Chapter Summaries

Lin He bought a lower-stage Three-Eyed Fire Wolf and brought it to his mysterious star-filled space, where his Starlight Empowerment Method produced spiritual liquid. He left excited by the method’s potential to aid his cultivation and the wolf’s growth.

• Lin He visited Senior Brother Liu at the Kirin Pavilion and bought a tamed Three-Eyed Fire Wolf for eight spirit stones.
• Senior Brother Liu advised Lin He to bind the wolf with his blood and warned that raising it would take time and resources.
• Lin He returned home with the wolf, then revealed his mysterious space after checking that nobody was watching.
• Lin He watched the space’s funnel gather starlight and form a drop of emerald-green spiritual liquid.
• Lin He used the Heavenly Eye Technique to confirm the liquid contained abundant spiritual power and exclaimed that the Starlight Empowerment Method could help him attain the Great Dao.

Lin He used his portable space and three spirit stones to raise his Three-Eyed Fire Wolf to the peak of rank one, then killed it to sell its materials for spirit stones. He returned to his residence and went to see Senior Brother Wu for spell instruction.

• Lin He completed a master-binding ritual with the Three-Eyed Fire Wolf before using a spirit stone to nurture it.
• Lin He spent two more spirit stones to raise the wolf to the peak of rank one and sensed that he could no longer control it if it advanced further.
• Lin He used Soul-Numbing Incense to knock the wolf unconscious, then killed it with his saber and sword.
• Lin He stored the wolf's body so he could sell its materials for spirit stones and returned to his residence.
• Lin He went to see Senior Brother Wu and found a young man with ordinary features and dark skin.

Lin He traded Han Li information about the Forbidden Land Trial for five bottles of cultivation pills. After securing the pills, Lin He returned to his lodgings to prepare to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

• Lin He reminded Han Li that they had missed Yellow Maple Valley’s Sect Conference and hinted that another source of Foundation Establishment Pills existed.
• Han Li pressed Lin He for details, and Lin He asked for five bottles of cultivation pills in exchange for the information.
• Han Li handed Lin He two bottles first, then gave him the remaining three after Lin He explained the Forbidden Land Trial.
• Lin He stored the pills and decided to save three drops of spirit liquid before traveling to the Heavenly Star Sect Market.
• Lin He returned to his lodgings to prepare to break through his seventh-level Qi Refining bottleneck.

After advancing to the eighth level of Qi Refinement, Lin He took materials from a peak rank-one Three-Eyed Fire Wolf to Old Xu and commissioned him to refine artifacts. Half a month later, Lin He left with the finished artifacts and headed to a spirit beast shop as a sinister-faced man followed him into Old Xu’s shop.

• Lin He reached the eighth level of Qi Refinement after taking pills from Han Li and went to the Heavenly Star Sect’s market with three drops of spiritual liquid.
• Lin He showed Old Xu the head of a peak rank-one Three-Eyed Fire Wolf and asked him to refine it into a top-grade artifact.
• Lin He revealed the wolf’s complete set of materials, and Old Xu agreed to process them and make artifacts.
• After half a month, Lin He collected the finished artifacts and headed toward a spirit beast shop.
• A sinister-faced middle-aged man watched Lin He leave and entered Old Xu’s shop.

Senior Brother Liu saw Lin He’s Spirit Pearl and suspected he could rapidly nurture spirit beasts, hoping to seize such a secret art and restore his family’s prestige. Lin He prepared for a possible attack, strengthened his Three-Eyed Fire Wolf, and armed himself with new artifacts, but a huge fireball struck as he flew home.

• Senior Brother Liu visited Old Xu’s shop, examined the Spirit Pearl, and concluded that Lin He might possess a secret art for rapidly nurturing spirit beasts.
• Senior Brother Liu resolved to obtain the secret art, survive the upcoming forbidden-ground trial, and restore the Liu family’s prestige by reaching Foundation Establishment and claiming the Golden Origin Wanderer’s hidden legacy.
• Lin He bought cultivation pills, a Spirit Beast Bag, and fifteen lower first-rank demonic beasts, then strengthened a Three-Eyed Fire Wolf in the Mysterious Space.
• Lin He tested his Flying Spirit Boat, Blazing Fire Claw, Toothbreaker, and Fire-Repelling Armor, and counted the spirit stones he had spent.
• Lin He left the market on the Flying Spirit Boat, but an enormous fireball suddenly flew toward him several dozen li away.

