Chapter Summaries

Lin Ke accepted the Dark-Armored Alligator as his spirit beast, named it Lin Xuanyuan, and assigned it to guard Whitegrass Pond. Xuanyuan asked him to find many demon beast cores so it could quickly recover its strength and reach the Golden Core Stage.

• The Dark-Armored Alligator and the Dream-Eating Gecko brawled until Lin Ke ordered them to stop.
• Lin Ke took the Dark-Armored Alligator as his spirit beast and told both beasts to follow his arrangements rather than compete to be boss.
• The Dark-Armored Alligator said its name was Xuanyuan, and Lin Ke named it Lin Xuanyuan and promised to help restore its memories and strength after reaching the Golden Core Stage.
• Lin Ke brought the Dream-Eating Gecko and Xuanyuan to Whitegrass Pond, introduced Xuanyuan to the Clam Maiden, and assigned Xuanyuan to guard the pond.
• Xuanyuan asked Lin Ke to find it a great many demon beast cores, saying they could help it advance to the Golden Core Stage quickly.

Lin Ke prepared his Spirit Insects and supplies while planning to form nine Golden Cores in a breakthrough beyond any recorded method. He sought Butterfly Transformation True Person’s guidance and revealed that he had fully developed his Niwan Palace during the Qi Refining Stage, leaving her stunned.

• Lin Ke had Lin Can mass-produce spirit pigs and entrusted Fang Tong with managing their breeding and slaughter.
• Lin Ke arranged Wood Thralls in a grove to nourish the Soul-Hunting Mosquitoes as they grew.
• Lin Ke selected nine Spirit Insects for his planned Nine Core Art and treated Ancient Rust as a last resort because he could not refine or wield it with Spirit Power.
• Lin Ke decided to seek breakthrough advice from Butterfly Transformation True Person and Senior Brother Qi Tian, then visited Butterfly Transformation True Person first.
• Lin Ke told Butterfly Transformation True Person that he intended to form nine Golden Cores and had fully developed his Niwan Palace during the Qi Refining Stage, shocking her.

Lin Ke consulted Butterfly Transformation True Person about forming nine Golden Cores, and she warned him to prepare for conflicts among the nine spirit beasts’ powers. She revealed that the Scripture Repository’s gatekeeper was Zhuge Qi Tian, whom Lin Ke then went to seek for guidance.

• Butterfly Transformation True Person explained that clashing spirit-beast powers could ruin Lin Ke’s attempt to form nine cores, and advised him to study spell arts that could balance them.
• Butterfly Transformation True Person urged Lin Ke not to force the breakthrough and to abandon some cores if necessary.
• Lin Ke asked whether the Scripture Repository’s Qi Tian was Zhuge Qi Tian, and Butterfly Transformation True Person confirmed it.
• Lin Ke went to the Scripture Repository and found Zhuge Qi Tian studying an ancient text, then greeted him respectfully.

Lin Ke visited Zhuge Qi Tian in the Scripture Repository to seek help with his plan for Simultaneous Nine-Core Formation, and Zhuge Qi Tian gave him two spell arts to address its risks. Lin Ke left with a method to balance conflicting powers and a mental-power technique as he prepared for his Golden Core breakthrough.

• Lin Ke told Zhuge Qi Tian that he planned to form nine golden cores simultaneously using nine spirit beasts and explained that he had opened his Niwan Palace.
• Zhuge Qi Tian warned that Lin Ke needed to balance the nine powers and strengthen his mental power to survive the formation process.
• Zhuge Qi Tian selected the Nine Luminaries Sun-Illuminating Scripture to keep different spirit powers in balance.
• Zhuge Qi Tian gave Lin Ke a fragment of the Great Void Spirit-Consolidation Method, whose first three sections he had completed himself.
• Zhuge Qi Tian said he was eager to see how powerful Lin Ke would become if his unprecedented nine-core breakthrough succeeded.

Lin Ke prepared for his dangerous Golden Core breakthrough by seeking Zhuge Qi Tian’s advice and arranging to draw on the Cloudglow Formation’s power. He returned to his cave abode to practice two new spell arts as he focused on balancing his power and the nine spirit insects.

• Zhuge Qi Tian gave Lin Ke two spell arts and warned him to abandon the Simultaneous Nine-Core Formation if it threatened his life.
• Lin Ke asked Chang Qing to modify the Cloudglow Formation so he could draw on its spirit power during his breakthrough, explaining that his Myriad-Leak Body would require far more power than an ordinary cultivator’s.
• Chang Qing agreed to branch a smaller formation from the Cloudglow Formation so its power could flow into Lin Ke’s cultivation site.
• Lin Ke decided to break through in the Green Mulberry Garden, with Butterfly Transformation True Person and someone who could operate the formation guarding him.
• Lin Ke returned to his cave abode and practiced the Nine Luminaries Sun-Illuminating Scripture and the Great Void Spirit-Consolidation Method, experiencing their effects after two or three days.

