Chapter Summaries

Nangong Wan returned after defeating the Fengle Merchant Alliance’s Third Elder, and Ling Yuling explained that she could safely attempt a Nascent Soul breakthrough in Tianxing City. More than twenty years later, as Ling Yuling prepared to leave for South Bright Island, spiritual pressure surged from Nangong Wan’s seclusion room.

• Nangong Wan returned to the cave mansion after winning her battle, reassuring Ling Yuling that she was unharmed.
• Ling Yuling told Nangong Wan that the Star Palace would not interfere with her Nascent Soul breakthrough in Tianxing City.
• Ling Yuling warned Lin Yun to be careful, then left after Nangong Wan handed him her magic treasures and went into seclusion.
• Over the next twenty years, Lin Yun advanced to the eighth turn of the Origin Pill realm, refined his magic treasures, and cultivated more divine abilities.
• Ling Yuling, now an outer disciplinary officer of the Star Palace, visited Lin Yun to say goodbye before taking a post on South Bright Island.
• Spiritual energy churned around the cave mansion, and unusual spiritual pressure spread from Nangong Wan’s seclusion room.

Nangong Wan successfully formed her Nascent Soul in Tianxing City, drawing attention from cultivators across the city before she reunited with Lin Yun and Ling Yuling. Ten years later, Lin Yun and Nangong Wan noticed a Core Formation phenomenon near Han Li’s cave abode and realized that he had formed his core.

• Lin Yun used formation flags to calm the spiritual energy around the cave abode, then took Ling Yuling away from the area as Nangong Wan’s Nascent Soul formed.
• Ling Yuling spoke with a Star Palace elder, while Lin Yun watched the spiritual energy condense into a bead and a luminous figure appear above the cave abode.
• Nangong Wan’s newly formed Nascent Soul showed complete unity of mind and spirit, and she emerged from seclusion to meet Lin Yun and Ling Yuling.
• Over the next ten years, Nangong Wan refined the Vermilion Bird Ring and Lin Yun remained out of seclusion as she stabilized her Nascent Soul.
• Lin Yun sensed a Core Formation phenomenon near Han Li’s cave abode and recognized that Han Li had formed his core.

After Han Li formed his core, Lin Yun gave him cultivation teachings that could help him reach the Nascent Soul Stage. Lin Yun and Nangong Wan also discussed the coming opening of Void Sky Hall and their maps, while Han Li left eager to begin cultivating.

• Lin Yun and Nangong Wan discussed Han Li's core formation, Ru Yin's seclusion, and the expected opening of Void Sky Hall.
• Lin Yun showed Nangong Wan three Heavenly Void Fragment Maps and explained how he had obtained them.
• Han Li emerged from seclusion, received Lin Yun's congratulatory message, and visited Lin Yun and Nangong Wan the next day.
• Lin Yun gave Han Li a jade slip containing teachings on the first six turns of Core Formation and instructions for forming a Nascent Soul.
• Han Li learned that Nangong Wan had used the method to form her Nascent Soul, thanked Lin Yun, and hurried back to cultivate.

After Han Li learned the Sixth Turn Return-to-Elixir Method, he obtained Heavenly Thunder Bamboo and received half of Lin Yun’s ten-thousand-year Golden Thunder Bamboo. Ten years later, Xin Ruoyin began the final stage of the Supreme Yin Chain Form, and Lin Yun watched over her as she started forming her core.

• Han Li completed the first turn of Core Formation, then traveled with Miaoyin Sect cultivators and returned with a segment of Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.
• Lin Yun showed Han Li his ten-thousand-year Golden Thunder Bamboo and gave him half to cultivate.
• Han Li returned to his cave mansion with the bamboo, planning to use it to make Green Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.
• Ten years later, Xin Ruoyin reached the final stage of the Supreme Yin Chain Form, and Lin Yun removed the Cosmic Light True Water from the moonlight.
• Lin Yun gathered moonlight and supreme yin essence for Xin Ruoyin as spiritual qi formed a vortex above the cave mansion.
• Nangong Wan and Xiao Mei arrived, and Nangong Wan asked Lin Yun whether anything had gone wrong.

