Chapter Summaries

Lin Ke tried to strengthen Spirit Insects and hurried to the wasteland after learning the Jade Great Radiance Church could soon breach the Guardian Array. When he attacked the White Soul Worm, it revealed that it was tied to the Frost Dragon Cultivators’ souls, and its transformed monk form offered him a deal.

• Lin Can suggested Lin Ke use a soul avatar and an Artificial Body to strengthen himself with the Mirror-Backed Centipede Egg, and Lin Ke rewarded her with Mirror Insects to duplicate.
• Lin Ke found that the Dragon Blood Mirror Insects could not be fused and considered raising Spirit Insects in the Cold Dew Dragon Tomb.
• After learning the Jade Great Radiance Church had found a weakness in the Guardian Array, Lin Ke told Shen Wei, Dongfang Yao, and the others to retreat with the Dragon Armor and Dragon Weapons.
• Lin Ke lured the White Soul Worm out with Ten Thousand Beasts Returning to the Mountain Grass and struck it with the Dragon Pearl’s fire.
• The White Soul Worm transformed into a monk and knocked Lin Ke’s Divine Soul from his body, but Master Zhuang’s Domain Body pulled him back.
• Lin Ke realized the Frost Dragon Cultivators had been living inside the White Soul Worm to nourish their souls, and the monk offered to make a deal.

Lin Ke persuaded the Dragon Cultivators that he was a descendant of Golden Autumn Garden while concealing his own plans. By the chapter’s end, the gathered cultivators believed his story, and he was poised to exploit their trust.

• The monk offered Lin Ke the Universal Obstruction-Transforming Formation in exchange for helping kill the Insect Mother, while the Centipede Dragon Cultivator warned that the monk planned to possess the wounded survivors.
• Lin Ke pretended to accept the deal and claimed Golden Autumn Garden was under attack, explaining that he had entered the tomb to inherit his ancestors’ power.
• Lin Ke conjured an image of Lin Xuanyuan and claimed to have taken human form from a carp in Golden Autumn Garden, prompting the Dragon Cultivators to believe part of his story.
• After the monk questioned how Lin Ke had transformed without the lost Dragon Gate, the Centipede Dragon Cultivator secretly helped him expand his account.
• Lin Ke claimed his father’s human craftsmen had rebuilt a smaller Dragon Gate, convincing the Golden Autumn Dragon Cultivators that he was their descendant.

Lin Ke tricked the Golden Autumn Garden elders into giving him their treasures, then killed the Insect Mother and learned of a hidden Cave Abode containing an Artificial Body. As he offered the monk his Windglow Spirit Dragon Saber, the monk revealed he had a presumptuous request.

• Lin Ke pretended Golden Autumn Garden was under siege and persuaded the monk and other elders to hand over their Dragon Armor, Dragon Weapons, and spirit stones.
• Lin Ke entered the Insect Mother's Cavern, killed the Insect Mother, collected its eggs, and burned the Cavern with Dragon Pearl fire.
• The monk told Lin Ke about a hidden Cave Abode containing Artificial Body Dao Spell Arts and a divine-grade low-rank Artificial Body that could grant early Fusion stage combat strength.
• Lin Ke connected Golden Autumn Garden's Dragon Cultivators to the Jade Great Radiance Church and Golden Wing Sect, and suspected their founders had once served the Dragon Cultivators.
• Lin Ke offered the monk his Windglow Spirit Dragon Saber, but the monk declined and said he had a presumptuous request.

Lin Ke recruited the Dragon Tomb’s white souls into the Windglow Spirit Dragon Saber and sent them to operate stone Artificial Bodies. Meanwhile, Zhuge Qi Tian awoke as the Jade Great Radiance Church breached Golden Autumn Garden’s Guardian Array, and the opening battle ended with the Jade Main Halls exploding.

• Lin Ke persuaded the white souls to abandon their defenses, took them into his saber, and ordered them to operate stone Artificial Bodies alongside his mechanical insects.
• Zhuge Qi Tian awoke, learned the Jade Great Radiance Church planned to attack the Guardian Array from two directions, and went to the front line.
• The Jade Great Radiance Church broke through two sections of the Guardian Array, and its Jade Main Halls descended on Golden Autumn Garden’s defenses.
• Zhuge Qi Tian warned the Golden Wing Sect cultivators to keep their distance, and they counterattacked the halls with ranged attacks.
• The Golden Wing Sect cultivators cut down the halls’ vines and gained the initiative, but every Jade Main Hall suddenly exploded.

