Chapter Summaries

Lin Ke and the Horned Giant Fish defeated two attacking water snakes, but one snake prepared to detonate its nascent soul at close range. Lin Ke drew Ancient Rust, whose awakened killing intent halted the charging serpent.

• The Clam Maiden used Moon-Tide Draw to deflect a water snake’s icy, venomous breath, letting Lin Ke strike its head with Dragon-Elephant Heaven-Crushing and grievously wound it.
• The Horned Giant Fish impaled the other water snake with its golden horns, and a nascent soul escaped from the dying serpent.
• The wounded snake charged Lin Ke while preparing to detonate its nascent soul, and the Clam Maiden failed to slow it.
• Lin Ke drew Ancient Rust and poured his mental power into it, awakening its killing intent and halting the snake’s charge.

Lin Ke killed a self-detonating Giant Snake with the Ancient Rust Sword, and the Giant Fish carried him and the Clam Maiden to a hidden cave. There, Lin Xuanyuan’s transformation reached its final stage, and he emerged from the Light Cocoon with a new golden-scaled body.

• Lin Ke disrupted the Giant Snake’s self-detonation with his killing intent and cleaved it in two with the Ancient Rust Sword, which absorbed its Nascent Soul energy.
• The Clam Maiden checked on Lin Ke, and he worried that another Giant Snake had escaped.
• The Giant Fish brought Lin Ke and the Clam Maiden into its body and traveled to a concealed underwater cave.
• Lin Ke saw the Light Cocoon on the altar gather spiritual energy as Lin Xuanyuan’s transformation intensified.
• The Light Cocoon cracked and shattered, revealing Lin Xuanyuan transformed with a longer body covered in dazzling golden scales.

Lin Xuanyuan completed his transformation into a True Dragon beneath the Four Symbols Sacred Spring, triggering a vast celebration from heaven and earth. The Dali Domain Imperial Sovereign dismissed the unusual signs as an ordinary spiritual-energy phenomenon, leaving the cause concealed from the gathered sect leaders.

• Lin Ke saw Lin Xuanyuan emerge as a majestic True Dragon, while the clam maiden bowed in awe.
• Lin Xuanyuan completed his transformation and looked down at Lin Ke with a familiar yet majestic gaze.
• Seven-colored light, golden crystals, and manifestations of the Great Dao appeared over the Four Symbols Sacred Spring, startling the gathered sect leaders.
• Howling Ape Old Ghost, Yin Jue, and True Lord Zheyu speculated that a powerful treasure had emerged beneath the lake.
• The Dali Domain Imperial Sovereign denied that a treasure had appeared and called the spectacle an ordinary interaction between the sacred spring’s spiritual energy and external Dao principles.

Lin Xuanyuan completed his transformation into a True Dragon and found his power flowing without obstruction, while Lin Ke asked whether the change had restored any of his memories. Lin Xuanyuan sensed fragments related to the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm, leaving their contents unknown.

• The Dali Domain Imperial Sovereign dismissed speculation about a rare treasure and secretly sent a message as he wondered whether a True Dragon had reappeared.
• Lin Xuanyuan descended before Lin Ke in his transformed golden dragon form and said that some shackles had opened and his power flowed smoothly.
• The Dream-Eating Gecko felt intimidated by Lin Xuanyuan, changed how he addressed him, and then relaxed when Lin Xuanyuan teased him.
• Lin Ke asked whether Lin Xuanyuan had gained anything beyond greater power, and Lin Xuanyuan sensed fragments related to the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm.

Lin Xuanyuan revealed that he was a young True Dragon sent away before the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm’s destruction, and that the realm held a treasury with his lost power and memories. Lin Ke promised to help him retrieve it, but a violent disturbance interrupted them before they could act.

• Lin Xuanyuan told Lin Ke that the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm was the domain of the True Dragon and that only those recognized by it could enter as guests.
• Lin Xuanyuan recalled being sent away as a young dragon, losing his body, and surviving as a remnant soul within a Demon Beast’s womb.
• Lin Xuanyuan explained that the True Dragon had scattered young dragons to preserve their bloodline, though many of them might have fallen to those coveting their power.
• Lin Xuanyuan revealed that a Dragon’s Secret Treasury in the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm could restore his dragon body, memories, and power, and insisted that he needed to enter it.
• Lin Ke promised to help Lin Xuanyuan find the treasury, but a violent tremor and explosion interrupted them, leaving Lin Ke wondering whether someone had discovered them.

Lin Ke ordered the giant fish to rescue Luo Yichuan as Feng Jinyan was about to kill him. The fish swallowed Luo Yichuan and then pursued Feng Jinyan, who escaped into the lake’s depths.

