Chapter Summaries

Lin Ke learned about the Grain Rain Pearl and accepted the white-browed elder’s offer to choose three herbs from the Heart-Soothing Garden. He left with the plants he needed to prepare for the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm and planned to visit Nan Shang before it opened.

• Lin Ke asked the white-browed elder about Dragon Pearls, and the elder explained the Grain Rain Pearl’s power to nourish spiritual plants.
• The white-browed elder invited Lin Ke to choose three medicinal herbs from his garden as thanks.
• Lin Ke praised several rare plants to steer the elder away from them, then chose Ten Thousand Beasts Returning to the Mountain Grass.
• Lin Ke also selected Dawn Hui to nourish Spirit Insects and Thunder Roars Sand Valley Grass for its Thunder Core Power.
• Lin Ke took the three herbs and hurried to prepare for the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm, which would open in one day, and planned to visit Nan Shang.

Lin Ke reunited with Nan Shang at the Gold-Storing Academy and asked about the Dragon Pearl, but Nan Shang had focused on other research. Before dawn, Lin Ke headed into the forest to feed and strengthen his insect formation ahead of the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm, where a black shadow suddenly appeared behind him.

• Nan Shang told Lin Ke he had spent the past fourteen days studying spell arts at the Gold-Storing Academy and agreed they could support each other in the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm.
• Lin Ke asked Nan Shang about the Dragon Pearl, and Nan Shang admitted he had not researched it but hurried upstairs to find the records.
• Lin Ke left for the dense forest to capture blood food for his spirit insects before dawn.
• Lin Ke provoked nearby demon beasts and used his insect formation to devour spirit beasts, spirit plants, and spirit wood, growing the insects stronger and revealing their powerful aura.
• A black shadow flashed behind Lin Ke.

Lin Ke fought Nangong Rui, a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Golden Wing Sect, after Nangong Rui ambushed him with Colorful Assassin Bugs and accused him of betraying the sect. Lin Ke trapped Nangong Rui and launched mental attacks, but a Myriad Transformations Darkunder Cauldron appeared and disrupted them.

• Lin Ke detected a concealed cultivator and defended himself from a poison ambush by Colorful Assassin Bugs using his methods and Amethyst Longhorn Beetles.
• Nangong Rui revealed himself, mocked Lin Ke for joining the Illusionless Gu Sect, and announced he would kill him on Elder Hua’s behalf.
• Nangong Rui attacked Lin Ke with poison, but Lin Ke countered with feints and his insect formation, trapping Nangong Rui and several Colorful Assassin Bugs.
• Nangong Rui dismissed Lin Ke’s attacks as weak and continued attacking him and the insect tide with poison.
• The Dream-Eating Gecko signaled Lin Ke, who joined it in launching two mental attacks at Nangong Rui; a Myriad Transformations Darkunder Cauldron appeared and shattered them.

Lin Ke overwhelmed Nangong Rui with his Insect Formation and Mystic Flame, trying to learn why Nangong Rui carried the Illusionless Gu Sect’s Myriad Transformations Profound Nether Bell. When Nangong Rui sheltered inside the bell, Lin Ke switched to ice attacks, and cracks began to form in its mouth.

• Lin Ke realized Nangong Rui possessed an Illusionless Gu Sect artifact and grew serious about uncovering why he had brought it.
• Lin Ke engulfed Nangong Rui in his Insect Tide, which devoured his weapons and breached his defenses while he fought off its poison and mind-bewitching power.
• Nangong Rui sheltered inside the Myriad Transformations Profound Nether Bell, but Lin Ke’s Mystic Flame Horned Beetle Sovereigns heated it until it glowed red-hot.
• Lin Ke recalled the Insect Tide and used the World-Altering Method to bombard the bell with Ice Hailstones.
• The bell developed black cooling spots and fine cracks along its mouth as Nangong Rui remained inside.

Lin Ke defeated Nangong Rui and learned that Howling Ape Old Ghost had directed him to make contact, apparently to test Lin Ke’s loyalty to the Wuhuan Gu Sect. Lin Ke decided Nangong Rui had to die to protect his cover, but accepted his offered artifacts and left him believing he had been spared.