The Jade Great Radiance Church ambushed the Golden Wing Sect at Golden Autumn Garden, overwhelming its defenders until Zhuge Qi Tian deployed the Ten-Mile Spring Breeze Tower. The tower turned Qinghe True Person’s attacks against his own forces, while Shen Wei and Dongfang Yao brought Dragon Armor and Dragon Weapons to strengthen the Golden Wing Sect’s counterattack; Zhuge Qi Tian then launched a calculated strike at Qinghe True Person.

• The Jade Great Radiance Church’s hidden cultivators attacked the Golden Wing Sect, forcing Zong Ya and Nan Shang to help the defenders form circles and hold their ground.
• Qinghe True Person used a massive crescent blade to split the Golden Wing Sect’s forces and kill several cultivators.
• Zhuge Qi Tian summoned the Ten-Mile Spring Breeze Tower, which absorbed Qinghe True Person’s blade and sent it sweeping through the Jade Great Radiance Church’s ranks.
• Shen Wei, Dongfang Yao, and the others arrived with Dragon Armor and Dragon Weapons, helping the Golden Wing Sect push back and protect its wounded.
• Qinghe True Person attacked the tower with Supreme Yang Crystals, but the tower absorbed and returned his stone pillars, crushing more Jade Great Radiance Church cultivators.
• Zhuge Qi Tian concealed a calculated stone-pillar strike among the others and sent it toward Qinghe True Person’s back.

The Golden Wing Sect’s defense faltered after Qinghe True Person entered the Guardian Array with Liu Mingqing and claimed to have captured Zhuge Qi Tian. Zong Ya and Shen Wei rallied the sect, and after Zhuge Qi Tian recovered, he appeared ready to accept Qinghe True Person’s humiliating offer to spare the others.

• Liu Mingqing used the Thousand Mountain Cone to help Qinghe True Person enter the Guardian Array, and Qinghe True Person claimed Zhuge Qi Tian was in his hands.
• The Golden Wing Sect’s cultivators began to flee until Shen Wei and Zong Ya urged them to hold their ground and wait for reinforcements.
• Zong Ya shot Liu Mingqing’s arm, causing him to drop Zhuge Qi Tian, and Dongfang Yao braved enemy spells to rescue him.
• Zong Ya told the cultivators that Cloud Ink Sect disciples and Lin Ke were coming, and their resistance steadied.
• Qinghe True Person faced the Golden Wing Sect and offered to spare its cultivators if Zhuge Qi Tian knelt, kowtowed, and became his dog; Zhuge Qi Tian ordered his disciples to stand down and said he would accept the chance.

Lin Ke returned to the Golden Wing Sect with powerful reinforcements and confronted Qinghe True Person, who had been forcing Zhuge Qi Tian to kneel. The chapter ended with Lin Ke and Qinghe True Person preparing to settle their conflict in a duel.

• Zong Ya called for Senior Brother to wait, and Mirror Ancient Millipedes emerged from the ground, immobilizing the cultivators and strengthening Golden Wing Sect disciples into the Nascent Soul Early Stage.
• Lin Ke arrived with twenty armed blade spirits and hundreds of stone artificial body troops, shifting the balance against the Jade Great Radiance Church.
• Lin Ke supported the injured Zhuge Qi Tian and told him to recover while he handled Qinghe True Person.
• Qinghe True Person recognized Master Zhuang's Purple Mansion presence, while Lin Ke used mental attacks to kill nearby Jade Great Radiance Church cultivators and drive the others back.
• Qinghe True Person accused Lin Ke of harming Mo Qi Qi and challenged him, and Lin Ke insulted him before agreeing to face him.

Lin Ke battled Qinghe True Person in a Secret Realm, countering the Supreme Elder’s attacks with his Mental Power and Dragon Pearl. Qinghe’s massive sword strike stopped above Lin Ke, while Zong Ya and Nan Shang tried to revive Zhuge Qi Tian.

• Qinghe True Person summoned his Dao Companion as a Domain Spirit, and Lin Ke mocked him for killing her to keep her by his side.
• Qinghe True Person formed a thousand-li Secret Realm around Lin Ke, who lifted it above the Guardian Array to contain their fight.
• Qinghe True Person attacked with the Moon-Gazing Army-Breaking Formation, but Lin Ke shattered its moons with Northern Frontier Sea-Calming Seals and struck Qinghe with Dragon Pearl-enhanced lightning.
• Qinghe True Person recovered on his Refinement Throne and unleashed Heavenly Descent, Myriad Transformations Slash, a seventh-level Divine Ability that formed a giant sword above Lin Ke.
• Zong Ya and Nan Shang injected lotus root slurry into Zhuge Qi Tian to try to revive him as the sword descended toward Lin Ke.
• Lin Ke pointed at the giant sword, and its Sword Qi abruptly stopped in midair.