• Feng Jinyan overwhelmed Luo Yichuan, tore off half his arm, and resisted Luo Yichuan’s Seven Emotions Soul-Disturbing Song.
• Feng Jinyan released Blood Poison Ants and moved behind Luo Yichuan to deliver a fatal strike.
• Lin Ke decided to save Luo Yichuan and used Lin Xuanyuan’s command to send the giant fish into the fight.
• The giant fish’s suction disrupted Feng Jinyan’s attack and swallowed Luo Yichuan.
• The giant fish turned on Feng Jinyan, who fled into the depths of the lake.

After Lin Ke rescued Luo Yichuan from a giant fish, Luo mistook their surroundings for Netherworld Hell and learned he was still alive. Luo explained that Feng Jinyan was a Shu Frontier spy who had been hunting Heaven's Chosen in the Sacred Spring.

• Luo Yichuan awoke injured in a strange space beside Lin Ke, a dragon, and a beast, and assumed he had died and entered Netherworld Hell.
• Lin Ke told Luo that he had saved him and that he was alive, though badly injured.
• Luo became wary when he realized Lin Ke belonged to the Golden Wing Sect, but Lin Ke assured him he was not a Shu Frontier spy.
• Lin Ke asked how Luo had uncovered Feng Jinyan's identity and why Feng had pursued him.
• Luo said Shu Frontier spies had infiltrated Cloud Frontier and killed several Heaven's Chosen in the Sacred Spring, and Feng Jinyan had attacked him while he was alone.

After Luo Yichuan revealed that Feng Jinyan was a Shu Frontier spy, Lin Ke devised a plan to capture and question him using the Soul-Hunting Mosquito. The chapter ended with Luo Yichuan agreeing to serve as bait, though he feared for his life.

• Luo Yichuan told Lin Ke that Feng Jinyan had killed a Jade Great Radiance Church Heaven's Chosen, who exposed Feng Jinyan as a Shu Frontier spy before dying.
• Lin Ke considered reporting Feng Jinyan to the sect leaders but decided he needed to uncover the spies' intelligence and plans first.
• Lin Ke planned to use the Soul-Hunting Mosquito to control Feng Jinyan and chose Luo Yichuan as bait to lure him out.
• Luo Yichuan swore not to reveal Lin Ke's methods and agreed to cooperate, asking Lin Ke to spare his life.
• The Dream-Eating Gecko threatened Luo Yichuan when he questioned the plan, and Luo Yichuan quickly withdrew his doubts.

Lin Ke agreed to help Luo Yichuan and searched the lake for Feng Jinyan, while Feng Jinyan received the Illusionless Gu Sect’s plan to deploy the World-Eroding Transformation Grand Array in the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm. After two days of searching, Lin Ke and Luo Yichuan spotted Feng Jinyan on the light screen.

• Lin Ke agreed to Luo Yichuan’s request and swore a life-bound oath to reassure him.
• Fanjing met Feng Jinyan and confirmed that he had secretly eliminated five people without exposing his identity.
• Fanjing gave Feng Jinyan an array crystal and a jade slip detailing the plan to deploy the World-Eroding Transformation Grand Array in the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm.
• Feng Jinyan vowed that the Cloud Frontier would belong to the Illusionless Gu Sect, while the number of Heaven’s Chosen remaining in the lake fell below half.
• Lin Ke and Luo Yichuan continued searching from the giant fish’s bodily space and spotted Feng Jinyan on the light screen.

Lin Ke and Lin Xuanyuan arranged an ambush for Feng Jinyan, using Luo Yichuan as bait to lure him into an underwater canyon. Feng Jinyan pursued Luo Yichuan and attacked him, while the Giant Fish and the others remained concealed.

• Lin Ke had Lin Xuanyuan guide the Giant Fish around Feng Jinyan and hide it among rocks and aquatic plants.
• Luo Yichuan left the Giant Fish and released his aura to draw Feng Jinyan toward the canyon.
• Feng Jinyan noticed Luo Yichuan and pursued him, deciding he had to kill him to protect his identity and the Illusionless Gu Sect.
• Luo Yichuan fled into the canyon and pretended to plead for his life, while Feng Jinyan demanded that his hidden helpers reveal themselves.
• Feng Jinyan lunged at Luo Yichuan with a killing blow, and Luo Yichuan raised a defensive Light Screen to block it.

Lin Ke ambushed Feng Jinyan with mental attacks while helping Luo Yichuan, but Feng Jinyan’s Golden Great Bell defense blocked the second strike. Lin Ke revealed himself, and Feng Jinyan realized he had overheard everything.