• Lin Ke shattered Nangong Rui’s Myriad Transformations Profound Nether Bell and overwhelmed him with a swarm of Spirit Insects.
• Nangong Rui knelt and begged for his life, offering his remaining spirit artifacts and explaining that he had bought the bell from a Black-Robed Elder.
• Nangong Rui revealed that the elder had told him Lin Ke joined the Sacred Sect and suggested he meet Lin Ke or become Howling Ape Old Ghost’s disciple.
• Lin Ke deduced that Howling Ape Old Ghost had sent Nangong Rui to test his loyalty and concluded that Nangong Rui had to die to protect his cover.
• Lin Ke agreed to accept Nangong Rui’s bell, stored it without touching it, and watched Nangong Rui offer him a golden Storage Bag full of artifacts.

Lin Ke discovered that Nangong Rui’s golden Storage Bag contained a deadly trap, then used the Purple Mansion Insect to experiment with absorbing Witch Gu Qi from Colorful Assassin Bugs. After gathering Spirit Insects and rewarding Zhang Family Village, Lin Ke brought Nangong Rui to Howling Ape Old Ghost, who ordered him to kill the captive.

• Lin Ke controlled Nangong Rui to open the golden Storage Bag and found an anti-theft formation powerful enough to maim a Fusion Stage expert.
• Lin Ke drained two Colorful Assassin Bugs and learned that the Purple Mansion Insect could give him Witch Gu Qi, though using it to cultivate risked turning him into Human Gu.
• Lin Ke collected eighteen thousand Spirit Insects from Zhang Tiezhu and the old Village Chief, fed them captured beasts and a Colorful Assassin Bug, and gave the villagers Spirit Stones and magic artifacts.
• Lin Ke gave Zhang Tiezhu and the old Village Chief a map to the Poison Tempering Mountains, then took Nangong Rui to meet Howling Ape Old Ghost.
• Lin Ke used Witch Gu Qi to form a Gu Insect inside Nangong Rui, but Howling Ape Old Ghost dropped his pretense and ordered Lin Ke to kill him.

Lin Ke proved his loyalty to Howling Ape Old Ghost by draining Nangong Rui, then joined the others on the way to the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm. At the gathering altar, Hua Wujiang noticed that Lin Ke and the Giant Strength Fire Domain Sect were absent and wondered whether the sect had really been conquered.

• Howling Ape Old Ghost ordered Lin Ke to drain Nangong Rui, and Lin Ke killed him while Nan Shang protested.
• Howling Ape Old Ghost accepted Lin Ke into the Sacred Sect, took three magic artifacts from Nangong Rui's Storage Bag, and gave cultivation pills to Lin Ke, Nan Shang, and Feng Jinyan.
• Howling Ape Old Ghost led the group toward the agreed meeting place near Cang Mountain and Erhai.
• Cultivators from several sects and the Dali Domain Imperial Clan gathered at the ancient altar for the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm.
• Hua Wujiang exchanged pleasantries with True Lord Zheyu and Yin Jue, then noticed Lin Ke and the Giant Strength Fire Domain Sect were missing and wondered whether the sect had been conquered.

The Illusionless Gu Sect arrived at the grand gathering under Howling Ape Old Ghost, now a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator, and claimed the Giant Strength Fire Prison Sect’s place and its right to enter the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm. Hua Wujiang revealed that the Giant Strength Fire Prison Sect had been destroyed, while the Dali Domain Imperial Sovereign confronted the sect’s brazen appearance.

• True Lord Zheyu and Yin Jue discussed the gathered powers and speculated about their strength as the Dali Domain Imperial Sovereign’s procession arrived.
• A formation appeared in the Giant Strength Fire Prison Sect’s seats and revealed more than fifty members of the Illusionless Gu Sect.
• The Dali Domain Imperial Sovereign demanded to know why the Shu Frontier newcomers had come uninvited, then Howling Ape Old Ghost revealed his Spirit Transformation Realm aura.
• Hua Wujiang told True Lord Zheyu and Yin Jue that the Giant Strength Fire Prison Sect had been destroyed and its survivors absorbed or made into gu insect food.
• Howling Ape Old Ghost claimed the Illusionless Gu Sect had come in the Giant Strength Fire Prison Sect’s place and, as part of the Cloud Frontier, had the right to attend the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm.