Lin He survived an ambush by Senior Brother Liu and killed both attackers, then discovered Liu’s claim about Golden Origin Wanderer’s hidden legacy was a ploy to save his life. He returned to Yellow Maple Valley and resumed cultivation, with just over a month remaining before the Forbidden Land Trial.

• Lin He used the Fire-Repelling Armor to withstand the ambushers’ fireballs and Ice Spikes, then counterattacked with his Blazing Fire Claws.
• Lin He killed the burly attacker and recognized the other assailant as Senior Brother Liu, who begged for mercy and revealed a token linked to Golden Origin Wanderer’s hidden legacy.
• Lin He killed Senior Brother Liu, took the attackers’ belongings, destroyed their bodies, and buried their Storage Bags before returning to Yellow Maple Valley.
• Lin He found the Pitch-Black Token among the items and decided to focus on cultivation for the upcoming Forbidden Land Trial.
• Ten months passed, leaving a little over a month before the Forbidden Land Trial.

Lin He returned to Yellow Maple Valley with over four thousand spirit stones and headed to its market to seize valuable opportunities before Han Li. After arriving ahead of Han Li, he browsed the market’s stalls and stopped at one selling spirit beasts.

• Lin He sold demonic beast materials and magical artifacts, raising more than four thousand two hundred spirit stones.
• Lin He encountered Han Li, who was surprised that Lin He had reached the eleventh level of Qi Refining.
• Han Li headed for the Yellow Maple Valley Market to prepare for the Forbidden Land Trial, and Lin He used his faster Flying Spirit Boat to arrive first.
• Lin He entered the market in disguise and began browsing the stalls before visiting the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• Lin He stopped at a stall after its seller asked whether he wanted to buy a spirit beast.

Lin He bought two Icefire Wolves from a spirit beast vendor and noticed several cultivators following a young Liu family member after a dispute at the market. Since the Liu family token was already in his possession, Lin He avoided getting involved and headed to Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

• Lin He inspected five spirit beasts at a market stall and chose the two Tier 1 mid-grade Icefire Wolves.
• Lin He bargained the vendor down to twenty-five spirit stones per wolf and paid fifty spirit stones for both.
• Lin He overheard a short, plump Liu family youth argue with a shopkeeper over the price of a Diamond Talisman.
• After the youth left, four cultivators followed him, and Lin He suspected they wanted to steal the Liu family token.
• Lin He decided not to follow them because the token was already in his hands, and he went to Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

Lin He, posing as Wang Yu, bought four powerful treasures from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion to prepare for fighting the Ink Flood Dragon. After observing Han Li leave the Market without finding a treasure he wanted, Lin He followed him toward Yellow Maple Valley.

• Lin He entered the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and introduced himself to manager Tian Buli as Wang Yu.
• Lin He showed Manager Tian his spirit stones and negotiated the price of the Golden Toad Mother-and-Son Blades, Black Iron Flying Shield, Heavenly Thunder Seed, and Golden Light Brick Talisman Treasure.
• Manager Tian agreed to sell Lin He all four treasures for four thousand spirit stones, and Lin He left the shop.
• Lin He hid nearby and watched Han Li visit several shops before leaving the Market toward Yellow Maple Valley.
• Lin He followed Han Li aboard the Flying Spirit Boat.

Lin He watched Han Li fight Senior Brother Lu over two Foundation Establishment Pills, then intervened after Han Li fled and claimed the spoils. Senior Sister Chen, under the effects of a pill, embraced Lin He, who gave up resisting.

• Senior Xu and the short, plump young man gave up waiting for Liu Qing, collected the dead cultivators’ spoils, and left for the Yuanwu Kingdom.
• Lin He secretly followed Han Li, who rested in a secluded cave after traveling toward Yellow Maple Valley.
• Senior Brother Lu immobilized Senior Sister Chen, took her Foundation Establishment Pill, and drugged her while preparing to assault her.
• Han Li fought Senior Brother Lu, slew him with the Little Sword Talisman Treasure, then fled when Lin He attacked with fireballs.
• Lin He took Senior Brother Lu’s two Foundation Establishment Pills and artifacts, buried the remaining Storage Bag, and turned to find Senior Sister Chen clinging to him.

Lin He left the cave after saving Chen Qiaoqian from Senior Brother Lu and claimed the credit for killing him, while Chen Qiaoqian agreed to have her family handle the consequences. Back at Yellow Maple Valley, Lin He reviewed his spoils and decided to delay taking the Foundation Establishment Pill until after the Forbidden Land Trial; the chapter ended with Chen Qiaoqian arriving at his door.