• Feng Jinyan overwhelmed Luo Yichuan in their clash, and Luo Yichuan shouted for Lin Ke to save him.
• Lin Ke struck Feng Jinyan’s Sea of Consciousness with Divine Mill, briefly injuring and disorienting him.
• Lin Ke and the Dream-Eating Gecko launched a stronger second mental assault, but a Golden Great Bell phantom appeared and absorbed it.
• Feng Jinyan recovered enough to detect Lin Ke’s hiding place and demanded that he reveal himself.
• Lin Ke appeared and told Feng Jinyan he had rescued Luo Yichuan before and had heard everything Feng Jinyan said.

Lin Ke and Luo Yichuan confronted Feng Jinyan, who revealed his allegiance to the Illusionless Gu Sect and used a replica of its sacred bell to withstand their attacks. Lin Ke combined three domains to trap Feng Jinyan and immobilize his defenses, leaving the group poised to counterattack.

• Feng Jinyan admitted he came from the Illusionless Gu Sect of Shu Frontier and vowed to kill Lin Ke and Luo Yichuan.
• Feng Jinyan revealed the Myriad Transformations Profound Nether Bell replica, which shielded him from Lin Ke and Luo Yichuan's combined assault.
• Lin Ke used Heavenly Net and Earthly Boundary to restrict Feng Jinyan's movements.
• Lin Xuanyuan added his Dragon Power Domain, and the Clam Maiden used Moon-Tide Draw to bind Feng Jinyan with the surrounding currents.
• The three overlapping domains immobilized Feng Jinyan and his bell apparition, prompting Luo Yichuan to praise Lin Ke's methods.

Lin Ke and Luo Yichuan attacked Feng Jinyan, but the Myriad Transformations Profound Nether Bell protected him and its sound controlled Luo Yichuan. Lin Ke pretended to be controlled, discovered that the bell needed Feng Jinyan’s Spirit Power to maintain it, and caught him off guard with a slap before launching a fresh assault.

• Lin Ke and Luo Yichuan struck Feng Jinyan with their domains and attacks, cracking the Myriad Transformations Profound Nether Bell without breaking through it.
• Feng Jinyan repaired the bell and used its sound to control Luo Yichuan, while Lin Ke pretended to succumb and obeyed his commands.
• Lin Ke realized Feng Jinyan had to continually channel Spirit Power into the bell to maintain it.
• When Feng Jinyan ordered Lin Ke to slap himself, Lin Ke gathered power and slapped Feng Jinyan instead, sending him crashing through a boulder.
• Lin Ke summoned his Spirit Insects and used his domains and Lin Xuanyuan’s dragon might to attack Feng Jinyan while slowing his Spirit Power circulation.

Lin Ke trapped Feng Jinyan beneath the Four Symbols Sacred Spring while Lin Xuanyuan controlled the dragon might and awakened a shapeshifting spell. The group prepared to dive deeper and cultivate, with Lin Xuanyuan able to conceal his True Dragon identity.

• Lin Ke used the spirit insects and the Clam Maiden to keep Feng Jinyan trapped while Lin Xuanyuan controlled the dragon might and shielded them from its pressure.
• Lin Ke manipulated the dragon might to impede other cultivators, then planned to dive deeper into the spring to cultivate.
• Luo Yichuan regained his senses but could not remember being controlled, and he traded insults with the trapped Feng Jinyan.
• Lin Ke asked Lin Xuanyuan to erase Luo Yichuan's memories, but Lin Xuanyuan revealed he had already extracted parts of them and left him believing he had fooled Lin Ke.
• Lin Xuanyuan told Lin Ke he had recovered a shapeshifting spell that could conceal his True Dragon form, and they decided to dive deeper together.

Lin Ke took Feng Jinyan into the depths of the Sacred Spring to force information from the Shu Land spy while protecting him from the crushing pressure. After meditating for seven or eight days, Lin Ke emerged stronger as Feng Jinyan’s will was worn down by repeated agony.

• Luo Yichuan mistakenly claimed credit for subduing Feng Jinyan and agreed to wait while Lin Ke interrogated him.
• Lin Ke and the spirit insects descended into the Sacred Spring’s dark depths, leaving Luo Yichuan behind.
• Lin Ke loosened Lin Xuanyuan’s protection around Feng Jinyan to torture him with the spring’s pressure, then restored it before he died.
• Feng Jinyan declared that Shu Land’s cultivators had sealed their souls and threatened to invade the Cloud Frontier, but Lin Ke stopped interrogating him and began cultivating.
• After seven or eight days, Lin Ke had grown stronger while Feng Jinyan’s spirit power and resolve had nearly collapsed.

Lin Ke questioned the controlled spy Feng Jinyan and learned that the Illusionless Gu Sect planned to infiltrate the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm and attack the Cloud Frontier. He realized a larger invasion was coming and began considering how to prepare, while the sect's true objective remained unknown.

