Chapter Summaries

Lin He proposed that the injured Miaoyin Sect become an outer sect of the Heavenly One Pavilion in exchange for protection, and its leaders tentatively agreed. A month later, while Lin He was crafting puppets, a Sound Transmission Talisman arrived at his cave abode.

• Zhou Yuan and Sect Master Wang told Lin He that their injuries left the Miaoyin Sect vulnerable to rival merchants and asked him to serve as a guest elder.
• Lin He refused to join the Miaoyin Sect, citing the Heavenly One Pavilion's rules, then proposed that it become an outer sect instead.
• Lin He explained that the Miaoyin Sect would receive protection and paid assignments, while needing to prioritize tasks such as gathering intelligence and materials.
• Sect Master Wang and Zhou Yuan agreed to join as an outer sect if the Heavenly One Pavilion stayed out of their internal affairs, and Lin He promised to report their terms.
• Lin He bought several second-grade Mountain-Moving Apes, returned to his cave abode, and began crafting eight early Core Formation puppets.
• A month later, a Sound Transmission Talisman flew to the entrance of Lin He's cave abode while he was still crafting puppets.

Lin He secured the Miaoyin Sect’s agreement to become an outer sect of the Heavenly One Pavilion and lent it two powerful treasures for protection. After he left, a pale young man suspected Lin He had killed Guo Yun and Liu Hong and vowed to deal with him after reaching Core Formation.

• Lin He confronted Fellow Daoist Ma for breaking his promise and refusing to leave the Miaoyin Sect, forcing Ma to offer spirit stones and depart.
• Zhou Yuan gave Lin He the requested materials, and he paid the remaining balance with level five demon beast materials.
• Lin He warned Sect Master Wang and Zhou Yuan that his conflicts with Extreme Yin Island and the Azure Sun Sect could endanger the Miaoyin Sect, but they accepted the risks of joining the Heavenly One Pavilion.
• Lin He lent Zhou Yuan the Giant Tortoise Puppet and Frost Wyrm Token, then gave her the Stellar Spirit Liquid formula and a list of materials needed for Early Core Formation puppets.
• After Lin He left, a pale young man suspected him of killing Guo Yun and Liu Hong and threatened to act against him once he reached Core Formation.

After Yuan Yao and Yanli reached Foundation Establishment, Lin He gave them dual-cultivation techniques and left Tianxing City for the Outer Sea. Back on Green Spirit Island, he prepared materials, raised spirit beasts, studied artifact refining, and began crafting his Life-Bound Magic Treasure three years later.

• Lin He completed eight Warrior Puppets and a Spirit-Nurturing Talisman, bringing his puppet collection to twelve.
• Yuan Yao and Yanli reached Foundation Establishment, and Yanli explained their past and asked whether Lin He looked down on them.
• Lin He gave the women two dual-cultivation techniques, and Yanli chose the secret technique so Yuan Yao could preserve her primal yin for the cultivation art.
• After three days with Lin He, Yanli emerged unharmed and said the secret technique had slightly improved her cultivation.
• Lin He left Yuan Yao and Yanli in Ape One's care, visited the Miaoyin Sect, bought Snow Spirit Water and Heavenly Fire Liquid, and teleported to the Outer Sea.
• On Green Spirit Island, Lin He gave materials to Yan Ruyan and Xin Ruoyin, raised level seven spirit beasts, studied artifact refining under Nangong Wan, and began refining his Life-Bound Magic Treasure three years later.

Lin He completed his life-bound Golden Spirit Celestial Star Needles, then spent sixteen years in seclusion and advanced to peak early Core Formation. After emerging, he discussed plans for the Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses and left Green Spirit Island to seek opportunities before the Void Sky Hall opened.