Xin Ruoyin emerged from the Supreme Yin Chain Form after forming her core, resolving the trouble with her dragon-yin body and attaining a supreme yin lunar cold origin pill. She reunited with Lin Yun, Nangong Wan, and Xiao Mei, then left with Lin Yun to learn how to cultivate supreme yin primordial qi.

• Lin Yun and Nangong Wan watched the spiritual-energy downpour end as Xin Ruoyin formed her core and absorbed the phantom full moon.
• Xin Ruoyin emerged from her jade spirit coffin, greeted Lin Yun, Nangong Wan, and Xiao Mei, and confirmed that her dragon-yin problem was resolved.
• Lin Yun gave Xin Ruoyin the Supreme Yin Treasure Mirror, and the group returned to the cave abode to catch up.
• Xin Ruoyin told Lin Yun and Nangong Wan that she had reached the fifth turn, formed a supreme yin lunar cold origin pill, and made the Supreme Yin Cold Pill her lifebound magic treasure.
• Nangong Wan took Xiao Mei away, and Lin Yun led Xin Ruoyin off to explain how to cultivate supreme yin primordial qi.

Lin Yun received the final deep-sea millennium fine iron needed for his planned divine cord and discussed the coming Void Sky Hall with Nangong Wan. Five years later, Han Li returned from his mortal-world tempering with golden thunder bamboo, and Lin Yun discovered how its leaves could be made into lightning talismans.

• Nangong Wan gave Lin Yun two pieces of deep-sea millennium fine iron, completing the materials he needed for the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Demon-Warding Divine Cord except for ten-thousand-year profound ice.
• Lin Yun told Nangong Wan he intended to use the Void Sky Hall as the human tribulation for forming his Golden Core, and he said he could handle the Nascent Soul cultivators expected there.
• Five years later, Han Li visited Lin Yun after ending his fifteen-year mortal-world tempering, having advanced to the second turn of core formation and fulfilled a requirement for the fourth level of the Great Evolution Art.
• Han Li gave Lin Yun seven and a half stalks of golden thunder bamboo and a box of bamboo leaves, and Lin Yun discovered that a special talisman could draw out their Golden Vajra Demon-Extinguishing Thunder.
• Lin Yun explained that Han Li could not cultivate the Heavenly Talisman Divine Power himself, but agreed to refine five lightning talismans for him.

As the Void Sky Hall’s opening approached, Ling Yuling explained its trials to Lin Yun and Nangong Wan while Han Li joined an expedition to ancient ruins. Han Li survived an encounter with Profound Bone and broke through to the third turn of Core Formation, while Profound Bone fled after receiving a mysterious signal.

• Xin Ruoyin gave Han Li a jade slip containing her insights into formations as thanks for helping her reach Core Formation.
• Five years later, Ling Yuling visited Lin Yun and Nangong Wan to discuss the Void Sky Hall’s three trials and the possible routes through its outer hall.
• Han Li refined his Green Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, studied Xin Ruoyin’s formation insights, and joined Jin Qing’s expedition to ancient cultivator ruins.
• Profound Bone killed Han Li’s teammates, seized Qu Hun’s body, and confronted Han Li in an underground cavern.
• Profound Bone fled after a glowing silk handkerchief in his possession rang, and Han Li broke through to the third turn of Core Formation.

Han Li discovered that his brocade handkerchief pointed toward something valuable, while Lin Yun and Nangong Wan prepared to enter the newly opened Void Sky Hall. After lending Ling Yuling the Wind-Thunder Wings for protection, Lin Yun and Nangong Wan left Tianxing City in disguises and vanished into the hall.

• Han Li gathered the belongings in the cavern, burned the bodies, and followed the golden sword on his handkerchief northwest.
• Lin Yun saw the Heavenly Void Fragment Map change into a golden sword, confirming that the Void Sky Hall had opened.
• Ling Yuling gave Lin Yun a jade slip explaining how to break the hall’s teleportation restrictions, and Lin Yun lent her the Wind-Thunder Wings for protection.
• Lin Yun and Nangong Wan waited a month for Xin Ruoyin, then left Tianxing City when she remained in seclusion.
• Lin Yun disguised himself as Wang Lin, and Nangong Wan transformed into Li Muwan before they entered the Void Sky Hall.