Lin Ke studied the Nine Luminaries Sun-Illuminating Scripture and discovered that its difficult method for compressing spirit power relied on drawing it inward with mental power rather than brute force. After following its instructions, he formed a mental-power stellar core that resonated with his surroundings and began attracting mental imprints.

• Lin Ke recognized that the Nine Luminaries Sun-Illuminating Scripture used the stars' movement around a sun to stabilize and control spirit power.
• Lin Ke failed to compress spirit power by force and wondered why Zhuge Qi Tian had chosen this spell art for him.
• Lin Ke found instructions explaining that spirit power should be drawn inward using the Stellar Attraction method.
• Lin Ke gathered mental power around his soul to build a stellar core and guide layers of spirit power into forming a star.
• Lin Ke formed a brilliant source of gravity in his Niwan Palace, which resonated with his mental power and drew nearby mental imprints toward him.

Lin Ke used the Nine Luminaries Sun-Illuminating Scripture to learn how stars formed and compressed spirit power in his Niwan Palace. After a day of work, he completed the first star, though the chapter left his remaining cultivation ahead of him.

• Lin Ke's consciousness entered a vast, dark space where the Nine Luminaries Sun-Illuminating Scripture showed him stars forming and collapsing.
• Lin Ke realized stellar evolution could guide him in compressing spirit power and began shaping a star in his Niwan Palace.
• The Dream-Eating Gecko watched Lin Ke compress spirit power into layers and was stunned by the method.
• Lin Ke spent a day stacking 3,610 layers of spirit power onto the stellar core, draining more than half his reserves.
• Lin Ke used his mental power to contract and fuse the layers, completing his first star.

Lin Ke completed his initial cultivation of the Nine Luminaries Sun-Illuminating Scripture, condensing his spirit power into three stars and discovering that the process let him further temper his body. He then tested whether he could use the scripture to store more power from outside, and concluded that it was designed for that purpose.

• After condensing his first star, Lin Ke collapsed from exhaustion and slept for nearly a day while the Dream-Eating Gecko helped him recover.
• Lin Ke discovered that his first star had renewed his physique, allowing him to improve his perfected Wind Tempering through the Five-Colored Glazed Body.
• Over five days, Lin Ke repeatedly tempered his body and condensed stars until all his spirit power had formed three stars.
• Unsatisfied with the number of stars, Lin Ke asked Chang Qing to channel the Cloudglow Formation's spirit power into him.
• Chang Qing cautiously increased the formation's output, creating a vast spirit power vortex around Lin Ke, who realized the scripture could store external power.

Lin Ke condensed six stars by drawing spirit power from the Cloudglow Formation, reaching the limit his body could bear while hiding the full extent of his ability. After he finished cultivating, Wu Yu told him that his sect had stopped the hunting squad that returned with the dew-tempered mystic-transforming elixir.

• Lin Ke condensed a fourth star, then tempered his body to strengthen himself.
• Chang Qing and the others were shocked by Lin Ke’s ability to absorb vast quantities of spirit power, while Zhu Qingge recognized the spell art but kept his knowledge secret.
• Over five days, Lin Ke condensed two more stars, reaching six and the limit of his body and spirit power.
• Lin Ke decided not to reveal his cultivation method while enemies remained a threat.
• Wu Yu told Lin Ke that the hunting squad had returned with the elixir, but people from Wu Yu’s sect had stopped them.

After the Giant Strength Fire Prison Sect detained Lin Ke’s team and seized a dew-tempered mystic-transforming elixir, Lin Ke realized they suspected he had cultivated the Five-Colored Glazed Body. He accepted their invitation to a three-trial Body Tempering Assembly, arriving at their compound as True Person Huang Yuan introduced the stairway challenge.

• Wu Yu told Lin Ke that True Person Huang Yuan had detained his team and elixir, and invited him to the Body Tempering Assembly in exchange for their release.
• Lin Ke suspected the Giant Strength Fire Prison Sect was testing whether he had cultivated the Five-Colored Glazed Body, and agreed to attend so he could obtain the elixir for Zong Ya and the Clam Maiden.
• Wu Yu led Lin Ke to the Giant Strength Fire Prison Sect’s compound the next morning, where True Person Huang Yuan greeted him at the mountain gate.
• True Person Huang Yuan explained that Lin Ke would face three trials on the stairway to the summit, calling the challenge a way to challenge the gates.