Lin Ke trapped Qinghe True Person in a bell-shaped Insect Formation and unleashed its attacks, while the Golden Wing Sect cultivators turned the Jade Great Radiance Church’s ambush against them. As Qinghe True Person charged toward the formation’s core, Lin Ke activated multiple sources of suction, leaving the Secret Realm trembling.

• Lin Ke used the Formless, Inactive Mantra to bind Qinghe True Person’s Sword Qi, but Qinghe burned through the chains with his Domain Spirit and Supreme Yang Fist.
• Liu Mingqing ordered the Jade Great Radiance Church to attack, but Mirror Ancient Millipedes strengthened the Golden Wing Sect cultivators, who repelled the assault.
• Lin Ke revealed a bell-shaped Insect Formation made from Mechanical Insects and Black Ice Centipedes, then directed it at Qinghe True Person.
• Qinghe True Person used his Yin-Yang Indestructible Body to withstand the Black Ice Falling Goose Slash and charged toward Lin Ke.
• Lin Ke activated the Myriad Insects Devour Heaven Art, combining the formation’s suction with the Purple Mansion Insect and Dream-Eating Gecko until Spiritual Power rushed toward the core and the Secret Realm trembled.

Lin Ke trapped Qinghe True Person in the insect formation and blasted him into the Golden Autumn Mountain Range, but the Substitute Ginseng appeared in the crater as Lin Ke collapsed from exhaustion. Qinghe True Person's fate remained unclear, while the Jade Great Radiance Church disciples cheered at Lin Ke's fall.

• Qinghe True Person's Golden Body broke apart as the insect formation absorbed its fragments and Spiritual Qi.
• Qinghe True Person tried to escape with Mingxia, but Lin Ke sealed the formation and countered her Karmic Desire Flame with Dragon Pearl fire.
• Qinghe True Person cut through the formation's outer wall with his Crescent Moon Saber, but Lin Ke sliced the saber in half with the Golden Flying Sword.
• Lin Ke unleashed the insect formation's stored Spirit Power, blasting Qinghe True Person into the ground and collapsing the surrounding terrain.
• Liu Mingqing found only the Substitute Ginseng in the crater, while Lin Ke exhausted his Mental Power and fell from the Secret Realm.

Lin Ke recovered enough to rejoin the battle and unleashed his Dragon Pearl and saber against the Jade Great Radiance Church. He nearly wiped out the enemy force alone, leaving the Golden Wing Sect cultivators only a few survivors to fight.

• Master Zhuang's Domain Body lowered Lin Ke safely to the ground, while Lu Yuanchun guarded him from hidden attacks.
• Liu Mingqing ordered the Jade Great Radiance Church disciples to retreat, but Liu Fugui defied him and led elders and disciples toward Lin Ke.
• Lin Ke swallowed a Cultivation Pill, ordered the Golden Wing Sect to attack, and rushed forward to kill a row of enemy cultivators.
• Liu Fugui's group formed an emerald Buddha Dharma Body that crushed several Golden Wing Sect cultivators.
• Lin Ke used the Great Heat Dragon Pearl and Dragon Head Annihilation Art to engulf the battlefield in fire, smoke, and attacks, killing nearly all the Jade Great Radiance Church forces and refining their bodies into Blade Spirits.
• The Golden Wing Sect cultivators saw that Lin Ke had taken almost all the spoils, then welcomed the few enemy survivors who escaped the smoke and flames.

Lin Ke weakened Liu Fugui’s nine-person Buddhist Radiance Treasure Array by provoking doubt with a stream of arguments, while the Golden Wing Sect subdued the remaining Jade Great Radiance Church cultivators. The chapter left Lin Ke preparing to exploit the array’s weakness as Nan Shang explained the meaning behind one of Lin Ke’s sayings.

• Lin Ke confronted Liu Fugui’s group after killing hundreds of Jade Great Radiance Church disciples and began provoking them with insults and questions about their beliefs.
• Lin Ke argued that the cultivators’ participation in battle contradicted their Buddhist precepts, causing Liu Fugui and the other eight to question their cultivation.
• The nine cultivators’ divided thoughts weakened their jointly formed Buddhist Radiance Treasure Array, while the Golden Wing Sect captured or killed the remaining opponents.
• Duan Dongqing asked Nan Shang whether Lin Ke was chanting scriptures, and Nan Shang recalled Lin Ke’s saying about defeating strategy, alliances, armies, and cities.
• Nan Shang told the group that the saying used ancient language and had a deeper meaning.