Lin Yun and Nangong Wan entered the Void Sky Hall and joined the cultivators gathering there, where Lin Yun recognized Han Li and several other figures. As more cultivators arrived, Wu greeted Elder Qingyi and Madam Wen.

• Lin Yun and Nangong Wan reached the Void Sky Hall, used their Heavenly Void Fragment Maps to pass through its barrier, and entered the palace.
• Lin Yun and Nangong Wan flew into the great square hall and settled on a jade pillar, where Lin Yun recognized several cultivators and the Fengle Merchant Alliance's second elder recognized their disguises.
• The second elder told Lin Yun and Nangong Wan that he would keep their identities secret, and Lin Yun assured him they had no intention of troubling him.
• Han Li entered the hall and took an unoccupied jade pillar, while Lin Yun and Nangong Wan observed him and Lin Yun recognized Profound Bone and Fairy Purple Spirit among the cultivators.
• Wu and an ugly, gaunt young man arrived; Wu spotted Han Li, then greeted Elder Qingyi and Madam Wen.

Lin Yun and Nangong Wan waited in the Void Sky Hall as powerful cultivators arrived and the factions clashed. After Man Huzi humiliated Han Li by taking his jade pillar, the Star Palace Enforcement Elders announced the entry rules, and the hall sealed as the Void Sky Hall officially opened.

• Man Huzi arrived and provoked Wan Tianming, who then approached Lin Yun and Nangong Wan after mistaking Lin Yun's stare for hostility.
• Lin Yun and Nangong Wan released their Nascent Soul pressure and made Wan Tianming and his companions leave them alone.
• Man Huzi took Han Li's jade pillar, and Han Li climbed down without resisting while Lin Yun said Han Li should avenge the humiliation himself.
• Two Star Palace Enforcement Elders arrived and explained the rules for entering the Void Sky Hall.
• Several days later, a white jade door sealed the entrance and the Void Sky Hall officially opened.

Lin Yun and Nangong Wan traveled through the Ghost Grievance Grounds after the Teleportation Array brought them to the same destination. They reached a garden where the other cultivators were waiting, and Nangong Wan chose to sit with Madam Wen.

• Lin Yun and Nangong Wan emerged together on a hill surrounded by ghost mist, where Madam Wen appeared and entered the mist ahead of them.
• Lin Yun told Nangong Wan that Six Paths Supreme Sage had planted a demonic seed in Madam Wen and was using her as living material for artifact refining.
• Lin Yun and Nangong Wan followed Madam Wen through the Ghost Grievance Grounds, using their powers to clear the ghost mist and deal with the spirits they encountered.
• Lin Yun and Nangong Wan crossed the Grounds without finding a ghost king and arrived at a garden where Wan Tianming, the demonic trio, Madam Wen, and other cultivators were waiting.
• Nangong Wan thanked Madam Wen for clearing the way and sat with her and Lin Yun in her pavilion.

Lin Yun and Nangong Wan waited in the garden for the Teleportation Array to the Void Sky Hall’s next trial, while Han Li eventually arrived with Zi Ling and Yuan Yao. After the array opened, Lin Yun and Nangong Wan entered the herb-gathering area, where Nangong Wan arranged to search with Madam Wen and parted ways with him.

• Lin Yun studied the spatial traces in the garden as cultivators gathered, and Venerable Xuan Gu arrived before Han Li later appeared with Zi Ling and Yuan Yao.
• The Star Palace elders activated the Teleportation Array and warned that cultivators had one day to gather spirit herbs before they risked being trapped forever.
• Madam Wen left for the herb-gathering area, and Nangong Wan told Lin Yun that Madam Wen’s original surname was Bai.
• Lin Yun and Nangong Wan teleported to the grassland region and followed the map toward the Ice and Fire Path.
• Nangong Wan told Lin Yun she had arranged to search for herbs with Fellow Daoist Bai, then flew away with Madam Wen while Lin Yun agreed to meet her at the Ice and Fire Path.