The Dali Domain Imperial Sovereign retaliated against Howling Ape Old Ghost’s arrival, then opened the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm gathering and explained its unexpected final trial. Lin Ke survived the attack, spotted a familiar Senior Sister among the Golden Wing Sect, and learned that the disciples must cross the Myriad Insect Abyss to enter the secret realm.

• The Dali Domain Imperial Sovereign welcomed Howling Ape Old Ghost, but the Illusionless Gu Sect’s banner unleashed a devastating attack that killed several cultivators and injured Feng Jinyan.
• Howling Ape Old Ghost blocked the Golden Meteorite with his Black Sphere, and the Dali Domain Imperial Sovereign repaired the altar before ordering the gathering to proceed.
• Lin Ke noticed a familiar Senior Sister among the mostly unharmed Golden Wing Sect cultivators and saw Howling Ape Old Ghost conceal a bloodied hand.
• The Dali Domain Imperial Sovereign declared the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm open and announced that the collapsed entrance required disciples to enter through the Myriad Insect Abyss.
• The Dali Domain Imperial Sovereign explained that disciples must survive the Bone-Eroding Insects and retrieve Insect Jade from their broodmothers to escape through the Worker Passage.

The cultivators entered the Myriad Insect Abyss, where Lin Ke and his group faced swarms of Bone-Eroding Insects. The insects initially seemed to retreat, but hundreds of enormous ones then surged out of the darkness.

• Nan Shang warned Lin Ke that the Illusory Heart Forest and its dragon-blooded Demon Beasts awaited beyond the Myriad Insect Abyss.
• Howling Ape Old Ghost ordered the Illusionless Gu Sect disciples to form teams, then assigned Shi You to guide Lin Ke, Nan Shang, and Feng Jinyan.
• The sects entered the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm through the rainbow portal and fell into the dark, foul-smelling tunnels of the Myriad Insect Abyss.
• Bone-Eroding Insects overwhelmed nearby cultivators, devouring a Nascent Soul Cultivator's face and reducing another team to bones.
• Lin Ke, Nan Shang, Feng Jinyan, and Shi You fought off the insects as the swarms began to retreat, but hundreds of washbasin-sized insects emerged from the darkness.

Foundation Establishment and then Golden Core Bone-Eroding Insects overwhelmed the cultivators in the cavern, forcing them into a defensive ring that eventually collapsed when the Insect Mother awakened. As the humans fell into chaos, Shi You set out to obtain the Insect Jade and told Lin Ke to protect Nan Shang and Feng Jinyan.

• Foundation Establishment Bone-Eroding Insects poured into the cavern, and the cultivators formed a defensive ring to resist the swarm.
• Golden Core Bone-Eroding Insects emerged from the walls and coordinated attacks that pushed the humans back.
• Lin Ke used his insect formation to protect himself and Nan Shang, while Shi You defended himself with banners and Banner Spirits.
• Shi You recognized the Insect Mother's cry and told Feng Jinyan to retrieve the Insect Jade, but the swarm's crushing pillars broke the cultivators' defenses.
• As cultivators were devoured and the cavern descended into chaos, Shi You absorbed a trapped cultivator and told Lin Ke to protect Nan Shang and Feng Jinyan while he went to get the Insect Jade.

Lin Ke used a formation stone to shield the cultivators from the Bone-Eroding Insects, then entered the swarm and drove the insects back with Lin Xuanyuan's Dragon Might. As he searched for the Insect Jade, he discovered ancient murals suggesting a Dragon Clan member had lost a Dragon Pearl and could project a small circle from their eyes.

• Lin Ke activated a formation stone to create a protective domain and told the cultivators to help maintain it while he retrieved the Insect Jade.
• Lin Ke ignored Shi You and Nan Shang's warnings, surrounded himself with his insect formation, and flew into the Bone-Eroding Insect swarm.
• Lin Ke used Dragon Might to make the Bone-Eroding Insects retreat, allowing him to advance unharmed while the others watched in shock.
• Lin Ke used Yangtong to locate the Insect Mother and found ancient murals depicting a horned Dragon Clan member losing a Dragon Pearl and later projecting a small circle from their eyes.