Lin Ke used the Lu Ban Lantern to redirect the karmic cost of the battle, saving the Golden Wing Sect from the Jade Great Radiance Church cultivators. After the victory, Liu Mingqing took Zhang Miaomiao hostage, and Lin Ke began negotiating for her release.

• Nan Shang explained that avoiding battle through strategy or negotiation was better than fighting, and described forging alliances.
• The nine Jade Great Radiance Church cultivators succumbed to cultivation deviation and died after Lin Ke redirected the battle's karmic consequences with the Lu Ban Lantern.
• Lin Ke emerged as the Golden Wing Sect's victor, reassured his allies, and sent them to collect the fallen cultivators' Storage Bags.
• Liu Mingqing seized Zhang Miaomiao and threatened to kill her, while Duan Dongqing's paper figures failed to catch him by surprise.
• Lin Ke offered to let Liu Mingqing leave if he first gave Zhang Miaomiao something to eat.

Lin Ke protected Zhang Miaomiao when Liu Mingqing detonated himself and destroyed the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm’s teleportation formation, leaving the Golden Wing Sect and Cloud Ink Sect isolated. Lin Ke found the drained Ginseng Doll and learned from Mo Tianji that a collector and Master of Miscellaneous Studies might be able to repair the formation.

• Liu Mingqing forced Lin Ke to lead him and Zhang Miaomiao to the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm’s teleportation formation.
• When Liu Mingqing pretended to search for food, Lin Ke moved to rescue Zhang Miaomiao, but Liu Mingqing detonated himself beside the formation.
• Lin Ke carried Zhang Miaomiao to safety, then found the teleportation formation severely damaged and the Ginseng Doll drained of its Spirit Power.
• Zong Ya told Lin Ke that Mo Tianji had returned, and Lin Ke let Mo Tianji into the Guardian Array.
• Lin Ke explained that the Jade Great Radiance Church had destroyed the teleportation formation, and Mo Tianji suggested seeking a collector who was a Master of Miscellaneous Studies.

Mo Tianji returned without finding a teleportation array, so Lin Ke, Mo Tianji, and Duan Dongqing set out to find Duan Jihong, who might help repair one for the Cloud Ink Sect. In the northern ice lands, two ghostly figures passed through Mo Tianji and Duan Dongqing, and Lin Ke learned that the newly hatched Mirror Insects wanted to devour their white souls.

• Mo Tianji told Duan Dongqing and Lin Ke that the Jade Great Radiance Church and the royal family's female cultivators controlled much of the south, making his journey dangerous.
• Duan Dongqing reluctantly agreed to help find her uncle Duan Jihong, a rogue cultivator skilled in miscellaneous disciplines, so he could help repair the Cloud Ink Sect's Teleportation Array.
• The three used Teleportation Talismans to travel north, disguising themselves in Illusionless Gu Sect clothing before following Duan Dongqing's Positioning Talisman toward the ice plains.
• Two ragged Nascent Soul Middle Stage figures appeared beside the group and passed through Mo Tianji and Duan Dongqing, revealing themselves to be nonhuman.
• Lin Can told Lin Ke that the newly hatched Mirror Insects wanted to eat the figures' white souls, and Master Zhuang advised him to ask Lu Yuanchun about the insects.

Lin Ke summoned Lu Yuanchun, who explained White Souls and how Mirror Insects could reveal them. Lin Ke then impersonated Fu Tan to pass an Illusionless Gu Sect patrol and claimed Duan Dongqing and Mo Tianji were his Blood Slaves, leaving the patrol leader questioning why he had not joined the ceremony to revive Gu King True Lord.

• Lin Ke summoned Lu Yuanchun, who absorbed two White Souls and explained their nature and the Mirror Insects’ ability to reveal them.
• Lu Yuanchun told Lin Ke, Mo Tianji, and Duan Dongqing that White Souls came from the souls of the dead and that his mirror showed a person’s lifespan.
• Three poisoned needles released Witch Gu Qi, which Lin Ke absorbed before a patrol of black-armored Illusionless Gu Sect cultivators appeared.
• Lin Ke presented Fu Tan’s Sect Token, convincing the patrol that he was Fu Tan, and described Duan Dongqing and Mo Tianji as his Blood Slaves.
• When the patrol leader asked why Lin Ke had not joined the ceremony to revive Gu King True Lord, Lin Ke angrily demanded that the warriors stop blocking his way.