Lin Yun followed Han Li and Profound Bone to the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng, then captured its rabbit incarnation before Han Li could. He forced Profound Bone to surrender the ginseng’s true body and flew away, leaving Han Li puzzled by his apparent familiarity.

• Lin Yun secretly followed Han Li and Profound Bone through the mountain range while gathering spirit herbs along the way.
• After finding Profound Bone preparing bait, Lin Yun waited for the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng’s rabbit incarnation to appear, then captured it with a five-colored hand of light.
• Han Li accused Profound Bone of having an accomplice, and Lin Yun revealed himself and demanded the ginseng’s true body.
• Lin Yun seized and destroyed Profound Bone’s late Core Formation ghost, then threatened Profound Bone with the Clearvoid Invisible Sword.
• Profound Bone handed Lin Yun a golden box containing the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng, and Lin Yun confirmed its identity before flying away.

Han Li recognized Lin Yun as a Nascent Soul cultivator and was left to deal with Profound Bone and Extreme Yin after Lin Yun departed with the Nine-Curve Spirit Ginseng. Lin Yun reached the Ice and Fire Path with Nangong Wan, while Han Li arrived there as Extreme Yin’s new disciple.

• Han Li recognized Lin Yun’s Clearvoid Invisible Sword, and Profound Bone gave Han Li the Nine-Curve Spirit Ginseng Pill formula while urging him to cooperate against Extreme Yin.
• Extreme Yin arrived with Wu Chou, forced Han Li to reveal his Blood Jade Spider, and made him his disciple with Elder Qingyi present.
• Lin Yun returned to the Ice and Fire Path and left an invisible sword light on Han Li as protection against mortal danger.
• Nangong Wan joined Lin Yun at the canyon and explained that she had befriended Madam Wen after learning about her plight.
• Han Li arrived with Extreme Yin and Elder Qingyi, spotted Lin Yun and Nangong Wan, and saw Yuan Yao among the gathered cultivators.

Lin Yun entered the Mystic Crystal Path, searched for profound ice, and fought Ice Beasts before reaching the Blood Ice Forest. There he encountered Elder Qingyi, who introduced himself as Qing Yizi of South Crane Island.

• Man Huzi arrived, and the cultivators discussed dividing the Void Sky Cauldron and guarding against their rivals.
• Lin Yun and Nangong Wan entered the Mystic Crystal Path, while Han Li and the others took the Molten Rock Path.
• Lin Yun used a Bronze Lamp to protect himself from the cold and killed Ice Beasts with sword qi.
• Lin Yun retrieved a piece of thousand-year profound ice from an iceberg, then continued onward.
• Lin Yun entered the Blood Ice Forest and encountered Elder Qingyi, who introduced himself as Qing Yizi.

Lin Yun crossed the altered Ice and Fire Path, reunited with Nangong Wan and Han Li at the stone hall, and entered the Scripture Repository after the trials ended. There, he discovered that the repository contained overlapping spatial layers and began studying how they worked.

• Lin Yun met Elder Qingyi in the Blood Ice Forest, discussed the path’s changes, and used the Little Heaven and Earth Needle to destroy a swarm of Silverlight Mice.
• Lin Yun found ten-thousand-year profound ice and later arrived at the stone hall, where he reunited with Nangong Wan and told her about the Blood Ice Forest.
• Cultivators gathered in the hall as the Teleportation Array neared its closing time, and Han Li eventually arrived with a woman in black robes.
• The array shut down, the blue stone doors opened, and Lin Yun parted from Nangong Wan before entering the Scripture Repository.
• Lin Yun realized that the repository occupied several overlapping spatial layers and focused on understanding how the space was divided.

Lin Yun passed the Supreme Wonder Illusion and emerged from the Teleportation Array with Nangong Wan as the cultivators gathered outside the Inner Hall. After agreeing to accompany the demonic cultivators partway, he waited as the Inner Hall doors opened and the others prepared to enter.