• Lin He and Nangong Wan spent over a year refining two hundred and fifty-six Golden Spirit Celestial Star Needles, then rested for three days before Lin He refined the needles as his life-bound magic treasure.
• Lin He secluded himself for sixteen years, advancing to peak early Core Formation while Nangong Wan reported that Ru Yin and Qiao Qian were nearing mastery of the third layer of the Great Evolution Art and planned to attempt Core Formation.
• Lin He showed Xin Ruoyin twelve Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses and gave her the Corpse Fiend Grand Array jade slip, asking her to research a formation that could combine eighteen corpses once she reached Core Formation.
• Yan Ruyan told Lin He she would manage Green Spirit Island and gave him a list of materials to gather for the life-bound magic treasures of Ru Yin, Qiao Qian, and Xiao Mei.
• Lin He left Green Spirit Island in a streak of blue light to seek opportunities ahead of the Void Sky Hall opening.

Lin He visited the Miaoyin Sect and learned that rumors of a treasure in the Heavenly Passage Fog Sea might lead him to the stellar marrow zhi he needed. He agreed to explore the sea with Zhou Yuan and planned to ask the sect for information about the Taiyang Sect before seeking Mei Ning.

• Zhou Yuan gave Lin He materials for Stellar Spirit Liquid and puppet refining, but said the required stellar marrow zhi had not been found.
• Zhou Yuan described the poisonous fog and dangers of the Heavenly Passage Fog Sea, where a rare treasure was rumored to have appeared.
• Lin He agreed to take Zhou Yuan treasure hunting and told her to follow his instructions; she offered to buy him a Poison-Repelling Pearl.
• Lin He paid the remaining balance with level five demon beast materials and heard reports of upheaval among sects and powers.
• Lin He asked Zhou Yuan to gather information about the Taiyang Sect, intending to use Zhao Qiao as a lead to find Mei Ning, then returned to his rented cave abode.

Grandmaster Extreme Yin lured cultivators into the Heavenly Passage Fog Sea to flush out Lin He and planned to use a powerful helper and the Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses against him. After returning to Tianxing City, Lin He renewed his cave lease, visited Yanli and Yuan Yao, and then left the city with Zhou Yuan, unaware that a pale young man was following them.

• Grandmaster Extreme Yin told Wu Chou that rumors of treasure were drawing cultivators into the Heavenly Passage Fog Sea so they could expose his traitorous disciple, Sun, and revealed he had recruited a powerful helper.
• Grandmaster Extreme Yin learned that Lin He was an independent cultivator serving as a guest elder of the Miaoyin Sect and vowed to recover the twelve Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses and take revenge.
• Lin He renewed his lease in Tianxing City and returned to his cave abode, where Yanli told him that she and Yuan Yao had advanced to middle Foundation Establishment.
• Lin He spent three days with Yanli, then gave her and Yuan Yao cultivation guidance before leaving for the general store.
• Lin He met Zhou Yuan, accepted a blue bead from her, and left Tianxing City with her.
• A pale young man with dark circles followed Lin He and Zhou Yuan out of the city.

Lin He and Zhou Yuan searched the Heavenly Passage Fog Sea for stellar marrow zhi, acquiring Azure Spirit Fruits and a Level Five Azure Fire Wolf along the way. After they encountered a fierce battle on another island, a strange black cloud appeared, and Lin He and Zhou Yuan reacted with alarm.

• Lin He and Zhou Yuan entered the fog sea, fought off attacking sea fish, and searched an island for treasures.
• Lin He defeated a Level Five Azure Fire Wolf in two moves, and Zhou Yuan captured it and gave Lin He the Azure Spirit Fruits.
• Lin He and Zhou Yuan searched several more islands but failed to find stellar marrow zhi.
• Lin He and Zhou Yuan approached an island where powerful cultivators were fighting, and a huge black cloud appeared above it.
• Zhou Yuan recognized something about the cloud, and Lin He narrowed his eyes with a fierce glint.

Lin He and Zhou Yuan joined Sect Master Sun in a battle against Redfire Old Monster, Wu Chou, and Extreme Yin Island's forces. Lin He captured two Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses before a new group arrived, led by a young cultivator who recognized him.