• Lin Ke stored the dragon-egg form of Lin Xuanyuan in his Niwan Palace, then brought Feng Jinyan to the surface and took control of his soul.
• Feng Jinyan revealed that the Illusionless Gu Sect planned to enslave people in the Cloud Frontier and refine their souls, bodies, and children for its purposes.
• Feng Jinyan explained that the sect had planted spies in every sect to secure places in the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm for disguised fighters to slaughter its elites and seize an unknown object.
• Lin Ke learned that the Illusionless Gu Sect had a Nascent Soul Flood Dragon that needed a True Dragon's remains to transform, but he doubted this explained the planned invasion.
• Lin Ke resolved to prepare for the coming threat and pursue the Nascent Soul Realm, while wondering whether the secret realm's unknown object was connected to the dragon race.

Lin Ke advanced toward the Golden Core Late Stage, found Feng Jinyan weakened at the bottom of the Four Symbols Sacred Spring, and discovered that Lin Xuanyuan’s Transformation Art had turned him into a dragon egg. Lin Ke explained that the technique let dragons evade Heavenly Tribulation but also made them vulnerable to dragon-egg thieves, and he eyed Lin Xuanyuan’s egg with a wicked grin.

• Lin Ke noticed his Spirit Power had grown denser and purer, bringing him close to the Golden Core Late Stage but still short of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lin Ke found Feng Jinyan withered under the pressure of the spring and asked whether he had anything to confess, but Feng Jinyan could only make hoarse sounds.
• Lin Ke sent Spirit Insects into his Niwan Palace and tried to contact Lin Xuanyuan, then hurried into the Giant Fish’s belly when Lin Xuanyuan did not respond.
• Lin Ke chased a golden light through the fish’s belly and trapped it, discovering that it was Lin Xuanyuan transformed into a dragon egg.
• Lin Ke explained that the Dragon Clan’s egg transformation could evade Heavenly Tribulation but had inspired people to steal and eat dragon eggs, then grinned at the egg in his hands.

Lin Ke uncovered signs that the Illusionless Gu Sect had infiltrated every sect, then returned to the depths of the Four Symbols Sacred Spring to investigate why the Dragon Might remained. He discovered a Möbius Strip-shaped formation of golden threads in the abyss.

• Lin Ke learned from Feng Jinyan that Shu Frontier Secret Agents existed in every sect and could recognize one another, but Feng Jinyan passed out before explaining how.
• Lin Ke kept Feng Jinyan under the Soul-Hunting Mosquito's control and swam toward the surface, concealing his identity from the other cultivators.
• Lin Xuanyuan noticed the Dragon Might had not weakened, so Lin Ke turned back to investigate the spring's depths.
• Lin Ke descended for days and encountered the Giant Fish again, whose cries Lin Xuanyuan recognized as the Ancient Language.
• Lin Ke summoned Lin Xuanyuan and saw countless golden threads in the abyss forming a closed loop shaped like a Möbius Strip.

Lin Ke discovered that the Four Symbols Sacred Spring concealed a space where time and space were distorted, then deduced that the Dragon Might’s source might lie in the past. He reversed the flow of Spirit Power in an attempt to make time run backward.

• Lin Ke tested the darkness below the Spirit Power Light Screen and realized the Spatial Labyrinth looped back on itself, with no perceptible passage of time.
• Lin Xuanyuan sensed two shifting Dragon Might source cores somewhere within the labyrinth, but Lin Ke could not find them after searching for half a day.
• Lin Ke meditated on the labyrinth’s nature and concluded that its time, like its space, might be connected end to end, placing the Dragon Might’s source in the past.
• Lin Ke reasoned that reversing the Spirit Power that formed the space could reverse time, then poured out his power until the spring water and Spirit Power began flowing backward.

Lin Ke and his spirit insects reversed the flow of the Spatial Labyrinth, sending time and spirit power backward until he encountered a terrifying dragon eye. A powerful Dragon Clan being accused him of trespassing on its nascent soul formation ground, leaving Lin Ke and his companions unable to move.

• Lin Ke, the spirit insects, and Lin Xuanyuan joined forces to reverse the spring water and spirit power within the Spatial Labyrinth.
• Lin Ke reflected on the danger posed by Shu Frontier spies and resolved to grow strong enough to protect himself and those he cared about.
• The reversed flow carried Lin Ke through visions of eras passing before his consciousness fell into darkness.
• A deep purple dragon eye appeared and accused Lin Ke of intruding on the Dragon Clan's nascent soul formation ground to steal its opportunity.
• Lin Ke denied entering intentionally and explained that Lin Xuanyuan, his true dragon spirit pet, had guided him there.
• The Dream-Eating Gecko and Lin Xuanyuan told Lin Ke that the being had immobilized them with an ancient Dragon Race power beyond spirit transformation.