Lin Ke began the Giant Strength Fire Prison Sect’s body-tempering trials and defeated the first guardian without using spell arts. He passed the Copper Skin Trial, while True Person Huang Yuan’s suspicions about Lin Ke’s physical abilities grew.

• True Person Huang Yuan invited Lin Ke to challenge the sect’s body-tempering trials and explained that he had to defeat each guardian with physical strength alone.
• Lin Ke climbed the gravity-enhanced stone stairs with little difficulty, prompting True Person Huang Yuan to remark on his strong physical foundation.
• True Person Huang Yuan introduced the Copper Skin Trial and its bronze-skinned guardian, a puppet with copper skin and iron bones.
• Lin Ke exchanged dozens of blows with the guardian, then shattered its arms and chest with a powerful punch.
• Lin Ke realized the guardian was a puppet and asked True Person Huang Yuan whether he had passed the first trial.

Lin Ke faced the Golden Body Body-Tempering Puppet in the second trial and struggled against its superior strength and combat techniques. He activated his newly devised Explosive Qi Force to boost his physical abilities, leaving the fight poised for another exchange.

• True Person Huang Yuan explained that Lin Ke could pass the Golden Body Trial by enduring the puppet for one incense stick or defeating it.
• Wu Yu warned Lin Ke that the Golden Body Puppet was formidable and urged him to draw out the fight, but Lin Ke entered the arena to challenge it.
• The puppet outmaneuvered Lin Ke and sent him flying, showing that its strength and techniques surpassed those of the Bronze Puppet.
• Lin Ke used basic Swordsmanship to deflect the puppet’s attacks, struck its wrist joint, and landed a heavy blow to its back, but the puppet quickly recovered.
• Lin Ke activated Explosive Qi Force, increasing his strength, speed, and reactions before charging at the puppet.

Lin Ke demolished the Golden Body Body-Tempering Puppet with his physical strength, impressing True Person Huang Yuan and earning an invitation to meet True Person Hengshan. At the summit, Hengshan abruptly forced Lin Ke down onto one knee.

• Lin Ke amplified his physical strength and battered the Golden Body Body-Tempering Puppet until it flew from the arena, leaving it beyond repair.
• True Person Huang Yuan accepted Lin Ke’s apology and praised his strength, while Wu Yu checked that Lin Ke was unharmed.
• After receiving a message, Huang Yuan asked whether Lin Ke had mastered the Giant Strength Fire Prison Sect’s Five-Colored Glazed Body and said Lin Ke could skip the third trial and meet True Person Hengshan.
• Huang Yuan returned Lin Ke’s team member and the Dew-Tempered Mystic-Transforming Elixir, then took Lin Ke and Wu Yu to the summit.
• True Person Hengshan greeted Lin Ke, then suddenly pressed him onto one knee with an immense force.

True Person Hengshan revealed that Lin Ke’s mastery of the five-colored glazed body could save the Essence-Burning Lineage from being dissolved. He asked Lin Ke to join their cause and promised the lineage’s full support through his breakthrough to the nascent soul stage.

• True Person Hengshan tested Lin Ke’s physical body, apologized for the pressure, and privately invited him into the Main Hall.
• True Person Hengshan confirmed that Lin Ke had mastered the five-colored glazed body, and Lin Ke openly admitted it.
• True Person Hengshan explained that the technique was created by the founding master of his lineage and had gone unmastered for centuries.
• True Person Hengshan told Lin Ke that the Essence-Burning Lineage faced dissolution in five years because none of its disciples had mastered its supreme art.
• True Person Hengshan knelt before Lin Ke and begged him to restore the lineage’s prestige, offering all its resources until Lin Ke reached the nascent soul stage.

True Person Hengshan asked Lin Ke to help preserve and revive the declining Essence-Burning Lineage, revealing that a lingering Dao injury left him only about ten years to live. Lin Ke accepted, and True Person Hengshan swore a Great Dao Blood Oath to protect him before offering him the status of guest elder.

• True Person Hengshan offered Lin Ke his patriarch's notes on the Five-Colored Glazed Body, along with Spirit Stones, Spirit Artifacts, and cultivation pills, to gain his support.
• True Person Hengshan revealed that his failed attempt to break through to Fusion had damaged his foundation and that he needed to find a successor for the Essence-Burning Lineage before he died.
• Lin Ke accepted True Person Hengshan's request and promised to help the Essence-Burning Lineage regain its former glory when he was strong enough.
• True Person Hengshan swore a Great Dao Blood Oath to protect Lin Ke, and Lin Ke solemnly promised not to hold back in helping him.
• True Person Hengshan offered Lin Ke the position of guest elder, explaining that the founding patriarch had decreed that anyone who mastered the technique could lead the Essence-Burning Lineage.