• Sect Master Sun fought Wu Chou and Redfire Old Monster after accusing Extreme Yin of trying to turn him into a puppet.
• Lin He and Zhou Yuan decided to intervene, and Lin He demanded that Wu Chou hand over the six Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses.
• Lin He joined forces with Sect Master Sun, while Zhou Yuan engaged Wu Chou and the Hidden Fiend Sect's cultivators fought the other demon corpses.
• Lin He used his puppets, spells, and a black rope to defeat and capture two Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses.
• Five cultivators arrived, and their pale, Early Core Formation leader laughed and told Lin He that he had finally found him.

Lin He used Star Illusion and his golden needles to kill three Azure Sun Sect cultivators who attacked him. The Azure Sun Sect Young Master remembered their trump card and prepared to kill Lin He with Elder Yan’s help.

• The Azure Sun Sect Young Master recognized Lin He and ordered three middle-stage Core Formation cultivators to attack him.
• Lin He evaded their magic treasures with Star Illusion, then emerged from underground and killed one attacker with his golden needles.
• Lin He sent 128 golden needles at the remaining two cultivators while Elder Yan’s Great Handprint clashed evenly with Lin He’s golden Great Handprint.
• The golden needles killed the two attackers, and Lin He collected their belongings and blood as the Azure Sun Sect Young Master and Elder Yan watched.
• Elder Yan stopped the Young Master from rushing at Lin He and reminded him of their trump card; the Young Master then ordered Elder Yan to cover him as they prepared to kill Lin He.

Lin He survived the Azure Fire Thunder by relying on his thirteen Gold Devouring Beetles and killed the Azure Sun Sect's Young Master. Extreme Yin then rallied the others against him, leaving Lin He surrounded and under attack again.

• Elder Yan restrained Lin He with the Black Alms Bowl while the Azure Sun Sect's Young Master hurled an Azure Fire Thunder at him.
• Lin He broke free of the black light with his golden armor, but Extreme Yin revealed himself and struck, delaying Lin as the Azure Fire Thunder exploded around him.
• Lin He survived the blast with the help of his thirteen Gold Devouring Beetles and appeared beside the Azure Sun Sect's Young Master to kill him.
• Elder Yan warned Lin He that the Young Master's father, Venerable Sanyang, would seek revenge, but Lin He refused to regret killing him.
• Extreme Yin ordered Elder Yan, Redfire Old Monster, and the others to attack Lin He together.

Lin He and the other cultivators fought in a chaotic battle until their clash exposed a Level Five Earth-Armored Dragon beneath the island. Sect Master Sun caught the prized beast, then hurled it toward Lin He as Extreme Yin, Redfire Old Monster, and the elder surnamed Yan attacked him.

• Lin He used twelve Warrior Puppets and Zhou Yuan’s assistance to battle Extreme Yin, Redfire Old Monster, and the elder surnamed Yan while Sect Master Sun’s forces fought the Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses.
• Sect Master Sun tried to flee, but Extreme Yin attacked him, and their clash split the ground and exposed a Level Five Earth-Armored Dragon.
• Extreme Yin tried to seize the Earth-Armored Dragon, but Lin He blocked him, prompting Redfire Old Monster and the elder surnamed Yan to compete for the beast as well.
• The Earth-Armored Dragon fled toward Sect Master Sun, who caught it while the others turned their attacks on him.
• Sect Master Sun threw the Earth-Armored Dragon toward Lin He, declaring that Lin He should have it rather than share the same fate as Extreme Yin Island.

Lin He seized the Earth-Armored Dragon and used his Giant Corpse Puppet and Warrior Puppets to defeat the Hidden Fiend Sect and kill its allies. After an unknown senior stopped Extreme Yin’s escape and Lin He smashed Wu Chou, Lin He pursued the azure light, leaving Zhou Yuan behind.

• Lin He took the Earth-Armored Dragon from Sect Master Sun and blocked the attacks of Extreme Yin’s group with his Giant Corpse Puppet.
• Sect Master Sun tried to escape, but Lin He killed him and collected his belongings and the four Fiend Core Clones.
• Lin He and Zhou Yuan fought alongside their puppets, killing the Hidden Fiend Sect’s remaining cultivators, the elderly Yan, and Redfire Old Monster.
• Extreme Yin fled, but an eerie azure light trapped him, allowing Lin He to smash Wu Chou with the Giant Corpse Puppet.
• Lin He collected Wu Chou’s belongings and told Zhou Yuan to wait while he followed the azure light to thank the senior who had intervened.

