giant python, but the cabin door was locked and the python wounded Ghost.
• A Rock Flood Dragon descended, pinned the python, and bit through its neck; Lin Yi shot the python when it lunged at him again.
• A Khaenri'ah Matrix monster arrived in new black scale armor, and the Rock Flood Dragon attacked it, knocking it into the sea.
• The Khaenri'ah Matrix grabbed the Rock Flood Dragon's claw, then released it into the depths and rushed toward the giant python's corpse.