• Lin He told Chen Qiaoqian that he had burned Senior Brother Lu's body and returned her Foundation Establishment Pill, while keeping Lu's other possessions.
• Chen Qiaoqian agreed that her family would deal with the fallout from Senior Brother Lu's death, and Lin He told her where he lived before leaving.
• Lin He returned to Yellow Maple Valley and took stock of the magical artifacts, talismans, spirit stones, pill, and Icefire Wolves he had acquired.
• Lin He decided to save the Foundation Establishment Pill until after the Forbidden Land Trial and planned to raise the Icefire Wolves to the peak of rank one.
• Chen Qiaoqian came to Lin He's door the following afternoon and said she had something to discuss with him.

Chen Qiaoqian told Lin He that her family would handle Senior Brother Lu’s attack on her privately, then worried over Lin He’s decision to enter the dangerous Forbidden Land Trial. After she gave him a defensive magic tool, the two became intimate; a little over a month later, the trial began.

• Chen Qiaoqian told Lin He that her father would negotiate with the Lu Family in secret and had warned her not to discuss the incident with outsiders.
• Chen Qiaoqian worried that her eldest brother, Chen Qiaoshan, would be in danger during the Forbidden Land Trial, and Lin He reassured her about his strength.
• Lin He explained that he planned to enter the trial because succeeding at Foundation Establishment without a publicly known pill could expose his connection to Senior Brother Lu’s disappearance.
• Chen Qiaoqian offered Lin He her top-grade defensive Brocade Handkerchief, and he accepted it before the two kissed and spent an intimate night together.
• A little over a month later, the Forbidden Land Trial began.

Lin He and Senior Sister Chen gathered with the Forbidden Land Trial participants, where they met fellow disciples and received their departure supplies. Li Huayuan led the group onto a giant silver python, which carried them toward the forbidden land.

• Lin He and Senior Sister Chen arrived at the hall, where twenty-five disciples had gathered for the trial.
• Senior Sister Chang teased Senior Sister Chen, then promised to help Lin He if they met in the forbidden land.
• Senior Sister Chen introduced Lin He to her eldest brother, Chen Qiaoshan, who explained how participants could use the Guidance Technique to request help.
• Lin He noticed Han Li and a white-haired Deity Transformation-stage cultivator among the participants, while Han Li wondered why Lin He had entered the trial.
• Sect Leader Zhong Lingdao distributed a Medium-Grade Fire-Attribute Spirit Stone and a High-Grade Magical Artifact to each participant.
• Li Huayuan ordered everyone to set off, and the group boarded a gigantic silver python that flew away with them.

Lin He entered the forbidden grounds, captured a group of Frost Toads, and killed a Spirit Beast Mountain disciple who had come to claim them. After finding the disciple’s map of spirit herbs and demonic beasts, Lin He decided to focus on collecting demonic beasts as the weaker disciples began to be eliminated.

• Lin He watched the leading contenders from the seven great sects and drew awkward looks from Chen Qiaoshan and Senior Sister Chang after glancing at Nangong Wan.
• The seven Core Formation cultivators broke through the ancient restriction, and the disciples entered the forbidden grounds and were transported to random locations.
• Lin He arrived in a cavern full of Frost Toads, protected himself with a defensive magical artifact, and used his Azure Water Crocodile to capture twenty of them.
• Lin He ambushed and killed a Spirit Beast Mountain disciple who had come to collect the Frost Toads with Beast-Driving Powder.
• Lin He took the disciple’s map and supplies, chose to seek demonic beasts rather than more spirit herbs, and headed for the nearest marked location as the purge of weaker disciples began.

Lin He found Senior Sister Chang facing a Qingxu Sect Daoist priest and a Giant Sword Sect man who tried to take her Yin Spirit Grass. He rescued her by luring the Daoist into an ambush, leaving the Giant Sword Sect man shaken as the Azure Water Crocodile appeared.

• The Qingxu Sect Daoist priest and the Giant Sword Sect man confronted Senior Sister Chang and tried to seize the Yin Spirit Grass.
• Lin He arrived and told Senior Sister Chang to protect herself while he handled the two opponents.
• The Daoist priest attacked Lin He with his Flame Flying Forks, but Lin He deflected them with a shield.
• A hidden Azure Water Crocodile shot a water arrow through the Daoist priest and killed him.
• Senior Sister Chang stared in disbelief as the Giant Sword Sect man felt a chill at the sight of the Azure Water Crocodile.