Lin Ke and his companions infiltrated the Illusionless Gu Sect’s ceremony and learned that the sect was summoning the Bone Emperor with the Dead Spirit Bone Blade. After discovering the ritual burned cultivators’ lifespans to accelerate someone’s reincarnation, Lin Ke sent his stone Artificial Body onto the altar to intervene.

• Lin Ke followed a Black-Armored Warrior to the White Bone Altar while Duan Dongqing and Mo Tianji concealed their auras and followed.
• Lin Ke recognized that the Illusionless Gu Sect was resurrecting the Bone Emperor, whose return could make the sect a major power.
• A ritualist plunged into the altar’s flames, which produced the Dead Spirit Bone Blade, and the Illusionless Gu Sect cultivators cheered.
• Mo Tianji warned Lin Ke that the Bone Emperor used the blade to control corpses and would help the sect slaughter the Secret Realm.
• True Person Hanjiang sacrificed a fragment of his Nascent Soul to the flames, and Lu Yuanchun explained that the ritual burned cultivators’ lifespans to accelerate a reincarnation.
• Lin Ke asked whether the formation could be reversed, then tossed his stone Artificial Body onto the altar and joined the ceremony.

Lin Ke diverted True Person Hanjiang’s Bone Emperor ritual by presenting Lu Yuanchun as a Mirror Insect cultivator with immense lifespan. The altar’s mirror exposed how little life remained to the sacrificers, while Hanjiang eagerly prepared to use Lu Yuanchun as the offering.

• Mo Tianji prepared to storm the altar, but Duan Dongqin relayed Lin Ke’s warning that he could reverse the formation and told them to wait.
• Lin Ke told True Person Hanjiang he had brought a magnificent gift for the Bone Emperor and pointed out Lu Yuanchun.
• True Person Hanjiang’s witch gu qi seized Lu Yuanchun and dragged him onto the altar despite his protests.
• Lin Ke lifted Lu Yuanchun’s robes, revealing the Mirror Insect mirror that displayed everyone’s remaining lifespan.
• Cultivators who saw that their sacrifices had left them near death fled in panic, while the others retreated from the altar.
• True Person Hanjiang recognized Lu Yuanchun as a valuable Mirror Insect and rejoiced at the prospect of using his lifespan for the Bone Emperor.

Lin Ke pretended to support True Person Hanjiang’s sacrifice while using the altar to absorb souls and increase his lifespan. As the ritual continued, Jiang Ruoyan offered Duan Dongqing’s uncle Duan Jihong as a gift, but the man demanded wine and fell asleep under Jiang Ruoyan’s blows.

• Lin Ke tossed Lu Yuanchun into the altar’s soul fire, and Lu Yuanchun screamed before secretly absorbing the lifespan power.
• Lin Ke urged Lu Yuanchun to keep acting and absorbed nearby souls while telling True Person Hanjiang to continue the ritual.
• True Person Hanjiang praised the Giant Strength Lineage and promised them a reward for their offering.
• Jiang Ruoyan presented Duan Jihong as the Rogue Cultivator Lineage’s gift, and Duan Dongqing told Lin Ke that Duan Jihong was her uncle.
• Jiang Ruoyan demanded Duan Jihong hand over his offering, but Duan Jihong asked for wine and fell asleep as Jiang struck him.

Duan Dongqing and Lin Ke secretly worked to stall the Illusionless Gu Sect while preparing an escape, and Duan Dongqing managed to alert her uncle Duan Jihong. The chapter ended with Duan Jihong recognizing her message but keeping still to avoid revealing her position.

• Jiang Ruoyan revealed that Duan Jihong carried several White Soul Crystals and demanded that he hand them over.
• Duan Dongqing noticed the Sound Transmission Talisman on Duan Jihong and agreed with Lin Ke to help stall while Mo Tianji prepared Teleportation Talismans.
• Duan Dongqing posed as a member of the Giant Strength Lineage and went onto the altar to offer her lifespan.
• Lin Ke secretly channelled Duan Dongqing's spiritual qi into Duan Jihong's talisman, then covered her from view when Duan Jihong nearly recognized her.
• Duan Dongqing sent Duan Jihong a message identifying herself and urging him to stall for time, and he avoided turning around to protect her cover.