Lin Ke used the mark between his brows to detect Dragon Pearls hidden throughout the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm, then found the Bone-Eroding Insect Mother but no Insect Jade. He hid when two Royal Family cultivators arrived, learning that the Dali Domain Imperial Sovereign had sent other cultivators in as cannon fodder.

• Lin Ke strengthened his spiritual energy with the Flood Dragon's Dragon Pearl, causing the mark on his forehead to reveal lights that indicated Dragon Pearl locations.
• Lin Ke found the Bone-Eroding Insect Mother in a cavern and searched around it with the Insect Tide, but found no Insect Jade.
• Lin Ke detected two Royal Family cultivators approaching and took a Breath-Concealing Pill to hide in the shadows.
• The two female cultivators complained that the inexperienced sect cultivators had failed to use their Positioning Talismans and said those cultivators were serving as cannon fodder for the Imperial Sovereign.

Lin Ke killed two Dali Domain Imperial Clan cultivators after uncovering their plot against the sects, then clashed with Murong Yue. The chapter ended as Murong Yue formed a powerful water dragon attack against him.

• Lin Ke watched a tall Imperial Clan woman extract an Insect Jade from the insect mother and use it to turn Bone-Eroding Insects against him.
• Lin Ke killed the tall woman and her companion, then recognized that the Insect Jade resembled Hua Wujiang's token.
• Murong Yue confronted Lin Ke over her junior sisters and attacked him with a golden Ceramic Fish.
• Lin Ke shattered the Ceramic Fish, fought off Murong Yue's kick, and revealed that he had also reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Murong Yue summoned a water dragon infused with golden fluid and prepared a boiling sphere of water to attack Lin Ke.

Lin Ke used the Dragon Pearl and World-Altering Method to injure Murong Yue, then trapped her in his insect formation. The chapter ended as Lin Xuanyuan confronted Murong Yue’s Golden-Armored Rhinoceros and prepared to test a newly learned move.

• Lin Ke combined the Dragon Pearl with the World-Altering Method to break Murong Yue’s Water Dragon attack and leave her injured.
• Murong Yue recovered with cultivation pills, and Lin Ke unleashed his insect formation to surround her.
• Murong Yue deployed Golden Flying Swords and their Golden-Armored Rhinoceros sword spirit, but Lin Ke tricked them into colliding and kept her trapped.
• Murong Yue ordered the Golden-Armored Rhinoceros to self-destruct, so Lin Ke summoned Lin Xuanyuan to stop it.
• Lin Xuanyuan threw the Golden-Armored Rhinoceros aside, and Murong Yue realized Lin Ke had tamed a True Dragon.
• Lin Xuanyuan declared that he would test his newly learned move on the Golden-Armored Rhinoceros.

Lin Ke’s insect formation evolved after the Bone Fragment fused with him, letting him control the swarm as an extension of his body. It became a domain-tier divine ability and killed Murong Yue, leaving Lin Ke with a vastly strengthened formation and several upgraded spirit insects.

• Murong Yue bombarded Lin Ke’s insect formation with self-destructing magic artifacts, while Lin Ke released Soul-Hunting Mosquitoes to strengthen it and resolved to capture her for her treasures.
• The Bone Fragment fused with Lin Ke’s palm, giving him awareness of the entire formation and allowing him to reshape the swarm and attack Murong Yue with insect-made fists.
• Lin Ke used the Moisture-and-Egg Transformation Method through the swarm, creating a vortex that drained Murong Yue’s spiritual energy and shredded her Nascent Soul.
• Lin Ke realized the formation had become a domain-tier spell art, then ordered the Dream-Eating Gecko to absorb the dangerous mass of spiritual energy it had generated.
• Several spirit insects broke through to Golden Core Stage strength, the Dream-Eating Gecko stabilized its Nascent Soul Realm cultivation, and the Golden-Armored Rhinoceros vanished with Murong Yue’s death.

Lin Ke led the cultivators out of the Insect Abyss while concealing his strength and arranging for Nan Shang and Zong Ya to escape. As Dragon Lice attacked the group, Lin Ke saved Zong Ya by making Feng Jinyan self-detonate, but the Storage Bags that flew back to him risked exposing his secret.