Lin Ke learned that mastering the five-colored glazed body made him a potential Saint Son and agreed to keep it secret while the sect’s lineages struggled for influence. After returning to Green Mulberry Garden, he gave Zong Ya the materials she needed to refine a pill for her breakthrough, and she began refining it under his guard.

• True Person Hengshan warned Lin Ke that revealing his mastery of the five-colored glazed body could provoke the sect’s other lineages, so Lin Ke agreed to keep it secret until he was strong enough.
• True Person Hengshan told True Person Huang Yuan and Wu Yu that Lin Ke had mastered the art and arranged for Huang Yuan to escort him back.
• Lin Ke returned to Green Mulberry Garden, arranged for Wu Yu to deliver a bounty, and brought Zong Ya the three materials needed for her profound Kun sacred yin body breakthrough.
• Zong Ya agreed to refine the materials into a pill that could raise her cultivation to Dao Foundation Stage Perfection and help her break through to the golden core.
• The next morning, Zong Ya began refining the pill in Green Mulberry Garden’s pill-refining chamber while Lin Ke stood guard with an array talisman.

Zong Ya refined two Barrier-Breaking Pills for her Profound Kun Sacred Yin Body, overcoming the conflict between their yin ingredients and her yang Spirit Fire. While she worked, Lin Ke advanced his mental-power cultivation, and the chapter ended with the pills completed.

• Zong Ya processed the three medicinal ingredients and began condensing them in the pill furnace.
• Zong Ya used a bead of her bloodline power to temper the Spirit Fire and balance its yang nature against the pills’ Profound Yin Power.
• Lin Ke guarded Zong Ya while cultivating the Great Void Spirit-Consolidation Method, extending his mental control beyond a hundred feet and learning to move objects with ease.
• After a day of refining, Zong Ya withdrew the Spirit Fire and produced two deep-blue Barrier-Breaking Pills.

Zong Ya finished refining pills that would let her and the Clam Maiden pursue breakthroughs, while Lin Ke began preparing for his own. In his cave abode, he discovered that True Person Hengshan’s Storage Bag held a vast cache of spirit stones, artifacts, pills, and notes on the Five-Colored Glazed Body, which he began studying.

• Zong Ya gave Lin Ke one of the two pills she had refined and said she would postpone her breakthrough until she finished helping her master.
• Lin Ke arranged to prepare for Zong Ya’s breakthrough, then returned to his cave abode to cultivate and inspect True Person Hengshan’s Storage Bag.
• Lin Ke found nearly seven hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones’ worth of wealth, an assortment of Spirit Artifacts, and pills for the Dao Foundation and Golden Core stages.
• Lin Ke opened an old wooden box containing a Jade Slip for the Five-Colored Glazed Body and Rogue Person Glaze’s annotated notebook.
• Lin Ke began reading the notes, which described the Wind Tempering method and its use of astral winds.

Lin Ke followed Rogue Person Glaze’s notes to open his acupoints with gale winds, greatly increasing his spirit power and storage capacity. After tempering his external acupoints, he began working on the dangerous internal lethal acupoints and was met with intense pain at the Chest Center Acupoint.

• Lin Ke studied Rogue Person Glaze’s acupoint-tempering method and decided to try it despite its risks.
• Lin Ke opened the Metal Yang Acupoint on his right index finger and discovered it absorbed spirit power faster and increased his reserves.
• Lin Ke tempered every acupoint in his right hand, strengthening his power and sensing that he could condense another star.
• Lin Ke spent two days tempering the acupoints throughout his limbs, bodily frame, and torso.
• Lin Ke began tempering his internal lethal acupoints at the Chest Center Acupoint, where the pain felt as if his heart were being torn apart.

Lin Ke opened all 365 internal acupoints and condensed the seventh star of the Nine Luminaries Sun-Illuminating Scripture, greatly increasing his strength and spirit power. Confident in his progress, he began preparing to break through to Golden Core with two Nascent Soul cultivators guarding him.

• Lin Ke spent a day tempering all his internal acupoints, then absorbed spirit power to replenish his depleted reserves.
• Lin Ke formed a much larger mental power core and used power from his 365 acupoints and the surroundings to condense the seventh star through 3,600 layers.
• Lin Ke completed the seventh star and judged that his strength might let him defeat True Person Dan Yan with a single blow.
• Lin Ke considered the threat posed by True Person Yuan Yong and began arranging his Golden Core breakthrough.
• Lin Ke asked Butterfly Transformation True Person and True Person Hengshan to guard him during the breakthrough.