Lin He thanked Layman Qing Yi for helping him stop Extreme Yin, then refused Qing Yi’s attempts to take him as a disciple. Back on the island, Lin He showed Zhou Yuan Sect Master Sun’s corpse and found an incomplete map that she recognized as the Heavenly Void Fragmented Map.

• Layman Qing Yi praised Lin He’s cultivation and introduced himself as an independent Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Lin He told Qing Yi that he was an independent cultivator serving as a guest elder of the Miaoyin Sect.
• Qing Yi tried to persuade Lin He to become his disciple and offered him the Azure Nether Needles, but Lin He declined and left.
• Qing Yi resolved not to give up on Lin as a potential disciple.
• Lin He returned to the island, where Zhou Yuan was waiting, and showed her Sect Master Sun’s corpse.
• Lin He found an incomplete map on Sect Master Sun, and Zhou Yuan identified it as the Heavenly Void Fragmented Map.

Lin He explained the Heavenly Void Fragmented Map plot to Zhou Yuan and made her an accomplice in Wu Chou’s death, binding the Miaoyin Sect to the Heavenly One Pavilion. After they found the stellar marrow zhi and returned to Tianxing City, Lin He learned where the Taiyang Sect was located and left to investigate.

• Lin He explained that Extreme Yin had used the treasure hunters to locate Sect Master Sun and that Sun had tried to use Lin He as a diversion before escaping.
• Lin He told Zhou Yuan that Sun had once served Extreme Yin and taken part in the island’s crimes, and Zhou Yuan apologized for suspecting him.
• Lin He reminded Zhou Yuan that they had joined forces to kill Wu Chou, then secured her assurance that the Miaoyin Sect would remain loyal to the Heavenly One Pavilion.
• After the Earth-Armored Dragon acknowledged Lin He as its master, Lin He and Zhou Yuan gathered treasures and found the stellar marrow zhi.
• Lin He and Zhou Yuan returned to Tianxing City, where Zhou Yuan returned the Giant Tortoise Puppet and Frost Wyrm Token, and Sect Master Wang learned of Wu Chou’s death.
• Sect Master Wang gave Lin He a map showing the Taiyang Sect’s location on Lihuo Island, and Lin He immediately left Tianxing City.

Lin He arrived at Lihuo Island and was mistaken for a Haisha Gang elder while the Taiyang Sect prepared to flee. After learning that a Haisha Gang cultivator knew where the Mei siblings lived, Lin He agreed to help drive the gang away in exchange for the information.

• Bu Diankong and Elder Xiao decided to evacuate the Taiyang Sect after learning the Haisha Gang had gained a core formation middle stage cultivator.
• Lin He arrived, and Bu Diankong attacked him after mistaking him for the new Haisha Gang elder; Lin He disarmed him and returned his Life-Bound Magic Treasure.
• The Haisha Gang arrived and threatened to destroy the Taiyang Sect, but Lin He stopped them to ask Bu Diankong about Zhao Qiao and the Mei siblings.
• Zhao Qiao did not recognize the Mei siblings, but a square-faced Haisha Gang cultivator revealed that he knew their whereabouts.
• Lin He agreed to help the Haisha Gang drive the Taiyang Sect away in exchange for the information, then ordered the gang to leave.

Lin He destroyed the Haisha Gang force on Lihuo Island with his Gold Devouring Beetles and learned where the Mei Siblings were. As he arrived on Qingyan Island, he found the Mei Siblings facing another visitor, Fellow Daoist Fu.