• Lin Ke returned with the Insect Jade, opened a path through the Bone-Eroding Insects, and led the cultivators toward the Cavern's exit.
• Mo Tianji suspected Lin Ke had gained powerful opportunities, while Dongfang Yao and Shen Wei concluded that Lin Ke had entered the Illusionless Gu Sect to help Zong Ya.
• At the shaft leading to the Illusory Heart Forest, Lin Ke sent Nan Shang and Zong Ya a warning to wait because Imperial Clan cultivators blocked the entrance.
• Dragon Lice attacked the climbing cultivators, and Lin Ke told Nan Shang and Zong Ya to escape while he held back the insects.
• When a Dragon Louse threatened Zong Ya, Lin Ke sent Feng Jinyan to self-detonate and destroy it, after which Feng Jinyan's Storage Bags flew back to Lin Ke.

Lin Ke escaped the collapsing Myriad Insect Abyss with Zong Ya and Nan Shang, then discovered Imperial Clan cultivators slaughtering survivors outside. He fled toward the snowy mountains with the two unconscious women, but a small golden sword flew from his arms toward the golden-armored commander.

• Lin Ke grabbed the Insect Jade and escaped the collapsing nest as Bone-Eroding Insects attacked the cultivators behind him.
• After emerging, Lin Ke resisted the Illusory Heart Grass and found Zong Ya and Nan Shang unconscious from its poisonous mist.
• A golden-armored Imperial Clan woman ordered her Nascent Soul cultivators to kill the survivors and seal the Myriad Insect Abyss entrance.
• Mo Tianji and the other cultivators fought back against the Imperial Clan, while Lin Ke carried Zong Ya and Nan Shang toward the snowy mountains.
• As the golden-armored woman activated her Flying Sword, a small golden sword flew out of Lin Ke's arms toward her.

Lin Ke fought Murong Yue’s golden-armored sister after their paired flying swords resonated, then fabricated an account of Murong Yue’s death to explain why he had her sword. The sister believed him and let Lin Ke keep the sword, leaving their confrontation unexpectedly resolved.

• Lin Ke pulled Murong Yue’s flying sword back when it resonated with the Golden-Armored Female Cultivator’s sword, and she attacked him after accusing him of stealing it.
• Lin Ke hid the two women he carried, then countered the Golden-Armored Female Cultivator’s attacks with his powers, spirit insects, and a formation assault.
• The Golden-Armored Female Cultivator burned away Lin Ke’s insect vines and summoned a fire dragon, which Lin Ke stopped by sending Murong Yue’s Golden Armor Sword into it.
• The Golden-Armored Female Cultivator recognized the sword and demanded to know whether Lin Ke had killed Murong Yue.
• Lin Ke claimed that Imperial Clan spies had killed Murong Yue and that she had entrusted him with the sword and a warning about traitors.
• The Golden-Armored Female Cultivator believed Lin Ke’s story, thanked him for delivering Murong Yue’s message, and let him keep the sword.

Lin Ke established a concealed cavern on the snowy mountain for the unconscious women and reviewed the treasures he had gathered. After finding valuable artifacts in Murong Yue’s and Nangong Rui’s Storage Bags, he set out to secure the area and find medicine for the women.

• Lin Ke chose the snow-covered mountain as a secluded base and built an artificial cavern, laying the two unconscious women on stone beds and warming them with mystic flame.
• Lin Ke examined his spoils, including the Golden Flying Sword and the Insect Jade taken from the Bone-Eroding Insect Mother.
• Lin Ke found abundant spirit stones and origin tier superior longswords in Murong Yue’s Storage Bag, enough to fund a mountain range and disciples.
• Lin Ke discovered a Soul-Suppressing Banner and a life-saving Spatial Jade Slip among Nangong Rui’s treasures.
• When the women remained unconscious, Lin Ke sealed the cavern and released Lin Xuanyuan, the Dream-Eating Gecko, and his other Spirit Insects to search for nearby beasts and medicinal herbs.
• Lin Ke’s search uncovered several Snowfield Wolves.