• Lin Yun took the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light cultivation art from the Scripture Repository and walked through the Supreme Wonder Illusion, resisting its temptations and dismissing its visions.
• Lin Yun teleported out of the Black Stone Hall, and Nangong Wan arrived before him at the Inner Hall gathering.
• Elder Qingyi asked Lin Yun and Nangong Wan to cooperate with the demonic cultivators, and Lin Yun agreed to accompany them but not enter the fifth level.
• Wan Tianming discussed the newcomers and the Star Palace threat with Tianwuzi and the old farmer while Yuan Yao and Han Li arrived.
• After Han Li and Extreme Yin staged an affectionate master-and-disciple reunion, the Teleportation Array shut down and the Inner Hall doors opened.

Lin Yun and Nangong Wan entered the Inner Hall with the Righteous and Demonic Path cultivators, while Lin Yun secretly reassured Han Li and protected him. The party traversed the maze and reached the second floor, where Elder Qingyi suspected Wan Tianming’s group was testing the Star Palace elders ahead of them.

• Wan Tianming suggested clearing out the less powerful cultivators, but Lin Yun challenged him and Elder Qingyi insisted that Lin Yun and Nangong Wan stay with their group.
• Wan Tianming and Man Huzi’s factions agreed to restrain themselves and take turns retrieving treasures, then entered the Inner Hall together.
• Han Li recognized Lin Yun and Nangong Wan despite their assumed names, and Lin Yun secretly told him that a strand of sword qi would protect him.
• Man Huzi claimed Profound Bone was under his protection when Extreme Yin questioned why he was with them.
• The party passed through a maze, defeated mechanical puppets, and Lin Yun deduced that soul stones powered them; Han Li quietly gathered the remains.
• After teleporting to the second floor, Elder Qingyi said Wan Tianming’s group could test the Star Palace elders’ strength for them.

Lin Yun and Nangong Wan secretly reached the fifth floor and found the Void Sky Cauldron on the Cold Li Terrace. As they prepared to retrieve it, Wan Tianming and his companions arrived and began pulling it from the altar with Golden Silk Silkworms.

• Lin Yun and Nangong Wan helped Man Huzi's group defeat a Snake Guard Puppet, then left them on the third floor and secretly crossed to the fifth floor using Formless Sword Escape.
• Lin Yun and Nangong Wan entered the Cold Li Terrace and discovered the Void Sky Cauldron encased in blue flames beneath the altar.
• Wan Tianming and his two companions arrived at the terrace, intending to take the cauldron before Man Huzi's group arrived.
• Wan Tianming used eight Golden Silk Silkworms, fed by the old farmer's flower petals, to pull at the cauldron while Lin Yun and Nangong Wan watched from hiding.
• Lin Yun spotted two Golden Talismans appearing near the terrace's edge and told Nangong Wan that he was not the one who should be anxious.

Man Huzi and Wan Tianming’s factions fought over the Void Sky Cauldron as it began releasing treasures. Lin Yun waited with Nangong Wan for a chance to act, while Man Huzi seized a jade pendant and drove Wan Tianming back with a Level Eight Spell Pellet.

• Man Huzi’s group brought Han Li to the Cold Li Terrace, where Wan Tianming and Tianwuzi used a Cold Flood Dragon and Li Tortoise to counter Man Huzi’s attacks.
• Lin Yun told Nangong Wan that the Star Palace elders and Wan Tianming’s group were still nearby, then gave her the Blood Jade Fishing Rod and asked her to retrieve the cauldron when he faced his human tribulation.
• Man Huzi, Extreme Yin, and Elder Qingyi resumed raising the Void Sky Cauldron with Han Li’s Blood Jade Spider, prompting Wan Tianming to return and demand a share of its treasures.
• Man Huzi refused Wan Tianming’s offer, and the six Nascent Soul cultivators fought until a Two-Headed Flame Wolf and two streaks of light emerged from the cauldron.
• Man Huzi used a Level Eight Spell Pellet to destroy Wan Tianming’s Heavenly Net Purple Lightning and claimed the jade pendant formed from the yellow light.