• Lin He killed the bald Core Formation cultivator and unleashed his Gold Devouring Beetles against the Haisha Gang disciples.
• Lin He used the Gold Devouring Beetles and Bronze Cauldron to kill the two fleeing Core Formation cultivators and take their Storage Bags.
• A Taiyang Sect disciple marked the Mei Siblings' location for Lin He, who gave him the folding-fan magic treasure and urged Bu Diankong to leave.
• An elderly scholar identified the insects as legendary Gold Devouring Beetles and sent an azure bird, hoping to stir up trouble for Lin He.
• On Qingyan Island, the Mei Siblings discussed their troubles and their hopes of finding a male Core Formation cultivator before Fellow Daoist Fu arrived.
• Lin He landed just as the woman in green began speaking to Fellow Daoist Fu.

A young barefoot man learned that a powerful cultivator had killed his Core Formation subordinate and set out to investigate. On Qingyan Island, Lin He helped Mei Ning fend off Fu’s advances, offered her and her brother two Foundation Establishment Pills, and agreed to remain while they awaited the Core Formation senior Fu might bring.

• The barefoot young man received a message from Layman Qing Yi about the cultivator who had killed his subordinate and decided to seek that person out.
• Lin He arrived on Qingyan Island, where Mei Ning pretended to be close to him to drive off the Young Man Surnamed Fu.
• The Young Man Surnamed Fu left, but Lin He warned Mei Ning and her brother that he might return with a Core Formation senior.
• Lin He introduced himself, promised to resolve their trouble with Fu, and gave Mei Ning and her brother two Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Mei Ning invited Lin He to stay on Qingyan Island while they waited for the Core Formation senior to arrive.

Lin He killed Tan and the Young Man Surnamed Fu after Tan abducted and killed Mei Ning’s brother. As Mei Ning grieved, a powerful barefoot cultivator arrived on Qingyan Island with a group of sword-bearing women.

• Mei Ning and her brother agreed to leave Qingyan Island with Lin He after resolving their trouble with Fellow Daoist Fu.
• Tan seized Mei Ning’s brother and killed him, then went with the Young Man Surnamed Fu to Qingyan Island to take Mei Ning.
• Tan threatened Mei Ning and Lin He, who protected her with the Giant Tortoise Puppet and fought Tan using several treasures.
• Lin He defeated Tan and captured the Young Man Surnamed Fu, who admitted Tan had killed Mei Ning’s brother; Lin He then killed him.
• As Mei Ning grieved, Lin He sensed a powerful enemy, and a carriage arrived with more than a dozen sword-bearing women and a barefoot core formation middle stage cultivator.

Lin He rejected Wen Tianren’s offer to become his subordinate and fought Six Paths’ disciple with an array of powerful treasures. The battle escalated as Wen Tianren summoned six true demon phantoms.

• Wen Tianren introduced himself as Six Paths’ disciple and demanded that Lin He join his Divine Pigeon Hall or die.
• Lin He refused and attacked Wen Tianren with a golden handprint, the Black Bowl, and his Golden Spirit Celestial Star Needles, but Wen Tianren blocked them with an ancient shield.
• Lin He used his Bronze Cauldron to pull at Wen Tianren’s shield, forcing Wen Tianren to protect himself with a purple banner that released shifting mist.
• Wen Tianren attacked Lin He with a blue awl-shaped treasure and hundreds of golden needles, while Lin He countered with his own set of 128 needles.
• Wen Tianren raised gray-white demonic qi that absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy and formed six true demon phantoms.

Lin He countered Wen Tianren’s Six Extremes True Demon Art with a powerful refined corpse and drove Wen Tianren to use a hidden treasure. The chapter ended as Wen Tianren revealed the Eight Gates Golden Light Mirror.

• Wen Tianren summoned six True Demon Phantoms, and their Great Strength True Demon shattered Lin He’s defenses before Lin He revealed that the demon had struck an Illusory Clone.
• Lin He battered the Great Strength True Demon and resisted the phantoms’ combined attacks, breaking free of their illusion and encirclement.
• Lin He summoned the Eighteen Corpse Puppets, which combined into an early Nascent Soul-stage Giant Corpse Puppet and forced all six phantoms to fight together.
• Lin He attacked Wen Tianren, but Wen Tianren used a silver bell’s Sound Wave to repel him and create distance.
• Wen Tianren revealed a golden horn and eight mirrors, which Lin He recognized as the Eight Gates Golden Light Mirror.