Lin He and Senior Sister Chang defeated two Giant Sword Sect disciples, gathered spirit herbs and demon beasts together, and continued toward their next destination. A murderous White-Clad Woman blocked their path, threatening them before she met up with her grandmaster.

• Lin He used the Azure Water Crocodile, Senior Sister Chang, and his Golden Toad Mother-and-Son Blades to kill the two Giant Sword Sect disciples, then divided the yin spirit grass with Senior Sister Chang.
• Senior Sister Chang proposed traveling with Lin He until the Moon-Yang Orb cleared the Central Area's mist, and Lin He agreed to accompany her to a cave of cold spirit flowers.
• Over the next day, Lin He commanded Frost Toads with Beast-Driving Powder while Senior Sister Chang gathered spirit herbs and Lin He collected dozens of demon beasts.
• As Lin He and Senior Sister Chang set out for another destination, a murderous White-Clad Woman confronted them and threatened to use them to relieve her boredom.

Lin He and Senior Sister Chang faced Treasure Girl, whose powerful magical artifacts and talismans drove Chang to retreat. Lin He counterattacked, but Treasure Girl stopped his assault with the Azure Condensation Mirror and began activating a Talisman Treasure as he watched with a strange smile.

• Treasure Girl attacked Lin He and Senior Sister Chang with a pair of top-grade rings, while Lin He blocked them with the Brocade Handkerchief.
• Treasure Girl used an Earth Wall Technique talisman to withstand Senior Sister Chang’s flying sword and struck Lin He’s barrier with an enlarged ring.
• Lin He told Senior Sister Chang to escape, and Treasure Girl’s fireball talismans failed to stop Chang when Lin He blocked them with his Black Iron Flying Shield.
• Lin He unleashed beginner talismans and eight golden blades at Treasure Girl, who froze the attacks with her Azure Condensation Mirror.
• Treasure Girl began activating an emerald-sword Talisman Treasure, while Lin He watched without fear and smiled strangely.

Lin He defeated Treasure Girl and claimed her treasures before confronting Feng Yue, the madman of Heavenly Gate Fort. Feng Yue was killed by a second Azure Water Crocodile as he tried to escape.

• Lin He used the Blazing Fire Claws and an Azure Water Crocodile to break Treasure Girl’s defenses and kill her before she could activate her Talisman Treasure.
• Lin He took Treasure Girl’s Storage Bag and Azure Condensation Mirror, then called out Feng Yue, who had been watching the fight.
• Feng Yue demanded the treasures and threatened to report Lin He to the Covering Moon Sect, but Lin He refused and vowed to stop him.
• Feng Yue used his Cloud-Treading Boots and Yellow Gauze Umbrella to evade Lin He’s Azure Water Crocodile and twenty Frost Toads, then tried to flee.
• A second Azure Water Crocodile struck Feng Yue and killed him.

Lin He hid the bodies and loot from Feng Yue and Treasure Girl, rested in his portable space, and set out for the Forbidden Land’s central region. Han Li reached the outskirts and fought Zhongwu before Han Tianya appeared, and another cultivator arrived through the bronze gate as their standoff continued.

• Lin He destroyed Feng Yue’s and Treasure Girl’s bodies, buried their Storage Bags, and examined the treasures he had taken from them and other disciples.
• Lin He practiced with his newly acquired top-grade magical artifacts, rested with his Azure Water Crocodiles, and headed toward the central region.
• Han Li recalled surviving an ambush and reaching the outskirts, where Zhongwu attacked him with two flying snakes and a swarm of Poison Bees.
• Han Li used his top-grade shield and flying sword to defend himself and cut one of Zhongwu’s flying snakes in two.
• Han Tianya appeared and offered to help Zhongwu, but Zhongwu distrusted him and refused his assistance.
• Han Tianya noticed someone approaching, and a handsome young man in yellow entered through the bronze gate.

Lin He entered the Central Area and killed Han Tianya during a sudden assault, then Zhongwu died to a trap as he fled. Lin He collected both men’s storage bags and greeted Han Li.

• Lin He entered the Central Area and found Han Li fighting Zhongwu while Han Tianya confronted him.
• Han Tianya recognized Feng Yue’s Cloud-Treading Boots and demanded Lin He hand them over.
• Lin He attacked Han Tianya with the Azure Water Crocodile, magical artifacts, and talismans, killing him in one exchange.
• Zhongwu fled toward the bronze gate, using spirit beasts to delay the Azure Water Crocodile.
• Ice Spikes struck and killed Zhongwu as he reached the gate, and Lin He collected his storage bag.
• Lin He turned to Han Li and greeted him.